Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-07-25
Orr FOR MoRMoNpoM. - Monday

morning the 7th Cavalry. under command OF
that gallant and experienced soldier. Major d.
II. Heath. start Oh their long journey North.
westward. They will be furnished transport
tat,on % far as Grinnell by the NJ 4 N Rail-
road from which point they will mount their
stesds and enter ct once into oil the oaptiva.
tiug beauties Of field life. Up At four o'clock
in the moroing. an hour 10 spent grooming aud
feeding the horsss. Al Ave the men feed
thsmsslves. and At six Il 10 supposed the regi-
msnt will be we'll away on the days march.
A couple Of hours 10 given at noon for rssting
and feeding man and beast, and then oil again
on the march. The monotony Of this spscies
Of lfs 10 varied occasionally by 40 hour or
two's work preparing wood for the camp
cooks. or taking turn At cooking yourself
Then occasionally = lively shower. sccompA
MED by loud speaking thunder. and exceed
ingly forksd lightning visits the oamP The
| horses become rsstive, break loose from their
mooriugs. and start oil on an Independent
oruze. tie then that you hsvs . real taste
Of the beauties Of field life. The order 10 Civ
|
don't take you long TO turn out. TOR the wind
has removed your little tent. and left you with
the skiss for . covering. and they do leak
sometimes. But hunting up your cattle is
quite another thing. Dark - Jovs's cellar l.
your surroundings. aud . psltiug rain is beat
ing down upon your unprotected head You
feel yonr way TO the place where you tied
your herss, and discover that he has magnan-
imously left you half his halter. but has beta
ken himself to the prairie. TEsn for hunt
after your stsed. which. through the long vet
grass. 10 Of eourss s1ossdingly pleasant and
sxhilerating. No more slsep fer that night.
and .hs next day you are compelled to act the
part Of = walking olothss-lins drying your
garments.
These arc soms Of the beauties Of camp life.
These are things connected with the institu.
tion not quite 80 pleasant Pulling mulss and
wsgons through sloughs and across streams. is
not calculated to improve . mans ehansss Tor
heaven. Mule meat diet, and short commoDs
At that. don't add to . nan's happiness much.
but they are among the eceentrls,ties Of war.
although fortunately Of rare occurrence.
However. take It Gil in oil. ws have no doubt
the boys will have Jolly good time The
season is the plsasantest Of the year. and with
. due regard TO their own interests. vs have
no doub, the trip will be hugely enjoyed. W.
understand ths regiment viii probably push
on 10 Utah. TO act - . wholesome corrective
OF come Of the abuses Of that bsDightsnsd
land
A TELRoRArH Linz TRoUBLtp WITH WOaNs.-
We learn from the Tro, Tunes that during the
past week the Saratoga line worked very bad
| ly. Although communication was not inter
/ rupted, il vas almost impossible 30 send
message = the amount Of mechanical labor be
ing rather more than the amount received for
The dispatch. The locality oi the break We,
found TO be between Troy and Waterford
Sir. Buel, manager Of the Troy office deter
mined TO trace ont the difficulty. 90 he started
10 . hsnd-csr from Green Island. In company
with Mr., Strong, master mechanic Of the
Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad, and made
thorough reconn noissaboe Of the line. by the
side OF the track, as far - the Waterford Of
fee Within . stones throw Of the latter
place the cause Of the trouble vas detected.
The wire passed through the branches Of =
tree, and 10 one place the glass insulation had
been rubbed of-expo.ing the metal TO con
tact with the wood This. Of itself. would not
have made any trouble; but. just above tn.
point whore the wire touched the branch.
worm. known - . !" borer" had commenced
operations and deposited ihs pieces OF bark
that he bored from the uss in . swsll pile on
the iroD-completely burying IT, and forming
very nice connection with the ground On
renewing the trophies OF this i" bore the line
~orksd in the best possible manner -Er
ehangs.
We have sometimes been at q loss TO know
precisely "whA,a the matter with the tsle-
graph line over which we rscsivs our dis
pstchsa without the slightest di'csrnabls
provocation IL has been known TO act most
vic,ously. Probably the above extract tx-
plains the mystery. We would recommend
tho managers OF the concern to empty their
batteries Of the chemicals they contain and
fill them With Fhansstoek's Vermifugs. and
that the operators and messengers along the
line uss the same specific freely. We do hope
that they viii ~ lsAst make the trial If
worms" 10 what ais the concern - want to
know 1t.