The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1865-05-20
JASPER COURIER.


I.aupurc Of. Je0 Davis.
HsAoupARrERs Atm hicH'oAs UAvALsf
CunsEstAsD. Ga. May IL. : Il
To Csp. r. w. Scot, A. A @. I'd Divis
loo Headquarters
an. I have The honor 70 report that q
daylight yesterday. q JonesviIIe. ! surprised
ssd captured Jsf. Davis and family. sogsih-
;, vish bic wife and mother HE Postmaster
dsssssl. Reagan. HE private secretary. Co.
Harrison. Col. johnson. A. D. G. on Davis
sss6, snd Coils. Morris and Lubbock. and
Lieut.. Hathaway; also. several other impor.
,sns men and tssin Of i've wagons and
eres s,bulsnces. making most perfect
success. Had not . most painful mistake
occurred. BY which the 4'h Mchlgss and the
l., Wiz. csms IN conflict. we should have
done better.
This mistake cost 10 too killed and Lieut..
Bartlett wounded through the arm. H- o..
lonRed to the 4'h Michigan. Four men u
the Ia Wisconsin were wounded. This oc
CURED just q day light. Alter We had CO,
tused the camp We returned 20 the righ.
aud shall move u the RICH, without wsIl'ng
orders from you % directed. feeling that the
whole object ~ the rApediiion 10 accom-
plished. II will lake me Al least three d.ys
10 reach Macon. 10 we have been seventy.
dive miles aud our stock 10 much exhausted.
4 one 10 reach JonesvilIs to-niQhi.
d. b PR,TcHARD.
Lieu. C,l 4,h Men. Cav.
Macs. Msy l3-y Y. N.
H.n. Z. NJ Stanton:
Lirs,. Cyi. Hardin, comm nding The H.
Wisconsin. hs- just arrived irosI J melville
lie sruck the trail Of Dsvis ., Dublin. La y
renee county, on The evening Of the 7h. snt
followed him closely night aud day lh,rUsi
the pine wilderness Of Alligator creek sn'
Green swsmp. via nberIsnd 10 Jones' lie
A, Conference.-The CoI. Hardin me, Co
Pr,schsrd. with $50 picked m-0 and nurse
81 the All Michigan. Pnichsrd, hsv.n
fr~sfer hos~es, pushed down the Ocmu ge
road toward Il.pewsli sud thence by n Que
creek 70 Jon. sv,lle. arriving there a. mid
nigh, on ,hr 9,h. JEFF Davis had not 81
Tsssi. Fsm : ci'ix "a pntcasrd lessnr
that his party were encsmp-d 40 miles 0,
o. the town. HI made . proper die posiiio
oi hls men. end surrounded the csnp befvr
Daylight
.eAs haI . on1 ftL
'miirs, 10 he Afterwards lrarn.d, fron Dayi
the ,fsii being too indss,inr' 10 iviio~. Il
push.d 90 s'3 a. NJ. and had gone but lit
n."r. than one mil when HE advance vi
hred uv.~. By shr 4 d Michigan. A 81
sasusd. both pssiies exhibiting 'he vr~.ir
determination. h-for- 'hr misfak. MS III
covered. The hring ~.- 'he ara warm,
devils received The r.p,crs report ,ha,
hsst.ly put IN one Of M. ~lIr'. dresee-. .,
rsarsed Tor The woods, closely followed
eur urn. Who - hr~t IN light him a won
au'. seeing HE buoi- white he ~ss runnir
They snsp~e'rd HE sex Tn race VA
vh.r one, aud the rebel President vac 80
brought 10 bay lie brsndished . bowie kn
~ssd sAoweJ signs OF hattie. but yield
spesciw 70 the percussion Of C,lr's rsvpiv
without compelling the men 10 Sre.
eapfessed great indis nation u The enes
~i'h which he vas pursued. saying he
believed our Gsvernment too msgnsnim,
70 hunt down women and children. NJ
Davis remarked 10 Col. Hsrdln. sitter
excitement : q over. shsi The men hsd B
Ter NOT provoke he President. OF he mi,
hurt some Of them. Reagan behaves h
cell With dignity end resignation. I
Psr'y ~ese evidently making for the CO,
J. n. WiLsos