As this is this locality near which the command of Cols. Gregg and Kershaw are posted, all information from that point will be read with interest by their friends. A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, under date of the 27th, (Monday,) writes :
“Leaving our camp at Chimborazo heights early Saturday morning, we did not reach this place until yesterday evening. All along the route cheering crowds welcomed our coming, and fair hands showered boquets in copious profusion upon us. At Louisa C. H. the citizens provided us with an elegant supper with out any cost but three hearty cheers, which went up, I assure you, from grateful hearts. Many a swarthy son of Africa, leaning on the handle of his hoe, waved his sinewy arms to heaven, as if invoicing God’s blessing upon the labors of those who are determined to stop the march of those who would desecrate our hallowed soil, and take from the humble negro the dearest right he possesses—that of having a kind and able protector in the person of his master.
“There are a large number of troops encamped here at present, embracing the two South Carolina regiments ; another regiment under Col. Preston, arrived this evening.
“The whole camp was thrown into great excitement this morning by the report that the advance guard of the federal forces were at Fairfax Court House, about fifteen miles distant. The wild shouts of success to their arms which went up to the heavens, as regiment after regiment formed its solid columns into the line, surpassed anything I ever heard in my whole life.
A correspondent of the Lynchburg Virginian writes :
“Brigadier-General M. L. Bonham, of the Confederate army, is in command of all the forces here, and looks and acts every inch the soldier.”
The Petersburg Express, speaking of the difficulty of receiving news from that point says :
“Inquiry in certain quarters satisfies us that the transmission of intelligence of every kind from the various military posts had been interdicted by the Government. It is no doubt for the public weal that such restrictions have been placed on the press, and we feel assured that our readers will cheerfully submit to the prohibition. If by silence on our part we can further the cause of the South, we shall willingly acquiesce in any regulation the authorities may establish.”
Keowee Courier, Pickens Court House, SC