Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-03-09
rrom our Corrcspondent,

c:sstc CT Srless, T!ss OF !"'':i.h' 'nc ''"i'J
aai the .unEy days s!iic a.Sr in rapid sueesssl"r
and become -thc things:: memory. WheE seat
yar 4 letter in Ycvsnhss last hsa no idea that
ms. .Aleert;ssr ps;a5 would rest in illsnoss unit!
ai.er Valentines dsy. But. having been some
Whist i.lisn.sel, and r.thsr busy wilnal, feel
,ha. no promis-, either exprers or implied, has
becn broken on my part.
1, is la,o iastbc season to say any thug about
oar hassy Withdrawal fr,m. bcfvre Chattanooga.
To an ippsr.ial observer, It did really Seen that
osr boys having bit tbe imruasat foo a stag
ssring blow ia the fare, determined MI Vt sud
den to fun back for ths double purpose of lodging
tho return blew, and also cf seeking comfortable
Water quarters. By the May, cur cabins arc tue
rerfrctioa-tSe ne pids siira-oc comfort, when
compared with the way VIC had been living in the.
open air like the birds aud bsss.t ,os the ferost
Thi, housing Of The mca hss added iaach TO their
health, st,ras,h and efficiency. Thoreis novelty
tco abput or lew:y dwellings. After n;sh,inl!,
xhss .sthe stare get raek upon hie ruby thrvlc,"
yuu muy s..u& upon the hilltop, ani seo the
thousand and one ligLts cleaning from the crowd
large apa beautiful City. In one street, you hesr
tAs gladly SOLEMN songs oe Z:cn; iard-by the
jyUus laegh snd the hum uf cheerful Voices salute
the car; oyer In that Iegiusnt JsEder, the boys
are Iois;eroas, whcaping AMI yelling as If char
zing aslapkae battery; 9rd Somehow the souad
vy solitary axe over in the other Brigade reviyes
tho associations of Home Lost reverie.-irse-
reas ,reaiiJa.---yoa a:iu- yoursc!f to g wander
,srougi rast realms os ncsand sweet imasu"cs.'
But hsrk! What burst cf har.nray is that, which
eha.Ds every auditor, and wakes tie sweetest
echocs Of The evening? i. is the Nashville batd
d;scoursing e;oquent music from the magic .e:cs
Ct tho "Aur' EnirIuecd, y1u liseu aud target
&C.. a,ol;snt th,t the land is dclrs, i With bl9ed
aal tca!s. TIC cry scenes inriden. to u stS ts,pf
p.arc aud prosperity aaat !h:oasa The inagias-
lion. Now it is an Opera With its grand elpirs,
aud It's enchanting Psina Donaa; and then it is
. g;!l.d hsaire, Who,e The legitimate drama gives
you the mos. yir;d. ahi get truthful representa-
t;ons OF halnan r:,urc, anil wEcre The bright
SMILES and the soft llusles cf thousand laics
make so scene ir front Of the foot sits, one
fNSL ESFtSsEC ct a1u N>ittC' iL'
nusio i. hustled. TIE :;esn command, "riykl
G:sis nttcntior 10 ro,-cW,' '-,eceH y"u TO Tie
p,;nflI pres=nt, nnd cause you 10 gecu:lcc, ihs'
grim visased war has "st jet snootkol h.s
wriaklcl fr-rt."
All the ,ren =ad officers t, be glad IKE.
Gea. JOHNSTON comnsnis the Army cf Tennessee.
Yhs veteran hero Is host in himself, aud tie
hope, tae na,i,nrc, tie sr.huti,sm iu.iired iy
MS presence, ri: the eltI.sn's Of inv;Icibili-y,
the guarantees Of success, srd we trust, lie hsr-
birZers u peace General. JUsErH L. JOHNSTON
has tho most expressive couatenarco ever behold.
1t is WORT, trip from EdseGe!d TO Dalton TO
witness tho soliierly ard graceful manner in
Which h- conducts review. Eotvcry lung siiicr.
SAN this lion -hes rtei General sit upoa hi. Eorsc
fur hours, Wills: tbs veterans Of our army marched
before him in serried rapks 10 the souxd ofiuar-
;,l music. So vast a number 0s men in ono body,
it i. raid lad rcvor beforc been reviewed on this
continent. Il was spectacle to DC remembered,
and man might ]ive hundred years and never
SEQ another like it. The day was lcveiy.aDd au-
,nicicus; under foot, ;here Has neither dust nor
mud tho smbon. air was mild and genial with
here and there a pcarly cloud to Diversity tho
horizon. Gu riding with (. ;risna TO the out-skirs
Of the village, it WAS inspiring and srimating in
TIE extreme to gee The men in three columns EACH
perhaps m:le in length, gih hayooess glitter
lag in the sunlight, and with lie Dsual accompa-
rimeut CT dashipg horsemen, sll'tcaistcd by one
patriotic resolve, and moved by rAsterly will.
With the towering mountains for q back ground,
this view presented picture grand and keauti-
ial beyond description. Oh aOw wanted toine
Of my South Caroliua friends with mo to gaze,
admire and feel as did Emotions stranse, sad,
AID bcviiaeriug mingled F&itb hope, pervaded my
whole being! 1t was moment TO revive the ni-
prsssOns of History, Poetry, and Romance. And
yet, on stopping to read the names of the battle
field inscribed the Gag of the Is tth Tennessee
Il. cnent, ara also to listen to the low swcet mr-
r.o Of its erces.ior bsnd, happopels to look be-
Lind me and anw hundreds Of red fresh graves
where the dead soldiers had found ansl resting
place. Then came 70 mind in awful Significance,
those impressive words Of the Poets
"All the g!eriss Of human greatness,
Arc but pleasing dreams,
And shadows soon dccoyias."
Our affairs arc in critical condition. But thero
can be no such word ns jail! Proviiad;r all do
their duty orergetiOslly ana promptly with firm
r.!iauc. upon tho God Of oar fathers. 4 heavy
responsibility rests upon the people at home. Tho
soldiers and their families must be supported.
There's wo.k herculeon for the farmers The
army must b. clothed. There's work for the La
dies And, God bless them, they have dOue their
part with will aud to the ru:pose. Tb,ra is
conplnint (and fear it j, we'll foundcD against
come Of tho Surgeons. Let public Indignation,
like the breath II the Simeon, wither every Army
Doctor, that InstreatS tho sick soliierss..
The woather has been bitterly cold, but now
the soft South wind is blowing, and tn, frogs
begin to croux. sBy-the-by, Is it NOT little Fin
gusr that mankind do their crOakins when tho
prospect is fsrbiddiug aud gloomy, but when ell
nature il pleasant ond bright that thcu the frogs
shou,d begin to utter doleiul 5oiecs7
But must stop. Ny timo grows s.ori, while