New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-22

n0lmiuby suggestive OF 'hV i0'N' ci ei'H "'',
and sxrcrierced wholesome and realizing serfe O.
tie wi keiaess OF those hose sane devotion 'ao
great American juseeraa' Of slavery brought %
about. Two or three CO lmon-iaced country OVyS' I
iding lsless'y outside, ga,her ct the portal "'. '"
ia as tie major, coon, anc myself survey ''' '.
terror. They Aof,w or viii 'sl' us Hotniis
cen no Secesb about thtre--at least, they avn
s,en none fcra week Or more We mount again.
AID I5sume orr ionrrey. /
BEYOND PoGICK Run.
TAry,ob = stony ford, dangerous 70 hones feet, /
aerosz Pob;ek run. a mile beyond the church. and
t,ey 20 Oh the Ricbmond road ior tie Occoquan.
H,1e ,ye cross the original line Of ,he Rebel pekets'
here the rast localities OF certain Of tleir ydcttes,
drown forward on ne. aAboipg Lis AID contested
ny bushes arc pointed out lierc, 500, shouH sup
ross tlat iour Rebel bullets st the present moment
in ,ho body Of Capt Jaseway sad siuilar number
ia lis horse. might cause both seed and r.ler
qr-e o. retresgeciye unceau ness Toy ticy were re-
ceiyei from o. ambush on tlc adjacent stream, rot
ia lrola this locality eu31e Ien to which the asss-
anir after bling the gallant young 1ersoymap o.
his money. Us toa,, ind Making an l1or-ye a.terpI
70 d-spoI him Of hie long boots, eft him 10 crawl
lsck 10 Sc -y f. OH. vicinity alec, les 'lau iufcc
weeks $40, e. captain Quarierma@,r, ana priFa.e O.
. the CD peunsyvan were killed. However, "
ride or cautiously AID in salety Oar MAG. present
L. hires guide frc.a "a re'g oo-ng house. en adyen
,urou, virci1isu wbose familiarity with the sur
roar5ne country has heretofore been found Of good
eery &c 10 the Uaion cause. Looking "A OF
ato hci dwclliag cur Chief returns with smile
o. hia ,s suJ the information that lie has conFoiaee
with q couple OF Secesh women, Who have informed
n that tle.r brothers IN tie Sorthern army
sud that they Themselves would be there too put '3F
,heir SEX Aud this introduces anecdotes OF re gen
e,a feeling manifested toward the troops, .i'm
which L appears tba. TIE oirties the tupi4os1, the
meanest of ViTginiau women considers heeei
miyile zcd 10 iusul, by word aud deed any o. ever
deiender Of the Government while "our boys
make q est Of &. Our eude, though lie las made q
recent Reconnaissance of tie county oven beyond
the Oocoquau on bis own account reiaNes none OF
tie vigilance that Las become baOisual % him. re-
mark him plnnping through the Tickets anc brush
wood, "oyer tie hiiis ana if away; a!wayf on the
lookout Tor Texan Rangers or Secesn farmers Of
amateur murdclous pgoclyiles. But we encounter
none. and the country seems deserted. Five miles
from pchcl hes Occoquan, ito other side Of TIE
river Of that name and our cavacade comes IN sight
of il, winding along the steep dechvity above me
} river OF about in the afternoon.
oCCOQUAN.
Oceoquan may have been "quite place before
Secession ruined it--7endinc ish lumber, gram and
farm produce By watercarriGro TO Alexandria, Tor
z further transportation. AZ present 10 locke re
# deserted as mey he, only small knot Of idiers hav-
, ing collected on the opposite bank 10 gaz OF toe irst
~ x ina 4lgf
Major i.y4ia l;l ,,losoora tho d'l I'll iiobe.
q fort 70 the left perhars three quaIteIs o. nile off,
c which the e1ide has spo- Of abandoned BY tae
r enemy; halls one Of two dinpy aai-bot'omed bOati.
s ard announces his intent Of paving ITO ely and
u fort a vsit-tbe riyer is altogether TOO deep aud
c rapid 20 admit Of the cavalry iordlng It. So le,
with Capt. Jaueway, are rowod acros. The sur
, econ aud I follow. And we question the id'ers
assembled r.. the riverside end OF dinQy rlee -
p iae Top OF the alcpng tanA, awaiting or arrival
They not pfepos-essin -loosing persons BY any
neaus-shal ly, n.ouchiug, ard exhibiting 10 pofcc-
ton that gr.mness OF cutCio common % the
" While trash' Of secessa--which 2 Noltlcncr
c.u hardly behold without yeauing desire 70 pun
tie objects Of contemplation under pump. Toy
peer at Ne c''Ii0usly, saying but hihe There were
q a Thousand soldiers and more in and arouo Oeooquan
enter Z store kept by rigid woman 'wle gays that
, she belongs 70 Brooklyn, Ncw.forE aud is glad 20
zee u.s., purchase q few cigsrs--neary all .Lat she
has 70 seaud then signal the rlyer Tor iaiI
d q dozen troopers With carDuef, wL0 arriving 10 due
. time 70 caukug about thc iOwn si.eI us On a t0ur
E Of inspection. Up the stream We tramp over slaay
little ioo,-Ialh bridges, by which the ,woicu rger
roars and rushos, pssi a deserted mil, back again
4 through muddy hyiaues carefully sor1trizng every
s thing Ola our way. The Major descsies certain bar
. res pied in q Of, Suspects ammunition, examine
} anj gives tie word 10 proceed Acgo.s 4 field OF
p two in the sIshe-t condition, through tlickot,
stream, aud over hiil-side 20 TIE abandoned !ori,
named ai,er he village IL lite ia wel chosen,
placed on The summit OF bill Il commands tie sur
rounding country and riyer IL consists q an carhen
parapei faced with logs pierced by fCu. cubpslres,
ditch IN front. a hut and certain fLantei inside
have afforded shelter for The garrison. Guns rlen
and Ammunition are all gone. make q hgsty sketch
and plan at the Majors request, and wo then re-
turn 10 tie village. Here we are Hospitality en-
treated by poor woman, OF Union symqg.h,es, who
|. sets before rs bread and milk--a she has-'ud
speaks dolorously and deiestngly Of the doings Of
the Rebels. Her sou has been compelled 70 fee u
" a1-iS'Vn, Ho 's.'DS "O"'s "ie "o'si c" SA' an"
her family have scarcely anything to live OF, and
size hopes the Rebels viii never come there again.
We eat, drink, accord thanks and paymen. and
tramp onward. Five minutes are then spent il tie
puIcLase Of Confederate shinplasten, curiosiGos
from Tie townsolk who are luGicrously eager 10 be
rid OF them. acquir two twenty cent Virginia
bank notes, and au equal number Of half thai
denc miuation, one Vrgnian, the other emana'ing
from the lordy STATE Of South Carolina, The three