Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-11-13
orrespcryence Of the Charles City Intelligencer.
Letters From the Army.
COMPANY K. 81 Iowa INFANTRY,
Bolivar. Tenn, Oct. IL, 1862.

COMPANY X. 81 Iowa INFANTRY,
Bolivar, Tenn, Oct. IL, 1852.
FnExp BiLpRErH Election has
come and gone, and UNION has tri-
umphed over Treason. Mahont came
off Enthusiastically SO in the Iowa
Sd. The loyal people should hang
every traitor North or South who is in
arms, or is working in such an UNDER
handed way as the Mahonyites for
the overthrow of the Union. How
Lincoln's Proclamation causes the
rebels to down on their poor, shaky
knees" and howl like whipped cur.
They must do homage to freedom
and "A mighty nation, or off goes their
chief jewels, their great source OF
wealth, and the great curse of the
United States. Cheers for the great
paper of Lincoin's reign, that gives
freedom to four millions people /!
Peace to our country, and destruction
To the rebels. The Proclamation comes
when all the milder means had been
exhausted. "N0r If neither r0rds nor
grass nai do, zee mnst try ,rhat rirtue
there IS az stones ?" 1t seems to me that
the party who maintained Mahony for
Congress acted ike a dog i'm meat
market, with more courage than
caution Should Government, in
consideration of the valuable services
of Bogota Jones & Co., release them
from confinement, that they might
again reiterate what they have al
ready spoken to aid treason and its
cmissaries I? That class of politicians
are the quintessencc of all party
meanncss and falsehoods. But at this
election they have failed. They might
as we'll hope for chickens from tur-
key sitting on baked apples, as good
TO come out from such internal plot
lungs ana SCnefDeS.
Major-General Mcpherson has ar
rived and assumed command of the
Post. Lauman has command of the
4th Division. Col Pugh, of the 4lst
ILL.,, has command of the brigade
New arms have arrived for the Sd
Iowa. They are the improved Spring,
field rifed musket. n ...as1
The Floyd county boys in Compa.
ny X wish to ask favor Of the citi-
zens of the county. We saw in the
Intelligenccr an appeal for butter,
eggs. cheese, etc / would say that ace
arc as fond of good things as "any
otl,erman."
We ask for eggs GALL Shanghai)
and soft boiled few quarts of stew.
ed cranberrics four sub-soil ploughs,
and a barre! of skim milk Butter VIC
have faint idea Of having once seen
Cheese, our su,ler had some, but j,
ran away one night, and has not since
been heard from.
But, sir, we do not mont any bounty
We do not sell our patriotism fol
price If we did we should expect,
Judas-like. To 60 and hang ourselves
the first opportunity. We may tell
without Roasting, few things done
10y the Iowa Sd. We have travelled
5000 miles, slept ont in the snow
rain, mud, aud sleet been withou,
clothes and money, and on half IA,
tions been in three pitched battles
and many skirmishes; yet over us,
all this time, has foatcd what we
came To dcfeud-what we have al
ways been taught to love and venc
rate-the Stars and Stripes! No
sir we wish for no bounty for doing
our duty But when our national do
main is restored, and we go TO our
friends and homes, we will have the
consciousness Of knowing that We
did our duty that that duty is APP.
preciated 10y the generous people OF
Floyd county, and that the deeds OF
the Sd Iowa are treasured among the
archives Of the State as of her choic.
est jewels. Yours, WINFIELD.