Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1862-01-30

ed on her parole, and will leave this city to-
morrow for Fortress Monroe, from which
point she will proceed South. The form of
the lieutenant, however, soon appeared at
the window, and for the second time we en-
tered the room. The picture of Gertrude
Greenhow, the deceased daughter of Mrs
Greenhow. first attracted our attention.
There was the same smile there-the same
strange fancy of the eye of which we have
written before-so young and yet so fair
and for the moment we were ent-anced
Turning for the moment, aud the beautiful
portrait of Mrs. Moors, and the fine noble
picture of her husband, son-in-law of Mrs.
Greenhow, now in our army. diverted our
sight; then the Lieutenant welcomed us,
and we took seat with him before bright
fire glowing on the hearth.
Now that the prisoners had departed, we
were invited up into the rooms formerly oc-
cupied by them. The room in which Mrs
Greenhew was lately incarcerated is situated
in the second dstory back room. The same
apartment was formerly occupied. at inter-
walls, by the Phillips family-Mrs. Phillips,
her daughter Lena and Fannie, Miss Levy,
Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. H. Posey
and her daughters. Mrs. Baxter was con-
fined in the third-story front room. Besides
this, Mrs. Greenhow was allowed the use of
the library, the property of her husband,
who was lawyer. The library is chiefly
stored with law books, interspersed with
books in the French and Spanish languages.
Most of the time of Mrs. G. was spent in
this room, which was neatly furnished, and
containing, besides, sewing machine, up
on which the lady named did great amount
of sewing during her confinement.
| After MI ght set in, she employed her time
in reading as we'll as writing, and many of
the fugitive verses written by her are still
preserved. She frequently remained in this
room until midnight, before retiring to her
apartment for the night. On the desk of
the sewing machine, this morning. we found
standing two bottles of fluid, which we're
frequently used by her in her correspondence
to her friends outside of the prison. SO as to
disguise it to the eyes of the guard The
plan pursued was to interline her letters by
one of the fluids, which, on the application
of a second, only known to those who were
in the secret. was rendered perfectly intelli-
gible. Thus it was that contraband infor-
nation could be conveyed by her to those
who aided and abetted her in her treason
The walls of the room of Mrs. Baxter, the
panels of the door, and the walls of the en-
try adjoining her apartment, are covered
With scribh sin lead pencil. Of quite !
medley natdl5. prose as we'll as poetry
some of them quoted from other authors.
and number Of them original The most
of these writings are parodies on our nation
al songs, while not few of them are filings
against the officers of the Government One
of them. written on the entry wall, to the
left OF the doorway. reads thus:
Il had a vision last night Methought
[ saw Abe Lincoln. William II. Seward
Simon Cameron. Andrew Porter, and others,
praying to Almighty God, as Dives had
done. for the mercy they denied to harm
less women. And the Almighty God an
swers: Have not said as ye mete it unto
others, so shall it be measured unto you
again? Depart from my sight. ye cursed,
and take up your abode in the hell prepared
for Abraham Lincoln and his Government,
and all who assist him in his abominable
persecution
Fronting the doorway on the right we.
read again the following inscription "Wc
must sustain the Constitution of the United
States; we must break down Southern in
stitutions that we may put the proceeds of
all the negroes in our pockets. We must
impress Southern women and children and
other such like chivalrous and magnificent
acts. vide Se,oard."
These are but specimen of the inscrip-
tions to be read at every turn within and
outside Mrs. Baxter's apartment. Hardly
any portion of the room is to be discovered
that does not contain some such memoranda,
even to the window-sills.
On Saturday morning she sent to Lieut.
Sheldon, by one of the guard, the following
rhyme, jotted down upon a small piece Of
paper;
TO LIEUT. SHELDON.
pray you. good Lieut. Sheldon, =
| Since trouble you so very seldom,
TO send me cat, or trap, or flee,
To catch these horrid little mice.
These troublesome little Government creatures
| Have tried to mar my Southern features;
They began the war against my clothes,
And last night really bit my nose!
The fact that the rooms Of these buildings
have contained a few mice probably gave
rise to the communication, written in a spi-
rit of pleasantly rather than otherwise
Other specimens of the poetry of the person
named might be given. but this will suffice
We are informed by Lieut.. Sheldon that
Of all the prisoners confined here. Mrs.
Greenhow was the most lady-like in her
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possessed of the finest education of any lady
who has ever visited Washington; and al
though rather severe at times in her denun-
Citations Of the North, yet she has shown
herself possessed of woman's heart in her
sad moments, as witness the parting from
her guard on Saturday. She had great
horror of being conveyed to Fortress Mon
roe, as was first feared by her. and her
change is the most acceptable one that she
could have.
The prison will be closed tomorrow, and
the building will be rented to other parties.