Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-01

tencfal MllebJ anu Utner OI1ce"S bi piuihin
ence, and sproceeded Immediately to the
steamer William H. Clyde, at anchor IN the
stream, with JEFF Davis ahd therenainderot ot
1.-THE rebel party OH board Anbour,sas given
1.-the departing rebelsSto take q lofig farewell
Il Of friends and dear ohess The hafbor, which
\ usually is crowded with all kinds and classes
slof vessels, to-day looked almost deserted.
sfScarcely dozen sail could be counted. Col
Iltoberts, commander Of Fortress Monroe, per
1eeiviag the absolute necessity of maintaining
strict discipline, in conformity with the wish
es of the Government that the transfermeni
|of the rebel party to Fortress Monroe should
be conducted in as quiet a manner as possi
BILE, early in the morning stationed guards in
the immediate vicinity of the casemates, where
J; in are the cells intended for the incarceration
of the prisoners, and also along the various
paths and routes they would be obliged to
travel while en- route to Fortress Monroe
4 lnashort time after the Pierce reached
\ the wharf the prisoners began to land Such
d were the arrangements strictly enforced by
the military authorities that no person was
tallowed to approach the wharf where theipris-
oners were landed, except at distance of over
\ 500 yards, and the prisoners marchedup the
wharf precededb dby a guard ofItheir captorss o.
4 the 4th Michigan cavalry 8ii504 tqpsGaa 1fe.
fEhe tall spare formsof jeff Davis, dressed
4 in gray clothes, and wearing D light felt hat
lcould be easily discerned As soon as the
Eprisoners were all ashore, they were marched
Dup itildbeach to the sallypoft ofthewater bat
terry, in the reat of the Fortress, and thence
toJtbeir cells in the second ticr'of easeinatcs
dC.G. Clay accompanied jeff. Davis inside the
fortress, and tits supposed, the largest por
|tion of his PERSONAL staff nr19t 9at aFrda q
MORE lBoyr THE cAilpr1FRE oFa DAVIS AND STE. III
u tsdc 4a a55iS fnpHfE nPpHfESsies7sg iia guiiiSgido.
i New York, May "a The Heralds cores,
lpondent says the camp where jeff Davis was
captured was situated ina pine forest on the
side of the Abbyville road, about onesmie
from Irwinsyille Irwin county, Georgia. 1t
! consisted OF a large wall tent, containing only
the arch traitor and his family, and an ordina-
4 ry fly containing the male portion of the car
avan Surrounding and contiguous totthese
were two common army wagons, two arnbu-
! apces and several horses and mules, with the
j; [usnal, amount of campparaphernalia, such as
saddles, bridles,r harness, cooking utensils, &c.
/ Davis himself and Postmaster Regan, with
h the two Colonels, Lubbock and johnson, aid
d de-eamps, had, only o,eraken the party the
might, before, after a fitiguing Journey from
d Washington Ga.s where they had remained to
settle some business, as they say, while Mrs.
d Davis, with the children and servants, had
pushed forward under the protection and es,
cortt of Private Secretary Harrison and asfew
lof the faithful, such as, Lieut. Hathaway, Mid,
d shipman Howell, and about twenty servants,
= ]old soldiers. r h 4yi3Bh b3l 4gG .qs .batsm7
b 1t was probably at Or veryinear Washington
where Davis dismissed his escort, and divided
d the, spoils under the most pressing circum-
! stances; some of Stonemans cavalry were
Ihard upon him, and belconcluded to deceive
Z them by letting them fellow theibody of cav
a airy, while he and his friends travelled incog.
i across the country, and joined his family
when Began asked permission to accompany
Davis to Washington, and expressed his obi.
). cations on receiving it, Gen. Wilson said to
him: You are under no Obligations, sir, ford
Ilshould have sent you whether,you wanted to
go Or not You are aicyilian prisoner, and
|he, payiss is prisoner both militarya and civil
Il Mrs. Clay remarked, jocularly, that MS she
had brought in her husband, she would clninl
the reward offered for him, TO which Mrs. Da
Wis responded: 'Yes, one hundred thousand
dollars would be considerable of an amount
q of pocket moneyato ,us poorunfortunntes now
n sold my horses. carriage, .silver-ware and
iewelry for what little money ! had, and that
has been stolen from me" 9i,es ,ql
Stephens was arrested on his, plantation
only short distance from Atlanta, by a sqiat
of Gen. Upton's men, undcrna Captain ant
!, staff officer, whose name have forgotten.
Stephens made no effort to escape, but wa.
found at his house quietly smoking his meer
schaum. He hasno companions save two nc
8, gro servants and dog, and lived almost en-
, tirely in solitude. Stephens said to me tha
"A when he went to Hampton Roads, in company
with Judge Campbell and the Hon. r. NJ Z
: Hunter, to meet President Lincoln, he coult
have made satisfactory terms of peace In fv,
minutes; he was not however, clothed with th'
proper official authority, hence his missio,
failed. p ra ~ .a,'tJ 'arcb a afts
! Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
! FROM WASHINGTON. -.,..,, - ..
,, Washington, May 24-A letter, from Ra
s leigh, by gentleman. conversant with slave
holding sentiment in the Carolinas and Geor
gia, says that the late slave owners of that re
gion will try to coercc thenegro population in
to system of serfdom. They rely upon star
ilJ vation to compel the freemen to work withou
wages, and will let their plantations run t.
waste rather than, hire their labor Their Ina
i tired Of negroes has been intensified by tn
e sympathy and assistance the black race ,ha
T. given the Union army. i, ys55sg& t,4 dq7
4 The, writer relates many instances ,of, tn
i barbarity of Sherman's soldiers toward thei
| -. 1 al Al.