Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-05-11
Mrs. JEFF. Davis at Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MoxRoE, MAY 3, 1866.

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Mrs. JEFF. Davis arrived here this morn
ing. Her Youngest child. sprightly girl,
twenty months old. colOred man-servant,
possessing the stalwart form and fierce
mOustache Of a Russian gen Iiier, four
trunks of immensely large proportions, and
a travelling basket Of the largest pattern,
bore her company. Upon landing she went
to the Hygeia Hotel, adiac, ut tJ the whari,
and without stopping To change her tayell-
ing dress, or even removing her bonnet,
breakiasted and then sent message inside
the font, announcing her arrival and the
permission from President johnson she bore
with her to vI-it her husband. Meantime
the news of her presence at the hotel spread
rapidly, and a retInne Of anxious persons
soon gathered about TO get a look at her,
With admuaole imperturbability, not to say
an agreeable equanImity OF trmper-prOhab-
ly q e result. 10 some extent, Oi past similar
txperirnce-she submitted to the painful
necessity Of being gazed az. Time, that old
and stern teacher Of wisdom, and unerrIng
reyelator Of the mutabilities Of earthly
dynastics and hopes, has very sensIbly
chansed her from the naughty and dehant
woman she was year ago. Her tone Is
more subdued. her manners more quiet and
reserved, and she does not seek TO shine as
resplendentlY in flashing diamonds and cost
ly laccs She has much older look-the
look of a woman who has long borne the
burden Of grief and wagCd war with con-
iicting doubts and hopes. But a POOR
student Of physiOgnOmy is he who does not
still read in that iaee and peneiratlye glance
Of those eyes power OF will and determ-
I &.
itself
At half-past eight O'Clock Lieutenant Fes-
sender, Fifth UuIied States ARTILLERY, waited
upon her to escort her inside the tort. Her
child accompanied them. She was taken to
General MIlts' headquarters, who received
her with every p0li,,ntss and consideration
due her position Under other cIrcumstan-
c,s size might have strlyen more sedulOusly,
perhaps. to evoke the most favorable in
preston possible upon tte custodian Of her
husband. but her great anxiety Was 10 prJ-
ceed at once to her husbands place Of rOn-
tnement and SCI him. She wanled to see
how be had bJrne bis imprisonment, wheth-
er be was sick OF well, and learn all about
him. Sie was not long kept in anxiety.
Mr.. Davis bad been appuzed Of her coming.
Within fifteen minutes iron the time Of her
admission % the tort she was with him IN
Carroll Hall. Lieutnant FessenIen still b0ie
her company. She has remained with Mr..
Davis all day, and took her dinner with
him IN officer has been constantly in the
same room Their meeting was a tender
and affecting one, a. such a meeting must
naturally be after such protracted sePara-
tion, and particularly under the cIrcumstan-
ces attending their separation. And We let
the curtain drop over their talks of the past,
their realizatIOns Of the present and hopes
for the future She c0niesses finding Mr..
DAVIS in better health than she bad expect
ed but still AYERS that be Is much itebler
than when brought here. She Is every way
satisfied with the treatment he has received,
and acknowledges that eyCI ything, saving his
restoration to liberty, has been done tor him
that could be. IL is not knCwn vet how
long she will remain here.-C0r. y. y.
Herald