Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-11-05
CAMP CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM THE TWELFTH REGIMENT.

CAMP MAR BOLIVAR, Tenn. Oct. "a.
Friend Astst-I suppose that Private
D keeps your readers posted on the
movements military aud unmilitary of
the marching l2tlh but this is only
supposition; for . Journal hero is as
scarce rs Union sentiments in western
Tennessee, and that would be a phenom-
enan in the nature of things in the land
Of cotton" Three months stay in DIX
lie and being ccnvessaa. with the chvalry,
knowing something of tho snosal deg g.
dation to which they are fallen, we no
lcnger wonder why they wish to secede
from improvement and reform.
Tho clements of secession persede the
very atmosphere. Wo cal, drink and
breathe secession. Before one has COM
pleted their first month stay they feel
the whispering of secession going on in
the Republic of their physical states.
First, the pet state of your bowels COM
plains of some imposed burden aud
threatens a disruption of the whole Re-
public. The threat !, nothing thought Of
and the leaven works till the thing rs
sumes serious aspect, when the cxecu
tive of tho hospital department is ap
piled to who ofess saiti show Of
armed resistance. During this time 9TH
err states less clamerous, but the willing
dupes of the former have declared in ia
vor of secess on. bat still cinciloation is
thought advisable till the border states of
your .fesh show visible Signs of scres-
sion. BY this time there is no lack of
powders and pills and plenty of suborli-
mates to distrib ute them, but the indis
sriminato use of them, or rather the ma
terial that they are made, barely holds
the rebellion in check. By this time you
will likely intimate the necessity of
more vigoro~s policy. when you are re-
minded that he will not deviate from the
constitution, or in other words that the
rules and maxims of the medical scl,c oil
must not be violated, which means that
our physical union was madc for the
treatment and if It fails 10 be regulated
thereby it is bad for Tic !" Union.
Here you are, in the army of course,
excluded from the outer world of pro-
fesslonal advice. Your glorious aid
W onderfully constructed Republic turned
upon the :" sea of cruel di<cotd," in vain
you look for one 10 seize the helm and
bid the rough waters subside.' You
must become your own deliverer, and pre-
scribe remedy or leave it matter of
time and The strength of the contending
parties. Common sense will decide up
on the .ormer and the believers in mani
fest destiny will write upon the latter.
But if OIL are destined for more gor,
ious future the means will be provided
ho wever you must rot neglect any lheans
within your power. but like sensible
fellow. be ieve in both faith and vorks.
So you see that secession is conta-
giousl as 1 have seeded from my subject
and for about MS good reason as Ten
nessee would secede from the Union at
all. But perhaps few items of the coun-
try between here and the Tennessee Riv-
er and the OCCASION If the survey would
be more agreeable to theappetite Of your
readers than the dry leaves Of secession.
1t was understood that about 400 guer-
rilas were somewhere on the Obian or
Clean Creek bottoms, some is miles
north of Huntington, on the memorable
22d of September nll the mounted men
at Humboldt. comprising the mounted
company of tho 18th Wis. VOL, and two
companies of Tennessee Vols, Under the
command of Capt. Maxson, were order.
ed to scatter, kill, or capture them.
When within S miles of Huntington,
alb out o'clock, p. NJ, we mot n courier
who told us to hurry, as 500 gnerrillas
were marching on Huntington. As the
command, forward, double quick. passed
to the rear all wero eager for the fray,
and a short time found us in Huntington.
40 miles since 10 O'Clock, A. N. In that
place nothing definite was known as to
that days movement Of the gang. Next
morning we started in search of the reb-
els. We secured the country in search
of the rebels. We secured the country
in the region of their supposed rendez-
yous. We caught 6 of the gang, but
missed their camp. if they have any.
! Tho country is heavy timberei. very
broken, affording every facility for hiding
| in its thousand ravines and thiekets.
We stopped all night with an old plan
ter, who owned 1900 acres of land