, 1879-08-05
"And jefferson Davis md bis fantlyI
"Oh, ha vna ulcre most Of the tlmc; Mrs, d.

again, and proceeded with Ills narrative.
's.itne 1, 187s4-Mrs. Davis arrived from, New
Orleans, accompanied hy her husband and Mr..
D6rscY.H She (afr8. UAyfs) dtdn't propose re-
manng long, but tho reIor.teyer broke % oat t.M u
Memphis and delayed i!er retufn' foah1 :.na Jsn
d!e tn hsmpfs = that s%s: a1h,ni M1s Msyes &c.
tnaa9htar ol Mt. Das1sl anu neF NJ Mor. .hmt
inaued short tlma At beanvo,!: ~ ,e,iss
by thc ye0w.iever: i W. w11n rtY arT ho.
of U.s. Mts. ljaVa !ett loF menpns ~ ra.,. Io
1ore Jan. y le,s. tmk: s1 HI .,,,I hC this linn
ed ho"eve!' @ auout feu. Z S,,ntIr Mri. Dorsey,s
admiration for Mr.. Davis seetnsn 7e35 R'eA''
"ltoW 10 you aecouot lot tor.,,,.,v. ~. -,,o.r .rs
| "Weil' anc VIVA fs's '''p1''''0 "o'
! seemed
MoNoMAN1Ao RHoARnrSd pAV1a
She thought he Ind been prosecuted by bis en-
otni,a. AID that aimee he etu4el to be prcsiilcnt
oven his former friends neglected h.T. She
seemed to he bonnd Up IN Jeherson Dayta."
"Xnd wasn't this Flatonc Affection regarded
o. si,,vulsrf"
avery singular" flrJly); HJefleraon Davis
ought to have seen II, ssid not 10 hnvg subinit-
ted the motives Of 90 innoeont ait, excellent lady
| to Be ntecouatrucd In the eyes OF the world"
! "Durlg this time hov were you getting
| along; aid what were your relations with Mr..
| Dars7"
uOh, persecution hadn't commenced then,
md was getting a1one very well. But hcro's
| what tho diarT sara:
INLAY H. 1s7s.-Appointea Postmaster at
| Beanvolr:r c,,..,
may lh-H1aaustca A. ,sw .,, ,,o..,.o,
| Aug. n.-Elccted uelegnle 70 'nc Harrison
County Convention to nominate Congress-
sppi CH: Cfty Sisb Yacht Ciab. f'''''' " ' '''''
| "At till. time Gen. Joe Dayis proposed to
take tns IN as an equal partner witt. him IN The
10 The Sta1hore 0as<ie, published at na,ltIsboro,
fur miles ironl Beuyolr. When Tie .yelow-
fever broke nut on tlie sea.coast WAS sote"tcd
q member of tile Relief Committee, ro0rcseut-
On Sept. ~ was appointed Commissioner Of
Deeds for Alnt,artn. In Mississippi"
"Thus far you seem To hive hsen prosper
"s."'rtiy uf,er bis rcturn iu Fsbrasry Jcfrer-
! son Davis began to undermine me. At this
| time only Mrs. Dorsey, Davis, aud myself were
On tho ptncc, excepting. Of course, large rctt
not ofFensiycly, at tlrst--began nasintng The
| management OF tho rlacc, while was absent at
| mY Office My slater tolerated It. She aesncd
| to think tat epcrything he did was OF necessity
| right, Ills verY tread was ttat OF QUO born to
coutrol, He staIkcd about the pare dom!uecr-
| ing at,d despottc. II lie dIslfked servant he
hid only to Intimate such dlslIko and the kcrv-
nut was u!scnahEed. Inc scrfahts "eEs always
civil 10 him' thou9n. ---...-.
4 1Err's BRUTALITY. ...l.
grcn. HkIck a crippled negro down 4 back
stnirs 1or somc }aucicd insult. The darky Wps
mn old family scrypnt, and, perhaps. presumed
on On lis fact The matter was reported by Jsif
but b. '"f fsubseSuontly f,ss W tooE Sin b back aiter
hs iad apolorfzcd to tho PJesi-
don't. Mr, Davis threatened to- bent
auotbes negro for disrsR4rdlng an order OF Ills
hv carrying out one Of miue, IlY this time
tS1nrs cau1e to 1uch a pass ttut never know
whati,rr nv orders would bo oboyrl Or not,
| i)avis cnu1trrmnuted them, Our relations
were, Otherwise, still pleasant, for ws built und
pspcrs ] mentioned With commentator. But
soon snw tint, completely under TIC control oi
Mr, Davis, rs sg now Was, INV sister, Mrs.
Dorsey, was greatly crnbarragsed; my sensc Of
lonrcr. und j 1ojf nv slstrr would leave and
err West. Bic pleaded viii, mr to remain, nnd
aid + might have house ntid lot ii l would do
20. didn't accept the latter offer. and alo
she woulI piyu ma some OF hor lands In
I.nntatnnn or Arkansas. as preferred. i chose
ArKansas, and she said she would at once write
| her nErut Ia Arkansas to aayc the deed made
Out 10 my nalnu u,,l sen. to ms.
"ln the meantime d'acoyeTcdt to my great
surprise, tint Mira Dorse. had privately
| SOLD nEAuvo1n TO DAVIS
on. time, It was uulcrstool to be merely
unninai sa1c. md Davis hus to give notes ruii.
nu"'"aa nu. "ar' e Two md ;brUu ysars bslcyc.
so,,chl exp;unation, anu Mrs. Dorsey told me
sS"re WA nriyato Understanding between, her
and Davis that whenever sic desired lis was 10
deed buck thc lind. s,r said e,,c lad merely
scive, w the prcstdtnt lono Tor his old age; J.
sieiter over hIe heatl.' 80
nrnc ;,ay i lcft fMarch X}. last,. Jcffcrson
narIs ea,nn to INV cottage-I lived there u,Ni
nc tn li,c main housc,-nnl said: tYou know
mn,1rr mn m wS.t cIrcumsiances DcauYotr ID IN inv
nanu,. I think you uro tloIllr wrong to lcave,
fnr n il xo',r sisters wish and ,n,nn Tint yo,,
rcmsim ind orcllny This house. YouT horses viii
roo,n ~ n v,,, ijkci M r,rrcI fhis cnl,rsr. hit
1ooItt st,n ~, tbot en,,1d,'t itvn In iIs