New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-30

cages checker boards, &c. Whils we were pack
ing up the goods, / seid, I" Miss Looan, won't Won
wall ma tins checker board - " On no, she ro.Ile1,
expect 10 have many came Of checkers VI ,uh.
board, and Will take il al'rg II there Is room. i
told her there would BE- plenty OF room, ana mat
woud provide more boxes II t'ey reefed them.
" We do not need any NOR, boxes sne slid, ua-
! ~ you iei 20 lake away Tie carPe's: Ielheo'
"tLat under existing orders tbs could no. be per-
miited.' A, 20 ;heir leaving weir, u y - any
the zane time they removed checker boafds, bird
csges sud ro9di dogs.
1 was instructed by Gen. Mlroy TO take csreioi
invoice ~ ~ tie property he's in ,ud Al ont We
houc. This Did, asr,;ed by Serat. Blair Of Phil,
adsphs, arsi the only articles of wearing apparel
We isuEd (and We searched cafeiuilyl were 'our
Summer vrsti, and these were in tue attic, alc are
mentioned in the Invoice.
can est-biish the fact beyond all question and
that by l.sbei citizens, tha, the Logan family LEFT
nothing behind save tho carpets and furniture lnsh
how Infamous TO charge Mrs. Mlroy vita aPpfoqri'
aiing TO her own use the clothing aud jewelry be,
long ng 10 The Misses and Mrs Logan.
Mrs Logan did leave her silverware, which i
took possession Of putting II in our safe, after ca T.
fully invoicing A. copy Of which invoice, together
with IN inventory Of the other articles m the honse,
wss furi ished tie Treasury Ageat and is on ile Ill
the proper department st Washington.
de sire 10 add 10 this connection, that the house
duriog our occupancy Of Winchester; and hence the
base charges against Mrs. MIlroy aad her daughter
who, by the way, is Ia child, ten years OLD
oriS Suatfd IN the removal OF the Lcgans, Gnd lbe
subsequent occupancy Of the house by the General
for hs Headquarters.
Those WHO are acquainted with Alr,. Ailroy know
her - be pure minded WOMAN, AID deyOut chris
tiau, and wholly Incapable OF the conduct whore
with size sands accused hy lying Rebel press.
Aud !. she WAS no. the Christian woman che Is
known to be, but tass enough 10 laae That which
did not belong 70 her, you sos pdiDly that II woud
have been utterly impossible, on account OF the faot-
stated shove for her 10 have been guilty ss charged
IN the Rebel papers.
Toe Rebel psrers had the sane authority Tor
charging Mr. M,lroy with Dishonesty that they had
for ttsilng that che war abandoned by her husband
and captured by the Rebels, aud thrre IL about The
ssme amount Of truth IN the two statements.
Mrs MilrOy left the General, and returned TO her
home IN Apfil-,he last-4nd was, at tue time Of the
evacuation Of Winchester in Indisna--Inore than
a thousand niles ON her husband. As TO Gen.
NJ lroy's preciptats flight from Winchester. have
noticed tnAt -lsnder IN Ihe Bafim0g, imertcaH
OF the 8 h or 7ih and would bsg TO refer you to
that ,aper. | need only say on this ,core that ten
n iroy LEFT the for,ihctiops with bis neni fought
with teen, csdus three cnarges himself--in one 0.
which hs horse was killed ublor DiU-and reacsed
Harpers tefy with them.
Great inju-,ic. Las teen done Gen. Milroy and
biz wife oy tie press, ulintenoually N uost cases.
10 doubt. But editors should remember, before
giving pubhci 10 such charges as appeared III TIE
Rebel Japors, thai The Rebel, hate ten. I.lsoy o.
account If Us rgd disei line among them, and them
arol.. AZ le-t are but Eighty favored with trlih-
aud In the pressnt instance they omitted that I'm
iVrGsb! ingredient altogether.
thak !, jus, that tie papers that havo-how
ever uniule utiOnaiiy Jgsed Gen. AiIoy aud IA
family by giving publicity ~ Tie outrageous charges
referred 10 above, should euoesyor TO correct aGy
wrong importation tia. may have been created, W
yuL!.sL!.l . 8. .alcmens vi tue lEcts.
ssfy Tcs,ee.!aliy 'osE o5oei.ut s,svan,.
BENJAMlS DUiIEkNORTH
Late % Qant-IuAs.~r'. Dept, "a Din. sE VI