Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-07-08
coaRrsroser or rna DEMOCRAT.


~ N"hAtN juno sJs lU#U.
DEAR JoNEs--I have forborne writing
because have nothing TO write about, ex.
cePt to iHdie a philippe against the "iner.
tia and spifitess conduct Of our masters
here. To such strain, you know, an
entirely unaccuslomcd, and would gladly
avoid but the hopes Of our gallant men
have been 70 often disappointed, and their
high'spiriis so often damponed, that can
no longer forbear he expression OF some
Impotence at the "ingIorous ease In
which we have been permitted to repose
since our enlistment in the service Of our
ancient Uncle Sam. Here we have been
for three long, long weeks, at this hot sea.
son, and in this hot and unhealthy city,
We, a respectable portion Of the chvaIry oil
chivalric Mississippi, painting with patriotic
ardor and eager for the fray" anxiously
expecting every day for orders TO march,
and yet we seem to be no nearer the point
than when we first arrived We have seen
our brethren Of neighboring States march
ed before our eyes TO The scene Of war, and
from States much more remote than ours
land is ii wonderful that we are led 10 in.
quire for the cause Of detention, whilst
others are Fastening at least to "be in at the
dcath7'
why is It, sir, that we are tied down tn
this peaceful "indePendcnt" camp, to fight
mosquitoes and make charges upon booths,
whilst the Tennessee and Kentucky troops
are doing duty on the Rio Grandel /, a.
" high private" unskiIri in the policy of
camps, as well as in the n,rigues Of states
men, would not dare to express an opin-
opin, bit pere I, would say that this whole
affair has been bungled hugely. Here were
20 or 30 companies, whose servces were
rendered to his EyccIleacY, and yet the one
dH'e regiment called for from our high spri-
ted and chiva.fic State, was not fully or.
ganized unlHiasl Saturday, when weeks
atlorthr irsrcrmpany had mustered in
here. We have delayed so long that peace
js actually anticipated, and ehoud another
blow, before the consurmation OF that
event, be struck at Monterey, Mississippi
will no, be known there.
/ / presume You have learned, long ere
this, that Hon. JEFrsRsoy DAVIS has been
elected our Colonel, CO... A. K. McCLuHa,
our Lieutenant Colonel, and Gen. A. B.
BRADFORD, Major. Think these excellent
selections, although / did not give Them all
my support, and had other preferences
There is very general acquicscence in
the result
We have been remarkably healthy in
camp, when we consider the great and
sudden change in our mode of living, eli
mate, water, &c. There has been but one
death i'm our Rogiment-in the Lafayette
Company, Our situation here is much more
agreeable than at the barracks we occupied
in the city Our camp is situated in the
midst Of a pleasant grove, with the luxu
rious long moss drapery and on a level
plain, and our quarters as comfortable as
we could expect.
took a drive down the country on Sun.
day last, in company with the Rev. Mr..
N, Of Clinton, aud bcheld some of the glo.
rIes of the "Walnut IIjsn Nothing can
surpass the beauty of tee Magnolia groves
through which we passed. They were in
full bloom, and stood arrayed before us in
all al, Ytg s,,l IL ]
most glowing descriptions give them. Az
ter hearing most excellent sermon, one
of the finest of Mr.. NJ, who is well known
10 most Of your readers, we returned.
But | must close. "Tho Tattoo" signal |
for eXtIngushng our lights, is now beat.
ting, aud must yield to the inileXibility of
martial Usage.
Very truly, L. T.