Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-11

OUR ARMY IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The tynchburs virginan publl.hes the following In
teresng letter from gallant young officer over the
horder TO his friends in that city II is dated Head
quarters Iverson's Brigade, near Chambersburg, Pa,
June 25tb, 1858:
From the caption you will observe something Of the
o,oerass we rebels are making away up here 10 this
oron of the United States Back into the Union again.
"a the men are in the habit Of saying, but hot forced
hack In spite of all the Yankees may say or have SAID
about the South coming back into the old Union, now
,ho, 70 are here they seem by means inclined TO
tender us cordial welcome. range to say they speak
&c IL az an invasion of the tratorous hordes, and
sa very many other names against u.s. What an inc0n-
s;start neopls these Yankees are! One might have
thought that they would have received us with open
srms do not know what our people at home tnluk OF
the movements of armyto u3 soldiers we feel tnat
% are engaged in an undertaking Of the greatest
;mnortance. planned by the wisest and best OF our
o,stasnen 10 be executed, trust sucee .siuuy un-
'der the direction Of Providence and our Gensral
What that plan is do not know nor il II our pa
surmise Thearmy, as one man, is fully determined 70
eacn.e if possible whatever General Lee direct, and
in ito nre ,ent state Of organization and efficiency, that
NAV be A great deal. We entered Penn yvania three
dos ago think very much 10 the surprife OF the good
neSnls Thev must, however, have been very agree
sby snrplsed at the vast difference in the conduct oil
or men ON their soil and their men on ours The desola
virginia ia not now seen in Pennsylvania. Private
ia respected ruins are not seen broadcast over
The land women and children are protected, non-com
haants are left uudsturbed and the rules OF cviz I'd
varfare are strictly adhered to- This even our worst
enemies admit and in where property Is Impressed
10 feed the army they do 10 muFmur against
hut recognize the propriety Of the proceeding. The
fact is they expected to be treated as We have been
treated in Virginia and are surprised at hndirg
their heads upon their shoulders Many OF them
are found who profess TO be peace on any terms men,
but place but little confidence IN their protesiaons
We have not met their forces in any numbers yet nor
is ere any immediate prospect of our so doiog. dc
not know what direction we may take from here, but In
no direction can hear Of any regularly organized iorca
we will of course, meet them after awhile, When we
do feel that the army will do its duty How differ
emily have the sc people felt the from the people Of
the South Here everything seems smiling and pros
perous Fields richly laden with crops-mihu acures
thriving under contracts Tor the warto them 1t has
been the rpest harvest Of money that could have been
devised But look at the Valley OF Virginia, the State
of Louisiana, the Valley OF Mississippi and Tennessee
They have made US feel what war is; now, trust they
too may have to taste from the poison cha ce. What
ever hardshps we may have to undergo, they will be
cheerfdy, gladly borne, If they tend TO consummats
| the grand desiderat'1R
find the people here not much dsinclined there
To- II we are to believe their sayings They lay the
continuance of the war to Lincon's Government With
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them abuse Old Abe and his party more soundy- than
have ever heard from Southern lips. Most of the peo
pie are Germans or German in descent. talk to them
in their vernacuar and they are very free spoken tc
me- An old lady told me, day or two ago that ii she
had the chance she could shoot ball right through
"Od Abe =" aud would deem it an act OF beneVoence
She remarked that many of the men thought as she did
but did not dare express themselves Report IT, tn
ladies' are always ahead of the men. great many
them are strong Union but inclined 70 think thai
many of them are wi ling, would be, to modify th
Unto a personal union with some Of these REBELS OI
fare has been very much improved since coming ove
the border We have been feeding on good Dutch eat
milk butter, eggs, &C. and think at very little ex
pense to the Confederate States-a the mere agreeab
to U.S. Our baggage has been so mu3h cut down OF lat
I that we are able TO carry but very few things.
The regulations are strict against interference will
private property that no one is allowed to make pur
phases from the stores save where the merchant is per
ecty wiling This is certainly proper, though it show
more consideration for Yankee feelings than they have
yer shown us; for they have offered payment ii
y nv money for what taken for us.