Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-05
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Ilna.
We yesterday received letter from our
correspondence South Carolina. BE gives
"a the iist account thai We have seen ofI
the Organizing Of The eoatIabraads into
regiments, under regular drill aud disei.
pine. for the rough work ct the service
He says they go at it With the greates.alae-
Fity-Praetiee constantly, aud think march
ing and cOunter-marehiug, and terrifying
and lining, the greatest possible honor.
They have genuine taste fdl il, ahd are
arriving At high degree Of attainment in
the use of the musket. In the course of
his letter he remarks thuss
ait may seem like an indiEnity to the
service 70 make soldiers Of negroes, but II
Il not proposed to equaliEs them with or
mesa them among the gallant volunteers, or
allow them to hold Office or eOmnands.-
To US who are sWelteEing with the heat Of
tropical summers sun, the idea of organ
hing negro corps 10 relieve rs is not at all
revolving. They are as good aud elevated
as negroes in the service Of the rebels, and
infinitely better than the ehiValric torpedo
Asassins Of Yorktown. Il IS proposed 70
garrison forts and strongholds with them
after the war, under the command of our
/ regular officers, and With their ability to
st4nd exposure, they win make 40 excel
lenr police force TO keep the rebels in sub
lection. =
At first Pompey got frightened and
thought We were going 70 deal foully with
him This resulted from the way in which
the recruiting was done. guard seized
! the darkeys as they found them running
about through our lines, aud the soldiers.
for the fun of the matter, would terrify
them. 'tNoW we've got you; now you're
bound for Cuba" Some without coat or
shoe, were taken TO Hilton Head. There
the matter was explained TO them. They
enlisted with the greatest willingness and
enthusiasm, and there has been no end To
thetrdrilling and marching ever since.
To return TO ourselves, We are getting
along finely. approximations of friends
came here by letter as to the effect of the
climate upon US expressing fear that
"bronze John" yellow feTer) will crafty
the Southern hope for our wholesale de-
structiou, and containing only the cold COM
fort that the pestilenee is a two-ed0sd
sword, and will kill the rebels with US
Besides the gratifying health report in. the
camp newspaper which / send Won. we
have other sources Of announcement An
oheer who served throughout the Mexican
war, now a Lieut.. Colonel in our army,
states that Northern troops in the South are
healthier than Southern troops in the
same latitude. His regiment from Penn
sylVanta was camped. on their route ia
Mexico, with two regiments from Louisiana,
near New Orleans during the heat of sum.
mer. In stay of about three weeks
the Southerners carried out their dead
oy scores, while not a single death occur
red among the boys from the Old Keystone
Company A has at present not single
case IN the hospitals. Col Leasure saw
TO tell our friends at home that stWe are
not sick, and what is worse we do NOT in.
] tend to be- This, of course, ia the result
OF superior habits of cleanliness and order
APrOpos OF this, if a man has beauty il
his soul will manifest itself even in thu
roughness and uncOuth life of camp. The
eyes of any of them must be refreshed by
view of the 10th New York camp. They
have gymnastic apparatus, a reading room
tents all embowered by shade trees trans.
planted from the woods, and around each
IS square ofHower-beds with Verbenas, 70.
SEES and a variety in bloom. These beds ara
bordered by white sea shells and are in
the form Of hearts, circles Of every fancy
style 1t could be foBery in my style
would do poetical Justice to the tsste and
energy of these soldiers.
The Commissary Department has sent
out fresh beef TO US packed in ice. II
don't keep, however, aud company B bur.
led theirs to-day with the honors of war
: and put tomb stone over it.
In addition TO his letter, our correspond
ent sent US copy of the Camp Kettle, q
little newspaper that we have before al.
luded to in our columns as being "pub
lished every opportunity by the loott
Pennsylvania (ROundhead) Regiment,
! "From the Camp Rettte we take the fol-
lowing clips:
PRodREss.
General Hunter, pursuant to instruction.
from the War Department, has resolved t.
organize two regiments of contrabands fol
the purnose of Relieving the IIninn anliinrl