St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-23

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Z ] wA'n'xoros, July l2th, 1sss. 7
4 DEAnSw1l4. Since mylast thsl gbri-
"as3Fon'th has come aud gone, THE D.
P'ehcte had made extensive ada * 30.
Sivspsepssssios's' to celebrate it-tiiad be-:
gun them during the exciting aud derress-
ing times Of Lees march. into Penusylva-
MA aud continued wnen ealing Sat 'eveaty
man liable to military duty, in order to
insure the safety Of the capital. In The
afternoon tue, news reached US offs victo-
~ by Meade at Gettysburg, and two thous-
aod dollars worth Of 6.e works were burn.
Cd Il the loot Of the unfinished Washing.
ton Monument ia view Of some twenty or
thirty acres Of people. The rejoicing ap-
peared to BE- universal, for the many old
citizens who had boasted, but a, few day,
before, that Lees army would take their
Fourth Of July dinner in Washington,
concluded to keep quiet and play loyal
That large majority Of the citizens prop
er of this city would be glad to see JEFF
Davis established in the White House,
there is, little Doubt: It 10 the northern
emigration which keeps up show Of 10y:
atty here, and if it were not that men who
tan play loyal to a government they hate
in order to save their property ate Of ne
cessity towards, should fear, that in any
attack on Washington, these traitors would
give armed assistance BY stoftninx at, At
tackled fort on the rear. .
When visiting the forts around the city
it occurred to me that this contingency
had been thought Of; for they all, appear
as strong on the Washington side as on
that next the enemy. .n....... =
Ispent the Fourth at Campbell Hospi-
'tal with my rapidly convalescins patients
and staid to sc them carried out to enjoy
the FIRE works, rockets, wheels, blue
lights and various kinds Of, blazes, 50 that
l saw nothing OF the great display except
such as rose high enough to be seen from
that point: There were punches Of rock.
cts Of various colors made to resemble b.
quets. Many people condemned the cel-
ebration as waste and counted what might
have been done with the money. l for
one, thought chat the: worth of these fire
works II feather pillows would heve been
quite God-scnd to hospital patients; but
all such calculations are mistakes. Some
kind Of parade and display appears to he
necessary to keep up the spirit and nation
al pride Of people and this is = nations
true wealth. l hope you had a good ccl-
ebration in St. Cloud. + took great deal
Of comfort in thinking over our celtbra-
Of 1862 and telling the <ick n.cn sboat
it-dcocr,bing the dresses Of the girls
who represented the dasrert States-the
procession, the music which the Band play
ed at our Of6cc-doer-thc songs which
the girls sung in the groye-the speeches
and dinner and all. It hciped them to
get through the dry pleasantly, especially
one whose parents i've III Mantervllle,
Mimi. md WIN from, Ii. irprudense Of
trying to stand before he was strong
enough was suffering very much. I'have
been there one afternoon since have spent
ono day in Carver, one in judiciary Square
and ono in Lincoln Hospital distributing
lemons, sugar, pickles and jelly. To go
through one Of these hospitals requires
hours Of walking. I had partial para sis
Of the feet from too much walking and
find that no two or three days Of rest will
cure the trouble, SO l have gone to, work
in the Department where I must sit seven
hours a day. l hope to be better SO that
if any great battle in this vicinity should
gil our nearly empty hospitals, I may be
able to help take care Of the wounded 10,
a few weeks agafn; but if my feet eontin>
ne as they are even this will be e.t Of the
question. Iehave quite list Of friends
who help me to distribute the things sent
me for the soldiers. e., who take thsn
ITO the men in bed and give them to them,
without trusting to surgeons nurses or any
one else. Then l have become acquaint-
ed with some surgeons, chaplains, nurses
and ward masters that l can trust and
70 whom give things for 8 lex men when
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