DETAILS OF THE FLIGHT AND CAPTURE OF MR. DAVIS.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 73, 31 August 1865, Page 9

DETAILS OF THE FLIGHT AND CAPTURE OF MR. DAVIS.

The American papers publish the following: particulars concerning Mr Jefferson Davis'sflight:— ...... Davis began his flight from Richmond ot* the night of April 2nd, and by the morning of the 3rd had succeded "in doing by rail what' Lee could not with his army— in fact, reach Danville and get beyond \ Grant's lines, He was at Danville on April 5, anxiousl/awaiting the arrival of Lee, and employing himself in inditing a wild, wordy, and windy proclamation, "in which he vainly promised, what he could never hope to\ perform.. He declared there was no reason to be .discouraged, and that he had no intention of abandonin«- the cause. He got' the news of the surrender of Lee at 9 o'clock at night on April 8, and at daylight the next morning he left in a. private conveyance for Greensboro', N.C. . Here heremained for several days. He was.prominent through his Secretary of War, Breckonrid^e, in arranging the .terms of the Sherman*-John-ston, armistice, in - which- that admirable strategist Sherman, -failed so signally as a diplomatist, lie remained at or near Gainsboro' during the time that elapsed in which the agreement of Sherman and Johnston was. submitted to the authorities at Washington and, as if confident the terms wonld hot be accepted, he employed himself in organising- a detachment of cavalry, Wade Hampton and°S. Q. Dibbrell, as an escort for himself, his famify~ saff, and treasures to the coast of Florida or the Trans-Mississipi department. On the receipt of the intelligence that the Administration was not to be duped into the acceptance of the terms of the Sherman- Johnston : armistice, he promptly decamped from Greensboro' together with Judah P. Benjamin, John cT Breckenridge, Postmaster Regan, Senator Barrett, of Kentucky, and others, On the second; day. of the march Mr Davis addressed soldiers, adverting to the disasters that had overtaken the -Confederacy. He, however gave them every assurance that they « ere not irrevocably lost^but all th«.t was necessary tosecure ultimate success was to have confidence

in their government, and the undaunted bravery that bad characterised Southern soldiers throughout the war. On reaching Charlotte, President Davis again addressed the people. He appeared cheerful, ami went about among the soldiers shaking hands with them. Here they were joined by Basil Duke, Ferguson, and Vaugban, with their cavalry commands, thereby swelling the escort to five thousand. At Abbeville, South < arolina, Mr Davis ordered the men to be paid off with the specie brought from Richmond. General Duke then notified all ot his men wh© wished to go west of the Mississipi to report on the foil wing da}% the Bth. Nearly all the men reported, but Duke refused to take those who had no arms. The rejected men went to Washoe, Georgia, where they are said, to have surrendered to General Wilson, together with the brigades of Vaughan and Ferguson. The command of General Dibbrell then escorted Mr Davis and party as far as Vienna Valley, ©n the Savannah River, and were disbanded on the 9th. It is said that General Breckenridgs, Benjamin, and Burnett parted with Mr Davis, and left rapidly for the Trans-Mississipi department, 'which point they are supposed to hare reached.