Arkansas true Democrat., 1861-11-07
Letter from Kentucky.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky, Oct. 18th, 1861.

 Dear -:
 Your short but very welcome epistle was handed me at Putnam Cor Hick's) Ferry, and after a few weeks delay hasten to reply. Since my last to voc, have been straining every muscle trying to travel over as much territory as possible while travelling is cheap. After taking short but high ly interesting survey of Missouri and slight peep at Tennessee, I am now reveling amid the clover fields and beech groves of Kentucky.
 Kentucky, (ths portion of it at least, to use the laconic phrase of my teegraphically disposed coz, is all Ok.' The people about here feel them selves highly nsuted if you even intimate that this is any other thln southern soil But probably you would like to know by what route We came Co this part of the country. Well, after few week so- iouln at G.ecavillc Mo; and q race of sixteen miles aboge there in vain attempt at making Breakfast of | squad of workable live Yankees and Dutch, we quietly returned 10 litImans Ferry, and again pitched our tents. There we spent ie" week, taking the measles and engaged in various other agreeable occupa. ons, then VIC again struck our tcrts-c-a-sed tlc beautiful Current river and wcId,d our way along through the ,Wamp- and bottoms ol northern Arkansas and southern Ms souri. After r,ry agreeabie march of eight days, crossing that lime no los than five rivers, we ar rived at Poinl Pleasant; Mo, not liking the looks oftnis place very much, stayed but a ieN days. sYhe old |. ;. mail packet "lngomar," kindly to1k compassion on us and brought us from that place to Columbus, Ky After little over weeks stay there, seeing in the meantime silght scrimmaec bctw cen tao of Uncle Abe's gun-boats and the batteries on the bank, we mounted a train of cars an ab=qua:ulated. The said cars took us down as far as Humboldt, Tenn, then changed di- reetion, fby tbe left hlnk,) and brought Us here We passed rnroueh Clarksyille, Tenn, about day break. and the ladies of that place kindly sent us borntiful su~ply of rich provisions, making us splendid breakfast.
 When l start out on wife hunting expedition IshaIl call at Clarhsyile, | tAink.) You probably know as much as do about the prospect of fight in these parts; should you hear of battle near here vou may conclude that <no providential hindrance,) was engaged in it. My health lof which sup nose 1 must speak to relieve the minds ot my friends of any fears they may have entertained con corning the effects of camp life upon my youthful fr4me,) has never been better than since lett home l have enjoyed good health nearly all the time. and in fact 1 believe always do enjoy good health whenever Providence kindly bestows itupon me.
 Rcport, lthc old liar) says that Price and Me Cnlloch have succeeded in changing Fremont's whole plan of operations they have also efectualiy convinced him that he is not yet Lord of all he surveys" so mote it be) Considering that you are so willing to inform me about the situation of Little Rock, and the state of affairs there generally have a few very pertinent questions to propound which hope you will answer by the first mail
 lst. 1. Little Rock still on the same side of the riverl Can telegraph lie l. Miss - Vell2 Is she at home Has the Military Board been dried or - i, still green as crer' How arc you Isita fact tlat Yankee stole the arsenal yard 2 Ha. the report that ha,fof the Sweeney rihemen were killed and the rest taken prisoners been con frm,d' How i- George Have you quit barking vet ls it rot mistake about our having nothing to eat up hcrc' When wll sou writc' Will you answer a those questions Do you think am imnertiucui
 /5ncmy respects [, Miss --, tell her not to set her "y5a.hul affections" on me, as the girls in tl.. par. ol Kentucky anu north west Tennessee haze taken my heart b., storm.
 Bowling Green i, quie a pretty place, so IS Paris. T.un. Columbus Is very well fortifed- Mis.i--ipp r.ycT run, down stream. am 20 years old. Ncarc going to have potatoes for dinner!- No boly hurt. l saw the Hon. John Bell the other days me man you was se sure would be president. The Hon. John C. Breckinrdge is here private in ranks, he has just issued splendid ad dress 10 the people of Kentucky. It is worthy the brain that got it up. Apples cheap here, so are cigars. The s. C. paid us all SIP 8 the other day-goins to pay us some more when she gets a surplus on hand.
 Arkansas, suppose, thinks we did nothing worth paying for, the month and three quarters we served her Tell Arkansas we are all rich and have no poor kin. We have fine brass band We have the best colonel in the Southern Confederacy, no exception.
 Write soon, excuse imperfections. overlook Grammatical errors Direct reply Bowling Green, 5h regiment Ark. volunteers. Nothing more at present-thank you.
 ours, etc. F.D.V.
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