The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1865, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 10,496. JE | FF. DAVIS. DETAILS OF HIS CAPTURE. His Camp Surprised at Daylight on the 10th Instant. Re Disguises Himself in His Wife's Ciething, and, Like His Accomplice Booth, Takes to the Woods, Re is Pursued and Forced “to : a Stand, He Snows Fight and Flourishes a Dagger in the Style of the Assassin of the President, Eis Wife Warns the Soldiers Not to “Provoke the President or He Might Hurt 'Em.” He Failsto Imitate Booth and Die in the Last Ditch. Hi3 IGNOMINICUS SURRENDER. SKETCHES OF THE CAPTORS AND CAPTIVES, &e,, &e,, &e. DETAILS OF THE CAPTURE. Sceretacy Stanton to Major Goneral Dix. War Derartmeyt, Wasumvaton, May 14, 1865, } Major Genera) Jonw A, Dix, New York:— ‘The fcliowing detatis of @ capture of Jefferson Davis while atiom:pting to make his escape in his wife's clothes have Leon received from Major General Wilson. EDWIN M. STANTON. Gencral Wll§on to Scerctary Stanton. » Maoon, Ga., May 12—11 A. M. To Hon. E. of. Stanton, Secretary of War;— ‘Tac tollow!ng despatch announcing the capture of Jeff. Davis bag just been handed mo by Coloncl!. Minty, com- juanding Second division. Lage ing hits Mimonds Oavacer, } MBERUANDVILLE, Gu, Ma: 1866, ‘To Oapt, 7. wkd XG, S8iona iat fir—I have the honor to report that at daylight yesterday, at Irwinsville, I eurprised and captured Jeff. Davis aud family, together with tis wifo, alsters, and brother; nis Postmaster General, Reagan; bis pri- ‘vate secretary, Colonel Hurrison; Colone! Johnson, Aid- de-Camp on Davis’ staff; Colonels Morris and Lubbick and ‘Lieutenant Hathaway ; also several {mportaot names and e@ train of flvo wagons and three ambulances, making a moat perfect success. Had not a most painful mistake occurred, by which the Fourth Michigan and First Wisconsin came in cen. ict, we sould have doue better, This mistake cost us two killed and Lioutenant Boutie wounded through tho arm, in the Fourth Michigan, and four mon wounded in tho First Wiscousin, This occurred just at daylight after ‘wo liad captured the camp. By the advance of the First Wisconsin they were mistaken for the cnemy. I returned to this point last might, and shall move right on to Macon!:without waiting orders from you as directed, feeling that the whole object of the expeuitioa 1s accom- plished, It will take me at least three days ¢o reach Macon, as ‘we are seventy-five miles out, and our stock much ex- hausted. I nope to reach Hawkiasville to-night. Lhave the honor, &c., B. D. PRITCHARD, Lioatynant Colonel Fourth Michigan cavairy. Tho First Wisconsin belong» io Lagraage’s brigade, of ‘M.Cook’s div!zion, and had veen seat duc east by Gene- ral Croxton via Dublin. Colon+l Miaty had distributed his command all along the south bak of the Ocmulgcee and Altamaha, Thig accounts for the collision between parts of the Firstand Second divisions, and shows the zeal of the command in the pursuit. ‘ T have directed incronsed vigilance on the part of tho command, iu the hope of catching the other assassins. Our dispositions of mon are good, aud so far none of the rebel chiefs have been able (o get through. Breckinridge’s son was captured the night before Inst eleven miles sauth of here. ‘Will send further dotatis as soon as received. ‘J. HH, WILSON, Brevet Major General. GENERAL’ WILSUN'S SECOND DESPATCH. Macon, Ga., May 15—0:30 A. M. Hon. E. M. Stavros, Secretary of War:— Lieutenant Colonel Harden, commanding the First Wiscoustn, hae just arrived from Irwinsville. He struck the traii of Davis at Dublin, Lawrence county, on the evoning of the 7th, and followed him closely night aud ay through the pine wildernoss of Alligator creek and Green swamp, via Camberlandsville, to Irwinsville, At Cumberlandaville Colonel Harden met Colonel Privchard, with one hundred and fifty picked mon and Borses, of te Fourth Michigan, Haren foliowed the trail directly south, while Pritch- ard, having fresh horses, pushed down the Ocmulgeo towards Hopewell, and thonce by Honse creek to Irwins- v)!'o, arriving there at midnight of the 9th. Jeff. Davis ‘ad not arrived, From a citizen Pritecher’ learned that his party were encamped twormiles out of the town. He made dispo- Si\lous of bis men and surrounded the camp before day. ton had camped at nine P, M. within two miles, ashe afterwards learned from Davis, The trail being ‘too indistinct to follow, he pushed on at three A. M., and had gone bat litle more than « mile when bis advat was (red upon by men of the Fourth Michigan. A fight ened, both partite oxbibiting the greatest de. termination, Fifteen minutes elapsed bofore the m's- take was dircovered. The Oring in this skirmish wes the first warning that Davis received, The captors report that ho hastily put on one of his nifo's Ceosges and started for the woods, closely followed %) gue ‘on, Who at frst thoaght him a woman, but, eee- tt his swotewhile ne was running, they suspected his pex 4 OnO®, The race was a short one, and the rebel Prosident w: ‘t09 breaght to bay. He brandished a bowle knife and aho vod kigns of battle, but ytelded promptly to the per. @rastons ef Colt’s revolvers, without compelling the mon tore, Ho oxpressed great indignation at the energy ‘with which he was pursued, saying that he had belloved our government more magnanimous than to hunt down svomen and children, 2 Mra, Davis remarked to Colonel Herden, after the ox- citement was over, that the mon had better not provoke the President or “/he might hurt some of em.” Meagan wed himeel{ with dignity and resignation. the party evddontly were making for the coast, \ H., WILSON, Brevet Major Gevoral, Our Spoc¥al Washington Despatch. nm . » Wastuxcrton, May 14, 1866, The news: of the igenture of Soff, Davis qpread fapidly ch the elty last’ evening, and was the occasion of gpuch o)*huelenn and 4 ig. It was annonticed at e » varios places. of etent, and called forth the » +t tumultuous applause,’ ‘ bbe doiaite af Wie rontnre, Spbilatiod this aflersoon im E NEW YORK HERALD. ‘extras, has turned into ridicule what at first was supposed to have been invested with some eloment of diguity worthy of tho occasion, It is regarded aa a Gitlag ter- mination to such a career as that of the leading actor in the tragedy that he should have beea captured while trying to make his escape in hie wife's petticoats, and should have surrendered without an effort at resistance, which might have dignified in a glorious death exit from the scene ou which he lagged too long. He will now come here to be tried for complicity in the ansas- sination of President Lincoln, aad will probably die aot a8 a political martyr, but aga feloa aad murderer, Froin the well known characteristics of General Wil- #00 and his pertinacity in sttention to minute detalls 00 Aoudt is outertaiaed .thaty the arch-traitor Jeff. will be safely delivered to the authoritive hero for trial and Pualshmeat. fi DETAILS OF THE FLIGHT. That Jeff, Dart would eventuaily be captured has been for some time a foregone conclusion, In which the public have so thoroughly acquiesced that the official annouace- mont that he sia the hands of General J. H. Wilson will be received with few demonstrations of joy. The event has bebn so long anticipated thas !t fuils as still. born ag an anti-climax to the greater acts of the assasel- nation, the surrendersand the peace. ‘The capture of Jeff, Davis” is an announcement which, two years ago, would have been considered startling, indeed, but when the peopte saw that Lee and Johnston and Dick Taylor had been unable to escape the combinations of Geaeral Grant, they felt that there was tittie fear that Davis would succeed, The combinations by which the rebellion has been destroyed cast of the Mississipi flad gratifying completeness in the capture of the arch-traitor himeelf, Davis began his flight from Richmond on the night of April 2, and by the morning of the 3d bad succeeded in doing by rail what Lee could not with his army—in fact, reach Daaville and got beyond Grant's lines. He was at Danville on the 5th of April, anxiously awaiting the ap- pearance of Lee, and employing himself in inditing a wild, wordy and windy proclamation, in which he vainly promised what be could never hope to perform, He de- clared there was no reason to be discouraged, and tliat he had no intention of abandoniug the cause. He got he news of the surrender of Leo at nine o'clock at night on April 8, and at daylight the next morning he left in a Private conveyance for Greensboro, N.C. Here he re- mulped for several days, He was prominent, through bis Becretary of War, Breckinridge, in arranging the terms of the Sherman-Johnston armistice, in which that admirable strategist, Sherman, failed 60 signaily a3 a diplomatist. He remaiaed at or near Greensboro during the time that clapsed in which the agreement of Sherman and Johuston was submitted to the authorities at Washington, and, as if confident the terms would no be accepicd, be employed himself tn organizing a de- tachment of cavalry, under Generals Wade Hampton sod 8. @. Dibbrell, as an escort for himwelf, his family staif and treasures to the coast of Florila or the Trans- Mississippi Department. On the receipt of the intelli- gence that the admiaistration was not to be duped into the acceptance of ihe terms of the Sherman-Johnston armistice, he prompiy decamped from Greensboro and continued “his dight.’” His route from Greensboro to Irwinsville, Georgia, is not distinctly known. On April the 26th he left Char- lutte, escorted by ‘about three thousand cavalry, The men were mostly Kentuckians and Texans. Davis made speech in Charlotte before leaving, in whieh, Tis “Udaal “atyTo, ho promised to have a larger army in the field than ever very soon. He had with him a@ train of about twen- ty wagons. His cecort were mere desperadoes and ad- venturers, many of whom were formerly under John Morgau, He crossod the Savannah river a@ short distance above Augusta on May 2, and at Powell- ton, Hancock county, on May 6. in the mean. Ume vengeance, on the wings of lightning, was pursuing him. By means of the rebel telegraph wires the Presideat telegraphed bis proclamation, accusing Davis of being iu league with the aesarcius of President Liacola, to General Wilson at Macon, Ga. General Wil- Bon at once écaltescd hundbills deecribing Davis through- out the country, and started his cevairy in search of the culprit, The reauit of the search is thus modestly an- wounced by General Wilson:— Macow, Ga, May 12-11 A. M. Lieutenant Genera) U S. Graxtand Hon, Sicamtary or Wan, Washington, D. C.:— Thave the boaor to report that at daylight of the 10th instant, Colonel Pritchard, commanding Fourth Michigan cavalry, captured Jem. Davis and family, with Reagan, Postroaster Gencrat; Colonel Harrison, Private Secretary; “Colonel Johnson, de-Camp; Colonel Morrie, Colonel Lubbick, Lieutenant Hathaway, and others. Colonel Pritchard surprised (aeir eomp at Irwinsvitte, in Irwin county, Ga., seventy-five miles southcast of this place. They will be Lere to-morrow night, and will be forwarded under strong guard without delay. 1 will send further particulars at once. J. H. WILSON, Brovet Major Genera). The despatches from General Wileon, which we pub- lish clacwhero, give in detail ine rest of the story THE NEWS IN THE CITY. The capture of Jef! Davis did not create in this city that degree of excitemeat which such an event might be expected to eceasion. People took the matter quite coolly aud caluily. Nobody, in fact, seemed much aston- lebedor exercived ia consequence, and things went on pretty much the same as asual to all outward appear- ances, The cause of this lack of excitement is doubtless the declining in’ -rest ia everything concerning the re- beilion, The community feel that the fighting is over and the Unicow restored, and therefore, care little for what may iollaw, Had the capture ocourred a few monthe, or evou weeks, sooner there would have been a very different condition of things to report; but occur. ring at this Inte day, and when people daily expected Some such winding up of the arch-traitor’s careor, it only awakens the castotnary interest that any ordinary event might give rise to. It shows every insignia. cant the rebel @x-Presidont must have become, too, when people do not even think it worth their while to glory over hie misfortune, The probable disposition of Jeff was much dis- cussed yesterday. “Some hoped he would be hanged without « moment's delay for his treason, while others expressed the views lately enunciated by Wendell Phillips, and were in favor of leaving hima to the sting of his own conscience, A!!, however, agreed that if ho is implicated in the assassination scheme hanging would be too good for him. —— SKETCHES OF THE CAPTORS. Sketch of Brevet Major General James H. Wilson. No less great than the wonderful revelations of the material resources of the country has been the develop. ment of all grades of men equal to every emergency. ‘Lesa then five years ago the subject of this sketch was a cadet at the goverument academy; to-day he leads an army, and his name is arsociated at the head of the finish- ing and one of the most brilliant raids of the war. James H. Wileon, Brevet Major Genoral of Voluntecrs, and Captain of Eugineere United States Army, was born in Lower Illinois about the year 1940, He entered West Point as a cadet in 1866, and graddated Afth in hia clase, June 80, 1660, On the following day hoe was promoted ‘to brevet ond Heutenant Topographical Engin- eers, Upon ths outbreak of the rebellion he wos made full second lieutenant, to date from Juno 10, 1861, On the 9th of September following he ‘became first lieutenant in his corps. Upou the organiza- Yon, at Annapolis, Maryland, of the Sherman (T. W.) expedition to Hilton Head, South Carofina, Lieutenant ‘Wiledn was otdered to duty so oblof of Topographical Engineers of thatarmy. Afier the forces had secured # foothold In South Carofiga Licutenaut Wilson conducted 8 Bamber of reconnoissances:throngh the river® aud other water courses tt tHe'vicluity of Fort Pulaski on the Gavannah river, with wview. operations In that dirgetion, Of Decéinbe: tended and nt left ona more ox. discover whether a navigable passage oxisted between Oaiibogue Sound and the Savannah Hver At this thme the extreme ad- vano@ Of our forvee rested on Dawfunkie fsland. Leaving Calfbogue Bound fh iW rdgrboats, with a vdelschment of seventy men of #8 Rhode SS SS ete tha e e Senearee me NEW Island regiment, Lieutenant Wilsou proceeded by night through a number of intricate channels, At various points along the route the party spied the picket fires of the enemy, but passed them with muffled oars and with- Out elickting discovery, After a night of fruitless search the party drew ap with the dawn of day and secreted themeelves in the grass, When night returned they ‘again (ook to their boats, Pushing oo their way they 800n entered Wright river,’and, rounding tho point of Johes’ (sland, entered the Sarannab, The rest of the ‘Dight was passed:in making soundings, approaching un- der the very guns of Pulaskt, and so that the sent Dels could be heard at thelr beat Lieutenant Wilson ‘Qow pushed ap tho Savannah beyoud Veaus Point, tothe mouth of Mad elver, whence he returned to the Wright, and thence to the headquarters of the army, The result of this redonnolgsance was the discovery Of a passage for gunboata drawing ten feet and clear of the guos of the fort. In the subsequent operatio ‘against Pulask! the troops followed Lieutenant Wilson's route, and a battery wasestablished at Venus Point, Lieu- tenant Wilsoa remained in the Department of the South, conspicuously eugaged on engineer duty until the sum- mer of 1862, when he served for a short time as ald to General McClellan, On November 8, 1862, he was Potnted assistant inspector general, with the rank of Heu- tenant colonel of volunteers, and assigned to General Grant, by whom ho was for several months assigned to daty on the staff of Major Genera! James B. McPherson. During the operations in Mississtpp! and’ against Vicka- burg Colone! Wileon was again conspicuous for his ” peering Ce and in the obrililant vi es of General Grant, tn the vicinity of Chatt won the official commendation of Gen. W. F. Smith, with whom he was then acting. On December 31, 1863, he was dominated brigadior general of volunteers, to date from October 80, 1863, and was confirmed May 12, 1864, upon the recommendation of Lieutenant General Grant, In January, 1864, General Wilson was appointed chief of the Cavairy Bureau in Washington. In April following he was assigned to the command of the Third division, cavalry corps, Major Genera! Sheridan, Army of tl Potomac. During General Grant’s Virginia campaign he acted independently, to tho right and reur of the army, to destroy railroads.’ He also covered the féar from Coal Harbor to the south aide of the James river. In June and the begioning of July he conducted a@ raid south of Richmoad, destroying the railroads and throwing tho enemy in a great state of alarm. After the necessity of cavalry operations in the vicinity of Richmond and Petersburg had passed General Wilson was transferred to the Shenandoah valley, where he added to bis reputation 28 an efficient officer, For distinguished services ho war breveted major general of volunteers, to date from Oct. 5. 1864. During the winter he was transferred to the Department of the Cumberland, and by General !nomas was placed in command of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Cumberland. On March 23, 1865, General Wilson started from Chickasaw, Alabama, with his troops well mounted and equipped. | After routing Roddy at Monti- cello ho moved on and annihilated the combined forces of , thence swept xcroas Georgia, Caest ie J Sa- vannah on April 28, having marched six hundred and Afty witer. As mil ho nereeived by the telegraphic annowncement, it was a portion of General Wilson’s gallant corps which has the honor of putting a climax to the downfall of the rebellion by capturing its prime mover and leader. Genera) Wilson is not over twenty-fi eare of age, very young looking, about five feet eight inches in height, light hair and eyes, and rather boyish in man- ner. This tatter peculiarity, however, doe2 not detract from, puts morits as asoldicr, Ho has tho reputation of Jitdyment in the disposition of troops and the Management of isolated expeditions, General Wilson’s present yank in the regular army is captain in the corps of engineers, dating from May 7, 1863. Sketch of Lientenant Colonel Benjamin D. Pritchard, Fourth Michigan Cav- alry. By the official annownicement of the capture of Jeff, Davis, the Fourth Michigan cavaly, commanded by Lieu- tenant Colonel Benjamin D, Pritchard, has the glory of thie crowning act. Col. Pritchard entered the service as captain in the Fourth Michigan cavalry, his commission dating August 13, 1862, His regiment rendezvoused at Detroit, was mustered into the United States service on Auguet 29, and left for Kentucky in September follow- ing. Colonel Pritchard, during hie captaincy, took part im the advance during the attack on Morgan’s guerillas at Stamford, and ued in the pursuit as fur ss Crab Orchard, Kentucky, On Novem. ber 8, 1 he took part in the chase after Morgan, yd tho rebel chief was driven seven miles, and putting him completely to rout. Subsequently he ¥ fratet ene in the operations against Murfreesboro and in pursuit of Forrest and \Wheeler towards Fort Do- During the campaighs of 1963 and 1864, in Ten- the Fourth Michigan took again a For gallantry in the varions actions joted to the nelgon. nessee and Geore! conspicuous par of bis regiment Captain Pritchard was prom rank which he now holds, It is unnecessary to repeat here the series of skiIful and quickly executed movements, under the immediate command of Colonel Pritchard, which have resulted in Davis’ capture, It is hoped this satisfactory success is but the foreranoer more defuite termination of the @x-Presidential rebel’s career. SKETCHES OF THE CAPTIVES. The Rebel Lender, Jeff. Davis. Jet, Davis was born in Kentucky, June 3, 1808, He was the son of James Davis, a noted horse trader, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The father fell under suspi- clon ag a horse thief, and was forced te fly from Ken- tacky, and settled, when Jeff. was very young, near Vicksburg, Miss, He was able afew years aftor his removal to aend his son Jeff, to Kentucky to complete his educa- tion at the Transylvania University, Lexington, and sub- sequently, through the influence of hie money, secured for lin an appointment to West Point, which young Jeff, entered at sixteen, forming part of the graduating class of 1828, He graduated noar the foot of the class, and was commolesioned in the First infantey as brevet second liea- tenant, the lowest rank that could be given him. Ho was gent t Florida and served very creditably with Zach. Taylor, in the Black Hawk war, for which he got a com- mission a# fret Heutenant in the First dragoons. Iu 1832 he offended General Taylor by running away with and marrying his daughter, and the off General never recognized Davis until they happened to meet on tho battle feld of Buena Viet In 1835 Davis, having resigned his commi settled near Vicksburg, and entered upon the arena of politics, in which he was 80 far suecesstul as to be elected ww the lower house of Longress, en the Mexican war broke out Davis raised and commanded the First regiment of MisslesIppi rife. The only significant feature in bis career was the fact that he declined a United States commission as brigadier general of volunteers, on the ground that such an appointment by the federal Executive was a violation of State rights. He re-entgred political life in 1847, haying been ap- pointed by the Governor of Mlesiasippi to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of Mr. Speight. At the ensuing election, in 1848, he waselected to fil the term expiring In 1851. On his return to Mis- sixelppi he became the State rights candidate for Gover- nor, but was dofeated by “Little Fidget’ Foote, his life- Lime enemy, who Is now lying in Ludiow street jail inthis city, About the «ame time he stomped the State for the purpose of advocating the repudiation of the State debt, and was subsequently honored as the originator ‘and cig sm oy of that groat ewindle, In 1853 he was called y Pierce to @ seat in his Cabinet, as So of War. In 1867 he waa re-clected United *tates Senator from Mis- sissippi, which he held until his resignation (January, 180i), on the secession of bis Sti Leis by Congres- sional vacation of 1860, Davis made a visit to the North, and examined into the feeling which p the time. He became satisfied that a stron; North were willing to entrust the control govern. ment agein into the hands of @ Southern President, and being ambitions for that position he made se: eral ieiespp and labor for fhe preservauion ‘t"ihe Union, an ol ‘nl On his return he found that other leaders had drawn the people into the meahes of secession, and with the eelfish- nees which has always characterized him, he gave in his adherence to ‘and beenme the leader in the ro- beilion. He was chosen Provisional President of the rebel confederntion of States February 4, 1861; was inaugurated February 22, 1861, and re-elected {n 186% for the term of siz years, for Cyt of wae he will be permit- tettonct. Hit inistration of the affairs of the rebel- lions States has been marked BY Bb area brillianey or ment. He has been the Marplot of almost every one jens, and has done by bis obsti- ity and f and ite armies thas any other of its leaders. If the confederacy had possessed a leader lees obstinate in the parsuit of bad ba Jose en- vious of the fame of his subordinates, and less quarrel- somo generally, it might have existed a few months nm will bo no diMeuity whatever in conveying Davis and hgh ws AD) Washington, No armed ands of tho enemy fn force aid him, and there exists pois hie own people no such love for the obstinate aud selfieh-old a as will induce Cem Wo rise em mane jo will be forwarded in hot haste to Md DS ged and be entere 1 with the other criminals now je military court to be tried for the murder of President Lincoln. Mrs. Jefferson Davis. The present wifo of the arch-trailor, who has been captured with bim,(e his second wife, the daughter of Gonoral Taylor baving died men ra aince. Mi Davis’ mataon name an Vertna Howat : ‘° be a granddaughter of Genera! Howell, of New Jersey,” sn {9 shilba young woman, with @ famit} four obild John H, Reagan, of Texa Jobo A. Reagan, tho rebel Portmaster Genorni, is a native of Soyier covuty, Tennesees, where he was born }, We believe, of YORK, MONDAY, MAY 15, 1865. on the 8th of October, 1818, Ho Is, consequently, in bie fetyieventh r. joie lamer by nim one any civic and militar; tons to which State he emigrated years alnce. be was appointed Judge of istrict Court of Texas, and in 1867 Lo wag elected a member of the Tein ne rg ee and was ctiosen to sit on several committees, Be flied since 1861 the position of postmaster. Colonel Burton N. Harrison, of Misste- sippi, has been (he private socretary of. Davis ever since his {nauguration as rebel President. Of bts bistory previous to the War we know nothing. His career has been con- Gned to the duties of a privat secretary. direction of Catoma creek, to meot the advance of the United States forces. They were received with great courtesy by Genera! McCook, who was the commanding officer of the advance, aod who assured the Mayor that all private property In the city should be rempected so far ag consistent with the military occupation. He sald It might be necessary to prees bores, only, for military Purposes, but aside from that the citizens of Montgomery might reat assured of bis protection. The Mayor then issued the following proclamation :-— ‘To ram Ports or MovtooMERt :— The city of Montgomery having been surrendered tnto the protection of the United States autboriiies, I am as- sured Major General McCook, commanding Upited oO IW. P. Johns of Kentucky. States in Montgomery, that a!} private property William Prestou Jobuston, of Kentucky, ea cative of | will be respected, eo far as consistent with military ope- Louisville, the sou of a well known physician of that city | Tatlons and thats military guard will be esisblished for the betier protection of the city and ts inhabitants, ‘The General commanding requeats, on the part of the people, that no cilizen will ottempt to leave the corporate Tinits, W. L COLEMAN, Mayor. Moytoomeny, April 12, 1805, THs OcoUrAT.ON, On Wednesday morning, the 12th, # squad of about fifty mounted men dashed into Maio street, and rode up to the Capitol, whore they formed In line. Jn about half and nephow of General William Preston, of the same city, formorly Minister to Spain. He te familiarly known Han of wild, loose ve fond of indulg- ing ip amateur theatrical pert mineek ie ry fond of od fy and it with in roal life and tried to be an indolent blass individual; but be has, doubtiess, boen thrown off bis equanimity by Berge ss theroaginan ‘Sir Charles was by bis sup. | ap hour General McCook, at the bead of bis columns, posed murder of the blacksmith. Johoston married hg pe by the Mayor and committee of thu Cou: some years since the sister of Matt. Ward, who became | cil, rode into Court House eqnare, an notorious as the murderer of the Kentucky schoolmaster, | Capitol, Very soon thercalier the Unit: Steins flag wi Butler, floating from the Capitol deme, the Cou House, tl telogri m the Exchauge Hotel, where h office, and Genera) McCook oxtablished bia bordquarters. The fi of truce and the battle fiag of the advance were placed one on each side of the Capitol stairs. General Wileon, commanding the monuted army, ar. rived in the course of the day, and cataltizned his head. quarters at the residence of Coloriel Po The troops poured into the city ali through the day, and kept arriving all the next day. They were passed rapidly and in the strictest ordes through the city to en- campunents several miles boyond town, One division moved right on to Columbus, aot even stopping to rest in this vicinity, The force was variously estimated at from ten to gixtecn thousand, all well equipped and mounted, Colonel Lubbick, of Texas, Francis R, Lubbick, an aldo to the rebel President, re- ported by Genoral Wilson as captured with him, isa native of Harris county, Texas, He was formerly Lieuten- ant Governor of that State, liaving been elected in 1857 with H, R, Runnels as Governor, His term expired in 1869. When the war began he went on the staff of Gen- eral Longstreet, and served in that capacity at the first battle of Manassas or Bull run. He remained with Long- Street until 1864, when he was given the vacancy on the ‘staff of Jeff. Davis, caused by the promotion of Colonel James Chestnut, of South Carolina, to be a brigadier general, Ho has since been serving in that capacity. WILSON. Occupation of Alabama by the National Armies, THE CITY AGAIN RVACUATED. General Wilson on Thursday gave notice to the muni- cipal authonjties that he was going to evacuate the place, and the people must take care of themselves. The troops commenced to move out on Thura!oy, and by Fri- day afternoon the lwt of the rear guord Lad departed, ANOTHER OONPLAGRATIOY Before leaving General Wilson set fire to the railroad build ngs, cars and locomotives, the go.croment machine shops, nite works cud arsenal, and i « few hours all were 4 mass of ruil In che destruction of public and rivate property by flre LJon'gomery las suffered fear- ally. ADVANCE OF THR SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS, Attor a weary and dusty march from the Culf, wo ar- rived in the vicinity of Dixie’s first cap tal. The Second Maine cavalry, wich the gallant and cosb!.g Spurling at their head, constituted the advance of this corps, and entered Montgomery on the morning of the 2éth of April. The citizens crowded the doorways sud street corners, and obeerved the novel cavalead: with interest and curiosity. One of tho local papers, aunoincing the event, remarks that:—The forces of the U) ted States ve alveady entered the proud fittie city of Montgomery, the first capital of the confederacy. To ~ us ‘Bis may appear an unhappy event. Such persons must loole upon the fact, howover, as one of the fortunes of war, and make up their minds to bear itas good citizens ant ag gentlemen, and to afford such asalstance and give such attentions a8 may facilitate the estab! mont of good order and gvod government.” TUE GRAND ENTREE. ‘Tho main body of Genera! Smith's army—-McArthu Garrard’s and Carr’a divisions of the Sixteenth corps entered the city about noon on the 25th, and passed through the streets with colors gaily fying and bands laying alternately “Dixie” and “Yankee Doodle.” The ‘and the long wagor trains were passiug through all The white citizens crowded the sidewalks to get a glimpse of the “serricd ranks of bine,” while vast numbers of delighted little niggors followed closely after the bands. To many Les came as deliverers, and fre- quent demonstrations of weleome greeted she sturdy column. To others, no doubt, they appeared “dreadful an army with banners,’’ and thie cl though ellent, ere rmtabsuie evideuces of dissatisfaction io thelr jouke. THA FIRST PRBPL CAPITAL. A brief description of this little city of Montgomery may not prove uninteresting. It is situnted ip a pleas- ant vailey, in a bend of the Alabama river, and its sur roundings woul@ be decidedly piciareens with a few re hills, or even sa roach to one, to the mono- fea of the Tandgeupe. Tho only elevations of note are The Sixteenth Army in Montgomery. Corps GEN, ADAMS OPPOSED TO SURRENDERS. He Burns Ninety-seven Thousand Bales of Cotton. UNION SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE. Political Complexion of Parties in Alabama. MONTOQOMERY UNDER THE OLD FLAG, Civil Movement in Favor of the in the city itself, from the summits of which the eye . ‘Union, extends over as fair and beautiful an area of table land ke. &e ke. as was over desecrated by the devastating march of war. 4h ae - Montgomery is a very pretty town, and many of tl residences and gardens of the bettor clase of inhabitants evince a degree of cultivated taste and re(inement. Tho PRICE FOUR CENTS. THE SEVEN-THIRTIES. Immense Offerings of Money to the Government. Over Thirty Millions Sub- scribed on Saturday. The Balance of the Loan to be Put on the Market. $230,000,000 MORE TO BE ISSUED. POSTING THE NATIONAL BOOKS, &e., &e., &e. PRLavetrma, May 13, 1665. The 6ubscriptions to-day to the seven-thirty loan amounted to thirty millions four hundred and fifty one thousand mine hundred and fifty dollars, The largest single Western subscription was one million and thirty five thousand dollars, from the Second National Bank, Chicago. The First National Bank of Cincinnati took one million doliars. The largest single astern subscripion was ive millions five bundred «and Ofty-four thousand doiars, from the Ninth National Bank, New York. The Bank ¢ uumeree, New York, took one million, Fisk & Hatch, New York, $1,082,500, There were 21,°07 individual subscriptions. Henry Clews & (>, New York, $1,000,000; National Metropolis, Wash: ston, $400,000; National Exchange, Hartford, $200,000, Secoud National, Providence, $200,000; Uonal, Boston, $500,000, The total sales for j the week uinounted to $98,384,650, At the clure of today’s sales of the seven-thirties but little, 1f any, of the second series of the three hundred milhona ren All telegraphic orders received this day (Satuiday) ‘vill be filed. If any of the Joan remains over it will be given to the frat applicants by telegraph op Monday morning. Two weeks ago the amount of ihe gcond series sold apd reported, inclusive of voucher « o versions, was abou. one bv adred aud forty-dve millions «de The cash sales lost week were about forty millions Thie week they were ninety-cight militons, Tho valance of the codversion of quartermasters’ vouchers durlug the last two weeks, and which were not included in the daily published sales of the seven- thirties, togetbe, 1.1) The sales in Caljfornia, and at the various sub-treasuries, also not included in the daily sales, will make about fifteen millions, Altogether the total sales are two hundred and ninety eight millions of dollars. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has decided to issue the balance of the loan that was authorized by the eet of March, 1865, and which amounts to two hundyed and thirty miltians in and three-tenths notes, precisely similar in tenor, form and privileges to the seven-thirties already sold, payable three years from the 15th of next July, except that tho government wil reserve to itself the option of paying interest in gold coin at the rate of six per cent instead of seven and three tenths in currency. Subscribers will deduct the interest in currency up to July 16 when they subscribe, The delivery of the notes of this third series of the eeven-thirties w.l] commence on tho lat of June, and will be made promptly and eontin« uously aftor that date. Subs-riptions, however, will be received at once, aud interest at seven avd tiree-tenths per cent allowed to subscribers up to the 15th of July, in Mr. Wm. H. Wells’ Despatch, dwelling houses—chiefly frame ones, painted white. Montoomery, Als., April 27, 1865. resent a pretty contrast amid the green foilaxe in which Accounts of the capture of Selma and Moutgomery by y seem embowered. The Capitol, where the fired rebel General Wilson have doubtless reached you. A few days | (Pmgren, axemled, cud frre Wiis wi pnb + from Walker, inaugurating the war by directing the sire to open upon Fort Sum’er, isan imposing edifice of stone, situated upon the loftiest and most commanding eminence in the chiy., Te bas Corinthian columns, Iike the Capitol build. ing at Nashville, and is not unlike that handsome struc- ture. One of the handsomest residences in the city is alarge frame building, which was occupied by Jeff. Davis while presiding over tho destinies of Rebeldom when this was the seat of rebel government. The grounds and gerdons adjacent to this place are in the finest state of preserva- ton. after the fall of Selma General Wilson took up the line of march for Montgomery. Very little resistance was encountered, and only a few unimportant skirmishes oc- curred with the demoralized rebel ‘buttermilks” under Adams and Buford, who abandoned the proud little cap!- tal of Alabama in somewhat indecent haste, The scones which characterized their suddon departure aro described by loyal eyewitnesses as thoroughly disgracefal and cowardly. The city was evacuated by the troops under Adams and Buford on Wednesday, the 12th of April. A committee appointed from the City Council, with a deputation of cltizens, went out about three o'clock A. M., under flag of truce, to surrender the place to the United States au- SENTIMENT OF ALABAMA, Tam convinced that a majority of the people of thin #tate, including the farmers and the woking riaaees, with & proportion of ths leading induent al and cubstantial men, do now and bave ever desire the re- storation of their State to its oll positon with her sisters of the Union, from which it was dragooned 1 thorities, and to sk of the General commanding tye | cipitated into rebellion by the vilest syetem of a Union forces protection for the non-combatant citizens | cbicanery and iutrigne. “ Among the faithful af it bel- dom Alabama was always considered unsound. Many of and private property, The cominittee appotuted by the Council, together with the Mayor, repaired to the headquarters of General Adama, and stated that they came ag the representatives | of the city to inquire of him what wero his intentions with regard to the city-—-whether he would attempt ite defence or would retreat. Adams replied that their query was based upon the most idle curiosity, which he would not gratify. He did not know whether he would “make a fight” or not. The committee then desired to know his design ‘vith regard to the cotton in the city warehouses. They ed him if he intended to burn it, and if he did, could its de- struction not be managed #0 as not to involve the safety of private property and the lives of women and children, her propio to-day are a@ true to the Union as “er, Here, in Monigomery, ‘ue conservatives have been scarcely itted to open their mouths, Their friends and ré fatives have been torn from them by conseripting agent, and forced to take part in the rebellion. Only for the past few months have they dared to speak ©. in bold and manly tones against the encroachments of (he grind- ing despotism which manacled their limbs and bridied their tongues, In the State Legislature, thoayh not ina majority, the conservatives managed to defent the ma. chinations of the Watts parly of fire or and to bravely hold their own in ( and the mort mtolerant and fanatic #pirit of proece pion, THK MONTGOMERY PRS, That notorious peripatetic concern, the Mormphis. | Grenada-Jackaon-Ation'a-Montgomery Appeal, was print ed here, but plumed its‘wings for a more conyertal clime upon the first roach of Wilson's dragoons, I wnders bas gone to Mat where, no doubt, it breathed ite last sigh of de His response to this reasonable and humane request was | Gver tho jallon fortusies of ‘Jolt.,”” a& General W that he was determined at all hazards to bura the cotton, | now occupics that cit ope opti tore fondly hoped t and if 1 i ot | make ftthe chief ‘4 rer? of tho magnilicont ex h an Se en pire the rebels expected |» establish. h | "- The organ of the Gre-eaiers here, and the special toady General Adams in turn asked the committee why they | of boasting aii vulgar Ly tts, we ruled en | came to him with these interrogatoriee. pretty moch as “Uacle Jef directed, was the diont- that ery Advertiser, edited by the Simon-pure secesh In bagels dotag er if the city was to bo left with- vont ‘and nobody ja parth'wiar, I understand it fled out protection, it was the determination of ‘he Council | with the decampliug vv mor and his precious archives to Enfaula The only journal here, and indeed throuphout the whole Siaw, that goers to Lave evineed the teart inde- pendeuice and spirit in defence of Uve people and im con to go out to meet the Union General, and to ask at bis hands, in the event of occupation by his troops, such protection for the citizens and private property as the circumstances might admit, | demntax and denounciug the Richmond desy otlsty ‘s mn Mai, wel ia nue. General Adams retorted that he did na appress of tur- | Secxcul existence tu f 1s Star Spangles rendere of any sort, and that he would arrest any person | Banner whoh floated over ile 1 birth. ‘Th attempting to leave the corporate limiw with » flag of | in Yotter days was tho a of Jonce Hooper, known to the readers o¢ the oid New York Spirit of the Times a8 tho auvhor of ‘Simon Suggs.’ Ha prorent edi- tor is the Southern humorist, “Joho Happy” (Albert Roberts), late of the Naslviile press, The Mail har done Much good a directing the tone of Southern sentient, and (n combatting (he avsurd prejudices \reated by de- sign ng politicians of the Yancey and Davis schoot. UNDP THE OLU FLAG. Now that the cidzens are once more under the #hadow of tho old “ing of tho Union, thoy begin pretty freely to exprom (reir devotion (a he Unton and their tong re. d maledictionsezeinstthe ty ante wo bad dragged them into a wi ked rebellion egainst it. trace, ‘Mk CONFLAGRATION. At about five o’clock ordors were issued for the de- struction of the cotton, and the emoke from Jolnson’s wareware was to be therignal, The large cotton ware- houses of Lehman, Durr & 0o., Gilmer aud others were fired simultaneously, The scene which ivilowed ‘beggars description. Dense columns of smoke piled high above the city, and almost siut out the light of the cun, Women, with affrighte: oountenances, were inning hither tad t 7 son to hold a macy meet. Le and thither, crying and. wringing ra ta connid-r tha Fem, apeien of thelr aliogiance thera. their hawds, and bandreds of exeiivd persons were en- | to, an! resolve themseives beck into the Inion, with deavoring \ secure thelr furniture from the adjacent ao 4 Oe ee vf — Fone Lp houses, The distress of the Innocont persons endan- | Cerri cod of tho hupelestner: ov the Davie lvnasty, are effect @ conpromice Will) heir more é who have abvaye heen loyal, to loyal gered by (he fury of the devastating elemnt would have excited \!.0 pity even of the destroyers, if they nud re mained jong enough to witness the execution of their dosper 0 order. The flames envoioped the buildingy and bored with great rapidity, and before night all these iacg Warehouses, with their contents, lay in pow prepared to conser: ative neigubor ua to her oll posiiion to (be gi iuy LITARY BYTOATION Wereiood here, The 4 Genera! Wilson, on oF their State, with heaps of smouldering ruins, It was @ miracle that the 0 capture of every Feapors and fn 0) Inland town, or of the Army of Northern Virginia t6 city was not utterly destroyed, The wind war sotting in | ad the puerence! of tin a oer oat mangaltn rebel from tho cast, and carried the flames away from ft Still the escapo seemed almost providential. Ninety seven thoutand bales of cotton were burned. INCIDENTS OF TUR FIRB. ‘The city fre companies deserve tho highest commen- dation. Thoy worked with groat energy and cournge, and to their efforts, perbape, the olty ts indebted for its salvation, Tho members of tho negro fro company eapocially morit great praise, Tho bravo fellows, reok- Joas of Ife and limb, met tho furious dame at weery ad- vance, and kent the conflagration tw check. An {discriminate plunder of the ware, »7¢> and stores Ailfuce nt to the buried dintrtot wak parilorpate. by per- pons of every Rg0, BOX and color, The po ple fowded the roofs of the houres to prevent them Gaiching fire, TRE CITY SURRENDERED, All the stragglors having passed throwgh, and the picket line# having been removed, the Mayor, with dovutation of { \oeiimen and co. cne, went ous im the | that Dixie has pretty effectonily “played out.” As a oral thing, the people, {f not all disposed to rejoice at sg important conclusious, eeu at least highly satis- Bed with the immed of friends and relatives to thelr how, “divine tastwation” Pigh of regret, and et man 1 here inet here re, lieved them of thie Inoubas apon thel. agriceitoral and mechanical reeourees, upon their literature and general prosperity. Fatal Accident in West Browdwa About halfpast hive g'dlock Inge evening, asa Plath avenue car was pasatig throdgh Wert Broalwny, om lw return trip, on@ of aipatly of vormew sneayed to cromthe street before the car shonid have par’ 6) To the'ptt>mpt one of the horses striok her, Knocking y f dena, sie striking (he pole in her fl” The dco df all tn ble power to the car, bet swing’to 1h Pooh: the horse plunged, end before he cou ee (ie fore wheel of the car had passed eompletely over wer, leaving here manuled and bieeding corvee ate iL of pence ond the return pihole house, The low of the | yosterd: the seme manner as it was allowed for inter. val between the second series and the first series. 3 Any excess of subscriptions to the present ceries will be diled with the uew issue as speedily as the notes can be prepared at the Treasury. Tho slight chango made in the conditions of this third series affect only the matter of interest, The payment in gold, if nude, will be equivalent to the currency interest of the higher rata, The importangprivilege of converting the notes into the long and popular five-twenty gold bearing bonds, or of demanding payment of them at maturity, at the holder's option, is not interfered with. The takers of the reven- thirty lown will rejoice if the Secretary sooner or later avails himself of the option to pay them six per cent in eu of the larger rate of mterest in currency. sotm to specie payments, in the event of which only will this option be availed of, would so re- duce and equalize prices that purchases made with six per cent in gold would bo fally equal to thove made with seven aud threetenths per cont in curreney, The machinery used tn popn- larizing the first two series of the seven thirties will be occupied by the Secretary of the Treasury in the eale of this third series, It will be ander the supervision of Jay Cooke, the government loan subscription agent, who will employ the sub-agencles heretofore employed, and with which the people are familiar, It is confidently expected that the whole amouat will be sold in the next sixty or ninety days, When this two bundred and thirty willious 18 disposed of the last opportunity for those v invesiments in United States government so- curities will be gone. ‘ita The Navy. ARUIVAL OF THE GUNBOATS GBTEYSBURG 48D DAY- LIGHT. The United States steamer Geltysbarg arrived here , thirty-eix hours from Fortress Mouros, with United Status steamer Daylight in (ww, The following is a list of her officers:— Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commanding—Samuel B. Waslburue Acting A-sidtant Paymaster—Jamr 8. Giraud. Tin:igns—Wrn. J. Eldridge, M. C, Keith, 8. 8. La Diew and Chartes Miller. Meie—T. HP. Grows. jin ere Acting First Assistant, G. 8, Perkins; Second Assistonts, J. M. Case, A. J. Pintey, B. 6. Carter; Third ‘Ansistanta, Jno, W. Homas, J. B. Wilbur, A. J. Donegan, The United States steamer Daylight, cighte um gana, Aching Master Jos. A. Bollard commanding, forty-eight hours from Hampton Roads, was towed here by Unied State cteamer Gettysburg. The following is a listof her oifcors: — \cting Ma ter Commanding Jos. A. Bullard. 4 ting Encign and Bercut ve Over—J. Arnold Crore, Acting Assistant Surgeon—Jas. RM Acling Asisan Paymaster—Vrederick C. Tmiay. Bogor Acting First Assistant, in charge, Dante} B. Overt»; Second Assistant, Robert Pallett; ‘Third Assiat- ant, Deory BR. All ‘Enegn—C. Lindemann, Matee—Wea. B, Bolton, J. E Merriman. DEPARTURE OF THR SUPPLY STEAMER FOR TRB HOUTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING BQUADRON. The supply atoamer Massachusetts, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant commanding Williaus West, was fetained on Saiurday last, hor rogular day of sailing, by order of the Navy Department. &hé will eal atpoon to-morrow from Ph Jacelphia, Letters for the South Atlantic blockading squadron, if forwarded to-day, will reach ber in time, pals ieaaene a AADIRISS AA Willamabuarg City News. Prowr Berwery Finawey yp Poucemtax--Two of Tip Fouwen Snot —About thred o'clock A. M., yesterday, somo firemen belonging to Hose Compeny No. 10, were congrogated a North Second wtroet, near Seventh, B. D., and acting tn @ @lsorderly mance, OMlcers 120 and Woish, of the Forty Ofth preciney weat Into the crowd and advised them to disperse and preserve order, This they did for’ a short tinte, tut soon after attecked the officers. with stones, and wsed them very roughly, @ffogy Wolsh having one of his, hands badly mashed with « tons. The officers thet erapried with two of aN fiamgd Felix Doyle and Siclael Farrell. Tho friends these ompted @ rescue, and succeeded tn by wey moor Welsh, Whose hand was 80 taking Dey! " 4 was vectees for the time, wing onl ia fed that the crowd became bolder \ r volley Of Ptones at tie officers, The ito use their | append aelf. " {ter firing 0 few shots into the crowd sur vt ete They managed to get back to the station Pocnling tothe preoner Farrell. Two ot the theme | Rotated to bee! Ot, One Of Mem daugerourly In the | ee ory helt uaines OF whereabouta could not Be aces | 000