, 1865-07-07
FROM RIEHmOND.
Rebel Records In Demaud-WheTe.
AboutA Of Prominent LcAaerp,

tcoerespondeneo New, FORK Wosld.]
D1igent inquiry js made here by parties of
a speculative turn Of mind, regarding the
whereabouts Of the journal OF the rebel Con.
gress. II the journal Of the secret sessions
Of that body could be o5tained and published
It would prove highly interesting al we'll aa q
source If large profit to the puhllsher. But
there Is little chance at present, from all
that can ascertain Of obtaining this much
coveted prize, the journals Of both Housea Of
Congress having been carried of from here
the night Of the evacuation. The papers Of
clesks-MesEs. I. C. Blaen and DeLouis Dl-
ton-Who to;k care to see that they were
placed beyond the possibility of capture I
doubt not, they NIL! yet be forthcoming, md
that literal cf1er even now. would bring
them to Fight. They would certainly present
can publc have yet seen In connection with
the late war. The proceedings rela-
tive to the large secret service fund placed
at the dispobat Of Davis, while they would
not give the true object for. which it waa ap-
propsiated, would reveal q sufllc1.ncy to fufi1-
Lab good grounds for mfe. ence as to tae In
tention OF Congress In making the appropria-
1ion- The debates alone could furnish full
history of the motives and objects connected
with this mysterious movement. II Is tntt-
mated that one Of the brightest Of Kentucky
cpleeentatiTes that adorned, or rather Dis
graced, that body, will, upon the prete1t Of
decentralization from improper charges, but
really with q view to make money, present a
historical res..szse Of the proceedings Of tn.
lower house, which, 1t Is thought, will em-
brace q succlnct account OF the notion Of
Numbers Oh the secret service fund question.
OF course Kentucky. md Especially the
writer, Will be 1indfcated from any COM
plicity in the unworthy objects for which
this iund was understood to hare been appro-
ptiatcd.
come days ago from Texas. He says the cen
eral has left for France, as he supposed. to
jon bis family, who are either there OF at
switze,land; Rumor has 1t taat he contsn-
plates applying to the French Emperor for
commit Eton, with view to engage In the
Me1icon campaign under French auspices,
which offer the best guarantee of pesmanence
In the retention Of his commission.
- Correspondents How York us,a'd.l
a.. The destruction Of Gov. Letches3s house at
Lexington BY Hunters raiders has left him In
8 condition Of real distress. b outtesly strip.
pkd Is he Of au mean5 Of subsistence that bis
family have had to rely altogether upon kind.
friends for their support erer since his i'm
p,isoument., 4 few Of his friends had actu-
nlly to raise for hin, by contribution among
themtelvcs,. thirty Or forty dollars On the
morning OF his arrest, to serve IS means to
purchase come little requirements beyond
be
How It Is Extra-BiIly is at large, while Gov.
I.e1cher Is prisoner, tho military authorities
alone can tell. It e1cltes sotne strange COM
ntnt here. The last earthly possession upont
which GOV. Letches relied for fntute start
vas ten thousand dollars' worth Of tobacco,
purchased By him since the expiration OF his
fern Of Office, and that shared the fate Of the
thousands Of hogsheads Of that article de.
posted in the public warehouee Ia this city.
J. Col. Nosthrop, The Rebel CommissarY Cen
eral, and peculiar proft0e Of JEFF, Davis, Ia
now living in North Carolina In great dis
tt1ess. Having resigned Lis Office here some
i've months before The evacuation, In conse.
quence of repeated charges Of inefactency,
made nsatnet him in and out of. Congress-, be
went TO North CsEolina, where he applied
himself to farming. He VAS enabled to make
q start in this new field Of enterprise,
through the kindness OF some friends but
just as he had planted bis crops, she1nau's
army came that way and rulned NIL. He Is
left without any. means for the support OF =
Largo family, his property In Charleston,
South Carolina, having been either destroyed
hy fire or condscation. Truly, is the fate Of
the 'cbel leaders hard one.
Gen. Geo. ". Randolph, who preceded
James A, Seddon in the rebel War Depart
ut ut, is now in Medina with his wife for the
bc1cHt of his health. he Was suffering from
atevere bronchial affection, contracted while
serving as Secretary Of War
Gtn. VIM. L. jackson, cousin Of 9tonewa11,
ald ier long time member Of his statf, but
more II ceIr]y in command OF brigade Of
cagalty in Western 'V1eeinia and IN The VAL
lty. has arrlvpd at -Matamotas, whittier be
hsd repaired upon the surrender Of Lea. He
was L,euh nant Governor Of this State during
the latter part Of Wtse's administrator, hav-
Ing eucceeded McComas, who rea1gned and
subsequently acted Us editor Of the Chicago
Times. Gen. jackson was q man of fine
ability; but had not distinguished himself