Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-06-13
Chester Reporter, June =.
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General jefferson G.. Davis "a. nc ~
known in south Carolina i.a..:,i
to EsUGEer .EeNNcscr.

Having succeeded in capturing the
Modocs and thereby putting an end to
the war, Davis viii be the haro,of the
hour. His name will resound from the
lava beds OF California to the cod fish
cries of New England. All that will
keep his name from being immortal is
that lie allowed Captain Jack to slip
through his fingers after he had him
in his power.
General Davis has a fame in this
section Of the country. 1t is not one
that IL warrior would envy; but such as
it is he should have the benefit Of it i'll
this the hour Of his glory. He was an
officer in Sherman's army that swept
through this State il 1860. Whether
he commanded a corps or Il division
we do not recOllect, nor IS it material
to know. As the army of the North
approached the line of Chester
county it came upon the home of Mr..
John Douglas in Fairfield county. A
courier came to this house and de-
manded a room for the headquarters
of Gen. jeff. G.. Davis He brought
with him a carpet, which he put down
in the room, and other comforts and
conveniences for his commander
Soon afterwards General Davis arrived
and took possession of the quarters
that had been prepared for him. IIrs.
E, the daughter of Mr.. Douglas,
and the wife of Rev. t. W. E,
who was residing in the house and
| taking care Of an aged father, appealed
to him to protect the property on the
place He assured her that he would
DO SO, and told her to pack up the ar
| ticles that she deemed most valuable
and deposit them in the room that he
occupied, and that he would be per-
sonally responsible for their safety
She did so, packed up in trunks
everything that she deemed Of special
value and placed it in his room. When
he left the house she went into the
room to recover her valuables, and
found that the trunks had been broken
open and everything that was worth
carving off had been taken away.
This is the hero of the Modoc war.
These facts can be established by wit
nesses whose credibility no man would
dare gainsay.
'sPat Gilmore" says the ST. Lou s
| Democrut kindly and patronizingly,
"WhO can make more noise and les S
music with the same numberOf singers
and instruments than any man in the
world, is to superlntend the Chicago
h )wl on the 9TH of June
Joaquin Miller thus describes his
Modoc wife, with whose tribe he lived
three years:
"She has not much t. say. and She
Lifts never voice to question me
In aught l do........'
Pretty nice sGuaw for q poet; not a
bad pattern for civilized ladies.
Some men at Louisville were betting
on the weight of large mule, when
one man who was good judge OF the
weight of live stock got behind the
mule, and was measuring, when some
thing appeared to loosen up the mule
Just before the expert died, he gave
it as his opinion that if the mule was
as heavy all over as he was behind, he
must weigh not far from Al, 600 pounds
The soil of California seems to b.
| favorable to the growth OF hair;
corpse has peen dug ap there with WI 4
beard eighteen inches long, all 9
which has grown since it was buried
This mode of making the whisker'
GROW is recommended to the attention
Of aspiring youth who are seeking nos
trums for the purpose.