The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-20
Nasty.
%Triumphal Progress Of }. Davis from Fortress Mem
roe TO Richmond.
From the ToleLo El,lel

lie SiDIISNOob- lNltlGNtNb- VA,
May Is, 1867.
In cas;in n retrospective glance backerl over
the pathway NV the past. | kin see many mistakes
witch | hcv made. ! hewitt alluZ made the most
NV opportOonities-l hev doubtid when doubtin
wuZ Il crime, and | hey stood -hiyrin on the brink
4 and feared To lanch away ON Jordons ON the tother
side NV witch wuz pclf and profit. Our ioresitc
isn't alluz 81 good eZ our hind-site. am salts
fed that the greatest mistake | ever made in all
my life wuz in not plungin headlong into the war,
cz a Confedrit Maior-General, distinguishin my
self for crOOclty toward Fcdral primers. and benz
ut the close NV the liatri>idlc struggle reserved
and embraced 81 Il lOn@-lOst though somewhat
froward brother by the Northern people, and NV
coorse bcin the obicck NV sympathy ez n marter
by the Southern people. In this sito1ashen n
man hez two strings to his bow. lie brings To MS
support the two extremes. lie fctchcs together
HoRRs GREEDY from the one side and Genral
BOREGARD from the tOther-tley embrace, ard
standin onto both their shOllers he hez wat NAV
he called a soft thing NV it.
| wuz led into these train NV reflections by the
experience | hev he'd with our sainted cheei,
Jefferson Davis. / came TO this city on a secret
mishun, the principal objick NV wieh wuz TO see
that everything wuz done for the comfort uy the
illustrious man that Good be done, ON the occ7,-
shcn NV his contemplated trip To Richmond. and
that the arrangements should be cZ perfect ~
possible. Partikelcrly wuz | charged to sec that
everything calkclatid to jar onto his sensitive feel
ins be rcmoyd-evcrythin witch Good wound bis
sense NV hcarin. sccin or smcllin.
The crate man had conscntid to 20. He he'd
bin. he felt. illegally deprived NV liberty-uncon-
stooshnclly in fact-and ef lac shocd consult his
own Gceiins hc wood RENAME, but to forgive wuz
divine. Ncwin these lcrcec!ins in the lite NV an
apology he wood 20.
The day he'd arrived. The steamer wuz mt the
Fortress carefully prepared To receive its illustri-
Gus burden. Ii he'd been thoroughly cleaned and
fumigatcd. the cabins he'd Inn nooiy luInisht, and
speshl altcTHshcns made for the President and
PARTY. Their WIS lOOnitcd States officers and sol
icrs aboard, but out of rcspcck for the fcclins NV
their illustrious :. primer 81 lac is technically
called, they KEEP thcirselycs away out Of Lis site.
that the color NV their uniforms might not awaken
unpleasant rclccksiCns. so pericck, indeed. wGz
the arrangements that the raiiin nv the boat
which wuZ originally bloc, wUz kiycrcd with gray
cloth. and the eagle iiggcrlIcGd NV the cIait wuZ
sawed of. This wuz scjcs5cd by Il eminent Con-
sentative NV Moo York, who hcz a large Southern
trade witch he didn't prcj1Odis 10y EI> course dOOrin
the war. The ladies cabin wUz originally as
signed To- the PARTY, but n female passenger he'd no
more regard for the comfort NV the martcr than
TO die on the passage. an they were deprived NV
it. The Consecutive merchant insisted that the
cori-c be thrown overheard. but Mr.. DAVIS, with
= nIagnanimity witch wuZ ailuZ characteristic NV
him. rcloozai. NO" said he, " let her rest
there. ! kin endpor the inconvenience. severe as
it is. 1; is but one more attempt to break my
All the way up Their WIZ the most tctcliin de
ference shown him. At every landin the people
were assembled to greet him. and 81 they salooted
him, he acknowledged it with Il show NV condo
scnshcn | never saw of the stage. lie convcrsed
but little Oh the passage up. FL the boat was a
swccpin Enthusiastically past pints made historicic by
the events nv the great struggle, his eye wood
brighten. Of they wuz sich pinJs 81 Il Contedrit
Good take pride in. or dim with tccrs cf they wuZ
Iints mt wich thcr he'd bin rcycrscs.
We arrived at Richmond Mt last. The most
cunsidrit prcIHrashcns hcd hin made for bis re-
Tier wUz no irons onto him-thc only
guards in site WIZ them witch he'd bin detailed u
keep the crowd from annoyin him, and a carriage
in readiness, into witch we seated ourselves,
and wuz driven off at a digniticd pace To that
resort Wv the aristogracy NV Nirginny-thc SPOTS
wood. Here more con>idcra>lcn wuz shown.
Mr.. DAVIS being aycrsc 10 walkin upstairs, 4
suite NV rooms bed bin prepared for him ON the
floor. and the presence NV Gcnral BURToN. NV
tine FcdrlI army. hcin OhnoxShus, he wuZ assign
cd by the Ex-Prcsident Il room nj the further end
NV the corridor. His nerves bein very sensitive.
heavy mattin WIZ laid down in all the halls. and
the servants NV ohc house wuz especially directed
tb wear list slippers and To walk ON their tip toes.
| wuz invited to his room and wuZ favored with
I few minutes conversashcn with the first of
.Amcrikens. and, when hc dies. the last. Glancin
NV the windcr his fine. soft grey eye rcstid on
the roof NV Libby. = Lies lies - ScI nc ausrily.
Wat spcshl lies hey 700 reference to-"
lskt /.
Then witch wuz publisht in the scurrilous
reports NV the Committees NV a unconstooslnel
COngris regurdin the trcatmcn nv primers IN
Libby. They asserted that the officers died bccOz
he'd but ten feet by two. for slccpin. waslin,
.oEin and catin. They he'd that space, and wat
more wUz necessary? Why give en- room t"
'ook when they hcin't anythin To- cook? Where
room 10 eat cf they hedn't anvthin To- eat?
No. its false. 1t wum't the cruwdin that per-
lopst the mortality
Only wuu-t wuZ his buZZum wrunE. lie wuZ
staniin at the windCr. gain out upon Rich
nond, his mind reycrtin to the time when 1t wuz
he Capital uy his Conicleracy. when n procession
asScd with moo>ic. and flags and banners. With I
shrcck NV angi>h ne buried his head in the !
urtins. and wept aloud. | rusht to the windcr. {
[ WIZ ez | feared. Film slowly by wuz Il per t
c>>ion Nv niggcrs who he'd past that way PER C
,oscly. e. Mcrciful Heaven sei he. - hcz it
ONE 70 this - and he wuz very reserved and dc =
rest the halcncc NV the day. I
The next lay thc President WIZ taken 10 the :,
curt. r. he entered the room and glanced !
rpudlv over tie awjcnce. it wood hey bin very =
ificult to hev decided whether he wuz n goin To- Il
~ the Court or the Court him. But rcprcSsin p
i->clf ne took hi- seat. Techin >pli--iJoDd wuz Il
isplnycd in the Court Room for his comfort. \ Il
rack in the wiudcr clsin let in Il draft nv cold :,
re- a,>embla-c. The shuddcr NV the Cou>erya-
We merchant from Moo York WIZ trpplv artistic. a
otton wuz cIlH for, when the Conservative mcr- Z
wife tore of one NV her huzzums and L
uft the aucrtopr. Wuz thcr ever more techin
.cruf,? The President wept q he bchcld it. -
~ a--ertainin the tcmIcratoJr wich hest s1otid
Is system. q Thermometer wUz brJt. and the room v
IA kept 1T that pcrci-e degree. Z
There WIZ sum triiiu lcEll flrmaIitir- zone