Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-07-10
pG CnTI7MRTA co. PA, WEDNESDAY. JULY TO- 1867.
The EOings OF Sher,nan's fiunl-
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ncrs.
Mack, the correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Conmaciai now travelling in the
South, gives the following picture of the
traces of Shcrman's bummers in Georgia.
Every five or xix miles you pass big
chimney, standing by the roadside, to tell
were house once stood with here and there
u lovely garden in full blossom close by, and
if you irk the natives whats the matter,
they'll tell you chats where Sherman left
his mark as lie went along" But, as was
told on the train yesterday, the army itself
did nothing compared with what 'thc bum
mcrs" did. "Dij the bummcrs call to see
you p ] asked Il good humorcd planter
who sat near me, as we passed the ruins Of
large machine shop. 'Ihcy didns see
me, said lie, 'lor was in Lee $ army, but
they called at my house, and you'd better
believe they played hSp, too. There were
about twenty in the squad. My wife was at
home, and they told her they wanted din
ncr She said she had some meat and
bread, which she could give them in few
minutes. They asked her what kind Of
meat it was. She said it was pork PORK
be id" sail one Of thcm I'VE didn't
come down here to live on pork we can
get lots Of that from the commissary what
we want is chickens, and fresh bread and
butter" They saw some chickens in the
yard and they made the niggers catch them
and kill them and cook them. They made
them drive up some cows for fresh milk too.
While they were waiting for dinner they went
into the parlor and one Of them played the
Star Spangled Banner and played it well,
too, while the rest Gang it. One of the
niggoSs told them that some Of our (rebcl)
soldiers were near by. They asked what
kind Of soldiers they were. The nigger
said they were some Of the State militia
"Oh, that's al right" said one Of Them
I'VE don t care 4 d-n for the militia
this little squad can whip regiment of that
sort. Don't be uneasy boys it's only the
melish," So they stayed in the house ANU
ing themselves until dinner was ready.
They were very civil, my wife says; didn't
Insult her atall; but aiterdinner they yinquir-
ed after the silver plate. lily wife begged
them not to take it; but they said they were
bound to have it. Finally as my wife saw
them carry it of, she began to cry. The
fellow Hho had been playing the piana, and
who was quite gcntlemanly fellow in lis
manner, seeing her cry said to hiscomradcs
Hold on boys, let's not be too mean; let's
leave this silver stuff; we don, want it,"
They put down. the silver, then and one Of
them proposed to compromise by taking a
spoon apiece. That's all they took, except
one fellow who said lie could not compyo-
mize with treason 50 cheap rs that, and
that he was tired Of drinking out or tin
cup, as his tin cup leaked lie would take
silver goblet and call it square. So he did.
They we're fellows Of very gccd taste, for
they carried off some of the best hooks in
my library. They tore things mp side down
a good deal, but they didn't steal so much
aitera Some Of them were from Ohio
and some from Indiana. As they were
about to leave the fellow who had strapped
the silver goble; 10 his knapsack, said to.
my wife, "Malam, war is a dreadful
thing" and they all bid her good bye He
then told me how some of his Doighbors
Jared most Of them much worse than hu---
at ths hands Of the bummers. \ family
living close BY was robbed of everything,
and what was not carried of WAS broken or
destroyed. They took four thousand dol
lars in gold and silver from one house and
two thousand dollars from another A
short distance from his house three men
called at the residence of au old lady who
was living at home with her two daughters.
They insultod the ladies grossly, and bohav-
ed very indeccntly. Just as they came up
they tried to run but wcrscaGght and when
the militia found out what they had been
doing, they took them out in the woods and
hung them right up. They were from New
York.
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