The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-02

D&ck 10 IOWA --Hsen&n was lett Win hIg
seconds on the field ne had f5ught to win
No one seemed 70 think much Of him
hs was beaten, and among pugiIlsts
there is no mercy for the defeated. Fair
or fsul, there is as yet only Oue mortali-
~ With them SUCCESS. Still there sre
msn alive who think they can revive the
prize ring! It would be as easy 10 res
ore the sports Of The arena.
i1o5 Esrs. GYesEhsXgss Ess1iC lcJ o.
For seme months 3 standing snnouace-
ment in. the English literary journals,
from tRichard Bentley, publisher in or
binary 10 her Majesty" has been IS fol-
l0ws: "My imprisonment At Washington,
including My Journal kept ct Che 0id
Cspitol Prison there. By Bose Green
how. Post, 8vo., los. Cd, with portrait
Of The authorD The book was publish
ed on the first of this month, and we
doubt whether any copy of 10 has yet
reached this country. But it is reviewed
IN the Athep aum and The ReadaF so
that We can get an idea ef Ehat5 Mss.
Greenhow SAYS. o9Egs 8-s
TIE Aaeagnaa which is not mealy
moathed. and usually calls things by
thsie proper names. commences its ori
tid1e in these words 9Mrs. Rose Green
h0g wss sort Of female spy. Sac fsiI
in'o the power ofmsn whose councils she
had penetrated and betrayed; and, after
gaining her freedom, she has published
this denuneiati0n of those -Rho discOVer-
ed and cartailed her means of mischicf
such, in few words, is Mrs. Greenh0E's
case. We do not suppose that many
readers will be able to Indulge in the
luxury OF much sentimental pain on be-
half of the Maryland Lady, Her own
b0&st Is thst she did act as spy, and
would tell more than she does Except
o3ly when reserve was dictated by self
respect, OF By me duty of avoiding dis
closures which might oompr0-
mise the saftey of certain Fed.
ersI officers, wh9ns I iEdHoed tgitsolt
scwDle, as will DO more fully seen in the
fDlIJEipg pages, furnish nss With iajorSsa
ton even ia ny captivity, wbich iBiOF
nation at oS2ss communicated tVsth pride
and pleasure to General Beaueqard, then
commanding the Cenfederate fOrcts Iear
Washinston." Yet, when she is caugat
and checked in her TillaiBy and tseRsOD,
sho frOths with indignation, and eVsn
complains that, while she was playing the
spy en the Washington Government for
Gsn. BssuEegaEd's advantage the agents
of Mr.. Lincoln wire watching her move.
mentsi and frusFaiiog her plans. She-
says, 4 was ensbled,p though in pEiscn,
''no. only to possess nay ova sOai and
kesp M own counsel, bat also to estab-
lisa and naintsin q continuous ceres
pondeace wisa Virginia, aud reveal GER
tain contemplated military movements Of
The. enemy IA time TO have then thWssted
By our generals" Upon this, the critic
OF tas AtkeRGUgs slIly suggests that it
may occur 10 some that an Imprisonment
which allowed lady 10 banter and in
su her waFdsFs, and to bstray their
secret doisgs to an enemy Ia the f.ld,
could not have been very severe
Ths Reader declines t. deal hausly
with the book, becaass its author, though
clever and impetuous, was ''slso not
oyerWise" l. charseseFiEsrs il as IS
very silly book; but, ther, ladies in tow
ering passions very seldom speak, and
still less write, 8 nsibly and even the
most ardent friends of ths -NeFth can
hardly be afraid Of MEs. Greenh0S do
Ing much damage t. their cause. One OF
Mrs. Greenho y . grievances is that. once
upon time, when she was in UaiOh
custody as spy, . negro vas not puh-
ished for seating himself Oa the same
beach with herself in utter disregard Of
social distinction" Surely, if ,hs negro
vas "a honest maR he was morally su-
peFiOr TO any Whiss spy and traitoress.
TIE critic eootinass thus: 70
according 10 her OTa stAtsmens
while living at Washington under toe
protsetioa Of the Fsderkl GoTeFnment.
she IVES ia constant communication With
the COnfedeHate leader, her position
giViRg her remarkable facilities f0F1ob-
taining informstion.' Just before The
battle Of Ball Run she contriVed to con-
veynews to the enemy with regard to the
intended movements Of the Federals,
which, in her own opinion, decided the
battle. In return she received this dis
match from toe Confederate Adiuisnt
General : Our Presideas and oar Gen.
era direct mc to hank you. We rely
upon sou for EsrtASz infornation. The
Gonfedsracy owes you debt Again,
she boasts thas the Southern women ct
Washington with their siren arts pos
sesssd themselves Of the schemss o. the
Lincoln Cabinet, and warned JEFF. Davis
Of them 0ae disPa,eh which she sent
off, owing 10 the intelligence thus ae-
quired, 'cOntsined duplieats drawings Of
some fsriifcatf91s and weak points Ia
tie dsfeHces Of the cspi!al, 'besidssin-
formation of Importance in case Our army
advanced on Washington Ia fact, if
we are 10 believe Mrs. aFssnhow, Che
successof the Confederstes is due in no
snail measure TO her lcomm0nieaiions
from tie scat of the Federal Government.
Bet Tor you said JEFF. DAVis to her on
hsF arrival at Riebm0Dd, there would
have been 70 bzlfls OF BuH Rua' We
iEl-e Mfz. GTeenboW &c her own esti-
ms.el She gave intslligescs which cost
the Fsdersls a damaging defeat, years &C
war, and the cost OF thousands Of Uses
And yet she eonylai1s because the Fed
erals imprisoned hsrl IN aay o.iT oOur.
t'y s.s OOuld haze me- 1ttb o pys pun. h
nlsnt. tl-s fet
In this csitieism occur a few sen tsncs3
of such unu3aal candoF, that We take
leave to give them here. Tle critic says:
3 o. 81 she Bun>rous aceasations wiiich
have baen brought ag4ins. ths Federal
GovernmsAt. nOas hss sssned 30 as 80
utterly aaioundsd and uaj1st - that Of
unus0zl basbsritY in TIE conduot.of tie
Wsr. The msre fact that, IN = Q vi war
Of uafxa1plsd mss8ituds, Rot eingie
ne has b.si tqbsu IA cold blood By 0SStsr q
E,s Rsds1al aiahesitie5 Is IN iiself sziii-
eisaL pr0of that the Auiericans are not
naturally blO0dihirsty people" eftsF
this. Mrs. GsesnhoE's lzmshsations are
clearly Of no aEail.--Paik Press. gEa-l f
"a vfi-sess arzH .rsD gtalsHegl o. .