, 1861-08-29
Pet1co1t Rebels.

From "Occaafonal' - Of Philadel phfa Press.]
~ WAsH1NG1os, Aug. IS, 1851.
yeGtured some weeks sgo, in one of my
1ettersSto refer to the conduct Of Miss Gun
brigham, Of South Carolina, who assumed the
control of the movement for the purchase Of
the Home and the Grave OF Washington, with
Northern money, from his degenerate and dis
loyal descendants, The assertion that she
was using her position against her country,
and Insulting Mount Vernon BY making 1t i
sort Of headquarters for ths traitors, was in
dignantly denied aud 'eOccasiouM was not
ore ct your correspondents rebuked and re
tuted him in The Press OF course, had to
yield to this storm, and, IS a lady Was COR
cerned, could only, II may use Hiber-
a nlan1s,n ansEeT i By ny salsnee, Late events.
one thing at least: Il Miss Cunningham hiss
rot turned Mount Vernon into secession
rndezvous, she hss undoubtedly taken adVan-
tege Of her position as Lady Patroness Of the
Fund for it's purchase to assist those men, who
not only refused to subser.be to this Fund,
but now claim Mount Vernon as q part Of
their " stolen property" shall calmly wait
fatu1e Developments to establish this fact to
the satisfaction OF my readers, including those
who were Eo eager to seize upon my first
statement IN regard to Pamela Cunningham,
to chow that "O:casionar' had perpetrated Q
great mistake.
The ladies' Of tie seceders in this yicfnage
hive been enjoying themselves hugely since
the beginning OF our national troubles. I
have told you how industrious and Ingenious
some ct these dear creatures h2ye BEEN.
heard oDe Of them, q few weeks ago, publicly
expressing tie wish that our troops might be
poIsone6, Or that, on their way h1ther, they
b light be thrown into the susquehsnna as they
we're crossing that river. When We consider
WHIST eeaudalo1s mission that Of secession
ie, we may we'll feel surprised to see it ap-
proved BY dear wonaaR.n What its attrac-
tions are to them Am not magician enough
to devise. I accept the fact as It IL, without
furnishing motives OF investigating causes.
sf ne Of ihese fair sympathizars are dlstin-
guiBhed In their way. Miss Mary Wlndle,
who wss cofeivattd . few days ago {having
failed foE some thirty {ears II captivating
anybody else, and who is row held IS pris-
ons5, has been violent advocate Of the trsi-
tors. She is a maiden of uncertain years
and ausamaal appeszanee-a writer Of
bad original and IN adopter of frst-rate
other poeas9- -aa1iete6 to newspaper and hotel
soeiety-a sort 1t virgin Jenkins-a kind Of
M1f. Joe Gasgs1y, always ont on sort Of
kuWcsea that n her talents had been re-.
iected here, she might ind . better market
xor them elsewhere, md so she offered thea
to Davis in the capacity Of cl11destine cor.
respondent and evesdIopper. she boasts Of
her arrest, and seems deaifous Of the notQNak
u ehe bas acquired. Mr.. Greenhov b xaf3l
cfthese lady friends of treason n E3B6n1 Of
fer more ability than the mascnA1e Hiss Frio-
bic above referred to. She has been one OF
the queens Of our F. r. VS., and delighted in
being ore Ut the leaders Of fashion aud society
here always. A long time engaged in this
business, she has undoubtedly been Of great
service to the public enemy. Like Miss
Wind1e, ahe gsor1es in her martyzdom, and
viii doubtless look forward to being duly
commissioned as cne Of the Saints In therebsl
calander.