Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-29
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stsss ut .Johnetpa attempted 10 ,wiggIs
With 0fent fae terms which would pro-
vids' soF the ptsdon Of JsG Davis and the
Other leelling insurrectionary conspirstols,
but the Lieut. Gen, would listen % moth.
ing Of the kind. Jshneton was compelled
" be satisfied With the conditions granted
to Lse. e@ -" ffs q
The Hsrald's washingten special Gays
Information has feoshed1 Warrington
thaE the sebsl steam ram 0lindas alin
Stonewall arrived At Tsnesi6e, 10 The ca
nAfy islands, on: the Slst Of March, three
days from Lisbon. Shs was allowed to
coal and provision. She was ordered To
leave the port In ~ hours. She Left On
the 1t inst, steaming rapidly southwark,
but her destination WAS not made public.
The Navy Department, in anticipation Of
the appearance Of the stonewall in some
Of our harbors, is making . proper distri-
button Of suitable vessels along the Allan
| tic seaboard
Intelligence of the arrival Of JEFF. Davis
and his accompanying fugitiyes IS far
south Is South Carolina has been receiv
ed in Washington. 1t is thought he will
oe intercepted before reaching the M,ssis
sippi River.
The Hcrald's Selma (Ala.) dispatch says:
Among the prisoners captured here 100
were officers. Lieut. Gen. Dick Taylor
made his escape on . steamer. N. Il.
Forrest, Dan Adams, Roddy, Armstrong
and Crosland, under cover Of the dark
ness, reached . swamp east Of the city,
and euded capture. The officers compris-
ing their stats were taken.
Forests ordinance officer, Capt. Bond.
reports Forrest Is wounded in two places
in the arm.
CrOxton and McCook attacked Jackson's
front and rear ct Trion, but having trav-
elled By widely different roads their st.
tacks were not simultaneous, else he must
have been destroyed
The destruction of the Centerville bridge
over the Cshawba and Croxtops move.
ments towards Tuscaloosa rendered it ut
terly impossible for Forrest to carry out
his plans.
Cahswba capitulated yesterday. About
700 Of our prisoners, who have been con-
fined there for . long time, were released.
They had been well treated.
The Herald's Washington special says
| The post norton examination Of Booths
body showed the ball did not touch the
brain, but striking the spinal column, pro
duccd immediate pAralsis.
| The opinion Of the Surgeons ia, that he
must have died = horrible death. The brain
being active and consciousness com ,lete to
the very moment Of dissolution.
Nearly all the parties directly implicated
are now in custody.
| Payne, the Seward assassin, is q brother
Of the st. Adams raider. There are six
brothers, all rebels, and daring. Two where
with Walker in Nicaragua
| Edwin Booth arrived here today. to ask
for his brothers body The request will
not be granted.
The Herald's Richmond correspondent
recounts an interview he has had with Lee.
lie called upon him to obtain his political
views and lay them before the public In
informing Gen. Lee Of his object the latter
said:
~ am parolcd prisoner and soldier.
have never been politician and know but
little Of political leaders, am u soldier
He further said he was ready to make
any sacrifice or perform any honorable act
| that would tend to the restoration Of peace
and tranquility to the country. He said
| that "A . believer in State Rights ne had
considered his Allegiance due primarily to
his state. lie had opposed secession, but
when his State went out he considered it
his duty to go with it When he accepted
command under the Rebel Government he
considered he was serving his State. He
regarded his surrender Of military power
not political significance that it was not a
surrender of the doctrine Of State Rights ;
when the South was wholly subdued only
wouli the doctrine of State Rights be sur
rendered. The surrender of single army
was only a military necessity. When the
Sou'h surrenders all its forces and returns
to the Union, then only will she surrender
her favorite doctrine Of secession; that prin-
ciple will then be settled by military power
on this question Of State Sovereignty. lie
contends there exists a legitimate cdshs
Tell; that the question was left unsettled in
the canon forming the Organic Law, and
that the war IS destined to settle it--therc
fore the war raised on this issue cannot b.
called treason. II the South is forced TO
submit, it Of course, can only be looked
upon as the triumph OF Federal power over
State Rights and the forced humiliation of
the latter. The South have not been, and
are not yet, prepared to beg for terms, but
are ready to accept fair and honorable terms;
4 their own political views being considered
to- lo - Il Al.
best men have long been anxious to do away
with it. He expressed the opinion that
should arbitrary or vindictive or revengeful
policies be attempted, the end was not yet.
He remarked that the assassination Of the
President was crime beyond cxccration it
could not be approved BY any good man
from any conceivable motive.
As to the terms of peace, to the suggest.
ion that the political leaders only be held to
= strict accountability, he asked:
"Would that be usts What has Mr..
Davis done more than any other Southerner,
that he should be punished II is true he
has occupied prominent position as the
agent Of the whole people, but that has
made him no more nor less rebel than the
rest. His acts were the acts Of the whole
people, and the acts of the whole people
were his acts. He is not accountable for
the commencement Of the war. On the
contrary, he was one of the last to give in
his adhcrsnce to the secession movement,
having streniously opposed it from the out
set, and predicted its ruinous consequences,
by speeches and by writing
Nrw York, April 29.-The Herald's
Washington special says:
/, The search after the assassin Of President
Lincoln and the would-b be murderer Of Secv
Seward. has developed we'll laid and de-
liberately matured plan Of assassination