The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-21
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Ex ploits Of a oman--D Distressing
casualty An Incident in our Army
OF We N"rthwcst--Mrs. Keith. the
how!d seger Boy, sc"

futi examination OF our Southern ex-
-othges enables us TO present 10 our readers the
'NeSi intelligence Transporting therein. While
o"T summary IS NOS composed entirely of
'tartiing news, still general rerusal of tho
~uhjoined will afford much that Is interest.
nag:
vlnoee ~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. *.
rLoits or A WOMAN
The New Orleans Data, of Tuesday lax4
uhliehes the following remarkable dev.,
.1meuts.
very important case came up before III.
I y'r v strrdlN, the details Of hicb ara a.
r snge and peculiar they G. ST into ia. sh,4,
NeTythinK tl'at fomsncers have ever written
u the wonders of the detective uotirn I.
, ought 10 nj the exploits OF Madam.
"o,er, OF this ctty, wHo has been acting ,hs
.oaehcra II our community for nearly. r'onth
ton her own r, spoa sibititx
me ehos OF justice require that we should
n.t a st"At m'hy interesting and important
q, l., uhi W are at liberty 10 furnish sum.
.ent nfbImation to make n ono of tbe rirb
81 ells pies ~ real lie that has -ypr come to
.b4ic knowledge Ia toe cry CT New Orleans
ne heroine o. The ad,tr, NJ dame Boyer. who
ite SHOWN herself 4 perfect kiaocu in Is.Lti.
o-ts, rs pretty we'll known ia IN. co,n,uu-
ny, eifloylhg the tria,e OF lii", and having
d" reputation Tor honle years Of being n great
ssaHfy.
About month ago, according to her own
cvouut, she suspected tile existence, Ia our
..ldst oi secret ooud of aboiIuoni-is VINO
ofErH III hai AonN toT tue c use OF the enc
~. ahd who wr.e 80 prudeut ana ctutious
.' .i' thtS id - 70 cry on their nscAina-
.to"e wItu lmpunlty she thought that If
az could Trace up ihis order auu bring its
"a h.btrS TO Justice she would mike hers If
flu"Gs, and OIdtuSly sae determined upun
systematic plan Of action Tor mat purpose,
h'ch shr 81, AIS ~ have carried out ~ltn re-
n trktbl- SAL. aud IL t"ru-i !atiun.
Tier nrst sttp was To- eug1sc an agent and
a
VII entered INTO her suT, ice with atAcriLy -
~ preceding that he Nvtuts-d to csc, De t.,
hr Tree States ana M,S III search OF aid and
>>Ist.Ace IDF that purpose, lac managed /,
ana out, or pretended 10 lind ou;. t.lt names
.! "A mum her OF nei. me Of tnp.il cit.xaus
whom n gave o R,ai ,iA" Boyer 10 persons
"a. tto'tltct sFInp'tntes. 4Aeir names was
al size wanted IS 4 ,.Ge 20 Work on and %
t"t"i"g I'll $, shr proceeded III her drcp-I aia
s,utB.c 10 "a trap tQtIu.
TIE inst person size settled upon WAS MI
iHSun Pea, dealer In combs aGu fancy .rti-
les She approached nlIn uHuer the lre-
'-'sse tlat she had Il sou at The B,iiZe YER,
lex. ana wanted 10 Comn,UuictIA Altn him
through ms assistance, as che n..3 l.ot seen
ne Toy Tor severed years. Upon THIS tOauGa-
non SAt alleys that size .1ed herself III 10
III. t'tk : cJALdcnc,. Dulit az. toid her thai
i" Yves ii"in Hos1om- Atd only been nere three
ears, dhu Wus t.ut NOrthrrHeT Ia heart -
rlntiy, she says, sac tpij AiGn HAT her re.ti
~ q NaS, G't 10 hlSit her son, but 10 COIn-
.i.tHI"tte win tine bIocs .uing stiuadron and
u y hi@h he gave ;iI,I ,cq ulrscrI.ue and SWIM
''tth.- IL gave her lester 10 another Iler-
'haHI ASKING that geudtIn III 10 assist ner ia
Sr-tiH~ 10 LI@ Is al ?. ana assuring III u thu /
she m:sh, he spoken with III per.ect CONT
.'~nce. III" person -tadrt ss,-,l, however, Gis-
missed her Il - very SUMMARY ~ 4untr.
nv heNl subject Ut her t.rNtIol,s u.s Nj
%,a ii M-r>hail, VINO keeps the grocery
7torae AZ tus corner OF .IauI and Blroume
streets, and size uluGe MS utgu.IaL.uc,, bv
sizing hiih for VIA" and other dehc.-cics ior
Sit@ freud. AMI after ward, IuCiAg him TO
itNui u - i.'Ih church, set her s.liIa ~ tEe ~
lEipus breeze 8IIer Az the >ue Rad 80 las
iatted hin. TO gel him TAI nag about uulit-
& i NufJ cts aua Hnd4lE told min l!att sI4t-
tntru 10 obtain The Iueaus OF lulhluuuicd-
IhS Win tue iisrt, 10 iIr. tSn diem a III
cert. III i"IDruit lIod that you'd Ue suiu.. biz
iu-in II. their attempt 10 obtain Possession.
~ IAe ttty. she ,.a>erts that lie eta Lcr.u Ia 10
.&is rap with AIS Sgho.e heart, aua size bro
.itc. ivy 4rtte4S OF al IUl4uctIOu Ee save heI
~ u !irr AA-fu $, endorsing hrr IS u. *. Oh
lie Abolition Coos, ana Il sale person TO tail,
"lJA Ca that subject. Marshall ,s III Eng
l-hnan, and hAs been III New Orleans since
1853.
.rile says there are a number of aboii tionists
IA this city, who are leagGe! 20 Eether in secret
Vruvr 10 Effect Treason aud work tor the
North: that they l. ii an existence before the
n, Their ohIe 'hen b-lnG Il run OFT negroes
The free States, and that Marshall actu4ily
as rrln OF slfFas. She asserts that She dis
oyeret th,ir ret sign Of recognition auG
ayar, what She asserts 10 De the grip of tei-
.OhShlp in gh2 society
The way IL which her d0inga cane 10 b.
brought 10 HgGt is one g tie most sin u lar
IL lures IN the whole af If Hrr very &c
tNiiy in these OpeTa ions drew upOu her the
,r.-utoG, and finalIy the suspicion, of the
DETECT I've police: and abUut Il week 20 Chic!
# Ponce McCicIIGnd det.iIed "a sharp officer
10 devote his whole time - trace M her
u0E~meuIs nd learn what she Was about.
While she vas playing the spy upon supposed
rhoi!:Iou agentss size VS. herself being
watched ard ~Hie3 o.; suspicion OF being an
abolition "grut. a length the officer titongIt
nrr actions W.rt suSl ,ici'Its enough 10 Nir.
rant her arrest, paTticui'rly RS ne had not
haPn able % tch her i'll an overt act 81
| treason, and believed she was mpCitatin2 IL.
Filthy evening, therefore, she was atpce-
! hended md brought before the Mayor, when
| SHE told the story rs We nave given ii above,
tud produced the letters of introduction -fe
hid orr iued from Peek and Marshall She
said III I her arrest WAS very unfortunate, as,
if let alone. she was sure Of her ability 10
bring 20 light 'he whole secret organization
/ 'h"iiTi histS, md procure conyictiug proof
against every member.
lie 4aa, / GD.u I+r that he did not feel
himself authorized to give her commission
> detective, but that he would thoroughly
investigate the information she hid given
hiln, and II 1t prov ed rei4 bic, she might have
he salts faction of having performed Ii ser
vice TO her country. He set Ii r ~ liberty on
Ger own recoSnizuuce, 10 apreal when called
! /,
fur the arrest of Peck ana VI .rshaiI.
Trey weT" hoth taken aud trought before
him vest, rGlN, when theY were confronted
~ M dame Boyer. Her eros examine tion OF
them would have done credit TO II criminal
i3wver, and Ii was the opinion Of those pre-
sent that they did not max" much Roadway
SaiuSt her accusations. They were, moth OF
avn. committed 10 Jail 10 await 4 further
. animation.
DtsTKEssfAa CA9U4LTY.
The Knoxville Tenn, register, OF Thurs
lay last, says:
Capt I II Greed, of the Hawkins County
Rh ComptnY. of Col Carroiis regiment
" s drowned in Ihe Hols.ou river, III EaW
ains county, on Tuesday. Captain Creed had
returned home la look after some reCruits,
md returning with one Attempted to fprd
the river, which Is much swollen, with Ihr
yoUug man behind him Tie horse getting
beyond his depth fell, and both were " shed
Of The Captain, ae rOrdlng 20 our iuiOrma-
uon, swan 10 his companion, and succee ded
in getting him SO near 10 shore that he was
Ahie To wade out in safety, while his eener-
0uS preserNFr eAl Jus ted by his noble efforts,
He 1bus lost his llfean his heroic efforts to
save that OF one of his men IL death has
east "a shadow OF gloom over his com pany
who were ardently attached 10 him.
as INTERESTING INCIDENT ~ 0rR AMY or TIRE
SoRTHwEsT.
One of our exchanges says
There is connected with Col ssavage's Eegi
meat Tonn-Ss-e Volunteers, Gen. D1nalson' s
Brigade, a iittle negro about lively. years old /,
belonging 10 one OF the boys who deserves,
perhaps more THAN u passing notice. Fat,
stutY, small for his &c, with large eyes, and
rs - black Is black can be, - he is known rs
Dave" turing Il late sairnish between the
rear guard of Cen. Doneison's brigade and
about four hundred OF the enpmy, back OF the
a