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THE CAPTURE OF JET1~-DAyIs.
T. wAzHueros, No - 1855.
| The following detsi's u the opture Of
JEFF Davis, while attempting % make
! his escaps in his wife's clothes, have
been received from Maj Gen. Wilson.
E. N. STANTON, Sec. Of War
MACON, GA, May Till In.
Hon. Z NJ. sr1sTos:
"The follc ring dispatch, announcing
the capture of JEFF. Davis, has just been
! handed me by Col. Ments, commanding
the I'd division:
/ HEADQUARTERS irH MrcHsGAx cav
CUMBERLAND, GA, May H.
! Capt. T. W. scorr, A. q. I'd Division:
"SIR: have the honor to report that
at daylight yesterday, at Irsinsville,
surprised and captured JEFF. Davis and
family, together with his wife and sisters
and mother, his Postmaster General Re.
gan, his private Secretary Col Harrison,
Col. johnson, A. d. C. on Davis staff /;
Col. Morris Lubbock, and Lieut.. Hath
way also train Of Eve wagons and three
ambulances, making most perfect sue
cess. Had not a most painful mistake
occurred, by which the 4th Michigan
and LIST Wisconsin came in conflict, We
should have done better. Their mistake
cost Us two killed aud Lieut. Boutls
! ~~..Ss5 shrouxh che sru, in the 4th
Michigan, and four men wounded in the
1ss Wisconsin,. This occurred Just Ut
daylight, after We had captured the
camp. By the advance of the LIST Wis
consin, they were mistaken for the enc
my. I returned to this point last night,
and shall move right on to Macon with
cut waiting orders from you, as directed,
feeling that the whole object Of the ex-
petition is accomplished. 1t will take
me, at least, three days to reach Macon,
and We are seventy Eve miles out and
our stock much exhausted. I hope to
reach Hawkinsvi!le to night.
"B. D. PRITCHARD.
Lieut. Col. 9Th Michigan Cavairy.-
The 1st Wisconsin belongs to Logan's
brigade of McCook's division, and had
been sent due east by Gen. Croxton, via
Dublin. Col. Mentz bad distributed his
command all along the south bank of the
Oemulgee and Alsamaha. This accounts
for the collision between parts Of the lss
and I'd divisions, and shows the zeal of
the cavalry in pursuit. l have directed
increased vigilance on the part Of the
command in the hepe Of catching the
other asssssins. Our dispositions of men
are good, aud so fer none Of the rebel
chiefs have been able to get through
Breckinridge's 500 was captured night
before last, eleven miles south Of here
Will send further details . soon as re.
ceivcd. J Fl WILSON ~
Brcve. Major General.
b" Macon, GA, May 13-e a. m =
Hon. E. II. STANTON: - Era a+e
Lieut. Col. Harden, com dog the
Let Wisconsin regiment, has just arrived
from 1rwinsville. He struck the tram
of Davis at Dublin, Lsurens county, on
the e7enipa of she 7th and sounSeo ""
closely night and day through the p.ne
q ild.r,.se ~ Alligator creek and Galen
: 80. =. Cumberisndsviile to Twins
III. A. Cam bsslandsvili Col. Harden
coI pritchsrd with $50 picked men
.nS horses Of the 4th Michigan. Ha,-
An followed the trail directly South,
-hile Pritchard, having fresher horses,
rushed down the Ocnulgee towards
Hopeuell and thence by House Creek to
Irvinssile, arriving there at midnight
on the 9th. JEFF. Davis had not arrived
From citizen, Pritchsrd learned tia.
his party were encsmped two miles out
of the town. He made disposition Of
bis men and surrounded the camp be
fore day.
Harden had campcd at 0 p m. within
two miles, as he afterwards learned, from
Davis. The trail being too indirec. to
follow, he pushed On at a m. and had
gone but little more than one mile when
bis advance was fred upon by the men
of the 4th Michigan. A fight occurred,
both parties exhibiting the greatest de-
termination. Fifteen minutes elapsed
before the mistake was discovered. -
The firing 10 the skirmish was the first
warning Davis received.
The eaptors report that he hastily put
on enc Of his vife's dresses and started
for the woods, closely followed by our
men, who at first thought him a woman,
but seeing his boots while he was run-
ming they suspected bis sex at once
The race was short one. The rebel
President was soon brought to bay He
brandishsd bowie knife and showed
signs Of battle, but yielded promptly to
the pursuasion Of Colts rerolvers, with
out compelling the men to Ere He x
pressed great indignation at the energy
with which be was pursued, saying that
he had believed cur Government too
msgnanimous to hunt down women snd
children. Mrs, Davis remarked to Col
Harden, after the excitement was over,
that the men had better not provoke the
President or he might hur. some of
them.
Regan behaves himself with dignity
and resignation. The party evidently
were making for the coast.
j. Il. WILSON, Gen.