The Fruits Of War
V fn lid, uii'i api ni the h:Ri winter in ling '.iiiMiigli tlio South and South Weit, informs us ihat ihe c'cjiioralising fi.fluences of this war e;m liever bc adequafely realizad by lhos ivho have not n ' ni thom !Ic wafi ai diifertnt poitu on :i"? Mississippi wlven tle iroofB, deÃpa!obd los-t fall m.d winlerio the Ilio G)"ai)d,were mustered irto civVr. Thpy om ni'vtly y'oung men (Yon, 2 â to 22 yoars of agp, apparenily (rnnk nml t e 1 ' â sons t f the poni-er f iru)6i's ds tnech n i suf tiie interior. Theynxrc n ih" mnine n góod-loóking,K-ell behaved hody whrn ihcy nrriveil, tut Ãiè le s 't s of the cai':i) ive rapid growtÃi lo Virr, and tho week afler the. ie tÃv -il tlieir 1mniy rnoney wn% loo gonerotlv, n ck f drf n'vennessoRd ilissipÃihon. The sol ri v rt' ñ fe was proof against the expnsurta â n I lexcitcflicnts of their novel mode of The mórtality ;n.hi''o amongihcm by csuaüties and dttsipation was frightfal. Of ;i Mississipi Compriny- not lull nt f.rït - en l'i'l ben IwrieJ bt-forc ihey reachod örleans. -â ! tlint p!ce thèy wbte n ped out in ai exposure an! sV!inijiy locality, Ihrough dnys and nïgfjts of incessr.nt ruin, which-converled t'ie grourid l ei e.-t:i ihêm in!o a s'o igh."- Somf! had :h ir blonkets WdsKed anny froin ihe place vrnere they aUojuptrd to (leep. Deaih oL course was bnsy among tliPin, nnl by the lime they bad' refachad tho Rio Grnmh ove third of the wliTilë namb'r hád Keen Swejif'sway, wiil.oui :e 'ng tlio facfi of a Af xión. On all lbo Western waier-, bui rs p'c'nüy bout New Orlenns, the nuinber of disqhnrgod disnbled by WOtmds or disenses, was nppnling. Their money had all gone to the stitler, in 1 wli'slúey-scller, 1-ut they Imd bren provided wiih sorre sort of cfnvey;tnce as fur home as New Orleans whence they- (Th broken 'onla ihsi fyrnnis mr :wy." were brgging Iheir way onward a Ihry coulJ, too happy if thfty shouKi be enab'eil by any means to reach tiieir sveral
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