Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-05-23
he government party.

city, where the first real victory has been
obtained By the government party.
+ TST. LOUIS. Mo,
4 Monday morning, MAY 3.
/ - We are verify living (and dying
here in St. Louis, in stirring times, Of which
you have Of course long ere the receipt Of
his, been ddvised, by the telegraph, g..
have sent on already, and herewith send
you more phpers, giving you some particulars
Of the EVENT. of the past few days. But these
accounts, Va luminous as they seem, give you
no adequate idea of the excitement in which
we are Twin L. have TO time TO enlarge
upon these vents, but only write you now,
to assure yob Of my, As yet, personal safety
and welfare
Ny life for the past week has formed
an era I'D my career, which / imagine /
shall remem per for life. be my existence as
long a. it IN b.. A. bould soldier boy"
for the past Fix days, have been an active
participa.or amid scenes Of actual hostility,
which begin 10 make me feel quite ike vet
eran. hav e experienced all the sensations
OF one goiu l. out 70 battle and have smelt
the powder, and heard the whistling Of mimic
bullets speed forth on their deadly errands.
have don4 duty on the advan u picket
guards in the enemy's country. through
many a dark hour and amid the most dreEch-
ing rains. \ have built barbados, lived on
bread and cheese, slept little or none. except
in brief snatches Of an hour OF two AZ a time
and some of that was done with hardly
thought 80 easily does one adapt himself to
the excitement Of the hour. lying within
half dozen ieet-of a.bloody corpse.who had
fallen a victim TO the madness Of the times.
In short, / do not think need anything now
save The experience Of regular out and out
pitched batile. 70 complete the record.
A. have before stated. have 50 far come
out of this FLY. and am a well and he arty
as could be expected, and that too. where
many have b1 oke down and given up. have
taken the stand / have. because / have con-
sidered it the duty Of every man in this ex-
igency to show his hand, and TO take his 20
siton either on one side or the other have
done It too, to my pecuniary and social disad-
vantage, and resting under the stigma of hav-
ing forsaken my friends to league myself with
a foreign element. whose touch was cOntamin-
alton. But % far. have gone boldly for
ward. and hope TO, to the end. be it what
it will.
do not think ! shall soon forget my sen
sations, whenon Friday afternoon last, (cn
leaving for Camp Jackson,) loaded nay
musket and box my place in the ranks Of my
company. aud set out Oh our march Of three
miles without mu,ic and without outside en-
couragement, to in all probability, (tor all Of
us supposed Te should have a fghO wac
battle against not only my own coantrymen,
but against fiends. Al the camp were rot
only numerou. person. whom Lad known,
some casually and -ome intimately. bat also
one who Tor the past year bad been nv most
intimate friend. Before leaving our rendez-
yous AT th. Turne-s Fs" waan forming on
the street. shook la slrb -e.rral old as
socia,es who a,owe4 aIy their intention.
Of being here with their ,~yo.ver, TO act
against US. Thu, yog can ima-iu. u.v seasa-
lions, a. We trud.ei along. could have been
none Of the 2lessan.est. OfcouI-e 10 no.
pretend that was altogether unmindfal Of
the possible personal result Of the encounter
which I supposed would in-ue.- TO one but
2 tool would b4 but I must say the feeling
Of sadness at the possibility Of my ending the
existence Of some Of my former comrades.
wa- the promiH ent one. Luckily. however.
we were not Cd He'd upon 10 perform any such
melancholy duty. If it were not for the sad
finale. which resulted N the death Of so many
innocent persons, the affair would have been
one Of the most successful movements Of: the
campaign. and done no, a little to s4uelch
secession here4bouts.
The company TO which belong j. C. 81.
Sd Regiment No. L. ;. Reserve Guards. Col.
Mcneil. q III headquarters Is Turner's
Hall SO, if ih the future you hear Of any
movement here, YOU will know where TO look
for me. Our company Is composed almost
exclusively of Americans-all of them too.
men of good social standing, and as good a
crowd generally, as | would wish to 20 cam