Nebraska advertiser., 1864-05-05
B Isl NEBRASKA.
BArEsv1Lrr, AK, Ap

B~ATESFILTE, ARK aprl 2
In order that the friends Of the Isl
Nebraska Cavalry may understand where
we are, and how we are acting OR part,
l ask what your kindness vii be most
ready to grani-a small place IN your
columns. We remember you as our
friend IN the infancy OF Q regiment,
aud when our radical tendencies were
the cause Of petty prosecutions, the Dem
ocrat never became the instrument Of
our defamation. The command OF Col.
r. R. Livingston reached this place on
the 25th Of December, 1863, three
months since. At which time il was
difficult to ascertaie whether, amid the
general chaos, there could Be found no
mountain Top on which to rest the Ark
Of freedom. At first but few, very few.
could be found who daze extend a vel
come to the hated Federals, and when
the rebel preachers had fed to the bush,
and our chaplain occupied the best church
building in the city, at first, only one
citizen could be found who dare attend,
and the case looked dark indeed.
But with such a population, the Colo
mel assumed command Of the district Of
the Northest Arkansas, and now the fig
ures tell the truth more eloquehtly than
rhetoric. Already more than three hun
dred rebel officers and soldiers have been
captured, IN almost iBnumerable scouts,
for our men have been everywhere over
the district in the worst Of weather, 40
having returned back from one Of their
most brilliant dashes more OF less frozen.
OF guerillas and soldiers, 405 have been
killed, and the bands and companies
broken up and scattered. Recruiting and
cOnseripting has been stopped to a very
great degree, and regiments driven of,
that were forming at points rear this
post.
More than 5000 persons have taken
the Presidents amnesty proclamation,
and al the late election 1,61A votes were
cast for a free Constitution at this STA
lion.
Refugees in large numbers are receiv-
ing protection. and freedom and free
speech are once more enihroned, or ralh-
er introduced into Northeast Arkansas.
OF the parties captured some have been
sent North, some triedand convicted, and
and the required cath administered TO
colonies, captains and ~lieuteneRls. To
the misguided and coerced, the dmid and
repentant, the Colonel Immediately Of
fered pardon and protection, on evidence
Of sound reformation; bat so many ac-
cepted the terms, that many Uf US felt
that sinners were returning whose day
Of grace ought to have passed. To bush
whackers, however, he promptly pro-
claimed outlawry, and when they have
been known and taken as such, the blow
has fallen u%nerringly. He has not been
afraid to apply banishments, after for
b~earance had been exhausted, nor1o re-
eeive the Prodigal although the "eIder
brother" protested. He has cLSsed the
rebel pulPits, indirectly. by simply max
ing the pious demand that all ministers
in the dislric. shall lead the people in
prayer for the President Of the United
States. Order obtains about the post, to
such an extent as TO cause the citizens TO
dread a change Of officers. And indeed,
it has always been tho case that where
our brave old regiment has staid the lon
gest there have our friends been the
most numerous, and the regrets at part
ing nearly universal, save and except
when Camp Gamble was our prison and
the city Of Louis nearly perdifion.
We can proudly Challenged COMPARE
son with any district in the State, accor-
ding to length Of time and number in
troops employed; but enough of this, for
I remember there are penalties for ''eul-
ogies and comparisons Of military men
and therefore you viii consider that this
has not been written. Of one thing /
will boast, and that is the orderly charac-
ter of,the troops-soldiers as well as gen.
tlemen-the 18th Missouri and LIST Neb-
raska, and the section of the ID Missouri
battery, deserve well Of this community,
for politeness, temperance and kindness.
A drunken soldier is a rare sight, and
ole snail spree would give an officer as
much noteriety as would be Of any ad-
vantage to him. You may rely upon II
that the administration Of the District OF
Northeast Arkansas, has been and now
is a competent success. One item fur.