Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-11-15
Our Army Correspondence.
LErlER FROM THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
BEvERLY, VA, November 10, 1861.

BEVERLY, VA, November 10, 1861.
To ue Editors of hc Daity Press:
Not many years ago it was the custom with
young gentlemen facetiously inclined, when
the condition Of the thorOugbfares in Gin
ciunati did not fully come up to- their notions
of cleanliness, to scrape the mud toward the
center Of the square into a mound, at the
head of which there was generally placed
Lead board, on which was an inscription re-
hsarsiug the virtues of the street commits
sioner, to whose dereiction of duty it was
thought proper to asoribe the flthiness of
the streets. There are several young men
in the Cincinnati regiments that are doing
service in Western Virginia who formerly
assisted" in performing these capers, and
who remember how slight the provocstion
was that gave them an opportunity to VEN
tilate their mischievousness, and at the same
time render the unfortunate official the
laughing. stock Of the community. A march
of nineteen miles through a cold, penetrat-
ing rain, and over a road where the mud
was in some places not quite waist deep,
brought these remembrances to mind, and,
you may imagine, was calculated to cure any
one of a tendency toward fastidiousness on
tie score of mud.
You will perceive by the date of this, that
your correspondent is at Beverly; but only
Company G, of the Sixth Ohio, is there,
having been detailed thither from Elk water,
to perform picket and guard duty at this
| pest. The other nine companies are still at
! Elkwater. The change has been for the
better with us, for the company is now
| quarteTed in houses, with fire-places in the
looms, so that they are far more comfortable
than they could possibly be in tents. The
| pckets are also excellently quartered, and
! the guard duty at the various posts in Bev-
erly is light, so that the boys are in most
excellent spirits.
Very little of general Importance has
| traDsI ired within the area OF tWenty-fi We
miles hereabout. The Thirteenth Indiana
Regiment was sent out some two weeks
since, with six days rations. They were
gone nine days, taking the road from Elk
water to Brady's. Gate. From this point
they pursued bride path leading from the
latter place to Buckhannon, and which had
never before been traversed save by our
scouts and the inhabitants. Between Bra.
dy's Gate and BucRhannon they were at
tackled by a small body of mountaineers,
whom they soon dispersed, killing three and
wouudiDg eight of them, and but with one
of our men wounded. They returned via
Rich Mountain and Beverly to Huttonsvile,
ont of provisions, and completely exhausted
by the fatigues of the expedition. They
were strung out in Independent order from
Huttonsville to Beverly, distance of eleven
miles, and every few steps we met one, two
and three of them dragging their wearied
limbs along in a manner that would have
excited compassion in the hardest heart.
Foremost in the van was an old Cincinnati
typo, W. 81. Colescott, and had his former
chums seen him, as we did, with an old gray
felt hat on his head, and the hair protruding
at various angles, his features covered with
a six-months' beard, and his legs about to
refuse any longer to "tote" his delicate body,
they could hardly have repressed smile al
the condition of poor "Bill," whose wo.
begone expression of countenauce would
have been sufficient apology for the act.
The regiments in this division were horri.
fed the other day by the sudden appearance
of six yoke Of oxen bearing-horror o.
horrorsl--a Portable Saw-nilll To saw ou
lumber for winter quarters And Just al
the time when our hopes had reached the
highest point-when every day was ex,
pected to bring an order for the removal o.
at least six regiments from the vicinity o.
Cheat Mountain. 1t had been previously
rumored in camp that the mill was on it,
way hither, and the following refrain wa
thereupon perpetrated and generally suns
throughout the quarters of the Sixth Ohio;
| AlR-R Robinson Gisoe.