Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-10
ON the Advance.

Your correspondent left Goose Creek Meet
ing House yesterday morning. for this place,
b, tbe way Of thea Leesburg and Winchester
turnpike, some eight miles distance.
II has been stated that Gen. .Longstreet was
at Upperville, with 1900 men, aud that he
was on his way South, having left Winches.
Ter on account Of the smallpox raging there.
II this is true our forces will soon be there, as
we are following them up very fast. zaa..aa.s
The pike that we travelled on to-day was in
firstrate condition--hard and solid d-and from
appearances capital road to move artillery
on. The farms and dwellings on each side
Of the road with few exceptions were cosy
and genteel in appearance; several might be
called lordly mansions. In one dwelling,
with white pillars supporting the front, on
the left hand side Of the road going towards
Leesburg, a lady was singing and playing on
the piano. 20 a'i'Aa 1ai
| This convinced us that we were still in the
iandof civilization-someth similar 10 the
feeling eyinced by Voltaire, when he espied
the gallows, after long journey, when he ex-
claimed, "Here then is civilization at last" w
. About half way between Purcelville and
Leesburg is the little town OF Hamilton. or
Harmony, as it is often called. II is very
nice and tidy place; the houses being mostly
white frames, with green shutters. looking
quite genteel. Here we met with o great
many young and old men; in fact there were
more young men here than we have seen in
any other place. They appeared to be loun-
ging around in q most listless manner, as
though they did not know what to do with
themselves AS we passed through we could
see female faces peeTing at US from within;
they, no doubt, with the usual curiosity incl
dental to country folks and females in partic-
ular, wondered who we were, and what our
business was along the lines. asuiAI
We logged on, up hill and down dale; now
on the top. of high hill, from whence we
could see for miles and miles, away in the
dim distance, until the far-off mountains in
Maryland looked like blue mist. We could
see tho Sugar-loaf Mountain, with its autumn-
tinted leaves, rearing its tall head up among
the black clouds that hung heavy and threat
ening in the direction Of the Maryland shore.
Within mile Of Leesbarg, upon very
high hill, commanding the pike and the sur
rounding country, we observed an old fortfi-
cation. This is Fort johnson. thrown up by
the Rebels last fall year ago, by the Missis
sippi troops, at that time quartered in this re-r
gion. The works are very crrditable 10 those
concerned in constructing them. 1T was
mounted with twelve cannon when occupied,
which was only for short term Of six months,
and then abandoned to its fate. 1t is built in
the form OF a star, with q ditch on the out
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