, 1864-07-24
FEMALE REBELS.
ST. LOUIS LADIES SENT
SOUTH.


SOUTH.
The Cases Of Madams Hough, Snead,
Polk and Haynes,
from the St. Lonis Democrat, July sal
HEADQUARTERS DEr'r. OF TIE MISSOURI,
OFFICE OF TIE PEovoeT MARSHAL GES.
ST. LoC1s, No., July Q, 1861.
Aa|os General y g: Resseefant, Commanding
GENERAL IL respectfully submit for your
consideration thu following cases OF female
prisoners:
Mrs. Nina E. Hough, wife of Warwick
E, Hough, now captain and Assistant Iu-
spector General IN the rebel army.
Mrs. Harriet B. snend, wife of. Thomas
etafI, and now lrote tessing to represent St.
Louis In the rebel Congress at Richmond.
Mfe. Anna Z. Polk, Wife Of John ". Polk,
now engaged In raising q crop in Hampstead
county, Arkansas, formerly residing IN this
State, and moved there In consequence Of his
adherence to and support Of the rebellion.
Mrs. Ada Ii. Haynes, widow, formerly re.
siding in thia city, hut In consequence OF her
general disloya1 behavior, banished South by
Provost Marshal General Dick, which will
be seen By reference to order No. -, dated
AAs. AtQ0H+
By reference TO papers herewith forwarded,
It I'LL be seen that Mrs. Hough aud her hns-
band formerly resided in this State, ut JelIer-
son City, and that sbe has been living In va
tious parts Of the South within the rebel lines
from the beginning Of the rebellion. her hns-
hand haviDt; entered the rebel service ut Jetf-
ereon City In May, 1861.
under oath, that she arrived In the city on the
9th Inst. remained on the boat Belle Mem
phiss IN which she waB passepger--oyer
night, and On the morning Of the 1th went
to the Pacific railroad depot, with The view
Of proceeding to Jefferson City, when she
was arrested; that she had pass from Gen.
Lve, Of the rebel service, passed through the
rebel lines, and entered ours without any
mofestatton, though she had no authority SO
to Do; Tint she had arrived ut Memphis on
the 29th of june; did not report herself to
any United States authority there, but that
one a. Massey, cousin OF hers, obtaiueu a
pass for her to come to Cairo, where size ar-
rived on the 5th inst.
How this pass, under the circumstances.
was obtained, does not appear. L ts dated
Assistant Provost Marshal" authorizing
guards to pasB 3lrs. uough and family to
Cairo. "Guod for three days.
At Cairo ehe flled to report to any Of the
military authorities, and came to this city
without interference.
Mrs. Houeh states the object of her visit
to thls department. to be to visit mother
fesioing In Boouyllle, and that she lad no
other view in coming here; that she brought
no rebel communications with her but thst
of 'lOvc to friends" nor any written ones
except to Mrs. Rootes. Jefferson City, and
another to party in Arkansas, directed to .
Mrs. Knight, independence county, Ark
She iruuR1y states that ale is . Southern
eympathizer. and desir.s the success of the
Southern Confedc1ncy. This Is the SUBJ
stance Of her statement, under cath.
On m examination Of her baggage, there
was found nothing Of any special Importance
but piece (about m inch and bali square}
Of q human skull. on which was written,
"Deccl4ber 81, 1861. Wilson's Creek
Mre. Houph was therefore recalled for fur
ther examination, when she stated thst che
| thought the piece Of skull belonged to q
Quion soldier, und that she kept Il as me-
meuto Of the battle Of Wilson's Creek, and
took Occasion to express herself with Affect
cd Indignation Ut the manner Of her cIamin J.
lion. She regarded 1t rs unprinc'piea, and
.he asking 81 snch questions Us had been
| asked her WIS infamous. During this exam
iDat1ou she also etated that she lad received
. letter ut Columbus, Mississippi, about the
1st Of May, 1854, froul Miss Ella Green1eaf,
Greenvine, Missouri. through Federul OIL.
GERS wife, but did not "kuow his name
reckoned It was captain Numanlty.n 1t be.
| Ing SO manifest that this Was nut only tri.
| 1iuE and iDpeFtlnent, but entirely untrnthfu]
snsWer, che Nas reminded By the examiner
that she was making her statements under
the sc1emnity Of an oath, and that her con.
duct cid not seem at AL In accordance With
the solemuity or propriety Of the occasion,
when she remarked, ~ do know his name
It IS Knickerbccker. He ID Surgeon, eta.
toned ut Memphis. He married Mtts VA.
jors; l knew her in Jefferson City, No.
thlnk her father lives In FAyctse county.'
The true character Of this woman and Oh
Ject OF her coming here cannot be mistaken.
She came here In disregard Of all mi1itar7
rules and regulations, ard the spirit and tenn.
per manifested on her cSamination showed
PIT too plainly What MAY he expected Of her
Is no doubt this woman, under the facts pre-
sented. can bciconTicted and punished, the
better course, 1t seems to me, would be to
adopt the plan recon- mendcd by Provost
Marshal General Dick, In Ills communication
authorized BY the War Department. There
fore respectfully sregest that this disloyal
wcman be eent through the lines to Join he,
husband In the South.
MRS. sSEAp.
The case Of Mrs. harriet B. Snead Ia Us fol
lows: She Las liyed in Mississippi, Louls1an
aud Arkansas for the past year, and cam,
into cur lines, as she Represents In her state
usnt, taken under oath, by permit IRON
military authority, at the mouth Of Whit,
River, called Guno>at Station, hut has u on
IN her possession to produce. She REPRESENT
that It was obtained By youny man ant
hsnded to lad who wns With the party sh,
came with; that said lad subsequently, CAV,
1t to The clerk Of the boat, while en- rout< t,
Memphis. She states further, that she Ia
been In and ont Of our fines twice before
The hreGtlme IN July, 1s822, and again In Feb
EnaFy. lstS-the last time BY Permission 0
: The first time ehe passed ont Of our lines i
carriage without permit Of any kind. Sh
admfta having brought rebel messages thI
lne to MIS-. Dr. McPheeters, Mrs. rruste
Poll, Mss- Thornburg, Mrs, Peters and Mrs
Won phul; that she brought no Confederat
: money nor notes or drafts, nor orders touch
/ Ing monetary matters; thlt she was accom-
panied to ST. Louis by Mrs Johu ", Polk
mat she and 11rs. Polk remained at her fatt
] sf's house--Nalker R. Catter-untll th
tine 9f her a.rsst; that # Is her desire to r
Confederacy, but ID not willing to take th
oath Of allegiance to the Federal Cover
: mcnt, and would not ''dis9rare her busban
4 By taking an oath ag1atnat government ia
t which her husband has risked his life an
Of her statement, ii which she entirely ayold
j. to acknowledge the fact Of having brourt
s any communications with her other than Ih
q verbal messages mentioned By her, and IT
! several letters were subsequently found
!. the Possession Of Nrs. Po}k, Who, when a.
: rested. was on her way back to the sontl
+ Which letters were answers to letters brougt
d from the South By Mrs. Sneai, aud In whicl
= the fsct Is distinctly stated By the writer's
"a them, thus proving beyond all question ths
y the statement Of Mrs. Snead, though mad
= unaer the solemniry Of an oath, Is antrutl
ful and unreliable.
n OF her disloyalty there c IN be no more dou1
, than that Of Mrs. Hough, and wonld r
. commend that abe, too, be again sent hac
!" withiDg the rebel lines.
MRS. roLK- -
The case Of Mrs. Anna E. Polk is, q
], happy to say, one presenting none Of the dI
cteditable features Of the two former. h
y statement made under oath bears the inpre
. OF truthfulneas. It is frank, and cxhibi
= = none Of the equlvocating and mental reese
&c vations that disdgurc those Of the two fos1
D. er. She makes. clean breast Of al al
e knows. The facts disclosed by her a
:, briefly these: Vi,
a For the Lust three years her husband II
~ herself bare been In nearly all the Southel
= Statcs--the last one being Arkansas; th
&c her husba nd, being at present engaged /
e farming in Arknnsas, abe, tn company wi
"a Hrs Mary Trigg, lett her home, eixhte
miles from Shreveport, Louisiana, tor Mcs
phls, via P11tchardsytle; that her object
III visiting Mennphis WIS to recruit her heal
n and obtain supplies for her children. I,
u also to secure some real estate held
st her prior to marriage; that she Mrs. Tri