Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-06-13
The Richmond ''1nq uircr'' ON Vail
Iandi iglin,n.

FTom TIE Itchm0Hd EGqUftr.
Defeated Yankee Generals seem to make
excellent cUmmandants in disailcctcd dis
tricts.
The dreadful burnside has issued general
! "dcath order" the marrow freezes in the
bones to think of it, and any one, it seems,
may fall undcrits penalty up in those North
/ crn countries who but ventures to say their
/ war for the Union" is unnecessary, or that
/ it is war mot for Tie freedom otthc blacks,
but for the cnslavtmcnt OF the whites" or,
that peace might have been honorably oh.
taincd,' or any such factions and immoral
sentiments. Actually these are the crimes
charged against unhappy Nallandigham,
which bring him under the death order.
1t seems he was further guilty of saying
that on the day after the Fredericksburg
| battle certain propositions were made from
Richmond to reconstruct the Union, which
propositions were rejected. We 0dmt this
,r0S ubtiVc. Mr. Nullantiigham ought to
have been more careful as tD his authority,
( but still one would scarcely say in this
country that he deserves violent death
for sd inaccurate a statement.
Mr.. Na!landigham ought to have forcsccn
that this was goingto bc the course of aiaira
in this country. lie ought not to have
encouraged a war of invasion so long. lie
IT, We cannot forget that this same man,
within the last six months. offered in the
Washington Congress NsOlutions that who
socvcr should prdpoae; or speak of any
termination of the war other than III main
tanning the Union" should be Il traitor.
BY his own showing he is q traitor. lie
prcsumes now to say the war ought To end,
and without Unon-tlinging himself, feeble
and powcrlcss as he is. under the wheels ot
the rushing locomotive of high pressure
public. and the war engine goes on, with
all the plaques and denominations that 1t
breeds including military tyranny-and
behold he is the first man caught hy the
death order
We should be sorry for him; but there is
really no sympathy in this land To spare
for sufferers in any foreign country. All
our care il to keep these BursidcS, with
their death order" out of our homes
Hooker is the next in ORDER and may he
the next satrap armed with gcncral death
warrant
Our sympathies are all confined at home
| vet it is lust possible we may help those
devoted "coppcrhcads" in the only way we
know how also, that they, on their side,
are now about ripe to aid us in the only
way we could accept theiraid. II our troops
should this summer appear within their
! borders anywhere between Cairo and Philn-
dclphia, they would be hailed as friends
by II population pretty well cured now Of
| PluribuS Unum." Their cry would be not
Union, but dc!iycrance. wait, then, and
watch and KEEP YOUR LIGHTS BURNING, YE
! KNIGHTS OF rnE GOLDEN CIRCLE"
a Bold Soldier Girl.
! The Louisville journal of the ith ult.,
contains the following
Lieut.. Garraty. of Park Barracks brought
to our office last evening n young girl in
/ Federal uniform, who was arrested by Ser
gcant Murray. of the Patrol Guards. ycSter-
day near the railroad. She states that her
name is Lizzie Compton; her parents died
when She was an infant in Anderson county
Tenn, and strangers brought her up. She
/ Jared very well until the rebellion broke out
when she was living with Elijah Schermcr-
/ horn. who was II furious sCCcssiOnSt. and
has since joined the Confederate army. Liz
! zic was true 10 the Union, and with female
determination ON all occasions asserted her
! loyalty, until the man attempted to punish
her for her fidelity, when she left her home
and found her way to n Federal regiment.
| the Second Minnesota. we think. For the
last six months Lizzie has been known aS
Jack. and. although not more than sixteen
years old, has gone through great deal Of
service. Col. Mundy, commanding the post.
! proposed To her to resume the habilimentS
of her sex and take position as hospital
attendant. hut she refused and rcitcratcs her
determination to die before she wears any
thing else but Uncle Sans uniform. until
the war is over In this resolve she seems
! inlcXiblc and SAYS she can die but once
She has pleasant face, intelligent eyes, and
/ dimplcd checks. and is at present domicilcd
7 at the Part Barracks. Her conduct, as far
n, we can learn, has been irrcproachablc, and
she feels perfect confidence in being able to
protect herself. What future disposition
/ will be made of her has not yet been deter
mined. We shall at this rate soon have
battalion OF female recruits"