The Cairo daily bulletin., 1871-08-01

tnal iie story IN WNOlei anu IH w lle q
sential parts, is unmista <ally the instigi
tion of malice. and l. J. roby pronounce
utterly fal e..
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
This diplomatic note of the expression
drew forth the following rcitoratiun of
rnE lLEoEp sLrErrNo Car AMOUR
Vi ler m the Cincinn III Times, July 22.)
The c, citemcnt raised all over the
u South hy the report first published about
one week since, that the great fgurehead
of the Ir., cause had been detected in a
d,s.rHc. ui aud criminal c0ntrdtemps In
u the sle,l.iuy ear Of Tennessee railroad
train i. not to be estimated by what has
appeareb pro Or con-, in the journals Of that
section. I'nc course of those journals has
been either strenuously TO deny any foun-
dation whatever, in fact or in fat cy, for the
alleged scandal, or to endcavor to hush IL
up completely ty as far Us possible utter
ly ignoring the statements made. And
this morning the great accused himself ap-
pears in card published in which he
takes the high moral ground OF indignant
denial of all the statements made about
him, even of the immaterial one that the
lady was travelling in his charge-a fact
attcstcd by Colonel Jett who says that
Mr.. Davis, at Chattanooga, turned the
lady over to his Keeping and that he ac-
companied her to Nashville.
Jefs accusers have, however, been ex-
plicit in their assertions, and unless better
means Of disproving what they say can be
| invented than have heretofore been used
il is more than likely that the verdict of
public opinion, at least when the facts are
known, will continue to be guilty
An opportunity was afforded one of the
reporters of this paper yesterday of ascer-
tanning, through private letters recently
received in this city from the South, some
of the details ofthe affair, and some of the
history Of the parties participating, both
as actors and accusers, and that have not
heretofore been made public. As the in
formation was conveyed without any re-
serve, or the expression of any desire that
it should not be published, we deem il due
TO the cause Of right and truth that it
tion of it which at all approximates fit
ness for publication in respectable jour
nal.
THE FACTS,
as impaired 10 our reporter, are these On
the morning of Monday, the 10th of July,
JEFF Davis left Memphis in the train on
the Memphis and Charleston road, bound
east. To this train was attached, as there
always is sleeping car, which leave:
: Memphis with the train and accompanies
it 70 Chattanooga. JEFF was accompanied
: by woman, to whom he paid constant At
tention during the trip. At every sta
tion at which there was any stoppage &c
speak of they got off the train and walked
up and down the platform together, he
constantly showing her marked attention
so marked that other persons took no.
tice Of the fact. This woman had tickets
for Stevenson, Ala, while the ex-confed-
crate president had passes which took him
=, TO any point on the line The section in
!: the car engaged by JEFF, and occupied by
E the pair during the day was as near the
. centre Of the car as possible, and con-
"A tanned one sofia running lengthways of the
coach. The sleeping car is one of the OIL
- der styles, and is not Pullman patent
car, such as is generally used in this Sec
III. tiou.
e. oSE OF THE WITNESSES.
pa The conductor Of the sleeper was Mr.
George Trice, a gentleman who has his
. tory. lie is a Virginian by birth, and Il
the breaking out Cf the war was a studeu
in the university Of Pennsylvania. II
q, left thi, institution and went south to joi
-' the rebel army. He was devoted a
mirer of jeff Davis, boarded at the san
hotel with him in Memphis, met him fr,
'm- quen,ly, and on the morning in questio
was particular to accommodate the j
cayed chieftuin with one Of the choit
i berths in the ear. 50 there can be
tar doubt uf his thorough knowledge Of I
jght principal actor,
d". THE WOMAN INVOLVED
aa,, is Mrs. Bowers She is the sister of
wcl!-known actress, and formally sang
Ilafs, % 1
D,. is music dealer in Nashville and WAS 10
Inerly a route agent for the Southern T.!
lus pres, Company. Mrs Bowers i, Il zoo
re- re-. singer and ha. for some time since been
'oS member ofthe choir in tho same churc
.th that Mr.. Davis attend, and holds an OH
ere cinl position in Memphis Mr.. Trice ha
pw. been heard to say that he can prove tbs
oin noto' frequently, sometimes daily, passe
.n. between the parties when they we're bot
5a- in Memphis.
,lu,n, THE LADY HAS WEAK EYES.
,eelr Whnl the berths were made up by II
,u. porter %. the car that night VI rs. Bower
WI, the last woman to retire After .l
- bad done SO, on two separate occasions IL
called either the porter or the conduct
and asked that the light which was drec
IS opposite one end of the berth ,hou
49,, be cStiuquishcd, for the reason, as she sa
81 shat her eyes were weak, and she cou
not sleep with light burning j
heard her make rugur,, the first time, al
said, when the eur employee object
.AV 'Oh III j. against the rule, YOU can
do it; hut it so. can You had better a
commodute the LADY, The second time NJ
bowers urged 30 persist. nlIy, notwithstaI
ding explanations that when the uppt
berth was down and the curtains close
not ray Of light could penetrate, that III
~. conductor, toarcommDin,c her and su,pi,
lonns nothing turned out the light
,rp JErF : TRAVELLING PECULIAEIrIEs.
shortly alterward every person in II
cnr had gone to bed except the great Je
Two or three persons who had berths e
OF gagged were, however, in the smoking @,
ia from. Of the train.
About this time the conductor (Tric
was standing on the rear platform of d
7 n car when jeff came out also and spe
-" some time In conversation, during wh
be said that he expected some friends
come aboard at llunt,viie, Ala, to who
,. lac supposed be- would be compelled TO ri
OK up his berth. Mr. Trice assured him III
he could find accommodations for tho
who were expected should they appea
but no one came
JEFF. KErIRES