The Portland daily press., 1867-05-30

The "SPoTTswooD," RICHMOND, VA.

The "SPoTTswooD," RICHMOND, VA.
May -, 1867. J
Iu castin retrospective glance baclerd over
the parkway ov the parst kan sea menny
mistakes L hev made. | hevnt alluz MADE tne
most ov oportoonities. hey douud WnG;
doutin was q krime, and hev stood shNerih
ON the brink and feared to lanch ava Oh d
dan on the tother side of wien wul Pe P o,,r
profit, Our ioreste isn't aluz ez soou So ,. osi
hind-site am satisfied tiilt tiio i ,ot nj,,n.r
take / ever made in my lite wuZ III !t ny Pie
in bedlonU in2 the war, eZ kohieulit hi'Joi
general, distinguishin nyseli i9r hfuity 'o.'iu
frdral prizners,2 bein AT the kioSe vi ,he H'.-
risile struole reserved 81 imbraced ez long lost
tho snmN6at forred bruther by the Northern
neonIe e. oy koars bein the obieck NV simpy-
Inv ez a marter by the Southern people In
thIs sitooashen man hez strings 2 his bow.
He brings his support Xtrealns. He ietches
2pether horis Grealey from the side u Gen
eTal Boregard from tother-- tha imbrase and
standin ontu both their shoulders he hez wat
ma bea called a soft thing ov it.
wuz led in2 this frame ov reflections hi the
experience / hev he'd with our sainted cheei
Jeffyson Davis. kane 2 this city on secret
mishun, the principle obick of wich wuz sea
that eyrytbink wus dun for kumfut ov the IL
lustrius man that kood be dun, on the okka-
shun NV his contemplated trip to Richmohd
& that the arrangements should be eZ perfect ez
possible. Pertikely wuz charged sea tiise
evrythlnk calceelated 2 jar on ms sensi'lte
teelns be removed-evrything wich coou III
eny wa wound his sense NV hearin' seem or
smellin.
The crate man had konsentid Ego. He he'd
bin. he felt illegally deprived Nv Hberty-un-
konstitushenly III fact-and ei ne shoou koh-
suit his own fealins he wood rename, but for
give wuz divine. Nlewln these percedihs III
the lite NV ananalogy he wood go.
The day he'd arrived. The steamer wuz at
the Fortress carefully prepared to receive its
illustrious burden. 1t had been thoroughly
cleaned and filmigated, the cabin he'd been
-. l,,,l lnla
for the President and party. The wuz Yoonit-
e States officers and sojers aboard, but out of
respeck for the feelings NV their ilustrious
"prizner," ez he is technically called, they KEEP
theirseves away out of his site, that the color
nv their uniforms might not awaken onpleas-
ant reheckshuns. So perfeck indeed, wuz the
arrangements that the railin NV the boat wich
wuZ origiDelly bloc, was kivered with gray
cloth, and the eagle fggerhead NV the craft
wuz sawed of. This wuz sejested by emil
nent Conservative of Moo York, who hez a
large southern trade wich he didn't preioodis
by his course durin the war. The ladies cabin
wuz origenelly assigned to the party, but a
female passenger he'd no more regard for the
kumfort of the marter than to die on the pas
sage, and they were deprived NV it, The Con-
servative merchant insisted that the corpse be
thrown overheard, but Mr.. Davis, with a mag
namIty wich wuz alus characteristic NV him
retoozed. NO, said he, "let her rest there.
L kin endoor the inconvenience, severe as it is.
1t is but one more attempt to break my sperit"
All the way up ther WuZ the most techin def
erence shown him. AT every landin the pee-
pie were assembled to greet him, and ez they
saluted him, he acknowledged it with a show
NV condeseDshen l never saw off the stage
he conversed but little on the passage up. Ez
the boat wuZ sweepin maiestically past pints
made historicle by the events NV the great
struggle, his eyes wood brighten, eff they wuz
sch pints ez Confedrit Good take pride in, or
dim with teers eff they wuz pints at wich they
he'd been reVerSes. .t'
We arrived at Richmond at last. The most
considrit preparashenS he'd bin maid for his re-
sepshen. Thar wuz no irons onto hm-the
only guards IN site waz them wich he'd bin de-
tailed to keep the crowd from annoying him
and carriage waz in readiness, into wich we
seated ourselves, and waz driven off at digni-
lied pace to that resort ov the arustocracy of
Verginny-the Spottswould. Here more con-
siderashun was shown. Mr.. Davis being
averse to walking up stairs, a suite ov rooms
hev bin prepared for him ON the fust floor, and
the presence ov General Burton, NV the FEEDER
al army bein obnoxshus, he waz assigned by the
ex-Presdent room at the further end of the
corredor. His nerves being very sensitive
heavy matteng waz laid down in all the halls,
and the servants NV the house waz espeshally
directed to wear list slippers and to walk on
their tip toes.
L waz envited to his room and waz favored
with few minutes Conversation with the filst
Ameriken, and when he dyes, the last. Glane-
ing out ov the winder his fine, soft gray eyes
rested on the roof ov Libby. Lilies! iiesr' sed
he angrely.
Wat special lies hav you reference tew ?"
askt l.
Them witch waz publisht in the seurre lous
reports NV the Committees NV unconstoosh-
mel Congress regarding the treatment NV priz-
ners in Libby. They asserted that the officers
dyed becawse they he'd but ten feet by two for
sleeping, washing, cookin, and eatn. They he'd
that space and wat more waZ necessary? Why
give EN- room to cook when they hedn't any
tn hnrn nt.arn 10 1E Al
hadent anythin to eat? No, its false 1t waz
not the crowdin that perdoost the mortality"
Only wunst waz his boZum rung. He waz
standin at the winder, gain upon Richmond
his mind revertin to the time when it waz the
capital ov his Confederacy, when a proseshun
parsed with moosick, and flags and banners.
With shreek ov angwish he berid his he'd in
the kertins, and wept alowd. / rusht TO the
winder 1t waz az l feered. Film slowly bi
waz proceshun ov niggers who had past that
wa perpusly.
.Murslfe Heyen?' sad he, /" haz it kun to
thlsI and he waz Very rezerved and depressed
the balunse ov ne da.
- Inc next ia the President waz taken to the
Court: Az he entered the rune and glansed
Pro.dy over the awjense. it wood hev bin very
aiffikult to hev desided whether he waz a goin
to try the Court or the Court him. But repres
in hisself, he took hiz sect. Techin solissitood
waz dsplade in the Court Rune for hiz kum-
fut A crack in the winder casn let in draft
ov kold air; he shuddered and shudder wran
thrOo the entire assembage. The shudder ov
the Konservativ merchant from M York waz
trooy artistick. Kotton waz kalled for, when
the Konservativ merchants wife tore off one
ov her buzums and stuff the apertoor. Waz
ther ever moar techin sackrifse? The Presi-
dent weeped as he beheld it. On assertainin
the temperatoor which best sooted his system
athermometor waz brot, and the rune waz
kept at that presise degree.
There wuz sum trifiin legal formalities gone
through with, and the Presidents counsel
made motion that he be admitted to BALE
There was a stur in the Court make it
millionl" sed one, 80 that the craven North
shell see how we kin take care NV them we
luvf' but Underwood, with meanness charac-
teristick Nv the man, fixed it at 500 900, and
brisk as beas, Schel, Moo York Dimocrat
several Richmond Dimocrats and Horris Gree
ley slept forrered and signed it, l..
Never shel forgit the shout that ascended
as Horris was sinin his name.
SO chears for Jeffyson Grealy and Horis Da-
vlss-one inseperabill, now & foreverr'
shouted enthoosyasticl coniedrit.
Immortality is yorsep sed auuther, seazin
him by the GSB% corjelly. Jeffyson Daviss is
the big dorg ov the age, and yoO my deer sir
are the tin kittle tide his tale. Wat .ioy!-
Wat happynis! When posterrvty sneeks oy
HIM sha will speek Nv Yooi"
L coodent restrane myself no MORE
Dustin into teers fell into Greeley's buzum
and we embraced. Ez he hadent his speckti-
cles on he spOsed it was Davis hisself and he
pust iuto SeTS silSo, anu Cuere was Wun
the most strikin tabloos ever exhibited [ got
away afore he diskivered his mistake
Here was the endin Nv our trubbles-the
eonsummashen NV our hopes. DAVIS Is FREE.
The pent up emoshens NV the people found
vent. AS he slept into the street the peonle
crowded to the carridge which contained ms
and rent the air with cheers. We reeched the
hotel, and after embracin his wife, a season
NV religious exercises was he d. The clergy
man who he'd charge nv Davis piety doorin
the war was present. and he offered PRAYER
He prayed fervently that the Lord wood for
give the people NV the North for the wrong
they he'd done our santed head, that He wood
forgive, if possible, the late he'd NV the fed
eral government who he'd opposed him and
the glorious coz and eff Divine mercy Good
stretch so far, that He wood forgive the
Colonel nv the Michigan cavalry wich he'd
hunted down the Saint who waz now in our
midst and made of him kaptv He prayed
ior forgiveness for the reckless men of The
north who invaded Virginy; for the knuse-
paper conductors who he'd opposed him who
was now with us, especially Horis Greely. who
hed thls uay III some measure atoned for his
previous Shortcomings. He prayed that the
blessings of heaven might rest. first unon the
city of Richmond, then upon the haianna 20. &c
Virginy, and afterward upon the balance nv
the Southern States, and he wound mn viii, n
phervent appeal that the Ethiopians wb;oi,
coodent change their SKINS might see the ar.
ror Of their ways aud return TO their normal
condishun.
After this the President received his friends
am not permitted to give more of the Presi-
dents plan than this: He will remain in Sc
clusion, and will take no part in politics until
after his final acquittal in November He
don't feel at liberty to take hold of the govern
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