Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-16


mat his gift was appreciated, not only for
the enjoyment of the witchiug weed, but
lot the kind remembrance of the abgen
SoiIiers, by one who loved them as his
children at home. Another and reptIer oF
the Wayman family did not forget US, MS
some of our sick can testify, whose marched
Palates were made glad by her timely Gift.
May the blessing of the soldiers God rest
on that warm hearted family"
Under the head of Stree speech in Bean
FORT" we find an account of the RELIGIONS
exercises of the Rouudhcod regiment:
"On last Sabbath week (the paper was
published December 3Oth), the Rev. Wm
Dennison, late of Fortress Monroe. preach
ed IN the Baptist Church in Beaufort. To
the Roundheads and Il part of the 18th New
YORK ldlgElanders), Rev. Mr.. Browne.
chaplain of the Roundheads, being sick
rms was the first religious service held in
churcl mere, and the occasion was i'm
/ Pressiyely solemn. The flag of the steo NOR
Boston drnped the front of the gallery
While the banner of the Roundhcads form.
ed the background of the pulpit, and thus,
between the two starry emblems. the
| preacher spoke the words of life to n dense
! ly crowded house.
"The band of the IIighlanders led the
choir, which was composed of the whole
congregation of soldiers, and the solemn
strains of 'Old Hl ndred' pealed with un-
wontcd power in this place so unaccus-
toned to such an audience, and we may
add, such service. "The Union was
most heartily prayed for, and if those old
walls could have spoken the echo of nost
services IN that place, there would have
Secn Babel of tongues, for the preacher
had no sentiment in common with the doc
triues of secession.
"On the following Sabbath, Rev. Brown
still being sick, DIR. Peck, of Boston,
preached to the Roundheads from the same
| pulpit i'll the morning, and the Rev. Wn.
Evans of Stanford Conn, in the after
noon.
After the pronunciation of the morning
benedictioa. Col. I4easure raised the SER
vice. by stepping forward to the front of
the pulpit, and calling the attention of his
men to the fact that, at that very hour their
distant friends were sending their warmest
prayers to heaven for their absent soldiers.
asked whether there should be service tn
the evening. Every right hand went nm.
and he then asked the company officers to
inspect the arms and ammunition of their
men. previous to forming for church
IN the afternoon, reminding them that,
before praying to God, it was their
duty as good soldiers to look after
their powder. The commander OF the
Roundheads requires his men to attend
service with their arms in their hands on
all occasions: and q dress parade invnria-
bly, Precedcs religious services on the
Sabbath, to ensure the attendance of every
man, and he has married his men to their
muSkets, and they make them their con-
slant companions in camp, field or church.
CHAD any of the fugitive citizens of this
torsaken city been prcsen. on either of the
past Sabbnths, they might have found food
for reflection in witnessing the devotion
OF the 'Roundheads,' in the fOrsuiIen sane
tuarieS of the Cavaliers. Itis the old (pbt
over ngain-the men only are changed
'ThC proud old Cavaliers fought for the 'di-
vine right of kings while the equally proud
Cavaliers of these days fought for u 'divine
right ofpcculior institutions. The princi-
pie is the same. So will the result be-
Meantime, Beaufort is not so bad sort of a
place to go to church in, and one of the
soldiers remarked that 1T did not seem to
be SO TAR from Heaven, though it was in
South Carolina
The last page of the "HIettle" 1--WE have
pretty near published it ally is devoted to
review of the situation at Beaufort. 1t is
interesting and we conclude our extracts
by quoting it in full:
$50 here we are, the second brigade;
E. G. in Beaufort, S. c. Old Beaufort
beautiful Beaufort! The Saratoga of the
South! The very nest of treason, in this
most reasonable. State of South Carolina
Heavens ways are just, and retribution for
wrong is sure, though apparently tardy. 1t
was meet that this, the tSdncLuD, SQnctorvg,
of the traitors should be the first to fall into
thr hands of an insuIted government, and
that the Ncmises' Ofiree labor, SO heartily
dispised and insulted by there proud peo-
pie, should seLd hitler a Brigade of small
listed farmers and greasy mechanics to
look upon. the handy work of the tcon-
tented and happy slaves
awe have heard of the 'ravages' of war;
but we had yet to learn from personal OBJ
servation the Vandalism of the Peculiar
Institution Simultaneous with the bom-
bardment of Hilton Head, the exodus of
the Beautortonians commenced; and such
an exodus as it must have been From
some OF, the more thoughtful and intelli-
gent of the colOred people who remained
we learn that the widest and most un-
reasonable panic seized upon the citizens,
and that but one wish seemed to animate
every man, woman and child, and that was
escape from a certain, ilI-dcfned, cut aw-
full destruction that was coming upon them
apace.
"With this seemed to blend supersti-
tious idea of 'retribution,' and many were
heard to cry outin their agony that what
they had most feared, and had cause to
fear, had come upon them and found them
unprepared. And so, indeed, it seems.
The world knows that full mouth inter-
vened between the day of boMbardmeut
and our formal occupancy of Beaufort.
And in all that time, the slave, the meek
slave of so many years, transformed in one
brief day into free man, had enjoyed
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