New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-15
Condition Of the People-Eow The slaves
Feel-A Sli;rEnish.
From Special ConesDonlenf.
NEAR NLw-KgN1 CoUET.Horsr, 30 iles rom
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NEAR NLw-KEN7 CorET.Horsr. 30 miles fron}
Richmond Night o. Mey 10, 1867
write 10 YOU under canvas, from the extreme
advance paIty-,he Signal CoIps-of the Army Of
the Peninsula We are encsmpea within less than a
quater Of Lille of tie locality above named by the
way, Virginia seems specially to affect the title
there is an indefinite amount of courLouses on the
Peainsula), ON the border Of pine wood in tie
very portion Of the Old Dominion where in days of
yore roamed that original Belle Savage, The gentle
Pocahont0s, and the Gussy sayages acknowledging
wild allegiance her iather. 1t Is historic ground
but rever in all the dead Iah' including its Eevolr
,icrsry memories 70 lIeshted wth interest as IN ;nc
living present. Thus f4r, and up to this date no
furfter, has our army moved on its way 10 Rich
mond We cannot be taere too socn in the opinion
Of your correspondent.
New-ke Cour-H II ouse IS a village OF less than a
dozen houses IieturesqUey situated, on either sde
Of the high road to the Rebel capital, with little
ravines in aud adj accent TO it, Its old-iashioned
wooden houses pleasantly shaded by the bright,
green. Summer foliage ol the locust trees and pine
woods ali around The Rebels occupied it only this
morning Tie brckf Of the Jail which they burned
down and the storehouse, containing i've thol fahd
bushels OF corn ldcstroyed), are yet SMOKING.
Nearly all the reSt of the few houses are quite
deserted; nothing 1t peseht hes between ns ana tLe
enemy but Our skirInsbers and Iichets HE WOODS
on either side OF us are full OF Rebels; we may be
aroused at any moment tonight by an attack and
skirni6b. Il Is with s,rOng sense OF my hlghy
drausiIc portion that / VINE, ard anything Dut a
desire 70 visit Nic mOnd abeao oI Tue tmon army
IN the capscity of prisoner. They tell honiDie
nOlies OF the cruelty Of the Retcls 10 thOte thcy
capture, and believe come OF them.
/ leit Williamsburg yesterday morning, pushing
steadily ahead with the marching army the bulk OF
which is row behind me. on nave lad enough oi
the descriptive concerning marching ARMIES IRON
,nyself anG others, therefore / spare you. 1Ee
weather was delicbtful equestTian, OppTessvely
su,ry to a marching soldier, the country WOODY and
exceit for the scared people whose poverty had ce-
termlued them desperately 10 abide the coming oi tie
devastating Yankee, entirely deserted Every where
To, we beheld traces Of the flying enemy. Ragged
articles OF clothing, battered knapsacl;s, hayersacks
blankets and Capteens. the former neraliy bearing
the ,nscIioiions Of Virginia, North Carolina ffsls-
sippi aud Louisiana Iegimente, Uttered the roadf
tie le,de and a0 jacsnt woods The hegroe, oi thio
vicinity possessing hensrlyes Of these VIII present
eurioag appearance for monthe 10 come.
ihe people occupying the iaFm-hooses lsuch mean
lookup tenenents nat that comfortable fubrtaDtiye
is degraded by the spI lca'ioo were si more or se
for tie Union now, Of cOurse. Most OF them had
been barbarousy used BY the reteating Confederate
soldiers; not as they were careful to inform you By
Vrguisns, but by men from the southein borders oi
Dixie Some retained literally nothing but the de
n4ntled shell OF their wretched tenemeats; the one
horse, the scfnty store Of bacon the meal, the
chickens, the very feather bed. bad been swept re-
mosselessly off without tie form Of payment iii
the dirty Secesh b..uk notes, which the lCstessoss
We're 80 ready 10 part with lOr tie smallest coin
curious solaier chose 20 offer. Many Virgniass
begged FOR Lard crackers of their visitors. In
eases they had been despoiied by both armies; but
as rule, our men behaved with comparative hon
cay fayng for wha, food they could obtain. Apro-
POs, sAy say, incidentally, that ii is my rooted
IiO.ss mat the enemy possesses, among otheT
,i,sss Of the savage, that OF conioundiDg
-: n'ens OI nercy-father weakly manifested,
,n,'.t 'or We seeesh prisoners taken u WI
W aossiuely i0n5=e3-with cOwardice.
thinks giHly y-sarner sees's; s.s are Ln, half
hearted IN iEer belief in tLe;r ors Sfer slI while
We suggestive touch Of the ,byee feet bowie
knife tsuch one cHcrusted Win b,5 has inst been
snoWn 70 rei nhAnes the picture Were | a Union
49,, - - ~ discover who ordered the
ions Of Yorktown, and when caJtrreS mr. poi'
would assuredy have him blown fo, .''' i,oo' y
mouth, thinking did God and humsr;1,' 's,iGh
The English knew hoo TO pat down resellna '''o
EnCagh. Returning to tie inhabitants: I ,I.;nL
the black ones rather enjoyed the discous,r-r,n'n N
Secessa, and welcomed the Yankees. "Dav ~ y,
us You was going TO brand US like horsssto Iii u0lu
TO Cq6a-most dat you had horns and bns ~ a.o ~
tall, smart nuatto girl 10 me- as she waited ., =,
Bile, aier cooking our party hasty meal of ybicI va
furnished the material; bu: was big fool np,f 70
.e'e Settr, % noe JUST ae best people ebber zee
OATS so| Not negro but APPEARED conGSo,,
uat he OF she could not, in any way. s.r f"in
and might possibly receive benefit Iona .s; ~ ,i u
prove 30. The negroes are the ONLY Irndpe !. WI
now In Dixie, fancy. With respect to the H;,l rHHvlie
we ieellng that their soil 10 invaded, the know sd
defeat and deaster closing around them ON svs<S
w. nas oVsrb"rns au aatecsdents, and produced