Correspondence.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 2

Correspondence.

. v To the Mit4K<fr. fihe\fy!f>$st- ] Sir-—Sint''® y°u asil n®^.' £rcW me t*iere H^» been greats M^i-amongst; bur pliant company/ Our bouucino-' .capt^hasvbben putting us thrbugh. our facings & .rarel^le; ,he hadgot us so up ttT tlieWk that 1L to thought at quite-useless tojnll > u"s more1 tlfaWe *j!* foartceirdays instead j>f once •inWeri.'T3ui^^^ engaged a newilfili' '-secant,''a'n* talks of grilling' us two or three "time; 'J* )y eelc;'7 ~, »" .. ' . soldiers from England ,- had., pur captau} been asked about a month ago-to , Jjo/ito/v rayanaju, he would have answered ihatfhis •-«len wsreiready for, any thing. But now the sGal^• i^M t-«»nfid 5 for wejfind out, now we have got our1' 1 thafj our men know nothing, *t& Wuv!' sl«Pl»er ifr less: only ' six yards from the centre'^extettd.^ and tlujt he has gSt off •well iiby:m^m;o^l; tod-W'bas every] one of the company to their .hearth extent, tor it has caused us to run n^ny awhile.' i'^par new teaqher is a new hand amongst u^ liicfee; nothing about it; and if hedoes not I J^BUfV^fl^ 18 ?°l ? n, c amongst us will tell him, feV^'fe.-?^" 80*^ of even the thoughts of it. oi'iii iji»/ij-;'!. i;■ ■-- Now, Mr. Editor,. ; we u want Sftniei^ mtorv^ tl?]>': from you or some one else as i:tsgai:d& c ! oar officers'. I want to know .wbqther/iom'ic.aptainffe ' ?"ov^ ll^ iiatljutantyonthe adjutant-above our captasM'J wr-UK) said at thedrU);the.other^ay! that^eihatC^,?^^' iour hetv di'iHiae'igean^eWf-irely-'dii1 'Ms-tfwn ' imtjility.'''l-w# iiot-'avv'iyetiil'-Mw^hat a catitaiu f coUM-%so^aiid'ihefe' iskiW£ 'gpfiat^eal of a?u™l pab'6utliiei%rei\i;!'lf'.^6I&'%^wfahy < thing onM u:s.liiiibw as soo JM^ !;pbWil)i- e';i j !b!r'>ve; 7^'aye i;Ic6!F|ibr.^ sergeauts' '«*' lijs''nialfi;ig, 'l'otW^fftlVei^'i a!na!|f'*t|ie skipped ri^li t I'^'-fliiii; go*ahfe^'.^Ut* i^|j6'..is. \V.rong 1 do |v ", tliiiife' lie'k'nows' it^'and'he inust'^he told byjhi!f,s : superior officers that there is one above him, ori lie 'wilT'dbaH sorts of things. r At any rate we d^n'f r 'intend to be bounced'niucii^kin^etf '■"'tipfflix 1; % if -hetstiot pirt a stop ~to"soon, the™iTextthing yoy, ; will; J)e/uite^pfivviU ifo .iha^*;ibbitie|i.d«ii| Wf us up to i-Jp^m&&Ws&Msto&toW ho^vould j Ijikji Bo^ for he ttweatehetl ■ the stick on b^

occasion; and blackguarding one or the other of us is a common occurrence, and singling a man Out and calling him a black sheep and lots of crooked p,amea, everi, after he Was told that the black sheep was right and he was wrong;' , ' ■' There is another thing we wish to know, about.* A'ffer the captain has fined} a man, can he take'Vn" apology and, let the man :off clear ?or must he' apologise to the company.,?' There are very queei'' reports-about what iacTone with the fines. .• , .-' .„ r / 1 A VOLUNTEER, ._ll—_ (~ % - To the Editor of the Colonist. - Sir—May -I- request- the faVor of "your giving greater publicity to the following' address by inserting it,in your next number.^C' S.