The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-06-01

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mony ia entitled TO the more wcirht. II |
IS verdict -oi ScquittOl from hostile
jury.
The amount OF specie taken hence by
inc confederate government has been
greatly over.ratcd. II did not much cx.
coed half million OF dollars; but a large
pr"porlion-ssy hOli--was in silver. aud
henee the bulk would give the idea of
greater Yalnc. Tho Richmond banks
TOO. away thcit specie, aud ,hs amount
may have reached several millions dol. !
lars. It's an crror TO suppose Mr. Davis
tnok away this Jr any amount of specie /
with the idea Of providing for himself In !
Europe. The balances Of tho confederate
government in foreign countries, con.
slunilv kcptup TO procure supple, 81 >,
are su'jec, to the checks Of NJ. Davis
and his Cabinet. and are ample 20 meet
Their wants u they &c, abroad. Besides,
i Is well known that when Mr.. Davis lel(
here, he, Of oil men In the world, had the
least idea that the coniederacy was
about to tumble. The coin was to pro.
vide funds ios the war in Amcricn--to
buy food and munitions or war lie
thought, IN his folly, he could give up the
capital and the .reat State ot Virginia.
and with the cotton States, keep up the
contest until the North should be wcarod
out. At the beginning of the war. the
seven cotton States thought that they
could coerce Chgistcndom, the North In.
cluded; aud Of this folly Outstanding alone
heir leaders had not been entirely cured.
Davis halted at Dinville, with the inicn.
ton OF locating his government there. -
lie stayed Just one week, On hearing
of Lees crpltulatiun, and that there was
TO organized body of troops between him
ani Grant, he set out Tor Charlotte, North
Caroline, intcnting TO fix his capital
there. Even after Lees captuniion,
he seemed utterly unable to grasp the
situation. lie still thought himself able
TO make war or peace, as he plcused.
aud 1t is reported that he oven hositated
Ut accepting the terms granted by Shcr-
man, aud subsequently set inside by Pres
dent Johnson. After spending three OF
four days nt Greensboro, hc LEFT for
Charlotte, where he proceeded to locate
his capital, open up Government tflices
conier promotions, appoint Generals, &c.
Nothing could exceed his infatuaton.--
| He wasted time which, for his escape,
was Invaluable, in Keeping up the forms
of a Government and bank specie hud
already started Cor the South. or his
own safety Mr.. Davis seemed 10 take
little thought. He hncied himself at the
head OF II powerful people, nble to mar
shNl armies and Offer battle to the North.
IVA did NOT hnttn a. iIa. liz, 10
.drsperute. :.
In tho midst Of all this delusion cumc
the Intelligence tha, Negotiations
wRre tan end; and then Mr. Davis and
his cabinet set out for Georgia. Their
subs 'qnent movements and rate of pro.
fgress are probably not known in Rich
mond. Upon the great mass OF the
Sodtherncrs, the crush of their confed.
erncy has iallc<e as suddenly aud uncx
pectedly as an avalanche. They were
confident the struggle wonid last another
year, and many hoped FOR tnal sucoco.
II is hard torealize the infatuation OF the
confederate administration. CJnfeder.
ate paper was not worth two cents to
the dollar, and was kept up to this figure
solely by the sale OF government specie,
which MIR, Trenholm put In tho market
ut sixty for one. Tho confederate armies
had wasted AWAY by losses and strag-
CLING. Joe Johnston had some 10000
men. Lee $4,000 and in all there were
not as many as 100000 men in arms cast
OF the Mississippi River Kirby Smith
aud Mugruder might, perhaps, have to-.
gether $4,000 men in all. These troops
we're tolerdbly clothed, but the equip.
ment Of tho army was inferior. The
horses OF the cavalry and artillery were
inferior, aud the former were 80 greatly
reduced in numbers that they were Ut.
terly insufficient to protect the confeder
ate communications. How Mr.. Davis
could shut his ewes to all this, 10 perfect.
ly marvellous; but he did, and when peo.
pie spoke TO him of negotiation, he
doubted and arraigned their patriotism.
General Lee had, beyond all, the most
gloomy iorcbodings. As carly as the
9th of March, he wrote u letter 10 Mr..
Dayis, stating that he could neither holt
his lines nor withdraw his nrmy with th'
small number Of troops at his command
And yet II is said that, in speech a
Charlotte, Mr.. Davis spoke OF his inabili
" TO understand why force Of $4,000
men should surrender. Judge Campbell
constantly pressed upon the attention ol
the government the fact that the wal
could not be carried on. IN the vain hope
that, unable to dispute the statement,
they would draw the necessary Inference,
and consent to negotiations upon the
basis of reconstruction. But he counted
without his host.