The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-08

street window Of the custom house
and shouted, "Thc President is bail
cd y mighty roar Of applause
went up from the people below. which
was taken up and echoed and rc.cchoed
from street to street and house to
house, though strange to say, CON
siderable period Of time elapsed before
the crowd on Bank street were inform
cd of the result. Then they joined
most heartily in the shouts. A com
pany Of United States infantry had
been brought up to the door Of the
custom-house when Mr.. Davis was
carried in by Gen. Burton. No one
has ever yet known what became Of
them. They vanished in the uproar,
doubtless rejoicing that they were re-
lieved Of the ignoble functions which
had been assigned them as jailors.
a cAPTIvL TRIUMPH.
Some time els psed before the bond
was signed snd the order of release
was entered. Then Mr.. Davis left the
room, and with Mr.. O'Conor on one
side and Mr.. Ould on the otLcr, came
out of the custom-house door on Bank
Square. They were greeted with a
sound which was not a cheer or a
hurrah, but that fierce yell which was
first heard at Manassas aud had been
the note of victors at Cold Harbor, at
Charlottesville, the Wilderness and
wherever battle was fercest. The trio
got into an open carriage and drove to
the Spottswood Hotel, at the corner
OF Main and Eighth streets. AS they
moved amidst the rejoicing crowd, the
rebel yell was their only applause,
their happiest greeting. 1t was the
outburst from brave men who could
thus best give expression to their in
dignation for what was past and their
joy for the present.
HATS OFF, yIRGINIANs !"
AS the carriage approached the ho-
tel all sounds ceased, and q deep and
solemn silence fell upon the vast
crowd, less demonstrative than the
yell, but more tender in it's sympathy.
AS Mr.. Davis stood up in the carriage
preparatory to alighting, a stentorian
voice shouted: "Hats of, Virginians!"
and five thousand bare headed men did
homage to him who had suffered for
them, and with moistened eye and
bated breath stood silent and still un-
til their representative entered the
hotel.
The treatment which the Federal
government HAD imposed upon Mr..
Davis had made nim martyr. The
applause was nn attestation of that
fact. Around the courtroom we're
thousands Of men who had met dan
ger aud suffered loss. Each man felt
that Davis had suffered vicariously
for him. If Davis was a traitor so
was he. IF Davis should suffer the
penalty Of the law, 80 should he. This
it was which made the feeling so in
tense.
The Southern people had profound
respect for Mr.. Davis personally be-
cause of his pure character and intel
iectual abilities, but for him there was
no such deep and abiding devotion as
for Lee, ena many &c tie other mil.
tary chieftains. Mr.. Davis imperso-
mated their failure, the generals their
brilliant success as long as success was
possible. But when the vietors charg-
ed him falsely with crimes abhorrent
to his nature, put him under ward and
manacled him as felon, and then in
dlcted him as tre''or, he became
their martyred hero and history will
so record him.
At the November term, 1861, Mr.
EvaEts, the Attorney General, was
present representing the prosecution
before Judge Underwood. Mr.. Davis.
through his counsel, was ready, ear
nestly demanding a trial. The gov
ernment asked that the trial be put OFF
until the succeeding March to suit the
convenience of sheir chief justice.
The defense was anxious for judge
Chase to preside, so it consented to
the delay.
A NEW INDICTMENT.
On the 26th Of March, 1868, a, new
Indictment was found against the pris-
oner, charging him in many counts
with many acts Of treason, conspicu-
GUS amongst which was conspiriug
with Robert e. Lee, J. P. Benz jamin,
John c. Breckenridge. William Ma
hone, M. A. Wise, John Letcher,
William Smith, Jubal A. Early, Jas.
Longstreet, William III. Payne, D. H..
Hill. A. p. Hill, G.. T. Beauregard,
w: n. G. Whiting, Ed. Sparrow, Sam
uel Cooper, Joseph E. Johnston, J.B.
Gordon. G. f. Jackson, F. o. Moore.
and with other persons, 'whose names
are to the grand jury unknown" to
make the war against the United
States; sighting the battle Of Ma
nassas, appointing one Girardi, then
acting as captain, to command bris.
gade, and one Malone to be Major
General fighting q battle near Pc
tersburg in company with r. d. Lee
and others, and another at Five Oaks,
all of which things were done traitor-
ously, unlawfully, malioionsly and
wiokedly.".
The various historic acts ssyled
crimes in this lengthy document we're
proved before the grand jury by the
following witnesses, summoned for.
the purpose: r. E. Lee, James A.
Seddon, G. B. DuReld, John Letoher,
q Wvfhe Munfnr1 Ucbo % Ro11-s.