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JOURNAL.
VISIT TO GEN. HALLEoK's ARMY.
EDITORS JOURNAL THE writer, having
Just returned from visit to Gen. Halleck's
army, now encamped before oorinth, Miss,
and thinking that an account of what he
saw and heard may interest the readers of
the Journal, submits the following as the
result of his observations. e9
premise by remarking that the orders
regarding army correspondents are becom-
ing more and more strict daily in General
Halleck's army and that, although made
no promise to refrain from writing down
what saw and heard, for publication, my
fear of indirectly giving information to the
enemy is so great thai shall endeavor to
keep within the scope approved Of by the
army censors, by Withholding any speci6-
cation, in regard to numbers and other vital
facts, and indulging only in personal re-
miniscences and other remarks that will
not transcend army rules, and cannot by
possibility injure the Great Cause so dear
to all our hearts.
THE VOYAGE TO PITTsBURG. s.-a..
Leaving on the State Sanitary steamer
Citizen, on the 18th. at Il P. NJ, our party
arrived at Paducah at 3 p. M. on the 18th
and at Pittsburg Landing at P. NJ. on the
18th. Nothing of special interest occurred
in going. Padueah is still under martial
law and occupied by our troops.
The Tennessee river is a beautiful stream
to navigate, although its banks are but
little cultivated. There are no towns on it
below the above Landing of any considers
BILE size. Savannah is but small place.
The lower part of the river has low banks,
but as one approaches Pittsburg Landing
the ground becomes higher and more bro
ken. The few farms on the shores seem de-
serted and neglected, and business appears
to be stagnated.
At Savannah, seven miles below Pitts
burg Landing, some troops are encamped.
The house in which Gen. Grant had his
headquarters at the time of the disaster of
the 9th of April, was shown to as. 1t is a
handsome mansion. No wonder the Gen
eral fingered amid its comforts until forced
to leave by the stern demands of danger.
PITTsBURG LANDING
lisa fitting spot, judging from the sights,
sounds. and stenches there prevalent, for the
temporary abiding place of bloody Mars
The confusion of Babel, the noise of Pam
demoninm, and. the stencil of Gehenna. are
exempli6ed at that delectable locality.
Town, there is none. A dilapidated house
under the hill, occupied by the Adams Ex-
press Company office, and an old double
log cabin on the hill used by the Post Of
fee. and named g Kasson House." in honor
of the Ist Assistant Postmaster General, are
aIi'the habitations visible near the Landing
except tents. The Provost MarshsPs Office
ia in a tent near the Post Office. The bust
ness of the Quartermaster' Commissary's
Medical, Transportation, aud7Pay Depart
meuts-ofthe army is transacted on steam
els at the Landing. AT The same places
food and lodging, third-class IN Quality, are
furnished to sojournerss at fFSt-elass- rates.
Or. McDougaI, Surgeon in-chiefof Gen. Hall
locks forces, lis on the Hannibal. He is a
genial, polished, accommodating gentle-
man. and IN, old Iudianapo litan- The chief
Paymaster is Major Mcdowell, also on the
Hannibal. TG=5 aHT TAO
All boats arriving end departing are M
der the absolute control Of Capt. Chandler
SUPERINTENDENT, of Transpo ation-head-
quarters on the Nesea LSsels Sam. "
Chief. Quartermaster Chas. W. Lyman,
formerly of thea1 lth.regim eat, traRsacts the.
immense business of his department on the
Gin of Madison. He employs twSnty-eight
-
clerks, besides artizans la5orers, horses and
wagons innumerable. The organization of
his department is excellent. With the aid
of frst-assistant. Stevens, formerly of the
o. & III. r. R., at Yincennes, boat loads Of
war materials are discharged land loaded
into army wagons every day. : - look.
through the graiaS sheds, cattle eoFrals,
horse and male stables, and artizans' shops.
will astonish one, blythe yastness of the
operations pertaining to great army. Had
it been proper to publish them, I should
have obtained some figures representing ac-
curately the business Of this department,
which would have given an idea Of the re-
sources of the Government. SQuartermaster
Lyman is an active; prompt and capable
Business man. :" When the 1Tth regiment
was at Evansville IN, the spEing Of 1861, he
was an orderly sergeant iu6one of the COM
panies. = He had enlisted IS e private, was
pomoted to captain, then to regimental quar-
termaster, and so on; until short time
after Gen. Haueck' arrival OF Pittsburg
Landing, be was made Chief aarterma ster
for the whole army there. Capt. Lyman
merits bis promotion. DID, -Aff.' ~, -
On the City of Madison l saw the Pleas
ant countenance of Capt. Wing, late the