- , ...... lYAPEsiionovs. c. : :
' THUKSlJAYr.:!:n::rfH::MAKCn fonnSflf
r
' Tbrec ru,ore, companies ha?e justbeeu formed
in the county, an37imliniyrui embers of ilkomTarg,"
of course, pool., wen, who iiee'd IT tbe,assUtio
io $e, way clothjofc, tbey caa geM It is known
"to aITlhaT fhefelar aMiKyrrwdy, formed by
thedies, topbiea of , which, i ti uppiy this
wai arid, which meeU every .Wednesday., iu
- W4f&brof,TleMlVesiJcnk h ft?ery $cieot
officer, and does all sbecan with the aid of lb.
bow assistmp beT-zBul, the number to be worked
fo being; now greatly increastsat is Very. dcsir-,
vableithat there,, houM h a. correVpondiog. .in
crease in the tnjnjUr of .workers. ThU'Jugges-
tion is made at the insUnce of a Volunteer, who
; knows the XaJies b U his a nd "his feljow-soldiers
. best Mendsi'-'Let he' 'Society of WadesboW be,
mart'hsteit now'rlj the igoclety'of the countf.
A tdealcaabe'effeetfc-ijVith little work; by
ajWrJdWsioti of labor.'" ' ! ; ,l
i---.il i "i' 1 11 ' "'
- IrTOqThe f j;iipUren' Ksbibitiont
wuboj BiaQjwUh.l)yownf hat itia repeated,
I at as early date as will sail jour convenience
' ' V J , . 1 . ces. it being ltij possible to get our artillery thro
pr.) nnsstatemenUi I proceed togicyou for pub- .- 1Jia':s"n' s coni Jerini; It' folly fijrllndtuatl
bcanon . ;jT?f ' ftJffttJ fiS 'fill ,.'A,tuli 'AM&iWM Mi, -i
Tthand Sth of "February at "Roanoke Island, and'
especially of the part taken by the 44 O.K. Boys."
Aboat' two weeks before" tie' enemy iiiado. his ap.
pcaranccV nry company and the. ",inttcras Aven-
on.Pijoj,eTeDiiifflst,ifojrJerflie( e outbrave
Volunteers, .has. -.to, WI knowledge, given such
exieBsive saijsfactien. tha, I, know' it .-tQ .be possible, with strict orders to carry away the' ar.
gers,' ,Capt, Uhas.-WTKuight, of Martin county,
were ordered, to .'AsbbyXJanding, i dfetioce of
eight wle,', by o'alr from ,oura'jnj and, near
two miles below our lowest battery, Fort. Bortow.
Vivo trass eld jiec'e3t'a t'an'd 1$ puDder, were
pit Tn luy charge, and I was oniareu U letend
th'enjlnf H
artillery. An officer of tho 8th regiont waa de
taire3 tdldrni' sqbads -from Cap:-K.'a and-tny
companies oa tho can.000, but hc.only isitea us
FwrTc eT'pendf i1rageacK iTmoabcia t 7 Ka 1 f an hour.
All that our men really La r 11 ed of Artillery drill
"was taught theui in an hour,. bjOol. Jordan, aod
one or two h5rt by Lt." Kinney of Vise's
Legion, who came to the Island about threo days
before the battle'.', I had n6 horses,' And the oibn
grer "liank ponies" which Col. Shaw.ordered
laeTtoTreas intstirfieerwere-'antraetable and of
little use. We felt that our position was An im
portant and responsible "one. This' lianding,
Wher vessels drawing tight feet could laud at
any time, had been neglected to the, lt moment,
and then ninety men, badly; prepared as above
shown, were placed theret to defend it as long as
ITESOLU1IO fSt REtATIOJ TO TUB MINTS.
, ,V f : . JCiTiZy. k I very early hoar, V UiieyiDiggs, of the O K's,
Th' fbllawiag rolutnV in rebnfw toj tle
Mtatsr a'Aisaj'olpeett theatiern Ck
redaracy was onaniraoaaly fawfd iind rntiSwl in
opfen f CoOTeoUoo on the-Cthtly of February-
Ktsoicrti, Tbatn tfcfet)puW o( tris(orpnr 1 , . V t
- . ' . .1 2 ..' ,1 drawo' across the bouod lrt a bog Jme. Ui
tillerv, in case of a retreat ; being unavoidable.
4OaThuraday moreing, the 6th' of February, at a
beinii on the lookout; discovered two of 'the ene-
hit a ftesseU coming up tua counu, some ten or
itfe-lfSHiwayllyaid of a' gh, 1 1 .goon.
yiusketry, Col. Jordan ordered a retreat. Our
heaviest gun wjjsjioiili.off.by two ponies and
two old fiwtWotherwa esirried bff 'by hand
xtnd'eir-V totWJl -atwi tTxofroiuLtfsscla in.
the couna, none oi wnicn, uowever, uu(uiy
damage. . .. -1 :i T-i'-
Mw Jersey and 21st Massachusetts Keg' ts We
were deprived of jaljiull armsa upon a promise
ktf havinir' them returned . whenever wo should
j b8 J-.e cj1-8! PJS'i V-.Vr0.?.'? foV P'rtly
complied with'oaobr release'. iWe Jiad the luor-
. .
The victorious army treated us with -kind
iiess. nartieularly Oen. Fo&tcr and the officers of-
titicatrofi of fiicelng'mlny of.' the articles rjrenarcd.:
for the use of our tiok audi wounded by the kind .
women of Ansou scizco by jhc( rascally .Zouavca,
buLaj sooo as complaint was made to pen, Jieno,
he probptly ordered any man fouud tretpassinj "
I thus to 1 placed in irons.,Q . , J t
Our beautiful Hag wa gallantly borne away
fraui the batik field by Cor pi, II. M May, but to
ourgreatTcgret was tnken by the enemy after
the feurreu der, and as.Pr;. Cutter, b'urgebn of Ihe i
21st Mass.. llegt. informed, me, waa aent as a.
prese'nt to thd Ooternor of that i?tate a brothe
in law of -my ioTurutaot, , It tf us nevtr i'ijracetl,
and bore many marks of the conflict in-the shape .
ofItThoTcir"rerefu'ilhd"
W'e. retreated' i?b6aV'one''tni ' arid ial f. .'to
the uaU battery ,or redoubt across the road, ud
placeddur v wanttogcther'wit ha 1 in-tfx
r pounder, ia 1 battery. .It was tbcavaear flight,
raintrtg slowly; the men we,ary and hungry'We
bivouacked t We. for. the' night, having some .re
freshments sent us from camp'. . - '
. , . . & .1 t, -r-r-r- r i ' .J ..
Early on the morning of the 8tb, tba adavt
guard of the enemy made hs appearance the
Hichoiond Blues," .and M cCullough Uailgors,"
were thrown out on either flank as sklrmbh'erf,
and firins comaleuccd!. Saural ' Itegiincnts . of
the enemy were now dTOwrnip at three 01 four
hundred. ards distauce, upou which our arliJtery
V , , "11- aaiaivaj vi V" av ui pnu . v rvwi awiutw,MiiiM v
openctt. and ailhejJ?jTUe nearer, our tmaH artns. . i . A'
J," -V. , ; ... :r, , , -tTdncsdayHorHHg-flUwiwirr-hcu-wei.were.
made out four large steamers, and immediately
despatched a messenger' to eonrey 'the news to
camp. , Oae by one, tVe .vessels, of all aort'iand
sizes; rounded a point an J came in view, until
were
One of
. To ; . k rf our little zun boats went dpwn to tatcobscrva
ate'State. that ihe Miftt.Vt . ' . ; - , v ' , .
, , . , - i tionsr but did not, of course, venture witbin tuot.
r liuiits fhould pr piacejl ir l ; . . .-- . . .
. . , ... J-There' they lay, forming a picture rare and bcau:
het practicable perrod, inif . , J , J'i lt ? :' ,-: J f : 1
tion, it is of the highest importiiuca to the inlor'.
esta of tho Confederate
sitoat4witbia their H
. . 1 ifil thniKfh arwK-ir.Ict n fiillir fir.nrf rljlti bv
that the Senators' and Reprewnfativrs in (n .'. .. f . . , '
. - . uihs it mizht have heen-under differenteireum-
eresi bereaasted tenbdir-uest exertions to 1 di..:,,..::. . v ,v
b J , ; suncA. .At S-u uocii-cn . I Jay.wornuig;..tDcy
attain that object. - . , , . .. . , ' .
lUi were ncany aDreasi 01 us, wncn iuc oait
A.Nabrow E$CAP, Ousthe evening of the
25tLinst., near Lilesville, a son 1 and two uttle
daugWra ofaMr.,IIenry , Digg?, rpturning from
' iCDoiljIq a uggJ .iri-?rX-J'o-fScape!
for their lives. . A loos? horse came daahlng.by
' them, frightening the ooc in the burrgy, whioh
dashed j4ff,at fullceed. Thf vehicle sfrjkipg
the corner of a garden fence, threw tlie little puV
- jHisnaa wrrnqsijauKon ifienaru grounu,j lie
ing 43, Capt. Knight'a about 50, (including de
tachments from each for the. artillery,) a detach
ni?nt from the Sth'ofsa vJO, iu chtrgeof tbe(i
pounder, and about 40 KarrErer's from "Wise's
gion,,Ool. v?haw in comiuand, and .Cols. tijrJau,
Anderson and Price lctpgalo prcfnt. Oa'lant"
ly, uolly, gloriously, did every', man filit", (ex
cept M. who ran like a whipped dog!) As fnr
a the ejecould rcach the enemy stood io con
pact mass and we mowed them down by bun-i
..';'- . ,..... ' v
ftcn was death apread in their . ranks, and
much crowded andcfesol- oardedttri'til the
WTdncsdayHorniHg-fwllywiwirr-whcu-we-were.
rcmovt (tko loCisrj . cnly,j.f Gthcj teamr
l(au!tiihg, (i tho-uaJ, fujlly exacting (0 XaA '
iirniiediately fr Mfw'York. ' We were allowed
to take out' bnpgagtand teTratits. The ten days
following were iheHuuAt, miserable I ever pased
ConGoed to the da'tiipj dirk aad dirty lower dock,
greatly crowded, cJiaJmd, crackers, fat potk,
fwhichAy itinrfwasoxjti-dteioVtr' fvaving the
North, but which reemed to us ruir,) and c Tie
twio a dat ti-Us ;uf amaziae our" xyndition
Ua un-iay,
opened' . The men tinder my command were
ordered .to keep copceiled, so as not lo draw the I
enemy's firo, but it seemed impossible for theiu
to do 15 'Lwtc''fo'must.-h'& in "looking:' the
i j ... j j ...Li: , f . !
wita granaeuranu suuuuie uoeuy ui tuu sa-nc,
drew us unc'Dscioas!y,fro!u our. hiding t places.
The Yankee vessels lay 'from one to two and a J
half or three miles from tts, utnl a few sheiU i litguatnt into the swamp on eithei side to fl-iak
they were' repulsed. ; Like 'a . hail shower, Ibeir
ntiuietalU . fell' around us while shell aud fchot
hurtled o'er oar heads-going far from' th sir mark
and jJacing our reserve furceportwiivi-f tht
31t, andJth, half a mile in onr rc-r i;r rv r?t4
danger tluo; gurscfvi s. Kot a
among' as with fear, and a I w
titularly iny own gallau't Wyi, c.tji iryualUyg
hand or faltering rye cuuld 1 kc" Nor was ii
different with the "flatteras Avenger? ihVl
fought with tiie cpiriv and determination of btiivu
merr, onderr braY--leaderj and-a braUr-tban
Capti, Knight noK-ii ever fought, under. -Hi
voice was heard at all times cheering hi me it
and las exa'Jip!er wi'.h that, of Lis Kt Lieut.
iMham, -inspired alV-withTCOrrjger'Atf i Fabob T
t wo hoars, pur? sk)rmi3h.i;rs. bcing ; Lar4 pressed by
overwheliiiiag numUsrs were gradually failing
Uck'troJatHabtlwbb'jbe' la'tnedtc'd
Wise fell-1 lib men tore him otlaodi saw them
nha l(Jth,6cu. liuriiftide ca'tne aboard
and annouotdibaljwa?ooul nJf be eUwscd on '
a parole tf yon .r, of wh;eh trnr-folhyrfTg-t a -cjpy
: Having Ueo;tkfn a p't isut.tr of war by
the fyrces of tlcn. A. Iv Burn.Mvir lltatiole
Li du.srK'wnlr ilttLre ivy arvd wprdattd
i""flfi tLtf it rclem-l, I Hi riiiMtl j t.u t,nr tnr
thc,V liabchc! ! rtuf !.agd. mfV ' arn.e..L1!HL
atdied mr-i yiu j th,,r ,M lu T U-irttmr ,uf ca;". ure.
. 1 r . . ' -.t f ... 1 t -
r 1 r m"fi.' tnjitre fir ' tf i.mi r rf rt-( i 1 . , i
.Sulfa. ' ArA-rifnd ihaad wiU i?ot i-i..- uj
auis against thenilrj4alcwvf AimrUa,.ir
aid -their eneuiifs by. w't.id.or-act, until 1 win rg- '
lilariv f ii-h m-.-rd JMTdii'g Io tl.f U'afS ( wit
:-r---r-- rj.:;,g-vv::'v
tUc itiluru-titiif fj n.f, il a.i it lit.c tt 1 c,
vend iLe tbsLilitt.bf a doubt." . .
btjt tiling on n en t ft tf ,3 n'i -is rvjrv-1, nes!rrs h e -
that tk(?;jaiai pri vilege, should be fftrtd VT i,
we gladly aiH'pted lb pripo?ittun. But it w
not until ther neat Thurdr that tLynod
with 111 thea, at en liters bearing all tlie prion-
' .1 . .. . .I. :ti .1 in?.': . t
abut t!u j!it iiit-iteatiuh we k;d 0.
m't-iipoi
no more.1'" The enctni pushed -Keglmeat after takenstjjricej. lor JilitabethtTiiy; wl
litguatnt into the swamp on eithei side to flank I' n Jay, w landed, amF nUer a very tedr
eon. WOO Srat- strngk-ihegrftula&-reftJfttti-oald ;e
insensible, for some time,, .The. girls were '..burr, ; j ceived no atteotton,':aid had nothing to- do for j ior .ovtr three liours - the numltrs a.oove tetir.
bnt'notWtadIyVin in-i several ; hours, but eagerly watciTIhe.conflicU I tioned, kept at bay at least teii .thuQsund of the
here, vn
d'roua pri-
e9f-vrifyhjg -jfolsr..we wero-.tcfcased.T
seosible prm4 of their brother. , Had uot the Fort liartow replied most nobly. to the thuudeis
beast broke tidse from the buggy on hitting the directed agaiust ber, aud our Jittle fievt did good
' garden post, I fear it wgufd have ben.v'orscjTijiiiia;ic
tkemT Am uTn
position in wnicn mey nyu uiit'i), , i. veaseia, u uueu iuu b u iu) muh yi mo
I
... .
and tne
could but exclaim. Providence saved tiiem ! Jnt
this he a lessan to little boys and girls, J. li.
:Tbe tieIt -or oua CuiLiaEN.i An inter
Mtinp little cirl; of . Ctilambia. a?ed eitht rears ;1"
' .ii. ... T 1 : 1 1 1 .'" .. .' . U -
' About iJ 'elocky p. m , "when three : or four
vessels had lecd disabled and hauled off, a sujall
boat, "ontaining somo; twelve or fifteen ioti left
t'i H'1". ' i' t' - -.t'1 V . .jnf-fi"?aTfv ml U 111 I hi abrt Vfi US. e Vllieil U T Wit U
! U r'ikdby the'authoritieof'thet
1 iiri ,t: lfprvrhlcli-had - beeri' reprinted-Io ih as-nttjy
' V 'ionSan Itinence Yrom fwd wo'-i!J te insufficient f or anTfuWry small loZ!:
i
' i
6
lit
f
jUriOUS VU UVi Ilea l in, niiiv.ii if viiuku..;,
' ored to dissuade her lroai doing Io, hut lor sorui
tim.e witlwutstfccess.- It wasiiot until thekfteriiouti
that the iitde ascetic was indoced to partake of
9jtmo, wbeo ihfjauotheratUi prevailed upon
her to break". h-er' fast by the following ijuaiut il;
lustration-: '4'astiog, wj daughter, is like, tick-
ets to a.Conert -grown people full price, chih"
3reooury "iVCtatTOjurier!:' "v 1
. t 1 - - LJl - . ..." .- .-
I II CtiUiiY-rIa ik$ last, six weeksfiicnrJeord51"
MIftt the herd 4t .'fcd of brigaiidii, entered
Dot very
Jordan, who had arrived at onr post some time
twenty tuen each, and." proceed through' aniotef
crew.-,: "This luareh was ; almost '.impassable.: .tut
we got through at last, :and were advancing ' cau-"
liou'sly, in sight of the -'Yankctiwhcr had Just
latrded, when two inen, ie -attached. to the o 1st
Heat., and the other"unknojwu to, me, rushed for
jjar.d, .hallooing; Jou dly Hiring their gups at-the
' eiicujy, ana, oi course, givni.g. mem uie ajaini
cotiipany on J'uehday.riiiirning, from which-Hiiie,
saiCtUUgUVbiih lixpucd; fuughf with ihy.Cfui1ttntili.4iiar4vnl 'at Flnh'nr-fiffO honftwr had
V courage and unrlinchinp.' coolness of a veteran.
- , - ; -
ia.coiiiiuee, wereVrww tether and. witl hundred yards
,,wtriU;wb4-caary..v.;4lw cny, aild but lor this piecjrof
Ibaa MTtoty nn wsw wf royea.j ilUprudcncef we would have easily capturedhpm.
prewotu -"r;- H A they tui sea t fle. we runetWtrWaro:, thro
. . lr.Li A 'f-f-.-.-'-r -V--J . "?--$. ' ' ' t - '...
w ' r . . IL. -v I Jttn Ii4r A Imo n'liii Pflflil r I ' ... " i . . - ' . '
Lieut. L's detach ui en t aud my own; (all- O.K's).
mud and water .firing as we went, butall were
enemy (as acknowledged Ly theiiiSetves; aitd
when at last we were fliinked, ai'a Major of one
of the Jtegt's. wh j dM it, toll meK they. crascd
t hat ci iry-swain p vn'& hridj ty'xlcad mtn ! Only
three men of "ours were killed at the redoubt
one of he.m,tho brae Selden whu fall near tno,
shot through the head. ..He,' Cajt:. Sehcujnicr
horn aud Jt. Keimey of Wiso's Legion,) had
command cf "our three garis Capt. H. who has
been Cghtiiig ever sinco he wa old enough, and
has five bills riow in his body, had charge "cf the
0. K.". detachment and complimented tbcui
very highly, particularly. Jas Flowers, who, he
o u r g bVre, Jbpt w I cVX f3 IcTsTirj (t jliteiit I TtiT
j ouiC .. tristaa.ecsr'CTy ijfesting, You may ho sure'
t'l.it w gladly -took ."9 ret li.nf of march honk-,
wardv and hore the inatr) hardships, and pria
tWrs tko jrtiriiW wttli inoWichlwfftiliiVJt tau
undr other i:ireUfhstancLinut say, howtter,'
rt v e a la eoii cl u io n wh ie h j Belles a coni m i .isa it
in refusing to cive Meaj
A'cmplimcat7roi01i a Is lf iV&tf L0nb,e' T'
ihhigXiJut all did Well and their con ntry ought rieto wf the hotelj: oory'eliargin )m hajf pric
4WtoUt-MVffl,rH had others Lecn
iajh'eir places, tho aame might ..fee said j
tbt this i certain : Thc"Q. K.':Ihiys?fcrjf Anson,
aud the Hatterus Avenger", of JIartin, foiight
four hoiirsand twenty minutes, and only retfeat
ed when the whole" Yankee force, was clooupon
them", and the field officers , had Mt the battery.
In ten mtpuUs moro the tnemy would have sur-
. founded us and cut us to pieces, J uif befdro the
retrcate-, infcermcnts arrived, sw,ling our nbo
btrs to probably 40U men, Who did but littlo good.
The retreat was 'conductcdJngyod orde'r'no giins
were thrown away, u has beeuTBtated, nod our
whole ' force, except a few 'stragglers, )roceded
stowiy up tue roaa exceciing every amnuio,, to
isoners nnythitig if.
eat, partielarJy-whata!egWhed to of then
wants, as iti live cn?rof tbaLofKciat at "iluuvg
ton. At I'ortAinoutli tte were furnt-hed wit h . a
good nioal. s.iVtiWeldoo, CJol, tlI.""Iockery :."
rnTist kindly prepared ,for and entertained rn) ,
nothing to cat, ' At tho latter: phioo,' a' bountiful
to hiscredit he it srnjke We ariv all non
iierit tO! heat of our exchange. Joseph R Lite
haif Dbt ! beta acb u nor directly heard from sin cc
the fight,1 thoiighi we have the atrongest reasons
for beliovjug thai be was alive on tho Island, tho'
atck,lwlven wo left. was quiteTin well, with
mtttrJpe, oii the day of.the Buttle, though lie fought
most hrarcly, andvfas with-us ',wliet wetartcd
torctrct.nf .IIe was duVtlew taken piiioncr, and
I fully hope ajnd belie v, for various reasons, that' I
i .7. a --.1 V.L'...'i- U
is bo so--t it iilnobltr hiy, or
he will
May th
and friend.
i .
one more oe-
Iliad
itftloVjsly'"
lorlJ, bever polled trigger on an enmy.
sevelalofwVunaed. njai(
ctirf
hjochoieekilleaudm
near ttrc tiTdert-4!! iA for-another ushts thao
t
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