Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-07-18
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Prem the Csluabus TiResl
The following letter 70 q gsntlsaan in this
city, from his son in General wells corps, wiz
be found Interesting;
Isr N. O REGIMENT NEkR CARLISLE, pa
EtswaEts Brigade, Johnsons DiviEoB,
June 2sth 1888.
BEAR FATHER: Ihsvs received three letters
from yeu, dated respectively the 9Th, 9th asd
18th Of tkis moRth. 1 hope yaU have received
sOas Of the letters I have written kome giviBg
AZ account Of nv marchings aaa dsiBes up to
the tims We left Sharpsbarg, Nd.
We have been, aEd still are en- ths F0-marsh-
ing through PsRa5ylysaia-fngAtsnlag che Yan-
KEGS out Of all pTspHety, and IsersitiRg our ar
my By large numbers Of iHe Borses, aHs SUP
porting ourselves IS We 60 on The rich products
Of the country. Except that our Government
pays for everything It ~apP1aPrsies, (Which, con
si9sriHg the devastation CEASED by the lsnkees
in our country, I consider unnecessarily Ghus-
tiau,) our army would eest the Csnfederaey bat
very little.
Oar march has been very orderly and qziet.
Private property is respected by The most striH
gsGt regulations. Struggling is punished Sc
versly, and what is obtsinea is paidfsr. The
Yankees rebslIsd against taking sar money ct
first and positively refused 90 t0ueh it, bat vixen
they found that the government weuld press
what they tasy did net take pay fer, they came
down q little, and now take the scrip
The coHntry ne are in RESEMBLES closely the
VsIley Of Virginis-in iaet, It is a ceatiHEatisa
81 that vsIley-boaRded On either side-by the
Blus Ridge and Allegheny n0uatsizs. It is
huestons throughout GRd very productive. I
Bevef saw in my life sHck ersss Of wheat, eats,
- $50 The horses are ali large aad fne.
sens OF them are sHoH monsters taa5 tnev wsula
pass as cUriosities with rs. Tho NEST sf their
cattle and fue horses have been run of to the
meuntains shd elsewhere, but ws eeme upon
sqsads OF then occasionally, tsthcrsd IN the
weeds.
The farms ore smaT-frem twsntv.svs I.
seyenty-Ave aces each, but in ihe kighest stass
OF eUlhTasiea-teaehiRg q very modest brt
powerful lesson to car iaad shsrks in the Soutb
who ceuat their acres by the thensands and ves
tail to cultivate one properly.
One OF the most striking and Iudierrzu ssa-
tsfes 81 tnsse Iaru8 Is the size Of thu bsrBs szd
lae lnsignlheaHca OF the mansion or dvsuiuc
1hs earns are immense wooden structures. huilt |
en- raek foundations, IS large ANGST as arr 60
ton warehouses, built deliberately and fTsqvantIv
ofRamentsa suite highly, while the dTalIin1
Is small, asBaliy consisting of four roaua Fvo
above and below. These two kuiHdiD,s - IN /
that are seen On the place.
IN theI barns they pat evsrythinr TIA
Basement is appropriated to cattle. Wills sbgvs
are the various products Of tie farm.r -
A4hhs utensils, Eollsg stock, aad in shsrt
~ANE - 4lAayg nllaa with ]
children, rem SIX up, as ti5jtsm. I believe he
women always give bTth to twins in - esus.
Try, and regularly every twelve months w.
Psspio are universally Dateh, and uslv bavo-5
expression have Rst seen e pretty ~ sfsee
le1 Virginia where aigy ones are vaie6ez.
The reads are AZ turnpiksd, aa8 towps aud /
villages are 30 Rumorsas a. to meet with sav--sj
IN q days march. We have passed tbraSgb
SEINE eight or nine, SEINE almost a. large a. O.
lamsas thsy are ~Sharpsburg and Hnrerstswn
u Maryland asesneastie' MsFesrsbUIg, Lon