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(. *AMrIY EKSO N, KB ARSAVA XNA H, G A.. j
December, 30, 1861. )
I)bar Pilot : Since we wrote last,
Christmas is past, December is nearly gone j
and
January t<*r, with blankets of snow,
And ice-braided mane stands ready to “o.
Before this reaches you, another year full
of the most wonderful events will be num
bered with the past. Some future Gibbon
;is he sits - down amid’ the broken monu
ments and crumbling ruins of our wrecked
itnion, will turn pale at the record and
the pou will fall from his nerveless lingers.
He will see reflected in the faithful mirror
before him, the dismembered fragments
(never again to be gathered together) of
the mightiest nation on earth, once full of
hope and instinct with life and vigor, lie
will witness the verification ot W ebster s
prophetic language, “a land of civil feuds
and drenched in fraternal blood.” He wil
write of confiscations, of imprisonments of,
conflagrations, of barbaric cruelty and
scenes of still deeper dye. No angel of
mercy will be there to wipe out the record
with tears, but it will remain forever sat
urated with blood and blackened with smok
and tire. We who are here in Camps,
surrounded as we are oy the menioiials
and associations of Greene and Pulaski
and their brave compatriots in virtue and
arms and that, too, in the hearing of the
guns of a fanatic and rndst relentless foo?
can estimate these truths to the innermost
seats of our hearts. God moves in a no
torious wav and we cau trust onß to his
ititinite wisdom and goodness to speak and
the seeming black chaos to human e}cs,
will in the magnitude of His means and
cuds, assume light, beauty, oidei and glan
denr. Upon the site of a whited sepulcre
filled full of rottenness and dead mens’
bone bones, may arise a shft of pure marble
whose top will kiss the first rays of the
rising sun, and like Memnon’s of old, send
its sweet music and sublime harmony
diroughout the universe. A Constitution
triorious in its form and spirit but spit up
on and trampled under foot by fools, fana
tics and demagogues may come out white
and cleah, purified by the tires and bap
tised by the blood of revolution aud above
the ruius of the old government where cor
ruption boiled and bubled until it overrun
tkc dew , the Southern Cross may fling its
• bright-warm light tar across the waste of
’ liters until the oppressed everywhere will
bow to it in adornation and worship it as
the symbol of political and social intelli
gence, virtue, justice, truth and patriot -
, istn. May God now fire our Southern
hearts and nerve each Southern arm to de
velope such grand designs, such magnifi
cent results. To such ends, the Great Su
preme would ask no more grateful homage
do holier sacrifice than a soldier’s tears
and a Martyr’s blood. These offerings of
patriotism, of privation and death should
he given now bv the Southern cavalier as
freely and with the same fervor tnafc-promp
ted the Crusader to strike down the Infidel
’ for the rescue of Holy City.
On Wednesday, week ago, our Brigade,
t * -
(the first) was reviewed by Gen. Harrison, ,
|at Savannah. We were saved a train])
, through the deep sand to the city opr
officers Inuring kindly chartered a train ot
; cars for our comfort, for which we ail felt
proudly gratified. The Confederate troops
were reviewed a few days before, *ho
opinion of military tnen confers the praise
on the State troops as superior in looks
; and discipline to the Confederates. The
Ladies (God bless the Institution !) were j
■ out bv thousands en horseback, carriage- ;
! v
1 back and shoehack. It would have done
your readers good to see some ot the boys
no ways remarkable for quickness ot gait, j
trudge it at double quick through the I
sand. We overheard one good old lady j
on the sidewalk as we filed into columns
along, exclaim, with a sigh, in the benevo
| ience of her heart, “Poor soldiers ! I know
I you are tired 1” We thanked her, for her j
i sympathy. We khew she was a mother
and perchance a wife, from the heartfelt J
tones of her voice. W her ever we would
I pass a hew ot the sox, young and beauti- j
(ill it was amusing to see liovv soldierly we
! looked, covered all over with buttons and j
| lace —how the bandy-legged and knock- j
kneed would become straight and those
• who were made never to “court ati arnor
! ous looking-glass” —the rudely shaped and !
ill favored, how proudly they marched to j
; the soul-stirring drum, and ear-piercing |
; fife. Ante Helenum , dv., d:c. Before
Helen launched a thousand ships and •
: caused countless warriors to encircle the
walls of Troy, w mien and war have been
! clos el v associated. If Helen had not lived
Paris would.have died unknown and Hec
tor instead of being dragged admit at the
tails of horses would have returned home
laden vfitli lie s posts of the Hast, and died
a res pent able old man in the bosom of his
wife and his sou. As it is turned out,
Helen was no better than she should have
been, Paris a foot! and even the right arm
of Hector could not cancel the decrees of
uternal fate —troja fait.
Last Saturday week, we were visited by
about a dozen of the “Upson Volunteers. ’
We gave them, together with their brave
and modest Captain, Hartsfield, a most
cordial welcome. We are glad to see that
their trials and sufferings in Virginia, had
neither abated their zeal in the cause of
the South or impaired their looks and
health. We are also happv to say that
our company sick list is greatly reduced.—
Mr. Thos. H. Brown, is now the only one
confined to his bed, and we hope to see
him on his legs in a few days.
The soldiers here are being dissatisfied
at the delay of payment for their services.
We hope the matter will bill be attended
to in a few days—os some of the men are
in great need. We hope the good (espe
cially in the ranks) will never realize that
the State is ungreatful. They pay of the
Private should have been increased by the
Legislature. Patriotism is a fine thing
afound a good tire and in a warm bed at
home, but in camp it will not patch shoes
or breeches or keep an absent wife and
children from hunger.
Christmas here was enjoyed by a cessa
tion of military duty. Some of the boys
by adding <i “leethV to much whiskey with
to tlie VI ill el’ or , 2#iU y at *s*
ers engaged in di mvi'iV.ng fiis mix
turn, exceeded the bounds of military pro
priety and discipline. We believe none of
the “Woodson Guards’ were caught in
this very pleasant amusement. Byron
says. * 4 Man being reasonable must get
drund,” which might be true, if thaw was
no next day . Some of the fast b’hoys re
alized the great law of necessity this neat
da if by marking time on the head of a bar
rid and other healthy and graceful exercise.
It, strange how practice will make perfect
in anything. There is a man in Col. Har
rison’, sth regiment, who, on a barrel-head
will move his feet as regular asa pendulum
for hours and can carry a barrel stuck on
to his shoulders with his head protruding
through a hole, as handsomely as a belle
would a thousad dollar shawl. W hen a
man anything, we say, let him doit right.
We shall form this man’s acquintance the
first, opportunity, for we admire his g'eius.
Through the kindness of (Jcl. Henderson
in loaning ns his horse, we spent Christ
mas day in “Suwamre,” where we heard
a most eloquent and profound sermou by
Bisboi) Elliot.
We are sorry to add another victim to
the roll af death. R. W. Greenway a pri
vate in Copt. \\ alton’s company, “Moody
Burt Volunteers,” died on last Saturday
night the 2Sth of pneumonia. He was
from Columbia county, and aged 27 year.
He leaves a wife to regret that bis eyes
were closed by stranger hands. Capt.
Walton tells us be was a man of excellent
morals and a member of the Baptist church
After being escorted by a detachment of
his comrades in arms and military music to
the railroad, his teaming were sent home
for burial. Sush is life ! —such is military
glory! Its paths lead but to the grave
soon to become a prey to dull forgetful
ness.
1 must remember your space anil close
by returning my thanks to old friend I. H.
Traylor, Fsq’r, fora bottle nf “Traylor
Wine,” received through the politeness of
Col. Heard. We drank his health and al
so we pledged to the memory of his most
esteemed father on Christmas. We appre
ciated the favor more highly as it was the
only one we have received from
Upson, since we become a dweller in touts.
M.
Official Report
Os the January election, for Count v Of
fleers. Hull retuns from the Armv and
the Couly :
Hoi Slienfl,
A. B. MALLORY 331)
JONATH AN STAMPS * *2lB
Clerk -Superior Court.
CHARLES WILSON 349
Clerk Inferior Court,
A. T. SHACKELFORD 346
Tax Receiver and Collector,
W. 11. BROWN. 177
HENRY HOWARD 114
JES4E WILLIAMS 100
WILLIAM SON WORTH Y 61
JOHN B. DEAN 39
FRANKLIN BROWN 34
HENRY BUTTS 14
A. C. BARRON 8
D. T. FARPLY 4
BROWN 2
Comity Treasurer,
AMOS WOR RILL 325
County Surveyor,
N. G. COLQUITT * 191
11. T. SHAW 1
A. 11. HIGHTOWER 1
DICK WILLIAMS 1
WILLIAMSON WORTHY 69
For Coroner,
J. 11. HAYS 354
D. C. SMOOT 14
J. C. RESPASS 3
The surreder of Mason and Slidell, it is
said, was not the whole of England’s de
mand
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