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

\ friend 10 LeE:-bgrc furnishes Us the
f1u,vIu- extracts from 4 letter written by
his brother, member q the Iulaurry
WASHINGTON. Nay Is.
We farai pretty barl fsr a tine hsr-.uot
because there vs. ult g.eury 10 eat &r. b.:
the O6.-rs IF course c.u.i 70. =; things
properly arrange. 10 d-y.wlI,e % m4ay
S-.-lsrs were coming il daily. " cue,
L7Rrysr. suffered, aud Iow We ct god
fresh tr-li tlrae times a day, coffee tw.cs.
fresh meat tw.ce, SAT- meat, nee, OF beans
7nce, Any accounts ygu may hear Of
suffering here f5T Wal, Il food think are
untou1-ed ual-ss themselves were il fault;
We !ise in the morning at o'clock,
form into line at once, lbefore washing
ul.ess We hapoen to be awake and wash
before ), and Grl.. :lr oue hour. Break
fast a: 1-geuera,ly get tin cup full Of
c-f-e, sseeteLei With brown sugar, one
,biri Of .5af Of bread, about the size Of
a Pli.a ) cant l9at, aui pisce Of fred
or boiled beef, sometimes sal: p5rE. At
9 o'clock, we drill again, sometimes for az
hour, uore or less. Dinner at l2-tean
soup and beef, or rice and water. a; /,
z NJ, dill again f5r one hour, and at 5
have rsEiueu--. drill. Super at 6. Az
. W. are ali obliged 70 be il, aud at Q!
the lights mus; be ez;iogui.hed. OF
course, You vi. know that the drilling
exercises are very t.res1me, and especially
50 when very warm, We aIa =: li5e-;y;o
90 whsre We please between the hours Of
drilling time, but are generally glad to
take rest Oar mu.kets, too, need clean
ing often, cur quarters sweP:, 6c. We
sleep Oh the f5or, some in the Pews:
prefer the f5or, as there Is 10 risking the
,hauce f-r falling out Of bed" There
Ire four companies quar;ered here. You
,au imagine many are the jokes aud Puus
70. Of before they all 90 to sleep.
l think there is less excitement. here {
han with you, because generally We don. l
low what is going on. All the letters a
en; to Philal. were received On Thursday
y go. . The boys were a!mos; crazsi /
18th joy. We had 10 idea that the en-. I
-usiasm was 80 gTea; a; home. c
have been all over the city. OF /
curse, l need not describe the White U
lou.e, Capitol, &c. &c. I sar presideD. u
iocoiD and had the exquisite pleasure Of b
laking his hand Haus and l passed il
rough the yard of;he White House, and "
E .aw the President on the Poriico, frou- IN
og the river, aud persons going up to SC
e him We JUS; stepped in; uncovered th
J head, bowed. and received bis hand, si
ID God bless ycu.' be bowed and {:
COX my hand right heartily, aud then OIL
re Place to others. have not ye, seen be
' members Of the Cabinet. We have 81
came accustomed to our blouses, and IL
9rt them on Pennsylvania Avenue as VI
1uiiy as |. ;. Consressmen IN broad no
.,h, bu; for the sake Of our State | hope
will soon be better uniformed. M If
ar.es N Hall was here the other day pr
: very kind, and offered to do anything 81,
could FOR Us. JosEPH -
Mrs Laurence, the widow If the hero We
o would Uct give up the ship re- tie
e III Newport Sue was a te" days ber
called upon BY friend, who made De,
De remarks favorable 10 the South.
e OLD lady rose il wrath, and ordered =
! out of the house, in be. own peculiar O'
emphatic style. He tOok leg bail PEA
Lou, waiting fox second bidding. .. l.-
one Maine volunteer gre
lpAny there are ihirty-ons over SIX feet ~