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conduct Of our rulers. Indeed, in such
fine humor and spirits am !, this morning.
that am half inclined to relract all | have
heretofore said TO you, in regard to our de-.
tention.


The ever glorious " fourth" I" was duly
honored at Camp Ind ependence, by the
usual demonstrations. The day was very
unfavorabIe to any thing like hiIarity, and
tends rather to depress patriotic emotion.
than to excite it. Had we been English.
men, half of us would have hanged our.
selves, so gloomy was the weather. In.
imagine dfeary, drizzly day, with violent
gusts of wind, sweeping mournfully throf
the long moss hanging above and around
us, and recollect that it was the day which
should beam more brightly than all other
days in our fair cline, and you have some
idea of the 4th July, in and around Vjcks.
burg, and of our superstitious awe thereon.


The arrival Of the "Democrat, every Fri
day, is one Of the oases in our desert here
| beseecE you not to desist from sending it
regularly to us, as it will be almost our only
chance to hear from home after our depar-
ture from this place.


Our sick are all recovering, and every
body in high spirits. The health of the
camp is better than ordinary.


Very truly, LIT.