Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-06-27
ARMY CORREsPONDENCE.
SoUrHwIcK's BATTERY, AT THE TRfUNR HILLS,
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ARMY CoRREsPONDENCE.
SournwIcKs BATTERY, AT THE TRruSE HILLS
June l4th, 1863.
READERS OF THE TELEGRAPH
We have all heard Of a "quiet on the
Potomac" and many comments have been
made upon it, by unthiuking misinformed,
people Here on the Harpetb there is not
so much Of quiet, although to day matters
have assumed Sabbath day quietude; not
even an inspection to mar the tranquility
of repose and season of reflection Aud
better thau all, these Sunday resting spells
give the soldier an opportunity to write
letters Look which ever way you will
there sits your lad with shingle on his
knee, perhaps an upturned plate, busly
cbalking down the talk on paper to the
dear one perhaps, the one above all price
ineStima BILE. Or it may be 10 mother
whose all of hope and joy he is, and whose
loss to her would make her evening of life
a chilling blank, woeful chaos of grief
On the face of another scribe you muy
note the glow of strong manly devotion for
the wife in the far off northern home, and
The tenderness and truth of fial love on.
the open page of still another face. Such
is the study of faces, the lesson to be learn.
ed from the tablet of each ones heart is
more difficult to get. Our private opinion
is, that many little romances could be read
from the heart histories of these letter wri
ters and receivers. Those readers of th c
Ashtabula TELEGRAPH who feel an interest
in the members of Southwick's Battery
could not much better please them than by
writing letters. Of course they should be
kind and encourag ng ones, not Kissing
with coppetbead politics, or fault6uding
with the Administration, or any thing in
the least degree tainted with treason. We
re sure such will not come from Ashtabu.
la, Lake, or Geauga counties, to this army.
But in this day of our Nations calamity
such strange things happen. We are never
sure where the serpent will spring from.
There is the envenomed hiss Of corrupt pol
itics on the winds that blow from the
North as well as from the Sunny South
land And the keeuest sting of all to US
fro m Ohio, is the recent nomination of V al.
audigham and Pugh, by the Democratic
party, or better named the snakes from the
vomit Of hell, sick 0y surfsit Of treason.
Excuse such harsh terms; yoa would, ii yol
could know how the soldiers in this army
feel towards enemies at nome. Bui friends
il We are rightly Informed, soldiers "l
yoe, and woe Oetlde any blasted home re
ocl who may be nominee for Ctice. liz
might us well crawl away into the Inlet to
perdl tIon and draw the hole in after hi,
nasty carcass, e;etnalIy nIdlng'the filthy
noweVer maiguaut, is too cruel for trait
or. Be we ever So mercIui 10 other eVI
doers, aud iorgiying 10 those who wrong
Us III any wise else than by treason, W,
y ould even pray for the loial auu lmmed-
ale eXte, mluatlon Ut traitors from Il.s
Free America, that is 10 be. La ihiS Brl.
tery uuaulm,ty OF loyal sentiment ana pat
rlotic principle is our platform of politics
While officers OF regiments with which We
come in contact, show a disregard for the
sacred cause of liberty, by iawnlug abuu
Tue traitors in woman's garo, that at
tract unstable by the wicbery o
womanIy prettness; the officers o
our battery pass them by in siIen
contempt and perhaps regret, that tht
sweet creatures We're not in favor of UuioD
We feel an honest pride in such officers anl
there example to US is invaluable. Her,
az Trune are fields so large that divisions
eau drill together. aud Captain SouthwicE
takes the three batteries of his command
and drills them together. 1t is spiendit
aud exciting spectacle to witness. Tue
command eonstS of our battery in the quo
Brigade, the 4lh Michigan D the lst, auC
Co., l, 4 tn Regulars, in the Sd Brigade.
, To say that the Captain eau handle tht
three Batteries aud do it well is but giving
: him the due need ol praise; and he woull
not have beeu appointed chief of Arlller!
in the ID Division if his military abilitie
, were not of high order.
We are encamped iu beautiful grove o
noble trees, Gu slight emiuence; the 10
faulry being costly placed in regular row
of tents just down the slope of the hill AM
on the plain below. Setting under the wing
of these lofty naples at night, and looking
: at the brightly Illuminated city of tents, +,
, minds US of city lit up for the reception
| of some idol of the people, or for some fes
tive sports. Apart from all there is in wa
10 sadden us, we have much to make u
happy, if we only let contenIment be GU
rule of life. As the eye turns involuutar,
inward at these silent Dreachers of tn