Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-06-15
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How are the Mighty Fallen!
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THE CAPTURE OF JEFF DAVIS.

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Swift fallen upon presumptuous pate,
Who had left his swampy cotton estate;
10 lead faction Of tratorous fools
Adulterous wretches, yet willing tools
To ruin the country that gave them birth,
And enslave each tiller of mother earth
Kick freedom and peace out into the cold
Have hard-working people at auction sold
All offices held by virtue of wealth,
AS long as fast living allowed them health
And, in order to fill up all vacancies,
Retain them, Of right, in '.Jfrst families"
jefferson Davis" this worthy was named
Of whom Mississippi may well be ashamed
Who took up his quarters in Richmond
town,
Protesting his wish ''to be let alone"
Four years of hard fighting around his den
Had sadly bothered poor Jefferson,
When Sh erman and Sheridan ruined the
track,
Which led to his "COrnfed'' haversack.
Then Grant, quite early one April day
Drove Lee from his works in hurry away
Captured his towns, his forts and his guns
Then chased him across the 'Hatcher's
Run"
At Give Forks" gave MIN terrible slap,
And at "Appomattox" sprung trap
Which took his army in "out Of the wet, "
Paying of at one stroke an astounding
debt
Accumulated through four long years,
Since Bull Run" first filled the land with
tears,
And furnished food for European sneers,
Copperhead plottings and loyalist's fears.
At church in the city Of traitorous fame,
The arbitrator sat--desiring to claim
Among honest folks the title Of saint.
Though the hoot5 and tail aoouJd stich
through the paint,
Yet singing and praying as loud as they,
AS if noise and rant was the only way
That leads to the gate Of etesnal day;
Instead Of repentance, faith and love,
And respect for the orders issued above.
4 word was whispered in .Jefferson's ear,
Which made him feel quite nervous and
queer,
For Lee had sent him in hottest haste,
A message, that there was no tine to waste,
The Yankees were capturing all his works,
Charging and driving like so many Turks
He should have to give way before them
soon,
| And let them have Richmond before high
noon.
The pitiless president left his pew,
! With looks so fearful, it raised stew;
Among the fanatics assembled there,
Who fed from the house in wild despair
To find their soldiers. regardless of duty
ABANDON to "Yanks,' the booty and beauty
OF the city, so long the head Of the clique
Which was running the South pell-mell to
old Nick.
Vending his way with the greatest speed
70 where his valiSe stood ready for need ;
Seized all the treasure slowed up in tht
banks,
Without as much as word Of thanks
Jumped INTO buggy and drove away
While burning city litup his way
Abandoned Capitol, army and church,
To Grant and his wonderful army birch;
Which swept them and whipped them fol
many mile;
Then surrounded and "gobbled" the mighty
pile.
AT Danville we next find this traitor chief
Wholesale murderer and le-dyed thief
Attempting again to befool mankind
| With some show of state but soon chang
ed his mind,
And hurried on with his loads of plunder-
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Being anxious to cross the mighty stream
And in Texas fulfill his imperial dream.
But Wilson was looking for traitor camps
And crossed the track of this preciou.
| scamp,
Scented his game, and at once gave chase
Determined to end this rebellious race
At once and forever-by speed of foot
Hard, dry knocks or keen saber cut.
! Dividing his forces he hurried them on,
In search of this traitorous paragon,
Der river and valley and wooded hill.
Till they reached the forests Of "Irwinville, ,
Where, in small tent, few miles from
town,
Poor Jefs's headquarters were squatted
down.
At break of day the cavalrymen,
Surround Jefferson in his den;
Including his wife and children small;
Postmaster, aide-de-camp, and al,
Then Madam Davis rose up in haste
And asked permission to get taste
OF water from out a neighb'ring spring
Which her poor old mother would quickly
bring.
Permission was given, when sailed out,
An old lady with pail-more tall than stout
Her bonnet close drawn in matronly suit
But each leg thrust deep in a caragfy boot
The clanking of spurs caused a soldier tc
look
At the lady, now rapidly nearing the bro ok
lie halted explored her from head down
to heel