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into the crown. His guards answer.
ed shis call, but tho crowd dispersed
without waiting to bo bayoncted.

"iehoat waiting to be- bayoncted.
Fortress Monroe The Quarters of JET:
farson Davis.
From q letter in the New York /
Herald, of May 24th, we extract the
following:
Your correspondent visited the
cascmatc rendered famous by the oc.
cupation Of the arch rebel Jefferson
Davis. Much was said Of the bar
barity Of our government officials in |
consgning that refined and delicate
frume to so grim and cheerlcss a
prison cell. Thousands of masculine
tongues in the South were busted in
recounting the numberless indignities
and insults to which their beloved
chief was daily subjected, and thou
sands of gushing female hearts over
flowed with tender compassion when
they thought Of his desolate impris-
onment in dark vault, mouldy and
chilly from the dampness that ooacd
from the stony walls. It makes one
melancholy to think of the hosts Of
falsehoods that were SO diligently
passed around, and Of the floods of
tears and oceans Of sympathy that
were uselcssly expended over the
supposed suflerings Of their idolizel
Jefferson. I found the rooms pleas
ant, comfortable, well ventilated, and
not at all damp. In warm weather
these cascmates arc quite cool, from
Lhc fact that they arc built Of heavy
granite and banked over with earth.
Atsuch times a small fire is needed
to raise the temperature near to that
outside. These rooms are now occu-
pied by Captain Albion Howe. ord
nance officer to tho Artillery School.
The Captain, who has the appearance
Of having been accustomed to as re-
fined q style Of life as Mr.. Davis, has
nothing to complain Of in his quar-
tcrs, and the bloom Of health on his
checks is an unquestionablc denial to
the stories told concerning the damp
ness and unhealthincss Of the rooms.
Since the time General Dutlcr es.
tabllshed his hugo negro boarding
house here, this post has undergone
many remark able changes, in the
: main, for the better. When Butler
: was monarch Of all he surveycd'' tho
5 fort was a combination of all that
was offensive and unsightly, with but
very few redccming features i..dccd.
~ stranger, on landing at the dock,
might well have been pardoncd for
mistaiing it for Timbuctoo, or some
other metropolitan niggeropolis On
every hand were huddlcd together
nests Of filthy pens, constructed in
the peculiar style Of architecture
: known only to the ebony sons of
; liam.
AS the systems then in vogue at
the tort was not as perfect or us rig
IDLY executed as it should have been
=. it may be readily inferred that the
gentle zephyrs which were waited
from these hamlets were not as sweet
, as those coming from a magnolia
! grove or avineyard. ..,
Add to these aggrogations Of squal.
id misery the immense piles Of rubish
and trash created by collections of
damaged ordnance, quartermasters'
and commissary stores laid aside for
future condemnation, and the thou.
E sand and one unattractive objects
that accumulate about a busy militia
ry post in time of war, and very
correct idea of, Fort Monroe may be
imagined as it was under the admin.
istration of Generals. Butler and " ool.
. Now, however, the post has not only
resumed the appearance Of neatness
and order it possessed before the late
"little unpleasantness," but it has
) been considerably altered; and vast.
4 ly improved. '.a .4., ~
: A still better answer is furnished BY
, the fact, that the Army Surgeon, DR..
~
, Craven, detailed to attend upon Mr..
Davis, pronounced his quarters un.
=, fit for one in his condition, and re.
commended his removal. Hes was,
accordingly removed; and Dr.. Ora.
van, BECAUSE he had a little Of "the
milk Of human kindness in his ma.
) ture, was also removed. " e 2 '4,''"
!, i is perfectly useless for such wri-
r ters to attempt to, wipe ont the foul
blot on the page Of history establish
ed blythe barbarous treatment Of Mr..
) Davis: He was imprisoned as a trait.
or, and treated as thetyiIest felon: