The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-01-09
Letter from Fort HAMILTON, n. r

Estts, for II we have no one to wish us .
"hsppy New Year." He sre q Iesst not
dsbarrsd from cODgratulatlhg Otbers.-
The weather here to-day is awful cold, al
tt ough the sun is shining pleasantly
There is a stiff cold breeze blowing from
the ocean, that cbills one to the very mar.
row.
We have removed into our new winter
quarters behind the Fort, and consequent
ly do not feel the cold so much. although
we are still without fres. We have had
plenty to eat, good warm blankets. aud
comfortable quarters in which to sleep,
but still there are a number Of things lack
ing to make US feel at ease. The first and
most important oi which is that we are
placed among an entire set oI strangers;
secondly, our friends at home seem TO
have forgotten us, as We have received
but one or Two letters from homo since
we lelt;-and there is nothing contributes
so much to the soldiers joy as frequent
assurances that the dear ones left behind.
are in the midst Of health and prosperity,
Or if stricken by the hand Of aeversity,
that he may cOndole with them.
You should have been in our company
quarters last evening when the mail came
in, and NE received the GAZETTE you
were kind enough to send. II was passed
from hand to hand, and read through and
through. advertisements and all; even
now a group of them are poring over it,
commenting and criticising the contents.
Send US one or two copies every week,
and in fettirti We viii endeavor to keep
you posted in regard to affairs in this pol-
ton OF the world.
Nearly every day, there s fresh batch
of "ISecesh" brought in to Fort Lafay yette,
and they may he seen at all hours of the
day, drearily prOmenading a'ong the raOi-
parts. no doubt soiloquizing on
"What they are,
And what they might hate been"
The entrance 10 Che harbor at this point
: is strictly guarded by the Forts and the
Revenue Cutter, AMI every day some two
or three vessels have 10 be fred into fol
, attempting 10 pass out without reporting
, thems Ives. Ouly last evening large
English frisate attempted pass out, ant
voud not heaye to, until convinced by {
. ball from our huge 24.pounder in front
D our main sally-port, entering her bulwarks
t that the sooner she put about, and ha'
her clearance papers examined, the bette
i, would be for the perpe,ualion of thei
: boast-that
:. "Britania rules the wave"
: 1t is ruDored here now that the lst bat
. talion of our Regiment is to be sert T.
c Plattsburgh or the Canadian frontier
and the arrival yesterday Of canteens
% haveracks, ETC., etc.. rather confirms tn
u report. At all events We will move
,e some direction before long.
ID KITTY wants me 10 assure his numero'
Is friends tha, he is still atle to take his r.
u tons. The rest of the boys are all we
;" and look fine. Doc Tiller ard Newtc
Ne Wolf, are on guard to-day for the FIR
r. time for any of our squad. Should al
Of bat Lancaster friends happen in Ne
0' York, we would be very glad to have the
90 come and See us. The way is very ca
e, TO find, and the street. cars run right do'
to the gates of the Fort. The probabi
Up ty is that Tip Michaels " i'll be dischar
- ~, ed before long, on account of disabili
sls Christmas and New Years passed We
Ter drearily-nothing to do but set round a
81 tell where we were this time last year, a
ID spec ulate as to wSele we would be II
az, time next.
es. had the pleasure last week Of TAXI
the trip to the city. in company with tit
and Wolfe. 1t is impossible for mo
u;n u give you detailed account of all
~, sights Ne saw. The woolly' y'hofsei
ted white whale,-the thousand and one
the or curiosities at "Barnums," the mu
tude Of people, the crowded Streets
tn IN dorks, shipping, 'Lusses, street'cars, Fl
pickers, organ. grinders, charcoal se!l'
milk men, boot.blacks, news boys, apr
.om stands, tigger. shows, theatres, church
the oyster stands, SOLDIERS, soap'tat m
circuses, and this is not half. We
'as Trinity church, the largest in the Uni
om States, Tammsuy Hall. ~hete SO m
ana poli,ical fortunes have been thade and
VwIui w made, Delmouieo's. the golconda Of
ON % epicure, Fifth Avenue. the seat OF wei
''y luxury and splendov, the Astor House
Ia!o NV: St. Nicholas, the two finest hotels in
lel. world. and last but not least. we saw
oi, nando Wood. the ex.Mayor Of the c
'me and one whose political career is so
known throughout the States as a Sc
~ ao . sion sympathiSer. We also were on
y" "an q Bowery, where rye man called ~
can Gan flourisheth in all his splsndor," and
ition reu suH' se"S' n adn,on;shos m