The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-11-04

war Items.
Tur RAiIsosp RxonKsr recruits
for the Railroad Regiment have gone iuto
quarters At Camp Morton. The quarters tor
the troops not being such the officers Of
the regiment thought good enough for their
men to occupy. they. with accustomed rail
rosl energy. went to'work and bought ium'
oes. naiIs. and tools and had the tenements
made quite comfortable. They are detsrm-
med that their men shall have the beet
quarters il il possible to provide for them
We lear nat about TWO companies will be
furnished his regiment by the Ohio 4
Mlssissi'p. road. Que by the Jeffersonvills.
me by ne Madison & Indianapolis. one by
The .dianspolis & Cincinnati, one by the
Indiana Central. and one by the Wabash
Valley. We have no knowledge Of what
other lines will do. but ail will contribute
more or les.
The New Albany Ledger of Wednesday
evening says:
Col Ray informs US that yesterday morn
he had tour hundred and twenty seven men
enrolled at Camp Joe Holt. There.are prob.
ably Ave hundred to-day. The Colonel
thinks mis- regiment will be lull in two weeks.
Our friend James " Gwin is Post AdjutSnt
~ Camp Joe Holt. and makes an admirable
officer
The Laporte Union. OF Wednesday. says:
two '&rgs dry goods boxes o. hospital
stores dried fruits. jellies and other Ue.i-
cscie<-tosether with = large amount o.
warm and comfortable clothing. were strip
rel this moraiug BY the L,por;e Ladies
Relief Society. To- the y NTH Regiment. Tie
Twentieth and Twenty-ninth viii sooh To
favored in like manner
The New Caste Courier says Of Col Ne
Nullen's regiment:
We learn from Rev. Mr. Hardin. that
there are now eight companies IN camp for
thu reg Hent- Several OF the companies
nave their iall complement of men. and none
nunbeD less than sIxty i've. la the va
rsous COMPANIES there are no lees than eight
Methodist preachers. aid the morale OF bvth
officers and men $ said ~ be very superior
Owing 70 the heavy drain Of war material
pFevic 1ay made from this re jon. We doubted
q ~. the possibility oi filing W this regi-
VA reasonable tine. Thus lar The
pr <ress hts been niost surprising. sud there
b 20 lJn,er room f,r couot tht the 57;h
siii DC speedily LA tns heii. with full ranks.
Madison Grose. son vi the Colorel. has
been appointed Aijutsnt OF the 18th rsgi-
msns. p,ee G. W. Leonard. promoted - Aid
Je- Gimp 70 Gen. Wood.
The following card. published iu the L,
ff~ette papers, speaks we'll for the patriotism
Il the ladies' OF the Wabash Valley:
take great pleasure in returning the
thanks OF the soldiers Of the 4)fh regiment
TO tho ladies OF Lafayette. Indians. for one
hundred blankets and SIXTY i've pair Of socks
70 the ladies Of Boone county tor one hun
irei and thirty blankets. TO the ladies' OF
iauranie. Sheffield aud and Wsa townships.
Tippecsnos county. for two hundred blsn
kets: 10 the ladies OF Wabash township. Tip
pecsnoe county. for twenty-five blankets: to
the ladies OF Wayne aud Jackson townships.
rippecanos county. for City blankets; to
the ladies' Of Miami county. tor sixty biab-
kess.
These contributions have added much to
the comfort. and made sl.d the hearts OF
many OF our soldiers W. q. WILSON.
Colonel 40sh Re- inent.