Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-01-07

less; loose and tOttering, he woulu nave
fallen to the floor, had not Gen. Breck
IinrIdge ended the scene by leading hin
ialterIng from the room. In a dead anG
Oppressive silence the deserted lead, r
The fallen chief, secured a decent retreat
or a9onies which tears only could r..
| iieve.
HE Il INsULTED.
The cruelest neglect or insult of his
misfortune happened in passing through
the small town of GriswoidvIlle, tie
nome of Alexander III. Stephens. MIR.
JAWS, now an object of sympathy, wcrn,
deser. ed, remained two or three days IN
Griswoldviile; he might there, at leas ,
lave expected that one who had bt, n
so near him in Office as the Vice Presi
dent of the Conlederacy, would have
visited him, to tender some hospitality
or to offer all honorable coincidence. Mr.
stephens never came near him, never
sent him token or message, to his shame
be it mentioned; for surely a mean na-
ture Is never more despisable than in its
treatment of misfortune, in old resent
ments or in selfish calculations.
HE BECOMES AN EMIGRANT.
On leaving Griswoldville it was de-
termined that Mr.. Davis and his family,
whom he expected soon to overtake,
should thereafter travel as an emigrant
party. MIR. Reagan was still i'll his COM
pany. Gen Breckinridge had left out
side the town of Washington, taking
with him fOrty-five Kentucky soldiers
a struggling remnant of MOrgan's old
brigade. Ten mounted men had offered
TO escort Mrs. Davis, and although they
had accepted their paroles, justly con-
sidereti that they might protect a dis
tressed lady from marauiers. All To-
kens oft Presidents importance, in
dress and air, were laid aside; covered
wagons, a pack mule and cooking uten-
sils were provided at Washington and
il was designed that Mr.. Davis, his wife,
and his wife's sister should pass as sim
ple country family emigrating from
Georgia, and having fallen in with strag-
giIng sekdiers for their protection. Mr..
Davis dignity was laid aside. wit,ost
much difficulty. ta'lyle says: IA King
in the midst of his body guard, with all
his trumpets, war horses, and gift stand
ard-bearers, will look great, though he
be little; but only some Roman Carus
IAN give audience to satrap ambassadors
while seated OH the ground. with WOOL
en- cap, and supping on boiled peas, like
Il common soldier" Mr.. Davis, in the
uTesS Oh country farmer, naO none OF
these traces of Imperialism which cling
to those "born to the purple.n His
features, just and handsome, without be-
ing remarkable, were those which might
by assumed airs, or might be
practi ed to particular expressions, but
scarcely those which could assert superb
Ority without an effort and at II glance.
He incurred but little chance o. detec-
tion in the dress he had assumed of an
honest, well-to-do emigrant.
But the last device of the distinguish
ed fugitive, the only one in which he
had shown any ingenuity, and had con-
fessed his real anxiety for escape, was IN
vain, and he was captured three days
journey from Washington. He had
scarcely expected to fall in with the
enemy North of the Chattahoochie Riv+i
er. the boundary of "the department OF
the Southwest" and there he had de-
signed to part with his wife, and to COM
NIT her to her journey to the Shenan-I
doah. He was overtaken by a small
body of Federal cavalry, originally sent
out to post skirmisn line through that
part of Georgia, reaching to Augusta,
but now diverted to his pursuit.