American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1862-06-27
FEom the Rome Southeruer.
Sam McCyachiR on EXtartianerS.

pekted the embrases of my friends and
the sivilytes CT numerous akw sintsGse.
| didn't assoom the usual airs Of re-
turned solgier. but wer the same umble
indiyigual | weT before The war and the
humps aud the meesles broke out /
konversed generally about the boys and
did not allood on no okkashun. TO nv
intermacy with Gen, Johnston TOombs
and sich ike.
The Home Guard frequently axed me
why Gen. Johnson didn't fight more and
retreat less, and when I wer goin back.
and what so many. KUN home for. l
considered some OF their queslshuns very
impeTtynent. The Guard are the tawk
in part of q smart army. VINO are goia to
the war shen it DO besum aktuly nesses-
sary. From their kashual remarks. l
inferred they looaed on Us bows in the
servis As their pickets and outposts while
they themselves was the grand B0Hy-
part Resurv that wer chain anI chswio
their bits, and getting redlv 10 Yh{z1k
snmLsia. For an ,Akupashun. most Of
EN- hav engaged in The extor>bnn bi>nes>
Of one sort or auolher-plaFing k51lz
satsr to the solgiers wives and caiiarun.
They phL4i.tei NE IN bubble quieG and
though my ttms yer not out. | weT son-
strained 10 depart iAos koastS DremaJuFlF.
for fear III bein a deso.ated viktEm of eX
toTshun. i suffered most pitiIui Ia everv
kontaAt. lawn undertook 10 Tsk5ule
my family supplies. nay pokei book box
like 0.eiaa. had trod on Il before ! weF
half tnso'. L TUX a m0n-h's pay 10 bay
pair of shoes, fine tooth comb AMI p
bunch of laklry warn. Sloin AMI ~hirgia
and ha.tin the ch;Idrun were indefinitely
postponed. aud quit those regun>. leav
ing my vile wearing my old boots. aud
my boys dr0ppjn korn for a eX,orsnaL~r
Il cents aker. Jack said he were =
LILLE re5~l. and wouldn't q il: the last
seed of him he were dis.iGL bait. say
il with pride aud satisiaksbun that nv
vile are iniustryus and manaSin WON
an. She said she knuid squeeze out "a
Twin I'LL blackberrys kun. ef they KUN
early. and then she were safe for month
longer. Ell any woman kin she Kin. bat
it will be nip and tux.
The roliin wheels of time and the kari
brot me onst more TO the siIy Of Rich
mond, whar | stopped while TO look
round and feel of the public pulse. kal
kuIatin on being elekled kapting Of nv
kumpany at the reorgsniz alton, | ,h't
would look at uniform | kalIed a. thr
biz store, and priced = set and was aE-a
50 dollars foI koat and Breeches-wt here
upon | retired FindIn koultIent Go no
better. I went bak mex day 70 leave me
dmenshuns, but [ found they had ~ O.
LaaifeI | retired again aui wen
skrats to l2V cu.2D Il all turned out rate
ior when lie time kun. | wernt riekled
ana am stili sheIdin out nv PATRIOTISM ~
eleven dollars month. Thrr aint must
margin for extorshun on the Government
at hat price, reckon.
1t seemed utterly impossible 10 grt the
extOrshuGers IN the ranks. GOV. BTo~s
thot lie would put some Of EN- to the uSe>
ful art Of bullet sioppn. so he kallei tor
daft. Euuf Of the pa;rio.ick responded
and there vas no draft, but 1t give EN- Az
orfu skeer and developed more ruma:ik>
and hrouicks than wtr thot possible a.
xist in a limestone kountrv. The DIX
tors had osAuns o fan xamini0 the haa
didates for invalid houOrs Well. after
the 4th OF March, they general 2 rvkuv
cred and went 10 extoriin ago. AM 400
tinued til Kongriss passed the hoa~erip'
Bill. when they koIlap.ed immegiA'e.y.
and all the invisible diseases returned
The Doktors however are refusin 20 give
EN- certificates. and the fan are equal CO.
sirkus. They are now biddIn high for
substitoots. and will get EN-. 80 | dom
see much chance TO stop these vampires
from pGrsun their occupashuu. If they
kouli all be got in one r giment and pui
ia the front rauks with old StonewalI be
hind EN-. so that they couldeut res az
woaident old RumatiGs and kronics aHd
2 per sent sing farewell vain world >"
But thes'd Aetch il in the long run. a
spiritual uaigium IN our camp says as how
Old Lucifer are prepafin a Faktory 10
make double distilled torment for Traitors
and extorshuuers. Tie has got apYyra-
tus and hemiculs all reddy. and are only
waitin for the kaIkyses OF "a few more, to
use il his furnases in place Of soap stone