Corinth chanticleer. [volume] (Corinth Miss.) 1863-1863, 1863-06-12
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There is nothing that tells with such striking
examples the difference between the northern
and southern armies,-their habits-and mode
of living, than the differences in their military
posts, and the vast change which they undergo
after railing into federal hands The rebel
sovenlyness and disregard of order and clean
illness, may grow out of the fact that they never
expect to hold place AM. great length of time.
Blu: be this as it may, there Is no one who has
been in the successful army of the west who has
not observed that the first thing done after Ia
king possession of rebel town or fertilization
Is to detail a policing squad to cleanse the place
and render it fiji for the occupancy Of 1.-THE men
Of the North" As an example Of this we wish
TO site our own beautiful city Of Corinth. Those
who entered Corint1 with the grand Army OF
the Tt 4nessee on the lst of June 1852, will re-,
Uemb n the sad and dilapidated appearance of
the place--itS streets covered with old barrels,
and thu debris of the cOmmlssary departm nt,-
piles ofspoiled PROVISIONS, sending. up an odOr
which woulu disgrace a respectable sewer up
north, and camp grounds which gave no evil
dence Of ever having been policed, whiea prom
isinss seene was not AZ all improved by the
smolderingl ruins of tie depots buildings aud
IRE CIV u04seo, tue contents OF Wn'Cn sl0 re-
treating rebels could not take away with. them
This IS the condition which Corinth presented
when iai- Gen. Ualiack took possession of the
by Eide-awake, enterprisng soldiers Of the
north, it could not 'pAg remain in the loathsome
condition in which they found it. A few days
OF rest were allowed the army after the fatigue
ing advance and he work of renovation began.
Squads of men could be seen all over the town
removing the r,Fase matter which Distracted
the streets, aua teams were moving back and
forth loaded with salt meat and spoiled provis-
iohs which even the southern chivalry could not
eat and had been thrown into the Streets
This system OF policing was maintained until she
city was entirely cleansed of its impurities, and
was then extended to the camp grounds which
surround the town. -
Ogera year has passed away since the invest
mel$ OF Corinth by the Federal forces, and we
venture to say that there are few who then
MARCHED through its streets who would recog-
nize the place n0g;and many an inhabitant who
fed with the rebel army would to day find it
difficult TO point out their old homes There
are few places tn country that have under
gnne 80 complete and thorough achange. Now
accmnQtious depot and freight buildings have
been ere ted The business blocks are all oc-
cupied b. merchants, and there is no greater
demand for stores on Broad way New York,
thm tSdiy in the city of Oorinth, and many
nn7buldings nave been erected by merchants
Wh)eoulc not get room otherwise to store their
good. The streets have been curbed and
sidewalks Lid, aud attire seems TO have COOP
Grated with the enterprise 0 man, for never was
Corinthin such hxuriant bloom as this spring.
s[trdens are yielding their earliest fruits. The
oesut.l al GARDEN surrounding the HeadQ Quarters
o. tae Gsnesap Conna1ding, is pertaining the
airs glth1t3rare exodcs, and the roses seem to
have clugiS their bloom from the cheeks-of the
FAR onss thai dai!l trells and entwine