Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-04-22

town and beyond it for miles by all the
buys that the borough could well spare.
Harrisburg Correspondence.
SATURDAY, Apri l6.
JUsT OVER THE RIVER The Senate
closed its " ekly lab r, ubput zen, last
evening, and The Clerk. had finished up
their recording about noon 10 day. OIe
goes bone, rheumatic; another, to visit
lis family another, to "see how this
town looks; ;" and l-not having be en-
"outside" this season, except to Gee the
fortifca,iors-sOugh for fresh air aud q
little exercise. FIRST, took the cars
performed the figure q gag movement
opposite the cty-ani rode four miles
down to New Cumberland" This is the
long name for small borough in the n
+. corner Of Cumberland couaty: i, is in
full sight of Harrisburg, on the opposite
side, and looks well iU tue distance. The
cars were f led ss usual with blue coats,
mostly going "to the front" Some OF
them were very rude, especially SO one
who hailed every coored man with a
Profane inquiry, why ain't you down
fighting for your country" Others of
the soldiers apologiztd for their comrades,
by saying that many of them were better
than they seemed, aud that their ex uber.
aDce of spirit was more apparent than
real, and their freedom from restraint
naturally took an extremely opposite
direction the more thoughtful confessed
that the moral infelicities Of war were
she greatest, aud that very many would
be lasliDgly corrupted BY these associations
and suuderIngs of better ties.
New Cumberland appears to be too
siraggliugy tuilt TO be made attractive by
sidewalks and similar improvements of q
costly character; but it has beautiful
location for summer, in a rich country,
aud possesses some excellent buildings.
The family of the distinguished Gen.
John ". Geary now reside here, and they
feel-in common with thousands of other
ofi,ers' aud tens of thousands of private
soldiers wives and chllGren-a daily,
deep. and absorbing interest in the great
struggle for nationol life and freedom
wherein their bonored heads are rsking
not only ease, health, fortune, aud fame,
but life itself. | stopped with a family
in the happy prime of life, seemingly
enjoying all its comforts, but who seem
enamored of Lands new settlement,
"Vineland," in New Jersey. Was
pleased TO learn of the sure but steady
Increase of the place, and the general
contentmen. of the eastward "emigrants,"
bu. sorry to hear that our much esteemed
correspondent, there, was still suffering |
with some of her family from great
Prostrasion Of strength. Heaven bless
them all and may they never know by
experience any Of the bitter disappoin,-
nents that attach such mournful interest
to the history of "Bculah," in c9fumisa
county, or "Bri.tania" in SusquehaDpa
county. x.L,:+
Next walked back to Harrisburg,
the ba!my air of opening Spring.
The warm season is certainly very late in
coming, but come it will, and be more
likely to remain, with fewer drawbacks.
than when 1t comes too early and too
iercely. 1t was delightful recreation
to stlffened joints and sluggish blood
that three miles between New Cumber.
land and Harrisburg. There was the
bread, bank full, imperial Susqaehsnua,
rolling along beside me, with RATS,
islands, and bridges varying aud enliveu-
'Dg Its otherwise placid bosom-oDe rail-
way rain running on the opposite side,
parallel lodging in aud out of the groves
that line the rivers bank, and another .
tram dartipg of nor,hwardly toward 4,
Lebanon, aud each leaving behind q
moving cloud Of smoky vspor to deligb,
'he eye, aud a gentle, continuous roll of =,
thunder TO attract the ear. On the !,
Dsuphln county side also we're the steam !.
'orks and other industrial establish uep,s
VI The sEtizaD, end the rising grounds n