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ents have failed to do proper justice to the Second Palmetto Regiment, under Col. Kershaw, I trust you will permit me to say a few words in reference to the part it ponham's Brigade, about three miles below the Stone Bridge. About 12 o'clock Col. Kershaw, with Col. Cash, (8th S. C. Regiment,) were ordered to repair to the battle-uth Carolina Regiments and Preston's Virginia Regiment, all under command of Col. Kershaw. Riding to the front and right of his own regiment, Col Kershaw inquired ofKershaw inquired of his men if they would follow him. Replying in the affirmative, he gave the order to charge, and with a shout they arose and broke the enemy's line. So sudden did w when they were fired into by the Butler Guards, the right flanking company of Kershaw's Regiment, whose trusty Enfield rifles made many of them bite the dust. The from the Second Regiment. The enemy were pursued by the brigade under Colonel Kershaw to within a short distance of Centreville, capturing a great number of pie
Capt. Charles H. Axson, who was killed recently by Arthur E. Davis, was a son of Judge Axson, of Charleston, S. C. His friends deeply mourn his untimely end. One of the captured federal Lieutenants says that nearly all the West Point graduates of last June were in the Manassas fight, and nearly all killed. The New York Herald says Napoleon had his Grouchy, and by him lost Waterloo; and Scott had his Patterson, to whom he owes the defeat at Bull Run. General Whiting, it is said, assumes the command of the lamented General Bee's brigade. Dr. George Padelford, of Savannah, a member of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, died recently at Capon Springs, after a severe illness. John L. Harris is endeavoring to organize a great company in Georgia, to be called "The Friends of Bartow." John Underwood, a recreant Virginia, has been confirmed as Fifth Auditor of the Federal Treasury. Capt. Burwell Boykin, an old resident of Kershaw District, S. C., died recently.