Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-09-18
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the 18th ult, IN open cars " -
urself on the sick list we were hohoreu ~ 40.
nassape in a coach, which was a great lux
Shont sunset we arrived at Petersburg.
IN ono side of the depot we heard an organ
,learIy pealing the notes of U huhuleu,
"a on the other were dense crowds oil peo-9 W
waving hats and handkerchleis, ana " 80,
coming uS t. their city with iond acoan
tions. We remained there enjoying the ~
of the people until next morning. A
W. considered ourself once for all rather io,-
t,nate in being sick for The klnd Pe"ite
+bora gathered around our regiment 70 lhNt
80 c,ck ones to their houses, and thus ru
tho FIRST time since leaving hone we engoyeo
Tho Inxury of a nice table and bed, anu aloo
some sweet music on the piano-sucnp m =
as . Sweet Home with the VARIATIONS 81 It's
dearest SCOT on Earth to me is Home, &c
I, nav not he out of the way to remark mere,
that 4Homen is a place of which those "ho
90 soldering often think
Q Every class of people in Petersburg, eXcept tn
the hotel keepers, manifested toward tne >" ez
diers the proverbial Virginia hospltali,y 81
Hotel heepers at best are a set OF SAD ieiio"H. ii
They alone, of all the people, thinh ny u
ought to bear no portion OF the burden 10" d
a = - 60 heavily on the country. They n
chaToed some Of our officers one dollar each y
for Sleeping about four hours on thelr oeus
This IS absolutely outrageous, ana tnoSo I
Who practice such extorton ought 70 00
published. ,,sat on
Monday, and had a hugely alsagreeao'. 'md
marching through the streets IN the ram anu
- However as we passed along the
streets. we had the pleasure, If pleasure IL
can be called, of seeing the hundreds OF iah
t kce prisoners peeping through tne ,foh
. of the tobacco factories at US. Yankee prs
oners are quite a curiosity TO ooathe'noo
now We remained in Richmond only TWO
49, 49,, ,ua ur q ~ ordered 10 w eStern VII
I g;nia This command fell heavily on the
| ears of many of US, as we hoped to De SEM
tn Manassas Junction, where we Woulo AZ
least have been in hearing OF nome anu
c. friends.
Our whole regiment left Richmond on
Thursday, Aug. 22nd, at three olock Z. MI
j. and after a most f~atiguing ride on seats with
ye out backs in baggage cars, we arrived a
a. Jackson River the terminus Of the Virginia
" Central Railroad, on Saturday evening q htt'
tv befo,e sunset 1t required about htty car
n. to accommodate US, and SO we presented TIL
X anpearance Of a moving village. When !"
an began to cross the mountains IN earnest
aes took three and sometimes four Engines |
draw us up and let US down the steep era
RI. ding. Our men did not become weary
ms gazing on the mountain scenery to VINO
,all most of them were entire strangers, al
.lry some of which along the route Is grand al
he beautiful. The building of a road along SUI
a route must have cost an enormous amou
t of of money. We all enjoyed the sight OF {
University of Va. no little. That place, lnste
I'M a of being the seat of learning as 1t used TO De,
% of now a vast hospital for the sick and wot
sary ded soldiers. We would have been Ve
a ri. glad to have paid a visit to Monticello, q
the tant three miles from the University, a
ould formerly the residence OF the sreaI Pnli
all osop her and the great Apostle of Librty
Car well as Democracy. We have been iniorn
find that Monticello is now the property OF al
Vir- who is a captain in the Federal Navy,
with consequently in arms against his adoI
r the home.
f our The ladies all along the road as we pas
Id ac. were waving handkerchiefs at US and chez
odds us. and in one or two instances we saw s
d, "it Jumping and ~clapping their hands. IL
en- for latter demonstration of JOY of course wel
o any the mountain huts on the roadside. We
rl he came SO accustomed to the waving OF n
INC in kerchiefs. that if we passed a lady who
I'D we not do it, we at once pronounced her to
$50 : NJ r0yary br rne people, nlehhc9e f at tth s
much ton we took the precaution to load o,,,
ohuiiy' ketS, a piece of prudence which we afforu
,orthy discovered to be unnecessary. b,t r;so
y lar are sald to carry their overcoats v hen n,
9ainp. is shining. People never lose anvtbin
u me acting prudently at all times.
"U re renamed at jackson River unti
oeeTg coold gather a sufficient number of wa
: elah TO carry our baggage, when we took u,
n tbo wv W. VI march on loot across the mount
~ Tue we can assure those who never trsed =
fatal this is a nrodi,ionslu 1i uieu IL,
as he. Those who are fortnnat = OF trave
niah- Tale enough to be compelled 70 rida on
J C,at wagons, do not by any means find g.
10 oe. equal to the Curule Chairs of the old D.
mt of Senators. = Ola 10
I'LL We nave travelled only about forty :
ba % II eieut DAYS; but we were detained or
l. Tie = / WAY Soma da", l. vi
t only BILE occurrences Wo 1911 dio uhav'
% pro- and one day at the Wh;tn go TWO nj
one of Virginia's f,r.fm sulphur SpIl
olenn not however, as gentlemen Of pleasuTo ="
y Vi Calnot lall to observe The disactro,1 g
ones of the war upon tbis H. aiSastrouS eli
him. magnificent hotel tbana pressure.
MIDI 1nIhlng thousands, now looks opite lonaI
;en la pi"Se' 700 IKE the Univcrsitv. has
- n 49, INTO a hospital for the SICK
d in a While there we savr o. "esterh arm
uouot oners pass on their way to R;cbr,ona +
DIT all were captured a few DAYS ago hv o., n
yeti III an engagement near Gaulcy Bri1ge A.
COM lneih was a dark mulatto. who 70 -
it. [ formed. was 4 lieptenon my we were
lawyer of some note IN " = company a
Nr iaHeh lnto the hands Of any of our boes
camp, thfnG he would have farce but 8. m;lbi1;,
lot DC It would doubtless be of service to r., i
| say, create on a cotton plantat;on rs = atn 8
Re and The prisoners were from ono g . iew 3e
judg- regiments. We saw about twantn oesle J
quail oners pass here Lewisourg) Yesterday j
as though they were tied with ropes. th:v :
IL an TO be 10 fine spirits. One of tbem ioco,
AM remarked to some of our boys. that he
gong to spend the remaining norton If
and summer in Richmond. Like Rob;nat
said peasant of Lorrain ho ~ nooiher
See case.
truck we are remaining here near Lewisbnrg
as a lew days, after which we are going s,
rank; JON Floyd on Gauley River. He is ali
lah OF nity miles from US yet, and is. Won In,
rmed looking after Gen. Cox and his mvrn';d
emer- IN the kanawha Valley. We will nor 20.
lay In him before the 10th inst Ate, anoibar ~
he march we will be in the state of Kanawba
e the which Carlisle of Wheeling notorietv i
that great man. We have been assured h.
duty that between US and Gen. Floyd. the Tn
con- men are not sufficiently numerous to ba {
have midable. &c
ikees A lew days ago We heard of the Success
Picayune Buffers n.agnanimousIy nro;a.
scheme on the coast of North Cardiac
natl receipt of this news several Of -