The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-09

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0t1a!SlThelr Retldeedi Clreumstances7
HOWelE quite BlOOd.Ghtrsty3
So O0TeGponde8eeQ Qf tle Cliea0q 1FtbItns.
vi ,issfs4lal OTTAWA, @. W., Sept a.,
After the lateiWar the Davis family,
excepting Mrs, Davis, went rtot live in
Canada, and they still live there. At
the head Of this family Is Mrs. Howell,
the mother of Mrs. Davis, and. with her
Is q younger sisterof the latter, who Is
unmarried. The Davis family consists
of two boys and one girl, all young,
the eldest Ga boy) not being over four
teen years of4age. With Mrs. Davis
there the ss Y young YYsS1 child, not included in
Mrs. Howsll is a tall, .statelyiold
lady, of about sixty years Of age. She
has brilliant black eyes, good. features,
and looks;a little salloW, from age, Her
hair Is gray and still thick, and she
wears nothing oh'her head. This gives
her iannair of dignity and simplicity.
In manner; she is very affable and
plain, Miss Howell, whose first name
Is Margaret, is a tall young lddY; of
about twenty years Of age. She has
dark eyes, good features and "a clear
olive Gomplexion, with dark pF9wn
hair. In manner she Is pleasing, and
there fs a strong resemblance between
her and her mother The looks of both
ladies are quite Southern, s4fsf.,,, $50
Master Jefferson Davis is fine boy
of about fourteen years of age. He Is
tail for his age, and we'll made, with
dark hair dark eyes, and good features.
all his family. he Is now at college in
Iennoxville, Canada East. ~ tiTfs %
Miss Margaret Davisis girl of about
eight years of age, with eyes black as
sloes, and hEown hair and good features.
Her skin is a rich olive, like that of
IL rVnvI
school in The Convent OF ''the Sacred
Heart, linear MontrealIn 20 f4idqmHa
The last of the family to notice is
Master lillian Davis, who goes by the
name OF "Willy." He is a boy Of four
years of age, with gray eyes and light
hair, and features promising to Iibe
aquiline, like those of his father. He
is deaf, SO that one has TO shout to him
in speaking. Ai4 F's as1" ,+Hats
n0T6e hrst place in Canada that the
family went to was Chambly; small
town and military post on the Richie
lieu River, about twelve miles from
Montreal. Atithat place they lived for
some time; in quietiway, almost In-
s2g1lfto. They next went to live in
Montreal, aud there they are now in
that city, in which they may see good
deal 0f;life IL they.are SO disposed.
IA GewaHisitors came to see the family.
They Were late 9ftieers Of the rebel
H.
second, Colonel Sutherland, and
third, OaptainI RiOhardsonsfH Allnare
men of the class of gentlemen in the
South, and deported themselves as such
In their visits to the family OF the fallen
The feeling of all thedfamily was
bitterly against the United States Gov.
ernment.
One day Miss Howelliwas found in
teArsJ and her mother told the lady with
whom, they, were living that they, had
received some. bad news. They had
learned that they were s., 600 less in
funds than they looked for, and this
had rendered their pecuniary affairs
very strait. Miss Howell felt this
change very much, and for some time
did not get over it, Like all women of
hhighsptrit she could not broolS'the idea
of living in indIgence-she. who had
been reared in the lap of luxury. 1t
was certainly a sad misfortune for any
c!sAshort time after thisthe family left
the house they were living in, in which
the charge for living was small, to go to
one where 1t was still smaller, alleging
the poor state of their finances as the
that they would have to discharge
Mary, their servant, in order to .econo-
mize as much as lay in their power.
The next place to which the family
went was to the house on Mansfield
street, In the upper part of the city, but
they did not long stay there, and then
went.to live in the East end of the city
in house on the north side Of Viger
Square, formed by Dubord street. Here
they live at the present time. The
house is new stone one, and kept in
good, neat style, though there is no
luxury about It. Gfi % +" Qfsi Eitf
The family go to the Church OF Eng
land "a T.
dral, and next to Trinity Church, which
is on the Northwest corner of Viger
Square, and therefore quite close to the
house in which, they now dwell. q A
very good man officiates thefe-the Rev.
Mr.. bancroft, who is native of one OF
the Northern States. - = 'sGit-asi 9H1
g In December last, Mrs. Howell was
daily on the elOokout for her son, Jeffer-
son Howell, who was lieutenant on
board the priNateer Shenandoah, and
when the telegram came telling Of his
arrest at Portland, the old lady felt
very sorrowfnI. He was coming on to
Montreal to join the family circle, and
they. looked forward to a happy re-
union, with him in the midst, to tell OF
his adventures, but q exlIiieutennnt
Howell, instead of coming to a new
home, was Ia ken TO a comfortless prison
there to await the fiat Of the law.
Mrs. Howell, in talking, Of Canada,
said she was afraid It would be taken
by the United States, or II not taken,
annexed. She likes the ideas of caste
that prevail in the Province, ana thinks
that in this the people are like those OF
the South, who dislike the freedom Of
manner and equality that is in the
North.
4 So enthnsiast lois Miss Howell in war
matters, that she4has with her a rag ol
la. color takanlfr0m anUnited States reg.
\ iment, the rag stained with blood. This
thing, which is q singular one for q
/ young lady to keep, she looks upon
with great pride. z: Ps'a hi 7la.,i .s5 .,