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CO^UNRUS.GA., MAY 1U, 1^05.
T=r
reaching them Mr. Dttit*Hd again tap-
aratod from his famjlj|niwiining only a
few person* with htifc*r*n& lady crossed
before him, bqt coming up on tho ^mo
night he warrocognizod by the ferryman,
who made liable to telFhis pursuers a few
hours afterwards, whom-he sot net** the
stream.
At Abbeville the party learned from
citizens that the Federal cavalry wore at
'Uwkinsfillo, and at midnight left their
campmontand took tho Irwinvillo road,
jrriving within ono mile of that place at
ite hour in tho afternoon, they went in-
amp, from which they were destined
ve at prisoners.
. TfUC PURSUIT.
Ciorf. Wilson received orders
rd Washington, to take measures to ar-
t.if possible, Mr. Davis, Col. Fritch-
rd, of the 4th Michigan, in command of
ne hundred and fifty men of his own
regifuent. and perhaps fifty of the 2d Wis
consin, ^ap dispatched down the OcmuL
gee, to \^Kh the crossings.
Going ‘^fcc. Mawkinsville. infor
mation vnHahej^AjLHMved through un
known agcnbU'd^^keftir. Davis would
of I tad croswiRl Abbeville. Going
_ ferry, the ferryman at once offered
it $100,(XXHkat ho had set.lofl*. Davis
is family over the river.'’ Such was
of rushing
fusing unti
tho fact, and from thence to thei
<9 a straight,and
olkt
FrivI
\\ m.
Hhove mentiod^HI Nriv^d^ik, XbbevliV
Smith CarolinjJJ*wn the *i7l» of’ April,
without any parth ular incident having
occurred alwfeg the route. "^ r
DKSKRTIoN’ or Til K Kscoiu.
When Mr. Davis arrived it Abbcvilbvi
which was on lh«* 27th of April, lie dis
covered that there was unit t-al dittflW 1
lion among bis escort, and that tbtfnprru
determined to make no rc*Ktalir<TO the
event they were attacked* no nmllur hoW
-mall or great tho attacking force might
he. Hut little or no effort was made to
induce them to follow the lotteries of
their chosen and one < revered leader
lurther. They all clone to remain be-
hind, except six noble Kentuckians, of
Duke's brigade, w ho manfully remained
by him.
SAM K» OK I IIK EM OK^
The following are the names ot the sol
diers who rotm-ed to leave Mr. Davis.
They all belonged to the 2d Kentucky
cavalry: Lieut Itakor, Frivalce Sanders,
Smith, Heath, Walbufinnd llarknes-.
MR. DAVIS AM* I AMI LI .
Mr. Da via had, frevetnl day- before
leaving Charlotte, »ent «*11* lu- family,
consisting of hi- amiable Indy and four
sweet little children. They weru accoui
panied by his wile s sister, Miss llowell,
of New Orleans, and her brother, Mid
shipman Howell, C. S. N., Lieut. Hatha
way, C. »S. A., and per]^o.i or two
THE CAPTURE.
imduul posted two videttes re-
dHlho Ilawkinsville and the
rota, but from inter exhaustion
instead of watchihg, and were
.flurod or paused by before they
oiiged.
consequence. Col. Fritehard’s ad
enine up to the very camp without
r „ observed. The 2d Wisconsin made
etour and gained the Yoad in advance,
1st the 1th Michigan came directly up
tho camp, whoso inmates were, all
sleeping, and norhaps dreaming, utulef*
noatlagreen oaks ana beneath their own
native bluo Southern sky.
To Ci4. Fritchanrs gallantry, ho it said,
ot them slumber until
other individual
MR. PA
Mr. Di
' purpose of
Mr. Davii
overtaken
miles north
raiders organi
the attack.
It may bo Bi
they werou
waa, dividi
mined to
man tho ~
leader dtimg t
unmolested.
TUB FERRYMAN AT ABUKVILf.E.
Leaving Dublin, or the cwuip in tho
woods near that miserable little village,
on the morning of tho 7th, tho wh.de pat
If traveled leisurely along until they
reached the Oomuigae nvei at Abbeville,
Wilcox count), on the‘>tb. Hut before
tire .lay.
Then giving tho signal, the 1th Wi-nm-
sin charged into iho camp, and captured
all its inmates. Col. Johnston and one or
twq servants, wore alone awake at the
time. They AC tir.-l thought that they had
*1mv»ii atlin loig by the hated and detested
guerrillas, but the truth soon hem me
known that they had fallen into other
hands.
* A FATAL MISTAKE.
Leaving a guard ovur Mr. Davis, hi*
family and escort, the remainder ot the
4th Michigan, supposing that a large form
of Confederate cavalry must be on ahead,
went forward to attack them. At a short
distance they met tho advance of the 2d
Wisconsin. and firing at onee commenced.
Many volleys were exchanged, M4 Davi
assuring the men with Inin that they were
killing one another, and that he had 110
men out u|»on that road. Alter the firin '
censed, it was ascertained Unit lour men ol
the 2d Wisconsin were kilted and two
wounded, and that of the -Ith Michigan
two wore killed and two were wyimded,
among w hom was one officer.
orrn 1 a 1. dispatch.
An irtiiriul dopnli h was forwarded that
morning, tho Mill day ol May, hack to
Matfiei containing n brief account of tlm
Xpoditien and lt« results, and atinoum -
that an jLlio capture took place seventy*
from the city, it would take
day* to outer the city.
HK AllUIVAL AT MACON,
ig worthy ot note occurred on
from Irwinvillo to this city. Mr.
d his family worn treated with
*1. civility by their captors, and
kous of aflbutiou and esteem worn
by tho people along the road,
'down the Houston read at noon
;y, the reporter took a position two
and there awaited the
it at two o'clock.
0 guard came in sight, and
kly the whole party catno up. First
jr the advance cauie a fine carriage
coulaiuing Mi." Howell, Lieut. Hatha
way ami two other-. Next an urabulauto
drawn by four splendid mules, containing
Mr. Davit, his lady ahd little daughter. '
Tho sweet little girl occupied a seat in
Iron . ’ looked out upon the vast throng
of soidiuro and citizens who crowded each
aide of the road, with a pleasing smile.
For haps the little oarth-ungol thought
that it was one of tho&u pageants she had
often seen assemble to do reverence to hor
helovod father.
#N TUB STREETS.
At every stop the crowd increased.
When the carriages crossed tbo Macon A
Western Railroad, so vast had it hoconto
* that it was noces»a r y fur men to dear the
way with drawn swords and pointed ri
fles. From all parts of the city men,
women and children, soldiers and negroes,
flocked*to the sidewalks and bloeked up
the way. Facing the Brown Hotel the
throng moved directly forward to Mul
berry street, and from them e up to the
Lauitii House In front of that uote! the
crowd had grown so dense that it wn^with
difficulty the wav could be cleared.
At last the carriages and the ambu
lances w ere slopped, and the party alight
ed. They were received by Gen. Wil
son's officer of the day ami taken to rooir h
prepared for them by Moists. Logan A
Moara, Iho proprietors.
Gen. "Wilson's steward -ays that lie is a
personal friend of Mr. Davis, tho latte 1
having partaken of many a good meal
with him at his restaurant in Washington
in tho olden time, and therefore he de
termined to cater well for him while hero.
Not a shout or token of exultation was
manifested during the whole time by ^
Federal soldiery, while Lite citizen* b>«>lfl£ •
on with countenances generally cxproJf-
ing regret.
Mr. Davis, his family, and the gontlq-
men captured with him, woro sent for
ward bv special train to Atlanta last ovon-
ing. lie is in foeble health. *
From the Macon Journal and Messenger, 14th.
GOVERNOR BROWN S AUKKST.s
llmf rs Cav. Cones, M. D. M., 1
Macon, Ga., May 1806. 1
Sir . In pursuance of instructions re
ceived this dav from Hon. K. M. Stanton,
Secretary of War, 1 havo tho honor to
inform you that your telegram of tho 7th
inft., forwarded by my sanction, has been
laid before tho President of the United
Slates, ami the following are hi* reply and
orders:
1st. That tho collapse in tho curronc,
and tho great destitution of provisioi
among the people of Georgia, mention*
in your telegram, has been cautnd b'
treason, insurrection atnlrobcllion again**.,
the laws of the United States, incited and
carried on for the lust four years by yo|L*4j
and your confederate rebels and traitors; *
who alone are responsible for all tjio waste,
destitution and want now existing in that
State. '•
2d. What you call "tho result otych
tho fortunes of war havo imposed upun ,
tho peopto of Georgia,and all tho 10*04 St»»tos secuntio
and woe they have sutiered, are charged ■ "provement.
upon you and your confederate rebels,
who have usurped tho authority of tho
State and assumed to act as its Governor
and Legislature, made acts treasonable to
thy United Suites, and by means of Hint
usurped authority provoked Iho war to
extremity, until compelled by superior
force to lay ^twn their urn - and accept
• the result »wmrli ‘Tin* fortunes of war''
hauc im^psueb-upun the people of Geor
gia, uJ the Jttst penalty ol the 1 rimes of
iroason'and rebellion.
•’•d. That tho restoration of poaoc ami
order cannot be trusted to roliolu ami
trailers who destroyed tho peace and
trampled down tho order that ImU existed
more limn half a century in Georgia, a
ritfoul and prvsperous Stale. The per.tons
“Tho Army of Virginia, so long deem
ed invincible, the pride, tho hope, the
ccntro, the citadel ol the Confederacy, has
been not only beaten but shattered. The
Davis Government is new vagrant and
fugitive. Richmond, which received it
and gavo it for a timo a dignity which it
could never have ncquirod whilo it re-
mainedftamong the cotton plantations,
whore u bad its rise, was set on fire by it*
departing guests. That the Confederate
army fought with all its old tenacity and
wo canr.ot doubt; but it han been
brokonun By men who, as we havo often
£d, wore tho sweepings of North-
itift. Davia began tho war by de-
:]io would carry it whore food r for
"a awaited Southern armies in ;
bopuiated cities; but tho attempt
Pew York ended in nothing but
Ition, while Davis sot hip borrow
ed capitol in (lames «McLdecainpad."
The Globe, 'JftAjfil lfltb,.»ays;
‘‘Tbo fall of iffekipiiiid tehvea tho Confed
eracy threatened offcnyory sido. Thin is a
tremendous price'to pay for tholuiuiy 4
— l *- ra A. hT UlA i iR| n -
hoar to (tm and .•
arm the negi
T|>o Advei
*lbe furth
[Utnces of this hhi
r with if
wat^i
mitances and ^
blow Will her
iraMnmf a ne
oonttHThf unkn ^
front the conffict. Pr
end was tho uni ver-al • ' j
1 whftn the fttearner loft \
. the«nwwH was received the fnhu^-
North wen* greatly elufrd at (uai.t a •*
is, and strengthened irt the cup*t
—I the final trltunph «>f the w
Itr, white tVqtfsii w ho nmrufo»ted tn - ;• *
n»t %ltn in tnfi (’ uiledarAki XAu j.
d unmisul^l. mum- :
doncy
Tho eoltoi
rent., closing
'dined about Gv pv.
2B 10 2o, while United
hihiltHl a decided m>
I’hnotion and pnxlniw m»r
Rets ware clo-ed -coneequently there wk .
no business to tost the effect of the neVs,
but there were indication *f rt further
dedino in cotton.
A Manchester telegram of the loth uit
reports hu iness entirely suspended by the
advices. The news was received too late,
for general editorial comment in Liver
pool or Manchester.
1 incited tho
so great a sacrifice to tlm people of Goor
gia and o| all of tho United States, will
not he allowed to assemble at the call of
their accomplice to act ugaiu as a.Legisla
ture of the Slate, and again usurp it- uu-
Llioiiliea and franchise-. .Men whose
crimes have spilled -o mm h blood ol their
Icllmv-citiznns, and pre."etl -» much woo
upon the poopb 1 , di*slroyod tho linaiicor,
* urrem y and credit of Urn Slate, and 10
duced tim poor to destitution, wdl not Im
allowed to usurp legislative power that
might be intended to sol on looLlreidi unt
il treason and rebellion. 1 n calling llie.ru
togolliui without tho permission of the
Fropidont, you have poipetrated a iresli
crime that will he dealt with accordingly.
I am lurther directed to inform you Uml
tlm Frobideiil ol the United States will,
without delay, exert all the lawful powers
of Ida office to relieve tho people o| Geor
gia from do-tilUlion bv delivering thatt
from the bondage of military iynio4|i
vhiull avowed rebels and traitors have
long imposed alike upon poor and rich.
The FrusnleuL hopes that by 1 storingv
peace and order, giving nei ' J
liberty and property, by eiicoUfflffltUL
Hade, arts, manufactures and ov%ry ape*
c.iea of industry, to recover ,lw »
credit of the Stale and develop its great
resources, the people will again
able to rejoice, tinder tlm (Joiialilu 1 ion;
iHWa ol tne United Sul 1
own State, in the prosperity and ht
ness they once had. To all good pi
who return to thoir allegiance, libur
will hu exercised.
If any person shall presume to an*
or acknowledge the call mentioned
your telegram to the Fresident, I am di
rected to cause his 1 in mediate arrest .ami
imprisonment, and held him subject to
tho ordora of tho War Department.
1 am, air, very respectfully,
Your ohoaieut servant,
J. II. Wilson,
Brevet Major General.
Jti/trp/i K % lirown, Millodgoville, Ga.
, From tho Macon Telegraph, lltn.
THE FALL OF RICHMOND IN
ENGLAND.
Tho news ot the fall of Richmond cre
ated 1 life use excitement in England, hut
it arrived too lato boforo t he Bailing of the
last steamer to admit of tho paper- gene
rally commenting on it; and as most of
the market* bad closed from the Idth to
the 17th ult. (Easter;, the elfoct of the
news could not be fully developed until
they fully reopened. The London News
says :
N, Ha., May h, W
Oil LI ICRS. *4
All Confederate officers and solft'crf »n
the States^d Georgia and Florida who
have not been paroled in accordance with
the terms of the convention between Maj.
Gen. Shot man and Gen. Jos. E. John
ston, agreed upon' April 151th, 18B6, ar«
hereby ordered to turn in their arm#,
render an account for public htorrs in
thoir possession, and report to either of
the following named officer*, before the
2uLh day of May, for the purpose of taking
their paroles, on pain of being considered *
as outlaws and treated accordingly:
Brovot Maj. Gen. Upton, at Augusta,
Georgia.
Brig. Gen. McCook, at Tallahassee^
Florida.
Brig. Gen. Croxton, at Macon, Ga. «
Col. Eggleston, l-l Ohio Cavalry, at
Atlanta, Ga. ,
Mujor William.-, A. A. I. O., at MIN
lodgovillo. Ga.
By command of Brovot Maj. Genera/
Wilson. E. B. BEAUMONT,
■ Jt 11 ! 01 * R,lt ^ A* O.
HKAIHW* OA VC CORPS. M. D. M.. 1
.■JUjtN.'OA.. Msy'Jtli, 1866. J
tci%f yhtruc»ions from the
Anqtr«t6d {States, notice is
flvon that neither tho Legislature
Jy Other political body in Georgia,
ty tp JjfN) wlifbe permitted to assemble tinder tho
eiicouragiu^ call of the rcbol (State HuiboTlties.
Tho pooulo are earnoetiy couusolod to
ruaiuuo th^ir peaceful pursuits ‘ through -
Qdf. the State, and Are asm red that ♦'•o
_ idtntoftno United {Stan.o will, wjtb-
out delay, oxert all the lawful powe
hj* office to roliqj# tham froho '
lofrebeltynKRy, Rnd» ‘
1 enjoyment of peace ft*d order,
jurity of Ufr, fibeity, end .
idor ’the Constitution and tho ldfs of
Unilod iStatea, ana of their own
itabs. 1* ji *
IV coratn&SD of *
Brevet Maj. Mi. WILSON.
K, B. Beaumont, Maj. and A. A. G.
-
JViind, u largo Mrass Koy. Ap.
ply Slahls olllco. May Hi
M. J.^FOGARTY,
DRUGGIST & CHEMIST,
I S now prepured to compound 1’liynicianh'
prescriptioiirt with accuracy ami despntoli.
He can bo lound at tho store lately occupied
by Dr. T. S. Tuggle ua un office, at all hours ol
the day, and at insht, at hii< rvsidenue, corner
of Thomas and McIntosh st roots.
lie respectfully solidtn u chare of public put
rouHge, ami Is rwolved to merit it by strict at
tention and moilcruto <'lur«p.-.
May 16. )86f*.~tf
Salt, Salt.
fllU exchange for BACON. LAUD, FLOUR,
i or produce ol au> description.
Mi. v* 0 M- KEilPkOR k 00.
