Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-09-14

| pretty we'll inaugursted throughout the south
western part OF the State. We passed one
train, composed Of twenty or thirty families.
travelling together for mutual protection
and frequently met single wagons. 10 which
| q few household goods had been hastily
| thrown, and the members OF the family
dumped 10 on top--all steering Tor Illinois,
where they hoped to escape the horrors Of
war. Now that the Union forces have been
withdrawn from the Southwest there is no
longer any safety for either person or proper
ty, and these flying families prefer to give up
their all rather than remain to see their
homes pilaged by sembarbarians. or, to
save them, espouse the cause OF this most
iniquitous an causeless rebellion. How long
shall it be before these persons can return in
safety to their dearly bought land the only
thing the Rebels will not steal, and quietly
enjoy their possessions, with no one to molest
or make them afraid 7
| About o'clock in the afternoon we reocbed
place called Pine Bluff, where there had
formerly been post office, but the only house
10 the place was deserted. With keen appe.
J tites, we bad anticipated q good dinner at
! this point, but there only remained in it
hafstarved cat, like Cassie, with "lean and
hungry look" to give US welcome, and she
stole noiselessly through q crack, and bid
beneath the floor. We built a FIRE, aud
| plucked and roasted some green corn and
apples, which, with few boxes of sardines
and haversack full of crackers that we we're
| fortunately provided with, made US meal
| that we keeply relished. Turning to leave,
observed box of blooming portulaceas
standing on the porch of the deserted tene.
ment, which forciby reminded me of Camp.
| bells beautiful lines
I f,,nd
BY the gladstone, aged aud green
One rose Of the wilderness left on its stalk,
TO mark where the garden had been"
Eighteen or twenty miles further on, and
just as the shades of night began to thicken,
we reached the California House. a most
excellent wayside inc, kept by good Union
mau, who thinks the time for him TO emigrste
toward the rising sun has not yet arrived
His tidy wife soon spread us q fragrant meal,
after which we were shown to large airy
rooms, and that novelty in slaveholding
State. clean beds, where the linen was as
immaculate as Allie Dinmont's, and as white
as the statue 10 Don Grovsun. May peace
ever pipe her pastorals around that cheerful
home
GLIMPSE OF THE REBELS.
The next morning we pushed on to a little
town called Lebanon, sixty miles from Rola,
| arriving about 2 o'clock 10 the afternoon.-
Here we found company Of Rebel soldiers,
who had come from Springfield the day
before to take formal possession Of the town.
They at first gathered around us and stared
as though they had never seen civil.looking
white men before but it was not long before
they grew upon Intimate terms with us, and
freely pressed us with an invitation to smoke
and drink We talked to them freely and
| N turp int
our ears all the wrongs, real and imaginary,
Of the South, invariably clinchipg their re.
marks with the assertion that "They never
could be conquered"
A young Captain in the Confederate army
named Boon, aud an exceedingly agreeable
fellow, by the by, remarked to me 10 the
course Of some conversation that the National
forces were completely routed at the battle
of Springfield, ard that it was one of the
most decisive battles ever won.
I'VE don't SO consider it in the North" l
replied.
"Well, what do you think Of it, canddly 2"
be asked
"Tbat it was a drawn battle" answered.
1--WE think Manassas was disgraceful. bot we
are well satisfied with the conduct of our
troops at Springfield"
"Wel continued be, 81 think you we're
utterly routed"
why did you not follow up the victory,
then :"
"We had but three rounds OF ammunition
left"
"But you said awhile ago that but six or
! seven thousand Of your force was engaged in
the fight? 2"
"Not more"
"Where, then, was your reserve Of ten or
fifteen thousand ?"
"Well," be answered some what reluctantly,
"Gen. Price was in favor of pursuing, but
McCuloch opposed it, aud they came near
! quarrelling on this point"
81 will tell you" said |, show we look upon
this matter, and how it will be written down
by the historian. -Four thousand five hundred
men marched out, engaged four times their
uumber in battle fought them for six hours,
ard crippled them so badly that they could
not pursue"
Later in our conversation | asked him II
be thought one Southern man as good as 1--WE
Northern men.
II expressed himself firmly in that belief.
| After the battle OF Springfield" said /
YES"
"Well" l replied, 'that is refreshing.-
You remind me of the man in the play go
it. old Abrowsng! That's right! Keep it
up, old fellow!'" "
Our conversation was here interrupted by
the crowd rushing towards the parlor to hear
the landlords daughter. a "pert" young girl.
as they say down South, sing Dixie" /
was kindly offered front seat at the enter
tsinment, but respectfully declined, telling
them, to theiI evident annoyance, that it was
a favorite tune 10 the North and that our
bands now played nothing else. She &C.
companied herself on q piano. to the great
delight of her auditors, many of whom. ] dare
say, had never before heard one. and after
ward gave them that brilliant operate gem
entitled "Root hog, or Die" "De gustbus,"
! &c.
now THE REBELS ARE UNIFORMED.
The uniform Of the Confederate army as
! Lady NJ ontsgue would say, is "multform." -
Those who draw their conceptions of the ap.
pearance of Rebel soldiery from pictures in
Harper's Weekly would hardly recognize one
on sight. They are not uniformed at all
and, generally speaking il is impossible to
distinguish q colonel from a private. The
only mark OF distinction about them, except
their arms. is piece of fame, stitched 90
the left shoulder. l was told that white
| Hannel WAS the diatinOuishinp mark of tho