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I 1 'SEW' SERIES-VOL IV NO. 29. WADESB0R0U6H, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1862. ; ')7II0LE 1(0. 187.' FROM THE "ANSON TROOPERS." ' CkUT VaXCS, KlTTKXLL'a SfUMO'l, C. . .,' "Jane 12th, 1862. Mr. Editob: Presuming that many of our relatives id friends inlSd Xnsbnwould 6f"gIi31o bear from . the, "Anson Trooper'! LiriU endeavor to give them "a. faint idea of oar lift since we left the quietude of home. . According to orders we bid adieu to our relatione and ' friend on the 28th Jilt ; at the aame time receiving many beautiful nosegays from our fair lady friends, m emblems of memory to cheer as on in the road of "duty assigned to as by the lamentable conditio of or beloved countrj. We could but shed a tear of grief to testify oar mournful feelings, on bidding our last farewell W our dear friends. We then took up a - - line of march for Rallisbury, travelled a few miles and came to Cedar Ilill, where we found many of the aged and the youthful to cheer as oa. Through the kind aess of oar esteemed Lieut E. A. 8., he halted and formed us la line tw bid our many friends good by. Many " . of the fair ones testified to their feelings y present, ing the. boys with nice bouquets. After listening to some good advioe, given as by oar esteemed friend, D.C, we wheeled about and traveled to the river, Adding It so awolen that it rendered ferrying necessary; part of os went over in the boat; the others seeing it rather a slow process, mounted their steeds, and with a yell rushed into the angry looking stream, and all hands soon landed on the tera firma of old Stanly many of the boys well saturated. We then proceeded on to Norwoods, to feed and be fed. When we arrived t the beautiful little place we found the hostler's de " partmeut well provided wittVoeesaries for our stock, and on entering the hotel we found the table heevih .a- den with the substantiala of life, ready to allay the crav- ing arpetitee of -our m-o; we also .found uaay of ,our friends and acquaintances to welcome uj. After rest ing a short time, at the sound of the bugle, we sal '. died, inountaJ, and marched for Albemarle, reached that place just as the golden sou. was passing behind the blue horiion of the wet. We broke ranks, and some pat up at one hotel and some at another, and a good - ly number chose to take lodging with the baggage wag ons. As for myself and several other, we put up at Mr t Ebeo llearne's hotel. After seeing that oiir horses were all attended to, at th signal fr supper,- with out reluctance, we.ail repaired to toe d;nmg room, an 1 as uml, we found at ery thing placed before a that ..-eouldtend to-llevjate-the graving of huugry men Ms we bad sent the Commissary ou to Salisbury to pro cure transportation for our s ive. stock, ic, to Kit trell's, all our hopes were blasted by hi return to j at Albemarle, with, the sad tiding that he could not succeed in getting transportation. So we had to right about and take It all the way through the country. We roseeaTly next morning, tea good breakfast, and with great reluctance, bid adieu to the people of Alhe ' marie. The Quarter Master, accompanied by two mother, went with the baggage to Salisbury ant took ; the iron horse fur KittreU'e the rest of the company took up a line of march for Stoke' Ferry, and 1 am glad to ay that we pat-sed through some as nicecouo . try ai I ever saw, the fields abounding with wneet, oats and flax. We crossed the Yadkin and trailed . pn until about night, when we found ours-!es in a thinly , settled country, and when we wit bed to lake up for the . night, we conld find luFone, able t accomodate us, "and he, nlthoagh"lIe8sd7wiih" V'0' WJ averse "to entertaining the company. We were halted, and one detailed to go aud see the gentleman and buy fo l fur ' our stock. He returned and reported that it was na go. After a little consideration, we were marched . i. out to see'theoldgertf, and 4 be knw it had to come then, he surrendered up any thing he had at a reatyn able compensation. So we all returned to the. road- . 'side, uncalled, tied, .and fed our horei; as to our selves we had wuie i rovifon w;ih u, that we eat. and lay down un'Jer the canopy tf iteavra, hi.a sweet night's ne.t, rose next mornioicaad wre willing to leave that part of the country; ttjr Wuck out. for Trinity ' College, and wHite on the march, we ,wre tarticl by ' the appearance of a niui (Ur. La-Jtiy.) commg out of . the boshes iippari-nt'y frightened. We halted to,, get water it bi house, and be came to us, end said that : i he saw us coming up the road and tbught we were Yankees and so he thought it politic to take leg bail-; '- but he made up his mind thU we were Southern men, - and concluded to come out and see is; as to his fatn ; ily he said be could not tell where they went to, h told all to tike enre of number oner. He told ni bow: badly scared he was. but I can't describe it, We trav eled on to Trinity College, where use to roam so many young men, an 1 now. it "is left ajmost alone, as the young men have quit their Library's nd taken up the rifle. We found many friendsjn old Davidson who ' wished to aid and cheer us on by all the means in their pnweri-Passeda through -Trinity and traveled on to : Jim Town, passed through the street during a great i :v, gale which filled o.ur eye with dust and sml rocU; passed OO.to Dr. Coffin's immediately on. the rai'road, "and he took us in for the night, put up and fed our . stock and had the pleasure of eating a richly arranged -, I A 1 - . I t. . - SipCtlatiernicn wewent meats for a night's lodging, borne concluded wstay in the dwelling and the balance of us repaired to the barn, which, was parti.lly filled wimay; an nana staid up until 11 o'eUck pM", lo see tb ears come in and hear the news. ' After wbich'.we went to oar Iseverar resting rptac'es, ; the greater part of us chose to stay in the barn, lay down and were enjoying the sweet blessings of sleep, when the room of inmates were disturbed by large sheep hounding over the- floor first oa "one man and tjien on a half doien "others." When we had a gneral cry, i'tike him out l)oys,".It was very "dark and rainy arid two or three of the com pauy, finding ome sheet in the lot concluded Jlo have otne fun, so they caught one and tnmt it loose among II me -a! ' 9 ' la, sta ticularly blessed with pretty ladies. We inarched qa through a fine, portion of country, and according to advice of ome of oar friends, oar commissary waa sent ahead of the company to procure a .night's lodg ing, aa we wertv told, that it would be dUSouK for ua to find any one that eould'take ui in. 8o they trav eled o aatil near night and found no place to aUy, and came back ta th; company and reported the fact, it was then about dark, and by the way thundering, lightning and raining. 8o we all crossed Haw River and passed on one or two miles and baited to consider a bad case. The gentleman at the bousa told as he was able to accomodate our Division; sou Lieut. B., had his Di vision to dismount and feed; Lieut E. A. 3 , contin ued his march onward until he found comfortable quar ters for his division; and then what coarse was left for the 3rd division remains, to be told; but we. did not remain inacttve long before Lieut. 8., with the 3rd division gave the order to right about, and we double qajeked back, and recroased flaw River, and, went through the dark, our only lightbeing the flashing lightning from the clouds above. We rode op to old Jacob Summers, and Lieut. 8 , went in to see the old gent, and Le refused to let oa stay oa his place or ell us aay corn, 4o. Whereupon Lieut. 8. de manded the crib key to see if he had enough te feed oar stock, and be sUll declined the Idea of doing right The order was given for us te dismount and unsaddle, and by this time, a son of his (Conscript) came np aad saw how the thing would go, and concluded to let as have what we wanted, and to we supplied ourselves with plenty of corn and fodder, fed and lay down in n old barn, which afforded very poor shelter during a hard rain, (witlout any supper especially.) We did the best we knew bow that night, and rose early next morning and went forward to settle with him; and he refused to take Confederate notes." 1 did not believe that the good old North Sute was Curved with sncb a being. He is a Wealthy old gentleman, living on the west bank of Haw river, and bad at least three hundred barrels of corn and plenty all around him; and from the way he treated as, 1 cannot coo-. aider him a friend to the bout. I can t tbink be nas heart it most be a giiiard. At any rate, we pressed a lodging that night, and went on next morning to re join the company. Found them all well pleased with their fare, as they had fallen in with some of the pa triot! of the tend MarcheJ on to Hulboro,T, where we were greeted by the waviog'of handkerchiefs, Ac. Should we be spared to see, . the enJ of the war, we will do ourrelves the pleasure to visit old Hulsboro join, as we never, no never ran forget the many acts of kindness and the sympathy manifested toward us bv the twautitut women of that place. We left with reluctance for Oxford, and right here, I must say that 1 did not think old North Carolina contained such a beautiful spot as the portion of country through whiob we taed. I never saw so much wheat, and appa rently so little corn planted. The crops f small grain look floe lo leed,and ate not d imaged with rust, as our Anaoh wheat is. We soon came to Oxford, a beau tiful little village, where all were apparently willing t give us a word of cheer and to pray for us and our cause. : : Some of Ihr whele-souled besrts of Oifrd, who know how to aii reciate a soldier's condition after a march of 150 miles "n horseback, would have us bait and i-artike of nourishment, but as the dv was fast pacing a way, w e i had Ttftas (u, and "toon rri red at lift e r ace ca lei laHr ilo. wbere we uaue'J tonne oiKht. It is a beautiful village, within a day's jour nev of Kittrel's. We found man? of the right kind of people, who bid us welcome to their-houses,-gae U.1 the bel accommodation,,, and charged us nothing; and when we Mrted to leave, gave us what smoking tobacco we wanteJ, as that article abounds in old Granville countv, and especially in Tally Ho. . We started for Kittrell's and Iravelied fast for we.were anxious to get there. We soon enme to an ugly little Mreatn that completely blockaded oor progress,' and cuii-elled us to bivouac for the night within sixmilee. of Kittrell's. We fared well. The people of the neigb borhood discommoded tbernseves to make us comfort at'le, and told us if any of ouf company got sick, to bring them to them, and they should be treated as brother. Should we never have the plessure oi rce ing them again, we shall ever retain a sweet remeiu' brance of their" kindness to the tired soldier. God bless them. We marched on to Kittrell's, passing some of the largest clover fields we ever sawone field of two hundred acres, I. think, with plenty of stock, up to their eyes in it, and the finest fields of oorn that we saw during our lonmarch. The wheat in Granville is aeriously damaged by rust. We crossed tld Tar river while it was at high water .mark. r We arrived-at Kittrell's Depot about ll o'clock, a. m j fim'.ing our quarter-master and party, who went ahead toakeisiTsngemeijts for us, and, amid prolonged shouts i.nd cheers We were welcomed to our camping ground, ioan old field, grown up in small pines ;rr.nice pTac, indeed good water plenty, alud wood convenient. Our quarter-roaster not being able to procure cooking utensils forXus, we fared badly for a few daysbut we scoured the country and picked up some", water bueketo,.&c7fto.', dfe'wsomi of MaT JetTs bacon and flour; and soon we wet-e living fast. Some made buseuit, ome hoe cakesf while some nitI make not hi'ii ir at all. Niiht come on, and we they are a noble aet of fellows, all bigh-tooed gentle men, aad deserve the praise they receive, nd fdoabt not, will, in the faturt, entitle themselves to the ad miration and gratitude of the country. - 'v FROTIDENTUL ESCAPE. it was more fun than pleasure, as the cloven J'ooted animal would graze the skin a lie went over the ge'nfs io double quick. We turned out our rowdy compio ion aod finished our nights' ret And all we have to say for Jim Town is that the kind patriotic people may -ever treat sdldiers as we were treated. We saddled mounted and rode on for OreiT-nslwco -. pasising through some Of the most beautiful land, and beholding on the road-side some magmficent jm-lows andxlover fields. Arrived at Greensboro'about lOo'clock, (on Sabbnth ) The citiiehs all reparing to Church, and it made as 1 blessed, indeed .feel like we were from home more than ever, bearing the. church balla riogingv ?a4.wa m niarcb- and auli -aoteRjr Jhe pTeasure 'of vgotng9 -we-did'jirheB'Hirw were anom,- The mixena rave t a rtire-rereTWflrt had'uo Dlacft tolep. so all hands took it suWier fash ion, on piles of fresh cut brush, and were soon in the land of dreams. . : -The people of Kittrell do all they can to make as comfo; table77Jur eampisrigblon the U. aad Q. . R. aad the i snorting of the iron horse is almosf constantly heardV, Sotdiejra g Tfc-woVnieT, and prisoners, are constantly passing back and forth. I was at the -depot, the othee day; mhen the train arrived. and aeeiog many final onl- the Hleep'ers, and I guess some of them eati' ij tBiOToriiifisd soldleTa on boarJ.l IBoki Won'roftbtm. He When General Wayoe took commtod of the expediuoo destined to act against the Indian of the Northwest, he was full j aware of the diQ- cullies whioh lajr io hie way, and the almost in surmountable obstacles to he overcome. .The eo eoij against whom he had now to contend, pur sued a vastly different mode of warfare from that which he hid recent! fought, end vigilance, subtilitv, and cunning, were of far greater peed in the oommand of such to expedition, thin the a aw orthodox-skill of the military chief. It wis highly neceasarjf to be consUntlt upon their sJtert to prereot surprise ; end to guard againt t the machinations of bis crafty foe, he organized several corps of spies, composed of the most effi cient aod experienced woodmen and Indian ban ters which the frontiers afforded. The command of these companies was given to such as were dis tinguished for their intrepidity and coolness in daiier.T'Aniong others who, merited and' ob tained this honor, was Captain William Wells, who had been takeo prisonei by the Indians while a child, and brought up under their tutel age until he arrived at maturity. lie had been engaged in the actioo with St. Clair, aod com manded a select body of the enemy, who were stationed opposite the artillery, and did fearful execution among the cannoneers. . Feeling as sured, after that, that the whites would take a bloody revenge, and anticipating their ultimate success in toe coolest, he left the Indians and joined Wayne's army. II ia knowledge of the country, of the Indian language, and, above all, of their habits and mode of fighting, pointing him of an efficient and , valuable .scout. Among his men was one by the name of Henry .Miller, who likewise had served an apprentice ship with the Indians but had escaped, leaving his youngest brother Christopher who had re fused to fly in their binds. The Corps of CataTn Welis performed many deeds of valor and braTerjrduring the campaign, which raised them high iu the estimation of the commander, and excited against him the implacable hostility of the Indians; y' On one occasion bo was directed by Wayne to bring in an Indian prisoner. Selecting a few of his band, he started on his perilous duty. Cau tiously and sercetly they proceeded through the Indian country, hoping to surprise a straggliog party, but met none with whom they could cope until they reached the "AoglaUe river, do the banks of which they discovered Indian signs. Searching carefully in the neighborhood, they came upon a party of three Indians, who were gathered about a small fire, cooking venison. They had judiciously selected their camp, hav ing located it on the apex of a small knoll, or mound, which was cleared of underbrush, and gave them an uninterrupted view of the woods around them, thus rendering it difficult to ap proach without being discovered. r WelLsr Miller, and McClellan reconnoitred hia position, and, in doing o, discovered a fallen tree on one side of their camp, which afforded the only cover within rifle distance of 'them. It was a delicate affair togaio'heTahelter ot -its braocliesilltliiefffg" seen, which would have flustrated their design. Wells determined to attempt it, however ; and, dismounting and tyiog their horses, they com menced to creep on all fours in a rig tig direc tion, taking advantage, of every inequality of ground, every shrub and rock, to shelter and cod. ccatthdflpproach.: In this manner, after much exertion, they reached the tree, and for the time were covered by in bran u;,l l.j, mrua from Ja'r.kanh's aittV. If 0 was a Drisoner. They are fine looking men, and appear to be very well satisfied with their condition. . We are all here, thankful that we are ecjoyloggood health: onlv one or two slightly affected rhtmweticsHy. We are plea-aotly loeatcd, and under the supervjsiojr . .. ... . t 1 i... n.-i .. !. .... a .w r, of sucu nooie souis as our ureowuinn . w., A. B., and 0 . D. 8.. who, if they are always aa kind to the noble fellows they have the hor or : Jcad, Si they b'ave been thus far, the Anson troopers wiU be blessed, indeed. . We look anxiously for or Captain. Oar etemed friend. Dr. II. 8turdirft, h been wi .h bat 'canhotrIe leaves for &&f r?f:Xi. one era he had time to recover , frc3 his txzi surprise. Besting their riScs ca the trunk ,cf i the treti, they aimed al the hearti cf their foes, aod io moment mors" two repcrU i7Getl3 " echoes of the surrounding forest, and HcCklha ' waa bounding aft his utmost speed toward it : camp. . Two of the redskins fell dead, while tha third, discovering the rapid approach of the in trepid hunter, dropped his rifle,' which I tad not time to use, aod fled to wards the river, whicV at the point where he approached it, had Unix twenty feet, io height. - McClellan wxa it .hlx -heels, however, followed by thw others cf the, party. There was do opportunity to doulr an J, ' the Indian wss forced to )ep of into tizTtzZ water below. Hera he stack Lit, "van?er;r- and trying to get owft. MeCIc&ai dlscmrcrlcs. his sitnatioo, sprvag wpoa bio, and U the ether, drew hi knife, he raised his tcashitfX, aad threatened him with instant death voless he scr-, rendered. The rest of the party appearing ca. the bank above, the Indian found his tzzz9 hopeless, tnd yielded himself a prisoner. vAflsr ; considerable eiertioo, they managed todrag-lcti oat of the mire, and bound their priie, who proved lulky, and Wutpeikeither ia thw English or Indian tongue. In washing the sasi off his person, they discovered that he was a whits man, but they eoild leam nothing of hia history aa he still refused to speak. Miller, thinkingr it might be hie brother, whom he had left among the Indians, rode up alongside of him and called' him by his Iodian name. - - The effect was instantaneous. ' He started, turne: towards his brother, tnd eagerly demand ed, in the Indian tongue, how he eame to knew -his namev The other easily 'explained the says tery, and the. brothers were looked ia each others' anna the nextlbsoment. Their prisoner was, In deed, Christopher Miller, who, by one of those providential occurrences by which the white man seems to be protected froul danger, while the redf man is fated to extinction, had escaped instant death, perhsps, at the hands of nifown brother. ' Had his situatioo in camp been different had he been on either side of the file, instead of ia' the center of the group, death had been rnevi table". ATteTecalping the twtf dead Indians, the ; party returned to head quarters with their prison er, and he was ordered to be confined in the guard house by Wsyne, who interrogated him in regard to the intentions of the Indians He re- mained for some time sulky and reserved, not-'; withstanding the efforts of .Captain Wells and his brother.IIeory to induce him to abandon the Indiaus and return to civilised life. Upon be ing released unconditionally, he acquiesced, and,' Joining Well' company served faithfully during I the rest of the campaign. Zeb. fmce. ranged their pisn, and prepared for its execution. One of the Indians wss oo his bands and knees, mending the fire : another was swtotkpppdsito to him, engaged in conversation with the third, who wss standing io front of the fire, and be tween the .others. - All appeared to be in the besfr spirits in anticipution of .their meal, and little dreamed of the proximity of dajjget. . . t:winMi!bti& to shoot the two on either'side of the Ifire: while If it shall be the pleasure of the people tof make him Governor, as at present they seem de termined to do, on the 7th of August next, new. energy and efficiency will at once .appear in the d Ucharge of the duties of that office which have -become so important in these times of invasion and war. Had he been Governor at the time Newborn-waa taken we believe the result would r have been quite different. All we lacked was more force, commanded and led by a proper ofE-, cer. lie would have had there the propei and a necessary troops and would have inspired them with his presence and command. . Had he been ' Governor we doubt whether the. enemy would n6w"1uav(raoy fooihold onlhe soillr;Korth Car olina. He would have told the Convention that there was great need for sdroething to be done ; for our seaboard. He would have aroused that body and the whole Sute so thoroughly to the great danger which threatened us, as to hare se cured suoh a gathering of our loyal citiseni at . the proper points, and sueh preparations made, r; that Ilatteras and Rbanoake Island would to this day, hate remained our ownt The intention of the eueoiv to attack -these' places was known loott-nonghft3JJiattdLJo3ateg these places ana aruiea me wuoie ox me otaia militia. Green. Patriot. r T'T J- "The great National Tax Bill passed both Yan- kee Houses of Congress on Monday. The' BUI imposes a tax on everything;, even glue, candles; sorews, molasses, wire and coal. ; The Philadelphia . Evening Journal says that the -great influx of negroes into'Chester county,. Pennsylvania, bas sowauceacUiepuca-iaDor-
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