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VOLUME I SB1ORO, 8. C.,. TUEDAY. MORNING, JUNE '1 18 865. -R. FNUTMNER.V N THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS: BY J.'B. BRITTO.N. TUE *TRJ-WEEKLY NEWS is published an'Tuesdy; Thursday and Saturday, at ONE DOLLtR per month, in advangpe. Single copies Ta NIT --Ts. . Advertiteinntseinsted at ONE DOLLAR per square. of eight lines or less, for the first, and 6EVENTY-FVE 'cente for each sutse quent insertion, Invariably in advance [Froth Charleston Courier.] *Interesting Statement of the Position of Davis and the 'Confederate Gov ernment. RIoHMOND. Monday, May 15, 1865. -0w'ng to the mystery of secret sessions and thtreticence observed by the jour. nails, mu6h of the roal history or he gpat struggle remains to be written. AT is known to the world that Ir. Da vis weilded' to the last, the full powers of the So.uth, and that the Southern Con . gress granted nearly all his requets for power, insatiable. as he seemed to be in this respect.- But it is well known that W' was .ntipopulair with . the, leading - t tesmoi of the. South. They thought lightly of-his capackty, ,and deemed hui .an incumbus upon their catise. '-Some opposed him openly, but th'e majority, while deploring his errors, did not think it a fit pqriod' for opposition. Among tiq former class . Were Orr, . Toombs, Wigfall, Graham. -Among the latter were Messrs. Campbell, Cobb, Hunter and Aiany others. On the other. hand, DaviA had a cordial hatred fok Con. rarss, and took no -pains to conceal it. 4 Ute of his last proceedings was to send in a special niessauge. which, when an alyzed, was found to to be nothing less than a carefully prepared bill of indict inent, and designed to throw upon the Corigree all the odlua in the event of failure. 'this document elicited aa6Vere rely from phe .Senatj2 at which body it Wvas supposed to be e specially aimed No person, perhas; -ever occupied a priominenLposilion who availed himself so Ilittle of ivisdoti or experience of oth. eri as 1r. Davis: lie was rudely in tolerant bfaniy dfference of' opinion, and 6eeune'd to rejoice in isqAtion from tlose whowere likely to express' an Indepen. dent judgment. His Idopotient 'byer hi dnhinee was s4ne. He idpnitted - thstt. he kffdw noting, of fImance,' but fipon all Vtier sutjects nide no p/letence When ho Seitie'rn Congress met ii iyNocm1er laat, fr. Davis sent, In a ea which was uponl the wh@, of oonfdent' tone. He e med to ake no. account 6f the waning r sourees anil spirif of 'th 'South,' or' the 1 ep[ her armis, and stil leui of thecofstanef, deleniination arid pqwer ortbe North. Re iuembers of o 4. notwo diposed'to a'cept ag i~pr thuis 3beerfial manifeato, and as -c.4dry a. reolidon 'was"'Offeed' by M Cjeron for: a joitit committee to be ondition Of public afairs' Th efet of this was to cont e nItrati4i'to IgofA into" 4 ow t.hl k motion Mr.' Davis - 6' as a hostile pro W660 % i nebigatiop lq . .. mn'o4 bd htlhI rnlu p6oked pro 4a nked 6ra 4 per oM Su the. 'o t S, eahrthi~i rma rces nIpe, ri e tr ot -the Confeders y ti pm i t 6inens vi and a t4 b o - thq an sbJ tia reconstruction was infinitely proferrable to subjugation. Continue the contest, and the upshot would be that no terms whatever could be obtained. Views of this sort were presseal by Mr. Hunter and others.upon Mr. Davis, and for a long while it seemed with some prospect of securing his assent But the Richmond 'Enquirer, &ntinel and Whig were furious in their denun ciations of any reconstruction. In a little while, Mr. Davis. began to be jea lous of Hunter, and he, his clique and orgtans, spared no- pains to break him' down. Feeling that his effort to save his State from .fresh calamity 'was -un. availing, Mr. Hunter, at the close of the session, retired to his home in Es. sex County. Tife-breach between him and President Davis was complete and final. The majority of both Houses of the Confederate Congress were ready for peace negotiations, but nothing could be done without the co-operation of the Executive. The ultra war- men and presses denounced all who thought there was danger ahead, as "croakers" and "whipped men " The ma'sses of the people kiimw little of'the actual'sit uation, and were ready. and. anxious to AlgI as long as there wal & i-easoiable prospect of success. Thiere can be no doubt, however, that,ttiey were gceatly oxIhuse'd and wearied of the-war, and if their rulers had sought ant honorable po cification, they would have sistained them. One of the mon whose hatred. to Da vis was most- intense End- bitter was Wigfall of Texas.: 'Ile declared'.that success with J~fferson Davis at' the helm was impossible-that his iicapaoity and obstinacy would ruin, any cause . in thty world, aid lie favorod a counter" ruvolu tion to dispuse hian. He proposed. to coerce Davis and Stephens to resign, and it is probable that the President's jealousy of 'Tunter who would thus have succeeded, excited by this project, had . ahr.ipfgirigItes schene of the latter to ope hegoiations for peace IfMr. Davic were to sucooed-ininak ing.his way to Europe, he would then pass into histpry as in inqom'petent, who had brought ruin on the cause hie as pired to, lead. Hardly any of the public. iien of the, South have any lilging for him,'and evety one would then have his stoty totell of blunders and mismanage, Pent. As it is, howeveri Mr. ]avie is a hunted fugitiye, ffekeing for life; with a price set on his head' : The'Southerns era all-feel that the North desirs to punish him because he was their, chosen leader.and representative, and as such they. desire his eape. Atthis moment Mr. Davis rallIek aiqind him siyTapa. thies. of every Southern man or womvil,, and nowhere mor6 than in this. city whpre thousands-havebeen beggared b the incendiary proce dings wil attezu ed-his departute. 'Ihe Southerners say' that there is no more rejason why Mr. Davia should be punished than them solves for rebellion. They pt- him in his position, and kept iuiii and approved his opp'sition to th6i natiotal authority. Again, 'while. aill-BUtherners look witir horror -and detf'bsation upon the crime by;which Mr.---Voohi lost his life they, allroepudiisf44idea titeir Gov--' verneki h! .aUghtto' ih it. Even hseamongthe prost ter upon Mr. DavIa arn, that hewolinever for ene pnomet have countinancedmo infamous ort'es :."ti6w 'Uis noobe lie*d thm : iiiiijhorishtday psesnalhostillt the'late ngide drifor/the em ~ of hiWahhbtii. 1Hik hatred. *ete f , elbailst thSouth,5 thoueowhop hei met b ter hifp-in popolatin or e omatured' toqiqrglOn bis i1bis ,Wehk.IadI ladoeobusson 114e @ fxir He wis' etiolis of Buter and Liee but*6edgea ;b*e :pityvo u~ostasjpr6ated end 31 hf4 rddnm,~Vnu be n~h ix thirn ,td ibi tte 4i4cnana d ik been executed a' ear ago but for the in' terposition-of Mr. Davis "Aid Gen. Lee. it is well that these facts should be known in forming an estimate of. one whoso'character all are now djscussing. The .same Southern, gentlemen who re pudiate'as absuird the ide4ithat Mr. Da vis.could havi stooped 't6 so iifamous a critne as ihht of procuring the assassna tion of Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, will tell you that he was obstinate, nar row, self-willed, domineering and selfish --a man whose faults of temper and in tellect would have ruined a far stronger cause than that of the South. A6 they speak from this poiht of view, their tes timony is entitled to the more weight. it ii a verdict of acquittal from a hostile jury. The amount of specie taken h'ence by the Confederate Governent has been greatly over-rated. It did not much ex ceed half a million of dollars; but a large proport ion -* sky half-was in silver. and hence the bulk would gi the idea of a great value. The Richmond banks took away their specie, and this amount.way have reached wveral millions of dollars. It is an error to suppose that Mr. Davis took away thii or any amount of specie with the idoe of providin4g Tor himsdf in Europe.. Tliq balances f, the Confeder. atd Gove-~nment in foreigncountries con-. staittly kept up to procur supplies. &6., ard~ubjebtto tho chedki 6f Mr. Davis aUd his Cabinet, and are qple to-mtet their wants if they get abroad. Besioles, itis well known that, lien Mr. D:.vis Mte' bero he, of all mouii the worid, had tile least id--a that the Confederacy was about to tumble. '|ie coin was fo provide fupda bi a wi. 'ifAnerica-to buy food and munitinha of war. H thought, in his folly, he :tould give up the capital and the greML8tato of Vir ginia, and, with the cottow States, keep up the contest until the 1orth should be wearied out. At the b Aninag cf-ho war, tli seven cotton-- ;Ats tiought that, by. their stapet, tI oyuld o .erco Christendom, the North inoluded; and of this folly of standing alon their.lead ers had not been fully cur,. Mr. Davis halted at Dauville, with the intention of locating his Government -.there. He stayed just .ope week. 'On: earing of' Lee's capitulition, and that..ihqre was.no organized body of troops &1?veen himl and Grant. he set out for Chd Hotte, N C, intending to fix his capital there. . Even after Lee's capitulation, lie qeemed ut torly tinable to grosp the situation. . He etill thought hintself able to make war or peace, as he pleased; and it is'report ed that-heeveti hestated 't'acpti thie rers granted by Sheriani an'd subsequently st., aside 6y Presidnt Johnson. After spending three or four days at Greensboro, he left for ONarlotte, where he proceeded talocate his capilgIJ opoA up Government offices; cofrer promotions, 'appoint generals, &c. Ndih. Ing could exceed. his infatuation. Re: wasted. time which, for his esqpe, 0 invaliabl n, 'keeping up -te forts of a Governuuent' wlhkh had no'elstoeie. The train of GoV'ernmentand batik ' 4ii haud already started for the- Soutin> Of hit.qwt safety. .Mr. ..Davis senm;dtto take.itgo t 110ght, Wi fatigie. higt ( at the i-iad of a powefl p 1eole, to marshAl atiios 4nd ofrert 0 htRoV No6rthi t n' -al le (ertunee-weres des ardte.' . ' In 6 ie midAs Qt I thia d* istot eante the intQl i t " t a the wubseq9Efit thovets a4 rat# of - gves e probb nob kniMT6 ~ra s e as tq.-vbdtM r elt p I.* I -h-dy ath 9.eeuunuun ua~rs swonagau asnotanV amas rate communications. How Mr. Dvis could, shut his eyes to all this, is perfect. ly marvelous ; but he did, and when peo. ple spoke to him of negotiation, ht doubt. ed and arraigned their patriotism. Gen. Lee had, beyond all, the most gloomy forelodings. . As.early as the 9th of Mart:bh, he wroto'a lettef to Mr. Davis, stating that he could rieither hold his lines nor withdraw his army, 'with' the small number. of troops at his command. And yet it is said that, in % speich. at Charlotte; Mr. Davis spoke of his inabil' ity to understand why a force of 12;000 men should surrender. Judge Campbell constantly pressed upon the attention of the Government the fact that the ivar coulr not be carried on, in the vain hope, that, unable to dispute the statement, they would draw the necessary infer ence, and -consent to negotiations upon the basis of reconstruction. But he counted without his host._ PAROLED SoLDIER8.-It- ha be'en a curious question with some pereons, whether. the. number of applicant. for paroles 'is ais great at other poifints'as at that of Macon, ant *if'o;- what inxte be tohe total-number of Confederato soldiers yet,"alive and kicking,". of wbonic'om-. mainders in the field could have known r.othing? A gentletan roiarked in our presence the' other da4y, that tl'y daily crowds at the Prrovot Marshali offlde, seeking paroles, exceeded what he had been led to believe the entire active, force of the. Confederate army, ia asked where they could bave eome from& Sote orie1' standing' by, 'face tiously replied, ."Why, don't you see from the mud on theirshoes and breeches, that they are just out of the swamp I" Perl.aps these are a portion of the two. thirds absentees from the army, to which Mr. Davia alluded in one of his speeches in this city. Many of 'them, we doubt. not. hvt eon perfectly harmless.. as belligents during the war, and can have no jus grouqlv ot 'apprehensiQ thaU they will be hold 'acouii4able as arms bearing "rebels." When a full return of all.Confedorates who heve been phrol edsince .the surreander of Geuerals Lee and .Johnstpn -shall, ie-made, it..w.ill *presept some Quriogs statistics, nore flattering perhaps, to,. the iumorical strength than the moal heroism of the Southern people. We phall then be able toleat'n, not what was the attainable. but the unavailable force of the Souti. 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