The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-09-10

In anes NE neiss was usSe. .-Ths oral ~
fUseAss the Capiain rfbrwasd ssd keep M
eP.eH We marched 81. As NO passed h ~
nrnssy corps with their littsss andl ethk ~
paratus for taking oarssof the, ,vcan3 III
made one feel seisna. 4sSilsutly, Ne lie &
ws@s cut and crossed On the boas y hal
Pn0sa aeross u . few nights, bsSord snd
double quicxsds" % ~ 70 gain ear pis(s II
hne. The column marched sy ssurs. lNloes's
trnesiwsrs IN front, thrown en- @ skirmfk -
They econ reached the Federal ipioasls AZ "a
hfA18 abegsa. Two nennvsre ,hiIled. ~
hslosged to the 55th PsnAsslvaaia RAT S{er
iioe OF battle was ney fsrmed., and ws !: Ved
tbroughis Asld fse h9ls n.p1Dss Hzera = ks3
a7ey shsiy ~. q lgksa dsyiisf Il tsmsds
ITS sppsarsnee, Capt! McKissick was ordered
70 take charge Of the dismounted men. move IA
the right and surround the picket head.
quarters. When we got there everything was
gone except their cooking vessels, and some
| otner camp fixtures which they left in their
haste. Pickets were thrown out and we waited
Tor orders Some Of the men went into tho
house and opened oil the windows, and rai,ed
the sash that We might, in case Of nm attack b
aole TO defend ourselves. The main column
nsd gone to the left and were advancing on the
Federai breastworks, when the heavy artill,rv
opened on them. We were ordered to anotler
position-to . road coming in the rear of n,
army, and told to h old il ut all hazards
Jim Askew brought the order. We were 500.
on the appointed spot and remained there un-
I'll Major Palmer had got his men on little
hd's'o' and the bridge was destroyed behind
him. The main column returned and We
crossed back to Jehosse. Major Palmer can
tured several prisoners aud our men brought of
several trophies. We got back on tho main
land just before the Federal gunboats came up.
Had we been little later our success vouid
nave been doubtful. We had 800 men on the
Island.
Jimmy Heron got some envelopes from q
Yankee and was selling them out tho next dsy
at auction. Everybody, Of course, wanted one
TO write home. When his supply was gone he
said, "lf any Of ye hiv any more invilopes ve
want to sell fir Yankee ENVELOPES bring them up
and I'll sell them FIR yes.'
While at Camp Taylor, Gillian Jeter killed
an alligator. Joe Lawson caught one and
brought II into camp alive. He kept Il {. few
days and put 1t in barrel Of water and it
died. There was good many of these "var-
MINIS ABOUT camp Taylor. UNus.
The ancionts had the greatest horror 6T 81 an
that was feeble and in6rm; with them pow
erty was despicable and suffering scandal.
1t is no Wonder, chen, that among the
beauty and pleasure-loving Greeks the deaf
mute was looked upon as disgrace to hp-
mauity, and under the barbarous laws If
Lycurgus they were exposed to die. Nyr
was hishly-cultured Athens less cruel than
Sparta toward these unfortunate creaturd.
Deaf mute children were pi'ilessly sact-
fced without voice being raised in thdr
behalf. Th 6rst who seems to have sell.
ously occupied himself with this phenom-
non Of deafmutism was tho philosophE
Aristotle. and he declared congenital deaf
mutes to DO incapable of instruction, sAa
this was the universal opinion of classical
antiquity. The Romans treated these W
fortunates with the same cruelty as tle
Greeks. As soon as child was found b
be deaf and dumb it was sacrificed to tie
Tiber. Only those escaped whom he
waves washed back TO the shore, or wJom
the natural love of their parents kept hid
don from the eyes Of the world. VT in
the centuries Immediately preceding the
Christian era there was sensible dihinu-
tion in the number Of victims of tho bar
barous laws, although, about $50 years b.
c., the poet Lucretius pronounced himself
in favor of Aristotle's opinion regarding
deaf-mutes. But 10 the course of time
certain rights were granted to those deaf
mutes who gave proof of ability, such as
had been brought ~ secretly by parents
showing some signs of intellect. This
gradually dissipated the horrible prejudice
with which their brethren 10 misfortune
had hitherto been regarded. Pliny men,
tious copgenial deaf mute, called Quintus
Pedius, who distinguished himself as an
artist. He was grandson of the Consul
Of the same name, who Aourished 10 the
reign Of Augustus. 1t is also probable
that deaf-mutes were employed as pauto-
mimists when pantomime was one of the
favorite amusements Of the Romans. NJ.
T. Muller gives to the Egyptians the credit
Of first ipstructing deaf-mutes. They as
we'll as the Persians always respected per.
sons thus afflicted, aud their hieroglyphic
mode Of writing was especially suited to
their education. It is doubtless something
more than mere coincidence that their bet
ter treatment by the Romans dates from
the time Of the incorporation Of Egypt as