New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-04
Mes,rs r. Houou ind oiho., ComnIi,tce Meinph- Tenn
Two Letters From an Cid Tribune Conn
p0sitOr.

We print the following letters to show the
phases in printers lfe. The writer was formerly EN-
poysd in this Office colnlosor and his frst ieter
was addressed to q feIow-vorkman, who had died be-
fore the letter reached It's dcstinaon. friend com
rnuncaied the fact to the writer Of the letter ana has
lust received an ACKNOWLEDGMENT, which ID be found
below. We suppress and dates:
Ny DPAR -; You viii Doubtless he astonished 10
hear from iIom On section vi country and az this
time Such o. eat events nave rlnspIed. ana followed
each other ~ .uch Topid succession since I1st sa"
ron in New Iok ther :. wonld not surprise me you
had to ponder ,lnrts or vo before you could brhg
A. o. 10 recollection. bayc been through the mn.
hSe seen the elephant afd tie Rebel elephant at That
when last saw Won nd 'rst returned for sea. In
coming fem foreign port 10 the United States our
estimation was Saybhnah. hen arrived Ia oa'ah
nah might BE- said 20 le ucar Rome c"-'Hedlr
bet nr from home iho~e. in one tcnse ~ II h
liverpool J conld ret travel overland without money
and ln telling You this Il H lflCI Iui, et 3OLi rtL -
,ou sa,i & YOU were - strai g.. and | guess they
would havo taken YOU in" 1hcy did rot "tlse me m
at savannah but tLey took ne IA AZ New'Orcans ana
iufn the Rebel navy who're 1 served over year and
half Fave been tlrOurh FEW fights bnt never got
scratch except -l.hi burn a. Port Pennou0n. on me
iahatch. iTon tae posion ., & 4sr inS@lf a,,
?" be- order,d ou with loats crow an tho l,r io oW
.or'r timber 10 the fafi whou tie 4oth Indiana sur.
II ed s ana was more beneath the ioGs oi IN"
old fac which Rad ever loved even while pulling he
oOk ng Of the gun pointed ~ H. was taken Up 10
st. LoL.s ana pLi D. J4s0n. IIo Ii"l'ssSl Slils".. -,
cna'I soon ~ rfN' known ~ " Hill'i- 1t''--
with ne. We have this morning tc"iF'd news
of the captuTc of JacAson Mis-. Some doabt H. hut
WHO AIow -. ;A"t sesson 30 w,iL an 9ytl l9,ei "sth
,ic reNf tlr details oo.ra, IfIlcf scn j. "a
Ken 0nd can be- held for Little While The hehe >trong-
hold NoAshHrg viii ial sOon - sure ~ You uTe -
irg nan. AID then tie Rebellion j. eIlh led n the
South West"
"DrlE SIN. Irocelvcd . letter from you wh.lc At
-- answerng one which wrote 10 my roor departed
fund. l now thAak you sF, :0T your hudness IN
alsworlrg < ms letter. madoGp my mind partly io ~
Nom York bll. getting iAsusted at tie eoAanet Oi
the fifaHf Democrats home. Wei named copper
hoads -esolyed 20 fh Rebellion through hist end
. then may - 10 New Aork. ] mvolntaIiiy served
JEFF Davis ytt~ ara hllf md thought the least
could do would be 80 IDcle Fan fcr the rest o
she war although 10 did 20; lsk L. lie freaye me for
fighting AGAINST him under III Circumstances. bat iee
ibg hcing caught % sach bsd company took
the best way to convince hln / never bad anything
against him. Our brigade uhe ID under McCook,) be.
longs the lst division o Cavalry and s composed oi
tlc 2d Indiana (my regiment ith indinn. !st lscou-
.ir and "a East Ienncssce heemenis OF Cavalry. We
are ,u,r ten miles month 81 ihc 1cun,s,,c Rnei. 20
wh!ch stream our scouts 80 almost every day. There
Il force of rebels this te 81 that river. We tai" q
bl.hwtackor oroc in wnic, but cn bush" hacking Is
getting played OLt.