Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-11-19
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November IL. 1870. }
GenI Order, No. ].


Gsnl Order, No. j.
BY Special orders from
Deprtme Mt Headqusrters,i lett SheP'
berds,own on the 10Th inst. and proceed
ed 10 Baltimore, where applied Tor
"pssspou" South, and was furnished with
a long. narrow. slip Of paper with certain
hieroglyphic charscters upon i',snd W."
directed 10 proceed via Washington Wy
South ward, and shortly after entering the
cars limle, short, blackish looking felIo"
cams along and asked me for my papers;
and he deliberately tore q piece oh ano
then handed il back to me and every lime
changed from one train 10 another. some
sooty locking fellow, with big bre'tP'o
on The Isppsll Of his coat. would come
along and DO the same thing aud by The
time | got 10 Wilmington, N. e. they
had taken The lssl Bit aud ! had to buy
some more, as they said could no! gel
along without il. | fergo, il was war
times again and soldiers had 10 have
"pssses." like the dsrkies used TO get.
when .hey went to their wifes home, 10
keep "padrolss" away. Well, as We
went whirIine by Fredericksburg, where
Mass Robert whip, Mr.. Burnside so bad.
Is. ! concluded 10 STOP awhile and see
how things were doing in that faithful
loysl, patriotic. old Burg, and found II
was improving very much in appearance
and that business was iourishing and the
good people were resting as quietly 10
their peaceful pursuits as they were on
the nigh, the Yankees poured out their
"visls Of wrath" from 200 pieces Of wide
mouth cannon, upon The innocent sod de-
voted heads OF the women and children
that slept there, and received such an sw.
fol relrhu,on. the mex, day. for their sin
humanity to man." The thousands upon
thousands of green mounds that lie there
under the shadow of The "Slars and
Stripes" will stand through all lime as a
monument to Southern gallaniry.
The Presbyterian Synod had just sd.
iourDed and The people were discussing
The big preachers and good preaching and
Rev. DR.. Hoge, OF Richmond, vas still
there assisting Rev. Mr.. Smith in an in
ieres,ing meeting.
Bu, time being limited | fastened on
my journey and passed through Rich
mond and Petersburg, both places we'll
known TO many OF your readers. bot re-
gre, that The darkness Of night prevented
me from getting fair view of these inter
e,,ing places, which have no, been seen
since the ssddest day OF their evenilul
history, when they were nearly destroy
ed.
neglected to supply myself with ara
tions" for the journey and during the
"msrch" through Tsr-heeled dominion.
90, only one meal per day. but saw
large qusn,i,y OF rosn and "lhe best you
ever stuck a tooth in,o'' There wss
large Agricultural Fair going on at We'll
don and The trains vere crowded with Wis.
TORS and man die not stand any chance
for seat. but if a weary traveller gave his
sea, to lady, all he received for his pc.
likeness was the exclamation. "warntl
lucky !" Passing on through Whining
ton, Sumpier and Klngs''lle, | reached
late on Saturday evening last. the poln,
named in my order am now busily
engaged in making surveys OF The silus-
li,n and in my mex, will 60 more into de-
pil.
Tell your readers, that may have any
transactions in Chsrlesiown, s. c.. that
an within easy distance and would be
glad 10 serve them in any way.
| cannot aspire to the dignity ~ OF
"Templsr' and csnno, reach the poetic
besnly OF "Peregrinus' and so sign my
self By order. PEREGRlNUS, ia.
A MASONIC PRoJScr.-In Tennessee