Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-05-18
Summary OF Late News.

guerilla banQS. DICK ay lot, fOrreSL anu
ali the lesser marauders are used up, and
10 put the finishing blow to the whole al
fair, Secretary Stanton officially announces
that Jeff. Davis, and his family, together
with his wife's sister and mother; his
Postmaster General, Regain his Private
Secretary Col. Hrrl ison; Col. johnson, his
\. D. C; Coils. Morris, Luback and Lieut..
Hathaway have been surrounded and cap
tured by company Of the 4th Michigan
Cavalry, at daylight on the morning Of the
10th inst at Irwinsville, Ga. seventy five
miles southeast of Macon This is glorious
news, for we feel assured that the arch
traitor, the author Of All our woes will speed
" receive the just reward of his crimes
The manner of his capture is rather inter-
esting, ard we will give the greater part Of
it for the benefit CT our readers:
LIT Col. Harnden commanding the 1st
! Wisconsin has just arrived from Twins
Vile He struck the trail Of Davis at Dub
| lin, Lawrence county, on the evening of the
18th and followed him closely night and day
through the pine wilderness of Alligator
creek and Green swamp via the Cunber-
land river to Irwinsville
At Cumberland river Col Harnden met
COL Pritchard with $50 picked men and
horses of the 4th Michigan cavalry Harm
den followed the trail directly SOUTH while
Pritchard, having fresher horses pushed
down the Ocmulgee towards Hopewel and
thence by House Creek to Irwinsviile, ar
irving there at midnight on the 9Th. Jeff.
Davis had not arrived.
From citizen Pritchard learned that his
party were encamped two miles out Of the
town. He made disposition Of his men and
surrounded the camp before day Harm
den had camped at 9 P. NJ. within two
miles, as he afterwards learned, of Davis,
the trail being too indistinct to follow. He
pushed on at 3 A. NJ, and had gone but
little more than a mile when his advance
was fired upon by men of the 4th Michigan
A fight ensued, both parties exhibiting
the greatest determination. Some fifteen
minutes elasped before the mistake was dis
covered.
The firing in this skirmsh was the first
warning Davis received. The captors re-
port that he hastily put on one ofhis wife's
dresses and started for the woods, closely
pursued by our men. They thought him
a women, bat seeing his boots while he
was running, they suspected his sex at
once. The race was short one and the
rebel President was soon brrueht to bay
lie brandished a bowie knife, and showed
signs Of battle, but yielded promptly to the
persuasions Of Col. ps revolver, without
compelling the men to fire.
He expressed great Indignation at the
energy with which he was pursued, and
saying that he had "beleivcd our Govern
ment too'nsgnanimous to hunt down women
and children" Mrs. Davis remarked to
Col Uarnden, after the excitement was
over. that tie men chad better not provoke
the President rs he might hurt some o.
them"
Regan behaves himself with dignity and
resignation.
The Court for the trial Of the consp:ra-
tors has been in session few days at Wash
ington. Some three hundred arrests have
been made. The evidence so far revealed
shows matured plan for murder and crime,
unparalleled. The murder of the President
was apparently but small part Of the work
they intended to perform. It appears that
the charge against the prisoners is substan-
TALLY as follows. That between the sixth
of March and the fifteenth Of April 1865,
conspirng with JOAN II. Surrat, John
Wilkes Booth, Jefferson Davis, George n.
Sanders, Beverly Tucker, Jacob Thompson,
Wilson c. Cleary, Clement G. Clay, George
Harper, George Young and others unknown,
to murder Abraham Lincoln, President Of
the United States, Andrew Johnson, Vice
President; William H. Seward, Secretary
of State; Ulysses S. Grant, Lieut. General
The court has till lately sat with closed
doors, but the reporters have now been ad
mitted and we shall hear more particulars
than heretofore.
1t is the prevailing opinion in Washing
that jeff Davis will be tried for high trea-
son, before the U. S. court of that district,
anu Lildt ilC " III ilOC NC ICO DClUl Vic
Military Commission now trying the con
spirators. lie is expected at Washington
during the week.
The advance of Sherman's army have ar
rived at Alexandria, The 18th corps, the
rear guard Of Shcrman's army passed thro'
Richmond on last Saturday.
The rebel Lee and family are living in
Richmond on Government rations regular
" served out to them.
The Times special says it has been de-
cided to reduce at once the strength Of the
army to l25 900 or 80, 0oo men.
Gold is still falling. At last accounts it
had got down to $3.50
Cairo dispatches says Gen. Negretta, with
1900 troops appeared before Matamoras
/ the Goth ult and demanded its surrender
which was refused. The Imperalists
marched out to meet them, and cavalry
and artillery fight occurred.
Business was suspended, and the streets