The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-09
The Correct Account ofJeE Davis Cap

The woman's dress story is,in the main true :,
although 1t hns been told q score OF times by
dinerent c,orrespon dents, many Of whom sup.
piled the lack Of knowledge of facts by cppi
Gus druughts from the i'm apna lion, nd cave il
as many different phases as there nre months
in the calendar. The facts are os follows:
- The attack was moGe upon the camp by Cob
Pritchord Just as The first streak OF dawn began
to light the eastern sky. Everything was pre-.
ioundly silent. jeff, was undoubtedly dream
ing OF his former greatness, md the whole par.
tywere wrapped in The somnaDbuent embrace
ct Morpheus, when they were suddenly startled
by the yeiis oi The soldiers, and awcke too late to
make preparation for oven feeble resistance.
Alter the officers and men in the fly" were
safely under guard, which occupied some time.
a corporal went 10 the door Of the tent occupied
6y deiunct royalty, and ordered them TO come
appeared at the door and said:
"fleose gentlemen. do not intrude upon the
privacy OF ladies. There are no gentlemen here.
and you will oblige us greatly by giving US time
TO dress"
"All right, madom," said a little CORPORAL
1--WE will give you time TO make your toilet, and
health"
A guard was placed around the tent, and the
denontmen what transpired inside. After a
hall hours interval, the inono,opy outside only
being broken by The demands of the guard 10
hurry rp." there came to the door Mrs Davis
snd an Miss Howell! leading an apparently decrepid
o'u iauy' uiceScu III q laOVS morning wrapper,
with tight hood on her head, and her face GOV.
cred with small veil. The "old lady" could
walk only with great difficulty, but to,,ered
through the door OF the tent with tin pail on
her arm.
"Soldier, suppose you have no objection TO
letting my old mother 90 TO the spring for some
water for us TO wash withl" said Mrs. Davis.
Wall, i reckon i hpve some,lpte objection
to letting that old lady go,". said the corporal
she wears ear boots, don't she'"--and with tho
.snbfe he n isedt (ro
ing large, coarse pair Of callskin boots. While
the corporal was discovering and exhibiting the
cloven loot Of the beast, another soldier stripped
the veil and hood from of Ills lace, and lo!.- Jeff
Davis stood before them!
When JEFF saw thai he was fairly caught, and
would be delivered into .he hands OF HE enemies,
he waxed exceeding wroth, and rallied out ut the
soldiers whepever oppor ,unity offered. He fre.
quen,ly made use oi such sneering remarks as
"Falor ous soldiers, indeed, to make war upon
women and children" y thought The Yankee
Government was a little more valorous than TO
send its soldiers to steal defenceess women and
children out at their beds at night &c. 10
Mrs. Davis ironically remark ed iha she twas
not aware that an old woman and four children
were OF so much value as to be escorted by three
hund red soldiers Though the country" 80
have previously mentioa ed the effect pro-
duced upon Davis by the Presidents proclama.
dollars for his arrest ! have often tried to i'm.
ogine he terror o: Belshazzur when he rend bis
doom in the handwriting on the VOL or the hor-
:or OF the murderer when the hands of the off.
GERS Of the law are laid rudely upon him. Such,
but in vastly magnihed degree, must have been
the feelings el jeff. Davis when he read that
proclama ,ion. AS his eyes glan.ed over the in.
tai lines, have thought that he must hive come
TO the first realization Of his condition. He trem.
bled like an aspen leaf, dropped the paper from
bis hands, and sank into reveries nnu sullenness.
His wife picked mp the paper, read its contents
aucibly, and they all burst into tears.