New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-12

FroST ROY,L, juno

FroST ROYu, june 4, lS62.
To-day am rtoim-bolEd. Front Royal il an isl-
and. Rain has been pouring in torrents from
O'Clock this morning until o'clock this evening.
The rivers and crecl have al riseu, burst their
banks, and are sweeping over the meadows in every
dhection Every bridge. with one exception, be-
tween this point and Srasbmg has been carried
down the stIeain aud The only one remaining il now
trembling in every timber. Not a word has been
heard to-day from Fremont or Baysri in the valley.
Gen. Mcdowell Is as poveriess as your correspond
ert 10 obtain information. The streets OF tins
wretoh.d little village are crowded with horses,
teams. and sotiois foundeging in tie mud. Us yet
there i, title g. eat hard cackcrf, even, are lux
ury, and dry spot OF earth, covered with beard
or "a blanket, would command TN enormous rent, Ii
any one had any money 10 pay for ii. au, how
ever fortunate. Aclt.-6en. Bu,k has established
Lis quarters ia tie old Bapist Church, md viii his
pornission | have taken possrsGion OF the pulpit,
which / shall baITicade and hold until have Lad at
least one nights sound sleep. Seated upon camp
stool, with NY paper refiing on the Bibie'sland, J.
nm comparatively comfortable, and !! the god Of
sleep does not seize ne, have an hour or Two to
write
Last evening hal al interview with the famous
feual- Rebel spy, Miss Belle Boyd, Of whom much
has been said by the correspondents OF 1he HeTGld
UNNNffDffN lNyNfIfI.
nearly al the charges made against her, so fur as
they refer to conveying Information to the enemy,
carving letters and packages from Rebels within
orr line. To those without, and performing acts OF
heroic daring worthy of the days OF the Revolution,
lint when the, peai her virtue and 'lass her with
ea ip cypriana sle dcres them in the strongest
terms possible 10 he called an " accomplished
prosiitnte," is something sire did not expect from
Yankee gentlemen when she entered upOnthe service
Of the Rebel Coaiederacy. In personal appear
ance, without being beeuIin she Is very attractive
If quite TALL bus II superb figure, an intellectual
ace aud resses with much taste. Added to much nat
u snartness she hat about the usual amount oil men
tai culture common ~ Young ladies educated In the
South In everything that pertains 20 the war, upon
the Rebel sdc she TO be thoroughly informed.
She can give YOU the OF almost every olcer III
the Rebel army, every member OF Congress, ana me
district they represent and seems as familiar Win
the machinery Of the Rebel, ~ an Old clerk In
Washington IL with that of the Federal Govern
m.ut. That sbe has rendered much service TO the
Rebel army, 1 have not the least donbt, and why
she should be allowed TO go at VIII through oar
camps firi with our officers, sud dspiay tholr notes
aud cards 10 her vistors, am at loss 10 know. She
il a native oil Virginia, but processes to be an
ardent South tarolnan at heart-wears "a
cold palmetto tree beneath her beauIiinl
chin. Rebel soldiers belt around her
waist aud "A velvet band across her forehead, Win
the seven stars of the Conlcderacy shedding their
pnle liQlt thereirom II seemed to me, while LISTEN
ng TO her narrative that the only adaltlona, orha-
ment she required to render herself perfectly beaui-
full was "A Yankee halter encirclmg her neck Al
her special request have, upon simply her unsup'
ported testimony, denied what to her was the most
serious charge preferred by the correspondent OF me
PhiiGdelphia Inquirer. To be frank, however, |
think che il no, what camp gossip charges her with
being. She Las naturally lsygss wsrla heart, s4d