Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-05-12
aov. FoorE AND JEFF. DAVIS.

When in the good old days of yore,
Henry S. Foo,e stumped California for
Willard Fillmore. it was "grand, gloomy
and peculiar" to hear the old man elo-
quent pour out the walls Of his wrath upon
the head of jeff Davis, then Secretary Of
War under Franklin Pierce. After draw
ing picture of moral and political de-
formity. horrible and hideous to comtem-
plate, Foote would shrek II allude to
the present Secretary of W-a-a.r!-aper.
sonal and political enemy of mine !! -
JEFF D.A-A.vIs!!! All that the mind
could conceive of horrible, consuming
hatred was concentrated in Foote's pro-
nunciation of that hated name. There was
a wide gulf between them then. Davis
was, and always had been a nullifer and
a Secessionist. Foote was distinguished
as Union man, and on that issue had
defeated Davis in Mississippi. We be-
lieve now that the sentiments then eX-
pressed BY Foote were his sincere convic-
tons. His desertion IT, the rebellion was
a piece of demagogueism ; for that Foote
is demagogue Of the trickiest kind, his
best friends must admit. His treason
brought him to Jeffs level, and although
the old hatred burns as fiercely as ever
they stand upon par in the estimation Of
the nation. They are pair-and pretty
pair at that. Jeffs fallen and degraded
position is known to the world. A de-
feated rebel and an accused murderer, ht
crawls through tangled jungles with q
price upon his head. Who're Foote is, We
are informed thus graphically by the New
York correspondent of the Alta:
Henry S, Foote, late member Of the rebel
Congress, is really an unfortunate man. He
is constantly in trouble-has always been IN
trouble. This poor man has probably seen
"a much, If not more, serious trouble than
any other man. When he belonged TO Miss
issippi he was always in trouble, and was
obliged to 20 into the field several times to
meet an enemy in deadly conhic:. While he
resided in California he suffered frum the
same tortures. When he returned to the
Eas, and located in Tennessee he was I'M
happy. And while occupying seat in the
rebel House OF Representatives he was con-
stantly at swords point with his fellow men,
bers, and the rebel Government especially
At length he became so disguised that he pro.
nounced a yaledictory 10 open session, in
which he declared he would " 70 in search oil
some sequestered spot where he would be re
Eeyed Of taxation" It is no wonder the poor
man is unhappy il it be- the ambition Of his
soul to find such a spot. He started in the
direction Of Washington mot that there was
within the shadow Of that Capital spot
where there was no taxa ion, most certainly
but he was oyerhauled at Fredericksburg BY
a rebel guard aud sent back to Richmond
Arrived there he was set at liberty, and forth
with was unhappy because they would not
prefer charges against and try him. Finding
he could not be eratihed, he left the rebel
Capital again in more disgust than ever
rroped his way within General Sheridan 4
lines, in the Shenandoah, and gave himself
up. He was sent to Washington, but was
still very unhappy. He was furnished trans.
portation TO New York, and, perhaps, finding
a relic ofthat terrible scourge to his life, tax
alton, here, he started in pursuit Of the use
questered spot" across the Atlantic. Ar
rived in England, he unburthened himself oil
portion Of his grieis BY publishing a state.
ment Of the condition Of the COnfederacy
His account was gloomy one, related in the
most gloomy language, and it is highly prob
able he succeeded in imparting some Of his
unhappiness to various ana divers parties
who had taken stock in that worse than Snuth
Sea bubble-the Confederate States Of Amer.
ica He then, for time, sank out Of view
and it was believed BY many that he had a,
length discovered the lon4-sought "seques.
tered spot" But imagine the surprise oil
everybody here, If you can, when few days
since, all emigrant ship, in emptying its load
on the battery, tumbled out Of the steerage
one Henry S. FoOte and the identical Henry
5. who months since started out in search OF
" sepuestered spot :" of certain description.
II was at once evident there was no such spot
in Great Britain. Whether he tried Europe
is not known. As be struggled through the
crowd OF emigrants his appearance was sad,
indeed. The weight Of care-the WEAKNESS
the friendlessnesS Of the wandering Jew,
seemed centered in it and so sharply cut
were these features, that it was evident his
trials had been Of late very severe, and that
his last disappointment, IN not finding. the
sequestered spot" in the steerage Of an
emigrant ship, had entered like steel into his
heart. Arrived here, Governments bowels Of
compassion moved for him it looked in pity
upon him, and at once presented him with
the "spot" he had so long sought. In this
city, in Eldridge street, there is an institution
which in days past was devoted to the occu-
pancy Of those persons who were unable to
meet their fduciary obligations Of late years
however, the State has had no law Of impris-
onment for debt, and the institution has been
tenantless. This institution was placed al
the disposal Of the unhappy man, and he is
now in occupancy Of it. It is truly a "se-
questered spot" and in it he is subject to nc
taxation whatever.
"Rest, perturbed spirit"