In noticing the arrest and retention of this gentleman by the
Yankees some days ago, on the authority of a gentleman who seemed to be familiar with the facts, we stated that
Mrs. Price had said to a Yankee officer, who approached her on the subject of exchanging
Mr. Price for the notorious
Rucker, ‘"that she would rather see her husband shot dead than exchanged for such a man as
Rucker — a murderer, traitor, and thief."’ A correspondent at
Lewisburg writes that
Mrs. Price objected to the exchange, but not at all in the language attributed to her. She held that
Mr. Price had done nothing improper as a Virginian, representative, citizen, and that it was unfair and unjust to ask his exchange for one under charges.
