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Show in m mi. slim. inn. Mir i tin. The Mrmelra .r Jrll.r.m, ll.tla lie. salsa nSli.plee In Mini fltlUAUU. I et. 7 III Hie memoirs of JetUrsoii Davis, lecently utill.br I b) his wl low. many I sgi s are dcvotnl tun desrrltloii uf the "Torture, of Portress Monroe," of whltli ill.tilct lleiitral Miles, n iw at the head of the DIVMlllltlf Ilm Mbnulllli WAS III 111111- mind at Hie Hum I) i Is w a Iniurlsoit-eilllitre. Iniurlsoit-eilllitre. Mr. IHtlathurgia (l.nersl MlleswIIUiruelt) to Iho i resident nl thnConfoderac). He Is rhargtil with shackling Davis by I rutal force, ker lug hliulii a vtrmlu lnh.to.1 oil, with hobllng his clothiu and linen ami nuking soiiienlrs outof Ids sisaialoui fvtn his halr.'wlieif hu had ltrtit. Uenoral Miles was intervlrwud to lap lu regard to Hie mailer. He said he did not mind tho attack. '() iniirse," ho added, "Mia. HsVIs ftel, bitter tow aid mr, as iliu prelslly doci towanlmau) more Northern soldiers While caring nothing at all foraui, thing ho may any ur write, I would call your attention 1 1 the fact that JcirVrein Dail uiiuigeil luaurvltc my cruil Irealment and Hied Iwent) tiars nfltr, finally dying of old age. I hat would hanlly havu Ins n the case, I think, If he ha I been sul Jetted to such horrible abuses. T hi ro Is not a pirtlcle of Iru'h In the statements made by his wife. The fart It, Jell Divlsnevir was In bettir trim lhau w hull he w as liberated." |