Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-04-06
CarTes1ondeaee of the lonrnaI.

-'f tt+Nt T. 4itto HtNll II LtHtIal move
ment towards the interior. Thre
days out Of the last five have beer
passed marching. The first tA,
days we had an opportunity Of test
INC the qualities OF North Carolin.
swamps. Almost constant rains haC
preceded rs, and the surface of th,
earth was in a most unpleasant stat.
fof ilquilaction Ten tlotsand troop.
IN advance Of our Brigade had mad.
the roads amortar. bed, and the nost
iAveterate pro-slavery man amongst
us became, Tor Tie time, a rank free
soilcr.
Your readers will understand our
4 position better when | state that we
arc travelling along the line of the
railroad leading from the sea coast
20 Raleigh, the capital of the State.
This road has been torn up by the
rebels, and the construction corps is
now engaged in repairing it. We are
now about siXty-three miles from the
coast, and the railroad is repaired
about aity seven. Several hundred
men ere employed day and night i'm
laying ties, and replacing rails and
constructing bridges Goldsboro,
quite an important point, is thirty
seven miles farther on, and some
sevc miles from here is Kingston,
where the rebles have recently had n
considerable force-rumor fixes it at
from 1000 to 1900. To form Il
junction with Sherman, we may have
TO cut Our way through these. That
then IS necessity FOR precaution, even
whore We are now, is proven by tho
fact that We aro preceded by the
Signal Corps, on our marches. and
move only as they report the way
clear. The best informed among us
are at 4 loss TO know Just what duty
we are performing, or what is in
store for Is. lcstcrday, when VIC
occupied our present camping
ground, tho troops who haG first
occupied If, were seen fling away
westward by regiments, their fires
still bnrning. They go to prepare
thc way for our coming, and we will
pass on, and others shall come to Gll
our places, until the accumulated
thousands shall st last concentrate,
and the ~5l Corps viii sld apotharl
star 30 is battle crown The South
crn stag is a- bay-may ne be Gin
80 the death.
The health Of our troops is excel |
lent. Drs King and Etwins, have
10 room 10 c)iaplain Of too cNten- /
siv practice, and officers aad mcn
are cheerful and buoyaut. | saw
Lieut.. Col. NcG this morning eagerly /
engaged III game OF town-ball, and I
exhi biting IS much spirit and dash I
as a youag blood OF twenty-five
Can this he sign that our officers |
are becoming "demoralize1:4 Maj. |
Gibson is ut this moment drilling one I
of the companies. The Major is q !
young man, possesses fine military |
talent. and is rs fearless rs a soldier
should be. Proud without being
naughty. and brave without boosting, I
lie makes n very efficient officer, and /
may be depended on in the hour Of
danger
Doctor 3. ". Evans, Of our com
pany, is now acting Hospital Stew
ard. He deserves, and should have.
that position. He Is oil kindness /
and humanity, and entirely devoted /
to his business, with every part of !
which he IS perfectly familiar. Is
there any thing standing in The way: /
Oar mail facilities are growing |
small by degrees and beautifully /
less" The Journal Of the 10Th ult..
the last one we have received, reached I
Us five days since. having been sev-
cntccn days on the route. lt was I
very welcome. however, and was
eagerly devoarel by its host Of sub T
sctibers. 1t is to be hoped that You
have enlisted in the corps editorial
''for three years or during the war,
and viii be 1T all times ''lit for duty. /
On Sunday last. we were IN camp /
all day, aad had an opportunity Of
listening to Il brief discourse from
Chaplain Sparks. His remarks were (
of u practical character, and adapted 7
to an audience OF soldiers The
OF a regiment is. generally, /
the most popular or the most TN
popular man in It, and Chaplain
Sparks seems to have struck the
popular current. The secret OF his (
being so we'll liked is simply this
he is good man-not only wants TO
be, tries to he, means to BE good.
bat Is good. And he impresses that
goodness on Us all, and we respect
him simply because We cannot help
it. Every soldier is his friend, for
the reason that he is the soldiers !
friend. Sinner that am, wish every /
regiment had such Chaplain.
Now. while every day has to de
vclop It's own history, and when any
prophecy IS to what may occur on
the morrow would be idle. the tide
Of army gossiproilss slnggishly. As
each week comes round, however,
you shall hear from the l24th. and
even oftener, if any thing decisive
or eyentlnl occurs.
With the kind regards Of the bows.
an truly yours. MAsc.
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FRIENDS IN PROSPERITY.
One of tho hardest trials OF those