, 1865-10-31

AAlS uouh - lllt ulst u LIZ kllu We nave
seen. It gives The life and doings Of single
regiment, and thus descenda into those inter-
esting details of the soldiers life which are not
embraced within the scope Of the histories Of
great campaigns and heavy armies. It Il
written in entertaining style, often terse,
graphic and vivid. From works like this our
future Dumases and Charles Levers will
gather The materials for score Of American
variations Of the Forty Guar1smcn ~ and
stChazley o'a1alley," Those who want to
read what soldiers life il, not In romance
but in reality, will lind this book very inter
South Carolina -
The at Of fosoging, had hy this time become
Had ii been Otherwise the akill Of ihe foras.eFs
let ne di1e1gc he1e and sEctch DAY viii thc
forarers.
AS nsral tho camp is aroused long before day.
light. ~ the gray da~n the for7GerJ, al moanted,
The right, Following strange roads, eulded some
Times BY the compass, sometimes BY the sun, and
sometimes going Z blind, :" they dash awsy ffon
fordi1g deep and rap1d streams, riding % through
!be wilderness Of pnes until at length farm house
Is ,, dss9sed e z; Then ihey "go tor +" Who
,ho % malss. AWsy @ teg 20. 9 nec ese aua
neck: !" Go It, Old bafebones; + 60 Il. iouksTs;''
and Ike wild Aiabs the party approaches the dwei-
pleiises-s what i tho use of riding 80 hard."
The speed Is slaekcned. The party rides by deter-
mined to be drst At the next plantation. or
sipe insignificant houses With the .emstE, T. 8,
Finally large r1ch looking p1aataton Is d6eorescd
esiethow II Il ~ open p 3d men md eo ae
Stricken women come to the door. The entise
party rides IN It the gate In an instant they have
Others for the pant. and Others rush into che pa1
lor. a squad attacks Tho bce-alyes. KNOCK on
the top"-"get water and drown them" a1noke
tst and thas ,hs5 sst Soon swain Of Be- I'D Ill
The Atmosphere. The men a1e no moro ntraid OF
them thsn they ase Of bullets. hnt TN to md tEo
hngr1s. email squad Is At wurk At the snn hills.
The meat y broaghl ont.,choice hams; they win
haye no other. The Gour barrels are soon emptied;
'ae sassss s' run s'Rs!sd ts %s e saa sa1tssa: h.
one o. TWO Of the sha;pest take o assEey to
one side, quiz hrn, threaten him, show him q r.
they nre OF. In d uelghbor1ng swamp, amid the
rounded On Ill eides b. Waicr, number of fine
TOO. Ihsy M % a1e quickly I % ss rhs he eaptoTs o
gallop back to the firm h0Ise. Those WHO re-
mained there have loaded their animals With mis-
done! The "oid gentleman y has q plcc carnage
IN his ea1tsss-houss md re captured horses, two
!iage d brought outfit harness ar lacking
they arc .supplied. .by Yankee ingenuity. Old
the stmblanee i harness. Thc Schlcie Is then y
loaded down until TIE springs click together.
Meanwhile The house has been thoroughly pflaged:
oss aasss 3, sos Mosk o. Ge = se h - si e.
rett, al have been rarsaeked. Thtn.s az In he
mos: perfect. chaohc confusion, Oiher foage1a
hass aysa-othsr Iaac fs plasesa also Drawers sse
TIpnkf ese broken open. Clolhlng and other yalu-
@~se..sA taken. Men q VARIOUS brssdes, divisions
I'D eeaRs s;e ,ss s.gsse n he dsssSs 9 Fl wao
&C. a1 oa ttntB,9 O. n +; ass e
does; md The Old lady, and Tie pretty Joang
l. veil address thefr words 10 he tdle Winds Ths
fozegcIs Hnst have something. to eat; the army
must live by fora9ing. They feel fo- the poor and
iskc without stat. And ihe pilssers sSyw o no
compuncltons Of conscience. With look Of fetolid
Indifference. peculiar 70 the h1rdeEed criminal, they
ss tss, II H. Ssn2s os sR, the
passing another house here they load an old cztor
bag wh gsoysons Maahng IT.
soldiers arc happy over many good things to eat-
And this IL but one day out Of many long weeks
Of such Wotk; scarcely house escaping The visita
Of T Country ~ Il M lcast @ ffty nils IN breadth. - A'
And We have only looked at The surEace; a what
was done when numbers q the foFagets and pllla.
i darker chapter co7ld bc written Of the work Of
1narauders, Who, banding together ior tho purpose
pfllaging and committing Other crimes, visited the
fer nWay from The marching cnlumns, God pity
Of 4 fafdhg army.
"PAU1 PnEscorr's CHARGE" by HoratIo