The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-12-26
LETTER FROM GEORGETOWN, D. O.
SEMINARY HospIrAL, Dec. 9th, 81.
To all The Friends at Home:

SEMINARY HOSPITAL, Dec. 9th, '6l.
To all the Friends at Home:
l have been "officer of the day." and
my duties extend to the night, and be-
ing obliged to be here, | thought l
would write you all again. | have
just finished some private letters, and
while I am in the humor, and have
the opportunity, I will avail myself of
it. I don't know whether my letters
are read, though, at all; one thing do
know, they crowd out good deal of
interesting matter, and whenever the
editors think them unworthy the space
they occupy they can put them on the
"rej jected list"
We have busy times here now. The
NJ. C.'s are generally in attendance,
and have come with hearty good will
to serve their country, in this, her hour
of peril. Never was greater respon.
sibility resting upon any body than
now rests upon the assembled wis
dom" in Washington Ihave several
times wished we had a Clay, a Webster,
a Seward, or a Cass, in our Legislative
halls; but then l believe they who are
here have the zeal and patriotism of
those l have named: and if it be true,
that occasions make men, We ought to
have a race Of heroes, such as we have
not had since the days of Clay and
Webster. Every house is crowded
the streets are thronycd-and Wash.
ington is cmphatically yankee city,
Thrift, energy and enterprise meet
you at every turn, and the old adage
is forcibly verified, that lit is an i'll
wind that blows nobody any good. -
Washington is certainly, and will be,
for all wears to come, very materially
benefited by the rebellion. Instead
of its being sacked, and in the posses
sion of the conthicveracy it is growing
more rapidly than it ever has before.
The utmost confidence in the stability
liability ofour government pcrvades
all the capitalists here, and the message
and Secretaries reports seem to be the
g' arun.ies for safety for time to come
AS | said in one of my former letters,
we have now good ready" and you
will hear of brilliant achievements
and stirring events in the South.
We feel here as if the war could no,
last long now. Secession seems now
to be on its last legs and topping to
now nauyht but the convuI>;ve throes
of an expiring giant, and if it were
worthy Z SOM It's requiem might al
most already be sung. True, blood is
vet to be shed treasure to be cXpcnl
cd, aul probably some rcvcr,cs, but a
glorious success awaits US and Will
crown our efforts.
Let us still bc patient Let US trust
to tn" God Of battlcsand in the wisdom
and patriotism of our leaders, aud the
cloud which already has a silvcrv lin.
ing will pass away, and the bright sun
of victory us well us peace and liberty
will shed on all loyal subjects its en-
iivrning rays.
The sickness in our regiments is
very much diminished, and the cases
Of disease are not near SO fatal. Our
northern soldiers, coming from their
cold and mountain regions, seem to
love and enjoy the ''sunny South" very
much, and it would be no wonder if
when the war is over a good many of
the "mudsillS" and ''grcasv mechanic" j"
be SO impcrtnent aS to dcsrcrate the
Il I,,,
aboles-cspecially if slavery 60 by the
board.
If Congress wishes to pass coloni-
zation act, wouldn't it be we'll to have
one for the benefit of the F. +. VS. and
South Carolinians? They will detest
living with the "llcsslans," so much,
and their "danler" will rise to such
billing" pitch that their transportation
to Russian America or some other
frigid climate might be beneficial.
All the soldiers seem anxious to 60
on expeditions, and that regiment that
receives an order to report at Annapo-
lis considers itself particularly fortu-
nate. Some few of the regiments are
going into winter quarters. In has
been confidently anticipated, for the
last few days, that there would be
general move very soon over the river.
You need not be surprised at any time
to hear ola great battle on the Potomac.
Our boys are eager for the fray, and
are anxious to retrieve the Bull Run
disaster My time is up. The space
allotted for this letter is exhausted, and
I'll again say, good bye.
THE DOCTOR.