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irPicture of Jdf. Devis.as paaxvx m* mi Nr.Ko coachman. j Extract .of a letter to the New York Timo s dated Frederickaburg, Ya., 3:\Y e have lad a curiosity here lately, noles» p .1 person than Jeff. DavU* ecvicbman, William j A. Jackson, a colored xriati by profeflloo, imd one to wham the term intelligent negro j , cun be truthfully applied. lie lived with Daria lor abouL dglii mouths, an.! had his eye* and (' e cars open tCH the while; the cotiaeqaance h , I that ho L? enabled to furnished up v.ilh sotac 1 Jffltu of State, as well as to make its familiar j with the natani! hirtory and habits of a rebel itate^rmi. We learn that President Dutia lives very plainly, end is reduced to drinking | saaaalrsts in the ruaroiog as a substitute far ten. fie has four children, Maggie, a doughteraged f^vcn, Jeff. Durw, jr., about five years old; Joe, a truculent little follow or three, ami a baby rebel a month old but Christmas. None of the childnm are allowed to eat butter, as that commodity involves too great an expense. Jeff rises between eight and nine in tin* morning, and comfort* liim.^cli with a mint jolen sitting do tor a to brefikfut and sisaafras tea at ten. At four 1 c takvi a light lunch of crackers and checcT varied with an occadonrdker-ring, during magtiificvtitly atseren. ilk dinner usually coiwb-te of 8l Julim soup, icist beef ash cake—Jeff. is very fond of ash cake, Jackson *ays—claret and flherry. Over hi* dinner Jeff, grows confidential and convene* with his family. Jacksou has heard Lixn complain dint while he was making his plans for holding jmriiions. hht Generals were engaged in proparing to evacuate thorn. The lo^ of Johnston he regrets greatly, guying that he can not lw re-plnced. Jeff* hO)*cs of succor are dwindling down, and his wife seems to xny lilt!* to comfort him. She remarked the other day r.l the tabic, that she feared theConfederacy, to u«? n Yankeecxpreiion, wcu.nearly splayed out; that if it was true New Orlean* had fallen, she cared nothing for victoria elsewhere. Ho is very unpopular at present in Richmond, oud Mw. Davis com-! plains very bitterly that none of tho citizens ! call on her, except ilu? few connected with the Government. After leading them to believe that lie could do so much for them, he had done so little that they now see in him only a grave deceiver.ilhAn Incident.©! the Battlo of tho Forts.C.iM.uN Boc-G*. of the* Vnrmia, lc!U n story \• ufa Wvb boy who was on board Ids vcsee! I i during the bombardment ol the forts on the : Mtekrippt river. The lad, w ho answer- tn !' the name of Ortar, i* but ihi* teen years of ogr,1 but he has an old head on bis shoulders, and i is nfort and energetic. During the holiest of!, the fire he was busily engaged in passing am- 1 -unit ton to liitf gunner*. and narrowly escaped 1 ^ death when one of the terrific broadsides ol tho Ynraa’s rebel antagonist was poured in. | JCovered with dirt and ti-griined with powder, ho was met by CnpL Boggs, w!k asked ;i where ho wxlt; going in such a burry T' “ To get h pa^ing-toi, sir; the other was«mashcd by a WtP And io, tliroughoul tlie fight, t jthe brave Lid held his place and did his duty.Whim the Vanina went down CupL Bogg* mi-*cd hk bov, ncd thought he was among the victims of the battle. But a few minutes afterwards he saw the hid gallantly gwimming towards the wreck. Cismbemtg on board o* Captejn BoggV boat, he threw hk Iwnd up to hi* forehead, giving the u;ual and ut-r tering only the words ** All right, fir! I rs-poM «r»y elf on 6oktlt;1, ' passed co- *ly to hh station. Bo young a lad *o bravo and cool in • danger will make himnah knowm os years go L over bis head.litdcA Kentucky Governor.Oor. Powell of koaiixrky, wa* never an orator, but his conversationul, stnry-teUing and mdnl qualiliiy were remarkable. His gre.-'f forte lay in ®d«blisiting a personal inti-rancy with every one he met. and hi this way he was powerful in electioneering. He chewed immense quantities of tobacco, but sievrr | * carried the weed himselt, and was always begging of or cry ore he met. II •* residence was in Hemforsoii, and in coining up tlic Ohio past that place I ovorliostd the follviwing churuc-teristrc anecdote of him.A citizen of H«nder-on coming on board, i ^ foil iufo conrerKiUion with a passenger, vrho ^ inadir immirie^ about Powell.“ Livrs in your place, I believe, don’t Ikj V* * ;i Yea, one ofonr oldevt dtizenp.^**Verr wx-bblo man, ain't he? li RcmarkaUy so. I thought so. I tliinK he U one of ^ tho most sociable nen I eror met in all my ! life. Wonderfully sociable 1 I was introduced to him o*.er at Grsysua .Springi; last ^ dimmer, nml he hadn’t Uen with me ten minute when he begged all the lobneco I had, got hk teei up ir. my lap. and *ptlaHo~rrmel —re-jMtn7:-fth!v soctnble!T-rf P iinttr n.\nnrrr. —Thr folfowing r.u-► ecdoic which has told of foamed men, original- ^ f ed with the painter Barrett. liw only j^tr.*1........ .. ® . a ■ J® . 10itwere a cat and a kitten, its progeny. A h iend, acting two holes ia ilic IsHiom of lrilt; floor, i [ jinked fos whnt jurjKH! he mndc them there: BortcU 6a!d it was for his cats lc* po in jmd^ - ^: our.I-Why, rcyilied tlie friend, * Would nototm do for both?| *' You silly man, anstrercd l!*o p.tinter,, ,- ^Tjow could the big ca! get into flic little hole?. j But, said lib friend, ''could not tiic Uttfe '• cat go tlirongh the big holt- ? r41 Indeed! so she could, but I never thought a » ! of that. =11 ---, | Tax wtd;*w o! the lue Tycoon of Japan, •. ; uses vrAb skill tud ^ciscrc the arvisg =a- \1
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Urbana Union
Urbana, Ohio, US
Wed, Jun 04, 1862
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