The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-29
Our Army Correspondence.
LETTER FROM CHATTANOOGA.

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1t really makes one feel good-natured
to receive news rom the old home. felt
so upon receiving the daily PIONEER few
days since. Although ! receive on an
average about one a week, yet each one is
worth the price of g years subscription
1t is evident Uncle Sans mail arral ge-
ments are somewhat demoraliz.d in this
benighted region.
Matters and things in this department
keep moving slowly and yet surely. 1
should judge, from daily observations,
that an average of one thousand rebe
prisoners per day are being brought in
here from the front, that is for the week
past, and yet more to come They do not
remain here long, but are sent north of
the Ohio. If the rebels are taking as
many OF our men as We do of them, it is
big thing; but we can beat them in the
end at that, taking into account the num-
bers of men in each army.
The best joke of all in the way of taking
prisoners is, that our scouts a few days
since discovered in the western part of
North Carolina camp of instruction, and
came back to Knoxville and reported,
when cavalry force went out Ga distance
of about one hundred through the
enemy's country the greater part of the
way, and surprised and captured them.
They arrived here day before yesterday,
and are now en- route to camp of instruc-
ton in country where they grow wheat
and corn, and will scrape less pitch. There
was fine set of officers with them, dressed
in their pretty new gray coats, all trimmed
nicely with gold FILINGS, there being great
contrast between them and those captured
at the front from Johnston's army.
The rebels think we are huge on the
fanking movement, and as l heard an old
lady from rear Atlanta say "You 'uns
don't fight We 'uns farr Oair). There's
that big Captain Hooker, with his COM
pany. just flukes (danks) US every time"
"That big Captain Hooker keeps up
bis reputation as Fighting Joe here in
the Army of the Cumberland as well as he
did on the Potomac.
The non-veterans of the Minnesota Sec
Ond were mustered out last week and /
suppose are sat home " ere this. The
new recruits for the Second arrived here
yesterday, received their fighting boots
to-day, and are now on their way to Mari
eta, Ga where the Second are stationed
and where they will probably remain
sometime. Major CAL Uline received the
boys, and is now en- route with them.
Capt. Donnahower is in town with squad
of the men of the Second who are to be
mustered out at the end of the north.
I see by the PIONEER received to-day
that what is left Of the "bloody Fifth |"
have veteranized, and had baen welcomed
"home." I would have given my last
dollar to have been there to see, to hear,
and to have grasped the hands of the
heroes of Pennington, CoriAth, VicEs-
burg, &c.
The Fourth was celebrated in true mill.
tary style here, and it is the first Fourth
of July l ever saw but what l was not
bored by those Internal pop guns, FIRE
crackers, torpedoes, &c. The fire crack
ers heard here were 100 Founders and
did not do q particle of harm yet
am expecting every day to read of con-
fagrations, accidents, SC. up in America,
occasioned by fire crackers. On Look
Out there was a gay party, with dinner,
music and dancing.
Your humble servant, with few chums,
spent two or three hours at night on the
very point of Look Out Mountain. The
view ut night was magnificent, and wor h
trip across the continent to witness.
There, in death-lke silence of the night
we not only toasted to the day We cele-
brate, I" but we drank to the memory of the
friends far away, the loved ones at home,
ard to the departed heroes of the many
battle-felds before us I cannot cOnjec-
ture where / may spend another Fourth
of July night as pleasant, but l do hope
and pray the next one we celebrate may
be one when we are united people. when
this "cruel war is over" L. E. L.
/ Another Candidate for Congress.