Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-02-09

and the shabby genteei Of the aiiecied-
the painfully decent apparel Of the var
tuou.. and the rags and tatters Of the poor
and the squaiid, Of all agos and coiors'
The pangs of hunger draw from the
darkest dens Of poverty all able to move.
Ii Is a sad pity to watch poor glr!. or
women .eviden " unaccustomsd to provid-
ing Tor themselves, making miserabie
bargains, paving their little sums OF
money for very Improbable food, and
finding by bitter experience that thsir
ignorance of the first duty Of woman Is
producing its bitter fruits. Others, how
ever, are sharp enough, and the glare Of
their eye is as fierce as the grasp of their
hand as they select the best and dive
the hardest bargains. Vice, wretched-
ness, and despair, sometimes are toe
apparent. Young, tender girls, unused
to labor, you see Juggling home baskets Of
needed things-meat, sausage, vegetables,
bread, candles, envelopes, thread, butter,
and fifty other little driblets or portions
in single basket-and stopping, with
aching sides and breathless, every few
rods to rest. On Capitol Hill, twenty
such persons (or older onesy may be seen
at time, sitting or reclining, and painting
under burdens enough for the strongest
man. Among all the dsshing spieudor
and wealth of place, too often are suffer-
ing and poverty. which are We'll revealed
10y a few hours observations Of the
markets.
This manner Of dependin. from day
to day upon distant aad uncertain mar
kets, Is most wastetul and extrsyagant,
FOR rates are from - to 30 per cent
higher than when articles OF food are
bought by the quantity and in their
season. Those who buy timely and
thoughtfully buy better articles aud at
less cost and trouble than in this hand-to-
mouth fashion. Some | have known,
here, who have taken more enlarged
view of the food question, and fad they
can do better" by not depending SO
wholly upon the market men. W.
roK CHRONICLE.
Having returned from Harrisburg yes-
terdsy siter attending 10 having the ne~
recruit. of Co E, 55 Reg. Vet, Vols ae-
credited to where they desired, it may be
Of some interest TO the families and friends
of the veIuoicers to know where they
sisui accredited.
Uaion township has the crsdi, of JOSEPH .
". NJ Bride, Thcma. SehsE, John M'Pber-
500, Wm. Ulrich, John Markel, Frsnk.ib
Krssier, Christian Carr, JEFF rson Kaler,
George L'lley, George Moekelh,ny.
East BafAloe-Wm. H. Alvurt, VIM.
Sirawser, Henry S;Oneeker, Cbss. ".
Yoxhiner, j. E. Fiss, Jefferson Hover,
J obn A. Mathews, u Gilhsms.
Leusburg-Chss. X. Marsh, Joseph
F.uhirk.
New Bsrlin-GeOrge Fl. Hinebseb,
Joseph Gets. ,
Nineteen we're recruited By Lieut.. II F.
Mauges, two by Lieut.. Beach c. Anmou,
two by David Mitchell. | see By yoar
paper Of the 29sh you have given Lieut.
b. Z. Ammons credit for the xhole pun.
Der, which is wrong, to detract from the
merits Of obe officer and place to the cred
j, Of another L.. Ammon is too much
Of a gentlemen to desire any such edi,ori.
ii puffs. As sn officer of Co. Z, bis
resord is such as needs 10 ,rumpetiug.
The reason tha, Lieut.. Mengss 60, the
most recruits, be labored the whole of his
30 days furlOugh, while Lieut.. Aumon
le.ired to pay q visit to friends in the
Eastern counties of the Stale, aud he and ;
ispses together recruited eigh, more men
q Hartley township, who have not IS ye, ,
eporsed. I,
While at Harrisburg met, as did q |
ear ,go, ., Falmouth, Va, the officers of I
be SD, AID from their venerable Col,
4 Mishsel, down through all the 6cid and 4
ompauy officers, found to be gentlemen, {
ociaole, sffable, and spproachable, and ,
dvise my friends when visiting the End /
Irny Corps to remember the SD Reg.., I
nd they will soon fud themselves much I
carer home than distance indicates. d
heir military record compares with the g
est of the grand srmy of the Govern q
Iebt They have never employed and o
ever permitted any blowing correspond
1t to harbor around the Regiment, they Y
ly upon the Official record TO speak their S
ene of praise. &C 3"
Union Up, Feb.4. 6.
We stated the - II told without the least
eution Of upduly laGius the detrscting from
merits Of the other officers; ani thaIk cor
'poHdent for setting the matter right.-ED.
Why He BE. Enlisted. lh
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