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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1865.
FORNEY’S WAR PRESS,
■SOB TBB WHEN BNDING 6ATIJBDAY, APBIL 29,1898.
I. TBB FUNERAL OB OUR BATE PRESIDENT.
The final scenes In Washimton—The mcnriiiiic in Bal
timoie—The jasjaie tbiouijh Penn«ylv»nia—The Csre
-monlea at B airhbur* and York.
11. THE OBSEQUIES IN PHILADELPHIA, -Recap
tion of the remains—lmm.nse funeral proo.Mlon—The
lylng'lL-aUte In Indepecdisee Hall—Scenes and inel
■drills.
111. THE MOURNING IN NEW
-olal Acecunt—The remains at City HaU-Tho Pmca»
‘slot—Address of Mr. Banorcft-The departure and arrl
'rvf-POETRY,-on tie i J X e "® rT .? E
, T ol t Bumpier, April 13*. 1899. by Mrs. Giutavus
Rsmalc-Presidsit Lincoln’s JAyorite posm-Treason s
M«»teT-nloo» by George Vandenhoff-To Rev. John
Pi«S cn Ms Mlb Birthday, by Win. Cnllen Bryant.
TBE STORT OB LUCILLE JBSYOS, by A.
Richards, continued, '
YI BDtTOHIALS.—The National Bnneral— Jostles
Tempered with Morey—A Bad Tlmo lor NegotlrtSon—
Tte Crime of Treason—The Bosnian Flagne Predicted—
.• Ton are our Moses,” something almost prophstlo—
The New Administration, &o.
Til. LETTERS OB “OCCASIONAL ”
YIII. WAR NEWS—North Carolina—Negotiations
between Gen. Sherman and the rebel Johnston—The
Conference direct, with Breckinridge as a witnosl—
Strange terms and bases agreed upon—Sherman’s ac
tion disavowed by the President and Cabinet—The
War to go on—Gen. Grant on rente to oommand Sfier
man’s army—Arrival of Grant at Raleigh—NotiQS sent
of ihe end of the trace.'
a IK. GENERAL NEWS. -The New Administration—
The Foreign Ministers and President Johnson—The
New Jersey-Delegation—The Colored People-Spaeobes
Iof the t P/fßident—Tha Ancient Family of Wacom
opened to Trade-Our Capture* at Mobile
A Day of Prayer appointed by President Johnson la»
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The Status of* the Rebellious States.
In deciding the proper legal position of
the rebellious States a few plain facts
should be kept in view. The “ Constitu
tion and the laws of the United States”
are the “supreme law of the land - ;” “any-
tbingin the constitutions or la ws ofany State
to the contrary notwithstanding." How,
every State whose' disloyal Legislature or
Convention adopted the ordinance of seces-
sion had previously either formed a portion
of the oiiginal Union, or had been formal
ly admitted into-it by act of Congress.
The only question that has arisen in regard
, to their status orignated in the illegal acts
of-the traitors, and why should the Ame
rican people, and the Federal Government,
Strong in .the majesty of their power, and
invested with renewed dignity by the
triumphant success of their arms, tolerate
for an instant the idea that the secession
cabals of 1860-61 had the power to nullify
our solemn legislation ?
It is written in the only authorized sta
tute book of national law that Virginia,
Horth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mis
sissippi, Arkansas, and glorious Tennessee,
are members of the Federal Union. For
the legal lore which is to outweigh the
sacred tablets, carved in imperishable
characters, alike by our history and our
official records, we must look to the news
paper sketches of the proceedings of fren
zied mobs, who, whatever may have been
their claims to authority in the calm eye
of constitutional law, could give no greater
validity to their pretended legislation for
America than if it had been legislation for
the division of the Russian Empire.
If we admit that the rebellion-was origi
nated by an authority competent to repeal
our laws, we virtually concede one of the
main questions involved .in the terrific
struggle of the last four years. For if, as
all loyal men contend, there is no right of
secession, how can an act of secession, pass
ed either by a Legislature or a Convention,
and practically enforced, either' for four
- months or four years, revise or remodel the
statutes of the United States of America ?
Whatever, then, may be the final deter
mination, of our properly constituted au
thorities in fegafar'to the future govern
ment of the vast district over which usurp
ing outlaws have held temporary sway, it
is due to our dignity to proceed from the
starting point indicated by our laws, and
not from that suggested by the crude-re
solves, in reality edicts of treason, that
subjected their authors to punishment for
that heinous offence.
Renewal of our Cotton Trade.
The events of the last four years, which
compelled England and other foreign
mairafacttiring'countries to seek for cotton
in. various parts of the globe where it had
previously been cultivated slightly, if at
nil, have established the important fact that
for the growth of that staple no place is so
well adapted as the southern portions of
the United* States. Whenever its produc'
tion is resumed American cotton must also
resume its commanding position in the
markets of the worldand it is certain
that, under a proper fiscal provision {such
as subjecting it to an export'duty) King
Cotton, which may be said to have caused
the War, ought help to pay the Debt.
' This would be a surprising, yet just com
pensation. We can produce better cotton,
and more of it, than all the other countries
in the world, and therefore can always
command the market.
England has been our best customer, and
has invested large capital in the manu
facture of cotton. Before the war she em
ployed 80,750,000 spindles, and 415,000
hands. The cost of the various buildings
and machinery was 1240,000,000, and a
floating capital of $125,000,000 was. em
ployed in carrying on the trade. Counting
in the persons employed in building the
jnil}s, making the machinery, and buying
and selling the raw and manufactured
Material, as many.as 4,000,000 individuals
in the United Kingdom were dependent on
the prosperity of the cotton trade for their
livelihood, and, in the year 1859, the total
yalne of the articles manufactured by them
exceeded two hundred and forty million
dollars. There are cotton manufactories,
but on a much smaller scale, in Prance,
Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, the Ger
man States, (the Zolverein), Austria, Italy,
Spain, and Prussia, and American cotton
Was consumed, not exclusively, but largely,
in each of these countries.
In 1860, the year before the rebellion,
the quantity of cotton exported from the
United States amounted to 1,767,686,338
pounds, the average value of which, at
10.85 cents a pound, made a total of
$101,806,555. It is ’ now 52 cents, and
was as Mgtt as 51:9? per Sound last Au
gust; . Of the immense quantity of cot
ton which we thus exported in 1860, two
thirds were taken by England. Yet there
was no supply of American cotton to
England eighty years ago. The manu
facture was in progress and was flourish
ing'there, having been commenced about
tire year 1760, the staple being then chiefly
supplied from the West Indies and the
Levant, hut the' machinery for spinning
and weaving was rude and' imperfect a
century ago. The spinning “jenny,” a
machine which produced eight threads
at a time, when the spinning-wheel pro
duced only one, was invented-by Hab
©bbaves, about 1767; two years later,
Arkwright produced Ms “ throstle” for
spinning by rollers, which made a firmer
and stronger yarn; next came Crompton’ s
“mule jenny,” combining the two previous
machines, and producing a.much finer yarn
than either; this was about 1780, when the
muslin trade began. Lastly, Dr. Cart
wright invented the “power-loom,” which
put ah end to hand-loom weaving, and the
invention of the saw-gin in America came
in about the same time and gave a new im
petus .to the trade. The. first American
cotton, (only 189,816 lbs.,) reached Eng
land in 1791, but in 1794, the year after Eli
Whitney's invention of the saw.gin, the
©mount swelled up to 487,600 lbs. Con
trast this with 1,767,686,338 lbs. of Ameri
can cottoii supplied to England in 1810.
During the four years of interregnum
. here, while owr King Cotton was “a sick
man ” (to use the late Czar’s description o f
Turkey), the cultivation of fee staple spread
’ Ibrgely jMo British India.* The product
has been poof, but it has sufficed to stop
a gap-so inferior that the machinery had to
he altered to work up the short staple, which,
indeed, can scarcely bo used at all In manu
facture unlesß when mixed up with the
longer-fibred cotton of the United States,
Egypt, and Brazil. When we resume our
cotton exports to Europe the prosperity of
the other cotton-producing countries must
materially suffer. The quantity of cotton
remaining in the Southern States has been
variously estimated at from one to five mil
lion bales. One of our most accurate
statists believes that “there were on hand
January Ist, 1865, not less than 2,500,000
bales ofi sound cotton, and the large quan
tities found at Savannah, Charleston, Salis
bury, &c., &c., would lead to an increase
rather than a decrease of the estimate,”
and he expects that the crop of 1866 (it
being too late to do anything this year)
will not be less than 800,000 bales, as
much as our own mills can spin.
The question arises, ,by whom is the cot
ton to he cultivated in 1860 ? . Free labor
will take the place of slave labor. That
part of the- South least touched by the
Union forces is that which has the greatest
capacity for producing cotton. Mr. -J.
Smith Homans says, in his excellent Cy
clopedia of Commerce, “The most suc
cessful cultivation of cotton in the United
States is in the lower parts of Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tex
sa " and these portions of the country
having been almost undisturbed by the
war, are as well adapted now as ever they
were, (perhaps better, having been fallow
for four years,) for the production of cot
ton. Indeed, Texas alone could produce
as much cotton as the whole United States
ever did produce in the most prosperous
year. Yet, in 1860, her production of cot
ton amounted to considerably less than
half a million of bales.
A reorganization of the industry df the
South and the application of capital wiE
Btipply the means 6f‘ ffiStOfing our cotton
production. Mr. Frederick A. Conk
ling, in an article which gives us a
good general idea of the production* and
consumption of cotton throughout the
world, asks “ How is the industry of the
South to be built up ?” and answers “By
immigration,’? for he calculates that
sooner will the national flag be unfurled in
the South, than the millions of both the
North and of Europe, who have shunned
her slave-trodden fields, Eke the shade of
the Bohan Upas, will rush to occupy her
deserted lands, and to develop her re
sources, as they never were developed be
fore. Even the blasted wastes of Slavery,
revivified by the touch of Liberty, will
agaifb be made to blossom as the-rose.
The first year of peace, in all human pro
bability, will witness the accession of a
million of freemen to the population of the
South, bringing with them, at once, the
economiesand the improved processes of in
telligent libor. Before two-years shall have
elapsed, it is safe to predict that America
will resume her former supremacy in the
cotton market of the world, nevermore to
be deprived of it.” As for our recovering
the trade with Europe, no one can doubt
it. American cotton is the best in the
world, and brings the highest price and
largest profit when manufactured. There
fore, there will always be a demand for it.
Produce the' staple, and Europe will com
pete for the purchase.
One part of this subject we reserve for
future discussion—it is the anomaly of al- -
lowing foreign countries to have American
cotton wholly untaxed,
have to pay a large duly upon every bale,
a tax upon the manufactured fabrics, and a
third tax upon the income or profits df the
trade. What is the use of a protective tariff
as regards cotton manufactures when fo
reigners receive the raw material duty free?
while, with us, as much money as the cot
ton costs, so mueh'more does it take to work
it. Even to-day the various home duties
on cotton are equal to its price in the mar
ket. How can'thc American compete, nn- -
der such burthens, with the English manu
facturer ? To give him a~ chance, there
ought to be a tax, say of five cents, upon
every pound of cotfßi exported hence, and"
isurope would have to pay this tax. . - »
Burglars and Pickpockets.
It would seem feaVnot only did the
pickpockets exercise their rascally voca
tion most successfully during the mourn
ful excitement of our citizens on Saturday
and Sunday last, which might very na
turally have been expected from the facili
ties afforded by the crowded state of the
streets to light-fingered genius, hot the
burglars also succeeded in exercising their
nefarious vocation in a manner - which
somewhat reflects .upon the vigilance of
our police. More than ;one hundred house
robberies were reported at the Central
Station since Saturday ; noon. Families
who had been in attendance upon the fu
neral solemnities returned to their homes
-to find them despoiled—a diamond ring in
Cue instance, worth more than $3,000,
.having been taken from a dwelling in the
western portion of the city.
This argues a degree of blindness on fee
part of the authorities for which, we con
fess, we can find little excuse.
At such a time, when fee public feeling
had been so strongly called forth, and it
was almost certain that the dwellings of
ah our citizens who resided.at any dis
tance from the route of the fhneral proces
sion would be vacated by their owners, or
those who tenanted them, it might not un
reasonably have been' expected that a de-.
gree more of watchfulness would have
been required of fee police.- After this
example, following upon others we have
occasionally alluded to, pur advice to our
fellow-citizens in all times of popular excite
ment, whether mournful or joyous, will be
decidedly to remain at home , with well
locked doors and bolted windows.
Andrew Johnson has enjoyed peculiar
opportunities for forming, correct opinions
in regard to the knotty problems of consti
tutional law arising from the efforts of con
spirators to derange our somewhat complex
system of government. Not only did he
combat on the floor of the Senate the here
sies of fee rebellious chiefs, overmastering
their flimsy logic with his unanswerable
arguments, but he has spent the last three
years in a position where fee whole current
of Ms thought was directed to the discovery
of the best method of restoring Ms own no
ble State to her true position in the Union.
He is, therefore, no new student of politi
cal anatomy, but in his present station will
only continue to discharge towards every
rebellious State the duty he has so persist
ently and successfully striven to perform
towards T ‘ > ’>uessee. He was the first man
to assume the position or governing luma
name and in the authority of'the United
States any State in which fee whole cere
monial of secessionism had been completed.
He was specially selected by his lamented
predecessor as a pioneer in what was, at.
the time of Ms appointment, the wilderness
; of reconstruction, but his sturdy axe has
opened a tenues for a flood of light on that
vexed subject. Hereafter fee,agents he
may select will have fee guide not only of
Ms instructions, but of his example;
Our Washington correspondent, yesterday, m
his despatch concerning the “diplomats surren
der” of Sherman, referred to a letter to the London
Timet, dated march 6th, and made an extract from
it. The letter Is rather long, too long, Indeed, for
reproduction now, but a summary of ail its mate
rial points will be of interest. The letter Is con
sidered significant, and a great many arguments
and conjectures are based upon it.
. The writerpreiatorujr speaks of Grant’s long stay
before Biehmond, and says that it will hardly be
compensated for by his capture of that city, if Lee
should abandon it. “It will be,” he.ogntlnues,
"attributed more to the strategy of .Sherman than
to the ooeroion of Grant. Sherman, within a few
weeht Of this lime, may by potiiMltiy bit autocrat of
thircontinent, but no conceivable concatenation of
circumstances can, In my j udgment, place the arown
upon the head of Grant. It will, therefore, be pro
fitable to study the character of Sherman as our
best guide to the possible shape or the future.”
This he does in a brief history or the Geseral’s life,
up to the commencement of the war. Ho then re
fers to the faot that Sherman was president of the
Louisiana Military Academy at the beginning of
the war, and cites the remarks ef General Bragg,
which our correspondent,seat us to Ms despatch
of yesterday. The fetter then follows Sherman
through all Ms campaigns, and. pointe especially
to the singular faot that in his march from the Mta
slfsippi to the Atlantic he has encountered no op
position from the rebel army. The writer then adds:
•*.* But, reverting once more to Sherman, I may re
. mark that his longrealdenoe in the South, has taught
him to disclaim any-Intention of carrying, on_war on
behalf of the ‘poor, lashed, degraded slave,’ -out
of whom Mr. Stow* hap manufactured a melo
dramatic fame, of which the Incidents of this war
have already made her country men ashamed. Pos
sibly, In common with every other Intelligent man,
Sherman may think that the abolition of slavery
would be a boon to the South, but does not seem to
think that It would he a boon to the slave. At any
rate. Sherman has always shown groat dlslnollnm
tlon to admitting negro soldiers to his ranks, what
ever allegations to the contrary may he made ftv
journals, to which he gives little heed. I am in
formed that he forbade, recently, any junction be
tween his own troops and- those which General
Foster commands on the South Carolina-coast,
and which consist principally of. negroes.
If, In the Armageddon which seems now ap
proaching, General Sherman onoc rots *h*
South down, It may confidently be predicted that
his politics will be moreln harmony with those ot
General Lee than those of President Ltaeoln. M:r.
Lincoln has found him hitherto a very valuablo
friend—lt Is possible that, belore the end comas, he
ib E ™° vX e°4«. e ent&Uo. fanatTcal, at
SSkl& o b/some r fe’ed*«‘SSf fewhenMe
fit Is on him. General Sherman possesses a Cha
racter whloh unless I am mistaken, Is of the stuff of
which great and "mysterious actors la history are
often made.” ' *
Tins jHabiwh Oorts.—We would oall attention
to the advertisement of Oaptala James Forney, of
the Marine Corps. Ho offers great lndnoemefits to
reorulta. The Government bounty and a fair share
of prize money will be given to all who enlist with
him. The recruiting rendezvous Is at 311 South
Front street s office hours between. 9 A. M. and a
P. M. We wonld advise all who desire to enter the
service of the country to take particular notice of
the above.
WABHIN GcXOIV-
Washington, April 23.
[Special Despatches to The Press, 3 . ,
TRN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOB MRS. LINCOLN.
Marshall O. Kobhktb, of New York, wellkitowh
throughout the country for his patriotism and llbu.
rality, wrote to his friend, 001. J. W. Foenby, a
few days ago, and proposed to be one of ten who
would subscribe ten thousand dollars each, to con
stitute' a fund of one hundred thousand dollars, to
be' devoted to the support of Mrs. Lincoln, the
widow of our-martyred President. Mr. Boskets,
like Mr. Lincoln, Is a self-made man, having
achieved high position and large wealth by his
energy and genius. Knowing the saorl&oes and
tolls of honest public men, and well acquainted
with the frequent demands upon Mr. Lihoot.»
hlmeelfi 'by those In need, and especially fey the
men who had fought for tiff boiiatty (ddfiufcfids
Auich our beloved President was always ready f»
grant), Mr. Kobbsts proposes a substantial provi
sion for the widow and family of the lamented de
ceased as a first duty. Monuments and other testt
monlals may hereafter be provided. The fame of
Absaeak Lincoln, however, Uves in the hearts
of his countrymen—lt Is written in almost every
line of the history of the war—ln the victories of
our armies and our navies—in the eternal princi
ples established and saved—and In the mighty Go
vernment made stronger than ever to resist the In
roads of foreign invasion, and to open new homes
for the oppressed of all nations.
At the request of Mr. Bobsbtb, Colonel Foenby
draws on him to-day for ten thousand dollars, which
he Intends to deposit for safe keeping in the hands
of Jax Cooke A Co.
THE SOUTH REGENERATING.
Every day the Government Is furnishing passes to
loyal citizens of'Virglnla who were early driven out
by the rebels, and now go back to resume their busi
ness and repossess their property. Some of these
people have not seen their families for years. I hare
met eeveral of them. They are determined to let
their former friends know that their only safety and
Interest Is in obedience to the Federal Government;
that the longer they hold baak, the worse It will bs
for them, and that while they are pouting others
will come In and take their places. The returning
Unionists are a noble set of fellows. The Govern*
ment Is free and openln expressing Its determination
to go into the good work—peaoeably and kindly if
the people of the South say yes, but forcibly and
inexorably if they say no!
FARMERS AND LAND-BUYERS, HO !
Now is the time for emigrants, farmers, and laud
buyers to prepare lor pnrohasingand settling on the
rich and confiscated plantations of the South. Every
Inducement will be offered to all who take an Inte
rest In these matters. Eli Thaybe’e Virginia Co
lony, from whioh he was ruthlessly driven, with his
colonists, just before' the rebellion, wliq-of coarse,
'be again started, never to be disturbed. Companies
will be organized here and in other cities,-to push
on the spirit or improvement, and circulars will be
scattered broadcast over foreign lands to Invite and
Increase emigration. . -
PROTECTION FOB THE PRESIDENT. *
Proper precautions to protect President Johnson ‘
from assassination have been taken. This state
ment Is made because some uneasiness has been
evinced on this subject. It has been charged that.
Mr. Lincoln was, In this respect, “culpably negli
gent.” Barring the “ culpable,” I'am disposed to
agreo with the proposition. It is but a few weeks
since that the writer of this, In oompany with a
gentleman of the legal profession, had occasion to
call upon Mr. Lincoln, upon official business. We
found a formidable crowd, waiting their “turn” to
be admitted to the presence of the President. No
guards intercepted our movements,-no examination
of our persons or papers was required, no evidence
of necessity for caution was manifested. We went
Into the presence df Mr." Lincoln, whowks alone.
Had we .been assassins, there were more than a
IdezeiMevwmes nitesaape preßontcd to ÜB. Coning
out of the White Honse, on that oooaslon, we oould
not help' butremsirk: “'How Indiscreet is this. Mr.
Lincoln should have more protection of his pat
ion; he should be more difficult of access in these
perilous times, when the hand of the assassin may
strike Mm, while the Innumerable balls of the rebel '
guns fall miles short of hlg reach.” Mr. Lincoln
would have thought such precaution anti-republi
can, abhorrent to his confiding nature.. Andbbw
Johnson, if lelt to the dictates of his own Im
pulses, would arrive at the same conclusion. But
the people have learned that his life is precious,
and our President has almost been forced to yield
to the presence of a guard about his 'house and
person.
Last night about 8 o’clock loalleduponthe Presi
dent at his temporary residence in the palatial man
sion of Hon. S. Hoopbb, .of Massachusetts, corner
of fifteenth and H streets, in front of the building
walked a solitary sentinel, whb, upon our approach,
only gave direction where to find the hell-knob,- So
far, no better than Mr. Lincoln's arrangement. .
.When the door was opened I met three soldiers,
who prevented further approach. So far, very diffe
rent from Mr. Lincoln, and just as it should ha.
A few feet behind these guards stood two offioers—a
captain and a major or regular Infantry. Our Sards
were passed to these officers, we remaining, mean
while, outside the door. In a moment after the
order came, "Admit the gentlemen.” Probably
this precaution docs not fully secure the life of the
President from the hand of the assassin, but It is a
step in the light direction.
PRESENTATION OF FLAGS.
This morning, at ten o’clock, the captured rebel
flags, or which mention was made yesterday, were
presented to the War Department by Captain Guo,
B. Haistead, of Brevet Major General Charous
Gbivvid’s staff, on behalf of the captors, three of
ficers and nine non-oommlssioned officers and pri
vates. There was a pleasant happening of auditors
in the Secretary’s reception room; several Senators
and Representatives were present, besides a number
of citizens. Captain Halstead presented his let
ter of credence, and in behalf of the absent officers
presented the three flags. Thereupon the captors
were called up; one by one, and taken by the hand
and cordially greeted by Mr. Stanton. After all
had been 'singly presented the Secretary thanked,
the soldiers, In behalf of the President, of the War:
Department, and of the oountry, ordering that; ap
propriate medals be struck for cash of the captors,
and that they be furloughed for thirty days.
- The names of the captors are: Gapt, A. E. Fab-
HArm, 20th Maine; Lieut. Jaoob Kooolb, : 7th
Maryland ; Oapt. J. W. Soott, Company B, 157th
'Pennsylvania. The non-commissioned officers; and
privates are; Private Audblbbbt Evansow, 185th
New York; Oharlbb Gardner, 324 Massachu
setts ; SeTgeant* T. J. Murpht, 146th New York,
and Robert F. Shiplby, 140th New York ; Corp.
Augustus Kauss, loth New York Heavy Artil
lery ; ‘ Privates D. Edwards, 148th New : Yprk;'
Joseph Stewart, let Maryland; Geo; J. Ssjslr
191st Pennsylvania; and Sergt. Hiram A. Djua
vib, 11th PennsylvSffia. Upon the flagoaptarea
by Private Georgs J. Shopp Is inscribed, by the
adjutant of Ms regiment, the following: “Private *
Gbobgb J. SHOPP.-oMSanlnunk, Wayne aonnty,
Pa., Company E, 191st Penna. Vols,, Bd Brlgale,
2d‘ Division, sth Army Corps, being omthe-advanc
ing line of the battle of the Five Forks, Boeing the
enemy rallying a line of-battle on a stand of colors
(80th Virginia), sprang forward, along with a dis
mounted cavalryman, demanding a surrender. A
rebel officer called to Ms mento shoot the two Yan
kees, whereupon the cavalryman was shot dead.
Private Shopp then shot the rebel officer and seized
the colors from the hands of the bearer. At this
Instant the skirmish line of the 84 Brigade. 24 J»i
view-, A !Sjr Corps charged, and the rebel iiae
of battle fled.” ' * - .
The reading of this, distinctly and appropriately,
by Captain Hamtbad, arrested the breathless
attention of the audience, and at its conclusion a
murmur of approbation came from the hearers,
Secretary Stanton again taking the hand of the
heroio soldier and warmly shaking It. ■ -
INCREDIBLE RUMORS.
Private despatches have been received-here from
New York stating that it Is rumored that news has
been there received of assassination of General
Grant; that the draft is ordered to go on, and
that troops ore ordered to the front. There is no
official authority for such assertions.
A REBEL DOCTOB.
The notorious Dr. Boyxb, an IntenslfiefPand
malignant rebel, who left this city on the breaking
out of .the rebellion, returned here a few days ago
amongst a number of paroled prisoners. Quite a
number of old residents of strong secesh proclivities
were observed to greet him while at the provost
marshal’s office with muc h cordiality and affection.
INTERESTING TO YIBITOBS TO RICHMOND.
The following order has been filed by the War
Department:
NOTICE TO VISITORS TO OITT POINT, RIOHKpSD,
AND PETERSBURG.
No passes are required from Washington or Bal-
tlmore by persons deßiring to visit Rlohmond or
Petersburg, but transportation on Government ves-.
eels will not be furnished except to persons in-the
Government service. ' All persons visiting City
Point, Richmond, or Petersburg will be required to
register themselves on landing at the office estab-
ItshedMor that purpose, and will be subject to the
police regulations established by the military au
thorities.
By order of the Secretary of War.
Jaxhs A. Habdib, Brevet Brig. Gem,
Inspeotor General.
War Department, WasMngtoa; April 27,1865.
Gar Relations with Mexico.
A special Washington despatch to the New York
Evening Advertiser says ; “It la believed, on whit
appears reliable authority, that our relations vrith
Mexico will soon assume a new and Important
aapsot." '
00 —~ptttt atvwt pttta' THITRSDAY. APRIL 87. 1866.
the p
THE CAPTURE OF MOBILE.
PARTICULARS OF THE OCCUPATION
. THE CORRESPONDENCE.
lirK 4KOOST OF OUB CAPTCBES,
OUB VESSELS CMAKINB THB BHIF
W abhihotoh, April 28.—The Navy Department
has received the following:
Wmt Odli Sqwadboit,
XJ. S. FtiOSaiP SrOOKDALB, _
ojr» Mobilb, April 18, 1865.
ln my last despatch of the 12th last. I had
the. koaw to inform the Department; that general
Granger and myself had demanded the immediate
and unconditional surrenderor the pity of Mobile,
and that It would undoubtedly be accorded, as the
city was at onr mercy, and we Were In’possession of,
the outside fortsj The officers detailed by General
Granger and myself were met by the Mayorand
other authorities near the entrance of the elty, and
demand for Its surrender was there made. The
parlies then repaired to the City Hall, where the
Mayor addressed the following oemmunloatiou: *
Matos’s Osman,’ City os Mobile, April 14,
1866.— G^KTLBHBrr: J have the honor to acknow
ledge tie receipt of your communication at the
Hands of Lieutenant Colonel K. G. Langhlln, of
the staff of Mejor General Granger, commanding
the 18th Army Corps, and Lieutenant Commander
Sr B. Franklin, U.5.A.,0f the staff of Admiral
Thatcher, demanding an Immedlate and uncondi
tional surrender of this city. The city has been
evacuated by the military authorities, and Its muni
cipal authority Is now within my control. Your
demand has been granted, and I trust, gentlemen,
for the sake of humanity, all the safeguards you
can throw around onr people wifi be seemed to
litem.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, , L
B. H. Stonou,
’ Mayor ofthe/ilty of Mobile. •
ToMsjor General Gordon Granger, commanding
13th Army Corps, and Acting ..Rear Admiral H.:
K. Thatcher, commanding West Gulf Squadron,
The flag of the United states wan then hoisted; eh
guard beißßA»^. ulwa ed, the worses scauu a,,,,;
which are of Immense extent and strength, were
£«n garrisoned. The navy yard has beenseised in
behali °f the navy; but most of its oontents had
been destined, except some lumber and a quanti
ty of soft coal.
The Octorora and three river monitors’are now at
anchor in front of the olty, flows the Tensas. The
former and one of the lron-olads will be sent up to
the’ Tombigbee river,'where the; rebel iron-clad
Nashville and gunboat Morgan h’eve fled, bit the
Huntsvlile and Tuscaloosa, two 'powerful rams,
were sunk in Spanish river before-the evacuation.
Our naval forces are nop busily engaged In blow
ing up and removing the obstructions in the main
ship channel, which have proved to be very formi
dable, and foil of torpedoes, although we are rembr
ing them rapidly. '
I regret to iniorm the Department that the tag
Ida has been destroyed, by a torpedo whilst engaged
in this work, as well as a liunoh of the Cincinnati,
and that the tug Althea was destroyed In dragging
for torpedoes, lh.Blakely river; also, that the - gun.
boat Seiota was snnk yesterday, whilst under way
running across the bar, In twelve feet or water.
There is a prospect of raising this vessel and repair, ;
ing her damages.
The reports of commanding officers Of the vessels
thus Tost, together with lists of killed and woundedj
Wifi he forwarded as soon as received. - \
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, i
H. K. Thatohbb, Acting Bear Admiral, V
Commanding West Gulf Squadron. i
Hon. Gidboh Wbliißb, Secretary of the Navy,'
Washington.
p. s.— So far as ascertained, the number of gnus
captured by the army and navy will not fall short
of four hundred, many of them new, and of the
heaviest oafibre. The amount of - ammunition and
ordnanoe stores is also very large, '
H. K. Thatohbb, Acting Bear Admiral.
DISASTER ON THE CHESAPEAKE.
Collision Between the Steamers Black
AT LEAST FIFTY LIVES LOSt-THE BLACK
DIAMOND SUNK. i
Baltimobe, A prll26.—Yesterday morning, at
12K o’olcok, the steamer Massachusetts, with a load
0! soldiers, the greater part of whom wore exchanged
and paroled prisoners, came in- collision with’a
steamer named theJßlack Diamond, a small barge
propeller, in the Potomac river, 1 about one mile,
from Blackstone Island. '
The Black Diamond was acting there as a picket
boat, and had on board a guard of some twenty men.
The Massachusetts, struck her on the port side, abo vp.
the hbilerf sinhicgller in about three minutes. ’ , ;
In the excitement attending the ooiUsion of the
two bento many of; the soldiers, ?beoo*lng-pante
stricken, and beyond the control or discipline, seised
planks and whatever they could find that would
float, and hastjly j umped overboard, and many wore
thus drowned. / : v J
The Macsaohnsetts lay near thespot till daylight,
picking them ,up. About a hundred men either-,
jumped or were thrown by the’foree of the’collision
Into the wreck of the Black Diamond. The boats
of the Massachusetts were badly Stove in, and Word .
with difficulty kept afloat. ' ; ■
Later in the morning the steamer Marion, Oapt.:
Mott, happened to be passing the spot, and relieved
the Massachusetts Of a large portion of the soldiers.
She reached this place with .them last night. -|
The Massachusetts, It is said,“had her running
lights burning, bat the Black Diamond, being an
chored, showed hut one light.
Captain J. M. Holmes, of the 3d Veteran Reserve
Corps, was the officer in oemmrnd of the troops,
and from the. statement made by .him it appears
that the lobs of life, si nearas oanke ascertained ’
at present, will fifty.
The night was clear, but'dark, there being no,
moon. It is impossible to say at present where the
blame for this disaster is to rest...';
THE SORROW IN NBWBBRN—WHAT THE SOUTHERN
FBOFLB THINK OX THE MDRDBR—SHKRHAN’S
Hew York, April 26.—Advices from Hewbern to
the 22d Instant have been received. The city was
draped.ln mourning, and a'meeting was held on
that day to give expression to the public sorrow lor
the death of President Lincoln. :
The Standard and Progress newspapers, which are
still conducted by their proprietors, appeared in
mourning, and say. that President Lincoln was the
best friend the South had, and that the South suffers
jpore Is Ms death than the North; ' /
The ratification of the constitutional amendment
to abolish slavery la regarded as certain, and the de
sire to return to the Union appearsgeneral through- 1
out the State. ' ;
General Sherman’s army Is in camp, awaiting the
answer of the Government to the rebel propositions.
TBB REBEL- GENERAL PICKETT AT LARGE—THE
Fobtbebs Mohrob, April 26,—Among the vari
ous arrivals from Hiohmcnd to-day was that of tho.
paroled rebel General PJokett, who murdered In
cold blood the 28th Loyal North Carolinians. Hi
was dressed In a fall suit of rebel gray, and saun
tered in and out of the fortress, inspecting the guns
and its various works with as much uonohalehee'as
if .he had been a Union general of distinguished
merit. ~~
The steamer Richmond, Captain Baker, arrived
from Morehead City, N. CL, this afternoon, having
left that placeat three O’elpek yestorday aftarnoen,
with important despatches from General Grant.
The General reached Morohead City on the’after
noqn ef the ’23d list., just ~about sundown, and
started Immediately for Sherman’S Ra
leTghandlts immediate vicinity. \
VIRGINIA.
TBB BXOITBKIKT IH DAKVILtB WHES LBB BTJB
BBKDBBBD—THB BTOBKHOBSIIB BBOKBW OtBK
. BY i, HUHSKY BBOELB—TH* OV
VIBGIKIA. ~' r '\
Wabbikchob, . April .28 —The Richmond Whig
and Times of yesterday .have been rooeived. Both
these papers begln to present'a good appearance,
and are double-sheets; . i
_ The Whiff has the following: ■-
“ From a gentleman of Intelligence, who arrived
here to-day on. foot from Danville, we have some
intereßtlng partlouiare of the events that oosdrred
there after, the surrender of Lee's army. ,
When this event became known in the town and
g nTr-»«-'< —"'"nirv.agroiTdofoltlzensofallcUsiea,
arts, and colors, and a large c^- dm,
collected around the buildings, in which were stpfsa
immense quantities of commissary stores, and, after
a short deliberation, made a general rust upon the
establishment. The parties in charge of tho stores
at first attempted'to resist the mob, but were quick
ly forced to desist and 6eek their, own safety in.
night. The individuals of the' mob scattered
throughout every part of the buildings, each one
plundering according to hlsor her fancy.
In one of the buildings, it appears, there was a
large quantity of ammunition, gunpowder in kegs,
and also a lot of percussion Caps. The soldiers and
country people swarmed around the powder, eager
to" secure it for fowling purposes. While they wore
thus engaged, by some means, fire was communi
cated Co the powder, and in an instant the building
and its contents, including fifty people, ware blown
to atoms. This horrible tragedy for a time put a
ebook upon the plundering, whieh, however, was
soon recommenced, but with somewhat more oiroum-
SpfiCtfOßt
Ex Governor Extra Billy Smith was in Danville
when our informant left. He.had been vaporing a
good deal about his determination never to surren
der, saying that sooner than sueoumbhe would turn
bnshwhacaer, guerilla, or something of that sort.
Notwithstanding all this, onr informant learned,
just before leaving, that Extra Billy had sent a flag
of truce to General Meade, the object of whieh had
not transpired. We may mention in this connec
tion a report which has obtained circulation here,
that the citizens of Lynchburg either requested or
compelled the Governorto leave theft town.
YIBITOBS'WtOIt BIOHMOND.
CHAKHBL.
Mamond and Kassaclmaetfs.
NORTH CAROLINA.
ARMY IN CAMP.
fokThess monboe.
HOVBHBNTS OX GENERAL GRANT.
Oitt Poikt, April 26.—T00 mall boats are
crowded dally with passengers coming North ftom
Richmond and Petersburg, some on business and
many on visiting tours.
GKNKKAI, SHERMAN.
TBB ASSASSINATION ANNOUNCED TO SKBEMAN’S
The following is the official announcement by
General Sherman to his army. It was received
with mingled Indignation and sorrow:
Hsadquabtbbb Miutabv Division Miss.,
In this Fibu>, K Atman, April IT, 1888.
into General commanding announces with pain
and sorrow that, on the evening of the »th
instant, at the theatre In Washington City,: hts
Excellency, the President of the United States,Bit.
Lincoln, was assassinated by one who uttered; tho.
State motto of Virginia. At the .same timeithe
Seoretsry of State, Mr. Seward, whilst suffejring
from a broken arm,' wsb also stabbed by another
- murderer in bis own house, but etlU survives,rand
his Eon was wounded, supposed fatally. It 1* be
lieved, by persons oapable of judging, that-other.
bigh offleers were designed to Bhare the same fata.
Thus it seems that Our enemy, despairingof meeting
us In manly warfare, begin to resort to the assassi n s
tools. Your General does not wlshyou telmfer that
this is universal, for he knows that the great m«w
of the Confederate army would iwornsanoaou
such acts, but he believes it the legitimate eons^
ouence or rebellion against rightful antfiorlty. We
Save met every Phase whWh this mte
and must now be peepared for it In Its •»»'“ou
worst Shape, that of assassins and guerillas, but
woe unto the people who seek to expend their wild
passions In euoli a manner, for there Is but one
ord« of Major General W T Sherman.
3 I*. HI. Payton, Major and Jtsu A- General.
THB liBTTBB IN THB LONDON TIMBS—ITS . I**
HABKABLB BTATBHBNTB AND THW* YBOBABIsB
BBABXNO ON THB HBOBNT DIBIfOItAOY IN WOBTH
OABOLINA* •
at. exafcaiigft oostinenttsp on tnese stotemdats
asks: *- Did the author of,the letter to the London
Times, on the 4th of Mareh, knOw the faet then that
a plot was.On foot to assassinate President Dlnooln,
Vme President Johnson, the Secretary
Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, and Gen.
Grant,lhat caused him to employ the extraordinary
language ‘that Sherman within a rew weeka of tMs
time (the 4th of Maroh) may by possibility be mdo
crat of this continent?’ Is it not fair to presume
that when Johnston and Braoklnridge madeup the
Infamous programme which Sherman signed, that
they what Jeff Davls' assasslns were
doing in Washington, and, supposing the entire
murderous plot would prove wmeasted, induced
Shermsntodo whet he did, believing that.he
would, after the wholesale murder s« atmounoed,
have full power to execute that programme t
• SEW OKI.EANS. .
BABOLBI! PBISOKKRS—TR4.ITOK9 KII.I.BD—EXOIT»-
iubht ovbk tbb Mtws or the otjedhb,
Oatbo, April 26.— The steamor Olivo Brandi,
from New Orleans on the 2l*t, has passed np for S*.
Bonis, with SB Hales of ootton andjeiß paroled
prisoners from Vicksburg. Four men weieirlUed
on Hie day of the receipt of the news of the assassi
nation, at New Orleans, for rejoicing overh!a death.
Ho sales of ootton reported. Saperftne Flop'
*8,60@8 T 6. At Memphis cotton was doll »'
mlnal; middling, «»*> buyer’s prie'
A Baton Bongo despatoh of the 3f* -«■
nelved. News of the assassins*' 1188 boen *•*
the 19th, o- -on of toe MM
„ --using great excitement.
B “ B * D ® eB * suspended, and the buildings
7"* " in -aok. a large funeral procession
or. the 2lst.
. Central Banks passed Baton Bongo for New Or
• leans 0£ the lßto,
JUTAKA, HXXICO, ASO miS.
HOW THB SEWS Of THE RUBBER WAS RROaiVBD
°? BAVANA—GENERAL NEWS PROM TEXAS—
nwiirAir.Pßci.Aßm bjksrl? a Mss6 4t
April 26— Tie steamer Columbia
bilngß Havana advices ofAprll 21(1). Tie Intelli
gence of the assassination of President Lincoln
caused muoh excitement and cast a deep gloom
over the American residents. The rebels and their
sympathizers, however, secretly and openly rejoiced.
The American Consulate displayed its. flag at half
mast, as did also most of the American - shipping In
the port. . - :
The blockade-runners Wren and Badger arrived
on the 23d from Galveston with ootton. -
John L, Williams, who was carrying t 54,050 in
State money from &ollad to Clinton, Texas, was
robbed by a band of thieves.
A rebel regiment on the other side ol the Nueces
had matlned,aad elected officers to salt themselves,
and had'sterted eastward.
The blockade-runner Eliza .Catharine, loaded
with cotton, sank on the bar at Brazos river, drown
ing the captain, mate, and three others. The sur
plus blookade-ranners are being put Into the slave
trade at Havana. .
The U. s. steamers Kerens and Arles have visited
Havana. The Kerens reported the Keptune at Cape
Uaytitc. ' ,
. By way of Matamoros It wag reported that Cor
tin as had declared against the Empire, and was pre
paring to attack Gen. Mejia, who Is In Matamoros
with 400 or 600 men. Mejia is oat off from oommu
nlcation with the interior, and will either surrender
or retreat, and if he does the latter he is lost. Oor
tinas has from 6.100 to 7 000 troops.
Exchange at Havana on the United States, 2S to
SO. Sugar fi^o.
CAUfOllliU.
TRAITORS BKJOIOina IN TUB PRESIDENT'S MUR-
DEE—A EIGHT WITH THEM.
Sah Francisco, April 25 —The military have
arretted twelve or fifteen men in- Salena and Co
ilusa-counties for rejoicing, in the assassination of
President Lincoln.
Upon’ the receipt of the President’s death at Green
Valley, Salena county, a number of Secessionists
met to rejoice over the event. Troops were sent to
break,up the meeting ; hut as they approached, the
ringleaders fortified themselves in a house and fired
at tlie soldiers, wounding two of them. The Ore was
returned by the soldiers, and several 'Secessionist
were wounded. The whole party then surrendered.
The ship. Bacchante, which sailed today for Hong
Kong, takes cut a quarter of a million dollars.■'
imARH OX TUB riliATI5 BHUKAKDOAEI—OUR TKSA-
RORK-BBIPS IN DANGER.
Sah Francisco, April 2T,—Anxiety Is again ex
pressed here lest the rebel pirate Shenandoah may
make a descent upon our treasure steamers.
It Is cupposedithe left Australia about March
10th, and would reach this coast by the end of May.
It IS heped the tipvpnunent may have proper ves
sels in the way to Intercept her and protect the ship
ping interests cn this coast.
Arrived last night, steamer America, from Sip
Juan del Sur, with the passengers who left He#
the 2pib of Kqrolw. Also arrived, ship
Favorite, from K« wYorlf. . ; -
SODIH AUXRHJA
IN NICARAGUA, BTC.
New.Yobk, April 26.—The steamer Ariel, from
Panama on the 6th Inst, hag arrived. Beyond the
circulation, or idle rumors of ftosh ravolutloin&ry
movements, keeping the timid In suspense, nothing
has occurred worthy of note, The new Government
meets with a favorable reception.
From Centra! America we learn that the death
of Gen. Cgrrera, President of G uatemala, was daily
locked for, and a otlsls was expeoted to follow the.
event. Carrera was President ror life, with power
toname hIS successor. .He has; named Gen. Oerra,
late governor .of Chirulmala. It was thought'Car
rera’s d£»th would be the signal for Barrios to re
new his elabns to the Presidential chair.
A destructive fire occurred at Ohlnendega, Nica
ragua, onthe 3lst nit., destroying the lumber as.d
ootton establishment of Messrs. Fitzgerald & Hus*
sy, besides a number of dwellings. The total loss
was between-$30,000 and 640 000.
The ootton crop of Salvador will be better than
was anticipated, *
The .United States flag-ship Lancaster sailed
from AsplnwaU on the 7th for Central America
and San Francisco. The gun- boat Wateree arrived
on the 9th.
Indlclment of tlie Kebel Raiders into
Pennsylvania,
. Harrisburg, April 26.—1 t Is reported in oaclal
eiicles that' the District Attorney of Franklin
iqnnty will bring, before the Grand Jury of the
cbnrt soon to convene In that eonnty bills of Indict
ment Against General McOansland, Harry GUI
- and other leading rebels, for levying war
npen the Inhabitants of Franklin county, for pil
lage, arson, and murder. There can be no doubt
: that true bills will be found, wheii Gov. Curttnwlil
Immediately demand the wretches thus indicted
from the Governor of Virginia for trial In Penn
tylvanla. '
Before the proposed action of the District Attor
ney of Franklin County was known, ft was contem
plated by the Executive of Peansrylvahiafto make
a formal demand for MeCausland and Glllmore.
This action Is now postponed to await the result of
the proceedings' before a grand jury of Franklin
county. 1
Andy Jabnson.
At Nashville, seven years ago, anecdotes, of the
coolness and eonrage of Governor Johnson ware
among the current coin of conversation. A politi
cal opponent of the Governor, an eye-witness 61 the
occurrence, told us that a placard was posted in the
town, one morning, announcing, in the well-known
language of old Tennessee; that Andy Johnson was
te be shot “on blght.” Friends; of the Governor
assembled at his house to escort 'him to the State
House. ,r No,” said .he, “gentlemen,- If I-am to
he shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the
bullet.” . ' -
Another similar story la related.- He was an
nounced to speak on one of the exciting questions ef
theday, and loud threats were uttered that, if he
dared to appear, he should not leave the hall alive.
At the appointed hour, he ascended to the platform,'
- and, advancing to the desk, laid his pistol upon It.
He then addressed the audience, in terms as'near
; the followingas onr informant'could recolioot:
' Fellow-citizens, it is proper when freemen assem
ble for the discussion of important public interests,
that everything should begone decently and in order.
I have been informed that business to be
transacted on the present oooaslon Is the assassina
tion of the individual who now has'tho honor of -ad
dressing you. I beg respectfully to. propose that
this be the first business in order. Therefore, if any
man has come here to-night for the purposelndi
cated, I do not say to him, let him speak, but let
him shoot.. ~
Here he paused, with his right handPn his pistol,
184 &« other holding open his coat,.while with Mg.
eyes he blandly surveyed the assembly- After a
pause of half'a minute, he resumed: *
Gentlemen, it appears that I have been mists;
formed. I win now proceed to address you on the
snbieot that has called us together. -
Which-he did, with all his acoustomed boldness
and vivacity, not sparing'hlß adversaries, but giving
them plenty of pure Tennessee.
Where ie Jsffßavis?
cohjectubes as to bis fbbbbnt locality—h*
18 BELIEVED TO SS OS HU WAV TO TEXAS—A
GUARD of two thousand cavalry abound
The Riofamcnd Whig of Tuesday has confirma
tion from trustworthy sources which leads it to be
lieve that on or about the 13th Davis was with John
ston at Hillsboro, on the North Carolina Railroad,
west of Raleigh. Ho was not intercepted by Stone
man, because hmwaaat Hillsboro whUe Stoneinan,
on the 12th, was at Salisbury, one hundred miles
_ southwest of that town by the line of the :raU
* road. The Whig says - that “ Davis stopped
at Hillsboro from the 12th to the 14th instant,
then went by Mil to Greensboro, whence, with an
escort of two thousand picked cavalry, selected
from Hampton’s and Wheeler’s coin mauds; he
started on horseback for the fa; South, taking
the country road due south to Ashboro and Oho
raw. By this route he left Salisbury and Stone
man forty miles to his right. From Oheraw
he probably struck southward to Columbia,
South Carolina, from which piaoe the country was
open before him until bo reached the lines of
Generals Canby and Wilson. His one object now
is to escape to the: trans-Mississippi, and he can
not regard himself out of extreme danger until
.he has inn the gauntlet of the United States
armies now operating in Alabama. These’two
thousand horsemen form to-day a gloomy cava!*
cade as they toll along the Southern sandy
-roads under a Southern sun. Perhaps they are
cheered by the feeling, that they "bear Omsar
and his fortunes; they certainly cover all that Is
left of the so-called Confederate Government, and
themselves compose the only organized force that
Davis has on this side of the Mississippi river.
Davis, Breckinridge. Trenholm,Benjamin, St- John,
and Reagan all ride in the centre of this forlorn
band; and how many underßtrapperS keep their
company it is bootless to know. They bear with
them no affeetlon of the people of Rtohmond,
though they have left up a lasting: memento in the
charred and blackened ruins Sf the fairest portion
of oufbeautifoi city." - ' - - - ■
BUBOFB*
EXCEPTION OF THB HEWS OF THE FAII OF
eichmond ns hstgimto.
Intense Excitement Created and t,,t ’
’‘Confederacy ” Given Bp-
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS ON THE
great union victory,
Xlie British Government and the Baer .
Mexican “Empire.”
Hahxak, April 26 —The steamsbir p AftJca
rived at this port this evening. SW
Liverpool on the 16th, via Quaanafco - ,T£?
The steamship st. David arrived, . on the 16th.
the morning of the 14th, ‘and tk' at Liverpool on
Cfookhaven at 11 o’olock on t>- ■> Australasian off
The news of the capture c' °f *b» \«h.
tense excitement in Eng’- Slohmond created in
.to admit of the papers •**«. but arrived too late
' t ft f tkf generally commenting on It.
markets closed from the
*B " «» ™we cannot be
so^ngT^^f 1 «J ! "TheAy myof yjrginia,
and ol 'cado e i^rthe V f^ le- “ 10 pr,d *’ hop9 ’ CBntre ’
has been not only
Vow v’AIA.. The Davis Government is
, cei’Le.® and fugitive. Hiohmondi which re-
I and gave it for a time a dignity which it
\ < *Auld never have acquired while It remained among
the cotton plantations, where It had Its rise, was set
> on fire by departing guests. That Confederate an*
■ my fought with all its old tenacity and felan. We
cannot doubt that ft has been broken up by men
[ who, as we have often been told, were sweepings of
' Northern cities. Davis bog an the war by declaring
that he would carry ft where food for the torch
’ awaited the Southern armies in densely populated
1 cities; but the attempt to burn Hew Fork ended la
nothing but an exeoutlon, whlle'Davls set his bor
’ rowed capital in flames and deoamped.”
Tka. Morning Advertiser says the'further olrcum
stahees andepnseqneieei of this heavy blow should
be looked for with Intense anxiety as the close of the
War. The inauguration or a new and wide spread
guerilla conflict, of unknown duration, may spring
ftbffi tie Got Hid. , .
The other papers are silent as yet upon the news.
ENGLAND.
- The London Timet has an editorial regretting
' that the people of Melbourne should have displayed
bo much sympathy with the' crew of the Shenan
doah, who engaged in the destruction of the ships
coming opon errands of jpeace to their ports. The
Times says: “ However, ft Is on affair of the popu
lace, and not of the Government, with whose affairs
it sympathizes.” It recommends that the colonists,
as they are not prepared to bite, should bark as
little as possible. , '
The Times also has an article condemning la
strong language the conduct .of lodge Smith, of
Montreal, as a dan gererfff charge on the subject of
the st. Albans raiders, -
The London correspondent of the provincial press
says: “There are some unpleasant whlsperlngs.as
to the desire of the King of the Belgians, who is still
in England, to exercise an influence over the course
'to be taken by the British-Government in Mexican
affairs. Palmerston has for many years been no
favorite with his Belgian-Majesty, who does not
conceal that he finds mote pleasure In pliant and
subtle Clarendon, an avowed Austrian in his lean
ings. Eerl Bussell oscillates between the two. He
beglnß, I believe, to regret the precipitancy with
which he yielded to the royal wish to recognize the
pretended Mexican Empire.' Fail it must, if not
saved by European Interposition, and that right
early, and for this neither the Premier nor Foreign
Secretary are prepared.” -
FRANCE.
The debate on the Italian portion of the address
is progressing in the Chambers.
M. Thiers declared himself adverse to a unity of
Italy, In which he said there was danger and no
utility to France. He defended the Papal Govern
ment and favored an alliance with Austria,
Emlid Ollivier defended the Italian convention of
last September, which consolidated Italian unity
and consumed the idea of Thiers for allianoe with
Austria. _
The debate was then adjourned.
Advices from Algiers say that the visit of the
Emperor to that Colony Is still considered probable.
The Paris bourse on theMtb was quiet and lower.
Rentes &li 800.
A telegram from Borne says It 7 ls asserted that
Count Sartlgeß will shortly, be withdrawn from
Borne, and Franoe will only be represented by the
Secretary of Legation until the difficulties of Borne
are settled.
The Paris correspondent of the London Times
says the disturbances at Madrid are more serious
than heretofore stated. On the evening of the’l2 th
inct. an assemblage in the street was suddenly dis
persed by a volley of mußketry. The troops fired
right and left. M. Hares, who was going to the Ca
sino, waß killed. Another gentleman Was wounded,
and died In a few minutes. Several others were
killed, and fifteen were wounded-. - No provocation
was given on the part of the people.' The oavalry
charged through the streets, and'USed tcelr sabres.,
,No proclamation bad been Issued to .warn the pub.
-lie or forbid their moving about the Streets as übu&l.
C ommercial Intelligence.
Liverpool, April 16.—The markets have been
closed since the 13th, for the Goad Friday holiday.-
There has been no com market since the City of
. 'Washington sailed, -
Breadstuff's quiet and steady, except flour, which
•is heavy. Provisions quiet and steady, exdept-Lard,
which tendß downward. Ashes'qutet and steady.
Sugar advanced S@6d. Blce'.buoyantand 6d higher.
Petroleum firm at 20s Id for refined. Other articles
are unchanged.-
London, markets.— BarlDg’s Circular reports
Coffee firmerandOd higher. Iron advancing. Klee
advancing. Other articles unchanged.
The bullion in the Bank ol England has decreased
XSIS.OtO
Consols closed on Thursday at 9l@3i a,
THE VERY LATEST VIA LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, April 16—Evening.—The fall of
Richmond is the universal topic to-day. The friends
of the North are .greatly elated at Grant’s suc
cesses, antlare strengthened,in the conviction that
the final triumph of the North is near. Even those
who havemaniiested the strongest faith in the re,
bel oauee ehow unmistakable signs of despondency.
The rebel loan deellnedatbout six per oent, closing
at 25@26, while Federal securities exhibit a derided
improvement. Dltnols Central shares are quoted
at 63® 64; Erie shares, 36>£@37; V. S. ave-twenties,
3*%6@6%. The cotton and produce markets are
closed; consequently there is no business to test the
effect of the news, bnt there are Indications of a fur
ther decline in cotton.
A Manchester telegram of to-day represents that
business Is entirely suspended by the Australasian’s
advices. .Consols are doll and easier, closing at
80%@91 for money.
Many English journals condemn the judges’
ruling in the case of. the St. Albauß raiders.
Bio Janeiro, March 2A— Coffee, 6||6oo@6||7oo for
good firsts. Stock on hand, 110,000 saoks. Sales of
53 000 sacks. Sterling exchange, 25 ft®26.
Bahia, March 29.—Sugar, l]|eoo@2j|soo. Ex
change, 26 %; v
Fbrnawbuco, April 1. —White sugar, S||2oo@
8||400; brown, 2|260. Exchange, 24@2*X-
Copenhagen, April 16.—Tne law throwing open
the navigation of the Banish coasts to all nations
reciprocating the concession has received the royal
sanction.
LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN,
Liverpool, April 16 —The Globe says the fall o f
Richmond leaves the Confederates threatened on
all sides. This is a tremendous price to pay for the
luxury of pushing an army to Nashville, and re
fusing until the eleventh hour to free and arm the
negroes.
Boniiat, April 7—The markets are inactive.
Freights on cotton 28s, '
Calcutta, April 6.—The price of goods Is nomi
nal. Exchange 2s 6d. : >
’1 here have been serious.disturbances on-the Suez
Canal between the Egyptians and foreign laborers.
Sailed for Philadelphia, April 14, Oromlngo from
Liverpool.
Public Entertainments.
The' Trinity Bovs.—A Second choral festival
was given last evening at St. Clement’s Church by
the youthful choir of Trinity Chnroh, a large audi
ence being present. The first part of tho programme
wsb the same as on the previous evening, smd was
equally well sung. A beautiful and impressive
funeral dirge was given In memory of onr late be
loved President, during the performance of whieh
the entire andleneo remained standing. The
second part was considerably varied from that
of the first concert. Master Coker sang, in .won'
derfully fine style, the aria, ’’Hear ye, Israel,”
from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” and “Ho shall
feed’hls flock,” by Dr. Cutler. He also sang,
-with the choir, the “Gloria” from Haydn’s sajm
pefl&l Mass. The concerts on both evenings closed -
with Handel’s grand Hallelujah chorus, which was
magnificently executed. A groat improvement was
introduced last night by having the solos sung from
the front part of the church Instead of ftom the
choir at the baok of the audience. The publio will
be glad to learn that in a few weeks an opportunity
will be given of hearing Master Coker’s voice in
operatic music in a serfes qf oopoerts at the
Academy. ■ , ;
- MB. Rupee Adaub* BBAjpna at Oonsert Hall
last evening was attended by a large and fashion
ablC audience. The Cortland Saunders Cadets eHoi
ted much praise for their sold'ierly bearing and pre
cision in the manual. One feature of the evening
was the recitation by Mr. Adams of an original
poem on the death of our late beloved President,
which was kindly received by the auditors.
Classical QursTETTB Club.—The matinee or
yesterday was remarkably fine.' Beethoven’s trio
in C minor, for piano, violin, and violoncello, Is,-like
the majority of ids early works, remarkable for its
melody and simplicity, and was ably, rendered.
Mr. Jarvis gave a brilliant and sympathetic inter
pretation of Yon/Weber’a superb sonata in A flat,
for piano. Mendelssohn’s delicate and graceful
quintette In A closed the concert, and was ex
quisitely performed.
"Mebbbs, Volfsohh and Thomas’ Fourth Clas
sical Solrte, which was postponed alter announce
ment on account of the death of the President, will
take place on Saturday evening at the Foyer of the
Academy of Music- The programme Includes a
choice selection of music by the best masters.
The Fifth Soiree will he given on tho Monday'eve
nlng following, at the same piaoe.
Waisut- ctbhst Theatrsl —On account of the
illness of Madame Yestvali, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
was performed at this theatre last evening.
Thb Typographical Dramatic Association
will give a second grand performance at Sanford’s
New Opera House, Race 'street, bMow Third, on
Saturday evening next. The first effort of the gen
tlemencomposing this association met with such
success that the committee ef arrangements for the
reception and entertainment of the delegates to tho
National TypographicalUntonhave requested them
to give this performance. Bulwer’s favorite play,
“ The Lady oi Lyons,’’ will be: represented, with
an excellent cast, and abnrlesqne of thesame piece,
by Durivage, entitled “The Lady of the Lions,’’
will conclude the entertainment. The eompanyis
composed of amateUTS of ability, who relieve the
tedium of life in the composing-room by the study
o! the dramatic art. - They will he assisted in the
female parts by professional actresses. Tho orches
tra, is also formed of .volunteer musicians, and their
music Is excellent. Tickets may be obtained of any
member of the committee, or at the door ofthe
Opera House. - -
The Prosrrewi of Fancral *r»iu.
HOJJOBS AT it-BAY r BDWAI.O.
Albaut, April s®.— the tlina last night
that the remains of *7 eglden t Lincoln ware depo
sited In the Capitol. ‘ UI dc qji, persons hare been
pressing there to s' -' dead. This morn
ing the line of p' • at least a mile, on©-
half of those o' ladles. Theeoffin
Sp«s”,r -in“" y tte todtos with flowers,
bntodtt -of* llo feelings of those who have oontrl
and »' -*O5O delicate and beautiful tokens of sorrow
t» Jeetlon. . •
ae place where the remains He Indeed presents
solemn scene. There, In the presence .of .death,
that Bllent but Impressive monitor, all heads are
bowed with grief, which often finds relief In tears.
The cars and steamboats this morning have brought
additional thousands to the city.
The toneral party are being handsomely enter
tained taythe corporate authorities at the Dalavau
House. All the buildings here are draped with
mourning. Among the most touching mottoes are
the following: “The Heart of the Hatton throbs
heavily at the portals of the Tomb.” “Let ua re
solve that the martyred dead shall not have died.
In vain.” The latter Is believed te be an extract
from Mr. Lincoln’s Fair remarks.
TH» SSOSmOX nt AffIAST.
Albaby, April 26.—Governor Fenton cannot pro
ceed West with the funeral cortege on account of
the adjournment of the Legislature, which is ex
pected to-morrow. His staff and Several prominent
officials go forward toHuflalo and Dunkirk. A low
wSW*? 8??? ®9 number of strangers hero to-day
at SO,Osd. All the morning extra trains and ex.
' curalon boats brought large numbers of people from
the surrounding country, many coming teq or
twenty miles,.
At noon State Street, nearly one hundred feet
wide, was filled with a living masß, and Broadway
and many side streets were equally crowded. At 1
o’clock the military, fire department, aid olvlo so
cieties began to form, and at 2 F. M. the coffin was
olosed. Soon after 2 o’clock the procession, having
been formedunder Grand Marshal Townsend, com
menced to move over the proscribed rente. It was
composed of the 10th and 25th-JBegiments of this
city, the - Light Horse Battery of. Troy, State and
city authorities, fire department, and a number of
olvic societies.
The military were about 2 000 strong, and the prd‘
cession was about thirty minutes Hi passing a given
point. The ccffin rested In an elegant and elabo- ]
- rately-finished oat&fslque, which was trimmed with
white silk, adorned richly with silver mountings,
and surmounted by an eagle. It was drawn by
eight horses. At. 346 F. hi, the. train of newly
finished cars tomiehed by the Hew Fork Central
Baitroad Company was reached, at Broadway cross
jj'v,.above Lumber street, and the coffin was trans
ferred to the hearse-car in whloh It had been
brought frejh Washington.
Borne fifteen urinates were occupied In getting the
escort of the party ?e board, and at 4 o’clock the
remains of President Lincoln mored from Albany
on the way to their final resting place In the West.
The magnificent pageant, the vaft throngs that
had congregated hero, and the sadness of the peo
ple, all made up a scene that will ever keep &egh
In the memories of many who witnessed It,
DSFAJS-TUBB FOB, BUFFALO.
Axbaby, April F. M.~ The remains were
conducted to the New York Central Ballroad depot
by a large processlon of civilians and the military.
Amid the tolling of bells, the firing of minute guns,
and the solemn' sounds of mournful music, we
started on our sorrowful journey. The pilot engine,
and the engine which draws the train, have been
draped In.a handsome manner. Throe coaches and
a baggage car were also furnished, appropriately
costumed. . ~ -
St. Joßssvttfik, Montgomery county, N. Y., r
F. M.—The ti-atn'-roiched this plane, sixty-four
miles from Albany, at fo’olook. The pedpleevery
where came out to great numbers.
At Herkimer thirty-six ladles dressed In white,
.with black sashes, each holding to their hinds a
draped national flag, were ranged near the train.
At Little Falls a large cross and wreath of flowers
was laid on the coffin.
Music and minute-guns greeted,the arrival of
the train at Utica.
There have been appropriate demonstrations of
respect and sorrow every where along the route
thus far. * •
HSyractusb, 11.60 F- M.—The funeral train arrived
here without accident of any kind. Although it Is
raining very hard, at least 36,600 people are wit
nessing the passage of the train. The firemen are
drawn up to line, and their torches and numerous
bonfires light up the scene. Bells are tolling and
cannon booming.
fixe iste PitsWenl's Bwift
PBBPABATIONS TO BBOWVH THB SSAD—TAB OBA
TOB OB ‘ THE »AT—.THB AB&AXCHIKBBT9 H»
bi-ringpibld.
: The most extraordinary preparations are la pro
gress In Illinois to receive, with, befitting honors,
the remains of .her noblest representative. At all
the stations and cities along the route ensigns of
mourning will be erected, and delegations' of bla
zons will accompany the cortege from point to
'point. At Springfield the preparations for the.
final Interment are rapidly progressing. The Capi
tol will be appropriately fitted up; two hundred of
the best singers % the State will constitute the
eholr, add the beßt bands of. Illinois and Bfis
eourl furnish the instrumen&l music. Bishop
Simpson, of- New York, has been selected
by the committee to deliver the oration on
the occasion of the obsequies of 'President 1.1 u
aoln. The Bishop was -telegraphed and written to .
to-day. The President's.body will Hein state In the-
Kepresefitdtive Hall, wbioh 'wlll bo fitted np In a
superb and becoming style. The oatafalco win be
elegant In construction, fully equal to anything or
the kind ever used in this country.
It is now pretty well understood that the'remalns
will arrive there on Wednesday, May S, and will
doubtless lie In state for three or tour days, and
the funeral will take place the Saturday or Sunday
following. ' - ’
The committee of arrangements at Sprlngfield has
Issned the foil owing circular:
SPKixGPEBtD, 111, April il.—The citizens of
Springfield and resident*.of the vicinity: have per
fected arrangements for the funeral ceremonies of
the late President. :
They Invite the presence, on that oeoaslon- of the
President of the United States, members of the
Cabinet and their chief-officers, the diplomatic
corps and other foreign Governments, members and
officers of the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States, the lieutenant General and
hsjor and brigadier generals of the army; the vlea
and rear admirals of the navy,.and aU other officers
cf the army, and navy who can attend, whether now
in the service or honorably discharged ; the; Ex
ecutive and Judicial officers of the several l State*
and Territories and of the Dlstriot or Colombia;
the moßlolpal authorities, Boards of Trade, and
Chambers of Commerce of the several cities of
the Union; the olergy of the several religious de
nominations ; the officers and members of the grand
and subordinate bodies of Kasims and Odd Fellows;
the officers and members of the National, state,
end County Agricultural and Horticultural De
partments end Societies, and other Industrial asso
ciations ; the railroad and transportation compa
nies; the faculties of universities, colleges, literary,
and scientific Institutions; the officers and members
of fire departments; the officers of all lncorporated
bodies; the officers and members of civic, military,
social, and benevolent societies; and the officers
and members or the Christian and Sanitary Com
missions, both State and National.
TUB ASSASSINATION.
SOTWHKRIr opinion— tbb pboplb op booth ca- .
BOI.IVA AT LBAST 3TOT BBSSOKSIBLBiv
Gs r°llha journals deplore the fffeed of
Mood whichassassinated the Piesldent, and beg the
North not to believe that such an act stands any
where approved. The Raleigh Standard, of Che
lotllj ESiJfi t
h.a i br H h » ni 5" tte »»« Wend the South
had In alltbs North. We pray God that his un
d|fcb-may.notada to the miseries
or onr afflicted Slate. North ' Carolina had no
agency in the awful deed. We wash our hands of
this blood- guiltinessandwe call heaven towltnesT
that we deplore It a* the saddest event in the his
tmy oi this continent. H!s assassins win be pursued
by the stern purpose orthe avenger of blood, and no
country,- however, remote, will be able to shield them
gom the condign punishment that await*' them.
The secession of the ootton States, which oom
.menoed in crime, has ended in hsaMslnaHon. We
thanh God that we are sat responsible for either the
commencement or the termination of this horrid
business. We tremble for the consequences; but
we nswpte the officers or the Union armies,
and the people of the entire North, that the areal
mats of the people of NOrth Oarolina and the South
they will not be held Responsible for the Infiufcaus
Etct of the base assassins.” . j
public £s>tfmateWlbeCbaractei l of JPjre*
sident .Lincoln In Canada,
pie assassination of President Lincoln produced
a Jeep feeling bt Canada, as Is shown by the follow
2ofh a iMte e t tat n fTOIa 1118 Mtmtresl Bsratijft the
L^_ eo ° rs ?' teroavomante which would
appeal men strongly to our affections and our Into-
Mis than the death of the Chief Maoristrate of. a
'weigßoountry. We shall not create patabfmore
Uian til* passing allusion to sneh events, but
25? tha * 6Ten these could hardlyhava
Hußt. 111016 K aD eral tokens of respect than
- ? b ‘ c h were yesterday exhibited a this
w. e Imagine that there were
tew cities, even In the territory of the United'
states, where the population was more unanimous
in paying the la* honors to the memory of the
good man who was so suddenly cut off fromthe
high, place which, he so .recently and so worthily
occupied. Hardly any business was transacted
during the day,' and at noon, the banks,
places of Justness, and'shops, were all closed, In
compliance with the Invitation of the mayor.
we are not quite somuch ol a flag-flying people
as onr neighbors on the other side of the lines; but
at the comparatively fCw places where bunting Is
usually Shown, the flags are all at half-mast. Some
of these emblems were draped In black, especially
the office or the Royal Insurance Company; We
also observed that Mr. Morehy.of Notre Dame
•street, had sable abisldß with Inscriptions, “"Honest
Abraham Lincoln Is dead—let the nations mourn.”
The Ottawa Hotel was "draped la black and Borne
other, gentlemen had placed emblems" of mourning
on their premises. , - - -
. The Brokers' Beard Mid similar bodies adjourned
wltbont transacting atfy business.
T*rv soon after noon two streams of people set in
towarrs the American Presbyterian Church, where
a religious service was to take place, and towards
the Mechanics' Hall, Croat dt. James Btreet, where
was to he held the public meeting called by the":
Mayor on reqnlsitionfiTomthe citizens. We remark
ed that among the congregation at the Amef(--
can Church the members of the New England
Society were almost all dressed with crape aponthe
right arm; The'Meeting did not occupy a great
deal of time, bub there was no resumption of bosk
ness. Gronpamlght be observed at the street corners
during alarfcerSart of the alternoon, all discussing
in grave and,teournful sort the event for which
they had been called upon to express.their sorrow.
We suppose that there has rarely been anysoo
oaelon on which the people of one country have ex
pressed'so generally and so seriously their regret ror
the death of the ruler of another country, witfi which
they have had no political connection.. But all In
ternational jealousies and all similar feelings
were for the rime at least absorbed th sentiments of
abhorrence ror the assassination ; oI reßpeotfortfie'
Illustrious dead; and of sympathy for thenatKSS
with which our own has so many kindred ties, and
which has been In a moment, and at a most critical
period, deprived of a guide -whose tried firmness,
wisdom, and moderation had so well entitled him to
Its confidence.
President lobnsoa’s Prompt Firmness
A Washington correspondent writing about'the
mistake of Shermansays that it consisted In ac
ceding to a surrender of every prlnolple for
wmoh the North has expended blood and trea
sure, instead of demanding the oapltnlation of
his beaten foes, and bus produced a deep feeling ot
regret here, from, those In the Executive i)e
-partmentß down to the wounded soldiers in
die hospitals. Daring the past four years; the
American people have learned to faoe difficulties
with calumets, to bear humiliations in good
temper, and to forgive officers of Hie regular
army who nave been hampered by old frilmd
sbtps, or dazzled-with hopes of the Presidency
But it Is a (bitter pill sent from North Carolina
to fee swallowed, and the only cbheolattanin
that when President Jotaßton sufendtted lt £
W» bo said: “ Gentlemen, tt
j» naCtUba table* and I only submit it to ashvem how
i set aside.” , Fortunate wm
try that the lieutenant General „„
he started with Mg oanal prom!!*?!*-,*
only a saddle and hi Idle, readyto ’>
to chastise thle andaolona foe'
HhHIIICBy,
CKtSB RATION 0» ODD j-
XiOTnsTiu.x, Apia 26 Captain r
taohmentof State troops, captur.. Js 1
near Versailles, Col, Jos. Hanks or
The Odd Fellows or this city Jr' 1 '
forty-sixth anniversary today t v ,
procession, with foU regalia and L2 eri i
under the marshalahlp of c. c
eloquent address, by the Esv, aj_ p s;t
Cincinnati, the visiting member ;s
sumptuous repast at the Loulsvnia w pl “
KKW YORK cijj ]
H *w Yo„ :
- . prom: OHtRL SSTO
The steamer Fulton, from Hm ' 1
2Sd, arrlvedat this port this mo™! 0
Indignation meetings were h e y
and Charleston on the assassin,*^.
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Fltlshnrg and Fort’waine,
Boot Island. 105 Jj;: Northwestern U • 'v
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certificates,29}f; Canton,
pany, 62#: Qnlckßilver. if,s xtae’ 1 *
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THB OATTIR MaScsw
At the cattle market to-dav. hser L
The receipts amounted to 4 boo h«as ,v
tlons were J4@22c. Veal was sin,!. *o
She?n wag Xc lower; sales at 7w,!,‘'.’
7,oco*heiA pwlne lower at nxaai,’ ?
8,000. «
A Hint to thob* i* Authority
mend the foJlowJHg fact to the attend,-,/,*
Legislature and ’city government:
Individual wjrowa* given to deface as ■:.*
by huge white and black letters, in,;
employes by thus staining am! ,j,;'
of the White Mountains wherever 3 iSM
nlty was given him. The Legfeiatareaj tt>
State were righteously disgusted *, tll tMj ' ;
or natural beauty, and hare made It a p sai
In stay one to lay,tho whitewash ot sm
on thenative granite of their Mlb.
Khe last Phase «f ttae Car <w t
To the Editor of The Pras:
Sib : ABowmeto correct a stateium;
myejeotlon-from car No. 7, on ths r.-*> :
■ line, Thursday, the 13th lntt. la seven]','.’
lt was stated that I actaaii,- 1
conductor. The olronmstanoes of the’,
follows: Having been greatly K<ia 51
lengthy sickness, and having the care® .■ . I
upon .me—the duties of which are h'.- ,'
mentCd-in the revival or Lenten ms,. .
addition to the ordinary dalles, I wis .. ;
preparing a.dassJor confirmation. la
•preparation onr wont la not only to deii,,:.;
of lectures, but to hold for purposes or er-,.
catechetical exercises, Ac., meeting man
frequently as our time permits. Tug, r ;;
some idea of the amount of labor we inv:
limits being almost as extensive as tt
Some are ready to say—lt was pre-mmph, ,
get open the Tear platform of the ear •
specified. Butats o’clock that rnmnia,;
called Vo the feaideuceof a parish'.its- r'.
at a long distance from the psrsoass. ';
his child, and from that time had a :
rest until fifteen minutes past two I a tin , -
when I had obliged myself to raoat sc r V
In the lowAr-partof the city. At this•
saw car Wo. V eomtng, and leaped «po
platform as It was passing, having la
clerical robes. The conductor orderej af -
front platform, bat I did not see He
yielding to so unjust a proscription of g, e
color hadnot proved any objeoHrn
pan in fighting fbrtheconutiTdtttiiig tier;.”
Hence I considered It a small favor m
the rear platform of a street osr; w. J; .
that ttme l bed two brothers as e,.;;:;,-;.
United States Government, risking ti;: r «,
Its maintenance.
Having reached Twelfth street, tie rr.-
made a savage attempt to thrust me a&'b
the roar platform of the_car. Feeling mtirr
pended on maintaining ahold upon the ir - ■
the rear of the ear, I clasped them firnlt. ,
no other resistance—no assault of anv'ty
my assailant. So completely did the:
wreck my entire system that I have no; —•
ahlejo bear up under my parish labors.
I have given the simple facts of the tut.
compelled to say that I cannot discover it v •
I was wrong, or feel that the notico (f too
incident given by ypur reporter was j-istfi 5 c
facts of the ease. Wm. Johnson Atirj
Hector of St Thomas’ P. E C«t
PHILAM®THIA, April 26,1865.
{ ExTsnerVß Posittvb Salts op 8M Pv-i
and Loth op British, Fbencu. Geex.uc.
American DWt Goons, Ac., This I>±t
only and special attention of the trade fed
to the valuable and seasonable asaorwsc.:
tlsbj-German, .French, and Domestic If;
eStoprtaing abpot eto packages and Mis s'
and fanSyartlwes In linens, cotton;, woaiv:
Eteds, and silks, Including ZOO pieces mtiiii •;
caej ltsllans, &0,;36® pieces cloths, dm'iic
lugs, &c ; ssspieoes fancy casslmeres for ?.-•
whom It may concern; iso pieces dress
lines French and British dress goods, tes
linen goods, domestics, AO. To be peremptor'..-
by catalogue, on four months' credit, and i
oath, at 10 o'clock precisely, to be c r
throughout the day without lntsraslssbit. 1;
B. HTyers A Co., auctioneers, No. 232 sal
ket street.
_ Large special sale of IS,OOO dozen (Jer-’-.r
hosiery, gloves, suspenders, trav»llla< sit
tions, Ac., on to-morrow (Friday) morning. A;
- The Eeoai>tiskdbb Question —A cerui:
her of Paris merchants signed the petit;-i-.
Government demanding that a ewnaifci..
.be appointed to Inquire Into the mtnr-r::
the Bank of France was administered, wit:,
•to Us amendraent. The commission was apf ~
end -the .merchants fro question were c-dlt::
appear before It, and to answer su’b sac:.:
might be,put dtthem. Ttev met, delice: ”
polnted a committee, and asked for reerors ;
to put their'demand In proper form. A nr-::
allowed them. They hem another mest'u?,
resolutions to this effect were adapted.
“1. That banknotes Bhall be a legal tesfe
a* aneoeasary consequence, that bra- ■■ a
shall be established In such departments ss
without them, 2; That the capital of me B?
Franoe Shall be realized, and-that Jaci;: :■
be doubledla order to meet the- greater ? " -
operations that will follow the opeoia;
branches, 3. That a.council" general- cata- a
.unequal numberof merchants, and 'batis?
recelvers-general counting as banker;, ;;
named. A That discount on two signature;:
bo allowed to merchants who have- a peris"-
count at the bank. 5. That the rate ot 5:
shall be limited to 5 per cent.”
>. Arras ciatiox or Editors —Elitor; i«
totoly appreciated In Rhode Island. ■' =-
Smith, Governor of the State, is editor c£
vldence Prat, and Henry B. Anthony, or?
United States Senators, is editor of tho I’r ;
Journo). .The recent Democratic sSotsC ■t-'i
nominated Alfred Anthony, publisher of tr- r
denee Pori, for Governor ; Thomas steers, t.-
the Providence Pori, for Secretary of ' i:
a candidate for Congress in the Easter?. - :: .’-
Gldbon Bradford, late editor of the :
Bsme poetrion In the Westers district.
A? Editor's Dubi..—A ho'.tUe ms'
Swords took place the other day at B
tween M. Debans, editor of the ■ ' 1
Chateau, a literary man, In oonseq-Kss-e
remarks published by the former s? '■
In the first attackM. Oh&reau was wounds: -
twice In the right hand. The second; of ' -
>arty then wished the combat toae.if-
' Ibaroan was not incapacitate:! from 1?
weapon. tho decision was eonu-totkaa tt;
could go cu. In the second attack.;, u--
pierced through the right baud, art it.: ■
mlnatod.
Editobial Idmkbsb.—The eO-tt-fB
vanla dally journal says thaton ?
counted six pigs, thirteen goose ar.B t
during a three minutes' gaze t". v -
turn window, in the business centre ;
They seemed directing their steps tr*" ;
in search of a eonvenlect mud hole.
We regret on his account that is = _ f
so much unemployed time on his ti? ".
would become a useful member of f«b‘T
take a turn at reporting in Philadelpbts. ,
his,time in the Stock Exchange; hem
spare moments to throw away upon conu :: -
the r“ beauties” of animate or
Q,y. Is this the editor whb wat recently a- T
for In a Philadelphia journal 1
A Burns Bosutto Dbath.—A ver? •!
event, which formed the Enbjeetef ac teiio-? ;
the East Riding coroner, on SatarJV s r ~
has occurred at Norton, MsJtoa- Trouv
deuce given at the Inquest it appeared that a
pibrson, named Annie Elizabeth BEuskaU-' -,
been housekeeper Iff her brother’s hou ; a ’
dale. North Hiding, had gone n-om tho;.' 1
for the purpose of belng hcarried. Sts
lover, It seems, had sat up one night, at : •
following evening the husbancbeleot agaic * y
with his sweetheart’after the tamllytab
bed. It seems that hoth Tail asissp- 5:
on the fire feR off and fantted Ab° drea ef
Thnyoung mat, on awSkenliigfibr.rd w- - r .
wlfein flattee, IndtrlvliigtOEubilitLie w« :-;
severely burnt. The..poer girl was most
Injured; especially abode the head, ami 1!' ;
torture till Saturday morning, It ben. dent---
—Leeds Mercury. ~
Booth’s East Appearakok ox tes
J. Wilkes Booth’s, last appearance c?
previous to his fearful acton Friday o-- ' :
was inrthe character of Petcore,intae • ■»-
at Ford’s Theatre, on theoeeasion ol Hr .
lougfi's beneflt. The villain Pescara ri <
by file* greater villain Booth.
TtHS C fr3T*i‘
(was AMunoirej, mmnrws see rocsT 5
, ABKESX .pß' JUBIUB BBUTU3 S-#-'
JLt an earlyfcour yesterday tcorninp
tni Booth, a brother of the mind'’'"-'- f '\.\
by aconple of Bolted States
tho private residence Of a ftSeo4 in tti? c "
had bouton th* yui vive lor Mm f° r ' 1
past. He wasplacad In a close carri*-
to the Baltimore depot, and tshos io :h * :
*» Washington; Hte attest was ot»» a ’ ,,
stated „hpon the evidence or eort&ln c*;
the posscsrton of the national authoii.:=*
of wMffi wsspUbllshed to the w«ti « J
This eitraet literally alloded to tho
as not be profttable, because Bi«~
beencantnred and Lee had surrenderor.;.
This document Is simply signed
who ate well acquainted with the
tho prisoner believe it to have been * 11P ",,,
“Alice” also ooncnrs in the reoommei: J *
murderer, to abandon the “oil
sald-to bn-intlmately acquainted wl-h
hhnicipai. hospital .
Tho public ore Invited to -
this Institution to-day, at three o cU"-
best way, by pnblio conveyance, Is -
teenth,and Fifteenth-streets oars.“- . , s
. lombla avenue and Broad street, j;
Lamb Tavern, In sight of the bal.« ■-.
wise, the Bldge-avenna cars,.
teuree above Islington lanejthsner .
hospital. Several addresses will be
MAN KTMdTO.
John BteOartnoy, aged 55 yeux.J*\.
corner of Twenty-second and Sp; - - .
Instantly killed about hal. Pas*
• Sight by either jumping of muss ■
story window of Ms reslflsn®;