The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-03-28
War News.
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WASHINGTON, March is.
hevc just n turned from Manassas
having accompanied Gen. Stont man,
Reconnaissance TO Ca,lett's Station, about
twelve miles beyond the now deserted
aud dcs0iatcd rebel stronghold, and hastcf
IN cen municntc towc il, ms which thC
telegraph may not have brought you.
As atand near Manassas. 20 all nloua
The Inc Of cur moycment the "sacrcd
sbil' was thoroughly desolaicd Farms
had been pmndcr' OF their stock; bridges
1cpcts md settlements, had been burnt;
careasscs OF ftlousants Of horscs tainted
the air, ady miusmatic air, while fccbly
cnriching the exhausted fcldsi deserted
dogs ard hni cry cats whiucd after aud
followed us from barrs thbt had escaped
the torch, ~ ii seeking tho foithlcss mas
tcrs who had "ought. lled and" fed FOR
their "indcpcndcncr," aud and there
rose, like a grim witutss, blackcned
shan that had two dtys before been the
crutcr Ola homestead, To trstily that the
smother Of statesmen" hus brcomc vcri-
ly the mother Of ynndals. All the men
: emod 10 have lcil this section OF the
State. The snCcssouists went of their
Iwn motion, turning ont their stock aud
produce 20 t'c rcb'l army, aud burning
their own hruscs behind them, rather
than submit 10 be rcrhars Iruntcd bnd
restrained, certainly patronizcd and rro-
t-c'ed, nv "the hateful Yankee govern
mcnt.n An men who hcsitatcd to pc
wcro Kidnapped and carried on' willy
nilly, being driven ahead Of the rcar
attFl L.. L.
eight mics from the Junction, were hud.
died together some fifteen ,r twenty
women aud children, whose hu bands aud
fathers had been ukcn by force from them
10 swell The ranks OF the rebel army,
leaving them unprotected ond almost in
starving condition.
The "contrabHnds" form an item which
is certainly net among the least ntcrcs
tpg. saw, during my absence, luu-
Cfcds-i thiuk ] could tru;hully sry
th' usnuts--uG both sexes and oil HgCs,
bound toward Washington. ! talked to
mary ol TIE negroes. aud must say, in
all justice, that they arc decidedly the
most intelligent aud best inf rmcd resi-
dents ] fUund in Virginia, and they GER
tainly conyoycd valuable information.
making due allowance for the cxtrava.
Eanco and superstition OF their rnco. A
party came into Munnassas cnriy Friday
lnoruing They came "all de wy from
way down mes 60 Elltor, bout thirty
nils" the Spokesman said. They were
ehnscd once by the rebel scouts and
part ottholr company captured ard car
Rcd back. This remnant arrived neur
MannassHs on the second night out, but
"a not venture into camp til daylight
"DNca9so," the lCGlcr said Eye see We
idnt Know whar yc was at, 'n'we s'poscd
r'hby our soldiers was hcrc--ur what
irGs 'Ourn' yrstrrlhy. M then il got
tsht, m we seen the old flag nyn,' m
We rcmc right ir, ior We knoNc'd II was
~ right" And the speaker hoppcd aud
uttered chucklc Of triumph, To express
hs Joy. A fock ofncarly hundred were
roppcd by Bull Run, the water being too
hish TO adult of crossing. Every ono had
. package ofmotlcy conten's slung across
iis shoulders, but beyond this. true to the
ltnprovidcncc which they have been taught
hv slavrry, they "took no thought for the
LOTION" lut were rs Jolly aud full OF
slrg, only thinking of the "lsnd of Can.
tau" ahead, pvortook another band of
htccn near Fpir(ax Court House, and
sfakc 10 thom. They came from "bcyond
uPpctvile e good piece they told me
They, vita two hundred other chsttelu,
t'longcd TO widow l1dy whu had largo
Plantation, and they concluded TO WORK
Tor themselves litlle. fm oC these
were men and boys, three w,ro women
.nnd two bnbics. Al Tho men of the plan
t'tou except thcsc ten had been "tuken
ofI south" TO work In the rebel army, on
iorti6catiuns, as tenmstcrs, sc. lnskcd
Fthey had heard Of Lincoln. One the
mcn said they "hadn't heard muffin else
hardly on'y bout Lmkih's army" In rc-
ply toa question as 10 how the blacks
liked him, he said, I'll dunno; If dcy tuks
~ ! do, dcy tink he's one oh dc greatest
men alive in dc world,m ! asked what he
thought this war was about. lie replied,
without hesitation; al 'spose hs's to
make cbcry mau earn dcrc own feed hy be
swet oh derc own browr' But there was
pcrceptible difference Of opinion on
this question, Ono or two feared they
would he sent back, and questioned me
suspcicusly as to their status. When
they lon the plantation, they said, they
tried to drive them before thcm into the
Union army. They were chased by the
rebel cavalry, and had TO take to the
woods and give up the sheep They were
fired n three times, but pressed on aud
found our lines in safety. | also question
ed two other men whom | uvcrtouk.-.
rhcy represented that they started from
FOuquicr county with nearly twenty 9TH
ers, hiding in the woods by dsy aud trav-
cliag by night, hut that eight or ten men
ard women were captured BY the rcbol
cavalry, aud the others he'd bueu unable
10 cross tho swollen streams. They said
all the slaves would come away Il they
could get away, May wcmcn have
brought, Through al the pcrils Of the cs-
cape, young babes in thor arms; and iho
txotus irom the "housc Of bondage" is
marvellous, "Whst thall be donr with
them pnd how shullihoy be cared Corr'
lare thevry practical questions that chnl-
engc atlcrtlon eud sauiion now.
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Gen. nurnsidc's Official Report
oT the victory at New bcrH-
The Perseverance Rnd NaIoI
o. has Troops.