Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-31
RRMMIsCRNCE OF JEFF. DAVIS

cIeies weye to Be DeEtroyed-B Europe to B.
RsUotutionizsd- TFaitOrs must "Clsa,
the Track"
The PbiIadslphiA Lsqasizsr Publishes
the following Communication, containing
40 account Of Jsn Davis trip from Holly
spriOgs-to Mootgouesy, AIabauaztu Feb.
ruary, 1851, to be iuauguratsd President
Of the just started Southern Confedsracy
Tie narrative is interesting as comparing
the high hopes aud aspirations of the
stern Statesman with his present resIiz4.
tons -
About the frat of February, 1861. left
New Orleans for home, afrer an absence Of
tour months aud more, during which tima
had travelled through q large portion Of
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana aud Ar.
kansas. In certain portions of these
States was intimately acquainted for
yesrs with the people, aud while there
during that winter, many q man whispered
into my ear words of fear for the future, in
consequence of the radical Southern views
manifested by most of their political lead
eEs.:
The massesof The Southern people were
not az that time in favor of disunicn, and
it is q well knoWn fact that three of the
States have mentioned we're fraudulentIy
seduced from their allegiance.
On our way up the Mississippi, near the
mouth of the Red river, We passed a steam
er bound for Shreveport, LouisiRna, flying
the Pelican hsgr which was the first evil
dence of secession We saw outside the city
of New Orleans. At Memphis took the
- n.
road, then considered the most expeditions
roate east. Reaching the Grand Ju0ction,
where the Mobile and ohio Road crosses,
We found more than the usual number of
people Waiting our arrival. The "nodding
plumes" of a military company standing
near the road attracted my attention, aud
led me TO inquire What of interest was
trahspiring. The reply wss, JEFF. Davis
had Just reached there from Holly Springs,
on his way to Montgomery, to be inaugu-
rated az Provisional President of the
Southern Confederscy.
The soldiers were a volunteer orgauiza-
ton from Holly Springs, Miss, acting as
his escort. They marched up to the CEN
ter passenger car, opened ranks, presented
arms, the chief actor of the cursed rebel
lion marched between them, with hi5 hat
slightly elevated from his head. Before
entering the car he turned and addressed
few words to the military. thanking them
for the honor conferred in escortiug him to
the limits of their State, and babe them
sdieu with spread eagle peroration in be-
half of secession.
The train started, aud l found myself 10
the car with the 'stern statesman" aud
about ten other persons. He was dressed
in very plain grey suit, black silk hat
and travelling shawl. A stout, dark COM
plected man of unprePossessing appear
aUce accompanied him from Mississippi.-
Another very scrubby looking fellow Join.
ed him ct the Grand Juntion, avoWing that
be had been a Teunesseean, and cursing
his State for her tsrdiness in joining the
Confedsraey. He had that morning gone
into Mississippi, taken the oath of alIe.
glance to the Confederate States Of Ameri.
ca, and was now on his way to see JEFF in.
0ugurated.
This peFson acted "a what an Indian
would call pipe lighter to the party
The telegraph must have announced his
coming, tor as soon as We7Fesched the SEQ
Oud stopping place. few station louugers,
called out "Davis, Davis, Jefferson Davis
Whereupon the said Davis stepped upoh
the hind platform of the car, and stated to
them:-
Having been selected as President of the
Confederate States of America, he was
then on his way to Montgomery 10 iuaug-
urats Government. He spoke in glowinp
terms of the prosperous future of the South;
that the whole world was dependent on heI
for cotton, and were they to withhold ship.
ments for ninety days Europe would rev
olutioniZe, and thus compel their recogni.
tim Whan he
standing tmmediateIy'in ftOhs Of him, and
shook my head in dissent, which he no
ticed.
The train started, Davis took the mex
seat to me, front, turning his head he re-
marked, your face is. familiar to me, sir.
said had been introduced to him at Wash,
ington when he was Secretary of War. ant
bad business with him in relation to Indi
an atiairs. BE said you don't coincide will
my views in regard to cotton, replied
did not by shy means. Will you be salts
fed to give Europe six months 1 replied
40, sir. You must, Remember there is owe
one million of bales surplus now in tn
Liverpool warehouses.
Hia answer Waa-Got SO much / think
but in nine months you must confess the
will be compelled to have cotton No, all
was my ansWer. Well; then, be said
veil give them twelve mouIhs-that mus
Firing their affairs to crisis. l was IN
willing % assent. He then remarked, 70,
have left your old State 60 long, that 20
have taken up Northern ideas. 1 told bin
no. that trusted, my ideas and fseliug
were national, not sectional.
Daring the day we must have made teI
or more stnPpages. Sometimes there wer
not over ten persons waiting to hear him
He appeared anxious to lose no opportu
nifty to speak to the people. There vas n
sameness in his remarks each time the
varied. Only once-that vas at Tu.cam
hia, Ala -he spoke OF probability of Wal
Femarking that he trusted il would NO
come, bu. II they were goaded to it, th
North had far, more to lose than the soutI
The wealth che had accumulated. 10
years from Southern products would van
ish, her commerce would be aunihilated
! and her great cities destroyed. Al on
! place while he was speaking, the enpin
/ bell rang; he closed by saying 18th
E BELLS ringing, the COW catcher's dowr
| and tFuffnPR mu0k alkaR -,