Weekly Trinity journal., 1865-05-20
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DETAILS OF TIE CAPTURE OF JEFF. DAv1s-HE
RETREATS DISGUISED AS woMAy-HIs
BOOTS BETRAY HIM-sURRENDER
OF JEFF. THOMPSON, ETC.

RETREATS DISGUISED AS A wOMAE-HIs
BOOTS BETRAY HIM-sURRENDER
OF JEFF. THOMPSON, ETC.
CHICAGO, l5th-The trail of Davis struck a, Dublin
county the morning of the It'll and followed
him closely and day through the wilderness and wapps
by way Chamberlain At the latter met Col Prchard
with $50 picked men, and hastily followed the directly
SOUTH while Pritchard who had the freshest pushed
down the Ocomugee towards Hopewell thence BY House
Creek arriving there midnight 9th jeff Davis
had been there hut from citizens he learned that his
party encamped two miles from town Pritchard
medatey made the proper disposition of his men, and sur
rounded the camp before daylight Col Hardin arryin in
that vicinity the evening. encamped within two
miles of Davis hut not aware Of it, At 9 o'clock !, NJ
he uushed forward hut little more Than nile W. ~ ~
fired upon by party of the 4h Michigan Cavalry
fight ensued. both parties exhibiting great determination
Fifteen minutes eIapsed before the mistake was inrar
The firing in the krmish the warning Davis had
The captors he hastily put his wfes dress and start
for the woods closely followed by the who at first
thought lie hut seeing his boots he ran tev
suspected his The short and rebel pres
dent brought to bay hrandi.hng bowie knife and
showing signs Of battle He conceded the persuasion Of
reviewers without compelling the lie expressed
great Indignation at the energy with which he pursued
saying he believed our Government too magnanimou
down and children. Mrs Davis remarked to Colonel
Hardin after the excitement that the bet
ter provoke the President he might hurt some one
Regain Of Je suit behaved with dignity and resignation
The party were evidently making for the
tSigned]. WILSON, Mai General.
Macon 13th-Col Pritcharis command with Davis and
others expected here They will he forwarded
to Washington under strong guard.
NEW YORK. l3h-A Richmond correspondent details the
difficulty between allcck and Sherman. The
tween them understood to have out of alleck
order countermanng the orders Sherman subordinate
officers during the truce with Johnston. HroIds
ponden that Sherman's arrival in Richmond he
wrote to IIaleck stating that in the future be-
tween them forever AT end The difference between
them prevented the grand review Of the there.
ST. Louis l3th0fcial information has been received at
Headquarters Of the surrender of jeff Thompson command
ing District Of Northern Arkansas-Krby Smiths Depart
ment II ia understood that Col sprasne. of Popes
have conference Kirby Smith subject
surrender Of the Trans-Mississpp Department
is said that the Queen Of England has written personally
to Mrs Lincoln. sympathzing with her.
1" The MASK OFF''-Such is the caption of an
article in the last number of the San Francisco
Lsdger, relative to the Byrne investigation, in
which the american Flag is referred to in a very
uncomplimentary manner With the differences
which may exist between these two prints we
have nothing to do. The latter paper has per-
sistently defended Felix Byrne, now on trial by
Court Martil for disloyalty and dishonesty, and
who. on testimony of the editor of the Victoria
B. c. Chronicle is accused of writing such stuff
as the following since the commencement of the
war:
Var popmi ror D.j. is old maxim and certainly the
united and sustained efforts Of the South to throw off yoke
which their intelligence and manhood purnS cannot fail to
strike tire passive observer being in itself the choice
of the Almighty, speaking trumpet-tongued through the in
ontae and pcrsevering bravery of the of the South
Verify. if the God is the voice Of the people
is such ami solemn when whole nation
rises to resist hghtnc rule and to get from
under the deadly uIas-shadc of contribution which has
crippled their energies wasted their and blasted
their fret prospects At the present moment nation
in Europe every country in the civilized world regards the
South with feeling Of reverence and admiration; while.
the contrary the lille buncohe and bonastic spirit Of
cf.f
They the people Of the South ask for
their independence, and they ought it, We have
of it, They have right throw it OF. They deserve the
sympathy of the world and they have it,
O'Byrne, on the representation of many prom
inent Union men of san Francisco, was appoint
ed by Gov Low regimental Quartermastcr of the
sth California Regiment. That he obtained the
assistance of such men is accounted for in the
fact that almost any well-appearing, smooth
tongucd {: hummer by persistent logging may
obtain the signatures of good and honorable men
who know nothing Of the applicant, but sign his
netition merely to he rid Of him. On the other
hand worthy aud trusty men, with more manli-
ness and less impudencc, fail because less per
sstent. That this is often the case cannot be
gainsaved.
O'Errne has introduced testimony to prove
his extreme loyalty during the last Presidential
canvass Tha; he may have done the Union party
some service is not improbable. but there was
method in doing so. lie found on arriving at
San Francisco that The city was loyal, and that
il was advisable. if not positively necessary, to
travel with the the popular current. Neverthe
less. if 0'Byrne was guilty of indicting such
twadde as the above specimen only few months
before his arrival in this State. and while resi-
dent Of = Her Majesty's dominions, he is no
man for the position to which he has been ele-
waited and should be shorn of the honor so con-
ferred without delay.
What is more surprising to US is the fact that
the Flag, a paper claiming to be the organ of
the Union party in San Francisco, should allow
such testimony 20 pass unnotlced. for we believe
that it has never published the extract above re-
ferred TO. If it is leading Union organ, it
should not stoop to the defense of man whose
dSloyalty has been positively proven In the
face of such a charge as that brought by the
editor of the Chronicle, who cannot be mistaken
in the matter, the Flag continues to defend this
man. Others may not view this matter in the
same light that we do, but orr candid opinion is
that if O'Bvrne had his deserts he would to-day
be - packing sand" at Alcatraz, and our gener-
osity would lead us to extend the same COM
pliment to the newspaper editor or q any other
man" who would defend him. after what has
been developed In short, we do not believe
that O'Byrne is wrongfully accused of disloy-
atty"