The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-26

the sick. A command may embrace tn
most competent surgeons, and they may EN-
ploy all the skill within their power, the ex
posurei of the 6amp-ths effect of irnpur
water, and the depression of the mental sys
tem-all combine to battle medical treat
ment, and the patient dies. I have knowl
various instances where applications for fur
Tough, and petitions to 60 to the Washington
hospitals, have been denied and death wa.
the consequence. Bitter Is the feeling o.
the men on this account, and it will not b
soon forgotten. Another cause of complaint
Is the everlasting 'niggerp The negro h ere
! is very god in the eyes of the government
employees; he is the Alpha and Omega. A
poor blue-coated, brass-buttoned Target
made for the sports of J eff. Davis to amuse
themselves with, must stand aside when
Cuffy' appears. tCuffy' has soft bread
warm from the oven; Target lives on hard
tack.' tCuffy' reposes on straw mattresses
in good quarters, with plenty of fuel; Tar
get sleeps on the ground. under three yards
of six-penny muslin, without fire or cover
ing. 'Cufy' receives teamsters' wages in
the army. and is paid once fortnight, and
then finds fault and rebels; Target may
serve his country, suffer, bleed and die, with
wife and children at home crying for bread;
1t is matter of indifference to the govern
ment, he cannot be in want of green backs, ;
he IS soIdierl You may think have over
drawn the picture; but not whit will / re-
tract; thousands will hear me out in this
statement, and still it is not fully up to life
in these parts. I firmly believe that the
revolution in opinion here far exceeds that
in the n orthern States, and could there now
be any basis upon which this matter of diff
ference between the North and the South
could be settled, loud would be the hallelu-
jahs in the army. 1t would surprise you to
have witnessed with what eagerness the re-
cent inaugurals of Governor Seymour of
New York and Parker, of your own State,
were sough after and read. The great con-
servatism which marked their entire compo-
sition, the pure unadulterated love for the
Union and the Constitution, were themes
which met the approval of all, and have
added much towards producing right spirit
in the hearts of those who are the actual
participants in this bloody and inhuman
strife. 1t is such men as those who now
hold the reins Of government in the states
mentioned, that are to settle this matter of
differenced between the two sections
Fighting will never accomplish what is
sought after. / verify believe that the
'Southron' is as firmly convinced of the JUS
tice and holiness of the cause he is defend
ing, as were the patriot warriors of the revo-
luton, and they will maintain their rights
by force of arms, if no other n,eans are pro-
posed, until every last moth er's son of them.
bites the dust in the struggle. We have
the opportunity here for observation. Ex-
perience is a good teacher; all one needs to
learn the true state of feeling in the South,
is to converse with her sons. They are all
iD the army. In this State, over a section
of ;lo,
which this regiment has held several camps,
you could not find single man, (nat:ve) all
were gone to the war; The land is laid
waste, habitatious once the centre of opu-
lence and wealth, are occupied by officers Of
the Union army; all is sacrificed-for what2
it may be a lamentably mistaken-but to
them a very dear object-the protection of
their property, their firesides, and their
homes. l do not wish it to be understood
that have any sympathy for the leaders, in
this effort to annul the powers of govern
m ent, and reud asu nd er the Union of States.
A fearful responsibility rests upon them but
the people, under these projectors of di-
vision are imbued with the first love- of
self protection, aud Northern newspapers
may write aud prate about Union feeling in
the South, to their hearts content, it is
myth-a fancy-Lregnant in the brain of
those who love 4 make assertions without
the evidence to bear them up. l wish to
God there was more of Union spirit both
North and South; then there might be
lingering hope that this Carnival of blood
would cease, and that suffering humanity
might return to contentmentl peace, where
now all is misery and woe.
There is nothing of interest connected
with the 31st. They were with US in the
stick in the mud expedition, and are again
in their old quarters. The paymaster has
arrived at last. and gave the men tioo months
pay. Green backs are as plenty here now.
as curses were before they arrived. War is
awfully demoralizing in its tendencies.
Yours, in the Union Army.
..' ." H.I"''' 8 30 J.R.S.