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

! distinguished as a good foragor, iii;
acould carry larger loads of potatoc,
roasting ears, poultry and other DR.,
than any man. in tho Rcgimen,-;
though this honor was hotlv contc
ed by 0thGrS-- whilst With permit TO
! out and hunt, buttcr-milk fUp, tho 81,
, he could noSo ont more ,stillrhous
and uncarth more buried apblc-ac
than any man in the army, aud IN
rarely xreturped without enough Ito
make his whole company .merry. Colo
mel Windcr had been annoyed by the
effects OF some Of tlese. trips, and was
holding H. tighter reiil,. md In.u some
what cyrtailed Peter's fuoililics for 70
ing ut large. Peter Yves therefore n
little on tho dry order: in fact, us lie said
himself, che was more than bwilljnr
to pay quarter to. smell the brcuthuf
any. man who hnsl RECENTLY. swallowed
right aul1 dcatlencr." He was on
guard and unfortunately his walk
lHS:r" tn" co'nnlssarv quarter, where
M..lor Pagan had, 3mongst other
things, Il few barrels of good whiSkcy.
picked bis chance and tapped a barrel,
and III his Efforts to make up for LOST
time imhibrd too freely, and he was
soon diScovrrcu by Wintlcr, rctliny on
post like the mast Of a ship in Il gale. ,
tic was carried to the gunrd-tcnt anal
IN short time he was flat Of his bavi
dead drunk and tusL asleep. The
morning OF the trial had arrived aud
the court WHICH was to pass on Peters
grave otlcncC was ;nlrcntly convened,
LII great trouble he sent tor nc to coLAc
to the suara-;ent. .I had long bcdn his
SpVtfadt adviser, and in Dlantivc
tones he snokc of his apprchensious
ana begged me to stand bv him. "WerC
YOU really drunk?" said J. "Niver u
mon more so," said he. "IIow mucl.
did You get from the OarrclT' "About
In, gallon" "liow long did il last
you?' 81 only made two drinks of il.
sir" was his reply. "Your case Iouks,,
little bad, but do rs l tell you. When
vou arc arraigued and the charge Of
druikcnncss ON post is mad, Gcnv il
cmphatically, say that you only tool.
n half gallon, which was Drndeu|IM
divided into two drinks, and offer To-
prove by me and twenty witnesses
who know you rs well as do, that -
half gallon, even If swallowed at o,r
dian%ht, could not have produced the
effects charged in the case. You GER
tainiy were not drunk if this is oU thai
YOU drank. l a;n sure that You were
SICK" "Sincc come to rccollcct bet
ter was not feeling well npon that
| morning." said Peter, as he caught ,ho
! cue, and the merry twinkle of his
gooh-naiurcd Irish eve returned nltrr
a long absence. lie was brought be-.
fore the court and the CHARGES hnd
been read, when he arose and with his
rich broguc and inimitablc and DE-
cullarly ridiculous style, but with
great, assumed solclnnitv, said that
there must be mistake somewhere"
III fact ''lc thought they had the
! wrong sow by the ear inti.'clv." "IL
must tc another mon," he said, "tnr
he had only had his 'la' gallon' upon
| tie occasion in question, which was
uEidcd into two drinks, and if yer
honors will only allow NE to stem
around to the ltidgimilIt for Il momcnt
III be after bringing twenty foiuc sol
dirfS who swear that this wouldn't
lhnzr non like me- The explosion
which iollQwcd was Instantaneous. and
many 'Iih'!trS passed before that court
was Ghic to Drocct q TO business. ;Ths
case n@"lnSt Peter was too strong, but
tpG c;irci ct the speech was such hat. y,
Oily Il mild sentence of Il few wrpks
grabbing St'!mliS in the parade ground
was imposed, and it was not loi,y he
lore Peter was on duty again, neither
Il SadHcr nor Il wiser man.
Bht, .tonradcs,: the God Of battle
was not YET appc.;snd-"4 4rin-y isarcf
war; stil! showed 'hs wrinklcd front"
-lan Horthcrn fanatical, liberty. =,
shricking philanthropists still
HOwLED FOR OUR DESTRUCTION.
We had now. removed from McLcau's
quarters. say partially, for the 10Th
our huts. On The evening Of the l9.h
Of December, 1861, we received orders
to prepare rations and hold ourselves
III FthIincsS for an early start on the
morrow. ~ indcr was a member of Il
ron"t-martial, and was therefore una.
bic to accompany us. Lieutenant
Colonel Sccrcst was in command, and
al All extra early hour we started upon
i'm expedition, the object .an,l 'drstina-
non or which were unknown to u<.
on VIII remember the signal rockets
"h'Hh were thrown up in the direction
OF 'icnh'l, Which were probably in
'eh.ir" TO notify. the cpc,!,y. Of our de-
parturr. -. .'
when we errivcd at The Place of meet
ing on the road, we found that we
were accompanied by three regiments,
the III II Virginia, under Colonel Gar +
lanu, the 10Th Alabama, under Forrcy,, .
and the 1st Kentucky, m:der Taylor,
andCutts Georgia Battery, the whole
commanded by Brigadicr-GcncraI j.
T.. b. Stuart. We had marched about
sixteen miles, and were nearing the
littlc town Of Drancsvillc along a road.
sklrted on either side by woods, when
cavairyman ;Was seen rapidly ap.
proaching, and Immediately the br.lrv
OF a picket whistlcd over our he as.
lhIs, with an order to halt and .oad,
was the first intimatioil we bad. that
thc enemy were near and a fiyht on B
hand. AS soon as the command had Z
loaded, we were moved short dis
,,:nn"q- np ti'r, ronI Dnd thcn formed ?
line OF battle. Tic iith Virginia and i
the 10Th Alabama filing on the riuht I
OF the road and taking position from
riGGh; to left in the order named. Cuts
wati his baticry was stationed in the d
rOad, and we were ordered to file to- ~
the icit and occupy the position to tho \
lett OF the battery. This mannuyrc-. n
as we were marching right in 'front.' @