A NEGRO SOLDIER.--"Personne," of the Charleston Courier, writing from Richmond, relates the following incident:
Coming here on the cars I had the pleasure of meeting a South Carolina gentleman, returning from duty at Centreville, on sick furlough, who was acccompanied by a rare specimen of a negro servant. This boy--who, by-the-bye, looks as if he was born in a blacksmith shop and hammered out on an anvil--distinguished himself during the occupaton by our army of the line of Mason's and Munson's Hills, by taking the place of his sick master and going out with the regiment (Winder's) whenever it was ordered upon duty. On these occasions, armed with a trusty rifle, with which he is an expert shot, he would stand up and face the Yankees with a pluck and determination that had no superior in the ranks. On picket twice he brought down his man, and always disdained the cover sought by others. As a reward for his bravery Big Tom bears a certificate, signed by the officers and members of the company, that he did all a brave soldier could do, and won the unqualified approbation of those who saw his fearless conduct.
