St. Paul daily globe., 1889-12-07

ing to close upon the road still open to
the creek. The falsehood was concluded
in desire TO humiiate me, and at first
asserted that had on bonnet and
woman's dress. with hoODskirts. Wood
cuts OF that kind were said to have been
made in New York. 1t may here
be mentioned that the staff officers
sent on the ship when my wife and chill
dren were detained after | was incar-
cerated at Fortress Monroe did plunder
her trunks, carrying off many articles
or value, and among other things q
; hoopskirt, which the knaves were said
, subsequently to have sold as the one
worn by me. Do not, my friend, wonder
at my conviction that in my case and
our time truth is crushed beneath
malicious falsehood. so deep below the
light of reason in the Northerner's
mind that justice to me from them is
hopeless. That gallant soldier, Adjt.
Gen. Townsend, whose fate has been to
keep watch and ward over trunk be-
longing to me, which was found in
Florida, and over the cloak and shawl
taken from my wife when a prisoner,
could enlighten the witness as to the
shape of the cloak, and teach him not to
risk his veracity by assuming to have
seen belt in the gray of the morning
and with but an instant's opportunity
TO view moving and distant object.
Either sagacity or magnanlmity should
have taught my enemies to deal
fairly, il not generously by one
who was regarded as suffering for
the people he had represented. 1
presume you have the papers Of the
Southern history, authority On the
treatment of prisoners both at the South
and at the North. Also a book of one
of the surgeons at AnderSOnville. 1t
contains fist of those who died and
the diseases and treatment. etc. Rob-
ert Smith, the Confederate commis-
Sioner for exchange of prisoners, has
recently published in the Philadelphia
than these, L might refer to my mes
sageS if l knew where they could be
had. Col. n. ID. Northrup, who was
nearly the whole war cOmmiSSary gem
eral of subsistence, now resides near
Charlottesville, Va. He was in the
United States army until 1861. AS to
my views of the treatment of prisoners,
he might give yOn some Information
not contained in the reports. Gen. A.
K. LawtOn, of Savanna, Ga, was quar-
termaster general, and ii he knew
what and why you wanted it, would
give you free whatever he knows. L
thank you for your kindness. Give my
paternal regard to your wife. and be-
lleye me ever yours.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
THE SECOND LETTER.
Mississippi City, Feb. 4. 1S7S.-Dear
friend: have the pleasure to acknowI-
edge your kind letter Of the 30th ult.
The facts you state in regard to cap
tured treasure are new to me. 1t is
Mr. ,l,ntN II fro ~ ft1nr
erty of the Richmond banks. The item
of money captured from JEFF Davis" is
unfOunded. for the sufficient reason that
had no gold when captured, either
private or public. Mr.. Reagan, Secre-
tary of the treasury, had some gold.
part of it his private property, most of
it belonging TO the Confederate States
treasury, which was seized in his sad
dle-bags; the amount does not. as my
memory serves me, cOrrespOn with
either item. 1t was probably appropri-
ated by the drunken fellow Hudson,
who was recognized as adjutant of the
Michigan regiment, and who, Reagan
told me, got his saddle-bags. The rest
of the Confederate States treasury was
in possession of the treasurer, an old
purser of the United States navy,
and his assistants, both of them
Lin Washington, Ca. when l
left there, and l have no knowledge of
their future conduct. Col. Pritchard
told me some days after my capture
that he had been sent in pursuit of the
wagon train, and that he had no ex-
pectation of finding me with it. As has
been related to you, l had recently
joined it. There were in the Northern
papers of that time reports to the effect
that large amount of treasure was
being carried away, and that was un-
dOubtedly the motive for the pursuit of
those wagons; the report of Gen. Will
son to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Gen. Sherman notices the reports of
treasure being carried Off. and the abuse
of himself for want of activity in the
matter. will write to MIR. Reagan and
ask him to answer your inquiries. The
| fact is, my dear Crafts, that staked my
property and reputation in the defense
of state rights and personal liberty as l
understood them. The first spent in
the cause, except what was seized and
appropriated or destroyed by the
enemy: the last has been persistently
assalled by all which falsehood could
invent and malignity employ. With
sincere regards to your wife, / am ever
affectionately yours,
JFFFERSON DAVIS