The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-08-20
Letter from the Is, o. Regiment
STEAMER GLrDr, OFF FT. DoNRIsoN, !
August Sd. 1863.

august 81, lSb5. .4,.
Dear Gazette Many little items Of
note have doubtless transpired since
my visit home from the Department Of
the Cumberlahd-ehough most likely
to fill small book which will be written
by me on my arrival atthe regiment. I
shall have time to do so without doubt,
as already have intimated at Cincin-
natl and Louisville that the 1st Of Au-
gust has already past, and that fur
loughs written out at Paris are not
current any more with "Roseys"
Provost Marshals. Brothers Clarke,
Fritter, Bickford and Drake will please
not accuse themselves of dereliction of
duty on my account, for however gar
rulous I may be on some subjects, to
them, I was as mute as mouse on one
certain topic.
Ny object in writing this letter is
purely complimentary to the citizens
Of Fairfield, who, throughout my en-
tire sojourn amongst them, treated me
as human being and q gentleman,
treated me with courtesy, distinguished
Difference, and sour beer, and whether
hereafter my lot is the uard-house.
my fate bullet, or my preference d
skedaddle from danger, I shall look
back on the time spent in old Fairfield
(but ten days. as the beautiful oasis in
the desert Of soldering. In fact all
classes aud conditions, heroes, sheroes,
wild Irish, dumb Dutch, blacklegs and
cut-throats; Republicans, Democrats,
Wolly Heads, Butternhts, Abolition
lists, Copperheads, Niger Lovers and
Straight-out Locofcces, wed with each
other as to who could do me the most
honor and show most respect for the
bright and shining luminary who
wrote SO many "really love letters" to
the otherwise torpid columns Of the
Gazette, from the grand armies of
Buell. and Rosecrans.
! Whatever Lancaster may be in COM
mon times, it surely was in a stir
whilst I was there:-three days Of
militia business, one ofriot, one of cir
Gus, one or two of Democratic outpour-
ing and inpouring, two or three little
fights and any amount of copper-dis-
titled patriotism I missed the picnic
on account of not being able to get
horse and buggy, Uncle Crist telling
me that "army fellers didn't know how
to driver Don't eh2
And now, Gazette, I'm about wound
up. We start in q few minutes for
Nashville, run all night and will get
there some time tomorrow night,
where l shall deliver over to Jimmy
+, Lyons, Nanny Richards and George
Washington Wilkinson the several
packages have for them, and then
start for Tullahona
, 1t may be proper before / close, to
} say something of the steamer Glide,
the boat on which l ain making the
trip. 1t is an elegant light t-draught
r passenger packet, although small, and
i as neat and comfortable as any that
r runs the Cumberland river. She makes
! through trips to Nashville from Gin
: cinnati and is under the management
of Capt. W B. Anderson and J H. Por-
r ter; two as accommodating men as one
. ever travelled with. By the way, a
little snecdote may not be out of place
, hore: William La.ta Of Lancaster, Is
Q in the Ordnance Department at Lou
I isville, and on bidding me good bye :
at the Calf House, cautioned me to be
! sure and continue my letters to the
Gazette, as they were read with i'm
d mense interest I told him l should do
so, ]. H. Porter, clerk, was standing
+ BY, and enquired of me how long l had
! been employed in the Gazette Office
J, I told him four years. Says be, the
q Gazette does all 6tr printing. l then
/ saw his dilemma, how many horns
Z it has l don't know, but he and the
y captain, thinking me travelling cores;
pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette for
a four years, and therefore a good one,
V are excrutiatingly kind to me in all
t that pertains to the cabin saloon =
n They are expecting a "puf" in the
Cincinnati Gazette; what will they
d think when they see It only III ah
d s by 10, oftEe Hooking Hills
4 Once more l tender my compliments
n and regards to the people Of Fairfield
r and if they ever take trip up this
a river Of
:, Green.backed frogs,
Huge polywcgs,
Desdened dogs,
Old rotten logs. .
Sand bars, snags, etc,