The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-02-16
&dtrts from tbr Armp.

Needed for the Hospitals- -Labors
Of the Christisn Commission--How
Rebel Prisoners Talk about the
War, "Abolitionism," &c.
CoLUMBTA, Tenn, Jan. 81, 1863.
Mr.. EDIToR:-When I returned from
a short visit to the North, (for was on
a sick leave for few days0 my regi-
ment had returned from Nashville to
Columbia, Tenn, tho theatCr Of some Of
my former adventures. found the
Reg't under the command Of that noble
and Christian gentleman, Cap. j. NJ.
Heistand, Of Co. B, who entertained me
kindly for a few days at his own Head
Quarters. The Capt. has too good a
heart and too much brains to be sffiict.
ed by that disease that should bc depre
Gated by every officer, viz; mental insan.
ity, originating from temporary promo
ton.
My Reg't is assigned to the same old
duty, viz: guarding the r. r. was
kindly informed by Major Ed. Mullen
*, a. A. to Col. Bloud get, command
ing the Post, that my detail still bound
me to the position and duties of Post
Chaplain, which brought under my i'm m.
mediate care my own Rcg't, the Ash
Mo. and from one thousand to twelve
hundred sick and wounded, including
about two hundred rebels who we're left
behind by Gen. Hood, in his hnsty re.
treat. So you see, Mr.. Editor, that |
have enough to keep my head, heart
and hadns diligently employed. The
sick and wounded have all been removed
to Nashville, except those of the 175lt
y. V. l, aud the 48th Mo. and few reb
els that were not able to be removed
This of course greatly reduced my la
Dor, but still l have enough at least 70,
one man to do.
Our sick are greatly in need of many
more sanitary stores, ouch ns blankets
shirts, drawers, sheets, socks, fruit anC
vegetables, to make thu Hospital a dc
sirable or even a comfortable place.
The Surgeons, like noble men, woulC
fain make the Hospitals here equal tc
those of any other place, had they th'
means, but they have not. They ar,
compelled to witness the suffering o
our brave sick boys under their charg
without the means to alleviate them.
1t is true, and let all the world hea
it, that the Christian Commission cam
to our relief, and with liberal hearts an,
diligent hands did they minister to tn
comfort Of hundreds of our sick and sui
ferinS at this place. Had it not bee
for them know not what we shoul
have done, and yet hundreds were I'm
blest by this humane and Christian in
Stitution. Why? Because their sur
plies were not adequate to the demant
They would do more if they could.
My Christian brethren and patriC
friends in Ohio, will you let your som
c your husbands, your brothers and you
: neighbors, perish in the army frol
want, when you at home have enoug
and to spare? Will you let the patric
y soldier die with these amcntably pathet
n ic words falling from his lips-"Hav
It my father and mother, wife and Chi
J. dren, my brothers and sisters, or m
d neighborS, oil entirely forgotten me?"-
n Then to the rescue, ye noble patriots
Ohio. Convert your Aid Societies int
Christian Com mission societies --forwar
c your supplies to the Western branch
i the Christian Commission ot Cinciu at
n and | will guarantee that your brav
= kindred will share of your ben, lScenc
u without following the intricate aud e,
: tended rami6catiOns of"Red tapc."-
&c Shall I be heard or mott
l occasionally call in at the Rob
: Hospital to distribute religious paps
c aud tracts. During these visits | a
: frequently drawn into conversation
D one ore moro of those poor, delude
q wretcheS, on tho great questions of Il
W day--for the rebels are very free to tai
a | and many of them very anxious tn
le the war should close. They would
very willing to take tho oath and retur
to the Union, if that would bring the d
h' sired result, while others are still
Of bitter as it is possible for rebels to b, :
These latter appear to labor under Il
70 mental hallucination that Mr.. Huco
Of is huge, unwieldy, four footed mo
e. ster, possessing as many terrible hor
he as the &pocalSptic beast, that stoso o
c. of the sand of the s6a-shore;-that wi
r. these mighty horns he is pushing t
SO people, East aud West, North a
ur South, ss Seemeth him good, aud II
The possesses al power to change la