The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-01-24
Our Military Correspondence.
FROM THg 4is1


FROM THE 4isT.
CAMP WfGKLTFFE, KY, Jan. I2'h, 1862
EDIToB DENooRAT:-Auolher week oil
soldiers duty and endurance has passed
and suppose scores OF your readers will
hastily glance over the military cores
pondence from The 4ist, to assure them
selves that all is well with the husband,
brother or son. who, for the sake OF m ain
tanning Union, freedom and law braving
the incemencies and hardships of win.
ter's campaign, and whose present abiding
place ia in the mud and on the tented irl
10 reply to the inquiry, what Of the 4lst
| can only say that, like those ut home
like the great mass Of humanity every
where, we vet iipe, and, a. necessary
sequence, labor, suffer and hope. q
The health of he Regiments. think,
improving. Most Of our cases Of measles
are now out Of danger, and all are better.
Sergeant Cleveland and w. II Bosley
are still quite sick the first with lever,
the last with measles.
The weather here, though not cold, is
worse than steady cold weather would be,
Tor the atmosphere is ohangeable and con.
stantly damp, which makes the changes
more keeny felt and more injurious TO The
system. 1t rains nearly every day, and
we have supply OF mud equal.io the
area of the Stale, but in many places, Of
very uncertain depth. l suppose, how
ever, we must admit that, in these parts,
it is good Union soil. Tor it sticks like wax.
Really, however, Larue County has done
well in raising Union soldiers. She had
100 voters, and has over 500 Uaion
troops in the field, beside a very respect.
able (?) representation in the Rebel ranks.
None here will own that they are Sc.
cessionists, those with such prochvites
calling themselves in favor of ".Sou.bern
Rights" Hearing that phrase used yes
terday, one OF our teamslers asked what
II meant. at means" said s.alwart
kentuckian, "to lei Rebels do as Mev
please, end TO haze u, do as they say."-
llave any of our politicians stated the case
better i? BY the way. this leads me 10
notice a statement which many of your
readers may have seen in the correspond.
ence from Col. Glr6eld's command.
published in the Cincinnati Gazette, saving
that the blacks are well treated, contented
and happy, and that being where the in.
stitution exists does away with adherence
Of it, on the par! Of the soldiers. Such
may have been their experience, but it
certainly is not mine. | meet slaves.
both alone and in the presense Of their
masters, | won't eyer say owners, J
almost daily, and, though say but little
to them, or about them, am not an mat
tentive observer or listener. When con
gregated, and when IN. the presence OF
their masters, thew disappear ron;ented,
and often even cheerful and gay; but
flowers bloom upon The sides OF the vol
cano, and underneath .ha: calm exterior,
there slumbers freUf hate and hope
which, unless quencheh by some means,
will yet burst forth, and give terrible
demonstration that the spirit of man, like
the justice Of God, will not always sleep.
One gray.haired old slave said, in an.
swer to my inquiry after hay and corn: 81
wish you would take chat crib of corn,
and not pay for it. 1t belongs to.
| suppress the name. He is my master
have served him aud his father seventy
years, and have got nothing for il, only
abuse, and isn't too 6ad?" There was
sorrowful and pathetic earnes,ness 10
the old mans tone and manner. and the
tears rolled down his dusky face as lie |
spoke; and could but ;hink "such
Shdmes are common" Ii made me feel
both sympathetic and wolfsh. And this
service without remuneration, and this |
power OF abuse, are part and parcel of the
institution moi abuses OF the system, but
the system itself and though immediate
emancipation would probably not be ad.
visable, | do not envy either the head or
the heart OF the man who can see its work
ings as | now daily see them, and its
effects as they are written on everything
where it exists, and not hate it with all !
the intensity of his nature. But we will
discuss these things ailer the war is over.
Sergeant Ford is under arrest for not
showing his articles TO the Colonel before
sending them. He takes il very coolly
says he intends to write tale entitled |
"7he Literary Prisoner, or the Prosecuted
Seri66fer." | have no doubt friends in .
Geaus" will receive early copies of the
same. have also no doubt but his bars
will OeIaken oil, and---a Lieutenant's
straps put on soon. Capt, Stone, of Co. f,
Capt Hambin, Co &, Capt. Pesse, Co. II,
and Lieut.. Ssson, Co. G, have resigned,
and the designations have been accepted.
Sergeant Esgleston and those with him
have arrived. a.. ....
j do not think we shall leave here un-
der ten days Gen Buel's policy seems
to be to make haste slowly. SO the work
is done, We will be satisfied.
Yours, T.