Daily Republican., 1885-08-11
Saturday, 24-warm; relieved ae 10


Monday, 26-Dull and raining /; went
to guard prisoners TO the Goth Cops
Division headquarters; ordered to load
our guns and fire on them If they ran
away from us.
Tuesday, z7-Visited Fort Elswort,r Il
very warm.
Wednesday, 2S-On patrol guard |
unwell with diarrh9a very warm.
Thursday, 29-Relieved at half pase
10 O'Clock: warm.
Friday, 3Oth-Inspection muster; ooI
patrol to guard prisoners to the slave \
pen to get their cold and hot waite,
shower bath, or desert;to load our guns.
There were three men from our Fifty.
first Regiment rained during tho-l
night.
Saturday, July Fine morning re-
lieved at 10 o'clock.
Sunday, Fine after the rain up4
well.
Monday, detailed TO guard priso. /
ners from the slave pen to the Twen-t
tieth Corps Division headquarters; fine't
day.
Tuesday, 4-warm. Bells rang and |
sAlutes fred from Fort Ellsworth andas
other forts for miles around in honor Z 81
Independence day.
Wednesday, 5-Cloudy day in the
evening procession Of the Goth cornsI
passed our camp with their candles
lighted and burning.
Thursday, 6-Pleasant, but cloudy
weather.
Friday, WARN; on patrol guard.
i Saturday, 8-Clear and warm %
lieved at II O'Clock; rain.
Sunday, 9-Cloudy morning and, .
little rain.
Monday. 1s-Cloudy and rainy day.
! Tuesday, lion patrorguard at the
Barrack on Columb bus street near CHRIST
Churcb;at night on guard at the Cantor
bury Hall.
i Wednesday, 12-Rain; relieved of ga
troll at 10 o'clock.
Thursday, 13-Clear weather; walked
out to Fairfax Cemetery
81 Friday, 14-Clear; on patrol; walked
the streets in the afternoon, and al 8 o..
clock and II O'Clock at night, ordosed to
load our guns; went to or 9hopses and
, arrested Is persons, three were females,
lone colored.
r Saturday, 15-Cloudy, relieved at II
Z O'Clock; was detailed at 10 O'Clock at
night to go to town on duty st a stable.
l Sunday, l6-Rain unwell. Bathed
4, | in the stream South Of Alexandra.
Q Monday, Invent to new post to
t stand guard at a Government Enill neal
Q the gag works.l
l Tuesday, 1S-Fine moon; guard at thu
lmiil on the Potomac Railroad, pier No
y 3. The bed bugs are 30 intolerably bad a
;. this barrack, which is the upper story o
la brick building that we cannot rest.
i'll Wednesday, 19--Fine moon o,
Iguard at Gov. Mill shower at night
here the numerous inveterate mosquito
made frequent kisses with their minut
20 irascibleprobosois.
4. Thursday, 2c--On guard at the mi u
r. .lpier No.5.
D. Friday, 2l-still on guard at ,h'
ID mill warm expressed bundle, oxor
coat, ETC., 70 Media.
Saturday, 22-Rslieved from gsAr'
m lon the hill, etc.
Sunday, 23-At camp near Fol-
be Ellsworth, at the termination Of KIM
street warm good breeze bathed 1
be 1.-The evouing in the creek that 10 sout
Of Alexandria cemetery.
to Monday A-at camp very warm.
". Tuesday, 25-Very warm morning
n, walked up Hunting creek to q girls
Enill in search Of minerals, etc.
"a. Wednesday, ga fne breeze going
Iwent In town and sold my overplus c
rations, pork and beans, 70 . shop keel
sr- or for twenty Ave cents, for l thought
NIB WAS approaching the winding up tim'
etc.
Thursday, 27-Oull, cloudy, sultry
'ur and rainy and very warm in the afte
ch noon mustered out had hard show
at night the boys became frantic wi
we ecstacy Of joy they set on hre Il
The old cedar accommodation tn
ol, stood at the turn of the road on T.
the subj RIBS of the camp.
se, Friday, 28-Pleasant morning; to
on off the tent covers, got very war;
ton Broke camp and started from Ale
son andri. for Washington in q steambo
arrived in the afternoon ;started for b
ng, ,timore on the cars, arrived there
about half past II O'Clock. iBal
'rd. more.)
Saturday, 29-Took the cars for H
mp risburg. We were stopped at pli
nth CALI i Monkton station after sunri
and we passed through tunr
The scenery along this road Is fine
; TO pleasant. Stopped at York, where
boys purleined some beer from wal
while some of them invited the G
Po- man driver into saloon. At ma
places along the way we were gret
? al with plaudits of welcome.
ard Arrived and tented at Camp Curt
Harrisburg, Pa, and went down q
OIL took bath in the cool water of
Susquehanna.
In SUNDAY, oU-luo oOtn lsck. Il d, '
arrived here in the afternoon. Their
p at magnificent view of the Blue Ri
mountains from this camp.
y al Monday, 31.-Walked over to
hich Insane Asylum; turned In our guns
own the morning, signed the pay rolls in
hem evening; walked down to the doc
drial August CLOUDY but a fine day.
the afternoon got our discharge pap
dria staid at the tent to near about IL o'clt
Left Harrisburg ct o'clock.
the hel=Wednesday, 2-Go. on the
that come through Reading.
ash. Colonel, VIM. Bolton, and some o
] got officers were on the train and they
,idge off at Norristown; arrived in Phila
Ming phia about 8 o'clock; called to see
3 on brothers and aged aunt and cou ,ias
staid at night with my brot
,dria arriving at home Floral Cottage
at 10 South Media, in the afternoon Of Th
day Sd of August, 1865, after an abs
of four months and half, tho
Of at believing that was not born to b
Saint soldier. ! felt satisfied, though
reader should impute 1t to me as
sited tism that to the best of my abiliti
endeavored to perform my duty
p. m. sustain the laws Of my beloved couI
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n the Carpets.
All makes Of Tapestry Brussels
pets are from 5 TO y cents yard /
'Ason' er now than they were last Spl
Such carpets as we are now retailir
"ash' 5Oe., We will pay 56c. for, and viii