The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-07-24
Letter from Camp Chase.
MCAMp CHASE, July l7th, 1861. 4

Dear Spirit: Y our columns having |
'een thrown open for the luse. Of Camp
dents, the Subscriber having
ome leisure time, begsleave to pitcA IN.
The change Of scene in Camp is not
,uficientlv varied to furnish material for
! s.sensation letter. whenever an -enthu.
Elastic Individual feels like scribbling for
, newspaper. On the contrary, every
hing moves with stubborn regularity
90 regular, in fact. to accommodate the
faculties of many of us.
Changing recumbent to perpendicu
ar position from our pine boards at 4.45
A.-Msfor an hours drilling before break
fast, is not so agreeable to our sensitive
organisms as quietly snoozing away. in q
good bed until breakfast is ready, smoking
on the table, (We are not usually in the
habit of putting anything on our table
that has smoking properties, unless some
one sits down on it a..s..., ...'..-gs
: Our morning exercises are as follows,
viz: at the above mentioned hour we turn
out, at the tap of the drum, one or two of
our mess are detailed to fry our fat meat,
prepare some coffee, Gor "goak" we call
a drink made of burnt peas. furnished by
the commissary, ccfse,) and fix up the
ct ceteras. NIB. Et ceteras are scarce.
The rest of ;us drill until O'Clock, when
we return to our quarters, (boarding
houses) and proceed to demolish the afore-
said preparations, This, is done in way
peculiar to primeyal. state of society,
similar to the practice in vogue in the days
of Noah, the great navigator, and ecollec-
tor Of animals. aa "a apo s, aq,
. Speaking Of our boarding houses, re-
minds me that there are some very bril-
liant ones here, at least in names, Pas
sing through Camp, you notice the "Spen-
Ger House." Washington Hotel, ''"Astor
House, ETC.: Others of less pretensions,
though of equally good accommodations
and as well furnished, viz; ;r.Bullz Dogs
Den," ',Grumbler's Hole,"n '"sMingo Jig,
ers,n,3 rBrash Greek Mountaincers, Sc.
Our mess, by way of par: ercellancy have
christened our barracks with the gallant
name of Ellswor,h's Avengers. / might
here add by way of parenthesis, but conf,
fdentialIy, that our mess, ofcourse, is com,
posed of very. geutlemanly. brave and
patriotic collection of young Americans
= Should you, Mr. Editor, or any Of your
friends visit this place, you will find our
latch string oat, a hearty welcome within,
and the hospitalities of the establishment
extended to you, by mess No 2, Ellsworth
Avengers, Capt. Wfshburn's Co. north
west corner of Co. B. 25th Regiment.
8 We were furnished very respectable
suit of uniform clothes day before yester.
day, by order of Gov. Denpison This
was very timely ard much credit is due
the Governor for the interest which he has
taken in sthis'matter We feel exceeding
" proud of our new trowsers' and coats.
The latter have very large brass buttons
on with the figure of a certain bird which
some Southern -sportsmen have. been at
tempting to wound for some time. Butit
is not the present intention of the individ-
nails who have that bird in their custody
to suffer any harm done to him or any oI
his progeny. : i .. : .9
) have alluded to the timely arrival ol
uniform clothes. The uumentionables oil
great many were terribly dilapidated:
and had not new ones been furnished soon
raAying by .fours, would necessarily have
become a fayorite manouver-on importan,
occasions. s=ase
g Camp, Chase looks exceedingly warlike;
particularly in the evening during dress
parade. Then four thousand muskets
with glittering bayonets, and as many lner
all in battle array, may be seen in the
field. Besides the soldiers, guns, etc
there are aother brilliant sights during
dress parade. The beauty and elite of the
capitol drive out here in the evening. in
splendid carriages, drawn by ine horses
gorgeously equipped. Il mean the horses
aud ladies we're both equipped. e1
? The female sex seem to take lively
interest in everything Of a military char
acter, (partieularly in. a military man.
their patriotism is undoubted, and are fol-
Union to a man. st't q
Ii. b. Hill and Alfred briggs, oi
-Woods6eld, were here on q visit last week
to see their sons. who are in our company.
They seemed to be we'll pleased with what
they saw, and will no doubt give the citi-
zens a better account of The modus oper.
andi in Camp than can with my pen.
Besides the pleasure of seeing such old
friends aud grasping thei: hands, their
visit was made doubly interesting by their
bringing 6ne lot of the best gotten mp
eatables that have come under our obser-
.vation for some time. These were sen,
to the several messes by the young ladies
of Woodsfeld, aud if. they got up the
articles themselves, would cheerfully
recommend them to the consideration OF
those who are Ihunting wives. But hope
they intend to wait until the war is over
and marry soldiers, in preferences to taking
their chances among the Home Guards.
Ladies. you have placed US under many
obligations before. as well as since we left
Woods6eld. Qn fact yoa always have
us in that fx whether In time of peace o.
mo- ~ for which acoept our n rat afnl thankc