, 1865-01-18
FpenI GEN. GRANTS ARMY.
Interesting Letter from a Chap
lain,
The Military Situation at Peters
burg--Grant Holds the Reins---
Growing DinTust in JEFF. Da-
vis--Rebe1 Deserters Com
ing MOI th-Labors Of
the Sanitary Com
mission
Correspondence of the Chiesgo Tnbuue.]
Bonn PRooF BATTERY No. O. !
BEFORE PETERSBURG,
January TO- 1EG5

January 10, 1865.
coo;nD "a he1te,;nc aome o,a hos .,,a a,3
nas g,an. suls 1he ,hs, nhs sa,a, ana
70 eee ona patanss nnss ~ uoa. % u ~. oeleaguc1eo
city Of fetersonrg, enter our bomb proofs,
trace out our traverses, descend into our can
tonmcpts. feel one,s 1,av carof,1,v a1oro nur
,,;,rct and IN mr. ..;aa+fs 1;,o,, H. ,~oos',t -
n 1as,a hs1rSo,a. .asss .~ .Ase' " Nee.At ~
eo'i'o Aa4.uo@cn ltassaeeS 81 afms oet#een
opposing Union and rebel forts, see how sure
IL the guns Of the latter are always silenced.
Witucss the ease and certainty With wb,ch
shel1s are 1hror, f,or cortoi9 - 49, fas.a
Io14 e. tau u ou iotes
1nto 'ne streets OF petersburg, notice with
what accuracy the guns Of one of Cur batter
les are occasionally trained upon an out.go-
sce not on1v o1l th,s hnt tbo rnosa,a ona A.
-. ~ ~ ~, ~ .a'e' pue .uc .notale anu ols
clp!lne oi every man on 1heltront, and then
notice the unboundcd confidence of all In the
military genius that now directs NIL the orcat
movements of our armv-;s to he1,eve ss,s t,r,s
r.. ~, ~ ~ ns'4ese t"o
tn'ngs. f1fst, 1hat our lines before Peters-
yineible 1saTe br orcruhe,m,nny | J n. tmsre
rumbers) and, second, that Petersburg has
lease of continuance. as a rehe1 STRONGHOLD
which Gen, Grant eaniterrninafe Mt anv tino'
and will Terminate said lease 5Then fhcc rresf
wheel in the. machinery Of events. nc nov so 50
rag EftSr Et1}rH hi ~&o /.
Tra+eoryt 5s1 pssas tu'o n1e'o'ys COMES 10 lt5
PVpe! ~ ~.
fps.., a. sne ri pull n Mnsse tnese Mcts are noted,
lnutse.y -, one an ioek across the Appoma-
~ tSa lneH & ine a st[ects o. feteTsbu1g and hear
~, ~ Aspe1 oauus, .osaslonIsiy,-ol clear,
stAl eTenlng-d1scours1ng Dixie music. as
@ poys; ~ t's,1a Sxsnsne, ~ passing through DARK
x, mouu, Huiee Aeep ~ Tue courage OF
uose nnvse neaILe Ate n"W alfeaoy 1alnt tor
susn .sSn, Is ~ couGagn. .i, 1fslmony OF every
Tene' oesei5er VIII Hnom ! nave conyersed
sana scatGaly ,y nlgnt passes unless some come
nto oul nuesl 1IspeGkug .s III Inc Tone OF paollc
sentlnas ! astues ~ ass Us 70 L9ear nlt1-
"ate eaes1ss ~ He.a9snEa slea. Gonleocfacy.
a 'ege.an npi1ts ~ :lom suElnta} younsS
nau 1 VI sleai 1.a:t uteuueS, TX sa'e tesunony
Saeal anu GApnS.its' .uas u IreS1usnt 1aVl1-
of ne spohe M1en tspeet o. taat arcn-tf2ttor
on,E ~ .he a-9r as Ec,iitar M rgna, oaae not "
uls ~ etiza,,s Il tba Hanfads nua y.
Illsaie elthens s, ~ Iue t Co4leoetncx as man
- 4snh,ia,s ~ tinaa tI.on., -. Ssa Hxhtn ~ luz
~ ~ 4ni,a1 lie - 20
r,oi, ~ "a ~" tosti,a11aLt 40 "" =,
.,au..ai;;tie 1an.uareoo @ Tehe1 Sn,a,ara M alote
Motif Carolina, whom tic writer saw, with
an oath Of allegiance In their pockets, now
on their way to Indiana, to seek employment
"on some Northern plantation"
Ard here let me suggest, In passlng-thc
cerned, in The present dearth Of labor here
at thc n1,tn sch h0n eg tis .. & g
through our lines, foT putting IN and growing
our ns1t spring ahd m summer crops. " m
order OF Gen. Glan1, 1ncy can come out to
any point north they may choose, on govern
mint transportation.
An agency ut City toint. 1t seems to the
writer, would add TO the labor capital Of my
Of our western States, m untold amount. In
the shape Of hardy men from tho South who
have been accustomed to tiliing the sou.
But to return. Our visit to the front, at this
time, Ia 10 look into the sanitary WANTS Of our
brave soldiers, not merely IN the hospitals,
but on the extreme front, aud supply their
wants from the Sanitary stores furnished by
The u. S, Sanitary Commission. In the prose-
cution Of Ibis work. during the past thirteen
dars~ % We i1aye @ made S.743 issues % amona M . 100 800
men in bomb-proofs. trenches aud trayerse-
ways by doy. and On PICKET and yidette duty
Nv I;cit. t'~" >''
On one occasion NO distributed these stores
eone IS to 50 feet undercround In counter
minc among the guards there on duty. It