Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-22
FROM wEsrRRS ViRGInIA.

4 ~ ~ ~ Il s |slsf.e
here from the "sAles", nothing has traDspires
1 to break In on the noneiouy Of . dull and tire
some fortnightof camp life, and, was sit MOI
for the interminable mud holes, the yelling
eursiag and eIay-bedrabled teamsters, the be.
lfore-day roll call, the usual rstions Of coffee
drinking, sbeet-iron cracker nasti6cation, anC
Che daily appearance Of my sTsutOnic fflent
With his pill-bag and butcher 'ikit,'' t would b
very difficult 10 realize that one thousand live
and kicking Yankee mad located here las1si
The fact is, ..mud is king, !" and assure you,
never was monarch half 40 rigorous before
Notwithstanding high-top boots and inch solee,
but few are hardy enough 70 dare his frogn.--
Mud 10 the rall-absorbing idea; venture from
your quarters but one step, and you exclaim,
mud! return again., and dozen voices greet
you Nith-"clean them boots" (deyilish little
use cleaning boots- FIVE inches already on the
floor and nobody 70 scrub); hail a stranger from
your window, and he yells mud" 60 up 10 the
Captains quarteFs and be eriticises your under
standing most uomerciiully, while the sable
"contrabandr % |, ,0ks dsgeers a. 'them boots"
Mod here mud there, ,mua eyerywhere--demme,
II hain't about come 70 the conclusion that
one-half the world 10 made Of mud, and the
on the mud question, and now Tor somelhipg
Adgrest deai Of curiosity 10 felt here as TO-
the probable desilnatiOno of the "Bornside exr
peditionS AID but few will believe th,t the s,Fe-
liable gentleman" understood honest old Abe"
rightly when be confdentially told him lt chad
gone TO seal" Also, great anxiety 10 felt for the
safety Of those sssix afegimeutsH under Gen
Mhroy (accOrding 40 the Cincinnati CONNER
eiGl), in Western Viryinias as they have NOS pet
made their appearanee. Another 'reliAble'
) has certainly been ''bobbin' Foend." Gen. Mil
) roy has but four regiments under his command
(unlsss he counts the 'TEentls fifth sthriee). as
! ioll0wsr Twenty- 6fth Ohio, Col slones; Thirty,
,seco6d Ohio, Col! Tom. Ford; Second Virginia,
4 Cob Noes; e Third Virginia, Col Hughess-=,
HOl0eDer (c6nvsnfent Wordj that) }, the "mice"
round about here have rendered their services
to the Ge6er6l---are big with patriotism, and.
swear dire vengeance ON all "Sectssia" They
,are heartily tired Of UniOaisms and haze con-
Guided tbat the quickestyway toget rid Of Is 10
to tight for it-that is, help II i'0nWsfd to Ssan-
ton, ias they have given MP all hope Of ever
beating it'sbackW Wafd 20 rCrAftonl They are
q sefsh vermin,s and reck littlss Not, upon
thicb side gains the victory, 90 they may be
Slet alone" Hue "a mice! IN 3D. h,yis9st a. A
) Indiana still rsWays she sceptre'' out here;
and uh1 Rhonlo she notfr 41aen eno got tne
'qCommisH coniraed; hasn't she got an aid
to tao said Commis.; hasn't she got ,postmastr
ser at the city Of HustOnsvills7 Certainly she
has. and fhai's what'ss the matter Wee "a IN
Z ASS nov, MsssIsdrs, let me Inquire (As nsssl
% very scarce out hers), what is the "Great
1Anaconda" sbout7 Has abe tightened her grip
since she swallowed ZIlly and his big guns .or
has she relaxed her coil for thorough digestion
before she sWoops her tail around the rebel
Price2 | would like much 10 know what the
old dame 10 about; but / euppoee she, is Z feji1
gious earpieni, and dop'k intend 70 let her tail
Coz her middle eithesl y know what her head
doetb. ~ you can enHghtsh her iona (play on
the word. JSihs1. please DO %, and 10 fetdrn,
VII hsxs state, - ie nsAt.et,ef nese, that "all
is uts 81 on the Roionacys Tybes Island is
somistekers IN thegAtlahtic; ChaIleston has been
excbd Inhnicaled By 4 bull from the holy B. o,
and a rebeldom six months since (accOfdipe -
thet Nlyw York TribBns) starved, % death EGG
land III shout 60 commit burglary on the Great
Trunk cf Maine, and ne devils 70 pay, ,seEsys
allg, ID Senator Groeabeok don't mnzzles bis
loerer % esiuiss bss bs1ocg,r gilnds Nd nslsoh
Wen, sNNSsh's snough. 4 y sint tOo ny much a
, hsJisaara VouFs rsspeeifuIlys va . 20 q
! d al. .aa.aa ".