St. Mary's gazette., 1863-12-10
MOsEBY AND Al AHERALD cORRRs
PONDENT.
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5 Mr. 6aorgs n. Hart. one of the war
ssrsssfesdsats of The Nev fl9k 7<rekl.
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p-ra,issian of his eaptor, The kllewine sc-
eouIt his espture and subsequent expert
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HEADQUARTERS IN THE SADDLE,
JtS RouTE TO RIcMaoSD,
TNRER MosEBr's Escogr.
Wnrrs PL,Iss. Va. Nov. /, 1868.
Early this morniug M:jur Moseby. ac-
csaupanisd BY several Of his u'en. sudden
" made biz appearance ut the home vt MIR
McCsrmick. ~ the town of Auburn.
Quictly rep"siug ami totally unconscious
of danger we're two Of your correspondents
in the house alluded to
One of them IVES your humble servant.
myself; th. Others name | ouit at h,s re-
quest. on his family's account.
The irst intirnatioa We received of the
rreseGcc of this Formidable and almost
W. ythical individual, tie mysterious and
uhiquitcus Moseby, was thu scream of the.
ladies. which sppri.ed us of the fact.
Shortly after We were summoned to opel
the d.'or. which We reluctantly ebryed, aud
found two gentlemen cJurleously rendering
u the contents of two revolver. if We did
not surrender. To resist was ont Of the
question. the odds being tuo great. as the
house was surrounded. aud the only weapun
~ the party being small! packet pistol. -
To escape was likewise impraeticable. hea
TO speak of the insecurity .: the attempt.
so the only rrn,aining alternative wa. ac-
eep,ed. and We surrendered. @
The ladies begged. ilnplorcd and intre at :.
I'd in our behalf; ba, Moseby WIS snre-
lrnting. aud. fpding their efforts abortivs.
the lacies thr.a,cncd them with General
Lees ,iispleasur%. as We acted iu the capa-
city Of protectors 10 the don,ieil; Lut al to
~, avail; and we marched off in triumph
ui,an (" M"s=hy's--on enr own horses,
or, 1 should have said, those br.longiug Q"
the Herdisi. th.n in our passe<siou.' We
rode along leisurely. Major Moseby opening
conversation which ssun became highly
interesting. We sooo discovered that the
Majnr was very different persoaags fre,n
what hs is described.
In his address aud dcnrannr he in a
perfect gentleman, aud in his relation To
yurss.lve. was highly courteous. He is
about twenty-eight years Of age. of pre-
possessing appearanre, and certainly the
reycrsc vf the picture drawn of him In
newspapers generally. He wears the uni
form Of Major ia the regular rebel ser
vice. Gy profession he is lawyer. and
with considerable share of native shrewd-
uess coinbiues the acquired tact of the pro-
fessionul attorney. In his movements he
displays great energy. xnd- as an evid, nc.
Of his pawe,s of .udurance, accou, pa tlies
his nrn on all their expeditions.
On tits oeea-ion The otjcct of bis visit to
.Auburu was 10 s.ake a r, cnuuois.ance. as
he frequently does prior to the period he
cun.calplaies making o strike. | under
stsud that General Lee was Supplied with
the information by Major Moseby which
induced him to make his late advance. anu
his means Tor acquiring knowledge of the
movements sf the Ulicn army at any time
are perfect.
Az an instance: when the rnntonn
bridges we're in transit to General Meade )
srmy snp.e two or three weeks since,
Aos.by bad conveyed information of the
fact to General Stuart b-f,re the bridges
reached the army. Hence bis services are
almost invaluable.
Originally with force of sixty or seven.
Is. he has increased it to sone two or three
hnudred men. and with these he a.ineys
our army. which he assails in all positions.
and hy bis frequent captures nf raluable
and eecessary supplies has rendered ,hia-
rclf . person Of considerable importance 20
the rebels. He snt 10 General s:tuarr
snme few days since ol,c hundred and
three mules. captured from, the Uuion array.
and for which the qaartermast.r paid him.
in rcLel funds. three hundred dollars per
head
Moscby's men. such as have seen, are
intelligent beyond the average. and scea,
NJ revere their leader, who, to us.. their
cwn werds. can wear out any four OF them
hy his labors.
My fellow prisoner and myself have
naught 80 complain Of save an uncere-
n,oninus disturbance from, sound sleep
aud warn bed nj disagreesbIy early
hour in the morning. and cold ride. some
eighteen miles. To counterbaiancs this,
We havc the apparent prorpect Of winter
residence lt one af the most fashionable
cities of the South--fair Richpond----s
privilege certainly denici to many eager
thnrsaDds in the Uuion asmy.
We arc told that the Fotel de Libby. in
sts sspacify. number of guests and exten,
of reput.ti"n. exceeds any hotel in Rich
e,snd. and it i added thai rooms there arc
prepared far us in adysro". What dis-
iinguished asteasion fro,s entire strangers
Who. afiF ,hs. sss donbs M-jrr Mosehy's
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