dle of the wood.
The grass is dry and withered, but better than nothing. One from
Wisconsin would be surprised to find the season so far advanced, if he
were to come here. The corn is yellow and the leaves are sear and dead,
and everything looks much later than it usually does in Wisconsin. But
the change here is slower and it gradually falls into a healthy old age,
while there everything is green in the evening and next morning blighted
by the bitter frost. With proper culture in intelligent hands,
vegetation of all kinds can be brought to a higher degree of perfection
here than there. But instead of finding extensive fields waving with
clover and rich with beauty, we find but small worn-out patches with
deadened trees, standing as a monument of the enterprising race that has
so long inhabited these parts--ignorance and slavery.

Glendale, Tuesday, Oct. 13. Cloudy, with occasional showers and distant
thunder. A large division forage train took the road to the north. In
moving they go in charge of staff officers and heavy escort of infantry.
The cavalry is very busy. A large squad left this morning on different
roads, while some go and come all day. The report of the Sherman capture
is contradicted but no particulars of the raid, which evidently designed
it. A small mail arrived with Wisconsin dates of the 6th, but I was
disappointed. Spent the day patching and putting pocket in my blouse
vice the old one worn out. Capital workman I. To-day was election day
for Ohio, Iowa and Indiana, and the troops from these states voted.
To-day the fate of Vallandigham is sealed, I trust, and those who would
henceforth seek him will find him in the grave.

Glendale, Wednesday, Oct. 14. A wet morning, raining heavily. Fed seven
ears of corn to team this morning, brought in yesterday by forage team.
Rained in the forenoon so that we did not graze, but it cleared off at
noon, and as we had no feed, we grazed two hours in the woods and gave
three pints of shelled corn to the team for supper. It is strange how
they live upon such fare. They are getting very poor. Train arrived from
Memphis this afternoon with paymaster but they say that we will not be
paid.

Glendale, Thursday, Oct. 15. Rained nearly all night, but cleared off
this morning and it was a very pleasant day. No feed for horses. Grazed
them in a dry field for two hours. Train came in this afternoon with a
little grain and hay for our Division. We drew half rations for