Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-01-21

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Fslrsp, Rrxp since ny last sys'ytning
Ia, remained unpsusIly qsie', each day bearing
/, ns;.f,rl esibsptss 10 its precedent. with moth
- a. brssk the dull mopstcpy that comes |
IDS sinser- qsArten' lie. beyond Ne ususf
harmless and almost constant firing OF the
,;ctsss along the line, and now and then the !
crack Of cannon 10 the neighborbood Of the
celebrated Fort He'll The army seems TO
have settled into deep snd quiet sIumber. st |
Ter day Of severe toll Well may u require
rest after the tells and hsrdships ithss endured
the psst summer. Weather is cold spd blus-
tering with little snow. but double quantity
Of rain which keep the roads In an impassable
condition, except where they have bees sordu'
royed. We had . severe ssin night before
las, which continued until dusk last evening
with scarcely lulI, and the surface Of our
camps are 10 . very muddy condition. The
18th Ohio Cavalry have beeu lately mounted,
and have joined our brigade. They were die
mounted the past summer doing duiy with the
Infantry, and DOW. number about Eve hundred
effective men. They have seen about ten
months service. aud have never as jet received
any pay. Every Friday Is kept By he bang
log Of one or two deserters In the diaerent
Army Corps 10 most cases they have desers
ted to the enemy and have been cssght BY
Sheridan in the Valley. The rebels thought
that BY sending chem to Early they would be
less liable to capture, but have now seen the
u,is,ske--(a. leass the dessrters havs.l
Dessrtions from the enemy are ss frequen,
as usual, particularly on the extreme left be
you'd the Weldon Railroad. 10 some few in
stances as high as two hundred and bfty Gem
ing over At oncs. II any or them are caugh
| in the act they are saved the, troubIs Of
Court Martial for they are straehtway marches
for the weeds and volley Of musketry tell
|. the sad tale. They say that il the two cor
tending armies be as close to one smother d.
l ring the ehsuing winter as they do now tbs
our forces will hare nothing in their front b
u Spring, on that part Of the line. There b
e been quite q stampede smong the negroes III
J. last two or three weeks casssd by the Soutl
g. ern projsct Of forcing them into their arm,
J. During one week along our Cavalry pick.
= line some eight handred came within the lice
D. the most Of them being from the southern pal
v Of Dinwiddie county. They consist. mostly
g old men, women and children, all bringing vii
s. them rs much as they can carry of, general
I. bundled sp in an old sheet or qnilt. They al
" sent to City Point, and from there TO Wsst
J. ingt6n. wbers they are ssnf 10 Fsesmans Tow
. on Arlington Heights. The 5th Corps ar
now sucampsd from the Weldon Railroa
{ across the Jerusalem Plank to the Norfol
u Railroad. Their piekets extend from the le
Of the I'd Corps at the Weldon R r. to abor
,f mile east of the JerusaIem Plank, connectin
e there with the Cavalry who extend the line Q
n to the james River, thus covering the rear
the army with . strong force. They hs,
!. built s'brarsh railroad from Hsuceek Static
!. to General warrens Headquarters, . distan.
Of about two miles, which is . great improv
!. nent over the corduroy for the transporta,io
of grain to rs. General Parks (~ho 10 temp
rarily commanding in the absence Of Gsner
Meade) has issued an order reducing the forsi
'f to ARTILLERY and Cavalry animals twenty-i'
= per cent and or all train animals 6f:y y
e cent. II is owing to the inability OF Il
d Quartermastsr. Geuefd to procure the full RI
n ton. can not tell where the fault Lies, bI
d l think it is in the navigation between Wad
i. ington and City Point. We have full sul
ply OF rasions st aif times btt very little e.
tras. They consist generally Of hard brea
sugar, coffee and pork with nov and then
;. loaf Of soft bread. FGrlougbs are beis
:" granted in special cases Of fifteen dsys leav
and there are a great many that have irgsl
business at home about these times. OF
. Lieut. Colonel, u. w. Dickinson, started hon
on leave this morning. Brevet Maj Generi
Gregg. Of the Cavalry is on leave Of sbsenc
u and Brig General Da'iss LIST Brigade) is con
u msndiug 10 bis stead.
d The holidays passed OF very dull. there b.
&c ing nothing to indicate any difference from ou
every day life. The "boys' are all 10 goo
o cheer over the brilliant victories of Thoma.
Is and the triumphant march Of Sherman throug
'' Csorgis. and think that ere another year Gov
o. by the Angel Of Peace will spread heI whit
or wings o7eriour devoted land, and vile Tresso
will be crushed forever. Yours. IA.