, 1862-05-07
JEFF. Davis Says He Will
Never Surrender.

Fir>t Suceifcat;on-That onthe 1st Of april,
cling an alien tnemY and in the service Of the c
United States, he lurkcd about the armies aud !
ortiflcations ot the Confederate States in and l
lear Richmond. {
Ec1zzz Specification about the LIST Of t
Fuly, 1861, prlsoper being an alien enemy aud l
n the service Of the United States, did 1urk IN,
I'd around about the armies ond fOrtldcltion5 t l
It ,he Confederate States at Memphis, in the
|t.te Of Tennessee.
inns, Hlo introduced q number OF witnesses
Il his behalf.
The Court, haying maturely considered the
=yidsnce adGuccd, and two-thirds concuring
herein, they tiul the prisoner guilty Of the
barge.
Fist speciGeation-no guilty.
Second specifications guilty.
NhcfgrnpD, two thirds Of the Court Co1~ I
.urlpg, It was adjudged that the accused
Il Suffer death by hanging"
On the 25th Of April, the proceedings, fnd,
lngs and sentence Of the Court were approved
b the Commanding General OF the D-part~
ment, Of HeDrico. who ordered that the SEN
tence should be executed under the direction
Of the Provost Marshal, on the 18th day OF
april, between the hours off and II clock N.
On the announcement OF his approaching
fate, the prisoner, rs we hear, grew defiant,
thinking no doubt that he would not be hung.
he also faid he could make several parties in |
the War Department "sh2ke in their jacke:s''
by bis revolutions, but he made none up to his
last hour Learning On Monday night that
p1etcly unperyed He was carried to the Fair
Grounds as carly SIS SIX o'clock yesterday
morning, b} Capt Alexander, but prior to
that time received visit from Rev. Mr. Wood
bridge. 81 asked tue clergyman to read nc
Psalm Of David, invoking vengeance on his
enemies. He refused, and Webster grew III
dignant, causing the clergyman to take an |
eaIly departure When brought to the gaal- |
lows the prisoner was visiby affected By lhe |
sight Of the preparations observable, and |
shuddercd when be looked at his coffin.
After tic rope was adjusted around his neck |
pray er Was offered up By Rev. n. d. Rogc.
At the conclusion, q black cap was drawn over
his eycs, he having previously bid farewell to
several persons standing By. The signal being
given, the trigger that sustained the drop was
drawp, and it sirnck against tb: uprights with
loud sound. Owing to defective cotton rope,
the moose slipped, aud Webster fell his
back TO the ground. Tie lalt.huog and par
tally stunned man was speedily raised aud as
soon swinging IN accordance with his sen-
tepcc. Tbs occurred at twenty-five minutes
past eleven O'Clock. Fifteen minutes later
We left the ground, but the party was still sus-
pended. He DIED in about one minute,
Webster, who had plenty Of gold aud Con-
federatc States Treasury. notes, gaye it all to
his wife the night before his execution lie
was il TIT employment Of one Of the depsrt-
ments here a letter carrier between this
city and Maryland. 1t is eaid-how true we
know not-,h:lt be used to take the letters re-
eeived here to Washington, where they we're
copied, and the answers received we're served
in t1e same way, thus bclug Used as evidence
against the parties, as many of them have
found to their cost By subsequent arrest and
incarceration ia Northern forts. Suspicion
was first excited against the prisoner uy the
style Of his evidence against Lewis and scul1y,
and tlfX let thu tat ont OF tue big on him
after their conviction. Mrs. Webster, who
WIS arrested along with her husband rs spy,
ie still at Castle Goodwin, but will no doubt be
sent ou. Of the Confederacy. Webster is the
first man ex+ cu1ed hire as spy. Perhaps it
would have been better had the business been
commenced at IN earlier day
ANOTHER 1SsTALMEST OF YANKEES.
From the Richmond D1spatch.1
l. detachment from Gen Jackson's army
brought down By the Central railroad ycster-
day twenty~six prisoners sixteen Yankees
and ten domestic tr.litors. The latter were a
soua1id and miserable, hang dog looking se'
OF CREATURES. While they might have served
the enemy as spies on the actions of our brave
boys, they could hardly, judging from appear
ance8, have inflicted any serious damage or
the cause OF Southern rights by their chaFac
ters er example. Some Of the Yankees wett
tolerab|y tAif specimens Of humanity. hut II
several Of them the brute stuck out so far tha
it could not b. concealed. number Q
them were 60 Teutonlc that their jargon couls
hardly be understood.
Ginnis, company F, Sd Maryland; Thoma
Eckles, con, pany E, 9th Ohio; James E
Burns, company I, 13th Indiana; c. Catrey
company G, Ist Vermont; ]: IL. Abell, com
pauy B, 1st Vermont; John Brown, compau
3, lst Vermont; G. Van Weber, company Z
Vermont Chas Schcltz, company F, sat
New York; Edward Human, sergeant con
papy !, 58th New }prk; ]. Leather, compan
E, DOTH Pcnusylyatia; IF. E. johnson, cor
panT E, 5th Connecticut; A. johnson, con
pany +, 5th Coznec'icnt; E. B: Spark:
Company Z, ;9h Illinois ". 4 Chapmat
company H, Sd Wisconsin.
The follu wing art the names Of the citize
prisoners aud the counties from which the
bail: ]. Light, n Beane and Richard Bucl
Collier, Greene; ~ Brceden, F. F. and Be
erly Breeau, Rockingham; l. Caring. P:g
A. HeHin. Fredericksburg: james N. Wico
Charles B. Guy, Vim T. Van Wort, Orang
Samuel King, Thomas l. Morrison, Jo
. Chattan, and Moses Morrison, spcttsylyanis
The sixteen Tnnkee prisoners were ca
tused on Saturday last by d Confederate G.
alr9 company, bet~cnn Swift's Gap and t
Shenandoah river, in Rockingham county.
number Of the Hrssians were made to bite
dust, and the survivors we're chased By Q
cavalry to the river, where several VI
drowned in attempting to recross.
HON JOHN N. RoTTs SENT SOUTH.
The conditions on which Hon John
Bolts 1ae released from his lmpri- onGeut
Castle Goodwin, ,,y tie Court Of Inquiry t
examiucd the churge Of dis1oJalty prefer
against him, arc: First, that after being T
1ni1ttd to 20 to his residence in Henr7co,
shall, with au Convenient speed, prepare
remove to q location further South; {
when tho same is indicated By him, it must
approved BY the War Department Of the
S. Government Il has already been iuti1
ted that, had not 31r. Bolts, with his chas
tcriE1ic obstiuacy, declared himself q ucu
In the present Ear, the Court Of Inquiry wo
have recommended his discharge. Of this
know nothing, but the conditions of his
lease, as specified abo1e, may be relied Oh.
TEE DAr.BooK HINTS At TREAcHERI IN I
ORLEANS.
(Frcn the Norfolk Day-Book.l
The Telegraph tells this morning the II
deplorah1e tale ever heard In America, or
believe, iu ths: whole world. Two conteu
bic littlc steamers have come up to the Z
clty Of New Oreans-inhabited by poE
tisn Of two hundred thousand souls, defer
by mites upon inilee Of cnlumt'lads and r
csnnon. possceBing Fix floating batter1e
immense power, aud coutaing within bel
stul not less :han thirty Thousand dlsc1pl
trooIe-.nd have commanded the author
to haul dowD the Confederate flag! A.
write, there had been no intelligence O
havirg hsen hauled down; but nc are
psr+ d 20 expect the worst.
Bailiag through miles of the heaviest
1efy, II 4, +ee bot appear TINT SO much as
gle Tho: WAS Tired st these two little ste 10
On lii; eontrxry. everything stems to
been p.v-1 ared beforehand for their uuie
ceptior- The troops we're immediately
draw u lest 1h,y might feel disposed to dc
all the d"ftnses on the lake were dismar
the gu' r. II thrown down without beit
iured, tile steamboats,, that could have I.
up slea1u III al hour and been of,
burned, aud the defenders were drawn o1
d,etant point.
Never, Fin, &c tile world began, WIS there
transart.o:I-eo Gark, SO mysterious,
together uuarcuuutaole
The telegraph. thus far, gives 3 very
fused account Of this most myeteIfou
most deploraele affair. Terrible susp
ase ahoa1, but we hold It best not to give
to them until something more deGnite
have reached us
AFFAIRS At RICHMOND
NORFOLK AHp RICHMOND MCsT Be Def
JEFF. DAVIS SAYS HE WILL NEvEE
BENDER.
Correspondence Of the Norfolk Day.Bo
RICHMOND, April 27.-Thc news fror
Orleans, confirming the fall Of that eli
been read here with sorow, but We a
dlspIrited, and do not doubt our final 81
Norfolk aud Richmond Elust be defeu
all hazards, and It IL high time your
should be more than doubled. Yunr ci