Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-10-03
OUR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
CARTHAGE, Mo. Sept.

CARTHAGE, Mo-, Sept. 10
DEAR JOURNAL: Your issue of Aug. Doth
came to hand last night, by which | see that
the Leavenworth Times rehearsal of the two
moaths' old story of the treachery of Colonel
Phillips Indian Regiment, resulting in the
loss of one of Captain Aliens Parrot guns,
still finds circulation. The whole affair is
simply ridiculous. Phillips regiment is made
up entirely of those who came in while the
command was in the Nation, and is consider
ed in all respects the best of the Indian regi
ments.
The report of Col. Clouds death is also en-
tirely unfounded. He may have had severe
fight forty miles southeast of Fort Scott, as
reported, but l know that he led the 10th
Kansas in ten days chase after the rebel
Coffee since that time. The Leavenworth
Times says truly that Kansas could lily afford
the loss of such an officer. He is at this time
the universal favorite among the Kansas
troops lie is energetic, determined and dar-
ing in all his Observation-Disclosures in putting
things through, and does so just as far as his
superior officers will let him. He ought to
be in command of the Department.
A misunderstanding occurred the other
day between Coils. Judson and Richie, result
ing in the latter pulling his burly antagonist
from his horse, and giving him severe
thrashing, "a la fistcuffe" We 0he privates)
glory in the pluck of old Richie. When a
man enlsts to fight secesh, let him fight them
wherever he finds them, These Kansas Col
oncls are the very ID among themselves,
sometimes.
| We hear reports concerning the wherea-
bouts of the enemy of the most contradictory
nature One day we hear Of him at Neosho,
another at Sarcoxie. One account says Hind
man is within forty miles of us, with $4,000
men, Another will give him 4, 600 men with
in fifteen miles of us. There is but little
doubt that heavy force is in the neighbor-
hood of Neosho, and the probability is we will
soon have work enough on our hands. The
system of conliscating rebel property for the
support of the army is rapidly adhered 20.
Some few among us put quite a liberal con-
construction upon the confscation act, and
acts are committed of the most despcable
character.
All of us are willing to give it a fair con-
struction, so that every article necessary fol-
the soldiers comfort, or for the public benefit
may be obtained but when man goes into
private houses and robS women and children
of everything, even to their under, clothing
something should be done to put stop tc
that war operation. Such proceedings arc
very properly frowned upon by the great mass
of the soldiers, but there are few who will
steal anything they can get their hands on.
We are in we'll settled country, plenty OF
fruit of the best quality on every side. The
@. Ms confseating party goes out every day
and we enjoy those luxurious fruits amazing
lly. Even now hear our cook, the vencra-
BILE Huntley, calling us to dinner, and I must
close this to take part in an attack upon q
large peach cobbler, smoking upon the ia
bic.
The grand charge is sounded, and we are
moving at once upon the works.
| y ours, as ever, Fl. Ii. Il,