Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-05-16
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Lsre-air pure and cisar-shat purity
that ciearness, that serenity, peculiar Il
mornings that follow a night Of storm
The storm was such as We read of in th'
tropics-vivii lghtping--peai cu peal o.
thunder, over us, around US, unpleasautl ly
near-snd ram in torrents One could
not help comforting himself with what
Lieut.. Col Maggi said-after the battle
Of Roanoke, speaking Of the peculiar sing
of MIME balls-"When you hear the
sing, there is no dangeE-it IS past SO,
one need not fear lightning, for if 1t is to
strike you it will d. it before you know 1t
and the fash ought to rejoice you IN
stead of terrifying l hope this may com
fort some nervous People-as 1t did US IN
battle. Twas struck with the resemblance
to artillery, and thought "Heaven' loud
artillery" was very appropriate express
sion, batting the fact that it was rather
more pleasant to lie in bed-on mattress,
notwithstanding your bedstead is iron,
crash and roar as it did, aud slight as the
danger was Of your "pegs" giving way,
aud YOU be exposed to The storm "un-
kenePd,"-thsu TO have shells bursting
over you, round balls knocking fence rails
about your head, and grape and canister
pungiBg around.
That bright morning, | went into town,
TO see our sick. The freshness Of the day
seemed to give new Vigor to life of every
sort. The grand old ems that arched the
streets seemed prouler of their new green
the birds sung gaily. Do the streets
YOU meet wounded men, their faces spirit
ualized by suierius-even the sensual
Zouaye seemed 10 have a soul Many,
very many, moved along slowly, bearing
traces Of late severe sickness; but they
seemed to have raised their droopins
heads. like withered grass after shower
They talked as If hope, almost gone, was
renewed There are several hospitals
two in Craven street, oae IN the Masonic
Hall, oue 10 the Academy. The latter Is
situated in large sq1are-gTeen s"'rd
aud shading trees all abont-some"hlt
larger than our North Ward school house; f;
the four rooms, Ike those, are SO many
wards. A sentinel keeps away unseem!y |
inuuders slipPeEed attendants glide
arouud-there is perfect cleanliness. l
went to the Sd ward. There were perhaps 1
Is patients in it. Though fever patients,
the atmosphere was as pure as outside.
The room was quie: as though but one
were there. 4 deal bedstead, mattress,
aud spotless liuen-no one could be better |
attended to at home. Books and papers
were Furnished couvalescents, and every
thing in mos. admirable order. Fever il
q queer thing never saw, before | came
here, Typhoid, with its pbreuzlsd eye,
black swollen tongue, thick muttered ez-
pressions-the burning cheek-miid men
tai wauderiDgs, aud incohereut talk. 1t
lie an odd expression. One Of the conVa-
leseents complained, "the ratiOns are SO
poor" Talking with ous Of my men IN
this ward, one in a cot near by said,
"Pfs.ty sharp firing that, last night,
Captain" "Yes." "Risht smart OF
shells burst over US here" he said, "you
think they've taken Goldaborough BY
this time?" told him | thought they
had, and he went on talking about the
fring-(he had heard the thunder last
night) All the hospitals here are most
admirably kept. There is abundance OF
linen, and every delicscy, owing to the
thoughtfulness of the ladies, North. For
those who are SO far recovered as to walk
out, there is a reading room fitted up in
Craven street, where they ind all the
periodicals of the day, and library stocked
from Secesh houses here. They are en-
courased to move abou. as much as possi-
Bile. | know that IL will be a satisfaction
to our friends at home to know that there
are such arrangements. Though the wife
may have a more tender hand, the sister
have gentIer ways, the mother more ago
niziog asslduity, yet iu ether respects the
sick could not be better situated. Instead
of the Hospital being a dread and certain
death, here, soldiers are eager to 60 to 1t.
There is square en- Broni street,
burned down-no'hing but the ghostly
chimnies standing. Il was the Washing
ton Hotel, | believe, aud some other
houses. In the middle Of the street, stood
a Town House, raised OF brick pillars, the
market beneath, like that at Nor'humber-
land. The pillars still stand, The super
structure burned Between two Of the
pillars are benches put up, which look as
if they had been quiet laaiing place for
twenty years. 1t just opposite ginger
pop shop. Every time go down to~n, |
see a knot Of old feliows-Bo, old, either,
bot they are Of that lauk, unhealthy,
hollow breasted, yellow east, who SIT