The death of a woman by drowning is an event that always excites the tender sympathies and pity of generous minds.
It was the fate of
Mrs. Rose A. Greenhow, formerly of
Washington, to meet such a death at
Wilmington, as already announced.
Her life had been eventful.
She was a native of
Maryland, and quite distinguished in Washington society.--Her strong intellect and energy of character led her take a very great interest in politics.
She possessed personal graces as well as mental, that added no little to the distinction she enjoyed.
She was the widow of
Dr. Robert Greenhow, son of
Mr. Robert Greenhow, of this city, well known in other days.
He was a gentleman of much learning, who filled the office of translator of several languages for the State Department of the old Government.
Mrs. Greenhow had visited
Europe to publish a book she had written on the war and her imprisonment by the
Lincoln Government. --This she had accomplished, and was just returning to the
Confederacy, when, on Saturday last, she met her death.
The Wilmington
Journal thus notices the event:
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"As we write — at half-past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, October 1, 1864,--the corpse of
Mrs. Rose A. Greenhow, a well known, and, we may add, a devoted Confederate lady, just returned from
Europe, is laid out in the chapel of
General Hospital No. 4.
All the respect due to
Mrs. Greenhow's position and character is, no doubt, paid to her remains by the ladies of the Soldiers' Aid Society, and, indeed, we may say, by the ladies generally.
"Up to the time of writing, we have obtained few particulars.
We know that, on Friday night or Saturday morning, the steamship
Condor, in endeavoring to come in over the
New Inlet bar, got aground, and that a boat from her get swamped on the 'rip,' and that
Mrs. Greenhow, being a passenger on board that boat, was drowned.
We have not learned that any other of the passengers on the boat perished."
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