Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-06

Arem lhe SeeQuu 4 lVulryr--l Description o
FORT ScoTT, KANSAS, May %, 1862.
EDIToRs LEADER The languid condi-
ton lof military matters in the southern
portion Of the Department Of Kansas has
truly deprived some Of the golden oppertu-
nities-fOr such some consider them-Oi
showing their proelivities for writing when
they had something military to write about
therefore, taking a negative condition, I
via state that Fort Scott situated as ID is
upon the border Of most beautiful prai-
RE, rendered dOubly picturesque by its
green-eaFpeted undulations and FREQUENT
rivulets, springing from amid limestone
q rocks, and winding their way to the nar-
row steep-banked river, MarmRton which
rolls its limpi5 waters in north-easterly
direction into the Little Usage, is Beeom-
ing each day more pleasant and business
like The town affords four stores, three
groceries, one hotel, three hospital build
ings, and one ten-pin alley, also the Gov
ernment Bakery" Besides these, there
are a few buildings formerly used for bar
q racks BY the Regulars but sold by Govern
ment to Missourians tnow Seeesh) on the
evacuation Of this place as a military post
in the fall Of 1856. They are ROW Occu-
pied as head quarters Of the military Off
= Gers now in command. A few neat DWELL
inFs, with the requisite number Of dilhpi-
dated ones, constitute Fort Scott as it now
RI j.. I believe i has again been made a
military post for the war.
The location Of Fort Scott renders L a
place of considerable business. The Usage
!, Indians make their annual business pill
grimages here each spring with ponies and
bdfalo robes as their chief articles Of trade
They proved curiosity to the Ohio boys
Numerous robes and ponies were pur-
chased by both men and officers, to be sent
home 10 Ohio, and, if we mistake not, sew
eral JOhnnies Willies and HaFries will
have occasion 20 feed the beasts taught
their dOcility by the rade hand of the abOr-
iginals Of Southern Kansas.
4 IN nay catalogue of buildings failed to
mention the Guard-house, the only edifce
constructed Of stone in the place Il is
nov filed more than conveniently full Of
'l Secesh prisoners some sixty in number
The Hospital buildings are built with stone
Easements. The lower or basement story
IS used as a kitchen, store-room, office, &c.,
&c. The upper starry of taeh is divided
into two wards, each having its apprO-
Fpriate humber. With regard 20 the two
buildings, each ward is supplied with
couches, arranged in regular order, aI1
numbered In short nothing is sparelin
the way Of cleanliness Of departments,
E kindness Of nurses, treatment Of Surgeon
Norman-POst SuFgeon--and the judici-
Gus selection and appropriation Of all
kinds Of food suitable for sick man, TO
make things pleasant and restore one 10
healthf The Friends Of soldiers IN the
Second Ohio Cavalry need not fear Of their
lack Of care, when they learn Of their be-
ing in the Post Hospital at Fort Scott.
There are some forty OF fifty Second
O We enjoying its benign hospitalities
.-rt E-reseui. besides nearly the same num-
Der q the ,RegiInental. Hospital Tent, under
the care of Surgeon Taylor. Thus you see
the saBatory condition Of our regiment is
had. The principal diseases are fevers,
chronic diarrheas and pneumonia.
4 The troops now here are the Ninth Wis
eonsin and Tenth Kansas, Rabb's Indiana
Btsfy. and two companies Second Ohio
Cavalry companies G and Il.
81 The Second o. 2 c. returned from Car
thage No., May 18th, remained here until
the ODD, and started for lola, Kansas, forty
miles northwest Of Fort Scott.
The only commendable act Of the late
charge Of Company /. Cavalry reported in
- tlie LEADERl l4we leave il for others to de-
eide Of the propriety Of eight men leaving
aily reserve and dashing three miles into
an euemyis country-was that Of Sergeant
Bates. who, after being wounded, upon
seeing the Jayhawkers rifing the pockets
Of Corporal Mansfield, threw his purse
containing $50 into the grass by the side
of the road, at the same time marking the
place with such accuracy that upon being
carried to the vicinityin an ambulance the
following evening, the purse was found,
money. reteined, and saved from these des-
peradoes, who make it an object to strip
the dead and wounded Of every thing val
,uable.
The 9th Wisconsin, Robbs' Battery, and
= part Of the 10th Kansas, leave on the
9Th (MondRy) for, lola, where, we under
stand the Indian expedition is to be fitted
out.
The horses Of the ID Cavalry are very
poor, and it will require some time to re-
cruit sufficiently for 50 lengthy journey.
i is not known whether the order di-
resting all the available troops Of the De-
poENHlell OF -Ahllhdh3 ~ ttpalE 10 AOEEul4ll
Miss, viii include the ID Cavalry or not,
butall are anxious that il may; SUPPOSE
tions are, however, that the Indian Terri
tory expedition is not included in the order
70 Gen Bluntfor troops. ANY where, any
thing but Fort Scott inactivity will do; but
1t seems a little hard that men who enlist
ed with the expectation Of an immediate
fight should be wholly deprived Of even
seeing G battle and still have all the privs-
Tons TO endure incident to troops in active
aEefTica. = Fr1-WE Na
- Thereis general ''season" Of resigning
q among the officers Capts. Faucet Of Co
N, and Colwen Of Co. D; Lieut.. Watteras
and Major Purrington have resigned theii
Commissions and VIII be home soon. Some
forty or fifty men have been discharged
= from the I'd Cavalry within the last month
for disability, and the prospect is good fol
more. Diseases contracted here are ren.
dered, by the peculiar state Of climate, al
most ineurable. The water is also bad fol
fnyalids, especially in cases Of dysentery.
sa.l Gen. Doubleday has had eight regiments
assigned to his brigade. They have mo-
ali arrived here yet, but viii be collected
As soon as possible, and form the sXpedi
zion for the IDfion Territory. tffff
JayhaWkin,- is stin kept up in South
western Missouri with energy. The troop
ofsKansas and the East have been ordered
from. the borders, and the State Militia lef
tOdefend their own territory, 1870
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