The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-21

that BIS. Davis intended 30 turn west
south Of Albanyj hut / had no dednisa
idea OF his purpose whether TO 90 by see
or land. Indeed, my scope OF duty was
simply TO follow and obsy hina; eand, cd
long as was not consulted, I i,yTas IA 4
content to do this and no more, Icon.
fesa 1 did not .hsve great hopes of escape.
though not arrrehepsiTe as the time oi
capture, as our scopts, tan picked men.
were explicit that no Federala wero near
and that pickess were out. Both of these
were errors. On the night Of the 9th
was very much worn out With travel and
watching, aud lay down at The Gcct of d
pine tree to eleep. 4.
"Jnst OF gray dawn Mr. Davis servant
Jim awakened me, He eeid, Colonel.
do y,1 hear that firingY, I epranr M
and said, Run and wake. the Presidentj
He did 60. Hearing nothing as I, puIled
on my boots, I walked to the camp Are.
some fifty or leea etene off end and sskSSt tthl,t
cook II, Jim was nos mistaken. At this
moment cav eight or ten raen, ,charqine
down the road toward me. 7 -thonghs
they were guerrillas trying 10 atarapsde
the stock, ] ran to my saddle, where I
had slept, and began uniastening 'the
holster to get cut my revolver. bus & fhsy b,S
were too quick for mo. Three men rode
up and demanded my pistol, which. as
bright aim, acidieriy fsIlow, R dr. dsessod dii Il
Confederate gray clothea. The sama
man, believe, captpred Colonsls Wood
and Lubbock just after. One of my cap.
tora ordered me to the camp FIRE and
$1,000 S.a:a, c=ss He: Z so5h huaaalv
aware that they we're Federals.
In the meantime the. firing. went on.
Alter about ten minutes, may be more,
my guard left me and I walked over to
Mrs. Davis tent, about fifty yards OF.
Mre. Davis was in great distress. / said
e :o Aieaid5ut, Wiio, was sittlng outside
on q camp stool, This is, . bad business,
SIR de replied, suppoping knew about
the circumstances OF the capture, 4 would
have heayed the scoundrel of bis ;hogss,
as he came up, but she caught mo around
the arms. I understood what he meant,
now he had proposed to dismount ,thb
trooper and get his borse, for he he'd
taught me tho trick. I merely replied,
1t would have been uaeless.'
"Mr. Davis was dressed 40 usual, He
had on knit woolen visor, which he al.
ways wore ct night for neuralgia. .He
wore cavalry boots. He complained df
chilliness, and said they had taken awas
his raglan believe they wero so.
called, o light aquascn.um or spring over.
coat, | ,metimes called q waterproof 4
had one exactly similar, except In color.
L went 10 look for it, and either /, Or
some one ct my instance, found 1t, ana
he wore it efferward., His own was ndt
restored.
Gas was looking fa- .A..ss sso;;.s. In til
firing still continuing, I met q mo1ntsa
officer, who, If am not mistakep, was b
Captain Hodson. Feeling that the carso
was lost, and not wishing useless blood
shed, said to him, Oar in, your meh
ale fighting each otb., over yonden'
He answered very positively, 'You have
an armed escort I replied, You have
our whole camp; know your men arb
fighting each other. We have nobody on
that side, of the slough.' He then reSAAs
off. Colonel Lubbock had conyerss.
tion nearly identical with Colonel Pritch-
ard, who was not polite / believe. You
can learn from Col. Lubbock about ii,
"fat long .Esss::ssssa,ssG s,ssG, izssiug aAEf. Davfs
IN alteration with an ofiiCer-Colonel
Pritchard-I went up. Mr. Davis VIDA
denunciatory In his remarks. The ac.
count given by WilEnn Is fabulous, eI-
cept 80 far as Mr.. Davis remark Ia con-
cernedthat 'their conduct vas IIut ti,lit &
Of gentlemen, but rufians.' ,Pritchartl
did not make the reply attributed to him;
! could swear to that My recollection
10 that he said, in substance, and in al
offensive manner, thst 'he, (Dayis) was d
prisoner, and could aiford TO talk So, and
walked away. Colonel Hamden,s man
ncr was conciliatory; If he was the other
officer. If am net mistaken, tho frat
ofiense was his addressing Mr. Davis as
JEFF or some rude familiarity. But this
you can verify. / tried just afterward to
reconcile Dir. Davis to the situation.
20: The sso;;tee sse;;:te g &C MA1ao0n, thIee 6Ays
afterward, MTs. Davis complained to me
with great bitterness that her trunks had
been fansacked, the contents taken out
and tnmbled back with the leaves sticking
to them. y fst& never heard of MI.
Davis' alleged disguise until / ssw it in o
New York Herald the day I.got 70 Eost
Delaware. ! was astoniBhed aud, de-
nounced IL as falseh0od. Ths next
day I was placed in solitary confinement,
and remained there. ] do not believe :s
possible that these ten days could have
been passed with our captors without
allusion to 1t If It had not SEEN an after
thought or something to be kept from ub.
*A ~ Very sincerely yours,
WILLIAN PRESTON JoHNsToN.p
MANUnp q FRUIT TnErs.-Tt al iaiag
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