We had the pressure of an interview yesterday with
John Kern, Jr.,
Esq., former
Mayor of
Romney,
Hampshire county, who is now, has many others, a fugitive from oppression,
Mr. Kern, on leaving
Romney, look the wise precaution to move the county records of deeds, wills, appointments, &c., and has put them in a place of safety.
That this was a prudent measure, is evident from the fact that in
Bath, Morgan county, the enemy had seized all the county records, for the purpose no doubt of obstructing the sequestration of the property of traitors, and facilitating that of loyal Southern men. We learn that in that as well as other invaded sections of
Virginia, the vandals pay as little regard to the possessions of Union men as of Secessionists, and commit depredations upon both with the most impartial rascality.