Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-05-12
ofthe Cedar Falls Gazette.
letter from Little Rock.
CAAP THIRD Iowa BATTERY, LITTLE
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Correspondence OF the Cedar Falls Gazette.
Letter from Little Rock.
CAMP THIRD Iowa BATTERY, IIrTLEl
Rock, ARK, April "a, lSGj
MEssRs. EDITORS THE Third Iowa
l;attery is still in kicking condition,
nnd able to take all rations given them
by Government, and inore too. The
boys arc enjoying very good health at
present eoi1e few of them though are
having rather sore eyes. J. :. West of
Dubuqne, died on the 18th, of drcpsy
He was a good soldier, and is greatly
lamented by the boys.
As for weather, we lave lots of il and
of all kinds. At present il is warm and
pleasant; but for more or less time back
il has rained considerable if not more.
In spite of the wet and gloomy wealth
or tho boys have been in good spirits
over the fall of Richmond and the sur
render of Lee. We had gay time here
on the 18th. We went out after dinner
and fired q salute of one hundred guns,
the firing of which knocked out the
glass of about dozen windows. After
The firing We had battery drill. In the
evening We had grand display OF
lights. Every housesin town had from
twenty-five to five hundred lights in it q.
and about the same number of flags
Every camp was illuminated with hun
dreds of lights. Every tree in our camp
was fun OF lights, and l think every
tree around all other camps was full by
the different lights that were seen. The
18th Kansas Infantry came out in full
uniform, every man with big torch
light. At the head of their column
they had q skeleton coffin covered with
cloth. and on the sides Of it were paint
cd in big letters, " The last ditch Of the
southern Confcderacy." On the whole
ii was a very light time, and the boys
felt tip-top over the good news. Some
made up their minds to go home in a
short time, and some thought very
strong Of going over and feeling OF
Maximilians pulse, while others felt
very hard Of Uncle Sam in putting
them out of the service where they
would have 10 work for living.
We We're somewhat startled on the
evening of tina 18th by telegraph dis
patch stating that Father Abraham and
Mcssrs. Stewards had been assassinatcd
In fact we gave It no crclcnce until it |
was confirmed. On the 18th all bust |
ness places were closed and draped in
mourning, flags placed at half mast, |
and half hour guns fired throughout |
the day.
| think had Booth been here when |
the boys got the news Of the assassina-
ton he would have been torn in piece
meals in the short space of about three !
minutes, so cXasperated were the boys
over the news
The 2lst saw the execution by hang |
ing of Charles Cady, 4 man that was in |
Government employ IA tcamster, for
the murder Of man by the name of J. |
G. Moore, also Government teamster. |
The former stabbed the latter while in |
II drunken row some four or five weeks |
since. He lived in Carl county, Mo-, |
and was q man of desperate character.
He made bis brass that Moore was the
sixth man he had put under the sod
He marched to the scafiold with bold |.
undauntei step. He made Il short |
speeds, in which he said that he was |
once IL good boy, but bad company and |
bad whisky had brought him to what |
he was. He warned all young men to |
shun bad company and avoid drinking,
as they could sec the effects of 1T i'm him |
He died with but one or two struggles |
After hanging thirty minutes his body |
was taken down, and inferred in the |
city burying ground. Thus ended the |
life of Il desperate, would that it had
been J. W. Booth, the assassin Of Hon
cSt Abe.
We were visited short time ago by
the payinaStcr, who left Us more green
backs than we know what to do with.
y great many of the boys have invest
ed in 1-3O's, while Il very few of them
have deposited their money with Hall
and kcc, and take the interest out in
plotting fifth wheel, while others de-
post theirs it'll Dan Castillo, the great
Snowman. He-is here, and has been
for eight or ten days He has crowd
ed CANVASS every night. Then there i
the theatre too, where we can get swim
died out OF our money just IL; easy Us
falling OIL a log.
Government is doing considerable
building here this spring in the shape
of hospital buildings and store houses.
loafs villa respect,