Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-07-21

A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writing from Fortress Monroe under date of
June 18th says:
The visit here of three of JEFF. Davis coun-
sci has left visible marks, other than
Frightening of the prisoners spirits. To-day
perhaps for the second time since his wife's ar
rival. he sat upon the balcony Of Carroll Hall
half the afternoon, playing with his little child
"A bright, handsome girl twenty-three months
old.
The visit of Secretary Mccullough some two
months since to this place, and his conference
with Davis of over hour, together with his
recent peculiar political expressions at the late
serenade in Washington, as also the very recent
hasty, impressive, but brief visit Of Surgeon
General Barnes with the unexpected call of
General milford, scarcely out of bed from an at
tack of disease contracted in the discharge OF
duty-who, as Commissioner for the exchange
of prisoners, has had every opportunity, during
the war, to have been acquainted with Mr. Davis
the sudden and qnet arrival of Mr.. l.. ID.
Crenshaw, of Richmond, one of the wealthiest
Virgnians, and known to take deep personal
interest in this affair, all lead TO the surmlse
that every effort will he made to secure the re-
lease of this prisoner for sanitary reasons
There can be no doubt that Davis health is i'm
paired. But he was always thin and cadaver-
GUS The defect of one eye gave him peculiar
care-worn expression at all times. AS he was
under medical care before the war ended. the
idea of attributing his failing health alone to
Imprisonment at a watering place celebrated for
convaescence is purely absurd.
| endeavored from his recent callers to obtain
something definite with regard to his health ; but
while his former Secretary, Mr.. Harrison, was
perhaps the most laxative of the party, he
ventured nothing further than that he " found
Mr.. Davis very much better than he expected,
while Mr. Reed simply remarked " Mr. DAVIS
is in poor health. !"
But I have the authority of his surgeon, as
have sometime since stated, for writing that MIR.
Davis is surely and steadily mending, and while
put this with my own knowledge of him before
the war, and trustworthy information from those
who met him constantly in his walks, am firm,
" convinced Mr.. Davis is not the shabbily treat
ed prisoner that has often been said nor that he
is likely to die of the air within Fortress Monroe
While we daily anticipate an order releasing
jeff Davis, and to see him walk forth unrestric
ted by baiiffs or unaccompanied by officers, /
would not at all be surprising were he to disap
pear without one of the outside world knowing
aught of the movement.
Mrs. Davis came down to the dock this morn
ing to see Mr.. and Mrs. Crenshaw off on the
Richmond boat. On their arrival here on Satur-
day evening, they brought but small satchel
this morning, on leaving, they took two large
leather travelling trunks. These are, perhaps,
notes of busy preparation for sudden depar-
ture. 1t generally remarked that Mrs. Da-
Wis never looked younger or better than she did
this morning, dressed in a neat jaunty suit of
alpaca. Her straw hat, trimmed with single
rope and tassel of straw was certainly very be-
coming. She is a large, well-proportioned wo-
man, some five feet ten inches in hight, dark
complexioned, regular featured, and of very af-
fable manners They returned to the fort mac
compapied, and one would suspect from her APP
parent buoyancy of spirits that her troubles
were greatly lessened.'