, 1866-05-09

Her Visits TO Her HusbRnd-The Inter.
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Mrs. Jeff. Davis arrived here this morning.
Hes youngest child, sprighily girl twenty
months old, d co]orcd man servant, possess.
Ing the stalwart form and fierce monstaehc o.
~ larse proportions, and travelling basket
oi the largest pattern, bore her company.
Upon landing she went to the Hygeia Hotel,
adjacent TO the wharf, and without stopping
her oonnct. Ireakiastci and then sent q mcs-
sage inside the fort, announcing her arrival,
and the permission from President johnson
she bore With her to visit her husband. Mean.
time the news Of her presence at the hotel
spread rapidly, and ret1nue Of anxious per
Win aamsrable impcsturbaiuty, not to
say an agreeable equanhnity Of temper,
probably the result, to some extent, Of psst
sinilnr experiences submitted to the
\ painful necessity Of beng gazcd Ut. Time,
| unerring rcvclator 81 the mnltabllitics Of
! earthly dynasties and hopes, has very Eenst-
bly, changed her from the naughty and de-
flant woman she was year ago. Her lone Is
more subdued, her manners more quiet nnd
reserved, and she does not seek - 10 ~ s9tne a1t Is
II laces. She has much older look-the
look Of a woman who has long borne the
:. burden Of grief and waged war with conflict,
Ing troubles and hopes. But poor student
in that face and penctratiyc glance Of those
ewes q power OF will md determination al
Strong and pertinacious as lite itself.
At ha1E.past o'clock Lieut.. Fessendcp
Filth United States artillery, waited upon he1
10 escort her inside the tort. Her child &c
companied them. She was taken to Genera
: Miles, headquarters, who received her will
every politeness and consideration due be-
| position. Under other circumstances sh
might have striyen more sedulously, perhaps
to evoke the most favorable impression pos
| .ible upon the custodian Of her husband, bn
her Gusband's place Of confinement and SC
t him. She wanted to see how be ha
i borne his Imprisonment, whether he wa
A sick or wei and learn all. abou
! him. She was not long kept IN anz
ssu ss r pSEis %sa had sen teen 'Ppssss o.
4 with him in Carroll Hall. Lieutenant Fe
= eendcn still bore her company. Sue re1naane
- with Mr.. Davis all daY, and took her dim!
y with him. An officer has been coN,tantly
r the same room. The meeting was tend
!, and affecting one, as such meetings must n
10 turally be after such protracted seperat1o
ri aud We let the curtain drop over their tall
Of the past, their reallzations Of the presep
J. and hopes TOR the future. She confssses In
s. Ing Alr. Davis In better health than she hi
Of expected; but still AYERS that he
u much fecblcT than when brought hel
le She Is every way satfsh
g. with the treatment he has received, a.
G, acknowledges that everything, save hls resi-
he ration to liberty, has been done for him II
4e could be. TO Dr- Cooper, his medical atts
n dant and adviser. she is specially thankf
r. and gives The unqualified credit Of keep
be him as we'll and cheerful as he Is. II : I
be known ret whether she will stay at ur; Coz
e. er's during hcrsojourn kere or Mt the HyE
r. Hotel. II is also not known yet how lo
ne nhc wilt remain here.
lie Mrs. Davis len Montreal on Monday !.
Of D. N. She has travelled night and day
H. | 1o{ here