The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-06-06
Letter No. A, from Company A.
WLsmS0ToE CIrE. DsTMor
COLUMBIA, May 27, Ie6I(

Nothing Of unusual cote occurred At
Philadelphia since my last communication
on The state Of affairs, with tue solitary
exception OF my surprise io ths Pbiladel-
phia mint. Robt Shannon, Jesse Weeks,
Asa Nichols and myself, (tbe four laern.
ry boys 10 Company A, Let Regimen: o !
V. NJ. made visit, short time before
our departure, 10 that golcondan institu-
tiOn, and we've shown through it by a
humane old man with whitened locks.
who did his utmost to give US Information
10 the art Of making money. in The literal
sense Of the word. First we came 10 the
penny department where nickel and cop.
per mingle together; next silye, where
silver was properly adulterated with ink;
lastly, where brown nickel blends togeth.
er with the precious metal, gold---aR Of it
legilima,ized counterfeiting. The vari.
Gus processes through which these metals
in the rough pass before they come out in
good order and ready for disbursement
l have not lime in this letter TO tell, be-
cause / know nothing aJoulh; suffice it TO
say, that l had in my bands eight pieces
Of gold in bars valued at Sl,40O apiece!
Saw pieces of standard money of all the
States and Principalilies Of the world,
from the eight square or octsgon Ameri.
can $50 piece down to the Indian wan.
pun; saw bullion enough to sink the Le-
visthan or Great Eastern, AID dreamed Of
golden eagles, cords Of silver mountains
Of bullion, etc, for week; imagined my.
selfa Montezuma. eating golden bread,
sleeping on golden bedsteads, &c, but
just as would reach out my hand 10 scat
Ter aims TO the poor. l would awaken and
find my hand iu my fat pork and sea bis
cult, navy bread, and bomb.proof crack
CTS! | am now poor once more,
was sadly disappointed in Washing
ton City's appearance. Expecting to sec
in'Ihis city of "msgnifcenlly magnificent
distances place the like of which bad
never been seen before, place to dszzl,
the eye and enthuse the heart; one tha
would create surprise and admiration in
youthful oson, found it in every way
Inferior 10 Dayton and far from livalinl
Columbus. The Capitol building is trul.
grand mass Of excellent marble, well pu
. together and all in all magnificent struc
ture. The innumerale historical painting
: which line the walls of the rotunda, tn
portraits Of eminent men who have serve,
0 the Union by sword and speech, and pen
bring beautiful "reminiscences to GU
minds; the statuss in the inches remin
US Of that proud defiance which
"Greece and Rome in betterages knew
. the marble forms of Washington, Boor
and Christopher Columbus, enjoin us
g keep in dear remembrance those who VIC
y by sword, by pen, by firm deermiratc
{ to ask for nothing but what was right an
j to submit to nothing wrong, the liber
4 va now enjoy. The Patent Office is
i sight worth seeing, There can be four
l. all the curiosities in the way of paten
. ever invented, from a darningnecdle, |
- Iaddock, 10 one Of Hoes last ias. six cy
ii inder presses. Tho Post Office Dcpal
Q. ment is situated in splendid building I
ee 30, as indeed are the other Federal D
T'' partment.
de At least 10000 troops are here en- {
10 vive, and that many more in close march
ds. from the city. We are qualtered one a
lie a half miles from town, several "side ste
. 10 the lcft'' from us is the Cd Ohio V.
Of Regiment; 1000 PAGES, "rear rank op
order" is tho New York 79Lh; "lclt {
at, liquely" is the Connecticut Regiment;
Il Rhode Island on the brow of the hill, A
-, yards distant, Fright obliquo;" TO
S., front and centre are tho Jersy Blu
Ice thanked 'in line;" when these and
with the innumerabIe hordcs in eli
0u proximity will "close in mass" do
.od know, but.we were all in arms ON Eric
are last to march TO the demolition Of Alex
a dria and SeweIPs Point, after the mur
re- Of Col. Ellsworth. The order was resci
,,y ed before we crossed the river. =
es. Some of Company A may never live
ply get home, perhaps none; but rest assur
Me whilst here we will do our best, trust
wv to a kind Providence who doeth all thi
- we'll, that our lives may be spared TO
MIA turn 10 fathers, mothers, brothers, sisto
led wives, sweethearts, relatives and frie
via in the good old county Of Fairfield.
H., ;'n B, f. Connell is here and has done
uen best to make our stay pleasant. He i
Or the Treasury Department, Comptroil,
office.
"., 1 saw here, yesterday, roll of bu
W.. ~ and clean shirt-they didn't belon
uIy our company. HARRY COMER.
ord Company A, Is; Regiment, o. V.
lter EY-See the advertisement of II. Sc
God - bo fornd IN another column.