Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-12-06
0Ottester 4ailg Spy
Jackson and StaheI-HOw the Rebs
FeeI-Sick of the XVnr

FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, Dec. 3.-The
mystery about the movements of jackson is
being cleared up, so far that it is positively
known he has gone southwark; but whether
to Richmond, Culpepper, or after Gen. Cox, is
yet an open question, which only can be de-
cided in the future. Jackson, it appears was
at Newmarket on Thursday last. with both
Hills, so that there was some foundation for
the information obtained by the scouts. The
sudden dash Gen. Stahel made into the enc
my's lines has so far disconnected them that
they, in turn, begin to talk of Gen. Stahel as
we talk of Jackson and Stuart. Where will
he strike next? This doubt has undoubtedly
caused portion of the rebel forces to make
retrograde movement to protect their rear
and TANKS, while the main force moves south
ward, and from this fact springs the rumor of
an attack being made at Centerville. No
sooner had Gen. Stahel fallen back from
Smokers Gap than the report came in of the
approach of a superior force, to cut him off at
Aldie. This necessitated change of direc-
ton, and a visit to Leesburg, an emergency
which had been foreseen and provided for
What change has come over the people
in the northern half of Virginia, during the
last three months Then every one YOU met.
man, woman, and child, was an active seces-
slonlst, boldly avowlng and urging their right
to adopt the reasonable course being pursued
To-day it is just as difficult to find an open
secessionist outside of the army as it was be-
fore to find a Union man. Even the women.
who have, in fact, done more than all the laws
under which the JEFF. Davis confederacy is
governed, to fill up and bolster up the demon
allied army, are beginning to feel, as the good
housewife does sometimes, that ''their cake is
all dough-" Secession, unleavened by the
influence OF woman, is sapped of all vitality.
line children, too, who two years ago were
taught to prattle treason and put on the hated
insignia, are beginning to follow their natural
lnclnations, and now, in some instances, are
foundwearing the eagle upon their breasts, and
denying, when asked, that they are secession
lists. The men everywhere are disguised with
the war, and well they may be. When Fer
nando Wood spoke of settlement of this
affair by peaceful measures" he knew what
he was talking about; he was but acting. as the
mouthpiece of majority of the people in this
state-a majority who have been exceedingly
anxious to know for year past what this war
is really about, and why Virginia is made the
battle ground.
Were JEFF. Davis and his cabinet out of the
state to-day, firmly believe that the people
would ask to be restored to their former posi-
tons In the Union. There is no longer to be
heard the talk of the desperate among the
people, old or young; but it is rather the Ian
guage of culprits, dreading the punishment
they tear may come upon them for their mis-
deeds. This change in feeling has been
mainly brought about by the emancipation
proclamation That was the first ntimation
to the people of the south that the govern
ment really was in earnest in its attempts to
crush the rebellion. Since that day every ne
gro in this section of Virginia has been, to all
intents and purposes, free. Farms are now
cultivated, and other branches of industry go
on as before, by the aid of colored hands, but
their labor is paid for, and paid for WELL too
for the average wages received by the ex-
slaves is $l2 per month. One man who did
own one year ago $50 head of Triggers" now
confesses that he likes the emancipation pro-
clamation, because it makes the 'niggers"
work better.