Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-30


pillow, and who, through the new born
faith and love Of the Christian heart sus-
tanned his last hours and made death tTi-
umphant.-RGUenBd DsnoeFat
ALiserIes Of Campaigning In Their aiB-Amus-
Ing description Of army life In Georgia.
The Commercials correspondent, writing
from before KinisaW mountain, under date
of June q, says:
For two weeks together, ss the clock
runs, the rain has fallen on this army more
or less-generally more-in quantities
about as great ss could descend through
the thick trees, and il will scarcely be dis
putable At present, that matters are gene.
rally very moist. The extent to which
such state Of affairs is productive Of in
convenience and downright nuisance every
one who has not actually experienced
it will utterly fail 10 appreciate
To those who are permitted to lie quiet in
camp, the mud is robbed Of much Of its
terror; but to an army correspondent, who
must be agog in all Westhers, unless he is
oontentWith one undisputed fact and half
per month ont Of wkioh TO mako n semi-
weekly letter Of unquestionsble Veraoity
and reliability it is q great Vexation. Let
the reader look for g short time into q
camp on q rainy day and note what pre-
sents itself Look just 8 few minutcs at
the tesmsters camp, in the evening after q
days march, when the wagons are park
ing for the night In q convenient tract
Of upen woods the train Of onecOrps, form
ing line seven miles long, and composed
Of about six hundred and fifty wagons,
will be msssed with as much regularity as
is possible. In one part Of the woods
three or four hundred wagons have al
ready disposed themselves in order, and
the six mule teams are tied round tree or
elsewhere, while each individual mule OF
them divides his spare times between kick
ing the remaining five e-d brsying his
own variations Of fhe sssinine symphony.
In one place Jeamster, in attempting 10
Hcsrry She OF his animals to water and
ISsd the remainder, is hustled by his un-
[ ruly caravan under sn oVerreaehing limb
and suddenly deposited in the mire; in
another place, one is gathering ssvory oak
boughs, part Of which he spreads before
the team to lengthen their pinohed rations
and with another part he spreads for him
self couch. A part Of the wagons have
not yet come mp and are still in the midst
/ .
slough at the bottom Of . valley they are
lsbOring through the mud, which is nearly
hub-dsep, when one Of the animals, weak
from starvation, is cast, and the driver,
after q nominal exertion to restore him to
his feet, cuts him out Of his harness and
drives over him il he can. When ten wa.
CONS have passed over the place the
Wrelched brute is half submerged
and soon disappears entirely. II
any part Of the army sWears il
is the tesmsters, snd if any
part is exoussble for il, II is they. Ia the
camps oflthe Oldisrseverything is discOm-
fort. The tired and bedrsggIed soldier is
often willing to satisfy his hunger with 9
hard cracker and slice Of raw meat
rather than lose any hours from sleep to
kindle 9 fire. Others are determined to
be comfortable ct ell hazards, and set
sb0ut il viii nAuoA ingenuity OAo sais
around the base Of large tree, and, di-
yiding the bark into slips, strips il up,
often fifteen OF twenty feet, and, il it
"slips" well, this will yield him a very
useful slab. Upon this he measures off
his own stature, as many times as il will
contain It and laying the pieces, down
with the outside up, he stretches himself
upon them, under his "purp tent" and
sleeps. II the surface Of the bark is some
what uneven, and not Of the nature Of
feathers, il is, nevertheless, dry. Another,
more intent still on comfort, nails coffee
! mill to 9 tree, or cracks the kernels in q
cup with the end Of his musket, collects q
. little water from Q reservoir where
several regiments have already dipped,
and proceeds to mskea cup Of army coffee.
IL is surprising to those who have not
seen il, what an amount Of substantial
comfort the soldier appears to extract from
pint Of the sorry beverage. Bad IS it is
it goes far to compensate for every dis
comhture that may befall. Despite all ef-
forts, and ingenuity the rain will over
come every thing. Though the soldier may
have elevated himself above the surfsos Of
the ground by 9 contriVsnce Of forked
sticks and poles, still wherever q leaf
touches the canvass, there the water will
distil through in gentle drops upon him,
and he swskes in themorning 10 find him
self 80 damp IS the night before, with
nothing but bayonet to construct ditch
about his tent, sudden food Of water
will break over the slight barrier, and
spread itself ooEy and soothing all around
and through his solitary blanket, together
with 50 many hsverssoks Of hsrd-tsek as
may have unluokily have been left upon
the ground. A tired soldier who has lost
his tent in battle, or is otherwise without
it will throw himself upon the ground at
midnight and msy be seen next morning
sleeping soundly while . little purlinz
stream frisks through his flowing beard,
and thence washes the entire coast thrO'