Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-25
IoR. DaviSIand His Party at FeEtEoss
Monroe.


JOR. DaviSIand His Party at FoFtFons
THB ARRIVAL OF JEFF. DAvI5 AT T0RTRlsS
NoHRoE-THB NEWs N RIcHMoND.
The secessionists of Richmond were
destined to another deep and lasting
humiliation, which they took keenly. in
toe official announcement Of the news last
evening that JEFF. Davis had reached For
tress Monroe in the steamer Clyde yester-
day afternoon, and that the great STATE
criminal vas prisoner In that massive
and impregnable public work. All over
the city could be seen little knots of sym
pathiseFsa with JEFF. aUdl bis ruined fortunes,
whom, by the way, the. United States gov
eminent is now supplying with fatious in
support of their arrogance and treason, all
eVincing the deepest gloom and disapPoint-
ment at the unfortunate position Of their
lost leader. They begin to speculate upon
and canvass the final issue, some being At
this late day SO insane as to assert that
Davis would finally escape the halter and
yet become man of some prominence in
affairs. Such, however, foubd but few to
join them In their belief, while the great
majority sincerely felt that the days on
earth of the great traitor were fast draw
ing 70 close, and that close at the lower
end of faithful rope.
THE PERSONNEL OF THE PRISONERS.
JEFF. Davis, of whom We of the North
have heard so much and seen so little for
the past four years, is a man about six feet
In height, rather lean, and not Of the finest
figure by any means. l should take him
to be somewhat about fifty years of age,
prematurely gray. he has full whiskers,
rather stunted in growth, and, like his
hair, sprinkled with gray. His gray eyes
| Zone of which ia blind) have an underlined
/ and unfathomsble look, and his mouth, of
the Grecian mould, is occasionally jerked
cat Of ell proportion by s,sepplchraE laugh
or forced smile. He Is confined to his bed
9 great deal of the time, and 1t requires all
the nursing of his strong nerved wife to
keep him from giving way to dependency.
he is pitiful sight, and the last man one
would have supposed to be a fit subject
for Presidential honors.
MRS. DAVIS AND CHILDREN.
Mrs. Davis is the second wife of the ex-
President, by whom he has had four child
rem. The eldest is a smart little black eyed
girl, Maggie, of some fourteen summers,
and the next boy of about twelve or
thirteen, who goes by the euphoDious cog.
nomen of "Young jeff" He is a chip
from his actions and temper, shown on va
rious and sundry occasions, that he too,
like his traitorous sire, would in after days
be fit for 'treason, stratagem and spoils."
The next is q smart little fellow, with
bright eyes and faxen hair, too young to
have the least appreciation of his condi-
ton, and the fourth is nursing child
Mrs. Davis is a member of the Howell
family, of Georgia, and has great many
relatives at Augusta. She is a pretty wo
msu, of probably forty years of age. When
frat saw her, at Macon, and conVersed
with her on the cars, L thought her pretty
and agreeable; but 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 forsdken her,
and truly she is but the wreck of her
former self.
Mss HOWELL,
her sister, is young lady hardly ont of
her teens, if We are to judge from her ap-
pearance. She has black hair and black
eyes, with ruddy complexion, and very
little of that modest demeauor which char
acteriZes our Northern bellies. In fact, she
is coarse-cosrse in feature aud coarse in
demeRnor. This is not much to her detri-
ment, however, as her future prospects are
not we'll calculated to develop the finer
qualities Of high bred lady. She is aft.
anced to Lieutenant Hathaway, one of the
prisoners.
Having thus hnrriedly sketched the out.
lines of the Davis family, will leave the
imaginations of my readers to fill in the
background aud supply the lights and
shades, and proceed 10 portray the person.
mel of another notable.