Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-08-01
Correspondrntc.



BEAUFORT VILLAGE, S. c. July 10, g.
Ma. Error The sth Ne Regiment ar
rived here from Hilton Head, on the evening
of the 5th inst, and are now encamIcl just
outside the celebrated village Of BEAUFORT -
The water here is gsod-that is, for this
country, and already does il bcgin u speak
this fact in the renewal Of cur spirits, and
the dispersion Of the appearance OF jaundiee
and threatening DYSPEPSIA. We have moth
ing to say in disrcspect Of our quarters at
Soabrook, otherwis, than slight Objection
to the water, which have no doubt in time
would serve 10 save rdii5Hs aud increase the
uumbcr of Present Sick" We have OF
course less liberty here than there which
may bc Indispensable to military discipline,
but at any rate is ever exercised in yiciuities
where " red tape is used extrayagantly,
but wo have learned to adopt the sentiment
of the boy who sainly tried to teach the Fca-
cock moro modest use Of his feathers and
said, :" let him spread -
But not intending to dwell or even to
speak of such foolish things, let US relate
some OF the incidents, in as few words A.
r'esibie, which We 4" bring about While At
Scabiouk. You must MT far once suppose
that, because i; has been ar misfortune Mt
60 encounter the enemy in s4s#ea, that W
have all this time been content 10 i peu4
solely upon what others baye slii rs to tin
real fact that rebels 10 cxiz. IN these Unit.zl
States. We v secn them in their native
wilcs, aud tie writer himself has seen them
and more than that, has had the satisfaction
of bringing his pieco t. h'aF, a- b. thong t.
directly upon the identical REL aul fire -
More than fired and what few rebels there
was were very soon obliged 10 " dry up. -
The facts OF the ease are these Spring l.
land is not in our p.'~s--sslan-that is tire
government has not yet sen fit To lla,o a
picket there. The rebcls Of late have with
drawn the same for the simple reason that,
gunboat couli - around it. The distance
to it from Seahrook's some ten or twelY
miles, and in going there in row boats, We
were obliged to Fl" square corner OF the
mainland, between which and Scahrook is
Pinkncy Island upon 0ne end Of which were
stationed company u. Well, we heard that
the rebels had sheep and cattle there unrr5-
tcctcd and accordingly employed a crew Of
negroes to row tho boat, aud the Capt. with
fifteen or twenty men, armed &c. one day
went there. We landed and behold, found
it occupied by single human being in the
share and color Of an aged ncgroc. lie in-
formed us that the rebels came on occasion
ally. aud even the morning previous a coa-
pany OF twenty or more had visited him.-
lie seemed friendly 10 US and 50 We " luG
him be-" We secured the island for several
hours and returned with all the beci and
mutton that we wished This was our first
trip, and having no trouble and good sue
went there several times and 50 did company
d, bu, our play was soon discovered. ono
morning on our way up We saw Is We PASSED
the point, some horsemen in the distance
We beckoned to them 10 come nearer but
they stood aloof. That day We had manned
two boats. with darkies to row e ---.ye1
s..l nad seow in tow and were in quest ol
mules and such other articles as might be
of use 10 Uncle Sam. We were fortunate
again to find close by and capture nice
mule, a jack and jenny, and also valuable
double covered carriage. This property We
took on board the scow and came away
Our load dragged slowly through the water
and to make saving We ran nearer the
mainland than perhaps was prudent, but
having no fears Of being moicstcd we trudsed
away, and for amusement, had set the " mig
gers " to singing their " familiar melodies. "
Ism I il strange that all these can sing? They
sang with voices clear and shrill, (and it
was really interesting } such sentimental
words Us these, if I'm not mistak ken:
Iwant to die like Jesus die,
And lay my head in the grave,
o lay in de grave and stretehy out DO arms,
And die wild free good sill"
Chorus 40 do Lord remember me,
Do Lord remember me,
Remember me as de year roll roun.'
do Lord remember me-"
OF course the tune and the manner in which
it is sung is the life Of it. | do not remem-
Der any more of this song and will give you
another for the same price:
my brudder Johns got new born baby,
All, new born !
Ny brudder Johns got new born baby,
I'm goin' home,
"Pray for de country. sing fos de ialand,
All, new borr !
Fray for dc country, sing for do island
I'm eoin' homep