The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-02-07

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~ Gre Lee '>iuce wtii8as illai let.
Ter, be says 7 spent a day will GeH
Rebeu r. Lee aud from the repor.
tcff narrative It masi BE plsiu q eve
~ british reader thar he General
wss extremely anxious 10 maks good
Impression. aa8 specially uneasy les
any orfoncou. isisa d BE yitws should
g. forh 10 She LherrooI public -
o. took csrr. II seems, 10 sci hlns .
right with The reporsr, he Was ou DIS
good behavior. aud understood lhai
The Coesney was in fact the eullshiea.
81 pubic opinion q Britain spying 81
him through a lergaet,e. According
~ we are told, "lie interrupted the
conversation and said, I wish YOU 90
understand my views On this subject, "
az. On the whole, Il would seem
thai Gen. Lee passed muster iolea-
bly, we'll, and may, perhaps, be favor
ably enough received by Liverpool
audience. So next day tie reporter
con, erssd Nitb General Cooper, Adj
jutani md Inspector Gguemi, c. 5.
a, sho be says Was equally conf-
denlial With him and. OF course, he
send. that confidential talk 10 be prln
lei % Liverpool.
Bul this reporter Is especially dt.
fuse and graphic 90 the subject OF Mr.
DaE 4 hav sea Mr.. y. AID ob,rry-
81 hnu under those circumstance
which give clue 10 character and draw
out The real feelings and powers Of
tlIe man. The bret time he draws a
portrait Of toe President j. when be
IS received 10 the Executive mansion,
aud Me- Davis instantly begins to fou-
lb his own children in Tie most art.
les way possible. Awake up, JeiI.,
you hitie rebel, aud % to bed This
Sas Tie admirable sentence which fell
from the lipe OF our noble President,
and then, we are told followed that
followed - scene winch drew out all
lie tender affections" &c. Artlcss
and unsuspicioas patriot lie Is sup
posed 10 have litilc imagined that the
Braish reporter was gong to reveal
that scene OF tenderness but tie re-
porter himself had no doubt thai the
President ga sitting for hIs portrait
and he said TO himself, moss this will
come well into one OF my letters any
Liverpool msn, who is himself faith
er cannot tad TO be touched bv n
ltle ta5ieau. !. i Agesilaus and
rs young Sparisns only Agesilaos
eyl1sntly did not know It was repor-
ter who surprised him ia lhat game. |
Afterwards the reporter took ob-
,ers4liuns OF Mr., Davis in another
'a5teaux-" bowiug down on his knacs
before his Maker la 81. Paul's church I
Ihiuk Of that This scene, too was |
made more impressive by tie fact hat
Gen. Robert K. Lee vas also an bum-
Die and deyout worsLiper. Really, |
ne would almost say that Liverpool I
must pairouize these amiable people 4
| liitle. Bur the portrait was not yet
complete. he bad to see tie Pres-
lrht receiving official people on bust
Tess, showing that the statesman
'ould play with men Us well as the Ia
her could with his child :" lie had 10
zee him when DIR. Mlnegerode pre-
'euled petition from dirty respecta
ile Confederate citizens, arrested anl
Imprisoned by The enemy; and when
he President, instead Of directing any
said, My heart bleeds. =
Truly Liverpool will have TO take no
ice sach = Christian ia tie end
Examiner.