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JO 15 PlilNTING, fn.ovory style, neatly and promptly done. JEFFERSON DIWIS IN PRISON Scenes and Incidents of the Life of the Ex-Confederate Presi dent in the Casemate at Fortress Monroe. Extracts from the Diary Surgeon. of the Post* KI(KIRS OF HIS CONFINEMENT. Opinions of tlie Confederate Leader on Sorial and Political Affairs. [CONTINUED.] Mr. Lincoln's Assassination.—E x-President Pierce. Torture of tteing Constantly Watched.—Mr. Davis on the Members of his Cabinet and tJie Opponents Qf his Administration.—Touching Tribute to the Memory of “ .stonewall” Jackson.. Sunday. July llth.—Was sent for by Mr. Davis, and called in company with Captain R. O. Bickley, officer of the day. Found prisoner very desponding, the failure of his sight troubling him, and his nights almost without sleep. His present treatment wfb killing him by inches, and he wished shorter work could be made of his tormeur. He had hoped lung since for a trial, which should be public, and therefore with some sem blance of fairness; but hope deterred was making his heart sick. The odious, malignant aud absurd insin uation that he was connected in some manner with the great crime aud foilv of Mr. Lincoln's assassina tion was his chief personal motive for so earnestly de- sinug an early opportunity of vindication. But apart from this, as he was evidently made the representa tive in whose person the actiou of the seceding States was to be argued and decided, he yet more strol desired for this reason to be beard in behalf of the defeated, but to him still sacred cause. The defeat he accepted, as a man has to accept all necessities of accom plished fact; but to vindicate the theory and justice of his cause, showing by the authority of the Consti tution and the Fathers of the Country, that his people had only assorted a right—had committed no crime; this was the last remaining labor which life could im pose ou him as a public duty. Mr. Davis then spoke of ex-President Franklin Pierce in terms of warm ad miration, as the public man who had studied consti tutional law, and the relation of the States to highest profit, remarking, that if he were given any choice of counsel, Air. Pierce would be oue of those whose ad vice he would think most reliable. He also spoke of Air. Charles Fames, of Washington, as a walking ency clopaedia of constitutional law, very accurate and ready in his reference to precedents; adding that he had seen a report in the Herald that Messrs. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, and Charles O’Connor, of New iork, had professed their readiness to assume his defence, when approached by some of his friends for that purpose, for which lie felt grateful, both person ally and lor his people. His own fate was of no im portance in this matter, save to the Orovernment, on which history would devolve the responsibility for bis treatment. Martyrdom, while representing the delib erate action of his people, would be immortality, bat lor the sake 01 justice, not merely to his .own people, but to the whole American people, whoa«9foture liber ties were now at stake in his person, a fair and public v™. mow tbe necessity of the situation. My people, h«- u.u u d, - uuomptod mat yemr people denounced as a revolution. My people foiled; but your people have suffered a revolution which must prove disastrous to their liberties unless promptly remedied by legal decision, in their efforts to resist the revolution which they charged my people with contemplating. State sovereignty, the corner-stone of the Constitution, has become a name. There is no longer power, or will, in any State, or number of Statee, that would dare refuse compliance with any tinkle of Mr. Seward’s bell.” Mr. Davis complained that his sleeplessness was ag gravated by the lamp kept burning in his room all night, so that he could be seen at all moments by the guard in the outer cell. If he happened to doze oue feverish moment, the noise of relieving guard iu the next room aroused him, and the lamp poured its full glare into his aching and throbbing eyes. There must be a change iu this, or he would go crazy, or blind, or. both. “Doctor,” he said, “had you ever the conscious ness of being watched ? Of having an eye fixed on you e\ ery moment, intently scrutinizing your most minute actions, and the variations of your counten ance aud posture V The consciousness that the Omni scient Eye rests upon us, in every situation, is the most consoling aud beautiful belief of religion. But to have a human eye riveted on you in every moment ot waking or sleeping, sitting, walking, or lying down, is a refinement of torture on anything the Camanches or Spanish Inquisition ever dreamed. They, in their ignorance of cruel art, only struck at the body: and ;he nerves have a very limited capacity of pain. This is a maddening, incessant torture of the mind, in creasing with every moment it is endured, and shaking the reason by its incessant recurrence of miserable pain. Letting a single drop of water fall on the head every sixty seconds does not hurt at first, but its vic tim dies of raving agony, it is alleged, if the indiotion be continued. The torture of being incessantly watched is, to the mind, what the water-dropping is to the body, but more afflictive, as the mind is more sus ceptible of pain. The Eye of Omuiscence looks upon us with tenderness and compassion; even if conscious of guilt, we have the comfort of knowing that Eye sees also our repentance. But the human eye forever fixed upon you is the eye of a spy, or enemy, gloating in the pain and humiliation which itself creates. I have lived too long in the woods to be frightened by_ an owl, and have seen death too often to dread any form of pain. But I confess, Doctor, this torture of being watched begins to prey on my reason. The lamp burning in my room all night would seem a tor ment devised by some one who had intimate knowl edge of my habits, my custom having been through life never to sleep except in total darkness.'' This conversation, so far as related to its medical aspect, I deemed it my duty to communicate 1 that af ternoon to Major-General Miles, who couldnotromove the lamp altogether, but directed that it should ba screened at night, so that no direct and glaring beams should be thrown into the prisoner’s eyes. Soon after this interview, I received a third letter from Mrs. Davis, as follows: .Savannah, Ga. July 2, 1865. La. J. J. Ckaven: My Dear Sir—I have written to you three times, and no answer has been returned; but 1 am not capable of the *’still yet bravo despair,” which I know is required in my hopeless position. ’Thanks to God, that He has raised you up a “present help” iu my husband’s time of trouble are daily rendered. Am I intrusive in offering gratitude and earnest prayers for your welfare and that ol your household, aud lor your maniy disregard of everything but the suffering man before you ? I know you have been kind, for the only concordance between any of the numberless harrowing statements which daily agonize me, ib that you are always represented as kind to him —as ministering to his necessity. The last account tells me that your wife aud little daughter are also kind enough to attend to his w ants. With my grati tude and joy that even in such a dungeon, separated irom all hi« earthly ties he is not alone, comes the sad memory that I can do nothing but write fo say how I love them for their goodness; how 1 long to see their laces before my eyes arc closed in death I I am not aione in offering to them loving thanks—our whole people join me in offering acknowledgments to them aud to you. Many little children, besides my own poor little ones, have asked-me if I had a likeness of- your family, that they might form an idea of those whose kiuduess has become to them household.words. Still no word of comforting response comes to me from you. I will not annoy you by importunities; but pray that we may meet at some future day, when such painful circumstances as now surround mo may have been swept away by God’s christianizing grace. When “martial faith and courtesy” may again dic tate the action ol those who now hold my suffering husband “a prisoner of war,” but treat him like a felon, a heart full of gratitude, overflowing in earnest, constant prayers for you, and for your dear wife, and uttle Annie, is all I have to offer; and these are ever present to Yours most gratefully, Vabina Davis. - —Called on Mr. Da via, accompanied by -apt. Grill, 3d Pennsylvania Artillery, officer of the a ay- Found him extremely weak, and growing more farmed about his sight, which was failing rapidly, ine phenomenon had occurred to him ot seeing ail objects double, duo chiefly to his nervous debility and ne oyer taxation of coustant reading. Prescribed •umulants internally—weak brandy and water with msmeals to aid digestion—and a stimulating wash. some remarks he had seen in one of the New York papers led Mr. Davis to speak of the difficulties which •d surrounded his administration, f tjf Cabinet had been selected during the formation J? 1110 Provisional Government at Montgomery, when ^•ere w.-re tut states in the Confederacy from which to select or accept Secretaries, and when all were in dire confusion—even those of farthest *i ln public affairs with but little prevision of lay before them. Georgia as the largest State “Pjeaeuted in the Provisional Congress* claimed the aimS recommended Mr. Toombs— trow “ turml force and capaciey, bat • des- * J not » builder up ; a man of reatleaa nature, a bom Jacobin, though with honest intentions. Ala bama, aa the second State, claimed tha portfolio of War, and nominated Pope Walker tor the position—a gentleman of excellent intentions, but wholly without the requisite experience or capacities for so vast a trust. Sauth Carolina placed Mr. Memminger in the Treasury, aud while he respected the man, the utter Cal hire of Confederate finance was the future of the cause. Had Mr. Memminger aoted promptly ou the proposition of depositing cotton in Europe and hold ing it there for two years as a basis for their currency, their circulating medium might have maintained it self at par to the closing day of the struggle; and that in itself would have Insured victory. Louisiana sent Benjamin, the abhst and most faithfnl member of his advisory council; a man who realized that industry is the mistress of success, and who had no personal as pirations, no wishes that were not subordinate to the prosperity of the cause. In the early part of the war, Benjamin furnished a parallel to Mr. Seward, both be lieving and avowing that the impending crisis would not last longer than sixty or ninety days, though Benjamin relaxed no labor or preparation on that ac- oount. Texas had the Postal Department, in the per son of Mr. Beagan, who was a plain, strong man, of good common sense and a good heart, faithful to the cause with zealous fidelity, aud faithful to the last, though endowed with no peculiar administrative abil ities, and one of those who had not labored to precip itate secesssion,. though accepting it heartily as a po litical necessity when it came. The Navy Department went to'Florida,and was filled by Mr. Mallory, who had large experience in the Naval Committee of the United States Senate. It was complained that there had been remissness in this department, no Confederate war vessel having been commenced ifntil eight or nine months after the act of secession. In these com plaints there was doubtless some truth; but after an event happened, prophesying was cheap. No one at that day could have foreseen the extent or prolongation of the struggle, and the belief was common, if not na tural, that the necessities of Europe would compel foreign nations to raise the blockade, and finally bring the naval resources of England and France to tile aid of his people. Being interested by what Mr. Davis said of the failure of the Confederate currency as the failure of the cause, and of some scheme by which it might have been pre vented, I expressed my curiosity and prevented to . request some explanation, as there appeared to me no manner in which Confederate paper could have been sustained at par. Mr. Dari, replied that one rule of his life was, never to express regret for the inevitable; to let the dead bury its dead in regard to all political hopes that were not realized. Fire is not quenched with tow, norths past to be remedied by lamentations. It wonld, however, have been possible, in his judgment, to have kept the currency of his people good for gold, or very nearly so, during the entire struggle, and had this been done the contrast, if nothing else, would have reduced United States securities to zero, and so ter minated the contest. The plan urged upon Mr. Mem minger was aa follows—a plan Mr. Davis privately ap proved, but bad not time to study aud take the respon - sibility of directing, until too late: At the time of secession there were not less than three million bales of cotton in the South—plantation bales, ot 400 hundred pounds weight each. These the Secretary of the Treasury recommended to buy from the planters, who were then willing, and even eager, to sell to the government, at ten cents per pound in Confederate currency. These three million bales were to be rushed off to Europe before the blockade was of any efficiency, and there held for one or two years, until the price reached not less than 70 or 80 cents per pound—and we all know it reached much higher during the war. This would have given a cash basis in Europe of not less than a thousand million dollars in gold, and all securities drawn against this balance in bank would maintain par value. Such a sum would have more than sufficed all the needs of the Confederacy during the war; would have sufficed, with economic management, for a war of twice the actual duration; and this evidence of Southern pros perity and stability could not but have acted power fully on the minds, the securities and the avarice of the New England rulers of the North. He was far from reproaching Mr. Memminger. The situation was new. No one coaid have foreseen the course of events. When too late the wisdom of the proposed measure was realized, but the inevitable “too late" was interposed. The blockade had become too stringent, for one reason, and the planters had lost their pristine confidence in Confederate currency. When we might have put silver in the purse, we did not put it there. When we had only silver on the tongue, our promises were forced to become exces sive. I asked how Mr. Memminger bad obtained promi nence in so aristocratic a State as South Carolina, the report being that he wob a foundling born with little claim to either wealth or name. Mr. Davis said he knew nothing of the matter, and immediately turned away the conversation, appearing displeased. When Mr. Benjamin was made Secretary of War, Mr. Davis continued—Mr. Walker having proved a failure—Congress was pleased to blame him for the successes of General Burnside at Boanokc Island, aud so forth; events which no human activity or foresight, with the forees at his command, conld have averted. Congress in some respects was slow to provide against reverses, but never lacking in promptness to find a scapegoat. From the first, there was a strong party in tho South—or rather in the Southern Congress and political life—arrayed against his administration.— They never deemed it wise to attack him personally or directly, for his people were devotedly and nobly faithful to the representative of their selection; bnt the plan was to assail any man or measure in whom or which Mr. Davis was supposed—often erroneously—to take special interest. He himself was much to blame for this, perhaps—his fidelity to friendship ana tbe natural combattiveness of his nature, prompting him to assume as personal to himselfi any assaults di rected against men or measures for whose appoint- ——- „r -—CT -— Ire —— 111 any aegree ■ TeBpon- sible. This was a fault of his temperament, bnt each man must accept himself us ho stands, and that man does well who makes out of himself the best pos sible. Toombs, even when in tbe Cabinet, had been im practicable and restless. Ont of it he be- came an active malcontent, and was power fully supported in every perverse and perni cious suggestion by Governor Brown, of Georgia. Vice-President Stephens had lent the government no assistance, continually holding himself aloof from Bichmond—perhaps on account of ill health ; but cer tainly his health must have been very wretched in deed, if poorer than that of Mr. Davis, during many of his most trying and laborious months. Be the cause what it might, however, the absence, if not apathy, of Mr. Stephens, had been an element of weakness, and. led him to be regarded by the malcontents as a friend and pillar of their cause. In South Carolina, there was the Rhett faction ; never At home save when in the attitude of contradiction : men whose lives were expended in the negative, and who often recalled to his mind the contradictory gentlemen described by Sydney Smith, who, when he had no one else to quar rel with, threw up his window at night for the pur pose of contradicting the watchman who was shout ing, "Two o'clock—all well.” The only open assail ant he hadin Congress wag Senator Foote, of his own StateLa man of no acoount or credit; an inveterate place-hunter and mere politician, who appeared labor ing under a constitutional inability either to see any thing correctly, or to report correctly what he had seen. Of Stonewall Jackson, Mr. Davis spoke with tho ut most tenderness, and some touch of reverential feel ing, bearing witness to his earnest and pathetic piety, his singleness of aim, his immense energy as an exe cutive officer, and the loyalty of his nature, making obedience the first of all duties. "He roseevery morn ing at three." said Mr. Davis ; "performed his devo tions for half an hour, and then went booming along at the head of his command, which came to be called ■Jackson’s foot cavalry,' from the velocity of their movements. He had the faculty, or rather gift, of ex citing and holding tbe love and confidence of his men to an unbounded degree, even though the character of his campaigning imposed on them more hardships than on any other troops in the service. Good sol diers care not for their Individual sacrifices when ade qnate results ean be shown ; and these General Jack- son never lacked. Hard fighting, hard marching, hard fare, the strictest discipline—all these men will bear, if visibly approaching the goal of their hopes. They want to get done with Hie war, hack to their homes and families ; and their instinct soon teaches them which commander is pursuing tbe right means to accomplish these results. Jackson was a singular ly ungainly man on horseback, aud had nanny pecu liarities of temper, amounting to violent idiosyncra sies ; bnt everything in his nature, though here and there uncouth, was noble. Even in the heat of action, and when most exposed, he might be seen throwing up bis hands in prayer. For glory he lived long enough." continued Mr. Davis with much emotion ; "and if this result had to come, it was the Divine mercy that removed him. He fell like the eagle, his own feather on the shaft that was dripping with his life-blood. In his death the Confederacy lost an eye and arm, onr only consolation being that the final summons conld have reached no soldier more pre pared to accept it joyfuHy. Jackson was not of a san guine turn, always privately anticipating the worst, that the better might be more welcome.” Mr. Davi3 Seriously IU—Restrictions on Correspon- ponCUmce with Ms Wife—Clement C. Clay—A Ram part Interview—Religious Phase of Mr. Davis’ Character. -Called on Mr. Davis, CapL Korte, 3d ~ T the JMtu g»®. _ , _. Pennsylvania Artillery, being officer of the day, and of course, my companion. Was requested to call by Major-General Miles, who had received report that prisoner was seriously ill. Found Mr. Davis in a very critical state; his ner vous debility extreme ; his mind more despondent than ever heretofore; his appetite gone; complexion livid, and pulse denoting deep prostration of all the physical energies. Was much alarmed, and realized with painful anxiety the responsibilities of my posi tion. If he were to die in prison, and without trial, ■abject to such severities as bad been inflicted on his attenuated frame, tbe world would form unjust con clusions, bnt conclusions with enough color to pass them Into history. It seemed to me, let me frankly confess, due to the honor of America, and the future alorr ot onr struggle for national existence, that this result should not happen. Mr. Davis asked me oonld nothing be done to better his condition, or secure him the justice of a trial be fore death. The effort of his people to establish a country had failed, and they had no country now but America. It was for the honor of America, not less than for hit own, and for justice to his cause, that he pleaded. Assured Mr. Davis that no effort of care or such skill aa I possessed should be wanting for his benefit. Then commenced conversation on various topics, seek ing to divert bis mind from the afflictions preying on it Talking of the Confederate flag and the various flags under which tbe regiments of each State fought, I mentioned having once seen a enrions practical reali zation of the flag of South Carolina—the palmetto-tree and rattlesnake. Tbs day {after the success 0 i Admiral DuPont at Port Royal, and the landing of Sherman's expedition -.ffAaaOT camp of the expelled troope. There, twisted around the trank of a palmetto tree, and held in bis place round it by ligatures of reeds, was a dead rattlesnake, tbe largest I bad ever seen, some eight feet long, end probably nearly a hundred pounds weight. It bad undoubtedly been placed there in eport by some of the cavalry «a an emblem of the flag of their State. "It was a good omen for yon,” said Mr. Davis, with s feint smile, and then commenced talking of tbe makes on the Soothers coast. Mr. Davis said when hi bad last been out on the ramparts he bad met 1f.r. C. C. Clay, similarly walking under guard. Clay waa looking wretchedly, and realize more acutely his Men at sea in a skip never frail the vessel is they are on board, until their counterpart in some closely passing vessel is brought under notice. Absorbed in eTfries and the emotions of the scene, be bad previously felled to realize his situation, with an officer at his side as custodian, and four bayonets pacing him to secure that he should make no effort to The moment Mr. Clay passed, his own attuatio revealed; and nothing bnt bis strong convidtion that to remain in his cell wonld be equivalent to suicide, conld induce him to parade again in the mnfe man ner. As he passed Mr. Clay, they exchanged a few words in French, nothing more, than the compli ments of the. day and an inquiry for each other’s health; bnt It seemed this had alarmed the officer, who did not understand the language, Mr. Clay not being permitted to pass him again, batbeing inarched off to another part of the ramparts. Clay wad natural ly delicate, of an atrabilions type, and his appearance denoted that he most be suffering severely. Replied that I had been attending Mr. CUy, and saw nothing in hiB state to occasion alarm. He had a tendency to asthma, bnt that was a long-lived disease. Mr. Davis inquired how Clay was fed. Replied that at first he had received solders' rations, bnt latterly, his condition demanding it, had been fed from the hospital. Mr. Davis expressed much sympathy for his fellow-sufferer, begging me to do whatever 1 pro fessionally could for his relief, and to hold up his hands. Let me here remark that, despite a certain exterior cynicism of manner, no patient has ever crossed my path, who, suffering so much himself, ap peared to feel so warmly and tenderly for others.— Sickness, as a general rule, is sadly selfish; its own pains and infirmities occupying too much of its thoughts. • With Mr. Davis, however, the rule did not work, or rather be waa an exception calling attention to its general trntb. Prisoner complained bitterly of the restrictions im posed by General Miles on his correspondence with his wife ; certain subjects, and those perhaps of most interest, being forbidden to both. The Convicts in > State prisons were allowed this liberty unimpeded, or only subject to the supervision of the Chaplsln, whose scrutiny had a religions and kindly character—that of a Father Confessor. His letters, on the contrary, had to be sent open to General Miles, and from him; he understood, similarly open to the Attorney What unbosoming of confidence—mutual griefs; mu tual hopes, the interchange of tendePest sympathies— was possible, or wonld be delicate under suoh a sys tem! He pictured idle young staff-officers here, or yet more pittifnl clerks in tho Law Department at Washington, grinning over any confessions of pain, or terms of endearment, he might be tempted to use; and this thought embittered the pleasure such corres pondence might otherwise have conferred. The re lationship of husband and wife was the inner vesti bule of the temple—the holy of holies—in poor hu man life; and who could expose its secrects or lay. his heart bare on his aleeve, for such daws to peck at? Even criminals condemned to death for honioufi crimes, were allowed not only free correspondence with their wives, but interviews at which no jailor stood within earshot. What possible public danger could there be from allowing such letters to pass without scrutiny ? Time will set all theBe petty tyr annies in their true light. He that first pleadeth bis own cause seems justified ; but his neighbor oometh and searcheth him. If the privilege were over abused—if anything he wrote to his wife were pub lished to the detriment of the government, or tend ing to disturb Hie peace, what easier than to say, “This previlege has been abused and must cease ?" July ‘list.—Visited prisoner with Captain Evans, 3d Pennsylvania Artillery, officer of the day. Mr. Davis better, but still in bed ; the Bible and Prayer-Book his usual companions. Complained that his irritation of sight made reading painfnl; bnt there was conso lation for greater sacrifice in what he read. There was no afiectation of devoutneas or asceti cism in my patient; but every opportunity I had of seeing him convinced me more deeply of his sincere religions convictions. He was fond of referring to passages of Scripture, comparing text with text ; dwelling on the divine beauty of the imagery, and the wonderful adaptation of the whole to every conceiva ble phase and stage of human life. Nothing that any man’s individual experience, however strange, conld bring home to him, but had been previously foretold and described, with its proper lesson or promise of hope, in the sacred volume. It was the only absolute wisdom, reaching all varieties of existence, because comprehending the whole ; and besides its inspired universal knowledge, all tne learning of humanity waa but foolishness. Tbe Psalms were his favorite portion of the Word, and had always been. Evidence of their divine origin was inherent in their text Only an intelligence that held tha life-threads of the entire human family could have thus pealed forth in a single cry every wish, joy, fear, exaltation, hope, passion, and sorrow of Hie human heart. There were moments, while speaking on religious subjects, in which Mr. Davis impressed me more than any professor of Christianity I had ever heard. There was a vital ear nestness in bis discourse ; a clear, almost passionate grasp in his faith ; and the thought would frequently recur, that a belief capable of consoling such sorrows as his, possessed and thereby evidenced, a reality—a substance—which no sophistry of the infidel conld discredit. To this phase of the prisoner’s character I have heretofore rather avoided calling attention for several reasons, prominent of which, though an unworthy one, was this : My knowledge that many, if not a ma jority of my readers, would approach the character of Mr. Davis with a preconception of dislike and distrait, and ft aonsequeuv amu. aui «U forcing an their attention of this phase of his character, before their opinion had been modified by such glimpses as are herein given, might only challenge a baaa and false imputation or hypocrisy against oue than wnom, III my judgment, no more devont exemplar of Christian faith, and its Talne as a consolation, now lives, what ever may have been his political crimes or errors. And here, dropping the note-book a moment, let me say a few wordB in my own character—a reflection continually brought to my notice by each day’s fur ther acquaintance with Mr. Davis : Is it not true that the chief mistakes and prejudices of public opinion come from our not understanding— not seeking to understand—the true motives and char acters of the men to whom we are opposed? Blind and hot-headed partisanship, speaking in the haste of the press and tbe heat of the rostrum, accepts with out evidence whatever epithet of infamy can be ap plied to tbe object of Its dislike ; no stories of gnilt or folly that can degrade or render hateful the foeman we stand arrayed against, can be too monstrous to find believers, at least while the struggle lasts. But in a few years, as we recede from the convulsed and fren zied period of Hie strife, we grow to be ashamed of the malignant delusions which have so grossly cheated our senses ; and before history takes up the pen to re cord her final judgment, the world will be, Filling to concede that tho man was not utterly bad—had, in fact, great redeeming virtues—who waff, par most prominent foe ; and tbs* no movement eg. vast, and eliciting such' intense devotion on the part of its par tisans as the late Southern rebellion, could have grown up into its gigantio proportions without containing many elements of truth and good, which it may. profit future ages to study attentively, though -the means taken for the assertion of its principles store' false, criminal, aud only fraught with disaster. ’ To anticipate a little what must be the inevitable courae of events, to give the public such opportunity as was given the writer of Judging Jefferson Davis from a clearer Btand-point, and to save the present generation of the North from the fetal error of con tinuing to regard and treat as a coohnon criminal the chief actor opposed tons in a struggle the moat gi gantic the world has ever seen, and with which his tory will ring for centuries to come—if these’objects con be attained, the author will not have toiled in vain. All the crimes that an evil Ingenuity hag yet been able to impute to this man, are as new-feUen snow when brought in contrast with the febricatlons of the English and European press in regard to mur derous and incestnong prod!Yities of the first Napo leon during the great wars in whioh that Captain in volved the elder continent. Bnt such is not now the judgment of him, either in England or in the world’s history—nor will history consent to regard Mr. Davis in the odious, monstrous, or contemptible light whieh has been, for the last five years, the only one in which the necessities and passions of our recent straggle would permit him to be presented to our gaze. (7b be Continued.) Mlaete sf Mats Decided by the Supreme Chert at Milledgeoiile, Ga., Jew Tsnm, I860. \ Continued.] SasssnA Whitaker ) v* Award. FromFal- Wkkkley ft Warms.} - . Jo* on * In this cage there wm enough evidence to uphold the verdict, and the verdict was not contrary t6 the charge of the Court—Jndg- ment affirmed. Hammond End Barnett ft Bleckley for plaintiff in error. Brown A Pope for defendant. Watt Ex’tr.) vs. > Ejectment. From Effingham, » • J , J i . Lowiw, O. J. A boundary acquiesced in hy co-tenninous proprietors, and their possession regulated by it for twenty or thirty years, is conclusive upon them, afterwards.—Judgment affirmed. Wilson A Letter for plaintiff in error. Law. Bartow ft Lovet for defendants. Hudspeth) — vs. VRule against Sheriff. From Johnson.) Baker. - Lumpkin, C. J.' A Sheriff who collected Confederate money on a fi fa. and put it in a aafbv’whera, in con sequence of , the absence cif the owner of .the sate with the key, it remained until it be came valueless, is not liable for the nominal amount of such moqmL bnt only for its ac tual value at tbe time of collection.—Judg ment reversed. “ Vason ft Davis, Strozier ft Smith for plain tiff in error. Wright ft Warren for defendant- Darracott j Motion to rein state case. From Miller. Pennington ft Stapleton. ] Harris, J. " 1. At the April., Term of 1865, of Miller Superior Court, the situation of the country was such as to furnish an excuse to counsel for not attending tbe Court, especially where the absent counsel were copartners in the practice, and one of them was in the mili tary service and the other a Government de positary. 2. This case having been dismissed in the Court below, on account of the non-atten dance of counsel, it ought to have been re instated on morion at a subsequent term.— Judgment reversed. Yason ft Davis for plaintiff in error. No appearance for defendant. Ttus | vs L Rust ^ LuMPglN, C. J. A Factor who has advanced money on cot ton stored with him, arid has a claim on it for expenses, and who has sold it without instructions from its principal, to a bona fide purchaser, is riot Subject to possesory warrant, at tbe instance of the principal— certainly not, before a tender of his advances and expenses.—Judgment affirmed. Strozier ft Smith for plaintiff in error. Warren, and Yason ft Davis for defendant. Suttlss ft Wife ) — ,. , Debt on Guardian s bond. From Fulton. - Possessory Warrant. From Dougherty. -vs. Caldwell ft oTHiris Lumpkin, C. J. ' t - ■ The verdict U) this case was contrary to evidence.—Judgment reversed. Ezzard ft Collier, Barnett ft Bleckley for plaintiff in error. Clarke lor defendants. [Assaultwith intent to Bape. THE State.) From Butts. Haws, J. The Solicitor General entered on the bill of indictment arraignment and plea of not guilty, but by inadvertence, there was, in fact, no arraignment or plea. The jury were im- panneled and -sworn, the indictment was read to them, and thq Solicitor made his opening address and w» about to introduce evidence, when eounaal for prisoner moved the Court to. allow a verdict «f not guilty to in tne be taken on tne ground-that there no arraignment or plea. The Court overruled the morion, and permitted the Solicitor to enter a nolle yrosequi: Meld, that as there was no issue for the jury to try, the prisoner waa not in jeopardy, and it was' riot loo late to »olpros. the indictment—Judgment affirmed. Trippe and Floyd for plaintiff in error. Hammond, Sol. Gen. for the State. Fbeemah 1 ■! v.. AiJlO v. .. 1 Petition to the . Judge at Cham bers. From Fulton. LA PIERRE HOUSE, , PHILADELPHIA. rnHK SUBSCRIBERS Having leased this favorite House, It has been. . iooah) I REFITTED AND HEPiys«|bbn IN AN ELEGANT MANNER, j | And Is now Prepared wilt Use Moat Per fect Appointments for the Recep tion of Oneate. TIis first position among first-class Hotels will In maintained in the fntnre, as in tbe past. jel2 tf B AKER ft PARLEY, THE VERANDA HOUSE, A T WHITE BLUFF, will lie open on aed after Monday, the 9th lost., for the accommodation of Boarders, transient or permanent. The subscriber, from his long experience in the boat oese, can safely guarantee the comfort of those who.may give him a call: ,-f . ’ 1 -, \ myVt-tf MOSES N. BKLISARIO. LIVE OAK CLUB HOUSE, No. 32 UEOHGB STREET, Charleston, £outh Carolina, Is now open for the accommodation of transient sn permanent gnests. Choicest Liquors, Wines, Ales and Sugars ALWAYS ON BAND. Terms, per Day. alltf PETER JONK8, Proprietor. CHARLESTON HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. been sixteen years connected with the establishment mSfi-tt W WHITE, Proprietor. Port Royal House, HILTON HEAD, S. C. RIDDELL ft a. s. aniDxu.. Jn3-tf Fiomiiois if. v. mime. Miscellaneous. GEORGIA. STATE DIRECTORY For 1866 and 1867. BY CAPT. JOHN C. BRAIN, OF SAVANNAH, GA. T HIS valuable work of reference will be puhlisbsd on or abont the 1st day of July next. It will embrace the exact location of every business and professional man in tbe S ate of Georgia, as well aa the private residences in all the cities, and will be the most exteuslvo and complete directory ever pub lished. No lm»lnc39 ni in should be without if, aad none should fail to advertise in it, as it is doubtless a splendid medium through which to communicate with substantial classes throughout theconntry. Iu the City of New York ahme the pntiliaher baa nearly five hande d subscribers, and ihatlist is daily An t ll,\ inAeoOJA 'V.. . ■ \ I' 1. > II ■ V f OlllinAa-i r> Sa «*. 1 4 Vl ■ on tho increase. Tiie pric e of sutacription is within the roach u r every business mau, however limited hia means. The advertising terms are likewise reason able. Capt. Brain and his General Agent, J. Orrie Lea, of Charleston, may be conferred with at Estili's News Depot, rear of l'ost office, each day for tbe next week, after the hoar of one P. M. my30-lm. Emigrants Can he Supplied WITHIN TEN DAYS. raiHB ntoaeragneff are prepared to supply Planter* A and other ponies wlm may fw in want of WHITE A BORE R - - LABORERS, and have' made necessary menu in the,North toflit any orders for agriculture Laborers, Woodcutr.rSf Mechanics, etc., within Ten or Twelve days fromt he day the order la riven here. The Laborers are to uc received by thaUmployerg on antral of the Bteaoier here, and transported to vs. Gaskill. Haebis, J. Defendant in injunction bill, was by tha Sheriff, diaposaeaead of certain premises in dispute tor failure to comply with tbe terms of the injunction, and the cpmplainant was put iu possession- The complainant after wards dismisssed his bill without objection from Hie sequently, the defendsQtvr.'jby /pstitidli, The Tax on Cotton. THE PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY IN MORS DAN GER FROM THE RADICALS THAN FROM THE EFFECTS OF WAR IN EUROPE. [Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.] Washington, June 19.—Cotton is now be ginning to recover its throne. Its reign or our ruin must soon be Witnessed. Therefore Congress determines not to ovefburdem it with taxation. Tile tax of two cents' whieh is to be retained, produced to the Govern ment since the dose of war five millions dol lars, and probably the- crop of this year will produce a rather larger revenue to the'Gov ernment at two cants. The advices from Europe do not justify the farther advance of gold, and the drain upon the country will, no doubt, cease by the 1st of July. The loss of fifty millions in com is. of tittle importence to ns, for it can be made up in six monthsjiy the home product, and meanwhile, as there is unfortunately no dan ger of a return to specie payinenfjs, it-is hot absolutely needed here. The opinion 1 is mat the outbreak of actual war in Europe will not necessarily prejudice our commercial inter ests. But letters are now being received from thoughtful and observing financers at the North, which show where ties our real Weak ness. It is in our political condition. The radical measures of Congress are bring ing upon us a new and severe crisis, which will be more perilous to the Union than any of the dangers which we have hitherto en countered. It is easy to foresee the difficul ties into which we are to be led, bnt—how they can be avoided is a question not to be answered. But there are some very hopeful men here—one or two in the administmtion, and one or two more in Congress who believe with the President, that the mass of the peo ple of the middle and western States are coming to the rescue. —St. Louis Is excited over tl|e reported murder of Peter Smith, a wall known hatchet of that city. It la •aid that Smith, wlUfa Amount of money in his possession, left Carondelet late Sunday afternoon, ac companied by two of tils men, on a cattle baying trip. Itiketeted that h* croeeedjthe 4 ferry at the upper pert of that city, and had proceeded but a mile or eofremrthe l.nAing when he wse set upon mad killed. One of toe p.— with him waa also killed, and the other made hia escape. no longer in Court, Applied po the Judge' it Chambe^ Vj^ rettorqd Jo' the possession thus lost, giving no notipe of thc application to his adveiaary,: .ffeld—_. - i/rt v . 1. That all application^ at Chamber* should be on reasonable notice. &2 That without some ' anit or legal pro ceeding pending in Court between tbe par ties, so as to enable the Judge to look Into the matter complained of; and to redress any wrong wbich tbe defendant in the hilt might have auataiaed by the dismissal of tbe bill, no summary order to restore: the poansnnioin ought to be granted. Judgment Affirmed! Gartrell ft Hill, Barnett ft Bleckley for plaintiff in error. Brown ft Pope for defendant. Jons, Adm’r.) vs. V Demurrer. From Kich- Bowdrb. ) mond. Haems, J. ’> A will gave to a guardian of the testaior six negroes by name, and $9,000 in cash, to be delivered over to him on his arriving at twenty-one years of_ age. It made bfs main tenance and 'education a charge upon..the general estate. It disposed of the rest of the estate to other legatees. And, by e codi cil, it directed the whole estate to be kept together, aud not divided without the con sent of testator’s wife: Held, that the pecnai- ary legacy was a general oue, and did HPt bear iritarfett daring the minority of Ufe grahdson; and that owing to the peculiar scheme of the will, the legacy of the negroes, though specific, did not carry hire during that pe riod.—Judgment reversed. Starnes tor plaintiff in error. J. C. ft C. Snoad and A. H. Stephens for defendant. . seoortty and partly for covering tbe expenses in bringing the Emigrants from tbe North to this port. The rate at which Farming Laborers can be se cured will average abont giso per year, the Employ ers finding them. For farther particulars apply to WM. MORV1LLE ft i CO., Jones’ Block, Bay street. One door East of Barnard street, Savannah, Ga. references: Jackson ft LawtOn, savannah. John W. Anderson ft Son, 8avannah. Solomon Cohen, Savannah. Jnow.C, Ferrill. Savannah. Nicholls, Camp <£ Co., Savannah Quo. A. Onyler, Savannah. W. R. Fleming, Savannah. John Screven, Savannah. Brigham, Bald win <£ Co., Savannah Savannah Ngtiptor Bn n^ijavanBah ,YTZZXO | sniteioiT fcix. LIFE INSURANCE CO. Of New York City, No. 89 Bay Stre e SAVANNAH. GA. Policies Issued and Losses Paid AT TBIS OFFICE. CREDITS Given to holders of Mutual Policies of 60 PER CENT., if desired, when the premium amounts to $50 or more, and is paid annually. DIVIDENDS made to holders of Mutual Policies as follows: PAID IN CASH, APPLY ON PREMIUM NOTES, or ADDED TO THE POLICY. The latter or REVERSIONARY DIVI DENDS declared by this Company in 1865 were from FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT., ac cording to age. Ten Year, Non-Forfeiture, ENDOWMENT, Life Policies Pioneer Company OF THE MOUTH. THE SOUTHERN Accident Insurance Co., ItYIfCHBURH, VA. Authorized Capital, $1,000,000 INSURES AGAINST ALL ACCIDENTS, Giving the' bolder of uu Annual Policy the full amount insured in rase of death, and compensation each week, if disabled, for a period NOT EXCEEDING TWENtY-SIX WEEKS. SHORT THE POLICIES, (83,000 FOR TIuN CKNTSI) Travellers’ Tickets, from one to thirty days, may be had at the Railroad Ticket Offices, Steamship Agencies, and at the Office of the General Agent. The Stock of this Company la exclusively in Southern hands, and represented by a Directory widely and favorably known. We, therefore, appeal with confidence to the good will and patronage of the Southern public. OFFICER PRESinSNT ANI1 TRKASURF.R, COL. MAURICE S. LANGHORNE. VINE PRESIDENTS, GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, of Georgia GEN. HARRY T. HAYS, of Louisiana Issued by this Company. MoEitra Charge for Southern Residence v, vaUnrB leal i-obaitssna saw x.Lsn*aveSfr j . *""■ .•[ mjfjfl /JntVmfof i T r• •.. j- .. L I 01 j i ■ \-A, i /1 m i U 11» > ' ‘ 1 ! 1 11! bp.l'A'iBj or r:«cpale atop> f.r WtJT18 T -ST BET-" 7 S>8AVE^NkWYORK led having been appointed sole age: for tbe above well known and i (warranted to stood in anycHSMM), are now prepared to supply the same in paohages to salt parchAten. . h.ci apU-3mo CUHNINaHftM-.PPBSB ft CO. GREAT SOUTHERN PIPER WAREHOUSE And For Sale, HKSIDiNC* In Sparta, Ga., and farm adjacent A”The dwelling is on an slevated brij, 'has colo ’ —* — * -- * - onade lu front merit,-with lai ’ is i s. floe oal _ . lawn ou each aide. .Aod in the Orchard, a cboice variety pi Apple, Pear, Cherry and Peach trees. Figs and Grapes are in great aba — ~ Figs and Grapes are in great abundance. The 8cnp- pemongh Arbor is known to be' tbs -Hugest In Georgia. The water is excellent The ooSire prsmi- sescoutain .326 acres. 136 of which are woodland. Right laborers can be employed profitably on tbe form. .-Trto.' The locatlonJs very desirable lor health, and is in proximity to the best schools in Georgia, in. tha vil lage tlfe Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist denomlnadonsTiave regular worship. The railroad from Augusta will be completed to Sparta by Fall, and in the following Spring to MUledgeTiUe, Bonds of the City of Savannah, bonds or stocks of tne Georgia, the Central orKw.&fi. Companies will be taken is payment. Possession gtven tmme- d lately. A bargain may be had fry an earlv applica tion to HUNTER ft GAM HELL, Savannah, or E. G. DAWSON, Sparta, Ga. A Billiard Table, (one of Phelan’s belt) perfectly jsasBStr'“ ^ ~ Mg’ Bapabllcan copy one Week. jet-lm re-* JAIL IN LIBERTY COtlNIY. K EALCD PBOPOSAld AND PUNboBdliga Jail to Hfoamrifo, Ubsaty eonoty, will he received I the first Monday In August next. Said Jail to iw ssissar’sassasaa-js terms and jU|QCt «o Ctork sl the IsHriOff Oonrt, ineartDe.Libmty eonoty. By ordsrof thelnfortar Oonrt - jols-laWim JMMU BB1W1B, Clark. Depot forPrinters’Supplies 210 Bay Street, Saranali Ga. pLATNEB ft BOSWORTH keep laige stock of Ledger, Writing and trapping Papers, of aH rises and Wrights; also, Binders 1 Boards, Card Beards, Printers' Cards, Envelopes, Twines and Printing inks. “ Having had long experience in the business^ ana baying onr goods in forge lots direct from the mann- nctnrere enables us to compete with New York prices Agents for IVude's celebrated Printing Inks; Agents in this city for the Bath-Paper Mills. The highest cash prices paid for all kinds ot paper t ock. Directors: Hsnry Brigham, President Merchants’ National Bank. Colonel WW. 8. RocrwXLL. H. A. Crane, of Crane ft Graybtll. Johstd: HopxiNa. . A. A. Solomons, of a. A. Solomons ft Co. E. A. Soullard. : B. J. Moexs, of Brady, Smith ft Co. Fred. M. hull, of Holcombe ft Oo. M. ft. Cohen, Secretary Home Insurance Co. A. WILBUR, General Manager WM. R. BOYD, Agent. Or. K. YONGE, Eiastiafof Physician. Or. R. B. AftllOlilk Osasnlttsg Physfc’n. JeT-tf . 11. 1% [ii7/—. :.L’,. VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE. LEXINGTON, VA :(u’>rrerrrfr——r-r—r—-- make and - OR V181T0B8 will meet at lbs Vir- Stoto Military Institute on the STlb of Jane, to appointments <of Osdets. Applications for State and pay Cadet Mapomtoieato will be made to the nn- deiagned,acicompanied with the usual testimonials THE LAWYERS' TEST (OATH United States ftlstrict Court Southern District of Georgia. Argument of HON. HENRY S. FITCHs TJ. S. District Attorney IN PAMPHLET FORM. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS. For sale by ESTILL A BROTHER, Boll street, corner Bay lane, SdocjiilN j£rc Sc SON, Congress street, And COOPER, OLCQTTS ft FARRELLY. sat t u NOTICE. OY tbs Ordinance passed by tbe City Council os D ths.fifth day: nf December, iass, tks tsHtokpon xndnamaee* ’,'sad open horses and”mnl be paid monthly. The aaomUgned eatoe tha above tax for the past awn 1 City Trimmer, myl-tr moral character. dates for appointment most be exempt from bodily dlaesHb of ages between 18 and 36 years, and in the case,of Sialo Cadet applicants, must satisfy the Board offnelr inability to meet the expenses of the Institution. " • OandMatesfor admission most be able to read and write wefl, Shd to nerfom with acuity and accuracy the various operations of the ' arithmetic, ot redaction, of am! ofvniglir be earfhedwtlhMart and Every arrengementhas t of Visitor* to maintain the of the Institute, arid to put In trlcdi ground rules or eand compound cal fractions. -ict) will t'without ctu character operation its well GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, Chief Agent at Atlanta, Ga., Agent for the State. o. c. my’23 MYERS, . General Agent, 8AVANNAH. GA. THE 0-IUELA.T SOUTHERN AND WESTERN Life and Accident COMPANY N”ew Orleans- Capital, - $300,000 I GEN. JAMES LONGSTREET, President. ABE PBEPABKD O TAKE RISKS Reaaona'ble Ton my2i-tr WILLIAM G. COSBNS, Agent, At Marine Bank. THE OGLETHORPE of discipline and Instrnc- tbe Institution Will e 4th of July. The i .ths ZTtb of Jnne, misted. The public 0006 eZ0ftifl60L For all further Information, application will be madetothettopertntendeat. .... \7TkaNCI8 y. SMITH. take I rxasttoaUotWWiH andbe omttnoed i Insurance Comp’y VANNAH Superintendent Aogasta OonstltntionxHit please Insert six times, and send Mil to thleOMCfe. " <m>S»<tw. OF SAVAI Are prepared to take IFire Bisks on Reasonable Terns. At their Office, 111 Bay Street. H. W. MKBCCT, President. *. W- cSEBEI-JB, J. T. Thomas. Sec. 11 mpmw. rnmirntm And earnertjtnq and.Aorqe Jto, Charleston, . . "pi »tsr: T n. W. Mercer C. & Hardee William Hunter Directors: M.S. datow J. w> MW d G.r Cltftolg, 'Alii a -a:. Q0QD& jo *5 j. s srztol axidn; 8 M&c istft ai •artroq JX)H grai’YEmarwuyKAHi wnft ■—mi IIS i FRANCIS COBB'S MAHUFACTUR*. ■afita z,LZLULm