The sun., 1865-03-22

Tvery rod.er who has been with General sherman.
will iocoTni1e Ia the word GUNNER the ooguomep
Of those vagabonds atSched to the hrly, Who habit
uaIly ttsvel In tile sdvsnrc, looking up whatever
Iundcr may be- gathered within a raliu- OF hfeen
OF twenty mhos from tho maia body. These precious
ecaupA vhO ChIls,eu thcmsriva 'Gornger.," beg
horIus or 'Us hoIsc mules upon which they ride
over the Southern plantations IN arch Of vnuAhlo,
Waiting tho mansion houses, they carry Oh all the
portable yan.hcs thcy can lay their h.nds on melt.
ing up thc silver plate gold iowelry and trinke they
obtain, yery much ai'er The fahon OF thieves In other
parts o the world. In instance, the operations
OF these yandal, are vnked at by rupuom oicerp,
who receive si,fc Of tie 'ryrg" They are recI
deyin freq Ienay performing darnl deeds When n .
Iohe!s suTrut nd then Ia an out pi-the-Nay place.
DIrnc the march vi General sherman from swan.
nah the-- "bufnmers" weie rlva,s ia the Anynnce
lpnctiInU' cutrrng tow AMI capturing II " IH
before any iofco o. reru.siu AIfyci hey inspirct
terror b. Slcer bru9gaaoc" and cOnpieloi ehe panic
h' ar's oi lAr 'r'-n's' nnr Nl'.d "a The hi'toy OF
: sM.hl,. one brutal 'han.inci nn irtIIn'u' to his
from the hugt.s Of forty she -uhrlA" lesidcs
sny qu.n,.'y Of other !oSeIy isIon Violently
nom IN" on uurs. Another class OF "humneIs"
Nho proics'ei to BE- regularly detailed "ioralers"
took py'se'rion nj every eatable thing they could
carry OF, destroy all they Gid not take away with
them. When lie arTuy came up, the pIundrrod iu-
hahsnts eo' but little sympahy from The coinlnsnd-
IiIli.ns plss' In como rtsperis, IT, sdyor.Src.
some sp,rt Of 'he-o hummer" has teen Of ldvAn-
eyomy'e country, and safe return, las rnabel our
i'ruursr 10 obtain tie most accurate Information con
Ici llhf the country tLoush which tue amy Ouid
where Hcriou' damage mght have buen in
c;ed upon Odi troop. Ocus sthtss
"bdumcit" fen upon the def, ncses' hOu.Cs, vafe+
and even oitle', swarming into every piace rnere
,adaI.os could te ,tAined, teauns down oosly
mirrors, sma.hiD2 up handsone pianos, cutting van-
Ghe palutlnss out OF tho trAIier, dOrtIuyiug ricn
chiuANte, hnl otherwise bftAEing up iue things
a pundeToi erialiiAiue t"oy Gsuaiiy Affected to
rcl mad NJ tho uins ihcy rlud, and ended by scCi-
dfu'AlT r.! dropping a few lighted matches upon a
p..e Of tomhus,iD.cs In the upper storles alter
quarters. Tho houses If the poor Africans we've
not rpaIod li The hummcrs," whOte kesn scent alter
p'unLer, Invariably dicoyefed II concealed beneath
tLe tnhhh.ert cOycringt. In come Instances negro
men aud women were stripe OF their cloIhinR ,Gnd,
fiom thclf bodies gold ana sllver watches taken rs
trophies Of tho wal. A nesfo cabin was seldom a
their master, family mRnton. The forage ." al
ways TOOK Tot'osblOn Of everything worth carrying
~, and zone lues mounted the most healthy look
Ing nog!Oes uIyn their oHucI's mules, compel ing
Some Of tho most thoughtful tCltls, nud the cutest
"chsHeln ru rlcd ,helr treasure, butt "peTtuade"
IN apo Of le,e'ed pistol u an ufly looking bay
nj ed innLeutcb to tina bOot Of the
land piTGt., Nho maze tur Of such nrgumonts
one scamp decn Of that he came ihto posse.h ON of
VOL oi ue'Gess who had concealed The fillants in
her nHtufA hrHa covering, and denied being In po,
''sion OF them. The hummer" sAd he " knew soc
he'd" herague Rn0-net euch had told him where the
eve,s weTo tecfeted On their return 10 the artny
thc'c preCiuua rssgLz, seidOm remain long in u ,sey
ZION on sLat they had gathered. Fluthed with pun.
eoi wa 500 cheap to otleers and privaes the pre-
ceedt t"tnf quickly sanhled away, or ,penI for COM
lnissary whSrey, uyos which the drunk ards obtain
rec nefUlu" 10 iem,in under the Orderr Of p'o-
Yos' ms'sho4' suard Tor az ndeunits o. mud ngahL