Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-01-07
4 Loyal Southern Woman On Trial for Treason
to the Rebel Authorities.

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Loyal Southern Woman on Trial for Treason
to the Rebel Authorities.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 21st has a
long report of the proceedings in the examin-
| alton of one Mrs. PATTERSON ALLAN, charged
with holding reasonable correspondence with
persons at the North. The case caused great
excitement in Richmond. Among the wit
nesses against her were Gen. WINDER, Mrs
HOGE and other well known rebels. The
principal evidence, however, relied upon for
her conviction, consisted of three intercepted
letters, said to be in her handwriting Of
these the following is the most important,
and is alleged to have been intended for Rev.
MORGAN Dix of New York:
RICHMOND, Thursday, June s, 1868.
CARO- SIGNoRE: I humbly entreat you will
hasten to inform your father of the contents
of this letter! Oh, friend, in these days of
terror, despotism and dependency, one seeks
in vain for sympathy in these regions Of Sc
cessna, where every heart seems filled with
hatred, malice and revenge-where one hears
young women talk of turning over on battle
fields "horrid, nasty, grinning skulls of Yam
KEGS" with their dainty feet Then, for the
sake of your country, do what you can to ar
rest all instigators and abettors of this rebel
lion. Tell your father that about the lth of
this month the Rev. NJ. D. Hoge will attempt
to the blockade from St. Thomas to
Charleston. He has been for some time past
i'll London, where his apparent businesss was
to collect Testaments and Bibles but where
II 1Ol>in i-h
mails and exert his influence for the Southern
cause. A greater rebel frebrand does not
exist. He has friends and sympathzers in
Brooklyn, n. Y, one is Rev. -, Pas
tor of some church, and another is - -,
who lives or did live on - street. Mr..
- has a son IN the Federal Nary. They are
oH IN fri sympathy ogith the South, and do mhat
they can TO promote the cause. Then in Balti-
more, everybody there is for the South.
Those that stand very prominent are Mrs.
-, sister to one ---, of -, Va,
a most industrious worker for the cause:
Miss --, sister of --, and one Mr.
-, SO -- His wife will try and 90
to Ohio. They should all be sent South. The
| whole family of -, are in constant cores
pondence with this place. A Mrs. -,
whose husband is in the Confederate army,
ran the blockade some time since. She is a
| spy of the worst character, and ought not to
be tolerated in the North. Her mother-in-law
is Mrs. -. She also expected to go to
| Philadelphia Com. Hollins will soon leave
here to 90 to Nassau or st. Thomas, to sail
| for England, where he expects to take com
mand of war steamer. Ewel has taken
the place of Stonewall Jackson, although he
has but one leg. Report says Lee will soon
make a forward movement. Stuart expects
to make a raid from Orange into Pennsy Iva
MIA.
1t is a truth, the rebel soldiers live on rats,
and anything else they can get Corn and
wheat green, and from the field, are common
articles of diet. If the Northern army can
rot vanquish such miserable set of starved
| and naked wretches. then may the Yankee
| nation become by-word with all nations on
the earth In the North, treason stalks forth
in the broad daylight! Here everything is sub
servient to the cause, and one word of renaop-
! STRANGE is instant death.
| Stoneman had within his grasp the planta-
tons of several Of the most prominent rebels
-Seddon, Secretary of War; Anderson, of
the Tredegar Iron W orks Hobson, son-in-law
Of Gen. Wise; c. C. Lee, brother of Gen.
! Lee; Harrison, Colonel at Drewry's Bluff
besides the farms of hundreds engaged in the
! Southern service. The damage done canal
and railroad was repaired in twenty-four hours
after the retreat.
Oh, Sir the universal cry here is to raise
the black flag. Oh F.! for The hour when the
avenging angel shall appear, with torch in
one hand and the avenging sword Of justice
in the other, and consecrate to death and
destruction this land and these people, re-
warding them with fate they so richly de-
serve When, when will that time arrive ?
The women and preachers are among the
most earnest and determined rebels in the
South. They do more to stimulate and keep
alive the spirit of rebellion than any other
members of society. Hany man wea'in9
the Federal uniform is traitor, and where the
men are true their wives are false. 1t is this
which has so often proved ruinous to the
Union cause. Here, every mind, heart and
arm are bent to serve the cause of the South
| Money, property, crops, everything, is sacri
feed for the main idea. Thus the South has
been able to maintain its position thus far
As Vallandigham has announced himself a
prisoner of war, they expect to forward him
to City Point, in exchange for some rebel.
He wishes to go to Canada in order to infu-
ence the vote of Ohio. Put the acretch IN Fort
Warren.
Oh, friend, watch well, and, l beseech thee,
allow no appearance of Southern sympathy
in your presence. This letter would be my
death-warrant if discovered
whatever my fate may be,
Do not weep for me-
Now as then, SANTA TRINITA.