Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-16

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Prospects and IIOpes-What He
Thinks About His Triai-His Views
ofthe Utility Of Bullets in Connec-
ton with the Presidents Message
Condition of Clement a. Clay.
Extract from the Fortress Monroe correspondent
Of the y. y. Herald, under date Dec, 10, 1854
WHAT DAVIS SAYS ABOUT HIS TRIAL.
Reading the late Message of the Presit' ,a,,
has not, am told, produced very ooraoa.
BILE impression upon Mr.. Davis as t., his trioI
He looked for something more assnred am
the subiect-an assurance at least thai would
have the effect to quell his anxiety and Give
an inkling Of the doom awaiting him Ae
Captain Wirz slept better when his sentence
was made known to him, as death is fire.
quently preferable to worrying DELAY and
uncertainty, so Davis would be more At rest
if the simple preliminary fact whether he is
TO be tried or not, and before what tribunal
could be made known to him.
"What do you think of the Presidents
message~ an officer asked him.
1t is wisely and boldly specific upon
every subject but the single one concerning
me most vitally-my trial," replied Mr.. Da-
Wis. Quickly the officer oomprehended what
the one vital subject was and his delicacy
forbade further questioning. But there was
that III the tone of response, and the look of
bitter disappointment accompanying it,
which portrayed more palpably and earnest
ly than words could his views and the keen
ness of his disappointment
JEFFERSON on THE UTILITY OF BULLETS.
However Mr.. Davis may be disappointed
on the subject Of his trial, it has not so far
depressed him but he is ready for Joke.
General Miles came into his room two
mornings since, and, after exchanging the
usual morning salutations, took a bullet
from his pocket and carelessly commenced
whiting it.
| Shouldn't waste bullets now" exclaimed
Davis; "the Presidents Message holds out
| the prospect of a war with England, if not
also with France, and bullets may come in
more demand the next four years than the
past four years" | did not think to ques-
ton my informant whether the General
stopped his bullet whiting, but from the
facts as now given may be gathered Mr.
Davis opinion of the Presidents Message
| from another point of view than that given
| above.
| JEFF.'s CONDITION AND HEALTH.
| ! started only to write the fact that jeff
Davis is still prisoner here, that the fact
| NAV not be forgotten wholly by the public
| He is still in Carroll Hall still in a large
and well but plainly furnished room; still
in the enjoyment of good fire and good at
tendance; still allowed abundant reading
matter; still permitted his daily walks on
the parapet, and last but not least, still grant
ed as regards eating, as say hotel bills, " the
best the market affords" Excepting occa-
sional boils, which trouble him with job
like persistency, though happily not quite as
| plentifully, his health continues good. The
methodicai precision of one habituated to
business is evident in his arrangement Of his
papers and books, and the same fastidious-
ness upon the subject of dress and clean
linen is still a prominent characteristic.
When he walks out he is alawys neatly
| gloyed, and his jaunty cane bears him un-
failing company; His strength of will is re-
markable. 1t has sustained him thus far
Through a long, and what, to one of his ac-
tive habits, restless and grasping ambition,
must be a torturing imprisonment. With
this will so indomitabe and his resources OF
thought and intellect he can sand infinitely
| more.
MIR. CLEMENT c. CLAY.
Fate and the national will and purpose
that prolong the Imprisonment of jeff.
Davis measures out the same destiny to Mr..
Clay From the lively hope he once had
for speedy trial and persistent writing to
urge for a hearing he has subsidized into
seeming apathy and patient waiting for