The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-17

nen in Washington-wOmen OF great per-
onal beauty, and still greater mental ac-
omplishments, who were in constant COM
nunication with the enemy, and continually
onspring to obtain important information
# the intentions of the Federal leaders
md of the movements of the Union armies.
The centre of this system of spies was
Mrs. Rose Greenough and a Mrs. Morris.
The former was past the Towering time OF
ife, but the latter was still blooming rose.
Thc former was an old resident of Wash
npton, highly connected, intelligent, re-
Hned. and on terms of intimacy with al
most every man who had been in public
life during many years. The latter was
not so highly connected nor moving in the
same high social circle prior to the war
But she was beautiful and accomplished
Virginian by birth, the wife Of proud de-
sccndant of one of Virginia's most
ARIsToCRATiC FAMILIES.
She had separated from this man after
brief honeymoon spent in Paris, and in
more sober times would have been quietly
tabooed by the very people who now re-
ceivcd and patronized her because she was
smart. had intercourse with prominent I'm
ion people, and the ability and will to do
and dare for what they termed the "holy
cause of the South" Mrs. Walworth, her
self a proud Kentucky lady, thoroughly in
sympathy with the South, met the little CO.
terie of rebels who surrounded these two
remarkable women. They knew her and
the high position of her husbands family
in New York. They encouraged her in
her noble devotion to her native land, and
joined their persuasions to hers to induce
Walworth to join Beauregard's army, which
was then bcleaguering Washing on. He,
although not very enthusiastic in the cause
was perfectly willing to go provided he
could attain rank corresponding to his
ideas of his own Importance. Through
Mrs. Morris, Gen. Bcauregard was COM
municated WITH and in due time an answer
was received that Mansfield Tracy Wal
worth could have the position of first leu
tenant in the regular army of the Conteder-
ate States of America This was not what
Walworth expected. His expectations
mounted as high as a brigadier- generalship,
while colonelcy was the least rank his
vaulting ambition would allow him to ac-
ccpt Another effort was made by the
Greenougli- Morris coteric to get him a
colonel's commission, but it was unsucccss-
full.
\ TRANSMISSION.
The Confederate General replied TO their
second urgent solicitation that there was an
indisposition on the part of their soldiers
to serve under officers they did not know
personally or by reputation. He, however,
suggested that Walworth could serve the
cause of the Confederacy in his present
station more efficiently than in the field.
He held Il position in the Federal State De-
partment, was trusted, had friends and in
fluence and could be advanced-at the
same time he could aid the cause he really
loved by transmitting, through his friends
of the coterie, all the important diplomatic
secrets of the United States Government.
This was rather more to Walworth's taste
than winning renown at the lannon's mouth
and he determined to act upon Beauregard'S
advice. For some time he and his confed-
crates drove their trade of treason and spy
ing with perfect impunity He was in this
way thrown frequently in the society OF
Mrs. Morris, and her bewitching ways and
bright, ppuant face soon captivated him.
She was then in the heydey of her charms
"a brunette with coal black eyes that
danced and dazzled or flashed and flannel
as love and passion or hate and revenge
prompted. Her figure was passing good
and her face, though not pretty, was at
tractvc. The nose was rather prominent
and the forehead low and slightly receding
but the extraordinary breadth from temple
to temple testified to good understanding
a well balanced mind, and a will of hel
own. Rarely, if ever, has any cause en-
listed as to its devoted, selt-sacrificine
agent woman of more resolute courage
of more consummate cunning, than Mrs
Morris.
HER LIFE WAS JoYLEss,
for all her hopes were wrecked on a maI
who either loved not or was not loved. She
therefore needed the excitement, the dan
ger, of life like this, and once entered
upon it, all the finer sensibilties-the ange
part of her nature-soon disappeared. AL
the arts and wiles of depraved wOmankin(
came in their stead, and the end justifyinl
the means, she could coolly plot ruin ant
wretchedness for happy household in or
der to gain her point and serve her employ
ers. She had bcwtched a young and gal
liant officer on Gen. Sickle's staff, ant
through him obtained the earliest informa
ton in regard to the movements of the ar
mics. Walworth was used also to obtail
the secrets of the War as well as the Stat
Department, and thus all went on swim
mingly for time. His wife was hearth
| Ill dCCOTu Will lllII--lluy, WAS TutncT uccDC
in the plot and more active and efficien
than he was.
| ARREsTING THE SPIES.
One night Stantons trusted Chief of Sc
cret Service, whose equal in the detectiv
line never lived, quietly arrested the cote
rie of spies and traitors and housed them i
the Old Capitol prison. Mrs. Walwort
alone was undisturbed. Her husband dc
served death, and had little hope of escar
ing. He broke down utterly, and Shove
how little of true manhood there was j
him by making peurile confessions to As
sistant Secretary Watson, in which he cas-
all the blame on Mrs Morris. He had, how
ever, love sufficient and manliness enoug
to save his wife-thc real author of hi
misfortunes. The records of the War DE-
| partment will show how he begged for mel
cy-hOw he declared that it was love for
strange woman, a terrible fascinatiOn-thi
led him to betray his honor and his couI
try. His friends interLeded for his lif,
and Stanton, believing him to be harmless
allowed him to go free, provided he went
Saratoga and daily reported by letter to til
Department.
His wife learned of the confession he Ina
made-made, as | really believe, first I
save his life, and second to shield her E; an
from that hour she ceased to even respet
him. lie had been unfaithful, and he
heart was steeled against him. The dome
tic troubles grew worse and worse froi
that forward, until they eliminated in I'll
separation.
HIS FEELINGS TOWARD HIS BROTHER.
The natural disposition of Walworth
iealOusy was also aroused because his br,