The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-04

ignorant Of Iuant you that neither The death Of M
Lincoln nor the doom Of his murlersrs % greatly
slvsd him - the dsiss Of the Co.fsdsnss satea He
heueht much more Of Johnatons unauthogssd sufsndB
Of department.; moro Of the fAinthsartsdnsss whioh
had overcome the people, moro Of what was sacrsd -
him q country and cause than Of oil else bssde
Thoughts Of this sort ettsd him fsaruy and day BY
day bsoksnsd the progress Of depressing sptts Added
70 all this came frequent intelligence Of lawes ssts BY
soldiers once In the Confederate service No narration
Of these outssges failed to assct him keenly er..
'NH va DAVIS RusHn Hn wuK's Rrscys
At last he got information that his own wife and "a
mily were in danger from the assaults Of military
rauden Mrs. Davis with her three children, and
companied by her sister, Miss Howell had wagon train
OF her own about twenty thirty miles from her hus
bands party She was very anxious to 60 her own way
and be embarrassment to him. She felt equal to tho
task Of protecting herself from reckless Confederates
and felt Of avoiding federals But did
he ascertain that she in DANGER that two gangs had
concoced scheme to seize all her trunks under the i'm
preston that she carried the rebel gold, than he
resolved ct all hazards to 60 to her rescue It was
fond husbands, fond fathers infatuaton No remon-
STRANGE availed He and rode eighteen miles to
meet the object Of his love and soicitude. he met
Them and the rst 10 rebuke him for his Of fond
was the anxious wife and mother tent or two
already pitched and he weary to exhaustion, went
TO sleep, intending 10 retrace his steps before morning
Had he not gone himself OF his wifss safety,
and had he not been excessively fagued while there,
Colonel Prtchard would DO without the honor Of captur
ing him, for nothing was easier than his escape,
Breckenridge and Wood and the writer Of this know and
by meeting no interruption themselves have proved.
Their immunity might have been his
HIS CAPTURE iHfr
But Davis his risks and took his chances. fully
conscious Of imminent danger, yet poweress, from
physical wearness to do all he designed doing against
the danger When the musketry firing heard in the
morning, at ''dm gray dawn" II was supposed TO be
between the rebel marauders and Mrs. Davis few camp
defenders. Under this impression he huriedly put
his boots and prepared 60 out for the purpose Of in.
terposing, saying ga
'They will at least as yet respect me-" ree 4.
As he got to the tent door thus hastily equipped and
with this good intention Of preventing an efuson of
blood by an appeal in the name Of fading but not
wholly faded authority, he saw few cavalry ride up
the road and deploy in front.
''Ha federaIs I" was his exclamation.
'Then you captured" cried Mrs Davis with emo
In moment she caught an idea-a womAns idea, and
quickly in emergency execute their de-
signs II was DONE He slept In Wrappers loose
II was yet around him. This she fastened he was
aware OF H. and then bidding him adieu urged him TO
60 to the spring, short distance off, where his horses
and arms were. Strange as it may there not
pistol in the tent Davis felt that his only
to reach his horse and arms and complied As he
was leaving the door, followed by with water
bucket Miss Howell flung saDI his head There
time TO remove It without exposure and embarrass-
mcnt and he had not far to go he ran the chance
exactly as IL was devised for him. In these two articles
consisted the womans attire Of which much nonsense
has been spoken and written and under these circum.
stances and in this way Jefferson Davis going forth
to perfect his escape No bonnet, gown, petit
coats, no crnoline no, nothing Of all these And what
there was happened to be excusablc undcr ordinary
circumstances and perfectly natural things were.
But was too late for any effort to reach hia Aorses
and the Confederate President last prisoner In
the hands Of the United States
What attended his capture you have heard in oil FORMS
and what followed It too but many things remain be
told and corrected touching that and other germane
tot. Thesc with your permission, shall take another
opportunity Of relating.