Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-01
WashIngt0il CORRESPONDING.
wAsHnsToN Cry, D, O., May 90, 1861.
To ths Edsiors of ne Daizv Press
T1Ay HAVr CONE AT LAST

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{ TBsY HAvn ooME AT LAST.
Our Ohio boys, mean After being Eve
weeks on their way to this city, our men are
here They have come with faces Drowned
by exposure; With constitutions strengthened
and consolidated Dy their outof-doors life;
with a knowledge of tactics equalled by few
of the regiments here, from their assiduous
drill, and with hearts eager for the fray.
l find they have the pleasantest memories Of
the people Of Lancaster, Harrisburg and
Philadelphia. They tell Of bankers who
gave them gold for their westsra money,
and would take no premium Of fair ladies
who gave them bouquets and hAveloeks, and
Bibles and other favorsi of citizens who filled
their haversacks and purses when they
needed replonishing, and would hardly re-
oeive in return their tbanks-and there are
some who seem to have had their Western.
hearts exchanged for Pennsylvania.
PEP CONTRA, d" '-
They have bad a hard time, and seen much
hardship, which was caused By the iucompe-
tence, not to say rascality, Of those who had
charge of them. That famous day when for
over twenty-four hours they had nothing to
eat, and were obliged to march through rain
and mire and sleep on the wet ground under
leaky roofs, they remember with bitterness
and anger. Upon that famous night the
sentinels turned their back on all who
vented to pass the lines and 20 to the city,
| searching for food. The disconfOrts of that
night are wholly to be charged to one high
in authority, who rather insisted on provid-
| inc for the brigade.
KILLED BY OHIO OFFICIALS. !
You may remember that at Lancaster there
died q member of one of the Cincinnati COM
panies. Do you know how he came to his
destb2i AT Columbus, when they came from
Cincinnati, there was rain TO receive tham
and utterly insufficient shelter. At some
building there were few blankets which
the men secured. This German came in the
course of the night to the sentry who
guarded the blanket house. and said, when
told there was no blanket for him, II have
been in the army in the old country and in
Mexico and / hsEe never been so treated
before. am chilled through and through
they have kept US in the rain, and given vi
no shelter, and I am going to go back;
The sentry, young NJ. S., of Cincinnati
ssid! VI am. younger man than you, and
am wet and cold, and have no klanket, but
mean to stand it.n
The German wassilent for moment anG
then replied: ''If you can bear it, can.p Sc
saying, he turned on his heel and walked
off. And the stroDg-hearted man did beaI
it till the pneumonia which was that nigh
fastened upon him terminated his life,
blush for my State when write this
and assure you, that if some half a dozer
officials of Ohio, whom have in my mind
were to be hung, I could pull at the ropt
very contentedly. n ~ ~
ONE OF THE UoLoEELs. t
There is Colonel in one of the Regiment
here, of whom the following. anecdotes ar
current: y
A. B. spoke to him, suggesting something
"Who are you, SirP" was the response. "Arl
you a commissioned oficer?" "No Sir
replied the private. "Then, Sir" said th
at occurs to me-" said one of the person
who told me this anecdote, "That a man
who, from desire to serve his country, sur
, renders his business, leaves his family, an
takes musket in the ranks, is as much on
titled to credit as one who has managed b
get sppointed Colonel, and draws big pay
: and gets all the honor of what his private
, do" ..seF 70 ltJ EfS
The same Colonel accused the men Of sell
ing their ratioDs and then complaining tina
they didn't get food enough. ..-,
He says all the complaints against hiI
originate with the Cincinnati Zouaves, an
he is reported to have remarked, shat thes
gentlemen's sons should be brought to th
starvation point" rt-.f-
, This same Colonel, they say, has Guberna
torial aspirations. The boys say: "Som
OF US will live to get home, and Os'U sesP
TOO many cooks spoil the BROTH" run
the old proverb. The boys read it "A'
Cooks" 80 n ! T. ~ 81
9 ANOTHER ONE OF THE coLoNHLa
OF course this Colonel is not Colont
Lewis Wilson, of your city. Colonel VII
Z son, thoughmaking no great pretensions
: military Knowledge, has his men under mos
excellent drill, and is very much liked b
them. He is very attentive to their comfor
: When his regiment came through Bait
: more, Colonel Wilson had the banners fyin
and the band playing national airs. The
were the first regiments which 80 came afte
the massacre of the 10th ult, Colonel Wi
> son had given orders, in case of an attac
; upon the regiment from the houses, that ii
right wing should attack the houses on Il
4 right, enter them and take possession, an
Z the left wing the left. Fortunately, II
: Baltimoreans gave no occasion for the exc
/ else Of this maneuver. I'll s
: Our men are in camp here, and vel
pleasantly situated. They drill, write le
8 ters, and have good time generally, dali
= They are anxious and eager for the fra,
and II called into actionI will give a go(