The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-06-14
From The Philadelphia Inquirsr.l
How Jcn. Davis was Captured.
Particulars OF the PettlcOnt
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INV 1NhNs AhhNHN NNeea OsN
Particulars OF the PettlcOnt
Enterprise.
The attack was made upon the camp by
Col. Pritchard Just as the hrst streak Of
dawn began 10 light the eastern sky.
Everything was profoundly silent. JeH.
was undoubtedly dreaming Of his former
greatness, aid the entire partywore wrapped
in the commandment embrace Of Morpheus,
when they were suddenly startled by the
yels Of tho soldiers, and awoke too late to
make preparations for even feeble resist.
ance. After the officers and men Ia tho
ny," were safely under guard, which oc-
cupied some time, q corporal went to the
door Of the tent occupied by detunct roy.
atty, and ordered them 20 come forth aud
deliver themselves up. Mrs. Davis ap-
peared at the door and said;
Please gentlemen, do not intrudo upon
the privacy Of ladies. There are no gem
tlenen here, aud you viii oblige us greatly
by giving us time to dress.
- An right, madam" said the little COR
porol, we viii give you time 70 make
your toilet, and then You can take aride to
Macon for your health"
A guard was placed around the tent and
the readers Imagination must draw from
the 0eBonemeAi what transpirod inside.
After halfhour's interval the monotony
outside only being broken by the demands
of the guard to hurry up" there came 10
. tho door Mrs. Davis and Miss Howell,
, leading an apparently decrepid old lady.
, drcs. cd in lady's morning wrapper, with
J, "A tight hood on her head aud her face COW
i cred with small veil. The I" old lady I"
c could walk ouly with great difficulty, but
), tottered through the door Of the tent with
4 u tin pail ON her arm.
6 I AawT olNt ar.
i ton to letting myold mother go TO tho spring
Q for some water for us to wash with z said
l. Mrs. Davis.
II "Wall, reckon have some little ob.
e lection to letting that old lady go,' said the
N corporal. "She wears boots, don't abe =
d and with the point of his sabre he raised
m the frock. discovering large, coarse pair
le of calf.skin boots. While thu corporal wal
st discovering aud exhibiting the cloven too
b. of tho boast, another soldier stripped the
he veil and hood from off his face and 10 thu
80 great ass which has 90 long been hiddei
beneath i lious skin--Jeif. Davis--stoOt
n, before them in all his pusilanimity, and il
70 his true character, before the lightoi whiel
10 Henry VIII pales aud Richard III rises il
the scale of human greatness.
ld When jeff. saw he was fairly caught en-
10 would be delivered into the hands Q
lis his enemies, he waxed exceeding wroth
ng and rallied out at the soldiers whenever oI
10, portunity offered lie frequently mad
ad use of suSh sneering remarks as:
q, "Valorous soldiers, indeed. to mako wa
d: upon women aud children" Il thougl
ic. the Yankee Government was little NOR
ug valorous than to send its soldiers to ste'
er deCenselcss women and children out of the
ry beds at night, ETC.
lis Mrs. Davis ironically remarked that 81
"was not aware that an old woman au
or four children were of So much value as to
ON escorted by three hundred soldiers throuC
'ill the country