, 1862-05-06
THE BEGINNING OF REvElA-
1l0kS.
STATEMENTS OFJEFF.DA
COACHMAN.
Everything Packed Up at Richmond
Ready to Leave.
MRS. JEFF. SAYS "IHE CoNFEoE-
RAcY Is PLAYED OUT"

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The following state
me1t, dated yesterday, on the Rappahannoc]z
has reached Washington.
A colored man came in today from the
other side Of the river, and represented him
self as JEFF. Davis coachnlan. From an ex-
animation Of him this is probably the truth.
He reports scraps Of conversation overheard
while driving Mr. and Mrs. Davis il the car
riage, and between Mr. Davis and those WHO
CAME to see him. Mr. Davis and Gen, Joseph
E. Johnston had some heated discussions
about the latter's retreat from Manassas.
Davis disapproyed of it, and ordered Johnston
to make stand at GsordonEii1e. Johnston de-
clined to do this, and offered to resign, and
Wos even indisPosed to 70 to Yorktown. Mrs.
Davis said she thonght this very bad in hln,
{Johnston) to be unwilling to help GsNeEa1
Magrudfr-
The coacbman overheard 4 conversation be-
tween Johnston and the wife OF Davis; the
former (Johnston} saying, if he had not left
Manassas Mcclellan would have come out
against him and cut hia all to pieces.
Mrs. Davis read an article in the Eranline.'
to her husband, saying that it was part Of the
Yankees plan that Generals Banks and Nc
Doweil we're to form a junction in Louisa or
Caroline county, and mose down on Rich
mond. Davis remarked, he thought that Tas
co. but his Generals would take care OF them.
The ceachman overheard conversation be-
/ tween Davis and Dr.. Gwio, formerly Senator
| from California. Davis said that he had semi
| General J. r. Anderson from North Caroiiul
| to resist the march Of the Federals from Fred
ericksburg, and delay them long enough tol
him to see the probable result Of the contest
before Yorktown, SO that L that vas likely te
be unsuccessful, he would have time to extri
cute his army from the peninsula and gu
F! tEemtinto Rich1nonlnnd out Of Firglnla; tha
| otherwise they would all be caught.
The coaehman represents that Mrs. Dayi:
eald that the Confederacy WAS about played
out, and that if New Orleans was really taken
she had no longer any interest in the matter
as all she had was there; that it WAS grea
| pity that they had ever attempted to hold Qir
! ginia. and the other non-growing cottol
States, and that she said to Mrs. Or. Ggnnes
daughter Of Col Jas. TAYLOR, U. S. ComLals
sary General Of Substance,} who wls yer
apxious to get to Washington, where she Ia
trouble, but only to stay where she Was an'
when the Yankees came to Richmond sh
could 30.
The eoachman says that Mr.. and Mrs. Dlyi
have I'LL their books, clothing aud picture
packed up, ready to move Oft, that there
much outspoken Upion feeling in Richmond uS nd
that, having been . waiter in hotel thcrt
he knows Ill the Union men Of the place
and that the Yankees arc looked for Wit
much pleasure, more by the whites than eve
the colored people. Confederate mono
is not taken when it can I
avoided. Mrs. Davis herself was refused whc
she offered ten dollar confederate not
Many Of the Richmond people wish the Cnic
troops to come, as they are lalf starved on
The bank and government property is I'll pac
; cd up ready for removal to Danyillc, near IL
; North Carolina line.
Gep. Johnston did not think they Won
succeed at Yorktown. The coachalan oye
heard the rebel officers say il they failed
Yorktown and New Orleans they would lea
/ Virginia.