The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-02-06
Letter rrem Missouri.

ROLLA, Jan. 2tth, lSO2.
En-. JorRSAL hope you will not think, be-
cause | have not written sowlcr, that ! havc for
gotten my promise The fact is, thcre is hut little
transpiring in this quarter 49, hence vf no especial
interest. The dwellcrs in tents, snow covered and
Ice bound, are not, perhaps, the most unfortunate
Of all soldiers They may have fires some have
turf frc-places. The turf here is filled with decay
ing vegetable matter which, subjected to the in
flucnces of heat, can hardly fail to throw of
larous influences. Others have sheet iron stove
not much larger than a comp-kcttlc. Uncertain
prospects for the culture delayed getting stoves
Officers could not assure the men that they were to
remain in camp, or that, IL they moved, tranSpor-
tatun would be furnished for stoves, 50 that they
were obtained one by one, and a, a much greater
cost than would have been necessary for 50 large II
number bought at once. We ought to say a. our
friends who are expressing many fears for us, this
cold weather. that with these stoves in tents are
better off than in barracks We can keep comfort.
ably warm-havc, so far, in the coolest weather
are not SO much exposed to taking cold as those
who 20 out of the too warm barracks into the cx-
trcmc cold. We breathe purcr air, keep cleaner
boasting i'll this last, however, is excluded among
volunteers are less exposed 10 vcrmin and con
tagious diseases. Some ot the men, by careless
ness, have frozen some portions Of the body slight
ly, but no that know from necessary expos
urc. Steady cold weather and the surface of the
ground continuously frozen improves our general
health. AS yet We have vegetable ratinns, but
have more than enough Of everything else.
Latest reports received at Headquarters repre-.
sent Price still in Sprinticd with 10000 mcn-nC
more. 200 are stationed at the mill near Bolivar
a marauding party of 40 rebels are plundcrng or
the Usage fork Of the Gasconadc, near Robinson,
mill. A band of 50 rebels from Springfield, I'M.
der Capt. George Swick, went To Linn Greek last
| Thursday. They supplied themselves with few
drugs, shawls and -four sacks, and retired from the
place Persons arriving here from Dadc and
Green counties agree in representing that the rebels
believe our TROOPS, in formidable numbers, ad
vancng along the Kansas line, and that a division
| is marching down from Scdalia.
Three persons Just discharged from Prices arm,
came voluntarily before the Provost Marshal yes
tcrday and requested pass To get home. Their
names are Robert +. Hamilton John Hamilton ant
! l.. L. Lawson. These men have scrN we'd four months
under Col. Frasicr, were i'll the Xngonyi fight, ant
! left Springfield last Saturday. They avoided tn,
main roads and met of pickrts until the,
arrived at Iork's. They report Prices men t,
number from 5000 to 10000, stationed abou
Springfield us far as they know as follows: Me
Brides men quaitcrcd in the houses. His di
vision had tents, but they were not used. There il
large cncampmcnt west of the town. on the lcf
hand side Of the road you go to the fair ground
! To the North there is another camp near the biz
spring beyond the brick yard. Several huts wcr
being erected for the accommodation of the troops
creating him Ma or General in the confederate ser
vice. At old man Painters they had run 3O,0O
pound oi lead into Mimic balls Hawthorne was i,
springfield. All the men belonging to the com
pany to which these men belong discharge,
at the same day, their time Of service having ex
pred. Capt. Stewards company were also to h
discharged the day after they left. The sn,
| they have got enough Of it. They were induced t
enlist ON account of the hurrah made about free
ing the niggcrs." These persons can read am
write every lttlc," AMI are perhaps an avcrag
sample of the buttcrnut coorcd patriots who com
pose Prices army.
Lieut.. Colonel II. G.. Kcnnctt, of the Twcnty-sev
cnth .. V. (our regiment since Col. Fullcr's re-
turn is relieved of his oncrous duties in connan
mand of the regiment, by a leave Of absence. A
active and efficient officer, he will bear with hin
as so many cannot, the consciousness of a deserve
relief. Yours, &C., JOSEPH DAWES.