The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-07-23

Sundry drum shells, IN perfectly go0u Or
der, and Of admirable style, are to be seen
perched up on stumps, or lying in the TRENCH
es. Here and there nav be observed broken
muskets, some driven into the earth up to
the lock. bayonets, broken swords. scab-
bards, epaulettes, trappings and harness, va
|riously mutilated. Heaps of mimic cartridg-
es, many of which are made Of a peculiar
paper. requiring no g biting" but which up
on being rammed down, bursts, and being
itself combustible, obyiates any danger from
choking the tube, and saves many valuable
moment in battle--these, and any quantity
of other deserted military plumber, contri-
butte to render the field picturesque with the
relics of our invaders.
The burial grounds of the Yankees which
lie on the outskirts Of the encampments, in
miscellaneous spots, tell melancholy sto-
~ for the mortality in their army. The
shells and bullets Of our gallant troops. and
the unwholesome air Of the swamps, did a
fearful work amongst them. They lie buri-
ed in heaps Of six and eight, some honored
with single monuments and epltaphs in
pencil. On the roadsides,. where numbers
fell before our troops, they lie half buried
| in wagon ruts, and swamp holes, with heaps
of dirt piled upon their bodies. from either
end Of which protrude their decaying heads
and feet. These graves are all Yankee
made.
Some Of the buildings in the vicinity are
riddled with ball, shell and bullet. Beauti-
full country seats, located amidst the adyanc-
ed lines Of the Federals. are utterly ruined,
the trees torn by artillery, the fences burned,
flower gardens tramped under foot, the
houses themselves sacked, and the walls
mutilated with vile scribblings and sketches.
One handsome edifce, located under the
shadows of a grove Of magnificent oaks, was
perforated six or eight times BY Federal bat
ferries, and in one instance a shell being
thrown into il, and bursting in the passage,
ripped of the ceiling in fifty places, and
scattered the laths and plastering of the adj
joining parlor about in a medley Of trash
and confusion.
Among the many useful articles now w.
ing about the field are hundreds Of unused
sand bags, while the Notifications contain
thousands Of them, which, with some labor,
could be emptied of their contents, and rem
dered equally serViceable. There are guam
ties of other valuable things which the pill
layers have not yet collected, that would be
available to our army. Many OF the tents
could be repaired, the wagons oyerhauled,
the spades, axes and picks gathered up, and
the camp utensils, such as are not badly in
hiured, collected.
Innumerable letters may vet be gathered
together from the scene. For the most part,
those that have been found, were written by
illiterate and indecent persons, giving a
good idea Of me moral stamina Of the YAM
kee army and those who are sustaining them
at home.
All things here indicate that the fleeing
army, impelled by commingled fright and
chagrin, because ioiled while vet luxuria-
ting in the consciousness Of invincibiIity
IN front, were mad. Their insanity at tie
moment was doubtless magnifed, too, By
copious supplies Of whiskey, the liquid cour-
age which has become so highly popular in
the Federal army. They destroyed every
thing they could, and mutilated nearly eve
rything they could not destroy.
Eietmold Enqaits.