The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-04-23
distant, keeping skirmishers out welI.-to

distant, keering skirmishers out well tet
drive in all the stray rebels possible, ma
~ of whom were known 10 be lurking in
the woods ssud cane brakes, is.raggled
from the lines in their hasty retreat from
that place. Slow progress was made. bu,
ahont saadown the river was reached,
having driven in or captured goodly
number Of the wild secesh
Island No. l9l how often has it been,
houored with long columns, written by
stray >Bohemianss or ambit Gus editors,
aashing engravines, gotten mp by N oney
loving Yankees, w.thia :he p,st three
wef ks! Around it, fhs thunder of artilie
Iry has ratified day and night, Feserberat
ling miles away, inspIrIng nope, or strik-
ting terror-to the hearts ofiistnere:s.-Bu, of
let others, who better can. solilcqaiz'.
A NIaIiT UUNDER LEAKY Roor
| This night the. canopy of heaven was
our only roof. Soon after nightfall. the
sullen patter of The falling rain aroused
the weary soldier from his .slnmber. The
wind changed to the north east, and blew
a steady, stiff breeze. very disagreeable
and the raid continued its patter, as mer-
cless as the cobqueriDg savage. Many
IN desperatipn,t tbroke for the woods, back
from the river, and found shelter in the
t,ass, deserted by the1rebels, butthe most
ofsthe men stood their ground 7manfaliy,
until morningl 5All night long, however,
the rain never ceased to fall, and daylighl
found things inundated nth water. Wrapt
in wet, dripping blankets and overcoats.
the sod ers stood around 10 sanads. pre-
senting the most forlorn appearance Of
iicers aud all were on an eqnal foo Jag, mp
to the knee in water, and over ears il fraiu
What a dreadful sight" was the full ex
tent of the remarks heard as aall lstosd
Ishisering like aspens, silent on what all
were thinking g-4"where win we next go?r'
up came4the Generals aid, among the
disconsolatew squads. aud ,aunoupced-
whet2a The order to march aboard "a
transport, which would, convey US back to
New Madrid. - HprrsI fhurra! bnlly for
you'll rang from a Thousand ithroats, and
the order was quickly iobeyed, and all
were aboard and away for home, as we
lcsll New Madrid, saaas8ses avsg sY
/ With nothing interesting transpiring
at 9 O'Clock on the 9sh, camp was again
Eenlivened with the presence of the 9th,
where, 1 forgot to state, we had left all
our tents. wagons. &C., during the expe-
dition. 33 - 1853 sai7s ~
u 81 a4t4fsa s7es CApTuREs a'da 80 'i1
! What, the captures are, is impossible
at the. present time, to tell Several
Thousand prisoners are oars, and, Of
/ course, their arms and accoutrements;
but how many diffefent ranks, is setito
dete rhine % The ordn .e st ores are IN
mense. the vast smount is now incaieaIa.
BILE: The provisions are, also. an extensive
.lcapture, enough some say to subsist ten
Thousand men one year 1.-The guuboats
foa'iggs batteries, the celebrated Holiius
Ram, Manassas transports, and all other
. floating, stock, the rebels had at this place
are ours Time only will develop the
& value of the captured property. Perhaps
nothing like this has fallen ito our hands
since the war began Even Donelso
lwill sink into insignfcance compared te
this. s!s8an s'sal y asas 5sis 90
4 A & ~ i4sai REs1GNaT1oNSs. .sfs7d.7iss yea
4 Since New Madrid fell, three resigna.
tions have been handed In. from this reg
j imsnt, and accepted Captain Milton
Wells, OF company D.; SaYers. company
Il Ii, and lst Leu,ei o. t McDonough, o.
com pany E, No7promotion to Gil the
4 vacancies gihos occurring, bas yet been
made; but no deubt The matter will soou
claim the atttn ion of The proper author
tiles. Company D sustained severe
loss in Capt Wells, who has filled thai
i responsible post with such credit to him.
self and good fo: the company, for more
than eight months of constant end ardu
a. Gus service, and only the sternest necessi
I3ty forced him to. leave, US, the relation.
4 were SO pleasant between him, and the
company, Farewell. Captain aud Ions
may your hay wave ia peace and prosper.
+ it,l ~sb:sasa sI,- n - bee 80
Il .,+.z, s,s The PAYMASTER., -, -asg,,e
?. The paymaster, that ever-welaome Wis
tier, sisshere at9presenks and has been fol
reral days.aand suppose. few of the
r. blue hacks" good ss gold. will come
.iinto. our possession before long. Three
moaths ant over is due US. hut the paw
4 ior. two. will be oil, that will be received
this time being up TO the last day ro
| February siss .9a8I saas4rs.I 81
I 5s ag Clothing. srsg r... .fstt,2j
lCiothirg is xpectea eserv day and VIZ
are sadly ininead of it, and if il dom
arrive, many G6eg fellow will be lJst to
the service, sas they will have In roll M
10 their blsnketsa and stay in their tents.
TO hide thtif nakeduess | hope snch y
! aisagrsealde- necessity will never occur
'fhe river Ii llnw .onan, ard eertain,y we
shall fare bersrr hereafter, ihsn hpre,o-
fort; far U,iele Sam eaiiaot be- so nts-
grateful rs 10 let his best SCI v;,,i.s snff4 !
q FOE thu wait of the accessories of lise "a
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