--Last Sunday,
Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Taylor, C. S. A., of
Kentucky, left this city for
Washington, bearing a letter from
President Davis to
President Lincoln, understood to be an official notification of the course that will be planed by this Government in the event of the execution or other criminal punishment of the prisoners taken on board the privateer
Savannah.
Col. T. Proceeded to the headquarters of
Gen. Beauregard, by whom, it is said, he was furnished with a letter to
Gen. McDowell, in command of the
Lincoln forces on this side of the
Potomac.
He then proceeded to Fairfax C. H., where he was furnished with an escort of twelve men and two non- commissioned officers, under command of a Lieutenant, with a white flag.
Thence he proceeded towards
Arlington, encountering a squadron of the enemy's dragoons when within about seven miles of that place, to whose commanding officer he made known his errand.
Arriving at
Arlington,
Gen. Scott.
Was notified of his presence, and sent a carriage to covey him to
Washington, where he arrived about 9 o'clock Monday night, and delivered his letter to
Gen. Scott.--
Lincoln not being visible.
Col. T. was then se-convened to
Arlington, where he sent the night, and the next day was escorted back through the enemy's lines.
Gen. S. informed him that an answer to the letter, of which he was bearer, would be forwarded to this city by one of his officers, and requested Col. T. to deliver his ‘"kind regards"’ to
Generals Lee and
Beauregard.
Col. T., white in the enemy's line, was treated with all the courtesies of the profession.--
Whig. 
