Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-10-31

being in all cases retained by the United States,
the officer making the payment will see that II
Is entered on the last previous muster-roll for
the payment OF the Prisoners company, or will
report 1t, II those rolls are not in his possession.
to the senior paymaster Of the district. who
will either attend to the entry, OF give notice NJ
the payment to the paymaster-g general. If the
rolls have been forwarded to his Office"
Subsistence and Music for volunteors.
An order from the adjutant- generars ofice
Saturday, directs that a supply of subsistence
be given to all regiments authorized by the war
department or the governors of loyal states,
prior to and subsequent to their being muster
ed into service. The subsistence prior to mus
ter will be paid for from the appropriation for
collecting, drilling and organizing volunteers,
and subsequent thereto from appropriations for
subsistence of the army. acquisitions for
funds and accounts for the expenditures for the
former must be made upon the adjutant gen.
eral, for the latter upon the commissary gem
eral Ratons in kind will hereafter be issued
whenever cooking can be furnished to troops,
whether in squads or larger bodies. If ratons
cannot be contracted for at reasonable rates,
subsistence will be procured in bulk and is
sued.
No bands for volunteer regiments will in flu
ture be mustered into service, and vacancies
that may hereafter occur in bands now in SER
vice will not be filed All members of bands
now in service that are not musicians will be
discharge upon the receipt of this order by
their respective regimental commanders.
A Letter from Rebel at Home to O Rebel in
Camp.
The following is an extract from letter of a
South Carolinian at home to rebel relative in
one of the Virginia encampments, which was
picked up in one of the rebel camps on the
Leesburgh Turnpike, during recent reconnoi-
sance by our troops, and forwarded to the Free
man, by a. Lord, one of the Montpelier boys
in the army. The writer after speaking of
family matters at home, and the clothing he
proposes to send the person addressed, proceeds
under the heading "Florence S. c., Sept. 10th,
1861" as follows
DEAR Tom From what we can gather from
the papers, you will have active times pretty
soon, as the forces are near each other. There
seems to be but little hope of peace soon. At
any rate, there will have to be some hard fight
ing before they are convinced fully. The wealth
or is very hot and dry at this time, and plenty
of sickness here in South Carolina. Cotton is
opening very fast-it is nearly all open. Tell
uncle Richard am very grateful to him for his
kind treatment to you in the camps. especially,
during your sickness. viii not forget it.
hope you may get well and hearty again, and
he able to return home to your friends but
the deaths there are awful to think about. The
corpScs are carried by Florence continually, and
many are buried there. There were nearly two
hundred Yankees brought to Florence last week,
on their way to Charleston. saw themi some
of them were fine looking fellows.
do not think Of anything more at present
worth communicating.
remain yours affectionately.
Ira MORRIS.