, 1861-09-13

.xar there are not few Of 4hese,) will bulge |
az inch. know Of several, among m9 own
immediate aequaiutances, who we're prof act~
ing 8 hip to theaE BONES "a bt1aes aana, 80 4
.ntdet, I was especially amused the other |
eyeuipE. at tbs dilemma Of \ certain Ii y |
friend Of mine, OF secession procliviaea, who !
was very deeilons Of paying Chicago avhtt,
but vse unwilling 70 sqhcribe to anything that |
would look ks n endorssEusat nf The Lin
coin Government" The exhilsrattng lake
hreezes r ere ve1 e tieiag, but she ,co1ld not
ove1 come her r4pngnanee to the okth. -
Be sides the various depsEtnaeats Of trade
which have been invigoEa+ed by the army
busiasss here, + Is also ? matter Ct eong.ato.
dreds Of POOR WGmen and girls, who bpt for
il 1nrft have BEEN scre1y reduce6 II their cir
cumttarces daring the coming winter. The
Quslte1master has now nearly three thousand
women, girls and men engaged tn making
buildings ars filled with these seaaast,sssas,
hom cellar to ga1ret, and are well worth a
visit. & good share Of those =emplpyd are
the wives and children Of volunteers. to
Nhona, se1y prapesly, Qnartermaster McKin-
etry gives, ia 81 cssea, preterence- They
,eguiariy every Saturday night in specie
fluids Judging from the immenRe number
of nrsfofms daily turned out from all these
places, should say our army in the West
would rot 60 ragged much longer.
Ths edist Of tss Provost *sL;r harshaI Pr
cept upon special duties, or pressing person-
al business, has slready produced s great
change in cur streets, and hope may have
as grat:fyirg an ttfect upon the camps. I
hare just made astour up 4sh street for the
especial purpose o. noting the effects Of the
order, and was much pleased to find it as I
| have above stated. TIE amount of "eojrr-
| irg " that has been done st our hotels, bsr-
J rocms and lees rtputabae places for the past
| feH weeks Las excited no little comment
| ciplint OF the 6rny at heart. In these times
cur soldiers have noble1 mission THAI dtiRk.
! irg cobhlerf, smoking cigars, exhibiting new
! uniforms which lever saw the smoke Of bat
! tle* and lpgging sronnd swords By their sides,
| for which they have ehont a. much need as 50
same tacss about the httels day after day, and
! hight SITTER eight, aEd sees officers, from
Co!opels down, u,der the influence
Of liquor, diEgyacing themselves ass
the service BY, delivering msudlil
speeches to disgnsted audiences Of accidents
listeners, it il, I think, full time Saat stol
was PIT to it, There is not muck doubt eithe
brit hat un6er tbs direction Of Gen. McKin
stIy, a stop will be put to it. noticed abou
the hotels, this forenoon, very few OF tn
di1ttGnte soldiers, still compsacenuy pufda q
their cigars; but an. greatly mistaken il tn
|
! il not after them ire night fall
Benton barracks are about completed, Al
are to be daily iraugrsated oD FEidAy nooz
at " hich time there VIII be grand review {
al the troops there by Gen. sam. R. Curti
i Comnardant Of the post These barracks III
the most extensive ever built On this cont
LeIt, beirg capable Of comfortably housir
23,G00 t;oops. If stretched out in q straigl
line, they would extend over three mile
! The barracks were planned, sud their co
etruetion strictly superiEteIded, By Genef
McKinstry, whose name, by the way, som
how Or other, seems to be connected vii
) many thi1 gE that is done or being done her
l abcItS And this, toe, leads me to say, tn
e ! there is very prevalent opinions entertaine
in this section that the aforesaid General vi
b. heard frcm ope Of these days, # the "
b sho21d continue, and he should have the o
e portunity given him. But OF this more ano
, Troops are contir ua]ly arriving, but SO q1
city, sid With SO little display. that it is dit
J. cu3t-in fact impoEsible-to keep track
= I taye given up all attempts to chronicle tt
aIriyals, and very wisely. Wong as the pu
lie kLoW6 that matts Is are progressing as td
stopld, it matters little thit they should
initiatt into alt the details. Among the lat
J. arrivals I may, however, mention Lew vi
Is lact's Eleventh Indiana regiment, whit
n wcn un'adi1g lsure'e In Westera Virgins.
u viii be ttbeard frcm'' again one Of these d.,
l. 4 considerable body Of troops has left
y city, too, within the past few days, but vi
= regiments and whittier they have gone We a
* al igncrart. Amorg the various imrro'
= neuts being made hire for increasing the
- cizitits for tTanep porting troops, is the conn
railroads, by track laid through the ci
2he track also winds about the Leyee, so
+. transportation Of troops to or from the bo
j. il also very much facilitated. B