St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-06-08
OUR CHATTANOOGA LETTER,
THE END OF the WAR AND Of war COR.
RESPONDENTS.
THE COMING IN or SURRENDERED
REBELS.
THEIR APPEARAnCE AND CoNDuC,
THE "YAkKs" ON 4 SPECIE BASIS.
Conflicts Between the Interests Of
Union and Rebel Citizens.

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Conflicts Between the Interests Of
Union and Rebel Citizens.
Advice to Northern People who would
90 South to Speculate.
111nNEsoriA ITEMS. ~
CHATTANOOGA, TEsx., May %, 1865.
EoIToR DEMockAr.-The war end
ed, and peace virtually declared through
the removal Of restrictions and opening
OF trade, have inclined us to the belief
that the occupations Of ''our war cor
respondents are gone. The stock in
trade Of letter writers such as cam
paigns, marches, skirmishes, battles,
siegcs, with the usual wise speculations,
have been suddenly taken away aud
Il the enlighteners (?) Of the dear public
at the North are driven to the wall and
will be obliged to direct their efforts to
more peaceful scenes hereafter.
i, We are now passing from a state Of
actual war to peace basis-are in .
transition state. The fircs Of rebellion
have been quenched and the discordant
elements in the heretofore seething,
bubbling cauldron are quieting dow
into that placid repose which is the
harbinger Of prosperity, happiness and
contentment to our common country.
May it be speedy, secure and perma-
nent. The rebellion tottered to its fall
SC: quickly, it was difficult for us in this
section to realize the fact. But after
tho fall ofthe two grand pillars Of reb-
1mmortar trio, Grent, o,.~--~-,N.
Sheridan, the small bodies Of rebel
troops in East Tennessee, Northern
Georgia and Alabama wended their way
hi:herward and surrendered. And not
until they marched into our fortified
town, long lines Of infantry and caval-
~, did We fully realize that the peace
millennium had come. -, ~ =; -
2 For the past week the town has been
full of surrendered rebels waiting to re-
ceive their necessary papers and be
transported to their homes. They are
mostly Tennessee and Kentucky men.
The cavalry brigAdes commanded by
Brig. Gen. Hill, of Tennessee, and
Brig. Gen. Williams, of Kentucky,
cawe into town a few days ago and
surrendered. They were here two days
receiving their paroles aud turning over
their horses to the Government-ofi-
GERS only being allowed to retain their
animals, pursuant to an order from Gen.
Thomas. Much fault was found at this
order from the fact that many rebel sol
diers own their horses. Perhaps they
lose sight of the fact that all of these
horses we're stolen from Union people
when they raided through this State
and Kentucky. In addition to about
three thousand infantry arrived here
during the past ten days, the prison
yard, barracks and the Jail were crowd
ed to their utmost, and the remainder
bivouacked in the streets, on open lots
and vacant spaces about town. Rations
were issued to them aud they were
made as comfortable as the circnmstan.
ces would permit, During the day
they would congregate on Market street,
the main thoroughfare here, and fill the
sidewalk the entire length, about mile
In appearance they we're not different
from the thousands that have come as
prisoners heretofore. The cavalry as q
general thing were dressed we'll, in
their grey uniforms. Their horses
looked much better than one would have
supposed. The infantry with few ex.
ceptions were clad in all sorts Of gar.
ments, and as a friend remarked, stwere
like Falstaf's recruits" They present.
ed a dirty, ragged, worn-out appear.
ance. Many of them, in fact, the ma.
jority, had small lots of coin with which
they traded for articles of wearing ap
parel and eatables. They proved .
rich harvest for the merchants and sut
lers, and these were not slow in reap
ing. The Johnnies evinced a strong
desire to purchase new hats and The
number Of new articles Of this kind was
q noticeable feature in the long line o1
butternut gentry extending up tht
street The rebels so far have conduct
ed themselves in very orderly man,
nor towards the Union soldiers and
among themselves. With the excep