Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-02-05
Army Correspondents.
NASHVILLE TRSsEssEE,
= January, 24th. 1853. 2 .

DEAR HaRPER:-Hsve you even bee
! thousand eiles Irom home anon,
) strsngefs 10 a strange land, with n
familiar faces around you and feelin,
that two thirds of those you met wer
aching TO put a ball into you and en-,
your pilgrimage IN this world? A feI
low under such circumstances Il apt /,
hsFe q haDkering after home, get tn,
blues and feel as savage as hal
starved bear. Such has been, the M,
fortunate condition Of The subscriber ur
toyestefdsy, when my eyes feasted upor
the chubby form OF ap old Western
1 Virgins friend. who f0urishes under
the name OF H. c. Palmer, clerk for
Capt John Levering.
il was useless to disguise the fact
that l was glad to see him. 1 took
him in; ate and slept with him; asked
him thousand and one questions, and
talked him into raging headache. I
feel better this morning. decidedly.
Were you ever in Nsshville7 II not
be content to remain at home. II your
passion for travelling masters you,
don't come to this city. Go to Rodney
and live well. Don't come here and
siarve at an enormous expense. You
can do that thing cheaper at Rodney.
Il would cost you here from 81, 50 to
$500 per diem to 60 through the mo-
tious OF supplying your bodily wants.
As for filing your stomach It's out OF
the question. Government ratious are
a luxury ouly accessible to the soldier.
Coffee 20 cts. per pound and not to be
had. They get up beverage at the
hotel here which they call coffee, but
one cup would kill the oldest inhabiiant. |
Potatoes, / have a feint remembrance
Of, but "nAry q tater" is there here.
They are quoted at Is, 90 per bushel; !
prices tending upward. Butter 80 cts.
per pound-of this article have seen
few. Tea not bit. Eggs, heard OF a
man who saw few yesterday. Princi'
pal meats are pork, ham, ribs, shoul-
der and Sausage, with sprinkling of
fresh beef, wre!chedly cooked and |
swimming iu grease. Dried apple pies
are as plenty as they were at a certain
hotel iu Gallipolis, one winter, aud |
which some OF your readers may have
a distant recollection Of. It would be
a luxury to sit down and read cook |
book for an hour or so each day. Again
l advise you not 10 come to Nashville,
unless you are tired OF this world and
want to commit suicide by starvation.
Nashville is built upon a hill with
the streets running down each side.
The streets are narrow, uneven and
filthy 10 the extreme. The pavement
about wide enough for two to walk
abreast. Buildings as general thing,
are miserable, dirty looking structures.
There are some splendid private resi-
denees which would look well in Louis.
vile or Cincinnati. Mrs. James K. Polk,
Gen. Cheathsm's, (rebel, John Bell,
and Carter's, are the most imposing.
The State House is one Of the finest
buildings in the country. 1t stands
upon the crest OF the hill and from the
lone you have fine view Of the entire
,ity and the country for several miles
around.
The mass OF the people are secesh
10 the core, and would to-day glory
in the destruction Of our armies and
he invasion Of the North with torch
and sword. The rebels are becoming
desperate, as their hopes Of success
fade away. One wounded rebel said
he other day: "you have three men to
our one-you may extermigate US but
You cannot conquer us-we are ruined
anyhow and will ight you to the bitter
end" The snswer he got was this: ,
Then We will exterminste you" The
var is becoming every day more saw
lge and ferocious in its cbaraeter.-I
rhe feeling among our own men is best ,
BY a remark made By one ;
4 our men to = rebel prisoner after the !;
ate battle: 1--WE fought you at first, !;
With love in our hearts for you, be- :
ause you were our brethren; but we {
ight you now because we hate you"
l learn that the rebel wounded d. !
are dying rapidly. Some :
20 or so are buried daily. Their own
are attending to them, Gen.
3RAGo having left supply Of Sur :
,eons and hospital stores behind. All !
Iccounts concur in the fact that at the I,
ate battle of Stones Rivety the rebels :
we're bali drunk on wbiskey. Their Sur
yeons admit it and attribute the rapid !;
lying OF their wotinded TO this fact.
! hope to be in Murfreesbofo BY day
liter tomorrow, when l shall try to :
ind time to write you again. tr /
/ heard that Capt. Ross OF GaIlia I
20. was wounded, snd spen. half day :
n hunting him up. but without success. Z
He is not in any OF the hospitals here. /;
The Medical Director could give me
10 information concerning him. II he .
> at any private house it would be an
mpossibility for me to find bim.-
from the fact Of his rot being registered !
n the Medical Directors Office / infer !
lis wound, if wounded at all, is not
erious. s.. -~..t.f,. 4 .-...-.,-- 8 -
l met yesterday 1t. Col. w. H. .
ForEe Of the 96th O.v I. He has Z
elatives and friends in your County, ,
lie is in the officers hospital here, bav. s
ng been sick with fever since the 10Th
4 December. He is improving rapidly. i
md Is able to walk about. though still 4
luite weak. He expects 70 rejOin his I