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pyande - andr _horc-I-thoir f ol a;hc« if.snp.0'• -Sft-lC-;t the rtlera-“g!: torthan any other. ......., r *1. The Lodging Honso afc^ Memphis, the Soldiers home at Cairo and Chicago, most . bo supplied ; our own-hoys.are continually fed, lodged, and rested there, and we must remember it. •Let every loyal woman in the whplo North-wektp.hir once, commence something;* Let1 every merchant, jeweler and manufacturer each offer thcir:gifts.*Tisit:: tlicm .all, ask thcsr help, and let all have a -memory in years,to'oomo that they helped at 4hVrfcr*ft* Pair. Let it bo told their Grand children, as iin honor and a croditable history.Write jo nr mnno and re?idonce , on .y purt *# I * % V; ' % 1 4 U«r| . *, l. ••«*/«*.• . r.*rgift, and add it to tho great volume going from your homes. • - .• .What a touching spectacle tho offered gifts .of the great-Northwest:'ftrihcr wounded and ; worn out hearts 5 .•. .Direct evorything as usual only add,.1 for rN. W,.Pair. Please send the bulletin every-' V ■'■••'fa ** . » •; 'i«’where,- See that . copies: aro * published', im jyour nearest papersLot;it be^he' theme of pricos \yQX}t consideration, and abovo all the. dctor-lepcn- wined and sacred labor for the ..nextr busy iVhohfclounts-* “.wasid in goneii n d ry iniing Inish; imt.bj largo :sucli:on. .to. si lows; *f thistown make 1 his party shop : andsixwe$ksrY -r • t\ }-- v^Mrs,1J,-S Co*iy •; .* -‘Cor.'Soo’y/S^ ‘A*. Society' of TTisi1 *■ot Oil good*• * • • i. -ini dc-eoplc dd. in* * r . •elvesthoagedc son■und;!fore,■and:». i.o olddar'fTfromem-Vrcralord,*nkot re-. tho•• •• was•oso-* •ftecv able et atareandy ofrels* * .:mn-oral.thisofionsW o'ourmn-a. . *:Prom the Twenty-Ninth Regiment,■ . ’°te;E.iicsv.l;a, Sept; •*.Mu/tE tutor:~c.*-Randonj»:-is: yet; in-pthc land of tho living, although many wcck6d!ave passed by since ho cumbored your columns jwith scribblings from tho 29lh. If 'any ex-icuse be nceded for my noty..^posting7? ;your •readers, as to our whereabouts, feelings, and :bodily state of health, it must bo-that such an act }-Mg'ktly impossible with the subacri-jber while'we^arc ,on the inarch, thc.suiipo.iir-iing its beams on your bead as only a South'-, eru 5un.can,.8kirmishiugt0very day and going •into a general engagement every third. And ’then imagine yourself, if you piouso, iu the•rifle pits in the “rear of Vicksburg?, inditing readable letters to the Home Leacce,' while the minic balls kccp,upv, continual “phir’’ about your oars, and th'e”Parctt and Whit-worth shot a constant:flutier over your heads. 'I know of one “regular correspondent,77 tho chitp;who; wr.otc :tho most vi vid account of tho charge on the works at Vicksburg the 22nd of ;la3t May, aud ho told only what ho uip, who was distant some fiyo miles from, the aoche of action and with any number.of hills between. It is to be presumed that if bis statement was exactly reliable, ho must have acquired that ;WonderfiiJ trjefeialight ju .ComstuoVs -Philosophy,-—the power oflooking through a brick’-But we soJdiors will not blame him generally* as none of ua would have been there that day ha'cT} wo not considered it 'ami 1 i tary nccc*ss i ty .* The regiment is now situated in Carrolton ;a suburb of New** OirlcritisvL How it camo horo ap'd when is of little matter, when I say we are well situated for health and comfort*' rSomc few deaths vhave occurred since wo icamri here, but they wcro old casos and the di5cacs.ahould:bo laid to other climates than* this. The weather is hot but here it Is loin-' :percd with breezes from tlio Gulf and lake ;Pontchartrain, making the mornings and; [evenings nice .for .compauy : andfbattalion drill;Which iidi • b^n6iwir^ for a long time. Regimental and Company inspection are the order of tho day here, . andthe result;is the boys present with their now• . i:' V.t . • * ;i *'.-•*•”• »*untforms:and burnished, arms and; .accouters mcnts quite a “Home; GuaTlt;I,, appbaraude' -’ 'lind any person who had’known us two months ago would fail to recognize in the precise sol’d ter Jho, fclIJp,\v,rwhose ^thcn- ywholp.‘ carth 1 y jposscs'sibhsSvere li is ar ms and amuiiI'tio h tind ’canteon and haversack. : ' .;.; Since our arrival at New Orleans wo have ibcen reviewed by Maj. GOn. Banks twice andoocupicd . by **tUo’m Southern... copperheads Probably wo ^hall'go i'ptb I' Texas,• aid that we.'will' be successful is about, as 9uro as anything can^bo-in.thejfuturo. . -ll %i:j, % • • ••is an oki. .looking. city, ‘ Its ;streets -RDtl . buiidings being a. niisturo of every style of afehiteeturo practiced , In . tho United States, Spain, or Prance. '.'Most cf ■ the sireots' are..extremely • nari'ow—not more •tfcan forty feet in widtli—and I have ;.'ycf .- to' s.eo. the building lie'rc tliat,, equals the best ip Milwaukee. The famed St. Charles hotel is not ’ahead! of or quito up to the Ncwliall, either in cxto'rnal'or internal appearance, 'and cqrtainly. not in maimgnment.' .Tho . .inhabit-anco are abint’satisfied that the Yankees arc an institution io remain with them, and theladies huVe lost thht vtnom they,onco possessed, and exercised by spitting upon bur- .men while riding together in the street cars. They may thauk..our.universal nation for this cor-ructjonjof bad brcbdiiV^/’Vcsseis of aH; nations are seen at the levee, and most kindsAtf: '• s : yyS. ogidiof business thrive i prosperously; ’Goods* ofall kinds sell at reasonable pi‘ices,\-and’ fruii,such as lemons and bi angcsi* ciin be hud at socheap a consideration,.that-a'Northencr'cannot appreciute thcnl when he pays his regular dime for either.! - .Hereafter letters |\vilf reach us by directingthem to the company and regiment/ First Brigade, Third Division, and Thirteenth Ar-my Corps., ' * 0 y ■ _ : . Raxdom.A Famous Laud.v /; '*•; »;* *•*,; . .*;If there be a jmrlj of.the world which ought to tempt the .travele;r,s it is “assuredly . thatpart af-Asiiv’which lies1 between the Uagpian and black Seas. . Tradition declares - this to ;be the cradle ot. the| human race. Here, say ;lhe I^rsintis'anil -t|io‘ .'Armeinans, was' the garden of Eden ; here, as every one knows, stands tlic. mighty Ararat, :from which man-kindsproad after tho deluge;, Iloro arc ; thD ;best.ftud most .undeniable physical evidences’of'lhat astonishing eiita«trojhc. -vHiare: hunt-.Vd the Biblical Nimrod, li.eve Noah plautcd Ihc ; vine. ,. Here languished promcthous, !chained 1 to the rock, with, vultures ever gnawing *at his liycr. Hither sailed Jason and the Ar-;gonauts; and hence departed the enchantress Medea; ...One of the, rivers of this.region slill boars the name of Cyrus the Great. Alcxan-;dcr ofAIaccdon is a|- household word .among;thc; Caucassian ; VjilltigpTS. f Hencerfluwad .Greeceward that .stream of gorgeous , fublc■ which widened irUo Il^JIcnio. tnyihology'. Hero Pompcy conquered, ‘ and the soldiers of imperial llomc bled; iu ivain, : Heve Gregory preached and T.simcrlane and Genghis Khan}spread bavocr K:Tho Turks uprooted tho .Qen-.ocso on these shores, to be themselves uproot-ied in due time by tho .mor.e ; opportune. Hus-Jsinns. Oyer tho .Cqnciissus wall-,;at the dread■ time when Allah’s time shall sound, Gog and■ Magog shall cross co put an end to the empire■ ol ;1»1 nmism on eartharid dcstroy ' the king-.dorn of the. true-;;‘bulievci^;; When tho * Ilusr Isians swept:away.tho Georgian ; throne jh j 180b,.;.learned.men:! at -Tillis* exclaimed = in :their ahgttwh thut the, frtlleh monarchy had, existed..without'interruption siaco • the time! of-Abraham therb is: good historical evi-‘dcnco to provo n. line of kings extending over a period ol twenty-two hundred and forty-fiVoi.ycars * : * ‘ 1' *....... .......Inconsistencies of lWiaony.11 .*:yKvcti;.with imscrs^^uweve^ .'ithcrK'.iire exv •ceptioos lo the rule pf unifbrm pcunrioushess.* Hlwas, who added. ti his own: forLune another inherited tVorn,his uncle, both amounting to* :balf u million^storiin'g,* 'W'ould.'diue off a bard ! hoi ted ogg/ oi; u picco . ’of pancake * which'ho ■ bail,kept for two -months in ,his.pocket. But die would loso( thoitaamda *nt play, to inch ol • fashion, pay his debts aud never ask lor-his winnings, which he thought would be ungcn-tletnauly r j He would not lay\ out a*penny.on i the*.eilucntion of his !. sons.^Hc thought ‘that *'«puitiwg things into jthcir heads .would makebofil*n?r•3ewminUrallam.’viiri^11 tmolt.mowepcubestcapaFnittar© l T1 cunttCCtibe o] tabli mul plost unil.i_ 0 It. in ojbeauas or purp Th tlircf So I 1JIU(v3• Apen n’iand lt;quirl-ByHoi;N°! tcnoli '• Foi farm Xcsvl moicforKotoWestmenciof Watho.3iA.M.*Por.. * • gooj:count;ford.!;sauiunproIt.’tOfjiartlcJDiiUJ money out of ilicir poekcts.M.. But when; Lord * AbmgdOu had' made la malch for' se Ven* th o us-mVor'and pouiuls, ElwiLSj.jvvhb knew he had not the money,' offered to iohd it to him. . Jtlo wbu Id....... -T...r - r..M . T^alk from one end of: London to . the other m:■Mnj. Gon. Grant bnco, from'whose, depart- 1 the1 rain to.ayuid paying a shilling .for a coach;ion j a• lt;•umoolBe-.let-n°r1.an--rictMB'id,Of:lif-.in-;; i Of•ornofkiW:i'toilr.mcht we have, been transfer red to; that of the for»»or. And I aw Happy|to bo able, to say thatjhe city ,pn,per9 javc opr..brigade^pf,the wliolo 13th army Corps the preference for ap-pcaranocj and mention tliat: Gen. McGinnis had one rogimcnt of regulars, .that were p ar-’ticularly ,noticed for their: precision of move-;ment. Now,,as we havc^noN.rcalment of reau-:, ..5. v’ .• - .* - : . r I'.w/ • ,lara.in our brigade^ -andii^he.V2Rth;i8 « the’ only'regiment that drcslijlike regular 'soldiers and cany, only the national Sag our rogimcn t •of ooursjo -.prfdv ‘nreai;*j ;^n«t'.rFfi^nyx iwhcu Qon! Grant reviawecl for tho lust time the ;checrs tho boys gays their old command eras :he rddo .along;tho lineshowed : the ire-•spect.and love'they had .. for;.;;A.men^s;iri:bst; ancocssful General ; • and their looks showed •tlicir regret1 at parting with: the man whom !they had“aobften anlt;! to :tfeH folrowed tosVlc-• . •• 11 . * * .f- , . **• . • .».'•• * .............;tory..Bu t a deep gloom f etUed upon us an hour 'later when we heard the :;rex^gerated;Tepoirt ‘that -Gen. Grant hadi;'’;beea^ ;'throwhvft*om hig hors ft and killed /.. A - lit tley ti me late r .the truth came, and it waa:iubwn;;that returningV v ■ *r • - ' '** * '■ ’ *’ '•■'. - »•lt;.' • ■.horse which was a young onh and: very, spir-. Hedbecame uncaanagahia and . ran against’ a carriage; throwing and thenar oiling over ;him.ably:be around.again in a*xew days.'*. ... :•- -, .{•{• t, . ,i. -sv-:lt; .‘•C ■},. r.'- •’_'!.; The .Corps haa bften nnder^'light marohihg.to «»rr)r OBO kaidrod nuuia of aatbOsHlot):AV. Wobat« «;?■ r*•#l!S#-:.3tdfiUnOO'“tfiit iwa/.’fe rfrt-to»i64^tof -tb«W fajlaio ooin’ftjrtablo qoanero, bwt ire bovo o Bua-’would eiit. h is meat pjnt.ricl. ^ rallier .than; order; a ,fr**li,joint; sir; in wfet clothes, hither ilmu;*io .light a.ti.re^and dry vheni; wore.u castroff wig .which he had picked;out.'of lhe ditch. and having torn his only coat, took' one Irorb the fara-, ily chest, which had jb^longcd to ahancestor, w^liValnsh sleoycs/ nijutc:of green! ycLveU Biit to.al: merchant ; who] conciliated him . with apresent ol wine,'he:lent seyen’“hundreds;; and ; ti tri fliVig*. pres’eu t* or I work'. lo»e’ ’’.for•riolhi’ijg, ..was.tulercii.blv;sure to be foliowed.i bvf:• /•-. i• * • *. %And \- Our ftopped;Juan of miopey*/ .-He would.^let r polt;r i man ._.bafoie.he would aid him;l yei in bondsitp pecrs and olhers;1. laud bn aonieV- Americansiarve..property, he;is said .to .have * lbst: one: hundredhtnd hlty thousand po« ' a I; f t o u c I»e a : of *1 h U /i i o r' parly;*»! bad; si $ lio (urn; iu fih a .clieckl Vnils. ' There are occasion-in * him;:? At a shooting diiig carelessly wouuded(/i?•.Wei them ItTiiiyu* i(y/''hb-said^vofyour imp^VeV• niyhtI.rkney you .wCnld by and 'bj. hit some-ilihtg.!!. At another'jtntethe'cut both hi*, legsdeeply, and wn* with /diffienlty'persuaded to em^ioy a snrgeon.But hc : wbutd V)hlj;-ihcur thm.cxpeuse. iu’jfiayor- pf ‘.one ieg.r..Ho;;ouI(l ’Cure the other himself, and' offored;to bet that |if,wottId get well first; and it’did. :•’«• *7;»:»JThomas .Gaywas ; an other-, exception/- ;.Hts(vrealUilt;:waaeilormouand-;vhe at .. one * timeCrorpiiwd; io ntarrys h in maid,- the* only r 'flervarttTo I heTh€B•Be' **’ J J ’ i !VriU bemDiai:wiil;;not be'*;trigryPi^1 The* ^to; Lave take Re place t wo dayVa/terwardaiVand Lh«S' 1 reasonably presumed »he might exercW li’Httl/tpiw!* of^nthbiyty-^R^^iBbdi. discovsred ii ernii»takh.-rr-Guy wae ithe ad’dilioRal «xpen«o in'ytblc'h ■rjijjred hlm tbkl hb 'broke v?**hundred pouada a;T-'t ftjj ’*: _VO-Bi•V. I-fa.wxaiall eaito a ate*lt;MBmm
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Hartford Home League
Hartford, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Sep 26, 1863
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