The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-09-07
Two cIlmpscs Of len. M III.


Davis, sad and gloomy enough, About al
month ago little son Of his fell from tho
balcony and was killed, aud ON tho Sunday
afternoon after the funeral which was the
day subsequent to the battle of the vii.
derucss, Davis is described sitting alone in
his pow in church. clad in black. a figure
of utter grief and woe The second glimpse
is at the funeral OF the rebel Geu.J. Es,B.
Stuart. 1t took place at late hour in the
afternoon. The scene was most droarv.---
"Thc short service was read" as il there
must be no time lost. The guns that threat.
ened Richmond with Justice roarod beyond
the city. No military escort accompanied
the procession to the grave; but chief of all
during the burial service at tho church.
JeG. Davis is seen sitting near the trout
with look Of grief upon his coro.worn
face.
Care worn his face may well be at sol.
dier's fnuoral for he has caused more fun.
erals more agoni2ed heart-breaks, moro
comgortless sorrow. than any man The sun
now looks upon. Nor is there probably
moro wrctOhed being in the world. Ballad
in his ambitions aud long plotted schemes,
unsupported by those upon whom he
counted in the North, deserted and dis.
dained hy the British Government, SICK and
sad in mind aad body, his huge crimo is
nrclievod by q solitary ray of eXtenuation
or excuse. That his theory of tho Nation
al Government might honestly differ from
ours may bo admitted but that he should
assert a mere theory, without the least ex-
cusc for oppression, at such cost of blood
and sorrow, is itself an atrooity. While to
assert il, as he and his fellows have done.
tor the basest and most odious of purposes
is an unspeakahle wickedness. Even
could he succeed, and his Conlederacy ac-
quirc position among recognized States
the infamy of its origin could no more be
forgotten than the source of fortune which
spraug from the slave trade.
Even could the effort to destroy the
Union and divide the country prosper, the
object of the destruction would be forever
remembered. Graut the success, concodo
that tho rebellion triumphs; do you think
Jefferson Davis would rank in history with
Miltiades, with Curtius, with Arnold Won
Winklereid, with William Tell, with WASH
ington, with Bolivar, with Garabaldi p
Would his name be hailed with love and
enthusiasm as a friend of humanityg No.
His epitaph would have no higher heroic
strain than this: He destroyed great,
powerful and prosperous nation because it
refused to be degraded, and because he
wished to whip women and sell babies un-
challenged. In American history the
crime of Benedict Arnold disappears before
that of Jefferson Davis. The gloom that
shrouded him in these two glimpses in the
church will never pass away from his fig
ure as it is seen in history-the gloom Of
unreieved infomy.-Harper's Weekly.
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The Heralds Beaufort correspondent
of the 9th, says the Tallahassee, after O
! season of devastation, concluded to spend
| u short time at Wilmington on the nigh
1 of the 25th. At 1920 p. NJ. Captain Phe.
Ian, commanding gnnboat Monticello, while
cruising off New Inlet discovered steam
er standing for shore under full head o.
steam. lie at once ordered all men t
| quarters and when about 500 yards distant
challenged her, but elected no reply;
second challenge met by silence and he di
rected package Of 9 inch grape SHOULD
he presented to the mysterious stranger
Tho stranger then replied by returning
shell of large calibre, which passed befor
tho fora-mast and mainnlast of tho Monte
cello, exploding on the other side with
out inf citing any damage. Capt Phela,
now became more earnest and sent a 81
FOUNDER shell, to which reply was mad
in grape, striking almost under the sterl
The Monticello then opened with 9-incl
and 30pouudor SHE'LL at short fuse, bu
was disappointed at receiving no shots il
return, and then for the FIRST time discover
ed tie stranger had suddenly disappeared
During the engagement the rebel battery
| of WEitworth guns, stationed on shore a
Point Melee, mile or so distant, kept ~
a constant fire, directed against the Mon
ticello, but doing 10 damage, though frc
quently coming very close. When da.
dawned so as to make distant objects pre-
ceptible, much to the surprise of the as
sembled vessels, there could be discerne,
lying sereneiy and secure under the gun
: OF Fort Fisher, the long.sought object O
their search, the rebel steamer Tallahassee
and there she still lays and probably wi
continue to stay, unless some dark nigh
be the closing era of her career.
The Tallahassee had but one mast stant
ing when engaged by the Monticello. &
Admiral Lee designs taking all possbl
prsclution, and will to morrow leave thi
port to visit the blockade of Wilmington
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