Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-07-13
The Flight aud Capture of Davis.


new items OF interest connected with
those remarkable events, We produce a
portion Of them;
THR LAST COUNCIL OF WAR.
Gen Breckenridge Joined us at Greens
boro, and brought all the details of
Lees surrender. Soon after his arrival
he and Mr. Davis and Gems. Johnston
and Beauregard had prolonged con-
sultation. 1t was held on the slope of a
little hill, just Off the railway track.
The little hill was itself historic. It
was there that Nat Greene, of Revolu.
tionary fame, held his council of war
the night before the battle of Guilford
Court House. Neither Johnston nor
Beauregard betrayed trace of desmond
ency. 1t was obvious, however, that
they regarded the struggle as over. Mr..
T. Davis felt much concern, or rather
showed it. He distrusted Johnston, but
relied on Breckenridge to foil him in
any untimely move. Johnston was in
structed to fight. He did not approve
the order, and disputed not only its
wisdom, but its power over his action.
He left the hill at last undetermined as
to his course, reserving to himself a
right of decision in accordance with the
development Of events. Although the
collapse of the confederacy was evident
10 every one, since the surrender of
Lees army, the completeness OF that
sudden and astounding collapse was
not thoroughly manifest until after this
Interview on the little historic hill be-
side the railroad at Greensboro. The
lndecision and vaCillation of the icon
shtutional advisers" of Jefferson Davis
were distressing. Neither he nor they
seemed to know what next should oe
attempted, or what they should do even
with themselves. They were utterly
VoWerless. and evinced an absolute in
c. opacity to deal with the dangers which
z u,citaed them as individuals. Did Won
1>ar hGoW the bottom to fall out of any
~. '&et so suddenly and completely
,uI %sF said Col. Brent, of Beaure-
. "a eft 80 q friend near me. NO
, 'o D >%bys and the servile conduct
va, y .nG re-. It carriers since I've seen
M n' l o~oA ~, res me wonder it could |
ave so long held
NEWS op PRESIDENT IIEooLN's DEATH,
Gen. Breckinridre tell 'graphed, among
ther things, to Charlotte, Inc mere TACT
hat President Lincoln was >illeo' Inc
were not knC 'Wh until
ur arrival. Except some tho, 'ghtless
no one heard the parh cuiafs
nd was unshocked. Mr. Davis said
lothing in my hearing in the least like
he remarks that have been ascribed to |
lin. He made an inquiry similar To |
hat of Benjamin, and look~.o rather
han spoke his horror when the facts
we're ~ ~. & oeIore MIN. 1T is awful was
Ii l heard him say. |
THE SCRAMBLE FOR GOLD.
At Washington, there was scramble !
for specie. 1t was determined to give
The cavalry some few dollars each they |
we're impatient, and helped themselves
rs soon as they discovered where to get
It. The result was an inequitabIe dis.
tribution-many got much, many got
nothing, and dust hunters picked up a
good deal the next day--a good deal
that was trampled rnder foot during
The contemplate scrabble. 1t was man
lest at washington that the disintegra-
tion Which had been manifest more or
less rom the outset among the Presiden-
tlal followers, had eliminated. 1t was
equally clear that Mr.. Davis had little
to expect from the cowed and trembling
people. Except at Charlotte, and there
only qualifiedly, he experienced little
like cordially since leaving Virginia.
North Carolina was positively cold or
lukewarm. South Carolina displayed
no marked distinctions of sympathy
and now in Georgia, and near the home
of Alexander II. Stephens, what could
he expect
DISSOLUTION OF THE GARNET.
His companions all saw how it was, if
not how it was soon going to be- The
personal safety Of each became q ques-
ton, and each was urged to secure it as
he best could. Acting on the sugges-
ton, Mr.. Mallory quietly left his horses
in charge of a friend, and boldly VEN
tured himself in a railroad train to Bar
nett Station, and thence on to Atlanta,
where the Federals were in force. Thus
far he was accompanied by Louis Wig
fall, the quondam General and Texas
Senator. From Atlanta the Confederate
Navy Secretary took the West Point
train, and, successfully reached La
Grange, where his family were, and
where he was lately captured. Mr..
Benjamin disappeared before reaching
Washington, no one knows how or
where. Thus, the Confederate President
had left him only one Cabinet officer,
and that one the Postmaster General.
1t is true he was recently made Secret
airy of the Treasury as well; and felt
abe Importance of the dual responsible
ity. Now he was the whole Cabinet
ard George Davis resigned, |
Benjamin and Mallory flOws away. and
Breckinridge near but rowing his own
boat, there was no one but John H. Rea-
gan to answer. the cabinet roll-call of
the Confederate States. - ......rs
THE CAPTURE-THB DISGUISE,
When the musketry firing
was heard in thesmorniug, at dim gray
dawn, 1t was supposed to be between
the rebel marauders and Mrs. Davis few
camp defenders. Under this impression,
he burridly put on his boots and pre-
pared TO go out for the purpose of inter
posing, saying, They will at least as