Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-06-01

From the Toledo Blade.
TRIUMPHAL PROGRESS OF j. DAVIS FROM
FORTRESS MONROE TO RICHMOND.
Tile "SpOttsoood," Richmond, Va, I
.. May 13, 1867.
In castin q retrospective glance backerd
over the pathway Nv the past, kin see
many mistakes wich hev made. l hevn't
alluz made the most Nv oportoonities-I
hcv doubtid when douotin wuz a crime,
and L hev stood shivrin on the brink and
feared to lanch away, when on the tother
side Nv the Jordon wuz pelf and profit Our
foresite isn't alluz ez our hindsite. The
great error Nv my life wuz in not plungin
hcadlong into the war ez Confedrit Major
General, distinguishin myself for crooelty to
Fedral primers, and bein at the close Nv the
fratriside struggle reseevd and embraced ez
long-lost brother by the Northern people
Qettin EN- kill fattid calves for me), and NV
coorse bein the objeck Nv sympathy ez a
marter by the Southern people. In this
sitooashen man hez two strings to his bow.
He brings to his support the two extremes.
We fetches together Horris Greely from the
one side and Genral Boregard from the
tother-they embrace, and standin onto
both their sholdcrs he hez wat may be called
a soft thing wv it.
l WIZ led into these train NV reflections
by the experience have he'd with our sain-
ted cheef, Jefferson Davis wuz sent hth-
er by the President to see that eyerythin
wuz done for the comfort Nv TIE ilustrious
man that Good be done, on the occashen NV
his contemplated trip to Richmond. Par
tikelerly wuz charged to see that every
thing calkelatid to jar into his sensitive
feelins be removed-everything wich Good
wound his sense Nv hearin, seein or smellin
The crate man had consentid to go. He
he'd bin, he felt, Illegally deprived NV liber-
y-unconstooshnelly in fact-and ef he
shood consult bis own feelins he wood re-
name, but to forgive wuz divine. Viewin
these perceedins in the lite NV an apology he
wood go.
The day he'd arrived. The steamer wuz
at the Fortress, carefully prepared to receive
its illustrious burden. 1t had been thorough
ly cleaned and fumigated, the cabins he'd
bin nooly furnsht, and speshl alterashens
made for the President and party. There
wuz Yoonited States officers and soliers
aboard, but out of respeck for the feeins Nv
their illustrious 'prizner," ez he is technical
ly called, they KEEP themselves carefully out
of his site, that the color Nv their uniforms
might not awaken unpleasant reflechens.
that the railin NV the boat, which was orr
ginely bloc, was kivered with gray cloth,
and the eagle inger-h head Nv the craft wuz
sawed off. This wuz sejested by eminent
conservative of Moo York, who hez large
Southern trade wich he didn't prejoodis by
his course dooring the war. The ladies'
cabin wuz originelly assigned to the party,
but female passenger he'd no more regard
for the comfort Nv the marter than to die on
the passage, and they were deprived Nv it.
The Conservative merchant insisted that the
corpse be chucked overheard, but Mr. Davis,
with magnanimity which wuz alluz char
acterlstic NV him, refoozed. "No," said he,
"let her rest there. ! kin endoor the incon.
venience, severe as it Is. 1t is but one more
attempt to break my sperit." @
All the way up ther wuz the mcst tetchin
Difference shown him. At every landin the
people were assembled to greet him, wich
he acknowledged it with condesenshen
never saw off the stage. He conversed but
little on the passage up. Ez the boat was
sweepin majestically past pints made histor-
icle by the events NV the great struggle his
eye wood brighten, ef they wuz sich pints ez
a Confedfit Good take pride in, and dim
with teers eft they wuz pints at wich ther
hedbin reverses,
Inc most considrit preparashens he'd bin
made for his resepshen. Ther 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 readi-
ness, into wich we seeted ourselves, and wuz
driven off at digniied pace to that resort
NV the aristocracy Nv Yirginny-the Spotts-
wood. Here more considersshen wuz shown.
Mr.. Davis bein averse to walkin up stairs,
suite Nv rooms he'd bin prepared for him on
the fust floor, and the presence NV General
Burton, Nv the Fedral army, bein obnoxshus,
he wuz assigned by the ex-President room
at the further enc Nv the corridor. His
nerves bein very sensitive, heavy mattin was
laid down all the halls, and the servants NV
the house wuz especially directed to wear
list slippers, and to walk on their tip toes.
] wuz invited to his room, and wuz fa-
vored with few minutes conversashen
with the first of Amerikens. lGancin out NV
the winder his fine, soft, grey eve restid on