The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-06-01

sthe President (?) safe through to
Texas, was admitted to General Viii.
sons room, where were congregated sew.
eral officers, including the General him.
self, and, your correspondent. Reagan
told General Wilson that he wished to
ask his permission to accompany 'the
President" to Washington, adding that
he had shared with him his property
(exactly so; Uide the bills of exchange
drawn on. London in his name) )-and did
not wish to desert him IN the hour of
his adversely. On receiving assurance
that he would be permitted to accom-
pany him he expressed his gratitude.
"You are under no Obligations, sir,
said the General, ''for should have
sent you, whether you wanted to go or
not. You are a civilian prisoner and
ne is prisoner both military and civil"
The party was joined here by Clement
@. Clay and his wife, they having come
from Lagrange (their honey, the pre-.
vious day, and surrendered themselves
to General Wilson. The meeting be-
tween Davis and Clay was very cordial
and Mrs. Davis ana Mrs. Clay were very
affectionate towards each other. The
affections and feelings of tho two fami
lies seemed to run in one and the same
channel, and they were often caught in
secret counsel together, and separated by
the guard. Wilhelm conversation with
Colonel Pritchard and myself Mrs. Clay
jocularly remarked that as she brought
Mr.. Clay to Macon she should claim the
reward.
eyes" said Mrs. Davis, cone hun.
dred thousand dollars would be conside
rable of an amount Of pocket change for
us poor unfortunates now [ sold my
horses, carriage; silver waFe and jewelry
for what little money 1 bad, and that
has been stolen from me-" t'e'
| couldnot see, however, any lack of
jewelry. about her person, .es she sported
two splendid diamond rings upon one fin
ger, "@ S' g,
Nothing further of interest occurred
dutng the route from Macon to Allan
ia, as it was in the night, and most Of
the party, weary and sleepy, went off
in deep slumbcr. rs. ~
AT Atlanta General Upton had
train, an escort and wam breakfast in
waiting for us, and after about an hours
delay, we were OF for Augusta. Gen.
Upton and two Of his staff officers ac-
companied us. e "''
y ALExANDERH9srEPHE
I learned here from General Upton,
that an escort'in charge Of herebel Vice
PresidentStephens had gone ahead Of us
on the regular train. He was arrested
on his plahtation, only short distance
from Atlanta, by a squad of General
sUpton's men, under a captain and staff
officer, whose name l have forgotten,
Stephens made no effort 70 escape but
was found at his house quietly smoking
his theerschauin He had no companions
save two'negro servants and dog, and
lived almost entirely in solitude, He
joined us on the boat at Augusta. / so,
licited an introduction, and had o very
pleasant, profitable and lengthy conyer-
sation with him AS my object was to
gain information / gave him the floor
and let him do most of the talking, mere
ly responding in the affirmative or mega:
tive, and occasionally putting in q feeler.
He was very anxious to know what
policy thought ;theIgoyerhment would
adopttowards the leaders ofthe rebellion.
He asserted that a conciliatory policy
would at once reunite the people, revive
trade, commerce, manufactures and ag.'
riculture, and, in fine, bring the disrup.
ted States back to their allegiance and
original status in the, Union. A differ,
ent policy, heshsld% would serve to keep
up a feeling of bitterness and require the
presence ola large standing army TO
reduce to subordiaatioh the contending
factions. 4 He was careful to impress me
hthei idea that he did not speak from
selfish motives, but Iconld not see it IN
the light,ofS that nlmninationl He, re-.
marked that if the government,had sent
him o noteto appear at Washington to
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