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. , . - 4 .- r . iTT . ; i : ': ... . . . ' . , . . . . . , , ...... s . if . - ' . ' " ' . -. -- . I . 1 X' i . 1 TOL.I. 3T0..7C PRICE TEX CEVTS THE WILMIXGTOX HERALD. 1. 1 WILMINGTON,. - .? MAY 30 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. IIealtu or tub .CiXT.-pA'i report has gone abrd, and is to some extrnl current in" pur own rui'Jst, Jtbat Wilmington is xeeedingly sickly. -This report is not only vary! erroneous, but very injurious to the welfare of tlie- town and itbe boof all good citizens to inake every exertion to .contradict iL .Earlier in the scafon the city was .filed with refugees and refcasedjFederal prisoners, among whonj, owing largely! to jhcdr physical Con- lition on. arriving were, me mortality was very ir dat. Many military officers and other new res idents whom the national occupation brought here utc also been subject to some disease, generally, SHU?!?. W)S?Emm tT ""4 !'"' j -V-.. v ., . . 's- "r,a " ' ; " '. file True History of His Disguise, ' ''.-fl- . ' y He i. Cap tared inIIis Wife's Torn ins Wrappers, Hooded and Viled,i witli a Iail ' on Arm. HIS WIFE CALLS EDl HER "POOR OLD MOTHER." SURRENDER OF C. C. CLAY Stephen Arretted Aviiile. Irving Like a" Stoic and Hermit at His II o rue If ear Atlauta. ""person, as tUt spsrted tw tplecii aod you will oblige us grtatly by gjringjus iima4 rigt pta 0M fin,.. P'""1 n aJ V 'H' , thlBiV,ttrtherof i8terMt ccmrred during . AU right, madaine, sad the little corporal ; the route from Macon U Atlanta, as it was ii 'we will grra you txm to make your toilet, and the night, aad most of the partr wearr and then you can take a ride to .Macoa for your elcepy, went effi&to deep f lumber health." i ; At Atlanta Qentral Upton had a trtib. tn et A guard waa placed around the teut,' and the cort and a warm breakfast in waitiir far ua. reader's imagination must draw from! the cfef- n(, fter about an hour's delar we wt re off nouemcnt what transpired inside. After a half for' Augusta. .General Upton and twe ef his hour's interrai; the monotony putside only being staff officers accompanied us. broken by the demands of the guard to ""harry iuxavsik b, sfKrani np! there came to the door Mrs. Dst'ii and ' I learned here from Oeri TTnAM Miss Howell, leading an apparently decrepit I escort io charge of the rebel Vice President oiu jauy, uressru 41 with f a tight hoed covered xcith asma walk only with howt'Ter, the. orainary nccli follows a change of climate - - iiPT infectious or malignant nor is there' any at present. iuluiirablc cleanliness of our under military orders, the; tnation that invariably 15ut at ; no time Las kliseise prerailcd here, Indeed, j owing to the streets!' and places hcaltfcy tLan it ist the present time. city was, never ' more - A National Bask. It is understood that ne gotiations aie pending for he establiphment of a latikinf house in this city )u the basis of the na tional hanking law. Several well known capital i-f are intciestc I in the mipvenjcnt, whose enter prize and energy is a guar tecj of success. Such an institution is much needed in this jretrion, and jh-Iness generally 1 ties," hut 1 . t will prove of inca1culable, lbcaefit in restoring bi Our pcopl;' have ample securi- irc ulterly- devoidf'of 'fh'oney jwlth' which Kith a healthy bank al to loan on un hare prosperity . it r i J iff resume iueir ocuuj:iiioH? j ilouL'tett secur I having ample qapit riy, wc shar sooW aiin. CAPTURE OF C,X. VHEELBR 1XD STAFl Davis Confined in Fortress Monroe, and Stephens Sent to Fort X.afayette, , 1 a aay morning vrmpper, uwpuMia omu gone aoeaa of US On the rt ffular en her head -and her face tram. He was arrested a his iliit.t;n 11 veil. The "old lady" eould a ihorf distance from Atat rh, ' 1 r great difficulty, hut tottered General Upton' men. under a cintain a.a ct.ff i it .1 j .1 a a 11 , j' : ! . t - mrougn ine uocr or me icni wua a an pan on vuicer, wneie name i hire forgotten -Sttph- ;r: !T , ; V - T ena made no effort to escape ; but was found at SoIdier, I suppose you hare no objection to his house quietly smoking his meerschaum letting my old -mother eo to the sprine for some He had ne companions sara twn timta 1 When Jeff, saw- that he was fairly oaught, and would be delivered into the hands of his Washington Corn-pplondence i'K. T. Ilerald. !' ; Washixton,! D. U., May22, 1805; Since my arrival .at Fortress Monroe-v he je, for the first time since I left (jravclly Springs. Ala,, rwith General AVrilson's cav;lry expedition, on 'the 22d of March last, I had the opportunity of reading Northern newspapers, I find that a great many errors hate :ript into their col unms relative to the attempted escape, capture a nu final disposition 01 Jeff. JJavig and bis icoi- conspirators. .These have been sent for publi cation by correspondents "whose information Was obtained principally from Madame Humor and the. ' crape vine telegraph, and., as a matter of course, are ax erroneous as the great bulk of news obtained in that ,vay. . Having been in- I govern m en t teas a little more valorous than to timatelr "connected with the carties who made .send its soldiers to steal . defenceless women the capture, and ouioyins: their full confidence, and children out of their beds at night' &c I had every opportunity of learninc. clurinc !.. Mr. Davis ironically remarked that she 'Svas wattr.for us to wash with ?". said Mrs, Davis. I and a dor, and lived almost antir in : "TalI, r reekon I have some little objection joined us en the boat at Augusta I solici to letting that old lady gn" said the corporal: led iitrodacUen, and had a very pleuaat. "SU ,rof0 Knni. nn't ekm V" tnd vilb .'tia proht&ble and lcurthv eonrernatfun wilt. ' v: rJoint of hi sabre he raised the frock; discover- mf oJet was to gain information I gave ine- a lrri. .orft tialrnf ralf nkin huatst. While, fim the liosr and let him da moat of th tlW. the eorperal was discovering andihihi ting the in& merIJT responding inf tha affirmatiro er cloven foot of the beast, another soldier stripped JeSw ad oocasionallj putting in a feoltr. the veil and hood from off his face, and lo I the " TCrJ axieus to know what policy I great ass which has so long been hidden fneath 1 w j - goTernment would adopt towards a lion s Ekin dett. Uavis stood beiore tnem, 1 tueuia. no asserted that in -all his pusillanimity, and. in his true charac- auswr ponev would at ence reunite the ter, before the light of which Henry .VII. andfliichard III. rises in toe scale 1. - - crr(iotTnc ! pales. FP1 . royive traae, eemmeroe, manufactures of human -rL7",ft"ri HU n nne, nrmg Ue.4isrupt edStatif wk to thsir-allsgiance and eriJal Filming p: axd MAscirr.?TKii llArtHOAn. W aro pleased lo" learn that th Wilmington and Man cliester Railroad Company have: determined upon re-oiieninj their rona to the public at the earliest tlrey are possessed -o TOd repair. A Iarse is now jeiiiplbycd on the line; ' driring the labor vith a camrne,ndable energy . The bridge over the' Great Feet Dee. has to be re placed which is the- most- considerable job that prevents the immediate r-dpcrttri;; of .the road.- As soon as this bridge is replaced we are advised etween this josiwe mo neni, anu unit .fucito put the roadway in! workmen that trains will commence 'place,-.yiorecc, and the farsotith. running jjo Ti k k n e 3 h 1 n.q. - Tli eK' c 0 pio i s showers of the pas few days have been crate country was much In need of rain, tho c9ming oj wlvieh" bas had tne effect awakeVi prospects oT- gook. tbrrfs for agricultural labor, ... ' '-. ' ' I to ' printing posters, hand quantities; evmcinjr fiS'The II r it alii office is liUsanl circulars .in larg tne liveliness ot trade in our midst. Ihereis no mofe protitablc. n cccssory to a liberal system of .advertising thai a ' prefuVc hill. Send In the "orders ii distribution of hand. vouVant customers fully; received. 'The to dispel- cloora and 1 . n .- props, ana ample re 'A B5?Atteotion is specially directed to (he card of Dr. B. F. Arrington, 'to bq :' 'found inournadvertising eolumna today'. . Dr. A. is too '.well known as a prsctifioncr of dental sursrerv to require furthor 1'otice from us. Ifis office Is .how over the drug store of Elijah Willis, Market street. t Tti National Lean. PniLA dxlpdli a. May 21, 1865. The subscriptions to the! seven-thirty loan on iSaturday amounted i, $,01C,350. - The larg bst Wf stern pubscriptionsi wero $200,000 from the Second National Bank of St. Louis, and $90,000 from the First National Bank of Spring field, 111. The largest Eastern subscriptions were $100,000 from the F&st National Bank of Reading Pa., and $100,000 from the National Metropajis Bank of Washington. There were ' 1335 individual subscriptions. -The! total a mount subscribed for the rock Was $12,106,700. . PniLADKLPpiA, May 23, ,1865, The subscriptions to-day to the seven-thirty loan amount to $1,036,150. The largest single Western subscriptsena were $100,000 from 5 tbo irst National Lankof New Albany, IncL; $G0r 000 from John Xundt '& o., of Louisville, and $30,000 from the Commercial Bank of Cleve land.1 The largest Eastern subscriptions were 3214,800 from Fiske fi Hatd)f New York (who also subscribed yesterday $203,500,) and $100,000 frOm the First National Bank of Bal timore.;. "The number of individual subscrip .tions amounted fo seven hundred and. twenty five. . - . : , . - The Seutltern Telegraph Lincs " J"' " LeuisvitLB, May 23, 865. The Southwestern Telegraph Company' lines are sow open to Mobile, and Trill be working to three hundred soldiers through the country II JEFF. HEADS THE rROCLAMATI03T. burst into tears. 4T MACON AKD ES ROUTE. our. voyage, every incident connected; with the pursuit and capture of the fugitive from justice ; and from Macon to Fortress Monroe, and up to ' - J a 1 . - . .jDne.-evenips: oiine zist mst , can give ine fcts,from personal observation and investiga li0P. '; :' ' . ' 1 '-.. :' A I have given in my previous letters a very luii account 01 tne capture. ana transit 01 tnese parties, u will confine myself principally to in cidents not previously, written, and to the cor rection pf the errors above mentioned'; and in doins so l shall v.rite, as I always do. with the knowledge that I am writing history. the camp yniERK JErr, was CAPTUItED was situated in a pine forest, on the side of jho AoneyyMie roaa, aoout one mue irom irwins ville, Irwin eounty, Goorgia.. It consisted of a large Iwall tcnt, containing only the arch -traitor and his family, and an otthnar,y Vfly," contain ing the male portion of the caravan. Surround ing and contiguous to these Were two common army wagons, two ambulances and several horses and 7 mules, with; theeual amount of camp paraph rmiia, sctch is saddles, bridles, harness, cooJiing utpBSws, occ- javis nuiisen ana irosi- master Regan, with tho two colonehr -Lubbock and Johnston, aid-de-camps had only overtaken the party the night before after a fatiguing journey from Wnsbington, G a., where they, had to arrive were strung squads of people eager to remained to "settle some business," as they say, catch one clance of the man Who but so recent while Mrs. I)avis, with the children and scr- ly had been their sovereign and at whose doors vants, had put?hed forward, under the protection so many crimes and sins were laid. 1 Their cu- and esport of Private Secretary Harrison and a riosity, however; was not gratified to any con- - r. . 1 r , 1 " T i 1 TT 1 . 1 . . , ' 1 - 1 -1 1 lew 01 tne iatr.mui, suca as lieuienani xxatna r sideranie extenr. as ne roue in a oiuse amour way, I Midshipman Howell and about twenty j lance, and when he alighted at tho Lanier House private soldier?. It was probably near W ashington where Uavis dism cort and divided1 the apuils, under the most nared. and the nrisoners partook nressinf? circumstancrti. Some of1 Stoneman's I relish. After dinner Postmaster Reagan, whoL cavalrv were hard updh hinl, and he concluded it stems; had taken the contract to . see "the ta deceive them b lctlinr them follow the bodv President" (?1 safe throush Texas, was admit of cavalrv. while Vhe and his friends travelled ted to General Wilson's, room, where were con sSfciM-j across the country -and ioined hisfamilv. rrairated several ofiBcers, ineludins the General To add to the horrors, of his situation the escort himself, and your correspondent. Keagan told aemanaea a aivision-oi-ny comienis 01 me &e?s ueserai .w iison eua-. 110 isucu w. ao w and boxes (gold and silver); and he was obliged mission to accompany "the President ! to Wash; to delay seme tim and act fir 9 T pnnm laarn the Clivisi qually. made some of the officers reeeiving as drawn on London m his name) ana did not etatut n the Unien. : A different pelicy, he Seid. "T.-4." Jtwp up a ieeung of bitterness enemies, he waxed exceeding wroth and railed f ua "qowf presence of a large stadiu2 out at the soldiers whenever opportunity offered, I w re?ce ubordination the centending He frequently made use of. such' sneering re- JKtn,,"e;waf. farcfttJ ! impress me with maks as I i " 4Uf ?5,a mot 8Peafe lr0 lhsh ao- " Valorous soldiers, indeed, to make war upon ,.DU;. cou not the fasti of -that women and children 1" "I thought the Yankee 4"vuuiiv uy remarwa taat if the govern. inn uau sent nun a net to appear at Wash ington to be hunf ha ahould hare taken the shortest route, and went immediately to the. capital. What he said in justification of his not aware that an old woman and four children u m accepting the Vice Presideney of the were of so much value as to be - escorted by wy was paousnea in a previous letter, uu --uiue auu space prectuae a repetition.. Stephens asd Jeff. Davis, it is well known, are at a words-points, and there Was no sima of r I haue previously mentioned the effect pro- cognition or regard on the tart of eithtr. Bath duced upon JJavLs by the President's proclama-J kept their respective places, independent en tioh offering are ward of one hundred thousand I tirely of the other's' nresenee. Stenhana aafd dollars for his arrest. I have often 'tried to 1 to me that when he wtmt to Uanrntn ttnorfe ; imagine the terror of Belshazzar when he read 1 company with Judre Camnbell and tha FTon his doom in the handwriting en the wall; or the R. T. Hunter, to meet President Lincoln, ht horror of the murderer when the hands of the could have made satUfactory Urm$lfif pcmcLin officers of the law are laid rudely upon hire, five minutes. He was sot, however, clothed Such, ; but in a vastly magnified degree, must with the proper official authority, and hencc- nays dspu tne leniinss 01 ieu. JJavis waen am 1 urn uiigsion laiieo. read that proclamation. As nis eyes giancea ; , . general wheeLsk axd sun o ver the fatal lines I have thought that he must f were also captured, abeoytfteen miles frera At- have come lb the " first reilizatien of fhis condi- lanta. He had an escert of about one hundred tion. He trembled like an aspen leaf, dropped j .men, whed at the approaeh of eur cavalrj the paper from his hands and sank into re- (less in lumber,) and " left their general to his series, and sullenness. His wife picked up the fate. . They were also taken t Augusta, and paper, read its contents - audiblyand tney an wsre tnere put under charge f Uoloael Paten . -' . I i t n i tt a -wa. . Colonel Pritchard and cscprt arrived at Ma con about four o'clock on the afternoon of tne 12th instant. For miles along the streets and on the road on which the cortege was expected ard by General Upton. It is. supposed that Wheeler and his men were geing across the country to join Davis, though they elaiai they were en route for their respective hoaiee. ; r tu r&xis deipatc. -; FeaTRXss MoxaeE, ZXaj 22, 1SC5. At one o'clock this afternoon the steamer Si las J. Pierce left Baltimore wharf, at this place, with Breret Major General Miles, accompanied by other officers of prominence, and proceeded immediately te the steamer Clyde, at aneher ti the stream with - Jeff. Paris aad the remainder of tho rebel party oa board. An heur, perhaps eafficient U give tha de- I ' . ... - . . I mmM U. Ul . at ,.r.ver (General Wilson's headquarters) the guaras od- partin2 rebetf tIm0 t9 toke a on rMW9U cf issea his es- structed their vision, mneri was aireauy pre- iendl ftnJ dear; ont. was awarded them.- The 1U . I 1 3 1&. . M M MAAlV' aft IV WIT n I - ' m. - r iu iuu&k narea. ana iue uribuucfs pauwu. w uu , as paymaster. As ington, adding that he had shared with him his I -rf the refeel to rortresa sion was very une- property(exactly so ; tide the. bdls of exchange oondacted iS as quiet a nu harbor, which usually is crewded with all kiaie and classes of vessels,' to-day leeked almost de serted; scarcely a dezen sail ef vessels cotld be counted,! and even ttey seemed dull and listless. -. :- --. -; I , Colonel Roberts, commander of Fortress Mot reet perceiving the absolute aseestity of main taining strict discipline, in conformity with the wishes of the government that the transferaent to .Fortress Jiearoe snsuia ne quiet a manner as pessible, much as one hundred dollars and upwards, the lion share; while others not so exacting re ceived a bare pittance. This raised considera-i' ble, disturbance in the camp, and during the melee Jen "and his conlpagnans au voyage skedaddled. , - - - ."' rery early in the morning stotieaed guards in ifU imediate vieinitr of the easementf where- in are cells intended for the incarceration of tho wish to desert him in the hour of his adversity; On receiving assurances that he would be per mitted to accompany him he expressed his grat itude -!.' . j j I 'You are under no obligations, sir," said tne General, "for I should have sent -you, wnetner Ah ranted to Trd or not. You are a oivilian is, in the main, truefc l though it has been told prisoner, .and he is a prisoner both military and F timao Kir rlifto-ro-nr oftrrrotrifinrS- I mini '. . . t rV,ftT ni; tht lnrV of a knowledp-a 1 Tb nartv was ioined here by. viemens u. 1 y u Vtrn the nnsenara land iuoj w n uuui k - ... o- i rj . . - it m r .1 t a.Tnraa.uii uig of facts by copious draughts from the imagina- Clay and his wife, they haying come irom Jl cent at a distance of ottr firo fawdxtd tion, ana gave is as many uuirru jiiaaes grange. tucir iuuv,; v"-r'ry 7 ifu ' I wards. rendexea saemseives w ucuwm evu.fi , - . , meeting between Davis and Ulaj was jery cort dial, and Mr -Davis and Mrs. Clay were very affectionate towards each other. The affections and feelings' of the two families, seemed to run in one ana we same cuwuei, prisoners, ana aiso aieng vuu vm iqu routes .they would ho obliged te traverse while en rouU to tho fortress. In a jtort time oiler tho Pierce reached tit rWflhe nrisoners be ran to land. Sueh wor e arrangements, strictly enforeed by the mili tary authorities, that no person was allowed to u it.. aiifa the nriscntrs land The facts are there are months in the calendar. a follows : The attack was made upon the camp by Col. Pritchard iost as the first streak of dawn began to ligkHhe Eastern sky. Everything was. pro- f....ji :!. 14T was iinrlaiihtedlr drAam- lUUIIUlY atlCilir.. Wt "-" ."-- - 1 u ww ' . , ing 01 his iormer greatness, kqu uic wiuo ij 1 en caugu x w -- were' wrapt in the somnambulent embrace of ated by the 'guard. While in conversation with HT 1. Unr. 4V..tr. vara andllfB T lUrtled rnlnna! Ppttnhflrd Aft d BB VSelt. MrS. AylSV lOCa- by the yells of the soldiers, and awoke tee late larly remarked that as she brought Mr. viaj to 1 to, maKe preparations ior btih a iwww iacoii eao suvuw . . l tance. After officers ana men in the "flyf were Yes," said Mrs. DaVis, "one hundred thous RfiW under uard which occunied some time, nd dollars would be considerable pa amount a corporal went to the door of the tent eccupied of pocket change for us poor unfortunates ow. by defunct royalty, and ordered them to come 1 10ld my horses, carriage, silver ware and jew- Airs, xavia j elry lor !Pfnat ,utwe money a uw, u - orth and deliver themselves up. ineared at the door and said : 'Please gentIemen, do not iatrudei upen tho J I could not see, however, at ..nan() t li Paav ti1 Mill l - '... I Waaii retlATt FrOWl HH. . -T'i.-''. - 1: : ! - ;'t .. . . . . it a. I -. . - 1 - . f ieirdf A a - Y.a ieni.ar marched up the wharf, pre- iruard ef their csptors of tho Fourth Michigan cavalry, tho talVeparo form of Jeff. DaTisTdressed-m grer clothes aad wearmg a lightVt hat, could to casy soon as the prisoners wcro all ashora they wero mashed up along the beach to .7 of, the water battery, i the rear of tho fortress. eldThence to the cells in tho second tier of case- "clement C. CUy accompanied Jeff. Daris to- side the fortressand also, H is tjppjse a. Lgest pcrtien of his personal jjUg vis and her four shildre, hor brether and sis- pZVSi c wife cf Clemeat , 0. CUy. &ard thesteamer.qyde,l. it is thosght,vill 1 - i 1 -r-T- jv. L-.';. u
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