The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-26

was iliied in with twenty camelliss mad
I saw during the war were the soldiers q
Sen; Williams, of Kentucky. The;
me norses gave an air Of invincibilitv I,
tue command, aud the men were 80 stal
"art and splendidly developed. recall
young officer who was mounted on
superb eteed, glossy and black as night
Inc dashing cavalryman, in his suit n
gray, with boots and spurs and floatin,
piumes. was young Mars from his oold
en- head to his horses hoofs. The,
iooEed-these Kentuckians-like idea
soldiers, and were brave and pallan,
enough. If our soldiers were brave g,
we're our women in high degree bui
TO others ! yield the graceful task y,
enIoglzlng Southern womanhood. "
i know girl who rode through The
storm OF winters night, many miles. tc
give information to our soldiers when
Sherman was on his way to Atlanta
Inc country far and wide was filled with
soldiers, and skirmishiDg was of constant
occurrence. BY her efforts mapy lives
were saved, and as she returned home.
wards the shot and shell were fajlino
thick and fast around her. Later
desperate encounter took place in her
fathers yard between the contendino
armies, and her courage was wondarfnI
in assisting the wounded and in bafil;nn
inquiries from the Yankee officers, who
made headquarters in her home. She
sun managed to give important informa.
'ion, and defied detection. This girl is
OF an ancient family, and soldier blood
Is IN her veins. Her grandfather was a
general in the United States service
many years before her mother was
grown.
UNBlDDEN GUESTS AT A FEAST.
A singular evening entertainment was
attended by me late ia the war. 4
young soldier having returned home on
leave OF absence, his parents gave him a
welcome, with all his friends, to epioy an
evenings dance. Superb arrangements
tor that time interested the family. and
the attendance was unusually large, Just
IN the rear of the house where the enter.
tainment was given Texas brigade was
encamped, and during the day roany OF
the command in passing back and forth
discerned some excitement was prevail.
ing on the premises. Several soldiers
announced openly their intention of
peing present, and as the guests com.
menced to arrive, including the officers
OF the brigade, the astonishment of those
present cannot be portrayed, when / say
the command also arrived. The beauti-
ful grounds were filled by the soldiers,
and the entire house overfowed with
them. Their officers could not influence
them. or would not, and nothing remain.
ed for the guests but to quietly await
their going. Many of them were under
the influence of drink, and the officers
assured the host the best course to pursue
| was simply not to notice them. They
were perfectly respectful to the ladies,
and did not intrude into the parlors at
all, but remained waiting for supper they
said. The supper room was opened, the
supper vanished, and gradually SO did
the soldiers. Among the guests were
number of quartermasters, &c. All these
| officials walked home oare.headed, their
hats being exchanged. Many humorous
things occurred that will at present,
however, be too lengthy to detail. The
supper was not even seen by the gentle.
men who were guests, but fancy after
all it was we'll bestowed. Later this
command was removed several miles out
from the city, and had the pleasure of
attending service held at the encampment.
There was something very impressive in
the hymns and prayers rising heavenward
from beneath the arching forest trees.
From the earnest listening faces one
would never nave imagined they had
even dreamed OF fsssi7itiss.
rode some distance during the war on
one occasion to witness camp.meeting
far in the country, novel spectacle to
me, and it was in section where all the
men, all the horses, all the mules had
gone ITO the war;" as the country people
expressed it. / mention this to give
some idea of how the people managed
some matters when left to their own
devices. In front of me was slowly NOV.
ing one of those old.fashioned high.up
carriages, with the interior steps all
folded up; the kind driven by our pa
rents and ancestry generally. A near
approach revealed that Two little oxen
were harnessed to supply the lack of
horses, and they leisurely strolled along
in spite of the repeated adjurations of
the superannuated daddy who drove
them; occasionally he would lie down
against the dashboard, to better enable
hin to reach them with his whip. This
sanin.ge was the property Of 3 worthy
family that had gone heart, and l may
say Eurse, into the cause, and they es.
:eemed it all lightly. These small mat
terra are scarcely worth mention, save for
this reason: They serve somewhat to
give an idea of what were the inconven.
fences endured by Southern women, who
freely gave their all to the Cause, and to
prove how ingenious necessity will rem
der us in providing substitutes for what
was once esteemed abs-'ntely indispensa-
Bile.
PREPARING FOR THE RAIDERS.
Not very long after this an alarm was
given our town by the report of near
approach of the enemy's forces. Now
indeed "there was hurrying 10 and fro"
and in every household panic prevailed.
The first night of the alarm tempest
ragged, and in the midst of pouring rain
my sister and myself carried large box
of silver to the remotest corner of our
large garden to secrete it safely in the
esrth's deep breast. Well do recall
how difficult found the hard frozen
ground TO impress, and it was only by the
Binding flashes of lightning we could
alternated in supporting our umbrella,
which was dyed in some Confederate
discovery, and in the toll before us until
both were exhausted. Upon returning
to the house we discovered the rain had
SO completely saturated the umbrella the
dye was pouring In inky foods from
every point and had converted both of
Us into minstrels to outward seeming.
This dye was superior article I ascer.
tained In my vain efforts to remove the
traces efectualiy. The morning after