This Confederacy is a home for all its sons and daughters, and when they abandon their native State, and, fleeing from a brutal enemy, come into our midst for safety and protection, we should welcome them as suffering patriots and cherish, them as they deserve.

It is a hard struggle for a woman to abandon a home, surrounded by all the luxuries of life and in which happiness reigns dominant, to incur hardships and privations.

In doing so her patriotism is severely tested, and nothing but the most exalted devotion to our country triumphs over her fears.
"There is yet another subject I will speak on.

The two men who have figured so conspicuously in this case as the cause of this lady's sufferings, cannot be allowed to pass unnoticed.

Mr.Elder is a well known gentleman of this city and has hitherto borne an irreproachable character.