Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-05-08
Additional from Yorktown---The
Rebels becoming Disheartened.

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Additional from Yorktown---The
Rebels becoming Disheartened.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The following
statement has reached Washington. 1t Is
contained in q letter dated yesterday on the
Rappahannock IG,..f4 ,augH .rl-ter
A colored man came in to-day from the
other side Of the river, and reported him
self as JEFF Davis ~coachrnan. From an ex-
animation of him this appears to be the
truth. Ho repeats scraps Of conversation
which he overheard whilst driving Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis in their carriage, and between
Mr.. Davis and those who came to see him.
MIR. Davis and Gen. j. f. John.ton had
some heated discussions about the %latter's
retreat from Manassas, Davis disappearing
of the measure. He had ordered a stand
to be made at Gordonsville, which johnson
declined to do and offered to resign. He
was even indisposed to go to Yorktown.
Mrs. Davis said she thought it was very bad
in him to be unwilling to go and help Gen.
Magruder. The coachman overheard the
conversation between General johnson and
Davis wife, the former saying that if he had
not left Manassas when he did General Nc
Clellan would have come out against him
and cut him all to pieces. {.
Mrs. Davis read an article from the Rich
mond Examiner to her husband saying that
1t was a part of the Yankee plan Generals
Banks and Mcdowell were to form a june.
tlonin Louisa or Caroline counties and move
down on Richmond.
Davis remarked that he thought it wa
SO, but his Generals would take care of
them.
The coachman overheard q conversation
haktuaan nau,s md nr narn c..l TT
s. Senator from California. Davis said tbath he
had sent Gen. Anderson from North Caro-
lima to resist the march of the fe leral, from
fredericksburg, and to delay them long
enough for him to see the probable result
of the contest before Yorktown. so that if
that was likely to be unsuccessful he would
have time to extricate his army from the
Peninsula and get them into Richmond Or
out of Virginia, otherwise they would be all
caught.
The coachman represents that Mrs. Davis
said the Confederacy was about played out
that if New Orleans was really taken, she
had no longer any interest 10 the matter, as
all she had was there.
He says MIR. and Mrs. Davis have all their
books, clothing and pictures packed up,
ready to move off that there is much out
spoken Union feeling in Richmond that
having been a waiter in the hotel, he knows
all the Union men in the place that the
| Yankees are looked for with much more
pleasure by the whites thar even the color
ed people. INN .-fr
Confederate money is not taken when it
can be avoided. Mrs. Davis herself was re-
fused when she offered a ten dollar Confed.
crate note for o purchase.
Many Of the Richmond people wish the
Union troops to come as they are half starry
ed. The bank and Government property
are all packed up to be moved to Danyille
near the North Carolina lines
Gen. johnson did not think the rebels
would succeed at Yorktown. The coach
man overheard an officer say that if they
failed at Yorktown and New Orleans they
would leave Virginia, o.-.e .s1s .
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The following
has been received at the Wa Department -:
| May lh, 7 o'clock = N.
E. N. Stanton Secretary of War?
Our Cavalry and horse Artillery came UP
with the enemies rear guard in their en-
trenchments, about two miles this side OF
williamsburg, q brisk fight, ensued. Just
as my aid left, Smith 8 division of Infantry
arrived on the ground, and / presume car
ried his work. though have not yet hoard.
The enemy rear Is strong, but | have force
enough UP there to answer all purposes =
We have thus far u, heavy guns, a large
amount OF tents, ammunition, &c., '.
All along the line Their works prove to
have been most formidable and | am now
fully fatisfed Of the correctness of .the cour I
l have pursued. Phe success is brilliant
and YOU nav rest aSsuyadG tba3 its effsets