Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-07-31
From the Southern Guardian
Camp Notes.


From the Southern Guardian
Camp Notes.
Gen. Lee is now incontcstibly the man Of
the times. His recent success before Rich.
mond places him by the side of the great
captains of Europe. History will know
his name as that of the great military genius
of America. His success vas complete
No intelligent man, except an American,
would have conceived@or entertained for a
moment, the idea of surrounding and cap,
turing such an army as McClellan's. ~
European historian uudou uotedly would pro-
nounce the idea preposterous and absurd.
But America is fast.
We saw Gen. Lee on the field, the 9th
June. We have hitherto spoken of the
personnel Of the General. lie seems a
little older than when We saw him at Coos
awhatchie Then he had a moustachc
alone now he has, in addition, a greyish
beard month old, all over his face Scat
ed on log in slight shade, having map
upon his knees, plainly dressed in uniform,
with only one Aide at hand, he looked the
same self-possesscd, controlling aud earn
est being we noted before-great then in
the execution of his mastery and gigantic
scheme of the greatest battle of modern
times.
We saw Stonewall Jackson during the
same day. He is perhaps forty years old,
six feet high, medium size, and somewhat
angular in person Has yelowish grey
eyes, a Roman nose, sharp; IA THU, forward
chin, angular brow, close mouth, and
light brown hair Has sullen, uusocial
aud to some extent, unhappy look. fle is
impassive, silent, emphatic, and we veD
ture, obstinate. His dress is Official, but
very plain, his capfront resting nearly on
his nose. His tall horse diminshes the
effect of his size, SO that when mounted he
appears less in person than he really is.
President Davis was also on the field
His plain suit of brown and citizens ontf.
generally screened him from much observa-
ton. The postage stamps give a very good
idea Of his face.
Gen Longstrcet, while on a march one
day, inquired of Us the whereabouts Of our
division general and, while We were ans,
wering his inquiries, we had an opportuni.
ty of observing one of the handSoucst gen
erals in the Confederate army. His full
American whiskers, long, brown and neat !;
his steady, genial and earnest eye; his fine
and full forehead; Cr;cco RGman nose aud
regular mouth all these present tout en-.
semJle rarely equaled iu manly symmetry
and chastened energy.
Gen. Magruder is one of the hardest men
to describe that we have encountered late
ly; aud his features themselves arc hard.
He imprcsses one as grutf, abrupt, iu a way
jocular, decidedly headstrong, rudely kind,
and brusqae. We saw him first on his way
to superintend the stormiug Of the tiFty-gun
battery on the Malvern IIill-thc strongest
position on this peninsula. Our individ-
ual impression is, that Magruder Was 1is.
aPpoiated when he in fey minutes there
after discovered that the enemy had eyacu.
ated the position Magnificent would
have been the slaughter, had they stood
their ground, that drenchng Wednesday
morning, the I'd July! And great would
Lave been Magrudcr's cclat (not famc,) for
his soldiers were ready to die to man, or
take that battery. Many entertain the
opinion that it would have sacrificed five
thousand lives to take it by assault. Such
is Magruder seen and felt to be.
We saw generals and brigaliers by the
scores, Of lesser fame such as WisfaIl,
Pryor, etc. !; but grand army diminishes
the proportions Of all subordinate grades Of
greatness. ID.
NEAR RICHMOND.
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daily. They have been fully tested for
years in the Bcllvue Hospital.
ALDENs TYpE.SETTINu MACHINE-I
This invention, regarding which paragraphs
have been floating around in the newSpa-
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and is now in practical opera
ton. Alden was native of llassachu-
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printer and devisins this machine, which
cost him twenty years of labor and forty
thousand dollars in money, while the in
ventor died without reaping the benefit of
his invention. BY means of this mechaui,
cal type,setter, type (both letters and pune.
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in the composing stick, and distributed af.
ter use, the operator producing these effects
by manipulation of the keys, one person
thus doing the work of six or eight COM
positors. The price Of this remarkable ma
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