Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-01-31
CAMP X KELLEY, near CUMBERLAND. MD.
january 23d, 1862.

January 23d, 1862.
4In. EDuoE: IT your paper is as scarce as
mine, need not wrile much to-day. ] would
irrqrn your readers, however, that we are well.
\ Ed Why should we not be? There are more
'conrc.nel,ecs in war tlan many Lave supposed.
will mention few: \ good constitution is
avery guoG thiug. espcci4lly upon such march
Is u We have lately been making. O1r re-
cent march upon and capture Of Blues Gap,
and retreat from Romncy 70 this place, were
by no means the easiest we have madc-and,
strange TO many both OF item were com
iaen,ed at midnight
Bat you are aware flat the Grec;ans held
their Courts Of Justice after night, lest the
Pirallngs Of the clients might effect decisions
pl the Sanhedrim. i must have been for
some such reason Hat we left Romney at mid
night, suggest that the officers might have
brou led away by the pleading Of their lady
iUyts, for they were not few, ] assure YOU
\ IL the Officers and some Of the privates had
strong atatchm,nis to the "women and little
ONES" 1t was not difficult, in any case to guess
who shared the NEST in orr affections, but pol
icy compelled lis to lavish our munifcence,
which consisted for the most part, in "rings,"
'candics' and 'kisscs" upon the little ones.
Bat suffice it to say that great as the sac
riicc was, il was made; and, by the way, am
reminded Of another convenient thing, viz
Il good undcrst. uding," for in its absence
rany a poor soldier came tnmbling upon his
larils un,l kuers, aud muttcred imprecations
of wrath as ly arose literally covered with
mud. / especially remember seeing our Or
derby loose his equilibrium while crossing
d, p niud-hol1.
Rcsi is auollcr convenient thing, and we
have plenty Of il too. On our last Romney
Race" we Obtained it in the following manner.
every one going for all armfuI OF rails TO build
himself fire, 10y which we warmed our feet,
and lay rolled up in our Blankets, sleeping
sweetly till day. Cn rcsumiug our march, We
run,, our gearing" Il little heavy, but the Wis
lom Of our Maicr (now Lieut.. Colonel) sug-
g1stcl the following simple remedy, Boys. get
un, . .iIckSon's advance guards are just behind
us" This was very cfIcctivc-in IFS day
Hence another convenient thing are wi4e
c, mnaudunls of these we have an Infinite
series, many of whom are wiser than "tcn men
l. ho can rcud.r reason" Your corrcspou-
dent has been at Il loss 10 know why this re-
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