Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-11-18
5TH REGIMENT STATE TROOPS.
CAMP BoNHAM, /

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5TH REGIMENT STATE TROOPS.
CAMP BoNHAM,
GREENYILLE, s. c., NOV. Is, '63.
The ENouIRER reached this Camp
promptly, on Friday evening last, and its
contents, in. mercantile phase, ssduly no.
ted" Saturday morning was foggy, with
slight drissle, that made our tents COM
Portable, and something to read, was quite
aluxury. Reading matter has been quite
scarce with US, since We left Charleston,
and the consequenceis thatsome has become
as qusrrelous as old maids, and the main
subject their home correspondence. The
good deeds of the few generous and noble
hearted, are not forgotten, but the burthen
of the song is wrong and imposition
Though York is not far behind hand,
Charleston was the head and front of cold
blooded speculation; the residents there,
Twill not call them citizens, seem to have
forgotten, that the man who s'makes an IN.
dependence by this war is avillian, for he
entails curse on his offspring which will
cling to them even to the fourth genera
tion; vet, still, there are those who follow
it up Witha determination that reminds me
strongly Of the scene in Byron's Siege Of
Corinth," !" where Alp, the renegade
"Saw the lean dogs beneath the wall
Hold, oer the dead, their carnival,
Go2ging and growing o'er carcass and limb;
Theywere too busy 10 look at him."
quote from memory, but the applica-
tion viii not lose its force, if those who are
dealing in .breadstufs and other necessaries
of life, will reflect for o moment whether
the answer Of Nathan to- David win apply
to them-nThou art the man." But, it is
pleasant to turn from this picture to the
other side. From q soldier of Chester
company, round our camp fire last night,
We learn that Maj. j. G. Lowry, of Chester
District (norh) had set aside 1000 bush
els of corn to be sold to the poor and the
families Of soldiers, at 81 per bushel--that
Baxter Springs, OF York (easD had been
dispensing unostentatious charity with an
open hand, and yet no newspaper has herald
ed it forth to the world, for these men did
not let the right hand know the actions Of
the left. But, this is not "news from the
5sh Regiment Of State Troops" say your
readsrs-msy they never have worse, say
we. ...
Our camp presents quite martial ap,
pearance, tho we are veterans, many Of us,
in years, we are not in service, for our white
tents show that the smoke of battle have
never dimmed their lustre; they Hook as
though they had come fresh from the hands
of the eo.Workers of our friend Miles John.
son, and it is thought by many, from the
fabric of which they are composed, they
could be cut up by our cara sposas to suit
admirably for domestic purposes at home
Our location is beautiful one, surrounded
by thick copse of forest, which, by tht
way, is rapidly disappearing, and though
the owner may rail at our "wonton" de
struction, we will be much mistaken if h'
has ra7 left, should We femain "lord
propristors Of the soil" until the LIST of Feb
ruary next, when our term Of ESQ far blood
less) service will expire. The ladies o
Greenville do not often honor US with theil
presence-they are very shy, and brobabl.
are engrossed in time by the laced refugees
who walk the streets of Greenville; but
God bless them, We know they have dom
their duty to the soldiers, and their feeling
are with us, if their Atrtations are confined
to s.the weaker part of human natur." W.
are on the road to "Bunkum," and dali!
"interoept" wagons on their way to marke
(Greenville) from that detachable quarter
They also have an "itching PALM" from
the charges they make for apples and cab
bage, and in conversation, we have come t
the conclusion, that there is no wonder Q
tory ascepdancy in the Old North State
when the Southern Rights Patriots are en-
engaged in amersantile pursuits" dow
South.