Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-05-24

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From the Virginia Union Of this morning.l
JeG. Davis ard Company at Fortress
FoRrRESs MoNRoE, May 2o.-Among
the prisoners on the steamer Clyde. which
arrived to-day, are JEFF. Davis and wife,
four children, her brother and sister. and
Alex. H. Stephens, who surrendered to
our cavalry while at his house near At
lanta. He is in extremely feeble health.
C. C. Clay and wife. Gen. Wheeler and
Staff, and several others of lesser note are
among the number.
Alex. H. Stephens and Postmaster
General Regain were also removed to the
gunboat Tuscarora, which left for Fort
Delaware. S. rs.
NEW YORK, May 2l.-A special dis
patch says. Davis, Stephens, Regain and
others seemed to have no appreciation OF
the position in which they stand. Davis
has no idea that anything beyond Danish
ment will be his lot. Stephens thought
that the Confederacy may start the civil
government again, which would institute
measures for the repeal Of the ordinances
of secession, and by that means restore
the original relations. Regain thought
there would be no difficulty in bringing
about good feeling again, provided dis
reimbursement and copiscation be not
carried TOO far. No one expected that
slavery could be saved, or assumption Of
the rebel debt; but he thought rebels who
held official positions must not be deprived
of their votes or property.
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The detention
of JEFF. Davis at Fortress Monroe is in ex-
pectation that some time will elapse be-
fore all the evidence of his completely in
the assassination conspiracy is collected.
Another Account Of Jen.'s Capture.
The Herald's account of the capture of
Jeff. Davis says that when the guard went
to his tent, they were met BY Mrs. Davis,
on disha5iRs with please, gentlemen,
don't disturb the privacy Of ladies before
they have time to dress" "All right,
Madam" said the Corporal. tive will wait
till YOU have on your duds." Presently
there appeared at the tent door an ostensi-
BILE old lady, with bucket % heT arm,
escorted by Mrs. Davis in person.
please let my mother goto the spring
for some water to wash" says MIRA, Davis
| in pleading tone. It strikes me your
mother wears very big boots said the
guard, as he poked the old lady's dress
|. with his sabre and disclosed pair OF No.
Is calfskins. "And Yhiskers," too, said
the sergeant, as he pulled the hand from
her face, and JEFF. Davis, in all bis little
ness, stood before him. r..
After the capture, Colonel PFitchard,
with his prisoners, started for Macon. The
party were all sullen, and Davis remarked
that if he had not been surprised. he
would not have surrendered without q
fight. While on the road they received
President Johnson's proclamation offering
800, 900 reward for Davis. He read it
and trembled, and his hands dropped to
his side, and with groan he dropped the
paper. His wife picked it up, read it
over, and the entire party burst into tears.
The cavalry escort arrived at Macon on
the 18th, and soon after took special
train for Atlanta, thence to Augusta.
FuEitives ReturninE.
NEwBERN, N. c., May ia number
of citizens who fed to the interior Of the
State when our army entered Newbern,
are now returning to pay their taxes to
the United States Commissioner, aud OBJ.
tain possession Of their property under
President Lineoln's Amnesty Proclama-
ton. They are good class Of people,
having never, as a general thing, taken
part in the rebellion. Eleven tons Of
documents and archives belonging to the
late Confederacy arrived here last night
and leave for Washington this morning to
be rec xamined.
Occupation OF Augusta - Immense
Captures Of COttOn, Specie and Bal
lion.
New York, May 22.-The Herald's
Augusta (Ga.) correspondent gives an ac-
count of the occupation of that city. Gen.
Matthias, of New York, took possession
May 9th, and found about one hundred
thousand bales of cotton, ten million dol
lars worth Of ordnance stores, and four
hundred thousand dollars in bullion. A
part of JEFF. Davis specie train vas cap
tured, and one hundred and eighty-five
thousand dollars in gold recovered.