The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-14

directions, but which, after tedious
and hot marches, were generally dis.
covered to have assumed proportions
only in the fertile imaginations or 'e&,
cited vilcttcs. We also did consider
able pickctilutv ut t:;FallS Church and
NiuMs"nSSllill aud Mason's llill aud
tpton'S lHll, aud oncQ we marched to
the PotoiQac to'a place called Point ot
RGrNS.. From these advanced points
many OF YOU, for the first time, behcld
The splendid dome Of that most mag
niictpt building the Capitol at Wash
ingtIn. which was distinctly Visible
but few miles on. And iu tho inno-
ccncc Of our military homage wu won
1rrCd why General Bcaurcgard didn't
. at once send us over to capture it.
! rhiioSophi2in@ bit u moment here,
We are torribiy impressed with tho
emptiness ct human maNims, and
ma@r 10 realize that ,hr n,onnmrnts of
MANS greatness are but litil. apprc-
clai"t whHn the virtue Of tho citizen
has fed, Ii was at tho very feet of
The >tatan Of The Goddess Of Liberty
whirh Stnod upon this dome, moulded
!" rnNcr!>hah'@ brass, that she might
forever proclaim to the Victims OF
deSpoti>m H!>rwhorc ,ha, here at lcaS,
was the "hoar Of the free, tho land
"t the hlc>l, that were being Formally
prepared The iIiNSic$t Of excuses for
the imhrUing OF n brothers hand in a
t'"thcr,S blood, and coNcoc,pa the
most hrlliSh Of schemes for lis over
/ throw and Suhiu%a,ion, #lthoaYH lie
only asked 10 be let alone. Onr char
ac'er Wh" always accompanied us ON
ines" expeditions mnst not be over
io"%cd. l Know tEat You will aniici-
pate me and at cncc rccowniZc
/ CHESrEE'S OLD MENlCAN GAME.CoCK.
the veteran EavcS, who was probably
The only man in 'hc Regimcn% who
could ascertain from Colonel Wiu,lrr
tHc direction and destination of our
tlarch; for, rs YOU know, he was ura-
Die to keep up and usually started in
advance OF Us. | can sec him now AS
We pass him on The road with his Scr
Iant bearing lis rifle, his silvcrcl
locks yti>!"Ein~ in the mornings sun
"Hd his step, though unsteady from
age, yet bearing him true us the needle
/" the pc!c To our bivouac. 1t was
u!'rh "nc of these expeditions that we
E'I eur hrst brush with the enemy. =.
toi"nci Ninder had determined to
drlve them from wood which tl,"v
oc'Hr'ru IL our front, and from which
~ "rEr being annoyed by the long
rang: '<'tnS OF the !ickctS. With two
@N:Is from tie Washington Artillery.
q New Orleans, under Captain I;osscr'
ana part OF MARYLAND regiment, We
mao" Il dash across clover field and
iHt" the wood. They did not Stand
n"WrNrr, but fled prccipitatc.y over
the mis- and in She direction of WASH
l''"toli, alld from the cUmmOli0n be-
Enhd must have announced that Bcau-
regard was on hand with the whole
army. his WAS the gkirmish of IiHil's
l'i'; ana resulted in the captur, or
two or three prisoners, am not sure
which but | remember licutcllau,
OF Il Maine regiment, Ki;rcll was his
name, "hd othr;s who were discovered
ny Corporal nunlcvy, of the Blues,
l',H"h III " bank OF potatoes in the
'r'iar ulnl"r ~: tricii hnuSr, which
. ,''' ri%hi viii" ',SAiich in the adv;uicr.
II WAS 1T The &';c io this hn,!S,! llat
Ei.l ''""hi ,"n, of tEc B"yre Guards.
was A''i'E"'l by the "l,! Gur&rrs bun.
;,"::, hiih aIirf quite Il hansl to hand
y-it >N"yrt'',i III pa>,;!y lis h;>orr,
,hF":'"'' hIh', "h~r"ur"n i'::. ,!nw N",i,
leaving Il ira il OF iIood ever l,,n y.r,}
which led 10 the bclict ,j;ai ,n.n| "u
w"un.r,i Yankees were rn,rn.I,.i
within: and i, was in co,,scuurncr ~.
TIN, that TIC thorough search wn,
ini'd", W:i:r! resulted in t,n ,iryrlon-
ih"nt ~ i)Inlrvy. ,hiliN that il Wis
n'"h ''i- expedition: and probably on
lii" day h,'''", bnl certainly ii the
immediate n"i*:i;Iorho"I, thu. the first
inaA was Killed in the trout of our
line. ii:r"r members Of tn. CaIhoun
guards were ON picket duty in a weed
l:'!d, and to their lett was another
pn'n' at large pine behind whicI tine
pickcts were sheltered. A Federal
Sha"p"hootrr, who had been con, uicu-
on> by his efforts 10 kill picl;cts alon"
other portions Of TIC Live, approachcI
l"AiAr'iialrly in front OF ties. nartic,,
and "iihout discovering them he saw
the soldiers behind tic pine. Think-
iii'% thai h" had fo,li;i Il gap in tie
,:"". aux: seeing a i:nc OPPORTUNITY Co
Dag !s,"':,My Ncb', he approached
cautiously in Il c;rur],;nr ,,.;,;
wi,j i.is eun across his I,r, = Ip"n>i! po>i'i''l m
fire IL soon as Inc wns ,n.,. r''I, n,',. ',"uS 10 10
make sure Of his mau. % nnd 'u"''si .hn' 10
out through the rHD Which, hn "h" hnL ,1;' iH.'