The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-05-30
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Triumphal Progress Of J. Davis from
Fortress Monroe to Richmond.
From the Toledo Blade.
The .SPoTrswooD, RICHMOND. Va,


From the Toledo Blade.
The .SPoTrswOOD," RICHMOND, Va.
May 10, 1867.
In castin a Retrospective glance
backerd over tho pathway NV the
past, ] kin see many mistakes which
have made | hevent aIluz made
! the most Nv opportoonities-I hev
doubted when doubtin was o crime,
and hev stood shiverin on the brink
and feared to lanch away, when on
the tother side Nv the Jordan wuz
pelf and profit. Our forcsite isn't
alluz ez good ez our handsite. The
great error NV my life wuz in not
| plungin headlong into the war ez a
Confedrit Major General, distinguish.
ing myself for crooelty to Fedral
primers, and bein at the close of the
| fratrisidle struggle reserved and en-
braced ez long lost brother by tn
Northern people, 0ettin em kill fate
ted calves for me) and Nv coorse bein
the objeck Of sympathy ez marter
by southern people. In this sito "a.
ashen man hcz two strings to his bow.
He brings to his support the two ex-
tremes. He fetches together Horris
Greedy from the one side and Gen'l.
Boregard from the tother-they en-
brace, and standin onto both their
sholders he hez what may be called a
soft thing NV it.
Iwuz led into these train nv refiec-
tions by the experience / hev he'd
with our sainted cheef, Jefferson Da-
Wis. wuz sent hither by the fresi-
dent to SEQ that everythin wuz dun
for the comfort nv the illustrious
man that Good be done, on the occa-
sion NV his contemplated trip to
Richmond. Patikerly wuz l charged
to see that everything calkelated to
jar onto his sensitive fcelins be re-
moved-everythin which Good wound
his sense NV hearing, seeing, or
sinellin.
The crate man had consentid to
60. He he'd bin, he felt, illegally de-
privcd Nv liberty-unconstooshnell
in fact-and eff be shood consult his
own feclins he wood rename, but to
forgive wuz divine. Vcwin these
perceedins in the lite Nv an apology
he wood go.
The day he'd arrived. The steam
er wuz ut the Fortress carefully pre-
pared to receive its illnstrious burden.
1t he'd been thoroughly cleaned and
fumigated, the cabins he'd bin nooly
f0rnisht, and spechl alterashens made
tor the President and party. Their
wus Yoonited States officers and SOL
jers aboard, but out OF respeck for
the tcelins Nv their illustrious 'spriz-
ner," ez he is technically called, they
keep themselves carefully out of his
site, that the color NV their uniforms
might not awaken unpleasant refeck-
shens. So perfeck, indeed, wuz the ar
rangements that the railin Nv the boat
which wuz originally bloc, wuz xiv
cred with gray cloth, and the eagle
fgger-head NV the craft wuz sawed
OH. This wuz sejested by eminent
Conservative nv Moo York, who hez
a large Southern trade which he
didn't prejoodis by his course doorin
the war. The ladies' cabin wuz orig
inely assigned to the party, but .
female passenger he'd no more regard
tor the comfort NV the matter than
to die on the passage, and they We're
deprived Nv it. The Conservative
merchant insisted that the corpse be
chucked overheard, but Mr.. Davis,
with magnanimity which wuz al
lug characteristic Nv him, refoozed.
"No," said he, .slet her rest there.
kin endoor the inconvenience, severe
as it is. 1t is but one more attempt
to break my spirit"
All the way up there wuz the most
tetchin Difference shown him at ev-
cry landin the people were assembled
to greet him, wich he acknowledged
it with a condesenshun l never sa Y
off the stage. He conversed but lit
tie on his passage up. Ez the boat
was sweepin majrstically past pints
made historicle by the events Nv the
great struggle, his eye woul brighten
of they wuz sich pints ez q confedrit
Good take pride in, and dim with
teers ef they wuz pints at which
ther he'd bin reverses.
The most considrit preparashens
he'd bin made for his resepshen. -
Iher wuz no irons onto him-the
only guards in site wuz them wich
wuz detaild to keep the crowd from
annoyin him, and carriage wuz in
readiness, into wich we seated our
selves, and wux driven off at q dig.
nified pace to that resort nv the aris-
tocracy Nv Virginny-the Spots.
wood. Here moro considerations
were shown. Mr.. Davis being averse
to walkin up stairs, suite NV rooms
he'd bin prepared for him on the fust
floor, and the presence NV Gen Bur-
ton, w the Fedral army, bein OBJ
noxious, he wuz assigned by the ex-
President room at the further end
Nv the corridor, His nerves bein
very sensitive, heavy mattin wuz laid
down in all the halls, at the servants
Nv the house wuz espeshnlly direct
ed to wear list slippers and to walk
on their tip toes.
wnz invited to his room and wuz
favored with fcw minutes conver-
sashcn with the first of Amerikens.
Glancin ont NV the winder his fine,
sof, grey eye restid on the roof Nv
Liby. Lilies! lies! sed he angry
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