Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 30, 29 July 1865 — English Column. THE SITUATION OF JEFF. DAVIS. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

THE SITUATION OF JEFF. DAVIS.

The murderer of our prisoners is fed on the regulaTarmy rations precisely ofthe same quantity and quality as is served out to our soldiers in ganison. Jeff. has not been partaking of this food with any apparent relish. At noon, on Saturday, he threw his soup, bread and meat from him, exclaiming, in a |oud and angry voice, " that he wos not aC cu3tomed to such living, and would not put up with it." The officer and his guards on duty withm the eell looked on in quiet surprise. Davis bfcame yet more irate, and sirode up and down his eell, exclaiming that he was "to be murdered." At one time he endeavored to deprive one of the guards of his gun. Failing in this, he tore open his vest and s=hirt, bared his breast, and asked to be shot. This inelo-dramatic request wns uot complied with. On the contrary, the olficer of the day and Uen. Miles were apprised of the violent cōnduct of the prisoner, and irons were ordered to be placed upon his ankles. It will be seen by this that the ironing was perfectly justifiable in every point of view. When the officers were about to plaee the gyves upon him he becamemore -violent than before, and resisted with all his power the adjustment of the inanacles. He was gently but firmly held, and the shackles fastened. He, violently berated the oflicer while perfoming this unpleasant duty. He was allowed to .scold on uninterrup(edly. Since his incarceration he has conducted hiinself in a haughty and supercilious manner, till May 25, when he became outrageous!y violent. Dr. Craven hus again visited him, and reports his health as good. No papers are allowed to l:e tallen in his eell. While on the Clyde he managed to gain posessioa of an E7iquirer, containing the proclamation of President Johnson setting a pnee upon his head ; after reading whieh he remarked that the United States Government would never dare to hang him. Another account says that while our soldiers were attempting to manaele him he struck one of the men, and endeavored to geta bayonet from the guard, as is supposed vvith suicidal purpose. The pro.cess, or operation of putting irons on the prisoner, was highly exciting, as related by those who performed the task. Two guards, well armed, were in his eell. It is their duty, and those relieving them, to guard him thus constantly dty and night. At a given hour; the blacksmith and his assistant, obedient to prders, entered thegreat " Cotton King's" apartment. They had with them the manacles. 11 was a-inounced to the ex Presid.ent of the caved-in Southern Confederacy that they had eome lo put irons upon him. He looked at these sons of Vulcan with all the sternness of his nature, and onee proud bearing ānd unffinching eye, telling them it could not be that lhey were going to treat a taken foe thus, that he would not submit to it, &c. He asked to see the cominander of the fort, asserting that there must be some mistake m the matter. He wanted to know where the orders eame from. The commandant eouhl not be seen, but upon being told the ordera were direct from Washington and must be executed, he still resisted, fhreatening veageancc uj-on the men if they attempted ta perform their work. Rather .ihan submit to this he exclaimed, " Take my lifo !" " Order the guards to shoot me !" &c. Additional guards were called, and the work was undertaken. " His Highness" struggled most obstinately, until finally it becarne neccessary to lay him upon his back on the floor of the eell, and hold him there while the manacles were b»ing riveted to his ankles. Tiie lao.Niw of Jeff. Davis. —The Com*nercial Advertiscr of.this city says: We Iwim through an army officer who witnessed jthe operation, that Davis was placed in irons at Foriress Monroe, as has been previously r<»ported. It w:is not done, however, from a spirit of revenge and hate, or to render the position of the unfortunate man an any more uncomfortable. After being confined in the casemate he became very intractable, stormed about the apartments, abused the guards, " berated the Government authorities, asserting that no Major-General had a right to consign hiin to such quarters," and threw his rations at the head of *the attendant who brought thein to him. The shackles were therefore npplied to him, paitly as a punishment, and partly as a precaution*\ry measure, in the same manner as a refractory offender is manacled at Sinpf Sing. » Davis on Hanging.—What are Jeff. Dav. sentiments about hanging now ? This is what he said in a speech in 1860:—" What! coerce a sovereign state ! attempt to deprive us of our most inestimable rights! Let Mr. Lineoln try it, or Mr. Douglas either, and we will hang them higherthan Haman, and the only difference I should make would be that [humorouslyj as Mr. Lineoln is eonsiderably taller than Mr. Douglas,we should have to build his gibbet [standing on his toes and reaching up his hand] a leetle higher than that for Douglas." Trial of ths Assassins.—The trial of the assassins at Washington is still progressing very slowly. The most important new testimony whieh has been adduced is that implicating parties not now before the Court, and the suppressed lestiinony, >vhich is now made public, bears very hard upon the Conofficials at Richmond and in Canada. If the witnesses are reliable, the proof is incentestible tlmc the Confederate leaders are responsible for the assassination of the President, the attempt t© burn the cities of the North, to introduce yellow fever into them, and a whole catalog«ie of tbe ifohlest ronceived.