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The Daily Dispatch: September 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], By the Governor of Virginia — a proclamation. (search)
poor followers, without any distinction but what habit gave, and all equally hunted and forced back at every turn by the counting enemy. After this, to our great relief, we soon fell in with the last of the rebel soldier — a picket of cavalry. They seemed somewhat astonished at first, and two of them rode out towards us. As usual with their mounted men, they were ulterior follows, physically, much more so than the infantry. The passes were examined, the men grouped about quietly with Sharp's carbines, in rest — probably taken from our cavalry, who, en passant, are too prone to throw their arms away. The officer of the picket declared us correct, and remarked that we should find our lines about a thousand yards from us, adding that they had been exchanging shots all day. Clear case of Treason at Washington and Elsewhere. The New York Tribune says that rumors of "a meditated pro-slavery military combination at Washington" have been rife for some days, and takes an