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NAsBY
TRIuNrmAL PROGRESS or JFFF. DAVIS ron
F0RrREss Monroe TO RICHloSD.
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FoRrREss MoNRoE TO RICHloSD.
TIE " SrOTTswO0D," RICHMOND, Va, I
May Is, 1857.
In casun a Retrospective glance blckerei over
the pathway Nv the past. ! kin zee many mis-
takes which ] hev made. heyn't lllus made
the most Nv cport0oniues-l hcv doubted when
d0ubtiu Wuz a crime. ami | hev stood shiyrIn on
the blink sni feared TO lanch away on Jorions
on the tlther side uy which wuz Ie.f ani proht.
Our broEte isn't aluz ez good IS our hand
site I sm satisfied that the greatest mistake /
ever o. lie 10 al my life Wuz in not plungin
heaionr into the war, e. a Ccufelrit Major
General, distinguisan myself for crooelty To-
ward Federal primers, and bern al the close Of
the fratrisidie struggle reseevei ant embrase1
e. a l0ng-l0st though somewhat forward brother
hy the Northern people, and Nv eoorse BEN tie
oljeck u sympathy e marter by the southern
people. In this sit0oashen man hez two
strings TO his bow. He brings to bis support
the two extremes lie fetches together Horace
Greely from the one side and General Boregard
from the tother-they embrace, and standin
onto both their shoulders he hez wat may be
called a soft thing NV it.
Wuz LED into these tain " reflections by
the experience hev he'd with our slintei eheef,
Jefferson DAVIS. I came 10 this city on a secret
fnfsNWW tho nt.gaaA rr~ wrHn WY ~ see s-AAA
everything wuz done Tor the C mort Nv the Il
lustri0us man tha Good be done, ol the occashen
NV his c1ntemulatii trip 10 Richmond, and that
the arrangements shooi be ez perfect e possible
Partikelsrly wuI charged to see that every
thing cl,kcltl 20 jar onto bis sensitive ie,lns
be rem0sd--cserythin which Good wound ms
sense uy hearin, seein Or sme.l.n.
Tne great man had couseu,.I 60 20. lie he'd
bin, De ielt. ills-s'ly deprived NV iherty-un-
cousi-.slueiiy IN halt-aud ei he shood consult
his ,8n ieelIus he wood rename, but q forgive
wuz divine. NeFiu these Irocceiins in the lite
Nv an apology he wood 60
The DAY hel arrived. The steamer wuI at
the Fortress carefully prepared TO receive It's Il
lus.r1us burden. It he'd been thoroughly
cleaned and fumgaiel, the cabins he'd been nooly
furnisht and susshl alterations made for the Pres
ident aud patty. 1her was Ioouiiei States Of
ic.Is md sojers abroad. but out Of respeck Tor
the lee inc Nv their IllustrI0us " primer, as
he Is technically called, they KEEP theirselyes
away cut w his ste. that The color Nv their uni
forms might not awaken unpleasant rtileckshens-
So perieoE, indeed. Tuz the arrangements that
the railin uy the boat which was orlgnelly bloc,
was kiverei with gray cloth, snd the esgle flag
gerheal Nv the craft wuz sawed OF. fhis was
s,itsiel by a eminent Conservative " Nco
ork, who hez ! large Southern trade Wich he
didu' prejoOdis BY his course dJorin the war.
| The ladies' cabin was originelly assigned to
[ the party, but a female passenger he'd DO more
regard tor the comfort Nv the marier than 10 die
| on the passage, snd they we're deprived Nv it.
| The Conservative merchant insisted that the
/ corpse be thrown overheard. but Mr.. DAVIS,
/ with a maguauimity which Wuz Characteristic
/ Nv lm, reloozei. - No. sed he, " let her
rest there | kin endoor the Inconvenience. Sc
we're ne it is Il Is but one more attempt 10
/ break my sperit.
All the way up ther wuz the most techin def
ereucs shown him. At every landin the people
were assembled to greet hin, aud ez they saloo-
ted inn, he Acknowledged It with shoE Of
con senshen 1 never saw of the stage lie
cor. rsei but little on the passage up. IL the
b. Euz a sweepin majesticaliy past pinis made
/ hs -!cle by the events uy the great struggle,
bis ,e wood brighten, ef they Euz sich plnts
ez a Conleirit Good take prde in, or dim with
ieers ei they WuI pinIs at Eich ther he'd been
reyerses.
We arrived at Richmond at last. The most
eopsiierit preparashens he'd been made for his
resspshen. Their wuz no irons onto hlm-the
only guards in site Wuz them Wich he'd bin de-
tailed 10 Keep the crowd from annOyin nm, anu
/ Il carriage wuz in readiness, into Wicn We seated
ourselves, and wuz driven of at dignlhel pace
10 hat res0rt Nv the arIstCcracy NV Nirgnny-
the Spoitswood. Here more condeTashen was
shown. Mr.. Davis bein ayerse 10 Talkin "
stairs, a suit Nv rooms he'd been prepared FOL
him on the fust floor, aud the presence Nv Gen
eral Burton Nv the Federal army bein oonoxshus
he wuz assigned by the Ex-Presldent room a
the further end Nv the corridor. lie nerve
bein very sensitive, heavy msttin was lAid dow
in all the halls, and the servants nv the hous
Wuz especially directed to wear list slippers an
to walk on their tip toes.
wuz invited TO his room and wuz fayore'
with few minutes conversashen with the hrs
Of AmeIikens, and, when be dies, the last
Glaucin out Nv the winder, his fine, soft gre
eye restid on the roof Nv Libby.
, - Lies hes - sed he, angrilly.
"Wat speshel lies hev 700 reference to z
! askt l.
a Then wich wuz publisht in the scurrilOu
reports nv unconstooshnel Co7gris regardi
the treatment Nv primers il Libby. They a
serted that the officers died becoz they he'd or
! ten feet by two, for sleepin, washin, oookid an
eatin. They he'd that space, and wat more W.
necessary? Why give EN- room to COOK "he
> they hed'nt anythin to cook? wherefore rooi
: to eat, eff they hedn't snythin to eat NO. II u
: false. IL wuzn't the crowdin that peruoost u
-, mortality
L Only wunss wuz his buzzum wrung lie VI
d a standin at the winder, gain out upon hie
r mond. his mind revertin to the time when
Wuz the Capital Of his Confedracy, when pr
'a eession mast with moosic, and banners Wi
IN a shrek NV angsh he buried his bead in I
N curtins, and uept aloud. l rusht to the wind'
IL was as feared. Film slowly by wuz pc
1e cesriOn NV niggers. who he'd past that way p'
he posely. sMerciful HeavenP' sed he, "hez
~ come to this!' and he wuz very reserved
.. ieprest the balence Nv the day.
" The next day the President Wuz taken 70
ed court. Ez he entered the room and giap'
er proudly over the avjsnce it wood hey bin VI