The Athens Post

"That Arch Traitor Davis."

The Philadelphia Christian Observer contains a long letter from a gentleman who has traveled extensively in the South, dated Richmond, July 24th, three days after the battle of Manassas. The following is an extract:

After witnessing this solemn scene, (the reception of the bodies of the Confederate officers killed in this engagement, &c.,) I went in company with Rev. Dr. McL. to the Spottswood house and heard a thrilling, eloquent account of the battle from the lips of the President himself. He is not a fluent speaker: he does not hesitate, yet his words seem to come with effort—but they come with power, when they do come. I have often heard him speak before. Every word he utters, thrills—it seems to come from his heart direct to the heart of those addressed. He is one of the plainest, most unassuming, but most kind hearted, affectionate, Christian gentleman I ever saw. Everybody who knows him, loves President Davis. His soldiers will willingly die for him—so will the citizens if he calls on them. He occupies a place in their hearts second only to that which Washington held in the hearts of our grandfathers. He paid a noble tribute to the valor and determination of the soldiers—fighting even after their limbs had been shot off, and encouraging the others to push on when they were unable to rise from their bloody couches of turf. He also paid a well merited compliment to the considerate manner in which the wounded and prisoners of the Federal Army were treated, even by the owners of the farm houses on the road (where they were carried) who had been plundered and pillaged by some of their number.