Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-01-15
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rffrfn IVY Us -, -'~-'sff NTer.l
Hon. w. S., Oldham, Senator from
Texas in the Confederate States Sem
ate, under thetitle of Last Days of
the Confederacy,p is contributing TO
DeBow's New Orleans Monthly Re
view q series ofsarticles, the oharac-
ter of which are well indicated by !
the tltles From ,cbapterl2, found in
the November number of that valu-
able. monthly, we extract the follow
ing complimentary notice of our dis
tinguished fellow-citizen, Hon. o.
A. Henry, who was a Senator from
Tennessee In the same body with
Hon. MFR. Oldham 700 eldafgf3y
Mr. Oldham left Richmond, Va,
on the r. NJ. train of the Richmond
and Danviller Railroad, 4" not over
forty hours before the evacuation"
He reached Greensboro, n. c., Sat,
urday evening, April /, 1865; left
there Sunday, April 2, ain company
with Hon. J.D. e. Atkins, with
whom I had travelled from Rich
mond, and Hon. Mr.. sMenees, Repre-
sentatives in Congress from Tennes-
see, whom we had overtaken at
Greensboro. At jamestown, the Sc
cond station from Greensboro, we
passed a train going our direction.
Some little accident having hap
pened, 1t had been switched Off for
repairs. Mrs. Davis, the wife of the
President, with her children and SER
wants, was travelling on, that train,
going South, accompanied by Burton
N. HARRISON private secretary Of the
President. did not see her, as our
train did not stop, but Isaw Mr.. Har-
rison and spoke to him as we passed.
1 was aware that Mrs. Davis had left
Richmond day or two before did,
and supposed that she had travelled
much farther than where we over
took her. .,,,..rt is.rtf.st,,,
eve passed herabout the hour that
her husband received the dispatch
from General Lee, Informing the
President that his lines had been
broken, and advising the evacuation
of Richmond. Little did she or I
imagine the pregnant events that
transpirea within the preceding
forty hours, and the perils which at
that moment threatened. Little did
she then anticipate the terrible cal,
antilles that were so soon to befall her
country and her husband; the frs,
TO be crushed beneath the iron heel
of the conqueror, and the other to be
made o captive, loaded with mana
cles, incarcerated in gloomy prison,
with the ultimate fate unknown
Poor Lady,! she deserved better
fortune.
While stopping a few minutes ct
the depot ut Lexington, North Caro-.
lima, I met Hon. Gustavus A. Henry
~ Senator from Tennessee, who, after
the adjournment of Congress, had
with his lady, stopped in that town
not being able to return to Tennessee
lie told me that he had an appoint
meat to speak in Lexington on Tues
day following-that he felt II to bt
his duty to do all that he could Il
rally the country. Whatever may
be said of others, take pleasure II
recording the fact that during tn,
whole OF the session of the last Con
gress, Mr. Henry bore himselfas be
came Senator, as one to whom tn
people had conilded the highest an,
most sacred trust. No desponden
word ever escaped him. No hctiou
denunciations were uttered by him
he never spoke OF reconstruction, o
Of Submission and pardon. His wa
the rallying tone and cheering voice
When his flag was lowered it wa
struck from his hand, and IL fell he
cause he could no longer hold II
oh! that every man had been AM
mated by the same spirit and resolu
tion.n "
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