The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-27
Specials 70 Sew rork pape,..

liua correspondence g the He-uM contin.
ues to furnish Interesting accouots Of the
pNRfoss of events in tbet State, attendant
! on the efforts Of the citizens. with the "a j.
sistauce Of Gen. Schoield and dis army. &c
! reorganize society and restore civil gcvero-
ment.
Thei. candidates for Governor have al
ready been named, and the supporters Of
each are preparing 10 establish their seve-
raj claims.
General Schofieid on the 18th inst Issued
another order In regard to the cOiored peO.
pie informing then that the requirement
! Ut their freedom imposes obligations which
! they must meet. as we'll ~ conferring on
| theu the asCu Of freedom, and they are
told that they Will not ~ supported in
idlcness, but must labor for toe uppcrt Of
theulselves aud families.
The Hc.-alfS correspondent says the
camp where !en. Davis was captured. was
Abbeyville road, about one mile from lr-
sinsviile, Irwin county, Georgia. 1t con.
! tis.s 1T y large wall tent, containing only
the arch traitor end his family aud au or.
binary 0v containing the msle potion of
| the caravan. Susroundicgacd contiguous
to these were tWo common army Wagons
two ambu.snces aud several borseo and
mulea, with the usual amount Of camp
pasaphernSlia,s uch - saddles brides. bar.
1eee, cooking utensils &c.
. Davis himself. and Post Master Ryan,
vito the two COlosels, Lubbock and JCkn.
son. a;ds-ds-camp had only overtakcn tie
party the night before. amer fatiguing
journey from Washington, Georgia, where
they had remained Il, settle come busipees
a. they say. While Mrs. Davis, with tho
children aud servsnts hac pushed forward
under tue protection aud escort Of Private
Secretary Harrison, and 4 few If the faith.
fnl, such ~ Lieut.. Aathsway Midshipnaan
Howell. and about twenty servants and
soldiers.
H. was probably .tos very near wash-
and divided the spoils, under tho most
pressing circumstances.
S.'rne OF Stoue,Eans cavalry we're bard
uPoy: him and hs concluded to deceive
them by letting them follow the BODY az
the cavalry, while he and his friends tray.
elled IN cog across the county and Joined
his family.
company Davis to Washington, and ex.
pressed his obligations on receiving it.
General Wilson said t. him, "Ycu are
under no obligations. sir. fUr I should
have sent you whether you want.
ed to go or not. You are civilian PRISON
or, and he (Davis) is q prisoner, both mil
itary and civil
Mrs. Clay remarked, jocularly, ''that a.
@ss>s
claim the reward offered for him. to
which Mrs. Davis responded, Eyes. one
hundred thousand dollars would be con-
siderable of an amount Of pocket money
to us, poor unfOr.Guates now. ( sold nv
horses, carriage, silver ware and iewelry
tor what little money I had, and that has
been stolen from nle.''
Stephens was arrested on his plantation.
only short distance from Atlanta. by u
squad OF Gen. Upbon's men, under a cap
sam ard sta.s clIcer. whose name + have
forgotten. btepheTls made 70 effort to es-
( oare, bat was fund at his house quietly
snoAtn$s hiH laesrscaaun. He had no
co,npany saw two negro servants and n
uog. ana lived ALMOST entirely In solitude.
biephens said so nae that when he Wens 10
A"nlioa Roads Ill company with Ju,iua
Campbell Rad the uon. K. M. ,Hunter.ta
meet President LincpIu he could have
'aaoa satisfactory terms of peace in Ave
minutes. lie was not, however, clothed
with -tle proper authority, and hence his
nissien failed =
The Tones Washington special says the
sew Revenue Commissioner, ~ r. orion.
|t- s1.es uroa his uL.clal duties on the
I. Ar. Seward wulgive hia testimony in