The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-05-24

don't sbef and win the point q his sabre be tAe
took, discovering large oosnss pair OF osif skin booG
While the corporal discovering and exhbisug the oo
foot Of the beast another soldier stripped the vs snd
hood om or his ace and lo the great - which has
sicng been hidden 'nesth Hons skin-JsG Davis
stood before them, in all bis pusllan,mi,y and in his
true charactek before the light Of which Henry VIII.
Paes, and Richard iii. rises In the scale q human
greatness. -~-sw--sr-.r
When JeG saw that no was htdy eAasht, and
would be delivered into the hands Of his epemIss he
waxed exceeding wroth and rallied ont u the soldiers
whenever opportunity offered He frequsns'y made uad
OF such sueering remarks as tf,ft ir4f st 30
'valorous soldiers, indeed, 70 mako war spon
and chidsenl ~ thought he Yankee government was
little vaorous than 70 sand it, soldiers 70 steal
defenceless women and children ost Of their beds a
night" &c. ~ ,.-st lf
Mrs. Davis omcsily remark ed that she twas not swses
that an old and four children Of much
value a. 10 be escorted BY three hundred soldiers
through the country" no lee stle
Jsrr READS THE PROCLAMATION
have previously mentioned the effect produced upon
Davis by the Presidents procanaation offering seward
Of one hundred thousand dollas for his arrese have
often tried 10 imagine tho terror Of Beshaszaf whom he
read hs doom In the handwriting tho waii o. the
horror OF the murderer when the r. Of the othcers
Of the law laid rudely upon him such, but IN Q
vastly maguiGed degree must have the feelings Of
yen. Davis when he read tfat proclamaticp. A hs
eyes glanced the fatal hines have thought that no
must have come TO the first realization Of his condition
He trembed like aspen leaf dropped the paper from
his hands and sank into revenes and suleppess. His
wife picked up the paper road It's contents sudbiy. and
they all burst into tears
m kocra
Colonel harda md lead At
four o'clock the afternoon Of the I2th Instant For
miles along the streets and on the road which tho
corn0e expected TO arrive strung squads OF peo
plo eager to catch one glance Of the man who but
80 recently had been their sovereign, and q whose
doors SO many crimes and sins were laid Their
curiosity however not grs8ed TO any considerable
extent, as he rode 10 close ambulance, and when he
aghted al the Lanier House General Wilson'S bead.
Quartcrs) the guards obstructed their VISION Dinner
was already prepared and the prisoners parook OF u
with relish. After dinner Postmaster Reagan. Who II
seems had taken the contract 10 'he President ~
safe through To Texas admitted to General Wilson'S
room, where congreeated several officers including
the General himself, and your correspondent Reagan
told General Wilson that be wished 10 ask his permission
to accompany 'the President" TO Washington, adding
that he had shared with him HIS property
utde the b!s Of exchange drawn London In his name-
sty On receiving that he would be permit
ted to accompany him he expressed his gratitude
'You under obligations SIR" said the General
"for should have sent you whether you wanted go
or not You civilian prisoner, and be 10 prisoner
both military and civil. "
The party Joined here by Clemen. G. Clay and bis
wife. they having come from Lagrange their homcl
The previous day, and surrendered themselves General
Wilson, The meeting between Davis and Clay was very
cordial aud Mre Davis and Mrs Clay wcre very afcc
tomato towards each other Tho affections and feelings
OF the two families seemed run In one and the sane
channel. and they often caught in coun
together and separated BY the guard While in CONVEX
satiou with Colonel Pritchard and myself Mrs. Clay jccu
larry remarked tina. she brought Mr. Clay to Macon
she should claim the reward.
eyes" said Mrs Davis lone hundred thousand dollars
would be considerable Of amount Of pocket change
for us poor unfcrtunates now. sold my hor.es car.
rage, silver ware and jewery for what little morey
bad and that has been stolen from me-"
could not see, however, any lack Of jcwe,ry about
her person, she sportcd two splendid diamond riggs
upon one ginger.
Nothing further Of inerest occurred during the route
from Macon to Atlanta, II In the night, and most
Of che party, weary and sleepy. went o. into dssp
siumber
At Atlanta General Uptsn had train an esccr, and
warm breakfast in waiting for U.S. and, after about an
hours delay, we were or for Augusta General Upton
and two OF his staf officers accompanied u.s.
ALEXANDER srxpHrxs
learned here from General Upton that an escort In
charge Of the rebel Vice President Stephens had gone
ahead OF US on the regular train He arrested on his
plantation, only short distance from Atlanta, BY
squad OF General Uptons men, under captain and star
officer whose name have forgotten. Stephens made
In hat "a al
smoking hs meerschsum. he had no companions save
two negro servants and dog, and lived almost entirely
in solitude. He Joined the boat at Augusta fso
hcited an introduction, and had very pleasant pront
able and lengthy conversation With him. As my object
was TO gain information gave him the door and let him
do most OF the talking, merely responding In the arma-
i've or negative, and occasionally putting IN q feeer
He was very anxious to know what policy thought the
government would adopt towards the leaders Of the 70.
beion he asserted that couclatory policy would ct
once reunite the people, revive trade commerce. manu-
Actures and agriculture and in ne bring tho disrupted
states back TO their allegiance original sass in the
Union. different policy, he held would serve to keep
ip feeling Of bitterness and require the presence
large standing army Ia reduce 10 subordinate The
factions He careful 10 impress me with
he idea that he did not speak from selfish motives but
could not SEQ II In tho light OF that illumination He
remarked mat The government had sent him note to
appear at Washington to be hung he should have taken
The shortest route and went immediately TO the capital
What he said In justification Of his In accepting
he Vice Presidency OF the coufedcracy published In
previous letter. and tmo and space preclude a repeu-
ou Stephens and Je. Davis, II Ia we'll known nro at
swords points, and there signs Of recognition
regard the part Of either Both kept their respective
places, independent entirely Of the others presence
Stephens said TO that when he went to Hampton
Roads, in company with Judge Campbell and the Hon.
r NJ r. Hunter, to meet President Lincoln, he could
,dve mads sa,iteoy trims Of p,acs in Fve mimsss He
was not, however, clothed with the proper Official
Ihority, and hence his mission failed.
gE.rRAL WHEELER srAyv
were also captured about fifteen mes from Atlanta He
had Of about hundred men, who Ged tho
approach or cavalry ess Ia nlmber), and left their
general 10 his fate They also taken to Augusta
and there put under charge of Colonel Prchard by
General Upton II liz supposed that Wheeler and his men
going tho country TO join Davis though they
claim they route for their respective homes
A this letter is getting rather lengthy, and have
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