Saw Judge Scarburg, who has resigned his seat in the Court of
Claims at Washington. I believe he brought his family, and abandoned his
furniture, etc. Also Dr. Garnett, who left most of his effects in the hands of the
enemy. He was a marked man, being the son-in-law of Gov. Wise.
Many clerks are passing through the city on their way to
Montgomery, where they are sure to find employment. Lucky men, some of them!
They have eaten Lincoln bread for more than a month, and most of them would
have been turned out of office if there had been no secession. And I observe
among them some who have left their wives behind to take care of their
homes.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 29
