The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-02-05
LETTERS FROM ROLLA'

where. We doubt not our friend expresses
the feelings OF nearly all our soldiers, but we
do not think it would help the cause, or him
either, by publishing his letter We give 'he
closing portion Of it, as follows;
1.-THE weather is very warm for tins season
of the year. very much like our Indian sum
mer. The country round about here Tor some
ten miles, look, as though it had jus, expert.
enced one Of our Camanche gales nothing ,
left except a few houses, which are now oc
cupied by refugee Missourians, or as head f.
quarters for our officers.
THE post hospital now contains about
four hundred patients, About two hundred
came in yesterday from the division that is
to march Our young friend. DIR. Orlando
Plummer, is at the post hospital prescribing
for over two hundred patients daily. He is
very popular here, and meets with good sue
cess
"Dr. S G. Plummer, the surgeon Of the
| 18th, is a. Indispensable 10 the soldiers as
their daily rations, and the very small mum.
Der sick in his regiment i, proofoi his ability.
"The ARGUS is daily visitor in the camp
and is literally worn out by the boys reading
it,"
Another letter from a member Of company
D, 18th regiment, dated Rolla, Jan. Goth,
shows that the boys are getting very impa.
tent TO be in active service. The writer
says;
eve have been here since the 9TH e last
here till the eth Of next july. and sometime
after. Still We have not been idle we have
held and guarded one Of the most important
posts in southern Missouri; we have cleared
100 acres Of dense forest; we have built and
completed good strong fort, called Fort
Wyman,' il honor of our excellent comman.
/, der, besides making some very successful
scouts in the surrounding country, capsuring
arms, ammunition, provisions, and Il great
number Of "butternuts, a species of "human
critters existing in this State Of Misery.
IL believe our company is regarded by all
as the crack company Of the regiment, We
have oficers who are ready to lead aud men
= who are ready to follow wherever they 90
By the way, speaking Of captains. We have
81 the captain ot the regiment, ID. NJ Boards
II ley and hi, company receives the benefit OF
IL his Who'll" attention and services he IL ever
kind, courteous and socabIe, and we otter
!, hear men in the regiment say wish he
h, was NY captain If there is any difficult Oh
- hard task to be- performed our company ha,
} the honor Of doing it, which We consider an
y snyfhing required Of ~.
n But there is one thing we lack, and that
i, stand Of colors-a flag. We have never
been furnished with one, We could purchase
a one, Of course, but other companies from our
county have been presented with tag--why
7 not we also? We were in the first company
raised in the county, Capt. ". d. williams
company, and had flag presented to II. on
! leaving home but on arriving at Springfield
d we found we had nearly men enough for two
. companies, and we divided into two. OF
course the original organization had right
to the flag, and that left u, without one
+ This, am sure, has not been fully understood
p by our friends at home, or we should have
i been remembered long ago We feel thgt We
could cherish and fight tor, and eventually
return the flag with honor, unpolluted by the
touch Of traitors to our country.
1.-TWO Rock FLANDERS Thomas Plummer
. and l.. NJ. Beard,ley, are ON visit To our
T. camp. assure you it i. quite treat to see
p. any of our old citizens and friends, away
II here among hog, hominy and secesh"
~ gs.- For nice Job Printing, OF all kinds, 60 to
% the Rock Island ARGUS Office
" The following resolution passed the United
~ States House of Representatives, February
rv llth, 1861, by an almost unanimous vote:
. HeSolred, That neither the federal govern
ment nor the people or governments, Of thu
~ non sIayeholdlng states have a purpose or .
'' constitutional right to legISIate upon Or in
w tcr'ere with slavery III any OF the states o
~ the union.
Ie ReSoIcei, That those persons in the nort
70. who do not subscribe to the foregoing propO
sllon are too lnsi gnlficant in numbers aud in
tiuence 10 excite the serious attention or ALARM
OF any portion Of the people Of the republic
and that the increase OF their numDtgs AM
influence does not keep pace with the aggre
gate population of the union.
IFS The Peru (ll) Herald announces settle
" ment of the difficulty between the lllinoi
uf Central and Rock Island railroads relative t
" freight and connections at that place rh
w. track is now open by which the Illinois Cen
~ trail gets its supply of coal as formerly.
- THE END or THE PAPER MONEY
m ERA.
:, Our advccs from Springfield are that tn
=" constitutional convention will adopt the art