The New York herald., 1863-06-27
HooKER's ARMY.
Ne. George n. n. rcs Letter.

M George He Ha 1t's Lestcr'
HsADQulaTsss, O av,Dsr, June "a, ises
~ all the points Of general interest
or npssaIes rotating 70 ,hs reooonorsanes to the front
sy portion Of she Unbn cavalry but more esssaed
account may not 10 unacceptable.
A. uw BALTIMORE,
pr sty little village Of about Afseen housss ssd popa
atbon In ordinary tses absus hundred We halted
and vsfTeshsl nan and bsast We found AZ ths rare-
and IN SCI, such The al along the route travel
ed-thas tho male population consisted only Of dccreps
old men and email boys under sho age Of sixteen.
me female portion Of The community rracised NO dis
slNslsssa 10 sesssAl their political sentiments bot on
Ne contrary, vau.tnsy displayed thei' secession pro
slvss, forebly reminding Of Alexander the Greats
reduced N tho way Of provisions so tho simplest nsces
saSce Of life possessng no luxures not even the luxury
d . lssfer match.
THE VALUE % Lpcrvm nArtH,
Iwas much surprised when, on asking for light for
my seGar ] was informed "that they had neither
Ore bor means Of obtaining sne, and learned that Tho
nsshod pursued In this townfor creating Ere, not having
matches, for family keep 6re burning all
.he timc and when by accident neglect Gre was OK
tinguished, application was made 10 nelghbor. On
learning this fact took few matches from my havor-
sack and formally presented them to the venerable ma
Of the house who eagerly accepted them and eft
conda rich in wealth and przo 10 the pessessor,
YET mine that yielded luCiisr matches would DO more
valsed In tho village Of New Baltimore.
ON 10 wARRswoN.
From New Baltimore, already previously stated, we
proceeded TO Warrcaton, N which town we arrived pre-
Csely at ten minutes past sleyon O'Clock In the morning
ey ne Coar. House clock had seen maGn M OF virginia
visiting warrenton have been In the Shenandoah val
Icy in midsummer when Nature wore ner comelest garb
~nnA aha.t I nyad ma hat auY
the garden Of Eden was not fc.iOn, aud IN my mind
located ~ site in The Shenandoah valley but was not
routo ov The appearance Of the towns 10 ind warenton
a s Of tho charming, neat, cnaste end pic
or :sVss. 0::se !" ::s E surrounded on al SIDES BY
. continuous chain Of gracefully clustering hills;
r,s w.u..s Il fragrant SrssD grass n.s1.psrsea and
adorned by occasional groups Of symmetrical trees 40
perfect and precise ss directed BY 2" artist: .Spsr,
ridge 10 the hollow and centve be seen tho town OF
warrenton producing coup dat ike magical suchant
msnt
before The war the ncghborhood OF ono thousand
I'VE hundred and this town. being the county seat OF fau
quisr has an expensive and elegant Court Hobso, ns
hotels elegantly paved streets. The springs, which
traction 70 the fashionable people residing within nty
miles around, and as summer resort made Waren'on
very liyey and arstocrac place was struck on enter
Ds the suen stiffness that peryaded tho place every
store closed the inhabitants with an exceptonabe
bewdscd darkey staring at tho passing troos remained
or a dog broke the monotonoR aud impressive
senco that almost struck with aud can only com
pare my feelings to those described by the travellers who
visited an old Aztec Central America. just as
we entered The clock ebmed eleven on how solemn
how a1Ss ss. soS moan. Of The sry
But hours stay changed tho Who'll" aspect on
affairs and in place OF monoso1ous and irksome ue AL
was lfe place Of the angry but subdnsd soovls and
lowering countensnccs Of few isolated men. tho win
dows The houses thrown open, and pretty facet
II smiling grAsously was excsllently oountereited
by The young ladies' of wsnenton-who ~s found
were tho principal and most distinguished portion Of the
shortly lively air was struck q piano, pressed
the keys BY the hands Of charming little secesh then
another and y 20 s.emp inc truth o. me oa sSaee
every house town lent 10 assistance TO sw oil the vol
ume Of harmonious concert Of sweet nds that saused
!ne cars Of the surprised yet grateful audience OF nate
rus PRINCIPAL so1n.
The Warren Green not at present prepared 70 re-
csve guests for the they nothing sve
them eat-rot however serious objection or impedi
We ..1o % r.sea here y Ss Sos With :on. very
veleasas cool ss wsssr and - dssssrs some
We dinsd a. the Wansnton House, and whom sas
down 70 The tAse waissr dscor.ssd n white apron
sSsy so% r s nv ses =
roam and thOseht wsh shis Ioohs natural. NeIt VIII
come % ne ~ - as Sus va aSsd ~ he Sssssy
cepAdsntly rensarkpg -6sh, viii hab some ham, or
heard The balance d the ssotsuce very indstncty
but my recolsosop serves me u Was or "dsr noting
slssr,
nBrrnH
We remained 81 warrsntop over night, aad ~ nine
the next morning pok departure on return
passins New baltimore, st which place government
rebs1 taansFy and oesboldng were burned by order
Of our general aad could see the smoke curling In
spiral columns through the cir when miles away from tho
smokine runs Our cavalry attracted universal com
mest, an1 complimentary socomions could not be with
held 90 ihs condition and appearance Of the troops a.
they hlsd BY.
We made capture IN tho shape of The editor Of The
warrsntou WA2e, Colonel of tho Eighty NTH Virginia
commanding eli ths state militia Of fsuqoer county.
This esntsmAn onsof the leading men of the state,
and I had Interesting convsrsatiou with him,
hoping 70 obtain "a insisht INTO The Internal
Of he oonfsderscy fsund him. OF
secess bot modihed and qualified that with H.
| Ne careful training might make Union man OF
him and understand thsrs many more soch ~ be
made ssoessionists BY the fanAteisn and Dbcsity u
tho sbotonsts Of Tho North
ous arruRS
laid through the elasic grounds Of Bal and saggss
ton was here nsos thss night snord capital spscula
ton 70 some Yasksc IL 10 70 purchase the ground, say
FOR e2s 600 pat up hotel S25 900 and then make
Gorsuss b. slhibt ting 70 ystors Certainly bright
asa without any occurrence of ntsrcet arising b.
youd MAJOR Van voorhes Provost Marshal, chasing and
Capturing IN attA1hs c the smbuanes oorps for rebel
We arrived here, and soon again expect ~ ordered
away some otksr sxpsditieo