Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-26
From North Carolina.
HEADQUARTERS AT HARRISON House,
North Carolina, Aug. Is.


Our life here is quite barren of incident.
| The reconnaissance in force last week estab-
lished the fact that the enemy are not nearer
to us than Kingston, except few guerrillas
outside our lines who can do US no harm.
Our principal business now is to aid and
assist the -, mean his excellcncy Gov
ernor Stanley in protecting rebel property
and feeding the poor snuff-dipping, dirt-eat-
ing, union-defying, yellow skinned North
Carolinians, nine-tenths of whom will stab
us the moment they get chance. l am out
of patience sometimes when | see men go
along with their wagons loaded with United
States provisions, whom know to be damna-
Bile rebels, worthy only rope at our
hands. man lives a quarter of
mile above our camp, who has a ''pro-
lection" or Safeguard from Gov. Stanley.
He and his family are avowed sccessionists,
and he denounced man the other day be-
cause he was intimate with the Yankees.
''What do you think our folks will do with
you,S said he, 'when they come back and
take Newbern?" Another man lives near
him, who also has protection, with three
sons in the rebel army. Both of these wor-
thies called on me, the other day, to complain
because some Of the soldiers took some green
corn from the fields, and requested guard on
their premises. They didn't get the guard nor
any particular consolation. One of them had
lost his horse, taken probably by some SOL
dierS, and had also lost some twenty pigs. He
said he found the skins of the pigs near our
camp. | told him to make out his bill for
damages and reckoned Gov. Stanley would
see it paid.
l hope things will be changed in North Car
DINA, or else the troops taken out of the
state where we can do something. Don't
think | am alone in these criticisms it is the
universal talk of the army here, and if you
could hear others talk you would consider me
very conservative. But, really, have got so
heartily disguised with service under control
OF Gov. Stanley, that nothing but my strong
feelings Of patriotism-my fears that the ac-
ton might be misconstrued, and the hope that
something may yet happen to put us all right
nothing but these considerations have pre-
vented me from throwing up my commission
IN infinite disgust, and seeking field where
can assist in making real and effective war
against the enemies of our country. A little
hope would have been afforded us if the cor
DER from the War Department of july 22d
had included North Carolina; but from some
funny and incomprehensible reason this state
is ignored in the order.
John Reed of company C, our Newbern
postmaster, is soon to leave us and join Gen.
Burnside in Virginia, by his order, Gov Stan
ley refusing to keep him as postmaster, ap.
pointing citizen by the name of Dibble to
that position. This Dibble is STAKEHOLDER, O
speculator, and people here consider him a.
much a rebel at heart as any in North Caro-
lima.
| don't think Of much more to say, only
tMs-we suffer very much here for lack o
vegetables. We get no potatoes, or nothing
in the shape of vegetables. | know it's baC
time TO get anything, but have no doubt We
should be in better health generally if we were
not obliged to eat our meat and bread alone.