The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-10-17

NEE valley, and ne mad been expectino
grandchildren Of those Ohio and Indiana
women whom be aod other Kentackiaos
went up to defend from the scaIpiuy
knife .ol the savage.to come down in turn
and defend the mountain girls Of Kentuck-
4 y from the worse than savages that had
10 cross their border. And 80 On, with
many an allusion to old scenes and local
ities that the Wal Of 1879 has made his.
made historical, and which the men from
/. Northsrn Ohio, who stood around knew
so well howl 10 appreciate Then he
came Dawn to kentucky, and passing ZoI-
licOtIer contemptuously, as only Tenn,
esses salt thief, who used to BE- thought
a respectable gentleman, bef re he had
fallen into evil ways, be poured out all
the yials Of his wrath in a terrible dsnun
citation Of the spy aud traitor Simon Boil
var Bucknsr.d ~ if u.ea lorst.d ..i'
b Then glorious old Dick Robinson came
out and with all the fullness Of his noble
Kentucky hospitality, took the whole
crowd Gu detachments) into the house,
aud entertained them With his best--re-
marking that two regiments Of the boys
}Were going away in the morning, and
those of them who are here mus MT 90
away without psssing such "last night"
as they would be sure TO remember. And
then Gen. Coombs introduced Col. Steed-
man to the audience as one of the boys be
bad been talking about, whose grandmoth.
er he had helped 10 defend. And Steed.
man, (vho is from the very region where
the kentuckians won their laurels in that
war; made another happy little 8 pecch,
that worked the Kentuckians and Tennes.
seeans up to the highest pitch of enthusi-
asm Then came Col. Connsll OF the
Seventeenth Ohio, in similar strain, con
fcluding with the promise ttat Colonel
Bird (oilhe FRS. Tennessee should soon
be taken back to his new wife; whereat
the TenDesseeans waxed uproarious;y ju-
IbiIapt. or Course Col. Bird then must
speak. The Col. had been married 10
young and. beautiful bride bu. ten DAYS
before he was compelled to leave with the
rest Of the exile troops, 10 escape Zolicof.
fer's advance. He could tell something of
Tennessee endurance, and of I. nnessee
wishes. After Col Bird came number
tof others. whom the crowd persisted in
calling out; and Quertermaster Honk,
Major Shelley, Private Phillips and Capt.
l Jackson Of the First Tennessee. and Ma.
jor Dobyns and Col. Brsmlette Of Ken.
lucky regiments, were successfully bro't
upon the stand; the whole performance
winding up with the few words the crowd
insisted on having from Camp Dick
} Rot insou, "as they called him, aud with
the good humored advice from General
Combs that the boys all go home and 60
to bed that they might not miss "Ieveille"
: in the morning. 81 l.
\ The whole affair developed state of
most cordial and atfectioua'e good feeling
j among the Northern and Southern troops
that might have been known, but was
scarcely appreciated to the full before
! 1t was worth all the effort these Ohio of.
6cers aud troops have made in Fastening
their organizations and hurrying down
here, to see the proud qualification of the
KentuckiaDs, I'd to see the light kindle
in the eyes of the exiles, as they were
told that it would not be long til the vic,
iorous armv should restore them to their
homes, and again unfurl the banner of
constitutional government over the once
free country where the cruelist Of militia
ry despOtism now reigns. God grant that
the fatal lardiness of our Generals may
not give the lie tc these promises. which
Ohio and Indiana are SO ready 10 make
good TO the letter. ...
The "hero of the Gay" yesterday is Ger
tainly most remarkable man. In the
war of 1912 he served as a captain of
Kentucky Volunteers, vas severely woun-
ded once or twice. and underwent innu-
merable hardships in leading his gallant
command through the lndian.haunted
wilderness Of Northwestern Ohio. To-
day, fifty years alter those labors and ex.
posurcs, that Kentucky captain looks as
fresh and vigorous as if he were only in
the prime Of life. Were 1t not a matter
Of history, no man who looks at his stall
wsrt form and CROW black hair, would say
. that Leslie Coombs was over forty-6ve
years Of age. He told the soldiers last
night that he was only boy yet. and
they begin to believe it. After travelling
all forenoon, addressing three OF four reg.
ments in succession in the afternoon, and
passing through all the enthusiastic ex.
,itemeht of The night, the boy OF seventy is
! already off this morning, fresh as ever, "to
talk to those gallant Tennessee fellows" "
No wonder that the soldier boys go wild
over him. ..
A couple ofregiments, the Seventeenth
Ohio and the Thir,y-Third lLdiana, are
, expected to move this morning. II is not
8 understood that their movement has any
connection with a general advance. They
are merely to look after a few troublesome
:. Secessionists.
One Is constantly being surprised al
the brains that he inds enlisted in this
war. have often been astouished al
s finding men whom had known moving
in the higher walks oflife- educated,
7 wealthy, and of The best position-equlp.
ped in the blue blouse and the fatigue
. cap, and carrying muskets in the ranks
I Readers of the Atlantic Monthly will mol
s fail 10 remember very remarkable poem
8 --"By the Dead"--that appeared in one
o of it's earlier numbers. t. d..
b The poem attracted unusual attention
3 attention at the time, and Oliver Wendell
7 Holmes did not hesitate to pronounce the
Il ontbor ,,one of the most promisinc vounO