The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1863-02-19

enormous weight Of her sins and her
passions anxions to give them vent in
the war blood Of the Northern heart,
and 50 passed they all, one after the
other, the last appearing still more he'll
lsh than the first. No sooner we're
these ended, than by some singular
change in my position ! imagined my
self standing on the top Of Bunker Hill
and once more the paorama OF the
North. But why enter into the details
Of this vision? for I saw them in all
| the beauty Of their free system; the
children OH their way to school, the
old people to The MONDAY prayer meet
ing. The farmer in the field, and the
scholar in his study. All this passed
rapidly before me and I felt fire in
my heart that to my disordered brain
! Again the scene changed, and found
nv s,lf on hight over looking Charles
TONS harbor Just at the precise moment
the Star of the West was attempted to
carry provisions to the starving garri-
forcing a return, and my heart sunk
within ne as heard that deep, solemn
voice close beside me say, Jefferson Da-
Wis, Jefferson Davis! this is yonr prep
sraiion inr the halter ~ Again. | saw
! another fleet sail TO the relief Of Sumr-
ier-saw the bombar,Imcnt and its iall.
Once more imagined mvsalf standing
on the summit Of Bunker Ill., and the
whole North |av spread ont at my feet.
and, my God the change that had come
over THIS land. Where, from this very
spot and extending out to It's fartherest
corner, there was a hurrsing to and sro
men shouldering their mu>kets and all
tending to one point. Washington. My
eyes fairly blaled from NY head when
from the clear blue sky above me,
heard once more again the mysterious
voice ringing IN my ears, Jefferson
Davis, Jefferson Ddvisi' behold the
armed legions of the Nor,h, see the
agony Of parting, see the misery and
desoiatien that are 10 follow! NV
limbs trembled as heard these words
uttered in those awful tones. NV brain
reeled and feli headlony from posi-
ton.
At this point JET. Davis stopped talk
ing and wiped the cold sweat from his
brow. Toombs remarked that it was a
most wonderful dream, most wonderful.
when Jefferson resnminy sald, II
thought that my FIJI was not sudden,
but that | occupied some months in mr.
decent, aud during those months l
could the see Mcclellan Anaconda TIGHT
ming lis fold ali around tie Confalera.
acy, and felt the certa ntv that all was
lost, and We should bc crashed in ne
common destruction. ! saw the cap
turc Of Forts Henry and Daneissn. and
a thrill -ot horror crrpt over me, as saw
thc traitor to the North and South,
Floyd. steal away in the darkness Of the
night, leaving the res. to destruction.
AL along the lines saw our armies
possessed Of a fearful dread, tl,ins from
Nashville to Columbus saw the battle
Of Pea Ridge, and almost in the twink
ling Of an eye and the great army Of the
Potomac, il al its mighty proportions
appeared before me, and | felt that all
was lost. Again the solemn voice
rang i'll my ears, Jefferson Davis, thy
doom is sealed-meet thy reward !" No
sooner were these words uttered than
in tie distance heard an uneartlly
shouting and yelling, that grated on my
feelings like red hot iron drawn through
every portion Of my body. Soon there
came in sight what found to my hor-
ror to be a body Of i,nps sent from the
bottomless pit to bringme TO judgment
Placing themselves around and under
my body. we decended rapidly towards
llades. Soon we found ourselves land
ed on barren rock in the most desolate
place possible for You to imagine. -
Stepping ronnd TO one angle, it dis
closed to my view wide entrance and
all around it grew the most beautiful
flowers, and | seemed to hear the mos,
beautiful sounds imaginable. One d
my guards here spoke to me and said, !,
"Child Of mortality, " follow T. He
led the way aud followed closely. 1,
was not long before the beauty Of the
entrance passed away and all became
dark, dreary and desolate. travelling
what seemed to me great distance
we at last came to great iron door
the nails upon which seemed to sparkle
nn1 hl,yo with Soma srtnrso hnot with