Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-06-25
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How TIE Rsrzls Tss.r oowAaDs All
TRArroRs. "A eorfesposdent zof tn
New York Hsrasd learns the following
particulars Of the rebel occupation o
Hagerstown. Nd. on Monday, from I
citizen Of the place: ~ VIA.
The rebel force was composed oftvs
regiments Of cavalry and three regi'
ments Of mounted infantry, with -four
small cavalry howitEers. under com.
mand of Gen. yenkins-tbe same who
commanded at the destruction Of the
iron bridge at Fairmont, in West Vr-
ginia, in April last. The advance
guard arrived ip the town about three
O'Clock in the morning. but the main
body did not come up until about nine
O'Clock.
The troops were hailed BY the eiti.
Eens with manifest joy. and the best the
town afforded was set before them for
their breakfast. General jenkins is
sued sn order before coming into Mary
land forbidding pillsging. and promis.
ing any who might be caught in such
vandalism in the state 9 speedy and
severe punishment. Hence the troops
were orderly and we'll behaved. bought
freely of boots, shoes. clothing. hams,
bacon and es;ables for immediate use,
for which they paid 10 gfeenhscks -
They seemed to be well supplied with
the last named article. and one cap.
tain joeularly remarked TO lady. 10
the presence Of my informant, that
their pay master made the last payment
all with green-backs. Mr.. - ayers
that he counted the troops as they
rode 10 fours ont OF town, and he il
cop6dent that in this column there
were not over twenty-five hundred
men, although he learned OF one Of
much larger dimensions passing north
ward on the pike six miles to the west.
ward. and still another on the Mercers-
burg road. General Jenkins borrowed
few horses Of the citizens to mount
some Of his men whose animals had be-
come unfit for service, for which he
gave receipts with a religious promise
10 return them as soon as he got over
the line into Pennsylvania. The only
damage sustained was the cutting Of
two telegraph poles on either side OF
the place. The rebels had with them
quite number Of Union officers whom
they had captured near Msrtinsburg,
among whom was a paymaster, per.
baps the one referred to BY the rebel
Captain IS having paid them of in
"greenbacks."
While General jenkins was in Hag-
erstowu he exhibited many traits
which it is to be hoped is charsc-
teristic Of the man. An incident will
illustrate. About noon yesterday
Lieutenant and Eve men, wearing the
uniform OF Union soldiers. crept out Of
some Of the houses Of the town where
they had been hiddes. and delivered
themselves up. When they appeared
before Gen. jenkins the following con.
veTsailon occurred:
Jenkins-Halloal who are you, and
where did you come from?
Lieutenant--We belong to the Union
army. or did belong 10 il, but we don't
wish to fight any longer against our
Southern brethren; so when our forces
left here we stayed behind, and to-day
- h. ,,s1uaI
Jenkins-Wha: did you say about
Southern brethren?" By Cd, il I
thought / had a twenty-6fth cousin
who was as white livered as you are,
/ would kill him and set him up in my
bsrnyard to make sheep own their
lambs. I'll show you how l parole
such pukes as you are. You are too
d-d miserable to be paroled in mill
tary style.
So saying, he ordered detail Of six
men and a sergent--"good lusty fel-
lows with thick boots"--who parolled |
the recreant Fedefals to the west Dor.
der OF the town, where the psrolling
process ceased, and the detail and
crowd came back highly pleased with
Jenkins mode of psrolling towards.
The whole rebel force left Hegers-
town early last evening. and about Ten
O'Clock q tremendous FIRE was dis.
cerned in the direction Of Greencastie.
Farmers from Pennsylvania Who came
into Hagerstown early this morning.
state that as soon as the rebels got into
the State of Pennsylvania they took
every horse, killed every animal, and
burned every house and barn and hay
rick on their route,