St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-03-16

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ii 81 WAsn,SdryN, Feb.s27th, 1865.
b pEAR>sPsNoc pss III 81 lsnathe city
on Saturday afternoon during one of
the most severe rain-stoxn1s~'wc have
had in this locality during The unusual
ly stormy winter, and proceeded to that
.::a,tienq fi'}?l dllid. Anndpolis| Ma.,,
arriving there about eieht O'Clock, p
n. Finding .he storm continued in, all
is 49, i y soqSht shheltsr for the might
4 81 the ii titChy sHqtsI," spacious epd,an,
i !iA lH,, eqlii6Ref, which during the thine
that Il! t|ESa Ri & topsejomned there (whom
the landlord continues, to. reference as
the most 10 distinguished of ,allits guests
was !, ppaaq .sss ma first class ao,lna
ri 'as'a 'AAtt place, wii!h4al, but at this day
1: and l' dats there is nothing about the es-
t tabblliis'hpent Very attractive to a.. strau-
ger. ,,1Thhe morning was bright and
beautiful ii and | sailed, forth, tor the
purpose # Visiting camps; barracks and
hospitsls in search OF paroled Minneso-
f. s93lldliers.. So vigorously has theex-
change hangs, been. goin!g. on, that L. found
g srept registers full .:pf, npa~es.u Not
wishing, to II a a to the clerks, Ltook
their !, books and carefully sqapned1every
written tpasge-7ra task efi several hours,
AND only found four Minuesotians pres
ept. After getting the names, there
is no great difficulty in finding the per-
sons, for in all such rendezvous for sol.
diieFss, each has a part clearly designa-
f tc1 The following is aSt I have to &C.
qqlaaint ,yY you wit viii, at this time, which
witt. respect to the. living is, by far too
few. I had hoped to- be able TO report
the safe return of:many more from dir.
ty rebel dom I. , ri : ozi..r Hu, 5s-.., g..
First Lieutenant Louis Fitzimmons, Cor
poral Henry C. Magoon, and Private Nor
risAH sheppard, 2d.Company, MINI. Sharp
Shooters, captured 25th of; last August; A.
Ream Station, Weldon railroad, arrived at
Annapolis on the i25th Of February. direct
from the rebel military, prisons, the former
from Danvi'le, Va, and the latter, from
Salisbury: MI i"'i.'|'i .'s2i7'' "a !"
q Private, John. Marle,t,, Co. sC,us2d Mimi.
Vols. captured near Stone NJ .untain, Ga,
arrived at Annapolis tie same i,iatc from
Florence, ST. c. Ile0Ieports that a: soldier
Of the 9Th Regiment, whose nlme lie had
forgotten was shot at Florence, s. G., Jan.
l5,hs $685., forhgoingtoo Near The ''dead
line" :., ;,.,,,.,i!.,,.,; .:iG raj;
III, These men ARE ,lolsokip locking remarkably
well ''a qft |e. their long apd tirosome cons
|t'A e , ard in little Wills will be-
as strong as ever. ,lf., h,,. :,.:.,...:l:..,.,i
Corporal Nlagoon informs me that,
Perciyal 5. Barnes, son Of, n 4 Barnes,
Esq o eff Alexandria il, Douglas Co,,whe
was a =; member Of his, company and capp
tnrel With WITH lh'i bin died |, on the % ,of De-,
cember, in hoSpital at Salisbury, n. g.,
Of dip1hltIh'erbiah. Ylf qFqns Barnes enlisted
December s, l:44th, 1861 and and has served!
continuously ont; ' ip tthe field in the daring
and dangerous position of sharpsheqt,r
er, e4 zsep , Hhsn ie 4ospitqlf eq account
Of wounds md ref!s siis in aeiaa,tu Hec'ec
ce |Sf aassYYh|oy wound ! at the battle of
Cold DID, lH[arl sor,I1 from WHICH, b.; had.
scarcely s;yy recovered <:> VI when: captured BY:
the enemy. I received from the hands,
Of !Cr! 9rp' Pains soepp a, diary keptuty
Bq qHq S and .,yYy written ip A. ,prettyx hand
up to tNe es l 26.h ,,ppt. sis days be-,
fore e,1t4 'ss qe avh|. Ehisb last mqn'ente;o
. braiyyes Boy, ,tran 81 to his father
;to:ppisht, with i'll, the sad iptelligencedef
his dssa ath ,sAElipsl last entry sis brie and
viii 'you,, IN ;;tNoy. is, 7Ms,were
conpte a t 1iiSSuymNolr niVnls and drew one
Quartet s Of q, l9qnnf and nd one soup about
tcp pa: 9iqellocki'lb ,sdN Nearly day he
spseaak{s oPffthe SpaaA ALLOWANCE of, food,
,Wibben' eaptures7dtl all ,'Gfsoyerpmept propu
ertyy was. +. taken from him., except his
]ha !y|E4s ix't which fortunately contained;
some rYatiq@ns, Eel was first taken to-
i e i1eo 1sla y'ddos wheEe vsE,tsa,,thousan
i were without shelter. Of ay kind d dandr
from his account ~ ust 1axe- suffered a
s sss': Bt|]1 sz OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES '2sj 81 s:j!'
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few dayahten aud haEpusokz rsDhra-
,qcd my handkerchief day for a piece
,of hrtad - 1osd!toelhe'sndo& fhssahafn
ter shows how. inhumaniy he was starv-
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