Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-16
Army CORRE,PoN DEMCE.

son. St. Louis, May l2th, 1868.
Unless you are SO constituted So that
you enjoy being jammcd to death in a
crowd, and tired to death 10y standing for
long time in the most uncomfortable
position, and being grlled by the sun and
blinded by the. dCst and desfvncd by the
noise, great and - -lorious celebration
is likely TO be terrible bore. For in
stance: the Camp jackson celebration of
yesterday was really grand affair, but it
was oh, so tedious
The st. Lonisans had been for many
days preparing for this iete, which will
henccior.h make each returning 10th Of
Nav greater day in St. Louis than The
4th of July, and the name of Lyon and
his associates more illustrious in their
eyes than the names of those who in 70
made "Independence day" day to be rc
membercd and observed and reoiced at
by all the world-and their arrangements
were ths most complete i,nagin ,ble.
The Germans had held celebration OF
their own IN Coneordla Park, on SUNDAY,
at which there was said to have hcen as
semb about 5000 people. But not
one OF the 5000 aforesaid was satisfied
TO let the matter rest in that way, aad
they turned out in mass to the graud af--
fair Of yesterday.
The bn.nes. of preparation for on
part OF the show began at an early hour
in the morning. Al 10 o'clock a. m, the
three infantry reg ments which compose
the "a division of the Army OF the From.
tier, viz the 26th Ind. 37th LII. and the
Goth Iowa, marched out Of Camp Jack
son, where they have bern staying for
the last few days, aud wcut down town to
take the position assigned them in the
procession. The weather was hot and
dry aud dusty. and st. Louis has never n
sh de tree IN her st ects, SO far As know.
We marched through good many streets
to the place of iend zvous, and formed a
line on the sunny side OF the street, stack
ed arms, rested III place, and waited an
hour and half for the next thing TO be
done Pretty soon the Giey Boards came
up and formed on or let | don't know
what was beyond them. but there were 3
regiment, OF Missouri Miilia. several bat
teries. small squad Of cavalry, steam fire
engines, a silver cornet band OF 100 mem
bers and | don't know how many other
things in the procession.
At nearly one o'clock the signal was
given that Maj. Gen. Curtis was about to
pass the line in review. a moment after
he gallo, ed past us, followed by a regua,
crowd Of Brig. Generals, Coonels, Lieut.
Colonies, Majors and lesser officers, lep
rcsentin. every branch Of the service,
even iocluding some gentlemen with an
chor. on their shoulder straps. They
were rugged out in their sunday clothes,
and looked "deSput fne," but drar me,
it was nervous thing to see some of
them ride-they didn't seem Yoite at
home on horseback, not in every instance.
In few minutes more we took up the
line Of march. The parts of the CITY
through which We passed were gaily
decked with flags and Tn on rosettes. AT
every window we could see crowds of
well dressed men and women waving
flags and handkcrchiefs and cheering us
as we went along. IL was a splendid
sight, and Il Q orious tribut, to the mem
orr of the living and the dead heroes Of
NAV 10Th, 1861. 1t ought TO have mad
one feel Jolly, ut then the heat and the
dust, and the long the we had 10 walt
before we moved. All it WAS a most
insuiferable bore. When will pc pie WHO
have the management OF such affair 5
learn not to keep people waiting on the
ground till they are tired out, before they
arc allowed to move:
About three O'Clock we arrived at
Camp Jackson. which is a very pleasant
place, and ref icts great credit on the
judgment Of Gen. Frost, who selected it as
his camp, N which to train his traitor ous
crew.
allan hour later the troops were prop.
erly arranged,the arms were stacked, sa
lutte of thirty five guns Was fired, and
speeches wee bri' G made of such yio
lent abolition character as would have
shocked the staid oil "consci vative CHAPS
who, twelve o. thirteen Years ago, mad,
such desp-ra etfo,ts to stayc off the pres
ent state of affairs by the means of "com
promises" and final settlements" O
things VIII ich ,oouid not stay compromise,
and finally settled. Well, if people mus
talk about abolition, Why slave State i
very clearly proper place to do 1t in.
1t is said that thee were 10000 peopl
on the ground, and guess that there wer
full as many AS that, and the singular tn NJ
about the matter was this, that the more q
an abolitionit aspeaker avowed himse
70 be, the more the crowd would chez