Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-20
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DaviD'l CaptuFo and. H,,torloal Pre-.

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A friendly writer IN the London Spectator
thinks Providence can almost be charged
with "irony" in allowing the Union Presi-
dent to be asaasainated in the supreme hour
of his career. In view, Of the ludicrous
capture of the rebel President i. appears as
if the Divine Ruler really did, permit Gomez
dy sometimes to be enacted on Che stage.
of human events for both the entertain.
ment at instruction Of preseht and coming
generations. That GLORIOUS Conteder-
acy," comprising. "tWosthirds of the area
of the Uoited States, !" numbering "eight.
millions of free people," and backed in is.
rebellion by the moral power and resources
OF one half of Europe, should wind up its
four years career With such ludicrous
side scene 40 Davis furnished us onIWed.
nesday, is indeedthe sublimity of farce
How IA magistrate elected, +" as George
Sanders informs US, "by. q chiYslEous PEG.
ple." could thus go back on his friends apd
cut such sorry figure for them in history,
we are at almost loss tO.uudeFstand. But
life is sweet even TO ERE. eaters, and DavisIin
the CxsmpIe. ofother "dethroned mdn-
arcbs," though We can recall no ipstaIce
of ones having recourse for safety to bis
wiie'H pettiCoats Aaron Burr, who, after
the failure of his schemes of empire At
tempted, like Davis, TO escape through the
South to the Gulf coast, wasIsimilariy be-
trAysd by his shoe leather, if we are ito
believe the historian; for, says Parton,
though "his (assumedl dresa was the rude
homespun of the country, the quick eye of
Perkins observed thst bis boots we're far
too elegantly FhSped and OF material much
too 6Re TO accord with sbe coarse, ill-cut
pantalOons from which they ppOtrndsd."-
The capture of the Duke of Monmouth, Of |
ter the failure of his rebellion end the de- |
sertion of bic friends, WAS not much more |
Creditsbie 10 himself than that Of Davis.
Having donned the garb of q sberphetd,
he sccreted himself along with his faith
full ally, Buyse. in q field OF waving grain.
The PuTsbers, Macaulsy informs US, Search
ed every nook and cTeVice with ibdefstig
able diligence. Three times, the fugi.
tives Ventured to look through the ouEer
hedge, but everywhere they found g
sentinel on the alert. At length gaunt
figure kAB discovered hidden in the ditch;
the purEueTs sprsDg on their prey. Some
OF them were about to ERE, but Portman
lOIUhA6 Ill NIOlGuCps LUG tEBLu%
bled greatly aud was unable TO speaki-l
Even those who had often seen him were
AT hrst In doubt whether this was truly the
brilliant and graceful Monmouth.
The Duke of Argyle, after his Eout near
Glasgow, disgrscefully fed from his fol.
lowers, and, assuming the garb of peas
ant, pretended TO be the guide of Major
Fullerton, who accompanied him. Having
wcnded their way for miles through mooFs
and sheep walks they were finally con-
fronted by body of militia. Fullerton
attempted to draw suspicion on himself in
order that his companion might escape, but
the questiOnors suspected that the guide
was not the rude clown that he feigned to
be, and laid hands upon him. He broke
away from them, spraDg into the stream,
and brandished his pocket pistol, but
''yitlded TO the persuasion" of a broad
sword.
Immediately after his final defeat,
Charles the Second, Prelender, fed with
caVRly captain, aud, when their horses be-
came exhausted, they both aligbtsd, and |
sought safety separately. For q long time |
he wandered through the country, contihu.
ally pursued by ths troops, there being |
reward of ono hundred aud fifty thousand |
dollars offered for him, dead or alive
Though trusting his life, in the course of
his WHndSrings, to the fidelity of over City
persons, not one ofthem could be prevailed
upon, even by go great reward, to betray
him. At length he escaped to France,
where be arrived in q state of inexpresslble
yrctCbedness, being clad in a, threadbare
Highland plaid, which SCARCELY concealed his
limbs, aud completely broken down by
famine and fstig1O.l -
Santa Anna was once compelled TO take
to such hasty flight that he left his wooden
leg behind htmJ white LOuig Philippe, in
the disguise ofR courier, escaped with his
wife to Englantlas plain Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith. s1
Davis iB welcome to all the consolation
no can draw from these and similar iustan-
ccs Of changing fortune. He will certainly
require something Of the kind TO nerve his
fe'titude through the trying future which
awaits him. 5t 7f7t7o % ti..5 :"