The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-05-27
A President in Petticoats.

s1t is but step from the sublime to the ridc-
ulous," but the step that the. late Southern con-
fedracy took, is a little the shortest we can now
call 10 remembrance. From the Wanting, high
handed, self-complacent power that held court at
Richmond, to the thin.visa ged, op-shouldered,
haiE-elad, woe-be-gone looking Granny, whoon
ly wanted to be vet alone long enough to bring
a bucket Of w@ter from the spring, the descent
was certainly great and rapid. Jefferson the
First the representative of the high-toned chiS-
alay of the Sunny South, has assumed new
CHARACTER. He has suddenly become carrier of
water, and may ere long be drawer hemp
We hope the "Mudsills' will feel duly honored
by this accession to their ranks. They seem to
carry the day. We havn't heard anything of
the Southern Chiyalry' lately. Perhaps they We
changed their name. At any rate they We
changed their style of dress. Long live the
crinolne chivalry | We select the following
from the correspondence of the N. York Herald: :
Amusing Incidents.
The ruse perpetrated by JEFF. Davis to get away
from the guard throws entirely into the shade
ANYTHING of the sort on record. When the guard
they were met by Mrs. Davis en- dishabiile, with
fPlease, gentlemen, don't disturb the privacy
of ladies before they have time to dress !"
"Al right, madame said the Corporal, 1--WE
will wait till you have on your duds.?'
Presently there appeared at the tent door al
ostensible old lady, with bucket on her arm,
escorted by Mrs. Davis and her sister.
s'Please let my old mother go to the spring for
some water to wash in ~ said Mrs. jeff. IN a
pleading tone.
cit strikes me your mother wears very big
boots" said the guard, as he hoisted the old la
dy's dress with his sabre, and discovered pair
Of number thirteen calf-skins.
ssAnd whiskers, too, - said the Sergeant, as he
pulled the hood from her face and 10 JET.
Davis in all his littleness stood before them.
A ASpencern was Immediately pointed at his
ear, and he was marched back TO the tent and
nlaced in durance vile.t How are the mighty
fallen p The great leader of the Confederacy
trying to escape the clutches OF justice in his
wifes pettieoats
One more incident is all that time and space
/ will permit me to mention. The soldier imnedi-
ately went to searching Davis to see what val
uables he could find on his person, and besides
an amount of specia found a fine silver mounted
revolver, a present from London manufacturing
company. While he was searching, Private
Secretary Harrison came up, and in very IN
dignant tone, said
7Ain't YOU ashamed 10 treat our President so p
tPresident--hell," said the soldier, whats
lie President of 2? .s Il h.Ial a1s6i 1
THE SPECIE STORY HOAX SHIPMENTS TO EUROPE
The story that jeff. Davis had with him such
an enormous amount of specie is either hoax,
or else he had left it behind ut Washington,
which is very probable. There was only about
eight thousand dollars found with them, as Tar as
known, although several boxes have not yet
been searched. They were brought along, how
ever and will be delivered into the hands of the
authorities at Washington. There acere found
upon the person Of Postmaster General Reagan,
papers skoping a large amount Of specie shipped
for London, and these will also be delivered to
the authorities by Col. Pritchard.
~ - EN- ROUTE FOR WASHINGTON.
Colonel Pritchard Immediately formed his
lines, placing the prisoners in their own wagons
and ambulances, and started for Macon. The
party were all sullen, but the ladies tried their
skill at repartee several times, and the men
strained themselves TO be sarcastic. Davis re-
marked to Colonel Pritchard that, had they not
been taken by surprise, they would not have
surrendered without fight @i
s'You were in very bad predicament to tight
when saw you, dressed in your wi!e's morning
gown" dryly said the Colonel, and Davis had
no more to say.
Wien on the road they received a copy of
President Johnson's proclamation, offering one
hundred thousand dollars reward for Davis
Colonel Pritcnard read it, and sent it by an or
derby 10 Davis. He read it, and as he read he
trernbled like Belshazzar, when he read hehand-
writing on the WALL Els hands dropped to his
side, and with groan he let the thinner of. his
doom fall upon the floor. His wife picked it up,
read ii aloud, and then the entire party burst
into tears and gave rent TO the most bitter lamen-
iations.