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From llte Fifth Cavalry, c,We glean the following facts of general interest from private letter received from this regirapot. It is now |ocated atrCamp Carrington, near Indi* ah a pel is—* a new military polt, namedin honor 'of the U. S. officer who super*intended its construction, and the best designed and constructed camp in the State, Everything is complefco and adapted to the wants and comfort of the soldiers. Our correspondent says:“I suppose you have hoard that the Hon. J. P. C. Shanks has declined theColonelcy of this Regiment. I supposenow that Lieut. Col. O’Neal will cer*net; out bee in 1of I ornj evoispeiyotuucandAc.1:andhadwertheitrusdcsltamly be our Colonel, and Major T. W, acelt;hycanTrigli“1AiRGraham Lieut. Col. The officers of the Fifth are all in favor of O’Neal und Graham—both very good men.“Major Forth, who wt*s appointed by Gov. Morton as Lieut. Colonel, started from Tennessee and wa9 arrested for treason, on the boat, by the ProvostGuards, of Memphis. The circumstan-9ees are these: lie was conversing witha Captain who baa wont into the army a strong democrat and pro*slf j^ery man, hut had come out a strong aBBlitionist.He asked Major Forth how he stuod on the slavery question. The reply was that he would sooner see the Govern-1 rp ment sink into the lowest pits of hell than to see slavery touched where it now exists. I don’t think he will take command of the Fifth soon.’*OThe letter adds that the probability’' is that they will leave in three cr four weeks.daytit hcd baecotoin hlionIt says further that Camp Barrington is to bo the rendezvous of all the troops in the State; and that there are betweeni b‘bojciev5.000 and 6.000 paroled prisoners j tentat Camp Morton.The “Old Public Functionary’1!rpismorm nV
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Centerville Indiana True Republican
Centerville, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 13, 1862
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