Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-05-21
From the Lewisburg Infantry. "

"A friend iu Lawi-turg furnishes Us the
f5l.,xIu. extracts from letter written by
b.. brother, q member ot the lutaurry.J
WASHINGTON. My 10.
We farai pretty batl iYr a tine hsre.uot
because there vs. nst p.eury 10 eat a.. tG,
the Ul.-r, T course c5u.i Io- - thing,
properly arrange. IN d-y.wAi!e - many
S..4iers were coming in daily. NJ one,
L5R-yer. suffered, aud Low We ct god
fresh t--4i three times day, coffee tw.cs.
fresh meat TWICE. sat meat, rice, or beans
once. Any accounts you may hear Of
safsrjHy here fJT Wal; # food think are
uutou1l=d unless themselves were in fault.
We gise in the morning at ) o'clock,
form into line at once, (bef0Ee washing
uL.ess We ha1ven to be awake and 'F'sh
before ), aud Gr!..:or cue hour. Break
fast al 7-genera.ly get tin cup i1.l OF
c-F-e. swes,eued with brown sugar, one
,hird Of loaf Of bread, about the size Of
a Pui,a. ) cent loaf, au4 piece Of fired
or boiled beef, sometimes sal: PoIk. At
9 o'clock, we drill again, sometimes for an
hour. more or less. Dinner at le-boal
soup aud beef, or rice and water. 4; !,
I. NJ, drill again f5r one hour, aud at >
have recimeu,4. drill. Supper at g. At
. We are al obliged to be il, aud at Q !!
the lights mus; be eziioguished. OF
course, YOU VII. know that the drilling :
exercises are very tiresome, and especially
50 when very warm. We are I: liberty to
20 whsre We please between the hours Of
drilling time, tut are generally CAD to
take rest. Oar mu,kst=, too, need clean
ing often, our quarters sweP., &c. We
sleep on the fJor, some in the paws: /
prefer the f5or, as there Is 10 risking the
chance for falling out Of bed There
are four companies quar;ered here. You
eau imagine many are the jokes and Puls
20: of before they all 60 to sleep.
think there is less excitement here
than with you, because generally We don't
know what is going on. All the letters
sen, to PhilaI. were received on Thursday
y got7 The boys were almos. crazei
with joy. We had 10 idea that the en-
ttu.iasm va. so grea: a: home.
l have been ali over the city. OF
course, l need no, describe the White
House, Capitol, sc. Sc. I sar presi5eDs
Lincoln and had the exquisite pleasure of
shaking his hand. Haus and l passed
through the yard the White House, and
We saw the President on the portico, from
ting the river, aud persons going up to
see him; We just stepped in; | uncovered
my head, bowed, and received bis hand,
said God bless you" be bowed and
shook my hand right heartily, aud then
gave place to others. have not yet seen
auy members Of the Cabinet. We have
became accustomed to our biouses, aud
sport them on Pennsylvania Avenue as
proudly as [ 5. Congressmsn IN broad
:. 9th, but for the sake Of our State | hope
We Will soon be better uniformed. Nj
Charles N. Hall was here the other day
was very kind, and offered to do anything
,a couI8 f,ru Joseph
Mrs. Lawrence. the widow of the hero
tho would Lot give up the ship re-
,lies il NsWP9rt. She was lev days
,Co called upon By friend, WHO made
one remarks favorable 10 the South.
The old lads rose in wrath, and ordered
.im out Of the house, in BE! own peculiar
.ni emphatic style. He took leg bal!
WITHOUT waiting for a second bidding. /
ISFAyTs.-In one Maine volunteer
company there are ,hirtyone over SIX feet