Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-05-25
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NEw Y0RK, Nay 24-The Herald
North esxoIuI-correspgndent CONTINUES
TO furnish Interesting accounts OF the
progress of events IN that State attend
ant % the efgls Of ths citizens, with the
assistance. OF General ,Scho6eld and his
army to re-oFganizs society and restore
civil government 500 si1a
Three candidates for Governor ahaye'
already been named, and the supporters
Of each are preparing TO establish their
CLAIMS y p ID A18 Ell a
General SchO6eld, on toe 18th instant,
issued another order iu regard 70 colored
people, informing them Of the acquire
ment OF their freedom, I'm posed Qhiiga-
tons which they must meet, and they are
told they will not be supported in idle
ness, but must labor for the support of
themselves and families.
HE Herald i ocorEespondent says the
camp where JEFF Davis was captured is
sitdated in pine forest, onthe Abbeville
road, about one mile from Irwinvllle,
Ga. Il consisted of large wall tent,
sohteihh ( palt lbeareh traitor aud bis
family, and an ordinary "Hy" containing
the male portion Of the caravan. Sur
rounding and contiguous to these were
two common army wagons, two amba-i
lances and aeFeral horses and mules, with
the usual anounto of camp paraphanalia.
DAVIS and Reagan, with the two Colo
nels Lubbock ard johnson, Aids de- Camp
had Only eyertakeH the party the hight
Jbsfere, after a fatiguing joarney from
Washington, Georgia. where they had
remained 10 AttsGd fosscme business, as
they say, while Mrs. avis, with the
Children and servants, pushed forward
under the escort of Parrot, Secretary
HaErisgand few of the faithful, such as
LienE Hathaway Rud Chapman Powell,
and about 20 servants and old soldiers.
sJtWas probably at cor near Washing
tsn where ADaris Jdismissed his escort
and divided the spoils, under the most
pressing circumstances. Some of Gen
Stoneman's cavalry was hard upon him,
aud be concluded to deceive them By
b ain p th4hI- follow the body of cavalry,
while he and bis friends travelled incog
] aero@ahe eouutryan Joined bis fami-
" Wien Reagan asked permission TO
accompany Davis to Washington, aud
sxpfessed his obligations on receiving il.
seen. aiWilson said s'Yon are under no
obligations to me, sir, for + should have
ITO send 700 whsther you wanted togo
ortuot! You are aciviiian prisoner, and
h., Davis, is 9 prisoner, both civil and
military ~
Mrs Clay remarked, jocularly, as she
had brought in her husband, she would
claim toe reward offered for him. - r.
To which Mrs. Davis responded Eyes,
one hundred thousand dollars would be
cousiderable of an amount of pocket
money TO u poor unfortunates, now.
| sold my hoTs@s AMI ga-'
ware, and jeRelry,sfor what little money
lad, and erhat has been stolen from
me"
Stephens was arrested on his plarfta-
iiou, only short6istance from Atlanta,
/ Iy squad OF Cot Upton's men, under
aCaPtaih aud staff officer whose name
! have forgotten.
Stephens. made.no effort to escape,
but wssfound ashis home, quietly smok-
ing hiss meers haum. He had.no com
paHiOns save. two negroes and q dog, and
| lived almost entirely in solitude.
Stephens said to me that when he
went 10 Hampton Roads la company
with Judge Campbell and Hon. r. NJ T.
Hnntef, 10 meet President Lincoln, he
could lave made satisfactory terms of
peace in i've Rinutess he was not,
however, clothed with the proper official
aHthority, and hence his mission failed