Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1861-07-30
From our Regular Correspondent
LETTER FROM PERRYVILLE.
LETTER NO. II.
Perryville, Nd, |
Sunday evening, July 2s, 1861. !

that We all consider ourselves ns du fat IN hai
road as ia household matters. Most of us AZ
SO we'll posted that we know how TO work on th
road, can guard the track, attend the switches
and some of us even now feel ourselves qualife
TO Iun the engine aud ii we should perehance re
main here much longer, We shall uuderstau,
every department Of the business, except TIL
travelling part, of which we have only theoret-
ical knowledge, it having been some time siuc,
we enjoyed a ride.
II we were all to make our residence her,
there would be great danger Of our lapsibg int
a kind of Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, from which
somnolent state we would scarcely he awakened
by The beating of the drum, or by the putting
and sRoTting of the engine in front of our doors.
''Sleepy Hollow" might aptly De applied, il
there was sufficient hollow here TO cause it 10
merit the title.
Since the men have been in receipt of some
pay their subsistence has greatly improved as is
evident from the many little additions to the
meals; eggs, butter. milk pies, vegetables and
others articles, are purchased and enjoyed /:
more care Is taken in the cookery. A few days
ago we over heard one OF the men say Lieutenant,
don't you want to take dinner with US to day .
'why, what have you III your bill Of fare that is
eIiraY Bread pudding We are ignorant Of
the process by which this dish was manufactured
but soldiers are VIGOROUSLY fertile in expedients
For the first time since We have been stationed
here, negroes are seen about the grounds every
day, with baskets on their arms, containing
! I'm la tbars l..fs
ehandising until they discovered that the men
were favored with a supply of the necessary
currency. Suspecting the poverty of soldiers
generally, they never before thought it necessary
to offer their cakes and berries for sale hut now
they are encouraged by the pentitude of cham e,
to circulate in business point of view among
the men, who will spend their money so long as
they have any
One OF the commandments by which the soldier
appears to be guided is, "Six days shalt thou
labor and do oil that thou hast to do. and the
seventh thou shalt clean thy gun, preparatory
TO morning inspection Of arms, after which thou
mayst wander about at will, providing thou dost
not go too far" And accordingly this morning
after the hour for inspection We were moved to
take a ramble. Not having been inside of a
church since we have been here-tbe neares,
one being two miles distant-and o,Draha,s;,o
least we might slide insensibly into condition
OF heathendom, and require the presence of
missionaries to extricate US from our beniebte1
condition. the proprietv of o,,an,l;n.
vice was annaren, Tho ono,,,o. :.
we 60" was soon solvs1 eor oo,,.;. 49,
little "reminiscences of A nieasan, TO- hos,.,,
fully situated on the hank Of ,ho
about four miles from IN. ,.h;,.,,
where we have been yege,a,in,, ~. 49, -
weeks. erent into tla min, -,
start 10 the direction of ,bo, ono,
we're not insensible Ia the o,,ro.,;oa. 80
tic view. iced lemonatas H.,
girls.
Starting at nine o'clock mn ,oo, 80. .,..,,.,
along, alive to the pleasan,nass a, ,.o 10y,
which graded years 400 far a rniI.a,, 49,, 80,
in its present unfinished .to,, -,
distance along the ban,, of ,ho ,;,o.
sufficient TO prevept n sanso %
part of the pedestrian tboneb tho sn,, a.''.
ting considerable heat. The embankment undor
which stone culyerts had hs.n c,,,aa, ~,
through which the water from, Tho nm,
ing, overlooked the stream in sono ,,,.,ooa -.
feet beneath. and at otbers amos, h;i e., -
by the cluster of trees wbiol, rnal a.. -
Directly we came IN a Eliminate. .,.aa...
ing through a valley To oiva br;,h,ar ill.,,
scene; then to mill with its water noyor oor
yeyel from the mountain nj soma d;s,.n,a J.,
iron pipes then to a riyulet nnrlin, ,hro,,,l 40
bushes and eddying across the road Fam
houses, built of stone. sone molern .nl til.
antiauated were situateJ bsrs and ,ha,o 10
soon approached the mountain which lookod l;La
some huge monster: the road which .a.'a, -,
base now. had in some s,o,. hoo, 49,,
rock, and the river si1s of Tho or,taa,'' ~
with the hine ro,ts Lit -, '''''U
whilst in other nlaces ,va,. 'N'''e''4'
stones spfy;cien, r.. -''1'Nins
We sosn s,opnaI n a5n,i.a, A.. - 's"s'"'
at our side was the moun,oio .s's,''D
drsd feet bigb ami $500, ..'," '.'1s wv "uu-
riu vos la.,iu. -, ''''e' ne'e
.ida al '''sn "A'fo" paSs IN Tile
s,..a,. ..ess 'l' 'Oau lhere htlle
.o,,.a 4s '"'ousu seam IN the
49,, rfe srO" 'Hs STONES peueath' The
-, r''''' was "''u' uu' III all respects
s.o4i. ~" - " u'u' 'ne summit through IN
psas =. '"s ''ees' was Visible patch Of grass
ue"iy 'nUTn' anu a house chow the proprietor
w. - aO's ~ ueS'enu 10 Tie leVei Of humanity
bant da,as, ~ 'SyJ me RIVER was LAYING the
' ~ u''sn'ul breeze was going in the midst
Oh these surroundings, and inspired by such in
nuences' after taking copious draught of water
as it fell from the mountain side, we doiFed our
cap and let the wind fan our brow and diso.,I..