Show JEFF DAVIS AND COMPANY COMPANY 8 1 f 7 jeff davis continues his life of inglorious ease I 1 at fortress monroe the information which is published concerning his health from time to time is ig very conflicting the last account was that he was in better health than he had before been for months now we wb are informed that lie he is declining rapidly and will probably die six weeks from date unless he heeds dombey an ad vice and matesan mak makes esan an effort 11 at present he mopes all day long neglecting to take the exercise 13 be e is at liberty to take ae in in a space 20 by 20 feet which is allowed him on sunday last he asked for fora a chaplain and rev mr kerfoot paid him a visit davis was very humble and as pious as one of his god bless me proclamations during the war he reads his bible more than he used toj toi to and it is to be hoped he be gets some late news out of it he dont like it so well however but that he clamors for something else to read but prison discipline I 1 1 ne thinks he had better read the B bible bibie e durig during all the leisure he gets jeff wears goggles pretty much all the time in his celland cel cell fand and his eyes are g getting etting very weak one of them it is stated is so bad he cant see out of it at all but as the same authority states that he complains of blurred sight and seeing double it would seem as if two eyes were superfluous davis gets up early in the morning very soon after daybreak and bathes himself carefully in a tub of salt water and a basin of fresh he protects his modesty by erecting a screen out of an army blanket so that his guards cant feed their vision on the beauty of his figure then he puts on his clothes then he combs his hair aid aud add reads his bible at 8 he be has his breakfast a good meal from dr cravens table tea toast an egg or two or broiled steak these are the things the guard brings him sometimes his appetite is good sometimes it is not after breakfast lie he mopes and looks out the window till 31 3 his dinner hour he dort dont smoke much it dont agree ith with alth his nerves after dinner he mopes till suppertime supper time aj 8 and after supper he goes straight straight to bed his sleep is pretty good though he dont fancy the light burning all night in his chamber during the day or some days he receives a call from gen miles the officer of the guard the minister or the doctor and then he talks all he can about his trial prospects of getting wettin gettin off etc A correspondent thinks thae that the death of the assassination conspirators has been communicated to him which accounts for his low spirits EN A Y sun A letter from fortress monroe to ohp tap philadelphia inquirer states that john mitchel has varied his barefooted tramps up and down his by requesting questing that a bible and prayer bo book oie oke mig might be furnished these two books were offered to mitchel on an the first day of his incarceration but he then refused to have them in his now he asks for them he has certainly come to a proper knowledge of his real literary wants at last the desired books were furn furnished ishM ishu him they are the only reading matter that is ls is 19 allowed the ex editor of jemm jeff s or organ oran an clem clay is still allowed his daily dally morning walks in the open air through the grounds of the fort clays health absolutely requires this indulgence he is allowed one hour every mor morning nince for his bis promenades he also takes take s more exercise in his than he formerly did WHISKEY ST BY LIGHTNING july loth a bonded warehouse at jamestown I 1 illinois seven from springfield eld eid containing twenty five hund hundred ed barrels of whiskey was struck by lightning and its contents destroyed the whiskey flowed down downhill hill into the san sangamon arnon and was covered all the way aid and for more than a mile ina sheet of flame the great western railroad bride bridge narrowly escaped being set on fire b by the burning fluid the I 1 iosa losa oss is estimated at three li hundred midred thousand dollars tim THE gold coinage at the U united ni ted states mint for june amounted to 7 00 all of which was in double eagles the silver coinage in the same time was waa in half liala dollars |