Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-27
Carr At CAssvrLLE. Mo.

Oct. IL b. 1862. !
Mr. DkAR wHE: Although I have really
NOTHING TO write about. yet have moment
to spare. and . good chance for sending let.
ter home by Mr.. Davies. who arrived here
yesterday for the purpose Of taking vote Of
the regiment. = et / .it down TO write you q
letter juet beesass ! shouldn't do tishs IL /
did net do 1t. have Written ~ you - ofte y
- twice week for come time pact. 1 hope
you have received the ietterr, beesu.e IL YOU
have yon will see from them how very little
occasion there has been for the anxes, which
you exprefs@d In your letter, lest I hsd
been very hungry and tired. l have never
been very hungry or tired. but l have told
you oil about that heretofore.
believe gave you scme>
thing Of a description Of Springfield In ,ho.e
le.sera II les very email place and 10 ei,uated
in very beautiful country. Iit was not Tor
this awful war 1t would be very nice place
to live 10. u resembles . village in Conn ecti-
cut very much indeed. only the houses are
mostly built Of log-. and the ch,mneys are
run up on the out.eide Of the buildipxs. but
it 10 situated On a hill. ard a good deal II
sbrubbery is ioterspersed among them, but
war 10 a desolating business, even among our
friends the necessities Of the case are impera-
tive. single brigade makes awful havoc with
ali sorts OF property, especially such - fences
which are invariably burnt as long az they
last, and You can imagine tho e,ate Of the
crops when the fences are all gone, even IL
the teams.ers and artillery did rot ecour the
country over for corn, and falling in that.
took oats and wen wheat, hay and every thing
In fact which will serve for food for horses
and mules.
Well, Springfield has been blessed by bein 2
occupied fret by Us aud then by the rebels,
one after the other, for ,he past yeai and y
hslf, and you can imagine how it is desola,ed.
Division fences. long s,ncs consumed. fields
lying waste for two seasons, end rank with
weeda; the snOk ed ard lon ely chimneye, and
ruined foundations. alone marking the places
where the houses used to s,aDd. All thes. 20
to make up a picture which IL is BY no N ca te
pleasant TO look upon, or having seen, t. re-
member.
Still this - Springfield. nay more, II 10 more
or less true OF alt the country betw. en- here
and there. or " 1t IL not tru. new, q good ionn
dation IL laid along the route over which We
marched tor similar appearance next wear.
Not tfat We have burned any houses, but We
have laid the country IN waets At any camp.
ing place where we have Stopped, unless, ae
was the case at Springfield. and is 60 here, We
found the work already done. And oil this is
not done IN .iiciously. II il pureiy a n.ce.sa-
ry consequence Of the march oi an army that
they destroy everything cn heir line OF march,
worse thsn locnst and grassLoppers, with
which God afi 'c,ed the old Egyptians
wrote you lset from Cad Fly, We laid
there Tor three nights and ~e daya, when our
train having come rp, We resumed or march
on Yesterday morning The roads were dried
up and the day was pleasant so it was no
kar IN urnp I, tr-ol
between tiat town and this.
Cassville is rath r Pretty place, only IL
beaisa very deserted look. sm writing in
sight OF the very building where Ciaib Jack
son procured the passage Of the accession act
which, a. he cIaims. dissolved the bond which
bound this State TO the oion, and set h.r
sdriit on the stormy sea Of secession THE
building, which 10 a rather nice Court House,
was after wards used as hospital for our sick
and wounded soldiers of the battle Pea
Ride. Of whom many died and were buried
here. IT is now used as a stable.
The town has one feature which is common
to all towns through which We have passed
It has no church that can see; indeed. with
the siDgie exception Of Spring ghej, l don't re.
member town this eide OF >t, Louie, v here
have seen building which suep.c;ei Of be-
ing church or a school house. The people
are as ono would exp.c. to fni them. very ig.
norant. l don't know for certain that they
are equally irrelieious. There are very few
men left ia the country, ahd be women anc
children appear to have congregated three or
four families in hcnse. leaving a great part
Of the houses, which are mostly log huts.
quite u.inhabited. The people who are lett
are mostly eecesh to the backbone. taking
every occasion TO asser. their tirm belief in the
stability the Southern Confed-recy, and to
express their hatred Of the North. To euch an
extent do they carry their devotion to the
South that they refuse to take What theJ
call Lincoln Scrip in payment fer any cons
modify they may have TO sell. while they fair.
~ gloat over the possession Of a Confederate
note Luckily for our boye, they prepared
tor such q stare Of things as this while at 81.
Louis. One Of our company bought $3.50 0!
countertei's Of the worthless e.uf 1t one cent
on dollar. II il iust ~ 60 d as gold here
One man went to a mill at Cad Fly. and mace
. trif1ing purchase OF -four. giving 10 payment
one u these photographic sffairs. lie receiv-
ed in change q five dollar :Green back md
the rect In rilv-r Oar Con misery bought
some cattle at Newtonia. ard one Of the own
er. positively refused any kind Of money but
Confederate scrip. He was accommodated. as
he ought to have bean.
Well. well, they are 10 earnest-these peo.
ple-end il Is terrible pity that they are 60.
We arc said to be within 20 miles RI The
battle ground OF Pea Ridge, from which place
ve bear that the rebels are re:reatiug, but
place no reliance upon these camp rumors
They ate mostly very worthless and unreiia-
BILE authorit As a rule, vou may set It do ~n
that 10 camp no one knows anything about
anything.
Thomas.