, 1863-08-31
THE CAPTURE OF ...IEEF,
f. TUOH1TsBON.
How he was taken. .-Intcrcstfny Incl
6Cnta.
IFtora tho St. Louis Republican,

bis way to Pocahonfas, and put up at tho st,
Charles Hotcl. Soon after bis arrival, Capt
Kay: came md stopped at tho same hotel.
ting letters, while Cspt. 4. employed himself
drawing AID examining maps. Monday eYcn.
lnE found them still 1t work, they thlaklng
Themselves perfectly saie from war alarms,
nt nsne1nl D,vi0eon'e d;s ~. s1my. - they wsss
country. About dusk, however, the tro
heard q noisy trnmpliug Of horses outside,
creating nnorc Than ordinary contasion:
haz ssS,c 5 I somo or So3s
perhaps, who hare heard that We azn hcrt,"
Thomleon was sitting near window facing
tho street. a hortcman rode up, and poking
re W,1e !ssnu'ing :. sss Iniss t1s wpao
General Thompson, SIR replied JEFF. "Then
JET: +, adellol Gentry, is that you ;" rc'
Piled T., nothing, disconcerted, although he
State mllitia ca7alry, and commenced tearing
up bis letters. As Captain Gentry dismount-
cd, Capt Kny whispered, "By thunder! here's
the Fede" Don't say word" replied jeff
.'bnt take those maps and put them in tho
while tearing up his letters. JEFF says ho
could have escaped, bat for those internal
letters; for ha had hIa horeea on the other
side Of the river, intending, If danger Of cap.
iure presented tttelf, to make his way out Ut
N~Nt
and once over the devil could not hare caught |
him. But that huge pile Of letters- less |
than 1tty implicated parties In this State and
elsewhere, which would ct them into tronb!e, |
lis chances of escape letsened, until Captain
shonaer asti thook s lands ~th R and and e1a. S
ed Lin as Ills OWE" Capt. G. said he was In
command ot IN expedition conbistirg of the !
1T reEp'ar csy'hy ard his oxn sompany.
werc In kcarcl OF Col. Burbridge, who tloy
had learned was in that "ueck ot woods,"
but, Whcn somo seven miles from Pocahontas,
d mnn lad told him that ]. Thompson was IN
the town, telling the very house whero he
Colonel" said JEFF, sand caught General.
Ho didn't 60 on the principle Of the mau who
went 4 fishlug and threw all the catf,h he
caught back into the river, ea1lug. 'whenI
60 catti9', ! 60 a-cstt1n', but when I 80
caught; and BY Jove, he took np!!''
Not leng after the capture-Jea. having
! destroyed Ills letters nud Capt. Kay his tnaps,
| with the exception Of . j}tw, which proyed Of
considerable Importance, and which are now
In possession Of the military hcre-3n anus.
hearing that JEFF. Thompson was 10 Pocahon.
tas, went in to Gee him. Unaware Of the
prescpcc OF Federal troops. he rode quite un.
consciously into town, by mere chance pats
quite lcisurcly to tic hotel where General
q was stopping. Al the door he Was stop.
ped 1y the guard, who told Elm he could not
get in unless lc :wns an officer. ~ an
an officer" replied Miller, '+and must 60
n,pR n' pasfsa II 9oa aud s7s s7ase 9o 5s re-
Feds. eec''--obsersiog number Of gentle,
men in the room With blue uniforms, and
thinking they were JeM = prisoners; Yea,
lnaye,. rtEl,ed Jeti. "snd id Big l2t of
cr." "Ain't xou ioklug?" asked Miller, still
believing Thompson Wss Tin command. "
"Atn't. he joking. general?'' appalling to
JcE. "Ics," replied the latter, "but It's a
confounded serious joke" Then Tho truth
Of Miller, that he WIS IL n town surrounded
By Federal cavalry, and tint, iaetead o1
Thompson holding those blue coats" in tue
room US his prisoners, be was tesrs. Tss
Laententnt resigned his sHord without fur
tbcr pn11ey.
coppEnnEAns AND BnEcKrSnrpaE MEN.
The General WAS ycrI bitter o. Copperhcad'
he, "is Southern man, md not IN the fight
he Is worse than IN enemy." Ho a1so de
nouuced Breckenridge Democrats. "Therc'
Bella Hughes. etsingfellow, Jim Byrne. W1llar.
,oi' M nnas oon3t n.r;s 'im aaa,s ,ass .paI .t ~
shn dcnntnc";i nm n ~ hsn,H.s wor1Tn'
20 Into Kansas to 1glt-and Vas t1shJ o.
: .lIe Niger quest1Dn-and rot ono OF them ha
. Eyer struck blow for The South; but ne,r1
= all Of the N ARC On tho othcr side"
9 1sc1nEsrs.
i c,,,,.-N.. ..-..,.-
ssset IN 1ncluen,a nna gone nsHs were g1ear
~ nrr n F1net ta ,s ~ cn1n,usnd At iji,,, Roc,
t White Kennel is ut Pocahontas sick
!, 1ne.S ~ 10y J .J 14srtEIo T ta ~
' iann md A,ta5fsa tbe 1nffcr inrln;ifnr MI
!. sou,i. Gen. uolmcs (who Is not dead, bu
8 | bich) Ia In command Of the ArIansa. Dlstric
t. md Gen. P,iee is commanding during the II
= 1ess Of Con Holmes.
Is Kirby Smith comulands the Department
}. The headanartefs Of the Asknnsas D1.trie
II Is It Little Rock,
II jeff says be saw Gen. Price few days be
fore bis capture. He was at Little Rocl
healthier ard fatter than ever, but lsborio
20 reports published IN the Missouri Etpu6liea
il about his intended resignation. aOid Pap
a grittcd bis teeth and used rtfy strong lsl
- =, 70 tsJs.Jed:
- JoKK or JErF.
Z Ar old lsdr living near where Jcft with !,
u u SON snn ieTin csttie att On ten thou.and hills" al
~ | HuFthed IN tho t.nrf he xnnld rvo mn fo n
r. hIIls and camp, and not be catt1' m III b b
a .n,a,nm ~ cs1t3a IKE Ganeroi thorrrht ~ q :,
.n ;'st 1{rc,p onG nerttnent and i.nrbeS ~ Z
~ loo.
a. =. .n 49, - N.-.a.''.,~ =. a. .. a,
- Ailtf tue PSIFIualGon VI tAe aoVvc, y
~ ~ uenetoi fsmsIked: soue people tnl9k :
MOI nU 10 cae ooIa rp.ts9u 9,t pai
ra ten you, gen.aemcn, pnsatgy, 14at tasso
~ pienLy ot coru otea9: L ana me hlll cattle
u. not halt gone {es;" The point Was conceds
= AID VIC all amned.
=: now he LEFT PocAHoxTAs.
- uThev mt me On an o1d NOR horsc II,
r. | coo1dnsf n.nen n rnile In twetfv r,irntn1 ~;
~ ~ ~ r1d saddle withonf anv riT+h ma = Iii
~ LrJdie. He Tss hieh tfufter. too: bnt
~ | stera were short and few he was saptur
- - frnTn m ola woman NJ a ramn meetirn i.
'u ann1,or. That,x lin vnv c,ne ~ pi,
u Krnh .Thtr were af,ai;1 Ia NM nse ~ ~ =
~ ~ hors@I Toipht haTe escaned.n = MT h
~ ~ i6ea. thourht the comnanr, .ncln,tnp
~ General.
~ " crx. rp,rr,s sr.pr
y. io' Trc t,crersi fnrnished ria risitors With
Y, y co1,v of (3eneral Or1er. r7rinfei m mani
~ wrapping paucr. sir,ped hv & hInnlean: 4.
- Gndts tsIrnatfrc ths fds1oT1nr a. Gen Pric
'ns staff: '' @3~
Na3or Thos, L, suead. A. A9.
ell, a. Htnfv II. Ciark. At. G..
~. 1saac br1pkeE. C1iet Quar-
et Jonu hcl1. Cnlef CoInutssa1y.