Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-24

A1ways AunS nSeAIIemai nd 6F6d a scholaP.
his conEef 8tibn1 81 % auselS fnteEeatfnR.-
His mannen Was aub bdaed Sbht not that of
prisoner: He6on4 Sd freely, desiring
IniqrlnSaat niEr ion upon e 6int 3 md can.
lTassinGs without Fesefgf fEec0nslEuetionaand
the tFeatment- Of theIsnb aued South, IN the,
Esy. exactly that it stfaeh his !, never
eVihcing the least cPrBoE anxietF Fespeet-,
ingahi15seIf P6Fs sdnalIy. ss-szt11
As others apPeaFed a be enRFossing the
attention Of NJ. Sep il fell to my lot.
Is heavy, stout, and GomeRhat slethaF9fcl
maul i66t. inlE6nVetSa tion, shows he has e.
gre&t deal Of ability desiGe -pattieu.i
larly to know Whatlof of 8 policy would
be institpted in5ths - 81 reeonstsuction,
bellies tbst b bur s1e 61s did be the.
essisstl 0c01eflia lad bold che Som - =
When 4 adva1cGd tie idea that military
governments R0ul Be- iIadk kdrAted in the
States fespectfV aat I5ir56baaabIIy the peo.
pie in their primaE capacily, would be.
called lfp6ats re- A6lish civil Rnthufity /
under govsEnmentkl Orestri6 Hons, which
should forever preclude any recurrence of
rebellion, found, upon requiring an ex-
pressioRi RifFomhim, that he did not think
there Yopld be q great deal Of diHica alty,
provided disfrano ohisemsnt and cORfiscation
WSAV NO olHN6EyS
assumption Of tbs Confederate debt, mo-
more easion-these points would be con.
eeded ct opes;; but, the prohibition OF eye
y one from the ballot-box Who had held
official position, and p general sppropria-
ton, of rebet pFoPeEty, and The right Of
suffrage 70 ALI were points, in his estimas
tony which should either be omitted, or
very materially modified, If We were really
IdesiEous of bringing out goodwill to the
goHernment,Rndf fEaGernRl relations among
Ourselves. h WithOEp ,mincing, put the
thing at him as strong as possible, and pre-.
cissly ias. strong as the government should
do, There igl q great deal lost stsRtt6 South
iern mens Ling, in failing ito .lcome mp ex~
aetly to what you meani and to what your
Ejud Sment gives cordial assent to. A firm
map they like and respect; an irresolpte
ona thag Ailldse aa beas they can, sitna-
ted as they are at present.
In rthe midst of pur conversatiop, the
mdst brepsfe 70 dsPhrt. Gen. IlttisfeldI
meanwhile, had been talking to Mr.. Stel
phens. The Isttet,A Aas I afterward learned,
thought the proper way to start civil gov
snment egaig womb be TO inei eiinteemeas!
ures for the repeal of the ordinance of
secession, and by that means restore our
originalR6laEions. q o. noel, fEsE
As we parted from these men in the
EcabipR and especially from Mr. Stephens, l
could not FesiskthestempIation to say, that
so far as the sentimsnt7'of Sthe North was
concerned, in hisr a4rlicular INSTANCE, be
would find it, probably, much thorefenieht
than toward Mr.. Davis. That, of the policy
oftthe .GoEefnwspt, Of faoourses We could
know but littlei hps, that since the brutal
murder of our Pfestdehs, the public mind
was fdhnfbg ID ths direction strongly Of
th6ldidRu tB05elR Who originated and men!
tioped rebellion to a strict accountability!
At the head of the stairs, as we passed
up, still sat Jefferson Davis in the corner,
his hat slopohedr over his eyes, he was still
reading! The windows, full of curious
observers, attracted no attention from him
whatever. Once, while we were in the
cabin, he came down and ghRnded Mr.. Ste!
phens a paper and Immediately retired!
Our conversation was hushed Siustantly!
No one desired TO be made IknOYn 20 him,
and probably If the move had been In that
direction by his associates, sno-one but
what would have resolHte1y refused the
proffered honor: and yet there were officers
and civilians among us whose greeting,
given in sincerity, andsRilh ordinary sym
pathy over misfortune, he might have
coveted. He stood before MS as the em-
bodiment of the. infamous rebellion and
its attendant ruelties-Rs the deliberate
author Of our ,natiohal woes and conse.
q1ently as the great criminal There Was
no disposition to treat him rudely; no
offensive remarks we're made in his pres
ence. It was recognized by all that the
strong hand of-theA goVeFament was upon
him, and that in its keepingthe inexorabls
demands ofi Divine aRd human justice
would be safe. = ~. ,iiGlsFJ 81.
F. OF Wheeler I saw hut little. He Is,
stout.built man, small 10 stature, and with
nothing about him to excite especial re-
mark, 9ne of our party, Mr.. se9ra the
edit6IAOfour spEghtt5 little paper, h6 Res0
SeaIts1 hGG an e4tep5 5e6 coqFe EsatlOn 5Ytth
learned. @. @. GIsy was not visible, prob
ably being in q state f0om and not wish
hingItO be intTudsd upon. There vera sew
eral ladiesioR boaEd, hat the axsGtrelations
.ofilthese 70 ehesparties under arrest did
mot learnSi sAll,of, them, male and female,
appear to be CONT provided for. as
The Clyde issqRite.a 9 peIssld commodions
sVsssels1s She gOes,dout this evening under
convoy Of q ship of war, I think the Tus-
caFota, aud viii, soon be raising excitement
in Northern W6ters. Sss q. -z-s lsa@ss-s "a
Prom what could see and learn from
otherI sources, these men have no proVtr
appreeiation Of the position In which they
are standing! Davis himself it -is asserted,
has no idea that anything beyond bsnish.
ment will be his lot. Lam sure it vas not
our business to give any opinion to the In
dtViduAls themselves, upon so grave, . SUBJ
ject, pplsss parsieuleFlY solicited, !. Bot,
could JEFF. Davis have heard through the
streeta of our small town the John Brown
song, 4and especially alhe allusfnn to the
''sour.apptg Ueeip coming ginaturally from
almost every oae's slips w6hen his capture
PRs made known, more tkSn likely he
would ct least sfeel somewhat dubious Hs
TO- shis ultimate, fate. No one here doubts
hat hsl.aili az Be tried for treason, convictsd
of treason aud hung .loF treason. What
wiz becoms'O 'OG the otheEs We khbw not
Ths wounds. OF the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
nnaeh aehnnN aEsa hsIr Inann.