The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1864-05-04

guarded moment the boarded 1celii'es oi
the heart, her face brighrcned, AID she
grasped my hand with lfcartiness that
v,uld 10 homo to Dixie. She tcld nc
was among friends. I entered Mas,
sil!ion, Ohio, towards the c!asc of the
evening, a4!d brought L'acli carrct-bag,
which | filed with newspap pers i'll lieu CT
baggage, l reached ,fittsburg, Pcnnsyl,
van;a, by the express tsain, about = @
clock that night, and was soon in bed,
aud. snugly snoozing at thc Mononga-
hela House. Lieut.. Gassis, of. some
Pennsylvania regiment, was in the rNom
with me. The fellow saored away lus
tily, iunocenty ignorant Of the fact that
his neighbor was "1tcb."
After a pleasant stroll AROUND the
streets of Pittsburg the next morning,an
old habit led "Mint" into a larger beer
saloon, where he found a trio Of festive
blue coats hob.notbing with desrrter
from TmboIcn's cavalry. The fellow
wore a grey jacket and was delivering
series of heroic exclama'ionS expressly
of bis repentance, his devotion to til"
Union and his infamy Mint tossed off
couple glasses Of the flaming beverage
and left in .v;rtuous disgust. Midnight
found me at Columbus, Ohio, en- route
for Cincinnati, but in most pcrplcxiIng
dilemma. Wo had to change cars, and
there were scntincIs at every car door on
the qfi rire for three Of our boys who
had escaped from Camp Ctasc the even,
ING before. Now Mint, unfortunately,
wore some handsome gold lace ou apfccc
Of rebel grey under hi. overcoas, and the
slightest investigation would have proven
fatal to his pretty little dreams Of free,
dom. lie walked ~ barrmm convc-
uiently near - stimulate hi wits, ana
overlook pair of fancy Shoulder Stfaro
On similar lr;s<iou. .TIay cl:p'isd
,tacir g'asses Of Grco.l fire 4 tia success
of our glorious cause, (tricn.) Mrt
and Shoulder Straps were soo:I friends
They, SMILED again, and alter q brief
while locked arms and walked ia;o the
cars, with a. salute from the sentinel.
The engine whistlca and We were off
Dinner time found Mint at the Broad
way Dotcl, Cincinnati, henling over a
huge slice Of roast turkey, jcI?irs, celery
and thousand dcIig!tfdi ctccteres.
After leaving there all private bag
gaze was searched, and al persons Of a
suspicious character closely questioned,
So far, | was like Caesars wife ought to
have been, "a5ovc suspicjsn,' but just
as We reached Memphis my turn came
y. suit Of gray woolen Undertaking in
NV satenel sha:pencd the officers Sus-
r;ctomg' an; he sl;iecrcl me 20 & rather
cmba.rassin! c:.cciSm. Assuming a
very indignant air that my loyalty to the
chest GOVERNMENT" should be questioned,
having sacrificed home as all exile from
rtb"l ,5n$crip'ion III Tennessee, his
heart melted, md he released nc.
spent len DAYS at Memphis, playing ci',
ixcn during the day, and by the all OF
geld cord and plume on IL, hat, Yam
kec. officer hy night. The obseqnious
complaisaincc of the saloon pIoprietorS ;o
thc'famcied CaY..in l. S. A., was in
ter ;cly c!iycrting. The most refreshing
feature of Memphis is tho negro schools
iour stoicism would trucklr to your
>r;s;b!es, could you see crowd of f"i
crown negro woman, imtcrminglea with
large sprinkle of little kinky heads Q
the other scx, bounding out of schon
with an armful Of books, slatcSand buck
cts, and shouting like madcars. The
negro wcnches assume all the coyiShneS:
and afFcctation of schoo! Girls Of liIt~en
fOh, hush Some of .b negro soldier:
are i..solent, but most Of them, w"cr
approaching you, thrrs' their caps un"e
tl.gr arms, aud, fro1 the force Of nature
play the slave.
The pickcts around Memphis arc thre
hundred yards apart, aud Negligent, at
fordiug easy ingress and egress t.
the blockade runner. At Oxford, mis-
sissippi, was arrested as spy, but sool
released. have already written to-
much, my dear Happy, and will close 10
fear OF wcarying Jon. canno' clos
without saying to yoa that our pcopl
in the Federal lincs, though bankrupt
in property and worn in spirit, are still
true. Though sienccd by bayonet
and Yankee bastilo they meet in Sccrc
Ike LAYERS and tall. Of the South aDt