Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-13


without much difficulty, ct last cGDttivea 20
get acroHs the P1ipuao and TO rejo;n General
J.ekpon's corps, which Icy nearest IL tho
! MARYLAND siara This ml- -ninC, co tIcnei al
'Stonewail" JEcEaen and his men advanced
! froin their oiG gusste-s to join IL. already
large trmy under General L.f, General
Stusrt'a boy ysgainej his III sster's hoaGqunr-
tsrs, and such scsba occurred aE tsffes de-
scTjptirl:. GaraTa Stuart himself VAS sh-
suat, but al rhe 1ffi:ers Of biz Sts4E, -iib
Thosu "Bob' 10 i.,y9:ile, s.y - rim warm
| ly by tha hsnd, heaId the n.ryA:'.y "T lis
aivsuture; ote= hund: sd tim"g!, aid. IL taas,
gavs him a reception whirh .nsy ',i".y hn
calloa 40 ;.Tation. Ttv bag .z~g 81 over.
joyad To got back that be wo!-n;s sh sbad
tosTa- aow mary English ssrvanss, isols.ol
from :haic masters uador ouch circumstances,
with aatection or punishtoens il caso saaT
sbsrnai.,i mna,is!!y impossible, aud in pos
eessinn OF two vItnsb,s hnrass, would h7va
f.cad dApgsr and diiicaity io7 vsska in Or
dor to be f.i:hful TO :her trust? In isct,
nothing hsY go .lunh .stdDiehed Iae a:ncs
came into too Oolf.de-acy re tic relations cf
Affection and attachment ahch bind tCgrttes
raaosss nnt slave. The sutjsct id tco v1st -
! 5e spp.o,chtd Ill letter WTi.tor, not VI ith-
cut nu2ldifHcuity, in camp.
But to return to oFredaricLetutg. Ito town
60 long haenssrd by the preaonco Of TWO op-
! posing nriniea, fixed between tho hawk apd
lac hnzzatt. girss pisishle avidence Of its
suE-ringa. Not more THAI f1s per cent, ci
! the houses ar. still inhabited, and the terror
ntTicteu look Of thoas whom poverty or IL
nasa or innsu!d hopefulnssG that 1hhy viii
ha unmocstsd. still tethhrs 10 :heir ancient
domicilss, shoots pans 20 tbs heart Of ths
obscrser. an old srd ieebio 9on::n, iYi"s
! ~ ,ths river bGaE, ia.Goediate!y under thS
| threatening xuu22,ss Of tie Federal csnnuE
which crown lhe F.ldlouih Heights, in answer
20 raT question whether Ehe lad not stirred
. .t 81. f:oin hs' home. 7aii, "for thrsy weeks
| pss: hR7s breat,ej under this roof: living
c.nnot cali IL" The aights which have
| ireon freq ueutly Visible :heas lGs. fs7T weeks
! a.sa hean !.taftrending. Old men AID wo-
! d,sn, 10 p0o7 I'd tnke tue rsii;csd ict Rich
Ihoa3, have b-sn necessarily t.am.'ng oct Of
the t1w;! with nothing bu. fs+ ragged
blankets Of c02eT.ets, nud have ittsksa them
sc;7es 70 tie ripc woods with ;asbe p,ospect
nf tDag able ~ keep body tnd soul together
in s.counicy Ns tars ss Ii.ough swept By l..
cus's. hEi nGcnped " Ara,iod Eslt nj. 0s
isr.r as che iabied hos'- CT Xcraes. During
tnc f-g; f:s days II tie Federal occupation
o. F.in.o uth eora Federal officer ts,. :hs IN
huG.slity to nrtlcr Ghs ra;itosi Gac=. ~h;,h
a. tHs; t;ne ran iuso ;hs edyo vi tho gn,sn al
fredericksburg. 70 be nic!:ei. Tie cars vets
hesFiy ls':er, wnh fugitive women a1t cnii-
dren, whoia ia Federal General Patl ck nsd
ordered 10 leave the town. and WHOM crh oi
h;a sTto5dinats officers fired up"t "a They
| l.,l -, / n.Jz Il,
| Thu con5S quart tersGT may he itna. .ic5"t.--
| Ons wo:u>n tainted 81 shell 60rs: clrns to
her, an1 ~ the absence CT rug restcratires
Or persons to apply lho,n, neTer rs3a:na,;
COLI ciousI,rsa, MI; eiri.cd shsfe size Jay. /:
il true ths. so:ne apology for This barbari'j
Was rendered subsequently By tha EoGerals;
but lis there lny act which Federal officer
cvad comlnit Of which ths etrocity woai1
| % sufficient t. draw down real sctpnl puc-
ishment upon his head? Brig>dler GpDclr:
jenkins, of South Csrolioa, one Of the n.ost
| pol;shad and geut!er,snlike officers il, the
| Confederate service, and withal ore oi tho
most resoluts fighters IN the bYld, told ,as
tha. such yscs tho ;alignsiion a!outcd III tho
men Of Lis brigade es the 6 ght Of tho hong
less, Destitute sufferers, driven by civils5!
snd Christian Generals out Of their homes to
starTe in the wnoda OF Frgi gihs in Nov'Tn-
b"l, shut thsy recorded v0wa ii ve1gaan;:o
Eg4,.st such m inAunan foo which viii
anoft.j ae.r bittsr jr;i;t. I: ia i6le to say
tbs: thnSa il the least necessity, tue lsaai
jus;ifvato,;, for burning 6pTn tous, snd
destroying 7iil1ges sud towra, s",i making
! private indydlsi5 expererco tbs h,:
OF war, in tho fashion which The F+lera-;s
have royor cesa,t, 10 follow s;hco ,!isi frs.
ontsrei Tirg'nn. Ii there any prsc":ieEt f2r
sheii:ns ui.iuI iii-d tnwas, chiefly corrupted
| by OLD Inen, "oIG.en, .ni ciiid:eu. T. be
found in European 9~stfare curog :ho last
bAlf century! Tic truth incnntsstaby is
tbs, ,s il tha device Of bs I'll I'd ami incSpEblo
foe. pcwsrleso to triumph ever dtspoia,s
iDer eith sEnl IN their hands, add tr,.lbia
only agniuat non combahuts aud women gEG
children.
Tha appointment cf G-.. Jns J2uT.:"n To
the command iii Kentucky end TnT'n::so,. i.
Of bright sugury compared to what ti'e p'.'a
pectB wore If Gs!,, R:agg hsd rHL'.nsd il. 5i.-
procs comiasad. G:n. B.ags ws5 .egrrs:oG
30 fayorsbly as diaciPinarian, and bad re-
F! duocd lila large army - wha: is console -d
upcn tl.in contiosn: 81 60 h?e 2 stats ci Dis
cip,ius, shat much disappointment ma axpe-
Rienccd hi ths unquestio!,lHl. -Fdsco which
mis- IaGsnt cztnLzjg jgn in Eeu.u2ky has proved
10 DO. (; nlrss not "a Imagined tat Geuc:s'
BrsgI ha; thu NotEt c! tie fgbiing; nut "
doirya, ~ tt:I;n5 II 15vsgCa, SUI .vrn' n,iy
falling back ia:a q :T;erg district, hs hes viz
tuislly abandoned kaEtuckT to tue cedulsis,
~ Last f.. this ~mtar- Taers js 4 growing
feeling ia the Ooaicdcrscy Indicating tha:
Kentucky should be ohccuragedt 10 In III.
bed which size bas r1aIa faT ha-saiE. sEt:
should Continue q LnemhsS Of ;iai Federation
which the othsr ala.u Ssstes, .'ru7s. wiIh ,ut
exception, hare long ago rsp'idiatsd fs'evss.
TaeTo is grosi scope Tor the ess1cise .: MI
Gya. Johnston a ensrgiss and ai,IlGi@i. Uli-
queriionably, !is shlest General q,i,om TIE
Eedcrhis possVsa--Geu. RosUc1.rE --ia ,b,: :
iu cosa1uaRd r. ~ my heljef t:;,t ,hs "rinG
wi. ha taken cut Of TIE Gals Of ti'c Ktn:. lucky
sca oihRr Wcs:sTn cxmpaisna hJ iha q! ea'
battle Shi!b i il understood iis,L Ger. Hal
leck SD tis Washington O"ainat ars ,1rcins
Gen. BurhBide to tiyh; in Virginia. Bnt ii
that battle ID Delayed, 0r nt'ar Tough or ii
deeis;va iu is7 ,esulta, Or gains: ny ths F:;r-
rails. 1Sn. Johu.ton viii hevs s. greet ASA
befyre him. Tae generel c0utijsnee raposed
: in b;dt by Inosa who know him r9y;, cc:,'
lfms ths very fsToTahle iIoptcfS;oa ut ii;
atilitiea, which no .traugsr, SEo las %
po'tuIisy OF freely converting wi.h bi"', rn'
fill to for'u.
4, oo"Glu,!s ths general .!uospHesS :
the ca,31s abous ins S:htstes with ths au;i
oipslioIG Of sn ;lpI,edia.ely impending Dsh:
It will probably ha :nJ dn'y within G ysEj
ia p dsys Is ci.<oncl. bat.is which will b.
:hv lifs os death struggle, 10. II tho Confsts
rscy, but Cf tine rsdsrAi Government. Du
such il The uncertainty i:eser cHranuAi
catinns s'as0atiug from ,!.o Southern Gates
sid desi!asd iof England, vii sy.: resci
eh5;s Iesi;a7t;or, That | have iictls hcps ;,.a
sither this stspr, or (H9 Hrii:ipatal its T:cr,
important nnccss.oT, viii u7o. a:oss tnc ses u
tho EaS Slsh Pnbhc.
SOUTHERN PAcEsTs.-Araoig tie patcat5 is
sue6 E. Richmond, during mo paat ycnr. " ~