Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-08-03
How Jer Davis Looks, and Acts.

How Jeff Davis LOOEzsS and Acts.
We published Thursday an account
of JEFF. Davis angry dism ission Of a
New York interviewer whom he
told to 'sclar.n The writer adds:
His figure has once more, recovered
| its straightness and elasticit y; his eye is
again bright, and his form, still as ever
spare and slender, seems vigorous,
muscular and well nourisfled. I was
astonished to see how comp ietley he has
thrown off that burden of grief and
mental torture that once so plainly OPP
pressed him. BatI could discern, on
close scrutiny, clearly a-cked traces of
the terrible agony through which he
had passed, The face see ms to have
been drawn together, and Setih mold
that expressed rather re 5olute endur-
ance than contentment and happiness.
Look at the mouth you will see that
j the lips hold themselves one to the 9th
Ier, as though by some stern and unre-
/ mitted effort OF will; and thin, sharp,
i lpeaBy nose and high cheek bones seem
to mutely proclaim soured and silent
lly querulous spirit. 1t has not yet be-
lcome face that .speaksI Of peace of
4 mind of resignation; you fancy, on the
CONTRARY, that but for the pride that
lsparkles ina clear steeI-blue eye, and in
{ each nervous, impatient movment of
form or feature it would melt forth in
Ito some healthier expression of the hid
? den canker worm Of sorrowfui remorse
that Turks behind and beneath. But,
, perhaps am preiudiced.
i lam by no means the only victim of
i Mr.. Davis injustice. If chose to
: hunt them upI think 1 could ill a
. score of columns with true anecdotes of
the personal wrongs which Mr.. Davis
: Einfirmity of temper has led him to
o commit. One only suffices. Mr.. Davis
. boarded, some months ago, st the Pea
I body house, in MeHi ..,:s. i 3 rule OF
; that hotel that no meals shall be served
i after certain hours. Mr.. Davis came
in late one day-either TO breakfast or
|. dinner, can't say which, and raped
q at the door of transparent glass thai
]; forms the entrance to the dining room.
: Just inside, through the glass, he could
. see the form of a negro waiter.
y s'Let me in" cried he, in a tont
worthy of a deposed emperor.
sfCan' lido it, sir, ''iretorted the darkey
CATER hours, sir. Can't serve any
thing hereafter such times.
ASdiu Cdl1Cd ASpOlieAOA VI oHC 40
a sponse.
- What! Should the once nearly king
= of eleven states be thus held at bay By
~ an Internal fifteenth amendment
d Perish thought SO base!
Bang! mash! tingi went the glass pan
a. ell as Mr.. Davis fist forced its resistles
way through, and the glittering frag
ments shivered on the hoor.
he And where did Mr.. Davis fist ultl
mately 90? Ny information told N
Into the pursy stomach Of the overfel
! Ethiopian. hope, however that thl
n. is ang exaggeration. Mr.. Davis woul
never aim so low and run so imminen
as a risk of hitting below the belt and vic
is lating the rules of the P. r.
Anyway, that nigger howled, 20
bet, added the gentle tleman who first tol
me this story, which afterward hear
to corroborated by other and authentl
o. with esses.
And, after all, Mr.. Davis came o
second best. For it is quite a dange
gerous thing, as any one can demon
strate by personal experiment to das
lr- your hand through pane OF glass. M
Davis paw was gashed badly IN seve
al places; he was led, bleeding from
" perhaps, the, only field of strife b
gore ever stained, and was seen Il
some time afterward walking tn
ru streets of Memphis with his arm in
X. sling:
oc Here is another example of the di
nity and quite gentlemanly forbea
II lance and gentleneSs which MIR. Day
I'M displays under his misfortunes. b
Y" fancy what such an autocrat woul
mo- have been if he had become the aroil
s, ted ruler of the southern people.
=, :; l am not misled by prejudice when
OF add that Mr.. Davis is very unpopuli
aw with the majority of the people
10. Memphis. Not that he has done an,
= thing to them especially, but the
ne comprise a great many old soldier
ar- and among old rebel soldiers he is n
De- where popular. Indeed, l am to
Az that this social circle is very restricte
~ and is, even at that, largely feminine
81 its character. What an outrage it
to charge women with being tick
and untrue in their abstract attac
lev ments! The men in the south a
,ff. largely willing to accept the situatio
,he but don't think you will find a ne
no departure lady democrat in the who
Of length and breadth of the land. Al
nd way, Mr.. Davis is cheered in his sc
Iry rowfuI old hge by the charming adul
ta- ton of a 4hoiee coterie of Mempt
em beauties.
Ger "How arg you, Mr.. President?" sil
led they, with 4espectful look an& subdu'
,us voice. .Fpr you are our PRESIDENT, "
len know" II - =.
;elf This is. touching ana lNerestln
ted conversation, which lam tesu upon
Gus liable authority transplres almost e
sed cry day IN Memphis. guess, Gnoug
,et- the day called on MIN Jen. mt
ex- have somehow been deprived OF y
Tho customary sugar plum OF this cnaract'
ase That may pe What maze MIN SO Sd
lub age. -