&\t firm. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1865. 9St- We can take no notice of anonymons oomtnu ntofttlons. We flo not return rejected manuscripts. Volttntary correspondence Is solicited frouft.ll parts of the world, and especially from orir different (military and naval departments. Wten used, it will Se paid for. THE END. Since Gen. Gbant assumed the position of Coniiaander-in-Ghief, we have felt that the days of the foulest and darkest rebellion that has yet disgraced the annals of civiliza tion were numbered. From the period after the battles of the Wilderness, when, con trary to the almost unanimous advice of his subordinates, he determined to press after the retreating columns of Lee, we were convinced that time alone was necessary for the indomitable will and genius of this great man to terminate this bloody and un natural war. When Eiehmond was aban doned, little more than a week since, we knew that the Government which had usurped the control of the South was in its death-struggle. The surrender of Lee’s army to the great est general of the day stamps our opinion as a correct one. The rebel Confederacy is now in articulo mortis. How long its final throes may continue— whether Johnston will follow Lee’s ex ample, or insanely endeavor by a (useless waste of blood and life to prolong the struggle—we will not attempt to prophesy. It is sufficient for us to know that all re sistance henceforward is useless. The Lord God of earth has pronounced the doom of the rebellion. It may be finally crushed; in a day, a week, or a month ; but that it must in a short period, utterly perish, a certainty. In a word, under the protection of Heaven, Right has triumphed over Wrong. The holy cause of Free Government, which in a measure man has ever been struggling to secure, but which was first asserted as an inalien able right upon these shores and by our fathers, has been—we dare to say itr-F.OB- evbb established. Let all true patriots rejoice, and at the same time let them in humility acknowledge the guiding, will and hand of Him to whom they owe this success. But at the same time they must not be blind to the invaluable services _pf those men to whom He committed this toil. Since his inauguration in his first term of the highest office which the people of the United States have it in their power to bestow, Abbaham Lincoln has wrought well and ably to carry out his specific work. At first somewhat doubting and timid, he has gradually strengthened to it. He has selected the best men to as sist him. When one of these assistants weakened, he has not blenched. He has chosen another to deal with that labor in which a predecessor has failed. He has Slowly but surely ripened ’into one of the greatest Presidents that have ever filled the office since Geoboe Washington. Never in thelast two yearsof his occupancy of the Presidency, doubting or hesitating, he has brought the most terrible struggle in which his country has ever been engaged, to a certain termination.* Neither in alluding to him, must we omit to commemorate the paramount and splen did services of those men whom he had discovered in the light thrown on them by their own genius, ..and to whom he had .committed the prosecution of this war. Incontestably the first and greatest of these is the Lieutenant General command ing the armies of the United States— General Grant. Singularly quiet, reti cent, and decided, this thorough soldier has combined his plans with a wisdom of the broadest and highest kind. Appa rently with an absolute indifference to personal glory, he has allowed his subordi nates, even one who approached himself as nearly as Shebjian did, to reap all the renown from those campaigns which he him self had planned out for them. Caring, as we must believe from all we know of him, nothing for liking and disliking, but un compromising with respect to iasubordina- tion, his .combinations have all tended to one end—the annihilation of the powers of % the rebellion. He has assumed no politi cal prominence. At the present moment •we doubt ■whether any man would be justi fied in assigning him any political leanings. He is simply a citizen of the United States; by his services to those States, one of the greatest they have ever had. In mention ing his name with those of Sherman, Sheridan, and Thomas —for we cannot now specify the names of all who have wrought with and under him in his grand labors—we mention a galaxy of men such as the world has rarely if ever seen. To - these men, as the instruments of Heaven, . we owe our "great triumph. Let us, in our gratitude to that Power, not forget the means by which it has worked—the men whose names are inalienably linked with the history of our beloved country in its issueTrom the most terrible desolating and unnatural struggle in which Freedom has ever been engaged. The Nation—a Union and a Unit. Peculiar and alone upon the earth stand the American people. A mere aggregation offvarious nations, a heterogeneous assem blage of individuals, a congregation of diverse ranks and religions—without any common bond of fatherland or mother tongue—we seemed hardly ready to re spond to the promptings of patriotism. The nations of Southern Europe largely represented on one-extreme, the stalwart Horseman firmly established on the other, even the remote Chinaman finding place ' within our boundaries, and our mighty centre offering a broad battle field for the vast unsettled warfare of Celt and Saxon, we could hardly feel ourselves a nation. But we were compacted of the historic people, the earth-conquerors, the men of mind and of might. Each citizen, in hiß separate strength, felt himself an indi ;.yet this very sense of individual ism, far from. .becoming a disintegrating force, grew to be ottr-bpiid of union. The sins of weakness, intolerance, found little place among us; of our young manhood we were eager to try our strength on’ every battle-field, whether in the domain of mind or master. Our land became the huge debating grirand of all the unsettled issues off the past, and, recognizing law and order as the two grand national necessities, we held on our tri umphant way. Beneath a reckless exte rior, our people were, in fact, law-abiding and Constitution-loving, and therefore en dured without serious detriment all the diffi , oulties incident to our peculiar position. We were wealthy notwithstanding com mercial crises, and we were at peace in the midst of periodical governmental re ‘ volutions. Amidst such unexampled prosperity the spirit of patriotism rarely fonnd expression, except in a July celebration or the review of a new census. The experience of a won drous past; gave us assurance of a mighty •future; and in the rush, of events many important issues were allowed to await ad justment—among them .the individual re - Jationsof the several members of our sis terhood of States to their parent and head. When the folly of Southern leaders forced ■their followers into assuming so false a po sition, and we found our very existence jeopardized, we learned that we were in deed a nation. As the smoke cleared away from the guns of Sumpter we beheld a new meaning in the old flag ; sheltered in its •folds and gleaming in its heaven-borrowed tints shone security, and peace, and free dom, In the light of this new vision it mattered not whether a man were Papist or Protestant, Moravian or Mormon, if he re but true to the faith that had set him free The sin that might not be pardoned was faithlessness to the flag; for under that ■trmhol lav concealed .the hopes of the ■SStSdom ofttooglt »i freedom of TMfIW iecrae le oee l.etot 8 f svmbol of manhood’s high est hopes and aspirations, and he that was false to that was indeed false to the heaven born impulse implanted in every breast. The struggle came. Foreign Powers and potentates stood silently aloof,, as did the grim kings of old, awaiting the death of the sacrificial maid. But our virgin Republic was strong with the hopes of millions ; and if, like her prototype, she tottered one in stant beneath the blow, like her, too, she arose supported .by unseen powers. The fate of nations yet to be hung upon the issue—the trial has passed— victory blazes on our banner, and our fair Republic, stain less and strong, has proved her right to stand in the van of the mighty sisterhood of the nations. - Our Generals. It has been remarked, with equal truth and force, that History is fond of repeating itself. This is particularly the case in poli tics and war. For instance, the French Revolution of 1789, with its succeeding changes, had a parallel in the events which, in 1649, deprived English Chables of his head, erected a republic with a military commander on the throne, eventuated in the Restoration of the old regal family, went through a second revolution, and so on, as every schoolboy knows, or ought to ♦now. To' the surrender of Lee, how ever, there is no parallel, to our knowledge, supplied by history. The nearest approach is the termination of the Italian campaign of 1796, when Napoleon, having succes sively beaten two Austrian, armies, in three days, by his admirable dispositions and . the extraordinary activity of his troops, far inferior to the enemy in num ber, liad WvßMSEß,'the rival commander, so completely at his 'mercy, that, like Lee, he had to submit to the hard fate of acknowledging defeat, to sue for terms on which he might surrender, and to capitu late, with his whole army, with their arms, ammunition, and supplies. This defeat of Wtombeb was one of Napoleon’s greatest achievements, for it crushed Austria, sub dued Italy, and rescued the French repub lic from the false position in which previ ous bad generalship, in other parts of Eu rope, had placed it. The future historian, perhaps, will rank Gbant as second only to Washington, and what somewhat carries out the similitude is the fact that as Lee has surrendered to one so did Cobnwallis yield to the other: Bgbgovne’s defeat and capture, at Sara toga, though a great event, did not mate rially change the aspect of affairs, but the surrender of Yorktown, in 1781, virtually ended the War of Independence, and so, we believe, the abandonment of Peters burg and Richmond, so soon succeeded by Lee’s admission of defeat, has broken the mainspring of the rebellion. In the great contest, now happily near its close, General Grant appears to have united the leading but conflicting charac teristics of two great masters of the art of war, who, half a century ago, severally closed their active career, as generals, on the plain of Waterloo. He blends the Fabian policy of Wellington with the persistent valor of N apoleon. During Ms memorable command in Spain and Portugal, really a-prolonged campaign of six years, the po licy of Wellington was to play a waiting game. He delayed, to make Victory se cure. He procrastinated, during which he established the celebrated lines of Torres Vedras, behind which, with far inferior forces, he watched the mighty anny of Na poleon, keeping them constantly on the alert, and thus occupying them, with scarce ly any loss to Mmself, eventually liberated the Peninsula. TMs may he compared with the persistence with wMehJjBANT maintained his position before Petersburg and Richmond. His motto might have been, “Wait and Win,” (instead of his fa mily legend, “ Stand Fast,’’) for so he suc ceeded . But when the time came, when the enemy retreated, then did Grant exhibit one of Napoleon’s most remarkable modes of making success great. Wellington was powerful in defence; Napoleon, was mighty in attack. The foe defeated, Wel lington was wont to make a bridge of gold for a flying enemy, and did not often fol low up the victory. Bui; Napoleon loved to compute what Ms army had done, and almost invariably cut the flying foe in pieces by a rapid, immediate, and thorough pursuit. His example has been followed by Gbant. The moment that Lee’s flight was known, Grant rapidly followed and pressed Mm hard, to prevent-his junc tion with J ohnston. At last, so thoroughly was the work done, that Lee, whose gal lantry must not be challenged because he finally resolved to surrender and-spare the useless effusion of blood, was obliged to confess that he had found a conqueror and superior. If we designate Grant as a more pru dent Napoleon or a more dashing Wel lington, how shall we speak of Sherman and Sheridan, who aided him so well? Assuredly, Sherman unites the strategy of Moreau with the courage of Net, .“ the bravest of the brave,” and certainly She ridan remind bus of Dkssaix and Murat. But, indeed, any comparison of our ge nerals with those of Europe can scarcely be fair, for the circumstances of our war differ, very essentially, from those of all former contests. When commenced, four years ago, we had a regular army of only a few thousand men. A great' military force had to he improvised and disci plined, and how admirably this was done our annals attest. In many instances raw recruits had to fight within a few days after their enlistment, and win victories by sheer animal courage, strengthened by their moral conviction that they were contend ing for their country against foul rebellion. That the strife is nearly tover, now, is not Wholly due to our gallant men. Great vie-, tdries can neither be won nor improved without good commanders, and the emer gency has produced them, The Crucible of War. It was the custom of Southern politicians before the rebellion commenced to denounce the North bitterly for compelling the people of the South to pay, under tariff laws, muchjnore than their proportionate share, if not, indeed, jo§axly all of the ex penses of the Eederal Government. The imagf^gf.Wfiefij prosperous, and bountiful jtopb was so artfully contrasted with a nleak, cold, barren, and penurious North, that many of the dupes of these demagogues were doubtless led to believe that if the free States were deprived of the patronage and support of the presumed wealth of slavery, our main sources of prosperity would be destroyed, grass would grow in the streets of our cities, and millions of our inhabitants would be reduced to .want and destitution, if not to absolute starva tion. Viewed in the light of contemporaneous events, this proposition is one of the most ridiculous that ever was advanced by ra tional men; yet the majestic demonstration of its absurdity which time and trial have yielded will be, by no means the least of the potent influences that will, in the quick coming hereafter, inaugurate a reign of reason, justice, and loyalty in the domin ions of the. extinguished Confederacy. After a war of four years, in which we have maintained the offensive on a-scale of expensive and effective magnitude un paralleled in the annals of the world, our Government paper is but at a slight discount, dollar for dollar, below gold, while that of our adversaries, even before the recent col lapse, was scarcely worth its weight in that precious material. During the contest our people have been flourishing and prosperous, and the ordinary channels of trade and business have teemed with re doubled activity and energy. Although prices have been high, most men have been blessed with an increase of income that has much exceeded any increase of their expenditures required by an ample provision for the necessaries, comforts, or desirable luxuries of life. . At the present stage of the conflict, instead of being ex hausted and impoverished, we are in a better condition for herculean efforts— better fitted to hurl Titanic thunderbolts of destruction by land and sea than ever before. The mighty throngs of stalwart {pen, busy with the profitable employments of our varied industry, that crowded the streets of a few of our leading cities during the gala days of last week exceeded in num ber the whole army that could possibly be rallied under the black banner of treason. The march of our vast armies through every State and every important avenue of the South has led the startled and astonished rebels to adopt an expression more truthful than elegant—that the North must grow and nourish men as easily as an abandoned field grows weeds. And their blockaded ports, their dismantled fortresses, their cap tured cities, their crushing defeats, must have long since taught them that we can supply all the materiel of effective warfare as readily as we supply the men. It is needless to contrast with all this the blackened ruin which, more in sorrow than in anger, more to reform than to pun ish, more to enlighten than to destroy, has been substituted by the march of our tri umphant armies, andthe inevitable inci dents of a sanguinary and protracted war, for the traditional “Sunny South.” All over its vast area are countless battle-fields rendered forever memorable, wMch will not, like the bloody arena of Gettysburg, be preserved and cherished as monuments of the defeat and humiliation of daring in vaders, but, like it, will be immortalized as scenes of the triumph of qur glorious arms. The Southern Confederacy has'failed, as a political institution, in all its aims, from the beginning to the expiring stage of its existence ; failed in every point of view— failed to achieve a single object of its being. It has only succeeded in accomplishing pre cisely those things which it was specially created to prevent. As if the hand of God directed the energies of its leaders, their zealous efforts to attain diabolical and un holy ends have been the most mighty en gines to destroy their wicked conceptions. Their struggles to do wrong have aided the nation to "do right. Their attempt to de stroy the Union has resulted in welding it ndissolubly together. Their effort to exalt King Cotton to an imperial. Supremacy has led to Ms dethronement. Their struggle to extend and deiiy slavery has led to its abolition. Casting around their downward career a temporary brilliance, by a few transient successes and many personal deeds of heroism, their piratical ship of State has been whirled about from the out set by an adverse power as controlling and destructive as the maelßtrom, The people of the South are by no means destitute of the practical spirit which is a prominent feature of the American cha racter. However they may deplore the misfortunes of their arms, they will not be slow to appreciate the stern logic of their cumulative reverses. All their dreams of Southern supremacy, political, military, and commercial, have been so rudely dis pelled that the time cannot be far distant when they will gladly end gratefully ac cept the invitations and entreaties that will be freely extended to enjoy the protection and share the blessings of the very power that has conquered them. The Popular Excitement. The excitement produced by the recep tion of the glorious news from Washington on Sunday night was intensified yesterday in spite of the rain and gloom of the morn ing. We honestly believe that there was not a single Copperhead to be met with in the whole of Philadelphia. All had a wondrously sympathetic expansion of soul which'sent political prejudice to the wind. Every friend who might have heart-burn ings or resented grievances against another shook hands with Mm and congratulated both .themselves and their country. Old enemies might be seen wetting their lips in company. Young men were to be seen occasionally embracing. Bands of music drove up and down the principal streets. An extempore illumination was discussed, which did not, however, come off. The principal newspaper offices were thronged all day, as they had been all the previous -night, and literary labor was considerably interfered with. Such a night and morn ing do not occur twice in any man’s life time. - High Prices. A paragraph from the Worth- American not only corroborates what we said, yes terday, about market prices here, hut gives particulars. How our neighbors must smile at our paying up to 80 cents per pound for butter (some of it firkin-washed), when the price in the New York markets is now down to 28 cents ! But the New Yorkers reduced it, by generally abstaining from the article for a week or two. Here is our contemporary’s paragraph: “People who went to market last Saturday wIU not soon forget the Inordinate prices asked for every variety of meat, eggs, and butter, la particular, and everything In general. Of butchers’ meat a small family nsed to get a joint for the price they on Saturday paid for two pounds of out steak Veal, at this season of the year, used to be sold for ten to twelve cents per pound. The price on Saturday was thirty-three cents. Beef ranged from thirty to forty cents, and common mutton brought thirty to thirty-three cents per pound. For butter the huck sters extorted from sixty-hve all the way up to eighty cents a pound; and much of It In the market Is firkin butter washed In chlorine water, and sold In fancifully moulded lamps as ‘spring butter.’ For eggs thirty to thirty-five cents per dozen was aEked; but as the Easter season is drawing near tlilsis to be expected. “ The excuses made by the hucksters for this state of things are of every variety. Beef cattle by the demands of the army may be made scarce, bat real Is consumed at home. Vet thirty three cents per pound was the lowest figure that hucksters would accept last market day. Sugar and coffee, muslin and oalico, have declined in price a hundred per cent., yet the agriculturists say that they not only cannot afford to diminish the exorbitant prices of thelr-prodnce, but ought to ask still more. “The fishermen are taking on airs also. They ask from sixty to eighty cents for shad. The very beet hams, however, can now be bought for twenty five cents a pound. They nsed to bring thirty-five. l ’ LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.” Washington, April 10, 1865. This is a surrender and no mistaken Postponed by General Grant, we suspect, to' give his adversary a chance-15 yield gracefully on a day, it comes at a most welcpme moment. How many a saddened with an agonizing solicitude, will say, as he at test) ptffto measure this immeasurable event, "If ’twere now to die, ’twere now to be most happy.” The ecstasy of such moments is the in tenser, because the previous anxiety and suspense are suddenly dispelled. Who will ever forget Monday, the 2d of April, when a whole nation—millions of men, women,. ' and children—was instantaneously insani* fled ? Then you had a proof of what I have just written. We should have had no such outburst of popular frenzy if the popular heart had not become surcharged with an unappeasable hunger for complete victory, and this longing induced a nervous excitement and restless vigilance that could only be allayed by victory. The recent progress of the war had made but one party in the loyal States. Sherman’s dra matic and splendid fifty-days excursion from Savannah to Goldsboro (not to de predate that amazing march by such a phrase), Sheridan’s rough rides, and their bold and resistless vaids, had much to do with this; but it was the unsealing of prejudiced eyes as to Grant that converted and crystalized public sentiment. He had not advertised for fame. He was plain of manner, scant of supernumerary staff,, rather sloven of dress and especially of hat, and chary of speech, and hence not useful to newspapers, save only as a con trast to costlier and louder generals. As the outer disguise fell away from Grant, and his plans began to “out-tongue” com plaint, and his steel columns kept moving on like walls forged by the giants of the Plutonian shore, he stood revealed in the simplicity of a severe and persevering soldier. Bo when he struck the two vol canoes at Petersburg and Richmond, piercing their sides and making the traitor leaders run from their own hell, he became, in spite of himself, a very popular sort of character, and it only needed yesterday’s work to finish the pic ture. We had been making of Grant a very Mars of battle—a grim, grisly, saturnine sort of military bear; and lo ! he makes peace, after aB his use of jin abundant armory and his personation of the leading character in several heavy tragedies, like an Apostle. His letters to Lee, suggesting the surrender, and finally compelling it, not by threats, but by the logic of the heart; are classics of their THE PRESS,-PHILADELPHIA:; TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1866: school. The plain, military tone of the first—the generous and explicit tedder of the second—the admirable taste with which, in the .third, while avoiding discussion on outside topics, he condenses into a sen tence the whole gospel of the true friends of the war—are in exact accord with what the loyal man who has never seen Grant had imagined him to be. Mafce a note of the fact that General Grant has written no political proclamations or letters, and has seemed to be as much absorbed in his bu siness aB the enthusiastic man of science is in his experiments, apparently indifferent to everything else in the world; and yet he sums up the duty of Government and peo ple in these words. They cover the whole ground. Replying to Gen. Lee, he says': “ I win state, however, General, that I am equal- Jy anxious for peace with yourself, and the wbole North’entertains the same feeling., The terms upon which peace, can he had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that desirable event, save thousands, of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet de stroyed.” Here will he found not only the full endorsement of all the laws of Congress and the War policy of Mr. Lincoln as “ the terms upon which peace can be had," but the South is also informed that “ the way to hasten that desirable- event is for them \to lay down their arms .” And General Lee and his associates were aware of this before they fought their last fatal battles. They knew what the Presi dent had offered, what he would not con cede, and what he could not withdraw. They knew that there was forgiveness for the deluded masses. They knew that he would not concede a single acre Of Ameri can soil to their demands. AndLthey knew he would never withdraw the' Emanci|)a-. tion Proclamation. And when they agreed to surrender they accepted the .whole phi losophy oi defeat and all its consequences. Occasional. Surrender of Lee and His Army of North rrn Vlrgißia-End of tbe Rebellion— End of the War, and Sure Beginning of Peace. _ [From the Waihincton Chronicle of yesterday. ] Another week of viator; was yesterday began on the Sabbath dedicated by Almighty God In Peao9, and Best, and Good Will among the sons of men. If the Sabbath which opened the last Seven - days 'was also the opening of a series of brilliant advan tages to the arms of the Republic, that of yester day whs the commencement of an epoch which will affect the destinies of millions of human beings, and adjust on the firmest foundations the holiest of human principles. The surrender of the boasted: and defiant rebel army, led by Robert E. Leo, to the Union forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant; the Lieutenant General of the armies of the United States, Is the great fact given In'detail in our fulkmornlng despatches. The letter of General Grant to the rebel leader will challenge the'admi ration of the olvlllzed world. There Is a soldierly candor, a knightly courtesy, and a subordination to the civil power which he obeys, while he offers his life to save and strengthen, It, wblch proves that he who hits fought this great fight, and wrought this great victory, Is equal to ail trial and proof against all temptation. Host auspiciously the surrender was effected without bloodshed The calm stillness of the Lord’s Bay was unbroken by the sound Of murderous artillery, and the early spring of a morning of prayer was un stained with brothers’ bleod. The stern warrior whose Inexorable plan andnnpauslng advance drove the rebels out of their fortifications and their oapltai, and who then Bet his squadrons upon their pursuit,. calling new legions to head them and to flank them, was the first to offer terms to his adversary*,' and to do so in the desire to prevent the further loss of life. It was not the vanquished that asked, but the victor that proffered, the con ditlons. We are not disposed to speolfy wherein we think Gen. Grant has been most successful In his part of the correspondence; but we cannot omit our almost unutterable grati tude to himforproolalmlngthls truth to his defeated antagonist, and to all mankind: “ I am equally anxious for Peace withyourself, anil the whole Worth entertain the same feeling." And he might have added that not the "whole North” alone, but the South, and all the Interests of Christianity and civilization, demand peace. The despatch of Secretary Stanton, breathing the same spirit with which that stern public officer accepted the portfolio of the War Department, Is the explicit declaration that the President approves the terms tendered by General Grant to the rebels; and his presence near the seat of war during most of the correspondence is evidence that he Knew of It, precisely as his presence In Washington last eve ning establishes the gratifying fact that he grate felly honors and commends the whole conduct of his renowned military representative and friend. And if there are any who maybe disposed to cavil at these terms, they must recollect that they-are not the'American people, and do notqpeakfor them; that the policy of Grant Is the voice of “ thtwhole North,” to use his own words, and that hisoryfpr peace Is the heart’s appeal of one accustomed to war, and ready to forgive all who have been misled Into rebellion, if they come baek to their allegiance. An illustrious man, George Washington; In ini, made peaoe with our foreign Invader, at Yorktown, Virginia, after years of oppression and cruelty had been endured by his countrymen, on; a basis even more liberal than that of Grant to the rebel forces. BSWe are not now speculating on the results of this event. It is too vast to be glanced at loan article written at midnight, with grateful emotions Strug, gllng for control, and In the midst of exulting friends. But this news Will go every where, like an angello visitor. It will heal the sick,-restore the drooping, and fill all the land with thanksgiving. It cannot beavoloeof woe to the South, for there is no carnage and death In the terms, and no hu . miliation in a defeat which could not be resisted or longer delayed. Acoepted in thls’sense, It will be good for those who have yielded too much to the rebel leaders; rejected or disregarded, it will only Increase thetortures of which they are so profoundly tired. THE SURRENDER OF LEE IS THE SUR RENDER OF THE WHOLE REBEL CONFE DERACY. From the Potomao to the Nueces—from the Mississippi to the Gnlf—from the wlldrof Texas to the morasses of Louisiana and the everglades of Florida—there will soon not be known or seen an alien flag or an organized hostile column. The holt that struck the head of the serpent paralysed its extremities; and that which Is now alive In the land is love of oouatry; the exquisite sense of an established Union; the knowledge that we are Free In all oqr borders; and, let us not forget, our abiding gratitude to God that Ho has led us through this bloody war and crowned ns with these price less blessings by snob a Peace as becomes a Chris tian people. IHITOBIAI CORKESPOKBENCE, [From the Waihington Chronicle. 1 Philadblpbta, April 8,1865. The week that closes to-day has been a week of joyous excitement. It has passed into history as a fitting oompan(on to the scene when the intelligence of the defeat of the British forees by George Wash ington, at Torktown, Virginia, under Eari Corn wallis, was received and welcomed In Philadelphia with transports of gratitude to God. As we read the account of the closing hours of the Revolution ary war, we are tempted to mark the marvellous change produced, in the progress of years, by the enterprise, energy, and genius or man. In October oi 1781, when the British army and navy surren dered at Yorktown, the Intelligence was broaght here by a military courier, who had to traverse the wide, wild distance by land, on horseback, and, though he rode express, it was many days before he reached his destination. 'Philadelphia was then little more than a village, with considerable pre tensions, however, as the headquarters of the Na tional and State Governments, and the resldenoe of many of the home and foreign officials. The old English custom, still observed in one or two of oar Interior towns, of crying the hours at night by the watchmen as they patrolled the streets, was In vogue In Philadelphia; and as the good news got here after the people had retired to their beds, the usual signal of the guardians of the town was made longer, and they shouted under the windows of the startled citizens, “Past twelve o’clock—a starlight morning—and Lord Cornwallis 1-a-fc-e-nl” Then came an outbreak of popular enthusiasm, which is now ireqoently talked of by those who heard their grandfathers and grandmothers relate the in clients of that happy hour. The houses were im mediately lighted, the people rushed,- into the streets, and, says the record; “ The old State House bell [on Independence Hall] rung out its notes of gladness, and the first blush of morning-wasgreeted. with the roar of cannon.” 'Congress was then In regular session m Philadelphia. The members met at an earlier hour to hear the glad tidings. They could not be restrained. Tears were shed on all sides, and shouts of exultation rung through the hail as their secretary, Charles Thompson, read General Washington’saespatohes. How much like the demonstration here last Monday, when the good word came, like a voloefromHeaven, that Richmond bad fallen! The old bell rung out its rapid and sono rous peal; Christ Church came In with its harmony of silver bells; eannon shots punetuated the grand di apason ; and the cheeis of the people sounded like in cessant discharges of musketry—ln fact, a vocal feu dejoie worthy, of the glorious oooaßlon. We, who shall study the events which have marked and made memorable the Intervening years between 1781 and 1865, will not wonder at the happiness of our fore fathers, when they felt that they had saved and se cured a great Government and a noble domain for their posterity, nor at the unmeasured and immea surable gratitude of that posterity when they re alize that these God-given blessings have not been taken from them. Philadelphia, since 1781, has be come a metropolis of seven hundred thousand souls. It stretches between the Delaware and-the Schuylkill rivers, and is spreading fat Into the Interior, making of the surrounding country a serifs ot beautiful towns. Its schools, its colleges, its charities, its public edifices, its wealth, have made it the favorite resort of strangers, and the' chosen residence of men of learning and of means. Luxuries, of which the riobest men of the past never dreamed, are now enjoyed by the humblest citizen. We are so connected with the' extremities of oar wide land as to be able to reach them in as many hours as the same distance of travel consumed days when Washington conquered Oornwallls, and drove the British foreigner from our shores. Bat In other respects there is a slid more stupendous change. - Under the influence of the teachings of the Path ers, and of the Institutions left by them, to their children, American progress.-) had beaorae the wonder of the nations long before slayery at tempted to stay it. Bnt, however they were startled by tbe gigantic strides and magical achievements of our Government and our people in thaarts of ■peace, they were wholly unprepared for tho dove-' lopment ol the warlike strength and determination of a Republic aroused to war to. maintain its rights and to punish its lngrate assailants. If they were envious of our superiority In agriculture, manufac tures. minerals, railroads, telegraphs, cities, towns, and Ike Increasing wealth of the masses, and the increasing revenues of the. Government {marking tbe time from 1781, when Cornwallis was defeated by Washington), their envy was supplanted by an other emotion when they saw the Republic of the United States taking the field to defend Itself. We will not call this emotion fear, but it was certainly not contempt, and was at. least a most reapeotful regard for the American character. All that had been consummated in pe&oa was rivalled or outdone in oat preparations for war. In many things we have been the sohoolmastey to Eu rope, and In nobbing more than in our successful military and naval Inventions. It only needed one more event to complete with emphasis the moral of the lesson, viz; the overthrow of the slave rebellion. And that has now been convincingly revealed to the bitterest of our foes and the mo It timid of our ftiends, ' J.W.F. WASHINGTON. Washington, April 10, ISO*. PROBABLE CONCILIATORY PROCLAMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT. Tte National ItaeWgenear to-day says: “We learn from an authentic source that Judge Oampbbli,, of Alabama, formerly of the United States Su preme Court, and one of the Hampton Roads com missioners of the rebel Government, called upon the President at Richmond and him to issue a proclamation or a oonoillatory character, express ing his belief that It would have at this time a most salutary effect. The President was not, however, then prepared for this step, and It was quite reasona ble to suppose the President would decline acting upon this subject while Grant was pressing upon Lbb’b retreating forces.” That the President will now adopt this course the Intelligencer has addi tional reason for believing. THE FLIGHT OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. The National Republican says that parties have Arrived from Danville, Va., within our lines, who report that Jbfp Davis arrived at Danville on Monday afternoon last, and that he was accom panied by two or three members of his Cabinet. REBEL PRISONEBS. Within the past two weeks over 20,000 rebel pri soners have been sent away from city Point and a large number stlU remain there. THE CHRISTIAN COMMISSION IN RICHMOND. The Richmond of Saturday, AprilB, says: "The Christian Commission Issued 1,600 rations •yesterday, chiefly to" the suffering poor who were burned out by the fire. Thequlok adjustment of the Commission to the relief of the suffering is a noble demonstration of its noble service.” PROCLAMATION BI THE PRESIDENT. COHTIHTJID BLOCKADE OF THE CAPTURED rebel ports. The Importation or Foreign and Contra, band Goods Directly Forbidden. The Exportation of Jeff Davis & Co. Indl- reetly Prohibited^ PROCLAMATION. Whbrkab, By my proclamation of tee 19th and 2T h days.of April, 1861, the ports of the United States of Virginia, Norte Carolina, Sooth Caro lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Lou isiana, and Texas were declared to be subject to blockade, but whereas thesald blockade has, In consequence of actual military occupation by this Government, ajnee then been condlUonallyket aside or released In respect to the ports of Norfolk and Alexandria, in the State of Virginia, Beaufort In the State of Norte Carolina, Port Royal in the State of South Carolina, Pensacola and Fernan c)lna In the State of Florida, and, Hew Orleans In - the .State of Louisiana; and whereas, by the 4th section of the act of congress approved on the,l3th of July, 1861, entitled “an act farther to provide for tee collection' ol duties on Imports, and for other purposes,” the President, for tee reasons therein set forth, is authorized, to olose certain ports of entry— Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoi.it, President of tee United States, do hereby proclaim that tee ports of Richmond, Tappahan nock, Cherry Stone, Yorktown, and Petersburg, in Virginia; of Camden, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Plymouth,. Washington, Newborn, Oaracoke, and Wilmington, In Norte Carolina; of Charleston, Georgetown, and Beaufort, in South Carolina; of Savannah, St. Marys, Brunswick, and Darien, In Georgia; of Mobile, In Alabama; of Pearl river, Shleldsboro, Natohez, and Vicksburg, In Missis slppl; of St, Augustine, Key West; St. Marks, Port Leon, St, Johns, Jacksonville, and Apa- ; lachieola, in Florida ; of Tdahe and Franklin, in Louisiana) of Galveston, La Salle, Brazos do Santiago, Point Isabel and Brownsville, in Texas, are hereby dosed, and all rights of lmportalion,-warehousing, and other privileges shall, Is respect to the ports aforesaid, cease until they shall again have been opened by order or tee President; and if while Bald ports are so closed any. ship or vessel from beyond tee United States, or having on board any articles subject to duties, shall attempt to enter any suoh port, the same, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, shall be forfeited to the United States.. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand [l. s.] and caused tee seal of tee United States to be affixed. - Done at tee city of Washington this Ute day of April, In the year of our Lard 1866, and of tee inde pendence of the United Stffiaof America tee 89th. SEbbaham Lincoln. Wm. H. Seward, secretary of state. FEE SIBKEIDEB. v HOW THU NEWS WAS RBCBIVBD IN WASHINGTON YBBTBRDAY—SPEECHES BY GBNEBAL HAM.BOK, MAT OK WAXLAQH, AND THE PRESIDENT—PRO- OBSSIONB AND SALUTES, Washington; April lO.—Theintelllganceof Lae's Surrender was last night known to only a few per. sons, but this morning, when the news was general! ly circulated through tee newspapers, scenes of joyous excitement, such as prevailed here last Mon-. day, were everywhere renewed. Assistant Secretary of tee Treasury Field gave a holiday to the clerks of that Department, and they Immediately started in procession to the President’s house, in front of. which they sang the “ Star Spangled Banner” and “Old Hundred,” with elec tric effect; and teen passed, on to the War Depart ment, shouting toe stirring-words, "Rally Round the Flag, Boys.” The Secretary of War having been called Tor, after repeated and urgent demands appeared before the enthusiastic crowd teat thronged the halls and stair ways of the War Department building. He was received with oheerlDg, but asked to he excused, on account of his health, from making any remarks. He, however, begged to Introduce Major General Balleck. The General was received with hearty cheering, and, although evidently surprised by the strategy of the Secretary, addressed tee throng as follows; "Always ready as lam to obey the orders of my superior officer, the Honorable Secretary of War, I hardly think he will go so far as to require me to become a stump speaker. [Daughter, cheers, and cries of “ The people require it: it is a military necessity.”] "Stump-speaking, my friends, Is something In which I h ve never Indulged. I can only say that my congratulations and thanks are due to General Grant and our brave generals and soldiers in the field for the great„vietory announced this morning, and for the blessings of peace of whiah It is the har binger;” - His Honor Mayor Wallach was discovered in the erowd, and being loudly called for, repiledin a few appropriate words, saying that his heart was too fall for utterance,, and that he was gratified toob. serve from their bright looks and happy faces that th ey felt as he felt on such an occasion. The workmen of the navy yard, perhaps 1,500 or 2,000 in number, formed In procession, headed by mnslo, and marched np to the olty, firing a howit zer, and cheering. Their line was inoreased by persons falling In on the way. Their design was to congratulate the President; who last night rr turned from Richmond, Thousands assembled In ijrontofthe White House, the band playing, and many singing in unison with the music. The how itzer was fired, ana repeated calls were made for the President. When he appeared at the window over the entrance door he was greeted with cheers and waving of hats. He appeared to be calm amid th® tumult, and, comparative silence being secured, he said : FBESIDBIIT LINCOLN’S BPBEOH. “lam very greatly rejoiced that anoecaslon has cccnred so pleasurable that the people can’t re. strain themselves. [Cheers.] I suppose that ar rangements are being made for some sort of formal demonstration, perhaps this evening or to-morrow night. [Voices : 1 We can’t wait.’] If there should be such a demonstration, I, of oonrse, will liave to respond to It. [A voice:‘Bully for yon!’] And I will say If yon dribble It out of me. [Daughter and cries of * We want to hear yon now.’]" “ I see you have a band, [Voice: ■We have three of them,’] I propose now dosing up by requesting you to play a certain piece of muslo or a tune—l thought 1 Dixie’ one of the best tunes I overheard.” [Laughter,] The band began to play “ Dixie,” but soon ceased, as the President had not yet concluded his remarks. He continued: “1 bad heard that out adversaries over the way had attempted to appropriate It. I Insisted yester day we had fairly captured It. . [Cheers and laugh ter.} I presented the question to 'the Attorney General, and he gave it as his opinion that it is oar lawful prize. [Laughter and cheers,] I ash the band to give us a good turn upon it.” The band'accordingly played “Dixie” with ex. traoidinary vigor, when threw cheers and a tiger were given, followed by the tune of “ Yankee Doo-< die.” The President then proposed three rooslnp cheers for Grant and all under his command, am next three cheers for the navy, and all Its forces. - The President then retired amid cheers, the tunj of “Hall Columbia,” and the firing of cannon. Tr crowd then proceeded to the War Department, ai various airs were played. Secretary Stanton wob repeatedly called fofjbi did not appear, and the immense concourse of • aons dispersed. The steam-fire engines w< brought out on Pennsylvania, avenue, decora! with flags. A salute of 800 guns was fired at light. ASOTHBB SPEECH BY THE PBESIDBKT. Several hundred persons gathered before the. eutlve Mansion this afternoon, at half-past 6 o’ol< Frequent calls were made for the President, appeared merely to say tliat If the company had as sembled by appointment, some mistake had crept into their understanding.. He had appeared before a larger audience than this one to-day, and would repeat what he had then said, namely, that-he sup posed, owing to the great good news, there would be some demonstration. He would prefer to-morrow evening, when he would be quite willing, and he toped ready, to say something. He desired to be a participant, because everything he said got Into' print, daughter. 1 ffleonpytng the position he dldt a mistake would produce harm, and- therefore hit wasted to 'be careful sot to make a mistake, voice, 11 You have not made any yet.»] The Pnsif dent was greeted with cheers, and after bidding,tfcf tsrowd good evening, retired. ' { BPBBGB B.T O<», IsnTUtß. /jmong those whodellvorod speaehes to-day la tfc : olty was MajprGeneral Batter. Hib remarks we principally directed to the subject of the futurod nosltlon by the Government of the participants the rebellion. Hexecommcnded that all the lead! ihall he disfranchised and disqualified from ho! tng any position under tho- Government,-but 4 masses, Including the negroes, should have the Hd' if citlssßShlp. The address was loudly applaud and at its conclusion the erowd dispersed. Very little public business was transacted to-' and even the courts adjourned. __ '£ on* BPEOIAB ACCOBHT—WHBH THE PUcS HBABS TBB SSWS-TH* SBPABTHBHTB OL(M —SPEECHES BY TBBFOSTHABTBtt GENERAL, CSpeolal Despatch to The Press.} m The exeltement In the 'national metropolis! day Is intense. The giorlfloatlon and jayfi® uheranoe of spirit far exceeds what we witijgk one week ago, Then it was the fall of Fetyjgg and Richmond, the forerunner of a. peace. The former vlotorles prerag now . the finality of this bloody war 1 Host of our ottizens retired on-Bom oat the Intelligence which came ore] Lee had surrendered to General J early dawn, on: Monday morning, t nonf sent forth- the glad news tk stroke had been given this wtekedi desolated a large portion of our cor the rebellion Is at an end. The Treasury. Department, very , o’clock A, M., mi closed, by order o| retary field, and the clerks and er diately, accompanied by their ' the Presidential Mansion, and : his Excellency- It being very wet receive the crowd at a later hour, hi Mr. Hay, -bis private secretary, < multitude the President’s eempllt them that Mr. Lincoln would be si In person at another time. This . and, after a tune or two was pi hand, and the people had sung the Banner,” “Bally round the Flag, Hundred,” they then made a visit and, as the orowd were throng]: stairways of the building, loud ai were sent up for Mr. Stanton. E forward and ashed to he excused remarks, on' aoconnt of his hea Introduced General Halleek, wl hearty cheers. General Halleok said: “ Always ready as I am to 0) superior officer, the honorable hardly think he will go so far become a stump speaker. [: cries of ‘ The people require 11 eesslty,’ &o.j Stump speaklni thing in which I have never li say that our congratulations Gen. Grant and our brave g< the field for the great victor] lng, and for the messing of pi harbinger.” major 'Wallaeh was discor on being called, said th full for utterance, and to . observe, by their br! as they should feql on During the forenoon a p the navy yard, and jmssei avenue with bands or mu etc. These guns were let] and the demonstrations: numerous an£ of a hlgi These people’: called out the Drosldent ed things, telling them to make a speech by j serve what he had to ) Sion, The Postmaster f In that Department and neat speech. He > for devont thanksgiving) war had come at last; al . had also come. He übo! surrendered at an earl! saved some fifteen then ever, well that our land borders, and that slave! dead. GENERAL «) RARTICUTARS OP SOH7 TO LBB’B BTIBBBSI)} (JAINS NBAS JETTEBSI "Wabhihgtoh, Apia quarters Army of the ) 11a const;, Va., April 7t day the oavalry under SI capture of prisoners, gnn that Lee’s army was moi limited transportation i dttlonof his troops wot tween Amelia Oonrt Hoi The cavalry, having Danville Ballroad sor long In discovering ' Corps being well op entrenchments durlnj for an attack were sexy very uneven, with, th making It extremely to any advantage. ider General Davies, were 1 the gallant manner In ,Arove the enemy Is highly Witnessed it; bat the rebel K> support of the cavalry, fad attacking under cover, ire, forced back on the ln \ousand prisoners, ate gins, . train, together with the /ton of the brave 'ad Division, /new, and of the Armstrong <een a present from the Eng e Confederacy. They are a manufacture. rout two hundred In number, •n burned after the mules had nbrought In. Along with the donglng to General Fltzhugh [nag-gage, etc. In this engage t.dan took three hundred prlso ■are Bragg’s chief of artillery, , g of. the artillery headquarters |;a, with many other troops. The second divlsi principally engage which they oharget spoken of by those) It fan tty came up j forming to the w' Our men were,' fantry, but not ut and a mile of drivers, were to \ Five ol the guns pattern, said to.' lleh Governmef beautiful sped The wagons! mostly empty! been cut loof train was a w Lee, contain' - ment Genet ners i amon; together wit of Northern) iumnandlng the Ist Pennsylva i leg In the fight. He Is a brave Jtnaad did gallant service. They i with many prisoners. Colonel let Hew Jersey Cavalry, was Major Tlu »Ia regiment officer, end took seven Jane way, ol killed. j iken doting the past three days The prism foot up aboi a cumber oi further pa! telegraphed “ The. grel tomao and] gy displays tbese men/ lyfor sere; miles yest thousand fire hundred, lnoludtng fra. The correspondent give3some irs already In substance ofßelally adds: • , .. iredltlsdnetothe Army of the Fo meander for the bravery and oner- Ing the series or battles. Some of /been marching almost oontinaons iys, the Sth Corps making over so In their efforts to reach the forts." -1. THOMAS' AKMT. Ibpoktbd to havb bornbd SBLMA, jrll 8, via Cairo, April 9.—The Sidle, 'ng eayfl that areport prevails, which iticated, that Selma,‘Alabama, was iurned a Air days ago by the cavalry to Gen. Thomas’ command. SEN. THO) Mbmfi iirt of this Is well ai captured i foie? attai I RICHMOND, IT TO SBNATOB EU2TTBB—THB iffeßT* ‘THB TIBOIMIA XSaiBLATUBB. >Nj April 10.—-Reliable information ived from a gentleman who left Rich iy, that General Shepley, by order of has given safe conduct to Senator 16 and go from that city. He la sup hia estate !n Essex county, fifty miles id.. SAFE CO] WABI las bee mom! yt the Piei Hunter poeedto from Thei yesten tbe Soi regard! thereff no prayers offered in the churches the President, and of conrse none, for Confederacy. Tho citizens generally /ar as oyer, and farther resistance, unwise. l oud Whig, of Saturday, gays the state era would He a meeting last evening of is of the Virginia Legislature as still he city, wasnotstriotlycorreet. There mg of legislators or others, but simply i(inference and consultation of private among whom were five or six members i ature. The motive of these gentlemen (gather was to hear from Judge Oamp as upon which President Llnoolnhad ilmself as willing that Virginia might te Union. Messrs. Joseph B. Anderson, Surr, Nathaniel P. Tyler, and H. w. Ire appointed a oemmittee to inform the is and Qovemor Smith of President Lin is, and Judge Campbell was requested to -:the committee, who were to leave the ias passports could be procured. It was irobablo they would get off this morning, not to state our understanding of Mr. ;erms, as our Information on that head is . The only information received In Wash ’resldent Lincoln's proposition Is that It 'ory liberal character. tga Over tbe Crowning .Victory. ■WASHINBTOH. tSSTON, April 10.—The City Oonnclls to wed a resolution that, In view of Lee’s snr ind the aßsnranoe It gives of a speedy resto the Union, the citizens of Washington and seal Government be requested to manifest joldngß by an Illumination on Thursday act. OIKOniNATI. inhati, April 10.—By orders from the War haunt, a salute of 200 guns was Brail at noon, I The city Is lively with, excitement, and very tsinessis doing. PITTSBImO. • arose,lAprll 10.—The joyful news or Lee’s ller brought almost the entire population e streets. The recruiting booths were turned lfires, salutes were fired at Fort Pitt Foun leeches- were made, and the cltlaens paraded ends of musle till an-early hour this morn** fitwlthstandlng the rain was falling heavily. HAKHTBBUEG. ' mis bubo, April 10.— The news of Lee’s Bur was received here last night with enthu > demonstrations of joy. Notwithstanding i,tehees of the honr ana the eontizmous fall of »the oitlsens left their beds, and In a short I tho streets were thronged with a multitude of He. Several houses were Illuminated, bon- Iwere kindled, and all the bells of the city sent ft merry peals In honor of the happy event, f formal celebration of the victories Is to come fftere next Saturday, which is- to terminate in (•evening with a general Illumination, including IflState Capitol buildings. MABBACBITSETTS. [■SOBTOjsr, April 10.—Tho Senate nnaoimously ■isefl resolutions of thanks to Gteaat and the ar ea of the United Settles. They, will paas the mee to-day. I Boston, April 10.— The surrender of X,ee and bis ‘ my is looked upon as tbe culminating point of tbe ' tr, and creates a profound sensation of thankful lise and joy. Measures trill be immediately taken r a general jubilee this evening. All tbe public tools were dismissed Immediately upon opening is morning, and tbe scholars were told to go and ve a good time. The entire community are do ting tbe day to gladness and congratulations, ic workmen of tbe navy yardibave just marched > State street, beaded by a band- of music. Salutes ire fired at noon, and the bells throughout tbe y are being rung. . 1 it'ORTLAKI). FOATtaro, Me., April 10 —Ob the receipt of the tows of the surrender ot Lee and his army, at mld- Bght, the joy of the people became Intense, It being bolted upon as the termination or our terrible olvli far. Mayor McSlellan ordered all the city bells to Se rung, which at once called out the citizens froth heir beds. The news spread from street to street, md every faoe tooted glad. At the Olty Hall con tiatulatorv speeches were jaaae, and prayers offered ;o Almighty God for the approach of peace. The lemobstratloDS did not cease till daylight tobday. THB SOOD BBVBS- BB»T TO BDBOPB, New Yosk, April 10 —The steamer blty of , Jutills, wtnl was to sail to-morrow for Liverpool, was deepatihed this afternoon at 4 o’oloefe, in order to take out tie news of - General Lee’s capitulation. She is In light trim, and -will undoubtedly make a quick, passage. KEW YORK. Nbw Yobk, April 10.—The celebration hero to day has boon principally confined to a display of flags and cannon-firing, owing to. a heavy easterly rain-storm. The sty u as black as secessionists’ faces. IHBIAM ATOMS. Ikdiahaiolib, April 10.—A saint* of two hun dred guns was fired to-day. No business was done, 'the citizens generally oelobratlng tb* day. BAUTIItOKB. BAnTinonß, April 10.—A salute'of two hundred guns was fired here to-day, In honor of the victory. Hie Saratoga Opera Mouse. sakatoqa, N. Y., April 10 —The new opera bouts of the Inlands, on the Union Hotel grounds, is progressing rapidly, and will bo ready for use at the opening of the season on the first of Jape, and MM lend s but immatsd. [kt wltk* trM, tkat i tmt at >mlng oan -9 flnteMng whlot h»3 and itert after nine felstant Ssir tyeeg imme fcroo eoded to Lad calls for fl as he Is to Jnot respond, tfeyed to the sfcs, Informing (Jo greet them i satisfactory; firmed by the Star Spangled oys,” and “ Old theWarOfhoe, ; the halls and repeated odes at length oame ,p making any if He, however, '« hailed with lie order* of my dietary of War, I ft» require me to Miter, cheers, and pis a military no* friends, Is some jired. 1 can only [i thanks are due to jpls and soldiers In ifounoed this morn* of which It Is the , Is the crowd, sad, lie heart was too. , he was gratifies rases, the;; too felt q glorious occasion. eßlon came up from jrough Pennsylvania lags, two howitzers, jat certain distances, n the avenue were !jubilant character. bh«L White 1 Hoaip, (.0 said some "point* ■ he did not. want its, and would re- for another oooa* . dismissed the clerks a very appropriate hat we had occasion cod that the end of this tat the end of slavery fi Mr. Lee should have iy, as It would have i- lives. It was, how ■n to have peace In Its oause of this war, is •s ABirr. PEVBMTS LEADING LOBSBS AND OUS letter dated“Head /C, Jefctersyille, A.mo jyg that-- on Wodnes jn made an Important wagons. It appears i rapidly west as Us j.e demoralised con .•rmlt, on the road be (id Jettorevllle. fed possession of the le previous, were not jreaboats, and the sth iport, and having built (day night, preparations te. The eountry hereis oods and deep ravines, lit for oayalry to operate U. S. Fias-shif Malvbbm, April s.—Sm: As the movements here have been or a military cha racter, and have been regularly reported to the I War Department, I have not deemed it necessary to report anything to the Department. Alter X was satisfied that the rebels were about to evacuate Bichmond, I commenced removing the obstructions below Hewlett's Battery, and, within the course of the night after, succeeded Incutting a channel through, and removed the torpedoes. The gunboats, moved up to Drury’s, where the obstruc tions again presented a bar to further progress. On the 4th of April I accompanied the President to Bichmond, where he Was received wlththestrongest demonstrations of joy. . We found that the rebel rams and gunboats had all been blown up with the exception of an unfinished ram, the Texas, and a small tug gunboat, the Beau fort, mounting one gun. The following is a list of the vessels destroyed: Flag-Bhlp Virginia, 4 guns; Iron-clad Bichmond, 4 guns; Iron-clad Fredericksburg, 4 guns; Iron-dad Ransemond, 2 guns; wooden ship Hampton, 2 guns; wooden shipßoanoke.l gun; wooden ship Torpedo; wooden ship tender, Sohrapnel; wooden ship ten der, Patrick Henry. Some of them are In sight above water, and may be raised. They partly obstruct the ohaunel where they are now, and will either have to be raised or blown up. The Beaufort and Texas I have taken for the use ofthenavy. The Tredegar works and the Naval Ordnance Department remain untouched. 7 V ery i espectiulJj , your obedient servant, I). D. Pobtbs, Bear Admiral. To Hon. G-jbboh Wbi.lbb, Seo’y of Navy. THB SUMKBN BTEAMIEE MiPWAUKBB. The Navy Department, has received a despatch from the commandant of the navy yard at Penaaco la, from which it is ascertained that no lives were lost by the sinking of the Milwaukee. She was sank by a torpedo in Blakeley river on the 27th of March. Preparations for raising her had already been com menced; and there was but little doubt of success. THE STATE COHYBMTIOH—VOTB OH THE HKW CON- St. Louis, April 10.— The final vote of the State Convention on the new Constitution was taken on Saturday afternoon, and resulted In a vote of 38 for to 13. against Its being submitted ,to the people on the 6th of June. If the Constitution Is ratified, it will go Into effect on the 4th of July. It was ordained that the Governor of Missouri send messengers to the different points where the eitlzens of Missouri reside, and to the army, for the purposa of taking their votes on the adoption or rejection of the now Constitution. Aflljf o’clock to-day the Convention adjourned sine die, alter a sesßlon of seven days. DEPAKTUHH on TBB ARAGO—TEX OL» )US OH At noon on Saturday the Government transport Arago sailed from the foot of Beach street, bound for Fort Sumpter, the object of her mission' being* to convey a large party ot ladles and gentlemen to witness the restoration of the old flag to the ram parts of the fort. By 10 o’clock A. M. those invited commenced to arrive. General Robert Anderson, with his wife, son, and three daughters, was early on board. General and Miss Dlx soon followed, and In a short time Henry Ward Beecher, Geo. Thompson, Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Tilton, Senator Wilson, and many other notables, had congregated on the wharf. At 11 o’clock a gaily-decorated post office van was driven down to the pier, containing the original Fort Sumpter mall-bag, addressed “ Major Ander son, Fort Sumpter, April 14,1885,” and also the old Fort Sumpter flag, enclosed In a box and placed In charge el Sergeant Hart,the man who.lowereo the flag when the fort was evacuated, and who Is to raise it .on a given signal on Friday next. For the last four years the flag has keen In the vaults of the Bat k of Commerce. Nearly two hundred Invitations were Issued. Sixty-ona passengers sailed from this port, end the remainder, Including the members of the Cabinet, are expected to come on board at Fortress Monroe. The anchor was weighed punctually at noon, a bright sun and unclouded sky giving promise of a pleasant voyage. A mon g the Invited guests are— General Anderson, wife, son,"and three daugh ters. Officers of Fort Sumter, viz: Major General S. w, Crawford, Major General Abner I'oubleday, Brigadier General T. Seymour, Major General Jeff. C. Davis, Captain Norman J. Hall, Major General John G. Foster, Bev. Matthias Harris, Sergeant Peter Hart. * Lieutenant General Scott. The Governors of Maine, New Hampshire, Ver mont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, bew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland. West Virginia, Virginia (Governor Plerrepont), Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Mlohbran, Isdlana! Illinois, lowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota? Kansas, Call! fornia, Oregon, Missouri, Nevada. ■ Vice President Andrew Johnson. The members of the Cabinet. The ???,?“* S oxllt of United States. The Military Committee of the Senate. With a number of other distinguished guests, amongst whom we may Specially mention Rear Ad- Charles Sumner, Major Gen e Colfax, General Fry, Hon. W. M. Meredith, Major General Hitchcock! tx-Gevernor David Todd, Hon Ohlof Justice Wood ward. NORTH CAROLINA. REPOSTED EVACUATION OF KALKI3H. JOHNSTOIf FOBTIPVtH® THB lIHE OF TAB BITER. Fobtbbbs Kombob, April B.—The steamer Ne vada arrived to-day from Wilmington, N. C. Mili tary affairs in that vicinity are perfectly quiet, and the city Is quietly resuming its former business-like aspect. The stores were being rapidly reopened, and- everything Indicates a speedy return to their homes of those who fled at the approach of our troops. Every steamer that arrives from the south brings large numbers of refugees bound north. GotneßOEO, N. O;, April B.—Deserters and refu gees,-who continue to come into our lines,report the, evacuation of Raleigh. They state that there Is no rebel force of any account Between Goldsboro and Baielgh; that the enemy were throwing up works, on the line of the Tar river, at Hooky Mount, which Is about forty miles from this place, In the direction of Weldon, on the Wilmington and Weldon Rail road. The enemy are burning the bridges and ties on this railroad, and carrying off the rails. Their deserters say that Johnston expects that Sherman will move from here direct on Weldon, so as to form a junction with Gen. Grant. Hence these operations on the Weldon Railroad. It is thought that Johnston will go to the relief of Lee and attempt to form a jnnotlon with him, but he will be too late to render Lee any service In the vicinity of Bichmond. 'Johnston’s army Is much demoralized. THE SIEGE OF MOBILE. THB OFBBATIOHB Of OBMKBAI, BTBBLB’B COM MAKD—BAH.KOAD3 DBBTBQTKD AMD RBBBLB BB FBATBD. The Navy Department yesterday received the following: OOMMAHDANT’S OFFIOB, • Navt yaud, Pbnbaoola, Fla., March 30. Bon. Gideon WeUea, Secretary of the Navy, Washing ton, D.C.: Brigadier General Aeboth, commanding the mili tary department of West Florida, has just Informed me that Major General Steele, commanding the isth Army Corps, had met .with deoided suc cess, having captured, on the 26th of March, the rebel General Clinton, who Is mortally wdundad; taken 260 prisoners; Belzed two railway trains at Eveggreen, ten miles above Pollard,-on the Mont gomery Railroad, and bad tom up and destroyed the railway track both at Evergreen and Pollard. * Major General Steele, at the latest advices, (Sun day, March 28,) was marching on Blakeley. - lam, sir, very respectfully, your obedient serv’t, S. T. B, Abmbtkohg, Commandant, S&TA2TNAH. crvmzATiow ebsuhikb its swat, ssmsae v QUIBT AMD PBOSFBBITY. New Yoke, April 10.— The Bteamer Fulton, from Port Boyal, with dates to the 7th, has arrived, bringing flies of the Savannah Herald. They con tain no Important news, but show that everything Is progretslng quietly under the reign of peace. The condition of the people has been improved amazingly by the measures adopted by the General Government, and jthey appear to appreciate the change highly. Prompt and energetic measures are being taken, by both Savannah and Charleston, to prevent the appearance of any contagious diseases during the coming summer. - FORTRESS MONROE. ABBIVALB OF PBOMINBMT FBBBOKAQ2B. Fobthbss Monbob, April 9.— The steamer Red Jacket arrived here this morning from Washing ton, with his Excellency Governor Curtin, of Penn, sylvania, and General Townsend, Adjutant General of the army. General Townsend Is here to await the arrival ofHenry and others of the party bound to Fort Sumpter, who are expected here this afternoon, on the steamer Arago. Governor Curtin left here at noon'for Richmond, which place, together with the Pennsylvania sol diers In the field, he Intends visiting. „ BHIP iIBWB—LOSS OF A VBBSBB, Fobtbees Mobob, April 9.—Arr. ship w. Libby, Bishop, from Portland. Bark Lavlnla, Benson, from Portland. Biig - Minnie' Miller, Anderson, from Washing* ton, . Schr. Mostevau, from Alexandria. i Schr, Valeria, Wilkins, from do. Sohr. hJarcissa, Graves, from Baltimore. Sobr. Greenland, Buokley.from do. Schr. A. Wilton. Bloh, from do, Schr. Paul Pry, Hamilton, from do. Schr W» and James, Oitter, from do. Sohr. Sunny South, Horn - do. Schr. Chariyatte Fisk, Strong, from do. Schr. Oranmor, from do. Schr. Margaret Sarah, Pike, from Philadelphia. Sohr. Theooora Dean, Phillips, from Alexandria.' Schr. Benj. S. Wright, Brown, from Boston. St’r Josephine, White, from Washington. St’r D. Wallace, Barly, from Philadelphia. Sailed, steamers Farmer, McCue, Washington; S. K. Spaulding, Atkins, Philadelphia; J. H Mount, Washington ; Columbia, Cleveland, do.; J. W. Everman, Stevens, New York; Maryland, Washington; Kebecca Barton, do,; sohr. Two Brothers, Church, Baltimore, ' Vice President Andrew Johnson and Hon. Pres ton King arrived here to-day from Richmond, Ya. OPERATIONS OF OCR NAVY. OBSTBUOTIOHS BBMOVBD FBOM THE JAMBS BIVBB BY ABMIBAX, POBTBB— THB DBSTitOYKD VBSSBLS OF THB 88881, MAW. The following despatch has been received by the Navy Department MIMOtBI. STITUTIOH. FOBT SCSFIEK, CANADA'. DELEGATES TO ENGLAND, Toronto, O. W., April Ith— Cartier and Gait delegates to England.left Montreal yesterday for Boston, to sail In the steamer. Asia. Brown and McDonald have boon delayed bylmportant busi ness, but will sail by the steamer China next week. THE ST. ALBASa RAIDERS. ' Tokohto, April 10. —The St. Albans raiders wetor .brought before court this morning and all dla*. charged excepting Young, who was committed for trial. Complete of Forse&t’s Cavalry Be- ported CAiBO, -^l*lllo.—A special' despatch to the War Eagle, from Padusafe, annooncos tho complete-rout of Forrest’s army, near TnsoalooEa, Alabama, by wllEoa’a cavalry farce. HEanj- prisoners weretaken. «o dates are g ftsa, and no farther partlcalsrs have been received. General with a small force, Is resorted to be near Cojjuth. Ejection at Hartford, Ooaa, Haswoeb, Couw., April 10— it the city elec tion to-day, the Union ticket was carried by m&iorl Ues ranging from 309 to 423. Four of the am wards were alto carried. Albany* April -IA-Smcarfch&isftna a ol la™ were eontrlbuted to the Ohilsaajraommlssion bv a meeting held at the Twedaie HaU to-night W Moh was presided over by Goy«nor Pe^-os,*^ MjppoMs'l X<ess or a CJMir ot . 0 . Eostob, April 10.—Captain Mel -*“ schooner Ellas, from Anx Cayej, reportT 4 ontirsrd passage she fell In with the Prince, of San Francisco, bound for p " of provisions, and leaking badly, w* of water In her hold. He *nppu M visions, and proceeded, the eaptau, ,' thinning he Conld safely react port 5 day the schooner encountered a Irani, and, as the ship has sever arrived or v 5 since, there is n» donM she. founds « 1 board perished. aB ‘ ,J . it- Wrtlesk,, , rs vested irtut tke Pa*l,' ( , *•» On Simday last tie presentation ' ttetodgeof arohlertfcopal autbmitv 5’ t: Hev. John MeCloeky Archbi B i,or, „,’»'fe toek place to St Patrick's So little was known about the matt., a H gregatlcn waff not, larger than astl „ , r ®tir anything of It till announced froir t t *' l t« Kev. Father Starrs. The pallia n t ~ ai te of Baltimore and New York arrived 7? Pope lest month, and the rortn 0 rw»» < ct with on Sunday, the 26thult„ *, ,i Pres* of last Saturday. ’ aBs otit ■ At 10J£o’cloek a solemn High of the Archbishop: was celebrated h i Father Starrs, V. G. Prevlou7;V? h ' i ' 6 yj, men Bishop jdugblto, or Broofetv^ p ‘ :il t eloquent sermon. He gave a P r «' Pallium as-tbllows: On toe 2lst of» Wptt ’s year (the feast of St. Agnes), two K*? oir ?, |. to toe church; they are then bl&£?*n>L charge to religious women till ato?* tad *.V the wool then taking from these Is made. It is'toen taken to tie ,7°™ the , and blessed by the Holy FatoerlunS. 01 it um Is the principal insignia of i., ■ Tit Is or toe greatest antllulty state that Linns, the second bit h™ the Palltnm of St. Peter, whom he ~J' Pallium of St. Mark was worn by the i!"" 1 ' that saint In Alexandria, and was toe archbishops attached to the Pa-w b f t See, and even In toe present day a to that used In the Church of home a “® 1 Greeks, the Syrians, and other oriettL nf It Is an emblem of communion be t wS toe church and his successors. .JP 1 ?, Btehop then descended and in full robes, with mitre, crosier, eti • V, 5 hh intoned toe Introductory pravere ‘ K tlngln front or too altar, ha waited iS * Mthop was ales elotbed to full pomi„ ‘ k! totog- done, toe Archbishop, attended Fathers McNelrney and MeGnlre, tej,,, L l ' Elehop Coughlin and took toe oathor g.S f; Church. The Bishop then took the p.n' s was rorrled on a cushion,ana tomtit?'' Archbishop’s neck, reciting ai»rmS(", , ' 15s from the Pontificate. HTtoenY&Srfi altar, the Archbishop took hta pbS? l- > _ ! ' his mitre and crosier, dismissed tho ■ with the apostolie benediction. e “ HKW TOSK vTir - Hew Yobs. a,., BASK STATEMBKT. Tio bant statement allows a decrease ■ amounting to $300,000, specie *530,000, *lOO,OOO, and an Increase In deposits c’ V and legal tenders of *3,430,000. The Commercial says there has been ai=, gold speculators during the last fortntn- , would not be surprising to find the g0M,,,. fined to the regular brokers’ board soon. Git sains stock bxohahob, apk . SBCOSOB'CaRB 20000US6s’El C 0.."... AO7X MOO Erie Sa=lw« 140001! BOs6 30 c.loJli 600 Hod “r » r ~ " 1000Ub 6s 10 40 e.™ 9iii 600 do . , SCOOTennSs, SO.™. 600 So. • - 6000 Missouri S 6a™. 68 600 dn . 60000 o&M<jsr. 27 600 do.”::; 1000 do -™........ 2714 600 Beading f; 4COCantos C0.™... SM£ im do..:.;;: IOCOGumb Coalpit.. 62 tOO d 0.... 1000QuickMta Co™. 69 ISO d 0.... 600 do 3914 300 Mich Can D"" ,300 do™. 69« SOOBico Sis ," 30C Karipoea K™.. 17 SCO do-. 1 - 600 do™... 17« 300 do 60BneB’way pit 81 200 do 100 M T Conic-.... 104 300 lUCen a "~~- 600 do.™™.™, 103% 400 do too do™.™.™, iroxi 300 do 600 - do™ ™..... iosk 20s do. T 600 Brie Bailway... 693*! EVBHiae oolu abd stock ejcchas,* At Gallagher’s Exchange, this ereniasr t" kot was rory active, and stroog. The seV held in the new building, adjoiniog the l - nue Hotel. Tlie following are the latest auotatioc 1*4%; Hew 'Xort Central, 103: trie. 63'. Elver, 106% j Beading, 107%; aifcMgaa's 64%; IlMnpis Central, 166%; •.' W ay ne, 60 ; CMoago and Rooit Island 9;. western, 31%: Port Wayne, 93%; i.hto V eleslppl Certificates, 27% ; Cumberland C f Quicksilver, 68%; Mariposa, 17%. B«w Orleans Martels—Aprtlj The Cotton market opened with a fair dir 480 for 62a for (rood ordinarv and Molasses me In fair supply, bat as t »• demand there are no sales. Flour sella at is for choice. Kbltgioub Sanvicies at thb Fibst b* Crubch, Broad and Arch streets, will i»ij Friday of this week, simultaneous!? with ta lng of tlie old flag on Fort Sumpter. 1 - Geo. Dana Boardman, pastor of thin chu,-': serves tie thanks of the religious OJmmj'.r this appropriate suggestion, and we barer it win ho acquiesced In I by a number : churches. The occasion; In view of all tha: > plrlng throughout our beloved country, well;> to be made a religions jubilee. The hour f: lng this chnrch for pnbllc worship on Fri been fixed at 12 o’clock. The edifice will. rated with flags, a discourse will be delivers! pastin’, and patriotic music will be sin/ choir. A service of unusual Interest ms? > pated. * Public Eatcrniiimeiill. Tim Akoh-stkkst Thbatkb. —The !v -of Tennyson’s “ Enooh Arden” In a in form nag produced last night at this tta. many respects It was hotter, and In some lakt the other two versions which we have sees, cldedly confirmed oor opinion that “Eao&. Is an uncommonly Indifferent subject to ta when the adaptor sticks to the mere el the poem, without dealing as free!; as did Shakspeare when he borrow*: Englishman or Italian. Consequently, w= confine ourselves to the merits of Adams and a lew of the other artte supported him. This gentleman has al*sy- ! a favorite of ours, on account of his frette the yonng energy which Invariably displiye: In him, This has somewhat mellowed, but that very reason, now less attractive to u; was. formerly. There jvere, however, par:- Impersonation which were very fine. Sue: ample, was the somewhat too melodramatic with his wife, at the close of the second set. scene where he la discovered by a mam clean-shaven and white-shirted British bor on tbs deserted Island, In this, Borne pm; acting, although as a whole It was uneven, the very highest class. The same criticism ply to nearly the whole of his embodiment r act of this adaptation. Ho was the moat a, and In some respects the most effective l'«e Whom we have seen. Miss E. Brice was a pa: very pathetio Annie Leigh, and looked the par. ronsly enough. Philip Say was very fairly :i hy Mr. Caden, and the remainder or the cli were well enough fined. It Is true that the; of Enoch’s children was somewhat rapid foe : years of Us absence, and Miss Price looted whatyoungy In spite of the paint pot, to mother of such a strapping boy and ss-A grown yonng womanhut all plays r of Improbabilities, and consequently this as an Inevitable result of the scenery was excellent. The character: *« dressed, although] not too lltereUy : tiers: "- congratulate Mrs. Drew upon having mail cess with the new adaptation of " Enoch irt' Mr. Adams with having added another rat' the bCBt of his ” starring ” parts. EJCoeonbi. Hyatt’s Oa»bts.—Ttls wsi. company will give an entertainment at tte of Mudc to-morrow evening, that will ps interesting. For particulars wo refer out to the advertising columns. I-aeoh Positive Sauk Boots; 5ec38,82 Aemy Goods, Tbavbixiko BXos, Stbs‘ Mo.— The early attention of pnrchasers Is r". : to the desirable assortment of boots, sheet" army goods, travelling bags, &c., en*rai* ; pies of 1,100 packages or first-class goo4;-; and Eastern manufacture, to be by catalogue, on four months’ credit, d>o : tills morning at 10 o’clook, by John B. Jl7* : auctioneers, at Nos. 232 and 234 Martci s’ EAHCOCK’B COKPS, The order of Major Taymon, Issued on last week, ordering the volunteers o' corps to report at Richmond HaH,*eft- e their local bounty, Is working very weK. attorney, witnessed by Major Taymon, t; madeont and given to the relatives ami ■ the volunteers, to collect their local boos was also given to the volunteers to sent. : verrment bounty to their friends. A* at P. M. the volunteers left the hall lor but before going they gave three hear;' » the Major. CITY J.XJKM®* Opebiko OF' Cl-OAXB.—We inrtß *p the announcement of Messrs. Edwls i ‘ that they willhave their “ Opening of "T Summer Cloaks >• on Thursday or ->3 13 th Instant. The stock -Of tl# house ‘r partment, will he found unsurpassed i' - noyelty, and variety. The Hew Sttees of Spares cC' :v Hats, for a.*dles and Misses, now or 3o ■* Cary’s, Ho. T 26 Chestnut street, are tfc> r * "of good taste, and the ladles say so. Tan Bust Fittibo.Sbikt of Tsr i s ' Im prove* Pattern Shirt,” made by J*■ son, at ate old stand, Hos, 1 aoa 5 street. Work done by hand, In tM ' u f and warranted to give satlsfacttuc. *- Gentlemen's FurntehlngGoodseanni'**' Prices moderate. EGRBEBAJ, JjKK COMIKO TO BHIhACTt- _ I>ee has made application toGener>: tf ~ mission to come to Philadelphia - : S : ' v ' application Is that Lee has fcaccA* ■" seedy and shabby, and haying be V'. tho Brown Stone , Clothing Hall ol _ Watson, Hos. SOS and e# Chestnut Sixth, he desires a chance to reStat establishment. Gen, Grant will tninr a- PESEOH&BBaatiEQ to Ftracnv’fd a i {MI tract, at a low.prise. should cali u:l i Daniel, Ha. S 5 South Third swat- ,i The trastof landhehas for-as- 0 i 5 branch of- the Tionesta, In the ■ • Warreneotmty. Twostreamsof this trast, which, contains, execdest , with etjery lndlaatlon of eik Plat, title, certificates, opsn lo ‘ Terms moderate, and tltia perfect- Sift* atbhub, Kew York, do 8 ’ , suffer much from Secession Influes I’- 1 ’-- .. and parties are ae numerous as * J*' -. creased demand from that cla» c Kamburg Wine Is astonishing- '“ y : analysis of its properties was T ' James E. Chilton & Co., these immediately adopted its uso in P-f’j'”,; <■ wines. Professor Chilton used 5- »■' and has written to tho publio a « r it. ' ■ Ofehiho Charles Oahford &- ‘ }J Hotel, hare opened their * tos *°„„‘ Caps for ladles, mlEses, and eh«>- “ Era, Eab, ahd Catarrh by J. Isaacs, M. D., Oculist arJ- pi Artificial eyes inserted- »» s* l *- 8
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