, 1863-02-20

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Day Dcvout1y tobe Wished For
{rorrceuopdcuce Of the Chicago T1ibunc.1
Carr Sill. NEAR MuRrNEEsBoRo,
February 10, 1868,
There IS a positive dIrth Of anything like
interesting items hero. An air Of fpcrmancucy !
rerSadc6 our camps; i sense Of security /
daily adds substantial comforts to our present
habitations; the work on the Notifications is
becoming more sanitary object than mill
tary necessity; hours for reading, writing
and visiting are multiplying; foraging skir-
n;ishes are sought, for relicfs from tho routine
Of camp and picket duties; victims of camp
sickness nre taking the places Of our recover |
cd wounded in the hospitals; In short, Rose
claua' army, throughout Ill it's divisions, has |
again assumed Its Nashville air Of waiting for |
OF dcrs Incidents of the late battlefield have
lost their romance and edge By continuous
repetition, and it now takes remarkable cx-
aggcration Of rebel movements In front to
provoke an inquiry from listeners. Yet, you
must not infer from all this that the character
istics Of this weeks camp life are Indexes Of
the coming one Tie experienced soldier sets
down this season Of ' dry rot" as the presage
Of the reign Of runner aud creduility-a glori-
GUS time for the smart talker in each mess to
mount his cross legged seat near the company
fire and play prcstidigitator at will. Tclc-
graphic dispatches and tan old friend of his"
in some camp several miles off form the main
staples in bis budget of rumors; but his main
reliance for hefty yarns'' is derived from
"rcal smart fellows who deserted from Bragg
"only two days ago." and voluntarily gave
himself up On reaching our picket lines. This
deserter always knows more and says more
than all the "Daily Chattanooga At0ezs'
ard Federal scouts combined, and his relations
| respondent to make them readable on North
| ern newspaper bulletin boards. And Of such
is the kingdom Of tclegrams.
! Probably for lack Of better welcome else
| where, two Of our old Nashville rumors hare
hobb1cd along the miserable pike and CON-
mcneed making the grand rounds
of our camps-Paymaster and Armis-
.tiee. The former has not set as
sumcd very taking hnbilamenta, and the
feet Of his having been ttgobblcd up' by John
Morgan t~ice week within the past two
months during his travels through Kentucky,
gives him Cassius-like look and detected
'hayior which will stand in the way Of lis i'm
mediate1y renewing old acquaintanceships or
forming new ones. More than ever shy Of
headquarters tents, and positively refusing 10
enter the empty and airy sutling habitations
of hospital filters, he ckes out an existence
t by button holing some enthusiastic conyales.
cent from Louisville or nearer, who saw some
body that told him that his brother saw q
letter to Man in his regiment from friend
Of Ills who has q cousin in some Ohio regi
naent, whose Adjutant told his Captain thai
he heard over at brigade headquarters that
Gen. Belief said that he Eaw it in some paper
that Major Greenback had left Washington
) more than six weeks ago. Happy convales
, I cent!
Imade second acquaintance with Paymas
tcr's former friend, Armistic, EoOn after tht
, battle Of Murfreesboro. So changed had ht
become in yoice, attire and manners that
: should have been warranted in turning hin
imposter lad he not produced evidence Q
identity in display Of his well -thummed let
e ters Of introduction from his old employers
Mcssrs. Wood, Vallandigham, Bright, Rich
ardson q Co: Added to these be has hayer
sack full Of preambled resolutions, Aabco
= corpus blanks, confidential letters from Hang
r man Foote, ''one' Jefferson Davis, and
= Kentucky ''eXile" Of much obesity subscrib
ing himself Hum. Marshall. He speaks ii
d flowing terms Of the spirited properties Q
J.; Jersey cider and Western cofn,juice, and no
b rum palace or a whisky doggery exists il
- :, New York, Trenton, indianapolis or Spring
4 field, but lie knows as fani1iarly and haunt
l. as closely rs butchers dog does scrap.co'
:. ner on killing days. Within Rosecraus' arm
Il his presence is only tolerated so long as hl
&c actions and disposition comport with those {
hired Spy bribed to play 'honcst 1pjun'' fo
,v both armies.
= Enough for pcrsonideation. For weeks y
q 10 mail transportation, but i the New Jcrsc,
~ - Indiana and Illinois resolutions for pence {
u3 ,n an arn,i=ticc form any considerable porto
- Of tie journalistic matter delayed or lost,
d: il and all to follow will find a prayed-ft
II peace and welcome readers in tile bottomle!
is pit. Whit fuming e1l-broth has intoxicate
or the politicians at home to unncrTc and d
&c moralizc their absent defenders and chm
nd pionf, by now calling, in all the keys b
*pcaces' What poisonous ,ceed b
If. tut ran the rood, and followed Il
wallis line until it found a covert opening III
the sacred free.soil garden, there to tllch fro
or and in n night blast the fruits which years
ay, toll and care and the dews Of Heaven had nj
tured to bless the Christian husbandman?
re- Tic first greetings to our great but dear
mi E0uEuL f2ElDT$ ~ "CTCEOhs1A
'us IL cries for "pcace." While we were gatht
'to ing together the mutilated bodies Of our bra
ed, loye, and tenderly placing them in rude.faH
lia- ioned graves in the field where they not
,or. fell, members Of legislative body in t
'ei- North were resolving in epitaph for th
bc- State's fallen braves, and the sum Of their
igh solving might truthful]y be read thus:
the HERE LIES a FELLOW,
,.a WHOSE MISTAKEN ZEAL FOR Ills COUNTRY $ INT
'Pa~ NuTT AND HONOR
! TJf%E r0 T ~
OUR DEAR, DowS-TEoDpEH SOUTHERN HEETHI]
use 1SAS uSHoLr cArsE.
ncy What else vas the anin,n* Of the 1ndia
fers resolutions, than moekcry OF the memo
~. ity should dictate to these and like peace r
lseF olution trainers, that the curses they Ausl
) to our national executive must be shared
and every officer and soldier in the great Uni
tho army. If the Presidents Proclamati
'no calling this army into the field, "
rendered operative by unconstitntio
means, and his policy Of prosecuting the v
IL nnho'y, by what plea shall the hundreds
tel thousands Of intelligent and brave Union $
ms diers escape the charge Of being aiders &
III abcttors in the great crimes charged agai
nen ecquenee-thc better the soldier the worse
arc, criminal. For rccollect oycry man uni
~ Eosecrans, at least, looks upon the cause Q
policy Of this war with as clear mental g esil
ush as the wisest legislator in or out OF lcgslat
r ha In the eyes Of the world vas the main il
which filled the ranks OF the first lcyy;
1A- salvation Of country and birthright marsha
car. the later ones. It took years Of bloodshet
ap- convince tne french .hat bEli!sh e
d rs a @uu =, o4,-aa.;nr. ,S ~ ~.
5hg ~ e1en,s eregSedp Sto apd The ne past 0G
ANY Lave apparently cooled Southern bo
Thg ing any aa eaneeien Iatupea', t; shesshg. IN
tely cstra onr 'f c5,;1n n 7nns ;1 tho Wor3a.s
vas tory as brave, strong and patriotic peo]
urc. :ild not sword should he sAeat1ed until
tical fns H tna ia ~ VIZ at VI ~
lnc tinent, to forever hold and possess it agai
and Ill claimants, whether traitors within or Il
;ym- allies without. Honoris . barren crown
less it be decked with the jewels Of conqu
NV Before the yotes were counted which G
Abraham Lincoln undispnted claim to
Presidency, the SouthcFners 1ebelled, on
on. plea that tlicir rights would be infringcd u{
before tho ink was dry on the last page Of
thn Proclamation Of Freedom, Northern de
'AS gogues rebelled against il on the plea that
Con- Pine, ,bloooehcd aud servilc insurrection NC
hieh lie licensed By such 8 policy. T
nan. has proved both pleas to be IA
:. - The parties to the former
y u arc meeting only tho measurable punj
able | mcnt which indirectly reaches them 1hro
our exercise Of the civil and military pow
+,,n in correcting the evils their eauseless re
-rnsr lion created. At present We are giraling,
.an1e uprooting, the tree Of evil. The Preside
II ~ emancipation axe may be keen edged and
thev shaped, but it is not adapted for present "