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Det..WILLIAM S. Piciaxo, Esq., former
ly- Assistant Clerk of the House of Represen
tatives at Harrisburg, died on Saturday last,
at his residence in the borough of York, aged
about 56 years. Ho was Clerk to the Com
missioners of York county during the laSt
six pr seven years.
earRICHARD COBDEN, a prominent Bri
tish statesman of the liberal school, died on
the 2d instant. Ho was the son of a farmer
of Sussex, and was born in 1804. His young
er years were devoted to c ommercial -pur
suits, and as a commercial traveller be visit
ed Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and the United.
States. Ho became noted in after life as a
pamphleteer and a leading member of the
liberal party. He took on active part in
urging the rep Pal of the corn laws, for which
service he received the munificent 'donation
of $350,000,
, raised by subscription. Ho,
served in the House of Commons for a num
ber of years, and wes always found on the
side of Bright and the liberals. Ho was dis
tinguished as an orator. Ho had many
friends in this country, whose attachment to
him was increased by his warns espousal of
the cause of the Union against rebellion.
A REBEL EDITOR KILLED BY AN ENRA
GED Mon.—Washington, April 25.—Joseph
Shaw, editor of the Westminster (Carroll
county) Democrat, whose paper was mobbed
and the material destroyed the night after
the murder of the President, on account of
the disloyal sentiments expressed by the edi
tor, and who was also warned away by the
people, returned yesterday td 'Westminster.
Last night he w :5 again waited upon by a
delegation of citizens, who knocked at his
door. He appeared and fired into the crowd,
wounding a young man named Henry Bell.
Upon this the enraged citizens killed Shaw
on . the spot.
M.THE Greensburg Argus thus announ
ces the brilliant triumphs of our heroic armies
which resulted in the capture of Petersburg
and Richmond. The Argus may be safely
termed the last of the copperheads, for cer
tainly no other terms could be applied to
such a treacherous reptile. The Democracy
of Westmoreland will doubtless blush for
the open, inielent, cowardly treason their
organ has manifested. We quote:
"The scraps of war news which we pub
lish to-day, will carry sorrow and bereave
mrnt t..) thousands of families. The slaugh
ter on both sides has been terrific. The
bungling butcher Grant, the marauder Sher
mail, and the incendiary Sheridan, have no
dodlit, at an immense sacrifice of life, ob
tained a decided advantage over the Confed
erate forces. Every battle inflicts fresh in
famy on our rulers, who have persistently
refused all terms of reconciliation that did
not inflict a death blow on the Constitution,
and be the winding sheet of our free insti
tutions."
Is it necessary for the good of our coun
try, the welfare of humanity or any other
commendable object, that this cowardly de
famer of our soldiers, our Generals and our
Government should be allowed to live in the
Same community with loyal Men IA mild
really like to know.
TICE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.—The
terrible.tragedy at Washington has led to
the inquiry on the part of many concerning
the successor of President Johnson, should
he also he removed by death. For the in
formation of such we would state that vacan
cies in the Presidential chair during any
giv ii term are filled from the Senate. Just
bafore the close of the first executive session
of each Congress, the Vice President usually
locates the chair, which is immediately till
ed by the election of President protein, who
performs the ditties of the Vice President
whenever that officer is absent, and in case
of the death of both Preidint and Vieo Presi
dent lie succeeds to the office. The resent
Prsident of the Senate is lion. Lafayette S.
Foster, of Connecticut. He has been in the
Senate since 1853, and is two years the senior
of President Johnsen. During the first
Congress under M r. Lincoln's administration
(the thirty-seventh,) Ilon. Solomon Foot of
Vermont was temporary President of the
Senate, and during the•htst (the thirty-eighth,
Laniel Clark, of New hampshire. Dur
ing Mr. Pierce's administration, David
Atchison and Jesse D. Bright, presided in the
Senate; during Mr. Fillmore's. ion Wm.
B. King, of Alabama, presided, and during
Mr. Tyler's, Samuel L. Southard and Willie
P. Mangum presided.
A correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal gives an account of a conversation with
the late President, from which it appears
that lie had a presentiment that he should
not survive the close of the war. The writer
says: He may not have looked for it from
the hand of an assassin, but he felt sure that
his life would end with the war long ago.
He told rue "that he was certain he should
not outlast the Rebellion." It was in last
,1 uly. As you will remember, there was dis
sension then among the Republican leaders.
Many of his best friends had deserted him,
and were talking of an opposition conven
tion to nominate another candidat6; and uni
versal gloom was among the people. The
North was tired of the war, arid supposed an
honorable peace attainable. Mr. Lincoln
knew it wasnot—that any peace at that time
would be only disunion. Speaking of it, ho
said :—"I have faith in the people ; they
will not consent to disunion. The danger
is, they are misled. Let them know the
truth, and the country is safe." He looked
haggard and careworn, arm further on in the
interview I remarked on his appearance, say
ing : "You are wearing yourself out with
hard work." "I can't work less," heanswer
ed, "but it isn't that—work never troubled
mo. Things look badly, and I can't avoid
anxiety. Personally, I care nothing about
a re-election; but if our divisions defeat us,
I fear for the country," When I suggested
that right must eventually triumph—thatl
I had never despaired of the result, he said - :
giNeither have I, but I may not live:to •see
it. I feel' a presentiment that I shalt. not
outlast the Itebollion. ;Whon'lCiXOiiir
work will be done,"' _
le — No President, of,
member of the Cabinet NOn ever before muff
dared. An attempt was made' to take the
life of General Jaclison, iii this ti , liy . ;''lol33ll
but it Tailed. The only Cabinet ofticOrshO
were.killed since the organization of the
Government were Abel P. Upshuri ,Secre
tery of State, and Hon. John A.
Secretary of the Navy under John. Tyler's
Presidency in 1848. Both were from Vir
ginia. , They were killed - by the burstiiig
of Commodore Stockton's gun called the
, ‘Peaceinaker;" on board the UnitediStates
Steamer Princeton. The President, John
Tyler, was aboard, and narrowly escaped a
similar fate.
Now that his days on earth are ended Mr.
Lincoln is receiving even from his ; bitterest
ap2onexits,_tributes. of- admiratioii; and re
spect such as are seldom given to pie 4 even
hyllieir friends. We rejoice to seOlnitjuti
ticcisatlast done his memory, but* Cnnntit
forbear thinking that his virtyes shonlikhfi4e
been acknowledged as readilt
as they are now when he, ias left tin; theater
of his greatness. We hope our people will
observe this sudden change from censure to
truth, can
dor and fairliesi there is in the dealingsof pro
fessional Politicians with those whom they
oppose.
We giNie 'Weic extract's irOnt''''tlih leading
journals , that opposed • 111r. - I+incoln during.
his life,,not, only because they are :eulogistic'
of our departed chi of but hecause they effect-,
utillyanswer previolis denunciations
of.him. ' The NOW York Harciid speaks thus:'
In the retrospective' glatiCe of history the
"accidents," as they are called, of his eleva
thin will all have faded out of sight ; and the
pen of thh historian will only chronicle some
seek -record as the following: Froin • the.
very hutublestposition in afamily subsisting
by agricultural labdr, and himself toiling for
-daily bread in his early youth, this extraor
dinary man, by
. the gifts of ,self education,
absolute honesty of purpose, perfect sympa
thy with the popular heart and great natural
endowments, first rose to eminence as a law
yer; then 'gradMited in Congress ; was next
heard of as the powerful though unsuccessful
rival for national Senatorial honors of the
deniocratie candidate for the Presidency,
'over whom he subsequently triumphed in
1860; and four years later we find him, in
the Midst of overwhelming financial embar
rassments, and' uring the uncertain progreis
of the bloodiest and nick, desolating civil war
ever waged, so completely retaining the con
&lmmo of the American people as to bo tri
umphantly reelected to the first office in their
gift. They will claim for hint all the moral.
influences, which—acting through material
forces and agencies—have led to the abolition
of slavery, and the permanent enthroning of
popular institutions on this continent; and,
in their general summing up of this now un
appreciated age in which we have our fever
ish being, and in their pictures of those events
wherein the clamorous partisans of the past
week were prone to urge that „Nit. Lincoln
bad been but a passive instrument, his name
and figure will be brought forward in glow
ing colors on their canvas, as the chief
ling power and central organizer of the
vast results which cannot fato tbllow our
vindication of the popular form of govern
ment.
And while we all must mourn with s'nd
and sickened hearts the success of the great
crime which has removed our beloved and
trusted President from the final scenes of the
contest, lie had thus for conducted to a tri
umphant issue, let us ri.tt forget that by the
circumstance of death the seal of immortali
ty has been stamped upon his fame ; nor is
it any longer in tile power of changing lor
tune to take away from him, us might have
happened had helived, oneof the most wild,
hrilhent end stainless reputations ii l eh
in the world's an na Is any record can be found
—its only peer existing in 'the memory of
George Washington, ,
The-N. Y. Wur/Li:the chief organ of the
Democracy and the mist bitter denouncer of
Mr. Lincoln and his measures during his
life also pays him a tribute now which is
worth preset wing, Here it is :
"Of tire career brought thus suddenly to
this tragic close, it is yet too curly to make
any estimate that will not require revision.
It is probable that the judgment of history
will differ in 11l any respects from that of Mr.
Lincoln's cotemporaries, and in no respect,
perhaps, inure than in reversing the current
tenor of the public thinking on what has
been considered the vacillation of his char
acter. It must never be overlooked that Mr.
Lincoln WaSulevated to the Presidency with
out previous training; that he was a novice
in the discharge of high executive functions.
Confronted at tire very threshold with pro
blems of a novelty, magnitude and difficulty
which would have caused the most experi
enced statesmen to quail, beset on all sides
by the most conflicting advice, it would nut ,
have been wisdom, but shallow and foul-_
hardy presumption, indicating unseemly
levity of character, if he had affected a dis
play of the same kind of confident decision
with which en old enilor ntnlyngep a cock
boat in fair weather. If under such circum
stances, he had played the role of a man of
decision, he would have forfeited all title to"
be considered a inan of sense. When the
most experienced and reputable statestllen of
the country came to opposite conclusiOTlS, it
is creditable to the strength, solidity, and
modesty of Mr. Lincoln's mind, that Lie acted
with a cautions and hesitating 201Theration
proportioned rather to a sense of his great
responsibilities than to a theatrical Ilona - tut'
political stage effect.
" Had the country, previous to Mr. Lin
coin's first election, foreseen what was com
ing, it would not have chosen fa. President
it roan of Mr. Lincoln's inexperience and
peculiar type of character. But if his party
was to succeed, we doubt whether foresight
and deliberation would have made so good a
choice. With the Republican party in pow
er, this terrible struggle Wine illevitable, and,
with a Merl o' fixed views and inflexible pur
pose at the head of the Government, it would
probably have resulted either in a dissolution
of the Union, or civil war in the North. In
either event, we should have lost our institu
tions.
,The stability a republican govern
ment, and indeed any form of free govern
ment; d6 - p6i,N6pork it possessing that kind
of flexibility which yields easily to the con
trol of public (minium In this respect, the
English Government is more pliable than
our own, the Administration being tit all
times subject to immediate eharign by, losing
the confidence of the representatives of the
people; whereas under, nur Constitution an
iron inflexibility can maintain itself in office
for the full period of four years without any
possibility of displacing it;' - diceptrby revolu
tion. In ordinary times, this works well
enough ; for the growth of opinion, in any
ordinary four years, could not be so rapid as
to indispose the people to await the .Presi
dential election. But when there was let
loose upon us at the beginning of the last ad
ministration, the wild ontbreakings of tur
bulence and treason, the development of opin
ion went forward with gigantic strides coi
responding in some degree, to the violence
and magnitude of. the contest. Any policy
which a Republican President might have
ad4ted with decisiOn in the Spring of 1861,
and adhered to with steadiness during the
four years, would have exposed the Govern
ment to be shivered into fragments by the
shocks of changing opinion. What was
wanting in the flexibility of our political
system was made up in the character of Mr.
Lincoln. Whatever may be thought of the
absolute merits of the late President's admin
istratimi—on which it would not be decorous
to express our views on this occasion—it can
not well be denied that it has boon, through
out, a tolerably faithful reflex of the domi
nant public opinion-of the country. Whe
ther that opinion was, at any particular stage,
right and wise, is a different question; but it
cannot be doubtful that the predominant
opinion carries with it the predominance of
physical strength. A government against
which this. is arrayed in , gathering force,
must yield to it or go to . ,meces. Had Mr.
Lincoln started with' his em ancipation policy
in the Spring of ,1861,- .his adniinistration
would have boon wrecked by the moral aid
whiOh weal& 'kayo been' given the 'South by.
the Northern conServAttives, including largo
part* the, epublican ,party. kind ho refi t- shit to 'adept' the
beyond the Autumn oil 1862, the Republican
party would have pfused public.suppoo to
the liVaVtthd thiY.lBdifth have -gamed
its#l4,ollllPANrkllfileit Ai4i ,- .411 A WA:
Republican &map, the qavernmght w ould
have ileirafit abed lak;• end' the'vidiened Of
opinion. would have wrenched itii.COnilicting
parts asunder. Regarding the, gro w th of
Opinion simply in the light of a fad,' vie must
concede. that ,Mr.. Lincoln's slowness, inde
ciiiion and. relhettint,' ahanges'de policy, have
Veen in skillful; or at least fortunate, adaPtii-
Lions to. theQ . irovailing.pililio sentiment*
the country. genie have changed more ra
pidly, some more slowly than he; linetheie
are,,fow of his countrymen Wll4r.havo
,changekat all.,
rr r
44 11 we' loOlc2foiAlie'eletiierite - Of 'Character
which have contributedlO the extraordinary
and .constently growing.spopularity of, Mr.
Lincoln, they are 'not far to Seek. • The kind
ly, oalopiiiiionabliVjovitil turn of his dietiod-
litirfflltetrillntirtlifilltr'n:Dtirffbettitift4
puerile -vanity, or pax7enu insolence, convey
ed a strong impression of worth, sense and
solidity, as well Mt goodness of heart. go ,
net* disclosed the slightest symptom thlo
- etas &ailed* elatbd by his great positiok
cio that* iiiti . inclunbent, uponanni tffbe
ally od Omit. Plain .tilfirgilitrx Lin - 4n.; Ohl
li
was in infbiltely bet* taste thin !woAld
iiftv been any attenaWtd put; Otkinanffers
that did - not'alt easily, upon, hisltaining and
habits, under - A° falsn - notion Wit, he wills'
be supporting the dignity of his office. `NP''
offense in manners'is so intolerable as affiibi
tation; nor anything so vulgar as a soul
haunted - by gar un edgy .eiffigalilitafiarof 'VW'
garity. Mr. Lincoln's freedom from any
such upstart affectations was. one of the good
points of his. character.; itbetokened his gen,
=mesa and'alneniitY..
he patty •Neibbi' tti at heretofore never
maniflidted - any - sympathrforienrotMilhtf
opposediebellion 'and' that could see nothing,
but, wickedness, folly and;imbecility in• Mr.:
Lincoln, now:speaks out in tones of ;sorrow
,
of his loss, and. ronounces on him a - eulogy,
,
such: as - even the most exalted greatness . '
might expect. 'lt says:
"And indeed. it has rarely happened that
a,poople!have been visited. with such _cause
for lamentation. Had it pleased God, by
disease' r aceidebt, to take froM us our Chief
Magistrate, the shock would have 'been less.
But to see him stricken down by the brutal
rage of an aSsasSin, murdered at the very
threshold of the gate of pence he was about
to open, abruptly hurled from his sphere of
usefulness at the crisis of the Republic's fate,
in n such a misfortune, all that is horrible.,
and pitiable, and calamitous, has been con
centrated into one fatal moment tooverwhelm
the country with affiletion. For the first
time in our history, assassination has thrown
its dagger into the political scale. Oh the
disgrace of it the shame of it, the peril, if
ever that crime should bo identified with
the American character I Let us not believe
for the honor of the American name, that'
it was prompted by partisan malevolence.
Let it not bo associated with the record of
civil strife, further than as the act of a
murderer whose criminality goes not beyond
his own individuality. We will not insult
any section of our country by pleading for
its people, or their leaders, exculpation from
complicity in this fiendish deed; for in be
half of Americanism, we assert that they
will loathe and denonnee it. For soldiers
have no sympathy wieffassassins. Be their
cause right or wrong, they strike for it on
the embattled plani, against an armed, and
ready foe.
" The fall extentof the misfortune involved
in Mr. Lincoln's death cannot yet be meas
ured. It depends upon whether his succes
sor will take up the policy of conciliation
that we'know the late President had deter
mined to pursue. Mr. Lincoln, of those in
power, was the best friend of the South. In
his kind heartednoss, ho will stood end baf
fled the vindictiveness and fanaticism of the
radicals of his party. It is known that he
had prepared and was about to publish a
Proclamation of General Amnsety, so con
ciliatory in its tone and so honorable in its
conditions thflt it would have been accepta
ble to a large portion of the South as well as
to the conservative people of the North.—
What of that proclamation ? Will it he ig
nored, now that its author lies cold in death?
We trust not. It is among the legacies he
leaves the Republic. Those who have pow
er cannot pay a better tribute to his memory
than to fulfil . his wislie. Ilis voice will be
no more heard in the Cabinet, but in the
hearts of those that remain there should be
chords echoing the words of peace and for
giveness that he uttered en brief a while be-
Mre he passed into eternity. The living do
honor to the dead in completing the unfin
ished labor of love. No fitter requiem to
Abraham Lincoln than the song of peace
swelling from tho greaten' hearts of his
countrymen.
"He a:4l:s no hecatombs—lot his grave be ,
unpolluted by the blood of A mericans slaugh
tered for revenge. Let the law deal with
the murderer ; but, for statesmanship and
for the influence of popular opinion the mis
sion of the hour is peace. Shall the deed of
a single man, prompted by his own unnat
ural instincts, affect the policy of a strong
Government, And blast the hopes that have
so . recently dawned upon the land ? Shall
the legitimate sorrow of the people for the
,loss of one whom they trusted and honored
degenerate into a savage vindictiveness tow
ard a race guiltless, and, at this day, uncon
scious of thecrime that has been perpetrated ?
It would be a stand° , -o. oor ..,o; s he—o , ...i ,
to believe it. No; let our statesmen and
our people resume the Conciliatory temper
that prevailed before these dreadlW tidings
came to check the current olpopular opinion.
Let it be said that the germ of Peace was
planted by the hand of Abraham Lincoln.
Let it live and flourish and become a 111011U
ment to his fame."
II those are the encomiums his greatness
forces even from his foes what words can ex
press the admiration, affection and love tor
him that fills the hearts of those who hon
ored and trusted him while living and now
weep bitter tears over his. grave. No eulogy
from them is needed. Let his memory be
trusted to those who were not his followers;
let his praises come even from his foes.
WHAT HE DID WCT SAY
After announcing the arrival in that city
of the remains of our late President, the N.
Y Tribune says : "It seems a tit moment
for recalling attention to the wisdom and
patriotism evinced by our loved and lost lea
der in his reserve and silence—in what he
took care not to say or do during his occu
pancy of the Presidential chair. Fur many
a fool has the credit of clever or smart say
ing's—perhaps justly; but to refrain from fol
lies that are current and popular, steadfastly
refusing to lend them any countenance what--
over, evinces a profound and invinCible•sa
gacity rare among even the ablest of public
mon.
I. Mr. Lincoln, throughout his arduous
term of serviceof President—in fact, through
out his entire public career—utterly, stub
bornly refused to utter a word calculated to
embroil us in a contest with any foreign
power. "Ono War at a time"—the words
with which he decided the Trent case—were
the key-note of his entire official career. He
never proposed the idea, once so popular, of
getting out of our domestic struggle by plun
ging into one with a European power. None
of the bogus " Monroe doctrine" bravado,
which so tickles the ears of most grounlings,
over cscapid his lips. Ho was of course an
noyed and embarrassed by the French inva- t-te i! slaves end all their property that wo
sion of 'Mexico, and he never concealed his ~find. This is thO'NVII . ); tp tear up the sys
dislike to that Napoleonic blunder; but he i r iry the roots. We haVe no favors to ask
felt that it ill became the chief of a great nn-
these men. They have waged wur to the
Lion to indulge in warnings and menaces. ttern3ost. They have murdered not less
which he was notoriously unable, during with al' sixty thousand,of our soldier/4,in rebel
Civil War, to back by material persuasio
Tprison pens by inhuman ,brutality to prison-
It would have been easy and popular, crs of, wile, whom they . were bound , by qi
civilized usages to treat 'Well. ' nay hav6
plunge the country into a great foreign w
caused the death of Ithoniands more of our
but that would have been to ensure its ,r
manent disruption and' overthrow. Mr h' best and bra Vest sons who have fought in do,
coin saw the right from the outtiet,•aulld fence of; the Union and the„Constitution,
The lives and. the; estates of these initlaws.Are
the courage and patriotism to pursue/ '
alike forfeit. The least
. 'iva , candy is to &-
11. He never' t t . illted
„vindictive/ 21 . 0 . r
pri VC them of the, Wealth 114 liiivii conv4t:
threatened to hang or shoot Men ;sy w i 9 . .;
not i.n hie 1" 1 " 5 "r : 'lle, probably haiVn i od Into - the triettiali 'tiVrobelliiiii - . 4 If 'we . spare
Ana' kisen"a Peraeiltien O" Iliti:Wiatr :, ih'elt;wOrthlesdlifctiPvieitlt iloi•letive With
the kiwi - holdall? ißebtillion lis itq e ,,, r r, n d ' in:their' rette'hAhe'•chaneo of iagain 'waging
war againlit. the; ropublic.:, ITho slaves' have
could have butirhei attiadiltlia , wn '' l lt h a in
KVer barked at,thoso who wort',7, l ,_ - boon eur , steadflutt, friends, while.their , mast
tors weregorteralliiiaitors. Thetrueconrse,
Firs .your
reach.of his„bite., • Mrs.
,(lass' n- 1 /coor
then, 'is not so much' to punish m'e're individ
violate.— uals,withficath as - to 'annihilate, the' gauge iof
Lion for hare-cocking—o
hare"—ho was never tempti!
4nd Ti . 7 v i. - i ii - t - i •i l la:14 - iiii I TiRlith'ii fearful the
e r2f i s t l e l c u l Li. t t o d le e r
f e l t the sl i a e v v e c o o t n oN
imuthern life, and' .mako the trlaitors'outciuits
looking; for of judgment, I P!'749 1. !' 119 In
'HOW aeist, lt,,Wtill'not4u il b i 11 0' t In g gt.home,' powerlessifor roisehief,,seerued.hy
all who - knOW theni. ;
Of or li ite s i 2 ed by'Fiesiden4""*.
t . u car as might be
- 'ln 'Ho alvittiii koP
df the' tangle of prematuticaMistruction."
f ithOtart, In this
1 He instinctively . saw ,
its,in ether respects, ially.,of,,quarreling
over the disposition.a‘i°,fox'S'', skin, while
th.i l qx:, wai WU, utiel b ' LV irki,. , ll.6 l ik til e'
hack of ihe HobelliKar" You'titidertake.
t o pass sentence ja)aißebel abide ; van—
r .quintrinutdispersenthvltetevitimier tlilie".ll2oratrerOhtSanr-NINEPPIOdffer-of
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you quarrel about the terms of readt4iing . the trifted States—who now by the provis
lo,Ont,..go-ilinels States not yet readT l ome ions of thoVonsitation becomes President
h.fie - k:nn - .`ti terms. To settle quekiibna as was borne 5n Raleigh,N. 0 December 29,
~:
das.y, 7 sesrally arise, tRd - - not diiide the, ~189,,, At i oo agOok'fourli s elo,st hisr:kathir
loyal a rength on topissAilt yet lit order, at . -.tsu he ?arms, apftr i elticeiV v o'3l.t.ailot t trliOm
': 4 , a irik'n, antiiiliethe maximii‘l4,w ich ProOdenV Aueserved4even y.ears. Iglq learlintihis
~ D ineedn's course was steadilh ided4 "Where t;iittfe he Olio'leariiidito readAind his ;Implitit..,.
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.41.econitinction" becani4i tican Ili wiik , fealty:, as4sithiaaviientedliecteces4rAeli
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4r,
•sready.to' pot on it, and not before. Ails re- liugelit man and el plebian' - rigin. In liA4
fusal.tiY:itprirove, the Wade-Davis bill of last
Teili s ira's based avowedly on this prinaiple.
"AifdliliFiniebessor will find - his-task-lighter-
in canaequence:,
-MEASURES .. -
We cannot regard with complacency or
satisfaction . any-future-of- the.south-which
4°? B ,P?Plec il lY.PPlPPOPkt‘q°:t r ksli tB 49 l oPg.
feattny, , and that ncl.p,artial, Joettl, , teropor,-.
ary, theoretic, 'compensked pr, gradual, but
thortiuglOttilienl, itnemidiffonal; Mni;iersitt
einancipritiob, without apprenticeship; ser
fage, terimulsory'laberj or:tinY , of the: inci
dents calculated . to preserve from extinction
the plantation system., ~Astde frompe , :hu7,
manitarian view of thesuhject, there cannot
be satoty for the interests of the nation in
any other course of policY'theit
must rid ourserVes of that YeatiferOtis'ele=
ment which burned 'men alivel whielratmed
a whole communitragainstitself, And made
every man the avenger of his own private
griefs, irrespective of laws;. which debased
the poor whites below the condition oven of
the slaves of the plantations; Wilk]) made
it a crime to tench a slave to read or write;
which made the north ono vast hunting
ground.for human fugitives; which sapped
the foundations of the , republic,. introduced;
assassination into the Senate Chamber and
thellall of RepresentatiVes; andflnally struck
down representatives and high executive of
ficers wherever they could be found.
The new Presidentsaid truly, in his speech
to thc_lllinois delegation, that the assassina
tion of President Lincoln originated in that
which was the prolific cause of all our woes,
meaning slavery. The assassin who attempt
ed to murder Senator Sumner, at his sent in
the Senate Chamber, wits the forerunner of
him who killed President Lincoln ; and
Booth himself tells us, in his public appeal,
that he participated in the capture and ex
ecution of John Brown. Slavery owned
them both, body and'soul. They were more
slaves than the poor negroes whose chains
they sought to rivet. Especially was this
the case with Booth. The son of an intem
perate, extravagant, improvident, half..unity
actor, ho inherited no plantation, no slaws.
Bondage gave him no means of subsistence.
It cast him lira the north to earn a livirg,
and he tells us that there he made out wel.
Yet this miserable wretch was still a slate
to institutions in which he had no share of
interest. Thus it is everwhere at the souti.
Slavery shackles the non•slaveholders mope
completely than it does the planters or Be
slaves.
To talk about severe puniditnent of tie
fomenters and managers of the rebellion, is
though that alone were the grand panacea fir
all our ills, seems to us short-sighted and
foolish. The nitm whom it is proposed
punish thus severely by death, and some
whom we are perfectly willing to see rewart
ed with a traitor's doom, were debauched ly
the infernal influence of the system of boa
dage under which they lived. We n ign
make a holocaust of a million of them, aid
yet, if we did not utterly exterminate slaver:,
we should neeompli , h no more practically ,
than to rid ourselves of the present rebellioi,
and - leave the same - influeneeS to workoft
the same evils hereafter in some new fore.
When John C. Calhoun died, his pernicioni•
projects did not die with him, because Oa
institution which emscmidsred them produced
many men reaay and cage: to carry thep in
to execution. If wo were to catch anchang
Jeff. Davis, the example would be salutary:
and it would be still more so if all the mem
bers of his cabinet and the recusant officers
of the United States army who ledhis forces
were strung up beside him, like onions on a
rope. But if this sort of policy satisfied the
country so much that slavery should be al
lowed to survive the the war, we should at
sonic future day have more men like Davis,
Toombs, Lee, Booth, Brooks, etc.
Let us be clearly indersto , d. We know
that some sort of emancipation is generally
conceded. But we contend that the change
must be radical. No half-any measures will
suit the emergency. We must tear up the
atrocious institution by thcrdots. The whole
system, with all its atilistous, must be de
stroyed. Slavery mist Is succeeded by no
serfage ; no a pprentitbshb ; no substitute of
any other kind than fredom. We do not
expect this to be done a day. It is a la
borious ; Pi we must find the
men to do it, and thepust not sutler them
!
selves to he discourail or put MY. What
ever power Congreossesses to crush out
the very vitals of t slave system, should be
exercised prompt] .coldly end thoroughly,
and we have in th Supreme Court a patri
otic tribunal to snafu it in all proper legis
lation. arevut among those who re
gard theContis
and claim that it should be
We think it jut
it
rigidly enfordieverywhere throughout the
south, agaimilver3'
man or woman convict
ed o f titdth iie rebellion. This act is oho
of the e hhegines of southern purgation.
It will c oo us to do morn to break up the
plantatioiY4cm than any other measure we
can devi Irl our judgment it is not to be
held a
pp, fo
Rush because it deprives families of
r it is indisputable that the most
= diet ; the most fiendish wretches in the
o ward our poor soldiers wore women,
ge t r
wives and daughters, of rich mon.
str i y
islaveholder§ made t, rebellion. Let
ahllscate their plantations,, their houses,
Tin PUBBIDENT'S PRIy.A.T.E SECTLiTA.P.T,
COL BroWning who for the' lust fOhi - or Ave
years hae_been the conlidenthitSeeretary-ef
President Johnson,,is st.i4 acti,ng ai his pri.
iiiitO'seeretary. ' 2
liOn. Preston •King:,'; of Ibretv'.:York, , it,
perhaps the mai:4 intimatefFiend
of. the PrasidOnt, at the :present time, aliip
one Of hie oldest Senetonal friondsi• • ;;',,
ho went to Laurens Court House, S. 9. whore
he worked nearly two years. In May, 1829
be raturned - to Raleigh, whera he remained
until Ovtolriberoitherthe removed to Green
cifllc'e ho over held
ILUTVillage. -- He
was re.elected twice and in 1830 was chosen
.-Mayur,-- .1n:18351e was elected to.tho Leg,
, islettire, 1§47, was, r defeated and ,
wir,re-elected., , in 1840 he zerved. as Presi
dential. elector and canvassed the State ( for
tfieHinneeratie ticket. Tn 1841 he was elec
ted 'to the State Senate, and in 1848 was
sent to Congress; where he served untillBs3.
In and year he was elected Governor of.
Tennessee and again in 1855. He was in
1857 chosen United States Senator for the
full term ending March 4, 1862. When
Nashville was captured by our forces in the
spiling of 1862, he was made military Gov
ernor of the State by the President. Novom
bar 8,.1864, he was elected Vice President,
and succeeded to the Presidency by the death
of President Lincoln April 15, 1865.
REM
itfar The expedition under Maj. Gen.
Stoneman, which left Knoxville, Tenn., on
Oh' 10th tilt., •struck the East Tennessee
gailroad'im the 14th ult., at - Wytheville,
Christiansburg and Salem. .130tweett,, these
points thirty-three bridges were burned, and
twenty-five miles of track totally destroyed,
and besides many prisoners were taken, and
considerable quantities of corn and other
stores destroyed. On the 6th inst., Gen.
Stoneman moved, via Jacksonville, Dan
bury and Marksville, arriving at Grant's
Creek, five miles from Salisbury, N. C., the
Rebel line for the defense of the town, at 6
A. M. on the 12th inst. This line, defend-'
ing by artillery and infantry, was now
fOrced, and our forces entering Salisbury, at
10 A. M., capturing 8 stands of colors, 19
guns, 1164 prisoners, 1000 stand of arms and
accoutrements, 100,000 round of small am
munition, and 1000 rounds of fixed ammo
nision and shells, 60,000 pounds of powder,
75,000 complete suits of clothing, 350,0e0
army blankets, and 20,000 pounds of bacon,
100,000 pounds of salt, 20,0(10 pounds of su
gar, 27,000 pounds of rice, 10,000 pounds of
saltpetre, 50,000 bushels of wheat, $lO,OOO
worth of medical supplier., 70( 0 hales of cot
ton. Thirteen pieces of artillery were
brought away, and all other stores not need
ed for our immediate command were de
stroyed. The greater part of these supplies
had just been received from Raleigh. One
large arsenal, machinery complete, with
depots, two engines and strains, several
bridges between Greensboro' and Danville,
with several miles of railroad track were de
stroyed. Our loss was very few in killed
and wonnded. Among the latter Capt. R.
Morrow, .Assistant Adjutant-General of
Stoneman's Staff.
Th is eh urch was tilled yesterday to overflow
ing. Scats were brought in from the vestry and
placed in asses. Every available pl at , was
occupied. Among the noticeable persoes
present were Commander Behm, of the navy
and Samuel Downing, resident of Etlin
blirg, Saratoga county, f: hundred and four
years of age, and one of the three or four
, surviving soldiers of the Revolution. He
came to New York to attend the jubilee
that was to take place to-day. After a prayer
and a reading or 0c.,1 al appropriate
selections of Scripture by the assist in pastor,
Rev. Mr. Otherman, Dr. McClintock took
for his text, "Remember them which have
the rule over you, who have spoken unto you
the words of God whose faith. follow con
sidering the end of their conversation.' lie
brews xiii., 7. The speaker .SM - di—lt is the
Lord; His will be dime. This was all we
could say. The blow had stunned the na
tion. With all the strength which our faith
in God gives us, this wits all we could sty.
We should know hereafter what that death
meats; we know Not now. .• Remember "
says our text. and " follow." The; eis little
fear of our forgetting—there is little fear of
the world forgetting the name of Abraham
Lincoln. There is some truth in the saying
6( a German poet that men preserve the
memory of their destroyers better than that
of their benefactors. One of the very hest
signs of the times is that men tire coming to
pay a great, homage to metal groatllti6 than
heretofore. The day is dawning when the
sons of humanity, strong, yet tender, shall
be esteemed by men as the true heroes, as
they are in reality. Such a hero is Abraham
Lincoln. His tame had not to wait for the
revolving years to set it right. The stroke
of the assassin had dune the wurk of a
century. That mime stand, as high before
this whole people of all grades, of all parties
of all sects, of all classes, as it would have
stood in half a century had the blow of the
assassin never fallen. The aristocrats of the
Old World, who have been filled with fear
at what Abraham Lincoln hits done, will be
filled with still greater four when they learn
that this,mod and generous, man, whom
they never comprehended—so tender do mer
ciful, so forgiving, so full of of all peaceful
thoughts that revenge could find no place
in his heart—has passed away from earth.
But there will be grief in the hearts of all
;the liberals of Europe. In every valley on
the continent, every where where men havo
home, was there love for Abranani Lincoln
in the hearts of all the poor. In every slave
but of the South, in every shepherd's hut
of Switzerland, in every' woodman's cabin
of the Dark Forest, in every cottage in Italy
wherever men have learned during these fizye
years to think of Abraham Lincoln, they
have looked upon him as ono chosen of God
for the redemption of the liberties of man
kind. It is but lately that Gariba'di mimed
one of his grandch Id ren Lincoln, tie dream
ing lion', soon that r lime would become im
mortal. All over the world men will weep
at the death ,of Abraham Lincoln. And
why ?, Beeauseof ,the grandur of his intellect'
No, no. And yet the speaker had no sympti
thy with Much that was Said about his Intel
eat; possibly it might in some degree be lost
sight of in the ineffable snblimity of that
moral power which oVershadoWed all ; but
of intelleotul power -he had a great deal:
The speaker. remembered . reading when
across' he sea the remarkS of Mr. Lindoln
-at Gettysburg. They were, ho said more
like the words of Pericles, more purely Greek
'in their structure than 'anything he know
,that has.fallenifromitho lips of an American
, man. It was, not folyhis intellect, that we
loved Min yet, how grand it was to. see him, ,
btthat quick intuition Which never failed
him, go right to t he.
, bottpin,of, a yriatter.and
put to shame those', who priding,-theintielyea
upon their peliShed , rlietorio eduld only talk
all around it . ,,,gyorything„ pint...llloWe . , could
prompt or ingenuity invent had, em, said
against him; yet who has heard him Sa y on 6
hard thing go:of his :tradiMers?
"With malice tower& none, - with charity for,
all," is an utterance which we shall - quiote
hereafter as Age, ,quota the Another
element of ilfr. Linceln!ii moral nature was
his'faith:; ind, lanai& cOnfidetiee;
like that of, present Napoleon s buts-profound
religious. faith., ,He had said, to the'veaker
Of his jar
did not:think the : peoplehadleen 'ednoisted
.up to it; yet, I thought it 4 Wiiii.,,right, to issue
it ; ind'rtraiited ' 'and'dia ,
The
planners of .151rAinceln haviiilicen the- object
of,
,great, dent , of, enobbish „ comment. „ It
linairected'aimPlieitY th 6 moat entire
aMfthe.pitiwer to put his , visitorat:ease: and
atthe sampp time tit, ituriconspiousy if these
aro the ultitnate real:l44_lMA •lliii final " tests
of:refinement immahners, as ' , they - unqutesL
tienably aro, the
m n was_ ho,,t,he pper._ of- any
netiletriaifin hie Manas: • When yoU • shidi
learn fo.bovedialyj as s'gentle o lie tr* -
A t L
St. Paul's Church
=1
- Atfeeteklelfree:':otalltthanghtTniselt
as Abraham Lincoln was, then indeed, will
yall,htive finished manners. What if there.
should-ben few accidentialLrernanta_
fornie habitS? Of all the people i O. X*
n the
world +o tirothe very last tiltat,should think
of Ode. IJOst now, acrosirthOeii, men are
grieving 00, the death of -a Pam , snati of
the peliple; like Abraham Liderility a mad of
the isaine,#'4`nd' of manneoverywhere
Men; are #acting6iover Richard, C'nh d eA
NeVerviri:X.rig and .nor in France :has there?
ever been a word said about the maners of
Richard Cobden ; and yet tbey were asnea r ly
like Abraham Lincoln as possible. The
speaker said - that early in the morning just
after he had heard of the fall of Sumter, he
went to Cobden and said to him, "Are you
enough interested in the-American question
to have a ftivi , Wcirditir "Interested," said
he "interested," and the toars*t startedlroni
don't,sleep,
110'W - down and - went Oier the whole ques
tida? and , untiET - Carne•hack.,. said the speaker
apd.bad„ ft; intervicw,with,Abrahant Lincoln,
I never know hew Much alike those two men
Were. All over the earth I, tis Well
sts in hovel there shall.be weeping and mour
ing over Richard .Cobdon and Abraham
Lincoln, nien'that'worked With ther
and yet, raised themselva to the .highest
pinnacles of human glory, In seven years
Cobden towed the neck of the prondest itiria
tocracy in the world and 'ruled it. In live
years Lincoln throttled, destroyed and buried
the most damnable, the most cruel, the most
fearful aristocracy that had-ever established
itself in any civilzed nation of the earth.
Both have gone to their reward. We had
no fear about Abraham Lincoln except that
ho would be, too forgiving. O.what a fear
was that I Thp only fear that be would
be too tender that he had too much love.
in a word, was too Christlike; and how I
Christlike was he in dying. His death was
on Good Friday, and his last official words
were, in substance, "Father, forgive them
they know not what they do." Hero the
speaker alluded to the d ream which the Presi
dent had related shortly before his death,
which semi to be accepted now as a pre
monitory shr.dow of his own fate. ills
death it was said had united the American
people as never before, and though sad was
not altogether without good. We have
learned it was urged that no one man is;
absolutely nec:.ssary to the perpetuity of
our nationality. 'Wp have learned to un
derstand what treason is that we cannot be
too severe upon it. We are severe upon rob
bery and murder.; treason is the mother of
both, and slavery the parent of them all.
The speaker called upon his audience to join
with him and swear by the ,Almighty that
so far as in them lay never to 'consent to any
pacilication till slavery, the mother ot treason
should be destroyed. (Tremendous applause.)
We should watch well all our officials and
see that this sprout of hell never shoots up
agaiu and takes root in the American soil
(great applause.) '''
From Washington
LrlIE FROM GEN. SHERMAN
WA6IIINOTON, April 22.
Yesterday a bearer of a dispatch arrived
from General Sherman. An agreement for
the suspension of hostilities and a memoran
dum of NVII:tt, lS called a basis for pe a ,. had
been ent-red into on the IHtli inst., by Gen.
Sherman, with the rebel General Johnston—
tbe rebel General Greek i midge being present
at the conference.
A Cabinet meeting was held at-•S o'clock
in the evening, at which the action M . Gen.
Sherman was di-iapprovnd by thu Secretary
of War, by General Grant, and by evoly
member of the Cabinet.
General Sherman wits ordered to re,unin
hostilities immediately, and he was directed
that the imitruetion, given by the late Presi
dent in the followit g ittlegram, which was
penned by Mr. Lincoln himself at the capi
tal, on the night of Oh: :ltl of Alareh, and
were approved Pre,itlent Aedrew John
son, and were reiterated to got ern the action
Of /111iltarV
On the night of the 3.1 ..f March, while
President Lincoln and his Cabinet were at
the Capital, is tel.-grain from Gen. Grilnt was
brought to the Secretary ..f \\ at. informing
him that "Gen: Lee. hadreque. , ted an inter
view or conference to make arrangements for
terms of peace. The letter of Gen. Lee was
published in a message of Davis to the rebel
Congress.
Ouneritl Crorlt's t,legrain was submitted
to NG-. Lincoln, wh. , , after rtalering a few
minutes, took up a pen tind wrote , with his
own hands the billowing reply, which he
submitted to the. Secretary of State and the
Secretary of \Var. It wus then dated, ad
dressed and signed by the Secretary of War,
and telegraphed to General Grant:
Washington, March 3-12 p. m.-1863.
Lieut. Urn. Grant :
The. President directs me to say to you
that he wishes you to have uo conference
with (ien. Lee, unless it be for the capitula
tion of Gen. Lee's army, or on sonic minor
and pitr..ly military matters. lie instructs
Me to say that you are not to decide, discuss
or confer Ilpollany political questions. Such
questions the President hinds in his own
bands, and will not submit them to military
conventions. In the mean time you are to
push to the utnnist your military advantages.
E M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
The orders of Gen. Sherman to Gen. Stone
man to withdraw from Salisbury and join
him will probably open tie way for Davis to
e.cope to Mexico or to Europe with his plun
der, which is reported to be very large, in
cluding not only the plunder of the Rich
mond banks, trot previous accumulations.
A dispatch received front lUchniond says
it is stated here by responsible parties that
the amount of specie taken south by doff
Davis and his party is very large, including
not only the plunder of the Richmond banks,
but previous accumulations. They hope, it
is said, to make terms with Gen. Sherman,
or some other southern commander, by which
they will be permitted with their effects, in
cluding their gold plunder, to go to Mexico
or Europe. Johnston's negotiations look to
this end.
After the Cabinet meeting last night Gen.
Grant started for North Carolina to direct
Operations against Johnston army.
E. 31. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
[SECOND DISPATCH.I
Washington, April 22.—1 n a dispatch
dated at Mobile, & o'clock on April
14th, Major General Canby rel orts as fol
lows: We find in Mobile, and its defences
.on the west side of the bay. over one hundred
and fifty guns and a very largo amount of
ammunition and supplies of all hinds, and
about 5,000 prisoners.
Inventories are now being taken and
detailed report will be forwarded as soon as
they are completed. Thoquanlity of cotton
will probably reach 30,00 j bales, and there
is a large amount of proviSions and forage:
Major General Hancock reports that nearly
all of oseby's command have surrendered,
including nearly or quite all of the officers,
except Aleseby. himself: • Some of Moseby's
own men are hunting, him for a reward of
$20,000 offered forliine by General Hancock,
who lute been directed to establish headquar
ters at Washington.
The counties of Prince George, Charles and
St. Mary's have, during the whole war, been
noted for their hostility to the Government,
and their Protection to rebel blockade run
ning? rebel spies and, every other species of
public enemies.
The murderers of the President were har
bored there before the munder,•nnd Booth
fled in that direction. 'lf lie eseiwes, it will
be •owing to rebel' accoMplices•ln that• - re.;
glo,
The military corninander of the depFt•-
ment will ?speedily tiUte tneasniefl tV'bring
these rebel sympathizers and Accompliees
ihe,murd4r to a sense of their.priminal,eon
'duet. • •1. •M. i i3TANTON,' '
• . Soorotory. of War:.
[THIRD D{BxJTC~la
Washington, April 28,
''As''reiwita 'hive been 'ih''eireillatidn for
Bohm time of a correspondence litweenGen:
erals jobneon and Sherinati, the fullowing
memorandum' basis of What 'with agreed
upon between the: Generals, and the reality
is.Put )oo lhed . : : i ; 1.,
201.pruonArrnum ~ on. BASIS or ,AGREEMENT
nude' this the 18th day of 'A.prIVA. b:1.13U45;
:near Durham's. Station, tin the 'State •of
Nerd' Carolina, by„and between , geuerni
Jogai:oh li. 'Johnston, commanding ' the
Coniederate:ariny,. and' Aiiijor OtnerabW.
T. Sherman, comneanding,the - arm3r,of the
trnifeir States; bOthp r reaent..
, Theleordendine armies now, Inll4o
r •
F s:!
-11EltrittrinflinCreirtiaMMI
is given by the comnianding general of any
one,to Wopponefit, and reasonable time,
.say:forty-elglitliours, allowed.
Se&nd..- - Th - o.Confederate armies now in
ioxisttinCe.4oo,dishanded and conducted to
their isei , ,iteral,'Sta,te capitals, there to deposit
their ;arms sad public property in the State
arsenal; andeacq officOnd roan to execute
and .ilre4tn oreemontrto cease from acts of
warl.imetabille the action of both State
and Fedefai.--nuthorities. The number of
and Munitions of war to be reported to the
Chief of Ordnance, at Washington city, sub
ject to the future action of the Congress of
tho'Utiltefl States,- and in the meantilr 0 to be
used solely to maintain peace tJ9d order pith
in the borders of the States respectively.'
Third. The recognition by the Executive
of the United.Stntesof the sevoral.State Gov
lirfirnetits on thdir' Otrieeis end 'Legislatures
aking_the„oath prescribed , by the.Constitu
don of the United States, and where conflict
ing State Governments nave:resulted from
the war the legitimacy.of all shallbe sub
mitted to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Fourth. The re-establishment of all Fed
eral courts in the several States with powers
as defined by the Constitution and laws of .
Congress.
Fifth. The people and inhabitants of all
States to be guaranteed so far as the execu
tive can, their - political rights and franchise,
as well as their rights of person and property
as defined by the Constitution of the United
States, and of the States.respectively.
Sixth. The executive authority, or Gov
ernment of the United States not to disturb
any of the people by reason of the late war
so long as they live in peace and quiet and
abstain from acts of armed hostility, and
obey the laws in existence at the place of
their residence. •
Seventh. in general terms it is announced
that war is to cease. A general amnesty, so
far as the Executive of the United States can
command, on condition of the disbandment
of the Confederate armies. The distribution
of arms and the resumption ot peaceful pur
suits by officers and men hitherto composing
said armies.
Not being fully empowered by our respec
tive principals to fulfil these terms, we indi
vidually and officially pledge ourselves to
promptly obtain authority and will endeavor
to carry out the above programme.
(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding Army United
States in North Carolina. '
J. E. JOHNSON,
General Commanding Confederate States
Army in North 'Carolina.
Disapproval of General Sherman's
It is reported that this proceeding of Gen
Sherman was disapproved for'the following
among other rotten as
First. It was an exercise of authority not
vested in- Gen. Sherman,. and on its face
shows that both he and Jolip,on knew that
Gen. Sherman had no authority to enter into
any such arrangements.
Second. It WAR a practical acknowledg
ment of a rebel Government.
Third. It undertook re-establish rebel
State Government that had been overthrown
at the snerilt - of many th , n-and lives and
immen-e treasure, and plac.,l arms and mu
/11 t1"11 , of war in the Benda of rebels nt th it
re-Tertive copimls, which might he in:ed as
soon as the armies of the United States were
di-bandt, and m.ed to conquer and subdue
loyal State , .
Fouelh. Ily the restoration 0' rebel no
thority in the re-relive States they would
be enabled to re-e-hildbli slavery.
I''lPA. It might furnish /I ground rd . re
sponsibility on tho part e f the Federal Gov
ernment 1.4. pay lb rebel debt and e , rt a i n ty
subjects loyal citizens ‘.fr,bel States tr? the
debt contreeted by rebels in the name oP tho
State.
Sixth. ft put in dispute tl r existence of
Local Stute Governmenti, and the new State
()I' West. Virginia, whi,•ll had ln•n
1112. Pd by every department of the United
States Government.
Serhlll. It rr;lutic:diy 711,,dishcd
and relieved rebel; of every de
gree who had slntighterf d our people, 11 • l
lt I I pain, and penalties for their crimes.
E.:yid! 1. 11 gay.' term , that hod been de
liberated repeatedly, and solemnly 'rejeete(l
b s iA,Preoident Lincoln, tel better terms than
rebel-, lied ever ti,ked in their most prosper
ous condition.
Ninth, It farmed no basic of true and last
ing peace, but relieved rebels from the pres
i.ure of our victories and left them in-n con
dition to renew their efforts to overthrow the
("lilted States ( h and subdue the
lntal State wherever their strength Wa , re
cruited and any opp )rt unity should oiler.
JEFF. DAVIS HEARS OF LEE'S
SURRENDER.
He noes Down to Johnston
Determines to Fight On.
l'onK, April 23.
rho !infrolk, (V a.,) correspiindent of the
//...redd states that rebel officers, who had ar
rived there, report that the news of Lee's
surrender reached Jell' Davis, at Danville,
three days after his priiebanatiem und. Jeff'
kit at daylight the next morning for Greens
boro, N. C.
Ile stated that if bard mashed ho should go
to Texas where lie Is as sure he could rally
an army around him and makeaniither stand,
and that he should never leave the limits of
the Gonfederacy ; he issued orders for the
cavalry to join him and to burn the bridges
Over the Neherrin and Roanoke rivers, which
IC ']Feported to have been dune, and also fur
the evacuation of Weldon.
Secretary Stanton to General Dix.
WAR DErnierm EN T„„
WASDINOTON, April 24, 1865
Major General Jorrs A Dix, New York:—
This Department has information that the
President's murder was organized in Canada
and approved at Richmond. -
One of the assassins, now in prison, who
attempted to kill Mr. Seward, is believed to
be one of the St. Albans raiders
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Sedretary of War.
General "Hancock's Appeal to the
Colored Poople.
HEADQUARTERS, MIDDLE MILITARY
WAsatixorox, D. C., April 24, 1865.
To COLORED PEOPLE OF TUE DISTRICT
ON COitIMDIA yNDOrIVIATCYLAND OF ALEX
ANDRIA, AND TEE BORDER COUNTIES- OF
VirtoiNlA :
Your President has b6en murdered. Ho
has fallen by the assassin and without a mo-,
inent.'s ;warning simply aryl solely because
he was your friend and the friend of our
country. Had he' boon unfaithful to you
and to the great, pause of human ,freedom
he might i avelived. The pistol from which
he met his death' though hold' by Booth was
fired by the hands of treason and slavery.
Think of this and remember how long ,and
how anxiously this. good -man labored to
break your chains and to palm you happy.
I now appeal to yon by every consideration
which can move loyal and greatful hearts
to aid in discovering and arresting his mur
derer. Concealed by traitors, ho is believed
to be lurking somewhere within The limits
of the District of Columbia of, the State of
Maryland or Virginia. •Ge forth, then and
watch, , and listen 'and inquiie and Search,
and pray, by day and by night; until. yon
shall have succeeded in dragging this, MOD§-
trous and bloody criminal from leis'
plede. You can do much even.thel hum
-I?lelt!and feeblest, among ; .you, patio/FO, .and
tin weardd vigilance may render7o43T most
int portant :hseisia ht. , = Large- Ire wards, 'have
I?ect4 clifer9o 4..the!.1 . 9.1 7 ,91 , P94i; LPI , 4
Municipal. authorities, ana ey will be . pin
ftir'iliehpprelieifsiolitt 'thisy.iiiiiillorer; •or
for, any: intormetion.vthielkwill id.•,in ; heel
arrest.
...I3ut I ;the) that you "neecl lie such
stimulus YOU' waif Mint' diiwn thia
ebwardly:aSsassine , f :yOur best friend As,yo4
would . the iunriderer, of .YOUr father.
Do liS - behn
slain; and. the -country. which • Ims .given; you
freedom, ltvjll PR L ll9v:d t/ ,',. 1 1 n Ok9.'l9t.
d AllLSdibrtnnt`ion
.
!which ; iegd „ tii,' the
arrept,or ;l3ooth, or
~Suratt ,or Hareld ? ..should
lie edninatinibilleit to these hetidgharters, erto
General 'Holt; 'Judge AdVocata. Generid, , :. at
Washington, or, .if . immediate: Redonda re
citiled; then to the nearest military authort 7
;L 4.ll.ollgpre:and egldjnra , ia thig , :e9P l RWA
ar:tall loyal people, are enjoined to increased
vigilntico:- ; • , •
' • . :Mr; EMN.OOOg, , ' ,
illskj
Lor-Gienoral=United-Staos-yoluntecrar -
COiriniandin . Oliddhi Tifilitaiy
~.; .;~:,
Action
- -
eajatu e'oflllfadrn:-.llowa Coi.l a '
'sdizer.—.The War Department US kn.
41 . ortant Information Relative :to the
• .Murder of President
vial Gazette.
WAR . PEPARTMENT,
T
WesralloToN, D. C., April 24, 1865. f' •
Major 9eT!eral,,pix,lC7eto - rorle:
. :0.-411 8 Pviteli:froni „General Sherman states
that Wilson held Illaccin on the 804, with
0 , 41),h, G., W.. Smith and Athers
but they, clairpedlhe benefit of my
armistice and he has telegraphed to me,
through the rebel.linea, for orders.
I have answered, him that. he may draw
ou,t,of Macon, and hold hiscornmand for fur-
Vier Orders, unless he - has
_rensoii to ,
the rebels-are changing, the status to our pre-
This department has information that the
President's murder :was organized in Canada,
and approved at Richmond. One of the as
sassins now in prison, who attempted to kill
Mr. Seward, is believed to be ono of the St.
Albans raiders.
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
R liaw . :0011
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WASHINGTON, April 27, 1865.
211 q). Oen. Dix, New York :
J. Wilkes Booth and Harrold were chased
from the s •amps in St. Mary's County,
Maryland, in Gammas farm near Port Roy
al on the Rappahannock, by Col. Baker's
force. Booth was shot and killed, and Har
rold captured in a barn, in which they had
taken refuge. Booth's body and Harrold
are now in Washington.
E. M. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
April 27, 1865.
Yesterday morning a squad of the 16th
New, York Cavalry traced Booth and Har
rold to a barn between Bowling Green and
Port Royal near Fredericksburg, Va. The
barn was surrounded and a demand made
for surrender, which Harrold was in favor
of doing, but on Booth calling him a coward
he refused to surrender. The barn was set
on tire and upon getting to hot Harrold put
his hands through the door to be handcuffed
whilst this was going en Booth fired on the
soldiers, upon which a sergeant fired on him
the hall taking effect in his head and killing
him in two hours. Harrold was taken alive
and brought to Washington Navy Yard
last night. Booth was discovered in the
barn by the cavalry amt declared his inten
tion never to surrender, and said he would
light the Whole squad a company of 28 men
if he were permitted to place himself 20 yards
distant. The scouting party was command
ed by Lieut. E. P. Dougherty. Booth was
on it crutch and lame. 'He lived two hours
whispering blasphemies against the Govern
ment and a message to his mother.—
At the time he was shot it is said he was
leaning on a crutch preparing to shoot again
at hi, captors.
otvn an Count!! !Patters.
APPRENTICE WANTED —A stout boy,
with a good education and a good moral char
acter, will be taken at this office to learn the
Printing La:ink:its. None other , need apply.
,ay -We are glDtl'to anno3nce the ap
pointment of our friend ;:;AMUEL V. RUBY,
to a firAt lieutenancy in Hancock's corpF.
Thi, is an excellent appointment.
C(01M ITTED FOR TRIAL —On Monday
1:14 JAM ES MORRIS andALBERTUS MILLER,
the two young men charged with teariug
down the flag from Rev. Mr. CLEttc's house,
were finally committed for trial. -
NEW A PPOI Tat ENT.—JA ES A. DUN
13A IC Esq., has been appointed assistant asses
sor of 1 nternal - Revenue for the 9th Divi
sion of this (15th) collection District, Vico,
J. M. Weakley Esq , resigned. The Divi
sion is composed of the Townships of Dick
l-3outh Middleton, North Middleton,
Middlesex and the Borough of Carlisle.
Those who have returns to make under the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Act are
requested to take notice of this change.
TYLER'S PATENT WATER WHEEL.-
Attention is invited to the advertisement of
this wheel. One of them can now be seen at
the estahli.ihment of F. Gardner & Co., in
this place.
Weir Sergeant J. S. WOODBURN, wri
ting from Camp Fisk, near Vicksburg, Miss.,
sends us the following list of members of his
regiment who died in the rebel prison pen at
Andersonville, Georgia :
Sergeant J. T. Ardary, Co. F. 13th Pa. Cav
Corp. Joseph Rudy 6. 6, ••
•. David Roemer " " " " "
" John Elliott I Si
" Daniel Sheaffer " " " " "
Priv. W. D. Kauffman " " "
•• G(m. \V. Forney " " "
A DAY OF HUMILIATION.—The Pre
sident has appointed Thursday, the 26th of
May, to be observed as a day of humiliation
and mourning, in consequence of the loss of
the late President, Abraham Lincoln. The
people of the nation are requested "to assem
ble in their respective places of worship,
there to unite in solemn service to Almighty
God, in memory of the good man who has
been removed, so that all may be occupied
at the same time in contemplating his vir
tues, and in sorrow for his undue and violent
death." We hope that ,the day will be pro
perly observed by the people throughout the
Union, and that the Great Ruler will bless
the recent calamity to the good of the nation.
At tho annual election of the Good
Will Fire Company, the following gentle
men were elected officers for the ensuing
QM
President—C. P. Ilmmerieh,
Vice Pt;isident—J. WarAarn.
Secretary—Will M. (Jgiiby.
Treasurer—Jos. W. Ogilby.
Trustees—Q. P. Humerieh, G. Mell, 0.
Reighter, Jogs() Rbinehart, John A. Wag
goner.
Ist Director—J; W. Ogilby.
2d " A. K. Shearer.
3d " W. L. Spottswood. •
4th ," F. Watts, jr. •
sth " John Sehuehman.
chief Foigineer--:S. W. Early.
'ASsla?. ' . 'George Moll.
119;On Monday evening last, a 'very
large congregation of negroes assembled at a
AlleY,:for thd purposeof
bolding npr i ayer meeting. Seem were Contra
bands and others of pure Pennsylvania blood.
After some time spent in what they, called a
prayer:Meeting,, they conclided . toe,ba,Ve a
ilubilee,'! and introduced the Vielin; (Nayis
In Lane,). dancing took the place Of, praying.ihti . icbUrto of the , evening, some of the irtiir' Dark 805 gotto 'disouSslg. the. eharac.
ter ? .tandiiig and'pecuniary condition 14 the
party. -One . of the subjects discussed was, the
Attempt of the Pennsylvania darkies to get a
Hearin); to ;bury the dead darkies. A Wench
observedthnt the Pennsylvania - derides, were
too ;poor. to , buy 'a hearse, without thi3 aid .of
their Soiitherii brethern and sisters*. This wai
most emphatically denied by the poor dark
trash of the Nortb ' and from words they
came , tq Mows , a general row, took
places-and Was only brought - to elose - by
the total rout of our erring Southern brethifra:
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