The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-04-20
Lincoln Office Aolders SUP
lying the Rebels.
IFrom the Al.jany At as and assus

ou 1"e parties III SehdiilS supplies 10 the
r',pe,s, through, NASSAU and the port Of
Natamoras. The parties were arrested,
some imprisoned, some discharged, but
ll-neae- -tried-er punished 1t was said a
public trial would Involve. higher Off
tcials,i aud lprgpiueht Republican lea
! ders.
Since the commencement # the war it
has been suspected that high officials at
! 'Wasiih .ton had ,commuu ica ted informa-
ton tothe enemy of our war;plans The
/ commune atom of Harvey, now Minister
/ to Portugal. to the rebels, of The sailing
/ of the fleet to the relief Of Sumter, which
was the signal of the assault upon the
fort, Was the beginning of a long series of
secret understandings with the enemy.
i The New York Times now publishes
a contract between the Rebel War De-
i partment. and i Mr. Chichester. of Ar
kansas, to sell cotton to the North on con
! G.tion Of receiving gon Is in exchange
! Among the articles to be furnished by
i Chichester were 10000 caps OF gray or
! blue cloth, 10000 best qurlitv cadet gray
cloth army jackets, $4,000 light blue cloth
pants, 10000 pairs brown drilling drawers
10000 pairs shoes, double soles and laced
in front, 60,00U pairs best quality Ger
man wool socks, 30 0JO pairs Merirn blan-
Il kets, weighing eight pounds to the pair,
i tctc.,. all llevidently for authorizing the arm y
:. ALSO spades. axes, hatehets, cahi kettles
$50 dozen Of each--2 500 mess pans, 80
sewing machines, and various other ar
tie.es.
One Of the stipulations of the contract
was that the cotton forwarded should not
be used-in the United States, but passing
through it, be shipped from son,r port
! (other than New Orleans) out of :, the
United States. The contract, dated OH
the 18th of June, 1868, was renewed on
the "a of September last, with some va
riations
1t has long been wonder how the reb-
els managed to cloihe and equip their
troops, aud how, bluchaded as they have
been, they have now in the field one oI
the most thoroughlyequippcd armes thai
wonder is no longer mystery Our Gus
tom Houses, our Commissaries, our Gen
land oar Treasury agents have been al
: work for them
: The Times does not conceal its impress
!, sion Of such completely: ..-.,1-[.
Nv neither ourGoyernment or its agent!
md ten. had any connection with this
traffic we;hare no means of Knowing.
's1stuftfhby possible thas they should haze
fcatGntd iyneraa oifits c.ristence, and i
is hutseasy to see how it should have beer
CARRIED on in defiance to their wishes. =
/ The special agents sent out into that re
. gion by the Secretary of the Treasury
: undoub edly had very large powers conf
ded to them in regard to trade with th,
:, Southern Statcs: but it can hardly be sup
posed that they were authorized to- sup
plv the rebel army with clothing, pro
v.sions.q hardware, and other articles o
which they were most destitute. If the,
l. have any such authority it should eithe
5 be revoked or the war should be stopped
1t is scarcely worth while to maintain al
: army of soldiers to fight the rebels, If u,
army of o6ice holders as IN the .tetd ,cif.
: oufhority TO feed them.
:! These army uniforms garrisons spades
mess ,pars, &c, may have been sent frou
our own army stores, direct to the enemy
The destitution of our armies.rat certai
: points, and at certain times, would indi
cate some- diversion oil the supplies intun
ded for them.
a recent telegram from Washington t.
q the New York Times is interesting in thi
connection: u sd F ~
tInvestigations into New York CustoI
;, House affairs, by the Committee of tn
), Hou$e, develop the fact that trade @
: such magnitude has been conducted be
tween parties IN the NORTH and Rebels o,
3 The Rio Grande, that the rebel agent a
Matamoras has pocketed out of itoyer
: million dollars as his share of the prof
: its. y 1s5tt5 80 5F9i
How much the'agents at the n orth hav
pockctcd does not appear We venture
to say that it has not been a smalle
sum. bt1 3 aAf 4s
= The n Y. Tribune recently publishe,
: story to the effect that Mrs. j. Ted,
: White, rebel spy and sympathizer
: passed into the Confederacy few day
ago, by way of Fortress Monroe, carryin.
with her in her trunks contraband goods
together with medicines, papers, &c.
:. under pass from President Lincoln, he
: brother in law. aa sss87 ssl s. d,
: The story is true; and the details, a
given in the World, make it still crosse
:, case oi' betrayal e83 0atH
When zen. Butler wished to opel
her trunks, as the regulations of transi
: there prescribe, this woman showed hin
: an autograph pass or order froul Presi
: dent Lincoln enjoining upon the Fedora
officers not to open any of her trunks, all,
not to subject the bearer of the pass, he
: packages, parcels or trunks to any in
. ispection or annoyance. Mrs. White sale
: to Gen. Butler, or the officers in charg,
= = there, in substance as follows: IN,
trunks are filled with contrabaud, but
. defy you to touch them. Here (pushins
= it under their noses) Is the positive order
of your master! +" s#f ao
: Is not such story revelation of infa
> my9 And must no. the mot singuint
man despair of the country when such in
fuenees predominate in its affairs -
These revelations first came to light in
the Republican journals. The Sewarc
prints are glad to expose Chase under
(, a lnss IN the Custom House, and his Treas
ury agents in the West. Butler is GLAD
to give publicity to L-neoln's conniyiance
+ with his sister in law. IfChase's friends