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E -n s a | sr P ‘65 $ 75 no 126 158 176 200 226 246 275 285 325 3V- 875 265 420 405 465 445 510 480 650 516 590 550 630 585 670 015 710 G5G 750 680 785 710 820 740 S35 770 890 j 800 925 1 830 1 960 86( 990 ! 8 -Ji) 1,020 ; 920 1,030 945 | 1,080 970 . 1,110 995 I 1,146 1,025 I 1,170 1,050 ! 1,200 es of Nonpa- me3 week (CONCLUDED.) Removal to Carroll Hall—Some Curious co T t ^ c / m , dunces—A Foolish Precaution—Interesting Loiter from Mi's. Daw's—Adventures of the Family from Incarceration of Mt\ Davis up to Date. October 5th.—Visited Mr. Duvis once or twice in the interval between this date and my la^t; but the memorandaoi' sncli calls cann n ! be iouud. Remem ber, however, that the fort visiter, during the interval by Colonel Louis H- Felouze, L. S. A., ol the War Department—an able, kind, and gallant young officer, whom I had previously known as Assistant Adjutant General of the Sherman expedition at Port Royal. Colonel Pelouze called for a report of the health of the prisoner, with my opinion as to the ad- visabilily or necessity ol a c hange in his place of con finement; visited tb? Pew quarters in Carroll Hall, and directed General Miles—being thereto empowered by his instructions—to remove Mr. Davis from the case mate to his new and more pleasant abode. Called thi9 day (October Z) with Captain Korte, 3d Pennsylvania Artillery, officer of the day, and found Mr. Davis already looking much brighter, exclaiming as I entered, “The world does move, alter all.” The panel in the side-door opening on the corridor, in which a sentry’s face was framed, pave him some an noyance, and he referred again to ’Lafayette in con nection with the torture of a human eye constantly riveted on his movements. If his wish were to com mit suicide, such a precaution ponld prove wholly un availing. It looked rather as if the wish were to drive him to its commission. He then referred to some eminent French general, who, while a prisoner in England, procured and studied anatomical diagrams for the purpose of learning how life could be most certainly and painlessly lost, or with least oisfigure- raent He discovered tiiat precise part of the breast in which the heart, unprotected by any rib, lay nearest the surface. Sticking a small pin through this spot in the diagram, he next applied the diagram to his breast, and marked, by a puncture, the exact place in which even the slight wound of a pin-prod would be fatal. Some time after, being transferred to France, and reincarceratedIfur a conspiracy against the life of the Emperor, he was found dead in his cell—the pin sticking in his heart, and the diagram, whicli he had never parted with, lying at his ieet. At the harbor of Cbarlesto prove. We procured ice and whicn the ship at anchor gari- mueb. Arrived at Savannah, we trn '. jeu r,p ; quite in emigrant fashion. Margin et Ui :hr Robert with the baggage; I,gitb BHIv au." jen Maggie in quite an old-fashioned to-:,car, kapp;\iT all straight and acting as parcel-carrier > e. ' i procure any carriage and must ualV J atii v < . ... » b the Pulaski House, where, after aV.ay and unlit v ,■ procured comfortable rooms. . The in icepe w kind man, and felt for my unfortunaU .: i '<% therefore, did everything in iiis po 11 comfortable. A funny incident happi y j arrived there. A black waiter, upon answering my l»fe told to call my man-servant Robert, rep: pertinently that “if lie'should see Robt give the order, but did not expect to see hij. Robert heard it, ho waited till all the blacl had assembled at dinner, and then remark.' should hate to believe there wab a colored h ■■. >• - as to insult a distressed woman ; but if so, peaceable man, he should whip the first win -v t he guilty man began to excuse himself, wb Robert said: “Ob, it wasfyou, was it’ Well, . dp look mean enouglrfor that or anything else.” that time all the greatest assiduity could do was for me, first from fftirrit Or oirps. and then iron - ■> j feeling. The people of Savannah treated me with the gi a est tenderness. Had I been a sister long absent ., - just returned to their home, I could have received nc more tender welcqmo.' Houses were thrown open : me, anything and everything was mine. My clilldr't lmd not much more than a change of clothing after a i the parties whohad 11s in charge had done lightening our baggage, so they gave the baby drcs9cs, and the other little ones enough to change until I could buy or make more. Uufortunate’y for me, General * a * a , who, X hear, was "not to the manor bora," was in command of the district at the time, i asked permission to see lam, and as I was so unwell that 1 could not speak above my breath, with a cold, and suffered lrotn lever constantly—the result of exposure 011 the ship—I wrote to beg that he would come to see me, for his aide had told me the night before that I could not be permitted to leave bsvannah, and having been robbed of nearly all my means, I could not afford to stay if the hotel; and, besides, as soon as I reached the hotel khoicy is my host V, home s warrn jVmUrely glad V' ■ mud Prinks :< 4- Mkvslftt!- i: '•snailu. Mrs.,* - loh; is to accept u. .. . ei. Vein i-arher tne v. ill \ ,h bciur- th-iil or- and people are . rSM id never had a child veloome. I am at no ■oma. The little baby k; grows in grace more gentle than 1 great pet frith all. Citations I get. or Vmtbern country ieh open wide to •• talk with such him who is so \ot realize I do Is should dis- •. d upon ms- : do not meet s a: j disposal to doe! 'r’sbUl, or due-, are added te»ve. If anywfcwia tar Mb 8onttt%ta^ooa ' cikime fbt lived, tlM. thing iroqld b# different, — tMt on«e wta now wrappeS in the t hr bud oi * bHIK iuy delutt, Um duly iefl to him—Ui& only re- ruamitag bbjdet— was to vindicate the action of his pe<£ “ hifi ocn action aa their representative, by a —"ciriaL 7 WM.—This day. in c-onsequencf of re ports inflame of tba papers that an overcoat had. been ordered fey Mf. Davis front Mr. &. W. Owen, his for mer tailor, doing Traslnpsa at "Washington, and * far ther report that I had been the madiam for ordering it, the following letter was rent to me: HuDqtiKita; Military Dist. or Fr. Monboe, SbnT Maputo* Yk~ Noimabar IS, 1865. Sir:—The Major-General dommanding direota me to inquire of you if way orders have baas gtren by you, or through you, for an overcoat far Jefferson Davis'* Such a report has appeared.is> the papers. » Very respectfully, * . * . ALT Vr Hrecuc ooik, t Captain and Provost Marshal. To whitrh. on the same date. I returned tlie follow ing answer: * Office of POsr SraaroN, Fr. Monboe. Vi., j - - November 10,1865. j’ < attain : I have received the oommonlcatiofe dated November'10th, Headquarters Military District. Fort Monroe, in which the M^or-UeflBral command**! di rects you to inquire if any ordelta have been fciien by ragfe mr J ' ’ 1 ~ dear sir. me, or through me. for an overcoat for Jefferson t sought. Davis. • j*r*d l r izi. '. ■ >. ".\f;: . .??•■ aaegive la reply, T WOsildrespacuuUy state that n y... u £-a,. <»i »he mr> receive a thick overcoat, woollen drh wave ami unc \ i * it for . du.t id her 11 hai uit \LJ3 oi :>!•»•.; t be * In I ^ .roui i’ne-*?< V AJt&A This was au instance of liow absurd it was to attempt | t jetectires were placed to watch both me and my visi- preventing suicide by watchfulness. Even betor being allowed knife or fork, there was no moment in which Mr. Davis could not have thrown down his burden of life, if wicked enough to have wished ,so rushing into the presence of liis Creator. Mr. Davis said his transfer to Carroll Hall had brought back many curious reminiscences ot his past life. In the very building he now occupied, he had once, as Secretary of War, extended the prerogative of ■ clemency to an officer, since eminently distinguished on the Federal side, who was before (or sentenced by) j a court-martial under grave charges as an officer, period, will j though not affecting his honor as a man. The coin- | eidencea of life are very striking; of which he gave several curious examples, specially me.ntioning the simultaneous deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the 4th of July, 1826, the half century an- e-half ol table 1 niversary of the Declaration of Independence, which so largely their joint work. Jefferson s 1 tailing was to live to that morning, * liis first exclamation was “It •rd, now lettest thou thy es have seen Thy two-thirds or ai notices will j f table rates, character, not until .ast (>e paid ii 1860. instant, ; little “Joe,” th : now carried^ • was from the ? i ; some time, with l ■ gee within our lines i so served, and th^ ; the hands of a soldier, thd : he had been most kindly and' I officers and men. Between the-i tors, so 1 did not feel at liberty, thus accompanied, to go to private houses. General * * * *’s aide, whose animus wa3 probably irreproachable, but whose orthography was very bad, was directed to tell me that, except under very extra ordinary circumstances, he did not go out of his office, “and all such'* (which I afterwards found to mean myself) **as desired to see him would call at his office.” To which I answered, that I thought illness and my circumstances constituted an extraordinary case; but that i was sorry to have asked anything which he “felt called upon so curtly to refuse,*’ and requested’to be informed what hour would please him on the following day. and I would do my sell the honor to call upon him. Whereupon the same unfortunate, well-meaning, ill-spelling young gentleman wrote to me that “all such as desired might draw nigh from nine until three.** 1 went, accompanied by General Mercer of Savan nah. Need I say that General * * * * did iumacli justice, and verified my preconceived opinion of him in our interview, in which he told me he “guessed I could not telegraph to Washington, write to the heads . of Departments there, o* to anybody, except through jd a good tjjQ regular channel approved; and 1 could not write tomy friends, “except through the Provost Marshal’s ! and that I was permitted to pay my expenses, ^ within the limits of Savannah. k* for this large liberty accorded so ed myself out, first having declined .tiens by application for tbem to this r on I. -Tjnnr.fi for many weeks, until, me, General Bh-eliaved him; wh- __i his power, however, -ov©. the-1 enunen* __ ons any further than to take the deteou > &» of whom I heard, but did not see. But Gen- rge permitted me to write unrestrictedly to . I pleased, and appeared anxious, in the true of a gentleman, to offer all the courtesies he cou- iently could. baby caught fbe whooping «ough, and was ill Unto death lor some uays with the lever whicli he cough; and then she slowly declined. idercy to my ^hi* voia Amltor . ; d ^tdiaf'setcry. «. ‘h. en of evident id him t-i >ti) — ihu kO i. the r ted on of ‘.n WaS LOt -L. -■c-.t | .1 t~cD comm ■ ' •d covenant w l.variably tfC.i ■ .1 juEt govern- ! rtatt it was only A Presideutiai i f liberty and l indicate the . . i ' >r u CoDiU- ited. .^•tory of the yumired, frequently ale *oger-nail, as * pen cil was —r. Davis sad it was appalling to contcmp -extra labors whih must be imposed on future instomns by the incrBsed activity of the press in these 'atter days, anq the looseness with v\ hich their repo ts were made.: It will require the labors of several lives tp make (he mere sifting of materials from th columns of th* press, unless the historian shall btdly go po wotfc by discarding all such authorities, jid confining kis scrutiny to the of ficial reports on eiaer side. Ha was glad tosee that the various provlionai .State governments of the South were accephg the reconstruction policy of President Johnson practically and in good faith. Universal amnesty-though he did not ask it for him self—with restoratia of property and civil rights to all willing to take tlx oath of allegiance, w ould speedi ly restore to tho wliq* country so much of harmony and homogeneity as-as now possible, and so much needed by its poll tin and financial interests. No apprehensions need bfelt from any war with England or France, unless the juth should be permanently alienated by despair V tolerant terms. Even then, as au America*!, with other country left him, he would be for unauiifiis support of the eountry against its European e>mies, but the same senti ments might not be li;iy to prevail amongst the masses ot his people, lay bad in their blood the faults of a Southern sky, sudden and quick in quar rel, jealous oi honor.’’ V: ie ouestion of negro sol diers was not a new one 1 this war. Such claas of soldiers had twice before enlisted id the history of the country, but not trui?^ upon active service on either occasion ; and whence bad been in the War' -♦ment, a proposition kalV.-^n urged by several f ur tf!*rri«Miing blacks, on the ground thatn^T^otSS 1 regiments ol posurcs of the »limate better. ie a ^* . October T>lh.—Called upon Mr. Davis, accompanied I by captain Korte, J.i Penn^lvania Artillery, officer of ! the day Mr. Davis had M?eii 'or some time ..ofo ’• plaining th.u his light suifofgrey tweed was too thin tor the increasing cold of he days on the ramparts of the inCiese, anil finding*hai, liis measure was with U'«>iiiiiirtnn T 'rtflliFStFrl H. Irlt-nil rA mina I could to give her fresh air; but the heat j tailor in Washington, I equested a trRnd ot mine to intense the insects so annoying, and two I call there and order 9 good heavy black pilot-cloth such close quarter-, that she and I suffered ! overcoat for the priao^r, and thgt the bill should be more than 1 hope you or yours will ever know | sent to me. by Experience, My most acute agony arose from the publication and republication in the Savannah Repubhcan of the -hackling scene in Mr. Davis' casemate, which, to Vr, t think of, stops my heart’s vibration. It was piteous l t(J bear the lltt ) e children pray at their grace, “That the Lord would give father something which he could eat and keep him strong, and bring him back to ua with hi-good tie uses, to his little children, for Christ 8 sake;” and nearly every day during the hardest, biv tcrest of his imprisonment, our little child Mag 9 ie lisul to quit the table to dry Ivr tears affcr this grace, which was of her own composition. I believe these sev St sump- h Something I cannot tell what, but prooaoiy i neither eat nor sleep for a week; but opiates, and the . ! constituents of his breuklast, f *r he was vciy loiul of • mformation of tbe change effected by your advice, re- 3te99 Oi ^ ^ sb __i e( j Davis to speak of the manner m which i ieV ed me; and 1 have thanked God nightly lor your the dill-I our fresh-water fish arc dibsenhuHted^and h^s | ), rave humanity. It is ojaier to fight witfi a revolver lc. Amono* various breeds of fish ur y Grand \ sides there was a generous and _ _ r- p was the rancorous nou-beliigerents of OI ^ ; they who had skulked the test of m: ie anni- ‘ tvould now prove most difficult to be appeal they lacked of honorable record during the progress ist. of the struggle, they would exqjg&vor to make up by « r ferocious zeal after the victory b id been decided. The c i.otlge | p rin ,.jp le of eompiiQsation prevailed [elhodist, ^n'^Tut m«-l*uua»io aVruc- rerea oy j ,ion of property. lie feared ids poor friouds ol "Joe a : race would have to suffer fearfully m material pviva- marcuea ; ^. ous anL ; an increased hostility of race. ‘.hall to repeat unpleasant tnith3 to a hostile aud an irammcled poa'er in the fuil indulgence of its cruel instincts. All honor to the brave men who fearlessly did so. Though I ate, slept, and lived in my room, rarelj or never going out iu the day, and only walking out late al night, with Robert ter protection, I could not keep mv little ones so closely confined. Little Jeff and Hilly went out oh the street to play, ami there Jell constant! 1 ' told that lie was rich, that ins tattler , Billy was taught to m , views, though possibly old, were knew to me and of VI 1 *- > much interest. We are olfeu astonished by aiming various breeds of flsb appear in some accidental cavity of the the ground which was filled with water; also, )r. P- A. ! waterdillies and other aquatic plants, though the new - , , _ [ pond hes no visible connection with any old nond id Lodge s j, e( j wit h sur n production. Mr. Davis explains ,v Grand this by supposing that the quawk, poke, bittern, aiol . I the various iresh-waler ducks, play m 'lie economy of Itork, as nature’s pisciculture a part similar to that played by atora and ■ bees and butterflies iu the world of flowers. Bathing 3ters ana aU( j f ee( jj n „ j u some older poiai ire.juented by hsb, their feathers became impregnated with the lecun- „ a ! dated spawn, the eeed of the u altr-lillies, and so forth, .cch good friends with the soldier, that the Ah'Oli. ; ant i these are translersed to ihe ne»- pond on the.r ( hild seunjed to forget a groat deal of his regard «’ 1 first visit. The supposition of spawn being sucked „j s father. The little tiling Anally told me one ^. i up into tiie clouds and desc. ii iiug in rain was npt | oyou thinks I’se somebody; so is you; so is fat*r. ! worthy of regard, though e» generally :ircepted. If , uu t vou is not; so is not any of us, but me I ■— a __„u _ r , nothing else, the cold cf the atui- .sphere at I he height | ya U i PC every time.” Tho rough soldiers, douMCSS, weeik or of the clouds would kill whatever animallifc the spatra j uioant to bo kind, but such thmgs wound me «>_tne n” called tee of tbe r by tbe city and Also, o -.'ereit from a store in New Vork soma heavy flannel- to make Mr. Davis comfortable for the winter. T.ese acts, to me appearing inno cent, aud even lailahle, caused great trouble, as may he seen by the foowiug correspondence, finally lead ing to a perem- ory order whicli almost altogether That ! broke off the psviouslj free relations I had exercised with Mr. Dav' This, however, will more properly appear fuUnyou, when the various letters on the sub ject are iuse ed under their proper date. OoloVcr ‘flti —failed, accompanied by Captain « \V. Ricklef Third Pennsylvania artillerv. officer ot the day, who -onounced that his regiment waa under or- — . ... ders to <■“* the fort on the last day of the month, pre- leve, Doctor, 1 should have lost uiy senses it i to being mustered out of the service. Mr. , everities had been persevered in, tor i could I tj aT jy r plied with much feeling, expressing his regret "* ' *'”* t jj at a ..ginient whoso officers had shown him so much genui-e kindness within the limits' of their duly, and whop > e had come to regard more as friends than aus- todi iu. should be about quitting him—though he had uo.olht of being treated with equal consideration by tip idieers of the incoming regiment, the Fifth L'nited UJiiys artillery, with many of whose officers lie had bi.o acquainted before the war. To a prisooes new Inis were never pleasant, nnleas the old facea had bcoiue intolerable from cruelty, which Bad been the i -v. rse of this in his case. Xo matter what bis fate / light be in the future, he . ould never forget the bird Pennsylvania artillery. Mr. Davis also referred to tiie kindness of Captain I did ordar undershirts for Jefferson Davis' 1 found, an the cold weather ap proached, he needed thick garments, ihe prisoner being feeble In health, and Has winds oi the coast cold aud piercing. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully,- Your obedient servant, (Signed) * Johx J. Cbavem, B’vt.Xteut. Col., Surg. U. 8. V. Capt. A. O. Hitchcock, A. D. C. * That any objection to my action in the matter should have been made, was about the last thing I should have expected—the prisoner's health being tinder my charge, and warn clothing tor cold weather being ob- ionaly one of the first necessities to a patient in se feeble a condition- Let me add, that Mr. Daria.- had u aver asked for the warm clothing 1 deemed requisite, . ,1 that sending for it, and insisting upon its accept- ... had been with me a purely professional act. 'll! -slice oalonsino to Mr. Ihtvisf which waa kept at tadquarters ef (Jenera* IHlea, nd' heavy clothing baiound, merely containing a few articles of a ' Chiefly designed for tha warm climate of tbe ■j 1 General Miles, however, took a different view r tion, to judge frosn the following letter: Hr . rtcks, Militaet Dist., Fr. Monbob, Va.,1 Four Monbob, V*., November 13,1865. ) ji The Major-Geucral commanding directs • w,are, you give no orders for Jefferson Da- .9, without first communicating with these Head- Districts. Also, that in future, your conversations with him will be confined strietjy to professional matters, and that yon comply with the Instructions regarding the meals to be famished to' prisoners Davis and Olay, and have them delivered more promptly. Also, re port the price paid for- Mr. Davis’ -overcoat, and by whom paid. . O. A. Hitchcock. Capt. and A.T>. C. B'vt Lieut. Col. J. J. Chaves, Poet Surgeon. ’ This order I then regarded as cruel and unnecessary, nor has subsequent reflection changed my opinion. The meals for Mr Davis I bad sent at honr/’to suit ilia former habits and present desires—two meals a day at such time as he iclt most appetite. I waa now ordered to send his meals three times a .lay, and at honra p liich did not meet his wishes, and were very incon venient to my tamtly, his maals being invariably sent over at the same hour I had mine. The order tp ab stain flora anything but professional conversation was a yet greater medical hardship, ax to a mrn in the ner vous condition of Hr. Da via, a friend w-ith whom he feels free to converse is a valuable relief from the moodiness of sileul reflection. The orders, however, I felt bound to accept and carry out in good faith; and hence, from this point, my memoir mast unavoidably lose ranch of its interest. The uext step in this diffi culty wiU be seen In my annexed letter, dated the day following the receipt of my last communication flora Gen. Miles: Capt. A. O. Hitchcock. A. D Captain:—I have the honpeto acknowledge the re ceipt of vour copiojqoitf mow <ku«d Headquarters, Military DIsti-L t, Fort Monroe, va . November 1H, 1866; and in answer to your Inquiry conceiiiiiig the cost of the coal ordered by m» for Mr. Davis, 1 would aav; • That I do not know tbe cost of the coat, I have not, jet received iUsdllU. As.uJ.ona* received. I will for- ’ ward it to the Ml.jor-Gdliei'.l--:a,niaia:ldlil: f . I do not! know that any person paid for tin- nmf. having di rected that Die biii should be sent to me when order ing it. j I: amain. Captain, very rospeptfully, ®v’i Lieut-Oqi. . t j Officer, kiiuary Dittnct, fort : Tlie uext day—Oil the tilth, though dated the 17th— 1 I received from Mr. Owen the sno-nots in reply, as ' will be seen, to a letter of inquiry addressed to him some tone cr tan days previonsly • Db. J J. Cbavkn, U. b. A., Chief Medical Director, 'Portress Monfoe, Ya. : Dear Sir—In reply to your favor of the lith inat., 1 would say the price ot the coat sent you was $U5; and as regards the question yon ask about who paid tor the coat, parties called at the store and desired to pn lor it. Not knowing vour wish on that subject, the money was left here nntiil such time as I should hear from you about payment tor it. Tours respectfully, .Signed! - 1 ”* * 3. VT Owss, Per Bussell. - —— •• "Hie writer believes ill t .the men whd were chief actors in, Bte mow the promptest and most clear-headed in accepting its results, and are not onlj' mt solicitous to accept and forward All su af the mew ordex of things may render 1 site, massing a spoqge oaer the political errors i iwpwly ainiiffg tp direct theiv pep', which tlie nisterial prosperity and glory, of the Tlniou, one and uadiTlsible, jnsy he most 1 [|y secured >>r the beffufit Ot all anterestH -and : “ Jiviria li'remafkable for the kinilHness of irts ) l fldeliur ta, friends. Of none of < tod'i ■ the 118 »«*“ or *I** k unkindly ; I and the *am« fomia with \iij- Lincoln-unwn- | to sanem. tlje m jHtary severities Ascntiai j ‘ "is fbe fisnlr I have hearfi !- *y. e ' ^ yy 1 ** ^yfr^'PWarv. Mistaken in de- o* *°vorrtimtv which before tlife recent wer, wee ell but qnhuraxih icrpnted both sections, he engaged relncta«5n^ in a rebellion tor the surtamcient oi b« 'faith an g those who thWGghtfifid acted with liim hav. fuffree, terribly for that arrori.nt it .-nr nrfSher qL nanimtty nor wisdom to slander or oppress tbdgjU their moment of mtsfortune. It is hr the conc.iutSvf and. generous policy of Bresident Andrew lohnSsOn that the-bleeding gashes of the bo.l v politic are to be bound up and healed ; and in a restoration of the Union as it existed befomthe late sad conflict with only slavery abolished, the rebel debt repudiated, aud the national debt accepted in good faith--the as pirations iff those who served in our army' and navy will be. most happily realised. It Mr. Davis has been guilty of any private crime, such as connivance with the assassination of Mr. Lincoln or unauthorized cruelties to onr prisoners, no punishment can be too heavy for him ; but let the fact of hla guilt be established iu fuir and open trial. If, on the other haqd, his only guilt has been rebellion, let a great nation show the truest qualitv ot greatneas—magnanimity—liy including him in 'the wide folds of that act of aumesiy and oblivion, in which all bis minor partners civil and military, in the late Comfederacy ace npw so wisely enveloped. Make him a martyr fluff his memory is dangerous treat him with the generosity of liberation, and he both can and, we think, will be a power for good in the future of peace and restored prosperity which up hope for the Southern States. Believing that tha views of Mr. Dans may throw important Tight on tbe true policy to be pursued, tin author noted down all rich as he could remember, oi has had made notes of, as faithfully and as con scientaotuly as if giving his evidence under oatli in : court of justice. Nowhere has he sought to better b; concealment or misrepresentation the actual characte; or views of the person tor whom he confesses that hi- professional, and finally fliis personal sympathies bava been warmly enlisted; and the only*pointe In has keen led to suppress—3nd they have beer, yen few—were such merely medical details as neither th< public would care tor, nor any physician be authorirei to expose. “Bo just even to your enemies,’’ is-no only one of the noblest, but wisest maxims v/iiicl antiquity has left us; and there is another lika tint it: “Itis lawful, even from your enemies, tolaari wisdom.” « And now with some few suggestive questions, thl final chapter will he brought to a close. Has any evidence yet brought before the Recqj. struction Committee of Congress been flanker, clearei more evidently honest, or more heartily aiming t bring before the country tbe actual needs, wishei and aspirations of tbe South than that of such genth men as Robert £. Lee, Alexander H. Stephens, an' the other late leaders of the rebellion, who bare bee examined, afld-whoae testimony has been spread h> fore the public ? And bap there not been manifest i all such testimony yet tflken, an unreserved a. quiescence in tbe results of the recent war, and very earnest desire to restore the relations of th Union on a basis of harmony, good faith, and fntor complete assimilation of interests and institution which shall endorufor ever 1 The intelligent of th beaten rebels arete-day, and likely to remain, a faithful supporters of tbe Union as can be found o the face of the globe- -is not this conceded “ An while the opinions of the gentlemen examined ha 1 ' been regarded and treated by the highest authority a of deserved importance In aiding us to sol^f tb problem of’Tecocstructiop —can it be wise, we sal that those oLMr. Davis, their confessedly ablest leade in Hie political field, and the ip&n most powerful ore the affections find confidence of the Southern masse* should be now Ignored in silence, or for over aur pressed in the aiiant cell of an untried and uncor victed imprisonment ? For the crime of treason, nc one of these—not the humblest official under the lat rebellion—'ffaa one whit more or less guilty man tie man whom they elected tl.c.rtitular president; an. if aur oOmr crimes ran-be alleged against him, in til name of justice, and for the honor of our whole coun try, both now and In the hereafter, are not his fliend and anfieriag family entitled to demand that he ma, hay* qn early and impartial trial as provided by tb laws of onr eountry V - the end. A I1V GENERAL, —A new idea has been taken hold of hi an enterprising Californian- He has start! for-the East with a drove of Cnlifonr horses, the native breed—sonic r.r.fl, inteni ,n B •” drive them into Missouri to supply tl t demand. As Roraes ^lat but little c the Pacific slope, are ron s h uaruj , , Cft live on the photograph of a bunetr ot , . they wiH be sure to go through all right. —Somebody in England has ..discovert! that tha mixture ol salt in mortar in bnildii chimneys prevents tba accumulation of soc . Tbe Philosophy is that on damp and w- had “Stolen ^ S3FbJ|MUre.ta.regre4.toa sinjf, 0 iviutr him a reward when he did so; and he mad* .. .. pcf v . - . V | UlUllUl ID DU filUU, out ouvu " | contained. The analogy ol‘ flower-life was entirely m . q U i c j£. They took him aud made him snatcMPP favor of his explanation. i off the stalls, if Robert lost sight of him for a r-cnieu - October ldth.—CaUed with Captain Theodore Price, ! Finally, two women from Maine contempla^ P- UPiover loin ... - ^ • pia g him, because they found out that h was ma lather’s son; but 4 ** man'more wise did ® lir- prise,” and took him off just in timeto^oid» very 3d^ Pennsylvania Artillery, serving on the staff of ping him, because they found. out Major General Miles, officer of the day. Mr. Davis in good health, but complained of being treated as Sabbath, though he were a wild beast on exhiuttion, not a I prisoner of state awaiting trial. Ladies aud other legations j fiends of persons iu authority at the fort, were let painful scene to them as well aa to me. ^ 8P L went on iu the street—I refer only to thestreet teacn iiiga—though the.«c women were, with «4o other, dis- iionnruhle exr, otions to the ladies in t!® house, unti sratss w s mire'at him aalhough he were ihe caged monster of Uiptajn .ome travellins meuagene. He imd endeavored to re- some flaveiling meuagene , bulie tilts during his last walk, u.eii lie saw a group 1 of ladies waiting for his appearance, by turning snort round and re-eutering his cell. Deal' and valuable as was the libertv of an hour s exercise iu the open air, there were prises at which he coul J not consent to purchase it, and this was ol the number. H" “ treatment Mr. Davis acknowledged to be good, though It the : there were iu it many annoyances of detail—such us the sentry’s eye always fastened on liis movements, and the supervision of liis correspondence with his wife— unworthy of any country aspiring to magnanimity or gt The following letter will be read with interest as giving a most graphic view of what the prisoners wife and family had to endure from ids quitting them on board tlie Clyde, iu Hampton Roads, down to the day of its date ; certain parts, retied mg upon indi viduals by name, I have tukep the liberty to strike out, but the remainder of the letter is us written Mill View (nkae Augusta, Ga.j, Oct. 10 laGa. Colonel John J. Chaven, Chief Medical Officer, Fort Monroe, V a. My Deab COLONEL —Though you ^maui irrevo cably dumb I am sure you hear mu, and in addressing you,*I feel as if writing to one of my oldest and most reliable friends. Every letter from my hu sband comes freighted with good wishes lor you, and thanks for ail vour kindness to him in his hours of augmsU and aote citude. Can vou doubt that my prayers lor } ou J» n “ appreciation of your goodness .have beeneven, greater licr, but my little son Jeff went acc^eutatly in ^° room one day and interrupted a conversation she \\ iuduljnuy bersell' in with one of th' nepro waiters, in which she was laying down -the ,roper policy to be general ! pursued towards Mr. Davis.’ The servant, having been broight up by a lady, felt verj' uncomfortable, aud .said, 'Madam, thcre ls his son.” She called Uttie Jeff i»p « her and told hrn his lather was “a rogue, a liar, an aW»sin. ,i murderer, bof; and I hope jk may he tied ito si stake and burned a Uttle bit at a tiite With light wood knots. God forbid you should grfW op a comfort to jour mother. Remember, yoo dffi never be a gentleman while this oouutry laeia .'Your lather will soon he hanged, hut that death i- too quick." The negro retired mTtiffed, and sent my nurse to call littleJeff; and so, with his little face purple with mortification, and weMflhh tears from his streaming eyes, he came np to fle, leaving the pious and patnotic lady to find anoth/r audience as congenial to her tWesas the first ha/i beou. t commended Jf'Fs gentlemanly conduct in making no reply; caution'd him against ever persecuting, or Stressing a wonan, or » friend, il it took that shape; made appftatiirt for pevraisaign thc uext day tego Svav to August!; was refused, and then prepared the children to go where Uuy would hot gee such indig- Chuurc h noikpHe NothlUil. how* nantlv patrioac and pathetic females. Nothing, Uow ; anprecauono. B , „ — "ver. but tie dread of intruding mto^a secret and than liis, for I could do untiling but pray? Mr. Dans re( j ^(ef prevented my writing pour Capt. “ 4 °» /1..01. A,II... txrhnaax ^ . ... H,,n.Trita \XFltli llllll 111,1 III sent me a carte de visi.e o. your dear Anna whose sweet face mv babv knows and lias been -aught to kiss aa her lather's friend. The baby sends her a hi tie fan and a few white flowers, made in Augusta. I hope she may like them. Mr P*v»« writes me that she has ausymnalhetic note, to condole with him upon the (lis- Sensation <.f Providence under which, iu the person of his wife, he groaned. Hourly scenes of violence were going on in the afreet and not reported, between the whites and street, aim _ *■— .... lives were not a negro sentinel tfo. 3. ssjwwrt,! st a. ”«*« h usss? —in answer to entreaties for an account Ol his r ™hdi , caUmP. , bnt wliat wa , to become of me if! was tion without concealment—of a loss of s eep- II .^nrfreid of them i So I sent them off with many paralysis for him, his nerves have been so h'ghlj ^ d tp . v9 tnR confident of the wisdom of the strung for years without relict. If joit tan, dear . praje , ’ ^ j understood a man was very Doctor Craven, do entreat, and perhaps you may pro- , decision. Ob te^hte i unocisioou - vail upon tba aufehorittos to lot him slpi*p without a light. He i» too leeble lo escape, and could not bear a light in his room when in strong health. The sequel of these attacks 1ms always been an attack of amaurosis, ^nd in one of them he Vist his eye. It first came ou an attack of acutojtfuralgia ; but it is useless for begin to tell voil*or*liik''constitution. Vou must pretty well its pecuibirities, in the loug 8 t h.it watches you have kept With him. 1 nau ^ relieve his mind, by a full letter of I*® 1 **!? 41 D *^tive, but that letter he has n«t received. * V, ^ * ff: wr * * ei- i ’ ~ fei- fbe •*>»»>. H'o ttror abusive iu their beai^ng of Mr. Davis, when m> faith- fnj servant Robert iuquired with great interest "Then yon tell me I am your equal Jiou put me alongside of vou in everythingF The man said SSr “ "Then,” said Robert, "take this flora vour carad.” and knocked him down. The captain was annealed to, and upon a hearing of the ease, juste fled Robert, aud required an apology of tho levelled leveller. Little Jeff is now at tlie endowed grammar-school, near Montreal, in charge of a Mrs. Morris, who has the care of ten little boys of good family, some of .gftw Southern boys, and is happv, so he writes me. r —r; *'»rv(in. md utile matter which, though trivial in itaeif, had given bun mn>'h annoyance. It arose in this manner he had requested a harper to be sent to him. as his hair was growing too long. Captain Grisaon brought a hair dresser, but on. the termination of the operation f-aid that it was ihe order of General Miles that the lopped hair should be carried over to headquarters. To this Mr. Dgvis objected, first from having a horror of having such trophies or “relics’' paraded around the country, and secondly because he wished to send n to Mrs. Davis; this latter probably an excuse to avoid the former disagreeable alternative. Captain Grisson replied that his orders were peremptory, but if Mr. Davis would fold tbe hair up iq a newspaper, and leave it on a designated shelf in the casemate, the Captain would step over to headquarters, report tbe prisoner’s objections, and ask for further orders. This was done, and Captain Grisson soon returned with the glad tidings that the desire to obtain possession of these 'interesting relics" had been abandoned. Mr. Daria also spoke with great interest ot a volume called Schonburgh Cotta Family which baijl been sent tor his perusal by a lady in Riohaumd. It had been brought, I believe, by the Rqr. Mr. Mmnegerode, when that gentleman called ai Fort Monroe on the day of my return from Richmond, to administer the saera- rnent to his former pariahoucr. di'icber 31a?. - Called with Captain Titlow, officer o tlie day, the last officer of the Third Pennsylvania Artillery who had charge of the prisoner. Mr. Davit renewed his friendly and grateful messages to the officers ol tne regiment, specifying several by name, aud desiring to he remembered by them. As.it stormed, there had been a fire built in the grate, and Mr. Davis spoke ot its cheeriug efiect both on body, eye and mind; the stove being both injurious and un pleasant, as it concealed the best port of the Are, which wife its rich, homelike and enlivening appear ance. It had always appeared natural to him that savage nations, in the absence of revealed religion, should adopt fire as their god. It irenAhe nearest ap proach iu the material world to ttUHffViathle spirit of life. Negroes aud Indians, even in summer-time, would build s fire aud squat down around B. forget ting all the demands of labor a>d amaemqent. In deed, one of the earliest instincts at bamnnity. whether civilized or savage, was to collect around a bonfire in our cbildhooij. The change to Carroll Ball bed been of tba greatest benefit to the prisoner's health, the air being purer as it was loftier, his own room more cheerful, aud only subject to the drawback that he had human eyea from three directions continually Axed upon him through the grated door entering his room, the window open ing ou the piazza, si his left, and the door opposite the window, with au open panel in it, opposite which stood a seiltry. . • .Voiv'm-V/' is/. —Called a'ith Brevet-Captain Valen tine U. 3'one, Filth U. S Artillery, first officer of tlie clay, from the new regiment garrisoning the fort. Mr. Davis appeared out of sorts—not body-sick, but heart sick, as he said liiioseii. He appeared to scru tinize Captain Stone with great care, asking him all about his term r-f service, his early education, etc., aa if anxious to find out cycrj tlung ascertainable about the new men into whose hands he had fiulen—an ope ration repealed with each nevf officer of the day who called to see him. Indeed this habit of analysis ap peared universal with the prisoner. It seemed as if he put into a crucible each flesh devslopment of hu- mauitv that crossed bis path, testing it therein for as long as the interview listed, and then carefully In specting the Ingot which was left as tbe reralt. That ingot, whether appearing to him pure gold or baser metal, never lost its character to his mind from any subsequent acquaintance. He never changed his opinion of a man, or so rarely as merely to prove the rale by its exception; and this was one of the faults alleged against him as a leader by his opponents. It ■ t*.— fc-v- prideth at would not abandon ajudg- ip* 1 -t oi. rrrc.'j* ot, i ’ Xfr T--fes days the salt attracts moisture, which it a tc conclude this correspondence, the two following ! terwards gives out, and the soot thusb comes damp, and fails to the hre- place. —A rampaot Republican preacher nanu “Rev.” Ben. Tucker, has been arrested jc , Shelby county, Indiana, for committing fin l outrage upon his wife’s sister, a little girl. A deacon in the same county, M. M. Dodd, ht > been arrested for ruining a voung aud vir tuous girl. —The National Intelligencer says : ‘ Tl unlooked for and damaging message of tl President scatters to the winds the repor. that had been industriously circulated by tfc marplots to restore the Union, to the effo that the President and Congress were agni ‘harmonious.’” # —The Secretary of the Treasury recentl received a letter signed B. P. B . containih five dollars conscience money. The Plrili Butle 1 • plr-- kind-they ai- a sir! ittie Billy : hij tin &?9 hr . -cu • v • : tiie;r diar 1 ut.'ir il..- »cr:bb3cd iioia modi* J4? li\*i <1* -it Chi : JfM ih my lift lc batjy o' 4 '’ ill y‘.>u)iOint.A‘ Hty a**R:ap«K»r.t . f! »'-• •:i ] j$Lil) >!• *.ao gRVt: sr.C Icjiy*' Lia'bt by dh uuer causevi. ’ .CC'lMntg' CC i4- ( T f - lc filial'J-ir.t; ; wjfld. I U-.»pefl ! fi’tial -slioulil . iSr - sun VW1UBUUUUC letter* will explain theiaMlyaa: HxaOQUAKreaa. Ka. Dist.. Fobt i Monroe, Va., Dawah,, 14, nms , BVt. Li.-Ool- J. J. OUAVIN, Surgeon U. 8. V.: Sir—The General commanding directs ms to ask if tne overcoat furnished the prisoner Davis has been paid for i am, very respectfully, Tour obedient servant, John 3. McEwan, Capt. A. D. C., and A. A. A. G. Foex Monbob, Ta., Dbc. 16,186s. (•ATI John 8. McEwan, A. D. C., AND A. A. A.G.: Sir—1 have tbe honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication, bearing date December lath. 1866, stating that the Major General commanding di recta yon to aak If the overcoat furnished Jefletvon Davis has been paid tor. In reply, I would respect fully slate that parties, without my approval, knowl edge, or coqaoaff called upon S. W. Owen, tha tailor, interfered and Interested them selves in the cast, leav ing on deposit 'the price tor tha same. Seeing tbe qogk was unlike the one 1 had,oadifcsd ffi plain, black, pilot overcoat) I IDtareated' myieirhs, further in the matter, laeviug 0*eh, tSekfiBf’noHSsSveJar refgae thaaaonsy. aa be saar fit, Ms'haa' Manfred do money from hint, neither did I authorise him to reeelvs the pay for the overcoat from another. I am, sir, very respectfully, i., Tour obedient servant. Brevet I.teQt.^Ool. V.i f%E3io« to^ren. J delphia Age thinks it was sent by Qfiieral summary in Conoh,iio,i~Tk* Character c ‘ ^va-n“ K?S' rnonev an.i Mr Uavis.—Let us be Merciful. . yi. , And now my diary of a moot interesting patiei ceases, for under the orders dated November 18ti n ‘‘ • . u ‘ '* '“ contained in the close of tbe preceding chapter, could hold no lOilvartaftnn with him exxS»p» 0 strictly prnflmalnwal nutters/’ up to the date qf m L-. being relieved flom duty at Ufitlqrf, whifih took pb near the end of December, 1865, and these would 1 1 J - of ho interest to the public, even were I at liberty ,i u reveal them. Hr. Davis occasionally suffered is haaii during the last month of my remaining hla medic attendant, bnt tbe history of his trifling ailments p st, and unrelieved hyany cooverektiosi, would not ton either a pleasant or amusing record. With tbafiffice of the 6th U. 8 Artillery, aa with his nreyioBs'frteni of the 3d Pennsylvania, he oofitlnnad to have m° Di. ‘ agreeable relations—Major Charles P. Jtnhlenburg Capt 8. A. Day, and many others, displaying kp generosity and crmsidaraUcti in ttair treatment of ti distinguished captive. Indeed, U was a remark whtl most have been forced on every observer, both ~ the war and since, that it is amongst tbe non-1 rente of the North—the men, one would think, least cause to hate or oppress our recant ftatttfcarnei mios -that we must look for those who appear sat ated by the most vindictive feelings. U was- not u,y iutoation to hare published this life rativ>< uutii.after the trial qf Aheprtaonar j.bat an ^m mitUug .lie matter to frtendi. whose Judgment I V. lied insin, it was decided that there waa no material'- 1 the ,0 pages \ybiqh could bUsoa Du properly Inter* r- With public opinion, or the due course, of justice, if must be roineinbered.that during the past year fit: Davis has lain a aUeat prisoner fit one of oar strong) - torn, unable torepfir Vto innah aa a word to f . myt iad assaults whSm have haeb made both on 1 private charaatar abfl-pnbUA course. This ta ab lately the first listemint In his favor—if so it out regarded—which tho Northern press baa yat given the world ; and tbe case against that prisoner nr indeed be weak which cannot bear allowing a - Mag voice to be raised in bis delenoe, while seven-sigh’ . of the Northern journals have been industriously “ a gaged in manntreturing puhlic ssnttmant to bta jury. I know my notes are very imperfect—thai hare lost much which would have been TAlusOta history; but sack brief memoirs as I > originally iatauffed lor pubUeatioa, hut tot my tv pleasure and instruction, and that of UtT > * it bag been my conscientious effia* to rapoct hlm he w«f,ueilhcv invenUag 1 feti,; in his mouth, or suppressing any material views public questioiis which sppe^w 1 “J. uote a i at* imnortsot pflHMeal oottverasUoas, i i ST^thewo^^«*-^« poesibietbs ex language used by Mr- Davis, iny memoranda tq j ^ ■aohmsttera hsrfag firen »a«iesa fuUssp<>V lble ', was toe feature of hU c^ract , u 1 knowing tba* his temper bad been high and fire wtochmorf atruck me during my attendanoe: • ■ reticence «n remarked on euojecu where be to w!TfiiSt differ; and though occasionally apeak .g with freedom of slavery, It was as a philosopher rat than aa a nolitieiaii—rather as a friend to tbe 1 Mt hi. 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