Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-20
Our MlIItarT Corresncudenee.
Special Letters IRON CamB Denn!'sSp.

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CAMP DENNTsoS, June Is.
To ne Editors Of Ne DaiL Pres.
The camp was all animation this
morning, on the announcement that the
mastering. officer was upon the ground,
ready for service. Many who had made up
their minds TO so home suddenly "reUersed
Judgment" and were, as they call IL, "eussedn
in yesterday. Captain Russell's company
Company G., were the first who took the
oath to serve their country for three years.
or until the war was ended Lieutenant
| Walker, Of the United States Army, off :.
ciating as the mastering officer. Six other
companies followed suit to day, and in few
days more we shall have fne regiment
fully armed and equipped, aud, | hope. OH
for the field of battle.
No sensible man blames those who refused
| TO go for three years; in fact nothing could
be more unjust. Many among them have
borne the hardest of trials, especially those
who soaked, starved and .troze at Camp Har-
rison. Now we are in comparative comfort;
still, there are many things vet due the
men-things they have right TO depland-
and it behooyes the officers to stir up the de-
linquents, whoever they are. As | am now
q soldier for the war, and sworn in, 1 dare
not mention Names either in blame or
praise, therefore | must keep q still tongue.
l believe, however, all are now doing what
ever in them lies to stir up the dormant
'powers that be-"
Ore would have imagined by the universal
hubbub of the united confederated press of
Cincinnati" that the Guthrie Grays had dis
banded-gone to pot; but it proves to my
mind that the papers can not at all times be
trusted. Let dog fight occur, and imme.
diately it is magnifed into grand battle
between two companies; and if guard resists
the passage of one who would force his way
over the line, why then the papers and the
public all proclaim pitched battle between
two regiments, and thus the city is kept
alive with rumors Of war at Camp Dennison.
| feel safe in saying that there is not part
icle of i'll feeling between any regiments
whatever upon the camp; all is unanmity.
There is laudable ambition to excel each
may think theirs the best drilled; but no
unkind feeling is manifested. The entire
Montgomery boys, night or two SINCE
united in grand three. times.three cheers
for the Guthries which the Grays returned
with interest and tiger" They are there
to prepare to fight common foe; to cleanse
from the face of the earth, if necessary, a
horde of traitorous villains; they know aud
feel this, and any little individual wrongs
should not be magnified by the papers into
regmental qusrrels.
Deputy Sheriff Armstrong visited camp,
yesterday, and made Levy upon BtTnets
Museum. Burnett said business was very
dull, and "Wash" could do more than he
had done (thst is make LeVy) Colonel
Bosley and Major Christopher kindly went
security for the amount due, declaring, how
ever, that the museum was regimental prop
erty, and not subject TO execution. The
Sheriff left camp with his judgment sat
isfed.
This afternoon, Mr.. Mullon the Daguerreo-
typist was busy photographing the differ
ent cantonments upon the ground. Ball,
the indefatigable ]. p is also busy from morn
till night He is located near the head
quarters, and tits rich treat to visit his
place and see the peculiar faces he has to
take. Girls have great love for regimen.
tails, and the boys are sending to their ''lady-
loves the shadow" ere it passes away.
| One good. natured, full. hearted country boy
exhibited picture of his "gaP' as he called
| it, and said that he was going to fight just
for her sake, the promise of the girl being
that she would marry him on his return
from the war, if he sustained the honor of
his country's flag. This he swore to do, aud
was in big hurry to get where he could
| shoot "Secesher" or one of them "Dsso-
tutors" to prove his love for his girl and his
| country.
Speaking of love of country, received
| splendid patriotic letter from one of Ohio's
| gifted daughters, Jane Maria Mead. 1t is a
letter am permitted to publish, and know
| your readers will be gratifed by its perusal:
My whole soul is in the glorious cause
you have espoused. May God be with you
and lead your glorious regiment to victory.
May the Almighty give his angels charge
concerning you. May his angel legions en-
camp around you, a vast, invisible army
that shall breathe upon the rebel hosts as
the angel of the Lord breathed upon the
| hosts Of Sanoaborih ybar s.Lt
found them lifeless sl-unless-they remem-
ber and cease to bear arms against our Gov
ernment. My pen clings like a burning
sword to my grasp, whenever WELD it for
my country. This Is no time for pretty
poetry, of singing birds, green meadows, or
babbling brooks. Every poem noW should
have in it the true ring of the warriors
steel and the stirring notes of the bugle.
Common affairs seem stupid. Every other
| topic but religion insipid. / long TO be
| where l can hear the roll of the drum and
the thunders of the battlefield; the boom of
the cannon and the charge of arms is the
sweetest music now, for they tell of liberty
asserting her rights and justice, crushing
out oppression.
"0h that had wings like an eagle, then
would / fly afar off, and soar above the
smoke of the conflict, or perch upon the lofty
nights that overlook the tented field or the
chess board of battle! 1t seems to me |
could spurn the feeble body that holds my
spirit down; that clogs its martial fire.
Things are altogether too tame here. |
would be where | could hear the loud rum
BILE of artillery. l want to peep into some of
those Columbiads, or at the brazen mortars;
l would lay my hand upon them and caress
them as if they were pet doves messengers
of liberty, and heralds of freedom, as they
are. My pulse leaps like burning lava when
l hear of the outrages committed by the
rebels. l long to see our glorious standard
waving again at Sumter, our land in peace.
"God bless your gallant regiment, and all
the noble patriots who are fighting in
this battle of law, right, and our Constitu-
toni May their shadows and their num-
bers never be less May they be true to
their country and their God; winning here
undying laurels, and for the world to come
a crown that never fades, but endures
throughout the endless cycles of eternity"
Mrs. M also sends a fine poem, dedi-
Gated to this regiment, which will inelose
in my next letter. Yours truly,
SLABSIDES,
Or the Firm of Garotte & Slabsides,
Attnraava at Law