The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-06-22

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am sure, that if had never Quilted
my old calling, l should have been
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---R.--
The Ironing of JEFF. Davis, and How
it was Done.
Why and how jeff Davis was mana
cled, or whether he was manacled at all.
has been envcloped in some uncertain
ty. 1t is true that irons we're placed
on his feet, but they were subsequently
removed, when they had answered their
purpose. Not only was he imperious
and naughty, as usual, but he became
absolutely obstreperous, insulting the
guard, abusing the officers and the
Government, throwing his food at his
attendants, and tearing a secession pas.
sion to tatters neutrality-suspicious.
threatening others; sometimes melo-
dramatically courting bayonet pune.
ture of his own breast. As n necessity,
(and probably as punishment and
warning,) orders were given to place
manacles on his feet. The Captain in
charge, attended by blacksmith and
manacles, approached, saying:
"Mr. Davis, I have very unpleasant
duty to perform" "My Godr' ex.
claimed Jeff "you don't intend to put
those things on me-" Such were the
orders the Captain could only obey.
JEFF. demonstrated. They should never
be put on. The Captain must 90 to
General Halleck and have the order
countermanded. The Captain replied.
"But, Mr.. Davis, the order came from
General Halleck." Davis insisted that
t he order must be countermanded. The
Captain said: "You are a military
man, Mr.. Davis, and know that my only
course is-to obey orders" JEFF. then
went off in more towering passion
than before, aud declared he would nev-
er be ironed alive. After becoming a
) little cool, and mechanically placing
one foot on the stool, the Captain told
the blacksmith to proceed. Leaning
forward to take to his arm the heels of
G his rebel majesty, JEFF. seized him, and
with a vigorous push tumbled him
backward on the floor, while the black
. smith, justly indignant, hurled his
. hammer at "the president" but missed
; him. Davis then attempted to seize a
u gun, and asked to be bayonetcd. The
J guards presented bayonets, and tho
n Captain feared he might rush upon
d them, and so ordered the guard TO fall
:; back.
% The Captain then called in four stout
d men, and ordered them TO lay JEFF. on
70 his bunk, which they did, the prisoner
J. resisting with almost preternatural
* strength, aud writhing in their grasp
j while the blacksmith hammered on the
al rivet with a will. When placed in his
lg chair again, JEFF. looked in utter despair
upon his mauacled limbs, and burst into
e. tears. This medicine had the desired
D. effect, and the great rebel became com
~ paratively docile, far less defiant, bu
'd more depressed; and the irons have
m since been removed. 1t was feared tha
K he would starve himself to death, refus
s, ing persistently to eat soldiers rations
b. (Which G. c. Clay munches without
r. murmur,) and his physician prescribed
in more agreeable diet, which "the pres
he ident' ate with avidity-and still en-
lr, joys the extra fare. On being aske
what he thought of the neglect of b
on Generals to make any provision for b
to safety, or for the amnesty with the re
he of the army, he said he was prisone'
5. and it didn't become him to speak of j
he but that any man of sense could ina
Use gine what he thought WashingtO
st ! Renublioan,