Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-08
From the Nashrills union.1 !
How to pemoralize an Army,

>Ao W. ~ ouItdSC VI pccultdF dgSTi
vation. The Government. calls for an
army to defeat the foe, and a vast con
course of patriots assemble to chastise
him, and save the nation. Actuated by
the noblest and most self-saeriicine
spirit, the physician and lawyer leave
their offices, the farmer his lovely home
the tradesman quits his shop, the me.
chanic his bench, and the laborer his
daily toil-forsaking home, wives
children, friends, business, and tn {
sweet repose of civil life, with it's "vine
and fig tree to try the hard fare and
severe exposure of the soldiers life
the forced march, the drifted snow
purpled with gore the burning heat Of
summer and choking clouds of dust, the
arenching torrent of rain, the hospital
the dreadful shock of battle. Ali this
the patriot soldier faces, and if his heart
iquails, it is but for a moment, for the
love of country inspires him with more
than mortal courage, and the voice
which speaks within his breast is not
altered by earthly lips; and thus
"In spite of surging billow's roar
The terrid march-the deadly Shore
he marches on-on, repeating as he
goes
"Fcr that, fair Freedom, welcome allfhe past,
For thee, hay country, welcome even tse last. >
reaches the territory of the enemy,
eager for conflict with the enemy; he
has no love for war as profession and
longs to conquer peace, that he may
return to the delights ofhis former life,
which no motive save that of patriotism
could ever have impelled him to for
sake. Weeks, months may pass away,
and there is no battle--no advance is
made. He is in the midst of popula
ton, many Of whom sympathize heart.
lily with his armed eneny, and many
more OF whom are actually aiding that
enemy. He is beset. withsspies, who
dog his footsteps everywhere. a dis
tinguished rebel General has a fine
plantation and many servants near the
camp; but he is ordered not. to molest
them, and for fear he might. transgress
orders, he is sent with some others to
protect the plantation and negroes
The next day he is detailed to guard a
rebels orchard; the next day to protect
rebels cornfeld from the depredations
of some soldier who wants the luxury of
a roasting ear; and on successive days
he Is sent to- protect the cotton gin of a
rebel General. to guard the wheat pens
of a rebel Colonel, to guard the corn
cribs of a rebel Captain, and to keep his
fellow soldiers away from the spring of
rebel Commissary. When he has dis
charged these duties, his officer sends
him along with a violent rebel who has
just returned from the army, and found
that one of his negroes has escaped to
the Federal camp, to aid in arresting
the fugitive. He and his messmates,
broken down by the drudgery of the
day, have eaten their plain, hard fare,
which hunger made savory, and now sit
before their tents in the pleasant moon
light summing up the events of the day.
AS they smoke their pipes he hears one
of his comrades say: "Well, dom you
think that old rebel M, whose son
shot one of our picketsa few weekssag go,
got permit to bring some goods
through our lines2' Another one
speaks up: HYes, and cur General
wrote pass te-day, for that old she
rebel, Mrs. B--, to go and visit
H. Another pale faced boy says:
They made me stand guard for three
days because | gathered some apples in
rebels orchard" The takers hush
up fer a moment, for the dashiRs COM
mander of the post comes sweeping past
them accompanied by gay belle Of the
neigh borheod, who is noted for her
rebel proeliyities. The cavaliers pass,
and the conversation is renewed, but is
soon broken by sadder interruption.
Four comrades come bearing in fel-
low soldier who was shot through the
head by an assassin while he was stand
ing ca guard at the cornfeld to keep
soldiers, from stealing rebel roasting
ears. Better loyal soldier be assassi-
aated than an ear Of a traitors corn be
stoienl
And presently messenger gallops in
with the news that company of guer-
rillas have captured the officer who
lately rode by the group, while he was
taking tea with the fair secessionist at
her farm house, a mile distant. Would
it be deemed strange if these soldiers
were to say: "We had better return to
our homes than come away from our
families to protect the property of the
very men whom we wish to fight. We
came to fight as soldiers, and our officer
has turned us into police to watch
over the corncribs, orchards and hen
roosts of traitors. Our officers frolic
with rebel planters, and compel us to
dig bitches and repair roads, when there
are thousands of slaves belonging to
traitors at our very doors, who are more
than willing to leave their masters, who
use them to raise corn for the rebel
army, and come and work for us. We
enlisted as soldiers, and the Govern
ment has made us drudges. I"
The ardor and energy Of the best
troops in the world would melt away in
such circumstances as these, Not in
one county, nor in one State only, have
these things occurred. We hear one
loud and long remonstrance coming up
from all sections Of our army.
The Consequences OF Rebellion F0reto old
by Friend of the south.
The New York Express has been the
most persistent friend of the South
prior to and since the commencement
of hostilities, incurring the obloquy of
the North, and being accused of disloy-
atty because of its friendly sentiments
for the Southern people. There is not