Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-01-31
|uuR ARMY CORRESPONDENCE


TsLn0aAPn OFFICE AT CAEsyoAnIA Mott
January 2lsh, lss9
DEAR JOURNAL There is Joy in Califor-
mia tonight, over the arrival Of our much
thought-of friend Maj Mitchell, who came up
in the evening train. II was after five o'clock
when the cars arrived, but, notwithstanding
the latcness of the hour, he wanted to see all
it was possible fer him to speak to, and to
prevent rush on him. Companies A and
were ordered to "fall in ranks" and be pre-
scented in alphabetical order. The Major
seemed we'll pl ased with the appearance OF
the boy 8, and cave each enc Of us, - We
passed by him, . few nice green slips of pa
per on hich was very fine likeness of our
worthy President, together with many othe
beautiful engiavings. The boys were glad 10
receive these "tokens of friendship" because
II they wish to part with them they can use
tn m as money CD even here in sseesh coun-
try.
Many Of the boys will send home part OF
hem a. present to their families, and many
who arr not Of the family kind" will send .
few to friends to be kept for them until re-
turn day, in the expectation that they will
then need them to start--well, question:
wiU tho County Judge Issue license .to,
them! (Now, John, this is strictly private,
and 10 asked only for those who arc in
terested y
Nothing Of special interest has transpired
since last wrote to you, though almost every
day some additions are made to our list Of
prisoners and confiscated property. W.
have sent about . dozen prisoners to Gen.
McKean's headquarters, and have about as
many more row in the guard house most
OF these are hard cases-some are just home
from Prices army. and some of them art
kaown to have been in the gang that fire..
into tho train three miles east Of here, last
summer. One man by the name of Scott,
who, it is supposed, was in this gang, was
8! OF in the lrg, few days since while At
tempting to run from q company sent out to
arrest him, and has died from the effects Of
the wound.
Two men belonging to c. K hays been
wounded by the accidental discharge Of their
guns. One Of them lost the end Of his fore
finger on the right hand, and tho other mar
lost his entire hand.
We have had . few days of tolerable cold
weather, at least cold for these parts Tn,
"oli settlers" here thirk it is awful, and
when showed one of them letter few
days ago, from your townsman, @. Weed, ir
which he said the mercury was there ''2Oe
below Zero" the man actually shrugged W
his shoulders With cold at reading Of sucf
cold weather. The Same day the mercury
sto d 20 sboss zero here.
have for some time been trying to hnt
out what Vas done with oil the delicacies odl
friends have been sending for our sick bu
[ an IS yet ignorant about it, save that
kn,w none IT Ihs sick of TO. n hnss sue,
tasted Of any Of the "home d0inliss'' VI
hear was sent and reesired, or saw, Qet a!on'
the using of any Of the many sheets, pillow
cases. &C., sent for us. We feel grateful t.
our friends for their efforts to ad some con-
forts for us when we are sick, but if the things
are to be kept from those for whom they
| were intended, it were tie; ter that our friend.
| send no more don't wish to blame or fine
fault with any one, but then have right t.
ask, for Co. A, in particular, Whist disposi
ton was made of these things? In one o
| our friend Weeds letters, he says Of one o
the boxes he sent, that It was contributed
by the ladies of '76' anu Cedar Townships
and rs there are more men in Co. A from
| shese two townships than in any other com
pany in tho regiment, We have = peculiar in
t. rest in knowing something about the dis
possl of our friends contributions. 1t is hare
enough to be sick in an army hospital at best
and any little delicscy furnished by a wife
mother o, sister, has as much effect to rais'
up the sick soldier as all medicines our army
doctors carry, and hence when our friends
will eren disi IL The dellcacies from off thu
'home table" for the sake of sharing with tht
absent ones," it is not right-and that is a
.asy as | can express ito cheat us out O
the things.
All of our sick, left at Jefferson City whcy
we came here, are now with US, and most O
them are able TO be up and walk around
James johnson, who cut his foot so badly a
Jefferson City, is to be discharged from ser
| vice, believe.
We had quite feast for dinner yesterday
had bakers bread and potatoes along Will
our usual cup of SOUP. believe while w
stay here We will have soft bread steady, as
We are doing our own baking under the di
rections Of a regular baker. 0. A. A. G.
P. S-Next week shall send to c. Weed
by express, several hundred dollars f'r oul
friends, who will please ell at Dir. Weeds
store and get it.