Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-18

noise never ce"sess ahdstot muehscOhpany.
is.w6fse than none! 0r fldding aTsmark-
ably clean gun. the Gsaefaf irnmediatelt
orders the soldier F'snaaa 70 bereboIl ed at
headquarters. He Is th a. assured lofi re-
5membrance and appreciation. and furnish.
ed with no light incentive 70 future good
conduct and e1eEtion. ~ ssslas -
f Since my last hate had f6e5 luck of a
trip 70 Hilton Head Rutag d0Wr ,bn The
transport Geu. Bic Gleild AAYefVi much
needed step has'been tats1s.in placing ON
.herRnd vessels of that al 3 meius of self
defense. She mounts feu rffed guns. and
could DO cohsiderable q + work before a
surrender. AT Hilton ID sWe found a
.wohdfous change froui sandy plaid of
burrs we hadleft Thei hnleius Of tbe
FampAfts OF laboFious Tniniscennes, per.
haps three square mil was one vast
scene Of industry. BlaE meni aud white
men were working on buldings each
of which are 6g0feet long, go feet wide
and aoout 80. high. ptsse frames. ARE
soon to be tilla1swith bite or so for the
soldier boys. There = 5ration or so in
the present.immeuse store house, uearl Sas
large as one OF the above. We turn from
these to two like them IU size. These are
Tue homes OF hpst4R 4arkies, AfaFs OF
stretch the tents Of ouf ailitAry.r Colonel
Powers Keystone zouases are here md
among them our boys led the pleasure Of
meeting many old friends. They are
dressed in the French apiforms that the
government has recent = imported, and are
decidedly neat. Itisahot Ia the road in
handling arms and gives an appearance of
hBluLy.z saH . lf ,95= I5a
Pretty cottages haVe been put up among
tue foliage The framslare brought from
New York, aud they lock smilingly home
like, embowered in the white-oaks. and
pines. 7lt5z8 80
Our stronghold mounts los guns, and
see about an acre Of shell boxes piled fye
feet high. Let them come. = 2
1t is curious to see how tightly The tramp
oil men, and brutes, and roll of wheels has
hacked the fne sand. What two months
ago was Il shifting sea d. dust uahd half a
foot deep, is uow packetfRs hard as a brick
There is also lieFe an Immense genera hos
pital, capable Of accommodating hundreds
of sick .ssI = ; siss79 Q
The docks are progressing finely, ono i )
nowsOOO feet long. ThEY have two. stone
hnlks out of the Charleston harbor llset
ready TO sink 70 support the outer end of
the pier. When it is iniShed The largest
ships canunload on il low tide.
Our ride back to Beaufort was an inter
eating one. We shipped in boat roWed
by negroes at uightfall, aud came up in q
storm.s,It was sott dark that We turned
round twice and 4toWe1 back for Hilton
Head. IL Tasinot forsa spice of danger
for a deviation up annihlet might take -us
to the seeesh. The foam aud drops stir.
red up by the oars sparlSling like shattered
diamonds and the weird chant Of our black
oarsnian's hymn song had quite roman.
tic effect,
There is a mOmentoas issue coming In
the question of the disposal of this peo.
pie. Soon rs success comes, also comes
millions of pegroes. sIye are taking cattle
autt ItfoHis sious for t1s - TbeFzaF fillvlSs
pabieof providing for their own su6sist.
encea month ahead. There will not be
employment for a fifth of their number.
There Is nOta doubt that they will ulti-
mately be colonized and Learn the art of
living; but how soou2 Won't they suffer
terribly before they can he relieved or at
tended to-? Throw 1000, 900 of children
on their own resources at once, and Il
would Ge parallel.
Onr boys have iattsrly taken to cricket.
II is the only amusement our tent-life In
the nnholy land affords, and has a .zest
nowhere else found. 1 have no news.
items, SO close, Go. A have no new
cases of sick. a.