The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-06-28

men w the regiment You M
y that when the l6threeinar In
contact wlth-the enemy. itWat That
what I have said Of tits tus rsnwe
arrived here there were abort hoods
/ suppose, here-fvereaimer,s lLisis-
sippi volunteers, and one Of avol-
unteers, under Col. seible. latter
with two Mississippi regiment. Burts
and Col, Featherston's have Isf a vr-
ginia.
Troops are passing here bv an loads
Gay and night Col. Hindnan,, regiment
OF Arkansas volunteers passed lsso a few
days since, cn route for the seat ofvar.
Wewere mustered into the Confederate
army by Capt. Walker, on tbe 8th Of
June Our destination am not as yet
apprised Of, and can form no idea of it.
The citizens Of Corinth-witb a few ex-
eeptons-and especially the ladies', are
liberal, kind and magnapimous people.
lney do all they can for the soldiers, and
as an evidence Of this fact, our captain
was taken suddenly i'll, and two Of the
company applied to a Mrs. Camp
bell-Mr. Campbell, being from home
for accommodations for him. She at
once furnished him a splendid room well
furnished, servants to wait on him, and,
did in fact everything she could to re-
lieye him and make him corfirSGagvlssel &C. o.
contented. She is indeed patriotic M,
and has placed the Defenders" pDi..
Obligations to her, that will last with M
Another lady, | did not learn her nam,
sent word to our camp that if we hadnv
one sick, that needed delicacies Of ary
kind, such as soups &C., to send to M
house and get it-she would divide with
us as long as she had any. God blessuA
women! Can the rump Black ReputF
can Government ever subjugate such ,
people2 1t is a ridiculous absurdiy IA
entertain such an idea.
And here while l am speaking Of tbs
generosity of the people of Cornth, and
it is continued every day business with
them too-allow me to say one word 70
those citizens ofour own county,whoreus
ed to give the company anything. Men
worth thousands, never gave our comp.
ny dollar, aye not even kind words Of
encouragement, while others gave only
81 so to SIS 90. On the other hand tbe
ladies here, over 300 miles from home
perfect strangers to us, are offering tocon.
tribute to our wants. 1t is a damnag
shame and the class at home to WhomI
allude, they do certainly suffer more from
the scorpion laShes Of their ogn coasciaca
than we do, for the want Of their help.
Citizens of Smith, to whom this applies,
we have no hard feelings for you, but
merely ask that you redeem yourselves,
ease your consciences by at once, equip
ping the other companies that are form
ing in your county. That is all we ask.
1t is to the active and untiring energies Of
our noble captain that we are indebted
for the position we occupy, and assure !.
you that here in the army, away from
home and friends, is the place to try
man, and he has endeared himselfto the
heart of every member of this company
as long as they shall live. Heis kindand
humane, visits the sick, looks after and
contends even against odds, for the rights
of his piney woods boys, and sees they
are not put at the tail end Of everything
to do the drudging, because they are
from the piney woods. don't know that
there has been any attempt to do such
thing, but if there were know he
would not tolerate it. without at least
stout and unyiedng protest. But we
need not fear, with the noble and gallant
Posey as our Col, and W. II. Hardy, as
our captain, any unfairness or any
danger.
But Unjust clse having already opened
out this letter too bng. Ourcompany are
all well now I bfd I've, and in fine spirits,
drilling every dT We have preaching =
every Sunday inofr regiment Oap'' Va :
Wis an observation-disclosures and minis
for of tho oossl has command of the
Crystal Springdf ards-Our camps Joln'
and he preacheio u.s.
Thursday was d / day as you know, by
proclamation d Pres. Davis, and was
strictly obserVd throughout the camp
But moreanqh
A SmEkToF THE DEFENDERS.