f s)rm, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1865. A Bad Time for Negotiation. Tie “Basis of Peace” concocted be* tween Sherman and Jo Johnston is every where repudiated. We have never known ■such harmony among the people on any subject. The newspapers cannot exagge rate the strength of this feeling with all their adjectives .and admiration marks. The experiment of the fortunate and gifted ■Sherman was made at a most tmpropitious “moment. The victories of Grant, his generous terms to Lee, and the horrid murder of the President and the attempted massacre of Mr. Seward’s family, , had al most obliterated party lines. The bitterest persecutors of the Administration and its supporters, and the loudest declaimers for peace and the most constant revilers of Mr. Lincoln, were conquered by victory over Treason, magnanimity to the van quished} and the savage fury of the rebel assassins. It,is now .a matter of hourly- occurrence for so-called Demo crats to renounce their party fealty, and to declare that. the rebellion must be closed at all hazards, and .without com-- promise. What adds to the popular unity is the fact that the new President, besides pleasing the .Republicans by his vigorous measures, attracts the true Democrats, be cause he, too, is a true Democrat. A very ie.j:we.repeat, for any such enter-' that .oiCfeneta-i prise as Justice Tempered with Mercy. It must not be supposed that because the Government is resolved to press the war and the rebellion uncompromisingly to a close, therefore, there is to be no mercy ex tended to those who have been misled by the bad leaders in the South, and have been left by them poor, houseless, and un provided for. No such apprehension can be justly entertained. . There, is one fact irrevocably fixed: there can he no further consultation or intercourse with the chiefs of the rebellion. Only those Who are known friends of the Government, or have fully proved that they have cut loose from the rebellion, will be consulted in the steps necessary to the reorganiza tion of the States. The nucleus of these re organizations will be imposed alone of this material. The question is whether the masses of the South will be bet ter cared for by the men trusted by the Government or by their late oppressors. . Justice to both sides, to the cruel leaders and to their deluded dupes, is the policy of the Federal authorities; and if the first are fearfully punished, and the last, forgiven and protected, who can justly complaiu ? One consolation remains to the friends of the good cause, that the Government of the United States is powerful as well to chas tise as to cherish. A Word to the Loyal. The labors of our public servants and the obligations of their masters, the people, are not lessened because the military back of the rebellion is broken. Late evidences too plainly show that treason, if cowed, is not crushed, but waits and watches every opportunity to strikt. The parole and the pardon extended to it are accepted, in many cases, only to be abused. The true lover of the Union Bhould not allow these ingrates and discontents to hatch their plots and flaunt their treason without exposure. A word to the proper' officers of the Government, who may be found in every department by making a .mere inquiry, will be sufficient. So much should be the religions task and study of every good citizen. No man need he an informer. He has only to be a patriot, and to remember that he owes more to his country now, if possible, that at any former time. The remedy iB at hand, and can be justly applied. But our public officers can not do their duty unless they aje assisted by the loyal people. f' Returned Rebels. It is said to be difficult to dispose of the paroled or returned rebels who have just come in from the broken armies of, the enemy, and are now mixing' into many communities. We do not see the difficulty. If these, then deport themselves decently and kindly, they will be well treated and generously encouraged. If they are inso lent, factious, and intriguing, they lose all claim to respect or protection, and can be sent to keep company with-those who, if not so happy in fact,' are at least congenial in sentiment. The United States and Portugal. It would appear that the difficulty be tween the United States and Portugal, caused by the Belem Port having fired into our steam-frigate, the Niagara, was very near becoming unpleasantly complicated. When the Occurrence was-known in Eng land, an article in The Index, (the rebel journal published in London,) stating that, of course, should the United States demand satisfaction, the leading European Powers would stand by Portugal, and back her up as perfectly justifiable in the firing. The London Times made the same statement, with equal confidence. It happened, however, that Mr. Harvby, United States Minister at Lisbon, lost no time in lodging a complaint with the Portuguese Government, and de manding immediate and full reparation— viz; the removal of the Governor of Port Belem and a salute of honor to the* Ni agara and Sacramento, bearing the Union flag. The Portuguese Ministry, having ascertained the truth of Mr. Harvey's statement, that the American vessels had signalized that they understood the first summons from the fort, declared that the second shot, which struck the Niagara, was entirely unjustifiable, and, with a ready frankness, which is creditable to their good sense as well as their courtesy, at once informed Mr. Habyey that the amende honorable which he* demanded should be made, without reservation or de lay. This, as might have been expected, has subjected Portugal to the most violent abuse from The Index, but its backer, The Times , has discreetly refrained from no ticing the subject again. The Consul-General of Portugal, sta-*' tloned at New York, by order of his Go vernment and in the name of the King.of Porf@|al, has published a card giving the American press credit for having in a great measure Brought about the successful result of the subscription raised in this country in favor of the inhabitants of the Cape Verd Islands, and th&nking-the editors generally for their kind co-operation in this work of philanthropy. This, at once, is grateful and well-timed, and will have a favorable effect on the public mind here. Gladstone—“ The Coming Man.” There will not be any Parliamentary news from England for some time, the Lords and -Commons, having adjourned over the Easter holidays. Yesterday eve ning Mr, Gladstone was to have opened his “Budget,”—that is, make bis financial -statement for the year. ; Mr. (Gladstone is not'only a very eloquent man, able states man, and accomplished 'scholar,- but also a -successful financier. He was brought up :in the school of Peel aud Cobdbn. Since 1860 he has remitted taxes to the amount -of $48,000,000, and yet the revenue for the •financial yeaf which closed on March 31st,- Us within $3,850,000 of the year’s revenue for 1880. His policy is simply this—that ,«yery considerable relief to the commerce of the country, by the abolition of taxes upon industry, has been followed by an extension of trade, and a consequent re iboundof the revenue. Thus, year after wear he has been removing the dead weight ftom the productive energies of Great Britain with decided success. The total revenue of the year just closed is $350,- fi66 7 80 —the. customs yielded more and the’ excise, less than was expected, last year Mr. Gladstone gelded a <Denny on. the income tax,' mluced the sueari duties*- the fire-insurance duties, ana made a few' ftluor abatements to .the amoqnt income has increased on thaL-of last year more than $500,000. He has on hand now, balance of income over expenditure, a sum of $15,000,000. There will be pro bably a further diminution of the income tax, and, perhaps, of the fire-insurance duty also. IF expected reductions in-the naval and military, as well as the civil ex penditure, are made, the English finance minister will have $35,000,000 per annum to take off the taxes of his country. It is generally acknowledged, by all classes there, that the British revenue has largely/increased and British taxation greatly diminished during the last six years, and that this double.blessing is the result of Mr. Gladstone's fiscal policy. This, added to his recent declarations in favor of liberal principles, would make him highly acceptable to the British people, as Palmerston’s successor, even though his cold manner and'highly irritable temper have made him anything but personally popular in the House of Commons. In the event of his becoming Premier,/he proba ' bly would also retain-his position as Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and there are nu merous precedents for his doing so. Mr. Pitt was First Lord of the Treasury, and also Chancellor of the Bxchequei from De cember, 1783, until February, 1801. Mr. Addington, Mb immediate successor, held both offices during the next three years, when Mr; Pitt resumed them, - and re tained them until his death, in January, 1806. Mr, Spencer. . Percital was Pre mier and Finance Minister during 1807-’l3. During the few months in. 1837, in which Mr. Canning was head of the Govern aft-.Tgaa-Chancellor of the .Ex-* chequer; so was Sir Robert'FhEE aumip his first Premiership, 1834-’35. The salary of each office is $35,000 per annum, but when held together is $37,500. It is most probable that Gladstone will suc ceed Palmerston, and not at all likely that, as Premier, he would allow the regu lation of the National finances to pass into the bands of any colleague. Napoleon 111. and Adolphe Thiers. The late Duke de Mount, known to have been the Emperor Napoleon’s bro ther, held the office of President of the Corps Legislatif—equivalent to the Speak ership of our House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. In deed, it is rather more important than either, for the American and English “Speakers” are understood to have a non political status, whereas the Duke de Mobny was also a Minister of the Crown, as an active member of Napoleon’s Privy Council. Some surprise has been ex pressed at the delay in filling the vacancy caused by the Duke’s death. There are numerous publicists for whom the respon sible-office is adapted,/by its dignity and emoluments, but few thoroughly-saited for the office. It is stated, however, in a Paris newspaper, that the Emperor has determined that the office shgjl, in future, be strictly non-political, that he has soli cited M. Thiebs to occupy it, and that M. Thiers has not given a negative reply. . . ' - There is no doubt that Mr Thiebs would make an excellent President of the French lower or popular legislative body. He is sixty-eight years old, healthy in body and mind, has had great experience in public life, stands at the head of the living histo rians of Europe, and has had considerable experience in the legislature, as a Minister and in a private capacity, having first been elected in 1831; By Ms acceptance of office, the parliamentary Opposition would lose their leader, and Napoleon would convert an antagonist into a neutral. /At the same time, however, M. Thiebs would seriously damage his reputation for- con sistency in politics, for, during more than twelve years, (i. e., from the coup d'etat of 1851 until recently,) his devotion to the Orleans dynasty has kept him away from the platform of political affairs. Notwith standing their difference of opinion on public questions, Napoleon and M. Thiers are on friendly terms in private. Indeed, the first copy of the -Life of Julius Csesar sent to any private individual waß given to M. TSiees, with’ a-photographic inscrip tion, “ from the Author to the first of living Historians.” ’ - Cobden on Canada. Mr. Cobden, it appears, went from the; country to London, at great risk, only a few day! before his death, to speak,. in the debate on the Canada De fence Bill, against any * further expen diture out of the imperial treasury for the purpose of preventing the drifting of the British North American- provinces into the confederation of the United States. His illness increased so much, in • conse quence of the journey in inclement weath er, that he was unable to go to the House of Cominons. His opinion was decidedly -.against as dependencies of the British empire, such of the Colonies as 'did not pay the expenses of keeping them, and, even in the caße of the Australian provinces, which are eminently self-supporting, from their large production of wool, gold, and copper, he believed that it would serve both countries if Australia were allowed her na tional independence. He was more at tached to republican than monarchical in stitutions, but was inclined to let Australia have a King, if, as has been generally un derstood for some time, they preferred one of Queen "Victoria's sons as sovereign, rather than a President, elected for a term of years. It .was Mr. Cobden’s tendency to repub licanism that niade him desire that the Ca nadas and the other British dependencies of North America should gravitate to the United States rather than to England. He held, too, that it would be almost impossi ble, at any cost, to defend these dependen cies from American invasion, if any casus belli should provoke it. Nor did he stand alone in this belief. In the debate on the Canadian Defence bill, several members of Parliament decidedly avowed it. Mr. Brn tinck said that “ Canada could only be de fended by sea (water ?) ; any attempt at j defence by land would he only a waste of j men and money.” Major Anson declared j that “ for every gun that England brought, ! no matter of what power, the Americans could bring-ten for every gunboat she put upon the lakes and the St. Lawrence, they could put ten, and more, too, if they choose to try it. With the small army which Eng land possessed, and the very great de mands made upon it all over her extended e.mpil-0, t-hoy..QTight not tO-Olio W_h.Qr.todrift into a great military war with America, of which they would possibly see no end. ’ ’ He added : “ The American army had a larger proportion of artillery to the number of men than any other army in the world, and they had, besides, siege, transport, and commis sariat trains. On the other hand, the means of transit to the frontier on the Canadian side were limited, and it was impossible for this country to dream of defending Canada for one moment.” Mr. - Low®, lately a member of the Palmerßton Government and personally acquainted with British North, America, strongly denied that Cana da could be defended, and doubted whether she were worth it. “Once satisfy your mind,” hb said, “that you cannot defend Canada in Canada, and the duty of defend ing Canada in Canada ceases. You cannot alter it by using fine words, you must go straight to the fact—we have no duty, no honor, no dignity in pretending to do that which we cannot do.” It is certain, then, that Mr. Cobden did not stand alone in his opinions abont Canada. It may be added here, that, with unusual had tase, the London Times t noticing Mr. Cobdbn’s death, dwelt contemptuously upon his “ignoranceof classical learning.” He may not have been able to turn one of the Odes of Horace or a book of the Iliad into English verse, like Lord Derby, but Mr. Cobden was almost as familiar with the language and literature of Prance as with those of his native England, and it was this which mainly led to his appoint ment as Special-Commissioner from Eng land to negotiate the Free Trade treaty with France, in 1861-2. We know, too, that he was instructed in the French, lan guage at the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution (Aldersgate-atreet), established while ;he wak stilh in the em ployment of Ms uncle,, the' Manchester warehouseman in“-the city”’-and pre sided over,: for a number of years, by Mr. George Gbotb, the distinguished historian of Greece. LETTER FROM - OCCASIONAL.” Washington, April 34, 1865. Andrew Johnson was nominated Vice President of the UMted States by the Na tional Union Convention without the ex pression of a wish for the office, and in deed without knowing that he would be presented for the post. His friends at Bah timore did not press Ms name at any time.. They knew that if ever the eontingency-ar rived when the record of a real Democrat , was needed to emphasize the sincerity of the Union party, and .to show that the fidelity of the hundreds of thousands of men who had severed all connection with their former organizations was not for gotten, that record was to be found in the life of Andrew. Johnson. The same vote that re-elected the former old-line Whig, Abraham Lincoln, elected the former old-line Democrat, Andrew Johnson. At the time the latter was nominated and elected, he was discharg ing the important duties of Military Go vernor of Tennessee. Preparations were being made to get rid of the machinery contrived and put together by the traitors "who claimed to have carried that State out of the Union, hut only succeeded in the most shameless fraud, How strange it is, that precisely the same system of false voting and fabricated returns which was resorted to to force Kansas into .the •:w-i«njiaA.alave_Sia|e_(the attempt opened the first broad road"£o"BeccBsion) -’'•wfitaJ adopted to force the Southern States out of the Union. It was under Johnson’s auspices that the Constitutional Con vention, which initiated the • new State. organization, was called. . His Mend and former bitter adversary, Dr. W. G. Brownlow, was afterwards elected Governor simultaneously with a Legis lature composed of citizens of the-State, who are still at Nashville perfecting the duty of pacification and reconstruction. Anxious to see Tennessee entirely vindi cated and saved, he wished to remain with Ms fellow-citizens until the work was com pletely done. ' He accordingly telegraphed to Washington to ask if his presence waß absolutely necessary at .the'inauguration on the 4th of March, 1865, and to Ms despatch he added: “I would’'rather assist in the salvation of Tennessee from treason than be Vice President of the United States.” His friends advised Mm to be -present, and he came. It will be recollected tbat’in all the speeches of Governor, now President Johnson, pronounced about this time, Fe bruary and March, 1865, he laid especial stress on’the necessity of securing to Ten nessee her status in the Union. And well did Tennessee deserve the eulogy of Andrew Johnson. As he has Mmself said, “I lore Tennessee—for she has been my protector and friend, and I can never forget her.” The fame of Tennes see, . for natural products, for broad rivers, for great cities and ports, for renowned heroes, jurists, and statesmen, fbr, enter-' prise and progress—the fame of Tennessee has always been a darling theme to him. Hence yon will perceive how consistent Andrew Johnson, is, when he throws Mmself against the proposition to hold the States in a territorial condition. Had he been in the last Congress he would have voted to admit the Louisiana Senators and members. The case of Tennessee is, if possible, stronger. We need only ask ourselves what becomes of the attempt to rule'out the so-called seceded States, when ice reflect that Andrew Johnson sat in the United States Senate, having been duly elected before the rebellion , and sat there after the rebellion,, voting with the friends of the Union, and hailed by them as a cham pion and a compatriot f He served in the called'session of 1861, and only left when he was called to the post of duty and of danger in. Ms own State. No one then cavilled at Tennessee, and ruled her out of the Union. What Senator Johnson did on this and kindred questions, what Governor Johnson believed, what Vice President Johnson proclaimed as his judgment, is now re-affirmed emphatically by Presi dent Johnson. In Ms speech to the In diana delegation, on the 21st of April, the President took high pound on tMs im portant question. Governor Morton, ,of that State, broached the subject as follows: “ As we approach the end of this mighty rebel lion, the great question or adjustment will force Itself upon jours and the public mind, and the great principles of our Government wlU.be pre sented for new consideration and application. We hold that no State had a right to secede from the Union, neltber had It the power to work snob a result Indirectly. The Constitution provides for the admission of new State* Into the Union,, but when thus admitted and Incorporated into the mass >of the nation, there is no provision or method by wblehthe; can be withdrawn or expelled.: The re bellion .can only be viewed by the Government in Its Individual aspect. Every act looking to re sistance or secession Is unconstitutional and void, and can have no legal efleot whatever, except upon the political and civil rights of the lndlvldual.com mltttng It. Each rebel Is politically and crimi nally responsible for his action, without regard to the number which may have united with him In his State. Nor is there any power to punish them, col lectively by reducing a State to a territorial condi tion, or declaring Its municipal character for feited. “As the erime of treason is individual In its cha racter, to must be its punishment. Rebels have the power to forfeit their own personal rights, civil and political, bat they have no power, directly or Indi rectly, to work the destruction of a State. •> The disorganisation or destruction of a State Go vernment does not affect the -existence of the State. Suppose, If yon please, that every officer connected with the Government of the State of Indiana should be assassinated to-day. Would* the existence of the State thereby be lostl Certainly not. The powers of the State Government would be in abey ance only until new men could be called to their exercise. There Is In every rebel State a loyal ele ment of greater or less strength, and to its hands would I confide the duty and power of reorganising the State Government, giving to it military protec tion till such time as It .can, by conventions or otherwise, so regulate the. right of suffrage that it Will by confided only to safe and loyal hands. “ The loyal men of a State have a right to govern It* be they few or many. In this way, the loyal ele ment In every State would be soon converted lute a loyal majority. The number enjoying political rights would be enlarged and vailed In the several States, from time to time, according to the olroum stances by whloh they may be surrounded, and In a few years at furthest the rapidly Increased loyal element, aided by emigration from the North and from Europe, would place the Government In these States upon an immovable basis, never to be again disturbed by the fury of slavery .or the Insanity of sececsion” ‘ ' - The President said, in reply: “ Upon this Idea of destroying States my position has been heretofore well known, and I see no cause to change it now, and I am glad to hear Its reitera tion on the present occasion. Some are satisfied ewiah kha, Stf***-—* br\ t»q and other divisions; .are tp lose , their character as States. But their life-breath has been only suspend ed,and it Is constitutional obligation we have to secure each of these States* In the* possession and enjoyment of a repnblloan form of government. A State may be in the Government with a peculiar Institution, and by the operation of rebellion lose tbat featnre j but it was a State when it went into re bellion, and when it comes out without that institution it is still a State. [Great applause.] “ I hold It as a solemn obligation lu any one of these states where the rebel armies have been beaten back or expelled, I care not how small the number of Union men, if enough to man the ship of State , I hold it, 1 say, a high duty to protect and secure to them a republican form of government. This is no new opinion. It is expressed in conformity with my understanding of the genius and theory of our Go vernment. Then In adjusting and putting the Go vernment upon Its legs again, I think the progress of this work must pass into the hands of ifs friends. [Applause.] If a State it to be nursed untU it again gets strength, it must be nursed by its friends, not smothered by its enemies. [Applause.] “ Now, permit me to'remark that while I have opposed dissolution and disintegration on the one hand, on the other I am equally opposed to consoli dation‘[applause], or the centralization of power In the hands of a few.’* These views may be commented upon by .intelligent readers with much effect. They famish a very easy and satisfactory explanation of a much controverted ques tion. • Occasional. In nearly all the newspaper reports of obsequies of President Lincoln, the fact was omitted that his Excellency Go vernor Curtin, with his staff, and every member of his Cabinet, accompanied the honored remains, and occupied a conspi cuous position in the funeral procession. Correct ions—ln our notice, yesterday, of “The Adventures of Fudge Fumble,” one of Peterson’s “ Library of Humorous American Works,” It was called “Judge Tumble.”. In the notice of Oar Young Folks, we oarelessly oredlted J. T. Trow brldge wlth thejiutborsblp of that admirable book, “ Cape Cod,” just published by.Tloknbr * Fields, and written by H, D. Thoreau. 1 VljHfi ptTtf a nt?T P Ja&O. XH I I jAU-EiLi THE E IVIIBBUL CORRKSPOBiDBWOK. [From the Wartim ton Chronicle of Sunday. 3 Pbh.aDbi.phia, April 2ft, 1865. - Salutes, illuminations, pypoteehnios, procession*, macs meettot e, ringingof bells, greetings on streets, and cbtb, and steamboats, all outcroppings of the joyful gratitude of a people on tbe ere of their rescue from rebellion. And, even as they (or more glad news, while from almost eyery. dwel ling and public place tbe old flag floated like tbe pinion ol the angel of peace, came tbe blaek and bitter blast of death. As I'rode from Washing ton to Philadelphia, alt around was sad and sable. The stars of' the vletory-erowned bam ner shone through the crape that. surrounded . them like eyes filled with tears, and the red, white, and blue were shrouded in- the- universal gloom. In Philadelphia the demonstration Is. al most awful In Its solemnity. 1 was much touched at the unusual interest excited by this sad event in ' Washington, among the iaborlng classee, and equal ly so in Baltimore, because in both .these cities .there has-been, and still Is,an active Secession element; but in Philadelphia, where traitors are fewer, the exhibition is more pronounced and effec tive ; and if this afternoon is fair the honored dead will be reoelved by a larger concourse than.even the late thrilling victories called out. No business has been transacted, save by the newspaper men, the clergy, the railroads, and the people who sell the ordinary necessaries of life.. There is a wail at every fireside. Everybody seems to have tost a gear ftiend. “I had jnst begun to love Mr. Lincoln,” said one of my warm Demooratio friends, ‘'and now he is gone.” The poor oolored people canlfi not realize their loss. He seemed to be (im mortal to them. They- feared that, havingi set thrm free, his death would make them'sUyes' again. But, may God be thanked, there are no bondmen where he has gone, and that the skull of slavery, onoe shattered, cannot be repaired./ As ■ Bishop Simpson Bald before Mr. Lincoln’s nwson soions corpse, on Wednesday, “Though(the hand of the Assassin has struck him to the trotted, it could not destroy the work he has done] nor to ge again the chains ho has broken.” Andrew Jqhn on now holds the helm! He will not faiat or all back. Before this dire tragedy party faints and dies. A few, a very few, rejoioe lu It. it Is only consistent that if there are some wrjtohesivUii enough to assassinate the good and the great there are also cowards who applaud the crime. Weloap siy-«-thOm,.and of the flying murderer, raokei by, the furies of remorse, and followed-by the fiaeovea geance of insulted'law and the Inpeadmgtplt 0( an offended God, as Angtellna, wire of the Doge of Venice, said to her hnßband’s persecutors i .I. “ Insects \ ' V Have made the lion mad ere how, a shaft i I’ the heel o’erthrow the bravest orthe brave/: A wife’s dishonor was the bane of Troy; / ! . A wife’s dishonor unking’d Home forever ; V ; An Injured husband brought the Gauls to Cflajlum, And thence to Borne, which perish’d for a Urns; An obscene gesture cost Caligula His life, while earth yet bore his cruelties; A virgin’s wrong made Spain a Moorish pro- [hoe; And Steno’a lie, couch’d JB,two wonhless US' Bath decimated Venice, put in peril - I A Senate which hath stood eight hundred yei Dlsorown’d-a prince, out off his crownless hea And forged new fetters for a groaning people. Let the poor wretoh, like to the courtesan Who fired Persepolis, he proud of this, If it so please him—’twore a pride fit for him I But let him not Insult the last hours of Him, who, whata'er he nowls, was a hero, By the intrusion of his very prayers: Nothing of good can come from such a source, Nor would toe aught with him, nor now, nor set We leave him to himself that 'iowest depth Of human baseness. Pardon is for men, And notforreptiles. We have none for Stem, And no resentments things like him must sting, And higher beings suffer ; ’(is the charter hj Of life. The man who dies by the adder’B fayg “May have the crawler crush’d, but feels no srii ’Twee the worm'b natures and some men are In soul, more than the living things of tombs,’’ I Dbath op ljamsit WinniAif la with deep regret that we have learned tfiat Gaieral William Cook died, at his residence In Hobolioi, N. 1., last Sunday evening, from pleurisy. Ite de ceased was chief engineer and principal manager of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, and by his hippy and genial manner-won the esteem of ail with wjtom he came in contact. At an early age he enteredthe' military academy at. West Point, and, havtaggra. dnated, took his position as a lieutenant of englnjers. By the earnest request of the Government hj be came connected with the Camden and Annoy Fail road, and his services - were so gratifying, that he was officially thanked by the Legislature is tfif fol lowing act, passed on the 16th of February, 18a; WheTeas, the State of New Jersey had bejome Interested in the, read to the amount of one thou sand shares of its stc-ek, and It beingjvirf im portant to retain the services of Lleuwaani pook as their engineer, that the Hon. Secretary, of (War be requested to continue him in the sendee a the Company.” " , In poUtfoshe was a Democrat, and in |the cam paign of 1860 was placed upon the DouglaS elejtoral ticket. At the beginning of the slavemldtss’re bellion he was a warm supporter of thi Govern ment, and exerted all his influence In sue aloing It. General Cook leaves a large circle of ortowtog friends to mourn his loss. Few were bett t, known, and, being known, better loved. “ I Wb havb to aoknowledge the recep Mr. Desilver, of the photographic porti late President and Jiis son Thaddgus, ' the best portraits of that great and good: we have seen, and we oannot doubt will a most rapid sale. j Macon, Georgia, in onr Possession. HOWEII. COBB AND 6TJST; ' PBIS)NEES. Tbo Harder Planned In . AppeOTed by Dsrli Was —A despatch- from General Sheri “ Wilson held Maoon on the 80th, w i (J. W. Smith, anil others as prise claimed the benefit of my armlatiot graphed to me through the rebel 1U I have answered him that he may dri 000, and hold his eommand for forth less he has reason to believe the rebel the status to our prejudice.” This Department has Information 1 dent’s murder was organised In C proved at Richmond. One of the at prison, who attempted to kill Mr. Herod to be one of the St, Albans rai Epwim M Seor OUR POLICY TOWARDS TRAIT RS, Speeds by the President to a of loyal Sonthereerg, \ IBS SPIRIT THAT WIU ANIJUTI WB TfitlT- MERCY WITHOUT JUSTICE A CRII^E. Stern Justice to the leaders in Treason—Am nesty, Clemency to the Hasses, their Followers. , \ CSpeelsl Despatch to The Frees. 3 This morning, at eleven o’clock, a large delega) tIOB of loyal citizens of disloyal districts called upoi the President.. Judge UnDKarvooD, on behalf of the delegation, read the following address: . , Mb. Pbxsibbkt ! The gentlemen who come withii me to pay their respects to the Chief Magistrate oft the nation are, for the most part, exiles from the South—exiles for their devotion to the Union and the Constitution in defianoa of threats and persecu tion of the slaveholding aristocracy. Your recent utterances have stirred our spirits like the Bound of a trumpet, and enoouraged the hoi e that we may ere long in safety visit par deso lated farms and rebuild our homes, in .the sunny South, We have nofeeiings but those of kindness . {or the common people of our section, even for those . who by physical or moral compulsion, or by- gross - deception, have been arrayed in arms agaioetr the SS^^o^«e?«^Tl tll be Jt put to I death,” hut woe to the wicked leaders,, who, 'though baßed, are neither humbled nor subdued; whose arrogance and treason are as dangerous to us and to the country as ever. We thank you for de claring that these great criminals must be punished. The Great Author of Nature and Provldenoe de orees that those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind. We know that we cannot go home in safety while traitors whose hands‘are Still dripping with the warm blood of our martyred brothers re. main defiant and unpunished. It Is folly to give ■ sugar-plums to tigers and hyenas. It Is more than folly to talk of clemency and mercy to these worse than Catilines; Tor clemency and mercy to them are cruelly and murder to the Innocent and nnborn. If General Jackson had punished the treason of Cal houn we would not have witnessed this rebellion. If the guilty leaders of this rebellion shall be pro perly punished, our children’s children will not be compelled to look upon another like it for genera tions. f ■ ■ By the blood of our martyred President, by the agonies of our starved and mutilated prisoners, by the tens of thousands slain In battle, and the deso lations of home and country and all the waste of life and treasure for the last fpur years, with, no feeling of revenge, but in slooerest of sorrow, we pray tbat your Administration may be both a ter ror to evll-dcerß and a protection to all who pursue the paths of peace. And while we mourn and lament our great and good murdered Chief—too kind and too Indulgent, we fear, for these stormy times—we thank God for the belief that, knowing the character of the leaders of the rebellion as you do, you will so deal with them that our whole country shall be an asylum for the oppressed or every creed and every clime, ti e home of peace, freedom, industry, education, and religion ; a light and an example to the nations of the whole earth, dews a long, bright,and beneficent future. * ; President Johusqk replied! It Is hardly necessary for ine on this occasion to say that my sympathies and impulses In connection with this nefarious rebellion beat In unison with yours, ’Those who have passed'through this bitter ordeal, and who participated In it to a great extent, are more competent, as I think, to judge and deter mine the true policy which should he pursued. [Applause } I have but little to Bay on tots Ques tion in response to whathasbben said. It enunciates, and expresses my own feelings to the fullest extent, and in much better language than I can at toe present moment summon to my aid. The mostehat l can say is, that entering upon toe duties that have devolved upon me, under clronm stein ces that are perilous and responsible, and being thrown into the position I now occupy unexpected ly, in consequence of the aad event—the heinous assassination which has taken plaoe—in view of Jail that Is before me, and toe oircumstances that sur round me, I oannot but feel that your encourage meet and kindness are peculiarly acceptable and appropriate. Ido not think you, who have bean; fa miliar with my oourse, youwhoare from the South, deemit necessary for me to make any profession* as to OFFICIAL GAZETTj BEST OF TUB REBBIB. "Washiwgtof, D. <3., April 24. „ TUESDAY. APRIL 25. 1866: .' the fut ure on this oocaslon, nor ,to express what mv course, will be upon questions that may arise, if my past life Is no Indication of what my future wui be, my professions were both worthless and empty ; and in returning you my siseere thanks tor this en couragement and sympathy, I really can only re iterate what I have said before, and In part what has just been read. , As far as olemeney and mercy are concerned, and the proper exerolse of the pardoning power, I think I understand the natdre and character of the latter. In the exercise of olemenoy and merey, the paroon tn, power should be exercised with caution. Ido not give utterance to my opinions on this point to any spirit of revenge, or unkind feelings. Meroy and clemency havebeen prettylarge ingredients to my compound. Having been the Executive of a State, and -thereby' placed in a position'in whtoh it was am cessary to exercise olemeney and meroy, I have been charged with going too'far— being too lenient—and I have become satisfied that meroy without justice Is a crime; and that when meroy and olemenoy .are exercised by tbe Executive it should always be done to view of justice, and in that manner alone Is pro perly exerolsed that great prerogative. - - . The time has oome, as .you, who have had to drink this bitter cup, are fully, aware, when the American people should be made to understand the tine nature of crime. Of crime generally, our people have a high understanding, as well as or the necessity of its punishment; but to the catalogue of crimes there is one, and that the highest known to tbe law and .the Constitution—of which, slooe the days of Jeffers on and Aaron. Burr, they have become oblivious —tbatvis Tbbason. Indeed, one who has become distinguished to treason , and In this .re bellion, faid that “When traitors become nume rous enough, treason becomes respectable,” ana to become a traitor was to constitute a portion of the aristocracy of the eountry. God protect the people against Bnch an aristocracy 1 , • Yes, the time has come when the people should be taught to understand .the-length and breadth, the depth and height of treason. An Individual occupying the highest position among us was lifted to that position by the free offering of the American people—the highest position on the habitable globe —this man we have seen, revered, and leved ; one who, if he erred at all, erred ever on the side of cle mency and merey—that man we have seen treason strike, through a fitting instrument, and we have - beheld hi# fall like a bright star, falling from its f, 'h!cw"there Is none but would say, if i|he question esme up, what should be done with the individual wbo assassinated the Chief Magistrate of a nation 1 He is but a man, one man after all; but if asked what should he done with the assassin, what should be the penalty, tbe forfeit exacted, I know what response dwells In every bosom.- It Is that he should pay the forfeit with his life; and hence we see that there are times when merey and olemeney without justice b'eoome. a crime. The'one should temper the other, and bring about that proper mean. And if we would say this when the case was the simple murder of one man by his fellow-man, what should'we-say when asked what shall be done with him or them who have raised Impious hands to take away the' lire of a nation composed of thirty . millions of people 1 What would bo tbe reply to that question 1 But while in mercy we rememberjustice, In the lau guage th&t has been uttered I say justice towards tbe leaders, the conscions leaders,; out I also say amnesty, conciliation, clemency, and meroy to the thousands of our countrymen whom you and I know havebeen deceived or driven into this infernal re hellion. And so I return to where I started from, and again repeat that it is time nqr people were taught to know that treason is a crime, not a mere political" dlfiererce—not a mere contest- between two parties, in which one succeeded and the other simply failed. They must know it Is treason, for If they had suc ceeded the life of the nation would have been reft from It—the ITnlon would have been destroyed. Surely the Constitution sufficiently defines treason. It consists in levying war against the United States, and in giving their enemies aid and comfort. With this definition, it requires the exercise of no great acumen to ascertain who are traitors. It requires no great perception to tell us who have levied war against them, nor does It require any great stretoh ol reasoning- to ascertain who has given aid to the enemies of tbe United States. And when the Go vernment of the United States does ascertain who are the conscious and intelligent traitors, the penal ty and the forfeit should be paid. I know howto appreciate the condition of being driven from one’s home. 1 oan sympathize with him whose all has been taken from him ; with him who has oeen de nied the place that gave his children blrth|; but let us, withal, In the restoration of the Government, proceed temperately and dispassionately, and hope and pray that the time'will come, as I believe, when we all can retumlandjremaln at our homes, and treason and' traltors-be driven from our land ;when again law . and order Shall reign, and this bannerol our country be unfurled over every Inch of territory Within the area of the United States. In conclusion, let me thank yoojmost profoundly for this encouragement and manifestation of your regard and respect, and assure you tnat I can give no greater assurance regarding the settlement of this question than that I intend to discharge my duty, and to that'way which shall, to the earliest possible hour, bring back peace to our distracted country, and hope the time is not far distant when our people can all return to their homes and fire sides, and resume their various avocations. WASHINGTON. Proclamation by tbe President. THUBSDAV, MAT 25t8, APPOINTBD A DAT OX StOCBNINQ AND FRATKK. Washington, April'2*.—By the President of the United States of America, A ntOCIAMATIOH. Whereas, By my direction, the Acting Secretary' of State, in a notice to the public, of thelfth, re quested the various religious denominations to as semble oh the 19th Inst., on the occasion of the ob. ecquies of Abraham Llneoln, late President of the United States, and to observe the same with appro priate ceremonies; but Whereas, Our country has become , oue great' house of mourning, where the head of the family has been taken away, and believing that a speelai period should be assigned for again humbling our selves before Almighty God, in order that the be reavement may be sanctified to the nation— Now, therefore, in order to mitigate that grief on earth u bich can "only be assuaged by communion with the Father in Heaven, and tooompliaooe with the wishes of senators and representatives in Con gress, communicated to me by resolutions adopted at the national capital, ,1, Andrew. Johnson; President ,of the United States, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 25th day of May next, to be observed (wherever in the United. States the flag of thecountry may be respected) as a day of humiliation and mournlDg. And . I recom mend my fellow-oitlzens then to assemble la their respective places of worship, there to unite in ■ solemn service to Almighty God In memory of the good man who has been removed, so that all shall bo occupied at the /same time. In contemplation of his virtue, and in sorrow for Ms sudden and violent end... tin, from it of the ; is oue of an which neetwith In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, ■ and caused thte Beal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington the 2t£h day of April, inthe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of toe Independence of the United States of America toe eighty-ninth, [it. a.] } . Amdbbw Johhsok. By the President: W. Huktbb, Acting Secretaryof -State. [Special Despatches ~to The Press 3 Wabeixgtoh, April 24. POPULAR OFIHIOH OF SHRRMAH’fi EIFLO- j MACY. It is difficult to say which sensation— amazement, astonishment, disappointment, or sorrow—was up permostin the public mind and heart yesterday, when the war bulletin announced that Shbbhan had entered into the Inexplicably Inconsistent “memorandum or basis of agreement” with Johk btok. There were amazement and astonishment that one as sagacious as Shebmam has frequently shown himself to be should have been so completely out-, wjtted sb It would appear he had been by the wily rebel leader Johmbtojt. There were disappoint ment and sorrow that one Whom the people had begun, to revere aE<l lore; and with heretofore good reason, had so suddenly-fallen from the high,upper most found of the ladder of honorable fame. “It Is unaccountable, amazing, wonderful 1” could he have been thinking of t» u ls the matt de ranged 1” are the exclamations upon the streets, lu the public places, and In the family olrele. Every i*ere, and by everybody, the “memorandum” Is condemned. The veriest rebel of them all oould not have prepared, nor more cunningly conceived, a paper by whieh at once to place all rebeldom In the same states they occupied before they first raised tbelf bloody hands with deadly aim at the life of this Government. All debts are paid; all their obliga tions cancelled ; all the laws of Congress—of confis cation, emancipation, etc.—are repealed; all crime, the worst o( crimes, is forgiven. The blood of the thousands of patriots’- by them slain Is by one dash of the pen washed from their fratricidal, blood stained hands. How could Shbbhah have been a party to such an instrument 1 How could he for a moment have entertained the propositions embraced In the “ memorandum 1” If surprise Can be added to amazement, we know the feeling to-day. The order of Shbbhah, promulgated this morning in a despatch from Portress Monroqfidape toe climax of wonderment. THR SECRETARYSHIP OF STATE. Jam authorized fay the highest authority to say that, notwithstanding rumors to toe < contrary, the President will in no event dispense with , the ser vices of Mr.'SnwAßb as Secretary of State; that he entertains for him the deepest sympathy lquhis bufferings, and regards toe preservation of his life as second to that of no man In the nation, and Im . patiently awaits the time when he will have the . -benefit of his connsel. : ,-n An army correspondent at Blobmehd endoßcs the following copy of an Important order just Issued; ®xx xbn on Fbovobt Marshal Gbnbbal, Dkpartmsht ox ViaaiKiA, Richmohd, Va., April 21, WBS, [CIRCULAR ] Several paroled effloers of the Army of Northern Virginia having signified their desire to go abroad to Europe, or elsewhere, and for toe present all per mits for such officers to pass through the loyal States having been suspended, they are Informed that pass ports and passage to Halifax will-be furnished them on application at the office of the Provost Marshal General of toe Department. , By order of Major General E. O. C. Obd. Mi B. Patrick, Provost Marshal General. THE BATTLES OF THE ABUT OF THE POTOMAC, An order from Gen. Mains; In conformity to or ders from the Department and of Gen. Gbabt, directs that there be inscribed upon the colon or guidons of regiments and batteries serving In that, army, the names of toe battles In wiiloh they have bone a meritorious part. I have in preparation a list of the Pennsylvania regiments, colors, etc., on which such Inscriptions are to he made, which will be forwarded to you tomorrow. COLLHHON OH THE CHESAPEAKE. -The schooner S. M: Partridge, of Rookland, Md., bound from Baltimore to New Haven, Connecticut, with coal, was run into yesterday morning by the steamer Don, of Folnt-no-polnt,ln Chesapeake bay. She filled and snnk In a few minutes. Her crew' escaped, and reaohed this city In the steamer Leslie. YIRteIISIA DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS. There have been erroneous statements published during toe past week oonoerntng changer to take place In military departments of the Army of the Pbtomao, &o. These statements have misled the public. The teHowlng is the military status ef that army as it new exists: Major General H, W. Hallbok takes command of a military division, comprlsleg toe Department of Virginia, and such portions of North Carolina as are outside toe lines of Gem. Shbrmah’s army. Major General E. O. O. Ora commands Depart ment of Virginia.’ * . Brevet General Dbht la military commandant of Virginia. Btgadler General Patrick continues In toe posl tlonof provost marshal general. It is understood that the headquartero of the Army of Ore Potomac will, in fc toW *^ a . O orp, ltetod at Peurstrarg, and that then ®» *P‘ (colored), Major General Wbitzbi., will oooajy the north side of too James. CBr AMceiated Frees.) , . : CONDITION OP THE SEWARDS* ‘ Sueoboh OBireßAL’a OrmoHi 4 ■WABBl*otow, April«—» »• v lion, E. M, Stanton, Secretary of War: - 4 Sa s I have tke honor to report that the Seeft> tary of State is free from pain, and stronger tail' morning. Mr. F. Sbward pawed a quiet night. y#ry respeotrully, your obedient servant, J. K. Babhss, Surgeon Generral. PBE&EHTATION OB CAPTUBED PlrAefl — SPEECH OF THE SECRETARY OF WAS. Colonel SmißirAHy to-day, presented to its War Department fifty-one colors, oaptnred by the caval ry portion Of Major General SB»kiDAit*s command at.DiD'wlddle Court House, FiveTorks', and several cavalry engagements,' 'from Sutherland Station, along the Appomattox to Tabernaol® diuroii, m well as at engagements at, letters vllle-, Sailor’s Creek, and Appomattox Court House, where the Confederate Army ol Northern Yirgtala surren dered. Brevet Major H, W. FabbAb, A. D- O. to- Major General WKieHT, commanding the Bth Corps, pre sented nineteen rebel flags and two guidons, cap. tured by that corps- First Lieutenant G. W. Fobs, 88th New York Volunteers, presented fifteen flags captured by the 2d Corps, .commanded, by Major General Hejm- FHBBTB. Colonel Shbbkah said: These flags were taken In a series of engagements, commencing at Din widdle, Five Forks, and Sailor’s Creek, and ending at Appomattox Court House with the surrender of Gen. Lbb. The fact deserves attention, that these men all belong to the cavalry, who, tinder their gal lant leader, Gen. Shbbidas, captured these colors from the enemy’s infantry. The Secretary or War, in reply, said: lit the name of the people or the United States, or the President, and [of this Department, I return to General Shbbidah, to your oompanlouß tn arms, and to yourselves, thanks for the loyal patriotism and valor which have brought such trophies into tie archives of this Department ; thanks for your devotion to your country’s cause. It Is with pro found grief that 1 cannot return to you the thanks of the late President, who, since you won these trophies, has gone from the highest pinnacle of power and glory In this world to the right hand of .God, where,-if It be permitted mortals to look upon what Is passing In the world beneath, he now sees what Is transpiring In this chamber. NEW REGULATION. The Paymaster General has deoided that eommis stoned officers of volunteers leaving the service will, In addition to a certlfleate of non-indebtedness from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, be required by tbe paymaster paying their discharge accounts to furnish k statement that there are no stoppages against them on-the hooks of the Paymaster Gene ral's office. THE SECRETARYSHIP OF THE INTERIOR. . In an Interview with the President to-day, Senator Harlan, after uientloniog his nomination by Pre sident Idsdox.il, and confirmation by the Senate, to be Secretary of the Interior from the isth day of May next, stated'his desire to disembarrass Presi dent Jobbsow by placing the office at his disposal The President remarked that he wished the arrange ment made by his predecessor to odntlnue. TRANSPORTS DISCHARGED. A large number of chartered vessels In theservloe of the Quartermaster’s Department have been dis charged recently, the business of the department having greatly diminished during the past month. GUERILLA? SURRENDERED AND AT LARGE. Within the past few days quite a number of Whitb’b and Mosbby’s guerilla bands haw come within our lines at Fairfax Station and surrendered themeelves, Notwithstanding the fact that nearly all of Mosbby’s men have surrendered to General Hahoook, there are quite a number of guerillas along the Lower Potomac and on the banks of the Bapyahannoek, near Fredericksburg. These men, however, doubtless belong to Kxhohelob’s gang, and our cavalry will probably soon destroy them. DEPARTMENT OF THE: GULF Reported Escape of Jeff Paris across the Mississippi to Texas. AFFAIRS AT MOBILE-THE LOSSES ffl OCR FLEET. CAPTURE 07 A BLOCKADE-BUNWER AND VALUABLE CARQO. Nbw Oblbans, April 10, via Cairo, April 23: Captain Tomes, two mates, and five, seamen of the bark Louts, from New York, wore drowned on, the 20th Instant, by the boat oapslzlng on a bar at the mouth of the Bio'Grande river. It Is reported that Jeff Davis orossed the Missis slppl at Thinker Bend, occupied by Texas cavalry, on the night of the 16th, escaping the observation of the naval forces. General Oanby has issued an order prohibiting all persons not connected with the army from going to Mobile. It Is reported that Kirby Smith had disbanded his army, they returning home. , , The Della says the United States steamer Mll waukle, which was snnk In Mobile bay, will prove a total loss. Her guns have been taken off, and her machinery Can be saved, but' her hull Is already breaking to pieces. ‘ - : . The guns of the steamer Osage are beingromoved, wlto-goo'd prospects of ultimately raising toe ves sel. The steamer Laura ran against two plies, making large holes,and sinking In shallow water. -She. will be saved. The Ida, a small-tug propeller, struck a torpedo, and was blown up. The Captain and two others were killed. It Is said tost the Iber ville was blown np by a torpedo, but this has jiot been confirmed, although the Blossom, Rover, And tin-olad No. 48 were destroyed. The Scotia, recently known as a gunboat, Is sunk in thirteen feet of water. -Six of her crew were lost and six wounded. All the monitors; RSjept toe Cincinnati, are np to the City, under Palmer. Launohes from the mbnitors-sall up toe river. A blockade-runner, loaded with 1,000 bales of dot ton, has been captured. It 1b stated on good autho rity that Gen. Hnrlbut will relieve Geh. Granger in command at Mobile, as soon as Gen. Banks ar rives at New Orleans. Gen. Smith’s corps, bn Friday noon, were eleven miles above Blakely, on the way to Montgomery, Alabama. . ‘ THK ABMT IN VIRGINIA, KXTCKKIKG OBDBB AMD OIVILIZATIOK—THB »AH TILLS BAILBOAS TO BB BE-OPBMKD—CITIZBWB TAKIHO THB OATH—THE itBMY BTILL AT BHBKBSVILLB. Hbadqcabtbbs, April 23.—Reports are current Sere that many of our men have been found mur dered In toe vicinity of houseß throughout toe coun try,but notwithstanding the strictest Inquiry np iibtrmatlon Of them can he obtained. A delegation of oltlzenß from Danville camd through to headquarters yesterday, with a petition from the president and directors of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, asking permission to re open. their road, saying that all the rolling stook was at Danville and in good condition. The communication was telegraphed to General Grant, who replied that their bequest could be granted, provided they would take the oath of alle*' glance. The Government retains toe right to take possession of toe road at any time they see proper. It Is believed the oars on this route will bo running In two or three days, as the track is almost in as good order as before Lee’s retreat. It was learned from these gentlemen ,that Jeff Davis had been In Danville some two or three weeks since, but that he had left, and his present whereabouts Is unknown to them. Large numbers of citizens appear dally at the office of toe provost marshal, at headquarters, to take the oath, and asking that their homes and pro perty he protected by placing guards over them, so that they may be able to save enough from toe ra pacity of stragglers, to keep their families from starving, until they can raise their crops the coming season. Their requests, however, are refused, on the ground shat It would require about an army oorps to supply all who ask, and this, or course, can not be thought of. Whether toe reason for refusal is a valid one, the military authorities alone can -judge, hut many think that a single brigade would be able to perform too duty. At the earnest solicitation of toe citizens ofFarm vllle for protection, the 4th New York Volunteers ■jmcwi been detailed as a guard for that town, and will reusalirtoererSntinnattersDacoaie-sqnioa.— - The army still remains In toe vicinity of Borkes .ville Junction, and no further cttanJpwlU be made tofts disposition until official news la received from General Sherman. No troops from this army have gone toward him, as It was believed that; he was lully ab)e to look alter Johnston with toe forces he had. ’ SAVANNAH. COUXIBMATWH OX THB BALL OX HOHTGOMBBV— THB HEWS OX THB PRBBIDBHT’B XCBDBB. Nbw Yobk, April 24.—The steamer Blaokstone," from Hilton Head, with dates to toe 20to, has ar rived, She brings Savannah papers to the 19th, whieh state that Intelligence received there on the lfth confirms the news of the fall of Montgomery. The place was evacuated by toe rebels and occupied by toe Federal trgpps on toe 11th. The rebels re treated In the direction or Columbus, Georgia. The Government stores were being removed from Co lumbuß, toe fall of whieh place was expected by the next news from Augusta. A Savannah tetter'of toe 19th says s The re ceipt of the intelligence of the sad. calamity that has befallen the nation has cast toe profoundeat gloom over the city. The Sags are suspended at half-mast, and other emblems of mourning are seen everywhere, A meeting was held at Hilton Head, .at which resolutions condoling with the nation and the family of the deceased, and calling for a more vigorous prosecution of toe war, were adopted. On the 29t0 seven arrests, were made atHilton .Head. ■ On recelpt of the sad Intelligence in Savannah, General Grover requested the papers to withhold It until toe next morning, and (doubted the guards throughout toe city. JOY AM OHO THU OBOBSZSZS WHBS LEU SUSSES- DHBBD— PERSOHAL SCATTBBB. Yobk, April 24.—Savannah'papers say that the news or Lee’s surrender passed over the tele graph line at M%len, Georgia, on last Wednesday, and was hailed l>y many with great joy,. The rail road between Macon and Columbus was out.toe same day by our cavalry coming from Macon and going toward Oolnmbns. The Augusta ConatiHUionaliHol the 12th says, “Jeff Davis has gens either to toe slppl Department or to Europe, taking with him half a million in specie.” * Columbian, Florida, announces that Governor Milton, of Fibrida, has committed BuioJde by shooting himself with a pistol, * FUBEML TRAM INCIDENTS Of] DEOPABTUBB PBOU THIS CITY. lie' Eeceptioa by the Peeple of Wow Jersey. thousands of sbdest gazers ) ALONG THE ROUTE. ; { mt' Bells of tie Towns and Cities Tolled, and «m Whole Population ettboct Bonadthe Train. KIW lOBK nr FOB A fiBBAT PBOCKSBi»» 10-BAT. Biw Tour, April 24—10 A- It—®* tODßral party started from the Continental Hotel at Phila delphia, at two o'clock this morning, and halted b» foie the State Honte until the coSIn was conveyed to the funeral oar. Tho transparency whloh adorned the front of the building, the portrait of the Presi dent, with a dark border representing a coffin, af forded a relief to the surrounding gloom of the morning, the words “ Best In Peace" stilt blazing from the gas jets above It. The Invinolbles and other city organizations, with torches, composed a part of the procession, and the City Troop, the Philadelphia guar<( of honor, acted as the es cort. A band of music played dirges on-the march. The procession reached the Kensington depot at fonr o’oloefe. Thousands of men, women, and ohU dren were still In the streets, and not a few half dressed residents In that neighborhood, who appa rently had just risen from their bedSi ran forward to join the large crowd in waiting at the depot. The funeral party with difficulty pressed their way to the cars. Mr. W. H. G-atzmer, general agent, and Messrs. A. W. Msrkley, Joseph P. Brad ley, and John I.- McKnight, directors of the Cam den and Amboy BaUrosd Company, and F. Walcott Jackson, general superintendent, were among the civilians. The running of tbe road was under the direction of Mr. K. S, Van Rensselaer. At a' few minutes after fonr o’clock the train started. A locomotive preceded it by ten minutes. The engine was trimmed with the national dag, draped with mourning, and there were a telegrapher and two signal-men accompanying It to guard against accidents. The train consisted of nine elegant cars, provide! | by the Camden and Amboy Batlroad, all tastefully trimmed. The funeral car last night was addition ally decorated, heavy silver fringe being placed at the end of the blaok covering of the several panels, and the festoons being fastened with stars and tas sels of similar material. The entire of last night was spent in thus impro ving the exterlorof the ear and clothing the Interior with additional drapery. The materials were eon tributed by citizens of Philadelphia, There was on board the oars a committee from Newark, consisting of the Mayor of that city, Jos P. Bradley, Esq., and the president and other mem bers of Councils, together with eight additional citi zens. These and the Mayor of Washington and other civilians occupied seats in the front cars. Next la order were the Senators and members of the House of Bepreseutatives, with their respective officers. Then followed tbe lowa and Illinois dele gations, and representatives of the several States Hid Territories. The guard of honor oaeupled the next car, and after this was that containing the re mains of the late President and his little son Willie. The lest car was occupied by Bear Admiral Davis, Major Generals Dlx and Hunter, Brigadier General Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General XJntted States army, (Adjutant GenerarThomas Is detain ed at home by sickness,} Brevet Brigadier General Barnard, Generals Caldwell, Baton, Ramsey; Major Field, of the Marine Corps, Captain Taylor and Captain Penrose, and other army and navy officers. . .BBIBTOt. At afew minutes past four o’clock the train left the Kensington station, and soon reached Bristol, whei| several hundred persons had assembled. The snnwas now rising In Its full glory, beautifully Illuminating the rural scenes. TBS BOUNDARY BIHB. Gov. Parker came on board at the State line at Morrisyille with his staff, consisting of Adjutant Gen. B. F. Stockton, Quartermaster Gen. Perrin, and others of his staff. They were accompanied by United States Senator John P. Stockton, Bev. Henry Miller, and Oolj Murphy, and were received by Gov, Curtin, of Pennsylvanla. who had joined tfie funeral party at Harrisburg. TRBHTOK. Tbe Delaware river was crossed at 6% o’clock. As the train passed through Trenton the bells were tolled. Immense throngs of spectators had gathered on every hill-top, and the line of road and other ad vantageous points were-occupied. The train pro ceeded onward until it reaahed the station, where It stopped for thirty minutes. The population were here assembled in mueh larger numbers, for this was a mueh more attractive point. The station was elaborately festooned and the national banner deeply draped, A detachment of the Veteran Beserve Corps was drawn up In line on the platform, showlugthat the peeple of Trenton, like all other true patriots, were not unmindful ot the great loss which hna befalled the nation Jn the violent death of a beloved and honored President. Leaving Trenton the train arrived at New Bruns wick at about TK o’clock,-where Jt halted for per haps an hour, to afford the residents an opportunity to examine the funeral ear and Its treasured bnt In animate contents. Crowds accordingly hurried In that direction. In the meantime minute guns were fired and the bells tolled. At 8 o'clock the tram was again In motion. Twenty-live minutes past 8 o’clock and we were at Kahway, and at fifteen minutes to B o’clock we ar> rived at Elizabeth. At both of these plaoestEe’Sm bltms of mourning were numerously seen, and the flags were draped as at the cities and other places previously passed. The tolling of bolls and tile firing of cannon were repeated. Near the latter town a party of yonng men displayed on differently colored banners, the words separately of "Victory, Peace, Union, Grant, and Sherman,” with- the usual crape attachments.* siswir. , The funeral train arrived and passed here at B.** blizabßth. The funeral train arrived here, and left at 8.45, having stopped ten minutes at the station. The whole population were present to pay their auoum lul salute to the remains of the patriot dead. The funeral bain arrived here at 9.12, and all N ewark, with the exception of those at the windows, seemed, to be out of doom. Trees, house-tops, door* steps, and ear- trucks—in fact, all the highest attain able positions and points where an unobstructed view could be had, were occupied. Throngs of peo ple from various parts of New Jersey might here be measured for miles ; and here it should be stated that as the funeral train passed nearly every man lilted his hat as a mark of respect, and many women removed their bonnets, animated by a feeling simi lar to that which governed the opposite seat. Among the more - prominent features was the United States Hospital, which was suitably'deco rated, and In JTont of whloh were gathered a large number of soldiers, some of them on erutohea. All the patients who could move themselves were drawn up In double file. Every oqe of them stood unco vered, and seemed to be deeply affected by the touching speotacle of the hearse bearing the re mains of the assassinated President, . . SEA HD BEOSFTIOH A* dBBSBT CITT. ~ ; f’-We arrived here at 10 A. M. Here the arrange-- moiitS Sefifiitd to fee petfoot. rod nothin&r been neglected which Could give due effect to the cere monies of the occasion. The cofin was removed from the hearse car by eight soldiers, it was par tially covered with the American fli*, and with Sowers not yet enterely withered. In the presence of the military and of civilians. Including the escort which had followed the remains from Washington, it was slowly carried between the opened ranks, while many male Voices sung a fnneral hymn, the vocal muslo reverberating through the. vast enclosure, whloh’was huog-with tastefully, arranged emblems of mourning, an heeds were uncovered, and a soldier was so much affected by the solemn tones that he turned aside to weep. When the corpse was leaving the station again the Harmcnla and Hoboken quartette clubs, forming a chorus of about 200 voices, sung a funeral deep and solemn tones of thefblended voices touched every heart, while many wept. At Jersey City tbe joint committee of the Common Council, with.the entire Common Council, his Honor the mayor, and a delegation of the officials of the State, had met prevlous to the arrival of the train. . The remains were received, on behalf of the State of New Tl ork, by the Hon. Chaunooy ML Depeu.-the Secretary of State, and were then, consigned to tbe care of tfce committee The hearse was then S^G?n.mD£r boat ’“ <l tak6n to < a “ r s»‘>y; HEW TOBK OITV. York, April 24.—Although the grandfane ral precession 1b to take place here to morrow, the reception of the remains to-day has complete!? engrossed the population. Business is almost wholly suspended, and mourning emblems and de coyations are more numerous than ever. - The place fixed on for tbe arrival of the steam boat with the remains was at the foot of Debtesses street, which runs Into Canal street at the intersec tion of Hudson street. The 7th Regiment, which of.honor. was early on duty there, with full ranks. Mayer and Councils, andtfce State officlaSTwe#' to Jersey City at nine o’clock to receive the re mains. At about hair-past ten o’clock the steamer Jersey City, bearing the remains and the escort, came to the wharf, acd In a short time they were landed, and a procession was formed, the city government first, then the State officials, General Dix and staff, the funeral oar, the Washington-escort, and the 7th with, a.fine band playing the funeral march. The crowds on the piers and in the adiacent streets were enormous, and so they were along the whole route of the cortege, which was "through Da. htosteg street to Hudson street, through Hudson street to Canal street, to Broadway, down Broad way to the lower end of the City Hall Park, along fbe r C!lty W Htll. ertog 7 tha *“*B»*»ortheparkto Bells wore toiied and gam fired as the procession moved. At the Park the crowd was immense. As tbe coffin was carried to the City HMlthe German ringing socletler,numbering some hundreds,occu i«ta.?BVsa'BBJa t 0 dirge. The remains Btate i and the public are to he admitted this afternoon and evening*, as well as to-morrow T?iOT?n^lfet, A a* I>l S ,ld,a catafalque has been erected, ufehed military noenare to serve as watchers f °r two hours at a tlme-from noon to-aay till noon to-morrow. At that hour the grand procession Is to form to conduat the remains through the olty. The route determined on Is up Broadway to Fourteeuthstreet through Fourteenth street to Fifth avenue, un Fifth avenue to Thlrfy;fourth street, through Thlrty murth street to Ninth avenue, to the Hudson Blver Eallroad depot y The city Is excessively crowded with visitors, and every train and boat swells the number. BTBBTBODT IK tBI BTBBBTS— THB APFBABAKOB OF OITT HALL —THU BBICAIHS BOW OFSK TO VIEW, BUT KOT AOAIX TO BB BXPOBBD TIM. THBIB ARRIVAL AT SSSmSSOIS—IHTBB3BT IWet-VABTIOOLAKS. New Tobk, April 21—Evening Business In this olty was generally suspended on the arrivatof tbb fnneral cortege Broad way was orammed to its utmost capacity by people anxious to witness the funeral car, ana to aeoompany the esoort. Every window and heußetop was filled with people. The utmoßt quiet prevailed on the route, and the dense muses uncovered as the procession slowlv wenoed Its way to the City Hall. The hearse, which was drawn by six homes, on arriving in froßt of tbe hall, was relieved of the coffin oy eight soldiers,, who conveyed It to the Governor’s room One thousand rinsers performed a mournful dirge, as It was borne to Its temporary resting place. The Interior or the City Hall is elaborately draped and festooned with mourning emblems, presenting a sombre and solemn appearance. The room in whloh the re mains of the President are deposited 1s thoroughly draped in black. The centre iff the IS dotted with, silver staw, relieved bv m. thefiraperyfintahed With heavy silver tri.' v, curtsies lof black velvet, fringed wfti, - gracefully looped. The eoffin reels on m anlnolifiddplano, the inclination being bit the face of tfie departed patriot Is in vie»„f“ k '<J while passing, for two or throe minutes. The coffin was laid on the dais, In the dm. Gens. Dlx, Burnside, Van Filet, Poor m? B *, Sandford, Townsend, Admiral Spaulding dc-res Meade, Bice, the members of the ptw, !, l number of eminent civilians. The embalm.’ ,v ' rearranged the body, which had been disturbed by the journey, after whtcb thii?*£ removed, affording a view of the face and ™ l *, tion of tbe breast. "Met t ? , Busts of Washington, Webster, day ... Bret ate In the cornets of the Gove-w... J o. Wreaths of immortelles were placed on th« -£' the ladies preeent, and at one o’olocfc ta. *) ', mere placed wad the general public aim,™ *’• i to view the remains - The appearance of the dead Presic e - t . marks ot pain, but the eyes are sunken somewhat discolored and sallow about .V'** W part, and dark-aronndtte eyes and < lips are-very tightly compressed, ik ß 1 , not again be exposed to view until their ' sr-ringfield.. Thousands of persons werejn the strati» ,an opportunity to view tor the i.s t ,w p Abraham Lincoln, but the arrange-"i t purpose have been so poorly conceived r ’ r l edly carried out that thousands wig I ed, notwithstanding the booy wll , a. ! night and until noon to-morrow. 00 vis» s i; j The arrangements for tbe precession » “ I are bn an immense scale, and it , to-Oomr,! advices, comprise from 60 000 to to ?««>: foot The streets through whicn i t ls , l’ e pie « be cleared of all yohlcles, and all W* are t« procession will be restricted to ta« ““ >o tti ranks ot the procession will be formed ,«**■ T» and minute guns will be fired dannic t,- Btr and tho bells tolled, while the variim.. peal dirges. Every nationality liavi,J. 1 ®"*!? representative here will be fully rei>. ts £? ll , , '® ; ld occasion. .The military portion will cm.* ; soldiers. Additional mourning ok, M,o« been placed on all the hotels and toe’Sns. I ' ,r,s d >rs lout the city, and the day will be exciW.f '“’or?, by onr community to a last tribute ot , spect to the remains ot tbe areat drnarM ’““’a Alter the embalmers had" prepared the public ii.speotlon, and the whole lid or u>. being still open, a luU length corpse was taken, some twentj-fi™ mlnnt.. 1 * consumed in the effort, owing to the s nodaM The lid was then closed, except though to slm- - facer and the crowd was allowed to eater ita.f' 1 I Ball. They came through the east brsemen; l' l ? I up to the main corridor, and thence no the M the vestibule fronting the catafalque. Slant if,? vis-tors were females, a lsrge proportion of wept bitterly, and one or two endeavored to zb,', 1 corpse, bnt were prevented. As the masses m,.': 1 witn nokeicss steps sod Rtreaniinic em it*i most impressive sight. Old and young, men , men, and children, rich and poor, all passed m review before turn who could appreot&tg r.t* homage but In spirit. One poor Irish » wa ,;; a small cross at the foot of tbe coffin, with a ' preserve your bouL” The earnestness and appii, 1 joy at depositing her tribute to the dead vhuir ■■ i leered the immediate spectators. - 1 no EisTirsoiioa or color im the xboobssi,,, I New York, April 24.— The action of tho men Conn ell, against the colored citizens *pv?-iZ in the procession to morrow, has boon overrule! 2 the Police Commissioners. The Secretary or si te-day, telegraphed to General Dlx espreseißs , reslie that there should be no diserlmlnsue a rt , speetlng color. ’ - New- York, April 24—31 o’otoom P. H y menee crowds are still about tho City OaU wmi,, a chance to see the remains of President U M .,r Throngß are oonstsintly passing into and out of tn bnlldlng. Quite a number of ladles were brought eat h s fainting condition. • ’ ' Hon. O. M. Hatch and EF. Leonard, of .Serin, field, 111., have joined the Illinois delegation, Wi will aceompany them to Springfield. Tte.Ctty Hall wlll bo kept open all night, and tii remains be exposed to the public view antu 1 ov;,-, to-morrow (Tuesday) morning. Tbe Interment of President JUneola si Sprlagfl, I<l. SPJtiwexiEtß,Ulf April^24.—Tho oommmee'a, arrangements have announced that the funetoi si tbe lamented President will take place la this si; on Saturday, May 6th. The body will lie in »-.y. e In tbe hall of the House of Representatives ft.,, 10 o’clock Wednesday, May 3d, to It A. M. Stic. day,Ma;eth. . _ _ FOBTgESS MONROE. PAnensn xmaomna sizun to tbais hoxz, : s 7HS SOUTH. Fobtbssb Mokbos, April 23.—The stoamws 1-, lanta, General|Sedgwlak, Wilmington, Klsgßsiisr, and Monterey sailed from here to-day wut a, aggregate number of about 8,000 paroled re.s! prisoners of Lee’s army, on their way to Sins nah, Mobile, and New Orleans. As those stcsaei got under way, a rebel band on board tho steams Atlanta struck up the tune of “Dixie,” and si they moved ont of the harbor rite- rebel prisoner! gave cheer after oheer In token of the general py pervading the entire number at the speedy pros pect of their return to their various homes. afM fonr years of warring against tho Oonstltmioa anj its laws. It Is a Bad commentary of the final weak ness and instability of their cause that the Unit*! States Government should furnish transporta-Ju and subsistence to the remaining fragments of ttelr greatest army In order to roach their homes. Fobtbbss Mobsob, April 23.— Twelve huud-ai paroled prisoners arrived here this afternoon front City Point, Va., In the mall-steamer Dictator, a depot for them has been prepared at Camp Hart!' ton, where, as fast as they arrive, thaw will bo card for until they can be -shipped to the States vtere they belong. Fonr thousand of them were shipped South yesterday, and as an order has recently won Issued prohibiting them from going North, theyom seqnently scatter through this section of Vlrglnli- Norfolk and Portsmouth.—and also North Carolina. STOKESIAN. . TROPHIES or _TBB BXPBDITIOII—TUB PBISOX PES AT SALISBURY BtfKMBI). Kboxvixxb, April 23.—Among the trophies of Stoneman’s expedition, are twelve battle-flags art banners, one old United States flag, found in tin house of a loyal citizen, at Salisbury. Tho famrai pen where many unrortunate Union prisoners pbed their lives away, was burned to the ground. AM United States prisoners wore found, skeletons ol their former selves. Almoet 'ail of them died on their way to Knoxville. They preferred rather to die under the stars and stripes than to be left la tsa loathsomehospltals of‘Salisbury. ' ■ ■ TJEiB MISSISSIPPI. SOBBOW IK THB OITIBB OK ITS BAKES—KEBXC BBUTAUTT AT AKDBKSOH VIOLS. Caibo, April 23.— The steamer Ruth reports tint an Intense excitement prevailed along the route ot the receipt of the news ofthe President’s death. At Baton Bouge, Natchez, Vicksburg, and all ether points, flags were displayed at half-mast aad buildings draped with mourning. Eight .thousand of the Andersonville prisoners at Vicksburg are getting ready to return to tselt homes, the steamer Henry Alls taking 1,300 to St. Lonls. r- . \ ■ According to the death-roll, Federal soldiers were burled at Andersonville durlsg one year. ABBIVAt OK PABOtBD PRIBOKBBB AT CAIRO. Caibo, April 21 —The steamer Henry Ames, from New Orleans to St: Louis, arrived at this city to day, with 1,300 paroled Federal prisoners frost camp near Vloksbnrg. The men belong to minus, lowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Two hnndied bales of cotton passed here far Evansville and Cincinnati to-day. Til© liberal Strupslo in Mexico, ’ Nbw Obibaxs, April 19,—Advices from Matas moros to the Stbhave been received. Cortlnag and .Monza were represented as haring about three thousand meh. General Mejia had tent a force against them. It is expected that us Liberals will attack Matanforos'soon. Common!' cations were stopped for two days between BrgAvi and Matamoror, by order of General Mejia. ’ v - h -- 5 ordered troopsfrom his command to be placed sLM the road to clear it of guerillas. Rfiilfiesneeor National Flag. In thelast number of the LtUheran and Missioned edited by Hr. Exauth, we find this beautlf il Mss: “ Our country’s, faith has learned a new Interpre tation of her itandard. The white typifies tne oart-y of purpose which belongs to her true ruler; the re, points to the crimson tide In which life fio ws forte » willing offering: the blue reminds her of the hme In heaven to whloh the good are gathered. Toe s;i’! m her banner tell of light In darkness, aod she - leant to range them In a new and beautiful order, ri the Constellation of the Cross.” lacosit Correspondence Sbort sweet. To Lieut. Gen. Grant; I tblßk Lee will surrender If things are pressed. Yours, . Phix, SHBaiui*. To Uaj. Gen. Sheridan: Press things. ■ Tonrg, Pill dia, and Lee gave in. THBtATBPBEerDEJtT’S WORDS ATSPKIKB»reM>. —When Abraham Lin coin left Springfield, Hi on the 18th o£ February, 1861, he said no one wm had not been In a like position could understand hb feelings at that moment, “nor the oppress!" 1 sad ness” he felt at that parting- He eoedaded by saying:. « Let ns an pray that the God of our father! ®« not lorsafee us now. To Him I eommend yon a". permit me to ask that, with equal sincerity a:' faith, you wUI Invoke his wisdom and guidance : mo. With these few words I must leave you - how Img 1. know not. Friends, one and all I jnb ; now bla you an affectionate farewell ” The Springfield Journal says he spoke “solemnly and Impressively, and with profound emotion, sad that every heart was sad and every eye moist as ht concluded Ms remarks.” Mu. Htretjs Ad Alta 1 literary and military ever talnment this evening, |at Ccneert Hall, win** 3 refined and interesting affair. Mr. Adams, w&" 13 ondof our best elocutionists, Will give a number 0 ' poetical and dramatic readings, and his pupdl 6® Cortland Saunders Cadets, will perform a mWt *.rf drill Several of this cadets will also give recW Hons. A pleasant evening may be expected. Pborbbbor Ennis announces that Ms tenth *&■ nual course of lectures on Botany win com""''’ 24 to-morrow, at theSdentlßo and Classical lß«itc'- f ' Twelfth and Chestnut streets. The excellent *t tendance at these lectures during the past s lo * yean Is a sufficient recommendation of ttrfr vllas ' The Choral Festival at St. Ols* Church.— This grand musical entertalement take place this evening, and- introduce us t* “ boy-soprano, who has turned, by the quality 4 voice and bis artistic execution, tbo music* l * aT ‘ of New York and Boston well nigh erasy- If ““ half whloh has been said about him be true, s question not that he wm produce-the same ehs° j when he laheard In this olty. 1 Larue Pobitiv* Sadr o* Boots, Shoes, bc oass, Akitt Goods, Travbllihr Baos, Straw Bobbetb akd Hats, Cloth Cats, m The early attention of purebssers S requested to “ desirable assortment of boots, shoes, brogaos. or*J goods, travelling baas, tus , embraelog I,SOO packages of first class goods, of MtS t Eastern manufacture, to be. peremptorily t*> l '_ j catalogue, on four months’ oredlt, eommenc'ju moinlag at 10 o’daefc, by John B. Myor* *■ 4 ‘ tinners, at Nos. 232 and 231 Market Strait- Wb copy the following advertisement fra® - Falrmount national (West Virginia).: fi ; TJAU AWAY-FROM KICHMOSP. TAS 0 ® 134 " 4th .Cay of April. 18SC. MS MAH JEFF. “ , but esc eye, ana had with him, when h» j - sold belongtui to me. I will pay a re.»ona.»'“ ~,-t ; to any one esptorlns.htm and xeturnlsj >" ,■. , Be ta rappoud to be on the war to •«"£,,, j leaitdn* will get away with all »« b . i \ tr. S. Ora:-"
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