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News of the Week.
wAsaISeroS. May IS

To MAJ. Gen. Dr. O. D..
The following dispatch JI,t received, an
'nounces the surprise and capture OF jefferson
Davis and his staf by Col. E. Pritchard, oil
the Michigan cavalry, on the lOth.at TWINS
vile, Irwin County, Georgia.
Z. NJ. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
MAcoN Ga. May II.
Lieut.. Gen. q. S. Grant and
Hon. Seo'y Of War
I have th, honor TO fvS ri that At daylight
on the 10Th Col Prit,hart, commanding, the
4th Michigan caValty. captured Jeff. Davis
and family. with Regain. Postmaster 3ener-
al, Col HARRISON, private secretary, Col.
johnson, \. d. c.. Col Morris. Col. Lub-
buck, Lit. hathaway and others.
Col Pritchard surprised their camp at
Irwinsville. Irwin Co.. Ga. IS miles south
east OF this place.
They will be here to-morrOw night and
will be for warded under strong guard with
out delay. WI! serd further particulars
at once.
J.H. WILSON,
erevet Maj Zen.
NsR DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON. May ~. 1863
Ma. Gen. John 4. Dir. .N7c Ho~k
The following details Of the capture Of
JEFF. Davis. while attempting TO make his
escape in his wiic's clothes. has bsen received
from Gen. " iisoD.
EDWIN VI. STANTON.
Secretary Of War.
MAooN. G,.. II \. NJ, May -.
To Hon. F.. w. Stanton, So If W'ar.
The followin, dispatch, announcing the
capture of JEFF. Davis, has just been handed
me by Col. Minty, commanding the % divi-
sion:
HEADQUARTERS 4th MiCH Cav
CuyBEsANDvitLE, ga. May IL.
r. Cart. T. ". Sootf. : y. 2ud Dr.
SRI nave thu honor o. report that AZ
daylight yesterday. Al IrwinsyiEe. sur
prised and captured JEFF. DAVE and family
together with his wife. sisters and brother.
hi postmaster general Regau bis private
secretary, Col. Harrison. Col. johnson, A.
d. C. ~ Davis staff, Col. Lubbick. Lieut.
Hathaway, and other ami a train of five
wagon. and three Ambulance making most
perfect Success. \ most painful accident 1c-
Cured between the Eth t.ichigan and -
Wisconsin, by which VT lost Two killed and
Lieut. Bartle wounded through tae arm IN
the 18th Michigan, and four men wounded in
the lst Wisconsin. Thi, occurred iu-t AZ
day ght ter We hal captured the camp. bv
the advance 0t tie 1T Wisconsin,. they b,iu.,
mistaken tor tie enemy. returned % tbi.
point la-t night, and shall move rieh. IN %
Macon without waiting for orders fr0in vu1 .
a. directed, feeling mat the whole object 4
the expedition i ACCOMPLISHED T. viii take
me q least three tsys % reach mason. q, W.
are : . miles out and our stock much *
huusJed. hope 20 reach Hamliusyile TO-
night.
! have the honor. &C.,
B. D. PRITCHARD.
Lieut.. Col Ith Mich. Cav.
The lst Wis belongs to Lagrange
brigade OF NcCOok's division and bad 6een
sent due east by zen. Cr0xtou. VIA Dublin.
Col. Miuty had distributed biz command al
along the south hank OF the Ocmul,ee and
AItamana- This accounts for the collision
between parts Of the lst and q divisions.
and shows the line OF the command in the
pursuit. | have directed increased vigilance
on the part Of the command in the nope Of
catching the other assassin Our dispositions
are good. and 50 far none OF TIE rebel chiefs
have been able 10 get thrUugr. Breckinridge-
son was captured night before. II miles
south from here. ! viii send further details
a. soon "a received. II. WusoN.
Breyet Maj. Gen.
MAooS, Ca, May l5-93OA.
To Hon z. VI. Na7ton, So. Of War.
Lieut.. Col. Harden, Commanding the Is,
Wis, has lust arrived from lrwinsvill, At
CumberlsDdville. he met Col pritchari
with $50 picked men and horses Of the 4th
Mich. Harden followed the t-au DIRECTLY
south while Pritchard having fresher horses
pushed down the Ocmulgee toward HorweH
and thence BY House creek O. Irwiusville.
arriving about midnight on the Bth LEI.
bad not arrived. Pritchard learned from
citizen that he was ehcamped within two
miles 0i the town lie surrounriei the ,amr
before dav. Harden had campcd two miles
from Davis a. be afterward learned The
trall being too Indistinci 10 follow he pushed
on at ) y. NJ, and had gUnc but little more
than mile when his advance was fred up
o. by The 18th Mich \ fight ensued. about
minutes eiapeing before the mistake Wa
discovered. The hiring IN this skirInish was
theihrst warning Dayi, received. The capt0rs
report that be hastily put on one of his
1lte'- dresses. and started tor the woods
closely followed by our men who no fret
thought bIm woman, but seeing biz boots
while running suspected his sex al once
Inc race wa a short one and the rebel Pres
dent was brought TO hay He brandi,hed
'owIe knife and showed sign ot hattie. but
Yielded promptly % the persuasion % the
-olts revOlver>. without compelling the
men 10 IRE. Nrs. Davi, remarked 10 Col.
Harden that the men had better not provoke .
he President or he might hurt some OF EN-.
The party were evidently making for the
,oast- j. II. WILSON.
Brevet MAJ. Gen.
4 passenger from Nassau states that the
lirate Stonewall had cJaled and was ready
or sea on the sth, and no doubt she sailed
N a marauding cruise on the 9th.
The Savannah Herald saws Tag Of truce
'oat took upa party TO Sisters Ferry on the
tn, en- route flr Augusta, 10 meet the rebel
commissioner
\ band Of murierous desperadOes are op-
rating in South Carolina. They murder
nd plunder negroes principally, and short
ime since, Michler, the leader, NARROWLY e.
aped with bullet through bis hat. bred nv
egrOes.
Military garrisons have been established
{ Gallatin and Brookhaven. Nj sissippi. for
he protection Of people who are eni6ined to
e peaceable
All persons remaining in arms are declar-
outlaws.
The telegraph between Memphis and No
lie Is completed with the exception Of about
miles.
A convention is to be held at Vicksburg.
liss., June 5th, to inaugurate movement
" the restoration OF the State to the
mon.
Some citizens of Memphis. charged with
Joicing over the murder Of Lincoln, wero
'ntenced to one year at hard labor.
A special despatch to the Cincinnati Ga
lite, dated Cairo. May Q, save The follow
z despatch has been received at beadauar-