Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-04-28
FROM TIE ARMY OF THE RAPPAHAEN0CK.
[.pEc,AL caakgsr okngscE RICHMOND EnaUIRss

FaLD,nI,K SBrtG, Va, April %, 1868.
The month Of Nay ID nigh at haCd. Iho
terms Of cnhstin ,nt 1T the two years and nine
N ,nlhs' msn, III tn, Yankee army, are fast
expiring, and thcy ars about to Ietuin 10 their
respective homes. A few o. them, those who
have rin hoa,s, will isInai, but tee bulk Of
t1em have seen sci vIca enough, and prefer tue
quiet ava' atoms Of hons t. hard tack and
.htng for the Niger. We Lave Seen
enough on cur immediate font to satisfy
IN tha. II will be a ga!a day to the men
4 h:n lhey coinu TO be mustered out. They
crnunually reulnd our pcketS that thei:
times will soon be up. One fellow hal!Ood
scross night before last and said: l. ood
bye old fellow. This is my last night on
picket. Oar times are nj IN Eine days, and
.hsn ": a,e gong hcm2." Our boy res-
ponded oy asking sim il the conscript act did
Mt get him! lis reply was, damn the
couscrlpt act-,ha.'s played out ever
here o."
Iae re h:c Ea:n i!nuiansa sctlvity IN S:un
FOR several Gays. Wagons have b:en sotn in
lsrse numbers moving about and tie move
men; OF troops Of all ntIns OF the Service
have heen plainly visible on our front. On
Monday night thrs wss great cheering and
hurtshng, supposed by aone TO have been
ih coiss quenes Of the nriors releasing
the elmo III ,ntbs and two years men,
By others, il has been construed ss & well
come tU the t,n"ps frrm tho fortifita ions of
Washington, which u,.oher has dsn.andtd, It
,s LIi. III order 10 hoid his entrsnched posi-
tlnn On he Stafford heights. Though ii III
asserted here tu-night that troops arp Cross
ing a. Port Royal, and that Hooker is really
ahout to forward, march, Nothing would
SUI: IN better than for him to come, and il ha
,s sittd Of the Army Of the Potomac, Zen.
Lac will give him a s"utd drubbing, AMI cd
ABB will at once follow i; up by "rclieving
him NJ his oSTn request
have ceasod, ior my ps:t, 10 speculate
upyn tie situation here, as ! have upon tie
auration OF tho war. They both, to ms, seem
coud.d Ia mya:ory. or one thing, how
r-c~, | ,:n conf ienl: thht Lincoln mtaIS :"
',nn lh- u,zchne' On the war ioUling as long
=, h" cnn. l. is true, the Iaon whose limos
sto expiring ar, sa NO many MISS siunkros to
tho lgnplc If the North, hose experiences
will doubts ss. in a largo uiUns ure, assis: In
induciog the No than pcnpla to iigai con
ousinnb IN ths elections to he held tbs fsll,
a, w hich time A boIlion will hear its do"m
XII tncn, it si.s enth' on:d IN power, not TO
he b.d, AMI will s!rain every nervo-
Lot us lot decsivs ourselves, tLat the riilu
rnonlhs' aud iwO years men are IN such pro-
portion in their feivice as to mako The further
prosecution Ct the wnr impossible. Gn rte
contrary, they can still concentrate IN l,ist
mum ceIs, RI,d give us battle liz cs.1y GUr nf
the leading departments Of scIive Gper&tiuns.
Oar arguments sre the bullets. OIr fIi'rdI
s"s rnr own uufasling wris, a,=istsd By D.
wins Pfvvdencs.
The tealsh, morale and discipline cf This
army il woll nigh perfect. The veterans oi
iw3 campaigns, men whoso Patriht's-n and
b:Svr,y have lifted the C,nfsderacy TO the
iop round Of military fam, ami financial re-
spons'hilty, need no encouragement lo lsrp
alive tho flames OF nanly devotion CT pauial
p,ide This ancient town hiss not sutisred
IN vaip, for her suffs' ings and her patriotism
hsvr exercised spls did moral inHuencs
over the men wilp are ia,e defending their
own homes. ard l,ave 10 thank e. d that
Frs mia consented to 10 tho battle field ri
tho var, urI ~ sutf,liug Ill her own 20, son
- bnio!d tho4s upon whom ihe blHws .'WGd
at her body would hsva fsllrn with crush ng
,f':c;. had she uot thrown herself in the
breach.
OF iacai Intelligence, camp incidents, nr
xrDy gossip. AIN rens,tks bly, barron. At
Church, uu Sabbath lss,. ito' two nns. q>ist
ri d unJb;su"iva woreh'ppsrs were Jackson
ami L:e. And on the evening Of ths SANS
day jackson led in prayer meeting a! his own
camp, ,hariag up ohs Of the must e'o jusnt
and drilling prayers. The "'sn and tho
general WHO s.v,l the Clnfe1a;acy III her
hjIr Of pe:ii hover fills to thank God frr i3
rnercies and blessings and supaIiatcnaing
Provideucc.
The warm weather ia rapidly Approaching,
an dGcsnt regard t, tbs health Of ,hs s-:uy,
to say no.hins OF the citizens, de nsnds
unusual attention t. clesulin.ss. Un!;s' at
tsn,io" be had to proper dict and policing
this G, unity must 10 yiailed By ptsti!euce.
TO preysnL .h;s, 1t is sugge't Il, hs worthy rf
,rslGer.tiou, that tho burial Of the nn:.iu-
rous Ce.d f;ogI. That line tho road bst secu
this place aud Hsmiltcn's Ctcs, ought 10
receive Immediate atteh,ion from these wbusa
business it il to pteserve the health snl Ill
c,snay Hf tie srnT st,ti,nsd in that vicinity.
In this town the Council ought To ba con
vened snd cooperate with Inc GaneTsl, 10
tie eHd that Wa may tave 10 halfway work,
but thorough cleaning. y.
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