Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-12-13
Aueus,a and il Surrounding.

Capital % our Sesc, % uoSu. "
found every thing upon "var ioo,ise. =
mot that martial Jlsv bee supsssdsd the
evil. or tina, the enemy are expected. no,
thi..-bat the tramp Of the War horse; the
sound Of the busls; the stirring notss Of
the band, Pealins firth it. national airs
the waving of Gage. and the acres Of white
tents. spread out upon both sidcs OF the
riv-r--sll reuisd one ,ha, We are In The
miSs, Of wsr. At"
The Rseiusu, Of Cavalry 10 % splendid
corp. cf men. Throssh the poli'sne.s Of
Col. Goddard and Major S,o~ell. ne visited
their campo upon the esp',ol erosDd'. They
are made much more soAsfortAhle than ~s
Supposed they could Be- AZ this 'nclemeu,
season u the year. The tents oil hsv. sub
stAnasl aoors. bail, up some loot and hall
from the ground. IN circular form; over
thee dosrs ere stretched canvass coverings.
s,rOpg and substantial cloth Manufactured
for che purpose. in the centre 10 small
stove. and funnel running ur fron the
sane in the centre 10 the top. servcs
Tor tsnt pole. Around these stoves the
men can SIT by day and lis by night. For
tho horse. have been built long sheds. into
which they are pu, in rows. abos, - thick
as they can stand S.ncs the e"csmrmen'
va. formed. several hOr-es have died from
kicks aud colds. Although asa general
thug they are good ela's Of horsss ye,
in parch.s,u. 90 many, q Few unfit animal.
have been ralmed OF upon the Govern.
pent buyers. This regiment . fast rcr'
fesiins itsslf in dseiplipc. In the fore
noon they have comr.ny dr'll' IN the nf'er'
noon drc.s parade o! the regiment. The
Ofssers. ~ Ear n. we could lesro. Arc popa'
lar with the men MAJOR Sio~sli prove
himself al b. irisnd. prelietsd-an able.
popular and ,fhei-n, ohccr
I, turn. out that about thirtesn or four
tsen hundred men have becn ENLISTED ior
Col. Do~'. Regiment, "a much larger nun
hsr than IL take. 10 make M Regiment
The .urplu. men will have 10 ~ into other
re,insnt.. Abou, 100 ven, ever into Col
MeCiu.ky'. eommsnd, the day We were
there. Capt. Grover. with bis uen FROM
Albany, Bethel, and other northern towns,
wen, to Augusta. Thursday. Capt. Noye..
u Norway. and his se,en,y'ope men. We
found quar,cred for the time beng. IN the
upper lot, Q, the large arsenal building
3oth be and his men were in sIcellsn,
spirits. A. company they Sill make a
hns ela.- % .o'ler.. The fourt~~n,h and
snccn,h reeim-u.. under Coils. Sicker,on
and McClu.ssy. ar in quarter 90 the pub
lic grounds, Recruits TO 81 up these R-si-
men,- are coming IN daily, aud they wall
.,ou ~ full
Name IA. done nohly She nov has her
quota q men already enlisted. and can ralsc
a. many more It Il become. necessary.
Calling up,n Gov. w.hhdrn, we found
h,m harI at ~ors a, The Capitol. We uu
der.tard he IA. devoted hi. whole time to
The work. since the State was eAllNi upun
i,r troops. Aljuan, General Ilodcion .
winning golden oriniun' from all connected
with our military operations. His lasor'
have hen and .;ili are great. and Ne has for
mouth. been found N NJ. osc- day and
ri-ht. attending TO the vsrious raatier- con
nec,ei with h.. department.
TIE Ro,unda % the State House has all
the pAruphsrnalA Of the camp. All 10
hustle Ab0u, Il, The soldier. are generally
healthy. although there !. some sickness
cor.equcn, upon the exposure. attending
change 10 habits AMI diet. The measles
have broken gu, ia the Cavalry Regiment,
aud Of course will have their "run." We
me, Camp Meeting John" tEsv. John
Allen. } n, the Augusta iious,. lie !. 10 he
the Chaplain Of Dow. Regiment 81.
though be Ia. .een his three score years. We,
be !. bale and hearty a. ever. lie is full Of
patriotism AMI sght.-a man something
after she Brownlow stamp lie Gao
preach. pray, or hSh,, just As Circumstances
require. lei. JOS, the man cor the place.
ard will certainly be popular With the 'ol-
diers. We iouud Lieut.. Col. Ra-t Of the
l3,h. hard AZ work organizing nj. Reg
meut. in the absence Of Col. Dow. When
thee several regiment. will leave for the
.-ai % war. we are unable % state.