The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-03
Jefferson ID. i'm Irons.

Jefferson ID. i'm Irons. /
1t appears that the bogus Presiden. of the
bogus Southern <chivalry> Con fefeyacy re-,
belled al tee indisni.y OF being fed npon
army rations. Tine authorities sslea rag
tons TO JEFF. OF the same description as are
given TO our boys IN blae. thinking them
good enough aud large enough Tor he arch
traitor. They certainly afforded letter
fare than ne has been sccas.oa.el. 10 Tor e.
few years pas. IN Richmond. En-. JET.
was indignant. Eeput Oh :nea 5s. tragic,
airs, threw away his pyovenaer ana swore
worse than the army il Flanders. IN
fact heybecame SO hirsute that !: was iount!
necessary to put jewels on him. The cor.
respondent OF an eastern paper gives the
following accoun. Of the ironing process:
A gentleman who lives at Old Point,
and who left there yesterday evening, in
forms me that JEFF. Davis, tie az GE-trai:or.
is absolutely now in irons. Manscles are
attached to both bis ankles, being united
by a strong iron chain some three Or four
feet long, joined TO this midway, s also an
other chain.
The process, or operation Of putting
irons on the prisoner was nJgpiy exciting,
as related by those vino performed the
task. Two guards well armed were il his
cell. It is their duty, and those relieving
them, to guard him thus constantly day
and night.
At given hour, the blacksmith and his
assistant, obedient to orders, entered the
great "COttOn Kings" apartment. They
had with them the manacles. twas an
nounced to the ex.President OF the caved-
in Southern Confederacy that they had
come to put irons upon hiln. Re looked
at these sons Of Vulcan with all the stern
ness of his nature and his once proud bear
ing and unfiinching eye, telling them it
could not be that they were going to treat a
fallen foe thus, that he would nO:submit to
it, &c. He asked to see the commander Of
the fort, asserting that there must be some
mistake in the matter. He wanted to
know where the orders came from,
The commandant could not be seen, Eu;
upon being told that the orders were direct
from Washington and mus. 90 executed,
he still resisted, threatening vengeance up
on the men if they attempted TO peform
their work.
Rather than submit to this he exclaimed,
s'Take my lite - "Order the guards to
shoot mev - &c.
Additional guards were called, and the
work was undertaken.
"His Highness' struggled lEos. obsti-
U0l01ys Until OuAAy IL DeCauiO necessary 20
lay MIN on his back on the tioor of the cell,
and hold him there while the ,nanacles
were being riveted to his ankles. After
concluding the work, owing 10 erea. exer-
tons in resistance, the mighty fallen
was almost exhausted. Never before was
80 proud spirit, 80 strong viii, 80 COM
pletely subdued. Like Cromwell, he might
we'll repeat the soliloquy: Farewell, q
long farewell to all my greatness After
being thus securely ironed, .ssuds yeaiizipg
that resistance was useless. he Applstfaby
subsidized into q calmer conditio1, thihkitg,
perhaps, of the many poor soldiers who
suffered and were starving in his rebel bss-
tiles. on his account and by his order md
permission. Possibly he came to realiz-
ing sense that their comfort aud their liEas
we're just as good and valuable as hisown.
Good substantial soldier fare is given to
the prisoner, just as it is distributed 70 9th
ers. As he has grown somew hat m@hh-
thropic, indicative, to q certain degree Of
desperation, it is thought best, in order
that justice may not be cheated by suicide,
to keep all edge tools and destructive wea-
pons out of his reach. Hence e solitary
silver spoon, to facilitate the eating OF his
sup, is the only ornament Of Ills festive
board. His hands are left free OF hand
CUTS, that he may better ''spoon up wheo
wishing to regale upon this dish.