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now there are times when the thoughts of home make me a little low spirited At present we are liveing some what better than Government sees fit to feed us. Fruit and Vegitables are begining to come down the river quite plentiful. Also ice and the ocupants of this tent (Wm Perrin, J. Rowe, O. Paddock, P. Baker and your humble Servant) are spending their money rather more freely than would be expected of sober men, on $13. pr. Month. The common phrase is "Who cares for expenses, it is all for the Nigger? On past day the Brigade was formed in a hollow square, and had Divine