The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-05-25
Snrr"ssder of Jeff flioin,b>oss.--
Par iicular> Of the Affair,

From the Provost Marshal Generals Of
! flee we learn the following particulars. OF
the surrender of JEFF Thompson, who once
boasted that he; owned the ..cattle on a
thousand hills - ..,.
Two weeks ago last Saturday, Lieut.. Col.
Dvis, Assistant Provost Marshal. and
Capt. J. M. Bennett, Of the staff of Major
Gen. Dodge, received orders from that Gen
to proceed to Cape Girardeau, where an
escort would be waiting to escort them to
Chatk Bluffs, Mo. ani1uon b55
At Cape Girartlo tfeut. Col. Hines was
7 found readywitli two hundred Of the 18th
/ Illinois cavalry, tn. escort the flag of truce
! and messengers to Chalk Bluffs. The day
after the party left the Cape, two hundred
more men Of the same regiment, with Sec
! ton of artillery. followed the escort party.
With the exocptionthat the messengers and
escort were nearly eaten up by niusquitos,
nothing occurred worthy Of note until the
banks Of the St. Francois river were reach
ed, and Lieut.. Col. Davis, Captain Bennett
and lhe escort of cavalry encamped at
Chalk Bluffs, Mo. 'His
Another detachment of cavalry, the 7th
Kan sas, numbering three hundred men,
under colnftIand of Col. Beveridge, had
gone off toward Doniphan, so as to be pre-
pared for emergencies. They encountered
no opposition, but arrived at Doniphan.
Ripley County Missouri, about the time
the messenger or flag of truce arrived at
Chalk Bluffs. -.f1
Upon reaching the bluff it was ascertain
ed that General Thompson had gone south
to meet another flag of truce from Gen.
Reynolds, commanding the Department of
the Arkansas. Lieut. Col. Davis and Capt
Bennett remained at Chalk Bluffs, but a
flag of truce with an escort, proceeded on
until they reached Harrisburg, where they
found jeff Thompson. That General, upon
being informed that messengers from Gen.
Dodge awaited his return to Chalk Bluffs,
returned to that point. and held a long con-
ference with Col. Davis and Captain Benz
nett. These men offered the same terms to
jeff Thompson ai;d HIS men that had been
offered by Lieut.. Gen. Grant to Gen. Rol-
ert Lee, and they were accepted. The final
surrender and settlement will be made
May 25th. al Wittsburg. Missouri, on the
S.. Francis river, and at Jacksonport Ar
kansas, on the White river, cn the 9TH of
June. ... t" "t.f. .s' '..'.t-"-
JeT Thompson Mt FIRST desired to NAL o
SON. arrangement in regard'to civil ma
tcrs, but was cut short by Col. Dlvs and
Capt. B4nnett, with the answer that they
had nothing to do with such matters
Thompson renarked that althou-h Lee
had surrendered, he did not consider the
Confederate cause had been abandoned. for
as long as JEFF. Davis was free the Confad-
ert,e soldiers would rally to his standard.
an they would yet establish n separate
government. The only reason he cThomD-
son would cnnseiit to a surrender was,
that the inhabitants Of his district were
starving, and his men were now at Home
attending 70 their crops
Thompson expressed his lisaprroba:ion
of the murder of President Lincoln, hnt
said that he would have bean sorry - hear
THAI Mr.. Lincoln had died a naeural death.
for he believed limto be- the only irieiid of
the South among those IN power. h'".3 .