The sun., 1873-08-27
A ROMANCE OF THE LOBBY.
AREBEL GTRL TRANSFORMED INTO
ILOYAL CONTRICTOR.

Some Interesting Episodes of Campaigning
in Fioridn-A Fascinating Fair Rrhcl-
She brcomcs Ioyai aud gets Govern
nient Coutrnct-The Washington Fellows
Know who IL Ross.
Correspondence AbanV Argus.
WHtTESToSE, l.. l., Aug. Ill had al
most forgotten my prom se to give you dcsctip-
ton Of this place, but | am sorry to say that
there IL but little that be said In It's favor.
Well, shall say no more about WhltestonG. Dut
must give YOU an account Of n reinarkabIe IN
cident which merits more attention. II CON
Germs a certain and influential Washington lady,
and forucr rebel and biockadc runner, n
party of gentlemen from the hotel concluded To-
take ride IN the bay, and invited several ot
lar was greatly admired for her beauty ana
noble womanly appearance. SO we enbarkeu
on board of our handsome yacht and WIN
beautiful breeze went scudding up Long l,ianl
Sound. She appeared very much delighled win
the sail. and remarked that II reminded her so
much of home and her Rlrlsh days Tor she I'M,
agined herself sailing up Berwick > Bay. agreed
with her that there was n strong resemblance:
as I had sailed up Ierwick's Bay, and had footed
II ;Ul or suO miles with Gen. BANKS through that
portion Of the country, and ended my lttte
travels at Port Hudson Well. a. we sailed along
SCHUYLER and Fort Wcllet face each other wien
she exclaimed, " do declare. We are IN Pensa.
cola Bay for there Is Fort Pickcns and Fort
IInrincas." II WIS. without n doubt, an exact
fac smile. md any person that has ever Vslird
Pensacola Bay IN sailing up this par Of Long
Island Sound. would Imagine himself In Florida
Instead of Now york.
| agreed with her that never came across
place In my travels that resemdcd Pensacola 50
accurately. why what do you know about
rcusacolay she remarked. We'll, imagined |
knew a little about II. being stationed there over
n year. She wa then exceedingly anxious to
know who knew there. The .ics of "a great
many had cscapcd my memory, but ! gave her
au account Of
FEW LITTLE iScipESrs
which occurred while We were IN mat section
tf Florida. Ouc Mas that Il Lly at. Sleuiucr nf
the regular army, who tunitudndcd 1il ilchths
~ th, hrcnkin, ont Of the war. His wife had
been accustomed to cross the bay almost day
for tho purpose of visiting her friends and maxi
iur small purcha- cs for the fort, aud even after
under the command II the rebel Gen. Bragg
she continued her visits under flag OF truce;
but one nue morning she had unfortunately
crossed once too often, and Gt n. l'raeg ordered
her held ~ hostage, scnuing word by the boat
60 her husband that unless he immediately sur.
rendered Fort Pickens thew would open fire and
hold Mrs. Slelntucr in the midst OF the engage
ncnt ur shin her to Andcrsonsvle Now lust
imagine what a dilemma poor Slemmcr was in
To permit the enemy to open hre on the Tort
and the men under his command would. with
ont showing fight In return, have been consider
ed cowardice in the extreme, when. AT The same
time, lie was not certain nut that the nis' shpt
from his own guns might wound or XIII his wife.
But think Mrs. Semner proved the hravest uf
the two. She mad heard 81 the message sent TO
her husband, aud She, being accustomed to the
army SIGNALS. tied her handkerchief 70 a stick
and -icut. tcd g. her husband across the bay the
foll w In words: II YOU surrender that fort
my account s"u need never claim me as your
don't know how much reliance was To- he
placed In the rumor. but his soldiers >.id had
II not teen for that message he would have
surrendered the fort. ~ all events. no BON
hardmcut took place at that tin.r, and she WAS
only detained a few DAYS. uhttl they were salts
fed thcN could not a cumplish their object hy
OBTAINING Mrs. Slcmmer any longer, and per
Mittod her tu JOIN her nu~udni. whore snc re-
mrined during the whole bomhardiuent. which
resulted IN destroying the Pensacola Navy Yard
and other Government build iue~. ana in iact
everything in range uf the guns from PIckeus
To my surprise
Ny LADY fHIENp RNLw MRS SKINNER,
and had entertained her during the lime slI,
wt~ detained aud held prisoncr II aif' rs
they been very intimate friends before tue war.
and continued 10 remain during tue wiuir
{. .n,lI,u. She then asked mo # / ever knew a
family ~ Pensacola named White. / rcpucd
tI.t' doubted very murn whether there w. "A
ciI zen or 4 soldier lv.n- that had visited Pen
sarnl1 hut rcm,uht red the da~hirg nifty
White. who Wa al extremely iacmdting young
lady, uua very much aIuutd 10y al tur tr'DNa
and ruurted by all tue officers a don't mean to
.ay the married ones hut she was unior-
cANlry, and gave expression To- her secession
sentiments w.tu such a venom ~ L" make y
very unpleasant to those VITO were ~u Kind aud
attentive t" hei' consequently II Drought her 10
sorrow. .,.,.....- ,.,.-e.-. ,...,,,..
u the south. ucr lathcr JUDGE white, had
been resident Judge OF PEN fog many
years, was very luurn esteemed by all VINO
hu,N hih' anu hlthly Ie'utt.td o.! an 'e ~
qirrr. 4ur Judgc had been orr -cd g. the AR
from n. inception, and had noe Irred tue dis
pleasure Of many ui hi southern ircuG- hy
-ayluG taas although he had three sons VINO had
Ci..'.ru To- JOIN the Confederate army. hc pro-
posed t. stand true to the star and stripes. and
ne u.d to the lu-t but there wa hitty, his only
c. .-atcr, a slr, " eighteen summers, and, ~
I. .tltrc, 50 full uf venom which she gave
y,. tl IS. freely against the Yankees that even
NeA Dow served hol With a writ thut WAS, -ul-
pose. Goo yl ~- her WRATH, bat 60 u' elect. am
the name or -tvle ui that writ q guess / II AK
Nr. NOAH or "trn'!nr itcmaIu when come
,pccrcd Wits M" nor miiii'lry ordcrs HAT cane
4. u The unScer. :" DON hualls ord, red hor
taken without the lines. and lett 10 seek refuge
AMONG htr southern friends :" kHt\' accom-
panied 10y two female Trends ami turtr uag-d-o,
had selected Dow won'ed that hlm-ei' aho4t
ten miles outside Of Pensacola aud lett ON tine
Mont- nlery anl Mobile knlruau. w.rre SIZE
s.ld -ue expected I" meet ,r friends. hut
ALAS FOR PooR KITTY,
no friou came, and the next moruiuc she
made her appearance a; our picket liucs lu "A
huirid pught. htving spent ali nt-ut ua tde ta.l-
r.sd an a Irsp.I.in,- am
Now. happened 10 be on the picket line tha,
morning, ana rec iNed hrTwitu much ~ 'ulaihy.
ani escorted her To- the G,ucrhs quarters.
where W. waited patiently for three hour for
UuC noted mu-lyianl hr was extremely fond Of
pianos, nud had ten or twelve Ia t house, the
results ui iu-agtng expeditions. some uf them,
! aiterNhd learned, inund th"ir way t. Port
land. Ne. Kitty remarked, WallC We were wait
lue " lie shall never have ~, piano II have an
opportunity To reach MN home" she did reach
her home some time Rf,trWdrd lay Ms consent.
ana -ur made ewu04 i.r tne u grers, 10 u-c
her uiHnu. MtlL hu ~, bow came duwn stairs.
! hai never h,d the l.vasurc ot seeing tuc u.au
short time: md tine first thought that struck
ne when IutA cA es CA him wA- ne must he
some ministerial ir,tud II the t,uu,r.l'. hn,.,,
ne was ro arm g ch1rlun. he was tpu sli.h for
tLHt. Never suspcctug that ~ wa Dow himself.
uniil hc rcmarkeG I, addr, sing his oun,orsltiun
cooler thln when sent Won ont of the line. m
night / Thought 800 t1o, for she had been
., sn.,'rins Win cold all n'-t, and 'md waited mis-
l.'a I' IA ~ I'' h ~vl hsldt I"l persons guilty Of
lnu,hrN "Hehcc-' WHICH did uut Improve her