Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-02-13


door in front OF that, an a meet Brieaflisr-
General Lander, old Indian hunteE Eriz.
zly bear lighter, California faVorfIy, Over.
land Rocky Mountain " agoh road superin-
lendent, chief IN the Potter Pryor bowie
knife business, retired army officer, Col.
Of NcClellan's stAti, hero az Rich Noun.
Etain, and now General oEiDiyi5fon, and
tue officer whom 2Eieat IGenefSla Sc6ttf
t9Ses TO call the great natural American
Soldier hgslir : u .5lE III -,
SSopieWhat italer than SOa may telnem-
rsiiiu lu The West or ntthC head Of
lhe charging three moa.hs' troops in5Wes.
tern 9tfgihiai walking Still;with aG occasr
si6nal twinge ftom the bullet hole in7lIts leg
no brought away fFoin RetWara's Ferry,
sIlesS ~ the forced inaction 10 this mud-
hole, ehathR under tic FexRtion of that
retreat from RomIey. McG1allRn forced him
% make, snappiug shurt tue explanations,
q hts 0hcers With quick f0rti6l0 tiirec.
lions, aud occasionally stSbpIngit EaeGonhce
some negligence In Office with d round ems
etgI ots expression that. would bo ant 10,
startle his Ghaplain-hc is still theisam
nnndeF thatsthOss who NefG az PfiflliDi Or
Rich 9untain will remember ForeVeS -
sou sctodsSF to- ESek comf5ftE
Dt anus setaetft elseRhGt6 In ittie cbFnrer-t.
fllere tfaiks aIei6rs Smithsod, tie, accom-
plIshed Surgeon OF Ilitt Indiana regiment
whose striking appearance aud eleRatt
ontht were so conspicuous Rshis regiment
passed through Cincinnati. He. is attirerl,
"a 0espattered corduroys tucked inside of
l0ng-lesRed arrangements lhat4you sun.
pose to be boots, though you can't see iaInyj
tealher for the everything strata of mud,
with faded blue flannel shirt, and q coat
that9nlust have beOn brought first ut a
sec0nd-hand clothing store, but which is
now hnally beyond itt1c'pOWer Of ew or
Sielntlle amoug tho srCnotRtorl. He stalks
lugnbriouslyi into one of the damp holes
under canvass, to look Rfa0r apaticpt.-
here IS spruce Capt Brown of Cincinnati.
IN Iuuta rubber COat'and leggins thar arc
suspected to have II GROUND work of tI,a
eame matstinl, listlessly killing time,
stretched on n pile of straw, thrown over
ms trunk and the mess chest, while his
dandy Lieutenant is carefully sounding
me bog to hunt up tho Orderly and give
directions about the detailsfor guard. sd
And everywhere are the noble volun-
teers g. o. our Statesso noblY seIt forth, MS
tlelE olering TO the country, With their
prayers and blessings, lOlltng in tho tEnts,
daWultng outside, squatterinC through the
mud to another mess, eating ali thS t;6,c,
anu still demnnding of the cook when the |
nsxt meal will Uc ready. Please to re-
member, you who read this In your cnsy
cha!rI tonsttng your slipncrel feet on the
IendeeI before your bright coal ifrc in yonr
spacious, well ventilated room. please 10
remember that these meu, tho bone and
stnew OF our States, are here without iIoors
% their tents, with nothing to read moth.
Ing to do, -(for drill in such mud is imDos-
sl9le, no exercise, nosight-seefIg, no any
.gging oqt ratlons and sleep, aud. you viii
khe better understand how the former
comes to consume all the time LETT, bys the
later, IA and how thus the hospitals stili ill
ISitany y5Tondet that tho Jifditn4J TIIa;tinile
mission should be rep6Fti6E t66t s tff fTfd6ps
are dying off just seven times MS fast ss
persons of similar ago and constitution in
civil life And is it any wonder that tho
Impatient people will occasionally demand
70 see come returns for all this sacrifice of
lives? Some one has very sensibly said
that soldiers are an expensive animal. and
thatit is cheaper to spend money Ia saw.
ing them, than to supply now ones in their
places. For these troops we arc using nm |
here Rrc veterans-men who have faced |
Tue enemy IN the Allegheny passes and |
held for long months our lines against the
best otthe rebel Generals The Govern: 1
meht has paid S100 to $3.50 per man to |
tuCSu AuuuShuuS up 10 Enelr pres
ent stage of efficiency. Certainly there
should be strong motives to warrant sac.
rifet1g these men-not before the enemy.
where they hrc eager to 80, bnt in The
deatllly inactiyity and exposure of wiuter
camps -that their pisces may be filled with
RAW recruits. sa aa l.;
For the rest, we trust soon to loaye stag.
nation in the mud, aud VIC are Sll uIeaS.
ing ourselves with tho hope that march.
ing through the mud may lead to some
thing. Something mat grow out OF this
wearing winter campaiga, or tiicre will be
many graves to rise up in fearful witness
a2ainst somebody. Aaa