Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-11-14

Fr,H ,te ee,h Regiment.


F-S-r tts ssh Regiment.
NIclsotAsvIIlE. KY. Nov. 6, 1862.
Ed. Gasf'e:-sinee my last we have been
rasslng through portion Of he best OF Ken
iurkv. the far-lamed Blue Grass region, one Of
The KEYS ur v hich We are now holdiDg-foT
1t is said that Riyhmond, Camp Dick Robin
pun aEd this placr are located on the moss Ia
verabls ronies 10 this gardrn and hence the
necessity OF holtiiug them IN foree. Whether
this be true or merely camp rulusr it does not
matter 10 us this is cur stepping place for the
preaent with the SD Ohio and 23l Ohio 90
sur brigade ual,r he command Of Gen Bar
bridge and with sUme Illinois and other troops,
amounting in The aggregate 10 some eigbt
thousand men, ia Tie division Of Gen. A ).
Smith. II locks reasonable however that
such ceuntry would b. vanable acquisition 10
starving rebels, for such CROPS We seldom sec
Gu our best lands in the mts. favorable seasons
ss lie about as here. From Paris 10 ihls
I,lace it has been the same bringing forth
exciamalioEs Of wonder frsm oEr boys who
ought TO know Of such things. 1 will rot at
tempt Aay d, scripIion. but simply record the
universal verdict Of TIE best country we have
ever reen in such extent.
We left Paris. Oct. 2s. ard a?'r march
Of nearly tweBfy miles, mostly over limestone
lad, encamrcd aboui three and bali miles
from Lexington on the Coyingtpn pike. Our
location was q fine ono with the single excep-
lion Of water, for the military necessities
made il necessary TO use Sutton's Poud, already
low lrem the drought, for everything.
On Friday, Oct. 81, we left Tor this place,
passing through Lexington, and arriving here
the same day. Lexington has certainly the
beat business places and other evidences Of
prosperity we have seen in the STATE. An
early start gave tine opportunity Of seeing the
KY. LunHiic Asylum. fine brick building
with he incest Of yards and all things kept as
81 there were an interest in it, 1t is situated
close where the Covipgten pike enters town,
and from the outside appearances would bear
comparison with our own at Columbus Of
sourse q flying visit was psid by those who
could TO the State monument el Henry Clay,
the shaft Of which is panty visible from the
R. R. crossing, towering some hundred feet
above the surrsWndiRg country and sarmeunted
by the we'll known form Of The StAtesmen.-
z he visit was necessarily 10 brief to see the
rest Of the beautiful cemetery, and hUrriedly
copied the Inscription visible through The iron
dOor at the sou,h, a passage from one Of his
memorable speeches in the last days Of bis
career and which history will stamp as true.
Wsuld that our Congressman of to-day, our
srOtsi6 Be Statesmen, SO many of whom fall 50
far beneath the standard, could endorse it
Il can with mistaken confidence appeal to
the Divine ArbitVr for the truth Of the dec
laratioA that have been Influenced by no i'm
pure purpose, no personal molive-have sought
ne personal aggrandizement, but that in all OF
R4y public acts have had sole aud single
eye, and warm devoted heart, directed 10
Uhat ia my best judgment, l believed 10 be
the Irue interests Of my country" Can it be
that that the sen now ia rebe!don ever thinks
OF these words2
All about the outside, as high as they could
reach, men had written their names mach to
the Disagreement of the work, hoping, it may
he, that these pencillirgs would last aud make
them too, noted. Nothiug but desire 10 kill
time would, it seems to me, induce ary one to
lock them over under the shadow Of the form
above. The taste il to say the least Of it very
questionable which disigures such places.
Other points OF interest as the old Clay
home, Pennsylvania University-now a hos
pital over crowded with suffering huRlanity,
the rebel hospital. etc. had 10 be left for an
other day We find h,spital OF t4bels here
also, which, thanks to the humanity left in us,
has its care as well us cur own, and we gladly
note the fact to prove We are sill men.
From Lexington here we had dusty march
ever the pike, and we're white enough OH arri-
val. Nice residences were frequent along the
way but none Of them caused the notice that
n party OF ragged East Tennesseeans did as
they passed as. They were northwsrd bound
had had hard tour Of it 80 far, and willingly
ate the bard crackers our boys gave them
They promised US TO soon come back in blues >
enroute for their homes. Bat wkeh will they
reach them?
A hard pffair took pace in the le8;h Iii
nois the other day, tie killing OF an orderly
sergeant by private. Three blows were in
iicied by a hatchet while the victim was
asleep, each Of which penetrated to the brain.
The poor fellow died yesterday, and his muir
derer will of course soon follow him. The
cause seems to have heen a spite which all the
officers agree in saying must have been ground :
less The Captain OF tie eeRpanv was much
affected on bis last visit 10 tue murdered man
Ladies from home again in camp, is The cry.
and men wish they TOO could afford such lux
uries, and thea that the war were honorably
ended SO they could enjoy the dear ones so
ciety at home. Delaware county is well rep
resented in these arrivals, and as the present
appearances seem good for stay here until
mud sets in, others are looking fer home
friends hitherward. Let me suggest that this
will be perhaps our best point ior long time
TO receive goods from home, being the terminus
Of the Il. r.
A brief visit this week from Capt, Cockrcl,
Company H, 121st, brought news from
then. The CSpt. looksd hearty himself, but
is not over pleased With the healthfulaess Of
their present location.
Ne more this morning.
II. WARREN ALLEN.