Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-24
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.

States.
According to official records, persons in this |
city, known to be In sympathy with the re-
bellion, have done business for the Govern
uent to the extent OF between six and seven
hundred thousand dollars, making a profit
out of the same of at least two hundred thou
sand dollars! One firm alone, It is said, will
pay out OF the profits they have made on Gov
ernment contracts the sam OF fifty thousand
dollars to aid In electlug a man to the Presl-
dency who Is pledged to carry out the treason
able plans inaugurated at Chicago.
But to return to the letter. Tho envelope
containing the letter was addressed as follows
r. TOWNSEND DoDsoS,
Stuart's Cavalry,
Care of Mr.. Writ Robinson,
Richmond, Va.
Il was written, as the reader will perceive, |
by a mother TO her son.
We learn officially that Mrs. Dodson, the
authoress of the letter, is q sister of Thomas P.
Morgan, of the firm of Rhinehart & Morgan,
contractors with the Qusrtermaster's Depart |
ment for boots and shoes, hay, &c. Mr.. Nor
gan, we learn, gave a hundred dollars few
days since to tho support Of the Mcclellan
movement.
We omit portions of the letter having rela-
tion to irconsequentlal il domestic affairs.
wAsH'SoToS Cry, January a2 1888.
Pa answered the letter you wrote 18th No
vember, Immediately, and sent what yol wrote
for. 1t was sent by gentleman of known
probty, and who sali he knew Mr.. - well,
personally. Our family are all well. Pas bu-
slurss is In "statu quo"
Our city Is entirely In the possession of Yam
KEGS and negroes. A more God forsaken place
| you cannot conceive of ! never allow your
sister to go out after dusk, no matter by whom
attended; It Is unsafe even to walk the streets
| In the day time. Billy Bailey and Walter
| Drew were In town several days, but did not
call to see us. They were at Mrs. Mlburn's,
aud Hs your sister and do not speak to Emily
Zachary, fear she told them SO many stories
about us that they were afraid to come.
JAN. 2ilh.-When l had written thus far,
| dear Towning, / was compelled to stop, by a
| friend coming In to dine with us. Let me say
| IN you, that we have never allowed Federal
officer or private to enter our house since you
| left us. We understood Emily told them q
die -rynt story, and Sissy, feeling afraid you
might hear them say SO, urges me to tell you
i dit auuuy; although tell her 1t Is not needful,
because you know Emily's character, &c, &c.
Saturday, Mrs. William McLain, of this city,
called, DrlDklUB Win ntr n young lady, MISS
Mary Talifero,) who says she Knows you very
we'll. We were so glad to meet with any one
who had seen you lately.
What q nice, pleasant girl she is. We are
going to have her pass au evening with us,
when hope to hear of you more In detail.
! am 50 much more satisfied since conyersing
with her about you than have ever been since
you left us. had letter from your cousin,
Mollie Brown, about a week ago. She ls In
Rockingham county, Va; staying with a Mrs.
Grattan. Write TO her, Tommy, and direct to
Mt. Crawford, TO the care of her friend, and
she will get your letter.
Lou. Ia in or near Lynchburg, Va, with a
Q Mr.. Caldwell, man of means aud position.
/, Call TO see her, If you ever 20 to Lynchburg.
We heard that your Uncle Hoffman and family
were in Middleburg, suffering for many things.
a How sad this is. have a cousin living
Q in Middeburg, maiden lady, Miss Polly
Waugh. She has also some means. Call
' upon her also, II you ever go there. mention
y these relatives, dearest Tommy, because want
!. my son to have friends wherever he goes.
Your quondam friend, Bob Morgan. Ia now
here, prisoner in the Old Capitol He sent a
I modest note to your father, asking him to lend
him 500. There is also a surgeon named
o Green here; he expects TO be paroled, and your
father has invited him to make our house his
home until he goes back. or course Pa did
c not (because he could noD lend Bob the money.
> idly. He has rro contracts with the Govern
mont for furnishing boate, and one for furnish
Q ing hay, aud yet he processes to be strong
g Southern man; they are living quite stylishly.
>. believe him 10 be truly southern In his views;
he says he may as well get the money as an
a abolitionist or any Yankee, for he knows, do
Il and get what they can or may, they will never
II succeed In their wicked enterprise.
, They have left their little house and now
" live next door to Mr.. McBlair's. We arc all
well. | am glad Tommy that the war has not
r closed without you having an honorable scar
to show, but very glad 1t Is slight one. Pa
'' says Joe, Jimmy, and all the little folks send
their love to brother. You are quite hero to
the latter, and indeed l may say the former
y also. Our hearts are filled with JOY and glad,
Is meas at the bright prospects Of our beloved
n South God grant that they may grow brig hteT
~ and brighter. A letter came here the Other
day for you from Golde Triplett l answered
IL for you, and since then we are regular cor,
IN respondents. He is a psrOled prisoner In Mis-
,s souri,.
1t 1t Is rumored here that f. 2. and Billy B
a were married when he was up the last time
r' You tease Billy when you see him. Always re-
. member me 10 Herbert Bryant when you meet
Tell him your sister says she still wears tht
Is ring; he will understand. Still l must say tc
g. you there is no actual engagement. And now
,S must closer | do so love to hold commun,
N with you, even In this uncertain form. Gooc
's bye, dear child.
5. Your loving mother, II. W. d.
u, The dangerous condition of the city of Wash
= iugtou, as announced by Mrs. Dodson, we com
IL mend to the special attention Of our frent
ID Webb, Superintendent of Police.
70 The subject-matter of the nophew's uucl
., being a contractor and at the same time
.. friend of the south aud an opponent of tn
IN Government, is respectfully referred to tn
~ u, Quartermaster General.
d. Other portions of the letter illustrate the kim
he feeling manifested by one who is living unde
the Government, is protected and fed by 1t.
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