Julia [A. Wilbur] ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, March 10, 1863

women, children & babies, & are a forlorn looking
people. - I walked along with some of them yesterday as they
were going to the Pro. Marshall's, & I talked with the
women. They can't live in R. any longer, nothing
to eat, there are provisions there but they are so high they
can't buy them. Calico is $2.50 a yd. They leave
with a pass from the British Consul, & I suppose they
are not naturalized. Thy are very ignorant.
They walk most all the way, they take the cars
at Fairfax. - Night before last some of the
Rebs. came to Fairfax C. H. & took Gen. Stoughton
out of his bed & carried him off with his guard.
I presume they will come to Alex next.

Col. Beecher is being court martialed here
to day, for disloyalty. He has been heard to say
That rather than to have the war close before sla
very is destroyed, he would have it the war continue.
If this is treason they had better make the most
of it. - Oh! what people.

The moreen is precisely what I want. Obliged to thee
for thy trouble. - With the present Provost Marshals
we shall not be likely to make any arrangements to receive
our goods free of expense. The thing has been stopped
in W. I believe since Capt. Todd has been Provost.
My brother in law has a furlough of 15 days & called here on his
way home after an absence of nearly 2 yrs. - I dont hear
from Mrs. Post any more. I was expecting a box from
her. I wonder if they have given it up?