Nebraska advertiser., 1863-02-26
From the Army in the Mountains.
FoRr HAILEeK. n. T.
FERRuARr, 4th. 1863.

for the war, and from Head Quarters
to raise a new Brigsde 10 be called ihe
Bust Head Brigade
The necessity Of : coufpand Of hi:
style is ~self-eTdent. The country need.
its service. Why, sir, many a battle lost
would have been won had it been organ.
fized in the begining Of the q
1t must be confessed that the task Of
collecting suitable mGteyiGl for the Brig.
ade viii be q difficult one, as most Of. j, il
already in the Army, but | viii enter
upon my duties flushed with high hope
of finding the RICH kind o., stuff
The genilemanly commander Of Hal
leck, Capt. Allen, was called upon a few
days ago to send troops TO The crossing
Of North Platte, because a band of the
first families Of the country paid thar
section a flying visit'' The Capt. very
cOurteously inquired what depreciation,
bad been committed.
Why" the man said, zone of the
bucks tuck my young dog BY the hide Of
the back, and grunted hoo, and The next
morning / couldn't fud him.
The Capt. who rs 4 nan Of mueh r.milk
o. human Kindness, /" felt deep sorrow FOR
the sudden loss Of the pup bat said he
could not send tro5Bs. Mr.-went
away saying 4 thought the id, Lincoln
consera was gone.up. That's the way is
it? Cant get any Protection for property!
Capt Shipley and company lief; here
for Laramie 81 The 2lst. January, ia
consequence Of the want Of hay, the
wind hariDg 'lifted'' a large quantity
completely out Of Che country. NJ. C.
Fisher of Colorado. was the hay contra
ctOr. On its delivery, It. Foot Quar-
ter Master, gave the receips for about
four hundred tons, In a short time af-
ter a beard was Governed to inspect, or
%re-measute, tie hay, when3t TO tie utter
suPrise Of CONTRACTOR. and Quarter-BIas-
ter only about one a4lf the amount was
found in the stack No y could ac-
count for the difference. / put on my
Eliminating 'beaver,n and came to the
conclusion, tbat il was owing to the eli.
mate. Climate SIR, is potent ia more
ways than e Nest Of men, and wo.
men too, feel its singular effects. In
the language Of our Mountain doctor it is
ran'JSnck0us which be says is "fating."
meaning anything hat gets fellow up.
Be kind enough to call the attention
Of the Arkansas doctor to this word.
1t might aid him IN adjusting dislOcsted
hearts and back bones.
OUR new roExAxDfR.
Capt. A. Allen, Of Go. B. 9Th Kansas
Regiment, is running The ''machine" at
the foo, Of Medicine Bow Mountain.
This Officer is one Of your staunch
Union men, and was among the first 70
obey the call to arms to stay the black
wave of rebellion. His men are under
the very best discipline. whioh4is a credit
10 his skill, and an honor 10 the service.
Il is to De iamenred, that So many men
in our volunieer army are oni I perfectly
useless on account Of incompetent Of
hcers. Would that we had all such Of.
fcers as Capt, Allen drought the eou-
try.
FROM sAINTDoA.
The latest item from Salt Lake is:
Brigam is sbbut take ANOTHER spiritual. .
is said to be gay and festive, "
but objects 10 beng sealed BY the Pro-
phet. The young sister must b weak
IN the faith, or don't comprehend the
comforts Of he" new order Of epery
ghoaA hare Q husband Wonder
bow Brigam'a beadiis slOCateda Phre-
nologieaHy speaking il mus pc bully
ALMOST rRAaApY. a.
Your readers viii Is pleased to hear
Of my narrow escape, bot from the 'aom
Of the Savage foe, bat from the
Of q 'green horn husband. III
ea few liDssr to the fair one .
lnot a bit Ofloye init desiring her COM
pany at a certain time and place. Don't
i beat all? The great big "lumicks''
got his tdander up. Just because / want-
be ''soci&ble, . and a.ki5d. . at
using me Of ~lasceraiipg designs. Itell
7ou | billed but acted like a sensible
nan by keeping entirely oa5 otfhis sight,
if am al Lucky IN the future, ,asI
AVE been insthe past, my escape is be-
rond a doubt "Light air out here
am CONVINCED it IL i6S light for most
Oh, for a change! a 'l0dee1
n some. wilderness. " or any cher ''lo-
would come In play Just nOsO.
e.rIRsT PARTv AT HALLEcK
Came off on the evening Of the Both
ltimo II was n ttsnded hV prettv much4t