Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-06-26
.syen. Price and his ARMY

| we UUpy tuo' iOuoWluS sitVu-. q SofA0o
pondent Of the Charleston Courier.
| "Iu conversation, Price is marked
specimen Of: the Cline old English gentle.
! man gentle, suavitable, well Informed
land an admirable listener. He speaks
lquickly:and With caution, and: his words
are as laconie and decisive as his acts, Etc
reads human nature intuitively, and pos.
sesses the rare faculty of readily adapting
himself to every person. With whom he is
brought in contact. Accessible stoGail, he
is as kindly democratic With his equals:
No one, can lay an, afront at the door: Of
STERLING Price. SO, IS =, &; =.
I Some idea of the attachment existing
|bstween,ths General and his army, may be
had from the fact that he is everywhere
known by the afecsionate soubriquet Of
"Old Dad" - -. >->.,,::Gl. - .rfslss (.
:.Wbo do You belong to2' asked an, off.
Ger Of one of the passing soldiers in q regi;
ment during its transit through Memphis.
10 the old man?' was the reply, :,
: who's the old manP az - -. =
why old Dad Price, Haint you heard
of him yit? 80. 4 "
+ f. yes, I have, butwhere is: he now7 CON
Etinued the questioner. :. - ),
81 don't know where in h-H heis now,
was the veterans answer, but wait until
we get into a .skirmmage, and TN show
You odd Dad right 10 the midst of the
fire where the lamp posts and small balls
are flying Che thickest Look to the front
and you can always fud him thar =:
The army Of Gen. Price is made up Of
extremes 1t is mixture of all human
compounds, and represents in its various
elements every condition Of Western life.
There are the high and the low, the rich
and the poor, the grave and the gay, men
Who have come from every State and been
,bronzed in every latitude from the noun:
tains Of the North;west to the pampas Of
Mexico. p Z;
Every man has come from his homestead
fitted with the best and strongest that loving
mothers, wives and sisters could put upon
him. And the spectacle represented as
they, are drawn ap,in line, forms an ara
basque pattern of the most parti-colored
crowd of people Lever saw. Some are in
black, citizens sdress; with beaver hats and
frock coats, some in homespun :drab, some
in grey, blue and streaked,. some in noth+
ing but red shirts, 49, - -, (
Their weapons; are not less miscellaneous
than their personal appearance: = At frat
few were armed with anything but shot
guns and rifles, but it is aproud- boast a.
mong them that dad Prices, men are the
only ones who have yet been able to equip
themselves generally from the spoils of the
enemy. = - .s.. 3t,f'.-s,*
While at Memphis I heard a bet made
that certain boy, Is years old, in one, Of
the regiment, /, could at the distance of
800 yards hit the crown of hat four times
out of five with Mimic musket. The bet
was taken by an officer, the hat putup, and
the lad who was quietly standing by lean
ing, on his gun, directed to FIRE. Ten times
in succession he pierced the hat within two
inches of the centre. The wager was will
liugly paid, and considerably handed to
the sharp. shooter as tribute to his skill.
As the loser remarked, s'it don't pay very
we'll to bet on stock you know nothing
about" The young man afterwards re-
marked to bystauder that he never missed
anything be could see. -. -