The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1890-01-24

them this fact was ever prominent A man
lost by Grant could be replaced II desired BY
three; u man lost by Lee was a final loss
On the I'd OF April, 1895 seated in his pew
In St. Paul's church, Riohmond, President
Davis received the dispatch from Gen. Lee
announcing his complete discontinue At 9
p. IN. the president, cabinet and other OH
cials left for Dauyille, at which point Presl.
dent Davis issued his last proclamation, his
last state paper. Ten days later he was at
Greensboro, N, O.. u week later he halted At
Charlotte, where he first learned that sl00,,
600 reward had been offered tor his capture
as an instigator Of the assassination Of Presi'
dent Lincoln. All men now admit that the
charge was false, |..... a
Another week found him almost alone, a
fugitive in the forests of Georgia, with hii
wife and O few devoted adherents On the
10th Of May he was captured near Irwins
Vile, Ga, by body of cavalry under Lieut..
Col Pritchard. "Mr. Davis, u says one OF bis
captors, "had on when arrested an ordinary
suit, with very long raglan overcoat and a
shawl on his shouldersN In the dim light Of
morning he was at first taken for woman,
hence the story so widely published. He was
conveyed at once TO Fortress Monroe which
be entered on tho 10th Of May, to remain .
captive for nearly two years,
And so ali was over. The Southern Con
rederaoy had dropped to pieces like housg
Of cards, and its president, once the beloved
colonel, the honored senator, the Federal SEQ
retary of war, tue successful statesman and
aspiring politician, was prisoner--in irons
Yes, all that was bright and hopeful was
gone; nothing now remained but to hang the
prisoner, as had been SO often promised; te
write his history SO as to fix his name In In
fanny, and In no long time his own people
would dis0wn him az the cause Of their woes
All this, in the opinion Of many sauguins
ones, was soon to be. Only 1t did not prove So
The world was now to witness another oi
those revulsions in popular feeling which 50
often delight the emotional and puzzle til.
philosophic. At sight Of this sorely stricken
man all southern criticism was instantly
hushed, and In due time thoughts Of some
thing far nebler than vengeance pervaded
the north, Mr., Davis bore his suffering,
with such Roman fortituds that southerr
hearts were knitted 10 him as never before
His critics apologized, even when truth wa,
on their side, His wife shared bis captivity
and excited the worlds interest In his case,
His first wife, daughter Of Gen. Taylor, had
died many years before, but the one who oshared
his fortunes as official and as captive wal
a lady Of refinement and intellect worthy Of
any station. His oldest and most inveterats
opponents were first to soften; the Abolition
lists asked clemency, and IN May, 1861, before
the United States circuit court at Richmond,
Horace Greeley and GerTitt Smith Joined
with many southern men in signing his bali
bond, He had been formally indicted foI
treason but, In December, 1868 by the sarna
court, nolle prosequi was entered, and thu
case Of 1.-THE United States va jefferson
Davis was ended forever and 10 the satisfac
tion of almost every Ameriean,
RETIREMENT AND A QUIET LIFE.
After brief tour In Europe he located al
Memphis as presidentof life insurance com,