The Respectability of Treason. It is not easy for naturalists to deter mine the difference between the lowest type of man. nnd the highest type of the animal—the distinction between n Hot tentot and orangoutan;;. And it would almost be ns grove a problem to define the dividing line (if such a lino is con ceivable) between loyalty and disloyalty. Indeed there seems to be no social auti pathy. Treason has become, after four years of damnable crime, loss heinous than when its monstrous projiortions first darkened otir land. Men, conventionally loyai, who would stand aloof from the touch of the thief or robber, do not scruple to clasp the bloody hand of treason ! Has this rivil war been a luero friendly tourna ment—a national frolic, or has it been a vital struggle for the life and honor of the nation, cost the blood of half a mill ion of men, and incalculable treasure, and planting the cypress at the home of almost every citizen ? It occurs to us that a so-called Unionist who can give the right hand of fellowship to a traitor, has but little self-respect, and that he dc serves to be eluded with the enemies of the government. Do men who luve been thoroughly loyal Irom the inception of the Southern rebellion—those who have "stood like (tie anvil," and cowered nor faltered beneath the ponderous bows of the hell-born vulcan, have any affinity with traitors ? Do they fnake such their partners in trade , their boon companions, their social friends and associates? No! It is proper for loyal men to manifest to wards them the courtesy which the for mer rules of politenecs requires, yet they should not forget the fact that they are traitor*, and that they deserve to bo hung or banished ! The temporising icould or-urotdd-not-le Union man is easily ree oguited. lie expresses but fecblo cen sure of those who have thrust at theheftt of the nation, but is earnest, industrious and eloquent in censure of the benign President of the United States, and those in authority under bis direction, and he has no kind words of cheer and approba tion for tho brave sons, cf freedom who have gathered like the rain drops of tho storm" from Maine to the far West, and after four years of desperate contest have given the death blow to treason. Let the mark of Cain be upon him, as •well as upon his felonous confrere. —Knoxvil/c Whig. Tlic Assassination l'lot. NEW YORK, May G. A special dispatch from Washington i0 the N. V. Tribune* ays: All attempts to disparage the weight of testimony in possession of ti e Government, implicating leading spirits of therele'lion in the us sassinattou plot will prove fatal. When Secretary Stanton, several days since, an nounced that the plot bad been discover ed to stretch from Richmond to Canada, he spoke from the record. Judue !lo t lias since received a great mass of evi dence, and knows it to be of crushing weight. President Johnson fully com prehended the gravity of tho charges made in his ; reclamation. All but four of the forts about Wash ington are to be immediately dismantled, their garrisons withdrawn and dismissed and everything appertaining to this ex pensive branch of warfare is to be put upon a general retrenchment path. Tho Government has given up the ex periment of supporting blacks at the ireedmcn's village at Arlington. Work in offered to all willing to labor, at the, usual prices, and rent is charged thorn for their tenements at four dollars per month. All incapable or unwllingto accept these terms are to bo removed to Mason's Is and, near Georgetown. The Navy Department has order ed the Mississippi squadron reduced to twenty-five vessels. Tt was for merly over one hundred. It has transpired that the trade question was definitely settled in Cabi net meeting to-day. All loyal persons are to be granted permits to carry goods, and trade in any of the insur rectionary States, upon application to the necessary ag nts, and paying the G vornment tax of three percent. Tennessee is exempted from this three per cent, tax, on the Presidents claim that she never cast her lot with the rebellion. Governor Fierpont is arranging preliminaries prior to going to Rich mond to assume executive control of the State. He lias been assured by President Johnson that he recognized him as the legal Go ernorof Vi gin ia and will sustain him. The Timet Washington special says : The statement that Gen. Hal leck lias issued an order announcing that all persons without regard to rank or employment in the civil or military service of the late rebel gov ernment will be permitted to take the amnesty oath, is- untrue. He ha> Dot been authorized to issue any such sweeping order and the excep tions made by th: amnesty procla mation of December, 1863, will be scrupulously observed unti' a gener al line of policy is adopted. Camping grounds fo- large bodies of troops soon to arrive are being erected Aear the city. The Second and Fifth Army Corps are now north of Richmond on their Way to Alexandria, where they are expect ed in about tea days. Howard's Second Corps, Fifteenth an I Seventeenth, constituting the Army of Tennessee, will arrive here •bout Juno Ist, and Sloe urn's Army of Georgia, Fourteenth ami Twen tieth Corps are expected a few days later; The grand tuilit ry review which will take place as soon as tho armies under Sherman get hero, will be the greatest event of its kind that has ta ken place during the war. WASHINGTON, May C.—General Grant arrived in this city to-day. There is authority for saying that the published statement that J. W. Chandler, of New Hampshire has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ; Vice L. D. Fields, appoin ted Consul to Japan, which it is un derstood has been tendered to him. It was uot definitely settled this afier noon whether the trial of Ihe assassins will commence Monday. In fact the Court had hardly been selected at two o'clock. NEW YORK, May G—The Commercial'» Washington correspondent says: The Mcxicau legation is circulating printed pamphlets containing terms of emigration and land bounties given to those who go there. State banks appealing for national charters, woich have recently increased their capitals under State loans, may be ruled out as now organizations, not enti tled to the privileges given tho last act of 0 ngress. NEW Yon* May 7. The Herald's correspondent, at Guya mas, Sonora, writing on the 25th of March, says: None of Maxamillian's troops had yet entered that State, except as prisoners of war, and tho authority of Juarez was still universally recognized there. Preparations to invade the State were being made by the imperial.sts, but the republicans wore confident of their ability to maintain their ground. The Times.' Washington special says : The arrest of Cel. Ould, and Hatch, reb el exchange commissioners' is on charge of misappropriation of supplies and mon ey sent to our prisoners. William Richards, chief clerk of the Internal Revenue Bureau, lias been ap pointed agent of the Internal Revenue, and will probably be placed iu charge of the interests of the bureau in the Trans- Mississippi. The Arrest of Governor Aiken. Special dispatch to the Pittsburgh Commercial. WASHINGTON, May 7. The mystery concerning the arrest of Gov. Aiken is explained in part by tho fact that his friends have utterly failed to show a single act or word of his during the war wherein he exhibited fidelity to the Government or attachment to the Union, notwithstanding the statements to the contrary. Beside, there is good evi dence in possession of tho Government that Gov. Aiken has been extensively eu gaged in blockade running. Some curiosity is exhibited to know why the first official statement of Davis' complicity in the assassination should h-'vo cminated from the President. It should be known that it was determined in the first instance, in Cabinet counsel that the trial of the assassination and con spiracy matter should be turned over to the military authorities and the testimo ny was putin charge of Judge Advocate General Holt, who, upon thorough exam ination, made his report implicating Da vis, not in direct complicity with the as sassins, but in a knowledge of the plot ar.d its in'ei de I execution. Upon this report the President issued his proclama tion. 'j hese trials,as wc now understand it, will commence to-morrow. A letter from the correspondent of the Boston Journal , with General Sherman's army, dated April 29th,says: The troops began to move northward this morning Brevet i*rig. (Sen llattsufi', of General Sehofield's staff, g ies to (Sreensboro to lnovrow with a party of officers, charged wifh receiving the public property of Johnston's army and administering the obligations agreed upon to them. The feeling among the rebels is one of relief, but it contuius no tincture of concession. ; hey are completely subdued, however, :ind will be readily governed. Ho! For Mexico. Special Dispatch to tlie Pittsburgh Commercial. WASUIXGYON, May 6. The inevitable resultof tho waragainst the rebellion has for some six weeks past been foreseen in thearmies of ibe Union, and it required no prescience to discover that by the 4th o! July next, one balfol the Federal aiiny could be dispensed with. " What shall we do when this war is overis a question that lias been very naturally presented to the minds of our soldiers. 15y four years removal from busines inteicourse we have been in a great measure disqualified for immediate engagement in the ordinary pursuits of commerce or trade, and we must do some thing for our livelihood in the future.— We have acquired a taste and inclination for adventure; where shall we find the en couragcment for and ibe enjoyment of these proclivities ? In Mexico, is the unan imous response, and •' Un to Mexico" is now the word. No armed expedition is contemplated, so far as is now suggested, but emigration to Mexico bids fair to as suuie greater proportions than did the rush to i'alilornia some fifteen years ago. Spocia) Pi«patch to tbe Western Associated Pres*. NEW YORK, May 7. Tho Herald'» Washington special«»vß: The proposed emigration to Mexico, which seems likely to assume formidable dimensions, is thought tv bode no good to imperialism in that country. Emigrants will, by decree of the legitimate govern ment of Mexico, immediately become nat uralized Mexican citizens. • —The Tennessee Legislature has elect ed lion. H. J. Patterson and Hon. S. Fowler, U. 8. Senators, tho former for four years and the latter for six. It now only remains for Tennessee to elect Con gressmen to entitle her to full recognition as a State in the Union. —Several of the Washinglonians, who were paroled by Gen. Grant, and return od home, have been sent South again, for refusing to take the oath of allegiance. Mimy of them are anxious to take the oath, and remain good citizens. • (the Jmcvican Cittern. fjgr* The Largest Circulation of any Paper in the County, "©a THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor. in. W. SPEAR, Publisher. HUTIER pA . WEDNESDAY Jfif IO 1885. " Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and 'naeparable.''—D. Webster. l'eaee Once Wore! When WR cast our eyes back but two -hort months, to the re-inaugural ion of President Lincoln, and examine the then situation, with the Davis Government(?) strongly fortified in the capitol they bad held ior four long years—with another strong army in the Carolinas, and still another within the confines of Alabama and Mississippi—everywhere with a haughty and defiant air proclaiming their ability to maintain their independance and their military power indefinitely, and then examine their preseut status, we can scaicely believe our senses. Is it possi ble that that veteran army, with its " great leader," have at last been com pelled to give way—to fall back—to sur render to the Union legions ? Nor arc the results of thatgreat event less striking than the event itself. Great battles had been frequently fought before, and great victories won, but no such decided results attended them. Thebattlesin the South west in tho spring of sixty three, the battle of Gettysburg, the battle of the Wilderness, and many others, were grand indeed, both in execution and results, but the battle fought on the 30th and 31st of March and tho Ist of April last, by that veteran legion under Lieut. Gen. Grant, was tho \ v aterloo of the war. As we have already remarked, when that move ment commenced, the Soutbren chival ry (who had been starving and torturing our prisoners in their hands, besides shoot ing our pickets, and doing all other acts consistent with the eharactei of that ele vated class.) were still defiant, while many of the conservatives of tho North could not see that we were any nearer the realization of our find hopes of final vic tory than when vve first began. Now how changed ? the army of Lee is gone—the army of Johnston is gone. The whole rebel army is gone ! and there is every reason to believe that there will be no oc casion to fire another gun. In short, the war is over, and the rebel chiefs are Hying for their lives, while heavy rewards are offered for their capture. The aristocracy of Europe is shocked—the rebel sympa thisers at liomc are chopfallen#—while the loyal millions rejoice, and thank God who hath given us the victory. Our columns, wo trust, will 110 more be filled with long lists of rtilen braves iu the fu ture. The work of reconstruction will now begin iu earnest, and we have little doubt but that most if not all the robllious States will be represented in the next Congress. Surely generations have passed which have not furnished as much his tory as the last two months. The Conspiracy. Booth is now no more. His head and heart are deposite din the Medical Muse um, and the remainder of his body is placed—where it will never be known. But, while he has been thus summarily dealt with, bow many of equal guilt still remain unpunished? Over three hun dred arrests have been made, thus far.— Letter writers tell us that some twenty or thirty of the.sc will have to pay the pen ally of death for their participation it; this grand conspiracy. There is another class however, which to us, seems equally guilty, Of which Gov. Seyuiuur OS New York, was per haps the leader—by wh se luHueneesuch desperate characters as Bpoth,were urged onto deeds of perfidy and murder. 1; was well igccrtaiued kit fall, that disloyal organizations existed iu various parts of the west. It became known that through the agencies of these socie ties, the overthrow of the State govern ments of some of the western states was intended. Information reached the execu tive of Indiana, that his life and that of some other loyal persons of influence was intended. That arms to bo used for the overthrow of the state government had been proem cd in New York—some of them had already reached their destina tion. Loyal men began to be alarmed. Copperheads began to grin, to menace and to prophesy. At this stage of affairs as order was issued in the department of the west based upon the above state of facts, prohibiting the sale of arms in that department for the space of sixty days. It's propriety was apparent to all who had any respect for law and order. But to Gov. Seymour, to whom the opposition looked, as to an oracle, denounced it in most bitter terms, characterizing it ,as tyranical, as unjustifiable, as subversive of law and order—but not (TO word did he utter in denunciation or even condemna tion of the treasonable doing* - which had, thus prematurely came to light. Like the rioters in New York, he recognized them as his "friends." It was through his influence, or inuflence like his, that the ie.-ser lights of the party took up the howl which they so lavishly bestow ed upon our worthy chief magistrate of "tyrant," "murderer," "the dgstroyer of our constitution," the enemy of the union" fee. Tn this way was fanned into life the spirit that murdered that great and good man. Now as we don't wish to see the severe penalty visited upon the rank and file of the Southern army which justice demands shall be the lot of the leaders—neither do we wish to see stern justice, unmin gled with mercy visited upon all those in the north who by ibeir vindictive con duet and language, educated the very ha tred which nerved the franzied assassin to take the life of the innocent. But we do insist that something is due to an In jured—a bleeding country. The 'east that the honor and interest of the country should accept in our opinion, would be the expatriation of a few of those arch traitors at the north, whose influence was so pregneut with evil to their countrv.— In this -lass would ccnie Seymour. Pen dleton. Woodward. Vallaudigbani, Voor hees and a number of others, the weight of whose influence was so powerful agains the cause of their country. To allow such to remain in our midst is to trifle vith both justice and honor. They should he required to join their southern breth ren —the southern lenders, in some foreign country at once. The country will be well lid of them. Cwnl and Oil Fields of (tullcr ('on illy, l*enn*ii. The fact that Butler county, Pa., and the adjoining counties, contain immense bodies of minerals, is long known; and yet no systematic development has, up to this time, taken place. The inhabitants can all show where the coal crops out on the different streams, and in many locations some little mining is done for neighborhood use, so that the traveler, unless very unobserving, cannot fail to be duly notified, that fuel, in the form of bituminous coal, is in great abund ance in this section of Pennsylvania.— Still little, or indeed nothing, has been yet done to bring this immense body of wealth into any practical shape. Besides coal, strong evidence of oil ex ists in tnauy parts of the highly favored county; and for this commodity, efforts to develop htive assumed a more business like form. Cood sites for boring are se lected, and derricks are being put up by parties full of hope in consequence of dis coveries, in the shape of good yielding wells, in Lawrence county, adjoining the Huller county line. Very considerable excitement is felt in this locality at present, which promises, with the opening of spring and when the roads are better, to become very general an<] extensive. On Muddycreek, some what central in Butler county, on the Al len farm, is a hole now being sunk for oil, which is down some five hundred feet, and according to the opinion of the oil-wise, show some excellent symptoms; so that preperations are making to receive the ole agenous fluid, the coining of which is ful ly expected by the enterprising ownersi That oil exists in these valleys is tra ditional ; early settlers were aware of its, at that time, disagreeable presence. It in terfered with their salt manufactures, and several salt works were abandoned on ac count of oily admixture with the water. Some of these old salt wells are about to be opened up with a view to oil instead of saline products. Among other sources of wealth, yet to ho brought into use by the enterprising, are iron ore, limestone and lead The two first, abound and are so general that with the coal, it would not be surprising to find, in a lew years, extensive iron wnrks sprinkled all over this portion of Western Pennsylvania. Indeed, alleady surround ing this territory in the Shcnango Valley 011 the one side, and the Allegheny on the other, numerous furnaces and cither iron works aro already found; and front the specimens of lead shown by the residents, and the traditions coming down from tho days of the Indians, large deposits of the ore are to be expected in portions of this county. • .Nothing but tlic lack of Railroad com munication, can prevent this highly en dowed country from assuming its rightful importance in the eye of the capitalist. This deficiency will doubtless soyD be supplied. No rnilroaJ company could re quire a surer basis for investment, lhan the mineral wealth so patiently awaiting the means of transportation. It requires no prophetic vision to see that the mutu al advautages so apparent will ultimately, if not very soon, bring the necessary cap ital to bear, investing in railroads on the one hand, and opening up coal mines and oil wells on the o'her, each contributing to the general welfare and success os the other. Ths N'oith Western Railroad, now the property of the Pa. Ccutial R. R. 0»., is laid out through this country, and a con siderable portion ol the road is already far advanced toward completion. When this road is finished in all its connections, it must become an important avenue for the travel Irom the Atlantic seaboard through Pennsylvania to the West, passing thro'- rich agricultural as well as the more ini jiurUnt mineral counties. i The history of Railroads show that the stocks of thiise used for the carrying of coal and heavy manufactures and products, such as iron and oil, are the best paying, and, therefore, require lesscxertiou to se cure the necessary capital. Let the North western Railroad bo built, with the re quired branches to the various coal beds along the route, and Butler and the sur rounding counties will be eompetely rev olutionized from its present quiet uriac tive and unproductive condition, into the stirring and prosperous life of mining and manufacturing districts. Having spent a few days lately in the vallets and over the hills of this interest ing region, it appeared a matter of sur prise that so little is kifown of its great mineral wealth by people abroad. Capi tal and labor aro certain of rich returns, if judiciously applied, and it seems that if one investigation of its resources eom menc.es. nothing can stay the tide of en terprise until these immense fields of min eral wealth are fully explored. It is to be hoped that a systematic disclosure of the j merits of the different localities of this territory will soon be inade by practical and experienced persons, and the subject will receive the attention from (lie public which its claims so richly doscrve. It is understood that a company, form- j e! in Philadelphia, the Butler and Lawrence Coal and Oil Association. have leased and purchased largo tracts of those mineral lands, with the view of opening the mines and searching lor oil, and it is to be desired that their investigations and efforts may meet with abundant success. "i nA «•!*" Increasing the fees of Justices of the Peace, and Aldermen and Constables, in certain counties iu this Common weal th. SECTION 1. Be it enacted l>y the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen fin/ Assembly nut, auil it is hereby enact cJ by the authority of the same, ilia! Ihe fees to be received by justicesot the peace, aldcrmeu and constables, be us follows: FEE HILL. Aldermen and Justices of the Pence. Information, or complaint, on behalf of the commonwealth, for every ten words, two cents Docket entry, on behalf of the com monwealth, twenty cents. Warrant, or mittimus, on behalf of the commonwealth, forty cents. Writing an examination, or complaint, of defendant, or a deposition for every ten words, two cents. Administering an oath, or affirmation, ten cents. Taking in a recognizance iu any crim inal case, and returning the same to court, fifty cents. Entering judgment, on conviction for fine, twenty cents. Recording conviction, or copy thereof, for every ten words, two cents. \'< arrant to levy fine, or forfeiture, for ty cents. Bail piece and return, or tvj>t•rsrdeas, twenty-five cents. Discharge to jailor, twenty five cents. Entering discontinu ,nce in case of as sault and battery, forty cents. Entering complaint of master, mistress, or appro tee, twenty cent.-'. Notice to master, mistress, or appren tice. twenty five cents. Hearing parties and discharging com plaint, torty cents. Holding inquisition under landlord and tenant act, or in case of forcible entry, each day, two dollars. Precept to sheriff, fifty cents. Recording proceedings, OIK. dollar. Writ of restitution, fifty cents. Warrant, to appraise damages, forty ce its. Warrant to soil strays, fifty cents. Warrant to appraise swine.entering re turn, advertising, ct cetera,one dollar and fifty cents. Entering action in civil case, twenty cents. Summons, cap. rr sub., each twenty cents. livery additional name after the' fir t? five cenis. Subpana duces tecum , t w enty• fi\'ecents. Entering return of summons, and qual ifying constable, fifteen cents. Entering capias , and bail bond, ten ccntj. Every continuance • 112 a suit, ten cents. Trial and judgment, fifty cents. Entering judgment by confession, or by default, twenty five cents. Taxing special bail, twenty-five cents. Entering satisfaction, ten cents. Entering amicable suit, twenty cents Entry rule to take depositions of wit nesses. ten cents Rule t) take deposition of witues.es, ten cents. Interrogatories,for eVery ten words, two cents. Kntering return of rule, ten cents. Entering rule to refer, ten cents. Rule of reference, fifteen cents. Notice .to each referee, ten cents. Notice to a party, in any case, fifteen cents. Kntering a report of referee, and judg ment thereon, fifteen cents. Execution, twenty five cents. Entering return of execution, or stay of plaintiff, nulla bona eat inventus, or oth erwise. fifteen cents. Kntering discontinuance, or satisfac tion, ten cents. Sci, fa., in any case, thirty cents. Opening judgment for rehearing, twen- Jj- cents. Return of proceedings in certiorari , or appeal, including recognizance, fifty cents. Transcript of judgment, including cer tificates, forty cents. Receiving amount of judgment, before execution, or where execution has issued, and special bail been entered, within 20 days after judgment, and paying the same over, if not exceeding ten dollars, twenty cents. It above ten dollars.and net exceeding | forty dollars, fifty cents. | If above forty dollars, and not exceed ' ittg sixty dollaiS) seventy-five t»nh». • ! If above sixty dollars, one dollar. Kt-ery search, where no other service is rendered, to which any lee or fees are at tached, fifteen cents. . Entering complaint in writing, in ease ( of attachment, and qualifying complain- , aut, thirty cents. , Attachment, thirty conts. , Entering return, and appointing free- . holders, fifteen cents. I Advertisements, each, fifteen cents. Order t> sell goods, twenty-five cents. | Older for relief of a pauper, each jus- | , tice, forty cents. Order for the removal of a pauper, one | . dollar. Order to seize goods, for maintenance | o>f wife or children, thirty cents Order for premium for wolf or fox scalp, to be paid by the county, fifteen cents Every acknowledgment, o;' probate of a deed, or other instrument of writing, I twenty-five cents. Taking and signing acknowledgement of indenture of an apprentice, 112» r each t i(i 'enture, twenty-five cents. Cancelling indenture, twenty-five cents. \ Comparing and signing tax duplicate, ; fifty cents. | Marrying each couple, making record thereof, and certificate to parties, three ' dollars, Certificate of approbation of two justi : cos, to binding as apprentice, by direc tors or overseers of the poor, fifty cents. Certificate to obtain lan l warrant, 50cts Swearing or affirming county Commis sioners. Assessors, eto., twenty-five cents : i Provided, That this section shall not ap ply to the counties of Tioga, Cambria and Grecu. Constables' Fees. SECTION 2 Kxccuting warrant, on be-1 ha'f of the commonwealth, titty cents. j Conveying to jail on minimus, or war- ! rant, fifty cents. • Arresting a vagrant, disorderly person. | or o'her offender against the laws, (with - I out process.) and bringing before a jus- j tice, fifty c tits. Levying fine, or forfeiture, on a war- j rant, thirty cents. Taking the body into custoJy on mini mus, where bail is afterwards entered, be j fore the prisoner is delivered to the jaii- | or, fifty cents. Serving submenu, fifteen cents. Serving su ouious, or notice, on refer eree, suitor, m stev. mistress, or apprcn toe, personally, or by copy, each, twenty cents. Arresting on c pins, thirtv-five cents. Taking bail bon I, ou capiat, or .or de- j liveiy ot goods, twenty ceuti. Notifying plaintiff, where defendant has I been arrested ou capias, to be paid by I plaintiff', twenty cents. Executing landlord's warrant, or serv ing execution, fifty cents. Taking inventory of goods, each item, two cents. Levying, or distraining, goods, or sell ing the same, for each dollar, not exceed- i ing thirty dollars, six cents. For each dollar, above thirty dollars, ! four cents. And half of the commission shall be allowed, where the money is paid, after levy, without sale; but no commission j shall, in any cas«, be taken on more than the real debt. Advertising tho same, fifty cents. Executing attachment, thirty five cents. Copy of vendue paper, when demand ed, each item, two cents. Cutting up notices of distress, at man sion h use, or other public \,iace, on the premises, twenty centy. Serving scire facias, personally, twenty I cents. j Serving, by leaving a copy, twenty I j cents. ! l.xccuting a bail piece, thirty cents. j j Traveling expenses, in all cases, for j ! each mile circular, six cents : l'rorirfe<l, j ! That this section do not apply to the coun ties of Northampton and Fayette. SECI ION A. That alt fees, not supplied by this act, shall remain as heretofore SUCTION 4 This tiet shall not apply to the city of Philadelphia, the counties of Erie. Crawford. .-tisquchanna. l»ei ks, Fay ette. tireene, Cam hi iu. Lancaster. Montour, Northumberland, Columbia, Westmore land. Venango, Indiana. .Jefferson, Ches ter, Warren. Allegheny, Bradford and Sul livan, or the fees of aldermen, in the city of llarrisburg : I'roriilrt/, That this act shall remain and be in force, until the first day of June, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-six. ART nun (J. OLMSTED. Speakerof the House of Representatives WILLIAM J. Ti; KKELL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The thirty first day of March, Anno Domini 0..e thousand eight hundred and sixty five. A. 0. CURTIS. The Kcbd Leaders. WASHINGTON, May 0, 18C5. We have further news to-day of the absijuatulation of Jeff. Davis and his co adjuiors of i lie deceased rebel government. Sam. MeCubben, well known in Balti more, and heretofore au irreconcilable rebel, has returned to Richmond, tie was intrusted with the conduct of the i treasure of the rebel Secretary Trenholm, , which had been reserved lor an emer gency. He gives au account of many adventurous incidents aud hairbreadth escapes, lie left Jeff. Davis, Breckin ridge, lienjam n Trenholm, Extra Billy Smith, and other noted rebels at l.reens boro, aud made fast time to Richmond upon hearing the rumor of the falling out of the entire bottom of the Confederacy. lie says this choke body of fugitive confederates remained three days at Greensboro on account of some railroad or transportation construction; that they ate, drank and slept in the cars, because I the citizens of Greensboro refused to allow them to enter their houses, lest the federal authorities might hold them (the citizens) responsible for harboring rebels. 11 is account of the condition of this rebel government party, discloses au almost , j forlorn and hopeless state of alarm, and j vexation, and even deprivation, notwith-j standing their possession of no inconsid- i erable amount of treasure. At the time MeCubben parted with this miserable caterie, they had but one ! object in view, the personal safety of each. Texas was the ostensible objective point,! but it was secretly hinted that the coast i of Florida afforded the only means of arnaj* from capture by the Federal troops, i Booth's IMiiry oi" his Flight. WASUINOTON, April 28. Edwin Booth, brother of the assassin, arrived here to-day and has applied for the body of his relative. There is some doubt whether his request will be grant ed. It is probable that tho body will be quietly interred in some out of the way spot, unknown to all save those who per form the disagreeable ceremony. It is reported that llarold lias made a full confession of everything he kuows about tho assassination plot. Booth's body, after being photograph ed. was sawed up in an ordinary gray blanket aud placed in a couimou pine col fin, made of rough boards and unpainted. It will probably bo disposed of to-night. The legal identification of the body of the assassin took place and an autopsy of the body was had. Tho shaving off of the moustache, the out cropping of the beard, the u,,tidy and disordered appeir* auce of the body so changed his looks that his stage and street acquaintances would hardly have recognized the corpse as be ing that of J. Wilkes Booth. Tlier* were plenty of evidences to establish his identity, however, amongst which was the testimony of a surgeon who once remov ed a tumor from Booth's neck. The wound when partially well, broke out again, and on finally healing left a peculiar ridgy scar, which was easily recognized by the sur geon. An autopsy was held by Surgeon t!en Barnes, who reports that death was caused by a ball from a pistol. D appear ed that the spinal column wis about half cut in two by the bullet at about the third or fourth joint from tho tho top of the ver tebra. Xnpolcon and Mexico. It is now well understood that Louis Napoleon Ins for some time past had a secret treaty before the British Govern ment, proposing an alliance on American possessions. The two powers were to ic spcctircly guarantee to each other the possessions of Canada and of Mexico, but the cautious Brito::s were not disposed to cuter into the arrangement, cvideutly thinking that if the Canadians wished to leave they were welcome to go. If Louis Napoleon persists in supporting Maximil ian, he must do so on his own responsi bility, aud without auy backing from Queen Victoria's Minister*. lCven the diplomatic old King of the I'elgians will fail to entangle Great Britain in any such alliance. But it is not only the Mexicans who ! will trouble the French in that country. | General Ortega and bis son have not come I here on au idle mission, and it will I o | strange should they offer tempting induce ! merits to the officers and men now being discharged from the I nion armies to join the Mexicans in dr.ving out Maximilian and his French guards. Indeed it is no secret hero that cngagomeets have already been entered into that will insure the de parture, at, no very distant day, of some of our best fighting men, who propose to ! emigrate peacefully beyond the Rio Grand. Tiie I'liiicriii KseorL WASHINGTON, May 7. The military and naval escort., togeth er wilhsome of tho invulM guards retur ned from Springfield this morning di rest, a distance of nine hundred miles in exactly 112. r y eight hours. The hearse car and State car, us on the route to Springfield, also came back on railroads ofunifodu gauge. No accident whatev er happened on the entire distance trav eled, namely -!,7U0 miles, according to hasty estimates. At least five millions of'people witnessed the passage of the fu- I neral where there was a temporary so- I joiirn, and not less than seven million I had an opportunity of seeing the remains. I The occasion ealle 1 forth the deepest cmo ] lion everywhere, and offered indisputa ' ble evidence of the high esteem of the people for the late Chief Magistrate, 'flic funoral party express their satisfac tion wilh the kindness and courtesy of the State and municipal authorities who extended to them the most generous hos pitalities. Though the trip was fatigu ing there wasample comdensation in these attentions, and interesting and beautiful scenes presented, as well as in the rich and prosperous country through wli'ch they passed. Late Njewg Items. Men of wealth and influence in Richmond manifest considerable willing ness to renew theii allegiance by taking the prescribed oath, and it is said there is much apparent sincerity in doing it. Among those who have renewed their citi zenship. are many well known names of professional and business men. It is somewhat remarkable that the clergy Ih re, as well as elsewhere, are among those most backward in giving up the cause of Davis, the traitor, thief, and as sassin. The country adjacent to Washington City presents an appearance somewhat similar to what it did iu 1801. The camps of l he troops already arrived being dotted on every road. The farmers will suffer much, but they have the satisfae i lion of knowing it will be of short dura tiou. aud for the last time. —M. Romero, the representative in Washington of President Juarez Govern ment, has written a letter in refutation of a statement made iu the French Corps Lcgislatif, that Juarez had twice offered to sell Sonora and the property confisca ted from the clergy to the United States, and the offer had been twiee refused. Cleary, one of the parties for whom the President offers a reward iu his proc lamation, publishes a letter in a Toronto, Canada paper, declaring that there is not a particle of truth in the statement that he concocted and incited tho assassination, and asserts that he knew nothing of it until it had been committed. Out of seven hundred rebel officers ; in durauqe at Fort Delaware, all have ta i ken the oath of allegiance, except thirteen. ! Among the number who took the oath was General Ilhett, of South Carolina, one of the most intense secessionists and : nullifiers of tho traitorous South. —lt is rumored that llarold has made I a full confession of Bosth's usf.-us.sination [ of Mr. Lincoln, aud of his complicity ia< ' the transaction.
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