Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-05-23
CRU7TBLERS.


We see several papers are endcavoring
to Get up a feeling against the State Gov
crnment, as well as some Of the officers, BY
charging neglect and Peculation against
them in furnishing supplies and equip
ments for the army Some Of these may
have ground for complaint and instances
have probably occurred where poor and
unsuitable articles were furnished by dis
honest contractors, but that these are
chargeable to ncJlcrf on the part Of the
State Government or its officers IS at best
a far-letched opinion. The extraordinary
and unezampled occasion which has occur
red for calling out State troops in large
numbers, without previous preparation, has
of course rendered an immense amount Of
labor necessary in arranging the details,
which degolyes upon the heads of the sew
eral departments, who in turn must trust
to q second class for superintendent, and
these again to numherless employees, any
one Of whom proving untaithtul or dis
honest, would give room for caviI. That
some cloth should prove bad in the i'm
mense lots purchased is no subject Of won
dcr-tor there is hardly store in which
some bad is not found; that some blankets
should have been unfit for use is nothing
new; and that some shoes should be worth
less, is not strange, for the same thing can
be found in any dry goods or shoe store.
The grumblers however are rot content to
make allowances for anything: if one piece
of cloth, lot Of blankets, or Of shoes,
turns out bad, We at once find a rigmarole
Of nonsense from especial correspond
ent' who can strain at enats and swallow
camels, and forthwith the Government and
all connected with it are denounced. This
Is wrong, and may produce inspbordina-
tion among those who have heretofore look
cd at the difficulties in a sensible light
How different ideas prevail we mightread-
ily instance by extracts from letters from
members Of the Logan Guards, for while
one writes despondingly and complains Of
almost everything, another under the same
date speaks of being contented, makes
light Of what the other calls hardships,
and on the whole concludes that he cxpec-
ted to meet difficulties Of all kinds, looked
at the bright side, and has MT been disap
pointed
We stated last week thatthcre appeared
to have been some neglect in furnishing
the Logan Guards with their uniforms, not
on the part of the State Government or
Gen Hale, but probably through other
parties after they had been forwarded
After cur form was on the press we re-
ceived a letter from a gentleman well
known as a soldiers friend in word and
deed, which although mainly private we
publish in great part:
HARRIsBURG, May IA. 1861,
The tardy movements of the Legislature
have greatly embarrassed the constituted an
thorities here, and has tended to no little mis-
representation and MISUNDERSTANDING The
organized regiments have all been sent from
this camp, and are now under the control of
the United States authorities at Chambers.
burg, York, Lancaster, West Chester, Wash
lngton City, and part Of our brave Juniata
boys are at Fort Washington, On the east
side OF the Potomac, and about as near tho
secession forces as they can well get without
an exchange q shots. The aggregate of those
pennsylvania forces cannot Be short -f
$4,000 men, Ana besides thesa alraa,l7 NJ
tered INTO the United States service, We have
several regiments at PhiladcIrbia frro ~
three at fittsburs, and about twenty SIX com
panles at this camp not vet organized int,
regiments. All these latter are awaiting the
action Of The Legislature and The further rn-
QUESTION Of the department at Washington.
Nearly the whole If them feel more .r less
aggtlcyca, and the air is full Of complaints as
TeI- as every mail! and not cue perhans in
t1ty that dges not place the blame where il
ought not ,o be placed, and where it is doing
grigF--l injustice % place il. But so il is.
ana q course II viii require time TO do ius.
ice - an1 vlldlcat3 the a-grie7ed and neri-
torl0us parties. / have known the Governor
and the different departments s3 he sIardared
and nlisTepresentea beyond measure ,rhen
they were working nigh. and dav t9 +ha rom.
I9ft ana honor oi onr soldiers and IF thu
state. Our people viii soon see tlg al.sr~5;
~ OF expecting an army Of Is or 10000 n
De suOslstod, clothed, armed and cauionod in
1e" days. And yet that miracle has hean
almost accomplished. Some. however. seen
20 think this should be done in a dav. tbat 20
1eLaEs ana 40 1.sappoaEtment should occur