The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-04
BEN BUTLER'> MARTYR.
= Eady Correspondent ola Northern
Paper, WTi ing from white sui
phur In Greenbricr, Dishes ZIP 'ne
Following Social Gossip.
AUGUST "a 1877.

one of the common boasts Of these
springs is the harmony and good feeling
which prevails among the guests who
regard the White Sulphur MS neutral
ground upon which all can meet on
smicatla terms To great extent this
is true tor when blue blood meets blue
blood there is immediate sffina!lon. But
it must needs bs that IN so large com
ptuv oh-r-es Will come, sud this was
the case n few DAYS ago.
Anon. the l,brrties mere IS lady
who has been frequently before the pub
lie sac , : gray haired handsome jew
e. from S4vannsn. Before the war this
iacy aud her nus band, VINO Is tire law.
yer 7. sided n Washington. She is q
bright, yiyacious woman, fond Of society,
and the good things OF lie. The great
fault of the lady is an unguarded tongue
whose reckless speeches not only wounds,
but so ialsifcs facts that the lady Il
distrusted. and even stunned by
those who are afraid OF her. malice
and lack of truLh!ulness. This lady has
a grievance OF such magnitude that she
finds il Nm iueXhaustsble fund upon
which ne draws for sympathy from her
heqrers. Alter the first election Of Mr..
LirCOn. when the hot blood Of the
South was -eething and boiling, and the
North stood ready t. prccipitate the con-
h,ct. this lady dew upon herself punish
men. from the authorities IL Washing
ton City. she deict all OF the laws which
were passed for the protection OF the
National Capital She Was busy blatant,
snl obnoxious Mr. Seward, Is SrCre-
tary OF State, ws- .orced 10 send her
through the lines TO Ltr beloved South,
and forbid her return until Inc war was
over. This mild punishment did not
teach her The prudence which 1t should
have done, but in New Orleans, which
became her home after her Punishment
from Washington, snG was even more
daring and Insulting TO the authorities
than she had been IN Washington. Gen
Butler was then n command at New Or
leans. ana there was Mt in his nature
any ch,yglrv or knighthOod 10 prevent his
purisaing female rebels rs he did those
o. the stronger sex. THIS lady stood
with group of friends upon s. balcony
while the funeral Of lGvOrite youug
officer p SGD OIL the street below. She
m5cked and made merry st the process.
sion. For this unwomsnly conduct, she
was reported at hesdq quarters ard = guard |
ss.y L. arrest her. At first General But ,
lar was disposed to release Der with d
T primard, but she was so defiant snd in
; ,i,ing inst he ordered her 70 be sent As
prisoner to Ship Island. where fol six |
months she WAS closely guarded. The |
Island is strip Of sand in the Cult of
Mexico. and there is To doubt that the
lady suffered greatly from heat and every
spelies of discomfort besides the constant |
presence OF the guard who left her no
privacy, but treated her the same rs if
She had been q man. The punishment
inflicted by Gen. Butler was coarse,
severe, and excltes every ones indigna-
ton. but this feeling was con.
siderably sn elioEated few days
ago By the lady inviting the
women of the South 10 90 with
her To the ball room that she might tell
the slferines she had undergone for the
"lost cause" She carefully excluded
Northern women, lest she should say
that which they would not like to hear.
Modesty forbid the presence of gentle