The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-07-02

Provost Marsbai wih numerous gu ,rd- hiatt
regiment or rmore-gu,rdiag the stores. kee ping
he curious from earring of trophies from the
battlefield, and maintaining especial watch ihs'
nobody should 90 doen the river without frsi
going to the Provost h.rshaI's Clerk for pas.
hat vas never 10 be asked lor or looked at sitet-
~srd. Hamburg furnished like occupation fo'
mother detachment OF our ''meliing" army, aud
savannah for still another There we're more ni
hem at Fort Heiman, and more ., Fort Henry
rsducsh required Colonel Of Cavalry, wuh the
ordinarv appl ances of held aud staff officers
AID C,iro took Brgad er-tiencral. with a
re'inue o. .taf officers and supply OF 'ro"ps.
The Baltimore 4 ono road was gu,rde'
through almost is entire lerg'h. The most
insignIfc,nt bridge ieqnirpd its sentry, and W
he outskirts OF nearly everv vill4ge, especially
o~ard the eastern end, shone the white tents Oi
a National eucAmpment. At b Gilmore were
more ,roops, With at least one Major General
So much for one cause of the melting
Every victory we gain, every seciion Of the
country we push the rebels out of, increases
instead Of diminishing the demand for
troops. we are taking places instead Of armies
and so doubling our necessities by requiring
iorces to hold the one. while we need iresh
forces TO push on after the her. OF cource
wrs great Victory to take N-sN,ie; but if We
had been able TO take the troops that fed from
there as we approached, Gen. Dumout's brigade
would not now be needed to guard the city.
TuS HOSPITALS FULL.
Then our Saving of life" by scientific approac =
es doesn't turn out such a saving After all
Everywhere hard work and exposure under
Southern Guns have allied our hospitals. To-dr
we have nearly six thousand sick Ia this city
alone and by Wednesday we will have prepara-
ions for seven thousand more And these are
I -. -. IL. a
to secure removal from icgimental and 6eld
hospitals.
ABsENT FROM DUTY "oN LHAvE"
"Furlr ughs" were another large lesk by which
the sold 'ers escaped and the army melted down
! You cou dn't enter train on any Of our Western
Ri 70 ,fs without finding it half filed with fu
TOUCHED soldiers going home for little rest.
| Every hotel reg ster covered with the sigma
lures OF Lieuten ms and Captains aud ''olon. H.
who displayed their mint jueps ION sick leave"
Aud among the priyates, IL was always noticeable
that you found twice as many comming home as
returning to du'y.
Losses in b,ttle--kiled, wounded and missing
! have mater ally diminished our muster rolls
hut long lists of iurl ughs and discharges the full
| ward- in our hospitals, and the dr. bbiing out oi
whole divisions into guards for railroads and ga
risons reap ured p aces, have wrough such hav.
oc with our srmv as explain he unt Lnected calls
for r1.enfo dement's from our Generals, and !
the militia by the sore pressed Secretary of war
THR FIFTH oHIo
Our Cincinnati Fifth Ohio is perhaps an ex.
treme case Of the way regiments have been cut
down by these varions causes. Il entered the
service about 96O strong IL saw hard service
through the Western Virginia ,mpaiRns fought
in the wo hotly contested battles of Winchester
and Port Republic, made those unaccouni able
marches by the most round hout wavs from the
Valley 10 Fredericksburg, from Fred ckshure
TO the Valley, and from the Valley once more
back to Ere" erickshurg. and as the result Of al
} thus, it reports to-day 24n men 6t for service
No wonder the officers are pettioning the Spcre
tary of War foc leave tn return to camp Denn
SO to recruit. Sull il l. hardly possible th-
heir request, backed as it is by the represents
, lions of our Senators, will receive attenti'
The crisis ia too extreme to permit any regimen
10 leave the field of active service.
vE>Ta INDIANA.
> Efforts are also being made to secure SOM
reAt tor the Seventh 1ndiani, which hore tn
brunt Of the fighting at Porr RApuhc and whc'
has likewise seen unusually hard service TO
months past. G v. Mortons private Secrrtar
has been endeavoiing 20 make some aIringemen
for the Seventh that will give it time ana oppir
| tuniry to rest and Recruit but as yet wirhou
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the Port Republic engagement "a the relegrap
frat announced. They still have nearly thre
: hundred 6t for duty.
THE sUnDEN STOP TO PROMOTIONS
The officers OF Buell's army are comp sinin
. that they have been strangely neglpcred sin
t the battle of Pit.burg / audng Pope tool
r Island No. 10 and was a. once made Major
General for it. Fhom Is defeated Zoll coff-r an
was at once made Major Gene al. Grant
: Smith, Lew. Wallace and NcCernsnd The com
: m.nding General and every General of dVis'o
Engaged at Donelson, we're promptly made Maj
Generals; while nearly every Colone command
Il ing a brigade there received Brg ,dier's com
mission for having participated in the "raptnr
of hat strife" S Garfield was made Brigade
for defeating Humphrey Mar+hall. RIB. NcCo,
+ for q brilliant bayonet ch rye a. Mil Sprinl 9
+ md, indeed, everywhere--in the East a. we'll n
the West-pr1moton has followed swift on t.
heels OF victory, till we came 10 the greatest bir
tie OF the war Blels men compAia that iu
saving thst battle, and preventing our arms fror
being GriVeu back, as Sidney Johnston had boas
f ed, to The Ohio river, no promotion whateve
has been IN 'fe, excepting the very rema'khhl
h promotion of General Sherman There is jnstc
! in their complaints, but the President doubries
begins to renze that the crop of Generals is
t,ihe 100 abundant.
To reward the Division Generals ut Pittsbur
D Landing like those of Donelson, would give u
four new VI jrr Generals Hurlbut, Tom Gr
fPnder, Nelson and A Med. McCnok-Nhil
General Rou'seau's claims to the same dis'iuctio
could hardly be overlooked.
= DANGER IN TUE VALLEY AND BEFORE WASH
ISGroN.
r Senat ,rs and Representatives whn have recen
ly re u ned f'nm the army before Richmond, il
: sst Ia Genera Mcclellan is still on the defer
0 sive rhere, srd adj that the De poets of spesd
&c ion are MT nearly 30 brilliant ~ the s4nguin
g cnrre4p 4ponden's thereabout would have the pnf
. l'c believe. Ne mime, Jackson is still in
menHc ng position in the val ey, and with h
wing com ission and mobile force, can easil
create q formidabe diversion whenever l.
'o'sts
y Tee e his b en- less said ,hont IL than monr
1 ago but We have really had an nimoh simi a
''scare" alb 'ut he Capital The withdrawal
S'i.ds AID Mcdowell leaves the av.i-hle lore
az ,inst Jackson greatly reduced and Frrmon
vest OF the Shrn+ndna',, couli do liul- or non
ing o oppose n mnvem'nt of JackSon'- direcrI
tow RI W tshirgton. There can he lirte don't
t that the reb, pol cv now ia one delay hefor
e Richmond. till Beauregsris troops en- h
i brought up nd the defensps strengthened
Il Nothing would so much help snch a policy
p the prrc p',a'inn Ot ,ckS0ns coin IN into Mar,
# land or drectV toward rhe D 'Arrict aud henC
:, il is not withOu reason hat there is a tremulot
i anxiety for the news from the valley.
J., wHEN CoNGRRss WILL ADJOURN
There is little k-lihood of MI adionrnmer
n of Congress before the m dds of July, and
/; trorg pr, ssure will he brooght TO bear up
n them 20 prevent an adjournment then. IL l. il
p sisted that during such a crisis. there should h
q no vacation; and thO.e espec ally who dstru
. the prevailing pnlcy OF our Generals mantai
hat Congress Shou d he in -esiln and ready {,
action that may he demanded OF it. Il
Richmond iall and the j lcAI point of the can
p ign be passed.