Show JEF DAVIS ON A DRUNK A richmond correspondent of tile the tribune tellof telha the following 01 IvI liell he says saya is vouched couched fur for by fid fler son sons conversant wilh tho the circum r s stances t previous s to the evacuation of the he t city davis da vis and his wife accompanied compa nied by secretary mal mallory lory and an d colonels arid and hatch indulged w n a pleasure trip down the james to the rebel fleet during which J D became grossly inebriated the returning party landed a at t Itoe Rockett ketts rf and on oil their way home passed libby prison P forgetting arget in his mat maudling idling state thle respect due atle to the rebel sentry who was posted on the walk ill in front of the prison lie peremptorily ordered him aside but was promptly brought to by tile the bayonet oi of tile the sentinel who informed him that no one was allowed to pass his beat davis continued to order him aside and at last the sentry becoming indignant drew hi musket to his shoulder and was I 1 in the act of pulling the trigger when lie was implored to desist by mrs airs davis da vis who alir throw w her arms around his nock neck and told him it was vas the president who desired to pass 1 I have m my y orders and c can in allow no one to pass replied tho sentinel the result was that mr J D finally fiti ally concluded unlike the good samaritan to pass by on the other side |