From "away Down South In Dixie "

12th Rbo't Micic. [katisv, Gen. tritAvr's A umi . ! Pixtsbuügw, áJiibamn. Al art --Ótli. 1862. J Mi!. Euixoit: - W ould it n'.eusc you to reccive few notes on the war and l!iu í-'otilli, oerasitmilly, früm i stray son"of old WuslitonaTT, wlio fiuds liimsülf on the extreme poijjt of tlio vast Union tycdga wbich s ciiterittg the lieert of reboldom ? [ ean promise you all that comes hcforc tlie eye of tho soldier, wtth manv liintsof hls private lifo wliieh t!ie carpet-floor correspondent and tlie world in general know liltlo about. - At p-osent I o;ui Writo scarccly moro tiinii a sketch of our journcy from tho tïorlh, as I wish to send this letter by tin; steaincr wliieh brouglit us up. Ou the 1 Ith iiist. wc reccived niarehing orders, and on the 19th tho cars were rolling from Nilcs for St. Lonis, where wo were to got further orders from Gen. Malleok. We stopped for coiTee at Jolot, and then slept till Spriligfiold wns announeed about 4 o'clock next moriiing, I strained my eyes through the gr;y dawn in liopcs thoy niiglit rest on the vesidence of our Ooinmander-iii-Ohiof, but a young soldier, who is an old traveler, soon brouglit in my head by Baying that Mr. Lincoln's house was on the er sido ot the town. 1 lic country from horc till witbiu tweuty miles of the Mississippi is tho fincst I have BÖ80. To one accnstoincd only to the woodod slopes and plains of Michigan these vast prairies sei;i)i magnificent. They stretch on every sido as far as the eyo ean reach, tlie gr-oves. hcro and there giving the country Ml old and cultivaled aspect. - - Old Michigau lost raany a fond ld ui ir er oq this fine niorning, but I for onc remara true truc to my first love. I have seon no town so beuutiful as Ann Arbor, and no country I would exchange for Michigan. As the train spcd over thnse rich fields niy chief thuught was, thcro rolls the land which has nourished the héroes of llenry nud Douclson, It ia DOW proved tiiat freedorn uecd no longcr, as of oíd, bc eonfmed to mouutains aud roeks. The Mississippi at first difiappointed me. The " Pather of Waters," the 'longest river in the world," had rung in my earssince ehildhood. aud, lierc was my grand ideal shrunk iuto a commou river ; but a eloser view on the boat from Alton to Cairo brought the great stream almost up to my iir.aginary Standard. - Wc expectcd to remain a few days at St. Louis, aud it was with somewhat of a romantic fceling I stopped on the soil of a slave State. Wc were drawing close to the scène of contest, and about to become actors in the most important war of anoient or modern times. Judge how niuch thisR feeliug was heightened when we received an order in lesg than half an hour to proceed to Savannah, Tennessee, immedia'.ehj! The r3uka grew wild with excitement, and'thc heavy knapsacks and driüzliog rain wcre forgotten in a moment. Two hunebed miles south of Ft. Henry and close to the line of Alabamal This was " Look away iuto tho land of cotton," in good earnest. Back we went to the river, and spent the night in a boat lately taken from the rebels. It was a bitter cold nigbt, och one wrappcd hls blankct around hini and lay down in the most sheltered corner ho could find, but there was littlo sleep. In faot it seemed to grow cokler as we went forward and many a one tboogfat it a itoihI joke to cali this the Su'.my South. At'ter a wiiile we r.' hay to sloep on, lm' even then I found sk'cping so diangrceáble on one nighf, tliat I voluuteercd to stand guard ■! preferenoe, and enjoyed mjseif walking b:iclward and forward wi'h my blanket and gun. Many a woak onc treinbled in tlie knees in these dark days, nnd aighed for tho flesh pots of Camp Barkcr. We saw litlle of St. Louis but the tieamboats and smokc. One of our poor felloffs was accidentaliy drowned by falling overboard, and we gladly left a place of so many disagreeab'e associations. - Cairo looks couiinuii enough for a town of so mach celcbrity. Hcrc we saw the black, saucy gun boats fcr the first time. They sceiu wcil iiitcd for offence, but not for defenöe, I do.Dot wonder that so many wero disablcd at Forts ilrniy ind Eonclson. Tbere do not secm to bc uiany BolJiera hcrc, nor at 15ird 's Foint, but botli shores bristlo with cannon - a liostile fleet could not livo an hour bctwccn thcra. At Cairo we took on board Gou. Prent is, who is to be our Brigadier. He strikes you at first as an elegant gentleman, rathcr t!ian the wisc and brave jencral wliicli he is. Of medium size, ibout forty-five ycn.M of age, nerrous, well kuit frame, witli lively, dark grey syes, hair and beard sliglnly giay, and srorn short, no moustache, and s:iokc.s almost continuously - altogethcr lio loóles like a man to be loved and obeycd. Ou the morning of tbü 2-lth we arrived at Paducah. Ilcro the officers partcd with their wives and cbildïon, who teturned homo with heavy but hopcful hearte, and we i'aiyly entercd the " land ofDisio" up tlio Tenncsso. Wc have no more cold blasts to coniphiin of- all was gay as opening spring as we advanccd. öoon we passed a farmer sowing grain, and niany trees had already open cd thoir buds. The green mislletoe bang f rom the sycaniorcs, and the canc which h to niake northern fishing polcs by-andby was four or fivo feet high in the low grounds, while spots of grass and wheat Yere scattercd all along the shore, ïhu sun went down and taa stars roso one af ter another, whilo wo still remained on deck. I wrapped my blanket around me and lay uudor an cave of tho hurrieane, nntil awakeued by a voieo from ghore. Tbo boat had btoppcd, and the i'ollowing colloruy was gofrig on : "What placo is that ?" "Fort Ilenry." "What Bteameris that 'i;' "Tlie Metoor." "Have you any mails uboard ï" " About a thousand males." "Ha! ha! ha!" Ijumj.i'.l up, but i:ould sec uotbiug but two steñtuers and a few seattered 1 ■ ! t h . Tl.ic boíl rang and the boijl v;as ;iaiu 011 lior way, and so we paásed tlie si-ene of the first great suecess of thc Federal anny. I could liave wisliod lo seo t by dnyliglit, ljut greater things are tq be dono. ITeury and Douelson are beliind, wliile 100,000 Doion S"lilicj.s welcoiiK' us to the groat bottje (Lilds n'hich aro lo decida thc tale of "NÍiMiipliis and split Soofeáain in twain. 'ÏÏ8 a weck sin;,".; vo left Niles, and wo wcro at Savaiiüali, tho headquarters oí Gen. Grant, at three o'clock tliis moniing. We liave just arrived at tliis place, tho vangiiard of t!ie UnioD anny. Many ttfour brave boys must feite tlio tfust, but if our country still remaÍDS, death is weicome which seourea frecdom to t!ie world. Wo are figliting íor tlie liborty of tlie Human Kaco. Oa the Ünion army Iras fallen the miglity task, but tboy aro tqual to their rcsponsibilíty, Yours, in hasto,