The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-12-30

Attentions Was directed 10 a smsll neat house
h<rd by. Hcldng a woman begging some
one 20 leave her hocse.I ha<tened 20 the
scene OF action asd found an officer aud sx
men Al the gate IN front Of the door. and one
man inside. oil belonging to Lsomis' tuusry:
eBqaired OF the one inside what he ~~- do
Lax there. lie ssid be VA placed on guard
there. I asked him where MS DC VS. and
what we're his ins,raetions. lie said hs
beat vas along the riyss bank. frensrked
that | had stood sentry some little. aud shai
IL Jeff ny beat. usdss any ordinary eircum-
s~t-nces. that I sas subject TO be seve, els pun
shed. that he had probably better 6sd hs-
I then spoke 20 the officer outside. stating
tina, should mosi certainly iry 10 I'D oul
his name. knowing that he belonged 10 the
company by the unllorm. b,k bat. brass bat.
tons sni drunk.n air. Well, the cone.
qusnce Ma. shes al Ten. tbs guard vs. IA.
ssn Of. aud Hene isss pat en IA hfs place. I
sa- told by TIE lady. lssr sue, ] beiiess her
- bs) that Il had been = eommon shng Tor
slem 10 p,ss along there. knock a. a door prd
ssk -oa,s s0vli.h question. set Inside. then
.tay q. long a. they pleasc. aud insnls the
,~slrie-- women - much a. they please
sss ~ sum up The Whole. There arc eight
- ten ts,uss along tas river here, and all
occupied by females whoso psoieciau are
ashtlng the b title. Of their cyuatfy. Nov
Joe. II no, Look hard that their families
should be ,n-ulied ln lhl. wa,i That onis,f
sho pat on the shim guard. might have been
!. senslem ~ at home. bat be We not a sen
usman there. Thlai !. the quoteut. aeeork
az 10 my ngufes.
hive Iua been reading 4 Toele efas on
. n the Claesnasti Cemmsrsisl. e. .a come Al
,sad on iuflough NJ ofeeuoasgle-hos he
ven, cunning With an eight dollar .hss gun,
klllei seven OF eight cotton t,Ils. seated him.
-elf on a moss covered log, drew hls meer'
+, .ehanm lighted Il. smoked Il, aud Icli better
While the smoke was esaporatlng lnto thing.
, that ~ere. he saw a squirrel la that romantic
place. suspended by he hlnd legs. III,
. thought Of sfuesd squirrel, fried squirrel, tak
q 81 squirrel aud s%9airrsi. slls eouldn't shvo
p tia lnnpceRt thing. but when be Thought o
- srelisd squirrel lopl she went. lie said a.
se-pcct,blc cook would talk OF slowed SPUR
, e. Nov viii bet the size Of ny pie
- shich /. just lhiry.one cents aud two posI
. .ge stamp. which Is more m 'ney than ! ave
n nd ill I listed. tina, his meerach ,um vs.
. ob pipe-that hs preferred opossum L
" .qairrel. aud that he was either a comlni.
10 .oned or non commissioned officer. WI
a. any bdy IKE the beti Ii he sa private
n | ask bis pardon. and say no h,i better 40
., waste too much time after squirrels an
b. psksry.
~ like TO read a letter like the one IN you
~ paper OF the 18th. ~ the Chaplain OF the 81,
Ia Indiana regiment. Such letters any on
"a; likes. They are plain. truthful, and unpr,
~ tending.
We Floyd. who. every one thought. hsd b
l. come Disguised with Western. va has. Il
vt said. made his second advent and i ON I'll
ho Sandy. about Louisa, and with jenkins. an
IA mis- butchers, will most likely cause son
&c trouble 70 our troops aud great uncasins.s
n the citizens of The 81 AL tswus from th
at place down toward Mayvile. I hope
re. cave this plsce in ten days for wheelin
then | also hope TO see Hoosier soon.
came near seeing IL a lev days ago. ! sa
on the wharf here. several casks OF BIC,
sides packed by Ewing az Tesre-Hsut
Ct looked very msunal. | thoaght I had IN
b. an old friend.
nj have heard IL said 10 DC n wise thing
In man to quit talking when he has Aothi.
ur more to ssy. So ! viii claim one wise act
nd thirty years. Yours.
a. W. 5. G