El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-09


, having arrived in the night. I hear
it has been stopped nine miles from
here by a rumOred raid below here I
4 do not know how true this IS. 1 shall
wait your further directions here. Do
write every day and make the staff
send the notes II do not expect mOre)
by, officers coming tins way am so
unhappy and anxious.
THE children are well and very
happy. play all day. Billy and Jim
fast friends as ever. Little Winnie
the sweetest little angelic thing in the
WOrld-she rode along IN the wagon as
We bumped over the horrible roads,
making nose at everything-the chill
dren seemed to improve under it.
Mr.. Clay passed through here today.
but did not stop long enough to see
me. I felt quite disappointed, be
cause he was so very kind to me ct
Chester and Charlotte; he sent me
word he would see me at Washington
in a very few days
Margaret sends YOU her best love,
little Polite sends hers and the boys
you if she hoped to find you
May God in His mercy keep you
safe and raise up defenders for our
bleeding country prays your DEVOTED
MY own Dear Old Banny: The
dreadful news. with its dreadful con-
firmation, has rendered us very
you. I viii come to you for a day or
two if this truce is really sol e, If
YOU cannot come TO me. Inc cnnQEen
are all we'll. Jeff has gotten we'll
May God in his mercy have you in
His holy keeping prays your devoted
P. S.-How comes it that my dear
Joe did not go to YOU as soon as pa
rOIed2 Everything is mystery.
Tells of Planned Flight to Europe.
The next letter OF jefferson Davis is
a very long one It deals not only
with the military situation. but also
with the hone which Mr. Davis had
escaping to Europe. Parts of il are
full of pathOS. and as viii be seen by
the letter flDm Mrs Davis which fol
lows. IL was one of the few letters
which was received, the others having
been Intercepted on their way.
Charlotte. \. c.. 2sd Of April. 1855.
My Dear Winnie. I have been de-
tanned here longer than was expected
when the last telegram was sent you.
I am uncertain where you are and
deeply feel the necessity of being with
YOU. even for brief time, under our
altered circumstances.
Your own feelings will convey to
YOU an idea of my solicitude for YOU
and our family. and I will not distress
you by describing it.
'The dispersion of Lees army and
the surrender of the remnant which
remained with him destroyed the hopes
I entertained when we parted Had
that amy held together I am now con-
fident we could have successfully eN-
ecuted the plan which I sketched TO
YOU and would have been today on
the high road TO independence. Even
after that disaster if the men who
'straggled'-say 10000 or 10000 in
number-had come back with their
arms and with disposition TO fight I
we might have repaired the damage; (
but all was sadly the reverse Of that. /
They threw away their arms and were ;
uncOntrolably resolved to go home. /
The small guards along the road have /
sometimes been unable to prevent the I
pillage of trains and depOts. Panic
has seized the country J E Johnston T.
and Beauregard were hopeless as to }
recruiting their forces from the dis /
persed men of Lees army. and equally i
man with the forces they had. Their I
only idea was to retreat OF the power .
to do so they were doubtful. and sub {
seQuent desertions from their troops. +
have materially diminished their 2
strength and, I learn, still more weak .