The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-06-07


From the Richmond Examiner.
A Look at Jeff. DAVIS and a Talk with
his Wife.
We have from the lips of Virginia
gentlemen, who, within the last week,
visited Fortress Monroe, the citadel that
holds Jefferson Davis, narrative of the
inner domestic life, Of Mr.. Davis and
that of his devoted and estimable wife,
who, through the humanity Of Presi
dent Johnson, is allowed to be near him
and visit him daily. The narrative, be.
sides being interesting. is far more
truthful than the sensation stories of
Northern correspondents, whose only
stock in trade consists in Imagination.
Soon after landing, and while walking
bv the fort, our narrator had the plea.
sure OF observing Mr.. Davis. between
l l and II o'clock in the forenoon, talk
ing his customary walk upon the ram.
parts of the fort. From that distance
he looked weak and emaciated, and used
cane for support. His suit was the
old familiar gray, in which he so often
appeared to the citizens of Richmond, as
his erect form strided back and forth
through Capital.square, to and from the
Presidential mansion and his Office in the
Custom.house. His hat was the broad.
brmmed felt, also familiar to our citi
zens, aud which he always wore in TAX
ing his rides to the lines around Rich.
mond.
Subsequently the gentleman had a
pleasant interview with Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, at the residence Of DR.. Cooper,
the Post Surgeon. lie found Mrs. Da.
Wis "at home" in an apartment comfor.
tably though not elegantly furnished,
and she did not seem to want for any.
thing. Her conversation was the same
that so often charmed visitors when she,
the wife of the President of brave ma.
tion struggling for their liberties, dis.
pensed the courtesies and hosptalities
Of the Presidential mansion. She spoke
freely and feelingly of the health of Mr..
Davis. Though weak from long con.
fnement and want of change of air, his
general health, she thought, was good,
and bis spirits had revived since she had
been permitted to visit and be high him.
Mrs. Davis spoke warmly and fre.
quently Of the kindness Of DR.. Cooper;
also Of all the officers of the fort and
post. She was dressed in black silk, her
usual toilette in Richmond, and without
ornament, and seemed happy in the pri.
vilege allowed her. Her youngest
daughter, George, is with her, beauti.
ful little girl, with somewhat of sadness
in her eyes and face. The other chill.
dren, Jeffy and an older daughter, are
in Montreal, Canada. Mrs Davis old
dining room servant, Frederick, who
waited at the Presidential mansion. is
also with her. He says he never in.
tends to leave her, and is exceedingly
attentive, almost anticipating her wants.
The Southern people will not forget this
faithful negro, who, though freedman
by the result of the war, expects to re-.
main the trustworthy servant still.
Mrs. Davis nurse, Mary, is also at
the fortress, in attendance upon little
George. She, too, is very devoted and
attentive to the health and wants Of her
mistress, by which name she yet address.
os her. Mrs. Davis, in the cousre of
conversation, spoke kindly and feeling.
ly of the sympathetic expressions Of the
Southern people, and their coincidence
expressed for herself and husband touch.
ing the situation in which the latter had
been placed by the untoward fortune Of
war. Ha
Some of the unpleasantness and petty
annoyances that have made Mr.. Davis
prison so irksome to a great Gagged mind
like his, have been done away with by
the authorities at Washington. Mrs.
Davis is permitted to visit him any time
from 10 A. M. to 2 P. NJ, and after 4:30
pm. to the hour Of closing the gates,
which is 8 o'clock. .gEGe. H.
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1t is said that the sub.agencies Of the
Freedmen's Bureau are considered as be.