St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-09-28
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

P1rrspunc, Pa, Sept, 18th, 1865.
DEAR DEMuCRAT.-Taking ing the first
opportunity for escape, I left Crestline
on last Monday forenoon, and after
pleasant ride of a couple of hours into
the interior Of Ohio. stopped at Dela-
ware, town of about five thousand in
habitauts. Upon arriving there i ex-
perienced somewhat the same sensations
that man might be supposed to feel
who has just escaped from Jail.
Delaware is a pleasantly situated
town, and we'll built. Among its prom
inent buildings are numbered the Ohio
Wesleyan institute and fine female
College-the former of which contains
quite complete cabinet of natural and
historical curiosities The Professor
said he would be glad to receive by ex-
press any curious specimens Of the ami
NAL or vegetable kingdom that might
be lying around loose in Minnesota.
There are many things I should like
to speak Of in connection with my brief
visit to Observation-Disclosures and ma
terial things that will always be looked
back to with pleasant fcelings-but 1
must omit all but one. was favored
with the opportunity OF hearing a con-
cert given on last Monday evening by
Eastman's On. W Cornet and Orches-
ira Band, composed of twenty-eiyht of
the best performers in the United
States. This band is ranked as superior
to either the famous Seventh Regiment
or Dodworth's Band, and has certainly
been favored beyond its fellows, having
been invited by President Lincoln to
play at his last inaugural and was by
him welcomed to the Executive Man.
sion. It had also the high though mel
ancholy honor of leading the procession
that bore the remains of the GREAT
MARTYR in solemn state through 8
land stricken to the deepest sorrow by
his death. The band was now on it;
way to the Ohie State fair, at Colum
bus, and having this spare evening be-
fore the opening cf the:zfair, gave the
people Ut Delaware the benefit of con
cert. Their music certainly warranted
all the praise and honor that had beer
bestoyed upon them. 1t combined al
3 that seemed grand, beautiful, entlanc
l ing and enhvening in sound, as thei
pieces varied from one character to tn,
other. One OF their opening pieces
was the Overture to the "Caliph d.
Bagdad,''' splendid piece, as all know
brilliantly executed. "Departed Days,
s a national sereuade, embodying tina
4 most sad aud beautiful nocturn, derivet
3 additional beauty and effect from hav
ing been the last serenade ever hear,
by President Lincoln, IS it was playe'
on the Sd of March at the " hite House
It The "Pcri Waltzes," and selection
from "Atilli' and "Lucretia," wer
splendidly given, while baritone solo
l. "Italian Airs ct Varie," by the Dirccto
y of the band, H. Strubel, who, says tn
N. Y. Tribune, "has no superior i:
l this country as baritone and bas
player" would have wrung admiration
$ from the most indifferent. There wer
many other good pieces the perform
ance concluding with the 'Storm Quad
rille," a series of brilliant weird pieces
upon which some stage effect wa
l.. brought to bear I must not neglec
t to mention drum-solos, by the famou
Robert Hendershot, the little drumme
Toy, who, it will be remembered, at tn
battle of Fredericksburg clung to tn
o side of the first boat that crossed tn
t river with troops and spriuging to shor
!; led with his drum the first company u
those bloody heights. His drum bein!
shattered by ball, he seized muske
aud captured and took across the rive
a rebel prisoner-receiving for his gal
d liant conduct the personal thanks 0
e Gen. Burnside. He is still but lad
The other solo was by Frank Tyron
the drummer boy who led the first com
pany into Port Hudson. I had neve
d before imagined so much music coult
s be brought from drum.
Leaving Delaware nczt afternoon,
returned to Crestline, and took tn
Pittsburg Fl. Wayne & Chicago r. R
to this place, arriving at three o'cloc]
this morning O, Pittsburg! tho
/ city Of smoke, stink and nastiness
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