The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
PETROLEUM Nasty.
PETROLEUM. EASBY.
TriumphaI Progress of J. Davis from
Fortress u OnrOe TO RichmOnd.
Written for the Toledo BIade.]
TIE "sPOTrswOoDs" RlCuuoND. Val

May Is, 1857.
In castin retrospective glance back
: eFd over the pathway nv the past, kin
see many mistakes which I hev made.
, l hewitt made the most Nv opportunities
III heV doubted when doubtin WIZ a
J crime, and l hev stood shiVrin on the
brink and feared TO lanch away, when on
the tother side Nv Jordon Wuz peif and
! profit. Our foresite isn't allus ez good
ez our hind site. The great error NV my
life Wuz in not plugging headlong into the
war ez a Confedrit Major Gineral, distin-
guisbin myself for crooeity TO Fsdral
primers, and bein at the close of the
irs -risidle struggle reserved and
embraced 6z a long-lost brother by the
Northern people, Getting EN- kill fattid
calves for me) and Nv course bein the OBJ
ject Nv sympathy ez a msrter by the
Southern people. In this sitooashuu a
man has TWO strings to his bow. He
: briggs TO his support the Two extremes.
I He tetches together Horris Greedy from
The one side and Genral Boregard from
the tOther-they embrace, and standing
unto both their shoulders he hes what
may be called soft thing Nv it.
i L WIZ led into these train Nv reflections
by the experience he'd with our santed
chief, Jefferson Davis. l wus sent hith-
! er by the President to see thst evervthin
wuz done for the comfort Nv the illus
J trious man that Good be done on the
Occashen NV his contemplated trip to
Richmond. Partikelerly wuz 1 charged
to see that everythin calculated to jar onto
his sensitive feeIns be removed-every :
| IL ~ -
hearin, seein or smell:n.
. The CRATE man had consenlid TO go.
He had bin, he felt, illegally deprived NV
liberty -nncOnstooshnelly in fact-and
eft he shood consult his own feelins he
wood rename, bat to forgive wuz divine.
) Vewin these proceedins in the light Nv an
; apology he wood go.
The day he'd arrived. The steamer
wuz at the Fortress carefully prepared &c
receive it's illustrious burden. Il hec
been thoroughly cleaned aud fumigated
the cabins he'd bin nooly furnisht aud
: speshl alterashuns made for the Presi
t dent aud party. There Wuz Yoonitec
States officers and sojers aboard, but GU
Nv respeck fur the feelins Nv their illus
. trious "prizner," ez he is technically call
a ed, they KEEP themselves carefully out Wv
his site, that the color Nv their uniform
: might not awaken unpleasant refiacI shens
So perfec, indeed, WuZ the arrangements
: that the rain Nv the boat which Wuz
e originally bloc. Wuz kiVered with gray
cloth, and the eagle fgger- head Nv the
: craft wuz sawed off.
; This wuz sejested by a eminent Con-
| sentative Nv Moo York, who hez large
Southern trade wich be didn't prejoodis
s by his course doorin the war. The ladies
? cabin wuz originally assigned to the par
: ty, but female passenger he'd no more
t regard for The comfort of the marter than
D to die on the passage, and they were de-
I priVed Nv it. The conservative merchant
insisted that the corpse be chucked over
board, but Mr.. Davis, with a magnanim-
ity wich wuz alluz Characteristic Nv him.
! refoosed. mo" sed he, "let her rest
there. l kin eDdoor the Inconvenience,
+, severe as it is. Ii is but one more attempt
: to break my sperit."
e All the way up Their wuz the most
s tetchin Difference shown MIN. At every
e landin the people were assembled to greet
t him, wich he acknowledged it with q
(; condesensbun I never saw off the stage
y He conversed but little on the passage up
? Ez the boat wuz sweepin maiesticaliy
e past piats made historicle by the event;
s Nv the great struggle, his eye wooC
e brighten, eff they wuz SIGH pints ez Con
t fedrit Good take pride in, and dim witt
: teers eff they Wuz pints at wich Their hac
3 bin reverses.
The most considerit' preparsshuus het
!, bin made for his resepshen. Their Wui
+ no irons onto him--the only guards il
t site wuz them which WIZ detailed L
t keep the crowd from anoyin him, and ;
carriage wuz in readiness into witch VI
seated ourselves, and wuz driven off at {
: dign;fed pace TO that resort Nv the arts
; tocracJ NV Virginny-ths SpQItswood
e Here more considerashun wuz shown
Mr.. Davis being aVeTse to walkin VI
stairs, a suit nv rooms he'd bin prepared
e for him on the fust floor, aad the pre-
sense Nv General Burton, the Federal
army, bein obnoxsLus, he wuz assigned
> by the ex President a room at the further
t and Nv the corridor. His nerves beiu
e very sensitive, heavy matin wuz laid
: down in all the halls. and the servants oil
t the house wuz especially directed to wear
: list slippers and TO walk on their tip toes.
: / wuz invited to his room and WIZ "a
g vored with few minutes conVersashun
e with the first of Amerikens. Glancin out
d Nv the winder his fue, soft, grey eye res
T It'd on the roof Nv Libby. "Lies! lies!'
Il sed be, angrily.
"Wbat speshl lies hev 700 reference
e to?" askt l.
e Them wich was publish in the sour
: rilous reports Nv the committee Nv a IN
II conslitooshnel Congris regardin the treat
It ment az priznersin Libby. They assert
i ed that the officers died becoz they heC
g but ten feet by two for sieepin. washin
cookin and eatin. They he'd that space
= and what more Wuz necessary Why
> give en- room to cook when they hedn'
: ythiu to cook? Wherefore room to ca
: eff they hedn't anyihin to eat? No, il
: false. Il wusn't the croWdiu that perdoos
the mortality"
Only Wunst Wuz his buzzum Erung
l. and that the Government Good not prevent
= He was 3 standin st the Winder, gain on
d upon Richmond, his mind reVertin to th,
r time when iI1wuz the Capital nv bis Con
> fedTaoy, when procession passed will
moosic, and Aags and banners. With
shrek of 7angish be buried his head IN tn
4 EcuFtips. and went aloud. Fusht 20 tia