Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-18

A. Well, L cannot say positively. They
have sdriven great deal of cattle through
the town, some of them out in the direction
of their camps, and some toward the fords.
OF course no one is permitted to go toward
the fords. l have heard, however, that they
have driven large quantities of cattle across.
z. Do you think they intend to enter Penn
sylvania?
A. Not unless they defeat the army of Gen.
Mcclellan; then of course, they will be able
to go where they choose. The movement Of
jackson up towards HagerstOwn is with the
intention of making raids INTO Pennsylvania;
but if Gen. Lee is driven from the line of the
Monocacy by Gen. Mcclellan, Jackson will
hasten back into Virginia by way of the ford
at Williamsport. A heavy rain storm might
also hurry their movements back across the
river without making fight.
Q. Do the rebel soldiers look to be in good
health?
A. Yes, generally speaking. They are
gaunt and hardened by exposure, though
many of them were suffering with diarrhea,
on account OF the food they had been eating.
z. Didyou meet many Baltimoreans among
them?
A. No, not many. questioned them with
regard to the Maryland troops, and they gen.
orally answered that there were but few of
them left. They had been in so many hard
fights that they were either in their graves or
in the hospitals. The Maryland regiments
had been so diminished in numbers that they
were disbanded. Those that are still in the
service are acting as substitutes in the various
regiments.
Q. Are there many Irish and Germans
among them?
A. Yes, there is pretty much the same pro-
portion of foreign element as in our army.
They are not SO bitter as the native born, but
all boast of their proves over the Yankees.
Q. Do they think that they are superior
soldiers to the federal troops?
A. The men do, though the officers candid
ly admit that our soldiers fought well, but that
our generals were not equal to those of the
southern army They say that their victories
were obtained by out generating our generals.
Both officers and men admitted that if Gen.
Mcclellan was out of the way they would
soon be in w ashingtOn.
z. Were there any church services at Fred
erick on Sunday last?
A. Yes, there were services in most of the
churches, and some of the soldery attended
AT the Methodist church the Rev. Robert Cad.
den prayed most devotedly for the success of
the Union army, and for the president of the
United States and all in authority.
z. What do you think of the rebel cavalry ?
A. They were quite numerous, butEtheir
horses presented a poor appearance. They
bore the evidence of hard usage and scarcity
of provender.
Q. How many leading generals were in
Frederick?
A. Generals Lee, jackson, and Longstreet
were all there. Roger A. Pryor is there, and
has all the appearance of an incamate fiend.
Bradley johnson, as provost marshal, gave no
Of4a 30 h., 1 i.
GUS of securing their good opinion.
The best ordtS had been kept in Frederick
by kthe provost guard, land the stores had beer
cleared of all kinds of produce, and wagons
and vehicles had been pressed into the service
to move it off. One merchant had $4,000 o
confederate scrip in his possession, which haC
been given him for his stock of flour, at the
rate of SIG per barrel. They paid for every
thing they took in this kind of money, and al
though some of them had United States treas
ury notes, they would not part with them
They even refused to receive in change any
of their own money, demanding Maryland
notes. Of course the storekeepers dare moi
refuse. The farmers of the surrounding
country had also suffered similarly in the seiz-
ure of their stock, and the sympathizers Of
jeff Davis have Jared in this respect the same
as the Union men.
Frederick county will long remember this
visit of ''redeemers of Maryland" who have
destroyed their substance like swarm of 10.
Gusts.
The rebels are said to complain that theiI
reception in Maryland is not SO cordial as they
anticipated, and have looked in vain for the
instruction they expected in Baltimore, and
rally of the faithful to their flag in western
Maryland. Those who have been sending
prayers to JEFF. Davis to come to their rescue
have not, they say, rushed forward to well
come them.