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! ! I ll? I? nift. ' *?..?*. 'l'liwrlow H Carter, A Family Newspaper : For the Promotion of the L'oI^RIi, Socriol, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. T'ex-iu* . Editor and Manager. < Payable > ^m ? , , ?ru??????? ? ? n? hibiwii UP'"" ' ' '" i n n v't-iWJME 38. LANCASTKIi. y. U.. WEDNESD jHKr'NiN(i. 1)E0., 11. 1889. NUMi. ' . . \ cunningham bros. are; in the; re;ad And Expect to Hold it by Dozening Competition in the way RACKET PRICES. WE MEAN BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ONLY m\\\M VMiillt TRIjU its #wn tile. Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Trimmings, and Novelties have been marked down to j Prices that Defy Competition. CLOTHING! Our slock is now ready lor your inspection, consisting of the Latest Novelties. The tit and workmanship is unsurpassed. Come and see what we are doing in this Department. THR 1.4 TEST AfifiVV ! Hats, Cravats, Boots, and Shoes. We keep on hand a complete itock ??f dents' Furnishing Goods See our nobby styles in shir and tol'i hull* p\ To The Ladies. w' mm r '? mm ^ e ',llvc bought a special line H , Jj gM ot Ladies Fine Shoes from ?. P. jK/ {M Heed & Co, of Rochester, N. Y. jy Fvery pair warranted not to rip v '!* burst or wear out as long as the sole is good. So wait and seo our shoes before making your Fall purchases. Our Grocery Department * filled with Plantation Supplies and our l'rices on Flour down nything in the Lancaster market. We have u very largo stock to select from and while we do not are to blow our own horn too loud, can only say a dollar saved is a ollar made. Wi> nmifnoi<i*? ' ' .a. ? .i-- ? ... - j??.? i\iimncpiH in uiepa^i, ana tInn Kail fe l?a\<> spared neither time nor money in studying and buying to nil the wants of our tnanv kind friends and customers. Very HeHpeetlnlly, CUNNINGHAM BROS. R8CK HILL MACHINE SH8PS, ROCK HILL, S. C. HtiUH I UN, SHERFESEE & CO.. PROPRIETORS. i W liElCI), formerly Snpt ofHtateMTllle 11*011 \V orlw, Sii)>eriaitQii<ient. I Being fully equipped with first class Machinery and Workmen are ow prepared to repair r Engines, Cotton Gins, Boilers, Saw Mills, tnd Machinery of nil kinds. All work entrusted to our care shall cceive prompt attention. t$T Satisfaction Guaranteed. September 10, 18H9 tf. M. ANDREWS, CHARLOTTE, N. the larqr8t and moht complete stock ok flTRNITUHK in !V<>J</riI CAIIOLIN .A, i iiUY largely and sell cheap. PIANOS ANL ORGANS Of the he?t make on the In?ta.lment Plan. AGENT FOR LUDDEN A BATES. A Vnrirty of Hetlronm Mult* from $20.00 to $7ft.00. P?rlorU >m ix> to $1*0.00. JVO CHAllQK f'>r Drayafe. Write for Prices. E. M. ANDREWS. CHARLOTTE, N. 0. ' ? 'i H i 1 .. i SBI , of .u. ?.? HONEY TO LEND. III A 1ftIr A , t ? ON ONK TO KIVKYKARHTIMK Bll II II14. V ?ON IMPROVEDyARMH0BR ?Fr"^E- UnwiUr I I mmrn/t - ? A SERMON. ih Preached By Key. W. A. M. *n Plaxcn, at HhHull Church,on th 'I'llankKKiviMC Day, Nov. 28th ' * 1889. *?r hr rPublielivdy by requent of the Con- do if regal ion.] t|, Tkxt?"Wherefore doth u living wi nuin complain, u man (or the punish- rfll mi nt ofhin nina? Let uh aearch ami try our way a, ami wi turn again to the Lord." ' w, Lamentation, 8:80,40. This is a day set a part by the chief Ml executive of these United States an a || day of national lhanksgiv ng. It is s stauding, would-be-honored enstorn. A nd a good thing - might it beV ^ for ihe nation were it hut observed in ' the proper spirit. But instead of thus ohssrving it, it has passed into a day of licence upon which every one feels at liberty to do just as he pleases How sad thus to pervert a day that might made of inealculable benefit, socially, rivally snd morally. Thin vear is a day calling for special ex presenilis of gratitude, not only "" that G?>d has preserved the national n existence fiee from external and in ternal commotion; but has in bounti- *' fully crowned with success the labors ' of the hiisbandmsn. Fsr and nil I 1 around the cheering and heart-rejoicing 1 111 news come of abundant harvests, i ni While there hsve been some local 1,4 devastations, the nation as a whole tins ' ' enjoyed, may we not say, unprec- ' M 3 ~ ? 1 ? ? lilt eueniPd peace khu prosperity. 1'or "" th'B there is every reason railing f"r , united and snncerted outbursts of, re thanksgiving to tlie great Giver t?f nil ro good, nod prayer for the eontinunnce 0 of hia henefactionn. While wa ha re j not been no nhuoilantly hh-ssed an i other* ; yet, we too, have reason for j great thanksgiving to God* I^et us ; then aead our uoiited voices along with the voices of God's favored pen* ' ^ pie up to the throne of prare. hur- J dened with gratitude and fervent (>111) plication. While the voices of others ancead in expressions of gratitude | for the abundance which God haa he ! atowad unon them. h-t. our t.nc.? ?? cend a I k-> thither in gratitude for , <v what he hat given u?. While he has J l,( not so bountifully remunerated the j loll of our heads ; still we have no j reaaoc to be sullen, hang down our ^' Itpt'mnd complain. I Whetefore dot It a living man com- I vl plain? All God's works are done in Bl verily and truth. And th? text is an inference drawn from find's soveriegnty and universal providence asserted is. '' ihe foregoing aontext. Since therefore G<id :a sovereign and his prov i idence performed in verily and truth, ! J" it follows that man's circumstances i 11 I f , and situation ate the ord"rings of ; God's providence. Man proposes, hat e" God disposes. Hnnce they that com *?' plain of their lot, reproach Him who Hl allotted it. Now man is man and not l" brute. As such ha is endowed with intelligence and nu to act iatelli- j gently. lteasoa theref .re would #ug?> l* gcsi that whatever man's lot in provideuce he, it is hit condition by design ami not by chance. And since God is sovereign and exerts a universal * ' providence, reason would suggest that lr man look upward and forward and he as dumb, opening not bis mouth he cause God has done it. What can " man hope ta accomplish hy complain- ' ing? Were God mutable, limited in his power and his providence hap- ln hazard there might he some hope in av complaint gainst the resolt of his providence. Hot since nosr* of these *n conditions is true hut the reverse, his ^ providence is desigaed to accomplish ln> a certain end. Being sovereign nod '* omnipotent he hss the right and now- *" er to accomplish his will. Therefore when man as an intelligent being remembers that God is sovereign, immutable, omnipntent and that there is aa eternity approaching ic which he must he subject to God's eternal fiat, "ll is it not the height of folly consnm- ** mate to complain against God's providence? Then when disposed to com- ev plaia at God, let us, as men, look 111 upward and forward. Tho rccollec hod 01 wort's sovereignly and the li ability of the future may suggest con- cl siderstions snnagh to silenee our 1,1 complaint aad forever place a holy ;n restraint upon even Che motions of ^ out murmerings. But, Wherefore doth a living man ooraplaint While perhaps, the toils P1 of his handa have net been ao abundantly remunerated as those of his I" neighbor* ; yet hy the mercy ef his ,u God he is still living. Bbalt a living an man ooiuplain ! Ha* he not inore rsa* ** ami for gratitude that he is still alive 00 than for complaint against the calami- 00 toua providence of Qod ? As long as ha lives, no matter what the calami- *r ties of life may he, man ought to tie 'e thankful he is not, like the devils, P1 sealed up in n deplorable, helpless '* and hopeless state. For aa long aa there ie life there is h" hope. As long as there ie seed time of d harvest, instead <>f complaining i at (hiti)?A nre had, man ought to | courage himself with the hope that }{ ey will he better. Therefore the |i ring instead e*t murmuring should aiseGod. The dead oaniiot ecle- ' nle hia praises, and they tl?Ht go wn into the pit canaot hope f ir* his ( nth. While therefore the limes i th lis "are bard" and the prosper! r ?l i 11 worse, ioatead of complaining j ? ought to thank God that it is as ill with ua ns it is. For we have | flicient hy proper economy to meet, not the luxuries, the necessaries of e and for this we ought to hC very teful. Then, again, let our voice^ i nte^J a?ca_r*'*Vhr ,thr -h** i ruts of era t ft ude for God's gooiliie??;j I ah In iid tan/) twnll f Ka vuln 'nn /if f . i praise who has crowned tliuseason* | th his goodness. j But again, Wherefore doth a living ?n complain, a ??iati for the putiibhent of hia titi* f Men is a sinful crrnt* i e, and the calamities which befall , in are in judgments ami chastise | puis for his iniquities. Why should man complain at Goij for what he is brought upon himself? He is the irkmanship ot God. And hath not t nd a right to do what he will with s own. God i? tho Sovereign t-f the literse end its government he must ninlrin even if it he !>y chastising 0 disobedient. God has done right* j usinas and ainn hns done wicked- I !??. Then when God punishes, mar. J is no right to quarrel with him. j istead of complaining, man ought to 1 joice Hint his own wickedness cor- I nts hie folly. But, ''Tho foolishness a man pervertetli his way: and | * heart fretleth against the L'tfl." ! nn's wickedness brings down upon i m Itic judgment of God and thus ! ten time his most sanguine hopes and nd expectation* arc ncV?r realized. i mi then he charge* the failure upon ' od. But he has failed through his vn wickedness. Then insti-ad of eltiog against God, ho ought to urne himself and rejoice that his vn wickedness under God has been ie means of correcting him. For hen Oed chastens his chihiiftt it ib pitiier>^>r his pleasure nor for his rufit; "but for their good that they my ? ?>? ba ?ii? il.o w.nfii V 1 the inscrulible wisdom of God and ie sovereignty of his will, man arc sited in hi* providence by judgment* til calamities f >r their slus. Iu vendition of this anil f >r the principle of oil's dealings with man, hear what oil by the niotlth of hi* prophet niah-50:l'*ays .* ''Where is tho bill your mothers divorcement, whom I ive put away ? or which of ruv creil* >r? u it to whom I have noli! you ?" I those (lava it was customary upon ren trivia! offences for a husband to ve hi* wife a bill of divorcement id put her away. It was also rn?niary for a parent to sell the chil eii to the creditors to settle (he lit in case of insolvency. Now God mllenges the Jews to produce the II of their mother's divorcement, or say to which of his creditors he id sold them. Not being able to do ho tells lliem tin* cause of their nuhle. It was not on account of his lims in divorcing their mother, tilher was it on account of hi* had , anageinent that they had to he sold nt, "Behold, for your iiiiqntie*, ami ve yo sold youiaelvi-s, and for your susgressiout is your mothers put i?y." Now, let u? make the application | id consider ourselves in the light of is general principle of God's deal, i gs with man, and in view of the < cis which surround as. God dials , th men now upon the same prinei* | e that tie did in the days of isaiaii or | the Jews. 11 i? immutahility estab* ihes thin as you'll readily mliuU, < ?.! } need not consume time iu arguing Rot what are the facts which | ire us in the face to-day? The liarwt yield af all around has been tunliful, and perhap* as much so as , er in our national history, if not ore so ; while ours has been cut ort, as aliurl, if not shorter, as ever Tore in the recollection of our oldest tizen*. Then the question unhidden . 1 1 f * -- ruim iiioii upon us ; .Are wo autktg for our sins? The answer nuttl he, e?. Verily, God'i judgments ere >on us. Now, these are the facts 111 , e premises. I et us cease to Contain ; for we have other work to Ho. , istead of repining, wcought to he re intiag. It will be our wisdom to , hunt and kias the rod of him who ilea. If we still persist in our own irverted way and refuse to do his j .ronaaadmenle, he will smite as yet ere severely. When he begins he will also make | i end. Instead then of complaining t us endeavor to answer the divine irpose in afflicting us with this camity. That porpose is to convict i of our sins and bring us hack to J m To this purport i? the teaching < he 2nd ferae of the teat. "Let ua i '4?*d "* ?"r wajs, and turn i-irtin tji lliu Jjord." You think it if TVhin thut litis calamity 1?hh fallen L V" ua ? I do not Know, but I believe for intemperance and robbery ??f ' y^-v-Theae are certainly two very p'ovalent sin* of this community and C<^ntvy. And you think God has infiy ^l ibis calamity fur these sins ? NVl^mt? There may be other sins ir'cinj unction with these which serve t!p? as the procuring cause. There a rather sins very heinous and also VfVLprevalent. But I think this cnIhi7u* the tonst_-natij ral punishment C \ vould ^oflict for these two sins, n>"'8l i severe \j c#vA ((l?i^irt?0^mor T ' -.' V-' '-V.A1 he p'.Milud If?o. wicked, intemperate Sodomite* by their complete destruction. It woe fur their intemperate indulgence vl the inherent desire An sexual intercourse that he rained fire nuil hrinntone nut of heaven upon them that compassed their complete destructioV. This ha did not without firn Waruiwg them of their end. Bui at hi.* waning* they mocked until in the iocMs^.ihleiiees of their sinful l.etfTsGod could suffer their insolence and sit no longer. Then he sent his nilgais to deliver righteous Lot whose 01 r iflTetylay in escape. His righteous indignation smouldered, ready to hunt 'only, until Lot had made good his of * ape, when it hurst forth in r orrifieftry and Sodom became the Dead Sea,.c fitting and lasting monument of GndV abhorrence of the sin of iutemperaii;e. So i n t e in p e r ale in this indulgence had they heComa until as Paul says, 'they left the natutal use of the woman and burned in their lints one toward another ? men with oen working that which is r ._ i . t _ i .? uuseamiy. jvnu even ineir women did clianpUlie natural use into thai which i? (gainst nature.' While wt ere itileinwrate in the indulgence <>t the i'.tshly Inst; yet our intemperance in wlitclt elerence if had is in the mat let of strttg drink. Heyotid t.l! con troversyjltia country is cursed wilt the s!h e itilempei unee. It is a curst to the cot mutiity and to the church And I h' eve it is one of the procuring o*u?" of our present calamity For i' without pntradicthm thai pfTio'?*tl i.auci^v they are to indulge the appetite And where the propensity ex ista, i'i -hIbo a laet that with this pre r.^l'V t i? also more frequently in Ill'A t When tliw is the case nntli. ing la ur liiiixl is stronger evideuci of' bin r ingratitude. What ! inn COI, It'll# the blessing of Clod upm hiiu*mii a means of cursing Ki? family. t\pw many a poor woman am uiMfrot child are on the point ol ' la ry.it in a and the husband in tin >ar-tVmi, or the gully, or abusing hi: wife jt-.l children. Think you noi hat f> >A knows not all this and turni i ilea our to their crhs for bread! Doir/i like debauche, converlia^ God) hiossing into n in? ana of a curst ind Vamoing his own soul. For n. Jrutf\ard hath eternal life abiding ii him/ Thus God's blessing upon inai a <x ;erted into a means of tuosl ?bai| fully dishonoring and robbing God) For instead of honoring Got a it hit he first fruits in lh? rcquisiti amnf.it of God's out poured blessing in tljr increase id' our lands ami bu*i dwV.I(' honor onr stomach to gratify iipu'anatural morbid appetite. I it att wonder then that GoJ ?houl< teaci ua a lemon of gratitude by viri lin^li'l ir our sins in abort incomes ' Tu? leads us to thetiu of robbing Goi hl.eady inii.nated Of the cvi . ii- > this (in upon the increase ol itur kinds we can apeak more positive ly. we can enforce by tbeincon iroviMible testimony of God's worn Iu ].w. 'bird chapter and sixth verm ??? ?fhmnian<i . Honour thi Lon! with thy substance and with tin first frtiita of all thine increase" Thei in ire tenth verac we have the pro roisaoTthe fulfilled condition: "Si hair toy hama be filled with plenty.' Ui . -L- - i- . r nrrr r>i; un^til rUll inc tUlijCCl j IU we L?vo lLi? promise of God of ploutj upon t?.c fulfilled condition. If we ar oot mjnying the promise, what mai we conclude ??the condition not fill filie^. Bui to ohow you conclusively thnl (* -d did afflict tho Jews with i facsimile calamity tor their disobe d ie in* to this command, tarn to tin tint chapter of Haggai 0, li iuclusivi and fou will see what God did to thi Jew* fir their neglect of thiscommant and why ho did it expressly specified Hi.iy.whnt Uod says to them . Y< look' x\ fur much, and, lo, ii came U little , and when ye brought it home I dki blow upon it. Why ? aaith thi Lord dr hosts. lircause of mine honci that ia waat? and yn run every mac onto M* own house. Therefore lie beaten over you U stayed from dew aml.'.l " tarth is stayed from her fruit And I called for a drought upon tin land," ate hero evidently Ood cii jff tbe'e income because they honor* not In i' according to the command -1,7 *4 \ f f . Now God counts tilts nutliing less than j i downright robbery. Man has no mure i right lo appropriate God's money to ^ i his use than he has his neighbor's. ' The luan who dues not honour G >d with his substance and the tit lie of his income is guilty of embezzlement, yes, literally guilty of embezzlement. Now 1 I am not making this stronger than i God makes it as you niny perceive from Malachi 3ch. and 8 verse. "Will i a man rob God ? Yet ye have robbed i me. But ye my, Wherein havo we robbed tbee ? In tithes and oflerings." ( , And because they had robbed him he t 8BVS TSIitS fl ! "Y? ?re> fiimoii milt "> ' ? --f " " * " v vv'ov" " " i curse for ye have robbcj mo even 1 , ?Li? vVulc Twia we fino ^ . (-lod visiting the .Tew by ? curse lor embezzlement and rubbery, Ami wo ( I are not left to our own surmises as to i vrlint the curse \vh9. For in tbe 4ihof ' . Amos 6, 7 God tells what it was. And I alsohsve jjived you cleanness of teeth ( in nil your cities, ami want of bread ,, in all your places" &c. While we ? may not be making oblations to idols ' like the Jew ; yet we are lint honor- j | ing God with his portion nod tbe re? ,, > suit is tbe same-robbery. Because they I had thus robbed him, he had cursed 1 i them with n curse. In doing so they bad turned away from him nod Mai laohi 3rd and 7th shows what he re- , quired of them in order to his rrnm?. I ? jug l he curse ami again blessing them. "Return unto me and I wi'l return 1 ' unto you." "But ye said, Wherein i rhall we return. Verse 8 : In tidies ( ! nml offering?." Verse 10 : "Bring a'l the tithes into the store house, that " there may he meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, skitli the ] Lord of hosts, if I will not open the t i windows of heaven and pour you out ' i a blessing, that there shall not he 1 t room enough to receive it." But if I ye will not do it then Amos, 4 : 12 in | ] ' the light of the preceding context : j I > "Therefore thus will I do unto ther O, I 1 j Israel : and because i will do this nnt<> j i thee, prepare to meet thy (tod, O Is-1 { i real." Such was the manner of (jod'a : ' > I dealings with the Jeiw for it I I ~ "" " "c" i , bet of thin command. Since God is | ' the sr.me to day that he was then may i 1 . I he u not l>? some plausibility, ut least, \ I ) tfy i an aiisoltt#' certainty, of the | i cM?*?EtLbas ' 1 .i r,,.. hmt a i* to. - disobedience to the tithe law ? Is not . h similarity of calamities strong presumptive evidence of similarity of;, . causes? Then, "l^ct us search and , try our ways, and turn again to the j L ird." Lei ns seriously CMustder our i , past lives in the light of God's truth. | 4 By it wo are to judgo of the rectitude . of our way. Then let us take the i 1 candle of God and search out our i ' f ways in hII their devious ramifications, 3 ! to turn from the evil thereof unto , God, Such was David's method. | I ' "I thought upon my former ways, i ,1 Willi care did meditate ; I t I And to thy*testimonies pure i I then did turn my feet. ! o \VU~ :n: ? *' =- 1 .. .... m v.iiiiuff mis nay to conse - I 1 crate his service unto the Lord ?" , Aupepsy. This ia what you ought to have, in i 1 fact, you must have it, to ful^c enjoy > L life. Thousands are searchilor it , r daily, and mourning because they tiud ' it not. Thousands upon thousands of I dollars are spout annually hy our pen- * , pie in the hope that they may attain < this boon. And yet it may he had hy i ! all. We guarantee that Electric Hit- ; . tors, if used according to directions and the use persisted in, will bring you Good Digestion ami oust the dei mon Dyspepsia and install instead I , Kupepsy. Wo recommend Kloctrie Hitters for Dyspepsia and all diseases of I.lver, Stomach and Kidneys. Sold : t at 50c. and $1.1)0 per bottle hy, Craw-I ford Bros. Druggists. | ?Not every man who lays a wager f is inclined to cackle over it.? liirU. t/ioiul /Juj)uteh. A ? .1 ninn is not npressarilv oft heavy calibre because he has a large ' moulb.?itjiotlan Transcript.| > ?"Blitokina is a nice fellow." "Yes; t hut he show* audi a marked disposi lion to exaggerate." "To be sure ; i) but that is counterbalanced by one thing." "What is that ?" "The r general indisposition to believe him." e MeCorkle?Isn't Briggs naturally y a lazy man ? McCracklc?Not exactly lazy ; but y he aeema to think it i? unhealthy to ^ work between meals. Judge?You are n freeholder ? Prospective Juryman ?Yes sir. ^ Judge?Married or single ? Prospective Juryman ? Married 3 * years ago last month. Judge ? Have you formed or exB pressed any opinion ? * Prospective Juryman--Not for 3 ' years past. > 1 do detest a man lliat'a close, > And, furthermore, a day. e But ?T a pretty girl fa eloae i I feel the other way. i i Of all the aad and gloomy wcrda t That mankind ever writ, I There are no eadder nneu to rne Than theee two: T.eane remit,/ CAMPAIGN JjF 1862. " lloyements <?f Company I., I2fli s. c. ltegimont as Noted l?v a Member of tlje Cam panv? Diary Kept I5y D. J. Carter During the Late War. LAmong the papers of David J. Jarter, deceased, we found a Diary cept by him, dining the Jotu War. ]i vhd aliown to tin old war comrade of lis, wlio after reading it, requested hat it he published, hs it would he of rreat interest to those who carried the nnsket during the four years which ried mens sou's. We have therefore loneented to publish . it, giving the nninnit/i* nf 1 MA4* in l!\io teanA cii! y . *t .. cnfr'pnijti each reek until it is finished.] March 9. Knlistcd at Lancaster, 3. II., S. C., under Capt. Yanlundngbaui, Company I, 12th -S. C. Ilcginent. April 10. Left home ami joined the tegiment then in camp at. Merrimae, ienr old Pocataligo, S. (J., where I rrived on I he 13th some month. W. d. Connors went down with me, also, l\ 11. Denton. April 13. My first drill in the army, jike it very much?get pood rations usd inn very well satisfied, except a lome-iek feeling that sometimes takes mid of inc, which is hard to shako oil". April 20, My first letter from home; vas glad to get it, all were well. April 23. My Regiment leave toluv for Virginia. I don't liko t !>? tmna. tr much, loo far from home,however, must submit without murmur, us I low belong to the government. April 24 Met with u great deal of lifticully in transportation between Charleston and Columbia. April 2r>. Arrived at (Columbia ibout daylight, made no halt, took ho train for Charlotte, where we arive'l that same evening. I left the ugunent at Charlotte, and went on o Raleigh to see my mother an I reinives?spent five days with them waitng for our baggage train to come up hat had broken down at. Concord; May 1. Left my dear friends at !lah igb, and took the R. A: (.1. R. It., or I he seat of w in , was delayed on lie road several dn<- hei r- leaching [iichmond ; stayed in the city two lays ?r> cc ived liberal hospitality all llolH' the rni I mini ? osn.eei 11? ul i r-? * - t I' ~ J iVtnnsbom, S. C.?The bouquet of lowers. May 12. Arrived nt 'Camp Sumnit Point/' Fredericksburg, V?., glad o see uli the boys. May 15. Mnrchud fmna camp'to "S**L-4'le 1J*e?> v_^A.ery'.ULiWsi?v.^'t... an ti.< KoauT ^ ** M?y 28. Moved camp to Camp Jackson, wear Fredericksburg?drilling every day, a false alarm occasion* 11V. May 30. Com no need our retreHt to Richmond, by tlio * 'Telecrnj?h 11 ad," ? was J 1 days on the march, reached the ChicRnhotiPiiy River and camped >n the South sill-. Remained in that vicinity f<>r several days, during which tine we were in one skirmish at the (Ihickahominv bridge?no casualties >ii mir side. Inne 10. Moved camp to east of Richmond; to Camp Hill, Saw J. M Ivi<I< 1 (?* for tlic first time since in (he trniy?drilled every day?(he unKees shell our camp occasionally, with IIO effect. June 25. l'acked up and left ("amp it 10 o'clock nl night, with three days -atioiis, marched in the direction of Mechanickaviile. .lone 20. Fighting commenced?our Brigade not engaged? lav under (he 'helling?some few casualties, none in ny Regiment. June 27. Formed line of battle at mnristf, iny Brigade leil the van, passid Mechriuicksville, stormed the en? rcnchments (.f the enemy at Reaver Dam Mills found only a few skirmish ?r* for four miles, until we arrived at [lame's Mills, here n spirited little light took place, hut finally drove the ni-niy (tf and pursued them to Coal Harbor, where our Brigade halted to wait for reinforce mints, not coming up in liint we wereordered to advance in the enemy and charge their works, which was executed in gallant style. Dur loss was heavy?killed in Coin r . i: r- i (irmj i . > mi oicj/o\t< r rniiK oimx, and .lax Bruce?('apt. Yanlamliugham aevere'y wounded, hail hi* ii amputated bel..w Ike knee?A s-.~d loss to our Company. Relieved at xuit-Hown l?y frr-sh troop*. The one my'sj loss was heavy both in Head, wounded and prisoners, besides a battery of ?ix guns. June 28. Buried our den I, also the enemy's ami tested until Sunday morning. Plenty of Yankee tricks and Commissary utorer. June 20. Moved netosr the Chicknbominy river, advanced down the Darhylown road Id miles, and bivouacked. June 00. Went in the fight ut Frazer's 1'nrm about dunk ; not immediately engaged, but several men were wounded hv airnv.vhuia?ilm i # -J J ? enemy was driven off that night. J'lly 1. Held H8 n reserve?uot called for. duly 2. Fight of Malvcru Hill, some few casualties in my Regiment. July 3. Marched about in different directions for K-vera I days, finally returned to Camp Laurel IIill where we remained drilling, cleaning Dp, etc. July 28. Reft camp, took the cara at Kichtooud for (tordonsville, where we arrived same day and camped four milea N. W. of the place. August <>. Bent to Hospital at Lynchburg?neuralgia in face. I'oor accommodation at this place. Visited around aotr.o little. August Id Transferred to H< -pita) at Liberty- most well, find Iho pee pie to be exceedingly clever in every respect. Like vhe place well. Very Inefficient Doctors in my judgment. Went to preaching Bui.day morning. wti imikim Aug. 16. Left Hospital a command tcndey. Stop at Lynch ono night? visit the Mas >nic couiuiu J nicatlon -highly pleased with the bos- M pitality of the fraternity?oansea maf, to think of home and my dear ones tr have left, perhaps, forever. But &' must away with such thought* j I shall prow homesick. . Aug. 19. Arrived at Oraug6,!C. II; late this evening?my Regiment is on the march, 18 miies ahead of me'. Aug. 20. Got as far as Stovenahurgh to-night, met up with Dr. Crawford and his company, glad to see ihew,remain with them for two days on tTi i. march. If ft them at Jef^ert^o^vltlliy, where I came up WMh th? b?cgwjt?f and sick of my Regiment?I hril tbW jaundice so. hud I had to frw Aug. 29. The battle of Andrew ( onr.ors, David Taylor, J. H. UJ_ it? T .v./.y.iioon, in. jiare, uoei JJOWflW, were hilled. Our loss was heavy Hi the Regiment. I was at Thorough-, fare Gap during the battle, 15 miles from Manama Junction. Sept. 8. I am t wiity five 3*eHr? old' to-day. trudging along over the Pairfax Tun pike road?almost broko own?in go. d health. Press in roasting oar< a! I I have to eat. Got ft cLiijh en for break last by the slight. Sept. S Caught up with the ineut at Frederick City, Md , ?o-day. 3 1 ,-h uld havcstated be!ore I waa very 1 sick at Leo-burg, Va., ju I passed through. J. M. Hood was with mo the entire route. Sept. 1*). I j<- ft Frederick, passed tlir<>t?!i the city, beautiful little town, a great many seces-i >it people reside here and manifest their kiudoess in various ways. The ladies are hand- .* some, though uot generally, too muck of the foreign element in their physiognomy. xil Sept. 11. Io sight of Buonsboro, Md. Marched '22 mile* to-day, campit?;r on fci ie of South Mountain?cook rations. Sept. I J. Pa-s through Boon&boro, people very kind. Got some apple butter, the fir.-t I ever saw, first rnte to eat with light-bread. Bread rather bcarce, a lady gave r.ic apples. Passoil through several little villas, also Wil; li:tii)s|)ot t and re-crossed the Potomac in*, i Virginia pgnin. Pass thmugh Martinshurg,?lots of Yanked crack* eis, i t . Camp live miles from the town on the read leading to Harper's Ferry. S pt. 15. Harper's Ferry surrendered nfi? r a -mall fight, captured 11,(100 prisoners; 200 wagons; 50 cannon, horses, ami great deal of ic iir*t to uet;*>o.'*i.?'B fjuai.c-*. Coluf.t. . r N. V. Regiment We hav* wit sumptuously since 1 ere. Ben I'ewcll is cooking a wash pot full of hwautty, hut it is burnt so had we can't eAt it. The ankecs . rc humble and obliging, extr< nuiv so. - N _ ^ -Sept. 17. The Rfgirnent left here tlii- morning nt 10 o'clock. I tint left here on arc tint of hemorrhages, too unwell to niarcli. At a later hour 1 leave Harper's Ferry fi?r Hospital. Hear firing hi the direction of Sharpsburg?inako for that place and get there late that evening. Col. Barnes in mortallv wounded. Kla Fraserand Wnt. Taylor of Company I, killed. I met up with Hiram Bi'l Nettles.? Rives Wnilo Ifiii'- - il-n " -- ' ? ...... .v???vn ?4|V. I. 'll||F(?lljr iur home. I mot him on the South side of t he Potomac. Sept 18. All fjtiiet on the linen, our army waiting for the enoroy to advance again. Sept. lih Our army withdraw to the South sido of the Potomac, the enemy advance and arc driven off with considerable slaughter. Sept. 20. I met up with Brother Albert at Smithfield, while on iny way to Hospital, clay with him aboat one week and start hack to the army. Met the army at Martinshurg falling hack. I stayed in Martii.sburg one night, and then went hack in company Midi my brother to Kuuker'a Ilill, to n.;u. ..i IV/ IHIKO lll/WVV H lilfHWltr. . ^ Sept. 30. Joined tho Kegiuieut today near Bunker's Ilill, move our camp to 'Camp Barnes'. (Htny here but u firw dnjs when we march to Mar* linshurg, mill tear up the Baltimore <fc Ohio II 11., for several miles. I have done no duty yet and am left here in charge of the sick of mv Regiment. JS5 October. I have neglected to kee,^" an accurate note of this month. Ww m>>ved our camp near 'Snigger's Gup', had a little tight of no conseoueuce, shortly after moved t ear WiudhesWr, put tip a few small hula to protect ns from the snows am! cold rains, whTch , was of frequent visit, as the oold * weather has now fairly set in. November. Wo remained in the vicinity of Winchester until the last ! ..? .1 ?.L ?? -? mi inn Wnlffl, umi men commenced our march for Fredericksburg, where we arrived about the 1st of Rouen: her. 12 days on the road. November 7t)i I 'die first enow of ihe araaou--beautiful scenery on the Blue Ridge Mountain. Dec. 11. I<e(t onr camp near 'ramp ! Jackson', went lo Frederickaburg, lay n line ( fballie two days wailing Jof ^ I the enemy Ifr advance. Dee. 1J. Snow not yet melted ufi tho ground. The fight commenced on our right thin morning about 10 o'clock. G?n. I.nue's brigade forced hack, wo were In the second True *of entrenchments, tiie 1'Jlli Regiment was not immediately engaged. Tho lat Regiment and the -1st Rifles lost severely. Gen. Gregg was killed try ing to rally the Rifle Regiment. Tho en' iny is finally repelled with groat slaughter. The 12tl) sufTcrcd Sumo, few easualtie* by shell and sifay-snots. Dec. 15. Moved to Camp Gregg went into Winter quarters, where we remained all the winter enjoying ourselves well. Nothing wor<hy *.f note happened, exc> pf the death of Thn?, y Adains in my Company, I have no,; kept a dctailod note. ... / (TO ME CONtlHUED.} 7