Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-11-26
How JEFF. Davis Went Out 10 oouhide a
Wisconsin Roy, and How He
$50 Didn't DO II. ".


How JEFF. Davis Went Out 10 oowhide n
wisconsin Roy, and How He ID
8dl Didn't DO IL. ~
TT Is, probably, known TO but very few
Of the present citizens Of our STAT that
Wisconsin has the high distinotion ef haV. !.
ing gwen Mr.. Jefferson Davis, az Prcsi-
dent of the sS Gonfodcrnte. Statcs, his FIRST
public whipping. 'fi'a VI
1t should be remembered that Master
JEFF was educated for The army at'the OK.
pcnso of the Government he so ungpstes
full betrayed, and entered the service as u.
lean, lank, impcrious, overbcaring Lielt
tenant, and was stationed ut Fort Howard
and Fort Winnebago, about the years 1899
to 1881. In 1880 or 1881, 'hG was sta
toned at the latter post, where the cir
Cumstanccs we are about 10 relate &c.
CURED. For year or two previous a
Buckeye boy named StowartLd fun sized,
well built, muscular man. and as good
naturcd as an cldphaht4had been in tic
employ OF Judge Arndt, of Green Bay, in
building what were called Mackipaw
boats, with which most of the river trans
portaton was done AT The time VIC arc
speaking of, Stewart was engaged in mo-
chanical work at Fort Winnebago, where
Davis was stationed,
JefC, in the meantime, had become
enamored of n pretty young woman of
selni'ab bortginal origin, orr I'M plain Eng.
lish, a hall breed, and was very Jealous Of
any attention bestowed upon her BY others.
For somo cause or other the monster with
in lin fixed his green eyes upon Stewart,
and ho swore by all the buttons on his
| coat that he would cowhide the miserable
Yankee out OF his sllin. The idea of slIoh
miserable wisp OF skin ana bones ht.
| lacking such u built man rs Stewart was
preposterOus enough, and his threatswefc
regarded as mere Soutbern3 gasconade
| But jeff evidently calculated ns he didon
| later occasion, that thelow born pleheian
would not dare to resist high born South.
| ern, but would crouch and take all he
might sec tit to lay on, and 30, providing
himself with u good oowhide, he watched
his opportunity. H' rr1t iI.. .f'
| Tho desired occasion was not lohg de
| lAyed. One evening after the days WORK
was ended, as Stewart was walking in
front of the fort, Davis came out, and with
out ceremony began to lay it on, But hl
found, as he did in the rebellion, that thert
were two parties to Me controversy A
blow or two was sufficient TO arouse thu
lion, and Stewart, Us he turned upon him
planted his left digits under Jelf's righ
ribs and his right ones under his left car
and knocked him end over end. Stcwar
was not n professional pugilist, and din
not wait for his adversary TO rise, btt
pounecd upon him like tiger and, ayinj
Jeif 3 wrists side by side on his chest, he'll
them both as in wise with his left hNnt
and kept his right hand ready for turtle
! action. Poor Davis, half dead from tn
two ST. dge hammer blows he had received
Il squirmed and twisted in vain. There h
was, fast as If he was in the iron arms of
guillotinc, and at the mercy of his adverse
Try. BY this time Stewart had becom
quite cool, and told Davis he deserved
| good poundings j"Bdt," said he, "if yo
will take back what you. have said abou
me, and agree to let me alone, / will lc
you up without further injurWn1sy i1s
l. mo, he would never do any such thins
Then Stewart began to slap Joif's fac,
first on this side and then on the othe
and then repeated his demand for til
pledge, and jeff again refused. Then Il
O. pulled his nose and twisted il, and slappe
his face some more In thc meantime Oh
garrison was all asdr, and General, the
Major Twiggs, the same that went over
the rebellion with his whole command
United States troops stationed in Texas,
giant of man physically, standing abou
six feet six and Of fun proportions, but,
confessed coward withal, came out an
peremptorily ordered Stewart to let Dav
, up an order. which, as compiandsr OF th
| fort, lie could haNo executed sulnnarlly
bnddthat he would not lot him up an inc
Till heapologi2ed and promised to keep Il
} peace, and, said he, "Alhior, you can
\ make mo do it, and if you want TO take
In Hffl 4 4
) whip you and yortr whole garrison If vo
viii bring out ypifr men in squads Of D,
| moro than six It u time" And then j
, went on manipulating JefiSs checks, an
= nose and ears, and repeating his demanC
: for " indemnity for the past and seourit
I for the future" while Twiggs looked o
, in mute astonishment ut The audaciot
pluck of the Yankee boatbuilder. Finall'
che embryo rebel President, seeing n
| way of escape, either by buster. mai
| strength or the interference of the NIaio
9 concluded to accept the situation, took n
: BACK, and promised TO treat Stewart as
, gentleman, and was let up, romarking,
+ he went AWAY that he,pevsE reoeiyed sllc
blows from fnNn Cor herseAsnd 1,iobtih
: he never did again till another Buekey
I boy met him in another Wilderness II
said he felt as If he had been kicked by
Z mule, JEFF should hayc remembered IN,
lesson, and never again presumed, as /
, dld IN getting up the rebellion, upon
> lankee's s,heldHlg StAl 10 bo,l0eked ,
| Phc writer ~ Tits article dill not wt,he
: this interesting fight, but was we'll n
. quanted with Stewart, and received Il
: foregoing account OF the ailjtir from n
| own mouth soon after the occurrence,
2 well ms from the lips of others who wi
/ messed il; and the narrative we have give
l may be relied upon as substantially co
/, rect.-N0ipdVkec IStRtiaol. .,.