Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-03-09
Communications.
Correspondence Of the Charles City Intelligence
Letter from +" Winfield"
YIcKsBURG, Miss, Feb. 81, ISG

hlCKsBuRG, MISS, FcD. II, lSt0.
FRIEND HILDRETH With the coming and
going of the great expedition, the bringing
ont of the a. Seven Sisters " at the Theatre
and the draft, we have been having a very
high, old time" in Vcksburg. First, the
expedition under the command of Gen. A. J.
Smith, has passed down the river, bound, as
we are informed, for Pensacola. But this
don't believe. The force was said to be twen-
ty-thousand, all non-vcterans. They were
unusually = tough" having cleaned out Cairo,
the news Of which reached this city just ahead
Of the first boat load OF troops. An order
from the Provost Marshal here closed all pla-
ees of business double guards were sent
around the town, and every precaution taken
against raid from - Smiths guerillas'
Candy is evidently about to go through the
" she'll " from his Department, and make trou-
BILE for the Conlederates within his reach
Gen. Smith left all his sick here. He was
abundantly supplied with artillery and muni-
tions of war, and his troops were all in light
marching order. The force will evidently be
felt 10y the now worn out, bogus Government
of the Dixie chivalry.
Among the troops l was pleased to see the
bully old 27th - Iowa Infantry. had the
satisfaction Of taking my old friends by the
hand Capt. Slocum was in command, and
knows how to keep a hotel" or, using plain
English, has the best company in the regi-
ment. The boys are all in fine condition, and
| must say did not quite come up to my idea
of their morality. In fact, l find that three
years in the army and a long residence in
Vicksburg, has somewhat demoralized "Wn-
! ield," but | find that the boys of the 9th
are "up to snuff " and capable of challenge
ing competitors in anything, from "cribbing "
chickens, to evolutions in line of battle Ii
any person imagines they cannot fight, let him
look at their record. Let him follow them
| from the time they raised their right hands
towards Heaven, and he win see that they
have ever since proven true to the oath then
registered, to maintain to the best of their
ability-the Constitution. the Laws of the Ma
ton and the Supremacy of the old Flag.
! Let those persons look at them on the march
through Central Mississippi; at the forty sew
en- days memorable Siege of yicksburg /; al
Red River, the place where good men were
tried at Nashville, where heroic Thomas
swept back Hoods horde of rebels repeat
let such persons rememberall these places, and
then say they will not do good service, if they
can No better regiments have been sent
from the gallant, young State of Iowa, whic,
is entitled by her patriotism, her good sorvi
COS, and lavishment of her men and means, te
stand as first in the galaxy of banner States
remember hearing an officer in the rebel ar
N.Y. shortly after the capitulation of this city
asking. " Where in he'll is the place all these b'cC
boys come from p" Before the war he hat
scarcely heard of the State, and since then ht
had felt her terribly!
Long may Iowa stand as the State of the 10y
al North. and the o7th Iowa Infantry bo, as il
richly merits, the pride of Iowans whcrevel
found.
Harrah for the boys Of the Twenty seventh
They n always be found tgusty and true
To the cid iag, and the Hawkeye state,
~ long they wear the Government blue
The draft duly ordered by Gen. Candy, wa
carried out on the 18th There was goot
demand for substitutes. Your correspondent
was not troubled in his mind by said draft, b,
having received paper certifying that, :. h
is declared eIempt from the draft, by reason o
having served three years" Nearly all tn
drafted men and substitutes have gone int
the lst Mississippi Rifles.
The weather is beautiful, and plantation
lessees hard at work fitting up their planta
tions. in the hope of making good crops, no,
the President has laid down the mark for Gen
Dana to toe. 1t is said that Gen. Dana got
little too big for his clothes. guess they fl
him now, Mr.. Lincoln has taken out the tueks
Ex-Gov. Solomon. of Wisconsin, is in town
} and lately acted as counsel for Capt. Finkler
A. G.. NJ, on charge OF embezzling Govern
ment property. The Captain was HONORABLE
acquitted.
; AT the theatre we have had Mr.. Burtol
Hill, with "0ur American Cousins " and tn
/" Dead Heart" Now We have the Madder
. Sisters, who are giving us a run of the =" Sew
en- Sisters" One episode in this great extrav
aganza was particularly pleasing to Southern
, people and equally disgusting to people fron
( the old Bay State" @
The first scene of the piece opens in He'll
where Pluto and his family are having a fami
) ly muss, when darkey is suddenly chucke'
amongst them. After some hub-bub Pluto
requested by the darkey to give him the hans
$ of one of his fair daughters, |. c., the Sever
Sisters. What" says Pluto, while Hel