The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-08-15
Correspondent of the Petersburg Index
Letter from Fortress Monroe.
j. D. B. DEBOW.
FORTRESS MONROE, July 90, 1865.

Letter from Fortress Mouroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, July 30, 1865.
" BDlroR INDEX: Hardly anything is
spoken Of here save the intense heat, and
the military changes which daily occur
fiom> the moving of troops to their
homes.
Yesterday, however, little incident
transpired which will prove of interest
to your readers Mr.. Davis, as you arc
aware, has been allowed for several
days past the privilege Of. walking on
the ramparts. An officer accompanies
him, and guard armed with musket,
follows some five or ten feet in the rear.
A similar Indulgence is granted Mr.
Clay, and under the same restrictions.
Care seems to have been taken that they
should not be out at the same time, bnt
last evening probably through inadver-
tencc, they were permitted to he out at
the same hour, and during their prone.
made they met.
ltwas the first friendly face save the
surgeons, that either prisoner had seen
for months and the emotions that rush.
ed upon the hearts Of both may be
imagined. Mr.. Clay extended his hand,
rcmarking: .
Though we are not permitted to
hold conversation, Mr. Davis, l. presume
we will not be forbidden to shake
hands,"
The accompanying officers made no OBJ
lection, and the two gentlemen clasped
hands with a fcrvor and feeling such as
rarely attends the familiar courtesy,
Mr.. Davis thin lips quivered, but
probably from his desire to observe scru.
pulously the rnles Of his con6nepent, he
uttered no word
To-day the rule was adopted Of ap.
pointing different hours for the prone.
made, aud Mr.. Davis walked alone this
morning at 6. Mr.. Clay will enjoy the
same privilege this evening. Dor.
A Tuibute to General Z. Kirby Smith.
GALVESTON. Texas, July l3.-It has
been currently rnmorcd through the
country that Generals Smith and
Magruder engaged extensively injection
speculations, and made heap Of money,
which tlley took with them when they
fed to Mexico, Now, permit one who
knows, to state that there is not word
Of truth in all this not word. Gen.
eral Smith had no money OF his own to
speculate on lie neither hired nor Dor.
rowed any for this purpose--he never
shared the profits with any one who did
speculate-;he never used or appropriated
to his own use one dollar Of the Gov.
ernment funds. In other words, he
never 'specuated" to the extent Of one
dime while commanding this department,
although, to my certain knowledge,
more than one opportunity offered
wherein by simply turning his hand he
could have made ono hundred or one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
gold. Independent of his political and
military character, Of which il does not
become me to speak,>I will say that a
purer man than General r. Kirby Smith
never was entrusted with Government
funds. When he surrendered this
department he turned over TO- General
Candy $4,000 in gold, that being every
dime of Government money he held IN
his hands, and then turned round and
borrowed of his friends in Shreveport
$500 to pay his expenses to Mexico
The money turned over was secre,
service money.
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