, 1865-06-06

enough of ststesmanship in the country to
carry rs through almost my difficulty, yet
we cannot but consider this as one ofihe
greatest calamities hkt could hare befallen
our nation ut the present time.
II hare heard many rebel officers and citi-
zens in this vicinity remstk the same, aud say
that 1t is tho most unfortunate thing for the
South that could have occurred, aud they
would have much preferred It TO have been
JEFF Davis, in the execution Of whom trust
they VIII ere long be g,atifled, as he wns
started for Washington last night. Our ID.
vision was sent ont last Sunday and scattered
through the country In search Of him ngd 9th
Ct notables. who were supposed 10 bs pass.
lhe through The country south Of here, aod
on Thu: sday morning last the 4th Michigan
cavalry NJ der Liz tut.co1. Rritehsrd, surprised
and captured him With his family and stsH
and his Postmaster General tReaRan}. 1need
give you no pasticula,s, rs Col. PrIteh.rd has
gene with him to Washingtcu. va sayann ii.
ard ycu WILL get the full particulars before
this can reach }ou. It may be little surpds-
I ing for you to know that mauy of the people
OF the country, in this vicinity manifested
much rejoicing at his capture, s3me remark
ipg that they only wanted to see him, to see
hin hung, and other similar remarks. Many
Of these people, since our occupation of the
eonnhy, sppear to have been caused To SEQ
the et1or Of their why's, and at the same time
they see Il ense1ses fnsncialIy ruined, with
no civil law, their country !. laid. waste
to 3 large degree, their stock gone, negroes
gone, their friends and relatives. sacrificed IN
the army In support Of the scheme Of a lot Of
to look around them, they SEC their country
bankrupt, almost beyond redemption, and
almost depopnlated, aud their censure Ii row
far from being wholly on the North, but such
. men ae JeH. Davis, Robert Toombs, Howell
Cobb, and Others Of that class, I have olten
Ann In Nv
many citizers In this vicinity, and rebel soi.
dieEs and officers, trust that these men will
be- punished as prescribed By law for the
c1ime Of treasoD, and believe 1T Will have
the most beneficial effect In uniting tho two.
Sections more strongly together.
We have had no mails OF Northern papera
for about two months, md, In consequence,
this very important period In tho history OF
our country Is as yet almost o blank to us, asr
we only get what we can through tho ofaci41
snsnne nd only which N tna xsy xsIy u 4nissS m
itary orders. You have, ere thia,
l'ecn made acquainted with the full partlcu.
lars Il our successful expedition which would
have ended In about week longer with the
In The South, eastIof thu Missl9sippi, had We
not hccn met BY the fsg-oftrucc notifying
us Of the. ar1pfstice between Ehcrman and
Jchneton. Our first and most Important Cap
tu.e w1s Selma with Its vast 1oundries, ma
chine chops, arscnals, ammunttlon and nttte
wcrls, about $50 prisonera and 100 pieces Of
arlillsry. From thence ne moved on Mont
GomeIy.. Columbus, aud to this place. taking
item rs We CAME, giving no time for removal.
I th'n 'nk We hare taken about seven Thousand
prisoners, three hundred pieces Of artillery,
any amount ofcars, and stores ,of all hnda.
In fact, it has bten to extensive too attempt
pretty bard fight, but were so successful a.
10 make our 6ubsequent operations conpara-
lively work Of ease. Our divi-
sion made the assault of /, the works,
which we're very strong, and had carried them
before the other commands had gotten into
poaltlon. Although these works were de-
Tended by about 00o men, and oyee: twenty
pieces Of artillery, and IS my battery was the
only one engaged on Cur side, I had 1t pretty
wGrm for thort time but THE works we're
soon ours. with all the ARTILLERY, and had
OILY the loes Of one horse to rtcosd. The
and Is spoken highly Of by the division and
corps commanders.
I think the amount Of cation destroyed up
10 our reaching this place, must hare reached
nsarty hundred and dfly thousand bales, Of
which ninety thousand 90 900 Was destroyed
at Montgomery: In view OF subsequent cir
was destroyed, as II wonld eventually have
become the property of our government and
a source Of considerable wealth and assist
ance. We have been tubsIstIng almost ex-
clusively upon the country, and up to reach
Ing this place We Jared first rate, but since
then 1t has been such as to cause US to wish
for an immediate opening Of Z" Uncle Sam,s
Cracker Iinc.''
We asr NOW looking forward TO the timo
when We shall be permitted to return home,
ard the next ten weeks, now that the War Is
at M end, wm seem longer than zny ten that
We have passed through. As yesterday ssw
JET. Davis prisoner IN our hands, think
have seen the lat enc of the rebellion, and
nm now anxious to return to my civil employ
ment. $780,