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A PRIVATE'S F I 1 s i Dnvs ol' tin' 1 1)11 .1. \V. ?kl ATTI SOX, I A il! OF < <.. ?I., OHUS M Kl i The personal < xperienec of :i pri vate soldirr in (IM Confederate army may m>t ! - <?! much interest to the puMi'. S : :?l I lin v? coneludcd to give you - me of niy recollections of (]?c. -itu > ron cs aron fol Petersburg V ! ! :. . :i - I - i'w lltCHI. I HOW wi iront memory. I belonged to v* ? i wa ii - Brigade, which was moved hom tin lim >. lince miles wost of I Vq?rsbiirg, to a position on,thu White < ?ak road, UCM of Burgess Mill, on Mareil "J". lS(?r>. We occupied a poid t ion iii thc line of works some six or seven miles west of Petersburg, be tween Burgess Mills and Five Korks. On March wist McGowan's and Gra cie'? Brigade-, both commanded by Gen. McGowan, attacked the enemy in our iront and drove them hand somely about one mile. The enemy was heavily reinforced and turned our Hank, forcing thc Confederate troops to retire to thc breastworks with a small loss. Aprii first our command was not en gaged except in picket firing . but on ?>ur tight the battle of Pi vc Forks was fought iii which the right wing of our army was defeated, and a large num ber of prisoners taken, leaving our right (lank exposed to thc enemy. We remained in the works during the night of the first ignorant of the situ ation on our tight. We could hear rumor.- that <?om. Bushrod Johnson's command Avas captured and scattered, but did not know that all on our right 5Pas crushed. April 2d. soon after daylight, wc could hear heavy firing in thc direc tion of Petersburg. The artillery fire was very heavy, and thc roar of mus ketry was incessant. We could hear the rebel yell and the cheering of the enemy. Thc cheering of the enemy gradually passed to our left, facing thc town, which plainly indicated to us that our linc was broken. During thc time the heavy firing was going on between us and Petersburg, the linc wc occupied was quiet. v. hen thc sun was two or three hours high wc were ordered to "fall in." We quietly filed out of the works, not knowing what move wo were to make, but we soon found that the works were to be abandoned. After going a short distance, we found artillery in mud holes] to roll out, for tho horses were not able to pull tba pieces. When we reached Southerland's Station, on the South Side road, we threw up light earth works, and awaited (he enemy. We did not have to wait very long for in a short time we* could seo the enemy advancing in force. They took shel ter in a ravine a few hundred yards in our front. Our forces calmly awaited the charge which wc knew they were preparing to make. Soon they assaulted the forces on our right and were handsomely re pulsed. Their next fiove was in our front and they were driven back to shelter in tho ravine. 'After an hour or two of suspense, we were again at tacked in our front and a flanking col umn sent to our left. We were out numbered and forced to retreat before we were entirely surrounded. We re tired in some confusion in thc direc tion of the Appomattox river without any organization. Thc commands were scattered. Officers and men were confused, knowing nothing of thc bridges or the position of the enemy. Wc soon reached tho Appomattox river, which wc found very much swollen front recent rains. We start ed up the river to find a crossing, but had not gone far until wc met others coming down the stream, who report ed that the enemy had reached tho river above and all chance of escape was cut off in that direction. This re port proved false, as part of the men pushed ou up thc stream, and escaped capture. We then attempted tc make our way down the river to Petersburg and join the forces defending thc town, but we had not gone far until we met others who reported that the enemy were in force between us and Petersburg. We were now surround ed on all sides by thc enemy and the river. To cross by swimming was our only chance, and thc chances were against us to the other bank. So all present decided that surrender was 'our only course. It was now late in the evening, and wc could hear the bugle calls of thc enemy on thc hills around us. After holding a council of war, wc decided to surrender un conditionally. We had slept but verySittle for sev eral nights and as night approached wc pitched our muskets and cartridge boxes into the canal and went to sleep without putting out a guard of our own, for we knew the hills were well guarded by others. Monday morning, April 3d, wc awaited results, and carly in the morning a detachment of Yankees came u? thc river to' whore wc were cAd demanded our surrender. Wc were marched but to the public t oad near Southerland's Station. The ^COLLECTIONS. ^\'?ir Around I >eters IIKiilMKNI .lil HIM.KS. IN AM H KV I ILK H'M. road was crowded with blue coats go ing west i'ii slii ti g mi after thc retreat ing for?es of Gen. Lee. Wc remained ?m tin- road side Minn- time waiting fur tin troops tu pass, and after the main columns had passed ii? we brought oil the rear, following the course nf thc South Side railroad and wo marchi .! several miles during the da... After night wi- stii! followed on until about ten o'clock, l'urine the march at . night I saw several good chance's to ' encape, Ina did not make the attempt. We were tobi that Gen. Lee's forces were surrounded and we would bc re leased in a day or two. We could tell hy thc movements of the troups that (Jen. Lee was not surrounded. Occa sionally we could hear 'he roar of can non in front and the forces would in crease their speed. Thursday the order of march was J made the same. We marched moBt of thc day and at night were put out in a?* open field crowded together and a heavy guard placed around us. Our rations were exhausted by this time. A scanty supply was issued on thc morning of the 2d. The troon* we followed did not have rations enough to divide with us, for their wagon trains were not up. and they were grumbling at a fearful raie, but they divided rations with the prisoners while they had them. While Lee's veterans were on starvation, the Fed erals were not much better until thc supply trains caught up with them. Wednesday morning, April 5th, we were marched out into the road, ex pecting to follow the troops in their line of march as we had done for two days. The infantry guards were re placed by cavalry, and we parted com pany with the main army somcwhore near Burkevillc Junction, I think. We were started in the direction of Petersburg over the samo route we had traveled Monday and Tuesday, but our progress was slow on account of the supply trains pushing on aftor thc army. Puring the day we met hundreds of wagons heavily loaded with army sup plies. The teams were fat and sleek, well equipped in every respect. With tho supply train there were more troops than Gen. Lee had in the army. Thc white troops treated us kindly during the trip, but we met a brigade of colored troops that were insolent' sud said some things that would have brought ou a first class fight under more favorable circumstances. We were in no condition to resent the in sult and treated them with contempt. We reached Petersburg footsore and hungry after four days of marching, and we were quartered in a warehouse at the Weldon depot until Saturday morning when the commissioned offi cers were separated from us and marched away. The city wa? quiot _a_fter nine months of seige. From June, when Gen. Butler came so near capturing thc city, not a day passed that the roar of cannon and rattle of small arms could not be heard somewhere along the line. Near the crater the skirmish lines wore near together and a continual fire was kept up. We would go to sleep at night with the crack of the sharpshooter's rifle ring ing in our car, wake up in thc night we could still hear it, and every few minutes the battery at Howlett's House would send a shell into thc Dutch Gap canal to let thc enemy know that they were still awake. On Saturday morning, April 8th, we were ' ched out of our quarters, ordered into line and marched through thc earthworks east of town, passing near the famous cra ter, and on to City Point on James River, where we found a good-sized army loafing around and having a reg ular jubilee. Rations wero issued to U3 consist ing of salt pork and army crackers. Before we could cook our meat we were ordered on board of a steamer and put under guard of negro troops. Thc pork was so salty that only hun gry men could cat eat it. If wc had known ?hilt, n sr??, vftvncrn woo ?head cf us, some of us would have taken less of thc pork the first meal. About thc middle of the afternoon our vessel moved out down thc rivor. The trip down the James river was pleasant, except we wore too mueh crowded to be comfortable. The com fort of thc passengers was not consid ered by the officer in charge. . None of the Confederates scoured cabin or stateroom passage on tb trip. Neither did we go to the dining room to take our meals. After get ting out on thc ocean Saturday night not many of the crowd wanted ?ny meals. A strong* cast wind Com menced blowing during' the* night, which made it interesting On board. The steamer pitched and tossed and rocked at a fearful rate. My head was dizzy, my stomach WAS too full, and I had lost control of thc salt pork. At first the situation alarmed mo. After u few hours 1 was indiff?rent, the storm had no terrors to me. I was sick and very sick, with plenty of company along that line. Our experi ence was a rough one in thc hold of the vessel, and accommodations were wholly inadequate for the occasion. QOur negro guards were not aide, for the voyage did not agree wit)? them any better than with us. The ashy bee of their countenances indicated trouble in the stomach. Sunday night and Monday our voy age was not HO rough. Still the most of us were sick. Sometime during Monday night thc vessel anchored in t?,i hay nf New Vork. Tuesday morling we viewed New Vork, I'rook lyu and ?Jersey City from our prison ship. I'rom New Vork we were car ried to Hart's Island, in tho direction of Boston. The prison was a new one, not completed. The island wasa small, sandy, barren place, l'util new buildings were put up, we were very much crowded. Thc day wc landed we were put in a ward with a lot of fellows from Petersburg, Va., whose business was to steal everything in sight. The first time wc left the quarters to answer roll call wc did not take our knapsacks and haversacks with us, and when we returned what little clothing wc hud was gone. I recovered my clothing, but lost my blanket. Our rations consisted of army crack ers mostly and one-third pound per day was our allowance. Meat was is sued iu small quantity. White hean soup was served for dinner, consisting mostly of water. Coffee for breakfast was dished out without sugar. Wc did not fare sumptuously every day by any means. It was a tough, hard life all around. Gen. Lee surren dered his army before we reached prison. Wc expected to be released in a short time, but weeks ran into months before the oath of allegiance was of fered us, and our parole taken. Our time was principally taken up in daylight examining our clothing in order to keep the soldiers' pest down to the least number possible, and yet they grew and multiplied. On June 18th we were released from prison and were required to take the oath of allegiance before we were paroled. The first boat left the is land Sunday morning, going to Hil ton Head, S. C. All that were Bent out on the first boat reached home without delav. The balance of us on thc second boat did not reach New New York in time to catoh the steam er that day. We were quartered in the barracks at Castle Garden eight days, waiting for the next steamer go ing South. During our stay in New York our bill of fare was all we could ask. The barracks.were where the Feder al troops were fed as they passed through the city on their way home. Confederates, white and colored Fed erals ate at the same time. There was no discrimination on account of color or previous state of servitude. The negro troops passing through the city were given the same accommoda tions that tho white troops reoeived. We were not in a condition to pick our company and adapted ourselves to the situation. Our eight days stay in the city was pleasant and enjoyed by all who were well enough to travel around. We were allowed to go out into the city without a pass. We promenaded Broadway daily and woro generally treated kindly. L. K. Rob inson and myself visited Central Park one day. Our style of dress at tracted considerable attention from the crowd in the park that day. We were not fashionably attired by any means and we could see that wo*wcre out of date. At one place where a large force of workmen were putting up" a building, wo were halted by an Irishman and questions asked, what we were doing there, where we were from, etc. He then called to the men at work to come quick and see a genuine John ny Reb. Wc were soon \ surrounded by a crowd that seemed to never tire of asking questions and looking at us. We were the first Confederates some of them had seen. Now and then we met mon who still had on their war paint and seemed tc be spoiling for a fight. One was asked if he was in the Federal army. Ile admitttd that he was not, said he was not able. He would have been in the thiekest of the fray ii his health had buen good. Wo told him the front was a very un healthy place. Our trip from New York to Hilton Head was a pleasant one compared with our trip going North. The sea was smooth. The steamer was large and well loaded, running smooth and steady. . ' ( We had very little seasickness on the trip. One Confederate died on the trip. He died at night, when no one knew it on hoard. The next day at 12 m. his body was' consigned to the ocean. The body was sowed up in canvas and weights attached. A plank was run oui from thc vessel With the body on it. " After a brief burial service read by tho captain, the plank was tilted, the body shot over the side, aud was lost to view. Wc landed at Hilton Head and re mained one day. At thui time it wa? il tM???-?i a glooniy looking place. Thc weather was very warm and the place seemed to bo swa-ming with negros, flies and gnats. A few Federal soldiers were stationed there. From Hilton Head wc were sent to Charleston by boat, for thc steamer from New York could not enter Charleston harbor. The depth of water wu- not sufficient to float a ves sel so larg-:. ?So wc were transferred to one that could ? ross the bar and thc trip was made in a few hours to the bar. There wc- waited several hours for Hood tide so as to cross the bar. Thc famous Fort Sumter in ruins was view< d with considerable interest us wc passed, as also Kort Moultrie and Sullivan's Island. Quite a chauge had taken place since we saw them last in April, lHltt. Wc landed in Charleston Saturday evening, July 1st. and were marched from the wharf to the comissary de partment of the garrison and drew about one day's rations of crackers and pork. Wo spent the night at the S. C. Railroad depot. Thc next morning (Sunday) we boarded the train for Orangeburg, thc terminus of thc road then. Sherman's army had destroyed thc road oabove Orangeburg. Our train reached Orangeburg in tho afternoon. Wc made enquiries and found wc would have to walk to Alston, S. C. The G. & C. road was destroyed from Columbia to that poiut, a distance of twenty-five miles. Our experience on this tramp was rough. The weather was warm. Along the route wo came alb was deso late and in ruins. Sherman's senti nels, chimneys, standing along thc road showed where once was happy families and prosperity, now ruin and desolation. The destruction was com plete. Our rations were short, and nothing along the road to replenish with. Some green fruit was all we could find. We reached Columbia July 4th, carly in thc morning and crossed the river in a boat where the Congaree bridge once stood. At" the C. & G. depot we rested a short time. It be ing a national holiday the day was celebrated with considerable noise. Wc could hear the bands playing up town and wild cheering going on. We concluded not to take part in the cele bration, as we were more anxious to^ reach home. We heard that the trains from Als ton to Greenville mn up one day and down thc next. The next morning (Wednesday) was the day to go up. Wa had to make it to Alston tout day and night or wait two days longer. We followed the railroad track up the river, making slow time, for we were weak and ont of rations. The road was torn up and washed away and tho bridges all gone. The day was warm; no farm houses along the route to give us help. We would go a few miles and rest. Thc twenty-five miles was hard to make. When we reaohed Alston Tuesday morning it was near leaving time for the train. We called to the ferryman to come after us. He was slow getting over. When we were about ,half way over the river the train pulled out. "So near and yet so far." When the boat reached the bank we landed in short order. As we clam bered up the bank the neg*o ferryman was demanding.his pay. We had no money and no time to settle bills. So the ferry bill is still unsettled. The train stopped at a road orossing a few hundred yards from the river to take on baggage. This delay enabled us to overtake them and board the train.. Captain Billy Smith, tho veteran con ductor, was in charge and landed us in safety at our destination in the af ter noon of July 5,. ?865. John Marion Pruitt, L. K. Robertson. Gus Ashley and John F. Williams were in the prison with mc' Ali are still living except John Marion Pruitt. . The thirty-two years and more that have passed since the Confederate armies surrendered seems like a dream. Many of the heroes are gone. Those of us still living are classed with Che old men of the country. A few years more will thin our ranks. Our reunion here will soon be over, leaving history to perpet?ate the daring deeds and hardships of tho Confederate inTdier. - It is said that the daisy was never known^in thc South until-after the war. i Now every part of the south visited by thc Union army is covered with daisies: "Sherman brought them to us," it is said, "and tho march to the sea can be followed in the dummer time by keeping where the daisy grows. The seed seems to have been transported in tho hay that wai* brought along to feed .the horf.es. This is the only explanation that has evcr;been marje of it." SrATK zvCuto. Cixv or Totxno, j ^ 'Fft.42t)t J.-CiiOXEY IM!;M o.Mb thnt ho ia tho scalar partner nf tho firm of P. J. ?IIKHKY A Co, doles badness ?a the City of Toledo, County and State nfoMttml.l. tu?,! : ?.at said fina wlU pay tb? -ii-*f OSE?lC??E?E? DOLi?iFiy ?or cachauC every eas? nf 'J?TABRU that cai,not bo cured by th? uta of BAI ?i CAT***" Cires. . ;;.V' . FEASTS-J. CHENEY. pfc? . Publie., H nil's Catarrh Curo itv take!) internally and acU directly ?in the .niooa amt MUCOUS eurfecfis of tho' syclem-?y Send nw testimonial*. fi??, Addie**, F^4^Ir^EY ACO.|Toled? O. Bold hy pm ? {1st?, ? 5C. He is Dune With Negro Lahor. Capt. Graham, who k< the represen* tativc of those interested in the nev/ hoHicry mill recently established at Hopkins, now to bo Drought to Colum bia, yesterday talked interestingly of the removal. He said that the mill was located at Hopkins in order to utilize the negro labor which was so abundant in that vicinity. He went on to say that they had given the negro labor a thorough test and found that it was absolutely unfitted for the operation of thc mill. In fact the negroes proved la/.y and slow, and did not seem to "catch on," no matter how much instruction was given. With a full force; he found that tho mill was steadily losing money. Then he cut the force to see if by operating only a portion of it, giving close attentiou to those employed, the mill could not be made to earn expenses. This experiment also failed to make expenses, and a -short time ago he shut thc mill down altogether. He will now move the mill to Columbia and use only white labor. Capt. Graham had plenty of experi ence with labor in Columbia, being manasrer of the Columbia Hosiery mill and is satisfied that with white labor the new mill will pay well.-Th State. If Water Never Froze. Tho whole ceremony of nature would undergo a startling change if water nover froze. The world's climate* would be revolutionized. The ice bound polar seas would cease to ex ercise their chilling influences, and consequently the currents of the ocean might cither cease or be turned aside in different direotious. Thus the Golf. Stream would seek other shores than those of Britain, and the climate there .might be sub jeot to the extremes of heat .and cold noticeable in other countries of the same latitude. The iee-bound rivers of the North, notably those of Russia and Siberia, would be open for naviga tion, ?nd Russia's activity as a sea power and a commercial nation might alter the whole world of commerce. Canada would become another coun try altogether. An immense tract of land would be available for cultivating hardy plants, and Greenland might be what its name indicates.* The absence of icebergs off the coast of Newfound land and leeland* would result in a much warmer climate in those islands, where now the crops often fall. Ice, too, plays an important part in the economy of nature. Thus, if wa ter never froze, snow, hail and hoar frost would cease. The loosening of SO?IB and the disintegration of rocks by thc frost, and many other now vital effects would be on the one hand An incalculable disaster, on the ether hand a great boon.--Pearson's Weekly. - A heart without love is like a violin without strings. - Tho man who talks most about himself says the least. T WO FOB. Q?E. BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WE OFFER* .i ARD In combination with the ANDERSON INTELLIGENCER for $1.55, being the price of our paper alone. That is? for all new or old subscribers-renewing and paying in advance, we send HOME AND FARM one year free. HOME AND FARM bas for many years been the leading agricultural journal of thc. .South and Southwest, made by farm ers for farmers. Its Home Depart-, ment, conducted. by A ont Jane, its Children's Department, and its Dairy Department are brighter and better than ever. Renew now and get, this Seat journal for the home and the rm-FREE. The ase of the surgeon's knife is be coming ao general, resulting fatally in auch a large number of cases, aa I occasion general alarm. Mr. William Walpole, of Walsbtown, South Dakota, writes, "About three years ago, there came under | my left eye a little blotch about the ? ? - size of a small peauv" .?^^^^1?, 11 grs^rV" r?pi??j ,isii i g -, J shooting pains ran ' m TramSw ?u-every direction. W%^f I became alarmed asad-consulted a good doctor, who pronounced it ran ier, and said that it 'must be cut cat. Thia X would not. consent to, having little faith in the indiscriminate ncc of the ltoife. Read ing of the many eurea made by S. S. 8., I determined to gi ve .that medicine a trial, and after I had taken If* a few days, tho cancer became irritated And began to discharge. This after awhile ceased, leaving a essu?l 'seabi-'^Fblcb finally dropped off, and only ithealthy little scar remained to mark the place j vrhere the destroyer had held full away. A Rita! Bboet R?ti^^ . C??cer is in the blooiand it is folly ? '.to expect nu operation to cure it. S.S.S.^ (swrazteed finrt?y, vegtiallt) \* o.re& rfl?TO?C*0'* every di: . ^.?f>thebloc?l. ., Atlant?,] GaV SUIES' &HT!-CQHSTiPATE0H MD LIVER PILIS! 100 for 25c. Why pay 25c. for 25 Pills when you can get 100 just as good or tet ter for the same price. . . SMALL.SAFE...1....:.; Any time-day or night. HILL-ORR DRUG CO "9 WE WON T DECEIVE YOU ! We are in Business for the Money that is in it, and not for our health. During these panie times we propose to not only meet but beat any pri?e on anything in our line ! WE have a new, slick, nobby line of Sloes, Boots, Hals, Gaps, Joans, Flannels, And everything in the line of GENERAL MERCHANDISE needed for fam ily use. We have the best line of flour, Sugar, Coffee, Tobacco, Lard, Meat, Hains. Sics, Grits, &c.= , To be found in those parts, and "COST" iunrt the word to express how cheap wc are selling these Goods. We do a largo business with a small force, and have been fairly success ful ; so if some men, with heavy expenses hereabouts, can sell for "Cost," we can sell fer less, even if we have to drink branch-water while we are at it. So if you want to buy your Fall Shoes and Dry Goods WHERE YOU ?AN BO TH? BE8T5 Don't fail to sae us* for we are in the ring, and in to Btay, "Cost" or no "Cost." . We have made up our mind on some things'in regard to selling GoodB for less money than other people who do a small business on heavy expense. . Yours very truly and earnestly." BROWNL???& VANDIWERS. OF BELTON, 8. C. "DB?NG now comfortably located lu ihy two new and commodious brick Store . JLP Booma, and having a larger and moro completo Stock of Gooda than ev? , ah own in thia Town, I ka ve decided to surpass even my own record for XJOW PF?0E8- For instance-> 10,000 heavy yard- Wido Sheeting at -*c. . 10,000 yards Standard Printe at 4o". . . 7-ounco AU Wool Jeana ut 10o. Laca and Button Shora from 62io. a pair op. . Children's Shoes 2?o. up. Whole Stock Brogan o 93e. Full Stock Presa Goods 5c, to fl,0pj>&yaW^ , Men's Suita $1.75 pp. Boya' 0210. UP,. , .:/ . And ail other Gocils cheaper than^ou ever bought them. , ?lUBSlBS,B> SS??i?s-Ladies' Cloaks, SuhW Rugs. &c. in profusion. A completo Uno of Heavy and Fancy 0&??$5R?E8, including 500 Barr?le of Flour bought before tht rio?. I cordially invite all to call to seo mo and ba convinced of my ability to serve them aright. .' ?Sh Bemember, I alway s pay the highest. Cash Frica for Cotton. . Tours for tow prices, ? . < . tt. A- I<RW!S; Ee??sss. S. G. ? 1 A good opportunity to #t up tite Family with d?sira^ and good wearing Shoes, . / , , IT is our pleasure to announce that we have spared neither neUW pjiinn or mossy to make cur lino of j?AIj?i. .0001*3 ino .most desi rable and sorvioeablo in the 8??it; and fee! oonfidchtrUb?t our. patrons will appreciate tho fact that our Goods are manufactured expressly io suit the taste and fancies of-this community*: rivery det?il id carefully carried out with tho Jtatention of furnishing tho public with a.superb line of SHOES.: Wo also carry a good line oC And our prices ar^ ^scht.' '. : ??? ' >. v k, .-? *.?? ''?} -v. ?- . '?>; .? .Givi us a call when in need iif myij?p.g in our line, ajncl bo con vinced of what we ?ay. tl?ider 'S