The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-26
About Mr.. Fnnfn-
A correspondent of the n Y Times
writing from Winchester. Va. saws.

A correspondent of the n Y Time;
writing from Winchester, Va, says:
Mr. Foote reached the Union pickle
near Loyettsville, 'unheralded and OF
foot, one cold afternoon st about thre,
o'clock, attended only by an Irish ser
want, picked UP st Leesburg. MakinG
himself known to Lieut. SpragUe, o.
the ninth New York Cavalry, who was
on duty at the time, he was at once
mounted on troopers horse and sent
to Brigadier General DeVius' head.
quarters He manifested much salts
faction fat arriving within our lines in
safety, having travelled without inI
teiruption ofgany kind, from Richmond
to Charlottesville, then across the coun-
try through Madison Court House to
Culpepper, Brandy Station, (haVing an
interview with Jno. Minor Bolts at this
place. Leesburg, Point of Rocks and
LovettsEille, making the last FIVE miles
OF the distance on foot; q pretty good
walk one would say, for a man sixty
one years old, with snow upon the
ground While detained for several
days by order of the Government at
LovetisVille, though nominally pris-
oner, there was no irksome restraint
placed upon his actions; he seemed de-
siroEs, however, of attracting as little
public attention ss possible, but ex-
pressed his opinions freely TO all who
-eenversed with him, being specially
guarded all the time as to giving infor-
nation about military affairs. Still, it
was quite evident he thought rebeldom
on its last legs; otherwise, tits believed
he never would have entered our lines,
Notwithstanding repeated assertions Of
his always having been Union mani
de certainly is not an ardent adInirer
of Jefferson Davis.
Like some antiquarians in the loyal
States, Mr.. Foote labors. under the hal
lueination that there can be peace with
out more bloodshed; that, because the
people Of the South are heartily tired
Of the war, they are ready to return to
their allegiance upon the best obtaina-
ble terms, and With OF without slavery
that they are only kept from this step
now by the military power, but if al
lowed time, they would eventually over
throw this despOtie power now welded
by Davis, in a-peaceable way; to enable
them 10 do so, there must be cessa-
ton of hostilities, and to secure that
was the special mission of the Ex-Sen-
atOr.
Mr. Foote thinks the United States
the greatest nation on earth, and could
not say enough in praise Of President
Lincoln, Gems. Grant, Sherman, Thom-
IS aud Sheridan, and ali Of the Union
armies in bulk; head and shoulders
above all, however, towers William H.
for him the Southern
would have been recog-
nized long ago; now there was no hope
for such a result Such a man will be
an excellent Union agent in Europe,
whittier it is reported he has gone. The
most important fact Of all let drop in
by Mr.. Foote, was that there
are several members in the rebel Con |
gress, and large majority of the South |
ern people, who agree with him in his |
of Davis "the usurper"
In his opinion, no one at the South |
to day, not even JEFF Davis, expects to |
succeed in establishing Southern Con |
federacy; but, at the last moment, the |
rebel leaders win be missing, and sub
sequently turn up in some other part Of !
the world