The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10
LEES ARMY.
INTERESTING STATEMENTS OF CAPTAIN GAL
LA6HER, OF MARYLAND.


The Baltimore correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer gives this interest
ing story: aa A
i Ihave just conversed with Capt. Francis
II. Gallagher, Of the Maryland cavalry,
who, with some thirty of his men, were
captured some time ago, whilst reconnoi-
tering near Drainesville. Captain Gala
CHER returned home this morning on pa
role. / have known him many years. He
is an old Baltimorean, a lawyer, and has
been a prominent democratic politician,
filing several important offices. He is a
fine stump speaker, gentleman of intelli-
gence, and has often stood side by side, in
partisan affairs, with Ex-Governor Lowe,
now in Dixie aiding the rebels in their en-
deavors to destroy our Union.
Captain Gallagher was in Winchester
when the Confederate army passed through
that town on it's way to invade Maryland
and the North. He saw it pass, and,
from observation, as well as information
obtained otherwise, he feels confident that
it numbered not less than one hundred and
seventy-five thousand men. This, too,
was the flower and great body of their
army. No secret was made by the rebels
of their fixed purpose to invade Maryland
and capture Washington. They also fully
designed penetrating Pennsylvania.
There was no attempt to disguise the fact
of their pressing necessities to obtain food
and stores of every kind, which were sadly
wanting. The fullest confidence was felt
by leaders and all that their triumph would
be an easy one, and that the people OF
Maryland would, with great unanimity,
unite with them. They had been induced
to believe that the Confederate flag, after
showing a strong force upon our soil, would
be voluntarily raised upon every hilltop,
on every mountain, and in every valley of
the State, and that fifty thousand of our
citizens would Immediately enlist In their
ranks to do battle.
Whilst Mr.. Gallagher was in Winches-
ter, and the place was filled with troops,
he saw the recreant Ex-Governor Lowe
there, dressed in citizens clothes, and
heard him make characteristic speech, in
which he held forth sentiments similar to
those mentioned above. The point of his
advice was to march upon Baltimore,
where the citizens would be unanimous for
secession, and ready with open arms to re-
ceive them. So strong a lodgment being
made he argued that the more timid rural
inhabitants would fly with avidity to the
rebel standard.
The orator, however, was frank enough
to admit that there were some traitors
meaning Union men-in his old State,
but they were few and far between, and
powerless. There were, he said, TRAITORS
there, as here in Winchester, and else
where throughout the South"-that is, in
dividual traitors to the rebel flag-"but it
would not be difficult to crush them The
sequel, Mr.. Gallagher thinks, has amaz-
ingly falsified the predictions of the Veri-
table traitor who made them. What he
may announce in future speeches, since the
development of facts, will not be aptly
credited.
Mr.. Gallagher is of opinion, from evil
dences practically presented to him, that
the southern army cannot possibly subsist
within his own confederate dominions the
coming winter. Misery, want, and devas-
tation prevailed on all sides. The whole
scene is one of deso]ation.