The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-06-20
TERMS-W ADVANCE.
Description Of JEFF. Davis and Party.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, on the steamer W. II. Clyde,

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Herald, on the steamer w. II. Clyde.
writes:
THE PERSONNEL. OF THE PRISONERS.
JEFF. Davis, Of whom we of the
North have beard 80 much and seen
SO little for the past four years, is a
man about six feet iu height. rather
lean, and not Of the finest figure by
any means. I should take him to be
somewhat above fifty years Of age,
prematurely grey. He has full whis-
kers, rather stunted ins growth, and
like his hair, sprinkled with grey. His
grey ewes (one of which is blind) haye
an underlined and unfa,homable look,
and bis mouth, of the Grecisn mould,
is occasionally jerked out of all pro
portion by a sepulchral laugh or forced
smile. He is confined to his bed
great deal Of the time, and it requires
all the nursing Of his strong g-nerved
wife to keep him from giving way to
dependency. lie is pitiful sight,
and the last man one would have sup
posed to be fit subject for the Presi-
deotial honors.
MRS DAVIS AND CHILDREN.
Mrs. Davis is the second wife of the
ex-President, by whom he has had
four children. The eldest is a smars,
little blsck-eyed girl, Maggie, of some
fourteen summers, and the next boy,
of about twelve OF thirteen. who goes
bv the euphonious cognomen Of
"Young jeff. He is chip from the
old block, and we would suppose from
his actions and temper, shown on va.
rious and sundry occasions, that he too,
like his trait6rous sire, would in after
days be fit for ''treason, stratsgem and
spoils."- The next is a. smart little
fellow, with bright eyes and f1axen
hair, tco young to have the lenst ap.
probation OF his condition, and the
fourth is nursing child. Mrs. Davis
is member Of the Howell family, Of
Georgia. and has great many rela>
tives at Augusta. She is pretty
woman, Of probably forty years Of age.
When 1 first saw her, at Macon, and
conversed with her on ti.e cars, l
thought her pretty and agreeable; bu:
to look at her now it seems as though
twenty years had been heaped upon
her head in one short week. Her
pride and vivacity have torsaken her,
and truly she is but the wreck of her
former self.
MISS HOWELL,
Her sister, is young lady hardly
out of her teens, if We are to Judge
from her appearance. She has black
hair and black eyes, with ruddy CON-
plexion, and very little Of that modest
demeanof which characteifizos our
Northern bellies. 10 fact, she is coarse
coarse in feature and coarse in de-
meanor. This is not much to her de.
tr'ment, however, rs her future pros
poets are not we'll calculated to develop
the finer qualities of high-bred lady.
She is affanced to Lieut.. Hathaway,
one of the prisoners.
Having thus burriedly sketchel the
outlines the Davis family. 1 will
weave the lmaginations' Of my readers
TO fill 10 the background and supply
the lights and shades, and proceed to
pourtray the personnel Of the other no.
tables.
ALEXANDER H STEPHENS,
The rebel Vice President, is one OF
the most singula: men 10 appearance
you will meet with in lifetime. I
should take him to be about five feet
six iuches in height, and almost as
slim as skeleton. He appears to be
nothing but skin, bone and cartilage,
s0d 's SO feeble az TO Be hardly able to