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VOLUME WOtN Y VOLUJME-I.] WINg8BORO, S. 0., THURSDAY MORNINGJN1 *$.NIMRii THE TRI-WEEKLYNgS: BY J. E. BRiITTON.' THE TRI-WEEKLY NSWs pablished AnTuesday, Thursday and Saturdtay, at ONE DOLLAR fer' mronth, in advance. Single coJes TaN '.uTo. - 'vertiremcnts inserted at ONE DOLLAl pe'r quate, of eight linea or less, for'the first, and 8 VENTY FIVE cents (dr each subie juent insertion, invariably In ativqncs More of the Capture of Jeff. DaVis, eto The Washington correspondent.of the New York Heirald, writing under date of the 22c4 May, gives tlio.following a, count of the capture of JFFiiO: DAVs, together with other'parties-re lating incidents, W&c., that came within his immediate scope,-which may not be uninteresting to our readers,: WASH INGTON. D. C., May 22, 1865. -Since my arrival at Fortress Monroe, where, -for the first time sincel left Gravelly Springs, Ala, with General Wilson's cavalry expedition on. the 22d Of'Mawh last, I had the oppottunity of reading Nurthorn iwspnpere, 1, find that a great many orrors have creptinto their columns relative to the. Atten;pted .cscape, capture'aud final disposition of Jeff. Davis and his' -co cons'pi rators. These have been sent- for publicnion -by correspondents wlbso informnation vas obtained principally-from Madane'Ru - mor and the grapevine tele.graph,' and, .as a'matthr. of course, are .%s erroneous as the.great bulk of news cbtained'in that way. - Having been ,'ntimattly connecled with the parties who. taade the -capture, . and enjoying -.their full confidence, I had eyery: oppo'tunity of learning during our lvoyrge, .every incident connected with the purait aid captukre of -the fugitive from jtstice; and from blacon t. Fortress Monroe, and up.to the eve-ning ofEtho '2lst inst., can give thd. fa'cts from personal observation and investiga'tion. As 1-have given in my previous hltters avory full account of- the capture and tra-hsit of - these- parties, I will confine myself principally 'to incidents not pro viously written, and to the correction of the errors above mentioned; 'and in do. ing so I shall write, as'I always do, with the knowledge that I am.- writing his tory. - .THIE CAMP wflERE JVFF. WAf CAP'TURnD %wAs situated in'a pine forest, or'the side of th6 Abbeyville road, about onQ' tile ;froma Irwinsville, Irwin county, Ge6rgia. It tonsisted of a large wall tenit, contain ing only the- arch-traitor and his family, and an ordinary "fly," cont*iirig' the mae portion of the'caravah. Surrouid. il ahid cogtiguous to these wer, two Comm 'ot army wagons, two 4h61tlancea and-several boi'so'and rmule, - ith'the usUal tmount of".camlp paralAdaWia, su1h a4 saddles, laAnAW , egoin'g utenis, d- . Davis himself and Fostmasti R6agan, witi the'twotoolonels-Lubbook and Johnson, aid-debarmps-;hid only eyertakeoshe party 'the:.hight' beforo, aiert fatiguing journeyrom Washing tion, Ga., where -they'lhad remainedo "*g1ul 8eAe, busies," as thle say; *pI e Mie: Davigithi the childn' at eeW vants, had pushed forward, .ndei .tG T otneetlud ddt 6fPrivateheer0 y tritonitnd a'few of the' tithful, stuich uitetmtedat fathaway, Midshipnit HW16A'end-aboutr t'wegy' priV't6 'MIL, diWr - It. was pvtbably at or v'erf nekt WAhingtda where - Divig diiswie his' escort andi divide4 the spoils,'0WAer1thW destiWyresing rbumfatin#ed. '8dm of - 8 stena's esalry'ee)l 4upon hi, ndhe 'chelided to' "d di,~ enr by letting therm follow tife body' lf aalr hiehe anhsfke( trayvelhid swcog, the e..ntr aridjdt d hisfuily, 2 o the hrrors of satpn the - of the kege ~n4' p, tand'uIver,f and ke4wisobt$6 y. some time and act'ab erIautw A se I could learn is djs. wal 4 dilf rM*essma.of theo oeea .nudoh -asitis hundred" db *Oba a 'waeds$M'tiois shake lwhl4Owth ser exaodte ytjoeived, a bare gJi Th is. a , ahiderable qdisturbmnod the catp1pp ndduring the selee Jeff. auf hia empagd.es u oae'ddled' 1s5i i i re'di wtg t hi bodl' p 6ffd tofe c* Ibl j'gevo by Colonel Pritchard just as*. the first streak of dawn began to light the Eastern sky. Everything was profoundly silent. Jeff. was undoubtedly dreaming of his former greatness, and the entire party were wrapt in the somniambulent em brace of Morphous, when they were suddenly stattled by the yells- of the soldiers, and' awoke too. late to- make preparations for even a feeble resistance. After the olicers nad men in the "fly" were safely underguard, which occupied soipe time, a corporal went to the door of the'tent occupied by defunct royalty, anid ordjered them to come forth and dbliver themselves up. Mrs. Davis ap. peareA at the door and said: "Please, gentlemen, do not intrude dpoh the privacy of ladies. There are n ogentleiten here, and youAvill oblige us greatly by giving us time to dress." "411 right, madame," said thle little cotporal; "we Will give you time to make your toilet, and then you can take a ride to Macon for your health." ' A guard was placed around thh tent, and the read;'ta' imagination must draw froitn the- denouement what transpired ii. side. After half hour's ihterval, the mo. notiny outside only being broktn by the demands of the guard to, "hurry up," thert came to the dour Mrs.-Davis and Miss IHowell, leadinig an 'upp""ently 'de. crepit old lady, tit-essed in 'a lady'esorn ing wsrapper, with a tight hoOd oon h t head and her face covered'with a! sma l Vedl. 'T1he "old lady," could '*alk' only with great difficulty, but ttered through the door of the tent with a tin iail on her arm. "Soldier, I suppose yodi have ho 61-' jection'to letting m- old mother" go 'to thospin'Mr some wAter fori s to wash w h.-ai rs. Dtiis. -- "Wall, I rebkoh 'I have some littH objectibn to letting that' 'old lady go," iaid the' corporal. "She *eirgh'ioots don't slid ?" anid with thi point orhi 6sa: bre he raised tl'e frbek, discodoring a large, coarse Vhini of talf-skin' boots.' While tte curpo'al was diacoerin' and exhibiting tho cloven 1 foot of the beast, another soldier stripped the 'veil and hood froni of? jiis. fdc. 'and l I iho grbat 's? which ha'e so Joni Moeh,Iidddii 'neath a'llon's-skin-a.4 f. DafiN--stood' bofore them, In all hiN'lihaillanitnit. and' in'his trpe character, before tho lighi of which Henry VIII. pales, and Rioliard IIL rise' in the scale df human greatness. When Jeff. saw 'that he Was' fairly 'anght, and' would be deliVere'd -into the hands'of his qhemiese;'-h waxed excoed. ing' wroth, and railed' ont at the soldiers whenovr 6pportunity- othed.' "He f4e. quentl Tae use of such 9netring -to marks 'as~ ?' "Vtlbrus soldiers, in ded t ihakei war tioh women 'and chltef)"' "I tho't ,L thue akeL%" gciumnt .a'ns 'a i'tW inor, faI'9uis the'to' sehd' its soldiers to steal *o'nelesro'ei 'and' children qit'bf ftheir'bVds it igh " m. 'Mrs.-'avia 'ironicAlly f~'eni 4',lias she "iad idt a'ware'that 'an dd' *drnfi and fqur -children fwoge of so mnh value aa to 6a escorted'by thee hiindted '86l didft thoqgh tHercodttry." 'Mprsas~AD8ggs ga)OKsA&'JAqN. 'I-hayoipreviously;-..ntitoned the' ef-' foot ?ro4 u oponsDavls'by the. Presi. dont proolarpation offering a ,reward of one hqdred tho4awd doll;ars for-his at rest: , I tave often hied to imsgiio the t60terj:elehasT W89,be'e, re&a his. doom itt ithghandwgiting'on therwall, ozv t-heiord-of the.j tie )n 'the handsa the offloers of Q %h1ba hah lid re y upo~ing 84che utin a vastly stagoi~ed dgree, mttat.haveebeeT .the fqeeiugwdf Jefa. Dvitwhensbie read 'hb. poliaon..A. hiseyeglned&ya must have O94esto the' 1irst' PalisatIon of )hisuopi'ion1, He treuubled~ like an n 4 pp the'p~per 4ow jisa e nt reeds apd -spllepg rato t649vr is , i' a ., AT M AWD/1N*Ot9.J - i. enaboujt footp I~ tand endjydih: weewsomranmes Cadi shqh4s~M M M guards ohstructed their vision. Dinner was already prepared, and the prison- 'I ers partook of it with a. relish. , After dinner, Postmaster Reagau, who, I seems, had taken the coiltract to see "the, Preside'lt" (?) safb through to Texas, was admitted to General. Wil. son's room, where were congregated set. eral officers, including the General him. self, and your correspondent. Reagan told General Wilson that he wished to ask his. permission to accompany "the President" to Washington, adding tilat he had shared with him his propprty (exactly so; Vide the bills of exchange drawn on- Iondon in his nanie)-and did not wish to desert him in the hour of his adversity. On receiving assurance that lie would be permitt-d to 'accoiA pany hitn he expressed his gratitude. "You are under no obligations, sir," said the General, "for I should have sent you, whether You wanted to go or not. You are a civilian - prisoner, and he' is a priso'her both military and civil." The party was joined here by Clement 0. Clay and his wife, they having come front Lagrange (their horne), tie re' vious day, and surrendered themselves to General Wilson. The meeting be. tween Davis and Clay was very cordial and Mrs..Davis ani Mrs. Clay were very affectionate towards each otlier. The affeotions and feelings of the two fami liess seemed to run in one and the same channel, and they, vere often caught- in I secret couns~l together, and separated by I the guard. While-inconverAtion with i Colonel Pritchard and myself, 'ire. Clay jocularly romarked that as she brought Mr. Clay to N.acon ahelshohild claim the ' reward. "Yes," said Mrs. David, ."one hut; dred t.hneaund dollars would lbe cohsid'- 1 table of an amount of pocket change for us poor unfortunates now ' sold my I horses, carriage; silver wa - aid jewelry for what little money I lad, nnd thab ' ha sbeen Atolen from me." I coilld not see, howevir, any lack of c jewelry. abouleer persouds she sported tvosplendid diamond rings upon one fin gor. - Nothing further of intoest' occurred I dutfig the route from Mason to ,Atlan. i ta, da it *as in the night, and. gIoat of the party, wary. and aleepy," went off t in deep slumber. . t At AltAnti Goe'.eal Upton' had a (tain an escort and'a '*am breakfast in S waiting foi us. and 'after about an hour's J delay,evo were off for Augusta. (en. I Uptotn and two of hjis staff officers a( companied us. S - ,AfEXANDERB'HLOTIEPHENS. - I loaded here from General pton, that an enc6tin olisgoe of the rebel V ce Predent'Atephens hail gond ahe 6o'us d4 gh lie regular trAin. He was arrested on his rNS"'tioi onla 'shoit distancer fodi A' lgtl, Va quad of Genera I ,Upton'suen, 'itn r7j captaiiand stall' nfsorgotteIII Offf64, *hosW iime I have to ig"t teOn,. Stephi made no effort i;o dcape;'gi t *Ais fbiu at hib house qdietly sTpokng Ii4 hde4shkMth e had no compatkipns z4'tis'negie 6ervants and ado,'an" lived alm,ot entirely in solitude'}Ie obndt ionhot boat t Augusta. I so. icitid ihInnfoduction, andhad . ety plead, roftabl# and leng'y corWer sation 'i4 him. Asny o jet, ws Adin .hifi u4tion I gtve him 'tb. floor addiA lt hiw'd o'mo'ti the talkin; niere es r~sn ine in thi afihinative. or iiegat ruve a d . Piel'uttiing !p far19 r. e was 'ver anxicaus. to know what pahoy I thought .Ake~gove mnnt would adopt~to.v-ards thecleaders of the rebelgen. Ietsserted. that us-onciliatory epollcy wottld at Qnee tenite .the people,;re'sive tede, co~e;44r manunihetarey' and:'g riculture, -andln n, .bring'ty.ditzp ted &taMs bacesonsbelr allegiance gnd original asigwe n the, Union.:. A 'dibI oett po~il' ietholdaid s~v to keep upr'.o lslg of bittetoses ad'rquais the proce o~ implatgb4 tapding attny' go rdpeAQ suboydlasto& ije, ostpdins ftqjol.A$ p e iandt~ a s dea~4s~h dd ttbdpu t ameIrr4r1Ommetw w-wr- >~l M m'MM M EME MM A ' t& Ide1 GE ~aE II IO~kisie Both kept their respective -places, inde iendent entirely of the other's presence. 3teplens said to me that ,when he <went ,o Hampton Roadsk, in company with Fudge Campbell and the Hon. R. A. T. hunter, to meet President Linoolo, -he :ould have made s;tisfactory terms of )eacein five minutes. He was not, how wver, clothed with the proper oflicial au hority, and hence his,nission failed. OENERAL .WIEELER AND STAFF. were also capturdJ, abogt, fifteen miles rom Atlanta. le had an escort of tbout one hundred men, who fIred at the tpproach of our cavalry (less ih number), Ind left their general to his fa'te. They were also taken to Augusta. and yere here put nuder charge of Colonal Pritch ird by General Upton. It. is stipposed hat Wheeler and his men were going icross the country to join Davis, though hey claim they were en route for, their -espective. homes. As this letter is getting rather length, nd as I have previously described t e ransit from Augusta, to Fortress Mon 'oe, I will im'iediately proceed 'to the elation of seine facts conitected with he 1NAL DISPOSITION OF THE CONSPIRA TOR$. Tihe Clyde, having. on board the pris, Pmers, and also the man-of-war Tuscarora convoy), were anchored outside the har >or, and Colonel Pritchard and Captalio Prailey wenit onsliore iu a small boat to epQrt to Washington. As has been irevionely stated, they-learned from the ommandant of the post, Colonel Rob ts, thatlhe, had orders to jetain the irisoners at that place,'and was then en raged i fitting up,six casemates inside iortress Monoe, fodn heir reception. In nswer to the reporto sent to the capitol y Colonel Pritchardhe receivad a tele. ,ram ordering him ter guard the prisoners ell and "await further orders." Subse pently lie received a despatch that Gen. ral Halleck-would arrive at noon on laturday to take charg) of the matter. ccordiu'gly General H'alleck did'arr;V, uat it was not until Sunday nQrning hatsanything definite'was known regard. ig the disposition., of the priseners. k bout eight o'clodk -.. M. on -Siiday, he 21st inst, however,'the gunboat Mau. lee came alongside-the Olyde, and took II loard General Wheeler and hisethree taff offlors and Colonels Johnson and unbbock. They aW, estined to Fort )elaware. 4bot noon of the- same day the man. Iwar Tuscarora took on board Vie Iresident St.ephens and. Postmaster Gen ral.Reagan, and started with,;theni. for brt Lafayene. I wal given to under tand, by an offiger who knew wheriof ie spoke, that, th,.reat. of them would icupy t'ae e i Fortreps. Mon. 6'. 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