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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
Camp Correspondence.

We make the following extracts from
private letter from Private Wm. Hobbs
Ito friend 9th Virginia Reg, under Col
Zeigler. Mr.. Hobbs is from Mincra
Ridge. He was among the first to enlis
in the three months service, and immedi
ately after his term of enlistment had ex
pired, re-cnIisted for three years.
The letter Is dated at Camp Pierpont
Ceredo, Va, Nov. Is, 81.
Often when at my post, in storm anC
rain, imagination carries me back to tht
iresiie circle. and reminds me of the hap.
py hours that l have spent there, auC
which [ hope to see again. Soldering i
not quite SO pleasant now as it was lqs
summer; then it Inattered not where We
laid or slept, but We are little more par
ticular now winter is coming on. and h,
has already began to mike himself felt ii
/ Ceredo; but we are well clothed and gel
plenty to eat, and. on the whole we ar,
getting along first-rate. l suppose yoJ
have heard Of the capture of GuyardottC
by the rebels 1t was last week on Sun
day night that the rebels attacked cur troop.
at Guyandotte. which is nut 10 miles fron
here. This was their destination. but they
heard that there was 1000 stand Of arm.
there, and only l60 men, and there they
went. They were 1900 strong. and all
cavalry. and took cur troops completely
! by surprise, some of t, IN being in church
at the time They fought them as long as
they could. but IG0 men are no match for
1900, and great many of them We're tax
en- prisoners before they could get theiI
guns. The citizens Of the town, who are
. secessionists. even fired upon our TROOPS
from the windows Of their houses. and the
poor fellows were surrounded IN all sides
by enemies. About 80 Of them escaped.
and the rest of them were killed or taken
/ prisoners. Early next morning. 100 of us
went up on steambort and set fire to the
town. the citizens hung cut flags Of truce
and Union flags, and thought to fool Us that
way, but that dodge would not take, and
they had to suffer for firing on our troops
the night before. The rebel cavalry lef;
the town as soon as they saw US coming up
the river, and carried their dead and wound
ed with them, and 400 Enfield rifles they
had captured there. We only staid hall
an hour, but when We came away the town
was all in one sheet of flme. We brought
away c dead bodies, 2 Of then secesh, that
were left behind in the hurry to get away.
One Of them was rebel captain who want
ed me to JOIN his company, up the Kanaw-
ha, last spring, but knew a trick worth
two of that We have had a very busy
time, this last week; several nights wC
have stood under arms, and about the timC
We get to sleep We are sure to get rallied
l don know why they don't reinforce US
or at least keep cur whole regiment sta
toned here The rebels have threatened
to attack US. and when they come it viii
be in fore. We have been busy building
a breastwoId, this last week, and We car
hold theplace against times our number
And if Jenkins cavalry should attempt to
take Ceredo, now, we will welcome them
to their graves.
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WHOLE no. 1855.

foolish shoe out as far as possible into
the form it ought at first to have had
Even the distorted foot, after the shoe.
maker has done his worst, will often tread
over the leather of the inner SIDE of the
boot heel, because of a natural effort of the
foot-hecl to bring itself into some approach
to the right line with the great toe.
In a properly made shoe, then, the great
toe and the heel have their right relative
places furnished for them. And since they
are to be in line together, 1t must follow
that if well made pair of boots be placed
side Ly side 50 that their heels touch, their
sides also will touch through the whole
space in front Of the instep from the place
Of the ball Of the great toe to the very end
Of it. They viii diverge only at the rounded
ends. where the great toes round off into
the little ones, along whose line, and no
where else, any possible pointing of the
shape of the boot sole can be got.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
THE BLUNDERBUSs.
fTO SHOOT FoEEY.3
TIE EDITOR GOETU TO CHURCH.
Skiafnt's PRAYER.

Being at church, as usual, few Sun
days ago, I was politely offered seat in
the richly and softly cushioned pew of my
wealthy nciehbor, Skinhint.
MIr. S. is 4 leading member, and seemed
very devout, as he always does on Sucday.
With book in hand, he was repeating. with
the rest Of the congregation, that model
prayer, commencing. "Our Father who art
in Heaven. when he read the passage,
Forgive US our debts. as We forgive our
debtors" an audible Amen escaped the
lips Of my rious neighbor, which directed
my attention more closely to the meaning
Of the prayer
Surely nay neighbor was not thinking Of
its Furport, when he breathed that Gamer" /"
where or when had hccyor forgiven a "debt-
or" single farthiDg. that he should set
himself up as an example of clcmcncy and
ask to be forgiven only as lie had been for
giving? Who was the victim he had ever
forgiven a debt to whilst penny could be
wrung from him? Certainly such an oc-
cuTence was not known in the community
where he lived; his claims must be paid,
no matter at what sacrifice to the debtor.
What cared he, whether wife or children
went to bed suPperless and got up break
fastless, that was not his business; his
motto was, III have my o,rR what e'er
it b" and he generally got it, for Mat vas
his business. But, l, after mature delib-
GRAFTON, concluded to put in a counter Pc
tition, and exclaimed loud enough to be
heard half way across the church, "God
torJ!d" l was aroused from the reyerie
into which l had fallen, by the congrega-
ton turning in their seats and staring di-
rectly at me.
1t was no5 long, however, Lefore The
minister resumed his discourse. The con-
gregation settled into their original position,
and l was thinking how many prayers are
made to be heard of men," How often
do men pray. when in reality, they know
not what they say" nor do. Now. for the
benefit Of my neighbor, and perhaps others,
l viii propose an amendment to that sub
lime petition. 1t is mere addition Of two
words, viz: Forgive Us our debts, as We
ought to forgive our debtors" l think
this will relieve all such Of a great amount
Of Inconsistency, ard will be such a prayer
as they can from the very bottom Of their
hearts, respond amen to.
Consistency is jewel, . even in rclig-
ioa, AMI I trust the fathers" viii see to
it that my amendment IS adopted.
The original model seems to have been
prepared under the Impression that all who
prayed were those who dealt justly, loved
marcy" &c, Sc. but in this age of progress
and pccuniary piety. when many are re,ig
ioa5 because it VIII pay" and religious
only On Sunday, and not over scrupulous
that Justice and Equity should always
have their due influence in their everyday.
transactions, it IS highly important that
the proposed addition should be made.
I;would act Ike oil on the troubled wa
ters Ofneighbog's conscicn.e.
1t is true, it might not altogether har-
monize MS practice ard his prayers, but
j. would o57iatc the inccngruity That now
exists
WARREN, o
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
From the 18th Regiment.
LoRDs1owN, OHIo
CAMP JENKINS, NEAR LOUISVILLE, J
Thanksgiving Day, 1861. {

CAMP JENKINS, NEAR LOUISVILLE,
Thanksgiving Day, 1861.
Nessrs. Edltors Your many reader;
are undoubtedly anxious (as self interest
naturally prompts YOU to know the posi-
ton and points of compass Occupied by the
Ohio boys. whose lot it may be to play as
important part in this wild drama as ANY
others.
Five miles below Louisville. on the road
to Bowling Green. you viii find the encamp
ment of the Nineteenth posted on slight
elevation of sandy land. that tonight over
looks the neighbor camp fires of the forty
first, ffty-frst and twenty-fourth Ohio
boys. seeming very much as though We
were in Ohio. Opposite our camp on the
east, at the distance of sixty rods, is Gen'l
Nelson's Brigade, which arrived on Monday
night Since that time there have arrived
not less than ten thousand troops, making
now quartered within five miles of Louis
ville fifteen thousand Regiments are
passing daily, and within three weeks,
am confident that not less than sixty thou
sand viii cook their rations in this neigh
borhood. The people of Louisville and
vicinity express the deepest respect in IA
vor of Union troops BY giving their money
and help to the rescue Of a noble State
from the jaws of rebellion They now see
that speedy response, while border States
are throwing aid in their path, is indispen-
sable to the preservation Of loyal homes
from a ruthless foe.
Two months since the city of Louisville
was nearly covered with the ashes of seces-
sion, but light breeze-just in time-fFom
the North, blew through her streets, and
men about to be gagged, we're backed by
authority from the hand Of justice, and
now no city either north or south represents
a stronger Union sentiment.
As We passed through the streets Of
Louisville, we were halted by the citizens
on the out skirts of the town. We stacked
arms and baskets Of provisions, nice ham
go Trla aEa 4Ftitf - go
f-s--- ne .-zrg f-1s--l -lz go --'-
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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
Feeding the Army.

The following figures show the amount
Of commissary stores which viii be con-
sumed in one month by the United States
army when brought up to the standard au-
thoriZed BY Congress, viz 100000 men.
II will be seen that the labors of the com
missary department are anything but triy-
ial. and that the cost Of feeding an army
is a somewhat serious item: II, 100000
pounds of pork, or lS,75Q,OoO pounds of
fresh beef l05.3S0 barrels Of -four; 3D.
800 bushels Of beans, or 100000 pounds
Of rice; 100000 pounds Of coffee; ,
100000 pounds of sugar; 10000 gallons
of vinegar; 225.000 pounds Of candles;
SOC, ,0O0 pounds Of soap; 1881 bushels Of
salt, and 6,G0O,0OO pounds Of potatoes.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
For the Chronicle
The Strangers Grave.
By MIS-. c. :. POWER:

Is
Where the rolling Mississippi
Drags its suien Ilde along,
Making music 10 the ocean,
Sweet as childhoods cradle-seng,
Where the noddiBg Tyrn-leayes whisper
Love tales, 10 the sloOpIng wave,
There nong tangled southern grasses,
Lies Strangers lUnely grave.
Not shrub or how'r is planted,
Not = stone to mark the SPOT,
But the winds low, solemn voices,
Breath a sweet -JOryet-Ele-Rot,'
No kind friend is near, 10 water
81 " ith their tears, Jne fragrant grass,
Or with gentle hand to scatter,
Floral offerings as .hey pass.
But the holy sunlight falleth,
Ia rich, golden tinted streams,
Lighting up that loueiy grave spot,
With Its rosy colsred Ueanls;
Chasing all the gloom and sadness
From that cunsecrat nOOS,
Answering back In tones OF glHdness,
TO the sigh OF running brook.
OKward sweeps the mighty river,
In Its passage TO the sea,
Laughing gaIiy, as the ZepAyrs
Toss Tie waves in careless glee,
Hseding not the solemn murmur,
Echoed from the yoieeiess shore,
Softly flow nor wake the dreamer,
From his quiet siumbers, more.
All above is sailing brightly,
all arognd the tir trees wave,
Lonely vigils keeplng nightly,
Ger the strangers naneless grave,
Aud the birds proud notes are swelling,
Through the sunny woodland dell,
While voice seerls upwvrd yelling,
Sleep sweetly; All IS well.
In the Mississippi valley.
Watered by It's many streams,
Shaded 10y Its ferns aRi mosses,
Bean IDEAL of lovers dreams,
Where the balmy southern brtezes,
Fling their kisses to the wave,
Sleeps my air-haire,i younger brother,
In a strangers lOHe.y yTaUe.
LoRDsTowN, OHIo
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11

WHAT Is GoISG TO HAPpEN-The Prov
ilence Journal is responsible for this good
one: IAN eruption Of Yankees is threat
ened at Beaufort The first those South
Darolinians viii know the town will be laid
out into cornor lots, Seward street crossing
Lincoln avenue and both bordering on
Cameron square. There viii be news
paper, and a patent medicine store, and
4 stcam ferry, and Henry Ward Beecher
viii BE announced to give lecture on the
relations Of freedom and slavery to civiliza-
lion.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11

'JIs So.-The Charleston Courier says:
Commodore Tatnall has set the men of
the South an example which they should
seek to initiate" which is, to meet the
enemy at the very threshold and drive him
baci or perish in the attempt" If Mr..
Tatnall ''parished in the attempt to drive
blek Dupont's expedition, the news has
not vet reached the North Our accounts
state that as soon as he saw the Wabash
in Port Royal harbor he ran up the creek
with his feet, and has not shown himself
since.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
A THANKSGIVING SERMON.
BRAcEvILLE. Nov. 29th, 1861.

BRACEvILLE. Nov. 29th, 1861.
REV. H. ?. HENDERSON: Dear Sir
The undersigned having been appointed {
committee for that purpose; DO most earn
estly request of you a copy, for publication
Of the sermon you preached on Thanks
giving day. Hoping you will checrfully
accede to our wishes. we remain,
Truly yours,
III INGRAHAM,
II. l.. OVIATT, Com.
THOS. MCKIBBIN.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
Z Deserved Compliment.

Great Injustice. says the 0sweg) Times.
has been done to the Secretary Of the Navy.
We must rccollect that when he took it in
charge, the Navy had become demoralized.
But few ships were in fighting condition.
Most Of our war vessels were rotting at The
docks, and the balance were scattered IN
distant seas. Numbers e the best officers
had resigned; others were tiHcturcd with
treason. la TACT, there was but little left
of the small but Effective navy which had
once bceu the pride Of Americans. Upon
Mr. Wclles dev9lved the duty cfrcconstruct-
ing this arm of the service let the man
ner in which lie has performed !, be aH an
swar to the saeers Of his aceuscrs. In the
short time that he has had he has put
afaat a Formidable fctilla Of wooden walls
well Iaanncdf-he has made the blockade
as effective as is possible to render it-and
he has commissioned the right sort Of men
to take command. lie may have made
some mistakes; no mortal man is wholly
excm7t from crcors, bat lie must be Judged
By raults. Future history viii 10 honor
10 Secretary Wellcs. Few men could have
accomplished so much in the same space Of
time; sc do not see how any nau could
have done more. let Secretary Wellcs
have the credit that is his due. Let him
be known as patriot, whose coly desire
has been to serve his country. aud who has
bent all his energies in that direction, with
out fear or favor,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
Washiagton a Northern Cilv.

Col. Forncy writes from Washington TO
the Philadelphia Press on the 22d:
In one of my letters more than q year
ago, predicted that Washington must be-
come a Northern city. Anticipating the
defeat of the Southern aristocracy, which,
while lordine over. had loaded down Wash
ingtou with its want Of progress AMI prin-
ciplc. l looked forward to tie day when
the daring. inventive, AMI original spirit Of
the free States would cone here and j.
trench its-!5-woulI lead in s9ci1ty, ne
chanics. manufacture, arys "-l sciences
TEcso aati:ipatica5 boF: been mjso Than
realized. The war, .cc-ipitatcd by the
mad measures Of the Southern traitors,
after hayir. Deen postponed by a Rcpujli-
can "-esilcnt, so far as he could cfIer con-
ciiliatioD, has already proved to be a great
blessing to the District Of Columbia.
\ torrent of Northern enterprise and in
vention has poured into the city. Shops
Of every description arc open along the
avenue, and in the ether business streets.
As to society, Northern gcnl,men and
Northern ladies' have supplantcd those
who have been the nonarchs Of the world
of fashion. The capitalists Of cur great
free cities are coming here. and. although
not vet establishing themselves in great
palaces, are undoubtedly preparing to
do so.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
BRAcEyILLE, Dee. Sd. 1861.

BRACEyILLE, Dec. Sd. 1861.
MEssRs |. H. INGBAHAM, NJ. L. OvIATT,
AND Ines MChBBIN.
Your note requesting for publication
the Sermon preached by me on Thanks
giving day, is before me. In reply, would
say that cheerfully comply with your re-
quest, as far as ] am able. The manu-
script used on the occasion, was not written
in full. Consequently shall be obliged to
fill it out from memory. Perhaps some
things said on that occasion are left cut OF
overlooked, aud some added that were not
said. but the essential pats you have. l
am not much in the habit of writing ser
mons for use before the congregation, much
less for the press.
! g,,-y. ,-o.sy.o F,-1I,-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11

Wno1 EsALE DrsrRTIoN.-Tke Buffalo
Commercial says that gentleman who ar
rived from Toronto on Tuesday evening.
where he had resided since May, states that
Of the thousand English soldiers recently
stationed at that place, nearly six hundred
have deserted. lie relates instances where
the men left in squads. Many were re-
taken, but the majority managed to escape.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11

Prentice says when he sees a young lady
waving the war flag of the South, he con-
cludes that she is anxious for an engage
ment with some good looking Union man
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-12-11
CaFalrv in The Eiall.

The War Department has stOPPeI the
raising Of any new regiments Of cavalry.
There are now in the field from
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Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-14

very door. All these men have drawn the
testimony upon which they relied to sustain
their opinions from the same source-the
same book and the same passages. Yearly
and daily has the world and mankind been
threatened with destruction; and three or four
times in every century--about as often az se-
eession breaks ont afrcsh in South Carolina
the day has been fixed, and the mostridiculous
preparations made for Its reception. Relig-
ion never puts on a more grotesque garb than
on these occasions, nor is more prone to in-
dulee in exercises which, with any others
than saints in prospect of immediate release
from the shsckles of the flesh, would be
thought profane.
The day comes and goes, and no catastro-
phe. A short time is allowed for errors in
the calculation, and still it does not come.
The saints grow impatient, and begin to
doubt whether God has not played them
false. The Interpretation they can not dis
pute; for that is their own. Unable to ques-
ton their own infallibility they turn to the
book and its author, and pronounce against
the Bible as the thing by which they have
been misled. Ex-seoond- adventists are un-
belieyers--infdels.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-14

Messrs. w. A. Townsend 4 Co., Of New
York, propose to issue an elegant and per
feet edition Of the works Of that most
graphic and natural of all English writers Of
fiction Charles Diekens-commencin dur
ing the present month with the Piekwiek
Papers, in four volumes. "Great palms,"
cay the publishers, 'have been taken to
render this edition Of Dickenss works the
most perfect ssries Of books ever issued in
America. The original drawings by Oar,
ley, whose designs for the illustrated edition
Of Oooper's novels have been 80 distin-
guished, and the drawings by John Gilbert
the foremost Of English artists (this be-
ing the FIRST time Mr.. Gilbert has con-
tributed original drawings to an Amer
ican publications. will give this edition
of Dickens's novels value possessed
by no .other, either English or American"
There has been call for handsome edition
of the works Of Mr.. Dickens, to which we
are glad to see response. AS writer, Mr..
Dickens seems to be gaining popularity in
America. His early works are sought out
and reread, which is, perhaps, the surest ev-
idence of the hold which an author has upon
the popular mind. He is eminently writer
for the people; and probably no author since
Shakespeare is destined to inherit greater
share of that which is called immortality.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-14

nations, and, out Of the Union or in 1t, South
Carolina would have 70 conform to this ma
tional law.
IT. however, the rest Of the Southern
States unite with South Carolina, either by
overt acts or by defending her from the en-
fOrcemept of the laws, The question Of disso-
luton will be decided. The North will
maintain the Constitution by inaugurating
the President and administering the govern
ment 20 far as it is supported by the Legis-
lative Department. But the question
whether the Union shall continue, depends
ON the South. With the faithful support Of
the border slave States, the Government
could easily suppress the insurrection.
Otherwise il can not; and to suppose that
be North will undertake It while these
States which have the greatest interest at
stake. tie the hands Of the Government and
protect the rebellion, is to suppose that the
North is anxious to throw away its men and
I money TO compel others TO be benefited by
the sacrifice.
Rebellion has grown to its present form
! liable proportions by the protection of the
Northern slave States. They declare them
selves ready to joiS their arms to it if drop
of blood is shed In suppressing it. Then
they should be lsN to suppress it in their
own way. Their present attitude is break
ing up the Union as efectually as If they
were in arms in rebellion. As they have
taken rebellion under their protection, and
expect to share the profits, let them put il
down, if they want it put down. And lei
the North assure them in unmistakeabl'
terms that it is their interest which is a
stake in Secession, and that they have mad'
it their own affair, and that it must be pu
down by their cordial and firm support o
the Government if at all.