New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-17


relation slept beneath the starry vault Of heaven on
the soft ride OF the platform If railroad station house,
where what is called the Mountain Road the read
atronized this occasion the Richmond and
Fredericksburg Railroad.
Arising next morning before day, having become too
chilly to sleep, resumed my journey by starlight,
and sitting down 10 to rest about the dawn OF day,
noticed Tor the first time In my life SUPPOSE, the ex.
| act time when the monoonous song Of tie nocturnal
whippoor-w gave way to the more cheerful notes Of
the birds of day. During this day Sunday did not
meet with many people, but those thai did, most OF
them going 10 or from church, looked very inqusi.
lively at me- as thought. One or two small Sunday
groups of hard king cases whose very looks of in
Suisiiivebees caused my blood to boil with indgna-
tion gave wide berth to- and did not give them
an easy opportunity to catecbise me.
was not nterf-red with curing the day. but felt
at night that had risk that would not Ike
TO try again. Forty miles from my starting
place In the morning. was the town of Lolsa C. H.,
one Of the vest Sc, esson dens in the whole South.
This could not be passed through in the daytime by
man of my persuasion and had decided that II must
be left behind me that night. A drizzhng rain had
commenced before night and not arriving at the place
until about midnight had no difficulty 10 passing
through, with Dutled oars, as thought TO myself,
the railroad track, with which had become famil-
lar on my way down. When getting about half mile
out of town, having again resumed the wagon road,
looked out, and felt out, together, comparatively dry
place under large tree the right bank of the road
and taking an old New.York newspaper from my
pOchet spread III upon grouhn lOr Deu, OF
for sheet, and retired to rest, covering myself with
my oyercoat with my umbrella spread over ne IN the
shape Of small tent. Before tired natures sweet
restorer" found my weary brow, bowever-or rather,
my weary locomotives--tbe rain commenced pouring
down in torrents and soon flooded the ground where
YVES lying, completely faturating my bed, which ieit
untouched for the next lodger, IL being too dark,
rainy and muddy to find log or stump TO SIT down on
was Obliged 10 star the spot holding my umbrella
over me, nutil daylight, when | again set out on my
Journey it still raining. During this day, Gordons-
VILE sodom and Gomorral sort OF place was
10 be passed. was well aware j. was hard place.
from nv observations there my downward trip and
daring The day was tod severa times by poor white
folks and negroes my most intimate Associates"
admit during this trp that the citizens arres.ing
persons there every day, taking them oil OF the cars
strane or without pass from the Governor was az.
yised to not undertake to go through the place unless
had pass / told them that had pass--that in
tended to pass around the place, az could not afford
10 lie by and devote night 10 its passage.
The town il situated in the angle or delta formed by
the junction Of the Virginia Central and Alexandria
aud Orange Railroads and IL simply fast, prohigae
railroad town. Coming up on the line of the Virginia
Central Rosd, on nearing the town, L cut across
through the woods, back of the town, 10 the Aexan
dria and Orange Road. As l struck this road, met
with gentlemany sentinel employed to guard the road
for mile or north Of Gordonsyille Having satis-
fed him thar l was all right on the soose question IL
cannot call the nature Of The satisfaction given by any
more definite terml he informed me that the road
closely guarded throughout its whole length ard that
II would be impossible TO pass along 1t without con.
slant interruption and danger Of being arrested and
sent TO iail So abandoned an intention that had
formed OF taking this oate account ofts drectness
and resume the mountain or country wagonroad rum
ming few miles west Of it. Orange Court House was
10 he pared during the coming night. reached the
place little after dark the weather being cloudy and
based Immediately through II, not meeting with any
interruption. Que man stopped ana turned bis whls-
kied breath upon me az passed him on the sidewalk
and appeared disposed to scrape acquaintance but
passed on and did not give Lin al opportunity to DO
So On getting through the town, my road lay through
a long dark, and muddy lane. Not having slept for
some forty odd hours and having walked over seventy
miles in the time encountering much rain and mud,
felt very much like retiring for the night. What
luxury would have been clean pine board IN fence
corner on that occasioni kept look out as well as
| could in the dark for pl,ce to lie down. Foru.
naely soon came to some piles OF new riis that haq
been dropped along one Of the fences for repairs.
leyeled off the top Of OF these rail piles as best
could and went to bed.
10 awake, in these war times from q sweet dream
of a Northern home and friends, kind faces and Kind
hands, downy comfort and luxurious ease and find
ones sef stretched upon pile of rails hundred miles
south of the Potomac, with cold rein pouring down
upon him. is certainly crying from the comfortable
10 The uncomfortable. This was precisely my condi-
ton an hour or two before day the night In ques-
ton. IieIally gathering myself OPP Il confess
had nearly shiveredmysef to pieces from chillines
wended my way through the drk ness rain and mud,
until got wa med mp q little when / sat down a
projecting rail in fence corner and nodded in the
coming day. During this day l met with come inter-
ference Among others encountered the Chief, as he
said, Of the Orange County Home Guard, an elderly,
notwithstanding fre-eater, riding to the Court
House in his richly-cu,hioned sulky. He put me
through pretty rigid ostecbism. Washington, and
even Alexandria, rather unpopular places for 3
wayfaring man to be bound for, about this time and
consequently on my upward trip generally limited
my destination for the time being, on being nterro-
gated in regard thereto to the next principal place
ahead. am not much Of an advocate for strategy,
bat this the only way 10 which could get out OF
the enemys territory end clutches, and could not
afford to remain there for the sake of being persistent
sticker for exact truth. My destination the
sion Of my interrogation by the Chief OF Police Of
Orange County, we'll for the occasion as fact, in
Intercepted as to my acquaintance In that place,
among others, inadvertently mentioned the name OF
w. d. Wallsch of The Washington Star. This
called forth the exclsrnation:
al am sorry TO say that shall have to stop you,
Sir You speak Of Dug Wallach Of The Washington
Star, Heis traitor to Virginia, and one Of the
worst enemies We have. He dare not to his own
farm at CulpoPper Court House. He would be hung
a. traitor tie moment he put his foot on Virginia
soil. shall have TO stop you, Sir"
then explained to him that although was acquaint
cd with Dug waIlach, we did not eat out Of the
disb nor sleep in the Same bed nor In anywse cons-
tute mutual admiration society; In short, that he
was the editor Of Tbs Washington Star. and that
claimed to belong TO another race of CANNES. This
appeared to concliste him in measure aud he asked
il / bad come through Orange Court Houso. told
him had, without interruption, not considering it
worth while to enter into further details Of my pas
sage through that place. But my acquaintance with
Dug Waa seemed stil to stick in bis crop, and, as
last resort, on his requiring some kind of pass,
drew from my pocket tho certificate OF County Clerk
of Virginia County, with the County seal attached,
certifying that had been arrested, travelling under
suspicious circumstances, had been thoroughly exam
ined by the County Court, and had been honorably
aud unanimously discharged. This settled the matter
In my favor, and We went on our respective ways
rcioicing-at leset proceeded ON my way IN that