St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-08-13

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Wlxc.Es1ss, Tzxx., July 7egh, 1865.
DEAR W1LL--The campaign i ended.
The veteraa army Of the Cumberland
the "silent army" lies At the base Of the
Csaber|soa noaat.ins, ths Iiall sxtl-
ing from McMinnxille on the left to Win
chester on the right
Gen. Rosec,aas i IN Nashviil1lle. As
can come through from Nashville . D.
saefd daily, biesisg vsst .ne1pe =
stores for the use of the army. Basineas
has resumed the natnr.l currents and tn
army, lives, moves and has it,. .beinG,
Kegular camps are formed. Al syssen q
drilling daily has commenced. Forge
trains make regular trips to the "sssal
districts" and the harvesters in Glue pants
show . hapdineas with the acythe, fox
and rake, truly surprising, much to !hs
discontinue of ''sympatni.ers" and hot>
roe Of the "Ch.tt..oos. Rebel" C.vslty
under the leadership Of Stanley, Mitchell
and Wilder, are pursuing system of
sraidins'' through Northern Ahbatn. md
even extending up in East Tennessee md
Northern Georgia, "sobbling up" Tenne..
seean deserters from Brass's army prison
ers, negroes, cattle, horses, mules, hegs,
sheep striking terror into the hearls of
the chiv.a1y, cleaning cat bushwh.sken,
ofwhom there Is hott, and fsirl5 sut-
Morganing Morgan in their quick, d.shy,
successful movements. q S
Fine weather, healthy region, aocu-
toned to camp life, and IN o.erveeoing
eoai>ieaee in beloved "Rosie," keeps the
army in good spirits, sound health and
best possible trim, ready for an advapee
movement a soon As our line OF :coo.n1u-
nic.tion is made sure and effective.
The officers are enjoying /. repose, and
INDUCING in short trips to Nashville and
Louisville, which necessarily detrac:s from
the life and s.yety Of the towns, aud We
term it ''stagnant," "dull," "nothing 60
Ing on" and were it not for the news Of
"Riots," "Morsaa's scare,' THE contest
ia Ohio," " "V.llaodigh.~," and "Ch.rles-
ton News" We could hardly keep from
depbrable e~.~;:
Your little troubles at the North ampse
u and excite our contempt. The con-
script riots arouse al the indignation
within as. The exploits Of Morgan .re
laughed At. Many s.y It is i. good thing
for the cause in more than one way. Stay
at-homcs find out what war is and Morgan
ends his career with the whole OF his COM
nand in the "last ditch" dug in Iree soil,
aear the home Of VLl.u1iyh4m~ We
await, aaxiously, news from Charleston, IS
sce are inclined 70 hob-nob with Gen. Gil
more somewhere in Georgia, ria Atlanta.
Fifty bales Of cotton passed through
here yesterday, gathered west Of here in
direction of Salem. Alas ! for King Cot
Forty Or 6fty prison ers-"Greybacks"
came in today, mostly deserters. Many
are not inclined favorably towards these
men and believe they have an orgsni.a-
ton and places Of rendezvous and merely
| use the cloak Of dese.tion to eoasesl their
purpose which is to get within and threat
Of our line, aud bushwh.ck aid burn
bridges, passing of As citizens when &C.
Ecused. There we're many such cases &C.
CARED last year. These very men, at III,
slig ghtest reEerse to our arns, would tern
upon u. Prsoners are we'll clad and
say they were we'll fed. Their detestatiou
Of Bragg IS believed to be sincere.
] We have seen IS yet no oolored troops
in this army proper. There are hundreds
work isg = tea.,aters, cooks, hlorers, etc.,
Ebut in this vicinity We have yet to 80 IN
enlisted colored soldier. The id>. n gen
er.lly approved BY officers and men.
/ Government is making great effort to-
lxazds osg,niing new troops Is "three
vear yetes,n Vo|s." and Regular for I've
1years service, e4e.isg . besnty d fsur
hundred and Two dollars to those three
years yee....,sI. men only Who. have been in service
a,ne peaths and upwards. Fosty-t~o
dsllazs pad At the mastering in Of recruit