Ellsworth American., 1865-05-26
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JEFFERSON DAVIS is a prisoner Of The
Government. He surrendered under nt
capitulation bat his own, wlich-he bciue
isolated, disguised in one Of his wife's dress.
es. and disectly in range Of several troop
er's revOlvcrs- too sudden to be other
wise than unconditional. Being prisoner
We trust that he will be treated as prison.
er, under the protection Of the dignity and
honor Of a sclf-rcspccting people.
AS We are officially assured that he il
proved to be inculpatcd in the plot which
eliminated in the murder of President
Lincoln, we trust he is to be indicted, ar
raigned and tried for tina. horrd crime
against our country and every part Of it,.
We hope he may have fair, open. search
lug trial like any other malefactor, and il
convicted, we trust he may be treated
just like any other. We have 10 faith III
killing men in cold blood, or in hot blood
either, unless when (as in battle) they OBJ
stinatcly refuse to get out Of the way but
We neither expect nor desire that the exc.
tiucOn or non I-exccution Of the laws shal
depend Oh their accordance or disagree
memt with our convictions Of sound policy
But let all things be done decently and in
order. [-ItiLxns.
ATTORNEY GENERAL PEri b.-We
hear the lawyers express the most favor.
able opinions Of tho Attotncy Generals g
skillfnl conduct Of the case just tried be.
fore the Supreme Court, that of the State
VS. Benz. ID. Peck ct ais. His argument i,
spoken Of as one Of the kecnest that hat
been listened to for long time. and wa.
illustrated in Peters usual and happy
style.
We have laughed hugely over severa
OF the points made, and reported to vi
by loyal friend.-Portiand Courier.
METEOROLOGICAL. "ln faith Captain. y
said ron of Erin, as a ship was coming
on tho coast in iaclement winter weather
shave ye Farrumer's AImenic on
board !" mo | haven't" "Then, b,
jabcrs." replied Pat, 1--WE shall have K
take the weather as it comes"
" An enraged parent had jerket
his provoking son across his knee, and
was operating with great vehemance OF
the exposed portion Of the urchins per
son when the young one dug into til,
parental legs with his vcnomous tccth.-
"Blazes, what are you bitin' me for!.'
"Wcil, dad, who beginned this ere war ?
1t IS very commonly stated tha
the vile Of jeff. Davis is daughter o
the late President Taylor. This is no
SO. Miss Taylor became the irst wife O
Davis, but his present wite's maidcl
name was Ncrina Howell, said to be ;
granddaughter of Gen. Howell Of New
Jersey. Davis has four children by his
second wife.
0I-In Augusta little boy went int
tho street Monday morning for the pur-
pose Of asccrtaining the cause for the re.
joicings, and almost Immediately came
running back to his home. his face radi
ant with joy, breathlessly y exclaim,ng,'
Lee has Granted" Lie could hardly
have improved it oven by study.
ALL that is left Of tho threo lieu
tenant Generals with whom Lee began tn,
war, Stonwall jackson. A. Z. Hill and
Ewell, only threc-fourths Of one remains
to wit: the ono legged Ewoll. Wha
there is left Of Kim went to Fort Ware,
the other day.
Wee PRESIDENT FosrER.-Lafayett
Foster Of Connecticut, now de taeto vic,
President Of the United States, is a III
tive Of Connecticut, and nearly 60 year
of age. lie has been in Congress som
ten years.
UAndrcw johnson was born in Raj
eigh, n. G., December Doth, 1908. III
was elected to the State Legislator 0
Tennessee in 1885, and was Representa-
tive to Congress from his state five sue
cessive terms-from 1913 to 1888. Ii
1854 and SO he was Governor of Tenn
csscc. lie was chosen United States Sen
ator in 1857, and before his term had ex
pred, was appointed Military Govcrno
Of Tennessee by President Lincoln. II
wos the only Military Governor Of a re
bellious State whose entire acts met the NJ
proval of the administration.
ANDREW JOHNSON ON TIE 4ru O
MARCH.-At a meeting of the Temper
ance Union, in New York, James A
Brigg said:-
II have the following statement from
the Hon. Mr.. Rice. Of Bangor, Me-, ant
the present representative in Congress
from that District. Mr.. Rice is tn,
personal and political friend of Mr.
Ilamlin, the late Vice President -
"On the 4th Of March, Mr.. HamliI
called, in q carriage. at tho Kirkwoot
House, Pennsylvania Avenue for Mr.
johnson, Vice President elect, and the,
rode together to the Capital. Mr.. John
sou was perfectly sober. After the,
went into the Vice Presidents room, Mr.
Johnson said, Il am not fit to be here an,
ought not to have left my homo, as | wa
slowly recovering from an attack o
typhoid fever. But Mr.. Lincoln wrot
and telegraphed me, as did other friends
that must be here, and [ came. | an
now very weak and enorvatcd, and to-da
require all tho strength | can get, and
wish for some spirits" Mr.. iiamlin sen
out for q bottle Of whiskey, aud Mr.
johnson drank 4 good potation. Mr.
ilamlin then put the bottle in the secre
tary, and the two remained seated som
minutes, when gentleman entered, an
said it was time to 20 into tho Senat
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