The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-06-23
Sherman ~

"Sorry you mentioned him. We'd
have to hire him, I reckon, as camp
fiddler, and make him sing "Ha1 Go.
ihnadia" by frelight, as a warnin to
the boys how mean it is to burn cities
and towns and make war upon de-
fenceless women and children. No,
SIR, our boys wouldent fight, under no
| SUCH" t'N @S
:" AT this time the man with The me-
morandum put down some moro gar
bled extracts.
"Do you think, Mr.. Arp, that if the
South should ever hold tho balance of
power, they would pay for their ne
groes :"
"l can't say, sir. But I don't think
the ,fSouthl has lost anything that
way. We got their labor before the
war for their vittcls and clothes and
| doctors bills, and we get It now Tor
| about the same. It's all settled down
that way andnybuyg Bureau couFicnt
help it.R sThsS6hly difference is in the
distribution: Some of usndon't own
as many as we used to, but everybody
has got niger or two now, and
they'llall vote 'em or turn 'em off.
A niger that wouldent vote as told
him, shouldn't black my boots"
At this time tho committee looked
at ono another, seemin to be bothered
and astohishcd. Garbled extracts
were put down with. a vim. q =
Mr: Boutwell, says he, "Mr. Chair
man, think, sir, we are about
through with tho witness. think,
sir, his testimony settles the question
as to what we ought to do with South
ern traitors" =" '.sl .
Tho chairman give me Republi-
can nod and remarked, ''yes, sir, /
think We, do. The seoundrels burnt
my iron works"
general satisfaction Yours truly,
A'eJ on' '""ra~ BiLr Arr ,
Dir. Davis Prison Life--Extracts from lhe
Diary OF the Post SurgC0n-ThrilIiny 3
II Scenes and Incidents.
The New York World, Of the 10th, de
votes over fourteen columns to. extracts
from the history Of Mr., Davis prison life at
Fortress Monroe, written by the post sur
geou. We make such extracts from the
World as our space will permit:
THE PRISON LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS BE-
MAY 81, 1865. The procession into the
fort was under the Immediate inspection of
Major General Halleck and Charles A.
Dana, then Assistant Secretary Of War:
Colonel Prichard, Of the Michigan cavalry,
who immediately effected tho capture, being
the officer In command of the guard from
the vessel to the fort. First came Major
General Miles holding the arm of Mr.. Da-
Wis, who was dressed IN n suit Of plain Con-
fedorate grey, with grey siouched hat
always lhin, and now looking much wasted
and very haggard. Immediately after these
came Colonel Prichard accompanying Mr.
Clay, with guard of soldiers in their rear.
Thus they passed through files of Inen in
blue from the Engineers Landing to the
Water Battery Postern and on arriving at
the oasemate which had been fitted up into
cells for their incarceration, Mr.. Davis was
shown into casemate No. 2 and Clay into
no. 4, guards Of soldiers being stationed in
the cells numbered one, three and FIVE, upon
each side o them. They entered; the
heavy doors Changed behind them. and in
that olang was rung the final knell OF the
terrible, but now extinct re hellion. .
. Being ushered into his inner cell by Gen.
eral Miles, and The two doors leading there
into from the gaard~ room being stoned,
Mr.. Davis, sfter surveying the premises for
some moments, and looking out through the
embrasore with such thoughts passing ever
His lirsdand expressive fnce ns nlny BIO i'm
agined. suddenly seated himself in q chair
placing both hands on his knees, and asked
one Of tho soldiers pacing up and down
within his cell this signifcsnt question:
(Which way does the embrusure facet"
u The soldier was silent. ~ 70
f.. Mr.. Davis, raising his voice o little, re-
peated tho inquiry, y,,..,
imsssured footfalls' Of the two pacing sou.
tries, within, and the, fainter echoes, Of the
fous without 'h' ~ t2''hf' :.
E hldfessing the other soldier, ns if tlfe6rst
had been deaf and hail not heard him, the
prisoner again repeat cd his inquiry,