Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-10-18
TRINITY JOURNAL.
Weaverville, Saturday, October lS, 1852.
An Intercepted Letter.

A rebel spy who signs himself " Powhatan,'
writes from New York, August 23, to II. Adder
ly & Co., of Nassau. New Providence, the rebel
agents there of British vessels running the block
ade, and inclosed in the letter was another
which he desired forwarded to Theodore Wagner,
of Charleston, South Carolina. In this letter he
says:
"By this time my handwriting will be known
TO You, so that signature will be unnecessary.
Your people are not half careful enough. Pray
charge them to be sure to destroy letters, etc, II
any ship going out of Charleston is threatened
with capture. They ought to have them ready
in a heavy bag to sink on the instant
The Northern papers are constantly publishing
quotations from letters taken on board captured
vessels One particularly, from Mr. Ward to
his wife in Paris taken in the .NemphiS, in which
the sum and substance was, that the cause of the
Cnnfederacy had gone up etc, repeated several
times that it was utterly hopeless Another
to the same purport from niece of President
Davis. and many Others Then your people are
not quick and energetic enough. You have no
idea of the zeal, eagerness, and determination
existing here to eXterminate the rebels ; utterly
and thoroughly to eXterminate the South -
Recruiting is going on with immense success,
and the men are not impressed. have been two
weeks in the North, all eyes and ears, and stand
ing a very strong chance of being arrested ny
self living behind mask, and acting II part
yet trembling every moment aud afraid to speak.
With my own relatives have been tolerated,
because they think have been mjsled and de-
ceived' aud pity me. In the town, however, |
was spared solely on their account, because,
when asked, told the truth and discouraged the
war
The infatuation of the people is beyond belief.
D,,t I AZ, uni, "a DIV nd m "
heart has sunk within me to witness the tens of
thousands lockng to Washington of hale, strong,
hearty men, well equipped and furnished with
every requirement. To day, by chance, | was
on the train with Gen. CorcOran from Phihdel-
phia to New York aud by a strange coincidence
be is coming to night, to this very hotel, which
is about to be Illuminated. The reception, de-
monstrations and professions exceeded all that
los e"n bey" known in New York, excepting
When the Prince Of Wales was here My eyes
swan in tears and my heart grew sick at what
saw and heard--he reports of his life in the
South, and the extraordinary feeling for him
here Why, there were alone Irish enough to
advance upon Richmond, besides fire companies,
regiments of cavalry, infantry, militia regulars,
police, Zouaves, Germans all strong, hard fight
ing men and car loads pass us wherever we
travel. inciose something for the Courier, but
probably this will do more good If you show II
to the editors and urge upon them to write some
fiery, inHammatOry, inspiring articles, to urge
upon the South to exert itself to the utmost
A new draft ought Immediately to call out
every man under forty five, and must aud all
the idle clerks ought to be Immediately sifted
out and all the idle, easy smokers, who grumble
because they can't all be Captains. II they have
any spirit they will at least make wagons, and
not let the valuable booty be burned up instead
Of carried off when the country needs it so much.
ttemble for fear this should not arrive in time
to be of any use for in two or three weeks
three hundred thousand men will again be be
tween Richmond and the Potomac, many new
gunboats and powerful cannon Don't stop to
ieJ them outreach us. Now or never | fear, is
the cry | mail this on my own way to the
European steamer. Send this wherever it will
benefit the cause, and do, pray, excite the people
and rouse them"