The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-04-29

came 10 WGJO 1NIU UUtx91 VVUAlOOSAOA 1OI
rolling. stock and motive power. Not dis
posed 10 stand ON ceremony in such mat
ters, they would willingly compromise on
a buggy or four-hOrse carriage if there
was no draught wagon at hand, and would
accept OF oxen IL no more feet Quadrupeds
were at,ainable. They generally managed
to load their vehicles in very short time,
with miscellaneous cargo oflooking glas-
Sea, silver spoons. china cups, live pigs and
chickens, bacon, corn, butter and eggs. 1t
must be admitted that they seldom stopped
at legitimate "forage" for man and beast,
and too often appropriated what they could
not use and did not want.
On several occasions the ''bummers''
found grist-milis in their march, and ran
them for a. whole day. making corn meal
and flour, for want OF which the army 9TH
erwise would have suffered. 1t was no IN.
common thing for brigade or division
commander to receive an official dispatch
from 'bunmer,' 10 the elect that If he
would send wagons 10 such and such a
mill be would receive SO many hundred
weight of corn meal or -four; aud this, too,
at a time when prospects OF a dearth Of the
article SO generously profered were loom.
ing up.
The ''bummers" utterly refuted, by their
conduct, the OFT repeated maxim, that sol.
diers who steal won't fight. Very often
after wandering fifteen or twenty miles
from the main column, they found them
than their equals in numerical strength
Instead Of beating basty retreat, as It is
supposed such men would do
under such circumstances, they would inn
mediately choose one of their number as
and ''gO for the Johnnies' to
the best Of their abilities. II unable to de-
feat them, they would erect rude fortifica-
onspC 1Nnh ind
hold the enemy in check until they we're
'.reinforced" by Gen. Sherman. Not few
of the towns along the march we're cap
tured by bu.nMers and formally surren-
dered t. them. On one occasion Gen. How
ard actually received dispatch from the
bummers stating that they had captured 9
town, (the name Of which have forgOtten)
occupy it, that they (the bummers) might
press on! Rather cool, to be sure, for the
bummers to call for = division to take the
place Of few hundred scallawags like
in order to allow them to COON
and to conquer. "a
The bunirners proved themselves more
valuableiu finding out the position and
strength OF the enemy than any scouts or
cavalry ever used for that purpose. They
covered both TANKS Of the army. some.
times tor distance Of twenty-five miles,
and between what they found Out from &C.
tual observation aud what they learned
from citizens very few facts connected with
the strength or position of the enemy e.
capped their knowledge. s.a-
The results Of bumming are apparent in
every regiment, brigade, division and coIps
of the army. was first impressed with
this fact yesterday, in . visit e some Of
the boys, in their improvised dwellings
behind the fortificatons. At one comfort
able little shanty, asked for drink Of
water, and the aqueous fluid was poured
from silver pitcher into - fine wine
goblet - ever Ne need wish 70 use, and
which q few weeks since. was considered
good enough to grace tho lip gf South Chr
olina aristocrats. In another lent, I found
. Corporal scanning tho psgss Of Shake.
81 hsautiful portraits OF the eminent female
chaEaeters Of English drama. He didn't
exactly like the appearance Of Cleopatra,
and Wss, - he thought, improving IL BY
the edition OF meusteche from lead
pencil. Anne Bolleyn, Hteuia, Mistress
Ann Pags and Ophelio also received artis-
tic emendations from his Faber, which be
felt assured would add greatly 70 .thsir
found richly adorned with oil paintings,
somewhat damaged by having been car
ried on tho points Of baycnets fos long
distance. There u ecaFUely q regiment in
the whole army that has not got horses
aud busyies enough to accommodate
Roodiy portion Of it, members, and most
0f the division and corps headquarters
sport bar0uchee and carriages 6ne enough
to elicit admiration In front Of A. T. STEW.
arts, on Broadway. As for 6ne saddle-
horses, the colonel or general who rides IN
animal without . historical pedigree and =
name intin. ately connected with Southern
race courses, must Be regarded as unpopu.
lar, and under the ban Of the BURNERS,
who would scorn to see one of their favor
ties on con,mon Government steed. Gen.
Logan rides marc that has Won her
weight in goid ON tn, Charleston track
Gen. Blair rides horse that has carried of
the first premium at half dozen trottiDg-
matches. and so Of nearly every other com
handing officer here. A people less dis
loyal than the citizens Of Gsld.boro would
have prepared re g track far the scoouA.
modation Of this army. before lts arrival
here. if'As 4ass. ". .sg.
Mr.. Lincoln said, in conversation With
Mr.. Cclfax aud Mr.. Ashnan, of Aassa hu.
sets. a couple Of hours before he was shot,
in reply to remark that there was some
ureasiless about him when in Richmond,
that he would himself have been alarmed il
any other person had been President, and
gone there, but, ~ for himself, be did not
experience sense Of peSsoR0 danger.