Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-24

an euormous asnouut of spe css ID essher 4 49,
or elee he IeftR neAihd at Washtnxfon. yvni-S
is very prooable. Tnsre was only gbout e!s ht
Thousand dollars found with them. an far a.
Known. althoush several boxes have not yet
oee" searched. Thsywere brought along. how
ever, and srfll Be delivered Into tue hands or
we s snlh critics. AZ WashlpgtoR.T There were
.rsa:s asn pafere showing large amount OF
49, AZ enipoed for London, and these win
Pfissn.es ~ ssssefed to the authorities By Colonel
~ Coionsl Prstchard fu,rnedia,ery formed nfs
ar sn6 nx snx me prisoners in their own wag--
%n 4ns anu M Msmoalancss, ard started for Maco,.
tnsir mi, - all sulier, bnt the iadies tried
nesa strained themssayes rn he aso ~ .ae
Wis Iemarsed o. Col Pri,ohare that hsr, sSs,s
have surrendered without neSt "o1As ses
You We re IN n very bad pr.dicaynent ia
fight when Esav you dressed In your wffe,s
morning gswn," dryiy said the coionel,r ana
Days had no more 70 say zszs ss,.z-s-. aE.-.7 >
When on the Toad thew received copy OF
Preside ne John sonis proc lam atton, Offering one
hundred Thousand doiiars reward Tor Davis.
tel lPrfte hard rad II asid sent Ii by an order.
~ TO Davis. He read IL and as he read he
trembltd like Belsbszzar when he Rad the
hahd~riting on ne wall HIS hands dropped
tohis side, aud With groan be let the Hnner
Of: his, doom fait upon the floor His wife
P,Gkrd n) up. read ~ sicud, and then the entire
posss s,,, nnrst into tears and gave vent TO tho
On arriving At the boat at Augusta, a small
sIae- peel steamer with no cnn yeL Lience, we
souna ~ aSce.siops 70 our party 10 the eer-
ard General Joseph sWoeelsr and four staSY
officers. who had bsen captured by detacn-
ments OF General Upton's division. .'.r
Another Account.
Another correspondent says: t
The Corporal went to the door, where ne
was met by lady, who said that tent was oc.
cupied by ladies', aud che hoped they ,youId
bepermitted TO dress before being dist stnrbed
Very soon she again and voluntarily ap.
prafed nj the door, with ano' her person 10 pet.
ucoats, morning dress aud a wooIeu cloak,
win hood closely drawn over the head ana
pail on her arm.
Corporal ordered halt, which was OF course
Cofporalto allow her mo,her to go 10 the spring
1or pail OF " ater; IL was hard, even II they
We're prisoners, not to he ailo wed to get little
water for their morning aolutions. Mr.. Oor-
porai Jnst then obser we'd that the NOR ming dress
was not quite long enopsh to conceal pair OF
boots looking rather too hesvy for "mother" to
wear, and, with his Spen Ger carbiue presented
to the aged lady's head, ordered her TO remove
that clock. The argument was persuasive,
even to the chivalry. The disguise was re-
moved and jeff Davis appeared iu full view.
Davis said he should have defended himself
II he had been armeo-evep III he lad had o re-
volver he would have Tough, with tas long as
nr could. The Colonel replied to him that he,
didn I appear 10 he In q very good fighting con.
diticD jusf al that time.
After q hurried breakfast the party was put
In marching order The prisoners, In amou.
Ian ces, preceded by the band OF the ith Micht.
gan cavalry. playing first "Yankee Doodle,
which had evidently depressing inhuence Oh
minutes the band struck into the some what
familiar air Of "John Browns Bodys March.
ing On" 1t was too much for endurance. ana
he sctnaliy fell prostrate In the amoolanoes
ard was kept concealed from view by ma
friends for considerable time.
Clay Surrendered. -g.aG
&C. Clay was not captured, but wrote 70
General Wilson that having learned that re-
ward had been offered for his apprehension AZ
an accor pIice in the assassination OF FrAst.
dent Lincoln, and feeling entirely innocent of
such chsrge, he would at once give Atmsen
up for due examination and trial -sls
At Port Royal. 80 Il
a party consisting OF General LittleAeld,
Major Elliott, Major Dewey, Captain Hays
and few favored with special In yitat10nsy
visited the Clyde this afternoon. The Ars&
sight had of Jefferson Davis In over four.
years obtained from the deck OF the hetto
steamer that took us down the bay, just as W0
up and down the spar deck. I'm the narrow
space between the cabin and the bulwarkss
His short lease of power and the anxietie9
Iy. He was always q spare man, but now he
was gaunt and emaciated. His hair had grown
gray and bis beard nearly white. He does noe
he did when in the Senate, and a moust1cho
and whiskers change his general aspect mote
ap,y. - ~. o.,,, =, n. ,,,.. -.
got on board the Clyde There he SAT in q cor.
ner with his hat drawn over his eyes. He and
his wife were looking over a lot of newspapers
that had just been sent TO them, and they care
fully avoided recognizing the curious glances
directed by MS all towards them Two OF the
children were playing around, happily uncon.
clous of the painful features or the situation
in which they had to share; blissfuliy ignorant,
as yet of the stigma that must hereafter attach
to the name they have to bear Nobody among
us was introduced to Davis, and no attempt
was made By any one TO draw him into conyer.
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