The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, April 25, 1865, Image 2

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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:-"