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

with me n they had had the least encouragement,
oia them GOOD morning, gentlemen" and passed a.,
~mnoo' giving them any opportunity for further GO,
tsn'ance. Being put on the aight road for Warren-
son and Alexandria by colofed friend a the colored
Hn Were instinctiyely my friends, as win moro
iuiy explain hereafer), made pretty good time and
good look ont behind until was satisfied tbsS
tDere was no pursuit,
Next night, about 9 o,cIo,L o.o,v,v
rrauquier county very nice country town nv mooni
nsn', uu aser warn enjoyed good rilhts sleen ON a
ped OF auger-borings in lot j1s, out of toyn wbsr
aoS ees s.ey were making poet aud rail fence Next
nay passed over The worst turnpike tb;nk an ,bs.
face OF the globe, in Prince William County 7, e
true that they do not now add insult to;n;nrr va.
charging toll upon it, but it ia terrible n;.oyroy
which the county ought 20 abate at any cost. ''
Talk about Jordan being hard road to travel,
don't think It can be circumstance TO this old turn
pike. During this day encou tered one or two in
significant reptiles in human share but did not baye any
dihculty ia getting along in fact on crossing the Rap.
pahannock, at the Faoquier White Sulphur Syringe
on the day before, fell that had struck new ss
mosphere and soil, less Southernisb, and less
fendish in the character Of s Inhabitants The people
did not appear TO be mali nantly ioquiye as they
own.business race. And on passing through Priucs
William and nearing Fairfax County, where Reputl.
actually lived and breathed, though under dfad.
vanages felt that was getting into at leas, per,
italy civilized country, and began TO feel more az
home But "eternal vigilance is the price Of
liberty" and Fairfax Court-House, thought I.
must also be passed in the night; cons
reouently, 1 walked late into the ensnina
mig t to accomplish it. During the fore part Of the
night was challenged three times by as many differ.
ent squads OF The kappahannoek Cavalry, returning
down tho country from the Fairfax Station on the Az
exandria and Orange Railroad; but had no difcntv
in satisfying them that was all hight on the spy quess
ton, which the only point they seemed to care
anything about And must ferc say that whenever
fell into the hands Of the Southern sodiery durpa
my hegra from the South, either officers priyates
invariably found them geDtenanly and intelli,
mt than the cowardly, ignorant and malignant sticks
which generally Constitute the Home Guards" and
such like Institutions OF Southern defense.
/ arrived ut Fairfax Court-House about midnight
aud passed straight through without any difficulty,
Having the good fortune to find pile of dry leavee ID
an eligible fence in-ide Of lot just OF town.
made excellent bed, and slept soundly therein unS
til rosy morning tinged with beauty the orient Eass
During the last day Of my hegira met good many
lilly people in all sorts Of conyeyances flying froa
alexandria, account of is being in possession Of the
Federal troops Such seemed to be the general anxiety
to get away from Alexandria, that little obstruction
was thrown in the way OF my getting into the place,
However, kept well upon my guard and maintsined
my vigilance TO the last several persons seemed u
think il very strenge that l making such good
time into place that | was making such good
time ont Of II with the intensest pleasure that
faced the roundmouthed cannon pointing up the Fairs
fax road for felt that they manned by friendly
sodiery; and when got within the line Of the Federal
troops beneath the ruslng OF the Star Spangled Ban.
ner travel soed and weary, toanked God from the
bottom Of my heart for safe deliserance from Land
the enmity Of whose peo lie toward the domlovinR
North aud Nortberners is ten-iold bitter than
gall and wormwoOd. ] soon went aboard of the IT, So
steamer Baltimore, Lieut.. West commanding, wac
treated to good dinner and kindly furnished with Q
passage to Washington City. After writing out, from
here few notes on the Sooth and Southerners made
with much difficulty and danger, previous 10 and durS
ing the foregoing personal experience propose to
Join either the United States blockading fleet on the
Atlantic seaboard the main overland army OF oceuS
MI.
and have no doubt, chastened South.
In my next propose to make few observations
about the military status and Of the Soltbs
the relation Of tire slaves, free negroes, and poof
white people" to the war, &c., &c.
p 81 inclose herewith the knife fork, and spoon,
tres in duo, which used in the Virginia jail You cs
keep them among the archives of The TRIBUNE Office
az souvenir of Virginia hospitality" to your corres
spondent, who was known only as Northerner, or
send them down to Taylors, other Of your Me-
tropoltan reectories for true and standing contrast
between Northern and Southern progress had also
not hung WITH but confess that the circumstances o.
nv departure from the place were Of 90 delicate na-
ture-the mob and law-abidtng sentiment being 20
evenly talauoed-that did not care to disturb the
sentative condition of affairs by any unnecessary aiu,
sions or suggestions. And, If have been less definite
about the circumstances Of my Incarceration, &c. h29
would naturally be expected, II Is becauSe may NOS
yet be entirely done with the locality and may hertz
after II nothing more interesting turns up, give moro
specific and personal details Of the affair.