Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-06-03
a THE NEWS HERE.

a RECENT MEMBER Of the New York World
Confined letter from this city which compels
sse editet Of the StG, reluctant as he U.s. aca.r 10
ootrude matters personal To himself and kisfamily
upon the public through the Sras'S columns.
While thanking the wr,tee OF the letter in oues-
non for the kind feeitag he evnces towards US,
we have TO assure Tim that his informant who
represented osr family having been seriously
molested by the disunionists Of Culpepes, was
mist ken Their neighbo,s, up to the time we
heard from them last, had completely protected
tAem from insult or injury. The editor o. RE
Sfdr has at no time desired hrs family to leave
their home in Virginia, became We'll assured in
his own mind Chs. surrounded by such a popu; a.
ton as that Of Csipsper county, hoerev.i OBJ
nnxious bis defence of the Uniep's cause nav
have rendered 1i,n there, hs wife and DAUGHTER,
and their property a, safe as though they were
On New York o. Pbiladelphia; rather than, ..
they are, surrounded by community rot : single
member Of which at this time PROCESSES allegiance
tothe United States, The &c, of military oMcer
In preventing one Of bis daughters not Tong since
frou1 entering the GERS to visit him N this CITY,
ne IL well assured YVES meant il personal kindness
10 MS faHliy; the officer, truthful man as we
know We'll, alleging ~ subseq uent explanation of
his conduct, that Il was induced only by his ap-
Prenension that the popular excitement against
ou!self In That section Of the State mis- manifest
ieeHxway from the neigh borhood in which
our family reside-in some indignity to our
daughter If recognized by turbulent disan ionists
NO personal discourtesy whatever was offered to
hef by the officer in question, in informing her
That be had orders - prevent any member Of Our
family from communicating with Us personally
The fact that She subsequently made her way
down to this city By emha,king upon the train at
d f-rent depot tns; so yelled as to conceal her
identity, wss not because dreading any moleeta-
ton whatever among her own neighbors and
personal ecqua ntances; but least there might be
some substantial ground for the officers apple
hensson that, II recognized on the railroad or In
Alexandria, she mis- ht be insultsd or moles,ed
LIEUT.. TOMPKiNs, who commanded Company
b, Second Cavalry, in the recent skirmish at
Fairfax Court House, Va, is the son Of the late
Co. Tonpkins, U. :. a. When growing up, he
was Wild one, and enlisted. He served through
his whole term Of enlistment. with great credit to
himself, fairly earning the reputation Of being
the hes; enlisted man In bis regiment Ere the
end Of bis term he became the regiments quarter
master sergeant, the most responsible position Of
its organization in which an enlisted man NAV
serve At the end Of his term OF enlistment he
was appointed to a lieutenancy in the regiment
and Is regarded as one OF the most valuable officers
In the army, of his rank. Capt Ben. Ewell. late
OF the U s army, who commanded the disunion-
lists In The skirmish In question, was Captain of
Lieut.. TOmpkin's company when the latter was
private. His (Ewell's) disunion prince Will
liam county, cavalry fed at the first charge of
TomPkins men upon them, we hear.