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On leaving St Louis for Cincinnati I took the evening train because as far as Odin, the ground was the same I had lately passed over. On entering the Carriage I met with an instance of American kindness I should be sorry to have to pass unnoticed. When I applied for a sleeping berth I found that they were all engaged, except some on the upper tier. As the heated air accumulates against the roof, these upper berths are generally too warm, besides that there is some difficulty in getting in & out of them. This difficulty would have been very considerably increased in my case, as I happened just at the time to be obliged to carry my arm in a sling. An American Gentlemand, as I afterwards found a very well known man in Chicago, observing this, came up to me, and insisted on my taking his lower berth & letting him have in exchange my upper one. When at Chicago I was laid under further obligation to this gentleman which I must unclear to when I reach that place. He was on of those who during the late war gave up their business, & left their comfortable houses for the tented field, that they might help to save their country from disruption; and he had had the good fortune to accompany Sherman in his memorable