The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-11-19


was buried in his garden, as many as twcntv
III IL, some PIaccs. lie also pointed to Il deep
ditch in which about thousand of Burusidc's
crew were piled and packed like dead mackcrcI
IN barrel. Many, many other gardens and
yards contain dead Yankees bv the score.
The stone fence at the bottom of n hill
AID on that hill is the finc old homestead Of
the Marys, now gone 10 wreck, with countless.
aperlnres made hy shot and shell, and open to-,
the winds that blow. All! it was sad thino
to tread the deserted halls and chambers Of
this Old house, and hear only the echo of your
own footsteps. Not even a rat squeaks behind
inc walnSco1 The silence is:awtul. Outside the
house, and running through The ward, which is
still beautiful Yith:its shade trees, arc the rife.
P"s' ana on the nII tops arc heavy carthworks
for artillery. all thrown up after the battle Of
Fredericksburg had been fought and won
Truly B''mside's task had Just begun when he
reached the stone fence. But -buut-why did
not Lee fol'ow@np the repuIse? why did he
not shell the town and. order q mjncht rs.
saaIt! The people of. Fredericksburg, Who lad
been crouching all day in their cellars prayed
that Lee might do this. If he had, such VIC
tory wonld have been won-oh such u victo-
ry. loo Iatc, too late now to think about
went over into Stafford County, opposite
fredericksburg, and there is wide wild scc,ic
OF deYastation-ncitler fences nor trees for
leagues on leagues, houses deserted and burnt.
ana so many roads to the enormous calnps of
HOOKER, which extended nineteen square miles.
tilat tho oldest Inhabitants >are in danger of
losing themselves i'll their native country Tie
Lacy House is Il baronia pile in the extent, of
Its buildings. and it's tcrrace grounds aud .tar
ID,
The walls OF the large cd fashioned rooms.
and even the pillars of the porchrs are scrawlcd
and besrribblcd with obscure Yankc. names
and obscure Yankee rhrScs and nicturcs-
Further back, on il hmicr.ra,.cc Of hills com
mandl2g the whole country, arc the walls Of
the l'h''lpS lIousc, which was, burnt ont of
sp,tc 'tyHt"ncman, because his brother Officers
objected 20 his using it as his private Quarters.
hat picture OF rivag.Nl hcnut~- is to hc
seen ironl the lci @ht on which this hous,
stood.
Strange 10 tell, St;fT:,ul County, naturally
s'eru and sl';'rsciv pcor!r!. is uow richer anil
more tl'"kly settled than it has been since IT,"
colonial da%s 1t is Il irLatnl,lr land, in which
ne1tIrr Confederate nor Yankee rule is ac-
kn"wctgc'l, AMI it is filled with ;,rsrrtrrs, who
have grown rich hT gathering and selling he
lnrnrnsr ;'chris If lockers camps to WASH
ington or to ichrnoml purchasers, as hapncn-
ed to he most ro'vcni"nt-tor these lawcss
people care little for either side. lIookcr's in
credible relies have rot yet been all gathered
IN, Tor SAW in Fredericksburg and at IIamil-
tons crossing, great piles of old Iron and l.ao.
mchts OF TENTS blankets and ovcrcoats which
were just ready to bc-scnt to Richmond
A number of refugees have returned to Fred
e,icksburg, Which contains now some six or
eight hundr souls, prime ipally women and
children. Their spirit is unabated their ha-
tired OF the Yankee is qncnclc*s; their faith
in the cause and their checrfurcss is worthy of
all praise and universal imitation. When our
last call tor men was made a week or so aro.
Fredericksburg sent down one volunteer GO
years old, and another Of II; and while [ was
TIN re half a dozen boys 5 and 1G were com
planning because Gen. Kemper wouldn't let
them volunteer ir. the old Fredericksburg COM
p nies and join Lees army at once, instead of
waiting for tho reserves to be ordered out
GAMMA.
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