The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-01-12
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in the world. Begged him not to be afraid,
: bat to lead me to the boss Of the Taid,
Carried me up to Major Fullerton, who
told ne make myself At home; tbatheW was
on 4 little pleasure exeufsion and was gfily
waiting for me to make up the party. Was
turned over to Major Montgomery, Of the
9Th Missouri Cavalry, gentleman and q
soldier, my bower, and worldly of a better
cause.
And that vas the way ia eW4ueh I vas
taken in out Of the wet.
= sAondeg, 20th--By taeit agreement, It
vas conceded that was not prisoner,
but had captured the entire party Of raid
ers, and I Immediately took cbmmand Of
the expedition, by riding in advance Of the
! eolumpl Klubsj to prevent straggling. re-
inained il The rear di6n permit any one
to leave the line during the march, TO 60
towatermelon patches-oh, mol Stopped
at night with q patriotic old farmer, whose
sole concern was simply a desire to know
| if We we're able to pay for what We got in
greenbaeks. Told We would. Patriotic
Old iaFmef vas satisfied LC1
Taesdpy, 2lss-Slept last night q, a bed.
Feel badly this morning The. farmers
sf'.instituiion, ?, TO the nuHilber Of twenty or
thirty, mounted horses, belonging to the
farmer, and asserted their new freedom by
taking position in the rear Of the column.
Observing little miss granddaughter Of
patriotic farmer1 ssoed- 1t theegate, and as
The family servants and family horses fled
past, the laehrymal Of her first young sor7
row stream6d down her innocent cheeks.
Wednesday,, 22d-Slept last night be-
tween two-JuctoTs, Of the federal persua-
sion, and feel grateful that I am alive
this morning. EntertainedA some doubts
of the latter proposition until fully satisfied
| gf thefact BY Klubs, whointrOdpeed tony
fsEotable constellation glass, with q lit
tie sugar and water, ahd-somethiBg in it.
Am introduced to several major gener-
ais, bIigadier generals, eolonels, cap,
tains, etc. Was told to make myself COM
Portable, and every practicable arrange
ment seems to have been made TO render
4 the Accomplishment of that object easy.
I Mem,-The fed. generals don't live any
better than tLeFeb. generals, my bower.
! Thursday, Ang- 33-Prepare to 60 to
Yicksbnrg by railroad; start to Yicksburg
/ by railroad; walk four miles and half
Ethraugh the hot sun to see the great lys-
scs s., playfully and facetiously called old
+" Uueonditi1ual. Surrender Asked to be
paFoled and 20 back into DikieA Nary
parole except the limits of the city A
walk around this fsmous bone of saHguin-1
ary contention, my bower, reveals some Gu
rious facts and arouses some special recol-
lections. Here are holes In the bluffs
] wherein the Lapstones sheltered them
selves from the iron storm, or peacefully
4 seHght.to-eat In comfort theiEs ratioBs Of
the last mule, and the .slast dorg.'2 By
the way, my bower, that lastdorg" speech
of my uncle Bertoh Is k1a-nard. He
never made it.
is doIbtless fabfication Of my uncle
Il Jake to get up q sort Of dime-and "a half
enthusiasm in the minds Of. outsiders, and
induce oredulods people to Believe that the
Lapstones bad some, respect for Mr. Ber-
ton. You have doubtless heard, too, my
bower, that Yieksburg went up for want.
Of provisions.
That story won't DO, Jaeque, for / saw
with my own eyes the whole levee, so far
as the eyeacould reach, covered with COM
missary's stores, and plenty Of boats wait
ing to disgorge more IWas astonished,a p
too. to notice what a tremendous change
had taken place in public sentiment dur
ing one short month Thirty days ago,
my bower, this place was filed with SOL
diers who sEore by JEFF. Davis and now
would you believe it? Every man you
meet is a son Of a gun, dressed in blue,
and thinks Abe Lincoln is boss of the con-
ceFn. This is a curious fact, and I am 60
ing to bed now to sleep qponit;. !.
A dreary week Of fever has elasped, my.
bower, since my daily journal of events
was touched. The quick and constant
7 rush Of bot blood through my veins has
4 leftipe, il the laugdage of Klpbs, epow-
erful veal" 1n the intervals Of delirium,
I have caught sight of female figure, es-
Gaping from my room, and know that
some ministering angel Of the female style
of architecture has been attending me in
my illness. God bless the soonen
Left Vicksburg on the steamboat Hope,
with aboutsix hundred Companions in mis-
cry. Upon parole not to escape, had the.
freedom of the boa, gand gratefully ac-
knowledged the courtesy and kindness Of
/ Captain MeGinnis, and al the other, Of
fcers Of the steamer. Reached the nights
Of Cairo, took therailroad and ran through
the States Of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
faster than you can go from patriotic
jackson % Meridian. wish you W0u' write
to "old Blizzard, my bower, and tell him
that Asa Hartz IS gobBled. I am in San
dusky City, waiting for the boat to take
me across the bag to JobnsOn' famous isle,
where 1 will meet about a thousand Of
righteous. They are to6ive me there, my
bower, and will write you Often--if they.
will let me. Yours, as arasI go,
ASA HARTZ.
RHODE ISLAND AND THE WAR.-The
number of men from Rhode Island, who
have enlisted in the army or navy since
the war broke out, is 1896. Of three
years volunteers there was 9,410; of nine
months volunteers, ,224; of three months
golanteers, 3,14T; in the United S ates
Navy, about 400. The quota of the
State upon the several calls Of the Prasi-
dent for 100000 aud 100000 volunteers
for three years Or during the war, amounts
| to 152 The Stafa HAVING furnished .