Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 23, 8 June 1865 — PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE OF JEFF. DAVIS AND [Illegible] DAVIS DISGUISED AS A WOMAN! [ARTICLE]

PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE OF JEFF. DAVIS AND [Illegible]

DAVIS DISGUISED AS A WOMAN!

P*l»er* » JETF. PAVISON UĪS"w-AYTU ir.VSJ|IN f TDN r.NDKR A *TKON'C W * CCaOMJLAi«D (Ga.), May n&. At dayiight ywtenky» <u ij^ a coontjr, I suppriseU and «pm»4 D* Vis atid fami!y, iociuding hū» wifc, mothw, tog«tiwr wi* h» fW«Mer, ral Frivat« Harnson» Colonet iohoaoa* A. 0, c „ Cafo*« Lubbeck aud Li«utetuu>t HackA«»y ; * m also eaphim| Mv«rai u»p«mnt , trai» «t'.av» «od iiu»« A iniaiake occu«*d. by wkidi &* Fourth M)ctūg«n ami th« Fim eaaao iii cou&ct. Thi« miaeak» mt killeii anti Lieut*»tMuatt B»otsa w<M*nJ»ii m t»iFourth Miekipin» a«tei tx»u mm u* tfee Wisconsin light, before tbe *capttt» of JkC D*rta. P)UTCIKAfti» k LWut. Coi. Mieii Mac«» Knv 13«, Liettten.il t CoWi the First Wiaeooaiiu ha» j«bit tfm*d Irwinsvilte. He strtick th« t»3 *f « OuWin, Lawenee county. «a th» of May 7th, aad toiiowed hia eWiv msh\ and day % thitxt£h the piae Alligator eieek and Green*s aw«np, v a Chamberlainriiie. At the ianee pl*,** h<met Colonel PVitchard with o<w humlmi *ud fifty picked men. Hanien tWU>wed th« tn.. directly south, while Pnteh«d, who h»d ** freshest honea, puahe4 «iown tbm toward Hopeweli, aad theoee by H&u** ?re«k t« lrwiusville t arriving there at midiiisht the 9th. Jeff. Davis had mx beeti thw. but from citia»ns Fritchatd le«raed that ±- party were eucamped t*o nūiea fitooi Pritchard immediately made a proper dtspu> sition of hts men and surrountied th* eamp before daylight. Haniea, m ch« ncinity the same evening, eneampe<i wuhm two miles of DavisVatnp without kttewing n. At three oeioek iu the at<tniug he pu*hed forward, aud had gone but Smi« mom th*u « mile when his advance waa hred oa hy & party of the Fourth Ca«airy. " A %ht ensued, both parties exhihtttag #mtt determination. Fiftflei» aiaueea eiapae«i brfore the mtstake waa dtsco*e»ed. The in th« alowaiah waa the im $fev:s received. Bis capto» repart thathe ha»ttiv put on his wife*s drew »ad »tarted forthe woods. closely foilowed by <mr mmi, who 6wt thotight him a Seemg hi.boots while runniQg>, they $uspected hia The raee waa ahort The mhel IV»*4em wn» soon brought to bay. Hw h«MMii*h«i » Bowie knife and showed stsna ei' b*sti#> b«i yielded tu the pewmiMon of te*©lve», w»thout compettitisr the uiea firr. H« r*» pressed great tndignatioo at the en*tg¥ *»tta whieh he was pur»tm} t myinf k* hod lievtsi our Gov«mm«mt too t*» hunt dowtt women aad etiiUif«n. 31». Uavis ren»arked to Colooei Hanka, «iWr ti** excitement was over, that the ca«n had b*urr not provoke the m.ght burt some oi theuu Ke«g*n behaved wtth ty and resi#aatioo. The panv r x dently makiog i«r th#caa»t. WiISON, Major Gitittal Maco* (Ga.!, 3tay l»t&. Colonel Frttehafd'a comtttaod, wtth Je*f Davis and othera, ia expected hwn» «Moamw Tha priwmm wiii beforwafded to Waahw»; ton under a stm»« jfuard.