Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-08-05

JEFE DAWES lquorice-toOth propensities
and sleeping-c car performances, are receiving
no little attention and comment, and the arch
rebel seems to be in n fair way to become as
notorious for his raid upon chastity and virtue
as he has been for that upon patriotism and
civil rights. The matters. will probably
loose nothing of interest from the fact that
this gay dcceiver is 81 years old, while tho la
dy whose charms have proved so irresistible
has numbered but 29 winters, and is, there.
fore, in possession of her full glow of mature
womanhood. AS the story goes, the lady's
husband being engaged in the express busi-
ness was usually absent much of his time
The lady was ambitious, and the attentions of
the old rebel and his family were hattering.
Thus an intimacy had sprung up that seems
to have been ccmenting for sometime, war
ranting frequent and familiar intercourse at
their hotels, and pleasure trips, more or less
distant and Of varied continuance. Unfortu-
nately, they had grown careless, and this gos.
slipping and prying and peering world took
cOgniZance of them, and neither the curtains
of night nor those of The sleeping car could
save them from Obtrusion, and their peccadil-
hi s to be blabbed to snickering, but perhaps,
mt re- careful and adroit world This second
role which the old fellow has had to play with
petticoats, will probably sufficiently establish
his fame, and I've will be enabled TO retire up
on Ms Aurels, unless Gen. George w. Nc
Cook should see fit TO make this n companion
piece to the Bowen bigamy item of his speech
The Louisville Commercial notices the
scandal at lenyth,. and the following is a
brief abstract of its version:
On Tuesday evening last Jca. DAVIS
left the Peabody Hotel, Memphis Tenn,
in company with tAe wife of another,
who had been boarding at the Overton
House, took the half past six train on
the Memphis & Charleston Railroad for
Huntsville, Alabama, and representing
to the conductor that this lady was under
his protection, TOOK a berth in the sleep
ing car, he took the upper bed, she the
lower. They retired early, and after
travelling short distance the ex-presi-
dent descended to the lower bel tn, which
fact was noticed by the porter, who in
formed Mr.. Hess, conductor of the
itSeo tplu luc CA-DTcsl-
dent he had made mistake, and request
ed him to get into the upper berth. Mr.
Miller, conductor of the train, was also
called, and teld Mr.. Davis that such
conduct was not allowed on the road.
MIR. Davis said he had paid tor the berth,
and would do as he pleased. Conductor
Miller, however, was determined, and
after many threats succeeded in persua,k
ing the venerable martyr of the lost
cause to crawl into til, upper berth.
The facts are given by good authority,
aud there Is no doubt Of the truth of the
story in any particaiar
4 CARD FROM JEFF. DAVIS
MEMPHIS, TENN, July 2r.-The fol-
lowing will appear in, to-morrow's
1oaldn6he {. "Bcfore and since my ar
rival IN Memphis, this day, my attention
lac been called 70 d slapderons aftfcIp II
certain radical newspapers which a.
tackled my private character Ia connec.
'tlon with that Of a lady, who, it is false.