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VOLUME XV.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1861.
NUMBER 25.
J. M G. MEDLOCK,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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but a flush rested there, and out of the
thinnest face, under the arch of broad
temples, deepened by masses of the
blackest hair looked two eyes, whose
soft and tender pleading would have
touched the hardest heart.
‘That little thing is sick, I believe,’
said John H , compassionately.—
‘What do you sing child?’
‘I sing Italian, or English,’ she said
softly.
John H , had been looking at
her shoes. ‘Why?’ he exclaimed,
and his lip quivered, ‘her feet are wet
to her ankles, absolutely; her shoes
are full of holes.
By this time the child had begun to
sing, pushing back her hood and fold
ing before her little thin fingers. Her
voice was wonderful; and simple and
common as were both air and words,
the power and pathos of the tones
drew together several of the habitues
of the reading room. The little song
commenced thus—
‘There is a happy land,
Far, far away.’
Never could the voice, the manner,
of that child be forgotten. There al
most seemed a halo around her head ;
and when she finished, her great spark
ling eyes turned toward John H • .
Look here, child, where did you
learn that song? he asked.
was the
DJiscelluttcous.
‘In Sabbath school,
simple answer.
‘And don’t you suppose there is a
happy land ?’ lie continued, heedless
of the many eyes upon him.
T know there is ; I’m going losing
there,’ she said so quietly, so decided
ly, that the men looked at each other.
‘ ‘Going to sing there?’
‘Yes, sir. My mother said so. She
used to sing to me until she was sick.
Then she said she wasn’t going to sin"
any more on earth, but up in heaven.
‘Well—and what then?’
A sketch. ‘And then she died, sir,’ said the
child, tears brimming up and over on
the dark cheek, now ominously flushed
scarlet.
John H was silent for a few
moments. Presently he said :
‘Well, if she died, my little girl,
you may live, you know.’
‘O no, sir ! no, sir ! (very quickly)
I’d rather go there, and be with moth
er. Sometimes IYiave a dreadful pain
in my side, and cough as she did.—
There won’t be any pain up there sir;
it’s a beautiful world !’-
TIow do you know ?’ faltered on
the lips of the sceptic.
‘Mv mother told me so.’
Words how impressive! manner
! how childlike, and yet how wise!
I John LI had had a praying
; mother. His chest laboured for a mo-
| ment—the sobs that struggled for ut-
I terance could be heard even in their
1 deeps—and still those large eyes, like
■ magnets, impelled his glance towards
! them.
j ‘Child, you must have a pair ot
i shoes.’
John n -’s voice was husky.
c I Sirnui aneously hands were thrust in
Alas! it ! pockets, purses pulled out, and the as
i tonished child held in her little palm
more money than she had ever seen
before.
‘Her father is a poor, consumptive
ntil I die ’ he said ; ‘and I will have ; organ grinder,’ whispered one. /I sop-
hth that he may yet come out of dark- pose he’s to sick too be out to migh
“GOING TO SING IN HEAVEN”
‘If I could have your faith, B ,
rdadlv would I—but I was born a
sceptic. I. cannot help my doubts
more than I can the results they lead
to I can't look ou God and a future as
vou do; with my temperament,_ and
the peculiar bias of my mind, it is ut
terly impossible.
So su’d John II , as he walk
ed with a friend under a dripping um
brella; for the night was stormy and
verv dark, though the brilliancy of the
.shop lamps made a broad path of light
alon" the wet sidewalk. John H— ,
was a sceptic of thirty" years standing,
and apparently hardened in his unbe
lief. Everybody 7 ha-.l given him up as
-unconvertible. Reasoning . ever so
■fairly and calmly made no impression
upon the rocky soil of his heart. In ■
ologians disliked the sight o! his mas
sive face, and h .mble Christians sighed
as he passed them. A. man, wit;, such
capacities, they said—wim such gen
erous impulses (for everybody knew
bow kind he was)with an in edect 30
enriched, and powers of the keenest
■metal—and yet no G as ■ no nope >>*
the future !—walking \\ ith the lamp
at his feet, unenlightened,
was sad, very sad.
v But one friend had never given him
up. When spoken to about him—‘I
will talk with and pray for that man |
less into the marvelous light. And
ill, how wonderful that light will
;eem to him—shut up so long !
And thus, whenever he met lam
jlohn H. was always ready 7 for ‘a talk,)
ilr. B. pressed home the truth upon
him. In answer, on that stormy 7 night,
he only said, ‘God can change a scep
tic, John. He has more power over
your heart, than you have, and I
mean still to pray 7 for you.’
‘Oh, I have no objections, none in
the world, seeing is believing, you
know. I’m ready for any modern
miracle, but 1 tell you it would take
nothing short of a miracle to convince
me. However, let’s change the sub-
Along the sloppy street went the
child under the protection of John
£[ .but not with shoes that dranli
the water at every step. Warmth and
comfort were hers now. Down in
the deep, den like lanes of the city,"
walked the man, a little cold, child
hand in his. At an open, broken
door they stopped ; up broken, creak
ing stairs they climbed. At last anoth
er^ doorway opened, and a wheezing
voice called out of the dim arch Val
letta.’
‘O father ! father! see what I have
j brought you ! look at me ! look at .me !’
land "down went the hoarded silver,
I and venting her excessive joy. the
ect . I’m hungry" and it’s too far to go i child fell, crying and laughing togeth
ip town to supper this stormy night— er, imo the man s arms.
especially as I shall shut up shop ear
ly. Whew! how the wind blows i
Here’s a restaurant, let us stop here.’
How warm and pleasant it looked
in the long brilliant dining-saloon !
Was he a man ?’
A face dark and hollow, all over
grown with hair, black as night, and
uncombed; a pair of wild eyes; a
body bent nearly 7 double; hands like
Clusters of gas jets streamed over the i claws. . „,
•litter and colour of pictures and gor-1 ‘Bid he give you all this, Carletta?
eous carpets, and the rows of marble ‘They all did father ; now you shall
" • ’ ’ 1 ■' '' ' *— — ■>' — have soup and oranges.’
Reflected back the lights as well as the
>reat mirrors.
The two merchants had eaten, and
vere just on the point of rising,
vhen a strain of soft music came
hrough au open door—child’s sweet
,"oice.
’Upon my word that is pretty 7 ,’ said
John H. ‘what marvelous purity in
,hose tones!’
‘Out of here you little baggage,’
jried a hoarse voice, and one of the
waiters pointed angrily to the door.
‘Let her coine in,’ said John H.
springing to his feet.
‘We don’t allow them in this place,
sir,’ said the waiter, ‘but she can go in
the reading room.’
‘Well, let her go somewhere, for I
-Want to hear her,’ responded the gen
tleman.
All this time the two had seen the
shadow of something hovering back
and forth on the edge of the door;
now they followed a slight little figure,
wrapped in a patched cloak, patched
hood, and leaving the marks of wet
feet as she walked. Curious to see
her face—she was very small—John
lured her to' the furthest part ot j sick and
‘Thank you, sir—I’m sick, you see
—all gone sir—had to SGnd the poor
child out, or we’d starve, sir. God
bless you sir 1 I wish I could play
you a tune; and he looked wistfully
towards the corner where stood the
old organ, baize covered—the baize in
tatters. .
‘It’s no matter,’ said John LI ,
with difficulty. ‘I’ll come and seeyou
some other time,’ and he groped his
way down stairs.
One month alter that the merchants
met again, if by agreement, and walk
ed slowly down town.
Threading innumerable passages, they
came to the gloomy building where
lived Carletta s father. .
No—not lived there; for as they 7
paused a moment, out came two or
three men bearing a pme coffin. In
the coffin, the top nailed down so that
no mourner might open, provided
there had been any such, slept the old
organ-grinder.
Tt was very sudden sir, said a w o-
man who recognized his benefactor.—
‘Yesterday the little girl was taken
vided by John H . The child lay
there, not white, but pale as marble,
with a strange polish on her brow.—
Oh, how those dark eyes on the in
stant became eloquent, as John H
sat on the side of the bed 1
‘Well, my little one, so you are no
better ?’
‘Oh, no, sir 1 Father is gone up
there, and I’m going,’
Up there! John H turned un
consciously toward his friend.
‘I wish I could sing for you,’ she
said, and her little hands flew together.
‘Do you wish to sing?’
‘Oh, so much ! but it hurts me. It
wont hurt me up there, will it?'
Where was the child looking, that
there seemed such wonder in her
eyes ?
* Did you ever hear of Jesus ?’ asked
John H ’s friend.
‘Oh, yes!’
‘Do you know who he was?’
‘Good Jesus' murmured the child,
with a rare smile.
‘B , this breaks me down,’ said
John H , and he placed his hand
kerchief to his eyes.
‘Don’t cry, don’t cry; I can’t, cry,
I’m so glad!’ said the cihld, exulting-
ly; and she looked up as if Heaven’s
light were already dawning on her.
‘What are you glad for, my dear?’
asked John II ’s friend.
‘To get away from h<ye,' she said,
deliberately. ‘I used to be cold so m
the long winters, for we didn’t have
fire sometimes; but mother used to
hug me so close, and sing about Heav
en. 0 But I did have to go out, because
they were sick, and people looked
cross at me, and told me I was in the
way ; but some were kind to me.—
Mother told me to never mind, when I
came home crying, and kissed me and
said if I was his the saviour would love
me, and one of these days would give
me a better borne ; and so I gave my
self to Him, for I wanted a better
home. And oh! I shall sing there,
an 1 be so happj 7 1 Christ sent a little
angel in my dream—mother told me
Re would, and that angels would car
ry me up there. Oh, I feel so sleepy 1’
“ With a little sigh she closed her
eyes.
‘H , are faith and hope nothing ?
asked Mr. B , pointing to the lit
tle face taking on such strange beauty,
as death breathed icily over it.
‘Don’t speak to me, B ; to be as
that little child I would give all I am
worth,’ was the broken response. .
‘And to be like her you need give
nothing, only your stubborn will,
jour sceptical doubts, and the heart
that will never know rest until it
finds it at the feet of Christ. O, my
friend, resolve, by the side of this little
child, who is soon to be ‘singing in
Heaven,’ that you will be a follower
of ray Saviour. ' Let reason bow here,
befoie simple, trusting faith.
There was no answer. Quietly
they sat there in the deepening shad
ows. .
The hospital doctor came in; he stood
oft’ a linle way, and shook his head.
It needed no elosc inspection to see
what was going on.
Presently the hands moved, the
arms were raised, the eyes opened yet
glazed though they were, they turned
still upward.
‘See ! see 1’ she cried. ‘Oh, there is
mother! and there are the angels Land
they are all singing-all singing!
Her voice faltered, her arms fell,
but the celestial brightness lingered
vet on her face. Feebly she turned to
those who had ministered to her, fee
bly smiled—it was a mute return of
thanks for all their kindness.
‘There is no doubting, the soul tri
umph there,’ whispered Mr. B——.
‘It is wonderful,’ replied John H ,
looking on, both with awe and ten
derness. ‘Is she gone ? _
He sprang from his chair as if he
would detain her, but the chest and
forehead were marble now, the eyes
had lost the fire of life ; she must have
died as she lay looking at them.
‘She was always a sweet little thing,’
said the nurse softly.
John H stood as if spell
bound. There was a touch on his
arm ; he started, and turned.
‘John,’ said his friend, w.th an im
pressive look, ‘shall we pray 7 ?
For a minute there was no answer
then came tears; the whole frame
shook as he said -it was almost a cry,
‘Yes pray ! pray !’
An i from the side of the dead child
went up agonizing pleadings to the
throne of God. That prayer was an
swered—the miracle is wrought—the
lion -is a lamb—the doubter is a be
liever—the sceptic a Christian. Care
less reader, may a little child lead
you? „
sighed, rebelous sons were a thorn in
the heart whose rankling prick was
felt to kill all joy. Merchants may
have amassed their millions; their
names may have been honored in va
rious parts of the globe ; but in a mo
ment when success and security have
attendod some favorite scheme of haz
ardous enterprise in all the bitterness
of anguish the soul have whispered.—
This is but mockery to him who
and the repose of old age deprived of
the sweets of a happy retrospection ?
If short lived parents leave unique
daughters well endowed, young men
of promise and appreciation will be
bold, and young lovers will play the
brave Loehinvar and fair Imogene on
the most convenient stage, with a Dri
ver fora scene shifter.
It might be a subject of serious inqui
ry, why the young ladies that run
This is out mockery iu mm ij, —a -—- .
would ask it to atone for the absence I away are generally either heiresses m
of domestic love. Poets have lived : their own right, or have awfully rich
whose brows have been wreathed by i papas? Why beauty is the attribute,
a fascinated nation, but whose spirit if not the possession, of an heiress and
have loathed the laurels, for thorns
grew at home. But never monarch,
merchant, nor poet, found domestic
bliss a joy too much. He who has
once possessed it would not barter it
for all on earth besides.
Bayonets Will Win The Fight.
It has been published that the dis
tinguished Gen. Lee has given his opin
ion that this war is to be fought main
ly with cannon. We doubt if he ever
gave such an opinion, though it may
be a very true one, if the war should
cease now, as cannon have done the
work so far. But, while our Govern
ment has heavy ordnance and a large
supply of it at certain points,-designed
to become a bride is to be at once
called lovely? It may be a vague
fancy for a change, a longing for the
‘jenesais quoi’ of female hearts—which
has led many dear girls to run away.
The reason why bachelors marry
are far too insignificant to enumerate.
They never run away with a dower
less maid, or a dowager-matron. Mon
ey is scarely an object, unless there be
a'good deal of it. Most men look up
on a runaway match as taking unnec
essary pains for their trouble; while
sensible women deem it taking a great
deal of trouble for their pains.
Sometimes a lax lover runs away
without the bride, leaving the family-
in a ludicrous predicament, and the
young lady in the agony of disappoint-
for particular purposes, it would seem )
to rely 7 mainly upon infantry to do the j ' me nt-
fight.ng, whenever the enemy has ; —
landed and proposes a pitched battle j The Charge ol Marat at Eylan
_ i 1 . . Q /-v f'n v* uro KnliOAti' 1 11 f*
down helpless mortals than an ordina-1 Our firing was excellent, and the
rv man. Amid the roar of artillery, 1 shells scattered in all directions when
and rattliDg of musketry, and falling j they burst. They, could hardly ap-
of sabre strokes like lightning before ; proaeh the guns which they were fir-
iiim, that loftv white plume never ling for the shell which came from tue
once went down, while ever and anon
it was seen glaring through the smoke
of battle, the star of hope to Napoleon
and showing that his ‘right’ arm was
still uplifted and striking for victory.
He raged like an unloosed lion amid
the foe ; and his eyes, always terrible
in battle, burned with increased lustre,
while his clear and'steady voice, heard
above the turmoil of strife, was worth
more tliau a thousand trumpets to
cheer on his followers. At length see
ing a knot of Russian soldiers that for
a long time had kept up a devouring
battery. "Within our encampment fell
a perfect hailstorm of canister shot,
bullets and ball. Remarkable to say
not one of our men was killed inside
our encampment. Several horses were
slain by the shells and bullets.
Finding that bombardment would
not answer, the enemy, about 11 o’
clock, tried to carry the position by
assault, but met a terrible repulse at
the hands of the infantry as he tried to
scale the breastwork.s The men dis
regarded sometimes the defences erect
ed for them, and, leaping on the cm-
fire upon his men, he wheeled his bankment, stood and fired at the 1 an-
horse and drove in full gallop upon
their leveled muskets. A few of his
Guard, that never allowed that white
plume to leave their sight, charged af-
the him. Without waiting to count
his foes he seized his bridle in his
teeth, and with his pistol in one hand
and his drawn sword in the other,
burst m headlong fury upon them,
and scattered them as if a hurricane
had swept by. Murat was a thunder- ; u iy is.i-m.a. Y-7
bolt on that day. and the deeds that j for a Carolina rifle ended his life the
were wrought by him will furnish j next moment, and his men fled in ter
themes for the poet and the painter.’
kees, cutting them down as they camo
up. One company of the New York
Seventh Regiment, under Capt. \\ ar-
drop, or Winthrop, attempted to take
the redoubt on the left. The marsh
they crossed was strewn with their
b ‘dies. Their Captain, a fine looking
man, reached the ffince, and leaping
on a* log, waved his sword, crying,
“Come on, boys ; one charge and the
day is ours.” 'The words were his last
on the plain. So far we believe the
Government has provided but a very
small force of cavalry, and is almost
without field artillery. This is con
clusive evidence that the infantry reg
iments are to do the bloody and deci
sive work. And while we excel the
North vastly in the effective use of
the rifle and muskets, we excel them
more, perhaps, in the material for a
desperate charge. Knowing this, and
knowing too, the natural impetuosity
of our troops, our officers will calcu
late to win the day in every battle by
a hand-to-hand fight. This is what
our men want, what they expect.
Taking into consideration the char
acter of the opposing forces, and the
feelings which influence and urge the
men, our Government has . isely de
termined to rely upon infantry. Filled
with the fiercest hatred of the enemy
who are invading our soil, ravaging
our fii Ids, committing atrocities un
ist terrible aspect, this ■ i curing lucse cuaigea mv
n mid-winter, in 1807, Yorktown, June 11, lbbi.—An 0 f t h e enemy, on the hill, were at
iportant and bloody one engagement, lasting for hours, took j ng to concentrate for a general a
occurred. France and place yesterday (Monday) between five but the s |, c n f rom the Uowitze
, n 1 1. flip Irnons from Olu * t 1\ a rvi Ac on*
It is at Eylau that Murat always ap
pears in his most terrible aspect. Ihis
battle, fought in mid-winter, in 1807,
was the most im
that had then
Russia had .never before opposed sue
strength to each other, and a complete
victory on either side would have set
tled the fate of Europe; Bonaparte
remamed in possession of the field,
and that was all; no victory was ever
so like a defeat.
The field of Eylau was covered with
snow, *and the little ponds that lay
scattered over it "Were frozen sufficient
ly hard to bear the artillery. Seventy-
one thousand men on one s.de, and
eighty-five thousand on the other, aro=e
from the frozen field on which tney
slept the night of February , without
tent or covering, to battle for a conti
BATTLE OF BETHEL CHURCH.
Full Particulars.
[From tlie Richmond Dispatch Extra, June 11.j
regiments of” the troops from Old
Point and 1100 Confederate troops,
consisting of Virginians and North
Carolinians, under General Magruder
at Bethel Church, Y^ork county. Be
fore telling you of the battle, I will
give you some circumstances preceding
it. About two weeks ago a party of
800 Yankees came up from Hampton
and occupied Bethel Church, which
position they held a day 7 or two and
then ^retired, leaving written on the
walls of the Church several inscrip
tions, such as “Death to the Iraitors!
“Down with the Rebels!” &c. To
of these the names of the
j ror back. At the redoubt on the
I riqht a company of about o00 New
; Y"ork Zouaves charged one ofour guns,
; but could not stand the fire of the in-
] fautry, and retreated precipitately.
During these charges the main body
attempt-
assault,
tzer Bat
tery prevented them. As one regi
ment would give us the effort, another
would be marched to tlie position, but
with no better success, for a shell
would scatter them like chaff. The
men did not seem able to stand fire at
all.
About one o’clock their guns were
silenced, and a few moments after their
infantry retreated precipitately down
the road to Hampton.
Our cavalry numbering three com
panies, went in pursuit, and harassed
them down to the edge of Hampton.
As they retreated many of the woun
ded fell along the road and died, and
covenn". to oauie ior awuu .nearly all - ----- . , , n i — o-—„
nmit A n.rereau on the left, was utter- | writers were defiantly signed, and all tlie w hole road to Hampton was strewn
'- outcd°in the morning. Yd van- j of the pensmen signed themselves from I v;ith havresacks, overcoats, canteen-
I V luutvu , . , |
cing through a snow stonn so thicli u;
New York except one, who was from ' mU3 kets, &c., which the
U n I V...15 ^ o enemv the Russian “Boston, Mass., U. S.” To these excur- thrown off in their rerreat.
mentionable upon our women and could not Wn ^his ranks with sions into the interior, of which this
children, and threatening to subjugate cannon mow -u - .u Cos- i was the boldest, Gen. Magruder de-
an,I enslave ns, our n;cn will never i tl.e.r tdered ! Sined toml k stop, a, nfueoording-
surrender. They may be cut to pieces , sacn. cava y, • almost ■ Iv filled the place after the Yankees
and killed, by in suianagetnent, or by j to charge, cainc .1 ‘ ° ^ f eW companies of his own
111* » of their own I™™.-to. £& fey were viiWe wop? In addiuoJ to this, be deter-
our columns-may be broken and disor-| ion, lances ■> mined to carry the war into the ene-
dered, but they will "'“'’" f " ,7 j "Hemmed in and overthrown, the my'e country, Md on Wednesday last
throw down their arms. W ith the j Demme i () f in 000 Stanard’s battery of the Howitzer Bat-
fate of rebels and traitors, with arms j whole uiv sion, composed of | bta } the Church
their hands, hanging over then,, our ; -en w, h h e - of oOO, were ^ „ a portion
men had
soldiers will ask fo? no quarter; nor, ! captured or slain. Jetton^ sn ™
believin'* the reported atrocities of the I storm clearing up revealed to Napole
enemv will they be in the humor to ! on the peril to which he was brought,
"rant any. In'fact the zeal, the en- and he immediately ordered a grand
thusiasm may endanger their effective j charge by the Imperial Guard and the
fighting; for- we apprehend it will be | wholo^valr^ Jothmg. waslfur^r | guns. ^ ^ finjt excursi om
rather di&cu.t, 111 a great, •«■ ^ j the bringing of his reserve into of considerable importance was ma ,e.
keep them to a steady, measured ad- an °, ° t f . his earlv stage of I A detachment ol 200 infantry and,how-
vvliere it was soon joined by a portion
ol Brown’s battery, of the same corps
the North Carolina Regiment, under
Colonel Hill, was also there, making
in all about 1100 men, and 7 howitzer
After the battle, I visited the posi
tion they held. The house behind
which they had been hid had been
burnt by "our troops. Around the
yard were the dead bodies of the men
who had been killed by our cannon,
mangled in the most frightful manner
by the shells. The uniforms on the
bodies were very diffrent, very many
of them are like those of the Y irginia
soldiery. A little further on we came
to the point to which they had carried
some of their wounded, who had since
died. The gay looking uniforms of
the New Y r ork Zouaves contrasted
greatly with the paled, fixed faees of
their dead owners. Going to the
swamp through which they attempted
rattier mmcu.t, m a , , £ rin „ incr of hi 3 reserve into I of considerable importance was mauc. 3vvamp through which they auemptcu
keep them to a steady, measured ad- j tha ° ° t tllis ear [ y sta o- e of ! A detachment of 200 infantry and„how- j t0 pas3 lo assault our lines, presented
vance, after they have got sight o. the ; He e 0 j i ° | gun under Major Randolph, and I mother bloody scene. Bodies dotted
enemy. Their impulse will be madly ; the batde but there | ^ Q f 70 iDfantry) ^ nd another how.t- j the black m0 rassfrom one end to the
to rush on, to leap upon the enemy, so “^ lth hio-b renutation zer under Major Lane, of the North | other . y saw one boyish, delicate-
I- : rv(n«tnil rliTTt»rr>nt. i r.i 1 «rwi>rl ivit :
to bear him down,.trample him, pin
him to the earth.'
And therefore it is of the first im
portance that every infantry soldier
Murat sustained his high reputation
on this occasion, ndr r oved himself
for the hundredti
great confidence
should have a bayonet. We hear ofj him. Nothing
companies now in Virginia, perhaps | sing than the t
whole regiments, are unprovided with j ment. “‘ c g w'hile^Murat 1 ior Lane passed within sight of Hamp
this, the most essential weapon for as- j trembled m the Jm and Js they turned up the road to
aault and the weapon which must de- j Fepare^ ^ squ ^, onSi mak- ! return to Bethel, encountered the Y an-
C1< The Mi-sissippi rifle is the arm of j ing in all 11,000 well mounted men, ^.numbering about 90, who were
me, worthy of the
loleon placed in
be more impo-
cld at this mo-
.1 the Empire
Carolina regiment, started different
routes to cut off a party which had
left Hampton. The party was seen and
fired at by Major Randolph’s detach
ment, but made such fast time that
they escaped. The troops under Ma-
some of our troops, and there is no
bayonet attached. All such should
have a good Bowie knife, for otherwise
they wiTl be forced to club their rifles.
There is no sort of doubt that our men
will readily enough stand the fire of
the enemy, but they will be impatient
of long range, and a charge with bay
onets set will be their first thought.
They are pretty well disciplined, it is
true, and know the importance of obe
dience, but the sight of the invader
and the smell of blood will probably
be too much for them. By all means
they should have bayonets, but fail
ing in that a Bo.vie knife will do good
service. If ever there be a great bat
tle between the forces, of a large army
of each nearly even matched shall
meet, it will prove to be the "battle of
the centuiy, perhaps the battle of his
tory. Such a scene of carnage and
destruction will be present d as will
affright the nations. The bayonet,
yes the bayonet, must be relied on to
win.—Chronicle & Sentinel
began to move over the slope, with the
Old Guard marching sternly behind. _
Bonaparte, it is said, was more agi
tated at this crisis than when, a mo-
looking fellow lying in the mud, with
a bullet hole through his breast. His
baud was pressed on the wound from
which his life blood had poured, and
the other was clenched in the grass
that grew ne ir him. Lying on the
"round was a testament which had fall
en from his pocket, dabbled with
blood. On opening the cover I found
tu„d by the Russians. Bu t _ as be ,
in" style. The Yankees .fled for their
kees, numbering about 90, who were t ) je printed inscription, “Presented to
entrenched behind a fence in the field, tbe Defenders of their Country, by the
protected by a high bank. Our ad- j ^ York Bible Society.” An U. S.
vance guard fired on them, and in J bag was a l so stamped on the title page,
another moment the North Carolinians Among the haversacks picked up
saw those seventy squadrons come
down on a plunging trot, pressing
hard afier the white plume of Murat,
that streamed through the snow storm
far in front, a smile passed over ins
countenance.
The earth groaned and trembled as
they passed, and the sabres, above the
dark and angry mass below, looked
like the foam of a sea-wave as it crests
on the deep. The rattlms of their ar
mor, and the muffleu tuunuer of their
tread, drowned all the roar of battle
as with firm, set array, and swift,
steady motion, they bore down with
their terrible front on the foe.
The shock of that immense host was
like a fall' qa jnountain, and the front
line of tl. -w’.an army went down
like a fro-.. rk before it. Then
commenced a protracted"fight oi lianrK
1 i... Unnrl nirnrd tn cwnul flfs in t lift
lives after firing for about three min
utes without effect,leaving behind the...
three dead and a prisoner. The fel
low was a stout, ugly fellow from
Troy, N. Y. He said that he ha<t
nothing against the South, but some
body must be soldiers, and he thmig! 7
he might as well enlist None of our
men were hurt.
This bold excursion, under the very
guns of the euemy, determined the au
thorities at Old Point to put a swp to.
it and clear us out from Bethel, a his
determination was convened to us by
persons who came from the neighbor
hood of the enemy. On Monday
morning, about six hundreu infantry
and two guns, under Gen. M .gruder,
left the camp and proceeded to Hamp-
Life's Chief Happiness.—Do
mestic happiness has intrinsic worth ;
it may be iealized in poverty ; it is in
ternal ; above the control of circum
stance. Such happiness is a flower of
paradise that has been suffered to
stay beyond its walls; and thougli
with us it does not bloom in original
perfection; yet its blossoms, as we gath
er them, are too lovely to leave us in
doubt whether it is worth our culture.
Of all earthly goods, this is Heavens’s
best gift to"man. Whilst there is no
other "kind of joy that can compensate
for its absence, it may alike gild the
mud walls of the cabin, or shed vitali
ty and warmth over the cold state of the
fiopfmfvts 1 tohand, and sword to sword, as in the j ton ; but after advancing a mile or two
rp h i nnd un awuv with ! cavalry action at Eckmuhl. The clash received information that the Yankees
«"«’f T > was litelhs ringing of wore coming ,n large force. Wa then
rents or guardians, in the face of the countless hammers and horses and, ri-
?orid, and without money to pay the ! ders were blended in wild confusion
dominie, is now-a-days becoming so'.together; the Russian reserve vere
fashionable that even rustic moralists : ordered up, and on these Murat fell
lasuiouame Liiau with h j s g erce horsemen, crushing and
6 What’s 6 toe use of a sweetheart, if! trampling them down by the thorn
vou can’t marrv ? and why are the sands. But the obstinate Russians
prayer boots pruned with all the for- disdained tolly, and ralbed again mi
mula of a ceremony, if one is to die in again, so that it was no longer cava.rv
solitary bliss, without wearing a lace
he room, where there were but few
gentlemen, and then motioned her to
ling. The little one looked timidly
ip. Her cheek was of olive darkness.
it seemed if he
aw ay. He died at six last night.
The two men went silently up stairs.
The room was empty of every thing
save a bed. a chair, and a nurse, pro-
dU; S ed right palace." There is n. condition of life
y [St. to which it may not add untold price.
Monarchs-there .have been who have
heard the exulting shout of victory,
have joined it for a moment, then inly
veil, or a wreath of orange blossoms,
or having heaps of wedding cake, a
whole service of silver, and set of jew
els? Every one knows that marriage
is a civil contract, and old folks are too
absurd, if they think of being surly
and uncivil to handsome young men
with winning ways, that the civil in
stitution of matrimony is to be entirely
robbed of its character, •"y?. }
domestic engine of tvi. ■ jj’ 7 .
the hopes of youth ’ situ,
horse galloping through broken hosts
that, gathering into knots, still dispu
ted, with unparalelled bravery, the
fed and rent field.
It was during this strange fight that
Murat was seen to perform one of
tliose desperate deeds for which he
was so renowned. Excited to the high
est pitch of passion by the obstacles
that opposed him, he seemed endowed
! with ten-fold strength, and looked
were coming in large force. YVe then
retired, and after reaching camp tlie
guns were placed in the battery, and
the infantry took their places behind
their breastwork. Everybody was
cool, and all were anxious to give the
invaders a good reception.
About nine o’clock the glittering
bayonets of the enemy appeared on the
hill opposite, and above them waved
the Star Spangled Banner. The mo
ment the head of the column had ad
vanced far enough to show one or two
companies, the Parrot gun of the How
itzer Battery opened on them, throw
ing a shell right into their midst.
along the route were many letters from
the Northern States, asking if they
i;ked the Southern farms, and if the
Southern barbarians had been wkip-
H out yet.
force of the enemy brought
j against s was 4,000, according to the
j - tntetnent of the six prisoners we took.
Oars was 1,100. Their loss in killed
and wounded must be nearly 200. Our
loss is one killed and three wounded.
The fatal case was that of a North Car
olinian who volunteered to fire one of
the houses behind which they wore
stationed. He started from the brest-
work to accomplish it, but was shot in
the head. He died this morning at
the hospital. The wounded are Harry
Shook, of Richmond, of Brown’s Pat
tern 7 , siiot in the wrist; John YY’Arth,
of Richmond, of the same Battery,
a iot in the leg, and Lieut. Huduall, of
the same battery, shot in the foot. None
ot the wounds are serious.
As there was force enough at Old
Point to send up to Bethel and sur
round us, we took up the line of march
and came up to Yorktown, where we
now are.
I would merely mention here that
on 3 of our corps picked up, on the field
of battle, a memorandum book, be
longing to one R. M. Parker, private
in me 2d company 1st regiment Ver
mont Y r olunteers, in which I find the
following entry:
“June 5th.—Harriet Lane demolish
ed the battery opposite. Six Massa
chusetts privates shot accident! lly
carelessness in an attack. Eight hun-
r a shell right into their midst.- troops arrived from New
T!«ir ranks broke m contusion and, ^^ wm m
the column or as much of it as we t° r • , ,.,
could see, retreated behind two small j board wou e . p .
farm houses. From their position a j So, there is the trutn about Pig
fire was opened on us, which, was re-j Point. We have punished the Yan-
nlied to by onr batteries, which com- kees awfully, depend upon it, in every
* iiiu- nnnrmnli Imfilr* wp Kn.vf* vp.h nan with.
li&e a superhuman Sg °S ■ lie of lie" approach., tatfo wo havo jet had with tom.