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a. tFsom The cincaanati Commeseia':l,
NASHVILLE, May 10. 1865
soAE DETAILS or IBEF. DAVIS FLIGHT,
Patoled reh-l oBrera contribute soma In
tefrs'iog facts to the dispatch concerning
the tlgiht Of JEFF. DAVIS. 80.
Gen, DebreIl, who commanded the escortt
YES engaged In hattie near E3teiah, N. e.,
when he received in'eNtgence nf Lees snr-
render, ard At the GAME time, Wheeler gotn
dispatch from Jetf. D,ris.s dated At Green's.
escort him aud what reuaiusd Of tho Govern
ment to. Washington, Georgia. General
Debrtll was accordingly Dispatched
with the requisite force snd at:er q
march Of three days, reached Green's
bore, at which point be found JsfE Davis,
with bis family; Jndah ?. pjamin, se:Teta-
OF War, Senator Burnett, OF Kentucky, J. Il.
Reagan, Postmaster General, Gustavus,
Il. Berry, Of Montgomery, county, Teu-
nesses,- and other ret,e1 officials; some
Of whom had their famllies.' Jctf. Davis and
the lebcl of1fcia1s rode iuffcnt, fuilowed bY
atnbulances continuing the woaucu and chill
ported among tue officers to a,nouut to 3ll.-
00, coo. It was pnt up in heavy iron. hau1d
ltg and boxte. The guard Of one thousand
men, led by General Dehrell. followed this
regal train. At u poiot about H. miles ffotn
Greensboro, they eRcanped. JEFF. Davis aul
l3u'uy tAh!nr W lhtts 4aafltts III Aousss III
the Vicinity Here the rsnir anl 1lc frat
harmed the object Of their miss on. aud it WAS
discussed, with al. the susmi:cs which it natu-
rally excited. The boy ia we're exceedingly anx-
lous to know the destination ef their govern
Mtnt.
On the following day, jeff. visited the bays.
With the rebel officials, and made 81 soul
s'itring speech" adscrtia: to tho disas,ers
that had oye5taken their beloved contederacY,
but giving them every asEurancc that they
were NOT l1re'rleVable, and all that vas nec-
essary tor ultimate SUCCESS was confidence In
their government uud tbs uadaunte1 bravery
during It's past career.
Upon taking up tho line, OF march, they
rode in the .as1to oE1er, JviF. Davis haYir. hy
hls aide yous e Colonel Johnston, a son Of
Ge1erai Albert Sydney Johnston, in whom
dencc.
They reached chatlottc, n. c., where the;
| agnin campcd, aud Davis harapgu.d the n1en
aGain, urging confidence In them, aud dealing
Id glowing words Of rebel patriotism. He
ana haspI{ sa sn ,ssS .19 12ys
the pltletss md entered into social couyerel-
tion With them. lie wonld praise th:ar talos
| In the presence Of the ladies', and c1n them
"the faithful thousand" the aawct OF the
Eon'cdcra'e army" and paid them other
pretty but nos substantial compliments.
|
Duke Ferguson and Vaughn, with their
hr,gades, which Increased the cecof& 10 500
m+u. AfteF the new c'ulefs bad Mingled
with the others, ttey soon learn ID thu conlt-
lon Of thin e, ind they, too, h.d their coo-
lectures aud sursnlses. Lik. pack Of INN.
E,y. wolves, they were 'suddr,'y reminded
that lie Government was elishtly Indebted
to item, ard, as the treasury was near At
hand, the idsa of presenting tlvis bills natu:
| rally suggested itstlE to thsna. The men
would corsrccasc III groups, and thar 1ow
1unt!c7tng ho1ed no good 10 tir Government
JEFF. found it hi cessa.y to rcl!ubtc bis Efforts
to conclfiatc them, but his eloqnsncs Was
| now. being wasted but the MA oteyrd their
marching ordtrs. and toll ,~al JcE. aud the
| sp Go Into South Carolina to Abbevtile,
! VII. n they ngaiu ha1'ed, VERT much fatlg g1ca
and demora'ized. At eVest stopplrg.pl.ce
the rebel officials would repair to tha be3t
1cu.e they could hnu and tate up lu1:ters.
Or the 9Th, tliags tcgaa Il us,anle dcs'
pcrate feature, and -Jttr. 1cuEd tt polite to
Inspire his Logs with Eouct1n. tuare than
| words. The yJrinus comnlthicrs Wc-c Or
tl-ted to seuu fu luli reports 1f.ne:r men, and
tEen All Tefe pad e.f IN Eoli all t'lyer.- Il
WAS INTENDED to give each MN thEs:ytwo
Of them to receive less. N'nc cot Iess tnan
twrctJ six lo!ls,s. It was clil,1y Mexican
dollars. None gut over unitel States half
caeiein gold.
In tue evening" LUKE sEut us ~ rt1fl[ t31-
eral, Capt. DAVIS, 10 notify afl H. men who
w!sbed 10 60 west Of tue MissistppI river to
report At eleven o'clock on tne.
ID tims ali I'ne' the meR rstort,t.1 &c R1'tn bnt
Duke refused TO take those who we're with.
ont arms, aud. taking tee armed mel, left the
others to sh:ti for thin selves. Thu he4p:d
curses GA lie bass Duke, and. wlh heavy
beatte, vent 10 Washlngton, Gcosgs., wncfe
they surrendered to Gen. Wil:on. tsretner
with the b7sGdes of Ferguson aui VaLsun.
The command of General Dsprcll esnrted
Jt1f. Davis to Vienna, u village eu til, West
bank OF the Savannah Ravet, about tteaty
miles from Washington, where tic graAi dis
solution 1cnk place on the 9th. 1t this
point, breckenridge, Beatsmfo. Burnett, 'aui
| scvtrul Others. took tent; aud ptrfia p5 l13t
farewell, OF JtfI. Davis ond his family. The
t parting OCCURRED at tue dead hour OF MD
light, under the clear and starry can 7pY OF
hcar*n, With the bright beams ot'a foll aid
rssplendent moon shluiny on the calm AID
PLACID waters Of the beautiful Savannah 4
must have betn 4 sad pastny, and the ssa..:
ticn suggested tan hardly hs Imagined. i
the hour named, Jed. Davis and SUITE ceoss.s
the r1vcr, and tho Other portloa Of tht Eus
. eminent galloped al, waving their pocket
banda trchiefs. Th,s scene was ontS witness
I'd by the lopcly sentinel who pa rolled tn
camp when 1t took pace. 4 body .uafl 6
TN men accompanied JcE Davis, with hi
, | family and friends. In tic morning the CON
1nnnd wns apprisc9 Of tic fact that their gdy
ernment had deserted then, and that the
: were nor left to follow 1he-r oTn iccltnatiod
:, honorable discharge, and marched to WA5l
y ;r&,vfnr