, 1865-10-30

aud not less than threc-fourths Of ihcn arc
nearly as good as they were On the day Of
their sudden evacuation, aud In hundreds Of
them arc memorials Of that life of want md
Woe which $1,000 men knew here, and from
which 900 passed out through the door of
The dead-hollse to the slope Way yonder BY
the timber, and laid themselves down in long
rows for the final sleep, and for the glorious
reward duo unseltish souls.
In the construction Of these habitations
there is almost infinite variety on common
general plan. THIS one ln which ! sls. and
to best, furnishes that general plan, With very
little elaboration or decoration. Come In aud
see II. Do yon find the door low and narrow,
and have you q horror oi this squat root md
these smoky walls, and this earth floor! Yet
here lived three or four mcn-for many weeks
The hut Is six and n half feet long, four feet
spd three inches wide, and about i've feet
hiCh in the centre. A hole Of fifteen inches
depth was dug; at either end OF 1t was set
forkcd stick in these two forks was laid q
ridge polc. The wall OF our house is tho side
slabs Of wood resting On the ridge pole, aud
nj tie edge Of the hole This Ia the general
plan. The huts emnller than this arc more
numerous than those larger. The back end Is
mado Of sticks driven into the GROUND, against
which earth has been THROWN The front end
is built with more carr. Half Of It Is Of mud
brick, and the door and tho little chimney at
The corner occupy The other half: The door
is simply hole; the chimney Is seemingly
built up Of little bricks, and Eyes tiny irc-
placc Of abont fifteen inches square. The
roof was. first covered with pine brush and
then with six or eight inches Of Garth.
Perhaps hundred of the huts are entirely
above ground, Possibly score arc so high
that IN ordinary man can stand straight ~
them. But then there are thousand built
over holes three feet deep-n thousand not
more than four feet high In tho ridge thou
sand not more than four feet squarc-soue
hundreds that chow only such height above
ground Us well-dlled grave, Do you deem
Il awful Tint men should live in such labita-
tio1s as thcse: Yet they were palaces beside
the burrows Of Salisbury. The thousands Of
tiny brick nsed here were made from the red
dish earth Of the hill side west ol the brook
The graded fat extending back sixty or sew
cniy feet from the stream suggests parade
ground but 1t was only the bed on which
these little bricks were sun-baked. In the
use Of the brick there Has sometimes a great
deal Of Ekill md ingenuity displayed. One
secs With pleasure score or two OF chtmneys
That nre models Of architectural beauty; one
finds not q few fre-places that are constructed
with elaborate improvements. So, too, n few
OF tie huts have doors curiously bra;dcl or
woven Of spllnters. There }s, indeed. over In
the southwest corner, one whole house, aboro
gIuuna, woven, walls and roof, like basket.
These things, though, nrc exceptional; gen.
orally there was only so much a. would an.
| swer the ba1dcat uiilitariauisu.
I saw with eladncss that lhcre was plenty
| CT wood. Some Of it, MS have already said,
is stlll piled In long rank just outside the
| stccknde. There is m abundance, also, scat
tered all about the enclosure particularly
cast Of the brook. Look into hundred huts,
and you shall sec wood ready cut for the little
frc-rlace in sevcnty,Gve Of them surely. In
few cases 1t eren get lies nicely piled against
1hc chimney on the outside.
THESE WEE fASKcE Bors.
Here Is great Pine knot fashioned into o
bafbcr's chair, for which many man would
be glad TO bid q hundred dollars At Sanitary
FaE. II is nothing but rough bit Of loS,
but It's purpose Is evident enough. They
there in the southeast corner Is eycn now the
little post ut which they aimed, with m old
hoEfo shoe lying near. So, too, they seem to
hare iEdn1ged in cricket in the sweet
spring days when Gen. Sherman and
one wicket in its place. Did they indulge in
games at bows and azrows :-for picked up
what was clearly IN arrow, That they played
checkers Is certain, for Just down the hill a
little Il hut ln which Is Il rude checkcr.board,
and In The corner near the fireplace tumb1cd
md two square, cut from pine splinters- 1
guess they also played cards, for, in one hut
i picked up the ten of clubs, the five spot
and the queen OF hearts, and the ace and the
jack Of spades- Ton see, Lie came to sud-
den pause hete-there was no time for blot
ting out all the marks Of this daily exis-
tcncc; and walk where you will you stumble
against something that suggests 1t Was but
yesterday these prison-hoys found liberty.
The occupant Of one house IVES German.
Here Is scrap from some German newspaper,
Leaf from Sr9 German testame9tmpart.s 9Th ot tie
thjan<-nDd q bit OF German manuscript,
probably letter.
In This hut I found an old tin plate, part of
IN iron fork, the blade Of table knife, m
empty bottle, and the bowl Of a clay pipe.
An Irlslman lived herc-he wrote his name
on enc oil the posts,
"M1c DIARY"
nnd have half a leaf from his prayer book !:
40 Lord God, would not only pray for my-
self but for ali men. Bless my relatives md
friends wherever they are- Bless, too, my
enemies, aud may they become my friends.
May universal peace soon prevail.' So the
simple heart lifted sublime prayer in the night
time, and consccrated Lis tent With the balm
or forgiveness
In this little square, deep hole-house, was
page OF HazZlitt's Table Talk, rude
wooden spoon, a pair of wooden knives, tin
plate, and IN nt1nful Of pine wood. Was It
this morning that the tenant moved out into
the large world?
HERE LIVED A YANKEE 10Y OF EDUCATION.
&1t is six months since he last passed through
the door, yet everything is 1s orderly and
neat as If arranged but an hour ago. His
wood is carefully piled In the corner next to
The fire place, his stool is sound and st1oug,
his seat against the wall has not fallen down,
tho bowl Of his brier- wood pipe Is sweet and
IT. F1tu 81 Nx-a
is lie spring ora pocEe, krile laid away against
a possible need; carefully In the pine bush
covering of hts roof is . little roll Of blue
army cloth for patches; on string tied in
The corner are strung tlrcc buttons. Hcread
somebody's history Of English literature, for
here is a leaf from the book-pages 90 and
20; he kept the roll Of his Company, I
hls diary, on which are dozen names.
In still another hut find rude pipe-bowl,
sug out OF d sassafras root, aud q wooden
spoon large enough for n liant. The boy was
4os oo to the Kne 5Eee S aq os nn here
lished by South Carolina Colportage
Board"
The boya who lived here-a most wretched
hut, with its pile Of straw In the ccntre-wcre
also visited by the tract man, who left with
them "An Old Blade In New Scabbard''-
thus: "Deserted: This Is to certify that,
within the last twelve months, one Peter
i Wea5uear1ed 1as deserted from int arluy Vi
Jesus Christ. One of our scouts saw him last
Sabbath, walking arm In arm with Captain
I.oyesin, of the Whisky Guards, In Cursing
Groye, near LIKE PerdItion. a gracious re-
ward will be given for the recovery and resto-
ration Of this deserter to the army"
In the house, with door at each end-and
there Is but one such house Il found therarest
treasure Of the morning. It was tucked into
the pIncy tlatching, and concealed by scrap
Of rcd Woolen cloth. It Is a daguerreotJpe-
with the cases half worn away by long shut:
linz in tho knapsack, and the whole tied to-
gether with a bit Of black thread. It fs up.
parently the picture Of
MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS.
Agood looking, sobcr-faced woman Of forty
i've, wearing black bonnet and veil and cape
and dress, and holding dark parasol q
young lady Of nineteen Or twenty, wearing
knt trimmed with black, light spring or
faIl dress, and gray cloth sack, and holding
n fan and, between and behind the two, a
sweet.taccd miss Of large and loving eyes,
who stands in such position TINT the only
Said not that here was life arrested In the
vrrv nn1se-beaty The tale of Florence can be
half read even now by the dullcst eye.
a quarter OF mile away from the entrance
gate are the
EIGHT LONG ROWS OF MOUNDS,
To which 20 much Of this lifo finally came
2 ,3355aa-that Is the highest number o. the
| gruves, but there arc many score unnnmDefeo,
and the negroes say the men were otte1 nafled
| in like muttons," said an intelligent negro
carpenter, who WAS often in trouble for trying
| 10 iced and help the bnys In blue. Tho hall
acre OF ground occupied by these numbered
and known graves, Is not enclosed, and IA