Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-05-14

Wednesday evening our lsveling larry,
being some distance In our rear, sRd the
sun being hidden from view, worked by
mistake .until later hour than usual, aud
starting back to camp, night came uIol
them. Unconscieusly they soon I. uni them.
selves where, they knew not, and in this
unpleasant state, through baubo $, grape.
vines aud ivy, tumblirg occasionally over
rocks, they wandered fJr several hOuis. I'll
our camp becoming alarmed at Il CIR length
ened absence, dispatched our Z hiopian,
Squire " Hack" !" to seek their deiverance.
OF he started with lighted torch, and TO
make sure his own return, kindled fires
every few hundred yards through the woods
until he reached the top Of a high spur,
were bringing, as he called II, one OF his
"heavy coon yells," he received an answer.
He Immediately proceeded 10 the direction
from which il came, aud after awhile folnd
them in one of tho darkest. most rugged
gOrges If the HOlston Mountain. Returning
then upon the track OF his q 'es with Bs
much exnltatioa as SinchO Paizi, after one
of bis brilliant midnight excursions, arrived
With them 10 camp about 10 o'clock. Their
level was filed with dirt, the target lost
from the level rod, an pants, coa's and
vests Tiddled to such an extent that Hack
thinks they would make good patches but
for this, they say they would not care had
they torn nothing but clothes. They par
took OF warm supper which We had 10
readiness, and on the morrow, but for the
scratches upon their ia .es, We could scarce
ly recugniz; them as the wanderers of the
night before.
o. Thursday we crossed the HJlston
Mountain, and lodged the two following
nights with the citizens of Stony Greek.
Our wagons had 10 go by Union Depot, a
distance OF thirty miles, in order to get
around the mou tain.
On Sa urday evening returning to the
place designated for camp we found they
had not arrived, feeling sure they we're not
far oil we started to meet them, but trug-
ged on without having our expectations
gratited, until night aud a heavy rain for.
ced. us to shelter in an old barn, without
bed clothes or supper save a small heap of
chat and piece Of cold corn bred. Some
OF us were more fortunate than the rest,
getting to sleep in house near by. Our
Wagons arrived next morning and We soon
had delightful dinner aad were a. happy
as I've had bad no IN sfortune the night be-
fore. Oar happiness was not to last long,
for teing the next morning, as engineers
generally are, unfortunate enough TO have
grol appetite, We ate an enormous break
fast, bu. alas soon after We discovered that
kerosine OIL, by mistake or accident, had
gotten iatO our bread. o., could | ex.
pres our feelings, We soon dislodged our
breakfast and have scarcely tasted any thing
but kerosine sjnce. We are recuperatiug
now and think, it We do nof get another
dose, will soon recover.
We are no across Iron Mountain about
eight miles from Taylorsville, aud in conse-
qnence ofthe inclem .ncy of the weather,
We have been forced TO remain in cam', ,nd
so We sit AMI gZ upon our few little tents,
and hear the merry chat of the boys around
cur camp firos some OF the sadest m' m ,ries
OF the past are awakened. Fancy almost
brings the voice of some companion that
tented with US in days gone by, who now
lives in distant cline, or inhabi's the re-
gion OF the spirit land. But yet amid all
this It's sweet 10 see that Tennessee, guided
by the grand old mother of States, though
downtroden and oppressed, has still energy
LETT and is striving to regain her former
prosperity. We expect to reach Taylors-
vile in few days where perhaps we viii
let on hear from us again.