Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-13
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The Volunteer uafii, A, 5NTidsyviS,t. -.
ua ana StagnRtIon-Gen LRntfeI.
5.r--H9W ne looks and feeIa-1EPhat IIle
do 0it!-yVhRtfhey nope. ~ ~ ssls t'ses'
psciaI sp5ndsnee 81 the CINCINNATI I,dEstt.
ei .a,ta Norm OF p GFfEhsoS GRfEBkl =
3 =.iS..i. s5s.s,..i dN ThE PoToMGc.
Take any Ohio ptg.sty il, net weather,
snlarge It's dimensions 70 hundred acres
or m9EE9e, lPa Ne y GYeEyW here as Shiny, as
m9rsatsy , !: as The worst pigs Of the nafu.
Eel dimensions coTcEit With n thin layer.
OF snow, and TlmPlc this into tho mud
with .tloqsanls Of feet. ill the dirty tlis.
seolpEed wlliteness only Sarves to SHOW how
very nasty u is-soften tho whole mass of
mud and snow by a gentle Lbapg--put n
railroad track by Tho side of The arca,ian
make itS dirty tgeigh Fs md coal barn
ipg locomotives the only. symbol of clean.
y comfort any wllerp Visible ptlt a tWo
story brick house in the middle OF ttemud,
Will muddy sen tries pacing The muddy
iporeh before The dopr-stlet6und II with.
st1e dirt ol9re[l tents of many feRimeuts.
orderly pitched ia. ths mi 70. 3 itli Stfeets Of
ths Spopgf soil made aemt :IiQnid-pnE
trencheS along the rows Of Tents, aud make
them gradually fill with. tho slipping mud
from The ban nksT6uil1 wood fires ia tho
mud and set in kettles and pans on the
burning logs TO tsCOOkn tue abundant IN.
tlons, tic up the poor, begGtmed horses in
the swampy, places 70 the rear of the tents,
range tho wagons TO their rear, in still
more unappFO bic miro, cover the whole
ground with the flower Of, ohfo's aud In.
idianais soldiers, in discoloFed great coats
andineIpressiblo inexpresSibIeS aud boots,
scatter them everywhere, dreprily sta liking
about IN the mud collecting on the little.
Islands OF comparatively solid gtouud,
istrctcled ontopt the damp straw or damp.
ergrogpd that makes the Hoor of their
tents, ,hpyering like the WitcheS In Mac
beth around the dirty fires, eyeryWhcre
llstless, hands in their pockets, a dull stare
in their eyes, nothing to do, and unable 10
doqnything; close in Tho whole scene with
the grand old Virginia mountains to tho
South, glisteniIg in their spotless covering
Of plFest snow, and crowned with the.Yer-
dures OF tile pines, looking across the fil.I
thy camps, aud tue clear PotomAc toward
the gentle kuOll and the rich marshes that
stretch between on. the Maryland shore !;
and then please to understand, good friend
Of our noble volunteers, that You have be-
fore. you the winter eneambncht Of the
Western Division Of the army Of the Po-,
ftom0c.
Such, atleast,e is Is lie cncsmpneut that
Immediately surrounds Gen. Lapdcr5s
headquarters, II is said, and i am will
ing 70 believe It, that tho others are scarce.
lyiso bad; / am satifed with this ohe, and
have yentured no further TO crafty curi-
osity' about the rest, ''s,' ..i..5@i
In the midst Of this winter campaign,
which either astounding ihcothp potency or
an abStruse military plan has forced upon
S6. - -
know what hcr gallant volunteers are en-
during, that in the time to come d grateful
people may the better know how to an
pteGiata aud. bpPpr abe ssryicss now. psr-
forming in their behalf. And lust now,
when, within another % hours they hoDc
to. leave the dirty camp forever, for at least
more active service, it is fitting that, be-
fore they leave, some representation of
how they have been living for tho last
fortnight or three weeks should 90 out to
the people who sent them there. =
Let the reader, then, imagine himself In
Maryland, this too pleasant FEBRUARY morn
ing. lie takes the train Tor perhaps the
locOmotive-they are running back and
forth all the timel at Cumberland as he
enters his "pass" is demanded, aud unless
his early training has been remarkable, II
is to be feared that his expressions have
been hardly evangelical as he waded
through tue difficulties that surrounded
getting that HPass the bearer, Sir. so and
SO, OF 90 and SO, TO Pntterson's Creek
from the HCommnndnnt OF tho Post.n-
The pass presented however, and; the diff
culties are over.
As the train winds the Maryland shore
mountains looms up on the Virginia. side.
To the left are tLe lower Maryland hfghts.
with now then r rich intervaic-aII cove,
red alike with what seems a fairy work OF
art in. puTeSt marble, relieved by tbcgraen.
tufts here aud there, of the never fading
pines, The bank OF the canal and the
side Ofthe railroad seem general thor.
oughfare foe the soldiers. Here he masses
private Jones. aud Smith, Juggling along
the body Of q fat deer, They have been
standing picket in the mountains, and
couldn't fail TO improTeso excellent an op.
pOrtunity of testing their mArksunanship
There goes Sergeant BrowRiBith brace of
fat chickens, which he doubtless bought
land paid for, ii he hai3thc money,) OF Tho
adjacent farm house. Pop, pop 10 The
guns as he ncars the encampment Tho
rascals Mil fire their Inuskefs. sometimes,
itit does cost them, a yisipto tho guard
house.
He crosses the long vindpet over the
iPotomact enters upon the sacred soil with
his ptofane, Northern tread, tho rows Of
WhttIsh tgutscomeiu view with the swarms
fofsoldierS, tnrn7in the road, and he is
appNrently in.a a solitude. again; another
turn aud here is Patterson's Greek s, lie
paSsestthc littlo ieroWdsOf soldiers. quar-
termasters9 clerks and railroad men that
cluster for their several duties. or in, idle
curiosity around, strikes boldly ont into
the mud, and If he has foOlishly vGntnred
Outl1s i did, with only the high Iaced
walking shoes, goes iplHmp7 orcr,the leath-
erHtoP5 1he secondlstep. ia4si;sI s,-..-r
selGsfrout of him isa.the plain two-story
brick fern house iniWhich the Generate
headquarters are sestabIis He may
wade up to the porch, pass The sentry, and
ten to one, ifhis clothes are passably
cleans he will lbeIeeeiYedsWith tpreseas
aruIss-;the soldier ainpoceutly lnpnosing
thatinOjp OjpeEs0n car. 5possibly look 80 clean
out thete below the rankiofss Drigadier
General. Below are The rooms into which
the family has been crowded., and even