New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-12
FROM mcDOwELL's ARMY.
JeI. Davies Coachman.
From Our SpeciA Correspondent

From Our SreciA Correspondent.
FRrDERioKsEUgG. May 7, 1862
By far the most interesting arrival We have had
in this department for several days was that Of Wm
Jackson. the negro coachmsn Of the Hon. jeff
Davis. who cane within our lines few evenings
since The news that 30 important parsonage bad
reached ne spread with erea, rapidiiy through the
camps, and was the theme of conversation until a
late hour. The fact cannot be questioned that the
most important information receive Of the enc
my's movements reaches us through the contra
bands. The wisdom Of the policy 30 long advo-
Gated by The TRIBUNE hss been moro theo es'ab-
shed by the commanding General OF this DEPART
meIt. : Inn Of every movement OF ths enemy Is in'
s,sntly known to hin through these invaluable aids
Ine.ead OF being driven buck from our lines until
they touch the Rebel bayones and compelled to en-
duIe hardships ten'od greater than the abors OF the
corn or tie riee.d, they are taken by the hand az
brothers. their simple story heard aiid trusted anc
not unfrequer,ly made the ba,i OF important uili-
tstv movement In this instance of Jackson, his
rival ere ated 10 much excitement rs that OF Rebel
Brigader General. GeLer.ls Colonies, aud Mayors
| foca.d around him in great NUMBER, and had no,
tie comu snoing General himself sent for h'm,
would have abeorbed the better portion CT the night
in Listening TO lis narrative. InG.od, 10 valuable
did Gen. Nc Dosel consider his Information that he
Immediately telcgra he'd it 10 tie NGr Department
The old Plea that s mulatto may have soul and
be intelligent on account oil ihc whto DlvOd III his
yeins. while pure negro "a nothing hut an over
grown monkey minus tie csudal g peudagc, VIII not
hold true IN this Instance. JA,k.O1 n ss bid ~ a
Congo nero and much more int-lligen, than good
many white folks. Your cor.espOndent doubts very
much whether any OF the meuih.rs OF tho Eebei
Congres. or even the Rebel Generals, were more
thoroughly informed Of the movements Of Their own
army tLan this negro. Alter passing through ihc
odreal Of p severe cToss-exEn.inatOn from MfJor-
Gen.rnls Brigadier-Gener.l &c. and tree or four
correspondents BOZ haw cOuld be detected In his
story aid all pronounced II trnthful narraiiop sud
the narrator remarkably Intelligent pcrson-nct y
fling His memory is remarkable especially in re-
tanning dra,.ing-room aud table gossir, and bsfcr.
he lefl US for Washington We were almost ms wei
informed Of the social lie and habits Of Jeh. Dawn,
III If we had been inmates Of liz fsm!ly.
Jeffer.on Davis, according - jackson, VIII hard
lv live 10 SEQ the chief corher-one OF MS Conied
eracy (Slaveryl "lad Bpon The Rock OF Ages.
Already looming events cast theif shadows before
Saya jackson "Ls cOunienance ir pale snd AZ.
gard. he sleeps but little and eas noihlug-s very
irritable and continually cSml hduin. OF his Gene
rails. He plans advances, bot they execute ua'ier-
ly retrea,s. lie would have Washington, Philndel-
phia and New-York, but they are content with tie
prest cities OF the Cotton States"
And Mr.. Davis, too, from the refined and elegant
lady " 30 would have adorned the White Uousc with
grace surpassDg that Of Mrs. Madison, has become
the termagant and the scold and the terror Of al
who are 30 unfortunate AZ be- under her rod. Says
Jackson, Mr.. Davis treated me well, but Mrs Dayi,
is the d.
One cannot converse with jackson I'm hon. with
ont being convinced that the Rebel Coniederacy has
collapsed--dissep. .ion is paramount IN court and
camp. lie mac hIDery of this model government IA
all ajar. Confederate notes seem, ali si once, to
have lost their lubrCatirg property. They are con-
surned by the friction Dsiead OF soothing II.
Bn il il said all contfabands not Intelligent.
Well, what il they are not Thsnk God, the ex-
Il. =. Il q H.
country ia building forthcalions for our enemies
than IN constructing railroads for friends Is being
daily tes,ed in the Department Of the Rappahannock.
Gen. Mcdowell ie determined that ss the Rebels
have forced the negroes to play part In this war
they shall, if they choose, play It on our ride.
And how they deciding no one can long be at a
loss TO determine, who will ,isit the Valley Of the
Rappahannock. Iour correspondent has spent two
weeks here and Las yet TO find tue fret Rebel negro
They are all with u.s. from the little pccaninDy nsl
he ginning 10 lisp Massa, to the lettering old held
band who would have nothing to gain but tho hoe
pital, by eman eipaiion.
What if We may be compelled 10 support few o:
these unfortunate human beings for short time, II
will not cost much the continuance Of tbis waI
one week. II Rebels are TO lie pub.hed there Is 10
punisLnen 70 severe the nepat ion OF tho !
slaves Saws one of the wealtbiest planters in this
valley TO me Ia violent Secers'Ouif' and the owner Of
two hundred negroes, "fou Inay take my horses
and my males and empty my corn cribs, but for
God sake seld me back my negToes-we shall ali
starve without tbem." ! could not understand his
logic and on my way from bis mansion aaked the
few remaining fed-hands if they could live and
work without corn, and borses and mulesl "Golly,
usssa, de corn ANA borses and mules, and got TO
live any how was the reply Ii is natural Tor the
negro 10 steh, say maDyto II ir for the v bite
when he receive, nothing from year end 10 the
other bat iew-cast oil rags TO cover hs back, five
ounces Of pork, and ii quart Of corn per day.
To he frank, when hear that negroes steal under
sucn cilcuuf, aDees thank God that all manlness
han not vet cru- -bed out of them and tbat they
nave vitality enough leiE To ,iesl. Yesterday,
while crossing the pOnloOn bridge frol Falmouth 10
fredericksburg, one OF tie poor white trash stop ed
ine ,nJ asked ii thongbt he could recover iis slave
who ran away tle day before, by going to Gen.
Mcdowell | told him that was FOmetniug Gen.
Mcdowell had nothing 10 do wita--th.t hs would
probably find il very difficult 10 recover his .ave
upies he could assure him that lis iasor would be
uaid for his freedom guaranteed AID lib marlint ~
recoanized d. This reply followed b. volley OF
oatbs and curses from the miserable siaye-owner
which have not tue taste TO repeat.
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DEPARTURE OF SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
On Sunday morning the Ocean Queen Was lowed
TO Pier No. 3, ~ H., when TIE ei,k aud wounded
soldiers OH board were disposed Of as follows: 80
were sent 70 tho Bedloc hospital u to he Ladies
hospital ON Fifty-Fir.t street, md 6l to the New
York hospital; 50 had been previously sent to New
Jersey, und about 200 " the Soldiers Relief Associa-
tion rooms on broadway.