The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-19
JEFF. DAVIS SWAG,
THE BOLD BUCCANEERS BOOTY.
That uns4psstsd Balance Ia the Confederate
THAlury-G'a'ral Joseph Johnu.ou Alleges
That the Rsbsl CAIsrtalu ApptOpri.
atSd II for his OWa Use,

: PHILADELPHIA, December l7.-An i'm
portant interview with ex.Confederatl
General Joseph E. Johnston will BIZ pub
lished in the PreH to-day, in which he
charges that Jefferson Davis received S2,,
100000 from the Confederate Treasury or
the evacuation Of Richmond, for which he
has never accounted. After recounting the
retreat south, General Johnston says
II had learned from General Beaure-
gard that Mr.. Davis had a large amount Of
specie in his possession, and wrote, urg.
ing that portion Of ii be paid to the SOL
dies then in active service, My letter to
MIR. Davis on the subject was quite urgent,
and | intrusted 1t to Colonel Mason, OF nv
stuff, with instructions that he deliver Il in
person to Mr.. Davis and bring reply.
Colonel Mason went to Charlotte, delivered
the letter to Mr., Davis, but beyond a tele-
graphic acknowledgement to me that the
letter was received, there has never vet
been response 10 ii, Colonel Muson
waited some time and made several efforts
to got 9 reply from Mr.. Davis, in obedience
TO my instructions, but was obliged to re-
turn without one.h
"What became Of the specie?n
1T followed, or preceded, the head OF the
civil Government OF the COnfederacy to the
South about the time Mr.. Davis went in
that direction"
"Haye you any idea OF the amount Of
specie Mr.. Davis carried SoutfPn
Colonel Paul, m eminent artillery Off
Ger Of the GonitderaCy, and now a promi.
nent lawyer OF Richmond, man Of high
character, told me that he Inspected the
specie before It's removal from Richmond,
and after II had been loaded ready for
transportation. lie said that there was a
cur load OF i. As he only saw It boxed
ready for shipment he could, OF course,
give no information US to the amount In
dollars and cents. General Beauregard,
however, was in immediate command ut
Greensboro, while the President WIS there,
and doubtless had an opportunity Of know.
ing more accurately tho aIuount of
money with the President than any
one, except the Presidents immediate
political family. He told me that lie WIS
convinced That the President had S9,6OO,.
0OO In specie at Greensboro. have no
doubt but that General Bcaurcgard's
estimate was within bounds. After Mr.
Davis left Charlotte, and moved South, u
Confederate officer told me that while
standing near II bridge, crossing q small
creek, q man rode up and inspected it.
He said that he WIS IN charge Of the Prcsi-
dents money train, and wanted 10 sec
whether the bridge wus safe or not, The
man IN Charge told the officer that he had
twenty wagon loads OF specie In the train,
This would be In perfect harmony with
Colonel Pauls statement, that there was a
car loud when 1t left Richmond, and with
General Beaurcgard's that there was S.
soc, 900 at Greensboro"
what became OF the moneyP'
THAT am unable to say, Mr.. Davis |
has never given any satisfactory account Of
i, and, what Is u strange thing to me, is |
the Southern people have never held him
to account for 1t. The $4,000 he left at
Greensboro the soldiers received. Major
Moses, an attorney, now living in Atlanta,
has accounted for $4,000 more. A short
time before the evacuation oil Richmond
the bankers OF that city placed in Mr.. Da.
yis' hands 100000 In specie for the de.
tense OF the city. There was never any
service rendered for this money, but, when
Richmond was evacuated, Il was trans.
ported South with the specie belonging
10 the Confederacy. A committee OF
Richmond bankers was sent to recover II.
At Washington, Georgia, they succeeded
IN getting between $4,000 and Sl2O, 900,
but, while transporting 1t home, Il was
captured by General Wilson's cavalry and
turned into the United States Treasury. 1t
Is now there in litigation. The Richmond
bankers are suing for It's recovery, and It
has never. yet been decided to whom It he.
longs. Say Sl20, 900 Of 1t Is there, and $780,
900 in the military chest left at Greensboro
for the army, and 500, 900 accounted for by
Major Moses. This would make $l7O,O00
out Of the $500, 900 which General Beau.
RECORD and other good authority estimate