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EXTRA. 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.