Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-18

hope Mr.. Lincoln will approve 10. But
the mercenary spirit OF our people is too
much and my orders are reversed, but
| ana ordered to encourge the trade in
cotton and all orders prohibiting gold,
silver and notes, to be paid for it, are
annulled by orders from Washington.
Grant promptly ratified my order, and
all military men here saw at once that
gold spent for cotton went 10 the pur-
chase OF arms and ammunitions OF war.
But what are lives of our our soldiers TO
the profits OF the merchant?
after a whole year Of bungliug the
country has at last discovered that We
want more men. All knew il last fall
as well As now, but it was not popular.
Now, IL, OO0, 900 (the General evidently
Intended only l,3O0,O00l men are re-
qured when 600, 900 was deemed absurd
before. 1t will take time to work up
these recruits, and they will reach us
in October, when we should be in jack
son, Meridian and NickSburg. Still l
must not growl. have purpoSely kept
Lack ard have no right To criticise;
save that / am glad the papers have
at last found out that we are At war,
aud have formidable enemy 10 combat.
OF course lapprOye the COniiScatlonAct,
aud would be willing 10 reVOlutlonlle
the Government 50 aS TO amend that
article OF the Constitution which for
bids the forfeiture OF land to the heirs.
My full belief is that We must cOlOnile
the country de novO, beginning with
Kentucky and Tennessee, and should
remove 1000, 900 OF our people at once
south of the Ohio river, taking the
farms and plantations Of the rebels. /
deplore the war aS much aS ever; bat II
the thing has to be done, let the means
be adequate. Don't expect To Overruu
such country or subduc such people
ia one. two, or five years. IL is the
task Of half century. Although our
army is thus far South, it can not stir
FROM our garrisouS. our men are killed
or captured within sight Of our lines.
| have two divisions here, mine and
Hurlbut's. about 5000 men; ann build
Ing strong fort and think this is 10 be
one of the depOtS and basis OF operations
for further movements.
The loss of Halleck is almost fatal.
We have no one TO replace him. In
stead of having one head, We have five
or SiN. all independent of each other. /
expect our enemies will mass their troops
and fall upon our detachmcntS before
new reinfOrcemeutS come. | cannot
learn that there are any large bodies Of
men near us here. There are detach-
meutS 40 Holly Springs and SenatObia,
the present terminal of the railroad OF
the South. and all the people OF the
county are armed as guerillaS. Curtis
is at Helena, eighty miles south, and
Grant az Corinth. Bragg'S army from
TupcllO has moved 20 Chattanooga. and
proposes tomarch on Nashville, Licking
ton and Cincinnati. They will have
about 10000 men. Buell. is near Hunts
Vile. with about 80, coo men, and. sup
pose detachmcntS OF the new leyicS can
be- put in Kentucky from Ohio and IN
diana in time.
The weather is very hot and Bragg
can't move his forces very fast; but !
fear he will give trouble. My own
opinion is We ought not to venture too
much into the interior until the river is
safely i'm our possession, where We could
land 40 any point and strike inland.
This attempt TO hold all the South
would demand an army too large even
To think Of We must COLOMBO and set
tie as We 90 South, for in Missouri there
is as much strife as ever. Enemies
must be killed and trans ported to some
other country. Your aiIectonate
brother Nv. Il. SIBERIAN