The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-14
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FIRE and stoc~l Euari over me. 500
became awarc that they were feslerals
II the meantime the firing went ar
After about ten unavb~ NOR
my guard left Yrs ard waIket over
10 Mrs DAVIS tent. about hftv varis
OFT Mr.. Davis vaS N great dlstr~~4
/ sAfd - ths President who wax SAT
ting outside 81 a camp stool This
= bad business. ar. lie replied sun
posing | krcw atout tho eirs7usa
stAngt> 80 MS capture. wsya.I have
hsav.d the =~oaslnarel OF hs hor1 -
he came up bat she caught me around
the arms ! understood hat n.
meant. how he had rror~@cE ,o a..
mount the ~iToop~T and Ees his horse.
Tor ho hal taught me the track.
merely replied. Il would have t~en
useless
Mr. Davis was dressed a. usual. lie
had on = Knit wooll.u VISOR. which he
ALWAYS wore ai night for n~curalEl.
tie wore cavalry boots lie csmpla1u-~i
Of chillness and SAID they had n ken
away his Raglan. Ihellese Ehev wsrc
~ called. n light a-qua<cutam or prnS
o~vercoai. sometimes called n wafer
proof ! hal one exactly similar.
except IN color. went - look for Il
anu tah&AEA - CT %kAAG A4kE At nav bf#a
stance. found II. and he wore il after.
ward. His own was not restored.
~ | MAS looking for shas cosi the
firing still continuing. | met a mounted
officer. who. If / ann not mistaken. As
a Captain Ho-i~on. Feeling that the
cause was lost, and not wishing useless
bloodshed. | said 10 him. Captain.
your men are fighting each other over
Wonder. lie answered very positive
ly. 81 have = armed escort. |
replied. You have our whole camp
| know your lei are lighting each
other. We have nol~pdy on that side
of the slough lie then rode OF.
Colonel Lubbock had = conversation
nearly Identical with Colonel .'ritch
ard, who was not polite | believe. You
n learn from Colonel Lubbock
about il.
Not long afterwrad. seeing Air.
Davis in alteration with an officer
Colonel Pritchard-I went up. Mr..
Davis was denunciatory in his remarks.
The account gwen BY Wilson Is fabu
lous, except SO far n Mr.. DAVIS rr.
mark Is concerned, that heir con
! duet was not that OF gentlemen. but
r~uffians." Pritchard did not make the
reply attributed To him, / could swear
| 10 tnal. NV roSOiicCtlOE Is that lac
said in substance, and in an offensive
| manner that he DAVIS was a pris
| oner and could afford to talk 80. and
walked away. Colonel Handlers
manner va. concIliatory, II he WAS
the other officer. II | Am not ms
taken, the first offence was his al
| dressing Mr.. Davis as jeff. or some
such rude familiarity. But this yur
can verify. ! tried just afterward t.
reconcile Mr.. Davis TO the situation,
On the route TO Macon, three day,
afterward, Mrs. Davis complained -
me with great bitterness that ha
trunks had been r~ansacked, the cos,
tents taken out and tumblcd hacA
with the leaves sticking tothen. .
| never heard of Mr. Davis alleggA
disguise until | saw it in a New York
Herald the day | got to Fort Delaware.
| was astonished and denounced il AS a
falsehood. The next LAY | was placed
in solitary confinement and renainc~
there. | do not believe ii possible HAT
these ten days could have been passed
with our captors without an allusion
to it if it had not been an aftcrthourht
or something to be kept from us.
Very respectfully yours,
WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON.