Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-07-09

not, when o third shot directed a little
more earnestly, hit him in the arm and
brought him too. In a moment the street
was wild with the excited Dutch, threat
ening vengeance and destruction on the
9th o. V. c. But the Marshall and Gen.
Fremont approved the act Tor else what's
the use of a guard) and after a few arrests
were made, partial quiet was restored. but
threats of vengeance are still made.
The present position of affairs in the
old State are very interesting and of
vast importance. We are looking forth
from day TO day with the greatest ankle
ty for cerain movements to be made which
must change the face Of atfairs very much.
We are all confident of success, and full
of hope for the future. Our friends at
home are very anxious for rapid move
mentS, but we eXhort them to be patient.
All is being done as rapidly as possible
Remember it is no trifling game we are
playing, and we must play to win. The
nation, or tho world. could not afford to
have US lose. That must not be. an army
yet strong Is not easily conquered and
routed; there is a strong and unprinicpled
seceSh feeling TO be conquered e'er we can
haUe a safe peace. The line has got to be
drawn. and the ooner done the better
This is the general opinion of actual OBJ
servers, I believe. They still profess to
have strong faith in the success of their
foul designs to destroy our government.
Many of those, however, who are at home
and suffering from the pressure of the
war, are anxious to see it brought to an
end, but always by some compromises and
and it ever draws 4 long breath from them
to be told that the days of compromises
are forever at an end. But in this valley
but few men are found at home. The wo-
men remain, but they are generally mean.
or than men can be, at least until they
get acquainted, which sometimes softens
them a little. 1t is astonishing how bit.
ter and violent they are towards Union
people of their owl Sts.te. or of the South
There is no mercy in tneir hearts for them.
and II 1t were not Cor fear of the Union
army many more foul deeds would be
committed than there are now. There is
one good symptom manifested among the
shrewdest of the men and people yet here.
VIZ; r singular liking for our money-the
tempting green backs" Their corpora.
tlonFaIId county script passes among them,
but they don't like to take it of us, evil
IDENTITY looking for something a little safer.
boys buy a great deal of provisions of
them, as they get very tired of their ra-
tions and generally get script for change.
This was a serious, but funny joke at first,
but the boys buy more and pay it back
again, not caring to get a large amount
on hand at once; as the stock on which
it is issued is not quite up to our ideas of
good security just now. All the silver
and gold scattered by the army is at once
hidden; the script alone being brought
out and used.
Our army, especially the Cavalry, is use
ing up everything on their line of march,
or at least when they camp, and that is
not far apart, as a large army cannot be
moved far in a day, and this fact frish-
tens many, with all their Boosting and
bravado and independence as to proyis-
ions. They already begin to seriously en-
qnire what they are going to do. There
is considerable wheat growing, but where
are the men to harvest it and teams to
draw 1T? The teams are all in their ar
mics as well as the men. But little spring
grains are being raised. The cattle are
mostly used up, ditto the hogs. and even
if these were here, no salt could be had
to salt 1t down. yet the blockade is of no
account, of course not. How would our
friends at home like to pay 80 to 60 cents
cents for sugar, Sl.50 for coffee, SIS per
Dbl for saltS IS cents per yard for cotton
cloth and everything that commerce sup
plies in the same ratio? Not well, / con-
clude. yet it is done here, if they can be
found at all, which is seldom the case
yet our blockade is of no account. And
what do you think of our soldier boys,
when they get tired of hard bread, &C.,
paying these secesh 50 cents a loaf for
bread, 25 or so cents for buckskin pies
withoutsugaror salt 81 perlb. for cheese9
Yet have seen this done time and again
epthis beautiful valley. Isthefe any won
der that some soldiers lay up so little mon
ey? Our government supplies US with
bountiful %rations, yet, in hot weather es-
Pecially, we often, very often, think of
those good things spread upon the tables
at home. Once in a while we get a chance
to sit down at a table with well prepared
Tictuals before us, but we have almost for
gotten how to act, yet we can still enjoy
the eating, and feel as if we should know
how to appreciate all we enjoy at home, if
we ever get there again. But must not
dwell upon such things or ] shall get
homesick, and that would not do fora
soldier.
Since returning to this place we geta
little news from the world outside, so that
we do not feel quite so shut out from all
mankind, Or quite so lonely. How long
We shall remain here it is impossible to
tell, of course. We may leave at any mo-
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