The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-07-23

W s"0 ienoa VI WI, especidliS0 OF SafD, We
succeeded IL crossing undiscovered.
Being by this time, pretty much cx-
hausted, we were not long in piling jnl 10
onr hunks" and were soon. in the laud
OF dreams Ia But we had not long. to
resel there, for. we were soon aroused
by the officer of the guard calling to us
that it. was. time 90 bcat The reveile.' y
When this was over -. -,
"Ah ! oid;fellow." said Tom TO Ned
Mason, NIou ought to have been with
us last night. We had a. jolly time
with the sh's, apd an appciizing sup
per-" =. - = =,
:" Yes replied Ne.. ," and you ought
to have been with me last night 10 beat
| that tattoo" =: t,
T s"Why," qusried Tom, in surprise,
".what do son mean-l"- - ~, =. -.
81 NEAR, just this. You were aB so
impatient 10 gel Off. that you beat In; >
too an hour Ito carly. au,l when the
proper hour arrived, Gen. Il. sent round
an .osaer, L. beat it over again. l. WAS
50 sick I couldn't beat, aud the. Colonel
himself had 10 beat the keltle; dru,n,
aiiu INC hh]ltant the NaSS." -..
Il" We had just bech congra,u'atiny
ourselves on mixing our "trip .succsfal
! ly.. But the thing was out -now-wo
were discovered. - .,
d" Well boys,p said Frank, Il" what
shalf.wc do abo,u j. z"
What can we do T. said Sam.-
"Or, ratherT what will the C6Ion5l do ,"
u don't know" said Nod &" I shooT.(
not ike TO be in. yohr. shoes. Iironr- ihe
way ho looked lust night; wish haG
a picture Of Lin TO scare the ~ryirln mare
off With. And'milll this.rery- rncourar-
ing word, lie left Us in doubt ard IN
dread. - TX, -. ~..-. e.. -.~-sa -.
We had not long to wait, however,
Tor we soon. irceeiee'i pnlite im,ira,ion
I" visit tn" Colonel nj Lis quauers.--
We, noticed a trvwn on his lace as We
entered, which we coolI not but Inter.
.pret nnfavoratlE.-' '--'''.- - -. -
= "~ThiS is n nice a.rnir,r said h.
why were you not in Your place laac
night" a.., -. 80. - ..
~" We thought i mat!s.no Gieeroncc,
/. Colonel so we were here, to, beat ,he
regular eafls, At the, rrorcr Time" sail
FRANK. who acted as spokcSu mn.
but7you were .nntl'ere 1t tirelR,pcr
time, / liaelto heat tattoo .mysslf ll,r
night. I &ili; pm stop 10 ,l.i~ s.-ag.
CLING !" and taking n pen and ", per. hc
wrote a-note aud handedsitIo' his lucS-
seRger, telling hirn 10. c rry II "a The
officer cf the guard, "aud do ycy,. ."
inmeGmlely AID rtio.l to linn, said
lac u us. .. ,. l,... -.
...' | would give atNHe to know what
he is going to Il" with .ltG,". Tula,
AS we were going to the ana:lhou.o.
From his looks And words, shea,A
lu1Ge he will have u bu@Ned,n sai!
Sam.
II should Judge 50; too,'. said. Ffanlt.
lie called il stra gcling. and ihey b,e!,
he siraggIers now whe,cser they cuth
them" --1-'' D. -
: NVo" soon %2cbel Gle gnardlou:o,
however, and aSner,aineG Our. fate. The.
officer OF. tho, enard told us we were to
t'''mark time =" forSfiHeet ninh;cs ut =
tir<e, q! Intervals of, half. an hour until
noon, apd then report 10 the Colonel.
lie then told us TO 90 and got ou :
breakfast, and como back ianfsdiAtoTy
and q" towotS Nlmk;ug time" w7;;cl
we did, rslnaiGin@ ,wfae stQug rs usu..l
at. breakfast, in order 10 g,,in SO muc',
time. &c.. 80 -. 80.
a. This punishment; wae so muck tighter
than what we .cypeccJ, that we consd.
ercd it none st all =, In facl,it: was, Tho
| iighiest that coald have beer awarded
MS. as VIC we're not sui jact To he guard
detail, and conld not DC ru; on " aoGb,a
duty" This being tue ease we ma4e
ourselves quite merry while. we wero
marking time," and arnuset! ourselves.
the meanwhile, by tantalizing,'Lhe pal
ates Of the koys around by occasional
allusions to, the pancakes and butter,
mince pic and honey" o,o., of our Hast
nights feast. ..
= IL o'clock onme at last, and, accord.
! ing TO the order, We reported to the
Colonel who dismissed us after giving
us gholesome ADVICE, about running OF
in future, which advice, strengthened
by what we considered our very narrow
escape, we certainly followed. for we
did not ",rhn the blockade" again nm
mediately but what we might do
should another such temptation oHer,
will not say.
FoRpEARANcE~-All tba. is good
and great in tho universe IA on the SIDE
Of clemeucy and mercy. If we look IN
to the history of mankipd we sha Il find
thatin every age. those WI have been
respected as worthy hage been dis.in.
| guished forthis virtaes Revenge dweIls
m little minds; o nobio and niaSnsn
nous spirit:is superior to it. Collected
! within itself, 1t stands .uninoyed. by tire
important assaults of our enemies and
with generous pity, rather than, With
anger l9oks down on ytheiT unworthy
oondnet. Anger and revenge are Sun<
easy passions y Lepee. says Seed, "it
'tapPears that. ths command OF loving
fgour ensrniss,. whioB bias been though,