The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1864-11-25
csadiIion of NORTH Eastern Virginia.


c>ndition Of NORTH. Eastern Virginia
: The Aiexandria, (yrgini* Journ
ssys: We have obtained some informs
ton from the counties of Spoltsyiyani
and Stafford, which show TO what din
distress the Inhabitants there have come
heocl conscripting officers are scourin
the country in every direction, an ever,
man under sixty, and boy over Fl teen,
unceremoniously impressed mo the reb
el service. The couscriptiHg officers
are Tor the most part guerrlllas, aud re
ceive 30 much per head Tor each cou
script delivered ~ Camp Lee, The ren
devious of conscripts, near Richmond, -
They do not always meet with success it
their attempts To sez their victims.
A lew days since a sma party oi thts
rebel officers captured five men in STAT
lord County, and were conveying them /,
the rendezvous, when Two OF them takin.
u favorable opportunity. drew pistols
W hich they had concealed Oh their pel-
sons. and shot the two leaders of The 9TH
er party dead, which put the balancs to
light. They then, themselves, escaped
to the woods. where they are now skuIk-
lDg TO eludc the blood. hounds who seek
Tor them. Another man, living in Spott
sylvsnia. shot rebel Lieutenant dead
while he was approaching his house for
the purpose OF consclipting him. He i'm
medialely He'd 10 the woods, and bias since
made his way into our lines. Ano her
party oi three, who had been taken from
Stafford across the Rappahannock mo
stoltsy lvana, succeeded IN empowering
and killing guard OF one man. who had
been placed over them. These men have
also escaped to our lines.
Uther Instances Vi this character are OF
frequent occurrence, and a perfect reis
oil terror exists throughout the entire re
5'on. Constables and magistrates are The
only persons tx mpt from conscrIption,
and they themselves are authorized ~ en-
'otce the conscliytion OF Others. Men
are everywhere hiding away in the WOO ),
ana tndeavor to escape ~ our lines.-I
fredericksburg has bycome SO dep ,pula-
led that 1t IS estimated thai not more than
one house out OF every ten is occupied.
Fuel is 50 scarce ll.at the inhablaut>
tre pulling down the vacant houses and
lslns them Tor tirewood, the market price
ii the article being $l5O per cord Oae
bid lady employeda a negro. Inc other day.
. pull down one Of her out houses, and
tore II in her cellar for her winter sup
'ly OF fuel. AMI he charged her the mod
rate little sum Of $3.50 tor the Job,
Sh'ch employed him one day.
Persons who have heretofore lived in
xcellent circumstances, are reduced to
lie verge OF starvation, and the luxury
# meat is known only to those who are
most tavorab!y circumstanoed. One old
'dy, formerly in very good "ircumstsn-
es. and considered AS belonging to the
; +, Y s, recently told a genl.man with
lie Federal army. and lormer arqusin
ance, that her family, consisting o her
elf. husband and six children, had lived
n corn bread and milk for thre. months,
nd had no other food save few vegrta
les. And this is bnt one of may simi
II eases through this section, and the
istress that everywhere prevails is only
augmented as time clapses. Truly, the
orrors Of war are upon these people.