New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-24
.yEFF. DAvrss COaCBMAN.

whose eseare 20 McDO"ciis army -oorpe wa -
;cled in orr Washington kilograms caiea ~ I'M
Ts,eusE Office Oh "Wednesday. lie II o. uh'hiAeu
African descent sprgltiy ana Intelligent An" ni'
sa-ements bear the impress Of truth. lie s2a 'hai
n. vss born IN Hanover about 81 m'ies northwest
Of Richmond and had lived 10 Richmond about 10
vet-s being employed as waiter, driver Of a puohc
carriage and 81 take care Of The Ci'y Hail
Soon aver the batrie of Manassas he went 10 live
with Jeff. Davis rs cOachman, his master Geo W.
Jones let,ing BAN 70: so month. The Prcsiden-
risl manson Is or lie corner Of Twelfth and Cha!
streets large white bou,e wi,h pillars on 'be back
H. says:
JFff : RriLTH AND HABiTs.
TIE health Of lcG. Davis WAS very bad lis' Fan
and about the Is, Q. February II began 10 se' '.u
again. He has dyspepsia. ana one Of ais c' ="
bsd; he wears spectacle somehmef' "e f''' -
between aud g. ano has sassaifas Tea io' "'''''"'
have knoan bis servant 70 90 out mo 'ie '0"-''
And Get the sassafrls 10 make II on o. Inc! :"
-. g., He has been IN Richmond 81 tae tre
siu,e Srmmer. except twice; he WeN' "f '"' "''
AFTER the battle of Manassas ana siaiH TWO % 'iiiee
d.vs. and since The evacuation b. went ~ - la' ~
,Gor,ionsvile one fncay and returned oh'Ufua!
n,yh;. That is the only time he Las lrii Richmond
s,,ce have been living with him. Ills ONCE IL ID
the Cnetom-IIousc Over the POsi-Ofh,o. d" g'hei-
slly so4s down there about II Ocl,ck
HIS pepiew. Col. Joseph Davis, and Gen. Lee
ard his son. Augustus Lee, are there with Din All
The time The Treasury Department Il III that
builliug. and the Cibinei meets there. Nj. Mem
-aliugsr and Mr.. Hunter ere there; their names ere
both on the Confederate bonds. lie stays there u
about a or ;. A great Bany military come 10 see
him. They generally &c, m pretty easy some times
they can't see him Tor three or iOui duye. very
often he don't lei anybody him cNccpt 'he Secre
tary Of War. T4eu drIro him oai with Mrs ia
viz and the children Oh iae weather he mostly goes
horseback himself.
He mas Blk horses. lie Iidee & bay hcise niade a
:present 10 bin by some person m Kentucky. lie
goes round the city and 10 the tail-ifOand, some
,mes three or four miles. There are toritea'i' rs
northwest aud northeast Of Richmond, AMI down
below Oh the river; there they are heavier. There
IL a lortiGcaiion with two guns about y mile below
Rockets, on the left band Of the river going down. at
place they call Powhs al, jus, below Robert Mayo
house u is a little over iwo miles froiuthe Custom
House. They are on high bluff On the otheT side
of the river there is large area oi open country.
Back OF the battery the Williamsburg road comes up
There was battery on Churc1 I'LL with one
big gun looking down the river. That was to
keep he boats back. The NcwYork steamers used
TO come no there. Tie river Is about half mile
wide there Abou, TWO miles below Rockets there
are more batteries OF both riles Of The river.
There were no guns on them the Lac. time was
there. which was about tie Is. Of April. jackson
gave w descriptions e Dozen batteries DcaI
Richmond. He said 10 work bad been done or
them since the batteries were commenced at York
town.
Mrs. JEFF. DAVIS.
1 reed TO hear Mrs. JEFF. jaIk Z. good dea'. They
have not had any receptions since baye been tiere
They take dinner uboa. q, and srend he overiu.
quietly.
MRS. JIiF. AND THr LADIES - RICHMOND.
Mr. Davis complains Of he citizens o. Richmond
greatly. Size s4ys sic believes mas nine-eutbs Of
them are Uniou. She never keep anything tack
if she thinks il sac says ii. Tie citizens generally
there don't visit her. except the ladies Of members
from the South. There never has many Of them
visited her. They said they ddnt think Congress
had any tusness there. A great many Of them sail
they didn; know how Virginia got opi Of the Union.
MRS. DAVIS ASD MRS. YASCEr.
Mrs. Yancey brought her some dresses and good
many things trimmings. heard ner and Mrs. AN
cey talking; | rid them out one afternoon, two OF
three weeks before | away. heard Mrs.
Yaucey say that ont in FraneeFfance was no friend
to Slavery They stopped at the Fair Ground and
seen the militia dill.
AND JOE. JOHNSTON.
have seea Gen. Joe. Johnston there. tie wa:
there few DAYS before left april ~. | heard
Gen. Johnston speaking about tie retreat from Ma
nassae, talking with Ms. Davis. Mrs. Davis goe-
round every day to all the public Offices to get the
news. she gets more from tie War Oice than from
JEFF. Davis Office Gen. Lee aud Col. Joe. Davis
don't tell her muci-jAey say hey don't know. She
met Gen. Joe Johnston, and the carriage stopped,
and they stood taking.
Mrs. JeG Dacn--Waf ,lere much force in trout
Of you at Manassas Il there any up there now
G,i. Joe. Jota.toa--I don't think there is e grea
fore: most Of them have gone to Yorktown.
.a,s. JET. Daois-WhaI DO you think the prospects
are o; The battle at Yorktown
Ges. Joe. Johnstoa-I don't like that Yorktown;
don't think we whip down there.
Mrs. Jcg. D0rS-Iiow many troops have you
down there
Gen. Joe Misunderstanding 10 my estimation,
we have about rs, 900 down there.
Mrs. JEFF. Dor,s--Do you think that YOU will be
able TO whip the Yankees sooni
Gen Joe. Johnstoa-i don, know about it. They
are very ssbemy. TLey generally get our plans,
and we have ii good many soldiers desering.
Ms. JeG DaUa--Ilow came you to leave Ma
nassas
I.. Z Il, I L.t fnftA g.t
the time did Gen. Mcclellan would have lad ne
surrounded in three days.
Mrs. JET. Davss-Whcn are you going 10 York