St. Mary's beacon., 1862-02-13
!, Md, THURSDAY L0RKlNF FEBRUARY ls. 1862.


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4 sID0uIA1 STORY. -
II The New York Express espies frosa d
Charleston AerRrS. the fuilowiae stsse
nent Of m occurrenee here Of wkich y
havs net previously iesrd !. - :. ~.
a isdy .--ose Of the hnndrs5e~ho has'
aes 70 Virginia fran beyond fhs, Posoms
ssends to n the foIlow;ne aarrssiss :
fscss.s nhicA my serve q 8 inslancc j
the unesusuerab'e spirit Of the women o
baltimore. under the petty sutrsecs :,
which they are consinuaily auhiscsod b,
The brutal Yankee soldiery:
A Mrs. W.. Of Baltimore. aho.s 10 %,
visit OF . few days 70 the coan
try. 10 some relatives. Was driving through
the city in her own carriage. with be,
trunk strapped behind. Suddenly Oh:
vehicle was stopped By . policeman. whc
assured The lady she was under arrest. and
would b. obliged to repair Immediately e
the "fhce Of the Provost Marshal.
Mrs. W.. somewhat indignant At the
request. refused to 60. alleging a. an ex.
euse. that such public place was uual
tor lady TO frequent; she said that she
woulj 90 to the Commanding Genersl,
uix. 1t Fort McHcnry. but it the police
man attempted "a sake her ts the Provost
Marshal she would shoot him. ...
The miserable hirsling, eowed from
fear Of ~ armed vsnaI, said, very
hambly. As yes please. a..dam; I viii
ses 's'o The earri.es aud 60 to the fort
You srs mistaken" replied Nrs. W.
''shis carriage is mine. aud If you attenp,
to s:s isse it. viii imnedi.sely 6rs upon
you."
The Enecln policemen, again cawcd,
oLeyed Mrs. w., who ordered him to take
. ssat with be-. ee.cA man, in whom she
now eonhded as her protector. Mrs.
". told bin to drive 10 Fort McHenry.
Reaching the Bassile. she sen. for Gen
ersl O'1. who. always discnnccr,ed when
visited by ladies. was peculiarly 60 on
this OCCASION seeing lady wuh bag
gage. az though she we're a State pri.
soner."
Advancing to Mrs. W.. be said /:
Madam, ! do not know ho1 - ad-
dress you"
Mrs. Wit is time you did. sir, since
.m arrested. | suppose. On you. author
ay:
t1cn. Di1, Madam. you look wearied;
walk into MY office. !
Ordering some regulars to bring in .h.
trunk and search it. be remarks 10 Mrs.
w.: This u military necessity. mad
sia. l.woul'. these things we're not, bu,
the GovernDent must be supported. |
unitsa. We stand you know. Madam. !
have you any sons in the Cosssdsra,s
army r
Mrs. WI have three. sir.
Gen. Nx.-Did You aid and. encourage
lhens Is enlist 10 that service.
Mrs. W:-Gen. Dir. are yos . mar.
ricd sani
Gen. Dix--I am. madam.
Mrs. W.-Taeu ask yosr wife What
'he Wsaid have done under .i.silsr cir.
Then wss heard fro,n cue of the Gen.
'r.Ps satenlscs--''rhe rebel spis,s Of sh.
sslsimose womeni X sill never be e.-
Gen. Diz-M.dam you look faint and
seary. les me order you some refresh
neots.
Mrs. W.--Whas! cat hersI I. al,
'outberp womss. break bread With the
lankces! Never whils they are the
aisersbls foes they have proved them
elves: Every day ! see more clearly the !,
esessity Of an eternal s~parssiou. And {
here the dividing line is fxed ] van, Il
all built 50 high shss . Yankee can |
ever scale it.! II
The Eunt-breakers having sstis6cd
'emsslves that nothing objectionable g. .
,e Adminiesration could be found. re- fe
'rted tbe same to Gen. Dix. who, con- q!
'lting With the above mentioned satellite II
'rillisns aid, no daubt.) detcrmiaed ~
we the person Of Mrs. W. searched. q
be gallant General remarked: Ia
.A%das. i is seeessary now that your u
rson b searched: yoa Will nos oCSscs. /
Mr;-oh. no. Sir. II .l. psr.ss to ,er-! !. !"
rm tbat ignoble cibcc j. temais. Us
0ss. Di1-AOh, yes. M.d.p. . lsly. in
ar c4013. q
Mrs. w.-SI. yos ara mist.ies-ast
ady. eor ny eqasl. Were she either
? weala nss d she Sssradiss ~orii
. assign bes. Il
Mrs. ~. vss tskss 70 pvir..s .psr,- or
'ef. - tee search ~ss begun. Fmd- nc
tie eesnas Sel;uauest. Nr,. W or
'esteOnd . rspsst her if she did not rer- 40
~ her duty more f.itbfally. .sPuli OF cf
snoss. she continued; ..hek we'll inso sc,
~; n,ate shofough search. sud see il III,
can bud eombinstisa cf red and viz
its. o. anything iuin,icai 10 the Union ii,
err loot weu. o. ! VIZ rrps.us you." vs
The so!asn fsding nsshing ireasonabls an
20 Mr. " .returued With hsr 10 tic ad
iant tsea. telling him sAs would not ~
ssA snoshss lady for svs husdssd iel =
: tnse sscA q pesseverihe ssSssb9es -
hsA sevsr csooG64sssd. fss
3en Us. shachej. 10 Seuht. - N.. i~;
. agiessed srpearasee ;asais rsscsesa IA
'eShme,its. ssMadam. y 8, "a ..6u pvs
:, . gisss II Sins.s ,1as /. l1s
= szsS s--.f srs assn - a. z.s..sss