New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-25

but very little of that.
Having joined his family, be travelled with
them for several days, in consequence of find
ing the region infested with deserters and rob-
bers engaged in plundering whatever was de-
tenseiess, his intention being to quit his wife
whenever she had reached a safe portion of
the country, and to bear west across the Chat-
tahoOchie. The very evening before his
arrest he was to have carried out this arrange
ment believing Mrs Davis to be now safe ;
bnt was prevented by report brought in
through one of his aids, that party of guer-
rlllas or highwaymen was coming that night to
seize the horses and mules of his wife's train.
1t was on this report he decided to remain
another night.
Towards morning he had just fallen into
the deep sleep of exhaustion, when his wife's
faithful negro servant, Robert, came to him,
announcing that there was firing up the road.
He started up, dressed himself and went out
1t was just at gray dawn, and by the imper-
feet light he saw a party approaching the
camp They were recognized as Federal cav
airy by the way in which they deployed to sur
round the train, and he stepped back into the
tent to warn his wife that the enemy were at
hand.
Their tent was prominent, being isolated
from the other tents of the train and as he
was quitting it to find his horse, several of the
cavalrymen rode up, directing him to halt and
surrender To this he gave defiant answer
Then one, whom he supposed to be an officer,
asked had he any arms, to which MI. DAVIS
replied Of had, you would not be alive to
ask that question" His pistols had been left
in the holsters as it had been his intention
the evening before to start whenever the camp
was settled but horse, saddle and holsters
were now in the enemys possession, and lie
was completely unarmed.
Colonel Pritchard, commanding the Federal
cavalry, soon came up, to whom Mr. Davis
said So suppose, sir, your orders are accom-
pLished I'M aucsting me. You can have no
wish to interfere with women and children
and beg they may be permitted to pursue
their Journey" The colonel replied that His
orders were to take every Que found in lny
company back 10 Macon, and he would have
TO do So though gricved to inconvenience the
ladies. Mr. Davis sud his wife5 party was
composed DIT puIoled men, Who had committed
no act a war since their release and begged
they might be permitted to 20 to their homes.
but th= colonel, under his orders. aid not feel
at Liberty To grant this request They were
all taEaa w Macon, therefore, reaching it in
four days and from thence were carried by rail
tOAuru7ra-Mr. Davis thanking Major General
J. H Wilson for having treated him With III
the courtesy possible to the situation
The party transferred to Augusta consisted of
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49,
Il, "a H. o"l administration MI Davis ia
Nc ,oivlHF, SPEAKS ifeeiy. lie regrets Mi,
Ielay III DuylnS up cotton at
Is ptrL3oS q tne var "hen planters offered it
i hee-S ~ IeH II cents per pound. This would
htEe sven the ooath thousand millions in
8oI1 Ia Europe rs treasury basis to carry on
IN GuLtsiil5 at par, ana so sustain the war.
benjalAl,l r. pr@sed mighty thought Ioomb8
A. lE"ttle90ie ana restless Stephens apa-
IheIlc me t;hetts a faction Of negatives +
ALef "--T q tne greatest II not the greatest,