The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-04


,wo sentineis In there wit II him, the
IL the guard ordered 70 looKl
ut hin every fifteen minutes aofltlne Il,
IA tiio next room nnd IN the HdjolninB
rnsen1ntns set1tinels pacing the parapot
above. n 4 r,iont filed with water acme SIX
Ito eight feet deep and very VIDE. SEM ~
%t1els Of, the opposite bank ana the , tor.
tress filled with troops. TO suppose e .!1a
any possibility Of tho escape OF his p pr s.
oner,Iig either to doubt Ills intellect OF
4 Nol Ia did not pit Irons on tho Con-
federnte chief becnuse he had any IDEA tlle
OF hls escaping, but to heap oDloquys an ny
shanio upon Inn and upon tho cause ana
people he represented IS b. an
& General Miles claims to have letters
4 from Mrs. Is Davis md Mrs Clay and
statements FROM officers to prove That
ho showed Mr.. Davis all Of the Kindness nj .1.sa
and gnve 4 illni every privilege that h l,l
mainly demanded and that was adn1is.
sible sunder4jthe circumstances. ! should
very much like to SEQ the full text OF =, tfo
letter from Mrs Davis, for Il she thanks ~ :.
General Miles for some little net OF Kind
ness she certainly holds hin, up IN nor OF
memoir Of her husband 4 (see her book.
Volume IL, a pages G56 s1657) rs guilt or
Systematic cruelty brutal treatment ana
every petty mearness which could ha-
rass or hurt tho feelings OF his prisoner.
and OF systematically pursuing such 9
course rs threatened to result IN RIDING
tho government OF all trouble by sending
\ him to his grave. Y Lot any one Interested
read the story OF his prison life. as told
BY Mrs. Davis, which she begins With
! d s chapter headed: ,"rFITO FORT URES
INFLICTED BY GENERAL MILES. Z III
e DR.. Craver1's Book. sll5
Of let any one who has doubts on tho
subject road the PRISON Life Of Jeffor-
son Davis" by Ills humane and kind SUR
seon, Or. Craven, and although much
L that he wrote was out out by ordor& OF
Secretary Stanton there Is moro than
enough left to show that every improve "
lnent made In the treatment of Mr. Davis
was at DR.. Crayens enrnest suggestion
and against Miles s wishes and protest.
He tells. too, of such petty tyranny$,al.s
Miles taking possession OF his prisoners
wardrobe and doing, out to y him his
clothes; hs refusing to allow him TO-
4 have clothes sent ~ his wife and other
& friends: his calling lDr. Craven to account
for procuring for: him an oYercoat that
y he very much needed, and his sharply,
writing the doctor that I" ~ eff las he
usually called him, even when speaking
ito Mrs. Davis tor to Mr. Davis hlmself)
\ must not hnvo 'such8 luxurles as oys-
ters. but must be fed on the coarse ra-
#tions appropriate to a criminal.
But ! have not time and you have not
& space for me to mako tho liberal quoth-
e lions from these books which shall ask
the privilege OF making If tLis discussion
it to go on. KEY Fl RI 5I 81 j8:atss ,y III f *
Nor can5I quote fully from an account
given by Hon. Hugh Mccullough, Score
tary Of the Treas ury, OF a visit he made
Mr.. Davis in which, after learning all
of the lets, he VS.: 4 felt, as he did,
that he had for a time been barbarously
treated & Chains were unnecessary and
the constant presence OF tho guards IN
the casumnte must lave been to a seusi-
tive man. worse tran solitary confine-
ment which is now regarded as being
too lnhuman to be Inflicted upon tho
greatest criminals. .s3 4 a ~
N. Il will now briefly introduce one wit
ness, whose testimony Is unimpe achable---
be on a visit TO him at Beauvoir, Just
after he hae' sent to the North Ameri-S
car Review IL PAPER on u The Treatment
Of Prisoners" during the War Between
the States, in which he had O paragra phi
which scorched Nelson A. Miles In that
severe manner Of which President Davis
was so capable when aroused. He told
me that the editor. who was a friend OF
Miles, had written. him that he could not
publish the paper :.nlcss that paragraph
| was omitted.
Rising fr,m&h,s coat. his eyes flushing
| fire and showing more feeling than
ever saw in him upon any other occa-
| sior lie said n II wrote lack that this
paragraph should not DO altered by the
dottlng Of an /, or the crossing OF a =.
| for j was determined to hand down that
miserable brute Miles to immortal IN
| fanny HI Fl is5 .5 I. 4. u .
,Thc paper was afterwards published IN.
Bedford Magazine. and any one desiring
! to know Mr.. Dayis's opinlon'3 OF Milesa
| "hun,aue trNn' mcnt"a can see Tor INNS 81
BIZ reading tina 4 paper.
have scarcely touched the material
In my possession. but this must suffice lc
for the present N