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366 THE COUNTRYMAN. mmm that coaid be done. We were going leisurely along, over a strip of desert, not a shrub ob structing the view from Sound to Ocean, al though there were thickets behind and before us. On a sudden, there loomed up on the At lantic side, a huge vessel, quite near, and seem ingly looking immediately down upon us. It was creeping slowly along, and was seen by our whole line, about the same time. The first intimation I had of its presence, was hearing a sergeant, in company “G-,” exclaim, “Adjutant what is that?” I suppose the man at the mast head saw us, about the same time. Lt. Col. Reid was riding along, carrying the liag in his hand, having relieved the color-bearer of his burden. The tlag was a good mark to shoot at, and, in less than a minute after I heard sergeant (afterwards Lieutenant) Bridewell’s .question, a wreath of smoke arose from the Monticello, a cannon belched forth its thunder, and a shell whizzed over our heads. Take it altogether, we felt in an awkward position. It was the first time most of us were ever under fire. There was no escape from the shelling, for the island was very narrow, and the enemy’s ves sel had only to follow us, up or down, in which ever direction we might go, keeping us in easy range, all the time. We could not reply, be cause the vessel was out of musket range, one of our howitzers had been put on a schooner, as the men were worn out, dragging it over the sand, and the other had been aban doned. It would have been a severe test, even of the courage of veterans, and to raw men, it was ticklish indeed—principally because we ^had no means of resisting. However, we pushed on for a small thicket, a little way ahead, and, for a short time, all stopped in it; but the way grape, solid shot, and shell, were poured into that small space, soon made it en tirely too hot for comfort ; so the men, worn out, and scarcely able, a few moments before, to drag one foot after the other, proceeded up the beach, at wide intervals, some dodging along behind little sand hillocks, others run ning, others walking upright, and defiant ly- -The bow gun of the Monticello was trained on the moving column, while the stern gun was directed to the thicket, from which our men were emerging. And so the shelling continued all that blessed summer afternoon 1 . In our cov ert, grape, from schrapnel, fell thick and fast First would come the report from the cannon,- then that shrill scream of the missile through the air, with which so mSny of our citizens have become familiar since the opening of this war,and then the explosion, during the passage, and, lastly, the “bip-bip-bip” of the separate shot, and fragments, as they fell in the sand, all around us. But everything has an end, and so had that afternoon. Only one or two men were bruised by spent balls, and none killed by the fire of the enemy. The 3rd Ga. learned a lesson, that day, which it has never forgotte.n—that shell ing is more noisy than dangerous. It learned to stand fire! It may be enquired, why our gun-boats did not make diversions in our favor. It is an swered, they were too far off to throw shot' Over us, and from their fire, if they had com-: menced one, we would have been in much more danger than the enemy. Boats were sent for us, and, during the night, we were all taken on bpard our transports, ex cept a member of company “K.” One poor man had died' from exhaustion. The missing member of company “K.” had become deliri ous from heat and fatigue, and wandered off : but a day or two afterwards he wa3 found, and brought away. We steamed back to Roanoke Island, richer in spoils, and far richer in expe rience, than when we left. We were fast be coming soldiers. gies, papers are chartered by the parties com batting each other? Is it not well known that, in this state, very recently, arrangements have been entered into, for the control of certain journals v Who doubts this V And is it not also trUej that the favors of the Administration are freely bestowed on these papers ?” Soon after “The First Twelve Months of the 3d Qa. Regt.” was placed in the hands of the compositor, the author was taken sick, and has been unable to read the proof, or make some alterations that he intended. Character of The Countryman. We have always been determined not to sacrifice the character of this papeFfb a large circulation. Our object is to publish a journal of CHARACTER, and STANDING. INFLUENCE will necessarily follow in the wake of these. Our further purpose is to give reliable week ly news, and to put upon record, in proper shape for binding, and preservation, all the im portant papers, and documents, of the day. Everything that is necessary for the transac tion of business is found in The Countryman. It is the business man’s paper, and is adapted to the wants of the lawyer, merchant, farmer, manufacturer, military man, and statesman.— Price ,$3 for four months. Address J. A. Turner, Eatonton, Ga.—Countryman, July 5th. * Half Sheet. We are compelled to resort to a half sheet again. The reason is, that the only paper, we have been able to command, is too small for a full sheet. But by the small type which we use, we present our readers with nearly as much reading matter as usual. The next issue will be also printed upon a half sheet, for a like reason, and with small type. ’"After that, we think we can, pretty certainly, return to a full sheet, not to be interrupted again, soon. But in any event, let our readei-3 remember that they get far more than the worth of their mo ney, even when they receive a half sheet. *• “ They Are Bought.” “They are bought! We repeat it, sir, they are bought!”—Such, in efiect, is the language of The Chronicle & Sentinel with regard to the Confederate press of Georgia, in noticing what has been said by that press in reply to its de claration that they are “ subsidized.” Has not the following, the ring of the genuine yankee about it?: Should not the Confederacy con gratulate itself, and run to embrace the beauti ful Trojan horse that ha6 found its way witliiu our inner walls ? ‘.’Editors do have some regard to gold : and it is very possible “that in writing their loriews of public.measures, they may be insensibly in fluenced by considerations—not altogether re moved from the bread and butter question. Dreadful that it should‘be so! Positively shock ing ! But, after all, there is a great dealot hu- *1 man. nature in it. Is it not true that certain papers are’under the control of the Adminis tration { Is it not true that political ? strug,. Horses Killed by Eating Corn Shoots.— “The Atlanta Register, of the 2lst, says : ‘A lot of cavalrymen, on fridjay last, let ‘their horses into a “field of young corn, belonging to Mr. E. B. Walker, on Peach-Tree Creek, and allowed them to feed upon the corn, all night. In the morning, when the soldiers went to get their horses, they found eleven of them lying dead. They thought that they were doing a smart thing, in getting ahead of the farmer, but the finale proved that they got the worst of the joke.’” ’ . What difference did this make with the cav alrymen, so long as the government, and not they, had to shoulder the loss? But we wish to call attention to the fact that young corn will kill horses. The reader will remember that it has been said, that Chinese sugar-cane is very destructive of the lives of stock. This is when the stock eat it green. Young corn is, no doubt, as fatal as sorghum, when eaten in the same quantity. An over bait of any green food will kill horses and cows. And any dry food (peas, for instance) which, by distention of the food itself, or by the genera tion of an excess of gas, swells the stomach to an inordinate degree (as the over-bait of green food does) will produce the same result. Fremont’s Letter of Acceptance.— “The Cleveland Convention nominated for the President, and Yice President, two broken down Generals. Fremont, after two trials, was laid on the shelf perma nently. Cochrane ‘regrets the physical dis ability,’ which withdrew him from the war. These generals, from the retired list, are the candidates of the ‘radical Democ racy.’ \V e doubt if there is gunpowder enough in the history of both ot them to gether, tohelp them materially. The follow ing is Fremont’s letter of acceptance, with his opinion of Abraham inclusive: Gentlemen :—In answer to the letter which I have had the honor to receive from you, op the paftof the representatives of the people, assembled at Cleveland, on the 3>et of May, I desire to express my thanks, for the confidence which led them to offer me the honorable, and difficult position of their candidate, in the approaching Pres idential contest. Very honorahle, because, in offering it to me, you act in the name of a great number of citizens, who seek, above all things, the good of their country, and who have no sort of selfish interest in view. ^ ery difficult, because, in accepting the candidacy you propose to me, I am ex posed to the reproach of creating a schism in the party with which I have been iden- tified. • Had Mr, Lincoln remained faithful to the principles he was elected to defend, no schism could have been created, and no contest could have been possible. This is not an ordinary election. It is a contest, ■ ffor the right even to have candidates, and I not merely, as usual, for thechoice among | them. Now, for the first time since’76, ! h e question of constitutional liberty has I been b'ro • fc directly before the people iM