The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-12-24
CoRlsrH, Miss, Dec. Is, 1852.


Editors Times Your TINES we get re-
gularly and by the last issue we read that
you have winter, snow, ice and chilling
blasts Oh! how we pity you poor fellows as
you 60 shivering about, barely able to keep
yourselves from becoming blocks Of ice
Here we nod in sunshine, bask ourselves
upon the pavement never dreaming Of snow
or ice. The weather is cool but not cold.
Our front doors are open and no stove is
needed to keep out the frosty atmosphere.
For few days past even a coat was disa-
grceablc, and we preferred working minus
that useful article Of wearing apparel.
Corinth is quiet at the present writing.
We have had warlike demonstrations but
they have subsidized Reports caue saying
that Price with large force was ad.
vancing from the direction Of jackson, to
annihilate Corinth, and leave her one Of the
things of the past. Cavalry, artillery
and infantry were soon in motion and ready
for the fray, and citizens began to look at.
ter their .taocks and herds But the scare
was soon over, as it was discovered that
two hundred guerrillas had burned Hen
derson Station, taken the company Of sol
diers left to guard the place and left FIR
parts farther south, The whole operation
was p rforned in the space of forty minutes
Another incident. Eight Government,
wagons we're sent out after lumber, minus
a guard. Some Of Roddy's men, noted
guerrilla band, smelt the prey from fal
off. and gobbled them up, laughing ne
doubt at the carelessness Of some Of Uncle
Sans nephews. Well, they took them in
triumph to Iuka, which place is neutra
ground, where the wounded rebel prisoner,
have been kept and fed and nursed BY our
surgeons and assistants, and where the Sc
,esh women have had chance to minister
to their wants and turn up their noses a,
our soldiers when they took provisions Il
the suffering rebels. Well, the Major i,
command Of the guerrilla band, went int,
the hospital, ordered the wife of the fedora
surgeon out Of bed, she being sick ut tn
time, searched the room, bed, &c. Tn,
surgeon was quite angry As was ais,
the rebel surgeons and letter WAS sent I,
General Pemberton, complaining of tn,
Majors conduct. and our Provost, Capt
Cameron, wrote him letter telling hin
that il th> rules Of war could not be KEEP
and the flag Of tru e respected, some differ
ent method Of warfare would be adopted
Since then the lame, blind, and halt rebel
have been brought to this place where they
can be restored to health without the trou
BILE Of sending special trains loaded will
provisions for their benefit, and the srccsl
women may turn their noses at something
besides federal soldier.
Another incident. A fornge train Of al,ou
eighty wagons was sent out, each wago'
having strong guard to ride in it. Fort
cavalry was sent along as On escort, think
ing that when the buttcrnuts attacked the,
would retreat to the wagons and then tn
infantry would rise and welcome them. =
| Well, traitor or else the grapevine told tn
rebels Of the trap and they would not bite
SO the cavalry and two pieces Of artiller,
put after them and drove them nearly t
Tuscumbia, where they crossed the rive,
burned the bridge, and as our artillery Ina
but q few rounds left, thought it pruden
to retire, which they did, bringing fit,
bales Of cotton and twenty nine prisoners
One of the prisoners was identified IS
man who took the oath near Savannah las
summer, and was boarded at Uncle Sam
expense for quite while. What his Fat
will be, is hard to tell.
/ This raid has done much towards scat
tering the band OF Guerrillas heretolor
operating in this neighborhood.
Cotton comes in pretty freely, consider
ing the stringent restrictions regarding it
purchase, IS purchasers can 60 no far.he
out than the outside pickcts, and mus
make their bargains ct the imaginary lin
supposed to designate the bounds Of Fed
eral authority. Outside Of that, the bar
barians roam unmolested, except now an
then, as aboye enumerated.
j Business Is dull, owing to the lack 9
i "greea backs" among the soldiers, and citi
gems are not allowed to expend What littl
cash they possess, except in extreme cases
/ Yours, DC,
I AI1ss.