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€aov. Brough and the DrunkrnOfficer.. * *yr 1BH4. • An^Tw' *. v . ■* ** |Aa,‘ . a * jpt^Kp, *''iV-Mooting a drunken officer upon themerit, and by a# jolly a set of fellow* astho country ever know. Come along, boya! No fear now of your having to re-streets of Columbus a few days since, j after onr terra of service expires.We will all have an even start tiow^SKVKATi'-Finrtl. :(*0v. Brough ijnraediatly telegraphed the Secretary of War for his dismissal fromt;Ifceofthe ^mco which wan promptly done —-j Letter from the 39th Regiment.The officer after recovering from hisoUip.’hedrunk, and learning that he had been un-straped, implored forgiveness,and begged to be reinstated. But no use, not even the efforts of influential friends was sufficient to revoke the order of dismissal.eratheIVHmnr,th-A few such examples as tin’s, and our army would not be as badly straped as it is now.Camp Detachment, 39th Ohio Vol’s. ) i'nA.si’Kt t. T*nn., Jan. 3QUjr,i664. jKmtoh Mkhsrnueh: Peik«|^ a cotn-jw xuunicatiou from llu* old-Tump/* of the Ohio Brigade may prove interesting to tlio many readeis-of your paper, who have friends in this command. What was leftewurledASLetter from the 75 th Regimentr an yFou/v Island, S. C. Jan. 26th,’64. Editor Mrhsknoku: Occasionally a copy of your excellent paper wends it.s way down to this barren Isle, and is ever met with a hearty welcome by AthenaCoonty i boys, and is read with intense interest bvof the brigade who did not rc-enlist, are at present encamped on the bank of Elk Diver, near the place where the Railroad ; atone time crossed, and where we areK(inalt;mtrying to build another bridge, which j0* will be finished in a short time, if the river cldoes not rise and sweep it off before weget it done, as it did the one begun by J Major Fonts of the 63d 0. V. I.ort every one, yet we scarcely ever see any*' tiling in it from the Seventy-fifth, which j jnclWe had quite an excitement here yes- j tcrday, owing to an attack made on Ath- j ens, Alabama, by a portion of Kodie’s lt;n re bid Cavalrv. It appears that t lie rebelsllt;)\ eluding our pickets, by ci ossing the j* ) i i • . .1 * ;____ . * .1 . .. 1 ' . 1. r .v 1*1we have attributed to ymir not having a; ,la.shetl into the town at daylight, on corrcsponduiit in this part of rebeldom, j the morning of the 28th, completely atir- otIbis jand for the above reason we have at la-t prising our boys, eoinjudling them tohaste, as we had hut *••ill* *1 i •. *• c * evacuate in great naste, as we Iyielded to the tnnnv sohpifntioiiH frrnn r b . , rat j . . very few men, the regular torcoi tinned. tnImd ! onr rovs to contribute an article for your | thcre b(,ing out on a ,cout. So early the* jor 1 publication, thinking that perhaps in tin*: name day straggWs from Athens aimed wi11-d-IIabsence of an abler pen, a few lines might j here, and reported the place occupied by r,be acceptable a!1 though not clothed in the*; an cn,ie ll ira,1° of «“d ‘J1®*. .. , j were advancing on tins place; but bolorci ! glossy habiliments of first class literature, j ’! “7 *llc 11 L‘‘.! j . .)v 1 | they arrived near this place they weredn\ j and if our readers will accept of our rude defeated, and drove through Alliens, and jthj productions, we nil be happy to furnish j over the Tennessee IBver, by ( aptain I them ull the information in our power I Adams of the 9th Illinois mounted in-n-!tehtconcerning our present locality and gen oral welfare.e-r-lt;-yi-ieanrWo are at present located on Folly la* land, South Carolina. It lies at the entrance of Charleston Harbor, on the south side of the main channel, ami is ono and a fourth miles in width, and nine miles in length, running noith and south, and is a mere Hand-bank, at present, being almost barren; previous to advent here, it was interspersed wirii fine timber, and occasion!)- a palmetto tree, which is a fit emblem of the frabric, ii is chosen, being of no utility whatever for fuel or for anything else, so far as we have been able to I discover.fantrv, with three companies of bis regiment.The recruiting and organization of colored troops is progressing witli great rapidity in this destrict; already General Dodge has two regiments organized,which will be full before the middle of next month. When we fake into consideration the ignorant manner in which the black slave of the ♦South is raised, it is truly astonishing to see with what rapidity they learn to drill.The ungenerous remaiks made by Ma*ClwlclidastideMresjor I*athiop of tlie 39th Ohio in an articlepublished in the Cincinnati Commercial i1of the 9th of January, in which he statedmthat one fifth of the able bodied men of the regiment, refused lo re-enlist, who could as well done so as not, and that the1mCiffonly reason he could assign why they did ihero is one dwelling house off the Is- i was because they were not very pa-1 I V . I • t . I % m • 1 I ' . • . • « | • I 1 tliland, and I think the population has been j triotic, and that they wished to be strag-e | somewhat scattering. The principle vegnetable production is sand. The princi- j r pal mineral production is sand. The chief; k i animal productions are oysters. Thedgling home next spring when the active operations begin. We do not think it very manlv of any officer to thus censure*7 W mmen who have been out bearing the heatI * H’ •, ■' - i ”and burden of the contest for the pastpatinduJprincipal occupations are battalion, bug- thirty months, and who once enlisted to e ade, and division drills; inspections, gen-ifieral weekly, and dailv. rFhc climate is d j delightful, not being subject to the coldserve their country for three years with-* •»out nuv inducements whatevei except thwgoml of the country. We only wish theIUjpirnapeople of Ohio knew as much about this and chilly blasts of winter in a more i may Lathrop as these “unpatriotic*-9 menk)northern clime, and mud is an entire.st ran-! who are left back here, for then we wouldbe surd his remarks would not effect us,ger, rain onlv having a tendency to harden the sand. We are about eight milesfrom Charleston, although in sight ol that hot-bed of treason—the cradle in which the mighty giant was nurtured that isovontaibut vorv little.Out of the 39th who were present when ab it re-enlisted eighty-five did not go, however the most of the** will enlist as soonas they can g»*t permis:ion to serve in asci* stalking broadcast throughout the land, * rfr • i \ .♦» ! . . ”. , h , I ! different blanch of the j*m devastatmg our once hunnv and peatvluJ ,service. The health| devastating our once happy ami plt;r country; but already th * conceited Bean re-k • •gard seea the band writing on the wall,’* which is being rapidly inUupertcd by (iencual Gilmore, and in mu k emphatic r0 | language that tho uio*t duped within its! doomed walls cannot but read and tretn* ! ble.We fear that the people in tLo north11of the hoys L vetJT good. We are lni\ ing very pleasant weather here at this time, ! y the past week ha been almost as warm as Il ours, li. II,Company K, 39th D.V.I.summer.AIImportant to Military ( ommittccsV iSimilar fVont Adj.-t-iii. C’otveit*WfIrtltinant‘! nil growing impatient, waiting for the,it UlowiUiiII of this .lexical,1« city; hut they j fSpet-ial Di.paul. to the Cincinnati Gazette.]! must remember that there wag a meatLoe-work here to do, a part of which has al-jJo ( ijikuiittti $ and (be /Vt’-yg;('oiA MiA lt;, Feb. o.ready been accomplished, and a part yet i remaining to be executed, ore wecau nos-1letpos-j Having received authority from the gir Uesg the city without an unnecosarv How ^Var Department t-» raiac thiity compa-jbaigjof blood, ft is true that our gtm* arc , *des of iufantry to be combined into regi- j itbearing upon it, and could at any time io-! meats. It is nnlered that person. , * • - . % 4 y . . .» • § • •Hi*ei-s not in I isduceit to ashes; but that would be useless, the military service, of the United Stateserauntil! gome more important forts im»ta- |'vho wish to recruit, mu*! furnish thia l elt;ken. The Generel commanding seeing to | dc{ ailment with the lecotnmendation of j beiic ! be content at present by frequently throw* j the Military U’ommitUs) ol the county inlt;* ing u shell into its midst, reminding theI* j inhabitant* that their position is not a ’ 11 j safe one, and that it will be necessary for Swhirli th«‘v rcmckn Veterans and otiier*# .in the military service of tiie UnitedStates w ho wish to reoniit, must, in ad! them to select a more, secure asylum for lotion to the above rocomiaemUiion, fur* the concocting of their treasonable plans! J nigli written, permiagion from their regi-Weave notin very active service at {mental lt;r eotapany eoiiiaiaiulera. On J prcficnf, and consequently I have no thril p-regcntation of these documents condi-gj ling adventures to relate, nor dihciipli.on } tional appointments will be issued ails\-of romantic scenerv beheld on some long tltoruing the rocrutiug of a gpecifitnl numJ and fatiguing march, to give, nor nulh1 j deeds of gallantry on the battlefii Id t«* ren j cord; but it might possibly be a satLfucnj tion to gome of onr fiiendg to know the; will be consolidated ’Y ■ number of engagerueuta that our regiment company, and he will receive such rank *J hac figured conspicuous in, which are I|l* the number ol men raised will entitleiiiher of men 1 eforc the Dili lt;f March next.Should the recruiting officer fail to aecttre tlie nnmborof men riHjtiircd, his recruitswith someothailtr*muthebodie a ugnchlt;tatof** I*wllCO Itill!*hiitcen, viz: ifontcrey, Me Dowd Frank-{him to umlur tin following standard:— th lin, Gross Kevcs. Slaughter Mountain, C aptain, 30 man; firtt iimitcuant, 30 men; heVIIthel*[ Freemana Fold, White Sulphcr Springs, it! Waterloo Bridge. Bull lturi, t’hnnc* thra-villc.second lieutenant, 20 men. Military! committee* are urgnialy requested to give J theoWagnerHhClettyshurg, Hagorato^n, F o rts j thia call their attention, and take auoblge m* ami Gregg. Some of the above action a* will enauro the complete otgni* j cooilists were called skirmishes, but wdien zatioa of those companies at as early a, hu; wa look upon orr vacant ranks tve can ! data as possible. Circulars containing; — H 1 but remember that the spots are im. }.elt;l j insttuctiona will be furnished from this j bl)u by sonic fallen brave which stamps them ! Dvpaitment to the several military eom-Muj^ _ a*-.- i....... .1! ^ __ i. Ij on onr memory as mctnoriabJe, never to!be erased by the ruthless friction ofttime.mittces of the State iuime*liatoly.Bv onlcr of the Governor.B. H. 4jow rm, Adf#t-Gen. of Ohio*Onr regiment in in excellent hoaltli, !and in that respect has always been veryMhitiuW’Oi vo'hlIthiet\kOe^HT^Racruting has boon quite ♦ activefortunate; never losing scarcely a man ' hero, the past week, 59 being mustered i mu by sickness, which perhaps is attributable since our report, last week. The number gy.to the efficiency and untiring energy of musterod io, Wadnesday, was SS; sndtijnuour Surgeon, (,\ L. Wilson, who, after Jon this (Thursday) morning. Of thoaa|w)ifrom *Washingtot» county, 5 go to lt;the ■ tinlong and faithful service in the field, tvareminded by Ida fast failing health that it f civdit of Fearing, and 5 Salem* The!was necessary for him to relinqndsh his J 77th has 7 of these the 63d 2. and the latlyoarduous fahors for the preaent, tntifh to . Cavalry 1. Several more of the recruit#* bnthe regret of all the regiment. * Our rcg- are from thin county, but arc not assigned, t wi imcnt i# in a good Ktate oft organisation, \ Athena county brought in 26 who aro Eiand is commanded by (hd. A. L. Harris, already a#sigfta»i, Id of them to ilia 18th |lt;**»kit! I *eto whom we think there i# no equal ; he! O, V. I.cl being both a soltTJ^r an l a gentleman, astrict disciplinarian, and peifccUy ap* J A Huvr.iiK A*m.lt a*o tiikir Coi unajyoiproachable, and in point of gallantry on ‘Taken.—It i* not ofteu that we hear of a I ^the bat(b field there ib noue sqrpas^ mlt;»ie chivalrous assault, and with such ‘I1* him.eHseiAThe boys aro re enlisting in the veteran j Jrviee, and there is a good prospect of a . ‘Hdviftg success, and so few killed, as liasdoien made on Howe Stevaus' Famffvhahrsufficient number ic-enli^ting to kk*uicj our coming hotne in a body to recruit.In conclusion, we would say to thosewho have a mind to discharge the dutythey owe to their country by enlisting inits service, that they will meet with a | hearty welcome by coming to this regi*!iv V (iiors, aad that too hy ladies, jtcv wholly nnacciutomed to anything of the }’ulkind, Every lalt;lv in the country shouldcontinue the assult until those colors arefound in every house* Sold by all drug gists througWut the countly.macoi*
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 11, 1864
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