Alexandria Gazette

JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HIS FAMILY.—A letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis is published in the papers, (not with the knowledge or consent of the writer) which says:—”By using the strictest economy,” we see our way clear for the next three months—beyond that all is dark! Having to maintain two households, my mother and children in Canada—my husband and younger children here, (Fortress Monroe,) my expenses are necessarily and unavoidably great, in spite of the rigid economy I exercise. You are aware that we have not one dollar save that contributed by our friends. You have been here, and also know that not one dish goes upon Mr. Davis' table beyond the strictest prison fare, that is not paid for out of our own purse. The papers assure the world that my husband is well taken care of, but they do not say that it is his own people who thus keep him from starving, as he would inevitably, if, in his delicate health, he had only the food provided for him by the authorities.