Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-10-25

from tennessee, thus described t-r course
oi the Rebels Ia hi own State
While yet besecchIug them to art upon
their own principle, aul i-f as o'sne, the
boo', Of their cavalry wers iuieuring our
plains, and tn, tramp Il their troop, vas
about our homes. Aud yc; there are
those who set up the pulling cry, 'Lettbgre
be 10 c,er:ioa,' What. \ Secession
ist declaring against coercion Why,
God bless you. friends, they never got any-
thing except by coercion. They coerrcj
Tennessee, Georgia, Alatama, aud Virgin
ia out Of The Uai,n. They attempted i,
in Mlryllul-'Le 6 1verameut stepped il:
they are Low attempting It in Kentucky,
and there the P.p's will stop il Their
whole career has been one of coercion, Of
outraGe, insult, t,.>plomy and crime.
Detachmeu's Of their myrmilons, who
were sent, as they SAID, 'tg fr7'ee, Us from
the de,p,'i-m Of Abe L.lcoln, would pass
through our county, ID Ttuue.sce, on the
railroad
A they went, they saw the fig Of our
country, the r',ri1u, ID Strips aud Stars,
I 4'iue ef:.m the gable uC al humble school
house, where the little boys lad placed it
Is az emblem of their pure aud dawniDg
1--we fgr the Union. What Gid these mis-
crsaurs O.: They stopped their train,
aud, with hoo'in-s aud riol.iry, with man,
aces and exeera'i'n. anl b.a,PLcmy, they
tore i, from the cb.llrcn aui iramp!cd it
in the mjre, They would enter private
bau-es, arl, uulcr rrc,-ace Of seeking f1r
anmuui.i.u, wound Iumage drawers aLl
3g,ks, Io55,us the family O! the money,
and the female, %! 'L.!F jsw,ls AID heir
looms. They would order their meals aa3
iAeig ..i.ioE, l. tones Of la .louce al. u
terms cf Insult. They would feed their
horses with wsstctulness, and scatter tie
food reck.es,iy On the gr5uuj And after
eating to the l'l o:,hei! ius4tjate sppcii;es,
they would mount, and, With o4ths and
otsceni'y, tell the family to charge i, all
to JeG Davis. Aud i-is, ny friends, is
Secession,
They came into my own county; they
called 1t my house. Some Of their num.
Der came forward and demanded Of my
frrily whether I was at hgmc-sayius
that, il vas, they had come to take me,
a-5 laa. me. Pleasant intelligence this,
III g-aasa,ea to Communicate to wife and
daughter But ny daughter, Indignant
at their CONDUCT, -.id, '.No, lny father Is
Lot al Lomc lie IS absent il al3'Lar couu-
y, where lie !. making q speech f.r the
Union; aud this l presume You knew, CT
your cowsriiy crew would not have dared
to show themselves a, this house - They
then suiienig withdrew As they passed
On through the aligbaarhoyd, they cane
upon the house gf Grion family; tie
husband vas not at HIM, t-t his wif., a
stout hearted woman, had Ler jalu ..
at the gate-Pos;. They iusol,. ! con-
manted her to remove It; she would uo..
They attempted TO s.iz- It, and she seized
it ; they struggled f.rit, bat she kept her
f1s They then went into tue woods, CT,
a hickory wi,he, and, returning, scourg.I
her person with i,
Tli>, my friends, Is Secession, and these
aIe,he men you are to ''compromi-s' with.
Some Of ;hese same demons, five Of them,
deuds in human shape, STOPPED at the
house Of man named Markham, who see
ing them approach, and fearing insult and
ou,age to himself if lie remained, aad
,hinking that they would no; be 50 likely
% provoke a quarrel with The family il be
we're not present, took his rife from is
-csting place and retired uugbserved By
hem into little tbicket hard By the
house, in order to be 4, hand IN case they
.fer5d any abuse TO his family. lie had
IL amiablc wife and two daughters, the
youngest 4 girl Of about twelve years, the
,ther about sixteen, as beautiful as the
morning and as pure as the dewdrop.
The Scc1ssioaists entered aud insO,enily
emauded dinner for themselves aud feed
OF their horses. The wife told them there
vas thecrjb and the fodder, and they would
i've them their dinner. They took the
ay and the corn and scattered il about the
round, and ordered the ladies to hasten
heir dinner In due time, the meal was
repaired, and soon greedily devoured.
After sa:ing their appetite. at the table,
beg began to address rude remarks TO the
lie aud daughters One atiempei TO
rake love TO, the young lady, when her
ouug sister, seizing the tin horn or trum-
ct, which is kept in almost all rural home.
eads 20 maks a summons to dinner or
,uud an alarm to the neighbors in case Of
1y accident, sprauS to the door aud blew
last. At this, the hellish demon turned,
rev pistol from his girdlc, fred Its bull
t through her brain, and with one wlid
MEX she fell iu agonizing death at the =
e, Of her screaming mother. Tha! blast,
10 shot. the shrek and scream, pierced