Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-05-09
THE EVENING STAR.
TELEGRAPHIO NEWS.
THE FLIGHT OF DAVIS.
varisus Reports Concerning Him.

DURHAM, N. O., May l.-Jer. Davis passed
through Charlotte on the 23d nlt., and is be-
Iievsd to have gone 70 Augusta. He was &C
sornpanied by an escort Of not less than q di vi
,iop Of Wheelers cavalry. Before leaving
Greensboro, Davis ordered some OF Wheeier's
men, and many Officers in ether commands, to
be paid the amounts due them in gold. They
were accordingly so paid.
bASyILLR, Nay 2.-Jeff. DAVIS left this
place for Greensboro Immediately after the
surrender of Lees army.
During the time he remained in Dan willie IL ~
said he hQuidated 4 few OF the rebel debts,
paying out specie for that purpose On arriv:
ing in Greensboro, however, he refused 70 part
car, and none OF the fnhsbitants sho wed him
any attention. The only MEMBER OF ms Cabl-
net 70 whom they We're civil vas Mr. Iren-
citizens of Greensboro even refused to lend
JEFF Davis mattress to sleep on, and in many
other wavs showed him that his presence was
not desired among them.
KEY WesT, FLA, May Vivid stories are
told of JEFF. Davis being on the coast line or
Florids, waiting an opportunity to escape. II
is not impossible but not very probable. Pub
may be brought into Key West. tried and exc.
euted here.
From the Raleigh Progress, MayIl
II is reported that Jefferson Davis crossed
Ihe Mississippi at Tinker's Bend, on the night
OF the 10th instant We doubt this statement.
A member of the Senior Reserves, a citizen Of
Wake county, informs MS that on the 18th of
this State, six miles this side of Salisbury, at.
tended by q considerable force OF infantry
and cavalry. Ii this be so-and we are in-
cnned TO believe The could not possibly have
reached the Mississippi by the 10th. Our in
fo-mant states that the cavalry forded the
Yadkin, the infantry and wagon train crossed
on the bridge, and Davis himself was ferried
over in q fiat Mrs. Davis was with him in a
carriage. The wagons, it Is said, contain his
treasure of gold and silver The soldiers who
were with him were picked men, OF known and
desperate CONrdRp. and il il said Davis
had promised them each $3.50 IN gold, if they
would see him safe in Texas. Our informant
heard nothing OF Benjamin or other members
This was on the 18th of April. On the 18th
General Stoneman occupied Salisbury; and of
course Davis passed through the latter place,
or near il, before Stoneman reached it. Our
opinion is that the great section III imposter and
robber has struck for the seacoast, and that his
sci 10 some of the West India Islands He
may have been aiming for Georgetown, 5. G..
tFrom the Raleigh Progress, May ,
From officers OF the army who were.paroled
AT Greensboro on the 10Th ult., we learn the fol-
lowing relative TO the movements and where
abouts of the erch-traitor JEFF. Davis
On the 18th Davis left Charlotte, bound tor
Texas, escorted by about three thousand cav
airy, under General Echols and Basil Duke
The men were mostly Kentuckians and Tex
ans. Davis made speech i'll Charlotte before
army in the Held than ever before very soon
He had with him train OF about twenty
wagons. His escort were mere desperadoes
and adventurers-n1any of whom were for.
merly under John Morgan. On the 2ith they
burned the navy-yard, ransacked the stores
and dwellings, and committed various out.
RACES on the property and persons OF the in
habtants
General Stoneman with his cavalry com.
Tnand. was ten miles from Charlotte, his
pickets being on The banks Of the Catawba
river. II was the opinion Of all the people that
ne could have captured the whole command,
If no: Davis himself, II he had attacked. It
may be that he will fall into the hands OF Gene
raj Wilson's cavalry force yet though the
chances Of his getting through 10 the Missis-
sippi are good.