Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-13
FROM THE 4sD REGIMENT.
CAMp AsDaEws, MT. VERNON, |

4. CAMp AsDREws, MT. VERNON, |
i,.r-ot Feb. 10, 1862.
Editorial Correspondence OF the Belmont Chronicle.
Amidst the din and confusion, the hurry
and hustle, the anxiety aud excitement Of
human life, there are occasional events that,
for time, at least, arrest the, attention Of
tho busy throng, touch the heart-strings Of
sheappafeutiy thoughtless, and demonstrate
thst although the world may appear to be
. compound Of svarice, sel6shness, aud
ambition, there u still in the human char
setsr sub-stratan Of benevolence, Of char
ity, Of heart, that needs only TO be touched
to prove that man was created little lowor
than the Angels" Such an event has trans
pired in our midst in the shape Of military
funeral. One Of the soldiers Of the Regi-
snent died few days ago, and was escorted
y the cars, to be taken by his ffiends to his
homo for interment. 1t was q noble, a
solemn sight, to see the brave and hardy
soldiers OF the Regiment as they stood in
breathless silence drawn up in line in front
Of the Hospital, with arms presented, whilst
the corpse, enshrouded with the ''stars and
stripes, was borne by comrades in arms
slowly along that line, from right to left,
ssd then, followed by the Battalion, with
arms reversed, marching with slow and
solemn tread to the music Of the mufflcd
drum.
The scene was not without its effect, aA
the solemn looks and slistening eyes of that
funeral escort clearly showed. Tho great
deep Of the human heart had been touched,
sud IL mattered little whether that heart
beat beneath the uniform of the private or
the officer, its emotions were the same, and
the impressions engraven upon its tablet by
the event equally indellible.
4 Contrary to the expectation Of all, we are
still at Mt. Vernon, and cannot tell "wha,
day may bring forth" but hope it may
bring the 43d little closer the ''soone o.
action" Not that we are tired of the gooG
people Of this place, for they are really ,
very clever SGT of folks, but then, enough /,
enough Of any thing, and as we did mol
enlist for tho purpose Of acting as com
pany of Home Guards for Mt. Vernon, o.
any other place, we begin to feel like shift
ing our quarters slightly towards Dixie
and unless we arc very much deceived b!
the Indications that, like shadows, preced
the ''logic Of events" we shall be gratife'
by getting shifted AWAY down in Dixie,
and the readers Of THE CHRONICLE nee,
notbe great deal surprised if our letter
should be dated, before very long time, from
Georgia, Louisiana, or Texas; but then, o
course, we arc only guessing at this, an,
will not be supposed to know anything abou
It until after the papers make the announce
mont. WI.
This Regiment was furnished with tw
new companies on Friday morning last
from tho 6lst Regiment; one of them i
Capt Hewetson's, who arrived in Camp ol
Saturday, from Belmont, with some Is o
2O'nsw recruits, filling his company up to
minimum. This looks little like they in
tended to do something as we have no,
ever 1000 mon in the Regiment, and ar
about ready for any emergency.
Tho profits Of soldering, S an officer
may b inferred from the figures of expense
for Sfsw Of the articles enumerated below
which We ars required to purchase by tn
Regulations Uniform, 80; over-coat, ,s4O
hat, tl2; spaulsts, tls; sword, s2S; sasl,
Ala, &c. but then the glory ofthe thing
enough for any reasonable man and tn
satisfaction Of having contributed so RberaH
"a enrich ths'tailors, hatters, cutters, 30.
10 atsnmcisnt qualification, without an
pecuniary consideration, and henco wo fin,
an abundance Of people-of patriotic pee
pls--who arc longing for the privilege o
being made medium for tho transmissio
81, Government funds from the Sub-Treas
-uiy to tho pockets Of these professions. =
And, then, besides the glory and satisfaction
derived from the above sources, the ma
Who Is permitted to wear hat with two {
three feathers in it, gold cord around il,
guilt trumpet in front, and spread. Gag
on one side Of It, with huge gilt epaulets Q
his shoulders, and brass buttons down b
FORE" u some, especially with tho ladic
and this last conzidcration is slmost SUD
= dent to induce even those men who we
wont 10 pronounce tho war ~ damnsb
war" - war for the abolition OF sluvery
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