Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-27

amorR them prstical locking giant who said be lad
o,es beeu employed on James river boat Tiers were
among TIE number three boys apparently not over six
teen. Oee Of them, the only innocent look ng crestue
wearing the Var kee uniform we have seen since the
war commenced told Us he was from Rochester, York
State" No doubt these boys we're coli BY money.
worshippug Yankee fathers as substitutes for drafted
Yankees and Eelt without prayer God blees you
as sacrifices nee. for the "boOdy sbambles of Viz
GINA"
INCIDENTS CONEKcrED WITH HUNTERS OCCUPANCY OF TEE
VALLEY
Our correspondent Augusta" fayOrs US with the fol-
loving additional incidents connected with the occupancy
of the vAl!sy by "Bluse" Hurtsr As be is perfectly
responsible, we publish this. did his former con
tribuions to our column, without mutilaton:
paragraph in one of the papers mentions that two
citizens Ct Stanton took the oath" &c. whilst the
Yankees we're in possession of the town. The Mayor
Of the town informed the writes Of this paragraph tina.
in his knowledge, lot the slightest symptom OF disloy
atty made It's appearances anywhere in toe town. But
in the time OF his confinement in the guard house by
the Yankees which aStei some "a Sc hours, If any
such thing dOne Is may have then occurred, with
out the kuoEledse # the Mayor Il is true that two
individuals from the country cana out of town on Tues
day. after the Yankees took possession aud both were
strongly suspected in their several neighborhoods Of
having taken the Oah and gave satisfactory account
of how they got cut of toWn. Both obscure and il
tsrase persons aud oae Of them regarded dsloyal
and dangerous
In this connection, j. may be well to give positive
aud unqualified contradiction to prsjudcial to
the loyalty Of the ladies' o. Saunton also of promi-
nent and distinguished zen OF the town, who remain
ed at home The rumOr was that the lsdie, rceiVed
the Yankees by waving handkerChiefs, r. 50 "a
from this being tue, a ksp cOseiJ IN doors, and
when it was necessary for lady to bs on the street
duriug the stay Of the vAndas if she met one, would
avert her face. This conduct gave rise to remark
that was attributed Hunter Eat the ladies of Saun-
ton treated them with dgni6ed silence" The other
NOR was that Mr.. s. bad met them and extended
them polite invitation 10 his house. There not
the shadow Of truth in any such his part but
bis eoniuc. towards them was firm aud dignGed in
every particular and their treatment of him respectful
to degree unusu5 totbem. But teir general respect
to the citizens OF Sauntoa in sbsainng from the out
RACES that have charicerzsd them lseEhere is to be
explained in part from the fact that port Orayon was
the chief of Hunters STAFF and himself the son OF most
Wohy ana hCnored parents, coud not, in his assoca-
on with 50 infamous a scoundrel as Gen. David Hun
tar and his bievng myrnidoas forget his sntecedent,
aud N SuAuntoq was disposed to remember the kind
meas and hospitality that had been bestowed upon him
on the occasion of his rambes through tie Sate when
preparing the articles Tor Harper years ago. He caused
guards 70 be pscsd around private property and indl
SluAls to be released who had bssn arrested and to
interference perhaps than any other cause did
Sauut5n fare as well as It did Let the devil have his
dus.
Among the acts Of vandalism cOmmi; ed by the Yam
KEGS in Augus,aS the bdrring Of the furnace Of
David Forrer, in BuifAo Gap, and of Mt TOrrey fur
mace on Back Creek, to The Buo Ridge south Of
Waynes)oro 1t IS said they set FIRE to the Estellne
furnace neSr TO Forer but eK!Dguished the fire. when
they heard the propsieors Burke Kulke, were work
lag on private account They did inure the furnace
of Jno. LeWe L Co., near to Weyer's Cave, on the
ground as is generally believed, that (Mr. L was
Union man. End his foreman lately from Pennsylvania,
Is al out-and- Gu black K publican. Aessrs Lewis &
Co. are contractors wish tie Government, i, gener
ally understood.
Ga Wednesday, Is b instant, the body Of "old Jno.
Kline the prom Tlnker preacher of LinVille O,esk
in Rock nghsm county, Va, found in the rold near
hs house. with some half dozen bullet holes through it.
/. is supposed that c was killed by of SOL!
dsrs because OF his manifest dloyaly. Amos. ever
since TIE war nmenoed his sympathea have been With
the North as it is believed is the with largo ma
Ory of this class of rtgoaist whether found in the
county Of Frankl u, Va, or Rockingham ana Shenan-
d1al Toe same remark is strictly true also in regard
to another numerous GAS of reigiOniss 10 the Valley
Of Virginia, u known il stern Virginia. mean the
United B.eshren" They are all GvoWsd AbOIitOais.S
and their religious creed BIrrGR against slavery
il that Of the North,ra Methodist Church. 'Th ir re-
ligious organ, published in 0iio-"Tbe Telescope
was so VIGOROUSLY incendiary that postmaster in Al
gus g. years ago. directed by neighboring justice
to have burned, in compisres with the law. Iihas
excited remark that, rsm the Bishop o. this chu ch to
TIE bumblest ember nOi one word in prayer metiag
IA preaching ywhere el-e in their prayers, has
been heard Of sympathy wilh cause This too,
when q special reques! las been m-ds, which wal
treated with silent eontsmpt Yet, rrnge il vii
appear our military aushoFi les have given perm ssion
repeatedy to the Bishop aud clergy of this United
Brethren Church, and to this John Kline and other
preachers Of the TINKER Church. go pleasure back
aud forth 20 the North, when ana ~hsrs they please
and 70 bring With them letters from thei own sons and
brothers, who have of since the war commenced ts
svade military duty, 10 their families and others here
that have octed them 70 ds yIy. l. is said, in con
necon With John Kunes DEATH that threats have beer
made sgsics. promnea. citizens Of Harrisolburg tina
they will share similar atO to his if they do not mend
their manners. All this which aaVoEs Of ana chy grows
out of the lax loose cOld1c; Of officers in this cy
charged with examining into and Furnishing these da-
loyaf man who are sent here, and on eight pretenc'
are discharged and returaed home with devils il
them. They viii and must meet John Kine'd fate be-
fore the evils cured.
/ CORRIcrIOEs
1. msy be Inferred from the article signed "Augus
"a" that Dr. Thomas Crsgh of Greenbrier county, AM
David Oreigh, his brother vre tCth hung by the Van
KEGS. David alone met an untimsly DEATH As Averil
/ ..a a.. I'm snrinra and c,mned on the farm