Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-07-10
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NO. 21:
WAslINGToN. Feb 10. 1868.

/ in Chief U. S. a. Washington: &, ~.
/ Sui have the honor to submit to yon,
in accordance vi Il urtlers from MAJ Gen.
Banks. when he left me here. to report to.
( YOU any information might from time to.
time come hi possession of regarding he,
( IN, vcmems of the enemy. My wife,.
+ Catherine ,Graham who eft Mt. Jackson,
/ Shenairdoah county. Va. Some three
weeks since having arrived here on last
4 "Wednesday gives NE the following accchnts
of their strength, &c, in tire region Of
country which she has passed through.
She went from Mt. .I;sckson to New, Mar
ket. where Gen. Jone, command is, cou-.
I! sistipg, in part. of three regiments of in.
fantry, two batteries 81 artillery. a battal--
ion Of cavalry. When she left Nit, Jac,-
son there was but guard to regulate the
HOSPITALS Tmboden has command Of the,
cavalry at IIarrisonburg there is not now
more than thirty fften. =
When Gen. Alilroy's cavalry went up tof
Woodstock, they removed the deposits of.
/ the banks in Rockingham aud Stauuton to !
i Lynchburg At that time a. regiment OF,
cavalry could if Chavez captured Stauntou,
without meeting any resistance. There
was eight hundred sick in the hospital at
Mount Jackson, there been fbeing) sixteen
cases Of small pox amongst them. Major.
Baker has charge ofthe hospital. He is q
relative Of Ashby's. "a
/ At the time Of the raid, Jones command.
had marching orders. The. (they) taking.
in charge all the movable property of the
inhabitants along the line of the expected,
advance. At New Market, the (they)
buried two pieces Of heavy artillery that
was got at Harpers Ferry in Col. Miles.
surrender, the (they) not having any.
:. means of transporting them. as. their.
! horses is getting very scarce, any kind of a
/ horse been (being) worth from three to FIVE
! hundred dollars. "A
She came through the following posts il
her passage, which, from the time she re-
mained in them, she avaled herself oe all
the privileges lof pass, which she got.
through the influence of q Clergyman with
whom she was acquainted: New Market.
Jones and Imboden, say at 1900 men;
Harrisonburg. about 80 men; Mt. Craw--
[ ford, none; Staunton, about 300, under,
command of Col Michael Hartman ;;
Waynesborough, about 25; Charlottes-.
vile, a very few; (there is great many.
| fine hospitals, some fifteen y Gordonsville
and Cupeper, 1900; fredericksburg.
there is none; Richmond, she remained
| four days, during which time she, seen very.
few; was told they were all gone. unless.
what was doing garrison duty round in the.
works they had aud was erecting. The
main force having gone to North Carolina
South, and some twenty five or thirty
thousand at Fredericksburg.
She intended to come by Fortress Mon.
roe, but would not be allowed to come that
way, SO she had to 60 BY way Of Gordons-
vile, Culpeper, Woodville, Sperryville,s
Little Washington, (there is no troops at.
either last named place, or no pickets. but.
a few guerrillas,) thence the Piedmont,
thence to New Berlin. on the Baltimore
and Ohia railroad, arriving in Baltimore.
! On her trip from Culpeper, they was ac-.
companied by two rebel spies, as she Thinks
from their actions and conversation, and
they come up and took the cars with her,
and put up at the Fountain House, Balti-5
more. They called themselves Mrs. Kelly,
and Mrs. Kenedy--the former being from.
Culpeper, the lattor from Staunton. Their
room was q. believe they are. there.
yet. They registered as from Lecsburg
and Kentucky They told my wife to ad-::
dress letter for them to Armstrong 4
Corter, Baltimore.
She also met on her journey here large.
number of Jews, and others, that have,
been over here after goods and information
ItL ho,o ho oh 1acf irO ot.
! ting information, as they are in league with
some of the same class in Baltimore, if not
all Of them, they dividing the profits, .
which is immense, as you will see from 2
list of the necessaries of life that ] mem
ton; Quinine. 500 per ounce !; thread,
Is cents spool; silk, % cents skein ),
$25 for "a pair of woman's CATERS. Others
are engaged in buying up Treasury notes.
getting them exchanged for gold in Balti-
more. Some Of them cross at Poolvill3
and Berlin; others at Harper's Ferry,
Martinsburg and Shcparlstown while
others 90 up on the cars aud get out at
New Greek and other places. They have
their places of meeting on the other side,
They get catched occasionally but always
get off by bribing the guard. They report
TO, Major Richardson at Gordonsvllle.
Others get from Grafton to Staunton..
There are great number of teams making
thcir way towards Stanton. The people.
everywhere, aud soldiers. expect peace
shortly, for, they say various reasons /; all
lsof lich help TO keep them in spirits.
Some say that Secretary Seward will be.
turned out Of the Cabinet, and that would
be better than hundred thousand men
killed
Gpd, in my travels through Pennsyt-
yai,ia, that there are IA great number of de-
deserte's all through the whole State. as
/ we'll. as an. immense lot Of Governments
property carried home BY, those desersere,
! suffers and others: .yslAost every man In,
I the qenntry has u si1e, saddle. or some-
lHns else belonging 70 the Goserlment !.
Esage Tire honor TO rrMsain your moss
e'Jstli' ri serrmst
~ g., MICHAEL GRAHAM,
o., Gen. Baths Secret Service. !.
p. 81 Ii Won Moald grant nre an inter.
viex | won |. lik.; IT fts,q4l'. as .soall .ins,
10 N YOU Of il great nany things cannot