Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-12

Angels" belonging to neither army re-
spected neither loyal or rebel. hut came
down on, and plundered both. Banks
drove Stonewall Jackson 70 miles down
the vslley. Banks men were called
"bandbox men" on account of their neat
and gentlemanly ppearance-they came
intending to treat the rebels as brothers,
but were not received in the same mis-
sionary spirit. Gen. Steinbar, Banks in
spector-general, was her guest. The next
day rebel maiden came to visit her end
remained some days. She came as a spy
and watched her every movement and at
the same time insulting and splitting on her
loyal guests. Oae day Stonewall Jackson
came laundering down the valley, aud
Banks, not thinking it best to give battle,
was chased up the valley. While there
the speaker had been furnished with sup
plies, tea, coffee, blankets. etc, and upon
leaving Gen. Steinbar had presented her
with beautiful Arab pony, his own
property. Two hours after, her spy's
father, an intelligent, influential citizen,
visited and RECALLED her with an account
of how many "Yanks" he had put into
the river, one of them, q preacher, how
ever, he had spared because he talked so
beautifully, notwithstanding his wife
urged him to put him in also. He came
to copfscate U. S. property, and took tea,
coffee, blankets, etc, and the pony. The
pony he sold to Ashby for $4,000 con-
federate money. Ashby came often, on
the pony, and on one occasion near by
the town, it was shot. Arebel physician,
relative of her husbands, put up the
skeleton and charged ga consideration" for
seeing it. After all had seen it. he cut
up the bones, into small pieces, and re-
allied over $500 in greenbaoks, from the
sale OF the bones Of Ashby's pony which
was hers.
Time and space would fail US to detail
her brilliant and amusing account of the
ingenuity Of woman, during these years
of the rebellion, to provide suitable and
'1dSulOuhUl6 QUILTING Abl botSS7diJ IOOu,
and we pss' on.
In the winter of 1868, the rebel army,
%, 600 strong, was in camp, and on the
10Th Of December a detachment Of 800
from the Union army was ordered to pen
citrate the Shenandoah valley. They
passed through the place Of her residence,
Sunday. That night every rebel house
was illuminated. She learned it was be-
cause that 1900, men had been caught in
trap and escape was impossible, They
had reached within five miles of the rebel
camp, had built fires, and seated them
selves for rest and refreshment. Soon
they fed down the valley and into the
town. The rebel army had been divided
and despatched to cut off their retreat by
every road. She determined toseve them
if possible, wrote a note, aud after three
trials, succeeded in placing it in the COM
manders hands To her dsmay he
opened and read it at once. in the presence
of the people. They rushed cut, and the
rebels came in and guarded every avenue
from the town. She learned that all the |
roads by which the Union men could
escape were in the possession of the rebels
but one. She by bribing, the guard 10
one of the bridges, with breakfast and to-
bacco, obtained permission to cross the
bridge and return, and afterwards for her
faithful negro "to carry relief to suffer-
ing rebel family" she dispatched him
to warn the Colonel, he passed the rebels
in safety and reached the Union COM
mander in season, so that they crossed
the bridge in safety, burned it behind
them, and returned to H4rper's Ferry
without the loss OF man and with one
hundred prifoners. - 49,.
We pass by the account of their depriv-
alton of letters and parers, and the dis
torted accounts of the condition of the
north as contained in the Richmond and
other rebel papers. The scenes of Nay
14tb, 1864, when Imboden and Brecken-
ridge were chased by Sigel and Hunter
of the excitement, the removal of retel
stores; of the fighting that night and the
next day of the quiet sleep through the
battle of the subsf quent suffering end
care of wounded of the attempted scald-
ing for removing and caring for of the
IN amusing incident. She started for
Baltimore after supplies for the wounded
soldiers, and after procuring them, and
through Gen. Hunter and Pres. Lincoln
permission to return, bearing
passes and letters and sealed dispatches to
3en. Sheridan. After proceeding to Win
chester she hired man to carry her
hrough, and ON her journey met Moshy's
men, under bis command, in the mid,t of s
charge on detachment of Sheridan's I
men. The carriage was pierced through 1
md through with bullets, but her safety
vas secured by lying down in the bottom.
After the charge Mosby and his command
urroun ded her carriage and vainly en- !,
leavored to persuade her to return. He y
md mon to guard her ten mills on her '
way. She then thought of the sealed dis
patches in her pocket, and with fear in :
Ter heart, knowing discovery would be b
leath, protested against it, alleging that y
be appreheuded no trouble. He insisted
nd his chivalry Conquered, and he had :,
he satisfaction of furnishing an IF ser :,
nd men to safely guard on her way one -
f "Sheridsn's dispatch bearers and she
cached home and safely delivered the
ispatch's into Sheridsn's own hand.
TIE next spring 1865 came peace -
he asked if the audience could ever for :,
ct the rejoicing of the North, the joyous :;
cal of the bells and other demonstrations
+ j'y. She heard it with fear and trem- r
ling, as the reb Is had recorded the r
hreat that no Southern loyalist should
We to rejoice at their fnal defest A lit :,
10 nntob child .f Ioual paraptS ;,forn,a5