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tU' til yrt'f fUthful mol, - . i ti - -!
t'Jitlaj Uu jom kt tf PT9.
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Ill tin trtaajtsJ-a kin infers!; .
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" " Itt tbi vitcivird bt "nr bectif . -
Xtt Ui prtjir b Hlodntr nfonr1
' Tbn filli tbi fo vkm'rv k ioom.
; Com li tii nt whi ie;la ta lowtr - , ;
" 5: ' Til itaadard if thi pan in4frfli;
' Illi fiU ihotld bi U lit Md tovir .
Sranib th Ink of tjriy.
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igilo. V in dow bWoaiciinj ottr tbf littU
tilh-i c( IlocicrtOfl, twaJtin, ind oorlj n
Meting wim to cuxh to XIittoa. -Yesterdij
' Jri kwd thtl tiinibMrj vu pclng on on the
UiiM blow ( tltt f J Ht ti Dctlios tUlaiU
bn btio , ttxrd tioeti tbt infircoea u, tbit tb)
o'lray bin retired.. If thii ti io, I prtnai
, our Britdi will rcturo to OrttnUI, lo cod.
pliti the diftoen. Np lopcrUnt cbinp bi
tibia jplicw b tb ititoi of iCiiri unci n j last
Tbi ipmf- wbieb tbts, wefrrfporttj W tt' td
riteing io ford upoo Kinitoo, turn to bi oau
tiouilj icicuri, witbocouioniUj alight ikirmiib-
inr btwMD tht piobits. Of tbi number tod
.dUpotition cf out forett ta tbif notioo, I would
likt to ipoik, to illij toj ippnbeotloo la rtgird
to our ability to meit tht raodili ; bat thij htvi
tlriidj giinid too moch tbroujh ioprodioot of
" irtDj oorreipondmU." I oodintiod tbt to
mj U foittfjiog on Cort Crtik, with t tiiw v(
aiking It a lint of -difinci. It u birdlj prob
. bit tbat U iottoda oocupjiog it pirmanmtlj.
Io fact, I doubt terj mash wbitbir OeoVFoatir
will enr allow Oeo. Hill to meat him in "a fair
oldald'-It it unwu to audimtitht ootragt
or abilitj of oarcoeuij, bat the conduot of Foa
tar aioot ht baa bin Io com mind hart, bia fcioa
inch aa to inipirt oa with t aaprtmt coottmpt
for an j pritiniioni bt maj makt aa abratt man,
and all who hart witmned tbt blabk trail of ruin
aod deaolatioo, which followa tht trick cf tbi
brutt !o ' bumio 'foru, muit regnt thit hi haa
any olaima to recognition aa oct of our raoi.
Likt 4 limoon, line ping ortr tomt fair field of
' flowing lt learea babiod him daaolation, ruin
and mUery. Nothing bat tht lonely chimney,
ii lift, of tbt ilegint miniion j tad tht Under
budi of the flower girden, ihootiog ap, ttlli where
.-jminj.a.- plaaaaat hoar . bad beta pent. by. the
happy naidea, wbo now wtDdera from place to
pliot, a beggarly dependant upon tht cold ehari-
tlia'of tht world. ' . . ' '
"Ihe hoiplubli roof no mora ;
: ioTlUi the itraoger to the door; ',
In imotjr'ralni, innk tbiy He, -
Tke moBuminti of oruilty. ' .
" . Tbe wntcbed owner jen afiur,
t - Eii ill Ueomi thi nrer efwirl
lUOlski Uol hiiUMiwd wUe,
tlsa, reoiire their proportion of . bii ittcntioo on
til '.occssiocj' i Parbg?tbt , enrollment cf
ccri;tj in Rtisfort doanty one, who claimed to
Jttloog totbt fbrair c!iir cam before him, end
atata tha ht wii tnljept to rbeuffiaUaa
lctasiog patiently to bii nrioui oodpltlnta, tbe
Oeneral reoarked : " , air, I Jjart had tht
rbiactt&ajiboat thirty ytart, and it yas apmt
tiqii txtremely gainful; but 1 went iota aerrfpe;
bt tro, art ago, and I before, it haa ica
prorad ot eosaidarably, and I would tieommeod
to yon the cant remedy .'t it 1 needleaa to aay
tht poor fellow nrged hit olaimt no ferthr A
great deal of complaint b taadt of ,biwrin tbit
ttotion, for ht enforced tht conacript law, "with
out fear, faror or iSection."D Sioet oar troope
fell baok from WaatbgtoD, oambera of tht citi
cent hart left, bringingwhat they ooald with
then. Many of them art in dialling condi
tion.' Tht anthoritlea in,WaahiogtooVaomo daya
goi gat notice "to the cidxent that all wbo would
not take the oath, bid to leatt within fire daya.
I learn that t great many of them gladly arailed.
tbemeelrea of thiachanct to tecape the tyranoy
of the oppreator. . Lart numberi of . them artf
in the ricinity of Qrecnrillebntrwill doujbtieaV
go farther cp tht country., I hart beenftrmBi
ted to read a letter from, t lady, who lired neur ;
where our troopt were atatloned. , Ij wu wtiUen
A TOUCBISIQ SCNX.
the day after they came, out on their plundering! on the plaue and stopped the bleeding. ' It
foray, at which time our caralry pickets had, if
akirmiah with tbia. The atatemeota made aro
enough to abnek ut ; but the lady ia a high toaed,;
intalligiot Southern woman, and " would not ix-i
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"wm" lor, iu Myi, toe iruin ia naa
tnough." They broke locke, tookmulea, bonea,
poultry, oorn, nieaf, meat, and in fact ererything
they could eppropriite either to their on use or
to the negroei, giving the jatter bedi and oloth-f
log belonging to their mutreaa, uad "left nothing
uotouohed or unharmed." They ahook their
I wu tonyersin ' not Ignj tin ce with ;e
returned Tplanteer. -. ).. '; M.r-'L ;
JLl waa in .the hpspital at narte- for along
time'jaid he, '.'aasiated io taking off limb j
and dreaaing all aorta of wounds but, the
hardest' thing I crer did Waa to take raV
thnmboffa man's leg."' ''-',r" ' :
" Ahl" said J, ,,bor? wattbatr
Then he told me. vi - ' ;, ;) i
, It waa yx)iing man, who had. a aetere
wound in the thigh. . The ball paaaed com
pletely, through,' ard amputation was nec
essary. The limb waa cut bfl close up to
the body, the arteries taken tip, and he
seemed to be doing well. Subsequently
one of the small arteries sloughed off.
An incision was made, and it was again ta
ken up. . It was well it was not the main
artery, said the surgeon as he performed
the Operation: 'he might hare bled to
death before we could hare taken it up.'
But Charley got on finely, and was a favor
ite with us tat. - ' ''."
I was passing through the ward one
night aboui midnight, when suddenly as I
was passing Charley V bed he spoke to me:
' H r niy leg is bleeding again,' ,
I threw, back the bed61othes, and the
blood spirted in the air. 'The main arjery
hadslouged off. . ' ' ; .
Fortunately,? ! kiiew just what' to' do,
and in an instant I had pressed. my thumb
j tetweCa thirteen ndf?tift:2h 1 hucdre'4 ?n
was so close to. the tody that : there was
barely room for my thumb; but I succeeded
in keeping it there, and- arousing one of
the conraiescents,Isent him for the surgeon,
who came on the run. '
' 'I am so thankful, H ,' said he as he
saw me, "that you were, op, and knew
what to do, for he must have bled to death
before I could have got here." '
Button -examination into the cast he
looked exceedingly. serious, and sent out for
other surgeons. All came who were within
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wu, uww .Vcu N.u BUV, -lor tae umiuar 1 Kv an. , There waa no n ac to work aav
u o pna pniavnrti 01 tat uuo,
! ulaktlr oir the itUnt pUla,
1 whan tbi rii of bittli eeuei
bUikined aout ii not appatiadf
Tbea tmiUa bii briiit aad eurses life.
3Jeitrlnibuttboeof lorrowfiow,
' And aoucht Ii biard but sound! ef woe;
Wbile the pile pbaatotna of the aluo,
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' Tbi nilid and forlorn must ft a!
DiTiarlDf flame! and nurderln j tul." '
Wnin Gea! Hill aaeeeeded Qtny French in
' this eommand, he found aonte lettere from Foster
uni ci wired. He replied to Iheta la Us'peeuliarly
. cbiractsriitii itjli. I wCltadearQr lo sand yon
a oopy.cf thii, as wall ta a circular vary recently
grlchCitsiwd
gny coats of our rebel aoldiera to. appear." The
ferocious barbarity of this modern rice of Sepoye
ia viridJy pictured io the letter and confirmed by
criry one who escapes. In the skirmish we had
one young Georgian was killed, when our forces
retreated leaving him in their hands. They
would'nt bury him, and daring the night some of
the citizeni interred him hurriedly. Alluding to it
the layi , "in the pale moon-light, wis thrown op the
mound, which, perhpa,in the future, will pointont
tollorniTbTdcomradc, the reeling place of the sweet
soldier. It Ja a monument to patriotism, but it
giievei me to think tbit not one ioringhand was
there to wipe the cold death sweat from his pale
brow." After reriewing their, condition, the
eaya, " Oh where will our troublea end, and what
will befall ua more t We hare expected, looked,
hoped and prayed for our dear rebel soldiers to
oome to our relief ; but it haa all been in rain ;
or sorrow, bitter and heart rending aorrow, hangs
orer every household, and we are in oppressive
bondage. I shall run the blockade if possible."
Fortunately aha did 14 run the blockado"'and is
now in Greenville. .
Wt would like very much if we were stationed
long enough to getonr letters. We want to hear
oftener from our friends. Some of our boys seem
to be carrying on a military correspondenoe' with
tht githv One wrote thrte to his dulcinea, before
hi heard anything from her. Finally the 'long
looked for came al last." With ''throbbing heart
and bluahiog brow," he opened it eagerly, when
to hia utter aurpria and astoaUhmen t," he found
bia three letters neatly wrapped in a piece of note
papep, with these simple but comprehensive words
written 00 it, " Disapproved and Retpectfully
Returned," with m much of a military flourish
as some of our applications for furloughs are
deoora ted with, after coming from tht handa of
the Commanding General. .
The bop are in good health and fine apirita.
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FAITII WITHOUT WORKS. . . '
A man nan no more believe with another's faith
than ht can satisfy his hunger by seeing another.
where my thumb was placed; they could
not work under my thumb, and if Tmoved
it he.would bleed, to death before the ar
tery could be taken up. There was no
way to save his life 1
Poor Charley! He was very calm' when
they told hinvand requested that his brother,
who was in the hospital, mtght be called up.
He came and sat down by the bedside; and
for three hours I stood, and by the pressure
pljrnyjihu im. .bk LeptJllUhelife-otJCharley,
while the brothers had their last conversa
tion on earth. It was a strange place; for
me to be in, to leel that 1 had the lite ol a
fellow mortar in my hands, as it were, and
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siranger yei 10 ieei tnai an act 01 mine
must cause that life to depart. Loving the
poor fellow as I did, it whs a hard thought;
but thero was no alternative. ' ;
. The last words were spoken. Charley
had arranged all his business affairs, and
s'entjtenderjmessages jOiabsentones, who
little dreamed how near their loved one
stood to the grave. The tears filled my
eyes more than once as I listened to those
parting words. ' AH were said, and he
turned to. me; . a'-:' j 'V'"-if--
izz Hpav; Il-rr-,.! guess you had better take
off your thumb. , .1 Y y ":4 : ,
4 O, Charley 1 how can I?' I said. .: ; T
'But it must be, 'you knowreplied he
cheerfulry,--;, j.I ' thanko'Qvery tnudh -fof
y durk kindness Pahd;no.wrgood bye." ;
He turned-away his head, I raised my
thumb, once more the life current gushed
forth, and in three minutes poor Charley was
dead ----f-i
VtHB BNEMT CAPJUEED. : '(. " ;
We have just had an interview with Mr,
J. Noble, Jr., who came down on the train
tHis morning, from Rome ; who says that on
Sundayi about 2 o'clojck, the vanguard of
the enemy,' about two hundred in number,,
reached the plantation of Mr. Shorter where
they were met and forced back by the citl
lens and some soldiers at Home, who had
marched out to meet them in; accordance
with instructions sent by Den. Forrest by
a courier, upon mo lorco opproucoiog un
der Gen. Forrest, finding themselves in a
trapthey- surrendered-unconditionally.:
numbefrjrfendered 10 C'nForrcsUabut 'V
20 miles West of Rorn e w ic$ e ntira x om jr
mand.'nnmbered but little over six hundred. ' -'j
We learn that ih4 capture was e Coded by l
causing the enemy to belie vt tbat he was
flanked on both tfd&?) wU atfiresiedfcy
n sjiperioT force. imfh.nr.'l.iTlid edeers
were permitted to, rctaiaihsir, ?de erxns.
The prisoners, were '.rerr'iindijjniDt wbe.n
thty disco vertd they had surrendered to an
inferior force.' ; The tbfy about te contra
bandj proved untrue, is only tsYcnteia were
captured;; yj.u. .f;"
The captured forces compriied thw iTifrd
Ohio, the Eighteenth Illinois, and the Fifty
First and Seventy-Third Indiana, together
wth three companies of fJonh Alabamian.
The latter will VsenMo Richmond th
former will beparoled ; Mr; Noble saw them
all in the public square at Rome, and a ays
that the' conquerors and conquered, as well
sis their horses, looked tert much Jaded.
i ne prisoners were ?tj defiant and rtnper
tinent r:x ,v,-.,; ... ... :. .t'.;1
, General Forrest bad followed and fought
the enemy, fpr five days, Almost without in
termisaibn, end but for.thidomitableirn
erfty pcrseverence ? and tact of this daring
and gallant enmmander and command, tha
result would have beeti very feriowt. f Tbq
main object of the incursion" waa to reach
the State Road, burn the bridges, and tear
up the track- It is alledged that their cap-t
ture was conjiderd. certain, but that tbo loss
of two thousand men, would be more than
cornpensated for by, the injuries they would
be able to inflict on the State Road., Bat,
thanks be to God, and General Forrest, un
der His protectingProvidencf that the jn
vading Tandals . have been ' ceptnred and .
their nefarious designs thwarted. Yesterday
was a gala dsy m Kome, and the city was
crowded by people-young end old, men;
and women, and negroes; too- from the sur
rounding 'country, to get a glimpse n( the
ruthless prisoners. When General jpoirest
entered the city,' his path aa j was fairly
paved with flo wers by the fait women of the'
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.The enemy lay waste the country tbey
passed over, . but excepting th destruction
of the Round Mountain Iron 1 Works, "no
serious damage was done - The. burning of
Gadsden is not confirmed,. The report. of
the destruction of the Messrs.iiobles Iron!
Works, wt are gratified to learn, was erro.
neous. 1 ne prisoners, it is understood aro
to bejjentjieref .-, ' ,;
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The various rumors abroad this mornin? '
in referehce to the raid upon the State Road
and the damage done it, proved to be almost
ground less-baving originated with a cou
rier sent from Calhoun, vho seeing a largo
number of horses in a wheatfield, (probably
aome of those captured by Forrest,) without1'
making a careful enough survey, returned r
and reported the enemy as approaching
Considerable alarm prevailed messengers
werei sent to JDaItoii,-the troops which
vvciouu hid uuiuiut iciuiiiiiiuiu luisuiauo . v.-
were detained, the trains here' and there" V
etnnnrl Mil. nmmrni4 inn rtit nfT'-bti.' t
til. the truth was ascertain ecV- The" feVer'v V
ish excitement of the public mind has nVw,'
entirely -subsided, and the timicf b'reatho-i-''
more freely. ilKtfttfa CommonioidU&t icw. I;.
IiiroRTANT Item A comsplbndentf the :
liayeitejitlaUPservericommom
following' facts
. "Our excellent GwernertngMder
authority given him by the Legislature, has
bought arid has iiow ' on hand $00,000 4 .
pounds of baconr ,000 casks of View
and about 80,000. busheb of com. This is td ,
be distributed among the different counties
for the benefit of thapowi learn that . j
two counsel have so fa'f appliedfbVbacoa! ; ;
Committees and county comsilssarie th
nrw hnvintr far tha rli.f of that Tmni en ha ' . )
supplied, to some extent, from this- stocltcf
provisions owned by he . jStajetbou!t wt , V
learn thaMhe) athprtties xreimtswli td ..
the Meckfenburjf Relief CcrnitteeOn:'
groujndhaXPii9eMrt AaupdsntJttlhii
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