We leave Montgomery day after to-morrow. The President goes
to-day — but quietly — no one, not connected with the Government, to have
information of the fact until his arrival in Richmond. It is understood that
the Minister of Justice (Attorney-General) accompanies him. There are a great
number of spies and emissaries in the country — sufficient, if it were known
when the train would pass, to throw it off the track. This precaution is taken
by the friends of the President.
The day is pretty much occupied in the packing of boxes. It
is astonishing how vast a volume of papers accumulates in a short space of time
— but when we consider the number of applications for office, the wonder
ceases.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 45
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