St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-08-21

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ton Of sickness. After; a good nights
ret ono can stand almost any degree Of
he.t for six d eight hours. Of those who
left Foa1t Smelling and belonging Is our
company tthirty:eight are at this time on
the eiok list. Some convelssoent,: some in
the Brigade Hospital, some 10 the Gener-
Il Hospital and others gone North. =: OF
our upper country men, Albert White6eld
70 start North Oh siSk leave. ! He
is much changed. Alouzo Spaulding, of
uaipe p 1airie, is At Jefferson :Barraek,
Mo-, and is, 1 believe convalescent; L. H.
Pratt, Of Anoka, quite sick; James Fur
geson, of Sank Centre, eonvalescent; but
exceedingly weak and liable: to relapse
Hill, Of Belle Prairie, at home on sick
leave; Johnath.n Taylor, of Belle Prairie
eonvalesoert; George Russell, Of West
Union, will probably be discharged
trouble: hernia; Daniel Hammond, Of
Swan River, at Hospital, quite i'll Geo.
Davis, Sank Centre, very weak, but will
recover with care. '.;.:.s -. - = j.,
" Ibelieve that our commanders design
keeping the army inactive during the
warnest weather unless necessity should
arise for forward movement. / learn to-
day from tolerably reliable source that a
large force belonging to the enemy are
concentrating to the south east Of us and
it is possible that We may in short time
quit our present encampment and march
across into Alabama There are various
rumors aaoat-one day We are going to
Arkansas or Missouri, again We are going
to reinforce Gen. Pope's wing Of the ar
my Of the East. There is show Of PROP
ability in this latter ramor, since I know
that Col. Carlin and the men composing
his brigade are held in deservedly high
esteem, being most Of them tried troops
and, wen disciplined. I think a few bril-
gades Of Western men attached to the ar
my IF the Potomac would do much toward
settling that little Richmond affair. I
firmly believe that the army Of the Missis-
sippi will march steadily forward to the
Gulf of Mexico whenever the time comes
for 4 forward movement. I believe that
the same men would open the gates Of
Richmond. Give the order and one uni
ver,al shout would 60 up from this vast
army, despite the sun, sickness, fatigue,
or what not if that order would read "Sol-
diers Of thu West! we lead you forth to
battle. The hour has come whel we must
possess the country lying between us and
the waters Of the Gulf! Your country looks
to you-time is precious--let. our watch
word be-*Onward to Victory"
I cannot express to you with what in
tease satisfaction the soldiers receive the
news Of the Confscation Act. and of. the
carrying out of that which, to any man
here in the field, must be done, before
these people can be brought to their SEN
ses. There are frequently occasions when
we t*must be cruel only, to be kind" and
thus it is with the people Of the South.
Is it not strange that this truth 50 appar-
ent to every man of good common sense
should have been 50 long reaching the
brains Of those who are supposed from
their positions to be endowed with lar.
ger share Of sense than many others?-
The sooner "ths powers that be" divest
themselves Of the belief that we may win
the. South back by Kindness. the better.
The sooner these powers come to the con-
clusion that love Of country, that that
pride which fills. yours, and mine, and
millions: of. loyal breasts, is dead in the
Southern mind, is poisoned the sooner
the war is carried on with ~vigor hereto
fore unkuown-war in all its horrible real
tiles, con6scatiop, emaucipation-war 70
the knife and tho knife to,the hilt-,the
better. 1t, is too plain, and sad it makes
me feel to know i 70, 10 arrive at any 9th.
er conclusion: r,<i:;.s. a..atss,u.. :. ! T.
r.. Lam glad, to abes able to state that ou'
Battery is regarded very favorably BY oa'
Division and Brigade commanders and by
officers wherever we are known. This il
owing to the indetatigable exertions Of ou'
Captain, Wm.:Aug. Hotchkiss, thorough
disoiplinariap and one who, when the occa'