From Stockton's Regiment

II aus lïihh, Va , ) Feb. 3d, 1SG2. ] Dr ah Brotiiek : - The wen' lier is onco more cold Toihiy, (10 o'clook, A. M ,) the snow is flying, and at the rntc it is falling wo will havo good sleighing before nighl. fince my last we havo had tlio usual vnriety of wealher. One dny picasant ; then lor tho next two or three days, inin and snow ; thon snow and rain; thon snow and rain together, making a rather mixed kind óf weathor. On ! Wodnesdav night last, it commonced to rain, and rainwJ stoady tül Thuraduy ávening. On that night it oloared off and f'rozo figbthr. ïhrce hundred of this regiment went nut on picket duty, Friday morning, i ind right glad werewe that tho weather had fuvored us enough to clear ofl. VYe-leftcdmp at 9 o'cloek, A. 11. We Found it vory good going for about one ' Tiilo; then we struck mud, and for twe miles we had but a vast mud hole to :ramp through, when wo reached a ittlo bettergoing, but nothing to brag jf. Wo reached our station at 11 i'olock A. M. The day Was very beautiful overhead, tbat is it did not jtorm, and oocaaionally the sun would nake lts appearanuc. At 9 o'clock in tho evening t commenced to snow, ind it feil to a considerable depth beforo morning, when it turned to rain. [n the afternot n tho weather again took a ehange, and it grew cold, and the rain ceased. On Sunday morning the sun mado its appearacce, and it 2ommenced to thaw. Wo were relieved at 10 o'olook A. M., and started lor home, whic-h we reached at '2 o'clock I'. M. I believe I never eaw as much toud as we found on our way home. [t was one great mud holo. The citi!ons arouod here say that they never saw such a winter before, that at this season of the yéa'r they always have !i!id two or threo woeks of very ploasant weather. Whilé on picket I discovered three graves near the barn which we occu[)ied. Ou stopping to examino thern, [ lonnd them to be very ancieut. Two :f them datcd back to tho year 177G ; he other one bore the date of 178C. The stones at the head of the graves are of rough granito. The inscriptions are almost obliteratcel, and I was unable to mako anj'thing out, with the sxception of tho following letters on tho two oldest. On ono were the letters " C. T. D.," on the other were the letters " M. T." As I stood beside these graves my thoughts wandered back to olden times; to times " that tried men's 8ouls; " to the times when war was raging over tho land ; when good and brave men were fighting for their country, for their homes, and to ostablish tl.is govBrnment; when men knew po North, no South, but all vvoro brothers, Mghting for one common cai.se; when they rningled on ono battlo field, collected firound the samo camp-fire, and were led to battlo by (lie same great man, Geokgb Wasiiinoton. But, now, how changed ! War onco more is spreading desolation over tho country. No logions of a foreign King are here, but it is brother tiglitiug against brother, father against son, North against South, i divided country which should be uniicd; the North invadinga country which thoy twice helped to defend ; the South fighting to destroy the uountry they helped to bui ld, to tear to pieces the constitution they helped to make; the North to protect that Bounti'y, that constitution. ïhe desc;ondants of thoso who fought under the same Generáis, for the same commoa country, for the samo principies, now meet on the battlo field, face to lace, under different commanders, itriving to kill each other; one to maintain the principies that their anestors fought for, one to destroy it. - Who can doubt lor a minute, tho issue nf tho contest ? That the cloud which is now over the country, may soon pass. away, that tho sun may again shiae, and our country may again be united, purified by tho storm that has passed over it, is my daily prayer. And that it will soon be over thero is no doubt. Whatever may bo tho opinión of those at home, whatever may bo the opinión of some of tho letter writers, whatever may be tho opinión oí the papers whoso cry has ever been, " onward, lo Richtnoud," and who spend their time in aesaulting Gen. JIcClellan for bis apparent inactivity, it is my opimon that ho has acted for tho best. Tho army of t'ae Potomac has not been as idlo as some seem to think. They havo all worked harder than any of their friends at home, Generáis, Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lioulenants, and privates, have all worked hard 10 training themselves for the work. - Most ol tho ofücors, as well as privatos, kuew nothing of the duties that they were to do. They ueeded schooling. The neglect of that schooling General McClkllan saw in the battlo of BulPs Eun, whoro regiment went into battle commanded by offieers who knew not their duty. Now, when he goes into battle, he goes with an army, of ollioers and men well disciplined, with men that know and esteem their offioers, with offieers that know and can place reliance on their mon. Such is the army that Gen. McClklla.v now commands, and when it moves, and it will bo moved when the General can move it to advüntage, it will teil, it will overeóme every obstado, it will conquer. Then, those who have cried down General McClellan, who have heaped abuso Apon him, will bo tho first to praise him, the first to say that they thought ho was taking tho wisest course. To my friends, before they condemn the General, I would say, " Wait and seo." Major Wef.ch is on duty again. Tle accompanied the regiment and inaodud it whilo on piokot .Int y. The boys aro all glad to seo hun Qround ngain. TlKSPAY E-KNINC, Flib. 1. Tho snow continnod to f;ill all day y est er day. It froze eome daring the night. It was vory good sltr p-liinpf this morcing, and f I had had ono of Nyo's horsee and cultor, nnd a by my side, I could havo cr.joyod it. Tho min roso :nost beautifuüy thia innrninc, the snow is f':ist disappearing, and soon iiothing wijl bc seen but a vast bed of mud. The Washtcnaw boys in thia regiment are all well. Wl-DNESDAY, Fob. 5. 1883. Last DÏght was tho eoldest of tho season. It was clear and tho air was keun and cutting. It frozo vory hard. The sun rose brighl this morning, and we aio promised a fair day. , i, r. SsT Famales- of the Is'ow York : fust kind, actresses, saloon concert girlfl, etc., - have ippenrcd plentiiully in the legislativa lobby at Albany, havo capturad gray-headed Senators and youthfnl memhers in their toils, and are likely to havo it all their own way. FeiTiule " lobbies" have longed reigoed at Washington, vvhy not do so at Albany? EF" A "Confedérate States" agent - natned Hondricks - was arrestad ia Chicago on Saturday last, whero he had procured the engraving and printing of $300,000 of Confedérate scrip The scrip was secured. with letters containing important iufonnaiion, $735 Southern currency, 8550 in gold. and Si 50 U. S. Treasury notes.The booty was sent to Washington, and Hendricks to Fort Lafayette. ÏC Washingtonjdi-ij-iatches of the 10ÜI inst., say that orders have been issuod prohibiting the graming any more furloughs and directmg all absent orders to return mmediutely to their posts. Judging from tho conseqnencos of similar orders heretoioro issued - by the reporters, perhaps - we rnay expect the arriyal of a nevv lot of rucruiting officers. 1 -i 1 1 ESS" The House, on Tuesday, by a voto of 85 to 40 decided that Mr. Segur the claimant from the Accomac (Va.) district, was not entitled to a seat. The claims of Mr S. wcre sustained by Messrs. Crittenden, Maynard, and o'her border State niembers, but was doomed by the radicáis to " stay out in the cold." We takc it hfs claims to a scat in the House are as good as those of Messrs. Carlisle and Willey to the seats they now hold in.tho Sécate. L3C" The Richmond Enquirer has " got its back up " beeause of the London Times calling Mason and Südell " those fellows." It says that the South oan got along without ËDglaud as long as Engl&nd eau without the South, and coneludes that it is for John Buli's interest 'to cultívate friendly and intimato relations." 2F" Tho Thirteenth Regiment Michigan lnfuntry, Col. Suoemaker, left Kalamazoo on Wedncsday for Kentuoky, with orders to report to (ion. 13i;ei,l. - This regiment is full to the maximum, and has a fine battery of artillery attaohcd. It will reflect credit upon the State. Singular Reo.uests. - Tho Detroit dailies say that Rev. Dr. Hogahtii and Rov. A. Eldridge, of that city, have each requested that their salaries be cut 500 per anntirn. We presume their rerjuests will be granted. ï The first settlement made by the Euglish in America was by Sir Wal ter Ralcigh on lloanoke Island now in possossion of Gen. Burnside.