The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-05-25
Telegraphic,
By Telegraph to the Daily Courier.
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Further Particulars of the
Capture Of Jeff Davis.

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| the Herald continue to furnish interesting
| accounts of the progress of events in that
| State attendant on the efforts of the citi-
zens, with the assistance of General Scho-
| field and his army, to reorganize society
| and restore civil government, and prepa-
| ring to establish their claims
General Schofield, on the 18th inst, is
| sued another order i'm regard to the colored
people, informing them that the acquire
ment of their freedom imposes obligations
which they must meet, as well as confer
ring on them the boon of freedom, and
they are told that they viii not be support
ed i'll idleness but must labor for the sup
port of themselves and families. va
b, The Herald's correspondent says: The
camp where JEFF. Davis was captured was
situated in a pine forest, on the side of the
Abbeyville road, about one mile from
| Irwinsville, and consisted of a large wall
| tent, containing only the arch traitor and
his family, and an ordinary fly containing
the male portion of the caravan. Surround
| ing and contiguous to these were two COM
mon army wagons, two ambulances, and
amount of camp paraphernalia, such as
brides, harness, cooking utensils, &c.
| Davis himself and Postmaster Regain,
with the two Colonies, Lubback and john
son, aid-de-camps, had only overtaken the
party the night before, after fatigung
journey from Washington, Georgia, where
they had remained to settle some business
| rs l,n
children and servants had pushed forward
under the protection of private secretary
| Harrison and Il few Of the faithful, such rs
Lieutenant Hathaway, Midshipman How
ell, and about 30 servants and soldiers.
1t was probably at or very near Wash
ington where Davis dismissed his escort
and divided the spoils under the most
| pressing circumstances. Some of Stone
mans cavalry were hard upon him, and
he concluded to deceive them by letting
! them follow the body of the cavalry while
he and his friends travelled IN cog. across
the country and joined his family. When
Regain asked permission to accompany
Davis to Washington, and expressed his
obligation on receiving it, General Wilson
said to him, 'You are under no obligations,
sir, for should have sent you whether
you wanted to go or not. You are n civil
ian prisoner, and he (Davis) is Il prisoner
both military and civil
| Mrs. Clay remarked iocularly that as
she had brought i'm herhusband, she would
claim the reward offered for him; to which
Mrs. Davis responded, eyes, one hundred
Il
an amount of pocket money to us poor I'M
fortunates now I sold my horses, car
riage, silver ware and iewelry for what
little money I had, and that, has been sto-
len from me''
Stevens was arrested on his plantation,
only short distance from Atlanta, by a
squad of General Upton's men, under a
captain and staff officer, whose names /
have forgotten. Stevens made no effort to
escape, but was found mt his house quietly
smoking his meerschaum. He had no
companions save two negro servants and
a dog and lived almost entirely in soli-
tude. ..a..
Stevens said to me that when he went to
Hampton Roads in company with Judge
Campbell and Hon. II. NJ. r. Hunter to
meet President Lincoln, he could have
made satisfactory terms of peace in five
minutes; he was not, however, clothed with
the proper official authority, and hence his
mission failed. SIS sB u u
Memphis, May %, via Cairo a.
Cotton active Sic for iniddling
The City is full of paroled rebels. Gen.
Forrest is expected TO arrive to-day.
The American Monroe Doctrine Associ-
alton has revived and isworking actively.
Gen. Ortega is expected here.
The Bulletin says, news from North Ala
bama is, meetings are being held in all
parts of the State, and strenuous efforts
are being made to bring Alabama back to
the Union, the meetings are largely attend
ed. Petitions are being circulated all
Northern Alabama for the appointment of
a Military Governor.
The steamer Carter takes 900 bales of
cotton from here to Cincinnati.