Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-24

Inc following details OF tne Hight OF
the arch traitor Jefferson Davis, which /
we find in the special correspondence of
tie Cincinnati Commeyctal, gilI be new
to mARE Of our .resdeEsf eEsf-----=-------------s-i
General DepreV swha. com manded the
escort, was engaged In & battle near
Raleigh, North 'Gefotpaf Rhsa be re-
eeived intelligence Of Lees sgrrendeE,.
and a. thssaRe time WhaeleF 90 =. dls- ]
paach fFomJed Davis, aaasd "a s6reeaa
/ boro, North Carolina, calling for one
| thonsAnd picked msD, toeacort him aud
what remained Of tps gsgegpnspt to
/ Washington, y6eotgia sJG aSsaf fs brell
was accordingly dispatched with the re-
| puisite force, and after march OF three
| days. reached re4reefsboro, at which
point he found jeff DAVIS, with iifss FAM
/ Ily, sJadsb p Benjsfnih,i Secr6taty III
| STATE, John c. Brecsinridge, 7Secreiafy
of War, Senator Burnett, Of Kehtucty,
J. FL Reagau, Postmaster General, Gus
tsvus A HeWy, Of MantgtAhsry county;
| Tennessee, aud other rebel officials,
/ some Of whom had their families. JED
Davis and the ri brl officialsrode III fronr,
followed by ambulahces codtaiofng tbe
women and children aud the specie,
~hebINas cufrsntl , repo Ged -ainans ID e
lfofheegs -. amount 10 81 L,VVV 0QO.g cIt-l
was put Do Va heavy IRON bound kegsaGd@ II
boxes dhe guard ef,One ihoasand men
led by General Debrell, followed this red
hgalitrain. Asai point about five miles
from Green sboros they eucamped, JEFF /
1 Davis and family taking up their quaI-
ters in house in the vicinity Here
the rank and 6le first learned the otjsct
of their mission, and It was discuss I'd,
with al toe surmises which IL uatnrallyi
excited. The oboFs we're exceedingly
anxious e lnoT the destination of shsr
governmenty .ssF... l,.,qs
On the following day JEFF. visited the
boys, With Aba Febel officials, and m@de
"a sonl-stiTEing speech, :. adYeEting, 10
the disasters that had oYertaken their
beloved Confederacy, bat giving them
every assurance that they were mot IRE
trievabie, and all that was necessary tor
Ultimate success was confidence in their
government and the uDdaunted brayerya
which had characterized the Confederate
army during its past eaFeer.ssns tsasfrHa
pom taking mp theline oftmarehg they
rode in the same order, JEFF. Davis have
ing by his side young Colonel Johnston,
son OfsGenerai AlbertSiduey Johnston,
fna whom he evidently reposed the most
implicit confidence. sap @ t'.H
70 They reached Charlotte, North Caro-
lina where they again eamped, and Da.
Wis harrangued the men again, urging
confidence in them, and dealing in glow.
ing words Of rebel patriotism, He ap.
peared happy and cheerful, took the boys
BY the hand like plebeiaa, and even
visited the pickets, aud entered. into sQs
cial conyersaliPn with them, lie would
praise their velor in the. presence of the
ladies, and call them the faithful thoUs-
and,3 ~ the "A5k err OF sthG Cenfed derate
amy" and paid them other pretty but
not substantial compliments tsaaa .a2a'aa'. I. /.
sWbile at this point hey were4 joined
| By Duke, Ferguson and Naughn,, with
their brigadss, which -increassd Ghe es..
cort, to five thousand men. After the.
new comers had mingled withthe othsp
ers they soon learned the scondi ti0n. of.
things, and they too, had their c0pisuz
lures and SURPRISES like a pack Of
hnugryb wolves, they were suddenly re-
minded that the govern nientwas slightly
indebted to them, and, esathe treasury
was near at hand, the idea Of presenting
their bills naturally presented itself To-
them The men would congfegate in
groups, and their low mhrterings boded
no good TO the government JEFF found
il necessary 10 redouble his efforts 10
conciliste them, bot his eloquenee was
now being wasted, but the men obeyed
their mar ching lorderss hn& follbwed tire
specie and JeAJ Davis into South Carroll
ma, to Abbsvi4ie, where they agaiu halt
ed, very much (etigued ana b istnoraiized
At every stepping plaGe the Eehelaof-
heials--weald- lF-to=the-hest horse
they could find, and takk mp quarters.
/ On the Sth, things began 10 assume a
desperate ftsture,F Fand .1eE found it
polite to inspire his brave boys with
bsopething more GhAn wosds, Ehe.vari-g
Eons comuiAnders were ordered to sen
r in fall reports OF, their men, aud then all
we're paid off in gold and silver 1twas
5inteuded to glye. each man thirty Ike.
dollars s, but si sr.oFs 10 ths reports esgsed
less than twenty-six dollars. 1t was
! chiefly Mexican dollars. None gotover
q Uuited States Lan eagle 10 geld &
-Insthe evening, Duke sent his Adju-
tant General, Captain Davis, to noIlg
all his men who- Wished - go ssstef tsse,
= MississipPi river toIreport at Il le'cloek
I on the following morning. At the ap-
pointed time, all the men reported, but
Duke refused to take sthose who were
without arms, and, taking the armed
men, left the others to shift for ihsn~
selves. They keaped enrses on the base
Duke, and, with heavy hearts, went 20
Washington, Georgia, iwhefe they sur
> rendered to Gen Wilson, together with
the brigades of Ferguson and VAughu.
4 The command of GeReaI Debrell
Escorted JEFF. Davis to Vieuns, village
on the west bank of the Savannah III
!, yer, about twenty miles from MASKING
ton, where the gran& dissolution t00k
T place on the 9th. At this point, Breek-
inridge, Beujamin, Barnett and several
aothers took a long, aud, perhaps, last,
: farewell of def -a EgEwfs~ ard MS farnffy.
= sThepartinE occurred at steHdesd hour oi
midnight, under the clear and starry
canopy of heaven, with the bright beams
:. s. of a full and resplendent moon, shining
= 4 On the calm and placid waters of. the
:, heautif1P Savannah. 1t nast have been
i, a sad parting, and the reflection sug
?: gested can hardly be imagined. At, the
!, hour named, JEFF Davis and cutie cross
A. ed the river, and the other PoEtl0n .sf ths
/, government gallopad laf. away4ng theil
pocket handkerchiefs This scene wa
only Witnessed by the lonslysse ntine
-Eho -Raarsled-t camp ~ssbeapse-steel
! place. "a "A body guard of item mensac
&c eonpsnied JEFF Davis, with his famil.
n and friends. Ia the morning the com
mand was spprised of the fact that thei
government had deserted them, and thA