The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-06-01
Mrs, Cobb and the President.

val at my headquarters informed nei that
| she was at liberty TO go home, and lmme-
diately furnished herself and husband with
! 4 conveyance. Before leaving she reiterrted
her determination to lay the whole matter
| before the President, and have me summa-
| rily dismissed the service. She told me she
! had very influential friends IN washington,
! and she would go before the "fahd jury
ana nave me indicted LOT iaise illrisoi'
| ment, DC.
In compliance with the president re-
| quest, went to his mansion the next even
ing, and found him i'll State OF great eX-
element. lie denounced my interference
with matters at the hlte House Mrs IopD
was respectable, vlrtuous lady, ana ! hau
no right to interfere with her occupation;
! had sincerely believed conia render. tne
President great service ny exposing the
| character and business OF 'hlS woman
When, however, found That he was ue'
| termlned to put wrong CONSTRUCTION upon
my motives, and to sustain Mrs; Cobb, l
| ielt moftlheu anu lhalSlahI' Ne'e. was
| mere greater contrast between ah'ic'pt-
| tions and result. ne "raha jury oi 'le
DlStrict OF ColnmDia lhei peinS III SeSS'on'
| ON the following day, very much 10 my sur
PRISE, learned lhaC iour l'o,e'''' ci ii'o
been found against mcIohe ior 'a'Se .'ii
'r!Sohileht Oh MIS- Sonp' one ,ol ''iSI '",
prlsonment OF Mr.. Cobb; one Tor robbery
| IN taking from her SZoo haa marheo anu
gwen to captain Howell ana one 'or eH'or.
| lioh. IL Wo"iu De u''hc"'' 10 ''''i?i"o ny"
grand jury coula ever hhu eS!uence III
| TINS case on which TO base lheSe Inducements
| anu wheh II Is reco''rcteu 'lii'' l'eally e:eis
nemhrr Oh 'he Sr;nu jury was y 3'etSS,o''
Isl, anu many OF mem ~. az ,''.u ~
some Time during me previous io"r years
WI, perhaps lnr"'SH ~, eNli''''at'oi ~:
"heh IL became KNOW" ''i''C 'neSe '"" ~:
hehtS ii''a oreh io,ha nS"'''S' "'t' wy u'H
loyai press throuGnou' inc county n"l' ~.
'ne event rs one i!h''y w ,t'''''''''' ny o'''
Gi' coi,htc'i3 Will ,"e ''''''I','' ''''u
oecllreu .ht' res'ue"t 'o''''so' "o"'u pe'o
! permit himseii 10 pe COMPROMISED ~ r..
ml.lhs 'he eohti,u'.nce .. 'nu n.' L'. ,ha
aSso";n,oJ Pro-. f. Senj ,bn news broadcast
aror,,vboro tbot CnInnol R,Enr had Lcrn
;nJ;,S,aI f,r roI'I,rv without uivin" onv of
,ha Observation-Disclosures -, cnnnnction Win tho
e anao NJ tlana ronor,o moIn no rcnlv.
,,;ro1 tn ,no;t rot;a,,lv s,t;.lind tho,
r. W, ;n','on,;ol ",,,li,;,,n,;nn co,,ll hn boI
,h"nlj stanJ NOT nnly honoraLly ocontted
haGnra tho community. lint that nv action
| i, do oo,o vn,II 10 non,n,nndaI rather
thon aonsr,oJ
'', ~, ill.,. ayen;na or Novamhor 10. 1861. in
| vi Va. H., pn'';Ia,,t ha ,i;rrn,.
ut :; 3'.,o" m''.' 'no tLat ho nnnId
w. 'a''' H., ~ alat r. ,ha cn,oios v;s;t;nu
hio" uno ha I.;noJ =, ,,;,a al q, ;,,or
us '';S; no Wr, Co,I, nnI Nv Wosh;, a,on had
r,em ',ano Ga'',,n ,, hn Lmaw Ia, G,ces
Iii hoi;aaJ Ia t:l an o,'. ~. ,wn occ,.
| 49,; ,aon,,,,,a,,I,I Nv CoLh 70 tho Socrn
, ,av ,la Trnos,,rv fnr a ,;inot;on Int he.
,,nsS5 .hat Ia l,na,, n,otl;r' Of bor ~, If Mrs
Wa "J mot m. and if he could be convinced
that the character of these women was bad.
he certainly would not tolerate their pres.
nucn at thc Executive Mansion a moment.
Hn them ask ed mo ia make ont a written re.
mort. rs briefly as possible. ON which he
could base some order directing his subor.
linates to exclude bad characters from the
! Whitc.IIouse.
haou usLotIAoa ,,;a 70 tho proS;aort 20.
a,tei " m. G ,i'i "1 d " h '', acro,nns y,
peC Wh;,a H u",sa n,% I aror ,r;cb;na hin,
VIII an o,,;n;ol ronort -, Ii. own rrn1cst.
WIN an o'.'L.'., S ;'a LII ;o ordars
certainly lho"sh' ne WIZ ~ W iue,'
nave ,iei heI omt VI ' hanG tat ba
on ny .oon't'y "t t%an , n""r and was
more ,te9uen. 'i L G .', thnt in "u;,e 81
poaS''ilS alhohs nei i,'''' - I'm -
ueh DaNer 't s tha Hhu nonlJ
welconI i' ; ", y"' e. ~ nrJor 70 br;no
not tn'nh thIs ohs,Dne 1 , II paso WI
lle ~ S;non,,d ON of,;aor ~
myscl 10 aL ,1nue "roSr~ '' and J'' oor,eJ
ascertain "ne''iei si1 81 Et;, th;nI
!hat she 1p"s sui r nt W hn,
ny inc ' tha 15th or Nnvcmbcr Stationed
S'Sas, on e"1 no lh. niIicer Of tho 'front.' on.
ue!e''i ,,;,h pi ;netrpct;ons 70 nrcyant Mrs
r rahI1,, o on,ar;no Abdut II o'clock. as
UunI su,aant.d herself and was Told
.,sVa'' ano p ,IJI SHE asked The
laa1 81" h. uJ hnoo ~" ord ~ , as on,n -nf
1''ice. =, "n .p 49, NJ &c C"a PaI!,. =; -;
ne reP,ltu' y ol" :. WIN ~ wy" IN pun" S H.
P Pas 1i in ten minutes She went ronnG
70 The rear nort Of the house entered tn,
: Lnaho, want M to tho Presidents m;vote
roon and Told him that General Baker baf
stot;o,ad a dntectiye at the door to meyent
Ian snona Nm The President sent for til,
dotont;va and said mSir. Nv whose orde,
. do ,,ou nrasnpa n ouord nv door?'i Tn,
: Jo,.,;ra ro,,l;ad. 3? am not ouardino tn,
49, de'o ,,as cant bera bv Cen Baker I,
J noU Nc Cohh from enterinn the house. /,
rtn pnos;1o,t sa;d Tell General Rake
80, 20 soa hin, ;nmediatelv Accord
VIM W a,artod fnr NV of,ice. bnt in th,
," 'eeaHnt;me ihe President had sent his privat
n ao who arrived first. and in a YER
2 nna;,ads @,o,,ac ;,,f.,rmed me the Presiden
2 eHc I'I -. i'a ano a smn,ed;oIaM must dro,
gm ish.a; w and coma Of once I went. AMI
l an .n p"a1' ,ho President's nriyote room.
y ehteled ,o,o ,,on;ng the room velv OK
+ iouhu hi '' III H. 49, 6. uo,