The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-04-03
Araly Corras ,ondence.


Cumhcrlant, sick - thought line from me for
your columns, giving brief account of the move.
ments Of ON. Shilds, lite uudsr the comm ,nl of
the lameutc Linijr, w0ul not bs unacceptable at
this tims, aui from .'ls place. Though man who
iluSs his knapstck, b)x and gun" aud marches In
the ranks, is MT, as gin,ral thing supposed To BIZ
very deep iu tho conf l,nce Of the commanding
0enorol-ord do not claim h b, an exception to
the rule - but still, what see know, as well as
"any other man." aud II Ia of these things would
speak, leaving conectnros the prosecution Of the
war N writer's OF greater preentions anl ability.
The forcJ at Paw Paw ruuncl, left that plac.
eight or ton days ago. TIC Third Brigaie, COM
manlol Ivy Col. Tyler, Of the 7th Ohio, left on the
9Th, an took tn, cus g,uS east % the Baltm ,re
& oaio Riilroal towards Mlrinsburg, AMI after
sr,u ling dsy AMI night In tho cattle cars, we
'olud ourselves at tho blown.up bri lg, over Back
Creek, which was as tar as we coul go by st,nm,
and about ten or twelve miles from our destination
--Martinsburg.
little n,idsnt oonno tel with tn destruction of
the fine arch ston' brdg a this place, struck me
ns serving, perhaps, gool simple OF th. IN timer
In which secession will have hid its rise aud fall
wien history r,c)rls tn facts at SONS J, vory far
distant day.
II seems the sam, man who boss.d the Job" of
building tn, bridge lived not far from tle structure
aud was th1 chief of ths inccniarss who worked
thrio days to destroy II. Anl. singular to say,
as II u carry thu apparent inconsistency still fur
thor, whom the worSpin began reconstructing II,
hl came up an oIJrJl his services 10 rebuild it
again Bu' he WAS to- we'll known by the Union
citizens. some Of whom re engaged upon the
work, and who imms lately seized him, an were
about to take th, law in III air own hands, and hang
him from the ruins OF his own work, over Ia, work
over tn, strilm whln a Colonel of one of tho Penn
sylvania regiments narpOse1, AMI took the culprit
of to prison ~ await his trial.
We remained at thi bridge that night aud the
next day, during which tim tho work OF putting
UP temporary TRUSTEES went brskly on and tho a
crnoon Of Monday W. had the satisfaction of seeing
n train Of cars, and the heavy locomotive " Ross
Wynans backed over in safety, though one of the
stanticns novel considerably from its place As the
p1nderous weight Of tho lattcr cams upon IT, cr,a.
ting no little cxcitom nt among the spectators inter
| est.d.
Early on tho m ,rning OF the lth we were again
upon thc move. Phi3 tm,, as before, We were ON
the railroad, but every nan being his own locomo-
tive, baggage car, aud passenger, besides carrying
maIe, AM complete hotel or at least oooking and
dining utensils. This WAS not 50 pleasant or fast
travelling as have dono, but still we got along at
quite a good jog" AMI often few short halt,
and pleasing incidents, urrivol Mt Mlrtinsburg,
about three O'Clock in the ait,rnooi little stove
up to b. sure, from walking on the railroad ties
but as we m'rchcd through the streets to the tune
OF Annie Laurie" and "R1d, White and Blue -
all stepped AS lightly as the grlces, under the in
spring gaze Of the bright eyed M ilens of Martins
burg, at whom, tthough W. dared not turn onr
heads either to the right left we stole m lny sly
gnnccs, as we mIrchcd along in column of pln-
toon5. They were, to many Of Vi, the first ladies
we had seen in long tim, An the strain of music
whicn tts so we'll the words " IIdrrdh Tor thc Red
White nni Blue" founi an echo in the heart of
many solder. Who would Mt fight for the red
checks, white brows, anl blu, eycs of the "girls
we loft behind us" as well as the three coors Of
Our glorious bAnnsr. We all say Hurrah for the
Red, White and Blue"
We pushed on through town, taking the Win
chester pike, AMI m,rchcl ont about two and half
miles, to Big Spring" when We pitched our tents
aud halted for the night.
Tha next day was bright and warm spring wealth
or, and early we were again on the march -lcav-
ing all our tents kntpS tck5 AMI other luggage be-
hind ca, mau taking but one blanket and rubber
cloth, rolled up in til, form of horse collar, and
thrown over his shoulder, and unlcr the opposite
arm. This very much facilitated our movem ,nts
as there were many blistcred feet from the heavy
loads we had carried tn, day before. All were in
high p'ritj,-sNpcctng 10 "smoll powder" before
night But, on reaching Bunker Ill., We learned
that the force stationed there the night before had
pushed on anil entered Winchester, after short
skirmish with the rear guard Of the enemy, who
had very wisely evacuated the town upon our APP
ppach, leaving small skirmishing party composed
OF about eight hundred cavalry and three pieces of
artillery to retard, without really opposing our Gu
trance
Our fore - were drawn up In battl. line and shots
were fired by both parties, wounding two of our
men, aud, as we afterward ascertaiued, killing nine
of the euemy's cavalry, who wcrs drawn up in an
open wood the railroad this side of the town.
The effect of our grapc-shot AMI shell on the fences
and ground in tho nsighb,rhooi is quite striking.
The Colonel of the rebs cavalry had his horse shot
I anl was obliged to "skillllle" On foot, barely
mixing his escape.
The Third Brigade arrived upon the ground early
the afternoon but not until, as the BOYS say the
mn was all over" Though nearly every day we
hear sharp cannnuading out towards Strasburg.
tho direction in which the enemy retreated. in
/ leaving here.
The effect OF these skirmiShes is generally not
very serious, and a few wounded soldiers and gray
coated rebel prisoners marched into camp, is about
Sl we see of them. Fourteen of the latter. belong
ing to Go. II, LIST Va (rebel Regiment, which com
pany was raised in Wheeling, were brought in yes
terday and il was curious to see the greetings be-
tween them aud our LIST Va. boys who came from
the same place, and were well acquainted before
the war broke out. The cuemys cavalry, of which
/ they have large force, chang around" ami fall
back no further than we advance in force. Parties
Of them our artillery practice on whenever they can
see them.
What will be our next move or even the sequel of
this. as sail before will leave for others to con.
lecture Already, as all newspaper correspondents
say, 81 fear my letter has swcled 10 undue propor.
TONS had Intended to speak of the effects Of
JeE, Davis reign upon the prices of articles OF
trade in this part, and other matters of general in
terest, but will only say the prices of some Of III,
necesSsres Of life are fabulous. One little sack o.
sal, that know Of sold for $1,000, and the peopl
who are able are glad to buy coffee of the soldiers
at IS cents per pound, We have of both these ar
ticleS moro than we can possibly use. As ta dry
90 DIS, there is none OF the backs of the habitants
On which to set price. I will send You copy a
the rebel newspaper published here until our arri