The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-01-18
LATTER Prom THE "rass oaAys."
C.xP Aieoas. HupEiss,fuE. Nv,
\ Ill at IL I~AI F,

nEAR SiR - have often thought s.ncr
left Marshall, that | would make good
my ptomse tp write, but believing that
vug would prefer hearing from h'se
who are accustomed 60 writing for pub
LEGATION, have neglected 10 DO sn. \
few shor, hours will close the year, ard
can but reflect uper the difference be-
tvcrn my condltiuu--as well as tina, Of
thousands OF ptbefs-tu night, aui. ouc
year ago. Then, was comfortably
qnsFi,rrd at home. with my liitie hmi
~ around me, little thinsug that one
wear iium that time ! would bc sitting
around q camp fire, va he capacity oi a
solder, with tIc cold north wind whist
lny around. aud freeing one side u my
BODY while the other side j. huinng !
must say however that the winter Tins
tar bias been nueh more mid aud pleas
ant, than expected, from what had
heard OF winter IN Kentucky
There is bat little Transporting here.
either in camp or ~ the city that is of
much Importance or interest. We are
told that fight "a expected bore. but
thu has been 50 uticu'old US. and proven
t. be- q false alarm, that We give u o.
credit. About the ouly thing that would
induce ms 10 believe that we were gong
iu have fight, would hc g. soe lhr Lin.
culajtes aciualiv moving upn us. and
this hardly think We will cgct see az
this place They sill never meet us uu-
less We get them 10 snmc corner having
no outlet to g. y portion nt our cayai-
~ got iuio u ltifl, fight IN Sunday eve
ming iast, 10 which there wcrc near three
hundred men engaged ou each de. Oar
iusS was trcm AK 90 ten men. killed.
wounded, aHi missing, while that q the
enemy was from fifteen to- twenty kl.l,d,
fourteen prisoners, -- Eve ol wh1m have
since dlod-aud missing, from fifteen 90
twenty. making their entire loss from
fifty To- sky men. Col F.urcsi, who
commanded our troops, IL taid To- have
acted IN most gnllau, manner His
men say they saw him XII SIX of thu
enemy, and the prisoners who wctc
brought in wounded, all say that Col
Forfcst was the man who dealt the
blows upon them
Our muu have entered greatly with
measles. which in many instances ha-
teer followed with typhoid fever and
pneumonia which appear 60 be almost
/ lucurablc Our regiment has lust ~ tH
this time. eighty two or thee mon. quite
~ mhny AS We would probably have
lost 10 a hard fought battle We have
many slck in our company. though most
OF them. | am glad to say, are dong
well Our Capta'u (Van Zandt) has
/ been quite sick, though is NOW able in
I be NJ, unfit, however, for day as yet
Cot " Johnston aud Rev licuty
Ware to- K MS very much 10y surprise %
Sniut.sy morning lu#, ly walking iu,
our camp W. were very glad 10 So,
thrm--as We arc every one from frXas
and Moore particularly FROM I'D Harrison
and cur pleasure was 'hp gloa'rr
from the fact that obey brought many o.
the boys, letters rom klud friends, rr.a
vet, aud ! imagine -0mrH them b,atS
from those whom tbry hope 10 claim fol
kindred when they return from the war
The Col brought nr scvrr,A copios II H.,
Republican. which assure You il al
ways lacked tur with grcIt interest, auC
devourcd with au esgerncss beyond de-
scriptinn there Ia scarcely an adver
tiscmrul ~ 1t that rs not read aud DIS
cussrd We get bnt few newspaper,
here, IN tact none except tuo Erpuhhcm
which owing To some urcgulaOty 10
the malta. we seldom get at ll-and NJ,
Louisville Courier Bu, we hope o. b,
peilrr supplied in future, as tine po-ta
affairs are conducted ~ our own De
par,mcnt.
would advise all persona hayju.
friends here to address their lrttcra dI
,ectly to this efiico. rs letters are fro
qucnily delayed several days when he,
have &c be forwarded from one oglicp Il
another
Our company has lost by disease fv,
men up to this time, to.wit: Thumat
Briggs, Jacob FAft, C. h WEIGH. j.
scph Pctoival. and jane, l. TALLY
And discharged. 10y rca on of pr, ltaclo,
sickness and disability, FIVE, viz:
K. Haynes. V V. Ward. j G Harris
| c Dukc, aud W. b. Johnston. Thrs
were good and true men, aud snldits
and we gave them up with many 70
grete, aud hope they may reach r1oi
homes and families safely, uud speed y
regain their health, that they may b.
ready for the conflict at some futur
day, Il needed.
must say for the men # our rcgi
mcu', that nave never seen m the SAM
number Of men. mote Of morality an,
sobrlety or greater inclination ON tin