Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-12-01
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ITEMS FROM THE aOUTH.


socI NJ LIFE AAoNu ruE cHIvALRY At RICHMOND.
Henry S. Foote, Of Tennessee; Is in Ills
natural element, only when he has a quarrel
On hand: Ever .aince he defeated jeff Davis
for Gosernd+ Of Mississippi he has been at
dagger point. tti.h the arch traitor" aud
has been a consistent opponehs IF his admin
tstration ever since the rcbellioh began
Foote is now guarreIing with 7. w. Mcmahon
formerly a Memphis editor, who is now en-
gagged in writing history Of til, war. In a
speech made in the Rebel House of Represent
atives Foote denounced the Administration
for furnishing protection and exemption from
mrressment 10 favoiitcs and quoted MeMahon
as one of them. lie is noA ott IL card in
The Enquirer of November II, abusing Me-
mahon, Scddon at.d Davis, tlircatening to dip
into matters showing 1ueGr doings on the part
of each, and deeply inva,vihg lie decency
of Domestic and social life." 1t is thought
Footc will be forced to an exposure, and that
he will throw some light on the following
picture from the Richmond correspondence of
the Columbus .SnM.
Much has been said about. the liccntous-
ness of Richmond, Va but never believed
it until now There is ndubitabc evidence
that a so-callta lady connected BY marriage
with a man Of distinction, aud who once,
moved in the highest circles, is now regularly
engaged ns rrocurcss fur Congressman, guar
tcrlnascrs and men of wealth. Many stories
are told of her arts to cn!rap ladies of a gay
disposition into htf lien, and the magniiccnce
Of hci' entertainments is subject of astJi,ish-
mcnt to all who are not in her secret.
."Other instances arc daily arislng. slow
ing decentralization umCrg the "a chivary'
fearful to- contemplate Tn tie 18th inst
Coloici John n Co.'s, ofSouth Carolina aid Of
General Lees army, was charged with fconi-
o,,sly shooting and woundin. Henry krcbs,
Of Baltimore, Maryland The Cole nj was
held to bail in s 900 to answer Two South
Carolina members of Congress Withcrspoon
and Farrow Goss' bail, and at one time
respectable newspaper correspondent Or. 4.
Spratt,) Of the Charleston Mrcd,y, condo
scendiIfg TO BE fIahd III the same compans.
In the same court vert tried three dr,i.iken
icutcnants, of Lees army, accused fparading
the streets arm in arm with negro women,
willie y: ~ Davis, son of Brigadier General
Luciiis Davis, of Lees army, WI. foand guilty
of stealing ratel.!'
EXPULSION OF A MRMpHR of CONGRESS.
Hon. W. Il. Cobb, formerly member of
the L. s. Congress from Alabama, but lately
member Of the Rebel Congress, was expelled
for disloyalty to the South.
DESCENDANT on rHlHv JUSTICE MARSHALL Killed
| Lieut.. Col. Thomas Marshall, of Fau1uicr
County, was billed at Miidletown, on Satur-
! day. The 12sli list He was son ofThdm.s
Marshall, of Oak Hill, and grandson of Chief
Justice. Marshall. IN the first day Of this
war, April IS, 1891 committing his five
mothcrcss little ones to their nearest earthly
friends and 70 God, lie left his home at the
call of h+ .st,te. Fcr his country he sacri-
feed his i5ae, Els property, and his life,
than which none more pure, more patriotic
more virtuousj 4-at ever offered willing sac
rifcc.
70 PIC annals n ~ State he has furnished
Il name tliat will live on the elittcring roll of
Virginia's martyrs, in that SASS made illus
trous by Lewis NJ Colman, John Thompson
Brown, and the long catalogue of heroes and
scholars of which they are the type. it be
true that tho blessings of peace and indcpen-
dcncc can come only through .he sscri6cc Of
our noblest and choicest victims, may sc not
hope that the era of our redemption as a ma
ton drawcth nigh ?-Ricdmond Disratth.
RICHMOND MAEKKrs.
According TO the Richmond Examiner, Of
the 14tli November, the following were the
prevailing ,pfices,
Gdd sold at S2S. ....
Flour $3.50 to $3G0 per barrel.
Corn Meal S55 per bushel
Bacon $40 to Sll per pot1l.
Coffee sl2 to Sl5 . e
Sugar s. to SIP -
(Quitc reasonable indeed
A BALTIMORE SEcKsm LADY IN TRouBLE.-
Mrs. Hutchins, : relative of the notorious
Harry Gillmor, and wife of wealthy mcr-
chant of Baltimore was tried by military
commission in Baltimore last week, the find
ing of which WAS approved by Gen. Lew.
Wallace. The following is the sentence of
the eot.,missi.n.
,S"tHct-And the Gommission do there
fore sentence her, the said Sarah lftftclns,
" to BE Imprisoned FOR and during Tire period
'6f five years ut labor, to date from the day of
arrest, (Nov. Sd, 1864, at such place ali .re
Commanding General may designate AID at
the expiration Of that imc e. be released upon
the payment Of FIVE thousand dollars (S5 ,000,)
to the Gestrnmcnt of tho United States, or
in dce+hlt of paying the same, to be further
imprisoned until the same shall have been
paid. ........
If.--fhe proceedings, finding aid s.f-
tencc in tic foregoing case # Mrs Sarah
lIutchins, are approved ana confirmed, and
the sentence carried thto execution. The
Commanding General designatcs Fitchb!irg.
Mass, as the place of imprisonment OF Gle
prisoner, to which place she will be conveyed
under suitable guard.
BY cens,nsnd Of Maj. Gen WALLACE.
SAA'L B. LAwRENcE,
-'i. Afa '.i N.st. Adit. General
Upoh this severe scntcffce, the Clipper ably
remarks as follows: A"'
49, Tile cssc Of Mrs. IIutchins, and Which,
severe as it viii &c ecnsdcrSf, il Il mitigation
as VIC underestimate the original sentence,
which was for double the term of mprison-
mcnt, and for double the fine. AMI set,
what is this conclusion but the legitimate re-:
suit of the mistaken lcncncy exercised in
NJ l,rxf. fnw, ri Harry (,illmor him, solf whn