, 1869-08-16

afdce1; NTH placing General HoImea, one Of his
pets, whs WIS tn hts dotaEe, IN command OF ~
knnsas; NTH sending secret Instructions
TO Bragg TO act agal1At thu orders
Of Johnston. and with removing Gen.
erA Johnston and euhEhtntng Rood, m incapable,
and another Of hls peta. In his political rela-
tons, he charges that he had private back.doar
communications With Congressman; thss he ap-
pointed another pet Of h,s, Captain Nonhrop, to
the custody Of prisoners, snd never protested
against his brutal treatment Of them: that he had
pirate correspondents In the Chlcsgo Convention
Of 1854. and Tas In constant correspondence VITA
Northern Democratic politicians; that be plotted
against al the lending Southern Geue.ala, and
thai, In the 1nal campaign around Richmond, he
weakened Lee bT compelling him 70 send troops
TO unimportant p!aces IN the South and. finally,
broIe cut with an open quarrel VIII his Congress-
which broke II up
EGr. Pollards description Of the cios1ng hours Of
The Confederacy Is = rcEy graphic one, and throw
some nen Light upon what re knoW Of them The
President wa IN Church on sunday when 4 Maa
entered and handed him slip of paper. lie frad
the paper, rose aud walked out If the Church. The
congregation Ves Honn dismissed. and the city
was left to the widest ruuofa. Davis prepared
secretly q eumptoous pirate baggage, and pre-
pared "a III from Richmond b. uighl lie showtd
himself TO no one, but remained hidden In h4s
houAe, busy only with bis pirate Preparations
haTtng issued Instructions IL hls CAb.let to Eltti
HIN at Dausllle- BY the negligence OF Davis IN
coun1eymnnting tpng-stAndinH order, the city
WAS rred when the United States forcea eutert:d
It. For weeks before the 1nal catastrophe DAVIS Ind
arranged to reach the coast Of Florida aud escape
to Europe on the 6hcnAndoah. the only remnant
Of tha Confederate nasy. Al Danyile be Issued 4
proclamation, and then ncl to GeeeuaaoFo, y. c.,
where be had al Interview with the tWo men be
had dtgrnded, Generals Johnston and l3eaurrga1ri,
and IL fhat Interview Johnston burted out reply
to Davis WHO had asked him what was to be done.
| In the following words: ssh, ny WE'VE arc that
orr people are tired Of the war, feel themselves
whipped. ant utll not light" For week, At
| Greensboro. he and his family lved In bo1-car
I on tie railroad, nay1ng no other shelter On the
| 1tth Of A2ru he left Greensboro aud reached
Atbeyit1e On the lst Of Asy, where he called q
| council Of Nas. 1t resulted in nothing. Tor II!
| hope Eas gone. The capture Of Augusta com
pelled him 10 move On Nj. Pollard says:
"on continuing lus journey, accompanied BY
| VAS determined that The President and ills fnends
should thereafter trnre1 an etnigraut pa1ty.
| All tuIens Of the psesldetts importance III dress
aud a1r we're la4d aside; COVERED w.gon, pact
mule aud cooking uten<tls were provided nj WASH
lu2tou; ard It wss designed that AE. Davls hts
wife and his HifeH s1sset .honld pass a. simple
IN with EtrafRllnR soldiers for tnelf Protection.
But The last device Of the distinguished
/ 4G$i@aFC 'AE AAls D1E IL "AlAA AV l4SA 34Vh Oily
! ingenuity aud hat confessed ais real anxiety for
| escape, Was in vain, and he MAS captured three
da3 y journey fsoti Washington. lie uad scarcely
| expected to fRu IN with ANY e1tmJ 1ortn Of the
ChstiAhoochee RlseF, the boundary OF the DEPART
| meat OF the Southwest and there he had Designed
t1 part With hts wift, unt to commit her to her
| journey TO The Shenandoah. He was osertAke1 ~
small body Of Federal cavalsy, oIt2t1a1lf sent
| out To po.t a sk1fnlsh line through that part Of
Georgia, resehing To Augusta, but now diverted
70 his pursuit.
"He was aroused tn the early graz Of the Enorn-
| Ing by faithful utgEo servant who had been
| aEakened bJ the sound Of nftug IN the woods
The President had not laid on his cothea and in 3
| DDuIeut he Aau tEaued fromtthe tent Fhete he had
| been 6leeptng. The woods were filed with mount
| ed troops, Ilt-detned in tha mist OF the breaking
morning. 6ud noticing that lheg were dep1Of!nS a.
II 10 eaEEeuAd the tAzAr ha quickly Imagined shes
! character abt detlgD. aud returned within the
| tentetheT to alarm Mrs. Day.s or there to submit
| deceDtty to caPture. she Eesougnt hin 10 escape
| End trying him to an 0pea1nK In the tent, tire v
| over bis shoulders shawl Which he bad been ac-
| cEstoned to wear. Hts horse, a neet aud spirited
one, sEas tied to trrt at some distance. lie IVES
within q few steps OF the animal that might have
! borne hin ont Of danger, Wien Federal soldier
| halted htn1-"
| Apart from the ufe Of Mr. Davis there !s much
| Of general Interest Pollard is neliher Lee nor
Jackson wnrshipper, and he sasails the military
skin Of the one and tho religious character OF tse
other. He shows ur the Confederate Congress II
very gloomy lights In fact, he seems to be the
| Ioe Of every uue connected with the Confederate
Administration.