, 1869-01-18
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
4 memp-r Of His Escort in RApay 10
Edward j. Pollard,
Frfrs fhn fnutsysllo Democrat,

fseU 'ao A"a'e'"" 1a1..1T1- 1.n
Some days kince you publIahed IN article |
| from certain magazine, ~ritten By NJ. =
4. Pollard, giving IN account OF Mt. Davis'
hastilT q pertou would naturally conclude |
| that Mr. navls did ly trom Richmond. desert
| the Confederate cause, and appropriate The
money in tho Treasury. to bis own personal
ase To resd1f VII lenect ana conx;nee% m,.Gn e
that such was not the case: Af.
Il he'aas ds.ereine iihs' .Ss .p1epafstien %.ss
ior llsht. prcEtons TO the al q nieh-
was frightened whcu to recetved General
Lees telcz7am- 1supposo Nj. Pollard neTer
s.r = bravo tnsn surrender his arms, and
give up what he had long held dear As life
se s,w s9%o Mho :, la os slMsxs soaeht mJa
nlos1 dangerous posts men who were never
known 20 Ainch from au5 thing. When they
we1e tsld to lay down the!, arms and 60
home, the mcnt from tho Highest to the
wcpt, il it strange that Nj. Davis should be
affected hy tho reception or the news that
Ler's lines were brokent
Richmond fen On the third Of April. Mr.
thI1a III ef IS a.J. Jast ~ monlS Il ,i.7eiline
a dtstaucc that could easily hare been uado
In day OF two. Nr. Daris semalned u one
camp (not far from Charlotte, North Caro-
Lnh}, len dafa- " 1E1 ac telb tuht eNMp ue
KEW that ,he Fedesals were ahead Of him,
but there vas no effort made to get out OF
tbelr reach bY forced marches. On tho con
trary, The marches made each day were short
"A Htont the first OF May he reached Abbe-
rttc. South Carolina. Here council of War
was held, and, ta,uuE Mr: Pol1ards own
statsnas ii, The lacera9e ol Mr.. Davis thera
: xas enough 70 hREe convinced the tuose
xkspticsl ihat hc was sill true to the Il los:
= ! r.,,sa Arht Annrrt Artfsus Drove that he
!" III. Pollard, says The Richmond Examtn<r.
;. had always said that, no matter Ths1 ne
ts 9f sbs c9n,ed Sifssf Ent e. tbs coDIs. asas
il tior Ne arc told That VI. pAT,s did not
+ than $io ,ooo.' Tnia !, doabtlea said to
das1 me EEf,'ea i tss s ri Fis Das aasy 1;is
d Ike t. treasury waa equal d1vided among the
y men comprising the escort. I wAs ona o
q them, aud received twenty-five dollars II
q q specie. Every msn IN tho ofigsdc lFerzu
&c &c son'4) It ceiTed the stne amount: ~; fol4fl
ds In Ill about tone thousand ucu." O0
10 BRIGADE commander paid oil orcE ninc bun
as drcd st Nashingt OF, Georgia, on the third
u May. Is It not not reasonable TO suppos
OF thst tho other four contained. altogether, q
q ruany men as one did. G!rluG the iour othc
.. nrtcsdes only ploe hundred men together
eJ NC hare eighteen hundred men On the esc351
(;iye fo5 to e4ch man, and VIC h1Te rs. CO.,
Es' IS GO more than Pollard says Davis stare
e. nom ri. .hunond with 0uc brigade, thlnl
'tn received rno1e than this, aud pcrhars otheI
he les, This was the fault ot the officers NAL
Ole inr out psy-rolls. All were to receive
loo equal sum TO the MAJ
rec sighty men Of orr b.ieaae refused to fu
SIN ,1ndc, at Washington, Georfla1 and eeeo1
has r.nisd our ptiyAdler General TO dener
II Brccklnricge's Headquarters, (teTtn NJ.
nd froro Wsshtngton,, on the light Of the Sd
spi- Nav. Thcr did not know that III. D1s
hat had left hat morning and hsstsnta o,, On 70
1e1f f.mlf, II was their intention 10 sccompA
ion Nm to Mexico, If he desired It OF die IN +
'ors attempt. They were told the nett motnll
gue that Mt. Davis had gone On; thai Genes
lnu Breck1n. .idkc's odytce vas 70 heceP. =
60 John.t: MS tt,ms to surrenaeFt 2aa s. noo'
lon that they "could do no more" Genc'
ter +. told the men to deliver the WACO
nc ETC, to General Breektnfidsc, VINO "as 20
hes n house not two hundred yards aassa'
Tor This va, done. General B. confersed :,
'a,5 some Of the men In frout o. tne nouse. !,
7iog role, General B. told him to do as be ehol
ces- kten ant into the woods when the enc'
AIG nsssed tbv house. The Fedcrals we're It
tne only some nve miles In iEont oi ~, AT H,s
snJ ihst % General g. u had previously LETT =
OF Pre.ideut III command Of about '>tort5 \
amp tasIt.ne y a. Pollard says, when 1t Is +
the fnown TINT the President left the ienel
cAA0 ! Ard that. on the 4kQ 01 .A6{1 VIZ p1'3 ~
peat ~ he seen near the 1aiter's headquarters
the ~. r,rhte 1neaa at rcreuson'a brigade
tIvea n Thss connection, 1t may be proper to
tnce- ghy our brigade splis up. Al Anoes
q the rH'n General Ferguson spoke to lie n
i the +s1iInr Them ihat-he wanted them 70 zen
ut is toStther and conduct the President to ?
ncm- snt.tr thc men enthusiastically che
been Kim Al thc savanDah River, We leu
pend tha. Gcr eral Johrsson had susr.ndsrsd, 5 :,
Ss. ean knew that The troops easl .. aan,ss tne 10
his steTms. some Of our officers eontGnded
~ were Included IN General 1ohns'
orally amy. Tho men werc easily Persuaded :,
me hi. was the CO e., Colonel - = tet; 4
~cr In in"ton. Ttc men refused to move mig. AZ
asinE, xss ,cin*ta.ed. The resuit ~ tnai =
nlaest Gecersl had but few men to toslor q q
{ bent general Breckin.idge's heaa9uafter:, *
rs he.eys that il ~: PAYS naa oss1 sa r.eo
resent wind have had 30 trouolc Ia getting
Mr T,,n.a Via vent with the General
I'D Of these who believed General Johnston,
} SO rcndcr did not include the f7esa'
- will eA in ur. ponard's article he ,ase, g %.
IN &ac In apeak disre.pccttally OF Mi. stet
lsainst ..r;np That Il xas rnesu and coHaff ~
omises thst reo t]e1nau to reg1ect Nr. DaEs nj
Gph y was ecn." ~ ~ .sns xsonE ESs, q eo' ~
p3s for Mr.. stepae5s 70 set , 'e soiis;sed viii
he odd ~ Mr, Davis dulng the waI. nnt VI
uuslcg t.e,c.11r a nrIto orer under bond tor =
asre is ancel of TIC United Eates abuses ~
ge pnl- tries to create Impressions *nle0 o.
ut orA S'1gT ~. ms sreocIaI!y understood that
E. Nj. ~.s onn Of the editors OF The Nehmo
Is not go 6rrinr rho war. Perhaps u
H. Wr. D, bccansc that gen tlernan fel9seu
ng tho IN G. n{c derncy aa thc Exam i'cr oie =
= ssia, never apoln 10 NJ. pav1s. M NJ
'tpmns, ever saw Lin WAS ou the baa1la'.
and the N.,.sx,,. Init ma who wss in the RI