The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-01-14
From the Philadelphia Evening Journal.
Letter from a Soldier.

!
dier--a Philadelphian-in our army
in Virginia. He made speeches and
voted for Mr.. Lincoln; sd !s3 W.
In CAMP, NEAR FAIRFAX G. Fl.
FRIEND JOHN *-Here VIC are
bivouacking in the woods, or rather IT
was woods when we arrived here,
some two weeks ago, but the trees
have been almost all cut down, having
fallen a sacrifice to our propensity to
keep ourselves from freezing to death.
The weather has been very stormy
We had one week of continued rain.
You may imagine how very comforta-
bly, we soldiers are situated, when
tell you that we have no other shell
ter than a thin piece of muslin, about
six feet by five, such as we used in the
summer campaign to protect us from
the sun. This is one of the pleasures
we patriots who had such reverence
for the Constitution and the Union
have to endure. al-'gtt- ri So ylia
l do not know whether our condi-
tion will be made any better this win,
ter or not. But there is one thing
that l and the masses of the sold sol,
dicrs"-those who have been out
since the commencement of the war
do feel pretty certain of--and here let
me whisper--if they are waiting for
Burnside to eat his Christmas dinner
in Richmond before we 90 into s'win-
ter quarters" we shall have to put
up with our present healthy and com
Portable ''shelter tents.} This is the
third time the grand army has been
on its way to Richmond, and, | may.
add, with as much prospect of success
as the first. d You may think this
strange language for a "Yankee" SOL
dicr to write, but, nevertheless, it is,
as | said before, the sentiment of the
rank and file. The whole truth is
this: the men who have been deluded
from the comforts Of home and smiles
and tender carcsses of relatives and
kind friends, to engage in a wholesale
crusade against the institutions of the
South, for the purpose of elevating the
eternal niger" above the white man,
have come to the conclusion, that the
thing is "played out" There is no
use of army correspondents writing to
the newspapers of the patriotism of
the army and of the impatience of the
men for an onward Richmond move
medt. [ tell you the truth, and /
ought to have ample opportunity to
know. All such newspaper CORES
pondence are tissue of lies. Il know
one regiment has become quite indif-
fercnt as to the result of this unholy
and unnatural strife.
We all rejoice in the recent unpar-
alleled triumph of the Democracy, and
hail it as the harbinger of peace. 1t
is just rcbuke to abraham the
First and his tyranical dynasty, l
hope it is the prelude to more glorious
and brilliant victories of the same
kind. / am glad it has overthrown
the reign of terror in the North, and
that now an American freeman, cloth
ed in his constitutional rights, can.
speak as a man, without fear of the
Bastile. never was one of those
who endorsed the black policy of the
present corrupt and infamous Admin
istration, nor do / think we should
surrender our liberties to support it.
But enough of this. l will not tife
your patience nor intrude upon your
time by going into a political disscr-
tation. | merely wish to inform you
what change has taken place in my
views since ! have had an opportunity
Of investigating certain matters upon
the spot. ., ~
| have yet to receive. the first un-
kind word or look from the people Of
Virginia. 1t has never been my good
fortune to be treated more kindly Or
more Hospitality than I have been by
the good people Of the Old Dominion.
! have been in great many of their
houses, have eaten and slept in them,
and have been invariably treated in
the kindest manner. Poor people!
how my heart has bled for them, when
! have seen them subjected to the in
dignities, insults and brutality of our
GENTLEMANLY OFFICERS. need hard
ly inform you that ! am heartily sick
and tired of this sort of soldering -
My experience in Mexico was nothing
but a, holiday frolic in comparison
with what have encountered in Yir-
ginia. IF | were to write you of one
tenth of the hardships and privations
| have gone through, besides the ter
rible battles / have come through un-
scathed, you would scarcely credit it,
But, thanks to Him who ''tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb" / am "still
on praying ground and pleading
terms" 9o'YFff3 H2faa4 a.3-e8
There is nothing new in army mat
ters in this section. "All is quiet
along the hnc!'' JILL ,.g .G,,.,d
SrARvED!-on Saturday soldiers !
wife Mary Ann Kidney-.was found
in her room, No. S62 Central avenue,
dead. Two children, one nine and the
other thirteen wears of aoe wora cl;noS