The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-03
The Case Of Mrs. HutchIns.
90 De Phlladelphla ENQUIRER

From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
This lady, who belongs to one of the
first families of Maryland" has been
convicted of holding traitorous CONS
munications with the South, and par
ticularly of having headed party
ostensibly Of women, but doubtless as
sisted by male secessionists, who pre-
pared handsome sword to be presen
ted to Lieutenant Harry Gilmor The
latter was the officer who headed the
raiding party against the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Railroad, at Magnolia
Station, and destroyed two locomotives
and trains of passenger cars, took the
passengers prisoners, among them Maj
Gen. Franklin, who was carried off,
| and started a blazing train over the
Gunpowder bridge He is said to have
headed the party which burned the
house Of Governor Bradford near Bal
timore and all his exploits upon the
soil of Maryland were those of a thief,
q murderer and an incendiary. 1t was
to reward the gallantry of such a man,
to incite him to return TO Maryland,
and to encourage him with the thought
that he had friends among the people
whom he wishes to ruin, that Mrs
Hutchins started her plan of getting
up a sword to be presented to the hero.
Her case was too fragrant even for
the impunity with which the female
sex has been hitherto invested. Not
withstanding the fact that she is rich,
fashionable, and has influential friends,
she has been found guilty by a court
martial and sentenced TO an imprison-
ment for FIVE years at FinchbuFg, Mas
srchusetts, and to pay a fine of five
thousand dollars, with further impris-
ment until it is paid. The secessionists
of Baltimore stand aghast at the pros
pect of this punishment. What SEN
tence lady to imprisonment for 80
small an offence as sending arms to
an enemy, and encouraging new invae
sions of Maryland The thought is ag-
onizinp, the punishment is inhuman.
Already they are circulating petitions
for her pardon, and some of the pre-
tended Unionists of Baltimore are
signing it. We publish in another col
umn the protest of the Union league
of Baltimore against these milkSand
WdLof DulOulHb5f VIM HOAi0 OCS lOt
mercy for an enemy of the Govern
ment by whom she has been protected,
merely because she is rich and
fashionable. The sentence of the court
martial is not severe, and the punish
ment which this woman is to receive
has been richly merited. 1t is necessary
to make an example of these secession
women, who seem to imagine that their
sex and their social positions will justi>
y them in the commission of any crime
against liberty which their malignity
may suggest. Mrs. Hutchins, in Fitch
burg Prison, will be warning to the
weak-minded and false hearted of her
own sex. 1t will teach them that the
difference usually paid to women in this
country will not protect them in acts
which are detrimental to the safety of
their fellow-citizens. 1t will warn them
TO attend TO their families and keep out
of polite. The horrors of this war
have been greatly assisted by feminine
devilishness. We trust that this case
will have its effects hereafter, and learn
secession women to attend to their own
family affairs