Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-21
Yankee Women.

The revelations IN the papers OF yesterday in regaN
70 thu arrest Of female spy, highly connected in this
itv ara well calculated increase the annosiy OF our
no against persous Of Northern birth, and 70 excite
tns most serious doubts of the Wig lance and efficiency
sf tbs eminent Maryanders whose custody the Ne
troOO.is of The Coniederscy is entrusted.
That a. a general rule, Yankee women are less re-
6.bs in matters Involving patriotic feel ng than Yankee
men cannot be Justly charged although the conduct of
4. notorious family on - Hill in the earlier part OF
tbs war and the singular behavior Of certain households
Dreyious to the outbres,ing Of hOsihtes would seem
20 warrant such conclusion. The female mind Is ever
the ready vehicle of IA latcs mpresaioDs and the easy
sooess o. aooltonists cha latIns aud foreigners OF
doubtful reputation 70 certain circles in this community
ba bee the theme Of remark amOng the ObservAnt-
L as OouH ienty prede ed hat in case OF the fall OF
Richmond the vaders would once repair to the resi-
dance Of this or thai il dyidual Of Northern origin,
with every assurance cordial reception. Bat II was
not suppose that either Yankee men or Yankee women
would or could eep up IreasOnabli intSteeu Sc wi
their 70 AZ YES trends in the Va kee aIes without
Interruption iron the able aud astute Blimorsans "'o
have 80 EsAousy and Ell emily protected and controlled
us Lea Of ali va, il 81. peoed that treachery would
come from the particular quarter in which It has been
discovered.
The case Of the female spy now nearcerated, If that
word applies in the hospital Of St. Francis de Sales is
Il oOutedy reported in the last degree agsra-
va,ed and revolving The daughter Of Yankee
quaek, she meets in Rome = wealthy Southern lad, ia-
veEles him into a matrimonial alliance, aud returns
home with him, only to estrangs lin from his
and dearest relatives Who had receive hr with all the
kindness and consideration due 20 4 daughter and
sister. What degree domestic felicity was enjoyed
By the young couple after this estrsngsmen', is not
stated. We hear nothing Of the lady q until the
var foe Southern independence has been raging
for more than two years. Among those eOntend-
ing for Southern freedom found her husband
lGor q time) and both of her brothers inl,W-every
male member in fact Of the Southern household o
which she Is allied Que of her brothers in-aw pain
fully wounded in the ht battle OF Bull RuO the other
has lust fallen dead on the ueess field of Gettysburg.
His blood hardly dry upon the ground before she Is
d tsetsd not only il treason to her hubands Stat
and Country, but something, possible, WOrSe-in
treaobery 70 him, and to her personal friends.
She violates the saneiiy Of hospitality and be-
trays the secrets Of the family that shelter
her. She concocts a plot by which minister Of
tAs gospel under whose roof she is temporarily residing
nav be caught and kept in prison duripg the Add
This Al the very moment when that Minister'S child lay
sch Of disease from which il afterwards expired
she complains that the enenys cavalry are TOO humane,
ana selects particular plantations TO be devastated
among others that Of the Secretary Of War; neighbor
and friend Of her husband Thus dOubly criminal,
vuil,v Of the worst crimes known 70 the law
S,d 70 bumanity, she is nevertheless treated
nth the same indulgence and provided with