The Daily Dispatch: June 3, 1862., [Electronic resource]

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The Despots in Washington, N. C.

--We have been kindly permitted to see a private letter from a lady formerly resident in the vicinity of Washington, but who has been forced to make her escape from the insults and depredations of the invaders, who have run off most of her servants, ransacked her house, searched every nock, opened every drawer or closet, taken what they wanted and given the rest to the negroes to take away. On Tuesday of last week, after the lady had gone, they returned to the houses told a servant who would appear to have remained, that there was some blackberry wine hid, saying that they had heard so from the negroes. They then made another negro come and dig it upped, and took away all of that they could find. They also said they knew there was china and glass buried, and they intended to have that. The information about these things they got from a negro woman. In fact, they used and took everything they wanted. They of course enticed the negroes away from their owners and paralyzed all farming operations.

It is said that the jail in Washington is being cleaned out to be used as a place of imprisonment for females.

People staying in the town of Washington can get nothing fresh to eat, either in the way of meat or vegetables, as the Yankee troops seize upon everything. Indeed, the ladies that are there would give everything to get away--Wilmington Journal