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he like. The rebels are bitterly in earnest.tion or they will withdraw them troops this0.We must not pursue a timorous, relentingwill end the matter in some way. tell Mr Clt;policy. Let those who respect the laws andH Crist that I would Be glad to have a letterthiithe Constitution receive their full benefit;from him i answered bis letter and have not863but toward those who make war upon them both, we know but one law, the stern law of.heard from him since. T would bo glad to hear from him—'Noofmilitary necessity to which they have madeP Y BuskirkBUh-themselves amenable, which they have calledJasuart the 14 1863.forytf*into life. It is persistently urged, as traiDear frend ireceved your Letter on the 13tors assail our national greatness and tarnishwhich gave Me much Satis faction to hearetlue ofour national honor, that in these days of adthat you are in the Same Mind that you warwitlitervancing civilization tho rigors of war shouldwhen you and i talked to Getber Last Standofthebo softened—as though fighting conld beto youre principels that you Roat to me forethethedone gently, and a determined enemy at ourthare is Two thirds of tha citisons heare thatingit onthroats be turned away by sweet whispers.thiukes as you andai do thare is Not muehmlt;isub-When civilization makes treason less a sin,News going heare Butt that Illinois Ohioha;this.wholesale robbery commendable, the loss ofwill Secedd iff Old aib dont take Back bistoist ofsacred lives in defense of the Constitution aprockolimatioH Baok and thare is Somo talkmatter of no moment, we shall welcome thethat indiana will go Two tha Legis Lator isVOtherinauguration of a gentle policy towardin afusstha Republicans wont tack tharefoior to d inSouthern secessionists.Democrats Encouraging Desertions— Letter from Col. J. P. Baird.Seats So as to ceap from halving A Corrim So tha dimicrattes cant do eny thing thare is talk that tha citisons of indinapolis has tacking charge of tha arcinall and Govener Morwlbeopa-d theHeadquarters, 85th Reg. Ind. Yols.,1 Nashville, Feb. 12, 1863. $ Editor Express—Dear Sir: Enclosed Iten cald on tha Seventy first Ridgment retaoking itt Back and Some one Shott at morten ithink that thare will Bee agineralpoHisend you letters written by citizens of yonrmuss in in this Stato yett from tha appcar-d'S ^District to soldiers of my command, whichence thinges and all So in Illinois ohiodoctics,terly.please publish in full with names of writers.One letter is from Peter Y. Buskirk, a well-known Democratic politician, on a small scalo in Vigo county. He resides at Centrevillo, and the letter was written to bis brother James Buskirk, a privato of company C, of my regiment. Both James Buskirk and Crish, to whom P. Y. Buskirk saysillinoies Govincr has cald out bur trooapcs and tackinge thacapctell k Locked itt oup from tha Legis Lator So itt is Said tliare is Nothing New Sence you wase at home Butttwo marieges toll henry that-is welltho foalks is al weil in Gineral hear Bisnes is dull at preasent on tha a count of tbo mnss it hasen froase hard a nnff this winter todolaiflathusho had written, have deserted These solBaire a team and wagon iam Still in tha ScinMdiers were both teamsters, and not only deserted their regiment, but left their wagonsBisnes yet and Expect to Stay thare fore coon Skines i3 worth More than old aibsRiforand whilst six miles^ from camp, hauling wood. I understand these men pretend to be parolled prisoners. They must have taShinn plasters is fore lhay are a Lawfull ten-k his Sbinplasters is not you must Wright to mo and tell me all tho newes and will giveRidctig forken great pains to procure paroles for there was no enemy within sixty miles of us whenYou all that ican on paper to ceap my Skeartes clear from tha abolishne3t k hownRthey deserted.hells off This ad ministration fore ithinktheTho writer of tho other letter, isJeptha JVIoss, but he is a citizen of Greene county,that is about what tha are Sonomore at presbnIndiana, and resides near Linton. Severalent But wright to mo us offin as you can sogaationother letters of the samo import have been received from citizens of Clay and Greenefaire well till we meat a gain.J. A. MANNING.worecounties, and about Centreville, Vigo coungtfnindedty.One of the most pleasing features of themanSomo fifty men have deserted from thisgreat uprising of the people Saturday last ton theregiment, alid of which thirty-throe are fromwelcome General Kimball was tho receptionjwersCloy, Green, and Southern part of Yigo, andgiven him at the cars by the German Brassbjrs ofyour readers can judge for themselves whethBand, which we omitted to notice yesterday;re op-er thoir letters have not produced their legialso, tho oldflag oj the lilh Regiment, riddledlomosttimate effect.with shot and shell, and a part of it torn intowhiehIt is plausible for cowardly politicians atshreds—fit emblem of the present conditionilizcdhome who daro not fight, to boast that thoof that gallant regiment, whose acts haveproclamation is making the war odious toshed imperishable lustre upon our State,ofgo astho army, and cito in proof of these assertionsand whose name will go down to posterityThetho numerous desertions of tho soldiers.—the synonym of heroic valor and patriotism.But we who aro in tho army know thatThat remnant of the once proud banner)AN’£desertions aro not tho cffectofthe proclamaof tho 14 th, that so gaily floated In the breezeBition, but aro produced by tho conduct of thewhen the regiment left Camp Vigo, wasg thosoldiers friends and relatives at home. Itsupported on either side by the old flag the11city,may be said that the writers of. thesethe Stars and Stripes, the Banner of beautyprtheletters are obscure persons without influencoand of Glory, and was surrounded with inHsiana.at homo. This is true, but they take the ir cuescriptions, among which we noticed Greennitedfrom the leaders of the party in power.— Their influenco when brought to bear uponBrier, Winchester, Anticlam and Fredcrick-burg; names that have now bccomo histovTrn-fathers, brothers and sons in tho army isrical; names that coming generations willthB3 tO-greater than would bo that of tho leadors ofvenerate. By the side of the General, andeau-tho party. * All wo, who aro fighting thebeneath the folds of tho old flag, they havethnihi-country’s battles, ask of those at homo is toso gallantly defended, sat Capt. John Lindsubo let alone. If you can’t encourage, dosay, disabled from active duty by wounds refig30pl0nothing to discourago tho soldier. His lot isceived at Antietamjand Sargeant M. A. Wartititsellhard enough at best, without being harrassed with tho taunt that ho is fighting to free theren, of tbo first Cavalry, dangerously wounded and taken prisoner in the briliant dash onHinegroes. All reflecting soldiers regard theFredericksburg, for which Capt. Sharra andbeproclamation as being a means to attain thehis troop, raised in Terre Haute, were pubgreatness for which wo arc fighting; te suplicly thanked by Gen. Sigel; and first LieupoXpress tho rebellion and to restore the Government, and while there is an hone-t diftenant William S. Lowery of tho 31st, wounded at Murfreesboro. Near by was ourg1'yin-ference of opinion as to the policy or effect of the proclamation, none but fools believeyoung friend Sargeant Boord, badly wouud-ed at Antietam, and raany_ other bravefoii andwo aro fighting to carry out that proclama-spirits who had attested Uieir devotionfrcarmyIt seems to mo tho party in power at homoto their country by pcriliug their lives in itstal;ants;would rather have the South succeed thandefense Take it all in all, Old Vigo neveralienhave tho rebellion suppressed by means ofsaw such a spontaneous uprising of her loyaltiotowntho proclamation. If such is their policy, letand patriotic people, premonitory of the stormnefilingthe army know it, and thcro will ho no dithat is thickening over tho heads of thoseficwithvision of opinion. Yours truly,among us whowould raise their paricidal handstrors;JOHN P. BAIRD,against their country in this her day of trial.tinwhatColonel 85th Ind. Rcg’t.It was meet that the gallant soldier, who hadhitThoTho I.iyo lettors following are those referred to by Colonel Baird. The third ono wetrod the bloody path with tho 14th in ull its wanderings—tho real hero of Winchester andanf all f thereceived some limo»since, but have not had space for it previous to this time. It was written for the samo purpose as the others.the leader of the forlorn hope up the bill at Fredericksburg—it was meet, we say, that such a man should have been thus honored,loiGcup13.—It is to be hoped that such persons will seeand it is doubly gratifying because it hasslaIs UStho errors they aro committing, and will cease to write such letters. The third letter wnsdemonstrated tho fact that tho hosts of our people are sound; it 1msconfirmed the strong,enwritten by a citizen of Lockport.strengthened the weak, and abashed thesigebdGreene Co Ind Brother William Deartraitors.iat ofsir I received yaur Iettor which gave meThe redemption of tho solid postagehothemuch pleasure matters here arc much use thastamps at the New York city post oflico, is awas when I wrote last this is abolition ware“big thing.” The Eighth avenue railroadjrousand will result in tho independnco of thecompany, recently presented a couple of.losouther States in loss than six months unlessbushel of gum backs, the value of whichtho Democracy succeed in Compromising thewas$8,400. They have to be counted; asItfamtsmatter through the medium of a national Convention which progic is on foot without asorted and e’eaned.Billsomonew levy of 61)0,000 men in tho spring, theKeller k Nororosb is the name of aty.—waro has to fall and tho men cannot be hadnow firm, who have just opened at Nationalseeunder any circumstances whatever the Sou'h-Hotel Block, a now and superb stock ofSoercn people liavo the in side track shore andQueensware, Glassware, Looking Glasses,tinswill liavo as long as the war last I thinkSilver plated and Britania ware, Table Cuttothero has ben enough kild and money enough spent to stop tho d—d thing men of all parties are down on it soldiers are deserting bylery and house furnishing goods generally. The senior of the firm, Mr. Ivkller. formerly of Sandusky, Ohio, has made this citysyiho'tho thousand every day and there never hns ben an effort mado to tak back any of themhis permanent placo of residence, and the junior member is Mr. Ed. L Norcross, well-thedcMikeKledsoo is at home and says he intendknown as the gentlemanly superintendent ofotlit, to rn toto stay there in spite of IJel or lty water Ithe telegraph office at this place. Theirunderstand that somo of your Reg has comestock, which is large, will have constant ad-ictcdhomo I have not lernd tho names Tomd:tion3 made to it from time to time. Theyerairt ofGrimes is Joging along after tho same oldinvite a call from their friends and the publicbitcted.fashion I god Jesse is still in the store atgenerally, bofore making purchases and arcloo, audLinton 1 say d—d the war Lincoln and hisconfident they can pleaso both as to priceOSIouldparty now and for ever Women is as thickand'.quality. See advertisement in anothorfitbols,as thieves here and men is very scarco Icolumn.fedthink our Legislator certainly will pass a lawExtortion at the South.—In the Virgidiosoto allow every man two wives if tha donot Ifleet,dout know what will bo come of tho porenia Senate on the 30th ult. the bill to supWOf the Nowwimmen I am going to a spelling to night at tho old man s schoolhousopress extortion wns taken up and earnestly supported by Mr. Anderson, of Botetourt county.. As an illustration of what extortion and speculation had donp, Mr. Anderson read some statistics of prices before and sinceof1fromthcro is greato preperatioiis being mado for a battle at Vicksburg the yankcs will get badly licked up thero as tha did bofore andthethoseas tha did at Frcdricburgo and mnay otherthe commencement of tho war. Wheat,tuti arcplacees I could mention 1 believe I liavowhich was $1,50 per bush, is now $4,50,—woionalnothing moro to wright at, present when you receive this wricht back to mo and IeL moFlour then $7,50 per brl. is now $22. Butter then 60c. is now $1,50 per. lb. Beef isabtharnionknow the feeling of tho army on the waro 1 will date my letter at the bottom excuse.now 50c. per lb, agains 8c. two years ago.— Nails then 4c. are now GOc. per lb. Cottonsprcolicymo for not wrighting sooner I was out ofhave risen from 10c, and I5c. to 75c. andteepaper so nomOro at preseutFebruary tho 5 ’63 Very truly your friend$1,25 per yard. Domestic gray cloth fortuttheremerly $2 per yard is now $28 Coarsethe;aredahoes liavo been $1,50 to $15 per pair.1laredJeptha Moss------— jcriiVou’rk the man.—It is almost always theBut-Centerville Ine Jau 22 ’63case that when men see a new spaper dun,AtMr Jame W Buskinkthey imagine that it is meant for some poorlercdDr Brother I have justskccsicks” who never pays his debts, ‘ andrethaveread your letter to T. J. and in regard to thoflatters themselves with the thought that “ItFoiTheQuestions you ask I canot answer Either ofdon't bavo reference to me, for the printerproRov-thorn I liavo no information on the Subjectsknows I’m good for it.” But right there isabc. hasof which you Speak, if you think properwhere yon are mistaken ; you are the verythein itsyou may send such information as you seemone that we want to have come forward andpro?medfit an i will ascertain tho facts in the case aspay up. The money, in your pocket, is offar as my Bailiwick extends, as far as prono use to the office, however “good for it”Wil!'nottection hero i think such a thing would not be dangerous it may involve Indiana in civilyou may be. While you are reading this article you may owe for tho paper and iukthotheirwar. i advise all to keep cool, thero isused in printing it. You're the man. 1 f youdivit tillthings at work that will bring this thingowe for advertising or job work come nn andchitaiiceright. This matter will come to an issue insettle for that, also.Soufail.side of Six months, there is a Determina-lion in the miuds of tho people in the Nor-gy Tho New York Times says that thefeu3 re-tliorn States that the proclamation Shall notwar has actually improved tho condition ofingour-take place, the revolution is complete, itho poorer classes in New York. Many mengivithethink there will bo a committee appointed inwho formerly did nothing for their families,theistenthis State to take charge of the managementnow remit something to them. And whensmilsilia-of the Ind troops from the governor an thensuffering really threatens, the volunteerandold abe will have to withdraw his proclamafund brings relief.livei
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Terre Haute Weekly Wabash Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Wed, Feb 18, 1863
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