The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-25

The Invalid Corps.
We beseech our readers not to be
prematurely alarmed. The title of this
article does not involve any tacit or direct
allusion TO strategy. Neither has it the
most remote reference to military hospi-
tails. We renounce and ALLURE alb fnitio
all intentions of bewildering the popular
brain with "f1ank movements" or Of
cheating hasty retreat -" into the public
pericranium. A cursory examination of
leading articles upon the military situa-
ton" published in one or more papers
since the commencement of hOstilities,
has convinced US of the inutility of all go
cieties for the diffusion of useful knowl-
edge. Useful ignorance is much more to
the point. To be great military critic, is
synonymous with being great goose.
The masters of pen-and-ink strategy can
predict to a dead certainty what is now
going to happen. -.s
By the "invalid corps > We are to be
understood as referring to the little army
of volunteers who are here recruiting
their health. The battalion of invincibles,
who, incapacitated by disease from joining
their brothers of theP Potomac in "seeking the
bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth, I"
are facing the wintry blasts of Northern
Minnesota, and charging bayonet on the
"grim destroyer in the midst of these
hyperborean regions. There is something
very admirable in the courage and endur-
ance evinced by the "invalid corps" of
St. Paul in its temporary expatriation.
The Army of the Potomac must look out
tor its laurels. The "invalid corps, like
Napoleon's Imperial Guard, "never SUR
renders" Compact, organized and def
ant, it rallies, with smile upon its ceun-
tenance, around the old flag, marches into
the enemys country, and burns all the
bridges behind it. .
As the keen, cutting blasts Of winter
are now upon us, and the rigors of cold
climate and falling thermometer are to be
met and vanquished, we hope our friends
of the " invalid corps will submit to
little wholesome discipline, and organize
their personal habits into such form and
consistency as will be most likely to secure
the object they are in search OF. Regular
hours, dry warm feet, cool heads, fresh
air, healthy food and moderate exercise
are the conditions upon which good health
are to be obtained All this requires a lit
tie energy and determination. The iner-
tia Of sickness can only be overcome by
daily instalments of resolution, paid in at
regular hours. .. o.t
The elasticity of our Minnesota atmos-
phere, and the comparative freedom and
ease with which the lungs can be inflated
by it, are of material assistance to the in
valid, in his efforts to overcome the phys
ical difficulty of inertia. Our clear, cold,
sparkling, electrical days, revive and in
vigorate the debilitated frame, and doubly
fortify the feeble and wavering resolution.
But to secure the practical benefits of the
climate, it is absolutely necessary to cut
loose from the lounge and the sitting room,
to beat an ignominiOus retreat from the
stove and rocking chair, and to live as
much of an outdoor life as possible.
Riding, in its various forms, is of
course to be preferred where ones
means will permit of it; but walking is
an established and inexpensive exercise,
which can be resorted in ali contingencies.
The ennui and tedium Of stormy days,
can be distracted by an occasional game
of billiards, or by a recourse to some Of
the many forms OF pratice, suggested by
DiO Lewis gymnastics Above all things,
let the members of the invalid corps "cul-
tivate social habits" Avoid the insidious
tendancy t. brood over your personal suf-
ferings, and exaggerate the evils attendant
upon your condition, by identify ing your
self as far as is convenient with the
amusement and pleasures of those around
Won. Make a pastilne of conversation,
and when that becomes tiresome, have a
ouiet game of whist on the non-sociaj
PRINCIPLES of Mrs Battle. Charles Lambs