Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-08


red-l reeched robbers slled Zouayes.
We now. submit auhccoant Of the con-
duct Of the enemy towards most estima-
bic and venerable Iaaf in Fauquier coun-
ty, as an example of aAeir-easlact We
have heard Of many h.ss,, shss,, real SAILS IS -
n.impeached yeraci1
Judgment
Airs. Marshall, 4
Marshall, son Of thsylsgl!csy
tice Marshall, resides wherein md
died, near Oflean, few miles from Water
loo The enemy ensmped in her vincity.
! Her farm was stripped Of everything that
could afford snstenarae. Among the ar
tieles seized and Appropriated, without any
compensation, were1the following: $50
barrels & corn, G5 hegs, the oats raised on
a field Of 10 acres, the rye@ef 70 acres,
the hay of Is acres. The meat house
was broken open, and every pound taken.
I At first guard KS placed around the
house. Tais was Withdrawn, as il to al
los what followed. About two hundred
of the vile outlaws who c Ill themselves
u luayes, entered the house, and did the
work Of their m,sts.s in their Own ap-
proved style. They seized all the b!an :
kets and other bed klothing, AMI tore to
pieces what they cou'a not carry off. They
broke open the store rooms, and seized and
carried off or destroyed all the groceries,
4 pickles, and preserves They gave them
j selves the trouble ta3reak all the crockery
and glass ware. Trey broke up the fur
MIXTURE. They entered the ladies' chambers
aud seized and carri2d off their articles Of
apparel. They robbed them of their jew
elrY. They took the supplies Of candles
and oil, and di-tritated them over the
floors, and then walked upon them -
When they had .dohe every thing that &
,r7ruthess rapihe and ap ingenious aud pains
taking malice cou.d devise in the way o
T.essS ss vsaSs4s5E5 sas q louse dow, an,
drawing pistol, saidthey would shoe
the d--d old secessionist.''
Mrs. Marshall occupied spacious man
Sion supplied and provided wi h all th
stores, the comforts, AMI the convenience
&. of a family, in thai abundance whcI
wealth and proyidcnoe dictated The farr
is waste, the house.a wreck.
At the time these outrages were tt ans
piring at Mrs. AIatshall's dwelling, Gen
Hawkins, Burnside an Wilcox were nea
: by, and made no opposition or reparatio1
1t is fair to presume that the Zouaves wei
bat executing tleir will.
Near Grand Junctio,, Miss similar GU
ragca are admitted by the enemy the
+ have been in North C1roina and e!sewher
: A Yankee dispatch from C,iro asys:
:, 'On the march to Corinth the troo
: set IRE to tic fields and fences, which COZ
rs muncatcd with the houses, etc. Office
% tried to check the m"n, but too late
: Great destruction Of property ensucd.
ID The route of the army could be tracked
i'll tie cinders, blackenel stumps, and ren
! pants Of dwellings, barns and fences, fir
maliciously. The line Of march was lig
cs ted by connagrations. Houses were ent
at ed and pilIaged hy laNess straggers, a
4 indgnities heaped on families, without !
1t, gard 10 age or sex. Orders ~ere given
:y punish severely all soldiers guilty. Ok
Graa was furious, aHl other generals
ed less angry"
he Orders were given to punish'..! /
Of any one ever been Punished They ms
ir- no such pretence. Cen. Grants fury ,
all " a cortemptible sham.'