The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-12
chains was cnunterrcising whatever i llf
,lcino lie might give&the sick captive. 53ja
ron HIM ILtATTON o NIlf,


4 hut tho people orsthc Whole South ntid
i togihcm ihc names or DANA anu MICS
4 wilI Id forever linked With tho III fnmy.S
4 1yhcncvtf Y they arc mentioned feelings
| akin 40 those aroused ut 81 the name Of
4 Callgua vii fire the breusts ofa tl,c pro Nls
4 t,oscenlants of tho people OF INC coll-
/ dncrcd 5natlon.a and THE act, Of clainillg
/ President Davis VIII 10 flilteu
Honor lives. n q j33ss itt ti5 a A . s. 5, M
4 81 On the 9sth day or May. 1860, Secrc,tnTS
+ stanton required Miles t05repnit WI etllerS
l5irons have Or have mot been placed 81
jefferson Davis. IT. they have been,
whengit was done. and for what Ei reason 4.
! .afd remove them" Miles replied: 81 n
4 that when jeff Davis Wiis ,llrst cao2hllleu
- lhn rn senate tho inner doors we're
ii.hi wooden ones without locks. t9i1 g: 81
,ented anklctsto be put upon his ankles
i,vhicl, would not Interfere with his Walk
| 'inr. b,it would prevent Ills runninss
should &bc cntleavor to cscape Y y 9Ss. y
! mean time Il ll,ivc change ed tlic Wooue 9,
idoors&for5 grated ones Will, locks, ana ny
nnklets have 8becns renlo veg, l11 LIVELY 81
| ~ taken 70 avoid any prctencc. OF conf 20 q
lpllant,3Sa as well as 70 proven the posi- BOSS
lblity5of ills escape" f{s5 H Il ijs553 S
Such was the tlinlsy excuse given pvl
Miles when called II to- account Tor MS
cruelty by the iron-hcarted Stanton
BROKE Ills HEALTH.
,rhe .,althSof AIr.SDusls rapidly f failed
,,ndcr e TIC cruel tfeittnient and severe
! mental strain rhe chief&medt cal8 DILL
cer,s DR.. John III. Craven, on the 2ot Q!
4 August. 1856, reported that 5his genera
condition denoted a. low state II me Will VIA
forces. tier " long time the.fepoiss 70 OF
His deplorable condi ton rcache ed the ctl
| Of president Andrew Johnson, and on
| the 9TH OF May. 1866 he requested the
Secretary of NVar$to direct Surgeon G. tl1.
1 Cooperate submit an arlrf1'cport RESP
Ling tic health OF jefferson l)a Yis. sDr
Cooper, after n spcoal eXanlln On
1.-THE same day reported ias the $res 81! e
| Of the examination: u is CONSIDERABLY
| cnln ciated. tho fatty tissue having almost
| Disappeared, leaving his skin much sllriv--S5
| eNd. H Ills muscles arc small, tlaccid tlnd
very soft, md lie has butsllttlc muscular.
/ strcngth He 5is Quite weak and debill-
Hated ;4consequcntly his 3gaitIis becoming
uneven and Irregular. Ills digestive Or.
j gnns mt pre- cent are in conlparntlv ely goou
/ condition, but become quickly derAnsed
3l,niei'{ anything but the most carefully
prepared food within diet dsgreeing
with him. dyspeptif symptoms promptly
.lsinako their appearance soon followed fy
vertigo, severe facial md cranlal neural
4 gin. III, erysipelatous inflammation or&thei
\ ,postcrlors scalp and right side Of tho nose,
i (which quickly affects the right eve Ohes
A only sound one he has) land III cxtenus
4 through the nasal duct into. tho Interior
A nose. lis nervous system IS great H5de-
\ rnnged. being Frustrated and excessively
i irritable. Slight noises, swhichtare sea roo
fIly percept lille to II man In robust healtll,&
i cause tllm@much pain. tho description Of
4 Tho sensation beingtns OF ono fluSed and
4 having every sQntlcnt nerve exposed TO
4 tile waves of hound. Want of sleep has
i been "a great and almost tho principal.
y ~, ,SsS Ia
4 has been produced by the tramp Of the
i crcaklng boots of tie scntlncls on post
1 round the prison room, and the relcval
/ 5nrtsthc guard nt thcfcX pration Of every
j two hours, which 5invnrlablc nwuk-
ions lilns III X
isf53 MIR. .DAv1s's STATEMENT,
s''Prisoner Davis states athuti lie has
scarcely enjoyed over two hours OF sleep
4 iubroken ut ono time since Ills conilne-
I ment,4 Means liavc l}een taken5by plac-{
ling mating on the floors for the sentincls
4 Ito walk to alleviate this source Of dis
4 turbance, hut with only partlnl success.
Il HIS vital condition Is low, aud he has but
4 little reci,pcrative force Should he ho
3 attacked With my of the severe forms
4 of disease to which the Underwater region
4 lof Virginia is subject, I with reason.
Z l4fear the result IS zsj E I
n, 81 \ IrLEs's PIrITUL r. Lien 58
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