The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-06-02

not legally buy an article of provisions
without taking the oath OF allegiance
which they magnanimously refused to do
They were unable to hear a word of theil
| male relations or friends, who were all in
| the Southern army; they were shut up in
| their houses after p. M, and sometimes
| deprived of light; part of our kind enter
tainer's house was forcibly occupied by a
vulgar. ignorant and low born Federal Off
Ger, ci-devant driver of street car; and
they were constantly subjected TO the most
humiliating insults, on pretense OF search
ing the house for arms, documents, etc.
To my surprise, however, these ladies
spoke of the enemy with less violence and
rancor than almost any other ladies had
met with during my travels through the
whole Southern COnfederacy. When told
them so, they replied that they who had
seen many men shot down in the streets
before their own eyes knew what they
were talking about, which other and more
excited Southern women did not.
/ understand that Winchester used to be
most agreeable little town, and it's society
extremely pleasant. Many OF its houses
are now destroyed or converted into hospi-
tails; the rest look miserable and dilapi-
dated. It's female inhabitants (for the able
bodied males are all absent in the army
are familiar with the bloody realities OF
war. AS many as 5000 wounded have
been accommodated here at one time.
All the ladies are accustomed to the burst
ing of shells and the sight of fighting, and
all are turned into hospital nurses or cooks.
| visited two wounded officers. They
served under Stonewall Jackson until his
death, and they veneTate his name,
though they both agree that he has got
an efficient successor in Ewell, his former
companion arms; and they confirmed
great deal of what Gen. Johnston had
told me as to Jackson having been so
much indebted to Ewell for several of his
victories. They gave us an animated ac-
count of the spirits and feeling of the
army.
At no period OF the war, they say, have
the men been so well equipped, so well
clothed SO eager for fight, or so conf
dent of success-a very different state of
affairs from that which characterized the
Maryland invasion of last year when
half of the army were barefOoted stragglers
and many of the remainder unwilling and
reluctant to cross the Potomac.
June 24.-Lawley being in weak health,
we determined to spend another day with
our kind friends in Winchester. / took
the horses out again for six hours to
Craze, and made acquaintance with two
IriShm en-, who gave me some cut grass
and salt for the horses. One of these
men had served and had been wounded
in the Southern army.
| remarked to him that he must have
killed lots of his own cOuntrymen; to
which he replied, ooh, yes; but fax they
must all take it as it comes" | have
always observed that Southern Irisfmen
make excellent "Rebs," and have no sort
OF scruple in killing as many of their
Northern brethren as they possibly can.
| saw to-day many new Yankee graves,
which the deaths among the captives are
constantly increasing. Wooden head
posts are put at each grave, on which is
written, San Unknown Soldier, u. S. A.
Of RI he. GaII <.f
battle, June 81, %, or %, 1863"
June 25.-We started at 10 a. m. to over
take Gems. Lee and Longstreet, who were
supposed to be crossing the Potomac at
William sport. Before we had got more
than d few miles on our way, we began to