The Greensborough patriot [August 6, 1863]

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THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT.
Volume XXV. GEEENSBOROUGH, N. G* AUGUST 6, 1863. Number 1,261.
Written for the Patriot.
3M .A. DFL T "5T
OF
B T H A K B Y HALL.
Friend after friend departs!
Who hiis not lost a friend !
jured him so as to be discoverable. During the
time this happened, hehad measlas, which after-
■ward superinduced fever. He was exceedingly im-l
prudent in his diet, and so soon as he would become
£■ 4 ,1 "V I f V V 4V V Xl V V ftftM I a Hitle better, he would relapse himself by the in-dulgence
of his appetite. He was naturally a frail
tenement, and suffered much from a weak breast.
He was sent to Blandtyre Hospital, which was sit-uated
in the lovely valley above the Bull Run Moun-tain
and was fitted up specially for our regiment. Dr.
Shoffner had charge of it, and he was assisted by
Miss Kremer and other ladies of Salem, N. C, who
came out there as ministering angels to our sick sol-diers.
He was kindly and faithfully nursed in the
large and handsome building which had been ap-propriated
for a hospital, and the face of nature all
around wore a gayety and cheerfulness of appear-ance,
which was calculated to inspirit and buoy up
the desponding and languishing. These ladies pre-pared
their diet with great taste and furnished poor
Doc with every thing his appetite could crave: but
il all was of no avail—his constitution gradually
eave way to the consuming disease which was upon
him. He expired on the 1st day of Nov. 1861, at
the hour of 11 o'clock, P. M.
He was a recruit and joined us at Mitchell's Ford,
ile was unwell from the time he first took the mea-sles
in August. He was never in any engagement
and was not often fit ior duty. His remains were
brought home and interred in the soil of Guilford.
And
" Here rests his head upon the lap of earth,
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ;
THE GUILFORD DIXIE BOYS.
JOHN C. I.ATTON.
eturn from our State University in which
lWM lent to spend a vacation at the
. rather, I met a light-haired, sunny-raced,
merrj hearted, -j rightly lad of about thirteen
.• • - i he i ime
"Of new mown-feay, of wild thyme dewy waah'd,
And gales ambrosial, which with <-oolin|r breath
Lite's gray surface."
here to help make the hay and bind and
ie wheat tnd oats. His gentle manner, his
ready band, his -peaking eye, his
hard toil, all, interested me in him and
le me curious to know the name of that little
stranger. 1 was toll, that it was John Layton, a
son ,] Mr James Layton, ■ poor but highly respeo-
: : | ,,. .red into that neighborhood
since I was last at borne. Fram that day f formed
:if for young John which increased as I
to know him better: for he was the dutiful
kind and good mother, whose happiness he
• e lerly regarded.
il. v.-,- b rn October 3let, 1840, in the county of
His fai ag in humble eircunwtan-
■ †wai not able to give his SOD a liberal English
a: but by going to school in the winter
i mid not procure employment on
farm he learned to read and write and acquired
,wledge of the first principles of arithmetic
be was eleven or twelve years old, when
, ied in his father's crop, he beca nc a day-rerinth.
his neighbors. He was liked
by i .•!.',il- with whom he worked. He was not
liyely, and kind-hearted j but he
„„. live, industri - and thorough-going la-ea1
pleasure in as.-isting his
ipporting and maintaining his
• brother and theyonngesf children
■
wa xceedingly gentle-minded,
• i ible-hearted, still he had a
i indomitable spirit dwelling in
his b in. which, after this civil revolution began,
■ :•. I to enterthe fields of martial life.
He i. . I, too, enough of Ihe wild and daring in his
that life with all the attr.ictive-
■ I romantic glory ol knight-errantry. No
hit irlinp mother more than he—no one
quiet, unostentatious, rural hap-ier
.- cottage-home,—still Ins heart
nd pi >udlj in i hi* eye was unsuffused
with he parted with the loved haunts ofhi.s
I and the playmates and companions of his
ripei .• ii He was BO lull of the enthusiasm and
,-ar, thathi id no time for weep-ing
or adness.
Camp Hurdec, he complained of
well, bi lid nol ask to b.. excused from
ire pitched cir camp on one of the
il j ol Thoroughfare, he gradually
• worse mid worse, until he was
I ; rorured .i very neat and comfortable
• bouse from Mr. John Chapman, a
ile from Camp Gilmer, t^ which Mr.
f others were moved. Some
i • _ aily detailed to wait on them, and his
Mes rs. Elliott and Harvey, were with him
I the time.
• mj fortune to make the acquaintance of a
motherlj I old lady by the
name of Alexander, who isarelitive of Gen. George
Washington and was wi nl to visit at Mount Vernon
ince bis death. She and hei
were refugees from King George and were
. Mr. Chapman's. 'J'liev heard me speak
I :• i i-nt young men of my company who were
ngthem ol young Layton and his
They became exceedingly interested in
ind (ited him often, currying with them
wine- and delicaoii—uchas they thought he could
in.I drink. They sal down by his pallet ; wai-m
him, talked to him: read the promises of
I ove in the Holy Bible; and. with thai
and i. ii lornesa,which sobecome a woman,
him of thai "exceeding and eternal weight
: . . " whish is the portion of those who believe.
'nil .. rid g I.T such pure and love-istering
an pis ! And may his star be one of
icli shall glitter in their crown of rejoicing!
On the lUti day ofOctober, the holy Sabbath of
was cloudless and the fading beau-oflhcde]
ar lay bathed in the splen-
•I.JII- autumnal sun. \->ung Layton
living, but • : his life all had despaired:
lock, on thai morning,he breathed his
last. His disease was typhoid fever. He had been
nly a little ovcro week : but kind
I i ol prolong his lile. It passed
line month, nearly twenty one years
exis • Hi* remain* were sent
t lie buried in eyaid of Moriah
Hi w is :. live, dutiful, cheerfnl, gallant «ol-le
wa u ever, unwell, until Ui° last
\i least, IH- never was known lo com-
.. i be excused from performing du-ll
in both the first battles on the plains of
M • self bravely and nobly. He
abered by the immortal Dixies as
: soldier.
N KLIS -. S IMP!
■† lute Robert Simpson of
Gui ■†was born in that county on the 13th
f Marc i, 1837. ile had only one brother and one j to remain ihcre.
even lived -ulhciently long.
• means t>> educate bis >i.n. Hoc, as
,.: i led by bis associates. Couse-
- quite indifferent.
.; . . t the plough and was
. lunteered in the Confederate
Fair science frowned not on his humble birth,
And melancholy marked him for her own."'
CORP. RoBIRT AKDIS0N WILSON.
The ways of Providence are often wrapt in myste-ry
and past finding out: nor are they, in any thing,
more incomprehensible than in the taking off. in the
bloom of life's summer, of such as are most beloved
and promise to be most useful. But to His dispen-sations,
it is meet, that we bow without a murmur,
though the affliction be d.cp and poignant. Thus
was it with my company when we learned, that
Corp. Wilson was no more ; for he was greatly en-deared
to all, and his future was, to all appearance,
brightly hopeful-
Robert Addison, who is a son of Mr. William Wil-son,
was born in Guilford, on the leih of August,
lg36. Even before he could prattle, his infantine
gibberish discovered an unusually gentle and teach-able
disposition ; and, like the beauty of the rose,
its amiableness increased in its opening under the
sunshine of a mother's love. The true elements of
goodness were so mixed in him, that he was the
gladness of his father and the joy of her that gave
him birth. As hath been said of him: "He never
disobeyed a parent's command, nor disregarded a
parent's wish.'" Surely, such a boy was a heart-jewel,
ami is a pattern for all children.
He wai- raised upon the farm of his father and
was educ -ted, during the seasons of leisure, at the
free and subscription schools in that neighborhood,
until he had arrived at manhood's ostate. He, after-ward,
spent some time, in completing his educa-tion,
at the excellent academy of the late Archibald
C. Lindsay. Mr. Wilson wni a toward young man
and made a judicious use of his time. He took only
the English branches, and, by his persevering and
industrious habits, made himself a good scholar in
his mother tongue and nualifiei himself well for all
the duties of an intelligent citizer-. Such was his
steadiness, such his moral elevation of character,
that his fellow-pupils gavo him the joiric. vet of
'father,'' which, among his intimate associates,
clung to him through life. How often is a nick-name
the index", that pointeth out the way of life along
which the wayfarer hath come and the destiny to
which he is hastening!
He was a young man who thought for himself,—
a rare thing !—and was not swayed and pulled about
by the opinions of others, unless he had first con-sidered
them and his judgment approved them. He
was an enthusiastic friend of the American Union
and never ceased to favor its perpetuation, until
Mr. Lincoln issued his Proclamation. Then, like
Marco Bozzaris, his "cheer" was—
" Strike—till the last armed foe expires .'"
On the organization of my company, he leceived,
at my hands, the appointment of fourth corporal.
Afterward, at the time he was taken sick, he was
the fust of that rank of non-commissioned officers.
He tilled the position with entire acceptability to
myself and my command. As King Charles said of
Godolphin. he "was never in the way, anj never
,.iii of the way." He studied his duty, knew it,
and with an energy and heartiness, which always
elicited admiration, went forward manfully to the
discharge of it.
I luring the prevalence of sickness in our regiment,
Corp. Wilson's health was, for the most of the time,
.jiiite good. This was a great blessing to my men,
for he was a most kind, never-tiring and attentive
nurse. His own brother sickened amongthe first. ^
He watched him and waited upon him with the ten-derness
of a devoted mother and nursed him into
good health. Nor was he satisfied with attending
him only,—he was active and busy wherever he
could do aught to relieve suffering. My attentions
to my men could not be confined to particular ones
but were necessarily general: but I always assigned
a certain number to attend and nurse the sick. Corp.
Wilson, it is pleasant to state, was always at the
pallet of sickness, no matter whether he was as-signed
or not. So constantly was he up and going,
by day and by night, that I, at different times, ad-monished
him. that he would break himself down,
it he did not take rest and sleep. Truly, he was the
good Samaritan of the Dixies!
After a portion ol the regiment went to Centre-ville,
in the latter part of autumn, so onerous was
the picket-duty, and so quiet and long continued the
re to the inclemencies of the weather, that
Corp. Wilson soon became unwell. I endeavored
to obtain permission to send him to Broad Run Sta-ig
From Williamsport, General Robertson
moved directly towards Grecncastle, Pa.,
and thence to Chamborsburg. On tlio 3d
July a part of General Jones' brigade,
which was in advance, engaged the 6th U.
S. cavalry at Fairfield and rooted them
before Robertson's brigade reached the
ground. This was tho last day on which
General Lee engaged the enemy at Gettys-burg.
The next morning his long wagon
train commenced passing. General Rob-ertson
sent a squadron to be deployed on
Jack's Mountain, over which there was an
approach to Fairfield which exposed the
left of the wagon train: he also picketed
other approaches. In the afterunon, a
squadron of the enemy had mado a dashing
charge up and over tbe mountain. They
met a warm reception; the captain was
wounded and made a prisoner with soveral
others, the rest were repulsed and driven
back to the regiment beyond the moun-tain.
They mado no other effort. The
same afternoon General Jones moved to-ward
the head of the wagon t. ^in, (for
which no guard seems to have been provi
ded,) leaning an attack was threatened
there. Colonel Fereboe's regiment, oi
Robertson's brigade, (through a mistake
in the delivery of an order by a courier,)
moved also in the same direction. The
attack was made at Montcry at night in a
large force and was repulsed, but not with-out
severe loss to Ferebeo's regiment
which General Jozies attached to his brig-
In the con1
the Surgeon j ade during tho engagement,
ntlv. he had
I fusion "*?J were laken \
prisoners and
horses and men wounded. It was a mere
i accident that Ferebeo's regiment-was en-tioii
where the convalescent were, but
would not give his consent. Consequently, .So soon as the two fragments of
giment were united his.brother James recipro- , occasion
cated the nurs.ng which he had received from h.s , fa |he^ ent was on tho Glh
devoted brother in his own sickness Every thing ! j. ^ H *°lown- As Robertson's
wis done for him which co, Id be in that exposed sit. !Brigade approacbed tb0 t)Wn it wa8 an,
nation,—we being in tents and the nights severely , ,,0^^ lnat tho enemy were holding the
Frequently, we suggested to him, that he ' piace. goon their skirmishers were seen
altar of human liberty', unselfish, full of generous,
emotions, unsurpassed by the noble Florence Nigh- '■
tengale in compassionate regard tor the afflicted, in-spired
with a comfortable hope in Christ, after hav-lag
acted out a pure Christian life, he hath been
«* * * * • ..id
Like a watch worn and weary sentinel, -
To pal his armor off, and rest—in Heaven .
m • —
From the Richmond Whig.
Bobertson's Cavalry Brigade.
Ofthe large Brigade raised and organ 1.
zed by Get). Robertson in .North Carolina
bot two Regiments were brought to Virgi.
nia. These have been doing good service
in the late campaign, and well sustaining
tho reputation of North Carolinians as
good fighting troops. It has been the lot
ufthislmall Brigade to do the heaviest
duty of the Cavulry Deviaion,from the be-ginning
of the advanco to tbe present time
till but few are "left to tell the tale." Its
first engagement was on tbe evening of
the 17th ultimo, when, learning tbaj the
enemy's Cavalry was at Middleburg, it
charged into fcbat place, and found the
enemy had left at the first sound of their
horses' feet. Detachments wer- sent in
every direction, and it was soon found that
they had made a stand half a mile from
town, in a dense wood, on a road leading
to the right. Then ensued a fight,
the result of which was a perfect rout of
the enemy and tho entire extermination of
the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry. Our sever-est
casualty on this occasion was a severe
wound received by Major McNeill, of 63d
North Carolina troops—a most valuable
officer. The Yankees returned next morn-ing
in large force, drove in our pickets
which were beyond the town, and renew-ed
the fight. The engagement of the 18th
was almost entirely confined to sharp shoot-ing,
without much advantage to either side.
On the 19th tbe fight was renewed at an
early hour, and quite a brisk artillery fire
was kept up all day, with few intermis-sions
and slight loss to us. On the 20th,
tbe enemy yet more strongly reinforced
both in Cavalry and Artillery, commenced
a brisk skirmishing and artillery fire, till
about mid-day, when they charged our
skirmishers and were driven back with the
loss of many prisoners, and several killed
and wounded. Our loss this day was al-most
entirely confined to tho sharpshoot-ers,
which were cut off by the enemy's
charge. On the next day, the 21st, at an
early hour, the enemy, by a general ad-vance
in tbreo columns, commenced press-ing
us heavily. Gen. Stuurt's Division
could make little resistance to such a force.
Gen. Jones' Brigade was sent to the left to*
ward Siitckor'e Gap, to prevent our being
flanked from that direction. We fell back
slowly—our Artillery doing execution
from every position of advantage, and tho
Cavalry charging when opportunity offer,
ed. As we approached Upperville, they
pressed us closely. Here we had some des-perate
fighting, with Bevere loss on both
sides. Beyond Upperville, Robertson's
Brigade, a squadron at a time, made seve-ral
desperate charges which checked the
enemy in their advance. Two field officers
wore hero lost to the brigade in rapid suc-cession—
both captured and one of them,
Col. P. G. Evans.'most seriously wounded.
The fighting was concluded as wo ap-proached
Asbby's Gap about dark. Our
loss was groat, on this, the fifth successive
day that this brigade was engaged. On the
22d, having been reinlorcod by some of
Longstreet's infantry, we advanced from
the Gap and moved towards tho enemy.
They retired so rapidly beforo us that we
ceased the pursuit upon reaching Middle-burg
again. A day or two after this, by
direction ol General Stuart, General Rob-ertson
moved across Athby's Gap aud was
joined by GeneralJones. With two brig-ades,
he moved through Milwood, Smith-fii'ld
and Martinsburg towards Williams-port
where he crossed the Potomac, follow
ing in tho rear ol General Lee's army.—
ad boy. The smile of cheerful- h^d, perhaps, better go to hospi al: but for a time, ! on our ]8jt. Brig. Gen. Iverson was about
ss his face, and the sunshine he could not get his own consent to do so. In the ! ^0 gt-ter tho town on his wny to Williame-led
out through hi- eye-. it.: 0f November, he concluded hehad better go,— ' port with a part of Gen. Lee's wagon train
11. - 10 matter how many at-il
was in the good
Even before he went into the
ess, nomadic disposition, and
that which would
f h.s mind.Nor did this iucli-
,1 he became a soldier. He was
ways I ' plantations lying
ie was as passionately
g 1- the celebrated Ike Walton.
... id and easily alarmed in Bicknesa, and
e ai ( amp Bheil he accidentally swal-gai
- it uneasiness. He
he - . :. red much from it; but it never in-
T hat he could not get well there. So the Surgeon, (which had been attacked the night of the
who would not send him without his consent, had j 4th,) and one or two hundred infantry.
him conveyed by ambulance to Manassas. His Gen. Robertson, (the ranking officer,) im-brother
James went with him thai far and saw him on* uiedialely took command, sent the wagon*
the train. By Dr. Williams'direction, he was car-' to the rear, and deployed Iverson's infan-ried
to Richmond. No intelligence of him was re-, try as sharpshooters. The Brigade at this
ceived by any of us, until we were informed by let- j time was represented only by about three
ter that he died, at one of the hospitals in that hundred men. Soon W.B. F. Lee SBrig-city,
of pneumonia, on the 8th day of December, j ade of a about two hundred men and 1 Piece
I8«i. His father, who reached there after his of artillery commanded by Col. Cbambl.ss,
death, disinterred his remains and conveyed them j came up. 1 no piece of artillery was put in
' ,. , ..' „„„ ,u position and opeDed on tho eaemy s sharp.
,0 the county of lus natnity where they now he ; P^^ ^^^^ &^ ^
bl'£ever was there a purer heart offered up on the ' was observed moving around to our left,
evidently with tbe design of making a flank
movement. At this time three moro pieces
of artillery, (of Col. Chambliss' command,)
came up, were put in position and opened
on tbe enemy's flanking party. This had
thetfiect of driving back both tbe >barp-shooters
and larger force. Just then, a
large squadron of the enemy charged up
.the main street of the town. As they came
by Iverson's shooters, they received a ronnd
which stopped many and caosfd their sur-render.
The rest came on till a bend in
the road brought them in sight of onr cav-alry
drawn up in the r< ad in column of
lours. A platoon advanced to meet them
at a charge. The result was, that none of
tho squadron returned—a few being killed
and the rest taken prisoners. This was a
part of the 1st Vermont Cavalry. In the
meantime the artillery drove back the ad-vance
on our left, and we moved through
the town. We found the enemy had com-menced
a retreat. At this time Gen.
Stuart came up with a reinforcement- and
we pursued the retiring enemy. Occa-sionally
they halted a squadron in rear
aod "met us with a charge— it the same time
raking the road with artillery. Seme of
these were warm engagomontu, and Rob-ertson's
Brigade which was in advance,
had many wounded severely. We ran them
to Williamsport, whet they turned off on
the Sbarpsburg road and night ended the
pursuit. During this engagement, a part
of Ferebeo's Regiment partly sustained
and assisted in repelling an attack on the
train at Williamsport. The remains of the
Brigade returned to Hagerstown that night
and the next day—(17th,) when these
corps of Lee's army moved towards Ha-gorslown
and on to Williamsport, where
the head of his column was to form the
right of a new lino of battle. Gen. Robert-son
moved on the Cavetown road and es-tablished
a line of pickets in that direction.
The Brigade was now picketing on the ex-treme
left—watching the movements and
in much danger of being cut off in case of
an advance from any other direction. The
advance was made on 12th July, and the
brigade narrowly escaped—one squadron
cut its way through—a few being taken
prisoners. According to previous orders,
the cavalry was then all massed on the
left of General Lee -» line of battle, to the
west of Hagerstowi. Lee's right was then
three milles below "Falling Waters." With
this line of battle, we awaited the enemy's
attack for two days. Orders were given to
retire during the night of 18th, the cavalry
leaving pickets on tbe line, and not cross-ing
the river till next morning. The other
cavalry brigades were drawn off in the af
ternoon, and Robertson's left to keep up
the line of sharpshooters till dark and then
leave pickets. About sunset, when all the
reserve (other br gades) had been drawn
off, two squadrons of the 1st Vermont (the
same who had met us at Hagerstown)
charged towards the woods, which had
served as our cover during the day, but our
dismounted sharpshooters kept their
ground and received the squadrons with a
deadly fire. But one company came up to
the charge, of which the captain, (who had
been in command of the squadrons,) was
taken prisoner, with many others. Many
must havo been wounded. None of the
troops of the brigade have been engaged
since. It re-crossed the Potomac next day.
We are now holding Anhby's Gap to prevent
any movements to our flank or roar from
tho east side of the Blue Ridgo. An idea
of tho condition of the brigade now, as com-pared
with what it was at the commence-ment
of the advanco, may be briefly stated
in numbers as follows: Before tho first
battle of Middleburg,there were seventy
four officers and twelve hundred and twenty
men for duty—mounted. To-day there
aro for duty, in all—including dismounted
men—but forty one officers aud four hun-dred
and fifty enlisted men.
From the Louisville Democrat.
How Morgan Got Three Hundred Horses.
John Morgan is as good at playing a joke
sometimes as he is at horse-stealing, and
tbe following incident will prove that on
this occasion ho did a littlo of both at the
same time : During his celebrated tour
through Indiana he, with about tbreo hun-dred
and fifty guerillas, took occasion to
pay a visit to a little town hard by while
the main body were "marching on." Dash-ing
suddenly into the littlo "burg," he
found about three hundred home guards,
each having a good horse tied to the fences
—the men Btandingabout in gioups awaits
ing orders from their aged captain, who
looked as if he had seen tbe shady side ot
homo sixty years. The Hoosier boys look-ed
at the men with astonishment, while
the captain went up to one of the party
and asked :
"Whose company is this ?"
"Wolford's cavalry," said the reb.
"What, Kentucky boys! We're glad to
see you, boye. Whar's Wolford?"
"There he sits, said a ragged, rough reb-el,
pointing to Morgan who was sitting
sideways upon his burse.
The captain walked up to Wolford (a»
he and all thought) and saluted him :
"Captain, how are you ?"
"Bully '. How aro you ? What are you
going to do with all these men and horses?"
Morgan looked about.
"Well you see that damned horse thiev-iog
John Morgan is in this part of country
with a pasel of cut throats and thieves, and
between you and I. if ho comes up this way
captain, we'll give him tho best we've
got in the shop."
"lie's hard to catch, we've been after
him lor fourteen days and can't see him at
all," said Morgan good humoredly.
"Ef our hosses would stand fire we'd be
all light."
"Won't they 6tand ?"
"No, Captain Wolford; Bpose while
you're rostin' you and your com-pany
put your saddles on our hoi see
and go through a little evolution or two, by
way of a lesson to our boys. I am told you
are a boss on tho drill."
And the only man that Morgan is afraid of
Wolford (as it were), alighted anil ordered,
"hisboyb"to dismount, as he wanted to
show tlie Jloosier boys how to give Morgan
a warm reception should bechance to pay
them a visit. This delighted the hoosiet
boys, so they went to work and assisted
the men to tie their old weary, worn out
bones to tbe fences, and place their sad
dies upon the backs ot their fresh horses,
which was soon done, and the men were in
their saddles drawn up in line and ready '
for the word. The boys were highly ela-ted
at the idea of having their "pet horses "
trained for them by Wolford and his men,
and moro so to think that they would
stand firo ever afterwards.
The old captain advanced, and walking;
op to Wolford, (aa he thought,) said :
"Captain, are yon all right now ?" "Wol-ford
rode np one side of tho column and
down the other, when be moved to the
front took off his hat, paused and said,
'■Sow, captain, 1 am ready ; if you and
your gallant men wish to witness any evo-lution
which yon perhaps havo never seen
form a lino on each side of tho road, and
watch us closely as we pass." The captain
did as he was directed. A lot of ladies
were present on occasion, and all was si-lent
as a maiden's sight.
"Are you ready f"
"All right, Wolford," shouted the cap.
tain.
"Forward !" shouted Morgan, as ^he
whole column rushed through the crowd
with lightning speed, amid the shouts and
huzzas of every one present—some leading
a horse or two as they went, leaving their
frail tenements of horse flesh tied to the
fences, to bo provided for by the citizens.
It soon became whispered about that it
was John Morgan and bis gang, and there
is not a man in the town who will own
up, that be was gulled out of a horse. Tno
company disbanded that night, though the
captain holds the horses as prisoners of
war, and awaits an exchange.
A Gem from Bishop Heber.
The following beautiful and forcible il-lustration
occurs in a sermon of Bishop
Heber, delivered on the eve of his depart-ure
for India, to his parishopers at Hod-net
:
"Life bears on like a stream ot a mighty
river. Our boat, at first glides gently
down the narrow channel, through tho
playful murmurings of the little brook,
and the windings of its grassy border —
The trees shed their blossoms over our
young heads; tho flowers on tho brink seem
to offer themselves to our young bands; we
are happy in hope, and wo grasp eagerly
at tho beauties around us ; but tho stream
hurries us on, and still our handsaro empty.
"Our course in youth and manhood is
along a wider and deeper flood, and amid
objects moro striking and magnificent —
We are animated by the moving picture
of enjoyment and industry which passes
before us, wo are excited by son.o short-lived
success, or depressed and rendered
miserable by some equally short lived dis-appointment.
But t-ur energy and our
dependanco aro both in vain. Tho stream
bears us on, and our joys and our griefs
alike are ltft behind us; we may be ship-wrecked,
but we cannot anchor ; our voy
age may be hastened but it cannot be de-layed;
whether rough or smooth, the river
hastens toward its home, till tho roaring
of the ocean is in our ears, and tho tossing
of its waves is beneath our keel, and the
lands lessen from our eyes, and tbe floods
are lifted up around us, and earth loses
sight of us, and we take our last leave of
earth and its inhabitants, and of our fur-ther
voyage there is no witness but the In
definite and Eternal.
"And do we still take so much anxious
thought for tbe future days, when the
days which aro gone by havo so strangely
and uniformly deceived us? Can we still
so sot our hearts on tho creatures of God,
when we find, by sad experience, that the
Creator only is permanent/ Or shall we
not rather lay aside every s\n which doe-»
most easily beset us, and think of oursel.
ves henceforth as wayfaring persons or.ly,
who have no abiding inheriianco but in the
hope of a better world, ar.d to whom even
that world would be worse than hopeless,
if it were not for our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the interest which we have obtained
in his mercies ?"
For the Patriot.
Republicanism
MESSRS EDITORS : While many appear
and others assert that they aro tired of a
Republican form of Government, and are
sighing for a limited monarchy like that of
England, every day's experience prove*
the farther tho Government is removed
from the direct control of tho people, tho
worse it becomes and the more hopeless our
cause.
Had our Senators in tho old Government
been elected alternatively every two years
by a direct vote of tho people- as woro rep.
rcsontatives of the different States, Itrhink
it is susceptible of plenary proof that tbe
Government never could have been sub-verted
and overturned by small sectional
factions as has been the case.
When Nathaniel Macon, the president
of tho Conventioc called to amend tho Con-stitution
of tbe Ssato in 1635, voted against
the Constitution as amended by the Con-vention,
ho assigned as H reason for so
doing that it did away with annual elec-tions.
When we do'away, said ho, with
annual elections, we have taken one great
step toward monarchy. Now that our
people for some time past have been virtu-ally
excluded from the ballot-box, who is
so blind as not to see and feel the force of
tho remarks of this old , republican sages F
VOX POPLLI.
I leorge Allen, _
^H Greensborough, H. *-.
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500 •• Colored Ditto for Negro Clothing.
600 " Factory and Country Plaids.
200 " Grey Cassimere.
BOO Bunches Cotton Yarn No. 1 10 14.
800 lbs Copperas.
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Written for the Pa.riot.
To
Gently on the wings of evening.
When the ■olenn day la doting,
When the nun ia throwing ehadowf
And clasping night in in embrace*.
Tis then I think of thee.
When inth# orowdedhall of pleasure.
When in the mourner't bower.
When seeking after earthly treasure ;
Or*hovering o'er some lonely flower,
"Tie then 1 think ot the*. %
When in stillness I encumber
Nmught on earth save my own thoughts,
Tis sweet to think of ihee my dearest;
And at that hour I often whisper,
Tis sure I think of thee.
When all is hushed in quiet slumbers.
When naught but death and ,'at knew reign*.
When sleep but bids me call in vain—
Then breaking in the silent stilnee*.
Comes the thoughts of thee
In this silent holy reverie.
Spirits' tones are ofen breathing
In my soul the heart'* own music.
Thoughts 01 one I love so dearly,
And then I pray for thae.
1 pray that God may shield you deereat.
And that his love may fill your heart,
And that his watchful power may guide you.
And from jou never to depart,
'Tis then 1 pray for thee.
When on the battle field tbou goeth,
'Mid deafening sounds of horrid war
I pray that God may always guide yon.
And shield my deare"t—even there.
And thus I pray for thee.
1 pray th»t peace that quick restorer ;
Of happy hearts, and happy homes.
May quickly come and bid u* welcome.
To scenes of turmer happiness—
And that I pray for all.
L. Missis
Rtidtrillt, -V. C.
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Correspondence of the Patriot.
.IFTlhi A SHORT X.1P, OL'R CORRF.SPOSD-b\
T W.IKES I T TO JU9 IMPUKT.iS'T
FACT.
TAYLORSVILLC, VA., August 4.
MESSRS. KDITORS:—I bare not written
lately ior two of tho best reasons in the
world :—firstly, a total want of time to
write, and secondly a total want of some,
thing about which to write.
Even now there are no items for mo to
spread before your readers, more then the
fact that Cooke's Brigade is atill near'
Taylorsville on the South Anna River;
that the Yankees, since their repulse a few
weeks ago (of which I gave you' the par-ticulars)
have come no more to the breach,
and, consequently, ihe bridges (of which
there are an endless number) across the
North and South Anna, the Little and Pa-munkey
rivers, are unimpaired; tbe rail-roads
unmolested, and no one at all uneasy,
but everybody perfectly satisfied that at
least so long as they remain as they now
are nothing serious will occur.
For the past two weeks trains from
Staunton have been freighted with tboso of
tho wounded in tho Gettysburg battlco,
who escaped before our army was repulsed.
An average of 300 have passed down tli s
road every evening for tbe last two weeks.
Many others are being sent to Lynchburg.
When wo recollect that these aro only the
slightly wounded, and that thousands of
others wore left on tho aeld and in the
temporary Hospitals around Gettysburg in
tho hands of tbe enemy, wo aro enabled to
form some idea of the terrible sufTcring of
our bravo troops in tbose sanguinary bati
tics. Two thirds, if not more, of all tbe
wounded who have passed on this road to
Richmond aro North Carolinians. From
Homo of these I bavo learned many touch-ing
incidonts of the part taken by H. O.
soldiers in tho Gettysburg battles that 1
would be glad, had 1 tho time, to mention
in this letter. Suffice it to say that they,
and many intelligent soldiers from other
States with whom I havo conversed, are
satisfied that tho N.C. Troops, not only in
tho Gettysburg battles, but in fact iuring
the whole war, havo been treated with
gross and intentional wrong. Said a Loui
isianian tomo day before yesterday, "1 have
known some of your N. 0. Brigades to
fight day after day without being relievod,
and, without any support, to dri^o the
enemy before thorn, taking thousands of
prisoners, the honor of which achievements
in the accounts published by the leading
papers would bo ascribed to troops, who
were not in tbe engagement." An instance
of this kind is given in the battlos of Sovon
Pines, where tho 9th Virginia Regiment ia
Baid to havo run like frightened sheep, for
which cowardly act, the lamented Petti-grew
could hardly restrain his old "Regi-ment,
the2L'nL' North Carolina, from open-ing
on tho recreant Virginians ins:ead of
the Yankees. Yet, in tho accounts of thi«
battlo published by Richmond papers,
Virginians were lauded to tbe sjtiea,
while not a word was said of the North
Carolinians who drove tho Yankees from a
serieB of tho strongest batteries and breast-works,
ever charged on by any soldiery,
and Gen. Pettigrcw was spoken of as a
South Carolina General, leaving the infer-ence
that his Brigade was from the same
State.
Thenamoof'i-n Reader, which, when
tho truo history of this war is written, will
figure as conspicuously as that of ai.y offi-cer
in the Confederate army, baa not re-ceived
at Richmond the mention that baa
been given to one of Pickett's Corporals.
And yet Gen Pender, was always at his
post, even when so badly wounded that he
was warned by Dr. Jobnaon that mortifi-cation
might ensue. He was the trusted
officer of A- P. Hill, but his achievements
stand unmentioned in the record, or. as in
many instances is tbe case, havo built up a
reputation for others who naable to
do anything within themselves ore content
to wear the laurels that should decorate