The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-09-20
Army Correspond ence.
CAMP HoLT, near JKTFE. soSvrLLK. ISp.

CAMP HoLT, JxrFERsoxvILLE Ixp.,
September 18TH 1862. {
To tie Free Trader-The lU4th Regt ILL., |
Vol. arrived here about shutdown on last |
Sunday evening, all safe and in good |
spirits, under the command of Lieut.. Col. |
Hapeman. Our camp is on the Indiana |
shore Of the Ohio river, right on the
Louisville rapids. We have excellent
water and everything necessary 10 make
one Of the most delightful camping grounds
ever saw. The men are generally healthy,
and seem to epjoy themselves in fishing,
bathing, wrestling, &c The only draw
back We have thus far experienced is the
want Of tents. The @ NJ Dep. here were
notified by the Government to provide
equipage complete for 10 regiments by the
10th Of Sept. This they did, but instead
Of 10 REGIS being sent here % have already
been equipped and more are coming in
daily. There are now over so regiments
encamped in this vicinity, and S or 10
others have left for CINCINNATI, within the
last days. This rush upon the q. "
Dep, Of course, made all kinds of camp
equIpage scarce and in consequence We
had 20 remain here from Sunday night
until Friday evening without tents, and
then We had to take second banded ones
As tar as provisions are concerned, We
have had plenty, of good beef much bet
ter than that furnished at Ottawa-also
mutton and veal Hard and SPIT bread
rs furnished Us furnished US in excellent
qua!ity-in fact our cou1missary sores are
of the best quality. .. 7 he4w Gather has been
quite chansabie, sorse-d days intensely hot.
next day rainy and cool, then wiady and
raw. ON fhaAAIay,y & he'd b Sc ve re sro IN.
rain and bail fell IN sorr'ert.;, and aHats 81
men were saturated VIII, vet, still they
have suffered no evil effects from It LIZ. TO
this time We find everything chea Ter
hele than IN Ottawa or Chicago Officers
uniforms, Of the finest g6sE,y, can Be
bought here made 10 order FOR from 10 TO
II dollars cheaper than up there. Swords,
belts and sashes are at least ID per cent
cheaper than in Chicago. Many Of our
officers regret that they did not defer
equipping themselves until they got here.
This is great fruit country. Peaches, /
pears, apples, grapes &c, are abundant, !
and cost hardly anything We can buy /
the best quality OF peat hes for % TO 80 cts I
bushel, pears 81. apples l ) cts, eggs s /
cts, chickens 10 cents, turkeys 90 TO - cts, +!
potatoes bO cts, DC. Sweet potatoes are !
abundant, and seii At d. ren.s a basket 6 /
pecks), and they are of the finest quaiity I
Wescan,, consequently, I've as we'll as We I
please - ,s~-. - .ss slsf ass- =i 80
Got Moore arrived here lghuystlay in !
good. heal ia, and is preparing 10 assume /
command. Our arms arrived here the :
same day, bu: as we have been without !,
tents we have not drawn them yet. We4
shall probably get them to-day, and have .
our hrst dress parade to morrow Sunday /
l believe we have sixteen divines in our .
regiment and they are exertlng themselves .
to their utmost to do all the good they /
can. We have prayer meetings every night (
IN different parts Of the camp. ! hope |
much good may resultfrom them, although
have discovered but little yet. Soldiers /
are good deal like the soldiers in Elan
ders, and | have serious doubts whether
all our Revered officials can effect a mate
Iial change in them. / shall endeavor to
keep you posted as we move along and in
return please send me copies of the
Free Iradsr. NJ
THE Sixty DArs GRACE.-On the 18th /
inst, Thursday next,) the sixty days will /
expire during which, in accordance with /
the Presidents Proclamation under the /.
conhscation act, the rebels must lay down /
their arms or lose their property by con-
fscation. After the 18th, whenever our
army advances into a rebel State, the !
property Of rebels can be seized, condemn |
ed, and sold, and the proceeds applied to
paying the expenses Of the war. Slaves,
also, wherever found in rebel territory,
will be sent to the rear and declared free |
If our army advances all the way from !
Virginia to Texas, of course about all the |
slaves iu the south will have been sent to |
the rear. If the rebels care before our |
armies. get far beyond the borders, of |
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