Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-03-04

school at Wateriown, \. Y, to her brother
IN the Confederate army says:
The young ladies here call me Miss
Sectsh. l have a secession flag in my
room. They have threatened to take it
down, hut have not attempted it yet.
Every one here has the impression that
the Southern people are all starving to
death. l hope il is not 80. III had a
million would send it to you"
'SlStes' writes Ia lotto" in a letter
filled villa descriptions Of the indignities
suffered by Southern sympathiz9rs in Bal
]tiInOre. She says:
Charley X. and William Sellers were
driven away from the Polls and was not
allowed 4 vote. They tried 10 arrest J.
Howard MyIlenry and John 5. Citing. but
Lll not succeed. Old Brooks and josh
smith aud all such trash as that was head
men. 1t makes M so angry I can hardly
write. | despise al the Northern men |
see. The idea of them coming here to turn
people out Of their homes. They are beg
ging for assistance for their wounded sol
dleTs. Not one cents worth will l give.
Then comes q letter, pathetic and yet
amusing, from a fond mother to some one
IN authority At Richmond, asking him to
get her son made an 0ficer in the CJ4fed-
crate army. She says:
II hear access to the p. President
Davis Is very diff ult, and | do not be-
ileye he even knows that the dear boy is in
his service. He may possibly thro' your
efforts get an interview and present the
latfar h., tl,1- ,.l.., L.. ...-k - T,,. ,.,3 |
called twice TO deliver, but was not admit
ted. Will you not do all you can to get
him promotion? hear Of ~many-almost
all-oi Il acquaintance who nave gone
from Nd getting good positions at once,
who are not his Supporters in devotion TO
he cause, education OF intelligence. And
he is so modest he will not, | fear, bring
himself 70 the P.'s notice, unless you, dear
friend, make 4 way for him.
A letter signed Annie ID. F. was
from the daughter of the proprietor of
NashiugtOn's most famous theatre. 1t is
written to q girl friend in Richmond and
declares that while she cntcrtains the
strongest affection for hsr friends in the
Syu'h, she is a Union gid and always
Til he.
AHr.t ~ -tf'l NA NNklsN's Aa'all - ts'' ' " tb
vas mistress of the art epistolary. Oihigh
social Standing, q wide political aCquaint-
&rca, the wIit.r, though a confirmed in
valid, discusses the affairs OF the nation
with a knowledge and p~cscicucg that are
remarkable. The ]ptnmlnship is minute
aud fragile locking, and the eight closely
written letter sheets would expand 10 Il
printed column. The opening lines may
convey an idea Of the whole:
~"PKGsyMLE, Dec. ., 1861.
my DEAR Mrs. HUGEE-Since the
receipt OF Pink's letter, sJme three weeks
ago, l have been meditlting the act in
which | am NJ present engaged, in the hope
Of communicating with you through a pr.
waite opportunity and not under Govern
meut supervision restrictions, which, [ am
told, CCn'jne ones epiStolary aspirations
within the narrow limits of one page,
which, though no doubt it affords ample
scope 20 the male mind, is excessively
rramprd to The female wi'l that are so
much more expansive. Now suppose, for
Instance, that ! were obliged to cOuc,ade
at the bottom Of this page, what earthly
satisfaction would il afford you concerning
the various sui i,cts OF interest to you and
rs about which Pink in his letter desired
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