The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-02-19
Our Military Correspondence.
PROM rus l0jru nlGiMlNr.

once more, from tho sunny South A
distance intcrvpros between US and our
homes, which makes n very p~Crcoptiblo DIFF
ference in tho climate aud. while We arc
enjoying tho warm and pleasant days which
belong to you in tho months Of May and
juno, you arc suffering from the i%nconven.
;ouces Of the bittcr cold days peculiar to o
Norlho,n Chino and, while We are enjoying
our cigar IN the open air. at tho door Of our
tent, on a warm, moonlight evening, you
arc humping your fists together, or against
tho side of the sleigh. box, TO keep them
from freezing. ln fact, while We arc having
the most delightful weather, and tho sayost
time imaginable, Iuxuria'ing upon full ra.
tons, you at homo arc Loing RECALLED with
driving snow storms. which cover your cat.
tic and sheep in drifts, froezj oil those nice
apples aud choice potatoes in your cellars,
beside suffering many other ann%oyanccs
from That capricious youngstor, Jack Frost"
Yet, Notwithstanding our superior advan.
tages for rational enjoyment, and tho su.
pcrior beauty CT our climate, I'll wager q
Nv" that thoro arc not many Of you SO sci.
yfsh Gs to envy Us our comforts, or the beauty
Of our mild aud pleasant wintor. Yes. III
double, and wager an ~" that tho largo
majority Of you had rather pay our good
UnclO II largo %commutation foo than be-
como participators in our soldier enjoy
ments. Undoubtedly, there arc many hard.
ships for US yet in store, and many dangers
of these, smother tho natural curiosity to
realize our rowing lilo, aud tho patriotic dc.
siro TO servo and sustain our cuuntry in its
hour of mood. 1t is probably fear that rem
doris 90 many imnginations so fertile in OK
cuscs for not entering tho Army. One has
Il large property to take caro- of, another a
family, and divers others arc not sound by
reason Of Jodily infrmltics, which rcndcr i,
highly probable that thoy "conidni stand Tie
srrice," To tho man of property, hero is
your place to take caro- OF il, especially il
you arc 4 single man, vol advanced in years
To tho man of family, if your family need
your immediate protecting care, stay at
homo and also, to tho invalids who arc
really unfit, BY confirmed disease, to endure
tho privations of camp and field, stay at
home. But there arc n class, ard it is to
that class that | address myself, who nru
ever forward in procuring volunteers and
recruits, (and, to their crodit DO it said,
they are free and liberal with their money,
but who, rather than enter. tho ranks thom-
solves, would sacrifice thoir last sou, and
ny their country, and who, If compelled to
entor the army, seek q situation as an at.
tache, u clog and an incumbranco to our
cause,
What the army needs noD is o few more
meh, who will not dospair whom advcrsity
blows scant rations or q reverse in arms
who have a mind1t that they can school into
viewing every difficulty with stoical indif.
!%eronce. In fact. wo need that class who
will not bring upon themselves sickness by
mental anxiety. Tho surgeon, tho officer
and tho soldier will all toll you that death } is
oiteDer caused by mental deficiencies than
from any Other cause, and, for this reason
wo want men With minds aud habits already
formed. The sacrifice is no greater for mon
OF families and property than for young
mon without families. When is ambition in
its full vigor, when is It tho most active,
but ia tho earlier days OF manhood ? Aud
what is tho sacrifice of tho enjoyment
OF boarded pelt for q short period, com.
pared with tho abandonment of education
aud professions: Full up our ranks, or give
us tho draft But l had not thought to pen
an essay upon the weakness of the flesh, whor
| commenced, but TO chronicle events, u,
usual, aud, for that reason, will now change
not front, but topics.
Since tho 18th inst, Chattanooga ha.
boon rapidly undergoing change, and
short limo bids fair to work as great a trans
formation in its external appearance as oc
CURED in tho first two months of it's occu
patton by tho Federal army. in which tim
all of its magnificent groves and olcgau
suburban residences disappeared, leaving a
their only relic, tho ashes of their demolition
About tho first of this month, common la
borcrs and mechanics began to arrive from
tho North, aud woro Immediately set Il
work to repair tho brokon.down fixtures O
tho army. Aud it would DO safo to stat,
tina. from l. TO IS hundred men, arc no,
employed in building Government depot
r and shops /; in fitting up National Come
tory for the common burial of our bray
dead; in repairing and building railroa
bridges and, in the wagon aud blacksmith,
shops, repairing our rogimontal aud arm
supply trains. Every department OF labo
0 IS active. and givos evidence of life and Wig
or.
For some timo tho Especial correspond
onts" of tho Northern press have been hel
aiding that tho Army of tho Cumberland
upon full %rations. This statement was falls
up to tho lIth inst, since which limo th
army in and about Chattanooga has boo
supplied with a fall regulation allowance
but tho largo army at Knoxville aro, uu
doubleday, living upon u scant supply of ru
! lions. as we'll as being poorly supplied wit
=, clothing hut il Ia sntisfactnrv 10 Ino,