The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-11-15
LETTER FROM RUv. y II. BUSH

CAMP NoLiN, Ny, Nov. g.
EpiroRs TRuUNE The TnuUNEis isa wei
come Aeekly visitor to The camp Of the ash,
away down here In the land hereafter 10 be
known so history and song as "the dark and
bloody ground j" aud when to day number
was handed me fr,sh from The press, With the
reasonable request to "wtits TO vs., 10 BE- suro
we responded. The Tribune must be writ
ten to, but what shall We write about, as we
have had no b. tiles nor victories, no dercats.
retreats or furprscst It will be hard, very
bard, to find anything worth putting on pa
per: and then, how foolish to write from the
seat Of war;" without narrating some.AiaEt
ling event, though !, bs manufactured for the
occasion.
The fact is, Mr.. Editor, the people have
had 80 many evidences Of total depraVity"
in the correspondents Of newspapers, thN the
doubts heretofore existing in the minds OF
some, In regard TO the reality of such normal
condition Of mau. feel, with such an array OF
testimony, their doubts quickly remove.
But the most he rtleis specimen Of scrb.
blers for the papers in the Loyal States, will
yield the palm to tho Southern prcss. FJr
such low aud vile fabricauons, ss we meet
daily lrvm that source, have noparallel in the
history Of journalism in this world; aud. II
it can be s1ccllcd In any other, We confa's
that We have no ambition TO look upon its
deceived aud blghted victims.
had the honor, few days since, to be
made the bearer Of one Of these state papers,
direct from a southern correspondent, nov At
Bowling Green, in the rsbe army, where the
"tLing" was pennsd.
Itisa tissue Of fabrication and falsshood.
Take an example. lie says: "Not single
act Of violence has bees committed by Back.
nsr's army" Add, at that moment. chArrsd
bridges, desolatd homes, ru.nsd families.
and wandering iug.iVes, gave him the lie all
over this fsirland.
There is a terrible rstributiou awaiting the
miserable, unpriRcipled demagoguss ol the
South, vhs have brought this great calamity
upon our glorious country; that retributiou
is but question oftime, and around US are
indications Of its neArapproGeh. Let me re-
late a fact
Abou; miles from Elizabethtown, "a
pleasant place through which we have pass
ed) there lives a man by the name Of Smith,
rAbid scesssionist, who, for months past
has been telling his slaves that, when sold
Lincoln's" army came into Kentucky, they
would free the niggerS. SO, one day last
week. Que Of his men concluded his time had
come to leave "masIa socesh" and join the
Federal troops; but his mistress was In his
way. and he determined at once to Kill her
aud her babe. Selling the child, he dashed
its brains out In a moment, then nying at the
mother, supposed he had killed her, and left
her for dead, lie then shoulderod his gun
and started for the 10Th Illinois, quartsred in
town.
The pickets tsok him and brought him In.
and he wos placed in jail as a runaway. On
Saturday last. his master headed mob Of
fifteen or twenty men, who went to the Jail
and, the master presenting pistol to the
breast Of he She riff, demanded the keys,
which were given up, aud the trembling vic
tim was led out to slaughter. Taking him to
tree little out oftown, they hung him up
before he had time for confession and. while
hanging, they fred shots into him. Tell the
world these are the fruits Of Southern lies.
Had Smith told his men that the Union
troops were not coming 10 interfere with
State Institutions, but TO establish the author
ity Of the government, how different the re-
cults would have been.
That the ,lavo deserved hanging. there is
/ no doubt, and that his master deserves a
similar fate, to most minds. is not queS.
tion.
Il is reported that the negro had no special
liking for the "Prinee Of Rebels f" but said he
killed the child because its name was JEFF. Da-
vie.
But the heart sickons in contemplating such
horrid scene, and We turn away sadly,
mournfully.
Every day more or lees oontrabands are
brought in to Gen &eCook's headquarters,
! by the piekets; until Yesterday they we're re-
turned to their mOstersi after this they will
be kept here aud their masters required to
come and CLAIM them.
Gen, McCook is anxious 10 form an se-
quainanee With some Of them.
Things in camp remain much ns usual A
few are sick, but none dangerously, believe.
The msasels are quite annoying. Say 70 our
friends Of Tihin that the Chaplain has dis
tributod about six hundred testaments, two
hundred hymn books, thousands Of pages Of
tracts, purchased with the money they so
generously gave. We need more hymn books
and have some mouoy len to buy them. -
Col. Gibson reached camp sabbaih last, and
was received with a shout by the boys. The
fine presents sent through him.by the thought
ful friends ofTifin, made many acheerful
heart. The Chaplain received a nice, warm
pair Of wooden socks, for which he desires to
return thanks TO tho kind don6rS With bless
ings upon all, remain as ever,
I Ell RpsB--
4 - What Seneca has Don6.
The whole amou +. Of contributions OF
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