New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-26
RuPOuTs PROM RICHMOND.
Iea DnvIs's Body servant In Washing.
sou-Whss he has seen md Heard
ProposItien 10 Give up yirginis-Inci-
dent st UooLous Usuntsin.
Special Dispatch 10 The n. Y. Tribune.
WARRINGTON, Monday Jon 2a

dent Of EooLous Mountain.
Special D,ps,ch TO The n. Y. Thbune.
WARRINGTON, Monday. Jen. IS 1864
! That feature of the war, the intelligent and
Trustworthy contraband who hes disappeared from pub
o view for the lsst few MONTHS resppoared in the city
this morning. and his inforaaton hss been considered
Of so much importance 90 have occupied many hours
of the attention both Of Gen Haeck and Of The Secre
tsiy Of War; He is full negro named jim Dennison.
Otherwise Pembcrion who has been for nearly twenty
years personal body servant OF Jefferson Davis and ~
well known as such by the old residents OF this city
He only arrived this morning, and brings news of
most important character though it all comes p the
form of strong incidents such servant waiting st
table would naturally pick up. OF the domestic mcnage
Of Mr.. Davis his pictures are very full But first to
give the points which appear Of great pnhc Interest
He SAWS that Jefferson Davis in private conversation.
IL uprsseIyed In urging the abandonment OF Virginia,
as line Of defoucs 10 longer tenhble. That he has
heard Mr.. Davis. in conversation with confidential
members Of the socsllcd Government declare frequent
ly that Viz gua had been used for all IL was worth
that it had proved shield of immense value In Tending
of the devsstatopt Of from the rice and cotton
Statcs-wlch were the natural heart and body polite
u the new government. Steps hsv. been already
tsken on various pree1ts Of their labor being needed
on the public works 10 send all the valuable sbleb bodied
negroes and breeding negro women nom Richmond
along the railroad 20 LyDchburg and also south into
Georgia which Mf Dssis declares 10 be the next hsse
Of defensive operations But Gen. Lee. whom jim
describes as looking very Odd with his hair now snow
white |. peremp,orIG opposed to the abandonment Of
Virginia and declsrvs that Virginia soldiers viii lay
down their aims, Il their State be given up 70 the
Yankee despotism. Jim does no, give these points as
they are here stated The following being about fair
specimep Of his style OF information
The cupols roof Of the Presidents house LEAKS badly,
be says 50 that during the recent rainstorm all the
tubs from the kitchen hsd 70 be taken up TO save the
az fhs lower floors. Mira Davis who often says
that II they had known bow e-ins thsy ,,e, sr
would have left Washington with her consent. Wa cali
ing Masss Days attention 70 the state Of the roof and
ssked him 10 send ~ tie Quartermasters Department
and have 1t repaired &sssa Davis, who has grown
very petnant end irritable Of late, replied: II reckon
ve win be out Of this before another ran-sorm Don't
floss yourself and fiet me about these trifes.'
The talk IL rot about going to Columbia s. c. but "a
some city il Georgia. jim heard eentemen ask Mr..
Davis nj the table where Alexander Stephens was who
has not Tended Congress this session. and who 10 said
not to hsvs yised Mr. Daviss house ONCE for over
Les year Davis replied that he had heard that Stephens
bad gone Europe. but had not thought wmt while
"a inquire what had become 81 him.
jim accompanied Davis In HE recent tour around the
Confederscy and describes the following - hsv
ing occurred on the summit OF Lookout Mount tain
Looking down one bright day from the lofty emiDepcs
commanding . clear view into four States. and very
dis.sn, view into fh Davis ssw the YANKEES smost
beneath his feet the valley. working Ike beavers
on their ferti6cstiops. have them now said he In
just the trap set foy them" To which Lieut. Gen.
Penbert0n. who was sitting on horseback beside hin,
replied mr.. Davis you ere Commander chief, ana
you are bore You think the enemy are In trap and
can be captured by vigorous assault have been
blamed for not having ordered general attack op the
enemy when they were drawing around me their lines
Of circumssDstc al Vicisburg. DO you now order an
attack upon those troops down there below us and j
will get you my lie that not Cd du DaD Of the
attacking conmn will back across that val
ley, except az prisoner"
When Davis was passing through North Carolina he
only stopped at Wilmington to consult with Gen Whit
ing While there he was pressed by numerous dele.
cation Of Confederate otioeholders 70 stop In Raleigh
for consultation with Gov. Vance. This he he anghly
declined IL appears that the health Of Mr. Davis is
rapidly breaking down under his neuraRy attacks, Ia
much that 10 longer use his only good eye 10y
candle light He continues his old hnbit after dinner of
stretching himself the carpet before the fre III
otherwise Enlightened, and 1t is fast becoming
dangerous for sDy one 10 approach him.
Always Of violent and iretful temper this is beco-
Ing greatly aggravated by his misiortnnes and Jim de-
scribes him occasion fingDg about the chairs
and furniture when 80 disturbed About four weeks
ago pistol exploded in his when he was loading
IT, and tho whole family rushed UP. feeling confident
that as they had long decided he had committed suicide
jim Gays that Mrs. Davs IN conversation with female
friends frequently tails Of the Confederacy hopeless
and is loud In regrets for the ost pleasures Of Wash.
ington.
There IL no forage except In the Mississippi Depart
ment and the allowance for Mr.. Da,iss two horses Is
two quarts OF corn each per day. on which, says jim.
they are growing thin. Not long ago Mr. Davis re.
ceved present Of twenty turkeys tho food for which
now comes from the corn rations Of the ouadrupeds
making them stin thinner. A turkey Jim says lasts
the family three dsysrossted broiIed the first day
cold the nett. and hoshed the third.
Mr.. Davis receives no compeny--has no wine in his
but has several kegs Of brandy sent from block
ade runners 1t Wilmington jim says that Mr.. Davis
told him that the Yankees had killed all the people
whom they found on his Mississippi plantation. and
that they were all found lying piggety piggety In
bole. their legs and arms cut Of, and in some cases
their heads bloody and beaten protruding from the
Ts1ld jim sSyf hs believed this story, put0 orc o;