The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-25


citizen ofOhio lament to see, going
to waste, as it were, land like
this, which, with proper tillagc,
would be an earthly paradise, and
another thing which brings sorrow
to the breast, is that the necessity
exists that wo, a Northern Army,
must be here, that wars dcsolation
should ovorsprcod so fair land,
that the ambition of q few men
should cause them to, and that
tho Ignorance Of men should enable
them to override and oveirulo men
to their own destruction, but l am
not writing moral essays.
Our present camp is situated on
a beautiful piece Of ground, owned
by an lrishman by the name of
Novin, and who is said to have
been a secessionist before our arri-
val, but has suddenly become a
COW crt to Union principles. The
camp, about s or 10 miles long gand
contains, with tho reinforcements
wo have received, over 10000.
men. We arc beyond the line
whore we were to be sadly whipped
and have scarce seen an enemy
| mean enomics in arms, as enemies
in opinion, "secesh" as We call
them, there is scarcely anything
else about us. We hold the
most dangerous post Of Picket
Guard around the camp and shoot
occasionally at suspicious charac-
ters for practice. A fair specimen
of tho people around hero is found
in a family of whom we were con-
versing with piece of black human
ity yesterday. ado you live yon.
derl" "Yes, Massa." care your
folks Union Golksl" "Dey is now
Massa." GLOW was they few
days agol" "Dey was secesh-dey
seccsh when secesh is here, and
Union when Union sojers is here. +"
And so they all are, these noble
Kentuckians of whom We read
about but seldom see nowadays
Why, Nc, the Louisville Legion,
tho hrag troops of Kentucky, are
eight.tonths Irish and Germans
We are surrounded daily by gazers,
robust fellows, who might fight as
well as any one, but nary one en-
lists.
Yesterday, forty men of Col.
Harrison's, 39th Indiana Reg't, had
q small brush with tho enemy,
twelve miles from here, at Bacon
Creek. Flfty-cight cavalry charg
ed on tho Indiana boys, and fifty
ono went back in a short time to.
wards Bowling Green, satisfied witt
that fight, seven ofthem remaining
behind unable to travel.
The probability is that Buckner
will retire to Tennessee without
fighting. lie was to have made q
stand at Muldraugh Hill, and then
hero, and Green River and Bowling
Green. lie is now reported al
Bowling Green and is sending his
troops Southwark. Those brave
men, one of whom could put q
thousand Northerners to flight, arc
strange to say, rapidly retreatini
without fight.
The health Of the regiment i
quite good, the sick arc improving
One poor boy died of Dysentery
last week. l do not recollect hi
name. We hear that Ohio has gon,
Union by strong vote. We vot
ed informally in the 49th and founC
that Jewetthad twenty.eight votes
Gen. McCook arrived here TO-DAY
and will relieve Col. Gibson to
morrow. Col. Gibson has beer
commander Of the post during thr
ILLNESS Of Gen. Rosseau. Gen. Sher
man you are aware has taken Gen
Anderson's place in Louisville, OF
account Of Anderson's i'll health.
During our stay at Muldraugl
Hill theregimcnt became quite pro
ficient in battalion drill and in th'
manual of arms. Col. Blackmar
is an indelatigable military tutor
and we begin to feel as if VIC arr
able to meet the enemy.
Mr.. Bush is very dcservedly
popular, and constant in his du
ties. Preaching on Sunday, NJ
drills. Prayer meeting, and vel
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