Washington telegraph., 1865-05-31
VOL. XIV.
cArauAl. Or III -apEAl DAVIS & OTHERS.

W. uaye the following additional particulars.
A dispatch lom IL, Col Ptitchard Attn Michi-
gan Cav II, 10 capt r. W. Scott. A. G. I'd
Div. dated May /. n, says. i...I .. ....-
II have the honor to report that at daylight
yesterday jeff Davis aud family together with
his viii, and mother, p Master e. Reagan,
his private secretary Col. Harrison, Col. John-
son A ID. &. Oh Davis s.aH, anll Col. Morris
and Lieut Hathaway, also several important
name, and train OF five wagons. and rwo am
balances were captured; making a NEST perfect
SUCCESS. Hau not most painful take &C.
euired by winch the Iln Mich, and lst Wis.
conn in eouhIct, should have done better.
This mistake cost the Atm Mich. two Killed aud
1t. B4.tl.ti wOunjed through the arm and tour
LII "A wounded IN the lst sin. This oc-
cum Just al day -Agnt alter We captured the
camp Oy the eh2rh
Gen. Wilson dispatches the Hon E. u. STAN
ton from Macon 18TH as follows:
''Lt. Cot Hardee, commanding tn lst Divi-
sion, has Just arrived tiom Jones>ille. he
struck LIE uaIl oI Davis at Duslin On tne even
ing Vi IA, I'm, anu following nIm Cos ly nigh,
day though the Pine W Iluern, ss allss,or
Creek, AMI Greeu swamp, VIA Cumberland and
JJneSyIiIr, (n.-fe the paper is mutlidted Tor
t,w Eues) having iresher horses pushed
d.vug n ~ muIgrr towards Hop Vheiu, and
Tn.Uce 10y Horse Creek 10 jam swine, arriving
tuclt a. mlInignt On tAr 5tn; i'm Jaws LAO
ANN "A Cltlken
lnal AIS parry wrre -I.camped two miles ouE or
town. II made disposition oi his nieu and
suITJttnuru MS cauIy ortore daylight. Hardee
had csInytu , L. Vi. w+tnln twU InIl,s, as he
afterwards learned, vi DAVIS tno II rali icing too
dim follow. I'll pushed ON at j 4 u ana
had gone 1ut little more than mile Wnen thelr
al vance were hred upon 10y snr 4In Michigan,
A tgnt tnsued, both parties exhibited tne gieAt-
est Il, termination before the mIstako Was els-
cred. ...r - ..
the firing was the frs, warning that jed.
Davis received. Ihr captols rrpoft thaI ho
EastHy pus enc OF his wltes dresses, and
stalt u The woods closely followed by ouI
meu wHo Al first thought him a Son-ni Ut
srriL. his DOJts when he was lunu nsi -hry
sisp cied ais SIX The race was a sAOrt on.
ANA me rrOcI Prcsident was soon brought 10
b4} Hs bTandislI-d bowie AnIie anu showed
sirus Of bait, bat VI Id u speedily Iol the
pcrsuasion OF Colts rev volver, without allowing
I'll IL "A 20 hIr. he expressed great IndlSna-
tiOu al the energy Win which he was pufsdeo,
saying ne had belirvcd our goyernm Il. 100 mag
n;InIuIUus 20 hunt GOWN women and cnI!dFeh'
Mis-. Davis remarked to Col. Hardee alter the
eAuIieIn, LIT over, that the men hal better
not provoke the President, or h. woald huE1
SOM vi them.
"R agau behaves himself with dig lity and
resignation. Ths parry was evidently making
fuI the Sya coast. ..
dispatch from Gen. Wilson OF the 10th
from ~ 41tCOl 10 -
"BGet kI44 Idg1 ANA son were captured night
before Iasl, eleven miles south oi mere . go.
TIE OLD RADICALS on RE-CoNSTRUCIIoS
1t is a curious TACT hat the old radical lead
els Oi th. Abolition persuasion are taking first
aud strongest of all ia the country positions in
favor of trraling the Sou bern opie W no have
be- inv ulvrd in the reb llion with the gr -aIest
h0eraIiry; that rhry opposed TO executing
any body tor tHr crime OF 5reasun, and urging
with al their energy qusiiry in the develop
mrnL OI which they have sever been accused of
iackiug) me imm- diatr adoption OF policy OF
univ ISai amnesty, the exercise of a spirit of
the broad, st charity, and the cultivation ol am
iuabe relations With thos- whom we have been
fighting desperately The opinions Ot Mi
Greeley are well known, as he constantly gives
them to the readers of the Tribune. We pub
lished few days since extracts OF lie ter iIom
r Garrit Smith to President johnson. He repre-
!, srnts to the President that he must not be aui-
mated oy a spirit Of veng ance. He tells him
that Acknowledged the belligerent rights OF
the Southern rebels, and adds .
God forbid that now when the tide of war
sets strongly in Onr favor. wc should se guilty
ef turuSting iujo tn, place of the code OF war,
a.d of hOIdiug AMI Try ing as trsitoTs those
whom (nOne he less really. If indirectly
ag L 10 gard but enemies; an wbsm, by
all the conclusive reason OF the casr, aside from
such ag e-m nt, VIZ are bound TO regard ia that
IgAt euly. We must not br guIlty oi thls bsd
faith. W. mus no. break his solemn bargain
The South would hate us tor it: The world
would dtspise US for it! And would not the
Nollh herself, if net despising us for it, De, at
least, tesrtully divided in regard to it,
Surely, in the light of their common respon-
sibiIity for slavery, and for the spirit il gene
rates, the North as "el as the south, is TO be
charged with the bel ion, and with its horrid
fruits, iuolu ing 4. At starving and murder
ing Of prisoners. 4 n- whole is the: work OF
both; and il is the foub-st hypocrisy, IS well as
the deepest injustice, for the North to punish
the South for any part OF it. ..
'Thr duty Of the North is not to punish the
South, but simply to provide Tor the futsrr
safety of both North and South. | scarcely
need say. that the main thing to this eud Is to
Ia IL. - -, Slaxerx and rrsInrr To lis vic.