The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-20

OF 81 fay3ss af!e "a s,staI:t:Sy hin % Il.
cbms tie nsbslets ne city IIfa rrr
| 9. Have any Of the houses Of The Upio, al.
zens who, sbgented ttbemselves been invad.dss
| A. The ouly house occupied bv the Rsh.,-
10 that of Gen. Cooper, and it II not abused !.
party Of soldiers, ircised BY some Of the Seo..
sion town people, broke into the IredericL n
Aminsr Office, and commenced 70 ,destfo, n.
Office furniture, when Secession lawyer man,
Ross intsrfered, and the Provost Guard conf.
up soon dispersed the party. Bradley Jobp.oss
| told them that any .sttempt to renew the on.
r.ge On private property would DO punished
O., Did they obtain many recruits in r,sd.,.
A.. Not many in Frederick, but there IA.
about 500 came in from Baltimore. Anne A."
del, Montgomery and Carroll counties. and sor.
from Baltimore City. After seeing the cb,,,s
ter Of the army and the life which the men lsS
many of them refused 70 join. and we.e eet,ios'
home again. When leaving myself met u,
young men from Carroll county, and piIo,.d
them to Westminster. They acknowledged th..
they had been to Frederick to Join the arm,
but after seeing and smelling" it, had conclud.S
TO return home. They begged. me not to givs
their names CIV
Q. What did they mean by smelling its
A. They meant exactly what they said. ha,.
never seen mass of such filthy strong -smellin,
men. Three of them in q room would make +
unbearable, and, when marching in column sIon,
the street, the smell from them was most Often
sive. There are some of the better class of men
among them, but the great mass are men Of low
est caste, and although under strict discipline
the Nth that prevades them 10 most remarkable
Their sympathizsrs at Frederick have been great
" disappointed in the character Of the army,
and most OF them are now as anxious for them
to disappear as they we're for them to come
Their coming to Frederick has been q sad vist,.
ton to the middliug classes, many of whom have
lost everything in exchange for rebel scrip, e.
pecially the store keepers. They have no uni.
forms, but are we'll armed and equipped, and
have become 20 Injured to hardships that thew
care but but little for any Of the comforts Of
civilization. E4z r.-gfF -,
%. What was the general appearance Of the
rebel soldiers? a ~ f- -.
A.. They we're the toughest looking set Of
creatures ever saw; their features, hair and
clothing matted with dirt and filth, aud the
scratching they kept up gave warrant Of vermiu
used to call the troops of Gen. Banks "nasty.
dirty crestures,n and the Unionists had adopted
. species of signs to remind them of their Old
taunts; whenever Unionist met q secessioniss
on the street, he would commence to scratch,
which all understood, ;'- .s@'
Q. What do you think of the purposes of the
rebel army? '' sse,'a'ssH
A. They admit thrt their coming into Marv.
land was question of starvation or food they
we're almost famished for food when they reached
the Potomac, and say that for three days they
had lived principally on green corn and apples,
Q. But what is their purpose now?
A. The starting Of jackson With his Immense
division, estimated at from ID, 600 to 90 900 men
of all arms, toward Hagerstown, was looked up.
on as the FIRST indications of backward move.
ment. There were also evidences of q trepids.
ton among the troops, who began to think they
were not on safe ground. E-h 3a
. @. Did the secessionists of Frederick give
them any demonstrations of welcome?
A. The great mass of the better classes of the
sympathizers in Frederick have keyt entirely
aloof from them, and regret their presence
Those of no property and but little sense, gave
them noisy welcome, and some of them will 90
back to Virginia with them-nott to Join the army,
but to avoid the draft. A committee of seces-
sion citizens went out to welcome them, but
most Of them we're soon ashamed of the course
they had pursued. The secession storekeepers
have lost their goods with others, and wear mos.
dOlorous countenances. Is 1.
q. Have they driven any cattle across the
river! a,l 9 .... ..a... - &C.,
A. Well, cannot say positively. They have
driven great deal of cattle through the town,
some of them out in the direction of their camps
and some toward the fords OF course no one
is permitted to 90 toward the fords. have
heard. however, that they have driven large
quantities of cattle across.