The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-04-24
Armp Correspondence.
SOME PLAcR IN DIXIE,
April 9th, 1868.


The old saying of. some Of the weather
wise that ga green Christmas gives white Eas-
ter" has been fully verified. For two or three
days, the wind has been exceedingly high and
cold. About 0 o'clock snow began falling and
continued to fall throughout the night and up
| to the present evening. This is what we call
| sour days" pleasant one is called a "Hooker
day. Joe has had two or three days quite ia
vorable to the anticipated ''move," bnt when
the "sacred soir' is little dry then comes a
little rain, hail, sleet and snow, in fact a com
bination OF the elements, all contending for the
| mastery and it is hard to tell which one has it,
as there is copious supply Of each. 81"
The Grand Army of the Potomac has been
reviewed, and of course, pronounced in s'splen-
did fighting trim" What foundation there is
for this mighty idea, none can tell, as the boys
whose time is so near up, are not "spiling" for
a fight, and would just as soon 60 home whole
as minus a limb. But it is generally expected
that the boys will have another brush with sJobn-
ny Reb." before they get. home. This will not
have great tendency to get Them to re-enlist
| If they have to 60 home with another bloody
fight at their heels. Gov. Curtin visited us last
week, and we received the usual amount Of
| commendation. He thinks we will all come out
again. 'Buly for him." hut the ''proof Of the
pudding is the eating Of it," and some of the
boys will be contented with the puddings their
mas and sisters make, rather than with frying
"hard-tack" in fat strong enough to draw jeff.
himself into submission. Speaking Of pud-
dings, we have just had dinner on. what we
call Batter Pudding--.hat is what we called it
at home, Your correspondent is cook, this
week, and wishing to give the boys an agreeable
surprise in the shape of something extra for an
Easter dinner, went to the gentlemanly and o.
bliging suttler and bought some eggs at only
eight cents each, and proceeded at once to make
the aforesaid pudding. But do not let any Of
your fair readers think that intend to enlight-
en- them on pastry cooking Suffice it to say
that we got it made and relished it finely, tho
we did not have certain little extras that the
felix's at home use, to prepare such dishes. OF
course, your correspondent was highly applaud
ed as finished pastry cook If it should ever
be my good luck to visit Bedford, may be will
present Mr. Editor with one of these puddings,
and get a puff in his local column. 3l
A friend calling himself Sutor, has showed
me the Gazette, each week, and has induced me
to pen an article for its columns. BY the way,
| what has become of iSutor, ns letter writer?
| have seen nothing from his pen for some
time.
We all expect gay time, should we be 80
lucky as to get home. Then we want to see
some of the young men who have spent the
winter comfortly at home come and try itawhile.
Such days as these try mems patience il not
their souls We have to be housed up, or rath-
er tented up, and have the eyes smoked out of
US. But we will stand it because it is all for
honor and glory. And who wouldn't be q SOL
derf The question seems to be now, who
,rould be q soldier? this seems to be the most
absorbing topic now. Your correspondent WIS.,
tied Falmouth, one day last week, and had \
full view of the rebel pickets. There seems to
be plenty of them, too, both white and coio,ed.
They (the white men) frequently hold converse
with our pickets and try to buy bread of them
One of them showed me 4 bar of tobacco,
such as our suttler charges one dollar and fifty
cents for, that one of the rebels after wading
the river gave him for a small loaf of bread
They tell us they have bnt one fourth rations
They are not only Grey-backs but lean backs.
The Court-martial that was in session, for
some time, for the trial of Gen. Tyler, is at last
happily ended. A certain military man. thro'
Jealousy had trumped up some imaginary offence
that he did not commit and the general for a
while, was deprived of his command. Thank
God our leader is acquitted and is ready again
to go where danger is the thickest. Cowardice
at fredericksburg was one of the charges
Who dares to call Gen. Erastus B. Tyler, the
hero of Winchester and many other hard fout
battles, coward? Ye gods defend me or my
postcrity from ever being a military leader if
such men as Tyler are to he called towards. I
am one of his brigade and proud of it, aad the
man that intimates that he is coward, had
better not get within clubbing distance Of any
of Tylers Brigade. | have never seen Gen
eral so attached to his men. His Ohio friends
have presented him with splendid horse, sad
die and bride, and his men have given him a
splendid sword, sash and belt. The Gen. res
ponded in neat and appropriate speech. Sew
eral times he was so affected that he could hard
ly speak.
From present indications think there will
be force kept here while. A new and sub
stantial bridge has taken tho place of the old one
at Potomac Creek Station and several forts and
palisades have been erected near it for its de-
fence Quite number of guns have been al
ready mounted, tried and found entirely salts
factory. $50 10 at. .4.a ..fr.t
Our division !Humphreys) are out on picket
This is rather unpleasant weather to dosuch du-
ty as that; but it must be DONE The boys are all
in good spirits, as they will soon be clear of the
thraldrom to which we have been subject. We
have to do nine days picketing monthly. Our
boys will come in on Tuesday, then go out a.
gain about the goth of the month, and with
that they are in hopes that they will be men a
gain. For indeed private soldier can hardly
style himself a man, subject, as he is to all
kinds of rule, from an 9Th corporal to the big
shoulder straps. He must do just what he is
hidden, no matter how degrading it is but, as
writer for the "Gazette" says, it is call mill
tary." | must say the nine month men are