The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-09-13
Too Much Water.

of the water of that famous Spring, just
before inditing his last interesting epis-
tie, or he would scarcely have made SO
maay mistakes in his little notice Of our
humble SELF That the water has an ex.
hileratins effect, when freely iIubibed, is
we'll known By all vino have drank Of it,
and hence We infer that he must have
INDUCED freely. We insert the para
graph and will then point out wherein
cur good friend crrs. 1t is as follows:
"The press has hcen represented here
in the person of Col. Grenekcr, of the
Nrwberrv Herald, who is quite an IN
valid, suffering from an affection of the
liver, which has reduced him to mere
shadow Of his former self. lie has al
| ways derived much benefit from the use
| of these waters, ard Eopcs to do so again.
He has been poking his fan at "the boys
here, for eating TOO much, particularly
in the evening, and then suffering from
dyspepsia in consequence "f their ndlS-
cre,ion, but "the boys" contend that the
! Colonel was always the frs: ID lead the
charge upon the ediblcs and the last to
sound the retreat over
In the first place ther the title "Col. ,
is far beyond our military merits, the
highest rank to which We ever attained,
being fourth sergeant in Beat Compa-
ny in Charleston, of which Capt. Phil.
Patrick was the commander. This vas
in the good old days, when the Fourth
Of July was greater man than St. Pat
rick's Day, and the Beat organization
was an institution Of 10 little considera-
ton in the eyes of its officers. Our
friend Charlie B., in "the little store"
Just beyond the Herald Office, had dis
tinguishcd place in the picture then, and
he remembers the time well. lIc ranked
US. and had the honor Of standing in
front of company with huge sword in
his hand, and red Sash pendant from
| his hin, while we were in the rank anu
file, with an old muSket. We'll, we were
fourth sergeant then, and owing to
crooked circumstances never made fur
ther advancement, although we have
served the country in several serious
wavs, ard since then il the ''latc un.
pleasantncss" engaged in few conflicts.
Oae Of ,hcse-how vivid the rcmcm-
brance, and how many Of the boys of
the 18th will bear Us out-and the very
first our regiment got into, happened at
| Coosahatchie. We had just landed !;
hungry and tired. Some were stretched
on the swarl asleep, some foraglns for
provisions, while few, rore fortunate,
were cooking the savings Of former ra-
tons 1t vas in the cary dawn; a
frightened aarkic dashed into camp; a
yankee gunboat was coming mp the riv-
cr; the country was aghaSt. Tho news
electrified us-Lt. Col. Calhoun, then in
command, promptly ordered us into llne.
and Immediately, if not sooner, We were
in double quick to the river, and arriving
were halted and council Of var held
The right and left companies, being rifle,
! in the scarcity Of ammunition, and hav-
ing no bayonets, were alone-furnishcd
with cartridges, while the remainder -
muskcts having bayonetS. We're without
ammunition, and accordingly the rifles
were depIoyed as sharpshootcrs aud skir-
misherS, while the Others were formed
on bridge, to charge with bayonc:s the
gunboat which dared to invade the
peaceful waters Of the CncSahalchie. II
came on, and on il vas L perilouS mo-
| ment, but 10 man fnchctl, all stood
firm, except the skirmisherS. Nearer,
| nearer. As the smoke Of the steamer
became visible wc were jndiciouSly with
drawn and ambushed, which was effect
ed without the loss Of a man, and soon
she came in sight. The order to lie low
was promptly obcyed and an officer sent
ont to reconnoitre. 1t. c., Of Co. d., it
was We think, who brought the intcli-
gence that the boat was not an enemy,
but one Of our own river steamers,
and therefore there would be no fight.
1t was exceedingly lucky for the boat
for there is no telling how many bayonet
holes would have been made IN her had
the boys been pera'itscd to get close
enough. Well, we got back, and over
breakfast talked Of this first engagement.
As before stated we were simply q
fourth sergeant, and as this engagement
did not afford an opportunity for any
deed of daring by which promotion
comes, and rs We were only in one
other, and that, too, was bloodiess, We
have never IN all the intervening years
ascended the military scale. Therefore
c.. E. G. made mistake when he called
US Colonel
Second-We were reduced 10 mere
shadow of our former self How much
thinner does he wish to make US? We
never in our paImieSt days were faIter
than match or stoutcr, and it would
be difficult to reduce MS to much less
condition now. We did suffer pain, ter
ribe pain, and had plasters. poul'ices,
pot,ons and pills till we could not rest,
and we're reduced to dep!cratie weak
ness, and felt sometimes ike never again
taking hand or part in anything good,
bad or Indifferent. but did not lose so
,nrch flesh fur the reason that il was