Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-02-25
Correspondence of The Register.

weather" and began to think it was pre-,
pairing for second deluge. The thun-
der rolled. the lightning flashed and the
rain came down IN torrents. For more
than week this weather continued and
now the frogs are holding their Spring
ConrocGtion snd, judging from the
css,'hey nut have some big preacher.
and en- immense choir.
Our Winter is over and soon Spring
will be upon US. for here,
winter fingers not to chill the lap Of May,
But smiling Spring its earliest visit pays,
And parting Summers lingering bloom de-
lays"
The genial warmth Of the last few days
has caused The buds 10 burst and the early
flowers TO spring up and soon mother
earth will be clothed in rich verdure.
The fishing season has already opened.
These waters abound in several very ex-
celleni vsriene aud they arc easily caught.
] am going 10 learn the trade. and just in
sgine Inc sitting on The banks Of The Wa
teree,
with patient angle trolling the fnny deep"
u ~ EiSs' sPoib Uo'h loI eeuHeWeu SHu
ladies. and they have large fishing parties
in the early Spring, instead Of pic.nics.
Gov. Scott has considerable trouble in
managing The X. X. Ks. IN Union Dis
micr. One night last week, sbou, 500
OF them. sPlendIdly mounted, appeared at
Union c. H.. 60, the keys Of Tie Jail and
took on, 8 negroes confined there fer
shooting down a one armed white man in
mere wsntoness, and 2 charged with ar
son shot 6. hung 2. and turned up
mnsing. These negroes belonged to The
negro militia and had been guilty Of sew
ersl ourSges, and were about 10 be re-
leased without, a trial. The good people
OF that county regret these ou,rages and
know as lIlie abou, The x. X. Ks, as the
Governor does. They are perfectly SAL
ished with U. 5. troops and prefer militia
~ rule 10 their present government and
will not endure the negro militia and ne
gro ouusges. The Outside world know
no, half what the whites Of this State
have To endure under carpet bag radical
negro rule.
Your correspondent, a few evenings
sgo, paid his promised visit TO Camden,
an inland town on the Waleree. Is miles
distant. It's an old Revolutionary CITY.
and bears the marks Of age and hard
usage. Gen. Sherman visited it during
the late war, and the solitary chimneys
and blsckened walls stand as mute senti-
nels 20 tell the rising generations me inIa-
nv OF that hesrIess invader. lie burned
more than hall Of the town and two fires
since have nearly made a trey ttdt OF it.
ls trade is now limited and 1t has but
few marks OF its former greatness and an
Glen, memories. 1t was here that Gener-
al Gates. bearing The lsurels OF Saratoga,
met Cornwsllis and was going to whip
him before breakfast and so, rejecting tie
suggestions OF his brother officers. he
moved from his camp about midnight, 10
attack the BRUSH aud met them unex-
pecledIy coming to attack him. Great
wn the confusion and great the loss OF
the Americans, who were only saved
from utter destruction by the gallant Bar
on De Kslb. who fell fighting for his
adopted country. Some years ago, the
ciizpns Of the place erected monument
AN ob.lisk-io his memory, which
stands IN front of the Presbyterian
Church. fronting DE Kslo Street. and
bears the following Inscriptions:
South side-"Hers lie the remains Of
Baron De Kalb. German by birth. but
10 principle citizen Of the world"
North side-"ln gratitude for his zeal
and services. The citizens OF Camden
have erected This monument"
East ,idc-"His love OF liberty induc-
ed him To leave the old world 10
aid Tie citizens OF the new in their ,true-
gle for independence. His distinguished
talents and many virtues weighed with
Congress TO appoin, him Major General
in their Revolutionary army"
sde-"}ie was second in COM
mand in the battle near Camden. August
I6, 1880. between The British and Amer
leans and he nobly fell, covered with
wounds. while CALAMITY performing deeds
Of ,slor in ralIyins friends aud opposing
The enemies Of bis sdopted country"
Adjoining Camden proper is sutbur-
ban village. called kmkwOod, extending
back into what is known as the "SaDd
Hills" high healthy region sboundIog
IN good wafer. Thus is Tho residence OF
~esl,hy planters and others. whose annu'
oil income before the war was from one
half 10 one million. but they have been
sadly reduced in circumstances sInce.slIII,
many of The fine residences retain their
former handsome appearance end The
grounds around, set of with evergreen
trees and shrubbery. and choice flowers,
make i. a delightful place and attractive.
The houses are far apart, and have ample
grounds in from, and around for men of
ta.te and means TO CRAFTY every horIlcul-
tu,sl wish and some Of them spend snnu-
slly from five 10 ten thousand dollars in
crnanenling and keeping up their hand
some grounds aud lawns. North and
IVES, Of .hi. village, on the opposite side
of.he river, is smother village, called
Hobkirk. a place also OF Revolutionary
no,e, but greatly changed in appearance
and surroundings in the last decade.
PEREGRINUS, JR.
South Carolina, Feb. Is, 1871.