The daily Wabash express., 1862-10-06

Can JrpAH. KExrrcxr,l
Oct. ID. lc62.

I.cc~s lint bAndages. &c. have ocen useless
proosrsv In the hands Of the Government.
No more do the cavalry pieksz rush into
our lines with the exciting news that the
enemy IL making sn attack on our front. No
more does the "ions yoli'' call the sleeping
soldier from bis drcary rest 70 fall into . line
Of battle. For few days past their has been
ne alarms, and our regiment has been per-
uistsd 20 remain IN Camp undis,urbsd TO the
great relief ofths boys.
We have no enemy near us according 10
best reports. and Ne begin 10 believe that u
vs have . battle nc must hunt up our foe
and fghi him on grounds Of his own selec-
ton. he has too good sense 70 attack Us
fortified - 10 are here.
By seniority Of command Col. J. p. Baird
is acting Bdgsdisr General Of this Brigade /;
Frank cnvford. Adisnn, General. with
Capt Francis Brooks Lieut.. Charles Bou-
dino,. Lisu.. Geo. harrington. Lieut.. +. NJ.
| Loeas. and tvo Ohio Captains comprising his
staff. The Terre Hsute officers seem re-
signed TO their fate and perform their duties
under their late promotions as would be eI-
| pectsd Of true patriots. Gen. Baird aud
STAFF now occupy the mansion lately occu-
pied BY kis predecessor Gen. stanhope, 10
the suburbs Of Covington.
You people ~ho stay at home have but
lite idea how soldiers enjoy themselves in
the army. I, isquiss pretty 10 talk Of the
pleasures and comforts Of home, IL reads
prettily In a novel and sounds we'll TO child
ren. yet to the soldier Il left the moro sub
stantial comforts and realities Of lie. Happy
the mau who has ten minutes time to sit be-
meath burning sun. with only eighty Ave
pounds Of luggage on his back. aud reflect
how fssrfally and wonderfully man Is made.
that he can 30 far become the victim Of habit.
that he feels miserable unless he sleeps on the
ground with q stone for pillow and the sky
isr his sheet. and feel proud that he has
llsarneI from experience that his corporal
/ system will not perish though he nourishes
" only with hard bread and fat bacon, and
quenches ito thirst once day with licking
lriysr water. q stream whose waters IL would
not be idolatry 10 worship. as Il cannot be
hksned to anything ia the Heavens above or
the Earth beneath. When the sweet con.
ISOLATION Of knowing that he can amusc him
self by standing before rebel battery aud
hear the shrieking shells a. those death mes
scsgers drop among his sstonished comrades.
II II. H.. l. he.<x ...l
| with glory to wear "a wooden leg a. a badge
Of distinction.
But ne will pass from these pleasing
thoughts to other subjects less inviting.
| Contrabands will form the subject Of much
Interesting history of the war. With the
commencement OF the war came the earliest
dawn OF freedom TO their minds. and they
have watched with the eye turned North
wards for the first glimmsring of their star
Of Bethlehem. When the Northern Arms
we're Victories. they hailed their Millennium
a. near. and when darker day came and de-
feat had seemingly weakened the Union
cause. they grew tremulous with fear leas;
| their chains should clank on and ever. The
more bold Of them have taken desperate
chances TO escape their thralldom. and many
have reached the Union lines only TO learn
that tho black man was still slave 10 the
whites. that 20 escape from their masters. was
but 10 ind a place where they.would be
compelled to render service 10 a military
power and yet the poor creatures imagin,
they have bettered their condition as soor
a. they have reached tho Union army.
| Were the slaves OF tho insurgent Ssate'
but intelligent. and could be informed ofth'
probable effect upon their race Of the Presi
dents late Proclamation. they would undoubi
edly exhibit some traits Of Nationality ans
rae en- masse to strike for their own deliver
.ncs vet the past twelve months war ha
shown most coaclusively that the Negroes
will not fight for liberty a. white men will
A few days ago ginger colOred contra
band, clad In rebel sfiicers cast of but
terauts" came rushing franticslly into Oh
| Brigade Head Quarters and wanted TO Sc
"de main Ginersl Mr.. Linkum," being in.
Il fOfmeu tnst fIc~Ntnt At1NoAu tt0t~ot
Washington. aud could not be seen. he sal
he would surrender hi-sef body and soul 9
dat remmen vid dem nice blue store clothe
o." Gen. Baird accepted the surrender
and placed the consraband on his colore
STAFF, commissioned 70 rank A. Boot BLACK
Aid
, This dArksy Who seems inselligen, tell
= wonderful tale Of the desperation 20 ~hicl
. the rebels are reduced Food. they sles
4 enough Of that but eloshe~. shoes and othe
actual necess.ries Of life. they suffer fsr {
fearful extent. Tie sa- Rebel officers strut
n ting about In Kirby smiths army clad In n
habiimenss taken from private soidieI
killed at Richm ond. Kentucky elothin
!, lost perhaps. by son whose untimely deaf
an Indiana mother mourns. bebcl picke
eonhrm such statements. have no doub
!. however. bat that nsny wife in yos
State seegs the sad fate Of husband kille
\ On thsl fatal day. and many lovely max
|. ems eyes are dimed xish tears because d
could not part ths CORY locks or -iPe n
|. death damp from the bros Of lover slai
: On that bloody hel3. whea tho@s rnissin
:. frisaas are still ssragslins about IN keu
!. tneky half starved. and unable - max
:, their -sy % The UnsOn nnes
!. rsrhsy not 10 the citizen. a. much . n