The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-18
JEFFERSON DAVIS UNDER PECU.
LIAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
The Great Man Descends to q IOWel
Berth.
The Final Downfall Of the Con
federate States Of America.
Jsfeysua ; va again snETendeEs, and
j l,BSy . sesPts tbs si'uatien. z
A New Illustration Of His FOndness
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HeneTaLe tue ulNlAAty hupPOeSu ~ ASu6'
about king, and in all probability hu
man clay Of the coArsest mold will bC
found. Invest selfish mediocre mar
with the attributes ofpurity and chiValry
and not all the devotion Of the male OF
the idolatTy Of the female sex will pre-
vent him from making himself odious.
Place the trulygreat man under cloud
and he will be even greater than in the
sunshine Of fortune.
Place an insincere, selfish, ambitious
man under aClpudI and be ialls below tllG
Contemptot those who admired him when
in power,
We moralize thus as preliminary tC
the introduction Of o circumstance exem
pliying these propositions,
Jefferson Davis, the whilom President
Of the Southern ConGederacy, aud al
present the President Of a,southern Lille
Insurance company, at y salary betting
m ex.PreSident, Is the subject Of story
the improperly Of which wo beg ouI
readers to overlook, In consideration o!
the fact that 1t serves to point moral
and adorn a tale"
HYPERION DAVIS IN THE ROLL OF PRO
I1iTECToR 10 FRAIAIE VIRTUE VI
On Tuesday evening atGSOthe venera-
BILE Davis, the Insurance company Presi'
dent left the Peabody Hotel, in Memphis,
and took q sleeping car on the Memphis
IL Charleston railroad for Huntsville, AL
ALBANIA. The distinguished eX.President
and present Insurance President was
kind enough 10 honor with his protection
and iatherly care the handsome vile Of Q
gentleman who boarded al the 0vertou
Hotel. About q dozen persons were In
the sleeping car, 10 all Of whom the form
OF the ex!Pfesident was familiar. They
enjoyed the honor Of his distinguished
presence, and toasted their admiring eyei
on his revered person until about 81
o'clock, when, between Memphis and De
Catur, he directed the porter Of the sleep.
Ing car ''-
TO PREPARE TWO SLEEPING DRRTHs.
"This lady Is under my charge" said
the distinguished Jefferson, "and you will
prepare the lower birth for her !, my.
sell, will occupy the upper BERTH" 4
The passengers were somewhat surpris'
ed that the venerable eXPresident should
desire to retire SO early, but they assumed
that the weighty cares Of insurance and
the mighty memories Of his presidential
career weighed heavily on the great man,
and he delighted not in meditation.
We approach the subject with hesita.
ton. The berths were prepared. The
lady retired to the lower couch, and the
form Of the distinguished ex.Presldent,
partially dlsrobed, was seen to ascend In
Il dignihed manner to
... THE UPPER BERTH. 5000,
The train rolled on, carrying the dis
tnguishod ex.President to Huntsville.
The passengers chatted, and the minutes
passed rapidly. ,,
Strange to say, the curtains which hid
the form of the distinguished ex.Presi.
dent from the gaze Of his fellow. passen.
gers, were seen to sway and bulge out
ward.
Ia "a FoRttiDRscENDEDJ f.g
Cautiously from the upper berth, and
dropped into the lower one.
Weighed down with the cares Of insIlr.
AncG, and the mighty memories Of the
past, was 1t possible that the distinguished
cx.President was somnambullstY La |
The passengers wondered and wills
pered, and irreverent ones doubted. They
regarded Jefferson as mere mortal, and
feared that he was not 30 ClrCumspeCt In
his conduct as good morals and reputa'
ton would warrant
Mr. Hess, the conductor OF the sleeping
car, was informed that Jefferson Davis, bis
distinguished passenger, and the equally
revered and distinguished ex.President,
had made mistake and was occupying
'lt wfTH THE LADY
under his protection. .
The conductor approached, In solemn
silence, tho berth Of the distinguished ex.
President, pulled aside the curtain with q
trembling hand and, -.
o, horforl ~ HfAuA4N
o, shades Of departed chivAlry anil pp.
rity! ELua tlThC
Alas for frail humanity
The distinguished ex.Presldent Of tile
Southern Conlederacy and President Of q
Southern Life Insurance Company, was
occupying the berth with the married
lady under his chivalric protection!
"Mr. Davis, you cannot he permitted
10 do this, sir; you must take another
berth, sir" said Mr.. Hess
TITS none Of your business, sir de.
cline 10 leave. | have paid for these
berths, and will occupy which one /
choose" said tho bold and distinguished
ex.President, with that dignity and firm.
ness so truly characteristic Of the truly
great man. +
Mr.. Hess protested, entreated, argued
and begged, but the soul Of Jefferson was
unmoved. He wouldn't bulge foot.
The lady dlscreetly turned her face
away, and took no part In the discussion,
WIG CONDUCTOR mss, fa-l n
In a quandary, retired. A half hour
elapsed. He wanted the distinguished
ex.Pfesident to have plenty Of time TO
take bis venerable form clothed in shirt
and drawers) into the upper berth.
Jefferson didn't do any Buch tlfihgA9 2
lie remained with the lady under his
charge. H'N
Mr.. MILLER .
The conductor Of the train, was informed
Of the irregular proceedings of the eX.
President, and, In company with Mr..
Hess, went 10 jefferson and his silent
partner, and remarked, in a tone that I'M
dictated business,
Mr.. Davis, we can allow this conduct
on this train. You must take another
berth, sir, Immediately" D
Discussion was ffuitlesseaa e7rc7
r1E DISTINGUISHED Ex.PREstpENT WAS
vANQufsHED. E
lie retired with deep disgust, and ele.
waited his venerable form lin shirt and
drawers) to the upper berth
Vanquished by a couple of railroad
cOnductoBl o
o, fallen greatness
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