Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-07

complain Of the seeming partiaiity. They
forget that the soldier is allowed but 50 80
per month for clothing, and The balance is
charged, to be taken from bis wages. If
those who volunteered for three months are
discharged next week, ~ reported, few Of
them viii receive any pay ia cash.
In the Twelfth Regiment, companies are
filling up rapidly, andin some cases elections
have been holden for officers 70 serve during
the three years. II Is not generally known
The officers thus chosen, are not 70 assume
their positions until the three months of the
fret enlistment shall have expired; unless the
same officers are retained.
Tit Eleventh, Fourth and Thirteenth, ex-
week.
Officers are absent from every regiment,
Drumming up recruits.
Tue Third is now fully uniformed, and
will be mustered into the three-years' serv-
ice on Wednesday next. On Thursday next,
field and company. officers will be chosen.
In the Fifth Regiment not a single uni
form has been provided, and much dissatis-
faction prevails in consequence Of the unRc-
countable delay. The men do not pretend
to drill . and still cling to promises.
Tit Michigan ARTILLERY Company 20
through the motions daily, with a apat, pat,
pat" a lone, two, three" and draw in
reins." 1t is said this company is 10 be at
tached TO the Third Regiment.
Three beer and one ice. cream saloon are
among the new improvements, an important
item for visitors.
HOSPITALS.
A writer IN the Commercial of yester.
day, in referring to our hospitals, says: SIT
has been well said that the stables for the
horses of the officers and Surgeons are far
more comfortable in what is necessary
police comforts, convenience and food, than
the quarters for sick volunteers. It is said
that there is not a Surgeon but finds it neces-
saryto provide himself with better quarters
and q thousand c~onveniences and Injuries
that the soldier who is sick and feverish has
not provided ut is said,'' land it has
been well said," the suspicious words which
begin these sentences, lead us TO believe that
these generous facts % SO humanely con-
~tributed, are but the result of conjecture.
We are visited by a class of reporters and
writers who lounge about Headquarters,
button. hole epauletted officials and obtain
all their information by hearsay. A yak
through the different regiments will convince
w" that there 10 not a particle of truth in
his assertions. There is not a single stable
in the main body of the encampment pro-
vided for surgeons horses. At Head quar-
tiers OF the various brigades stables have been
erected for the accommodation of horses be-
longing to staff officers; here the surgeons
horses are sometimes quartered. In the hos
pitfalls every comfort and convenience is pro-
vided. Able physicians and nurses are in
constant attendance. Cooling beverages,
fruits, and whatever has a tendency TO tempt
the palate of the sick and feyerish, is sup
piled. Blankets Of the finest wool, quilts,
sheets, &C., of the best quality, are in use,
and nothing has been left undone to make
the inmates comfortable. The blankets, &c,
were purchased at Shillito's, where "W,h
may inquire as to price and texture. There
are several screws loose here; important
trusts have been placed in the hands of UNI
principled Spectators. THERE'S a great deal.
of show and bluster also, but our hospitals
are ably managed. At all events, the soldiers
are satisfied, and they are not easily gulled,
as we have seer. ..l
A squad of overfed soldiers, under COM
maDd of General Tim. Lawrence, took up a
piece of spoiled meat, yesterday, and, with
reversed arms, followed II to a newly made
grave. A barrel served IS q drum and a
canary bird as a fife.
1t was a solemn sight, and will never be
forgotten by the hungry witness while a
sound beef remains.
b. SECESSION MEETING.
There are Lawyers, Doctors and Physicians
in Company "F,n of the -. Last even
ing a conference took place between jefferson
Davis and Cabinet of O.. S. A., and Abe
Lincoln and Cabinet of Washington City.
The meeting took place in the EAST Room"
where all the Dignitaries of State were as
sembled. Speeches were made by Davis,
Wigfall, Toombs and Stephens on the one
side, n Lincoln, Chase, Cameron and Cen
npQI Sanft nnH TIM nfhaH narpse Annewa1 -
amicable settlement of our present difficult
ties, and offered q proposition of peace. To
this Wigtail, who, of course, vas not to say
in a perfect state Of sobriety, demurred.
and, drawing d Bowie-knife, babe the North
come on AT this General Scott ordered
the Conspirators to be placed under arrest.
Sentinels rushed in, and the deluded
"'chiyalry" were marched to the Guard
house, amid the cheers of the crowd. The
prisoners were afterward released upon pa
role. The affair created much merriment.
A TRAITOR.
Halt, cried the sentinel, charging bayonet
upon the open door of the filthy Guard
house. Corporal of the guard, number one,
he repeated as the prisoner attempted to es-
cape. What's the matter, inquired the Cor
poral and his guard as they hurried to the
scene. Why, replied the facetious sentinel,
l saw a big lOase marching out of that door
and didn't know whether he was one of
'em traitors or not. The Corporal never
sWears.
A petition Is being circulated and nHmee
ously lsigAed by three months' men, asking
Governor Dennison to accept a regiments Of
short term men, who promise to ch
upon and capture Harper's Ferry or leave
their bones among its ruins. STEPHE.
1900 90
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