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(09 T UESDAYt J UNE 2 O, 1866.' 63, ovter teln lines, and 1111a3t be paid for whoa othan in rie,(n ur, will bet nna keing to quit his - wif whenever she had reached a safe portio of. the ogntry, and to bear wesw aqross the Chattvhoochee, The 'ery enifng befre his arrest, bre wad'to have barried out thla 'at'rangemnent, behav lug Mrs. Datis -to -be now sa( but was pre vent.ed by a rport brought in, tbroug4 one of his aides, that a party of guerilla; gr highwaymon, wAe qQmin that nlghC to dezothe-horbei ind Inilee of his wife's train, It was-a this rep6ft he dedided te rom** another ilight. Towards morning he had just fallen int4 the deep sleeof exhausion,,R9bert, came toJrhivnouiong that there was firing up hd aWc Ile started 'up, dressed himselt in wdnt dut. It was jist at gray dawn, by thileuperfect light he saw % party ap proaciIng the camp. They were recognized as FederaL cavalry by the way in which they deployed to surround b train. and he stepped baok into the tent to warn his wlfb that tke enemy were at hand. Toeir tent was prominent, being isolated froi,t e other tents of 4he train; and as he wa tlng it to find his horse, several of the.9aalry rode up, directing him to halt and.utrender. To this he gave a dtfiant ani*er. When one whorn he supposed to be an officer asked, had hp any qrw, to which Mr. Davis repliod: "If I had, you would not be alive to ask that quost ion." His pislple had been left in the holsters as it had been his intention, the evening before, to start whenever the camp was settled; biat hokse, saddle and holsters were now in the enom,'s possession, and he was com pletely unarmed. Colonel Prichard, comianding' the Fedo ral cavalry, came up soon, to Whom Mr. Davis bald: "I suppose, sir, your orders are acom puIshed in arresting me. You can have no wish to interefirel with women n'nd children, and I beg, the ma be pmitted to pursue their rity.' ' The tolonel re plied that is or~ri 4ere to tike every one found in my company back to Macon, and he would have to do so, though' grieved to inconvenience the ladies. Mr. -Davis said his wire's party was - compose4 pf pxroled men, who had committed no act of war sinoce their release, dnd beggdd they right be permitted to go to their homes ; but the Colonel, under his orders, did . not feel at libOrty to grant this request.. They were taken to Macon, therefore, reaching it i four days, and from thence were carried to Augtsta-Mr. Davis thanking Major-Gen eral J. If. Wilson for having 'treted bint with all the courtesy possible to'. the sitUa tion. TIE FAILURE OF TIN 0AUS8 0 TUR 111OUT1. .D%otR To TiE LIBInTI" OF tIa whJOLJ OoUNTitY-Mt. DAVA1' VO9VUlth .iroU B 1S CELAL. LhY WATOIr9). "1y people," lie adde4, ia.ttemptod, what your- people denounced as a revolution. My people failed; but your people have h%ffered a revolution which must prove die. astrous to their liberties uniess promptly remedied by legal decision, in, their efforts to resist the rcvolution which they charged my people with contemplating. State sov ereigity, the corner-stone of.the Constita, tiou, has become a uka'e. ' There' is no longer power or will in -any State or number of States that would dare sefusecoinpliance with any tinkle of Mr. Soisard'4 bell." Ar. 1avis complained that this sleep1es-m ness was aggravatedb 1he lanap ketpt burn ing in his roord altlni t'so that he could be seen at all moments by-the guard iu the outer oell. If he happned.to dose bne fe., verish mormnt. tLo qf relieving gprd in the next room aro%-ed hi .and the lam p poured its fAIl Flai-o *19to is a0itag throbbing eyes. There'muts -be 'a lei:nge in this, or he wouf, grew%e.a, er blind, or,both "Doctor." &e sa i ey rt6e *T en,t seclousuess ot )eh"11 wAt ed t 'of hating An eye fired upon you eoet-y moment, tibntly scrutinizing your most, Sitate tctions and the variations or your ceuntenance and'pos. ture ? The conqciousness that the Oninia cent Eye rests upon 'us,.in every situatiou, Is the most consoling and beautiful belief of religion. . But to havb a hiunJiLn eye rivtted on you in every moment of walking or sleeping, sitting or lying down, is a reine. mont of totture on anytbintgthe Comanohe# or Spanlsf p lunuiktion 9'v dreameo. Thfa n their igu6ieanao of 6ruel rL, yst. at the hopy; and thenrve ha a o limited capacity of Pdi.'' This is a Ia tdening, 1nbskut torti of' th' mind, 'in creasing with evry sbbtn.fit It .is' 'etdtmred.' alad sla lug l.e reases.by its -intsessant. re aurrene, of emisetable -paias' Letting a Grt utist etu dies of - 1aogni it is alleged if she-.ngitioni .it':denrihsed. The torture of be,ineinee.sasaJy waebed-Is the body, butmcuhe efeolvea p -iis t more susceptible, bbd mnoro,effeetive, as the spind Is more asepe of, g ain. The Eye of Omoisoieet6e ldok4upn 'tic with keurrder nes and eessa (e*e If dokees'df~6 guilt, he have lhe'omsfoft of knowing :t64s Myes sees" aleq odv vepensq,eo. Jiul. human eye forever Aixed Qpon you lu94i eye of a spy, or elemys loating in the pM and humilhation whfoh itself creates.'. have lived too long itn the woods to be Mrghtened by an owl and have aeon deeth too often to dread.an 'femo a n. , maI oonfess, Dotor, this torture of being watah. 6d be In$ to on M reason. The lamp bui ngin 6si ahight wold seem'a tOrm?eAt:U**isOd.%e*O O e who had inti. paatq.kna9% ~.jablit, my custom having th.rou never te.sleep ex. bop Ilk totq efg ofltte' Onje$ hieA n na --aribaldI i1thuslasmof the - lust be AiQt DUat5, ast well be recollepted, fts eto Italy at tho' reqiiest of Garibal. di to fat o'histbrlogr&pher of ihe coming eapAiMgnR. Vronv Lucca, in Tasany, he writes to.a friend .n Florence the following letor, which is translatad for tho.ticihmond frimes fon the "Gazeta del JVolo," of Floronce. Like uorything else Tom the pen of Dumas, It.is'well worth reSding ; as prosenting a Oerrot plature of the spirit that now fireothe Italian hArt., It May be relied upon, and,is of.peculiar intaiest. My deaf 0:-I- have been ti& days in Italy, and for two days I have felt vor-joy ous, -over-enthusiastlc. As soon a I reach ed Genoa I met with Bruso, who s owed me 0 letter (rop Gar I, who annodnes his; ruturo aruiv4 on " continent to ards the end of the ptes'eht 4dth. It evident that.he does nMish to appear on e scene before his rp4 is about . begin hile, at the san time, he- is 'unwilling throw embarrassment-thtough his prnoes-in the way of a peaceftalsolutlona of present liffliculties though a peaceful solaor has become nxt to an impossibilAty. I in vain -look into history for A parallel o what is at this time transpirings,A Italy, iialess it be France in 1792. The4ion of It is that Italy feels that war is noti*-for h6r not a political necessity as mueh "0 moral measure. It is neoossary that Its phould ake revenge for the many balut 6s that arties opposed to bee havv-been lng 14 er face. Well, as for me, I be e r4d hope Italy, with her almost 6oM Oi :y, with her rising.eionau-t.qith 0,4ia-. rable, regulsr army; led by able etierall,' with her hundred thousabd volunteers, headed by the man of fate-.1ill this time be able to work out har destigy .alene. I tay one handied thonsnd voltlit6ers, but I lay a wager that I shall fhll ihort twenty hiqwsaqd. J am Paoy at Luca; weal, Luca, )ut-o t*uty-two thousand inhabitants 'ill old, has, within hs !lat two days, ftrnish. ad, qe thousand volunteers. Its territory -that is, the old'Duohy alone-wilt furnish threo thousand volunteers. Tle onlistAient iI carried on under my very windoWs. Those among the applicants who I-4 judged unfit for military sortioe give vent in tears of dispair to their ortel ,isappointment. 4 young man, too short iy a few lines for the standard-height spool led by law, tears hi hair, wilie he atgrily asks if it be necessary to be five feet five to Loquire the right to die for. one's . country. tnother,- who shall be told that 'ho cainot Inless he re4o himself first to -a painAul urgioal o rotion, is off in a second 1i t4b' .surgeon. Such a sight as this *too *ko:, 91riking and. Impressive, Iow: uo xes is not at the-Thermopylaa, idraqiwol'. thundering at tiho gaies, nor he he% theening Italy-but .'tis Italy breaten g the enemy. I went yenterday with. Teldki .o enjoy hI -ural breakast'at a village situated-an)ong ho mounthins, This small.fillago has al 'eady'etnishedl ten volunteors. . What dis inguilshe the -present ponatar movement- is i, It tkes,place,.not only in otties, but In - rirIages als'o:- noConly anong uppor classes, ot-aikobi1lasses'. -it Is likethe elot rio pl,'Lhrough k1e entire s90al I ws a'p ' eud msan, dar'l ikd mplat ''Itisfe'd-th opawation Id porious. te crowds give rent to their enahueism conlinually ;6y hiee chOers: firt, for war, then for Viotor 'tianuel, thok for QAribaldI;' and these two imos nre ulwaya coupled toether.-tIae lme'o hs the symbol of national It, th'a lit er as the symbol of victory. -lould the rolunteers be told that they wore abonut to narch tinder ar, tiIjor Je ahaa.Qaribal ii, n; ni' ilousani volAnteers would re. p4ldig the ranks; with '4he name -of Garl ul4il no one oan tell whoe thoit number A ,' .o,"rely aton 9ariboldi for th* mth%led strAfejgy th ird f Jf#.#j, I stose,,-tterno, east ily'. -lint M e!yhbe:.all,'upou awayt fought agaIOsItA ptrictio/ and . vag.epparm, mr oea-beftft whib7'I 'do-hI Tu~but -Yapotaou III, lam v4tr etI ' b~jJ4 A4 net--my brave .,fu-enda.do met htth~~ tands VenIce,,thle deoa~*~ e, I ns obisoble widow, toua a ' to.u'nlif hew sob ,-and shafl $ il' rbasovir ebstacled d~Pate yd frEn 9' hshalifMfow yonA1Ueuot 4 ec hjftsa4ou tme5d I *hloh hlave united us for thew eM *i ' Strik6, strike hard-to us the task bfeg-' ilsteing your victories. 4 tAJ5za a s One of the Witnelses-A Startling EX posure. The Clearfield (Pernsylvania) Republican copies the following from one of its ex chango: "It *111 be remembered th4t at the trial of the nocomplioes of Booth hofore a milita. rK commission at Washington, on the charge of complicity with the assassination of President Lihooln, a certain James U. Merritt *as the prinelpal witness for the Governtrent. On his testimony Mrs.' Hur ral was conviotod and hanged, and on his testimony it was shown- that Joferorson Da viv, C. C. Clay and Oeorge X, Mauders were directly implicated in ilo assassination. To outsiders the testimony of this man Merritt read strangely at the time oft he trials. His statements did not appear' reasonable. Mrs. Surratt's daughter, after the execution of her mother, pronounced them utterly false from beginning to end, and so indignant was Clay when he heard what this Witness had said that he voluntarily surrendered himself to the Government author0fies, and asked for a trial. Davis and Sanders too pronounced his testimony perjury Indeed, his entire stok betoro thq illegni military court. hud the appearance of imtinufactuaed testimouy. 'It now appears that this villiat.'s evidence was:perjured front beginning to end. He as reently been before the CoimuIttee on the Judiciary of the House of R,epreadota tives, and his examination there showed that lils.testimtony in the trial of.th, onspi rators was totally void of truth:' that he really know nothing connecting any persons with trapsactions not recognized by the usages of war; that his attempt to connect, D&vIs, Clay, Sanders and others with the assassination of Lincoln was apure fabrica lion. One very remarkable fact was elicit. ed in his examinatiptn, wherein he admitted. that the Secretary of War, Edwin l,. Stan ton, had paid him be,ween five and six thou snd dollars for his services d a wit.ess before the Military Clemmissioi which tried the conspirators. . This was the pitiful price ot.his infam. Such is the testimony upon wtoih Mra. . urrat4, . iarold, Atserodt, and Paine were hanged, 'and Mudd, Arnuld, O'Laughlin and Spangler were imprisoned in thery Tortugas.' Out of the 'wooth of this man, who sold his soul to Stanton and the: evil for Jv ,thousand dollars, a R9p blican oo%;Iltte are tryin to estab lish e complicity of Jefferson avis wfith thl -ssassinahlow ofV Abrahatti tincoln With'upon to suborn the' witfesses ' at. lio thousand dollars a head, there is no telling w4 they nay,not be able to prove.( fio the, iIIe llanner. Ma. tTOR--DHAR 81t1 :--While at Ireetwood.to-day I observed a Federal oili er, In full dress, and, of course, (such a personagi being a rara avis thereabouts) inquired why" and wherefore he was there An inter' few was so*hi, and the following inforitation acquired : On or about the 17th of May, a writer, signing himself "John Belton Thomas," wrote a letter to Presidept Johnsoi,- hemled "Greenwood, Abbeville DI*trit, I- .," asserting that iaid "Thoins6n" was . good and loyal Oils top, and perhaps a representative of the njority of tte citizens of thi District ; that, Ike item, he had accepted the consequences f the war, and was ready and willing to %bide by and obey all published orders as the Ipw of fite 1land ; that iningst. other 4orders," was ono requiring a fee to be paid ,or the approval oif contrActs wilh f11ed 11on; that I eso fees hand beenl a smu-ce of' revenuo to the Provost Marshal at Abbe rille Court Houes---Capt.. Bocker-nmo:ant ing tolie suM of $8,000, which su Capt. okher bad appropriated to his own private le ;-that this could -be proven, and that iild sum should be returned to the proper owners. Upon the receipt of this letter, Pre.ident fohnson itmedhietel diopatched n .order to )tfikir in, command at Augull1k, Oa., to Investigate the matter. The officer seen at (Wtett*'d*Mh *et there for that purpose. Us was 1lt1ent In his searah: but found no oitlenjn the neighborhood answering to the -name of J66n Belton Thomson. j have thought'proper to giv, this state autt9 t-Apbio. to induce $e disclosure fVth'e i fthat letter. If heb a citi ;-Ia f- st, he o- .it ed theState in s tb haem ol: confess be erred in punh ng the. ne anonymous dyds4*4 et6 ~slf 'pr%stdice our' cause with saw eaemies at the Norrttr; buitare amblinag tqruishe path of ousr Chtief ecutive, ~U~itiepabty has p'ovea .is prev IN' M5 friend of-' tb ' uh.Th w0.l bMgtomy mind.suslt of Yan.. heeiosi ad 1 question. lf .qt. luelighg iethe th'oftht, leeg A' 'try truly yours, - - w6wt PofT w, Jtune 7, 186O.' The celebrated qrtyt~ w)o orowed s&nkt#rally that thq kn~ .re,so thi~io Ihour$ befogeo its tim s ds reen Ainished a picture M t on 4ht5e phisted with such wo#d ifuleddit nituto that itcanPtbeo seen i ay. *Ime LFOn TIE NEWs.l Lines accompaiyjng qpair of socks s'ent to a soldier who wore nnmber three (3) shoes. Your's is a dainty.1ttle foot, It wears but nd4er. irce Perhaps these socks at' not too large Now try them on, and pe. I kpow that dainty little f,rt. Through many a long,.oi4 tramp, lilts marched along quito 6eelrly, Suaroo heeding cold or damp. If o'er that dainty little foot Should Southern courage lose, I Then may Ihe patriot so,cks yhn wear Drop off-and both your shoes. hit if that dkinty little foot. Upon the battle Hild, Slost bravely stantd-may God abovo Profect you with Hi. shield. .January, 1861. PETIE. Ex-President DlaYa' Imprisonment. Ma. tsV ALrowxD THIl US OF TONACOo, Atier visiting Mr. Dals on the morn ing of the 24th of lay, and finding him ill, Dr. C aven writes: On quiltrug Mr. Davis, at. once wrote to Nnjor Church, Assistant Adjutant General, adViing that the prisoner he allowed tobao. co-o tlhe want of which, aftera lifetime of use, lie had referred as one of the probable partial causes of his illness-iiough not complainingly, nor with any request that it he given. This rcominendotion was ap. likoved in tle course of the day; and on calling in the evening brought tobacoo with me, and Mr. Davir filled his pipe, which mas the sole articleoie had carried with him from th (Aide, except the cloths he then wore. ''t'lhis is a ioble medicine." lie said, with somiething ats hear a smile as was possible for his haggard and sunken features. "I hardly expected it; did not ask for it though lie doprivation has been severe. During mly contfineent here I shall ask for noth lie wns now much calmer. feveriAsh symT tons steadily decreasing, pulse already down to soventy-five, his brain less excita. ble, and his mind becotaing more resigned to his condition. Comp ining of the foot falls oft he tvo scntries within lils ohambet. ,ik:do it difficult for him to collect hir It ouights; ht added cheerfilly liat, with ihis-touching his pipe-he hoped to become raniquil. This pipe, by (lie way, was a' large. and hlindoino one, made of meershaum, with an umber niouth-piece, showing .by its color I lt it hia4 ieeln "active service" fcr, some incas ira.4eC, wAis the case, having,been h-4 comLbipanion diuing the storiest yearS of his lhtle titilar Presidency. It is now Jn the writer's possession, having been givet to him by Mr. Datip, sad its acceptance in isied upon as the only tbing he had left to TIun TORTUIC. oP ItC PRaIKtR. Ialponing to notice that his coffe; stood coli und apparently untasted beside his bed in its tin cup, I Cae .hat dhere . Was a contraiiction of lie assertion implied in the i4d army question, -Who ever saw cold oof. fee inl a in cup ?" referring to Ihe eager ness with whiolf soldiers ef all classes, when campaigning, peek for and use Ibis . ,boverge. .I cannot drink it," he renarkod, "ihough fond or" collbe all thy life. It is tpe poorest article of tle eorVI have ever fasted, and if your goveVnment pays for sich stuff as coffee, the purchasing quarter naster niust be getting ribh. Jt surprises mne, too, for I thought your soldiers must liae the best-,-many of my Uenetas com plining of the diffliculties they. encounter ed in seeking to provent our pbrp front making volunteer trnces with yOfr totdiers whenever the lines ran near each oth't', for ho purpose of exchauging the toaeco we had in abundance against your offeq and sugar Told him to spond as littie time in-bot as lie could; tiatexernise was the beet medi cine for dyspeptic patients. To this he answered by uncovering the blank4A from his feet and showing mie his shkokled an kdes. "Is it possible for mse Doctor; I cannot even stand erect. These shackle. are wetlg heavy: I know not, with the shain, how mtany pounds. IfJ try to move they trip mae, and have already abraded broad patch. es of skin from the parts they touqh... Can yon devise no mnei,-s to pad or cuslaion them so that when I try to drag thenm along they ;nay not chafe me so intolerably ? Miy limbts have so little flesh on tem, and that so weak as to be easily haceratedl." ITiE UtMPa3 FAOTs of SER. DAVIS' OAP'TURU. [aaving joined his family, lie t.ravelled with them for several days hn oonesquene of finiding the region infested wIth de sert ers and robber. en igod in plundering1 ihator ws daranes. imIatle.., Ex-Paeswmi' DANis.--Tho great tyia I still hangs fire, and President. Davis still re, mains in durance at Fortress Monrou. Ru nore- havo been flying I hick and fast thit: the illustrious prisoner would be admitted to bail, t1fat ho would be relcascil on pardle, that he would be brought to trial, &v., but still, thougn the silltry seasion is rapidly' advancing, he is within Ih w:il4 or that. dreary forlification. It i- a disgrtee to tho civilization of the age, and a burning dis grace to the manhood of the country, that a high-toned christian gentleman like Mr. Davis should be subjeoted to the slow tor ture of wasting imprisonment. For thir teen months he lhs bor.ie with tilllinhelle yet unostontatious fortitude the rigors of a confinement., unnecessavily cruel and pro tracted; for lhirteen month's he has etwluret tho insults heaped otn him by iimble na. tures witi a noblo horoism anld qIuiet. ligni ly that pierced the all but impenelrable ar mor ofi moral insensibility wherein nature had cunsed them, and slung even thema into a sense of shamo. For tlhirteen nionths suspe:ise indt uncer tainty have done their ut most. to bret-k dowa the lofty spirit lint never quaile'l inl the F resence of death or danger, but inetfrectual l : Jefferson Davis, stoo-l II it trying test, and onerges from it like goll from the fur nace. Great as a oilier. gre:lt as a states mnan, great its the Executive of a brief but, brilliant Confederacy, but greater far as the pritoner of Fortress Monroo--merciful in his day of triumph, indomitabla inhis hdUr of defeat, ie will go down to posterity in striking contrast. with his judges and nccus. era. He takes his place itmnong the world's. great men, among those wto sted lustre on their country while living and "darken na tions when they die." They among whent Let time answer, thoutigh Obivion will uqre, 01fully hide the lesser, inox6rable history will pillory the greater ciiminals.--Ni York Record. A ToucIeNG INCDFNT.--On thO 16th instant, the day of the comMemo ration -of the Confederate dead, in oAe or onr city gaVV yards, after the ,'0re tonics had be'en performed and tlie crowd dispe6id, a re9pect.ble looking colored v oman was seen to linger behind, sit down dpon a grave, bury her fact in' her hands, and weep bitterly. A friend 0( ours, who holds with Juvenal, (1Nil1 -- Atmanum a se alienam esse") observing her, beca-ne very much intereste. With native kindness of manner he ad. dressed her and inqired the cause o'her g1rief. Won by his syvipatltiing tone, l unbtirdened her heart to. him in al ternate words and iobs. The gravo on which she sat was that of her former yqung master, who had been killed du ring the late war. He had been her .harge in his infancy and bDyhood and iIiij inaahood ie was her pride and dehght. His deeds of gallant daring had heeh her boast, and it ,Was the wish dearest to, her heart to sce him retnrn victorious and' honored to the hom> which he had fought to protect. Heav en had dedreed otherwise: and nm% while a congItierild people did honor to the miernory of their defender, she, poor, helpless. fnithfil io'm. wpt over t .0 grave of him to whon shr had looked flor protection and sipport. inl the data of he'r age andI i.nirmuit.y.--htrison .c0,0 The Washinktont correspondent of the Conierrcial .dvertiqer says: Dr. Craven's statement of the ironing of Jeff. Davis, at Fortress Monroe, is publish ed hero to-day.,and has exoited much-oom ment. , It is well known that it was not-douo by order' of tho President, or of the Cabinet, or of Qeueral'Ornat ; but trat the respon sibility restson Edwin M. Stanton, jho sent his right hand man, General lanfaye to C, Barker, down the Potbmao on a spechat slearser, with writce authority to have-the manacles apolied. These people who are -iposed to donl sure Jeff. Davis oV' General Jce for ihe. smu. feringi of the prisoiors at Andersonville would dO el1t o beaR the above faets it mtitd, tier. was a cowarnd}y outrage ilaip-. ted npt the foremost mn of' th'e whole res hellfQn, and neither the' Presideiit, thte IAenV4natit-General.- nor Any meimber' of the Oabinea4 exeept the toriurer' himself, seems to hcre bowo or eared sything about it. N,ow, is it uot basely possible that Lee and Davis, in she crisis of a terrible atfggle, may viet 'fian been aWare of what was 4dbn 4o tie private soldine of 'otr army? .If they *see to blame foe- not tequaintib'g th,esselves -with t he facts in the sf ress of a* feerful war, what, is to ho said .fs ,ou' e0i110 ekE utive ofiteer', who, itu the houir .t of ti tim , allow the good same of gtJ a ti - d beusailed byonductit tow tee I ht gould disgrac, a brao uf Nye Y4r'Wor-4. Elvery ina5 can and should.do some thing for the pubie, if it be only to kick a piece of orango peel into the road rotur the 'navomdnt. .