Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1869-02-12
The Flight and Capture 81 JesfeP.
son Davis.
ny rD. A. POLLARD, IN PAcKARD's MONTHLY.
icosrrSuED IRON LAST WEEK.

oOn D0YiA.
ny rD. A. POLLARD, IN pAcKARp's MONTHLY
/
| cogrISuED IRON LAST WEEK.
| Ru, the blow was too mncb for his feeble
organization. His face was white with an.
ger and di,apnointment. and Tie mist of un,
| Shed ,ears was in nj. ercs--,ears which pride
| s,ruopled IN keen bacl. Tho sentiment tha,
all was LOST yeni sNrongh b;s heart like the
| .low aud measured ,brns, of a suord: as the
| woond spnl into !, 4, lef him sneechless
loose and ,o,,ering. he would have fallen IL,
the aoor. had NOT General Rreckenridpe end.
ed The seens bv lead;op him falteriny from
the room. In dead and onnressive silence
the deserted Leader. the fallen chief secured
n decor, retreat far agonies which tears only
coud relieve
Twas the last council Of the Confeieracy.
The hateful sels sbness which ofsy;nates in
the attempt of each Individual 10 ex.ricate
himself from a common misfortune soon
| broke out. no longer restrained by the pres
| ence of the President The soldiers we're
| di,cbarped. bur tbey clamorad that they had
no ,noney to take them home. What of the
| Treasury yold that remained was divided
amony them. So fearful were tbey Of ma.
rauders that thew buried their coin in the
woods. and in nnfreouented places. With
The disbaudmeu, Of the troops Mr., BENJAMIN
suggested separation of the cabine, officers
from the president. making an ercuse that
10 large a par,, would advertise their aight.
and increase the chances of capture. Mr..
| Davis was left TO make his way to Georgia.
pos,na s,ar Ganer.l Rlagan con,;spng tbe
journey with him. and Reel ckenr;aye onjv ,o
a noint where he thought il convenient 10
leave for Florida. There were also in the
nnr,v two or ,bres of his staff office,s. and n
few struggling soldiers. who still kent nm
some slow Of an escort. Mrs. Davis had
already preceded her husband 10 Georgia
ard be now travelled SLOWLY. and almost des.
olately. on horseback. having arranoe3 ,ba,
she should await him in the Town n Wash
inpton.
The eruele., NEGLECT or insul, of b;s mis-
fortune bannened in na.s;ny tb,opch The
small ,own az Gy;swoldyills ,Ie bome rr Al.
exander II. Stenbens. Mr. Davis now an
obiec, Of svmnatbv. worn. deserad ram.;r-
cd two or ,hrse dava r. Grisvoldv;lla. he
MIGHT ,he,s :, lsa.t have svnee,aj ,hs, on.
WHO had been 40 near 20 him IN o,g;ce "a ,hs
| Vice Pres;dent Of the Copfadnrrev would
have v;s;,ad hin, ,o ,araor so,,o hosn;,.l;,,
or 10 offer an honorable condolencs. NJ
S,enhens never came ns.r him nevsr .ent
him tic, n, me.sa,o 10 ~, shar,a =. 4,
nan,;orad for snrsiy = r,san ,a,rra 4 rav.
or NOR. desn;cabla than in II. ,rs.,men. 81
missn4une and H. cova,llv ,afng. On anch
occasions in old resan,ment. or Il sslssh
| calculations
| From Cr;svo,dv;l,o Tho nov b,r..d p-es;.
dent v.s soon driven aoa;n on lila ;on,uev
hv news ~ The occuna,,on ~ An,ns.a ~
had slso received naws of tba .ssass;,,.,;oo
Of Pres;dant I,;ucoln, And ,h.t syen, ha A..
clared. confirmed b;s resolution not 10 leave
the conntrv. He inferred from the newsn..
ns,s ,ba, ba -. accused a. ~ acoa,, -
Il ,be cr;rna s,d bs rsma,Lsj 70 nns nf -
.,.fF of;cers Tho, he awonld nrosar 5.a,h -
The disbonor Of leaving ,he country under
sncb An ;mn,ta,;onn Rn. ,;,b srrb ssn.
,;men,. i viii occur 10 he reada, ,bst !,
would have been noble and decorors sor NJ
Davis 10 have Surrendered himself a, The
nearest Federal most, and 10 have aaman5.
ed a trial II wanld bavs nIaosa - - |.
grand and winning a,,;,nds' ons hacom;ns !
great man. one honorable to himself and sbs
south. and redeeminc him mora than .ny.
thing else in tb- ewes ofthe world. Rat mn.
| fortunately he accented The base a,,srro,;v.
Of continuing his h;vh,. and ,ha, too with
the ar,ifiee Of a mean disguise.
| On leaving Gr;swo,dv;lle /, va. as,s-r,;,.
ed hat Mr.. Davis and his samiIr wbo,, ba
e,nss,ed soon 10 oysrtaks should ,bor.as,a,
travel 4, an erigr1uf pryfu NJ Rsarar
was sill ia his Company. General Rrack,
enr;dpe had left outside The town ~ Wash.
ing,oa. taking with him fortv.6ve Kentucky
selIier,-a S,ravrl;nv remnant ~ Mnr,ari
old brigade. Ten mounted men hsd offered
To asenr, Mrs Davis and .I,ho,.h ,tor IA
aecen,ed their na,oIas ;,,s,lv cors;da-sa ,ha, I
they might protect . distressed Iaav s,orr
marauder.. All tokens Of The Pres;dsnIs
imnor,.nce. IL dress and arr vsre la;5 ss;as !.
covered wagons. A pack k.mnle and cooh;n !,
utensils were provided At wash;noton ,ns
il was designed that Mrs. Davis b;s Via
and his xiSe's sister should nass as /. s;mnls
couatrv family emirra,ipv from (;eor,;, snS
hayinc fallen in with .,raygl,n, sol3;srs rar
their nrotec,ion. Mr. nsv;s' d;,n;,, ,as
laid aside without much dif4;cp,tv Ca,l,la
saws; "A King in Tho m;d.. of ri. hajrS
gnard. with ali his trumpe,s varsbarss. IA
rilt standard bearers. will look grea, ,houcb
be be little but Ouiy some Roman earns
can eiye audience 70 sa,rap smha.sado-s
while seated on the grovnd, with a wooden
cap, and supping on boiled peas. like COM
mon soldier" Mr.. Davis, in tile dress of a
country farmer, had none of these traces of
imperialism which cling TO those "born to
the purple His features, Just aud hands
some, without being remarkable. were those
which might command by assumed airs. or
might be prac,iced to partie nlar expressions.
but scarcely those which could assert superi>
ority without an effort and at glance. He
incurred bu, little chance, of detection ia
the dress be had assumed Of an honest we'll.
tosdo emigrant.
But the last device Of the distinguished fu.
gitive, the only one in which he had shown
any ingenuity, and had confessed his real
anxiety for escape, was in vain, and he was
captured three days Journey from Washing.
ton. He had scarcely expected 10 fall IA
with any enemy north of the Chat,ahooche
river, the boundary OF "the department of
the Southwest" and there he had designed
to part with bis wife, and to commit her to
her journey to the Shenandoah. He was
oversaken by a small body Of Federal caval~
~, oriRinalysent out to post skirmish line
through that part OF Georgia, reaching to
Augusta, but now diverted to his pursuit.
The wicked and Absurd story that Mr.. Da.
Wis was captured disguised in female attire
is scarcely now credited. He was aroused
in the early erey Of the morning by q faith.