The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-26

Mr. DAvIs.-Postmaster- REA-
GAN. of the late Confcdcracy, in letter 10
the Galveston Ners, vindicatcs Mr.. DAVIS
from some accusations made against INN
by Judge EVANS, of Texas. They charged
him with excessive care Of his money-bags,
and with scheme for q Western Empire
beyond the Mississippi. Mr.. REAGAN COM
pletely answers them all and vindicates Mr.
DAVIS. They were together IN the Journey
from Richmond, and continued together Tor
o long way. The first idea of Mr.. DAVIS
was to effect junction between LEE ana
JOHNSTON, and thus make a stand. But
failing in that, and hearing of the surren-
der of first LEE and then JOHNSTON, Mr..
DAVIS and his advisors determined to cross
the Mississippi and if possible to continue the
struggle there, only with the same views
that governed him in Richmond. But the
treasure still held by the Confederacy ne
left entirely in charge Of others, and, show
ing entire self-denial, moved in advance.
Mr.. REAGAN makes the following state
mcnt:
"In coming through South Carolina, he
and myself, riding ahead Of our company,
passed cabin on the roadside, when he
asked woman who was standing in the
door for drink of water. On handing 1t
to him she said, Are you President Da-
Wis On his replying in the affirmative,
she said to him, pointing to a little boy
barely large enough to walk little, That
is your namesakc; we call him jeff. Davis
He took from his pocket a gold coin, appa-
rently the size of three-dollar piece or
sovereign, and handing it to her, told her
to give it to the little boy, saying to me, ne
he rode off, that that was his last piece OF
coin, which he had kept as a sort of keep
sake on account of its being a coin seldom
seen in this country.
" Subsequently, when in company with
several members of his Cabinet, the sub
iect of their finances was mentioned, and
their poverty was made, among themselves,
the subject of passing amusement, Mr..
Davis took out his pockct-book and counted,
| think, about two hundred and seventy
dollars in Confederate Treasury notes, then
almost entirely worthless, and said, laugh
ingly, that was his fortune in money. lie
then added that it was a source OF gratlfca-
ton rather than of regret that himself and
nearly all the members OF his Cabinet had
sacrificed their private fortunes in the strug-
gle for the liberty OF the people. | will
also add, that when it WAS determined, after
the surrender of General Johnston; to trans
fer the field of military operations to the
west of the Mississippi one Of his Cabinet
told Mr.. Davis that he had money enough
to take them both across that river.
"TheSe facts are given to show the I'M us
ticc which has been done to one whose hopes
and thoughts and energies were all wholly
devoted to the cause, then SO dear to us, in
which he was engaged; and who, amidst
his all-cngrossing public duties and rcspon-
sbilities, took no thought of his private for
tune or of his personal safety.
81 am persuaded that the wise and good
and honorable, even among those who
thought him wrong in his support Of the
cause of Southern independence, and i'm
perilled their lives in opposing him on the
battlefield, will accord to him sincerity OF
convictions as TO the righteousness OF the
cause in which he was engaged integrity of
purpose, and those great qualities Of head
and heart which fitted him to be the leader
of heroic people in a great struggle.
{" know the time has not yet fully come
for explanations like this to be received
without offence to the prejudices of many
good people, who have only viewed Mr..
Davis of late years as public enemy. But
| trust now, since that cause has been for
ever abandoned, the generous and just will
see that but perform duty to one who,
while he is in distant land, is yet very
dearito me and to millions of others in the
United States. Very respectfully,
John III. REAGAN"