, 1869-09-07
INTERESTING WAR HEMINI-
SCIENCES.

tuEo OF IcEtcFHou Dnvls-Lc Lctsus
; from John IL. Reagan, ox-Confod-
rFntu fohtmnAter General.
. :: :, PALEsEis1, Texas, August 10
lnnd tho following passages IN vnas purpors.
70 be speech delivered u 1he coasenuon Of Texaa
on ne 6tn Of Jannary, 1sS9, b. Juige L u. EtAas,
under the hsaa.ag, to large letters:
"1HET WANT IN EXPIRE"
"On the fall OF Richmond. Jefferson Dayts
iudtag hnssf Win tae dream ot Gu, tEsnMsss- ~
s!ppi empire. l aaseu his Postmaster General.
Mt RcsEan. how II WAS that tue President d
gage Wagons II tbs ankwa.d plight Of being uI-
der bis y ifea CLOAK. He Informed me ,aal DAVIS
had LEFT his train. and struck for the scaboasi,
whea, after dsy'a Elde, hearing that mo ConfeI.
1ate forces had d.snanded, and would probably
endanEet lhe safety Of his family, he returned.
hts Confederate Treasury, which he hoped 70 gct
safely Into Texas, where, had Mas1udsr been
aole 70 keep hts army together, nucleus for the !
Enut the struggle
The speech Containing these passages was ex-
ienstEe'T circulated through TEXAS last sprtng,
Intended to cali attention 10 the errors Ia the
aso.e ra.a7apns, bot, in The hurry Of b1slaess,
IL . no1 90 e ssne sa 81 s
state. and am favored With 4 second crop. On
ias nrst pa.s:raph q the above have only %
did DOT atari ' deindtnE n,t1aeu with the dream
o. trans Mississippi empire" Lie left Richmond
fn s las 81 apg 9 hs q
this sho1sd be Gone, Q! nesting and defeating the
armies Of Generals Sheridan aud Grsnt bctore
he done, Of occupying the 1r1s good defensive line
which might oe chosen olser thu junction Of me
jorces Of Generals Lee and johnson. Desperate
federacy. he had not abandoned the hope
Of carrying on the struggle east Of tne M.s4!sz1ppL
1,n the second paragraph hare to say that AE.
Dsvis and his Cabinet and stat officers LEFT tncl
taggscc wagon and al Their personal baggage,
except such as eacn took for himself In his ssdde-
osSs, ,ss st AbosrlGc s G The tta:a which carried
tor, Ga, and Whit funds Still remained II the Con-
federate Treasury 1as under the escoTt o. the few
further than the latter p!sec. Some days afre5
southern pan Of that State While At Dauy1lic,
I'D saost!y aiteF he he lei. Gaazlotts' % 4 {, 81: Il
learned OF the surrender Of General Johnston. So
| wagons" That he Ind long before kno1n ot tne
Surrender Of The armies In hist part OF the Conted-
eracy: that he had no lrsln 10 return TO- md that
banding Of the Contcderate forces Is dc Induce
| uent to his ret1ra 70 htI ttans-
I have not seen Judge Evans s!nco November,
| asked ne the question ho puts In his paragraph.
And mn SURE could not naEe made hin the
eas.eE he pu;a T. M mqutn fos i would hare
nond in March perhaps In the early part Of tnat
MONTH Richmond WAS svacuated on the Sd OF
ns d s, na sss M ban 51 sis 'asy
7th Of May, when be, happening to heas Of them,
md that they were tn serious danger, Acoompa-
relief. us and those fuenda travelled Win his
family that day. and camped With them thas
night The He1t morning they separated, but
| again BY accident tnrown together IN the even
lng, and canpcd together that night, tr1fetca TO-
Kttser tho nc1t dag, md were captured at dSJ-
Esht Tho ne1t morning, ths 10Th oI May. Al no
tAd not previously seen hla family altsf they left
Richmond, there was 20 returning to them
On the third paragraph have 10 say that Judge
the a,tety Of hts Confederate Treasury than for
bis family, mere mental speculation, without the
support Of fast& The Confederate treasure As
| Washington. GA, consisted, q. W1a supposed, Of
some SIS eco in gold, some t3u 900 or III 0o0 in ELL
VET eoin, about the sane amount ID s1lrer bullion,
I'D between 5000, ,oso and 500 600 in Confederate
| rroops who were therr 80 nucu to each Man aud
on:cer. without reference 10 rank. as II Was too
| whEh surrounded us. to he safcy transported tn
our Repositories at bermuda, Nassau OF LIVER
Fer ne se 'ns Sire nu
OF the Couu1tssary Department, aud was
left al Washington in 1n ordinary warehouse.
rs s9a ~ pase n 'ns hapas o1s o. ano
t1ons to convey 1t, aa soon a. this could s11c1y be
1one, TO ono Of the dcposltories above named
rapcfs that amounts Of gold and silver bullion cor
tue Federal forces Before leaving Washington I
directed The Acting Trra1urer to burn the Confed-
crate Treasury notes above E1I1cd II the presence
Of Inc Secretary Of "ar, General Dreckinl!dge zni
Atr. Davis WAS captured DearlJ week after tais
IN southesu Geo.g.a, aud, therefore, Judge Evans
suspicious thu, he Cared moro for this treasure
than fof his family baseles8 in truth as they
| are un1nAn!J aud ungcnefous IN Inference.
These passages IN that speech seem TO hare
been an awkward attempt In this modified form
10 revive the exploded storJ Of Nj. Davis being
captured IN feualc attire, With bags Of gold upon
hin. Invented and used At Grit TO eIctte aXalnat
E:n feelings Of s:dtcaie and contempt, and nor,
| Afte1 the lapse Of nearly four JearH, rcFlrcd IN
Texas and pressed tnto service for the purpose Of
afonstnG unjust snAp!cions ssa,nst former Gonfed-
The people Of Tcxaa tha, they ought To d1slde the
present S's.c into several In order to Euastl
against the designs ssttbutcd ~ Judge Evaaa 10
Ar. Dasts and oihe11. Al the time Of the TALL Of
Richmond. OF desire 10 establish t1ans-Mtssis.
s1pp, empire. II the 1Acts presented BY Judsu
Ct oo o III
intelligence Of the body be wAs addressing. and
Of the people 70 whom taia speech u sent7
make statement In justice 70 Nj. Davis, which
has not heretofore been .mnAc nno!ic, as far ~ I
koow. md ps1: Of vatch Is only known TO him
passed . caoin on the sozdalie. when he asxcd
@s rne o. a.1as .aasRF + q 4 liz sas I'D
you r7eaden. Darls.'' Oa ns1 replying Ia the
snrmattvc, soe said to HIN, pointing ID u.te
yocr nAtuesale; ~e call hin Jer Dav14" Hc
look from his pocket gold coin, apparently tho
| sxe OF ihfee-dollAr piece or sovereign. and,
handing II 70 her, told her to e.ye it to tnr lsus
boy. saying to me- he rode o1 that It was his last
piece Of coln. whc1 be had KEEP. Is soIt OF keep-
.A1e on account Of its being cota seldom seen In
| tf:s country.
subsequently. when IN compsa5 With se5esal
members Of his Calumet, the subject Of then
finances was mentioned, and their poverty Mss
made, anong themselves the suhtee. OF paxs.op
AnnttEent Mt. DaTls TOOK ont his pocketnoot
and counted I think, about te70 IN Confederate
| and a1.dr lanthirTtyt thai Was his fortune Ii
/ money. He then added that It was sourre Of
graunca1on rather than Of Ee17et thss himself aud
nearly al the members OF nls Cabinet had sacr.-
iced thel1 ptsnte fortunes In the struggle for The
liberty Of the people. viii also add, that when i,
vas determined, atscf the EoErudct Of Genera
lions to the vest Of the Mississippi one or h.s Cao
ine1 told Mr. Davis he had money enough to taft
them both Across sa.t river.
| These f8cts aTr g!veu to chow the Injustice
thoughts and energies were nj wholly deSoted te
The eause, thcu 50 dear 10 us, IN which he WIS eo
gaEed: and who. amidst his all-eDGrosstu0 puf4te
duties and Eesronsio!I;ies, took no Thought Of HI.
pf1F1te fortune or Of hts personA SafetT,
| an persuaded tna: the wise, and good aod
honorable, eTeu ANON; those who though; htrr
w1ong IN Ills support Of the ca1se Of Southern in.
dependence. and inpertlei thels lives IN oppoatna
HIN on the b.stle-deid WILL Accurd to him sincerity
Of conEic1ons al 70 the righteousness Of the cau s
q which be WIS engaged. integrity Of purpose aad
sfose k1eas qualities OF head and heart Which Mt
ted him to he the 1ea,er Of heroic people IN =
great struggle know the time has not Jet fully
CONS for explanations IKE this to be Eecetyed
without offence 10 the CrrIudlces OF many good
yea5s a pubic enemy. But trust now. Atncs
| that cause has been forever ntandoned, the gcuer
ocs and just viii SEQ That but perform daty te
one who, while he Is in : distant land, Is ;e: !c1