Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-01

Oe1ofe eE0tQ | could not f0rbeRr elIcltlDg
her sympathy in our trouble. | made . Sim
pie statement Of fscts without e1sgssr alton,
and omitting even many particulars. took
my letter to the cffice and asked tho post
master If be wished to examine it. He de-
olined very positively, however, andnI left 1t.
Three days afterwards l was visited 81 my
homo by creature of Milroy' q, q New York
detective, one Purdy, who protoDds to be q
Virginian, but whose accent, manner and
position falsifY tho assertion. This man at
tempted, with my letter in his hand, to fright
en- me into submission and apology by threat
ening me with q Northern fort; but told
him kaew better; that they could not make
treason out of an expression of disapproba-
ton Of Gen. Milroy. lie said it w.s so con.
s,rued by tho U. 8. Government. lie also talk
ed in very high sounding wsy Of his
oath, and bis obligations, and his high senss ot
honor, and loft me groaning under a multitude
of professions of desire to help mo out Of my
difficulties, and general friendship; whigh,
fortunately, I received for what they were
worth. | heard no more of him untH nezt
morning, when he cams up with 8, ,YsnGse
guard and delivered an ordcr for :rne todssso
the town in half an hour. nst to
was 70 fully convinced of the mans desirS IN
humble mo to the extent Of cn.reAting mercy,
that was steeled into perfect cslmness and
selfpossesSion, and simply sisuifsd my per-
fact willingness TO comply, leaving him no
room to make any propositions for compro-
mise. The wished for opportunity presented
itself, however, in the presence of my poor
sick mother, whose agitation reduced her 81
most to q condition of insepsibility, and he
appealed to me upon her benalf, and
proposed that | should PETITION General
MiirOy to allow me TO stay. Of course de-
clined with JUS. indignation, and WAS Sec
onded by my mother. had . Yankee guard
put over mo to auporintsud the packing of
my trunk, and in less than half an hour
men, three in tho ambulance, and fifteen cav
airy, snd casting last lingering, longing look
at tho porch, full Of weeping friends, drove
(seven mlos from W. and even refused to
take me to the house of friend, and had i.
not been that | had one near by the point
where it pleased them to stop, / should have
been left helpless and alone by the road side,
without one human beiog to whom could
appeal. Threo days afterwards I received
intimalion that it vas danger Gus for me to
remain 80 long near the Federal lines lett
next morning in Al open wagon. and, after in
credible difficulties, | resched lhy sid of my
lonely and hazardous journey. lbayo Tho CON-
Portable assurance that, should | attempt to
return to my dear home, whsrs OF right
belong, will receivs thn treatment # spy
| from this 'bsst Government in rho world. -
In addition to these 0utreg:s, | mIshL 60 on
forever enumerating daily and hourly acts Of
tyranny, which well nigh make tho lives Of
| our people burden, but will content lty self
with ono or two. In tho last f1.y wsuka,
and in view of tht fact tha, ia the IL ter desc
lstton an'l destruction Of the country around
Winchester, wu arc almost entirely doper-
dent for tho sbaoiuto sustaining Of hio upon
our gardens, hiilroy, in his refinement Of
cruelty, has sent around and iorclbly taken
away gardening tools aud wneelbarIoHs-
''to mend the roads," no says--to stsrvs tho
people, he mcana-}eaVibg our poor people
| utterly holpleas, with wsiIt staring them in
the face. With unheard Of brutality. he has
also chosen for hs slaughter house a building
in the most thicky settled part Of tho tawn,
and the inevitsble result, ss the warm Fas,h-
or progresses, is sickness and dc4th 'fsss Tnr
unfortunate population. Even tef5rs 4 left,
could SEQ blooming cheeks palDg, and
bright eyes growing dim u. dl. the dire iD1u-
encs of that tainted air. Oh IS not such foe
enough to arouse to exertion overy man in
our country, to drive forth our enemy from
our border I Can any he content to sit in
idloness nnder his own ''sins and tis tree
with mono TO make him afraid" whilst ten
| ter aid delicate women are enduring what
the heart sickens to relate God, in mercy,
grant that, at last, the feeling shall arise
which shall Danish every losfer from our
strselR, and that, IS one man. our people shall
throw themselves into this great struggle for
our NATIONAL indeDendence As Eru.