Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-06-17
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
From the ssth Regiment owl

CAMP CHASE, o., June 10, 1864.
| EDITORS GAzkTrE:
| The first enquiry of stranger upon entering
camp aid looklng around upon the improve
mems iaki Z place would be, Does not tb,
| Government expect this cruel war TO last Gol
years to come; and is not Camp Chase 10 b,
kept up aS permanent insti;u iub?" Shade
rers have been planted which will be OF lilIl
nentit sEOrt Of ten years the ground arouno
! he quarIers have been sudded namy Of III,
fficers have planted f1wers in their yards /.
/ ArOuhd our RegImenIal Head Qqarters urLUrs
nave been built, AL arguing permanent Sell
| leIntut
Another large rebel prison is being built
and when cOmpieItd, Prison No 3, III front y.
t"sI 1eadq IarteIs, Will be Taz u 10 the ground
l. 'lIS Since IL Was CONDEMNED, but Hs fall l.
ho% liked for Certainty. A cummOdiuu.
ceaptI Is III Course Ot erection, in which VII
ne held religious exercI-es Tor The benefit O
he spldISls. II Is 10 be suIm1uDLtd 10y b
| i2h sIeeple and loud tol4ed GelI, aud hay. 4.
choir, vi Ia inSiru 4lenIal u. gell as v Cal lBu
sic. Ia%e seen The time wnen this kind U,'
music III Il Methodist church would hate beei-
i"'.= '!vr"d high sacretlgiuu+. BAT .'LlnIes
ANT nO" aS th used ~ WAS.
There are aOou, 100 reo.ls here in duranct
vile. Tue las baIch Gruug ht in were a.pur
Ion of FORESTS COMM aud. vino Ldulsed II,
he gen enIanly pa tune Ut iI.hnmaniy bu Gu
erIng nesro at Fort Pillow Tmy are d
d,VuSh looking set, aud would uuduu b. rdly Gu
| d MANS throat Tor hve cent Treasury uU.e
aud lien KICK hlin oecduse il was not d qlar-
TER. An order has bven received within IeN
days IRON the War Department tO put III,
chvdlIy On sail raIiOus. o. cUuis they Will
@rU"l At this, but II is much better than our
UuJs ct while la their hands
A lew weeks Since seven Of them were ou,
under quad cutting sud. They warcfn i thpi,
"pi'oI 'unl,y, sprang upon the guard, overpow-
cred Ii ~, and EUuk + rench leave. Some o
,bem have since been reCaptured, but a portion
are SlIll absent without leave. Not long einc
Some vi them tried 10 bribe a guard to Ie,
'Gem ouI, aud betUre the barglin aud sale
cUu.d be checIed, they heard the 'rcltel "c.un
iug, when Ihey vamUUsed. The suaId fred
dHu brought OLe 10 ths ground; but he q lick.
" nrusr, Iut into the snauIy uudressed. ., uff ~
slk handkerchief INTO lie hDle ub,.r. rh, !
outlet cdIne Uut, and Ieigned TO be asprD. snur
ing loudly When shey vent to search tor him.
lie ls b III living, the ball making al ugI,
hUugh not Serious wound.
There is gravel bauk midway between
here and FruukIIuton. from which i procured
gravel to grade our streets. Within few |
days large humber Of human bones hay,
been exhunled there. On The evening of MaI
29lh, a MIS- AliFIre, most esIimable lady re- |
IdiIrS two miles sOutn Of camp. committed |
suicide by cutting her throat in four diff .re.,, |
places with razor. No cause has been aa |
-isued for The ed. She leaves large anu
inler,s ing family to mourn her loss. She has
nephew IN our Company.
Our gallant aud efficient Post Comman,lani
Col. W. L. Richardson, has been nOnlin u TED
a. Candidate fnr Attorney General by the |
Union Ihen Of OIiO. lie is the m,,st capable. |
rff;ien aud popular Cummandant We huv,
ever had, and bis election will rob us of All |
almost father.
The nomination OF Fremont falls slill-born |
upon the soldier buys. by pursuing thi, |
ruurse he is destined to be ID I'D cock in tLn |
pit" while it he had cnme out in cordial aud |
hrar'y support of Lincoln, Pursuing judi
ca u. course, he might have br"n head aud |
shoulders above any other politician in IL, |
Union.
The baltimore ticket is ,st the thing. W,
can unite in "a HARRY Supp'rt Of Lincnn,
Jnhusun and RichIrdsun. About the onl. |
Of unr q 'mpany WIN voted for VOLTA"
81. ham las, Fall serted The first uf April |
=" think We III IKE ''cran pr''ni
the 'raii splitter aud the tailor" III Novembe, |
next.
The Invalid Corps. or the "Cm demne,
Yauk'rs." as The rehS siy ie them have all lei
tur Washington, leaving the 81 h and ~#*
of the Ma Onal Guard tere To do guard du y.
Within the last month all of the CJmpan t.
uf the S9th have been brought toge her tOi
the first line in seven months, ard il seems $,
much plrasanter to be all together. II seens
like the happy family.
! We have recently received Is Lieu'enGn,
| II name is II lArlUw Park. and he is mos
ca pilal it"w and fficieuI UfHcer. Were al
military officers like hun, il would be a pleas
ure TO be in the Srmy. Among the Iecen
! prnmnliuns in our Regi was that of Ser,
geant Maj ID. W. q. Patrick TO be I'd Lieu'
Of Company a. lie is tip top boy. an,
WiIl make frsl-class Diictr. Ills s,ar is II
the ascendant. Our acting Sergeant Maj
was before the Board ut Cincinn .Ii, suRe TIM,
|
CuIored Regiment. lie i. one of the Hlus
tlEicivnl StrReanis in this Regiment Pi,n;c
aud nshng parties are all tue rage in this v,
cIniy.
IcannOt close without speaking of he yum,
lair ONES OF This couuIy-And no other count,
can bnasL OF iairer ALLOW me through you
cuiunus to return thanks to the Misses 4. a.
aud j. A., ior their beautiful gin Oi HJwers.-
| love H'Wers. They are precious gin "
our great FGher above, to the erring chlIdre,
oi men. They speak to our hearts as with
gentle voice from Heaven, to tell US Of III
hrau,y which shall hereafter be revealed. Ma
Gods brnisnn be on the givers may lIra,
,n'r sweet influence keep them IA pure as ihOs
AJwers, Yours truly,
D. W. Q. Lr0ExBEEL.