The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-05-17
Meeting Of MIR. and Mrs. Davis.

i meeting OF Hlr. ana N1rS. OaV1S.
a correspondent of the Norfolk Yir
ginian, writing from Fortress Monroe
May 4th, says:
It is now understood that Mrs. Davis
with her little child, had an interview
with her husband ut halfpast eigh
o'clock yesterday morning. The inter
view lasted nearly two hours, and must
surely have been extremely gratifying tt
both. In the course of twelve month
many very noticeable changes occur. Il
was on the evening of the goth of April
1865, that the steamer VIM. p. Clyde
from which few hours before Jefferson
Davis had been landed, slowly set sail
and while the steam and smoke issued
from her engine and boilers, she moved
slowly out of the harber. The sole pas
sengers on the Clyde were Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. Clay, and her destination was
Savannah, the Southern port from which
she came.
For nearly a year Mrs. Davis has been
refused the privilege of visiting her hus-
band. The result of the many entreatles
on her pai !, and those Of her friends, has
at last prevailed on tho clemency OF
President Johnson, and the desired boon
has been finally granted.
Your correspondent presumed yester-
day morning at an early hour SO much as
to call on Mrs. Davis as she was awaiting,
in the sitting room of the Hygeia Hotel,
the presence of an officer from the For
tress. Sending in my card by the colored
waiter in attendance, the desired object
was at once aceeded to-.
The sitting room of the hotel was never,
by any means, been noted for it's comfort,
or the expensiveness of its adornments.
Entering the room, and passing through
the requisite etiquette, occupied but few
seconds, and the agreeable conversation
with Mrs. Davis which ensued, was far
more than q recompense for the courage
it required to solicit such an interview.
The manner and conversation OF Mrs.
Davis was that of one perfectly at home
on all subjects, and extremely lady-llke
in all her remarks on the various topics
of the day, which, ,perchance, were brought
up. She had been allowed the privilege
Of correspondence with her husband, but
of the exact state of his health she dared
not hope. The favorable opinions formed
from the occasional correspondents OF
Northern papers were often dissipated BY
assertions perfectly contradictory, and in
the long time which has elapsed since she
has seen her husband it has often been o
mere matter of doubt, owing to the reti-
cence of Mr.. Davis in speaking of the
subject of his general health. Of the
terms of her visit she was not aware, but
hoped it would be her privilege to remain
ut this place until her husbands fate was
decided
After conversing for the space of ten
minutes your correspondent retired much
impressed with the interview.
Mrs. Davis. was accompanied by large
quantity of baggage All of this was
moved inside the Fort last night, and it
is confidently presumed that she has made
her home at the residence of DR.. Cooper,
the Post Surgeon.
From ths: Fayetteville Nt,r,, Nay1.]
We spread before our readers the fol-
lowing letter, from Ex-President Davis,
in response to one from the ladies of Fay
etteville, enclosing check for Mrs. Davis: (:
.aFoRTREss MONROE, Va, April 22
tMrs.- IT, K. Kyle, Fayetteville, NJ c.:
"MY DEAR MADAME have the honor
to acknowledge yours of the 18th inst,
enclosing q check to be forwarded to
Mrs. Davis as present from the ladies OF
Fayetteville.
dsadIy remembering how your homes
were desolated during the war, l could
not have expected you, in the midst OF
the ruin, to have been mindful of the
wants of those at q distance. Nothing
could add to my admiration for the he
roic, selfdenying, Christian virtues of my y
countrywomen, for the measure was full
to overhowing. Nor could anything in
crease the gratitude with which | will
ever recur to their confidence and SYM
pathy. 1t only remains to assure you,
and the ladies whom you represent, that
l am most gratefully and respectfully
your friend and obedient servant,
"JEFFERSON DAVIS" Z,
Tur Last Vo1LEY.-Colonel John S.