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Immeiiho-IucldeiiU of LTZal.nar,,,K-In",0rtRIlt-" ?< En' Ksgoment. p?ete the survey ?f&?wW^bSR fie Id and to provide for the' compflS?on and preservation of data, showing he various positions and ,Movements of ?anK that batUe illustrated by dia E Iw^nuested by Col; 1). Wyatt utii 9?> to meet Co . Join ^d??^ ? a lands?ape tori .?wjf - . ?" lue WOrk was commit, ted under said Act. and to point out the positions,and movements of McGowan's Brigade in order to preservo our Confed B? ^SSW? .hal liard-fought battle ?.w i.?01, B,itcheWer also wrote me to meet him and the Union officers com f?f?H thu ?PP?8iBB forceson the first tue day ol tbc meeting. We met, as requested, and spent two Jt^Lft a ? ?'ie? Which was taken up chiefly with the battle of the first day. There was not the least difficulty in establishing every position und move ment of the brigade, in all of which the Lmon o?ocers concurred with me We nao stakes driveu into the eround ut nil proper points, and Col. Batchelder as sured me that he would take pleasure in giving us a correct showing in his illus tration of tho battle. The Union olficers very frankly admit their defeat, and the retreat through the town, qualifying it with their weary con dition from long forced marches. As Heavy as were our losses, theirs were much greater. In May last you requested me to write Up one pf the battles of McGowan's Bri gade for the Weekly News, which was ahfo urged on me by officers of the bri gade, and I have taken Gettysburg. Very truly yours, Josei'u N, Brown. McGowan's South Carolina Brigade at Gettysburg. [By Lieut.'Oat. Jottph X Broun, 17? S. C. .1 Gen. McGowan and Capt. A. C. Has kell, A. A. G. were both severely wound ed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 18G3, and Col. Abner Pernn, of the Fourteenth South Cnroliua, commanded the Brigade on the Pennsylvania campaign, with Lieut. J. G. Barn well, of tbo First, as his A. A. G. The field officers of the several regirneuta were: Major C W McCreary, First; Major W. M. Haddon, Orr's Kifles; Col. J. L. Miller, Lieut. Col. H. C. Davis, and Major E. F. Book ter, Twelfth ; Col. B. T. Brockman and Lieut.-Col. I. p. Hunt, Thirteenth ; Lieut.-Col. Joseph N. Brown and Major Major Edward Croft, Fourteenth, and Capt. W. T. Haskell, of the First, com manded the Battalion of Sharpshooters. On the 30th day of June, 18C3, the armies of Gens. Lee and Meade were in Pennsylvania. The long march from the Rapnahannuck had relieved both armies of all their weak and faint-hearted, and none but brave and strong men had marched there to battle. They went there prepared in their minds for hard fighting, and the make-up of the mind has much to do in making the light of the soldier. The Union soldier had now been recalled from Virginia to defend his own soil. On tho morning of tbc 30th day of June A. P. Hill's corps moved from the Cumberland Valley and, crossing the mountains to the eastern side, encamped near their base. Fender's light division of this corps comprised the four brigades of Gen. E. L. Thomas, of Georgiu, Geu. James H. Lane, of North North Caro lina, Gen. A. M. Scales, of North Caro lina, and Gen. Samuel McGowan, of South Carolina. the line of battle. On tho moruing of tbo first day of July an early conflict appeared immi nent. McGowan's brigade was called to arme. Artillery and infantry were pass ing towards Gettysburg, sis miles distant. Artillery firing opened in front. Maj. Haddon, with Orr's regiment, was de tached from tho brigade for guard duty. Tho remainder of the brigade, with the field and staff officers already mentioned, moved towards the town. A line of bat tle was formed, with Gen. Lane's brigade on the right, McGowan's in the centre, and Gen. Scales on the left. The left rested on the Chambersburg turnpike. Gen. Thomas' brigade was not in line. Gen. Perrin gave orders to the field and staff, and then communicated to the rank nnd file, that they were to movo forward without firing. That they were not to stop under any circumstances, but to close in, press the enemy close, and rout it from ita position. The firing of artil lery increased and that of small arms began. This continued for several hours, during which time the brigade approach ed nearer the scene of action, resting at intervals in the shaded woods. Rumors of disaster and success alternately passed aloug tho lines, derived from the wound ed and prisoners. Gen. Reynolds, com manding the Union Army, had been killed. Gen. Archer, of our army, had been wounded, and he, with most of his brigade of Gen. Heth'a Division, had been captured. But upon the whole the advantage was on our side, aud by 4 o'clock p. m. tho Uuion Army had fallen back to a line of hastily constructed breastworks of earth, rails and the like on the slope fronting and west of the Lutheran Seminary, one-fourth of a mile west of the town. This line was continued by & streng ?? fence begin ning some two hundred yards south oj the Seminary near a brick houee, and running southwardly along the crest of Seminary Ridge, and little further back, or east, than the breastworks. On the turnpike, nnd near the Seminary, the Union artillery was strongly posted, be ing on our loft. As thus presented Gen. Scales on our left had on his left flauk all this artillery and in his front the rail and earthworks above described fall of Union soldiers pressed back, but not de feated, and replenished with fresh troops from the rear. IS front of m'uowan's brigade were the breastworks, defended by tho same lino continuing southward. In cr Gen. Line was the strong stone fence,behind which was posted a strong line of dismounted cavalry with repeat ing rifles, which outflanked him. The Kroiind from these works and the etone Penco presonted a gradually declining slope to the valley westward ; then on a level of about two hundred yards, than a like gradual ascent up to the creat or the ridge, making perhaps half a mile from crest to crest, and presenting ?"? fairest field and finest front for destruction on an advancing foo that could well be con ceived. the a8sawlt. If in this position of affairs the brl iraies of Gens. Scales and Lane should fail to keep pace atih McGowan's in the aaiult to be made, it wcu'd be no die , PWagenjent of their gallant officers and meo. It was an impossibility. The centre must he broken. The order to advance was now given lue order to hold lire until ordered/press ; forward andI close in on tho enemy was repeated. Tim Thirteenth Regiment was on the right next it the Fourteenth, next I welfth, aud next the First. Passing a ijurning house on our right aud crossing f ?mal run, the brigade mounted the hill tieyoud and passed over the crippled lines hn?J?a'f et.t,erew,e brigade, which, alter hours ol gallant ?Hi???f had hn-n ?I ?. <: ?*? u6Muugi UnU DOeil WUU* oniwn and were resting from their toile. m trout and m view amid the grove of ????2 WtU ,tu?. Ht;mi?ary, now changed rom the halls of learning to a scene of : bloodshed and carnage. Iievond was a beautiful town partly concealed from view hy the shade trees surrounding the I ^m'nar?' , 'te 3.000 inhabitants were a tunny, industrious ami moral people, crests of ridges in successive ranges1 stretched southwardly with the richest valleys between. Beyond and to the ; south ol the town rising still higher was Cemetery Heights, so soon to become , historic ground. It was but the glance ol the eye for a moment, and then its , grandeur was lost in the tumult ol battle. STORM SHOT AND 811EM.. The advancing columns now moved on ! and encountered the storm of ehot and shell from the batteries on the turnpike fronting Gen. .Scaie.-?, and pressed on us ordered, without firing until the line of breastworks in front became a sheet of Uro anu smoke, sending its leaden mis sile* of death in the faces of meu who had often, but never so terriblv, met it before. The impenetrable masses of artillery and infantry in front and on tho Hank of Cien. Scales impeded his pro gress, enfilading and sweeping his whole Iront. Ho was wounded, and every field officer of his brigade, save one, had fallen. In like manner, on our right, Gen. Lane was held in check by the stone wall iu his frouf, and the cavalry on his flank, threatening certain destruc tion if his advance continued. The val ley had nearly been reached. Tho want of support on the right and left exposed the brigade to a raking enfilade fire from both right and left without abatement in front. STIM. FORWARD. To stop was destruction. To retreat was disaster. To go forward was "or ders." Then Gen. Perriu on horseback dashing through the lines of the brigade, and with his flashing sword in the even ing sunshine and his voice above the din of battle, directed and led the charge. Three hundred yards yet intervened be tween the advancing column and the breastwork in front, and tho assailing forces with quickened pace pushed for ward amid the minnie balls sweeping the earth in front and flank. The dead, tho wounded and the dying were falling at every step. Our firing had begun in earnest, and was pouring in on the enemy thick aud fast. THE CREST OF THE RIDGE. The enemy in front of the Seminary were closely massed, and strongly sup ported at the building as well as from the rear and on its flanks. The lines from this point curved slightly back on either siile near to the crest of the Kidge, and this made the Seminary the salient or point of attack, and to break tho line and take the breastworks here tho bri gade threw itself against it with all its fury. Here the opposing forces grappled with each other, one determined to bold its position, and the other determined to take it. The close quarters at which they were now engaged made the losses on both sides heavy. By this time the bri gade had attained a point which exposed it to a raking fire from tho cavalry with repeating rifles behind the stone fence on our right. Its greatest force was spent ou the Thirteenth and Fourteenth with deadly efiVct. Rut they maintained their utsbroken front, closing in, nnd replying in all directions whence the missiles of destruction came. The ever solid Twelfth with unbroken front pressed on and was dealing deadly blows in its front, carrying terror before it. The First on our left, outflanked and enfiladed, pressed on iu the unequal contest, drawing closer to the breastworks, approached firmly and steadily along ut equal paco with its comrades, though confronting such fear ful odds against it, both in front and on tho flank. THE FIELD it'ON. The desired point was at last reached. The brigade carried the works, and the centre was thus broken and the field was ours. The whole line then gave way, and the Union soldiers, Fennsylvanians they were, after making such heroic re sistance were pressed back, closely fol lowed, with fearful loss. While the con tending forces were thus grappling ut close quarters at the breastwork.*, tho artillery limbered up and was making for the rear. This timely prudence alone saved it. The stone wall on our right was carried, and the whole field waBours. Tho Thirteenth and Fourteenth had suf fered most from thoBe repeating rifles. Tho Union columns were broken, pressed back, at first rapidly and disorderly, with our men close on them, still pouring into their ranks a deadly fire. As they neared the town they became more massed, and moved more slowly end stubbornly, with lines still broken. As they were entering tb? town they looked backwards, as if half minded to tnrn on the pursuing foe and renew the conflict. But doubtless their movements were ob Btructed by tbc crowded streets in their front. Gen. Abuer Doubledav, who commanded the Union forces, in his offi cial report of the battle, says: * * * "I remained at the Seminary superintending the final movement until thousauds of hostile bayouets made their appearance around tho sides of the building. I then rede back nnf' rmnined my command, nearly" all of whom were filing through the town. As we passed through tho streets our frighteued people gavo us food and drink." ON TO THE TOWN. The Union forces had been pressed out of their breastworks, and our weary sol diers had entorod them, and passed on to the town. The Fourteenth passed on both sides of the Seminary, Col. Croft, with a portion, paseing to the right, and pushing forward for the possession of a disi rabio piece of artillery. Other?, were pushing for the same point. Major Croft proba bly reached it first, as he with au eye for the immediately useful secured the only uninjured horse, which he mounted with the harness still on, presented - captured sword to his lieutenant colonel, and soon afterwards loaned the horse to the gallant Capt. T. P. Alston, of the first, to ride in to town in command of the skirmishers. The brigade had now reached the town, which Gen. Ferriti ordered the First aud Fourth to enter. This they did simulta neously with flags unfurled, the First by the Chambersburg turnpike, and the Fourteenth passing to the left, or rather directly along and between North Boun dary street and the old railroad embank ment or bed, until it reached the Main street run?ing south through the town, and marching up that street was passed by Gen. Pender, at the shade trees on the right, who extended a compliment in paaaing. A few psces futther^n Major s McCreary with tho First had reached the same street by the Chambersburg turnpike where (.Jen. Fender compli mented the regiment for ita gallant con duct. In like manner he complimented each regiment through its commander for its glorious day's work. Tho Four teenth having th? shortest cut reached the Main street first, but Me?or McCreary reached it further on and first held tho more central or advanced posUiou, where . tho Fourteenth again joined it. The streets and fencing look now as they did . then. Only a hedge has been allowed to grow up aud spread on the north sido of , boundary street by which tho Fourteenth passed into town. , Gen. Hode's Division of Gen. Ewell's , Corps now coming up. the First and | Fourteenth were ordered back and joined ; the Twelfth and Thirteenth between the! town and Seminary, whero wo rested. ! UEN. I.EIS AND Til CAROLINIANS, i Gen. Ponder was at the Ridge whore we first entered the battle and saw the close fighting throughout. He saw the Brigade as it appeared from his point to almost mingle with the Union soldier*, and passing the Seminary and the Ridge almost together, and out of sight and tho firing ceasing, he supposed that tho Brigade was captured. Hiding forward, however, he met Lieut. Simmons, of tho Twelfth, who was wounded, and of whom he made the inquiry if the Brigade was captured, to which* the Lieutenant an swered. "Noj it is over the hill yonder." (Tho large body of the enemy known to be there well justified his fears.) The General then rodo forward with speed, and ordered the Twelfth and Thirteenth back to a point between the town and Seminary to protect the right flank, and then into lu vn where he overtook tho Fourteenth a id First, as above stated. Uen. Lee then came up, and all honor was then givet to "tho South Carolina Brigade that ctptured Gettysburg." THE LOSSES. The points A greatest danger were held by the regiments on the right and left, the Thirteenth on the right and the First on tho left. The Thirteenth was nearest tho cavalry with repealing rifles nt the stono fence, and lost more in killed than any other. Col. Brockman, although too sick for duty, was at his post, but the movements for that reason were largely conducted by Lieut.-Col. I. F. Huut. It added to tho regiment's nlrcady high rep utation acquired under its former gallant commander, Col. O. E. Edwards, who fell commanding tho brigade, after tho wounding of Gen. McGowan at Chancel lorsville. The First, being on the left, had to en counter long line of infantry overlap ping its left, and was nearcet the artil lery. The centre, comprising the Twelfth and Fourteenth, was swept by tho same en filading fire that enfiladed our flanking regiments, and the loases in men were nearly equal in all tho regiments in pro portion to the numbers engaged. Tho Twelfth sustained heavy loss from tho artillery fire directed towards the ceulre. It would seem impossible for any of the regiments to have sustained more than it had to meet or to have borne more than it had to encounter. There would have been enough glory in any one of them to have carried its own front. All of them had more than this to do. KO ESCAVE FOR THE WOUNDED. The losses; wero immense. The Four teenth, which was the largest regiment, lost over 200 in killed and wounded out of 473 carried into action. The Thir teenth had sixty-four killed or to die of their wounds. All the regiments lost over one-thiid. There was no loss of Srisoners. They were all killed or wouu ed. Over six hundred had fallen in front of those breastworks. Tho thou sand of hostile bayonets that appeared and passed around tho sides of tho Sem inary building comprised what remained of fifteen hundred carried into action. The nature of the ground was such and the contest ho brief that tho wounded could not be moved, and were wounded twice, thrice and as mauy as four times, after being first ttricken down. Large numbers died of their wounds. A few who, with shattered arm? cr ????ucu ? bodies, ran back in safety to the surgeons, have not ceased to admire their leg? for | the good service rendered, it was tho ouly battlefield in which all avenues of escape for our wounded were closed. There was nothing that the ambulance corps could do. The ground was swept at every point by the deadly minnie balls. The artillery fire ?9 terrible, but the al most silent whirl of the minnie ball is the death-dealing missile in battle. Not a foot of ground presen ted a place of safety. The Union troops fired low, and their balls swept closo to the ground in the dishliko field in thoir front. The terrible Btrife was over in a few minut?e ?fifteen, say twenty at most. Men nev er fell faster in this'brigade, and perhaps never equalled, except in Orr's regiment at Gnines's Mill. On our side the firing was not slack nor wild. The trees in the Seminary grounds where the Uniou linee ran are stifl thickly covered?with scare, from the ground to the height of a man, mftdo with the bullets of our unerring rifles. They are well nfarked on their western sides. And the ground strewn with their dead and wounded well attes ted the accuracy of the deadly aim. TUE GALLANT ENEMY. It was no ordinary soldier that wo bad met. The prisoners captured wero more intelligerjl than on other fields. They were mostly Pennsylvaninns fighting for everything they held dear. The celebra ted Iron Brigade was in our front. The 121st Pennsylvania, 14;id Pennsylvania, 149th Pennsylvania, l?let Pennsylvania, and others not remembered. Maine troops were there, who stated that they came in not moro than fifteen minutes before tho action began. Then the ar tillery on our right, cavalry behind the stone wall, all holding to the death. But there was no crossing of swords and bay onet*, for this is seldom done except on paper. It was no time for a thousand hair-breadth escapea with nobody hurt. It was not the clippiug off of clothing, but tho bodies of men that were struck. While the losses in line officers and men were great it was remarkable that not a single field officer was disabled for du.y, though they did not escape unstruck. INCIDENTS OF PERSONAL DARING. The Rev. W. B. Carson, chaplain of the Fourteenth Regiment, remained with tbc wounded, of whom ninety of his own regiment were too badly wounded to be removed in ambulances south of the Po tamac. Ho went into the heavily shelled woods for blankets for his wounded men nnd remained to administer to their wants until death freed many from their suffer ings. Dr. Louis V. Huot, tho eminent surgeon of the Fourteenth, pei formed many skil ful operations, drawing praise from - ion surgeons. He returned with us on the final retreat. A soldier boy of the Fourteenth cap tured the large flag of the 140tb Pennsyl vania in the works, where all its guard were slain. Another captured a smaller one, and folding it in his bosom fell two days afterwards advancing in the picket I line in front of Cemetery Heights. i R. Owens, color bearer, eon of Capt. R, S. Owene, of tbo Fourteenth, wbo bad fallen at Frazier's farm, wan shot dead while carrying the flag of his regiment, and nil his color guard but one was slain. In the Twelfth Regiment one color bearer after another was shot dead until four were killed and two others wounded. And a scarcely less fatality attended the colors of tbo other regiments. Tho land of the Shamrock, as in other fields, con- ' 1 tribut?d its quota on the strongly contes ted grouud. IMPORTANCE OF TUR ENOAUEMEST. , The importance and magnitude of: this sanguinary engagement and glorious victory ?vas lost sight of by tho public eye in the grand movement which cui minuted iu tho great events immediately j succeeding. Rut it was uot lost tight of I nor forgotten by the great Lcc. He pro- j muted Col. Perrlu to Brigadier-Geueral, who on the 12th of May, 1804, while j leading his Alabama Brigade to the j charge at Spottsylvania, as ho did Me- i Gowan's Brigade at Gettysburg, fell iu the front of battle am! hie great spirit ! ceased from war. We rested on tho field of natilo and ! the next day held Seminary Hidgc along j tbo strio fence which covered Gen. ! Lane's iront the first day. We bUppor ted the artillery, and the only fighting j by the brigade, except by the Shp.rpshoot- j ers, was dono by Capi. T. F. Clybura (afterwards Colonel.) wbo with two com paniee of tho Twelfth drove back a lino of battio and restored our {tickets who hail beca driven from their pusi*. Gur lino passed by a farm-house surrounded by a fine orchard, aud owned by a gen tleman named McMillan, who canned his fruit, and wbo abandoned ?U on tho morning of the 1st. Abandoned prop erty is lawful prize in war, aud our weary soldiors enjoyed theso fruits, on tho volunteer system, in the intervals of quiet. The a gentleman and his wifo still live, and although nineteen years have passed he still Inments tho loss of his earthly store. Every building aud tree now looks as it did then, and the same well of water again quenched the wayfarer's thirst. During tho night of the 2d thebrigado was moved forward to the dirt road on the slope fronting Cem etery Bidgo and was joined by Orr's Regiment, but was not engaged in the great battle of the 3d. The pickets were driven in at one time, aud the Fourteenth ordered forward to restort the line, which was quickly douo. But it drew a heavy lire from the heights in front, inflicting some loss, in which both the field officers were wound ed. Tuo wounds of Major Croft were severe, aud his valuable services lost to his regiment for more than a year. Thon returning with an unhealcd wound in tho aide and his arm in sling, ho con tinued at his post until the close of the war. KILLED IN ACTION. As before stated, our losses were im mense. But the greatest individual loss to the brigade was that of Capt. Will iam T. Haskcll, of the First Regiment, commanding the Battalion of Sharp shooters, lie was killed iu front of Cemetery Ridge on the secoud day, and tho gravity of his loss can scarcely bo estimaled. R was only known to '.hose who knew him best. Gen. Fender also fell mortally wounded on the second day while recounoitering, and our army lost in him auoiber of our great generals. And then the long list of Tine officers who fell, leaving whole companies with out a commissioned officer. Among them the First Regiment, besides Capt. HaskeU, killed, Lieut. A. W. Pogue, wounded, Capt. J. S. McMahon, Lieuts. J. Cos, James Armstrong, . M. Mur ray, J. F. J. Caldwell. Twelfth Regiments?Killed, Capt. J. Hunnicutt. Wounded, Capt. J. M. Moody, Lieuts. J. A. Wateou, . T. Sharno, A. W. Black, W. J. Stover, J. M. Jenkins,-Simmons. Thirteenth Regiment?Killed, Capt. Uro m er, Lieu te. McNinch and Leiteey. Wounded, Capt. Dewberry, Lieuts Leit sey, Hill, A. M. Bowers, John Dabney, J. F. Banks. Fourteenth Regiment?Killed, Lieuts. Sidney Carter and N. Austin. Wound ed. Adjutant w. J, Reedy; uapts. H. P. Griffith, W. M. Jordan and G. W. Cuibertson ? Lieuta. Robert B. Watson, John M. Bel!, H. J. Roach, William H. Branson, J. F. Jordan, A. F. Jor dan, W. R. White, J. H. Williame S. Cogburn, James P. Sloan and Jesse Gwin. And the hundreds of brave men, most of them young, and on tho threshold of life, whose names were not recorded in tbo ofiioial reports of the battle. But they still live'in the memories of the loved oues at home, and years afterwards their bodies wore removed to Southern cemeteries by patriotic and loving hands. Here let them rest until the morning of the general resurrection. In the afternoon of the 3d the great world-renowned assaults were made on the iron-crested and rock-bound heights in front, resulting in disaster, and then the star of the Southern Confederacy be gan first to wane. Of the regimental commanders in this campaign, Col. J. L. Miller, of tbo Twelfth, was killed at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864 ; Col. B. T. Brockman, at Spottejlvansa, May 12, 1864 ; Major W. Haddon, of Orr*- Rifles, at Deep Bottom, July 28, 1864. and Col. C. W. McCrea ry, of the First, at Gravelly Run, March 81, 1865. It was distressingly sad that Col. McCrcary, after so long and brill iant service, should fall in almost the last battle, even as the fabric of the Confederate power was tottering and be ing broken to pieces and the last blow being itruck. The smile that always lit up his pleasant face paled in death ucar the enemy. Of these and the long list wbo stood shoulder to shoulder with us at Gettysburg and who fell on theso and other battlefields, and those who have survived tho sad and closing scene at Appomattox?a brigade which the writer as senior colonel at times had the honor to command?he would say, with feelings akin to Scotland's bard? "The bridegroom may forget I he bride Was mad.* bis wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour lias been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee, But I'll remember thee, Glcncuirn." KE01MENTAL COMMANDEES. Tho promotion of Gen. Perrin aud bis death has already been stated. He was | a martinet in discipline and every inch a soldier. His accomplished wife, a daughter of Col. P. M. Butler of the Palmetto Regiment, preceded him a short time to the grave, and two children sur vived them. lie was the last colonel but one of the Fourteenth Regiment. He was captain of Company "D, -from Edgcfield, at the organization in 1861. The former colonels were field officers at the organization?Col. James Jones in the camp of instruction, and Cols. Sam uel McGowan and W. D. Simpson, who ' so olten led it to battle. The First '? boasted of its Maxcy Gregg, a name ho inseparably connected with it and the '. Brigade. Orr's Rifles had its Col. James ! Ii. Orr in tbc camp of instruction and J. Foster Marshall, D. A. Ledbetter who had fallen in battle at Second Ma nnssns. Tho Twelfth with Col. R. ?. M. DuDOV?tit, of honorable service be- , j fore, who was succeeded by tbo gallant , Col. Dixon Harnes who distinguished : ; himself and regiment on many fields ' and so much at second Manassas, and i who fell at Sharpsburg regretted by all. Col. O. 12. Edwards of the Thirteenth, BO brave, and so efficient in all depart- ' ments of the service nnd especially in battle bas already been mentioned. These officers left with their regiments i the impress of their own gallant spirits, ! which was preserved unimpaired on 1 many battlefields, and on one of which they submit was never excelled. ETTYSuuRti in 1882. KSPfJ^ i An inspection of the field at Gettys burg on Ilio 14th nnd 15th of June, 1882, presented precisely the view it did nino- j teen years ago. It looked as if seen but i yesterday, 'lime seemed to have made scarcely a change. Tho impressions on the mind had been so strong that the hills, valleys, parcels of woods, Seminary, slopes, houses, streets, fencing, then thrown down, and roads, were all of them fresh in the memory. When it looked a little too far from McMillan's house to tho woods on tho south, an in spection disclosed a small clearing from that side of it. The existence of the dirt road was denied by some, but a search at once located it. The field only lacked tho surging masses of men and arms to complete it. The portion of the stone fence nearest o'tr rigid, on the first day, had been removed. t)n the other side the view from Ceni- , otery Hidge, Culp'e Hill. Littlo Hound Top and other points belt, by tho Uuion j forces, disclosed positions which the ' "Rebel soldier" would have regarded as ! havens of safety. No wonder Gen. Pickett failed in his charge. In pence, tho men who had met there 1 before in war now met again. On tbo ' Southern side were Gen. Trimble, ac- ! compunicd by his niece, Miss Trimble. , The General, though halo aud hearty, still carries with him the evidenco of the hard-fought battle. Gen. A. M. Scales, ' M. C, of North Carolina. Col. Oaten, M. C, of Alabama, with only one arm, Capt.-, of Pegram's Artillery, and ! the representative of McGowan's Hrigado and bis school-girl daughter, who took a 1 lively interest in the incidents of battle ' as rclnted by both Uuion nnd Confcdcr- ' ate officers, and with them iuspected all 1 the fields. ' On tho Northern side were many olli cers assembled for their reunion. Sev- ' eral of them inquired specially for that gallant officer oi ours who rodo through ' the lines of hie brigade and led the charge. They stated thnt it wae the ! grandest sight they ever saw in battle. ? Among them weroGcu. Richard Coulter, of Pennsylvania, with his wife and ' daughter ;*Gen. Edward L. Dana, Col. 1 of 143d Pennsylvania Volunteers, com- j mending second brigade at Gettysburg ; , Lt. Col. Geo. F. McFarland, 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers, accompanied * by his nmiable wife. Wo thought that Col. McFarland had been killed by us ! nineteen years before. We had shot him and his horse near tho Seminary, wounding him severely, from which ho ! lost a leg, but his cheerful disposition well supplica the. loss. Major E. P. ? Halsteail, A. A. G. of tho First Corps; Capt. M. L. Hlair, of 143d Pennsylva- 1 nia; Capt. J. M. Clnpp, of !21nt Pena- 1 sylvania ; Oapt. Beaver, son of Gen. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and others j whoso name and rank nro not remem- . bered. These ofTicers were all in our front on the first of July, 1863, and gave ' a most henrty welcome to tki Southern- ' ers. And the citizens were alike cour- , tenus. All points of tho battlefield are accessible and in two days all the impor tant and strategic points can easily bo 1 taken in by the tourist. With many thanks to Col. John B. ; Batchelder, the historian, for tho aid rendered, to bis amiable wifo for courte sies in the brief time allowed, to the o fii ecru we had the pleasure to meet, and to the citizens of the town of Gcltys- ' burg, we bid an affectionate adieu. And now, as the senior officer in rank of 1 McGowan's Brigade now living who 1 participated in the battle, the duty ro- j quested of him has bean performed. The points on the battlefield, tho positions of tho several regimentM their movements and the movements of the Brigade h avo been carefully and correctly pointed out j to Col. Batchelder, the historian, and the Brigade will now have its place in the picture. The record thus given of one battle ? will show that defeat did not everywhere confront the Confederato forces at Get tysbury, and at least one gem will bo preserved from that ill-fated field. Rosy North.?Wo bad to wait for half an hour between Charleston and Savannah for the Waycross train, and during this time a black man came up to me and inquired : "Say, boss, doan yon lib up Norf?*' "Yes." "Dat'e what I reckon on. Kin I a a few niieshuus ?" "You can." "Well, sab, does every cull'd man up dar own a brick house wid cupulo on top?" "Oh, no." "Does he walk arouu' wid a bag of gold in one han'an'a bag of silver in the oder ?" "I never saw any of them taking such a walk." "Do they all own bosses uu' kcrrid ges?" "No." "Do dey all have diamonds an' pearls an' velvets?" "No." "Say, boss, my names' Jones, an' I lib ober beyon dat pine woods. My ole wo man am all de timcstirrin' me up to go Norf, an' she really believes if we once git up dar we kin go out before breakfast an' pick up a pail-full o' diamonds. Now, ?ah tel! me de solemn truf, 'bout it ! Could we do it?" "No." "Could we pick up a peck ?" "No." "Fo" quarts ?" "No.'' "Two quarts?" "No." "Data uff, boss?dat settles me! I reckon if I ask 'bout ono quart you'd eay yes. but if anybody 'spects I'ze gwino to fool aroun' wid any sich small tatera as dat dey am sadly tooken in. I'ze kept house long 'nuiTto know dat a quart o' diamonds a day wouldn't keep a family in co'n cake ad' bacon half de time. 'Biceged to ye boss. Mcbbo I'll git up dat way artor awhile, but I shan't spect to own no brick house wid a cupulo on top 'til I've bin dar a hull week or long er." ? Tho Arkansaw Traveler's aged colored person says: "My idea of de better worl is wbar dar is a election* on all de lime, case den tie white folks is allers perlight." ? A number of rare and curious fish fell during a recent storm at Farmes City, Texas. They are described as having four distinct legs protruding from their bodies, the legs being furnished with perfectly constructed toes. '~* ? " ~.~ Boys unti "Bojrn.w it is (Muirlos Dudley Warner, we he* I lieve, who urges that hoys should be j caught young, put in a barrel and fed ! through tbe bung bole until they have arrived at years of discretion. And yet after many and forcible reasons for re garding boys as a blessing in disguise, and so well disguised as to be taken for something rjuito the contrary, almost everybody will agree with Ilio eulogy ho pronounces upon tbe boy. '"After all" be says, "there is something I like about i a boy." Hoys aro the terror of cats, their mothers and their elder sisters, but the als would lead but a dull career without them ; j while a mother would scarcely know what life really is if she was freed from the constant anxiety she feels about her boys, j Wbat Uhruilleu hut unprofitable hours of lazy enjoyment would fall to the lot of elder sisters, were it not for their younger brothers. Sloth and ense and a mistaken belief Ihnt this world is not a world of annoyances and discomforts would enervate their characters. Hoys make them feel that we are not put here simply to enjoy ourselves, but to devel op our characters. So with toucher.?. What a monotonous existence would bo theirs were it not for boys ! A teacher of girls alone would mistake earth for para dise, nnd so not having any uso for Heaven and not believing in any such placo as a refuge from eaithly miseries would never strive to ret there. Hut a Lcacher of boys, every week "looks tor ward to a bettcrand brighter world, makes cjood use of Sunday in fitting himself for it, nnd in hoping- that be will get there lometimc, to make up for his trials here. The ash man who should not get a mow ball down bis back ; the rag ned lier who never found the wheel of his :art uuddcntly coming oil*; tbc street car conductor who did not have to drive tho boys from the rear platform ; the passer- I t>y who did not get a baso-ball in ids ab lotiion or a beam in his ear ; the nurse ;irl and her baby who were not Beared ! jut of their wits by the sudden rush of a : velocipede upon their heels, would not ?tijoy their tranquil intervals of exis- 1 tciice nor fully know the value of pence Mtd quietness. So that after all boys are }( very great use?especially ub a disci pline and a means of moral improvement ; ind they are not to bo despised, but rath er to bo cherished and loved, ns they are fcry apt to bo as soon as they have pass 3d their eightcf Lb yoar. Hut there are "boys" and boys, "'boys" ?vilh quotation mark and boys without. It is tho "boys" with tbeso marks that do not deserve much charity, and but prec ious little liking and admiration. It is tho 'boys" with these marks that frequent Jrinking saloons, stand on the street cor nets, become rowdies at an early age, are riotous, foul-mouthed, violent nini even I bloodthirsty before they are twenty-one. This is the kind of "boys" that are not Entitled to the name. They become dreot roughs, if not burglars and high- | way robbers; c* re dissipated, vicious, lewd ai d 1-0"??? -<erdition in droves. It is ? rt in largo cities and 3D t' are known as "boys," but whe . nunc. A mean but true specimt-o nem aro the Malley 'boys"?young men well advanced in manhood, but covering up their debau chery, dissoluteness, and oven graver of lenses, by pretending to the giddiness uiu thoughtfuhiess of boyhood. They bavo no claim to any Ruch exemption. They are men mature in wickedness and crime, and cannot hide their sins under cover of boyish folly. The same may be said of tho "James boys," wdio long since arrived at maturo life, and instead of being pushed into crime by tho frolicsome impulsiveness suggested by the word "boy," long since resorted to robbery and murder ns tho business of life, not as'tho sport of irre preasible nud hot-headed youth. The politicai)",, too, love to hide their tricks and their games with tho public service by pretending in a jocose nnd lightsome way that it is the "boys" who are really responsible for tho evil deeds Df caucuses and conventions, of wire pulling nnd political deviltry generally. They imagine it softens the offense, if they assumo that it is the "boys" who must b? iooked niter and looked in for the Tong doing in politics, whereas tho majority of these "boys" are gray with the many years they have given to learn ing and practicing their contemptible political frauds and man uvres. No; in juetic to tho real boys, whoso youth ex cuses much because it is "their nature to," tho "hoys" of the street-corners, the frontier, and the political managers ought to have tho name taken from them. ?Iktroit Free Pre**. A Horrible Custom. Among the barbarous customs that British rule line not yet suppressed in northwestern India is that of Samedh, or burying people alive. It appears that tho Thakoor of a certain state sent an ofBcer to a village called Uppi to col lect certain revenues, and when he arriv ed the Siddbs refused to pay. As the of ficer insisted that they must pay, 150 of them, in order to intimidate nini, collec ted before his door nnd threatened to commit suicide if ho failed to give way. Still he held out, and tberciieon tbey se lected two of their number for the sacri fice?a man agod seventy-five nnd a wo man aged sixty-five?and on land owned by the Thakoor buried them both alive. Certain of tho villagers tried to prevent the deed, but were soundly punished for their trouble. Since the event occurred, twenty-seven of the Siddbs have been taken into custody, and nineteen have been sentenced to various terms of im prisonment. Anxious to be Ne?o h nobly.?lie was a small boy, with dirt on his nose and a faded straw hat on his head, and feet long unwashed. He walked boldly up the steps, pulled the bell, and when the lady came to the door he said : "Say, can you lend ma your telephone for a few miuita?" "Why I can't !" elio gasped out. "We'll bring it back in half an hour." "Hut I can't lend it, child. You don't seem to know what a telephone is. Who are you ?" "Wo live around the corner?just moved in and we want to be neighborly. I tried to borrow your wheelbarrow and shovel, but your ooy wouldn't lend 'em, and our hired girl has been over to bor row tea aud sugar and couldn't get any. We kinder thought we might borrow your telephone or something, and ma would bring it back and get a chance to see your style and ask you to run right in with your old clothes on !" ? A contemporary says that a man overburdeucd with timo nnd woighed dovm with nothing to do, has discovered that a gallon of salt water contains four ounces of salt. That :s not so remarka ; ble as what follows : If the salt in tho ocean was obtained, there would be I 3,000,000 cubic miles, or block of salt 100 miles wide and 1,000 miles long and thirty miles high. It would cover the United States and Territories with a bbek of salt oue mile in thickness. An Incident at Cold Harbor. On the 0th we were ordered from liio front line und went to the rear or second line of works, where we had a liltlo rest. We were in an open field, skirted by wood* en the Norlh and West. As wo lay here in the shade on the afternoon of the 7th the enemy came around to tho right of our front line in a strong force With several batterici, and alt of a huiI den open on us at a furious rate. The shot came from both the front and right. The men fell into line without orders, ready to move to the front at the word. Here one of the most laughable incidents of the war occurred, which many of the vets will remember. As Lieutenant-Co lonel llixby and myself were standing side by side, a few feet in the rear of tho regiment, talking about the fusillade, ha turned suddently to the right and moved back hi* right foot, (our backs being to the enemy on our right.) Just at that moment a twelve-pound shot struck the ground where bis foot was the moment before, throwing the dirt all over us. It passed on and struck tho ground a few rods further on. and rieeoelictted again. At the same time one of the colored cooks of our brigade was running in the ramo direction the shot was going, und in a bee line with it, with two camp kettles in his hand*. Ho was running for dear life, as the shot was coming from all di rections. After the ball bad struck the ground the third time and bounded into tho air it struck the darkey plu nip in the back of the head, knocking him over, and send ing the camp kettles Hying Bovcral feet ahead of him. The boys shouted: "There's a dead nigger !" for it wax nil in sight of our brigade. Hut, to the sur prise of all lookers on, he jumped up us iiuickly as ho went down and ran like a Jeer across thu field toward a bouse where Ueneral Potter had bis headquarters. Such u shout as went up from tho boys wus never beard before on that line. II. Pool remarked: "Who says a darkey's head cannot stop a solid shot ?" I would not have dared to tell this story, for four some of my readers would nay I was "fib bing," if this incident had not been seen by several hundred men. It was the most singular accident 1 ever witnessed in the army. The only reason why ihc shot did not kill tho darkey outright was the fact that he was running so fast in the sumo direction mid the shot bud lost the greater part of its forco by striking tho ground three or four times, so when it hit him III the head he was going al most an fast as the shot was. Put I have no doubt he hail the headache the rest of the day, ami no doubt it would have killed a white man on the spot. When I ivas in Libby Prison I heard a soldier of & New Hampshire regiment toll of the jame incident, but the boys shook their beads and said they could not take in meli a big dose as tlint, but when sever id others came forward und said they saw it all they bad to give in and accept it as gospel truth.?liy Captain />. Jackman <;/' f/ie New Hampshire Sixth. Curious Courtship. The two thousand Choctaws still living in their ancestral homes in Mississippi retain in their pristine habit many of the usages of their ancestors. Among these arc tbc method.'! employed in con ducting a courtship and the marriage ceremony. When a young Choctaw, of Kemper or Neshoba County, sees a maiden who nlenscs his fancy, he watches bis opportunity until he finds her alone. He then approaches within a few yards of her and gently casta a pebble toward her, so Hint it may full at ber feet. He may bave todo this three or four times before he attracts the maidens attention. If this pebble throwing is agreeable, she soon niukcs it manifest ; it* not u scornful louk und a decided "ekwah" indicates that his suit is in vain. When the marriage is agreed upon tho lovers appoint a time and place lor the ceremony. On the marriage day tho friends und releutivcs of the prospective couple meet ut their respectivo houses or villages and thence march toward each other. When they arrivo near the mar riage ground?gencraly inlorinediato spaco between tuo two villiages?they bull within about a hundred yards of each other. The brothers of the woman then go across to the opposite party and bring forward the man and set him down on a blanket, spread upon the murrine ground. The man's sisters then do like wise by going over and bringing forward the woman, and seating her by the side of the man. Sometimes, to fur nish a little merriment for tho occasion, the woman is expected to break loose and run. Of course ehe is pursued, captured, and brought back. All parties assemble around the expec tant couple. A bag of broad is brought forward by the woman's relatives and de posited near her. In like manner tho man's relatives bring forward a bag of meat and depositit near him. The man's friends and relatives now begin to throw presents upon the head and shoulders of the woman. These presents are of any kind that the donors choose to give, us articles of clothing, money, trinket?, ribbons Ac. As eoou as thrown thoy uro quickly snatched off by tho woman's rel atives and distributed among themselves. During all this timo the couplo sit very quitely and demurely, not single word spoken by either. When all tho presents have been thrown und distributed tho couple, now man and wife, arise, tho provisions from the bag are spread, a??d, just an in civilized life, the ceremony is rounded off with a fleVival. The festival over the company dispt.^n, and the gal lant groom conducts his bride to his home, whore they enter upon tho toils and responsibilities of the fu'uro.? Natchez Democrat. Lightning's Fbeak.?A gentleman from Parie, Texas, gives the particulars of a strange and thrilling event connec ted with the recent storm which visited that place. While the cyclone was pass ing north of the place the air seemed impregnated with electricity. TLd light ning descended like an avalanche of de struction, doing great damage. Trees, houses and persons were destroyed by it. Wallace Hill, a young man, was on his way to the city in a wagon, and when he reached tho suburbs the storm was at its height. Suddenly a bolt of lightning fell from the clouds above ?ipon him. Ho was iustautly killed. Portions of his clothing were stripped from tho body. But the strangest phenomenon was tho fact that a branch of a tree under which be had taken shelter was photographed across his breast in vivid red. The work was perfectly done, tho branch of the trco showing distinctly, and the hhapo and ; delicate vein in tue leaves being plainly visible. Tho freak has occasioned con - siderablo comment in the neighborhood. ? It used to take nine tailors to mako a man. Now one good tailor, a shoe ma ker and a barber can make what is call ed a society man. ? "For heroic but vain endeavors to look pleased," says a crusty old bachelor, 'nothing can equal the facial expression ,of two girls compelled to dance with each otber on account of the scarcity of men."