The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-08
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Mp. Davis HsaIth Ft.tIIaR-Gener Con-
nIIAa,n Of tue tsrIhnmr r-Mra DAVIS. etc.

MT. Davis Health rntIIog- General Con-
dtttOn of ftno rrIsOner-nrs Davis, etc.
FoETREss MONROE Va, August 6.-Mr.
OCOno1's late visit down here during the past
week has demonstrated one thing, wnc Is,
that MI. DAVIS has ialled III health considerably
since bic visit previous TO the one / speak or
1hls TACT have ascertained irom source as
trustworthy as possible, and Is next TO Tue
powers that be.p Mr.. O'Conor has himself
expressed Us much to a gen leman who eXer-
c.ses a great deal OF influence here. To persons
who are IN the nablt OF seeing the great state
prisoner daily m his walks from Carroll Hal
to the CasPmates occupied by mis- Ia ndy au1
then on his ramOles around the fort, cannot
nollCe any material change nom his everyday
appearance; but an obse1 wing eye Ike that oi
Mr. OConor can detect any and every altefa-
tion taking place III tue nien OF hts i'll IstrIo1s
client, and hts observation | would sooner
trust Than that OF many doctors.
1t is doubtless owing 10 mental grievances
that Mr. DAVIS health ls on the decline, save
his close confinement at Carroll Hal, between
tattoo and reyellle he IS allowed the freedom Of
the tort and Is untrammeled ii his ra bles ald
avocations Yet MIR. Davis health is declin,ng,
and il he remains pr soner much longer the
consequences may prove serious, and the ven
geance OF Secretary OF War Stanton conquer It's
victim.
Few persons would have survived the trials,
anAietes, and suffering this one man has undtr-
eoIe during the fourteen montns OF his lmpri-
sOnment, and only such superior spi it at tn II
OF Mr.. Davis, whose mental C9pac " outwetgn5
his physical proves, is equal 10 such u tdsG,
and if he IS broken down physically, mentally
he is the same as ever, and 1t Is only o wing to
this tact that he holds out.
Pride may be sa d to be one OF the stimulauts
buoylIg up the spiris OF Mr. Davis. Should ne
b. released now, or hear suddenly OF his par
| don, tie reaction might prove more fatal than
| the first flush of misery. His anguish on beng
| consigned to a dungeon was deep ald lastln :.
The agony, however, partially lel'eyed ltsel,
| and the neart, Wnlle 1t suffered Temporarily,
! was lot entirely disturbed.
Having IN measure become resigned to his
! fate LOw and expecting noueht bat indignant
! prosecution, the eXertion of his friends in pro.
| curing a release, or even a pardon, NAV prove
| successful. If is the sudden announcement
| OF such an event to bin which may
: prove fatal, and no matter what news
| there may be concerning ham, bis friends
should be careful not to Inlpart ii too sudd My.
! A man OF his years cannot undergo as much as
| one younger, and 1t takes but little to "snap a
/ bent olg IN twain"
Mrs. Davis deyotes all her time to her hus
| baud. She hardl, goes out except in his CON
| pany about the fort Her children are ire
| QueLtiv sent to Norfolk, merely, no we yer for
| the leasant sal such trip invites. As a
| general lhmg, every day brings some visitors to
the tort to llr. ami Mrs. Davis, and in order
| to CCelye ana entertain these, Mrs. DAVIS l.
| net essarly bound TO remain home more tnau
| sue Otherwise might. Still she seems contented
| Hp1 beng allowed to be in her husbands con
! pany fourteen out Of the twenty-iour nOurs
| sats iCs her. 1t would be folly to say she /,
happy (ho can tn It be pOssIblel bat she l.
| sals1ed, and thankful for such benslts as she
| recplyeS,-NelC York World.