Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-07-16
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Perryyllle, Md,
s.1,. ,,,aning Jnlv Ia 1861

Perryville. Md,
Saturday evening, July IA, 1851
MIR. EDIToR
Forward march, is the command /
now anticipated, aud to be executed ut some
time indefinite, according to the will of the powers
that he Madame rumor who is supposed by !
courtesy, to he posted in all matters, military
az well as others, aiiirma, with some confidence
that ii has at last been determined that we shall
take up our line of march some time during tue
coming week bat for the correctness OF her 'n-
formation or the reliability Of her authority we
sre unable 10 voueb, since the conjecture aud
teporta concerning our future disposition have
been so very numerous aud conflicting
The company has been all agog with the
pleasant prospect of paying visit to the Capt.
tai, az il has been currently stated, and generally
credited that our next move would be for that
locality, and it is possible, from oil we can learn
that such will shortly be our destination. The
feelings of the men in view Of this prospective
change have considerably assembled, having
reached nearly the boiling point They think
any change is for the better, saying that they
are tired of working on this railroad at forty
cents day if they are obliged to coniine their
attention to railway lines exclusively, they would
perier TO labor GU some other road, lest they
should he considered fixtures of this.
We have remained in this spot so long that We
began to entertain some apprehension of taking
root here, not to thrive, but simply to vegetate
We had closely approxmated to that point at
which we commenced, much against the grain,
to regard ourselves as naturalized residents, and
entitled to n vote at borough elections, If there
had been any. The hope of getting away had
almost been abandoned, aud we were doing our
best to accustOm our minds to the idea that this
was our home. Our stay has been so protracted
that we know the number of rafters 10 our quar-
tiers, the name of every engine that stops here
the color of every hog that roots about the
grounds, the appearance of the employees of the
Q road can tell how many tracks, switches ant
/ sidings there are, the number of trips thu
+ steamer regularly makes, and have contracted
= bills the after an indubitable evidence that VI
Q felt quite domesticated. These important fact
d we have not acquired such an intimate knowledg
g of, because we made them our special study
10 but for the reason that there was little to b
i seen, that the mind was in II kind of passiy
II condition. and susceptible Of the merest tmpres
Of sions
ly The manner in which we regard the matter
this, we may be assisting government in OF
present position, but we are not doing it vei
as actively. However, if we are rendering it ar
in services at all, we ought not to complain. B'
we would like to see the fruits of our labor,
~, this respect we are not unlike the laborer wi
\, applied to the Quaker for work, and was directC
=. to take the eye Of the axe and pound upon lo
~ just to ascertain if he was fond Of work be Sol
- threw down his axe observing in very forcib
~ language, that lie wouldn't cut wood for any oil
Ia unless he could sec the chips fly. To wine
the result IS quite an incentive, Int there IL
n encouragement when one abors for nought.
IL Our stsy here however, is not altogether deVo
me of advantage for together with three other col
ax, panies stationed ut Havre de Grace, We practi
lbe in battalion drill nearly every day, and no
ns soon to perfect ourselves more and 10 be fit
in for service
rec This afternoon we went over to that town
in marched on the ground and sent through Il
,nt parade, after which service was held, there W
ice singing, prayer by minister from Baltimor
re- and a patriotic prayer too, during which Il
men stood uncovered, with caps upon their ba
". onets; then followed a sermon rendered vel
brief by sudden shower which abruptly te
,al minated it. The crowd Of men, women al
&c, children present, forcbly reminded us of Dire
ICE parade occasions at Camp Brandywine, whe
n. there was such galaxy every evening to daz7
the eyes of the young men, whose ooulars ii
e. stead of being directed to the front, were som
e' time guilty Of the unsoldier-ke habit of wander
h. ing restlessly about, though in search of sou
lie object.
hes There is scarcely an item to furnish part
n, graph. If affairs, in this respect do not mprov
not letters from your correspondent will have to
ing few and far between, especially if by virtue OF
ned modification in his relations to the compau
n W., recently ranspired with consequent increa
race of duties, he should find less time Mt his co
and mnnd, for M Indulgence in the very pleas
the occupation of letter writing, through the medi
a1- OF which he has for some time past cOmmuni
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ted with your patrons and his friends.
materal here for the manufacture Of letters
nearly, if not quite extended; the field is bar
"or' with slight prospect Of produCtiyeness in its
ccs' aud occurrences. BILLY