The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-04-06
Erttrrs from tbr Armp.


l75th o. .V.I.--Petition to Governor
Brotfgh, for the Promotion of 1t.
Col. Mccoy to the Colonelcy of the
Regiment.
COLUMBIA, Tenn, March %, 1865.
MR. EDITOR Silence of late has
been my failing if failing it be-. The
reason is there has been nothing Of
special interest about which to write
Some persons especially the ladies, have
'tho gift of gab," but l, some way it
happens, have the peculiar gift of ST.
lonce, unles IS l think l have something
worthy of being said
presume you will not marvel so
much why l have not written to you
recently when l inform you that am
now blest with the presence of my most
amiable wife, who is paying me a short
visit from the North When the North
is down here in Dixie's sunlit cline, it
is not so strange that your northern
journals lose a great deal Of their in
torest TO me. The recent freshet has
almos entirely severed us from the
outer world, Several Of the bridges be-
tween here and Nashville being washed
away, it is only occasionally that we re-
ceive a mail, and the boys have oppor-
tunity to send loved missives to the dear
ones at home. But the bridges are
being rapidly repaired, and soon, by
" iron rail and smoking engine, we will
be united to the land Of civilization and
Is home.
Spring-time is at hand, and her balmy
= bre, zes, laden with the fragrance o.
, the earliest blushing flowers, make
March here as pleasant as May in Ohio
+ The season for angling too is rapid!
drawing nenr-in fact some of the boy
to have already entered upon this delight
full sport. 1t wculd do you good to SCI
N how the boys relish tho sport, not only
o. Of catching, but also OF eating the finn.
Inhabitants of the wave. Success t
the fishermen. For my part l coufes
VI I enjoy the eating of the fish more thai
the catching of them.
l The 10th o. V. I. is now under tn
," command of Major L. Mull"nix, Ii
ct Bundy Acting Adj't, who by the way j
considered one amongst the sharpes
boys in the Regiment,
=. Major Dwyor fills with dignity an
ID great acceptability the Medical chair
l. The boys appear to feel perfectly snf
ID under his treatment. Although hi
D. health is poor, yet he seems determined
re for the good of the regiment, to renal
es in the service until his term expires.
y. Capt. j. NJ. Heistand is Provost Maj
: shall of the city. Adj't John Il. Car
penter is Post A3j't., and Lt, Col. Da
Mccoy Commandant Of the Post.
. The train on which the Col. was re
turning to his Reg't from bis leave, OF
/, casioned by wounds received in tn
Franklin fight, was attacked by ban
r. Of some thirty gucrrillas, yet he and h
com pany, viz Sutler Rockhold and lad
" private Geo. Murphy and several other
cot through safe. The attack was mac
, near Thomson's Station on the Ten
& Ala. r, r a place | expect to r
8 member for d,ohHe at leaSt--for it W
here that | came so near being ca
turcd by brigade of Texan Ranger
Although the gucrrillas greatly ou
numbered those aboard the train, y
by the bravery of the guard and Officer
these demons in human shape we
driven eff with the loss of three
rur. them and one on our side, and the ira
y saved.
) The following orders will give yc
some idea of how the Col, treats re b
and governs the city.
'' ' "HEApoUARTER U. S. FoRoEs
s'" COLUMBIA, TENN March I'd, 1865.
i. GENERAL ORDERS, No. l3.
VS.. EXTRACT.
II, The evil arising from fast rid
dis ana driving through the streets of {
nent lumbia is obvious, and it must be i
Ful. mediatcly discontinued. Any Ofhc
soldier or citizen, found disobeying &
" order, will be arrested and summar
ncnt punished
'"o III. Official documents carried
en- Of Orderles will be marked on the envelC
i.I. ",oaM" "trOt or "gollop," and when
,m,D orderly is found riding fast, he will
halted by the Guard and the envelc
900, examined, and if he was riding fas
tho than is designated on the envelope,
will be Immediately arrested and tr
C, for disObedience of orders. The p
aulq. vostM NJ arshal and officer in charge of
p@ps % Provost Guard are charged with
H'n' prompt execution Of this order.