Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-09-06

| they won't be lit for anything but gentle
men. As in California ard Australia the
troops could not be kept pt-tegether for the
| gold, SO here very few can lie found who do
not to some extent, neglect their duties for
| cotton spCCulations. COiouels lend their
| wagons and their troops as escorts. buy a
! few bales themselves, and are willing to
| lend their influence to those who give them
a "bonus' for it, Quartermlstcrs are in the
| largest sort of demand. Scouts and pick
| cts, who are supposed to know all that is
| going on in the outside world, are more
| valuable for their knowledge Of cotton than
for what they know Of the enemy.
TIE JEWS
These creatures are he,e, as everywhere
with the army, in hordcs 1t is they who
have in reality made the practice Of cotton
trading almost disreputable They care not
how they get their cotton 80 that they get
it "shccp.' They will run any risks to
their life or their funds to find out choice
chances to buy cotton for almost nothing
They hire negroes to steal from their mas
tcrs, from buyers from the levy generally
! and from each other. l really believe that
among those harpies the rule of honesty
among thieves does not hold, for they skin
/ each other without mercy. They swarm cut
on the roads leading into the country, and
meet wagons carrying cotton to the lcvcc
There they cajOlc the drivers with WhiskeY
or money, and get them to carry it to some
other place than the one TO which it was
destined: or il the owner is with it, and
has sold IT. they will offer him n cent pound
more than his other bargain They arc
largely in the sutlCr business, but such as
deal in that small way are mere pichans. --
There are some representatives, here Of the
leading houses IN St Louis and Cincinnati.
and they are investing All the way from
twenty-five to Il hundred thousand dollars
in cotton.
STEALING
Thicyng is the grand universal prevailing
vice of a soldier. Everything about him
tends to Contound in his mind the distinc-
tions of mcvm and tuHm. Almost all the
property they see is Government property
which better men than they think them
selves fully authorized to steal. In march
ing through the country, the toraging has
not been systomatizcd and kept under the
control OF Our officers, rs it ought to have
been. Men and subaltCrns have been al
lowed too much license, and the result has
been to make the army set Of robbers --
Soldiers will steal everything | remember
It good story of a Colonel Of one of the
Ohio regiment, in the army before Corinth.
y resident of the country came into his
camp and wanted leave to search for "A horse
he had lost. While he STOOD talking with
the Colonel, holding in his hand the bride
of the horse he had been riding. up came
two men, and while Que of them Slips the
bride oil the horses head the other holds it
up in his hand until the first had taken the
horse by the to.clocll uU' OF sight the Col.
all the Uuc keeping the buttcrnuts attcn-
tion engaged When lu.tcmut turns around
to go, he finds, instead OF Il horse, his bride,
held up in the air about as high as II horse
head. This is a fact
The soldiers Of this army, having had
more experience than the generality OF
soldiers in the thiCying ant, have acquired
the greatest passion for the amusement OF
appropriating other peoples goods. 1t is
not safe to leave horse without watching
for single moment. If Il soldier wants a
ride he Is Just as likely to jump on the first
horse he secs as not. Mules are stolen right
out Of the harness. When the mon crowd
around the narrow opening Of suffers
tent, they invariably steal more than they
buy When goods are piled on the leycc
waiting few moments to be cXricd upon
the bank, or ON board the boat, they arc
almost sure to be dcCiminatcd by thieves
.
to everybody who has long been in contact
with them. Now, the steamboat men on the
Mississippi river have always been noted foI
their exalted virtue, and particularly fol
their strict and conscientious honesty But
evil communications" &c, &c, YOU know
and the last sad result Of the vicious associ
aJiun- of the steamboat men is seen in tn,
following fact. which / have Just lcamcC
from the best authority: From Memphis
to Helena the steamboats, will, rs very
great favor, carry suffers goods but they
will not give bills Of lading for them, MOI
will they be responsible for loss They
usually make the trip from Memphis in tn,
night, and after dark they 90 about among
the suffers goods fcraging. They break
open boxes of wine and take out from one
to five boxes. They take halves of chces,
and Il heavy discount of the gingerbread
crackers, butter, eggs. and every manner o.
catahlc and drinkublc that can bc made
useful on board steamboat. Thus they
, supply themselves without cost and as they
have given no bills Of lading, and are moi
responsible for loss, they arc "alI right arc
charge it to the long account. Our delight
ful landlord makes the day hidcous Will
complaints Of the soldiers, They steal hi,
knives and forks, his tumblcrs, his soap anc
! tOWtlS, ant-lOf WHICH lltN may ne ever
lasttngly burned-his moS92it0 bars, leaving
the future dcnizcns of the rockcry to III,
added horror of Helena mosquitoes, Nhicl
are celebrated, by the way, for wearing drcs,
swords, navy rcvOlvcrs. and Chinese gongs
When the officers Of General Stcclc's stat
arrived here, after their long trip through
the State, they had of course big wash
on hand, and one of them told me that, our
of four dozen handkerchicis and from
dozen and half to three dozen Of every
other article of clothing, he only got back
on an average, three Of each kind. This i
a great country that is a fact.
ARREST OF SECEssIONIsTs IN ILLINOIS
4 despatch from Cairo states that Judg,
Joshua Allen, member Of Congress from tn,
Ninth district of Illinois, has been arrested
for discouraging enlistments, Judge Button
of Marion county, has also been taken il
custody. They were sent TO Cairo for SAT-
keeping. Doctor Thomas NJ. Hope, o
Alton, was also arrested on the 9th instant
He is a brother in-law of Major Genera
Pope, and ran in 1860 as the Brcckinridg
candidate for Governor. His sympathy TO
the rebels had long been notorious and Ii,
took every occasion to insult loyal men d,
aVowal of secession sentiments.