Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-07-04

y Whens<he lndis1apo1s p1Pers said that
Gen. Mcclellan remarked after the Grand
Review that our discipline exceeded any
thing he had seenhn Okso. Ifhoaghb seme
matter.of-course compliment from tho Gen.
eral had received manifold additions. but
since seeing troops from the two States to-
gether do not doubt the verscity Of the
press. ga p - 'ssd
! There has nothing occurred here Of spe.
cial importance since the capture Of the
place from the rebels. An attack has
been anticipated several times. but the enc.
my have wisely concluded to let us alone.
w. Il. H. M.
.a'a-aos {, = ~ 'ls June 2sd. 1861.
DEAR REruBIIcAs:: The enclosed letter.
directed to yourself, l had written as per
date. when series of incidents occurred
which rendered it impossible for me to
proceed forther until now. % tsd
= On Tuesday last. Lieut. j. c. b. Su-
man. of our Company. started out on a
scouting expedition, taking with. him Cor
poral Goodwin and Private Brown, also
Of this compsny.@-a German named John
Neff. Belonging to the Fl. Wayne Com
psny, and three others. They had rather
an exciting time of it. narrowly escaping
. capture; in fact. the German. who. con
trary to orders. showed himself in the road
was taken. after severe struggle. in which
he broke the jaw of one man and the ribs
OF another. He had served in the Crimea
and was very expert in the of the bay
onet. The same day three Ohio scouts
were surprised in On ambush. and one OF
them was killed. 1t was at first supposed
that two were slain. but the other man
broke through the line. left his horse and
came back to camp on foot by circuitous
route. Lieut.. Suman succeeded in captur-
ing Lieut.. Col. Thompson Of the secession
srmy. and sent him into camp by Corpo-
raj Goodwin and Private Brown. They
found him in corn-feld in citizens dress,
hebeing on visit home during the confne-
ment of his wife. II he is released on
simply taking the oath Of allegiance you
may bet high that no more prisoners will
be taken. but woe be to the secessionis,
who comes in range Of our rifles. zee g
When the prisoner was brought into
camp it was known that the secessionists
were aware Of his capture. and it was fear.
ed they would attempt to take the scouts
not yet returned. An expedition compos.
ed Of Capt. Cameron's. Capt. Moody's and
portions Of other Companies were fitted
out for their relief. and wo started We'd
nesday at 2 o'clock and marched about lt
miles. An unsuccessful attempt was made
to draw the cavalry of the enemy into ar
ambush. We drove in their pickets. went
SO near their camp that we could hear the
drums beating and the oaths of the off
GERS who were trying to rally their men
but as they numbered about ten to one we
TO use the language Of the Indiana 81 IL
reference to he Buena Vista affair. "didn'
run, but done some darned tall walking
in the Other direction. We got back t.
camp at four o'clock. making the marci
Of 80 miles in, fourteen hours, including
three hours which we laid in ambush. .,g
An old lady with secession proclivitie
ssys that We are the greatest set of fellow
she ever saw.-that we march al day AM
oil night. and when we stop so'to dsncin,
and singing. The boys stand this "rongI
and tumble" way of living remarkabl,
we'll. You have no idea Of the amount O
Exposure they endure without injurin,
them in the least. They have their owl
sport sometimes. generally at the expens
Of some one who is considered too partic
plar. One fellow in our Regiment is al
ways Boosting of his prowess. but. whe
the test comes is found missing. He ha
excited the contempt Of his comrades. an
numberlcss are the ways in which the
torture him. A few nights since Will
walking after tssto. he was greeted with
shower of fat bacon Complaint to tn
Captain does no good. The offender csnno
be found. 4i'1s'" % isas
Il We think that we have the most ga
and festive" Coloael in the service, H
instructs his scouts. ifthey arsIstopped b
the encmy's pickcts with '"Who come
there?" to reply: "a friend Of the Unior
1.-THE Constitution and the enforcement. 4
fthe Laws; who the hell sTs you, STRIP
There il not q brsver man IN the arm
than Col. Miiroy. and he has infused
spirit into his Regiment that IN time of a
} ktion will render them ,inviucibIc. -
J. With the exception, of the osths. Il
!, PIemsrk alluded 10 in tho following extra
/. from the Cincinnati GGzens, was made, n,
by "a certsi6 Indiana gsptsin." but I
s Private William Jewell, of Company
. 1t was considered too good. suppose,
!. emanatc from so undistingushed . sour
: as Q Private:---n sseyiosdnA lo a'io3 SD