The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-21
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Heprinted from This. Newspaper.
The Alabama.

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The Alabama.
Information comes by way of Eng
land from Cape Town, on tho Cape of
Good Hope. that the Confederate crul-
ger Alabama has been DONG some good
, %0rk II The waters of that far-nwaS
laden with valuable stores. ON land
fhg me COMMANDER of the Alabama
tound custole: fot the captured ship
ltseii. anu she was sold TO 4 mercantile
and shipping firm OF Mauritius Tho
cargo OF the Sea Bird was also easily
The Yankee consul there has entered
SUIT Tor thc value of the cargo, but that
chasers.
Mrs. PattersOn's Case.
The case against Mrs. Mary Caroline
PATTERSON. wIte Of Allan Patterson of
Goochland County, charged with trea-
sonaDle correspondence WAS concluded
before Confederate Commissioner Mat
son yesterday. The last evidence Of
tered the commissioner was the afH-
sWore that she had sent no letters to
rev Morgan Dix; that she had received
no letters from HIM. and that She knew
nothlnS or his son. and had not re-
ceived at her home in Gooch.and Coun-
- any any. friends or representatives Of
OF his family Counsel for and against
MRS. Patterson inuulged in lengthy ar
sument. and at last Commissioner Wat
me commissioners said that the whole
question. for his court. which w
ii a rSG .,S sourt of inquiry. vas. vino
Septed letter intended for the Rev
MorSnn DlX. and by whose hands II
was attempted TO be delivered to the
enemy? There was no doubt that the
letter and its contents were treason.
abio. ana contained Information to the
government. The oviuence that Mrs,
tatterson wrote or sent the lettor, while
cause eoS eo aSa Sh9 9yt probaHIe
accused on 10 tho grand Jury for further
invest cation.
The ueclsion was received by the ac-
cused with emotion. She left the court
room weeping, ana She VIII remain in
the CUSTODY of the Confederate states
her before Judge Hallyburton, of The
confederate states court, on an appil-
cation Tor bail
Seneral DaDney n. Maury telegraphs
from Mobile as follows: "tariAgut has
not yet renewed his attack on Grant
Tor active operations Sherman's ad-
vance down the Mobile ana ONO Rail
F WrS mas been Intercepted ana small
Troops Must lie Moved.
IN the state senate yesterday a bill
was passed requiring the railroad and
canal companies OF Virginia TO trans
port troops and munitions OF war with
our the right 10 demand prepayment or
No hore Habcns Corpus
me biii suspendIng the writ OF
haoeaS corpus IN certain cases was
PASSED by both houses of the Confcd-
crate Congress yesterday, and Will nm
doubtedly receive the signature Of the
PreSluent. as he recommended it
itnmpton's Legion Is In It,
ulSpatch from New Market Tenn.
says all OF the members of Hanpton's
Legion nave re-enllsted for the war
shot for DISCRETION.
TWO priNateS OF the l'ifty-seven
sSieorGia regiment were shot yesterday
t assertion Their names are with
hciu Tor obvious reasons.
Too Old to Fight.
In the Confederate States Court yes
the long trial OF Sion r. Hodges Wis
brought 10 an end. He claimed thai
n me wa as. over forty.nye years OF age.
ana, therefore, exempt from military
DUTY. hodges proved his case and was
discharged.
Spy Executed.
SPY, captured in East Tennessee by
General Sam Jones's men and tried
there by court martial and sentenced
10 ne hung and sent to this city for
execution of sentence. was hanged in
Castie thunder yesterday at 1880 =. NJ
Spencer belonged to the Sixth Regiment
Of renegade Tennessee troops. and was
caught in Knoxville while trying to
ntisuade Concentrates to desert and
JON the Yankee army. II had been an
nouhced that the hanging would take
place about noon. and as result the
housctopS IN the ncighborhood OF Cas-
Tie Thunder were crowded with people.
VINO wanted to see the execution. Rev
or Campbell, the chaplain Of Castle
ihundtr, attended the wretched man
IN ms last hours. After the rope had
been adjusted and the last words had
been said. Deaton collapsed. and the
olncerS mad TO mold him up He cried
OUT Lord, have mercy on me; have
mercy on me. / am innocent; ] am in
ocent' Deaton had an idea that he
would be rescued before the hour OF
execution a. nClE a1 hat H. -
lowing record be made: Captain Spen-
Ger )eaton, Company b. Sixth East
tennessee Regiment. United States
troops; fathers address William Dea-
ton, Strawberry Plains. jefferson Coun-
~, Tenn" lie said his brother was the
colonel OF Tennessee regiment in the
Yankee nrnV.