The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-07-07

that place, together with Col. Lock
wood, from this side, made speeches.
The Chronicle says there never was
such Fourth of July celebration in
Eastern Ohio, to the best of the editors
knowledge.
THE heart of the country will receive
with satisfaction the news that four of
the Washington City assassins are to
be hung to-day This is an earnest
that will do good, and assure to people
that punishment is not wholly lost
sight of.
THE CAPTURE OF JEFF. DvvIs-THE
LATEST ACCoUNT.-Until the rebel eN-
President is finally disposed OF, and
perhaps long afterwards, the Circum-
stances attending his capture will con-
time 10 be written about, and the pub
lie will read and read until all kinds of
opinions are formed as to the manner
ofmanhood shown by the fallen official
in the closing scenes of his cventful
career.
Some rebel officer who left Richmond
with the Presidential party on the eve
of the evacuation, and who Travelled
with Davis most of the time, has writ
ten out for the n. y. Herald Il lengthy
account of the grand hegirn, including
the capture in Georgin. There is no
reason to suppose that his story may
not be substantially true. 1t reads
like pretty straightforward narrative,
and from the dates, references and incl
dents given, may be accepted as II basis
for public opinion hereafter-at least
until something more reliable makes
its appearance. The following extract
is the concluding portion of the rebel
officers narratives:
At last he got information that his
own wife and family were in danger
from the assaults of military marl0l-
ers. Mrs. Davis, with her three chill
dren, and accompanied by her sister,
Miss Howell, had a wagon train of her
own, about twenty or thirty miles from
her husbands party. She was very
anxious TO go her own way, and be no
embarrassment to him. She felt equal
to the task of protecting herself from
reckless ConfedcrateS, and felt sure of
avoiding Gederals. Rut, no sooner did
lie ascertain that she was i'll danger,
that two gangs had cOncocted n scheme
to seize all her trunks under the i'm
preston that she carried the rebel gold,
than he resolved, at all hazards, to 90
TO her rescue. 1t was II fond husbands S,
u fond fathers infatuatiOn. No remon-
STRANGE awaited. He set out and rode
eighteen miles to meet the object of his
love and solicitude. He met them, and
the first to rebulSc him for his excess of
fondneSS was the anxious wife and
mother. \ tent or two was already
pitched, and he, weary TO exhaustion,
went to sleep, intending TO retr0ce his
steps before morning. Had he not gone
to assure himself of his wifc'S safety,
and had he not been excessively ia
tigued while there, Colonel Pritchard
would be without the honor Ofcaptur-
ing him, for nothing was easier than
his escape, as Breckenridge and Wood
and the writer of this know, and by
meeting no interruption themselves
have proved. Their immunity might
have been his.
But Davis ran his risks and took his
chances, fully conscious of imminent
danger, yet powerless, from physical
WEAKNESS, TO do all he designed doing
against the danger. When the muslIe.
try firing was heard in the morning. nj
dim gray dawn" it WIS supposed tc
be between the rebel mRrnMdcrs and
Mrs. Davis few camp defenders. Under
this impression he hurriedly put on his
boots and prepared to go out for thu
purpose OtinterpoSing, saying:
'Ihey Will ut least as vet respect me ;
As he got to the tent door thus hast
lily equipped, and with this good inten
ton of preventing an ctluSiOu of blood
by an appeal i'll the name of fading
butnot wholly faded authority, he saw
few cavalry ride up the road and de,
plOy in front,
ia, tederals J" was his exclamation,
then You are captured" cried Mrs,
Davis with emotion.
In Il moment she caught an idea-a
Wen III AN emergency execute their de-
signs, IL was done. He slept in n NyraD-
Per-h loose one. 1t was vet nround
him. This she fastened ere lie wns
aware Oft, and then bidding him adler,
urged him 10 20 TO the snrjn,r - ..Lor,
distance OF, where his horses and arms arm,
We're. Strange as it mny seem. there
WAS not even pistol in the tent. Dn-
Wis felt that his only course Eyoe 10
reach ms horse and arms, and com
pied. As lie was leaving the door. fol-
lowed bYa servant with a water Lupl,ot
Miss Howell i'ta1 a SI,dirI Opt.,. his LsSIS
There was no time to remove il without
exposure and embarrassment. and MS
lie hat not far 10 go he ran the chance
exactly AS 1t WIS devised for him. In
ILt . 'WoartlclcS consisted the woman'S
attirc, OF which So much nonsense boS
been spoken or written. and nn,lnr tLoSo
circumstances and in this Nyoy, Iy,os,
Jefferson Davis going forth IN 6orfact
ms escape. No bonnet, no gown NO
pT''iSoaIs, no crimoline. no, NOTHING Of
all these; And what there was I'm VI
pSn"u |" he eXcusable under ordin"rv
" on tiiiil' and perfectly natural
B3t It was too late for any effort 10
reach his horses, and tho C6ufaJnr, - :,
I iSs1''en l was at last a prisoner in the
hanIs OF the United States '''e
Wi What attended his capture Won have
nS IL td IN AZ H., MS forms and what follow
told and corrected, touchins Thn, ~ , uS
other events gernaine to it. ''''"
The foolish King of Prussia is deter
mined to learn nothing. With the nm.
per house of his Parliament subservirrt
TO him he flntto,... A;,,,.1.. =. u