New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-16
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY JULY 10, l0Oo.

staples in the city, should DC remoSeu; snu tbev
in the Fair Grounds outside the city where they
might be conveniently and eleany DESTROYER IN ease W
necessity The SS Tobacco remained stored in large
ana scattered warehouses In the most tcy pu' me
IN inf for his own safety Mr. Davis appears
to have left the order for burning the cotton ana
ebeFitaSs for is hardly be supposed that he would
have deliberately lmperled the MONIES Of OUVVy s0piG
cot ~ the total value Of which It has been com
pued that il would not furnish one day lor 'ne
whole Of Grants army =, ,...
W. oholl not follow Mr. Davis in the humiliation
If his ticbt and capture the sufferings of his i'm
nrsonment or tho obscurity of his subsequent me-
Mr. Pollard denies with emphasis the apparently
authenticated story of bis capture In petucoats
and avers that his only disguise was the dress OF an
epiprant and a shawl, which he habltuaily wore
thrown over his shoulders. There are points IN the
career Of the fallen revoutionst which possess an
interest for ne far beyond such little personal
matters and these we may go back 10 examine
They are the responsibility of Mr. Davis LOT tho
sufTerings of Union prisoners and the depreuatiohS
Of the hotel burners and bank-raders In the carry
part of the war there was no provision Whatever
for subsisting prisoners, and IL was noO un'ii
n subordinate at the Richmond prison had queiled
n mutny by serving out TO the starving
nrisoncrs some buckets Of mush made OF
meal which he opportunely discovered, that
a responsible officer was charged with this Important
duty. The obtaining of supplies. however, was IN
yolyed in terrible difficulties through ared-tape conf
plicaton between the cross-grained Quartermaster-
General Northrop and the COmmssary OF PRISONS; ana
it is TO NOrthrop according to Mr. Pollard thaU inc
horrors of Andcrsonve and the Libby are primarily
attributable That the South itself was ever in want
of food however much small sections or troops IN
the field may have been temporarily embarrassed lie
Indignantly denies. WirZ, he thinks, was an hho-
cent man; but Gen. Winder was \ cruel ruihan ana
Mr. Davis was directly responsible for continuing
both him and Northrop in office.
Mr.. Pollard cannot contain his rage against Mr.
Davis for not retaatng upon the North Tor the
Proclamation of Emancipation. and the depreda-
tons of Sheridan and Sherman; but he is equally
indignant at the robberies and incendiarsms such as
the St Adams raid and the dastardy attempt to re
the New-York hotels of which he charges that JEFF
ferson Davis was the iHstgator. The whole truth
of these vengefu episodes Of the war, in relation
to the responsibility of Mr. Davis, is that while he
carefully abstaned from furnishing any direct
authority for them, he gave secret countenance TO
them under the system Of passports in the War
Department. and afforded their emissaries and
agents facilities Of departure from the Confederacy
The expeditions of oakum and turpentine were not
very close secrets in Richmond" .. IA .
We must spare a little space for Mr.. Polard's de-
scription of a characteristic scene in the Confed'
crate Congress:
There were not more than q dozen men in both Houses
who were before known TO the country or had enjoyed
reputation hundred miles from NONE ImSuS Who
had been elected by few dozens OF soldiers votes cast
atyes from Missouri Arkansas. Louisiana etc, holding
their by virtue OF handful Of YotescaSt Dy soldiers
from their respective States In the camps OF the Ary OF
Northern Virginia. Among these unworthy members
Of Congress we're some ridiculous gares ana DO. rev
the sedge.nelds The men VINO releVed soi .n
body had generally served before ~ the ola congress AT
Washington but IL often remarked that even these
appeared have lost their former force and dignity ana
10 have been beed by the company IN when tney were
misplaced. There we're Of remarkable members ln the
House Mr. FOOe. who spoke classical English ana dealt
historical illustrations to the unappreciatiug homespun
members yoluhe dcbater, but afflicted with eKtrava
SOnth Carolina, smooth, gentlcmanly, scrupuously
dressed, master Of department and type indeed OF
the trucst cultivation deprecang anything like violence
inhpcech manne BarksdaIe Of Mississippi the especial
friend and champion OF MT Davis, inc leader 9i
dark featured man, who spoke yehemantly as some
time 20 overrnn the rules Of grammar, really orc
James Lyons Of Virginia, who was satisfied WIN the
possessed little brains showed very excellent large
white teeth, aud stood six feet three in his stockings. the
elevated "Turyeydrop' Of the ilouse In the senate
were Yancey OF Alabama the slycrtongued orator OF
the South speaking suedued but Injurious IangnqEe
Texas. fierce impatient incandecent Illustrating another
lent man 10 the commteeroom. but ms heavy and blum
dtring schOOlboy ln ls speeches. and I'M OF GeOr
s. having much OF address OF eentcmany equivo
cations, nclnng 10 the administration Of the President
but at angle nice aud variable In Its degrees
In a body chiefly composed OF unoultNaied men-to
which have been mentioned exceptions, less
partial, the abOye-there might naturally DO
pcCtcd breaches OF GecOrun and some scenes az
ncrsona Violence Indeed several most extraordinary
scenes OF tins occurred In the Confederate Congress-
which either suppressed Ia the newspapers or were
but meagerly and tcudorly mentioned their columns
An occurrence at certain time by which the whole
House OF Representative was thrown into panic and
ioo the most dsgraceul disorder was so carefully sup
pressed. that but few people In Richmond obtained
any knowledge of or ever suspected that scene OF
bOOdshed about be enacted behind the
curtains OF secret legislative session
The immediate parties TO the disgraceful occurrence
(which happened ia the Summer Of 1859 Mr. FOoe
OF Tennessee and Judge Dargan Of Alabama, the latter
old man whose eccentric dress and whose s0lloqucs
Oh the street well known in Richmond ana whose
habit In Congress Of scratching his arms and saying Mr.
the galleries some words OF defiance had passed between
Foote sat him. and Iuuttercd that he was odd
a bowe.knife brandlshed il in the eas-ght Gt WAS
night session. amid the shouts and cries OF the House,
and made for the member from Tennessee. For
moment ali was CONSERVATION. and members rushed
20 the scene Of encounter. Several OF them liter.
ally threw Themselves upon Judge bargain ana wTest-
just at this moment Dargan having been pinned
20 the floor, the whole scene was converted
into one irresistbly ludcrous shouts OF laughter sue
ceedDg those OF passion as Mr. FO0e, striking an att
tude and smiling his expanded breast exclaimed with
ISssn 'ncl0da"nc ar d'iy the steel OF the US
Another memorable scene of personal violence was in
secret Of that body there occurred hand tohand
nBut between MI 1duCey ana ME- mn, IN Wllch the lat
being greatly superior strenth threw his antsgo
mist desk and bent him IT, continuing 10
strike him ia the face. The consequence "a wrench
ing and severe injury % Mr.. Yancey's spine It
mored that 1t caused his death few months later but
there at least doubt that 10 fastened the decline OF
constitution already feeble by years and disease.
1t is evident enough that our author is admirer
of anything in the Confederate Government except
the principles upon which it was founded. lie is 80
firm believer IN the holiness of The Lost Cause that
he speaks Of the peculiar institution as socalled
Slavery so passionate q lover Of Southern indie
pendence that he becomes 50 to speak, TRANSPORTED
I, L. H. 4.