The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-01
Saturday Evenings Edition.
MIsCELLaNRGUs.


NEW York, April 90.
Intelligence Of the arrival Of JEFF. Davis
and his accompanying fugitiVes as far south
as South Carolina has been received az
Washington. It is thought he will be in
tercepted before reaching the Mississippi
river.
The Herald's Selma Alabama, dispatch
says among the prisoners captured here ara
$50 officers. Lieutenant General Dick
Taylor made his escape on 8 steamboat.
N. B. Forest ROddy Armstrong and
Grassland, under cover of darkness reached
a swamp east of the city and eluded cap
ture.
Forests ordinance officer, Captain Brown
is reported wounded in two places in tha
arm.
Croxton and MeCook attacked Jackson's
front and rear st Trion, but having trsv-
elled by widely different roads their attack
was simultaneous, else he would have been
destroyed.
The destruction of the Centerville bridge
over the Cshawba, and Croxton's move
ment towards Tuscaloosa rendered it ut
terly impossible for Forest to carry out his
plans. Cahswbs surrendered yesterday.
Nearly all the parties directly implicated
are now In custody
Paine, the Seward assassin, is 8 brother
Of the st. Adams raider. There are ak
brothers, sll of whom are reckless and dsr-
ing. Two Of them were with Walker st
Nicaragua.
Edwin Booth arrived here to-day to ask
for his brothers body. The request will
not be granted.
The Hersld's Richmond correspondent
records an interview he had with General
Lee. He called on him to obtain his poIit-
ical views and lay them before the public.
On informing him Of his object the latter
said:
II am psroled prisoner" and added,
II have never been politician, and know
but little Of political leaders, am q SOL
der"
He further said he was ready to mako
any sacrifice or perform any honorable act
that would tend to the restoration Of peaca
and tranquility TO the country. He said
that, as believer in stste rights. he had
considered his allegiance due primarily to
his native State. he had opposed seces-
sion, but when his State went out he con-
sidered it his duty to go with it. When he
accepted 3 command under the rebel gov
ernment he considered he was serving his
State. He regarded his surrender of the
military of no political significance. that il
WAS not ssurrenderof State rights doctrine
When the south was wholly Eubdued, then
only would the doctrine of State rights be
surrendered.
The surrender Of 8 single army was on
/ ly military necessity. When the south
surrenders all its ferces and returns to the
| Union, then only will she surrender her fs-
/ vorite doctrine of secession. Thst princi-
| pal will then be settled by military power.
/ On this question of State sovereignty he
contends that there exists q legitimate
casuS bill. The question was left unset
tied in the convention forming the original
| law, and the war is destined to settle it,
therefore the var raised on this issue can
/ not be treason If the South is forced to
/ submit to it Of course it can only be looked
| upon as the triumph of the Federal power
over State rights and the forced annihila-
/ ton Of the latter. The South has not been
snd are not yet prepared to beg for terms,
but are ready to accept fair and honorable
terms, their own political views being con-
| sidered- As to slavery they consider it
dead and the best men have long been
anxious to do away with it.
He expressed the opinion that should
arbitrary, or vindictive, or revengeful poll
cies be adopted the end was not vet. He
remarked that the assassination Of Presi-
dent Lineon was crime beyond execrs-
ton. It could not be approved by "
good msp from any conceivable motive.
AS e the terms Of peace, to the sugees.
ton that the Political traitors only be 6eld
4 - assliet account, he asked: aWould thsi
1zss lEt has Mr.. Davis done rnos,
q t)llA RuthsEner that he should
,6e papished 4 true he has occupied
a-5solaiIseHt % non a. the agent Of III
isn6ase -. - But that has made him .
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