Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-03-17

Now and then n little human smil
e'lghtens wars grim visage, like fash O
Sunshine in an angry day. i remembe
one that wish | could ,daguerreotype :
lhe amenities of battle are so few, how
precious they becomeH Let me give yor
that little "touch of nature that make,
tae whole world kin I" Once on time; b.
% Oho, belonging 10 S;rsight's command,
entered wn, en- route for Richmond
prisoners Of war Worn down. furnished
hearts heavy and ,kuapsacks, light, they
herded. like dumb, driven cattle, to wear
out ibe night A rebel regiment, the 81 tb
virginia. being camped near by many of the
N came strolliDg about to see the sorry
show of poor supperless Ysokees. They
oid not stare long, but FASTENED away 10
camp, aud came steamiDg back with coffee
Kettles. corn bread and bacon, the best
they bad, and straighl AWAY. little fires be
gan TO ankle, bacon was suffering tho
lnar'y'dom of the saiut Of the gridiroD, and
The aroma Of coffee rose like the fragrant
cloud of tbauk.offeribg Loyal guests and
rebel bo1s we're mingled. DIR hungry
eoys ale,aud were satisfied; aud for that
one night, our common humanity stood
acquitted of the heavy charge of total
depravity with which 1t is Llackeued -
Night and our boys departed together
Tbe prisoners in due time were exchanged
aud are now eDcamped within rife shot of
kelle,'' Ferry, on lte bank of the Tenues.
see. But often around the camp fres.
bave bea them talk Of tb. 81 h Virginia,
thstproved themselves so immeasutably
better than brober afar of; heard them
wonder where they we're, aud discuss the
chance that tSey might ever meet When
they denounced the 'dsmnable johnny
rebs," The name of one regiment, you may
be sure, was tucked away in q snug place,
quite out of The range of hard wo DIS -
And now comes the sequel that makes
beautiful poem Of the whole oft
On the day Of the storming Of Mission
Ridge, among the prisoners was the 54;h
Virginia; and op Friday it traied away
across the poutoon bridge aud along the
moun,sin road. nine miles to Kelley's
Ferry. Arrived there il settles upon the
bank, ike wasps, awaiting the boat. A
week clasp d and your correspondent fol
lowed suit. The Major of the Sth Ohio
welcomed me to the hospi italties of his
quarters, and almost the first thing he
said was, You should have been here last
Friday, you missed the dfnoucen,em of The
beautiful little drama OF ours, whose first
&C, have told you viii you beIieve?-
The 54th has been here Some Of your
boys were oat on duty at the landing
when it arrived. What regiment is this?
they asked; and, when the reply was
given, they started for camp, like quarter
horses, aud shouted. as they rushed in and
out among the smoky cones o! the Sibleys.
the 81 h Virginia is at The Ferry?. The
camp swarmed in three minutes. Treasures
Of coffee, bacon, sugar, beef preserved
peaches, everything. were turned out in
force; aud you may believe they went laden
with plenty, at the doublequick, 10 the
ferry, Tie same old scene yet how strangely
changed-,he lwipkling 6res- The, CRATE
tul incense. the hungry captivesS but
guests aud hosts. had changed places; the
starlit folds doaled alott for the bonney
blue Gag; a debt of boDnor was. paid to
the utmost farthiug, II they had tru@ph
of arms At Chattanooga hearts were trumps
at Kelleys Ferry. And there it was that
horrtd war smiled hu0sa smile; and
grateful gentle light filckered for moment
on the pont of the bayonet, Aud yet,
should the 54th Virginia return tomorrow,
with arms in their hands, to the Tennessee
the Sd Chic would meet them on the bank,
fight them foot TO foot, aud beat them
back With r'ip so pitiless that the river
would run red