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

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Yet this exodus will in future years
be largely made up for from the ener-
getic and progressive people Of the
North who will migrate to this section.
This State has great mineral and aeri-
cultural wealth, which if properly de-
velcped will rebound largely to the
wealth Of the people and benefit of the
State. Coal and iron exist in large
quantities in this section, and the rich
ne's Of the la.ds III the valleys Of Ten
heSsee ate we'll known. With the insti-
tuition Of slavery in her midst, she tol-
lowed her sister States with the bles-
sings Of freedom, she will lead the van
as one Of rhe wealthiest internal States
in the Union. Many men already see
her destined future Importance ana are
Fastening to take advantage Of it. Even
for this immediate locality l am inform
ed that there are now two hundred ap-
plications on file in the Office Of the
post commandant from Northern men.
10 engage in business pursuits in this
town. Many discharged officers and
soldiers remain here and are buying up
lands and engasios in pursuits mercan>
tile and agricultural. The government
gives discharged soldiers the frst
chance, aud then loyal residents and
men from the North. g Chattanooga,
from its great central position, Is des<
tined to be large city. Bishop Otey,
Of Memphis, one Of Tennessee's promi-
nent men, asserted it would be second
to no city IN the State ~
The Government still continues 10
the work OF erecting warehouses and
other necessary buildings needed for
its wants: There are fifteen large steam
saw mills, some with shingle n,aehiaes
attached, kept constantly at work in
saving lumber from logs brought down
the Tennessee river The timber Is
mostly white wood, poplar, oak and
some Pine. Notwithstanding these "a
cilitles, it is almost impossible to keep
up the supply demanded. Barracks
are being erected for the infantry, a
vast improvement on the miserable lt-
tie huts they have been obliged to live
in du,ing the winter. Lieut.. Alex.
Kinkead, the euterprlsing quartermas-
ter Of the Garrison artillery, is also
alive to the importance Of proper build
ings for the srtillerymen whose wants
he caters to. He has organized and
equipped numbering crew from the
artillerymen, Of one officer aud hun
dred men, who are now engaged in pro-
curing timber one hundred and City
miles up the Tennessee. This crew is
composed largely of Minnesotians who
have numbered in the pineries Of our
own beautiful State, aud are from their
experience good and valuable men in
this business.
There are at this place quite nun
Der Of Minnesota troops. There being
no less than Eve batteries I'd Minn.
Light Artillery, and Batteries A, b, c,
aud D, Heavy Artillery. Battery E is
also expected at this place. The Cap
tain Of the I'd MINI. battery, whose
commission expires by limitation this
month, will likely be mustered out, as
also thirty-6ve men whose term of ser
vice will expire. Some eighty odd
n'cn will so out next September, leav-
ing the "Old Second" with but cor
poral's guard Of "Vetcraus" to see the
rebellion out. De-. @'5 .,'f
Lieut.. Aver, Of the I'd Battery, has
been appoiated Ordnance officer Of this
Post, and is on the staff Of Col. Carle-:
ton, the Post com mandant. Capt.
Sterry, Of Battery A. is absent on leave.
Capt. L,yde; Of Go. r., has resigned.
Battery D. has been temporarily placed
in Fort Phelps, named in honor
of Col. Phelps, sSth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, Who was killed in the as-
sault on Mission Ridge. This Fort Is
! detached ono, half mile from town,
on the Roseville road. It was partly
built by the rebels and flushed by the
Union troops when they occupied this
place in 1863. r95srszstf.---.. "a .,,,s s,us
IA We have three eolored regiments
here, the 14th, 18th aud 42d. The latr,
ter is an engineer regiment, and Is CON-
n,anded BY >, hlinnesotian, Col. Putnam.
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