Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-06-11

IN a large scale as L. 5. Senator from
Louisiana, tie author Of the following did
not think it wrong to show bat be exbib-
tied the same crime when pupil 10 Yale
College. \ respectable citizen Of New
Haven or New York) gives in the -Net7
Tork Mercury the following telling account
Of the previous career Of Tie head rebel
Jefferson Davis.
There are some facts, in the history of
this person, which have not yet been made
known to the American public, and which
seem TO Ire 70 be worth communicating
through the newspaper press. They are
instructive, especiliiy at tue present time,
as illustrating and demonstrating as cLaE-
ae;er, and consequently, to 5 re extent,
the characters Of those wLo, vel LncEiSg
Lim, selected hin as tie Neua Sali5 OF
the Sog;hern Sepoy Ea'iny.
DO not tLiLk it worth While to 90 irto
tie details Of his tLr5a:eaeL tall with CD.
Bis.eIl, Of Illinois (>iu.e deceased il tie
Govern 5Tsbip Of that State,) though
general reference to i, Is proper to show
tie unli-Pu'ei fact, ;Lat-havirg appear
Cd, il FoIt'c, to lryl9ke and seek mortal
comta,-in pr;sa'e core? s?oudeuce he WAS
ayaii:ag himself Of every F4.iry qviJble to
erads the impending consequences Of bis
rash repetition Of the very stale trick Of 4
SOg,herler bullying Nor'herLer il C.n-
gress, i the presumption that tue mar OF
tie North Will not :. ut a Guel, knowing
that dutl.is; Is more MAN u. here than
coward is il the South.
1t has been a15ouocod that Davis VII
command il. pcrsJa il tie clmp.ign now
c5mmeuc:ug. hope he will. But l
doubt whether Mr.. Davis has the courage
TO expose himself to the peculiar risks
no: Of immediate death, but Of capture
which lie would incur in that position.
Some of ''our boy" are "bouud' to ''biye
bis carcass" uI:se, Il i, cost thousand Of
their iIyos.
/: lie M9uT isal the Secession army, it
IS to be hoped that bis memory OR cgur-
ase) won't fail lin, as it did a; the battle
OF Bueua Vista, wien lie on,igel to give
the third and essential command 70 ttrow
lis regiment ilto solid square: "Ty tie
rigL, anu left Of fluk b-ttaiious-to the
c7lor-NARcH - TIE Consequence Ct
this wa, th4; lis rCgi H,u; were i # spread
in tie f5rm Of 4 Y, to receive tie charge
Of 1000 Nexican cavalry, coming down
upon them ia fall career, On the slope. O..
Baena Vista. Tie survivors Of that regi-
mcut know that nothing saved them fr,m
auaiti.lii1n, bat their lo0g-Fraciiccd,
deadly workmanship with rifles.
Perhaps it was wall for Davis that
ZIcLary Taylor was his fathsr-in-!aw,
though mr"liagy SO. A s:eraer aud
mere Br1,Us-lke commander might have
ordered a cour;-mar,ial ca tLe spot, tia;
would have coudeurci Lin to te shot f,r
c7wardice or other moral iLc1mpaieucy.
When Davis cane under the inmeGii'e
command q his :atheI-iu-law il the NIX
lean war, Gen. Taylor rca,ef 70 rec1yai.e
hin ia any way, oxcoI; cJfr'oHy, Is in
giving orders, and in Other matters Of
purely military form and duty.
\ friend, to when read the foregoing
I shor; time since, gave ne the following
sketch of Davis relations to al OLD Nissis-
sipriau, renowned t-r desperate courage;
81 happened to be in coasian; commu-
nica,i5n with Col. AIexln!srK X NCluog,
Of Mississippi, ia lSl2 and 80, and had
almost daily c5ave5sa,i5as with him il re-
la,iou to prominent Nlss;ssi?pians. lie
said JEFF Davis was not mau Of true
c5rrace-,h2i be wished to be regarded as
4 duei.i>t, bu,, in giving a challenge,
would always east abc-t fer non-com-
barant, aud would exercise enough pru-
deuce to creep out Of accepting one from
.n antagonist over wh-m be had not a
great advantage. M'Cilps SAD, on oua
occasion:
81 am sorry I ever Tough. duel Its
not pleasant business; and yet | would
Ike to fsh; one more, with ons nan, anl
that man ia J.bers2a Urria. because
think the United States vii be better OF
without him. But be Vill not G-at me;
be is too great a coTari. IL fac, be !
not now, never was, and never will be, .
brave man. in the true sense Of the word.
He Is IlrJ-rors ant rIY po'iir'lH.
loaded down v..h vanity and sai!-concsi:,
wishing only f1r his oEa aggrauii-sneu.,
aud be cares not at wha, expense. or oTe.
how many 'ehouseio.ds De;h;nfs
Of himself, and himself only ard should
not be surprised to fad hin, ore Of these
days, rlLiag such Il s'Co IN pr'li- Cs I-Y
place his Eert a., Il a1l'cr; t,r he is bad
man, and scoUolral; and has, fre-
queut!y denounced him az such, before
the people Of Mississippi, and the dirty
poliroon anl ar;iul villain never had tie
courage TO resent it
These conversations occurred on hoard
he ship Levine, y. Gardiner, Master, on
,ur passage from New YoT. to Valparaiso.
TCIung was on his way to Bolivia, IS
Jbaree d AG.ires fsom the United States q
| afix ny name to these statements,