Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-12
From the Ssth Regiment.
CAMP CHASE, ONO,
FEBRUARY 5th, '64. !

K EDITOR GAZETTE -
% Father Abraham has at last did what
my estimation should have been done mont
: since, resolved to call out by draft and ihro
IS into the field the coming spring an addition
half million Of men. Every true Union ma
d and woman in the land will give utterance
hearty amen to this disposition. on the pal
Of Uncle Abe, to close at one blow, the horri
monster of secession. Let this resolve b
lived up to, on the part Of the President-le
i've hundred thousand new men be raised, b
armed and equipted 10 Gil the depleted rank
ranks OF The old regiments-and er
the ides OF next November. there will be n
such thing as rebel army in existence. Il
no way than by vigorous draft, can tbou
sands of those butternuts at home, who ar
constantly doing all they can, to cripple the
energies of the Government, be put wherc
they will be of use iu stemming the storm
which now threatens to wipe US out as fret
Government from the face OF the earth Let
| them remain at home where they can preach
treason unrebuked. and the rebels need desire
no better aid and comfort, than will be meted
out to them by these great sticklers for the
Union as it was, and the Constitution as It is
Graft them into the army" and this store
house OF NortherR treason will be closed, and
| the rebels will have to look elsewhere Tor
| their " Commissaries" Call them out, Uncle
Abraham, and make them come. The coun-
try needs them, so let them no longer act the
part Of leeches and suck the blood Of the
Union
II this resolve is promptly lived up too,
A -, e
er for his re-electisn than myself. l want to
see the Union sustained it must be sustained
at all hazards, and there is no sacrifice to
great TO be made.
The present year will be the darkest hour
this Republic has yet seen, since its establish
ment. The rebels, seeing that it is utterly
impossible for them to procure assistance from
abroad, have resolved to make great strug-
gle, and to do it at once When man re-
solves TO do his own work, without relying
upon the assistance of his friends, il is gone
rally accomplished the rebels have resolved
to do their own work, and the effort will be
a terrible one. 1t will need the united efforts
Of thousands of stout hearts and strong arms
to beat back the tide they will bring to bear
against this blood bought Republic. Thou
sands of noble boys, who are now buoyant with
youth and strong in health, will, ere the set
ting of the sun of the evening Of February 4ih,
1865, lie beneath the clods Of the mountains
and vallies Of the South This is cad pic
ture but it will be fully realized. The South
is now on its last legs-in its death struggle
1t is densely and terribly in earnest in its
eHdeavors to destroy this Government, or at
least to sustain itself as long as possible
When the mighty elephant is dying, it is aw-
full to witness lis death throes. So with this
terrible element secession. 1t has a good
start, and will leave no stone unturned to
maintain its hold upon the arteries OF the
Union, but vain will be the efforts of those
Dixie despots. They will be crushed with the
strong arm of the Government, like the poor
Hindoos, beneath the wheels of the car of
Juggernaut, and their fate will be a lesson
through all future time to all nations, to never
attempt the overthrow of Government es-
tablished in blood upon the principles of eter-
nal justice as is this.
Another attempt will be made to invade
the North, and l should not be surprised If
thousands Of lives would be lost before the
close Of the present year on the soil of our be-
loved Ohio. We must not rest in fancied Sc
curity, for the danger is nigh and all should !
be up and doing. Morgan is about, and no |
one knows how soon he may attempt to res
cue his fellows from the Ohio Penitentiary.-
His escape was comparatively easy, and by |
some means unknown to Us, others may man |
age to escape. Tco much vigilance cannot
be exercised in these affairs. IF $500 10 |
gold procured Time Table on a railroad,
who knows what much more may procure.
Some people have peculiar knack of procur-
ing material end, and golden bait is very
alluring Basil Duke, Morg ms " brains,'' is
at large, confined only within the piclxets of
Camp Chase, on Parole. And what, dear
reader, do you think are the pckets OF Camp
Chase will tell sou They consist OF
some two guards in front OF the - Four Mile
House" and four mounted men who are on
duty only in the day time. Do you think it
would be very hard matter for a reb TO
stretch his conscience far enough to take him
beyond the vale Of these? If you do, do
not would not trust one of their leading
men out Of sight, even if he took an oath every
time he took chew of tobacco.
The six companies OF the 18th Cavalry Re
giment, which were 10 camp here, have left for
Camp Denison.
A number of The re-eHlsted regiments have
been here, among them the famed 66Th OHIO
under the charge OF your iownmans Leuten-
ant Colonel Powell, most capital, and popu-
lar officer.
There are about ninety cases Of Smal-POx
in this camp at the present time, and the list is
daily increasing. bnt few have as yet proved
fatal. One of our Company died with il in
Covngton. KY.
Sergeant Wakefield Of company D. having
received commission as Captain in celored
regiments and Corporal Gardner, Of company
G, as a lst Lieutenant, they will be at Camp
Delaware before long.
SEQ by the papers that company is orga
nizing in Chicago, for the purpose Of skinning
rats to get the skins to ship to Paris where
they are made into kid A company Of this
kind could do a capital business in Camp
Chase. We are overrun with them, and some
Of them are as. large as raots. The boys
kill numbers of them in the barracks at night,
by beating them to death with sticks, and
broom handles Occasionally t old settler"
gets his mads on, and charges upon the un-
dressed boys, and it is amusing to sec them
skedadde from his Norwegian majesty,
As have spun out this to a sufficient
ength, l will cry quite"
Yours Truly,
ID. VIC. LuGENBELL.
Jeff. Davis Body Servant in W hannRs0n.