New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-22

rsSqgrs wiil.n .vo miles q Aie1aGoit ,e w. l.
.no.,o- f,,-r Headquarters to C,. Wgudaa'n TO
80 ,.padron for tbe purpose Of making
-a,o,,,;.sorse 10 OccoQum and bcyond-ihe trs' o.
.o,-sI scouting psrtils-and am invited TO accom-
,.ny i. OF course accord an eager assen' FOR -
sor,. of drencbng rain under canvas, aloet wbied
sway IN society OF the o.ict description, has vehe-
p.rv inclined me for ogi-o aoors exercise, and 'hi'
,rorniees 70 include spice OF adventure, II rot o.
danger, for We are going into q VIGOROUSLY Secesh
peighborhood the scene Of the exploits OF 4eA''
Panpers Yankee Kicrs and 0. more iuan one
coyerv Inurderoug assault upon our trool s--il'e'
Sorre distance further than Union men nave y"
darsa 10 penetrate. Then, TOO, trust 10 60 an
or,ro7tupi,v Of carving INTO effect ny n'enuoP O.
y;si,inc some Of the abandoned Rebel ior.s ten
,o-ar,lv frustrated as detailed IN NY asl, Icy the
onticpnted departure q It's Division ca ~ uraiay
So afiera hasty breakfast taken standing am IL /
nv saddle in good time riding meg1iy by be side Of
che friendly leader Of the souaaloa OFT % The camp
OUR PARTY
Orr marty numbers upv ard OF 100 ien s.alwart,
besrty.ooLin ING fellows clad in mi!.tar blue high
booted armed with reyolvers, clsnkg z sabers, snd
shiry-two OF them, With breecl-, oadng Burnaice
carbnes, charged with formidable brass cartridges.
These are detaied especially os ,ukers and Skim.
;shers An the men At tncr 0oFses well, riding
with long stirrups tooper-iasoi Oh, ana theTe is
bonhommie and espri, DE corps among them pleasant
fowitness. They belong 20 Companies s and ] Of
the regiment-the ls. New-Js rsey Cavalry-ond our
Major Informs me that tie former sire, almos, en-
clnsvely, Of Quaker stOc X, haiiing from fucks
County, Pa. ] think Of cor uaq6ous George Fox o.
Thomas Lnrtinc, ,he hon nc Quaker seamrn aud
resolve that ,he Friends Of to-day have not de
generated from their ancc stry. Company / II cOm-
possd Of Jerseymeu, likt their comrades OF agFica
tu,nl anrecedents. ~ cir officers are as fo.ows:
Major n. II. Beaumont gentleman Of adventurous
and varied experience, Who, though younS iaan
has served lis .ounty b. land aud been captuIed
by Texan Indians, trs led on both sdes Of The At
lar,ie. ana seen a good deal Of lie, both evil and
military; Capt. J. l. Snem.ie, known IN iA.leG,i.
pha as lie very Ell Glen, rusr-dowu Of rioiass in
1914; Capt. IL. II. ,aneway, from Jeney CHy-oi
whom shall have to tell an incidental story pres
.n,ly-and Lieuts. j. Z. S&cke,- AID Hart. it.
tsehed to these IL has professional capacity is As
sstani-Surgeon h. V. Dayton son to cI Minister 81
Paris, ap1 the most hogptabe acd companionsbie
Of professionals, .lnd the writer.
ON THU ROAD.
The DIV has dawned brgl and beautiful, iut the
morning il nov overcast andehly, threatening rain.
II
the old Mount Vernon road, following tao course Of
the Potomac, which roeanders muddy on our leii
beyond tue Inc OF scrnb OAKS, pines and spalse tin
her occasionally hiding IL from oar vision Two a"r
4. half mica bring &c 70 DOgue Greek. whence W'
turn soutl ward for Acco;iuk i,un aad village. Inc
roads have been delugei by the heavy raLs Of yes
terday hence as we 60 sraslng through ihe pu4c les
and great pools Of mify water, or boot aud horses
are plenlil1ly bespaueIed with solution OF the
sacred coil Of the FASTEST, redish-browr consistency
BIT chill dank yind is blowing over the Aill tops,
which promises 10 20 something toward accelo-aiing
N our progess-1 it 6oean't rain again. We pas o
ruined blacksmi,h's Stop, sunGry desoated houses
y aud barns. man caring away fragments Of the
latter, nothing elso human. BY haE pas. II We
have done miles and are u Accot.nl village.
ACCOTNR VILLAGE md RuE.
About Of houses, mostly white, wooden
built ones some Of tie dccayed, mean, tumbledown,
appearance characteristic Of rural Dixie with q run
or creek beyond itihst IL Accotink. The inhab't-
ants had an election some twelve months tack, OF
the question Of putting Virginia out OF Tie Union
judielously superin,enGedby party Of Rebel c4val
~, in which tie purity Of election 60 admirably
conserved that iose who voted against Secession and
Davis found early emigration matter Of necessity,
These fugitive loyalats arc now returning. We ride
rains lss encFoachod considerably on The road, aud
is bury toward tie Potomac with oil the speed Of
a ml,-iace, 70 that IN immediate pfss-ge acrcsf is
impossible. ,Of couTe a 6lgf2e couldn't % expect
ed in the oldest-set.iod State the ooHtilont In
consequence, we are redu ed 10 the position 0f the
clown in tho classic lGb.ewai,iug uli.! the river
runs dry, or sufficiently 50 ior our purpose. 4 halt
is ordered tie GisInount, group aud iced their
horses increase the circulating medium 81 tie village
by the purchase Of pies; and VIC have an
hour ard half Of leisure ald loacng.
The surgeon and myself End that our lines have
accidentally allen II pioeant places, for i'll
viied to dinner by loyal shoemaker from Mount
Holly, N. j. zone Of the ex-resggees recently alluded
io), and il lis house IN company Will husell, lis
wife, and pretty daughter, W. take our sanday e
dinner. 1 fnd that tie family subscfi0e TO THE
WEEKLY TRiBcsE, and the daughter tells us how
they bad mounted little Union a2g-no bigger than
u pockot-handkeTchief- the house, which the
Rebels pulled down, adding that it took twenty Of
them to DO t." IN hour afcrwarl, We disc3ver our
lia ard Captains tie recipients e the Hospitality
Of The cousin Of our host lggbo has Likewise
pretty daughter, and tie word is passed
for ID attempt 70 the u il effected, with
no worse misbap than the upsetting Of one uniucky
trooper over his horses head into the stream which
comes up 10 our sadd.egirths aFoIding a chilly bat
needed bath for the equine legs Of TIE company. |
For,hw.tn We bear westward .Or PoA.51. III three
miles ds.snce.
DEBATABLE LAND AID POHIcR C,a'RCH.
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