Spirit of the age., 1863-07-27
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No. 40
I Female spy Arrested inSRichmond, Va

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Female Spy Arrested inSRichmond, Va
For some months past (savs'the Richmond Sum
day Morning Times of yesterday it has been well
aSce' tanned fact that there existed IN our mlds
spy vino enjoyed frequent opportunities Of communi-
eating With the enemy and Of rlparting lntormston
ot : very important character to him. The recent
puhhcatipn in the New York Herald of letters pur-
porting to be written in the South, aroused the
%utlIoriries of government and consequent
", orders were given to have the ContederScy cs-
pec;<ly the city of Richmond, secured from enc end
~ The oter, in search of the eniity parties. lncr-
nation rcsched General Wlnder that lady n has
etf, Northern by birth, though the wife of wealthy
c;fJ.cn Of Richmond, holding constant communi-
cation with the enemies of the Confederacy by letter,
through the blockade runners. Measures were st
ado?ted to intercept one of these epistss, Tor
the purpose of examining its contents. ms sSiiaEt
detectives NOT long in obtaining possession of
two Of these letters Oae vas addressed to young
lady in Yankeedom, but contained letter to the
Rev. Morgan Dix" who is the father of the notor-
Yankee General Dix. The other letter WAS ad-
dressed her sister in Cincinnati. In the letter to
her sitter she terms Gen. >toneman " a white-slove
general, meaning that be was " too easy and timd
with the Rebels" Ste blzmeS him for not burning
te residence and devastating the farm of the Secre-
t~ry Of wa, Mr.. Seddon, in Goochland.
In the letter addressed Dix, she gives the names,
of two Ciergymen in New York and lady at Wash
ineiou, whom she accuses of being Rebel sympathis
ers, and says she should be arrested In the same
letter she speaks of the mission OF the Rev DR.. Hogo
IL EuI0pe-says that1ho report OF his having gem to
EurOpc to buy Bibles is ali gammon and SAYS his
b there is to exert his influence in behalf of
the South She also tells when and how be will re.
turn, and conjures the Yankees to arrest him by all
means and keep him in clese conf nement-daring
the She also gives in the same epistle the 10
cation of several farms James river which sfa says
should be destroyed. Tells where the Yankees can
mount guns to command several plantations, and ex-
presses the hope that all Rebels may be .crushed
out" She concludes her letter by saying, that I" II
the United States does not suppress the Rebellion,
they do not merit the respect of the world"
Immediately upon the development of these start
ling disclosures, guard sent to the residence
of the Rev. DR.. Hoge at whose house the lady was
temporarily residing with instructions to arrest ant
pody child was then lying in the house, awaitnt
= lnterment, Gen. Winder ordered his officers not t
break in upon the grief Of the family, but to keep
vlgllant watch over the lady, who instructed t.
consider herself under arrest
After the burial OF the child partial examinatio,
OF the case was held before Gen. Winder The lad,
denied the authorship of the letters, but says the
were given to negro to give to her for the pur
pose of having them sent North. We are informed
e. however, that she subsequently, admitted having writ
ten one OF tue letters She was accordingly place
I'D charge of the Sisters at the Asylum ST. Francai
de Safes.
Stoneman all the information which led to the raj
into Goochiand and Fluvanna a short time since
1t Will DE seen from the extracts from the lette
quoted above that this young lady prays for the al
rest of Rev DIR. Hoge, at whose house she was an in
mate, thus beraying the confidence reposed in her b
the family of the Rev. Doctor. She remained ther
under the surveillance of policeman, untilt becam
disagreeable to Mrs, Hoge when she was removed 1
the Catholic Asylum named above.
Why this difference, this favoritism should /
shown to wealth. are at 9 loss TO conceive Is q
enemy OF our country less an enemy because he
she happens to be rich in worldly goods II the lad
in question is innocent of the above charges why
shepaced in the hands of the good sisters of charity
If she is guilty why is she not confined in the plat
assigned for the reception of persons who have give
aid and comfort to the enemies of our countrys ibe
uesy We ask again, why this favoritism: