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8 First Georgia Regulars at Fort Pulaski, Ga. . .V. J-., ■ > I 11 I I li »a,i..iiAAddf ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦►♦♦♦♦'l ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ , , When Georgia, acceded from the union In 1841. I was a resident of Fort Gaines. Qa_, and a private In the Fort Galnea Axarde. As the at a tea acceded one by one tne town would hare a big jollification, with torchlight processions and public speakings All of th» speakers claimed ♦hay would drink all of the blood spt-.ed in th* war. AU we had to do was to vote ourselves out of the union, and when the north saw wo were determined to K®. would say. "Jlrrlr.g sisters, depart In peace." Southwest Georgia was a hotbed of secession. aU pretty much the same way, and those who differed with the se . esslonists kept it to themselves for fear a rope might be in demand. I recollect -no instance that showed the temper of the people. A drummer for a drug house «n Mobile. Ala., made some disparaging remark* about Toombs end Yancey at Eufaula. Ala. He was drummed out of that part of Clayton, and from there back across the Chattahoochee at Fort Gaines bv the Franklin Grays. Then the Guards drammed him out of town, but got sorry for him and let him return. Wo all be lieved in the right of free speech, pro vided they believed and talked like we did While the speakers claimed there wculd be no war. military companies were being formed all over the state. Georgia's governor, Joseph E. Brown, must have believed there was something In the lower ing war clouds, and decided to raise two regiments of regulars tor the defense of the state, one at Augusta and the other at Savannah. Ga. He first commissioned the officers and they opened recruiting Stations in different parts of the state. F. T. Cullens, of Fort Gaines, was com missioned captain and opened an office for suckers, and X was the first one to be caugtL and L. B. Wheeler next. Captain Cullens appointed me first corporal of his company. I thought I was being rapidly promoted, and If the war lasted long enough I surely would bo colonel some day. I inquired among the boys as to the duties of my office, and was told that it would be my duty to keep the dogs out of camp. That cast quite a damper on my military aspirations, and I decided I had rather boa private. On the 7th of March I. with O. H. Cone. H. A. Morgan. L. B. Wheeler. W. L. Andrews. James Lavin. T. C. Beall, John Boyle. Griffin Bowland. L. B. Stendofer and Peter Lee. boarded the train for Savannah, Ga.. after bidding farewell to our best girls, mothers and sisters. The Guards escorted us to the train with fife and drum to the tune of •The Girl I Left Behind Me.” No doubt the Guards thought they were giving us a lively send-off. but to a boy who had been calling on his best girl and FOUR gO 4E QUARTS.. ASSORTMENT NO. 3. One Quart 8-year Rye Whiskey. Oee Quart Jamaica Rum One Quart Rock and Rye. One Quart Peach and nosey Goaracteed absolutely pure. 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Where there are no rocky hills, no terrac ing. bo washing; but where the land is level and fertile, upon which you can raise good crops with little labor? Then, communicate with W. L. GLFSSNER. Commissioner of Immigration, Macon. Ga. FREE. "Nervous Debility and Its Family 1 es Ills'' la the title of a valuable ■ 14-page bock, edited and publish- > ff ed br J. Newton Hathaway, M D., the acknowledged medical au- - tborlty nt AmcrtM. It to full of plain facts that every man should know. One of these books wtil be 4sent free to any one sending their name ar.4 a 4 frees to PR.HATHAWAT.fi » Inman Bldg ,Atiaata.OA swinging on the old man’s gate about seven nights In tne week that tune touch ed him In rather a tender place. Bight here I would like to pay a well deserved tribute to the gallant Guards. Early in the summer of 1851 the company went to Virginia, joined the Ninth Georgia regi ment of General "Tlge” Anderson's brig ade and did valiant service tn the army of Northern Virginia up to the surrender at Appomattox in 1865. Lieutenants Tur nipseed and Webb had the honor of being colonel of the Ninth regiment, while Lieu tenant Tennelle was an aldo on General Andersen's staff, and John Butllve, quar termaster of the regiment. During the war the muster roll of the company con tained the names of 125 men. and only 23 returned homo after the war. We had eupper at Fort Valley and left Macon at 9 p. m. with the understanding that wr would eat breakfast next morn ing tn Savannah at the Pulaski house, take in the city (provided the police did not take us tn), and some time late in the evening call at the Oglethorpe barracks and maybe stay all night. I don't recollect that wo had any program for the second day. Wo arrived on the Bth at 8 a. m. and found Becrultlng Sergeant John Art look ing out for a lot of boys of our descrip tion. He formed us In single file and marched us to the barracks, where we were lined up in front of Dr. Charlton's office to await his pleasure, as we had to be examined again before we would be received as a soldier. We found about 300 recruits who had been sent in from the different stations. The boys in blue flannel shirts guyed us for all we were worth. ‘‘Hello, tender foot. Where did you come from? Joined the army, did you? Well, you have missed it; this is the penitentiary, and you will wish you were in Hades before the week is out.” And a lot more of such talk that was not liable to make a very good im pression on a raw recruit. After standing in line for about three hours we were ordered into the doctor's one at a time. Finally my turn came, and after climbing i«e greasy polo, riding the goat, turning a few summersaults and having the breath knocked out of me three or four times, I was pronounced a fit sub ject for the army, and retired to parade ground, feeling like I had run up against a buss saw. All passed but Peter Lee. He was ob jected to on account of having fits. I wished I had been in Peter’s place, for I would have been willing to have fits or or anything else if I could only get to go back home to my mamma. At 1 o’clock the dinner call was sounded, and we were marched into the mess hall pretty hungry. In the middle of the room was a long table with a tin plate, knife and fork, with tin cup and spoon for each man. On each plate was a slice of fat pickled pork, one third of a pound of light-bread, and a cupful of Yankee bean soup. Quite a healthy and appetising looking meal for a man with a weak stomach. I ate a little of the bread, but the pork and beans I could not relish. Our bill of fare while we remained at the barracks was as follows: One-third of a pound of light-bread, with a cup of coffee for breakfast; one-third of a loaf with one slice of pickled pork and a cup of Yankee bean soup for dinner. For supper, one third of a loaf of bread and a cup of coffee. After dinner, if it could be called such, orders were, "Johnnies, get your hair cut.” At that time, and ever since I could recollect, men wore their hair long with faces clean shaven. The close shingling of mine gave me pneumonia a few days later. During the evening we were assigned to different companies. Gnffin, Rowland and myself to company D., Captain Gill’s company, who was afterwards colonel and chief of ordinance on General Bragg's staff. Captain Cullens had appointed O. H. Cone and H. A. Morgan first and sec ond lieutenants of his company, which was K. We had three drills a day in green squads. The officers were men who had either attended military schools or West Point. ’ Captain W. D. Smith was in com mand of the barracks. There was but few officers there when we first went, nearly all off at recruiting stations. Among those I recollect was Lieutenants Willis, Kirkland, Milledge. Brench, Har rison and Berrian, all well drilled and knew what to do w.th a raw recruit to make a soldier out of him. Smith, Willis, Kirkland and Harrison were promoted to brigadier generals dur ing the war. Company D., with Lieuten ant Brench in command, and Harrison and Berrian second lieutenants was furn ished tents and went into camp near the commons. All three were clever officers. Lieutenant John Brench was killed at the first battle of Bull Run. adjutant of the Eighth Georgia regiment. Berrian re signed. George P. Harrison went with the regulars to Virginia as adjutant. Dur ing the summer he was promoted to be colonel of the Thirty-second Georgia, and later to brigadier general. Lieutenant George P. Harrison was a handsome man and as good as he was handsome. He had one of the most pleas ant faces I ever saw. Always in a good humor, and always spoke kindly to his men. At the same time he was every inch a soldier. There was something magnetic about him that seemed to draw his men to him. and I will make the asser tion without fear of contradiction, that there was not a man who served under him during the war but what loved him. May he live a long and happy life, and when summoned to the last roll call may he pass quickly over the river and sweetly sleep beneath the shade of the trees, is the prayer" of one who served under his command at the beginning and ending of the war. The boys from Fort Gaines decided to try and all get into Captain Cullen's company, so we could be togeth er. I was to carry my recommendation from Captain Cullen for a corporal's po sition in his company to Captain Smith, and ask for a transfer. Captain Smith was one of the best disciplinarians I saw during the war. He had served 19 years In the federal army and was a soldier from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. I sauntered into his office with my cap on. He was busy writing for sev eral minutes and then looked at me with the curt command, "Take off your cap, sir, and place it under your left arm; now’ take the position of a soldier and right hand salute. AU of which I did to the best of my ability. Scared was no name for it. "With practice, sir, you will make a good soldier. Now you can state your business.” He had me so badly rattled I had for gotten what I called for, but finally I thought of my mission and handed him the paper. He told me he would see my commanding officer and if he w’ould rec ommend me I could make the exchange. I left his office with the determination that I would not tackle him again for a major general’s commission. I had often heard of black Friday, but the first Sun day I spent in the army was black Sunday, especially about the time I would have called on my best girl if I had been at home. I felt certain my rival would call, al! covered in smiles, and I could not de cide which I preferred, to see my girl or clasp my fingers around his throat and choke off his gab. During the day Private Alvin Parr imbibed too freely of Savan nah tanglefoot and was not quite so steady on his pins as he should have been. So he crawled off to his bunk and went to sleep. Some of the lynx-eyed officers had noticed his condition and sent a guard after him. Alvin did not like to be disturbed in his slumbers and refused to get up. The guards caught him by the feet and started to drag him. Hold on. boys; hold on. said Alvin; you might stick splinters in Joe Dutton that way. So he got up and decided to walk to the guard house, but the name of Joe Dutton stuck to him through the war. While not on duty we would get passes out into the city. My favorite place was the wharf, where the flag of every nation was unfurl ed to the breezes. Vessels were tied up as far as I could see up and down the river, loading and unloading. I loved to THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1901 hear the merry he-ho of the stevedore gangs as they worked with a will. The drays were coming and going like a lot of busy ants, but were different to any I ever saw. They had two wheels and three shafts with some of the finest draft horses I ever saw. The port at Savannah with Its vast amount of shipping and jolly jack tars In blue caps, shirts and white pants climbing up the ropes like squir rels was an interesting sight to a Georgia cracker. In the way of a uniform we drew a blue flannel shirt. But don't understand me to say that was all we wore for we retained the pants we had on. and di vested ourselves of coat and vest. The commissioned officers were handsomely uniformed In dark broad cloth. Something similar, I suppose, to the uniform of the federal army. _ In about a week I was taken with pneumonia and sent to the hospital at the barracks. I thought If all hospitals were conducted like that one the good Lord deliver me from another one. Ser geant Mansfield was hospital steward and as destitute of the milk of human kindness as a hog Is of wool. I never heard him speak a kind word to any one while I remained there. As to nourish ment for the sick we received the same the well ones did. Private Gus dower, of Company G was sick In the same room with me and If his mother from Athens had not visited him I would have fared worse than I did. The delicacies she brought him she divided with me. A few years ago In Atlanta I called on her to thank her again for her kindness to the sick soldier boy in the long years ago. No doubt she, like my own dear mother, has long since passed to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. Peace to her ashes. While I was sick the recruits from Au gusta joined those at the barracks and all went to Fort Pulaski. The 31st of March I was ordered to report to my company. Before leaving I went to Cap tain Smith and obtained a transfer from D to M, where my brother was. With a number of other soldier boys I boarded the Ida which steered down the river, pass ing Fort Jackson four miles out. Fort Pulaski is 18 miles from Savannah. When we arrived we found Colonel Charles J. Williams In command and the boys working like beavers, trying to put the fort on a war footing. The troops had been divided up into twelve compa nies—s 6 men to a company. The captains were W. J. Magill. John D. Walker, R. A. Wayne, Miller Grieves, John M. Pat ton, Louis Kennon, S. P. Hamilton, Can non, William Martin, F. T. Cullens, Wal lace and Jacob Reid. I know whereof I speak when I say the first eight belonged to the old blue hen's chickens. Good officers and hard fighters. Captain S. P. Hamilton com manded Company M, with Lieutenants Wade and Bass. The fort was a formida ble looking fortress, and according to the Ideas of a new recruit could not have been taken. Columblads weighing 17,000 pounds, carrying a 60 pound shell were being mounted on barbet carriages on the ramparts. They were dumped on the wharf some 300 yards from the fort and were hauled on a large log cart by placing 2 by 12 inch planks on the Oyster sheel road for the wheels to roll on, with about 200 men pulling on the ropes. To hoist them on the fort we had derricks made of ship masts with rope and blocks. With mounting guns, drilling in Infantry and artillery, with guard duty to perform kept the boys pretty busy. We were given to understand that there was no misters or gentlemen in the army, and none of your "Gentlemen of the Banks County Guards, will you please come around like a gate?” Orders were given to be obeyed with alacrity. I saw Major W. D. Smith on the ramparts one day call to an officer on the parade ground to double quick and perform some duty. The officer started in a walk. “Halt," says the major. “When I say doublequick I mean run. Now, do you run, sir," and run he did. Our bread rations were changed from light bread to sea crackers, two-thlrds peas to one of flour. There was no social equality between officers and enlisted men. Their quarters were separate and distinct. We were learned courtesy as well as drilling and had to show our re spect to our superiors. I downed my first oyster on the beds near the fort, a raw one at that. I never saw but two things on the coast a soldier would not eat—a stingaree and horse shoe turtle. Measles broke out in the regiment and as I always g<A my share V>f the good things floating around I had them, too. For several days I had dumb chills and would go to Dr. Thompson's office at sick call every morn ing, but he claimed there was nothing the matter with me and would not excuse me from duty, which I was too sick to per form. John Ash, a kind-hearted son of the Emerald isle, w’as orderly sergeant of my company and took the liberty of ex cusing me himself. About the fourth morning I went up Dr. Green was on duty, and when Dr. Thompson again re fused to excuse me Dr. Green told him I was then breaking out with the measles. Then he had to excuse me. I retired to my tent on the ramparts and again sought my blanket. In the afternoon I was or dered to the hospital on the Island. A mattress was placed in a dump cart and myself on it and we went rumbling out of the fort. It has been 40 years ago, but in memory I still hear the rumble of the wheels on the oyster shell road. Should it ever be my lot to ride on my coffin to the gallows I may feel more forlorn and deso late, but not before. The hospital was a storm-beaten two-story house on the is land. The upstairs was all in one room, where the sick were placed on mattresses in rows on the floor with a narrow walk way between them. Two men on each mattress, with a shovel full of sand oppo site each one's head for a spittoon. That QUAINT PHILOSOPHY In An Advertisement. When a man'acts as he believes the In finite within him would have him act, he draws power to himself from unseen sources; that power may be shown in many ways. Things work smoother, plans carry out, people begin to say, “lucky," “he's a win ner;" "everything he touches succeeds," etc., etc. Ever try it? If you ever do, you will agree that It is the greatest proposition on earth. There Is a marvelous potency behind the man who acts In a simple, straightfor ward way, as near as he knows, In ac cordance with the promptings of that In visible Deity within. This should teach him that great and honorable work is ahead; Man at once the tool and a part of the master workman. The tool must not be dulled and ruined by bad food, tobacco, whisky, coffee, etc. You question including coffee among “bad habits." None of these habits are bad habits unless they weaken or lessen the clean cut power of the individual. If they do, quit them. If food and drink are not well selected, change. Put your machine In clean, first-class shape. It is the pur pose of this article to suggest away to keep the body well so it can carry out the behest of the mind. A sure and safe start In the right direc tion is to adopt Grape-Nuts Food for ev ery morning's breakfast. It is delicious, pre-digested, highly nourishing, and will put one far along toward doing his best in life's work. Follow this with abandonment of coffee, if it does not agree with you, and take in place of it, Postum Cereal Food Coffee, for Its regenerating and vitalizing nourish ment. With a wise selection of food and drink, man can quickly place himself in shape where the marvelous Directing Power will use him for some good and worthy pur pose. Sense, Just plain, common sense. would remain there all day covered with flies. Every morning the sand would be shoveled out and fresh sand put in the place of It. For nourishment we had hard tack, rice and New Orleans molasses. If you could call the man who carried out and replaced the land and chunked our rations at us a nurse, then we were nursed. I never eaw a surgeon while at the hospital. For several days I was de lirious and when I changed for the better there was nothing I could eat. Never before had I known the worth of my kind mother. There was nothing I would not have given to have heard again her sooth ing voice and felt the tender touch of her gentle hands as she smoothed my aching brow. I remained at the hospital about two weeks and was then sent to convales cent quarters In the fort. There I saw but one officer, Captain Wallace, officer of the day, and he was not on an errand of mercy. Instead of Inquiring about our condition and treatment he ordered us to get up and salute him. After a hard struggle I succeeded In getting on my feet, but could not steady myself, the rest of the sick doing the'same way. I con sidered it the most uncalled for, heartless act I saw during the war. Captain Wal lace may have distinguished himself dur ing the war, but if he did it was not with the First Georgia regiment. There were over 100 cases of measles in the regiment, and I don’t claim that I suffered or was neglected more than the rest, for we all fared alike, but I do claim we should have been given proper care and attention. It was at the beginning of the war when everybody seemed wild to do something for the soldiers, and within eighteen miles of the hospitable city of Sa vannah, where everything could be ob tained from both sea and land that was eatable. But not One thing did I see that was sent to the sick from any source. It we had been as wealthy as the Van derbilts we could not have procured one thing on the island. Savannah was the nearest point, and so far as we were con cerned everything might have been in New York. For twomonths I was unfit for duty, and if we had remained on the coast my dust would now be smoldering in the sand on the coast. Going to Virginia restored my health and strength. More men died dur ing the war from hardships end neglect than died from the bullets. For my part I would prefer fighting over any ten bat tles I was in during the war than to go through with again that case of measles and the treatment I received while I had them. As General Sherman said, war is hell at its best, but it can be made worse for the want of proper treatment. One that has never served In the army knows no more about it than he does about heaven. For a money consideration I would not go through the war again for all in America, But for the love of coun try and home I would again bare my heart to the storm of iron and lead. I see in The Journal where Comrade Johnson, of the Second South Carolina volunteers, admits he never traded any tobacco for coffee during the war. I was on the picket and firing line in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Vir ginia and Maryland, and I saw no trad ing or meeting between the lines. W. H. ANDREWS. Sugar Valley, Ga. dears the • Kind You Have Always Bought THE SWORD OF ROBERT^E. LEE. By Henry Whitney Cleveland. By old Savannah’s turbid stream Lee gave the sword to me. And in that early hour when hope Believed our South-land free. He gave the sword, ’twas stainless then From blood of northern foe; And when the glorious Stars and Bars Met no defeat nor woe. Born of the lion line of Lee He w’as our idol then. The bravest of the brave to lead The lines of hero men. In Mexico, the sword of Lee Led fpr the Southern line, For, o'er theAztic ruined halls His gleaming steel must shine. I Virginia next gave him her sword _£and, by a mother’s right, Commanded him to lead her line In the unequal fight. Pulaski’s arsenal gave the next. The hero gave to me, And long, long I wore it while our lines Went forth to victory. I kept the sword the patriot gave While farmers, poor but free, Came from all southern states to form The Stonewall line of Lee. God set our banner In the sky, The red—the white—the blue; The rainbow of eternal hope, Token that he is true. Unsullied yet our banner rests, Protected by the brave, We ll fly it till the last old vet, Shall find an honored grave. Boy children, southern women ralsa, Our unstained flag shall fly, And leave It o’er their own green graves Till Freedom's self shall die. I sheathe It now, the conflict done. No more in victory. And to my children's children leave, The sword of Robert Lee. —HENRY WHITNEY CLEVELAND. Savannah, Ga., May 14, 1865. LIBERTY BELL AT FAIR. America’s Most Valued Relic to Be Put on Exhibition. Chicago American. America’s most valued relic, the old Liberty Bell, will be'sent to Charleston on January 3 next, to be exhibited in the Pennsylvania building, at the exposition there. This will make the bell's fourth trip out of Philadelphia within little more than a quarter of a century. Preparations for its re moval have already begun. The work will be attended with all the dignity that national and civic pride demands, and the bell, dear to the heart of millions, will go out of Phila delphia to the music of bands aad the march of men. The parade will not be imposing for its slxe, but it will be important on account of those who will have the honor of participating in it. An escort of councilmen has already been appointed. A local safe building company will have the contract for removing the bell to Charles ton. The truck on which it will be hauled from the state house to the Pennsylvania railroad yards will be decorated with the national colors. Six or eight horses will be attached to the truck, on each side of which will stand a cordon of police. A dozen re serves, all more than six feet in height, will take their places beside the bell when it is secure on the truck, and the procession will move up Chestnut to Broad street. The flat car on which it will be placed will have a railing built around it. At one end of the car there will be a cabin to be used as a shelter by the guards. Cabin and rail ing will be decorated with gay colors and an inscription on the side of the car will read: "Philadelphia to Charleston.” A long Uno of police will form a guard when the bell is be ing loaded on the car. The car will then be attached to a special train containing the councilmen. city offi cials and other prominent persons who will accompany the bell on its journey. In the cities and at their intermediate towns and villages along the route the jour ney of the bell will be marked by patriotic demonstrations. Appeals are already being received by Chief Pierce of the city property bureau, asking that the bell be sent through certain towns on the way to its destination, so that the people may voice their reverence in public festivities. Tito bell was sent to Chicago in 1893 and to Atlanta in 1895. Three blue diamonds valued at $540,000 are to be given as Christmas presents to three women by three American million aires. When you take down your little stocking full of nuts and candles next Wednesday morning you can sit down and think over just how much ice you cut about Christinas time. | Journal’s | Christmas | Sermon It is Impossible for one to truly charac terize our Saviour’s teaching whether we regard the matter or the manner of It. His enemies declared that never man spoke like this man, and it is stated more than once that the common people heard him gladly. The peculiar charm of his teaching perhaps arose from several char acteristics. In the first place he was thoroughly familiar with human nature and was able to play on every chord of the human heart and Illumine every point of the human intellect. He also used the familiar occurrence of everyday life and the current history of his times for the enforcement of religious truth with a faculty that no other man has ever ap proached. It he sat on the hillside the flowers blooming around him and the birds flying above him he said to the mul tidues, "Consider the lillles." Behold, the fowls of the air, and enforced a les son, of freedom from anxious carklng carei that they could never forget. If the husbandman pursued his work in full view of the great teachers, he gave and applied the beautiful parable of the sower. If he watched the vine dresser care for his vineyard he told this story of the bar ren fig tree and impressed all who heard him with awfulness unfruitfulness In the kingdom of God. Would that I could bring out the lessons that He wrapped up in this parable with all the simplicity and attractiveness of the master himself. Then should I leave my hearers without excuse should they pass into the new year barren fig trees in God’s vineyard. There are four things in this parable which we do well to ponder: L The vineward in which the fig tree grew and what it represents. In eastern lands the vineyard was the favored spot of all the plantation. The southern slope of some sunny hill side was usually se lected. It was cleared of stones carefully hedged about, richly fertilized, dilligently cultivated and constantly watched and pruned by the vine dresser. And yet it had in it a barren tree. A fitting repre sentation this of Christian community with its Christian culture, stated worship, trained ministry and multiplied means of J Recapture of the Crater Again.:: Editor Journal:' See some time ago In your valuable columns a request from a lady that some old veteran give his experi ence In the battle of the Crater, near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864, I have wait ed to see if some one better qualified to describe the scenes enacted there on that dreadful and never-to-be-forgotten day, but having waited in vain, I concluded to try In my feeble way to tell of some of the soul trying experiences of that day, also to give one of the closest calls I had dur ing my entire period of service. To begin with, the command to which I belonged, Wright’s Georgia brigade, had about the 10th or 11th of July, 1864, been ordered to take position on the breast works, where the Jerusalem plank road crossed the works, nearly, or quite, south of Petersburg, and afterwards was moved a little farther to the right and across the road, and then still farther to the right until we were about one mile from, the above mentioned road. As I remember, Wilcox’s Alabama brig ade, commanded by General Saunders, was on our left, Mahone’s brigade on our right. These three brigades, Mahone’s, Wright’s and Wilcox’s, were the ones de tailed to re-capture the works. Wright’s brigade had no general officer In command, but one of the colonels, I forget which, was In command. We were ordered up about 2 o’clock that morning and placed In position behind the works, just a few steps in front of where we were lying under our bush arbors, and after being there some time most of us had slipped back to our arbors to snatch an other snooze, when just after daybreak we were rudely aroused from our peaceful slumbers by a horrible trembling of the earth, followed by a most terrific explo sion, and then by one of the heaviest dis charges of artillery and musketry I ever heard. We could see between us and the light of the eastern- sky the smoke of shells as they hurtled through the air or burst in mid air, and it seemed to us the air was alive with them, while the huz zahs and yells of the combatants, com bined with the other horrible sounds, seemed as if hell had torn loose sure enough. And right well we knew a ter rible and sanguinary conflict was going on and we expected every moment to be ordered into the midst of it. After waiting nearly two hours, we had orders to fall in, left face, and forward. We were rushed over hill and vale, with shells screaming overhead and an occa sional bullet whistling by, and above all the roar the command, “close up, men.” Finally we reached the Petersburg ice houses directly in the rear and about one-half mile from the crater, where we halted to let the rear catch up. Then forward again, up a zig-zag path cut round the hill and toward the front, with the wounded filing out,some on stretchers, some walking, some leaning on sticks or guns improvised as crutches; others be ing carried in blhnkets by four comrades, and all uniting in telling us boys “it’s the worst place you ever saw. You’ll never be able to retake It." The groans and cries of agony, and the sufferings of these poor fellows we were obliged to pass, was enough to sicken the hearts of the bravest among us. When we got to the top of the hill where we could peep over the ditch and see the works, all we had heard seemed verified, for the captured works were bristling with bat tle flags and from the number indicated a strong force, but nothing daunted on we pushed.About this time Mahone’s brig ade, which was in front of us, was or dered to charge, and right gallantly did they respond, and although met by a withering fire from the ditches as well as from the Yankee breastworks about 100 yards away, they precipitated themselves on the foe with such a determined rush Have you arranged for your reading matter for the next year? If not sub scribe at once for The Semi-Weekly Journal, which reaches you regularly twice a week, containing all the latest news of the world and many articles from prominent contributors. Go to your' postoffice, purchase a money order for SI.OO or register it to us, and we will send you The Semi- Weekly Journal one year, and in addi tion the American Agriculturist, or Home and Farm, or the Stockman, or the Western Poultry News or the Tri- State Farmer, or the Conkey Home Journal, or one of the best wall maps of the state of Georgia. On the reverse side is the map of the United States, with the 1900 census in bold, red type across the face of each state, or the two McKinley pictures. Now is the time to get your reading matter for 1902. One dollar and fifty cents pays for five papers per week, The Semi-Weekly Journal twice a week and the New York World three times. Send your or ders direct to The Journal, Atlanta, Ga. CHRIST AND HIS TEACHINGS. I TEXT—Luke 13: 6-9, > BY REV. CHARLES W. BYRD, D. D., c Pastor of the First Methodist Church. grace, and Its unfruitful souls. The Lord’s vineyard was once the Jew ish people with all their exalted privileges, special dispensations and glorious herit age, but It has now come to be highly fa vored Christendom with all the privileges of the Jews multiplied and enlarged be yond measure. The barren fig trees of to day are those who have been reared in Christian homes, trained in Christian schools, who cannot remember the first time they ever heard the name of Jesus pronounced by the lips of maternal ten derness. And yet these are all privileges for which we seldom think of being held responsible. 2. Let us briefly gather the lessons that come to us in the complaint of the pro prietor, "These three years I came seek ing fruit on this tree and found none.” These words suggest to us that God is looking into our lives estimating our characters and marking our conduct. There is nothing more awful for the man whose purposes are not right than the realization that they are all naked and open before him with whom we have to do. And yet it is true that God sees our every thought in its very inciplency and His estimates of us is correct You may think less of your neighbor than you ought, and it is quite probable that your opinion of yourself is higher than it should be, but God’s estimate is correct What does He think of you this evening? What is your true standing before Him at this hour? Again this complaint of the proprietor marks his disappointment at not finding fruit. God knows the goodness of the soil in which you are planted, he knows the diligence with which you have been cultivated; he has marked the prayers that have ascended on your behalf from secret places, where no eye but God’s could hear. He expects fruit. Does he find it? Love, joy, peace, etc. These are the fruit of the Spirit. Do they hang In rich and ripening clusters upon you or are you barren and deserving the sentence, “cut it down.” Why did the proprietor wait for three years before he complained? Why did he that they were in the ditches before the enemy were aware of it, and captured hundreds of prisoners and made them selves masters of about one-half of the captured works in a few minutes. Now, let me say right here that was one of the most brilliant charges made during the war a.nd against much greater odds than are often given In history. Our regi ment, the Sixty-fourth Georgia, command ed by Captain Pritchett, was in front of the brigade, and had to file right up a ra vine behind the works before we could form in line. Here we lost our colonel, John W. Evans, who, while not on duty, would go into the battle with us. lie jumped up on the bank of the ditch and was waving his hat and cheering when he was shot and instantly killed. As we went rushing up the ravine the prisoners came pouring down the hill from the breastworks, and some one shouted (I never knew who) to “carry out the prisoners,” and most of Company K, the one to which I belonged, started out, when General Mahone, who commanded the division, called to Captain Pritchett. I ran and told him General Mahone was calling him and as he turned and ran up General Mahone ordered him to take the regiment up to support his brigade. Cap tain Pritchett rushed off, but ran a little too far to the right and jumped into the ditch, which was full of Yankees, and was captured, as was Lieutenant Morn, of Company G. I was close behind them, but seeing the danger in time dropped down behind a little traverse about 3 feet high. Glancing around I met a sight that was enough to appal the stoutest heart. The ground Just in my rear seemed to be swept clean by the storm, of shot and shell across it from every direction, and I did not stop to think, but began to fire and load as rapidly as I possibly could, when Just as I raised up on my knees for a fourth shot over the traverse in my front a bul let cut the hair Just back of my right ear, coming so close that it burned the skin without breaking it. Os course I ducked my head and felt for blood, and was relieved to find none. Soon there was a shout from the Virginia boys Just a few feet to tny left: "Look at those d—d negroes over there!” and looking hastily up I saw the barrels of several guns. Jusl overhead, aimed at the Virginians, who greeted the holders of the guns with a quick volley. I found that place a leetie too warm for comfort, and by a quick somersault threw myself into a partly sheltered nook in the ditch below me on my lett, but soon found that I was the target of some Yankees about twenty or thirty feet down the ditch, so with a plunge was across in the ranks of the Virginians in comparative safety. Here I had leisure to look around, and beheld the death of many a brave man and officer who rushed, as it was, into the very Jaws of death. Here Captain Craven, Company A, Cap tain Buren, Company I, from Columbus, Georgia, with Lieutenant Captain Boer, also of Company I, were shot down and their bodies literally riddled with bul lets; while Captain Joe McKee, Clark Rifles, Third Georgia regiment ,and Ser geant Ben Liddpn, Home Guards, from Morgan county, were Instantly killed with hundreds of other brave boys, whose lives were sacrificed; but not in vain, for the works were held stubbornly by our men and for nearly two hours a constant fire was kept up by both sides, and load ed guns were cocked and with bayonets fixed, were thrown over the embank ments, and everything to make the place dangerous, as well as unpleasant to hold. Later in the day, about 1 o'clock, the lack of water became apparent; for with the stench of battle in our nostrils and the scent of blood all around us (for the ditch es were full of dead negroes and Yan kees) and a hot sun overhead, our thirst grew almost intolerable. A great many, myself among the num ber, crawled back to the ravine for water, but the springs were so crowded that the water was muddied so as not to be fit to drink, while the branch was filled with dead and wounded, and there was nothing to do but wait and take chances to fill canteens. There being a lull in the firing, we lay down and waited. While waiting Saund er’s brigade came marching up the ravine, and took position further to the right, and just in the rear of where the works had not been recaptured, and about 4 o'clock orders were given for every man of the Virginia and Georgia brigades to go up to the works, and when two mor tar guns, which were being carried up the hill were placed Just on the right of the recaptured works, should fire two rounds each, and when Saunder’s men were seen coming in sight up the hill on our right we were to yell with all our might, and fire our guns as rapidly as possible, whether we saw anyone to shoot at or not. The instructions were carried out to the letter and from the time that Saunder’s men came creeping up the hill till they were in the ditches with the works in full possession of our forces seemed but a very few minutes, and the -bavile of the Crater was over. Now, all these things happened much more quickly than it takes to describe them. I will close by quoting Corporal not have it cut down at the end of tha first year? Because he is merciful and gracious, long suffering and kind, abund ant in goodness and truth, forgiving in iquity, transgression and sin. 3. The third thing that calls for our consideration is the sentence cut it down.:» Why cumbereth it the ground? Here we learn many Important lessons. The unfruitful tree is not only barren and therefore worthless, but, it Is a cum-! berer of the ground. The evil Influence of every barren tree is proportioned to the time it has occupied its place and the size that it has attained. Who shall estimate the blighting influ ence of the man or woman with rich nat-t ural endowments and rare social quali ties arising from great personal magnet ism? The man or the woman with such gifts, who long withstood, the means of grace and long occupied a place in God’s vineyard without yielding fruit is pecu liarly guilty. His condemnation is cer tain. The heinousness of sin arises not from its grossness, but from its guilt. Its guilt is proportioned to the light against which we sin and the strength of the barriers through which we break. If I had to be lost at last I-* should like to go to perdition at last from the Jungles of the dark continent or from the most benighted province of pa- ; gan China. 4. "Let it alone this year also.” Whose language is this? It is the language of the anxious mother for her Irreligious daughter. It is the language of the pious father for his prodigal boy. It is the language of the faithful pastor for his unfruitful flock. But better than all is the prayer of our Great High Friest. who > is himself the offering_as he pleads for us. We are closing another yew. but for the Infinite mercy revealed In Christ we should not have been spared In our bar renness till this good hour. He has cul tivated us for another year, he has poured out upon us the refreshing showers of his grace, he has softened our hearts by the bereavements and sorrows that have come. Shall we close the year with no buds of promise? Shall we go into 19C2 all barren and unfruitful. God forbid. Jessee Reese, of Warrenton, Ga., of th®, Twenty-second Georgia, who made use of the expression in your columns some time ago, as well as in Jacksen hospital, Rich mond, Va.: "That Crater was a little the hottest place while it lasted I ever got into. JOHN O. HILSMAN, Co. K., 64th Ga. Regt. The Seml-Weekly Journal reaches' the aubscribera twice a week, and the, New York World three tlmea a week, which will give you five papers per week, all for $1.50. 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