The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-05
Correspondents OF the Portland Transcript'.l
Secession in Hornby, Me..--Lottor
from Ethan Spike.
HoRSBY, May 25, I
or Me Surriniu one.

OF the Surrinty one.
We've he'd good deal Of trouble in or.
ganizing aour army on account OF no one
bein willin to sarve lever than corporal.
Consequence is, we've got more officers than
we know what to do with, and only three
priyits-one of which is under guard for
whistling Yankee doodle, another has Sc
ccdcd and sot up on his own accaount.
T'other poor cuss, hevin to stand the hull
brunt, is fast bein drilled to death. AL the
ofIiceos have lick at him. They rout him
aout at 5 o'clock In the mornin and trot him
raound till pitch dark. Latterly he's got 50
waound up, his wifc says, that he might just
as well not 60 to bed ut all, having become
rcgler romnambolie, and trains oil night
aout on the cold floor with nothin on but
his-that is, meantersay-or rayther she
mcantersay-or perhaps both Of US meanter-
say-witbaout his uniform on.
Originally IL was fixed that our forces
should be divided into three grand corpses.
One destined to take Augusta, another to
okypy Portland, and tother to harsss Sacca-
appy, but OWN to aour trouble with Vir-
ginny, and the great skersity Of privi.s, tho
arrangement was gin up and consolidated
into the grand army Of okepation. What
we're goin to okypy aint sartin-moast
probably this ere moonisipolity, onlcss were
driv aout. in which case okipation will be
more or less permiskious.
In fact we cemo pretty ncgh clearin aout
few nights ago. Some incendiary UNDER
mined Major Gineral Libbys thundsrin
crate wood pile over by the meetinus. There
was MORN so cords in it, and the crash was
awful. Wa all thought VIC was shsfed!
The falanx, however, turned aout promptly
and got better than two miles away from
taoun afore they found what It was. Gin
eral Libby rode arter them, told em what 1t
was, an that they needn't be scarf.
81 arter sendin advance picket rear
guard to reconiter, they marchsd back agin
to the pump, where tho gineral publicly
thanked them for their prompt action. II
is looked upon Us a crate marcy that the
gncral thought to ride arter them-ef bc
hadn't there's no tellin where aour army
would hev bin now, as when he como up
with EN- they was practicin the zooarvo trot
toward Kanerdy.
Wot we moast fear Is blockade,-th,ngh
Peltiah Peaslee, who once thought Of study
in law, but gin up on account Of bcin cross
eyed. says he's looked all through the
'.Taown Officer, likewise "Chityon Bills
and doant find that the state has any right
to do it.
Aour lceters Of mark hev bin unfortunit
so fur. Tim Kyer and Pete Libby are tho on
ly two who hav bin commissioned. Tim was
cotched in fox trap week ago last night,
in hin roost over to Tetteerville, where he
went arter "reprisals'-he eays-though
I've no daout he was arter the hins. lie
was licked halfout of his skin, and then re-
leased on parole. Peto captured boss
somes over Bethel way, an the wretchcd,
half.starved mcrcynarys Of Gov. Washburn
h9v sot aside the habeus korpus act, bill OF
human rights an put him in Paris jail. But
let the oppressors tremble Hornby will a.
vengo the indignity offered to her gallant
sons. Good Heavens! what are we comm
to when men with letters Of mark In their
pockets are shut up in jails or caught in
traps like weodchucks
What do the hirelins Of Washburn mean ?
All we ask is-jist let US alone-aro aour
rights to be tux away on account Of q few
hosscs and hins and sick like-more or less
Do you think to conjugate us' Could they
SEQ the spirit that runs shrough-biles and
rampagcs the people of this Suvrinty, they
would know nat sich people can never be
corrugated. Could they hear the bunkum
speeches of aour patriots, and the boastin OF
aour invincible warriors, washburn and his
Blood.thipty mcrmaidons would SEQ that
though
"worlds may rack.
An matter crash
Likewise
''Leaves has their time to fall"-
Yet the Woodshuck flag OF the free and hum