Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-10-03
Correspondence Indiana Journal
From the goth Regiment.

Ed. JoURNAL;-I have been to Balti-
more 1 have seen what Secesh sees and
heard what Secesh talks. Myself and
comrade walked IA miles and saw the great
secesh city-the city in which Union men
were murdered; but we saw it with the
stars and stripes flying from every promi-
nent point in the city; with batteries frown-
ing from FEDERAL Hill and Fort McHenry.
and Union police parading the Streets
All is quiet. and excellent discipline pre-
walls.
Let me tell You what Secesh says-I
came across two They say "that the sue
cess of the Republican party and the elec-
tion Of Lincoln was mere pretext for the
war; that the cause existed thirty years ago;
that it is not abolition. or territorial rights.
nor any other question of that kind; but
solely and exclusively for the reason that
the South have been taxcd forty millions of
dollars to support the id Yankee mann
facturers." That is it-that is the sole
cause of the war. and they pretend nothing
else. Why the lie is so preposterous that
it was not worth contradicting. They
told me that rents had fallen forty per
cent; that many merchants doing busi
ness heretofore of q million a year. had not
even uncovered their goods; that where they
had employed twenty clerks. they had now
only one; that it was as common for a
merchant to have his paper protested as it
was to go to dinner, and so on. and so
forth-a long catalogue of ruin.
Baltimore is the natural outlet for the
trade of the West, via the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad; but the ruin of the Rail
road by secesh has driven all transporta-
ton aud passage over the Pennsylvania
Central. and the money of the loyal North
is building up the industry OF Pennsylva-
mia. Short-sighted fools! Their stores
are empty. their business ruined, public
confidence gone. and the sceptre of success
they would have grasped from the South
ern rebels, whose commercial city they
hoped to be, has vanished like the baseless
fabric of dream. Sullenness sinks
through their streets, and the Government
they would have crushed have to be their
protectors. We did visit one Union fam
lily and had home welcome. The women
said "that If the Union men had half as
good spunk as the women, this rebellion
would soon be crushed.' : t-.t
Col. McMillan's regiment is in Camp
Dix. near the city. Two companies are
at Fort McHenry learning the artillery
drill. Three companies of the 10Th In1i-
anans passed through Baltimore for
Washington last night. The 10Th are
near the Chain Bridge. and are we'll spoken
81 On our way homo in the cars, saw a
sad reality. The 49th Pennsylvania.
bound to Baltimore, in two trains came in
to collision. resulting in the death of two
soldiers, wounding several other and NOR
tally wounding the engineer. The scene
was terrible. The two soldiers in full uni
form lying cold in death by the track; the
crushed and broken ruins: the groans of
the wounded and the excitement Of their
comrades. all dimly seen by the fash of
torches and Lanterns amid the timber and
shrubbery, on, each side of the grade---all
combined to impress one with the terrible.
-, Our Colonel Is . strict disciplinarian
and . perfect gentleman. His whole At
tention is given to his regiment. RI We are
as we'll fed as in our homes. / will give
you some incidents in camp life soon
l.ee Ever yours, q. NJ. B. Il.