Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-01-25
From ,As Charlotte s, q, Bulletin: .

In tue sRsvolutiousfy ~sr Of 1778yneaiiy
the sitifs country 1isss oTstrdn' BY y eng BIT
ish, and sa6erings unparalleled by.saag3t
known in the present rsrnlntions tHas sxps
rienced by both tho people aud the army.
Yet the struggle vas epntinusd until ,the
glerio1s boon 'of independents vas sschred,
and .happines ana respect :insdrsd 10 the
American people. Had they, Seen So6qusI
.ssdi2ssab jugsted Amisry aud Degradation
saeS Would have been ihsir porioh, q It Villbe
8 ours should SWs sseE BE- 80 u1i6f ftansts g y
Be- brought under 8, Sonqusrog,s YOKE .Oaf
'i enemy q aoffsrs q no m tenn. sWS hare ID q.
ternstises Ts Yield NOV wsald be EkS cen-
nni.ti6g suicide through fear ofsdesth ~ -
The gloom o.. the, present hour a sans-
thing akin % that which eysrbrssd ths
American colonies inst prior, % the ogqag-
ing Of the Delaware, and the .eaPtVrspd
the Hessians BY. Washington. We YEN
ture to say, though, that 20 suffering has
YET vet been endured equal to that Of the
American i1 army at Valley Forge. On4Hs
I1th Of December; li777, says ths bIsto.
riann,, , Washiaston itfs White Marsh md ~
tired to Valley Forge, On the Schuylkifl,
twenty miles above Philsddphia, Here,
mi ma wood on high ground, he laid, out his
camp, aud smpfoysd bis army 8. building
huts fo. winter qnsriss. This work was
not samplsts when Tho magazines we're
found to contain scarcely: . siigIe days pro.
vision. As 10 their clothing, some few,of
the soldiers had ohe shirt, soms stbs fend.
iant of ohe, ths greater paaft none. = 40 4aII,
Barefooted, on the frozen ground, tneif fses
out by ice, they left their ssksin blood. A
few only had tie tdxdry cf blanksk. by
night. More t6s1 5 900 Ssrs excused ltom
duty, oli 81 sccouns of 1cold aud nakedness.
Stray could. not Be SSbsaiusd md thS. soI-
diers, who during. the day iwass bsaupbsd
wsith cold, ana a 1ean,feebled by h1sepr, bad st
night no Other bed than tie humid gronnd
Diseases attacked them, and hospitals ysfs
ireplennished IS Rapidly as the dead ssrs on.
ried out. The unsuitable ness Of tho bull
ydi6gs, and ths, mulftude Of iaiek thst sfoH,
ded them, caused an insnppc crtabls fet6f.
Hospital fever ensusd. IL II could not ba isnS-
edisd BY change 81 linen, fot none aepld DO
had nor by aalabriops: Diet q. 1ssp. tke
coarse tcsoarsest' Was not attainab!s; moi. by medi.
eiiss, as 3 sven The. won worst we're who'll ran,
ting, The hospitals resehbfed moro iscspA
olss fot tie dying than places sf sIa e ssfsgsfF
the diseased -. !, ss.ss
'' TbsI Tb 2 patience, patti Jays the historian l - Fitb
which these patriotic votariss sof freedom
endured such complicated evils is, va be-
iie7Ne;, vithoats parallel. il isih hissos hhsss To
iyS % to bastls, shesfsd With the tronpss and
ths drum, Will victory d ths, speedy bed of
honor before Tue Doll der, requires 8 heroic
effort much more u starvye, to freeze, ana
to iis down AID die lss q silent 6tssaEity,
, Sparta. kneE .hsa panss, efths isaisid-
uals,who fell in hsr, snspse at,IbsrpQpglR;
but America scarcely knows Aov mtpy haa-'
drsds psrishsdd L. fog oe her in ths espp. y aNal-
Icy Forge odi sas bs5sae sds.,l * On.
s,Ws have more Of stake than the mensM
6shad. Shall NO i,less patriotic. and
determinsd sthap thsgS BY spssient, spdg-
rance they finally emerged into theg glQlogs
sunlight. Of peacesapd prospsritEssMsy Rs
not do likeNisa2-Ba llssiasrsr .aEassssg
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