The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-29
Rebel BALL carriers arrested a Large
Number nfLettefs Capiured.


On Saturday evening last a most i'm
portsnt capture vas made by Col. VOL
ley s detectives The facts are as fol
lows The detectives were in a sloop
living off Sandy Point on Saturday eve
ming, about o'clock, when they OBJ
served a yawl boat coming up toward
the city. In this boat were two men.
whom the detectives hailed, and al once
started for them in the sloop. They
succeeded in overhauling them and
bringing them to this city They were
taken to Col. Wooley's Office, and after
& brief examination were locked up in
the military prison to await trial They
gave their names as VIM. II. Rogers
and John Fahey, and stated that they
were Baltimorians. When the detec-
tives hailed them they threw over q
large number Of packages, DC, two or
three Of them did not sink and were
secured They proved to be the most
important Of the lot, as they contained
about one thousand letters, q consid-
cradle amount Of gold, confederate
bonds, United States money, &c.
All these were taken to Col Wood
ley's Office, and yesterday Col ", as
sisted BY several Of General Wallaces
staff officers, made thorough inspec-
ton Of the letters Several Of them
were of the most important character
to the government Many Of them re-
late only to family affairs, others are
devoted to business matters, while not
8 few are Of a more afiectiOnate char
acter; termed "loye letters. About 800
Of the letters are addressed to persons
in this city, many Of whom are the
most prominent merchants, dc; some
300 are addressed to persons in various
counties Of the State, Frederick City
and Frederick county Baltimore coun-
", Annapolis and Cambridge came IN
for the larger share Of these. 1t was
remarkable that there were letters for
nearly every post-oflice in the State
The remaining three or four hundred
letters are for persons in almost every
State in the country, not few of them
being for parties in New England. The
letters for Philadelphia and New York
are, in several instances, of the most
important character. The examination
of this mail has revealed the fact that
a constant correspondence is kept up
between q number Of the citizens OF
this State and others in the South, and
it has given Col Wolley the clue to i'm
portant facts, which viii soon be devel
oped and the denouement of which
will be Of interest 70 persons in New
York as well as other places.
In many of the letters remittances
were made by the writers to those to
whom the letters were addressed, while
in others money, clothing, DC, are ask
ed for The correspondence in many
cases is exceedingly humorous, and in
others quite sorrowful; but we are in
formed by Col Woolley that in almost
every instance the writers speak in the
most determined character Of their con
fidence in the ultimate triumph Of the
south.
Many Of the writers detail the wants
and prlEations to which they are sub
jected, and the high prices of food,
clothing, &c.
A large bundle containing copies of
music, Just published, was among the
captures. "Close up the Ranks" "Gen
Morgan's Grand March" God Save the
Southern Land, &c, were among the
number Southern song books, month
ly magazines, daily and weekly papers,
were also in profusion.
1t is also stated that Mr. s Davis
Tonge, formerly of Baltimore, but now
living in cambridge, Ga, had placed at
the disposal of Col Kane $4,000, to be
expended at his discretion, for the
Maryland line, and that he had further
proposed to manufacture wooden goods
to aid in clothing the men of the regi-
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