The Beaver Argus., April 26, 1865, Image 2

THE BEAVER ;
- jet H —CTTT
1865.
SUMHA&T OFWAE
ibe.war—rwUalr islcft if it—s:
progresses- 6aliBfS|torily': t >ward |i
certain conclusion,-'Stonem: in bases
tured Salisbury, N. C, witi;iapiec
of artillery,l2oo prisoners ind an it.
mease quantityof military stores, the
Valno.of :whicb. is estimatiffl by tie,
rebels themselves at one million otdol
lars in.gold; • jThe railroad bridges, bo.
tween Danville and Greensboro, aid
between Greensboro’ and the Yadbin
river were all djestrpyedj work wb'i lb
was dnneccssary in. view of the st r»
render of Leo’s [army, oflwl ich Slones
man was not advised. 4Hs| doesVbt
seem to design roitnri\ing to; his origi
nal base bat pushing farther [South' to
occupy a position in .which lie can oj
erate against. Charlotte oi Colnmi?
or. cover the flank of Sherman’s:
" ' S J : . -i
vance.
-- , - , . , ft- J. I,
The latter General moved fr
Goldsboro’ oh the 9thtow~afd Bale'
and it is, reported that tha't' city v
.occupied three days afterward, wi
oat ievere fighting, JohnstWretrei
ing toward Charlotte. The' same Ire
port settee that Goy. VancUof North
Carolinf£Abad been- captured, haying
been 'tfESV’by Johnston to Surrender
the of North Carolina to Sher
men. •Jjaff Davis is said to jbe wi'
Johnstdn’s army, and id be in dread
assassination. 1
‘ Thdcavalry expedition
Wilson has effectually oyer
Mississippi and western Ah
tdred Montgomery and Sol
stroyed the pub|ic proper
,»nd government worksh
latter point: Wilson’s ,li
• probably now looking after
ing garrison of {Mobile,
bifid by our forces. Tb
planted by the jrebels im
were more destructive tha
eral of; our mdnitora atn
havidg been sunk by then
the Mississippi all is quiet,
unreliable reports that the
ers there are anxious to fu
. return to their Allegiance.’ T"
From the arn|y o,f ihe our
latest advices are that the infantry is
eonoentratedsin I the \iei{gijiborhodcl of
' Burkesvillo Junction. Sheridan with
is reported as llaving
od some days ago in the direction r
Dapyille and North CAtpli ia. -If jb
1 report is oorroc t he is pti ’this clo
updnJohnston. The payo ing bt Le
array has been completed. ; The to
number ot men surrendered, is 36,1
cannon 159; .muskets l5,0l8; waf
. 1100; battle flags 71; hors is andj
dies ,8000. I ~
LAtib.— Official intelligence sh
that Sherman is at KAleigh, and
entered into anl agreement with J
slon for.an armistice: and for ter
, —.’m l
peace Uetwoeathe States i i revolt and
! the National Government. His action
| pas been [disapproved bythc President
fortho.reasons given ijn another ,eol»
1 omn, stad Gonkral Grant j |ha3 go to-to
’ North Carolina to take charge of mil
v itaryoperations in that quarter. { Gen.
'Sherman's'agreement was concluded
on the it ip chari able
-to presume di'tha
death of the P resident had not‘r< ach
ed him. 1 u '
■) - .i| - ■ t
President is in con*
l«jw -
slant receipt qf the most .grati: jipg
evidences of the confidence of-the peo
ple in his administration] Addresses'
are presented and delegations ar<» dai
ly -waiting uppn him, representing dif
ferent States ;Or the different prpduc
tivejnterestaof: the country, all tosli
fying their faith in his anility an i rec
titude. Wall street wasaraongut the
first to extend its hand, and one of I
the most certain, indications cf the
judgment pas Bod upon |him by the
men who control the commercial and
monetary affairs of the country, add
their confidence in bis conduct of the
(Government, is the fact that the death
of Mr. Lincoln, and Johnston’s indue
tion into qfflee, did not materially in
- flat# gold or depress the national so
curities.j JEhe- murder ojf the rider of
a first-class power in Bui ope—aa Lou
is Napoleon-r-wonld have sent up the
rate of interest In the'j great banks
•and produced-a financial -revulsion
’ which wophjl have'beep felt in every
hamlet upon the Continent. ,
I Political
•The tjiuti oipal election,in Chicago, 1
on the 18th that., waslikethe handle
' • •*“ ’ ‘ • I i |-v
of a jug—&lloh oneqide. Rico (Rep.)
was elected; Major Ijy ja magority of
1 fiOOO or 6000. The Gii y Ciouncil stands
24 fiepnjbUbans to 8 J >e|mocrate, -
Hon.tJeorgeH. to*
ted for theCbnstitut onal Amendment
abolishing Slavery,ht s'heba ro-homina
ted forCobgrosa by Union men
• of the Second District, of Kentucky.
‘ Ohio andj Hlnnesctia; by recent le
gislation, have givei i the negro the
. -right of suffrage. ■;%<■ ■;
Arkansasand 3 enhwaCe have a-
doptejd the consUttf .tonal amendment
' abolishing slavery.' I
, ' I. ■■■ ■■ ■ - y i •• ■' •
I I
I
i
- ? JlTieP«XBUit of Booth.: p-
The authorities are actively investi
gating all the circumstances attending
the late'assassination, and are unflag
ging in their efforts' for the arfeat of
the perpetrators. • Several arrests-flave
been made of persons who! may' bo jr.
gome degree i naplicatod, but? we
as yet.no positive! tfley
have laid hand t upon eitherof the prin.
clfial criminali. A man [arrested a
few days ago i t Altoona, by "Provost
Marsljpl Cuthterlapn, of District,
supposed to b) Booth; hasi been dis
charged bythi officer to whom he was
turned over. Another peraoir'iikieh
resembling bird passed’ over the’Phil
adelphia and Beading Rai Iroud a few
days ago, and was followed to Ts rafl
qua, where the police lost trail.of pirn.
-It is very probable that u :less Booth
is now concealed in Washington fleds
within the rebel lines and safe for the
present. If lie succeeded ;in passing [
the pickets around, the City ,on the
night of the liauffler, he could ferry
himself over the!. Potomac above the
Chain- Bridge,!- without 'difficulty and
might/reaich Moseby’s or white’s men
before daylight. We can conceive of
no motive which .would lead him nprth-j
ward. ‘ If he i succeeded i n reaching!
Canada the British Govern nuent would i
be held for his. surrender under: the
extradition treaty, unlesn ho could
show authority from the Confederate
$ ’ "i i |
Government (or his deed, yrhich is.not
probable. , Wje do not beli|Ve that any
chx|Btian Government would give him
shelter, and a ! s his only refuge could
bo-found amopgsl the - rebels or their,
fellow-savages in some uncivilised por
tion of the earih. be has most proba*
bly'gone to them. ."
A curious letter from Boc th to Which
wogive place n another column shows
bis ipiteuso secoSsionisnij and that a
conspiracy ox ieted last year-to Capture
the President and deliver him over to
the enemy. Ourrecent siccesses rep- i
dored this plan impossible of execution
and the plot pf assassination was! sub
stituted. -Onp of, the persons arrCatod
near Washington is reported- to have,
confessed his 1 complicity in the origi
nal conspiracy, aridtohavpßtatedjthatj
the dbjo.ct wai to force a release of the
prisoners: help by the North—that
Grant’s cartel for a general exch singe
defeated it, and. that he. then, when
the- murder o|’. the President was sag'
gested, abandoned the~* enterprise and
urged bis-.associates’ to do the same.
\ f State Senate. |
Of-, the eleven : ret meg Senators
Messrs. Wallace,^ Stark; Ruchorl and
McSherry, four, are Democrats] aiid
seve„n Republicans, Messrs. Ridgjway,
Connell, Turrejll,’Wilson, S t. Clair, Me- j
CandleAs and'Graham, Mr. Wallace !
of tho-Cloarfi|eld'. district, it is under-!
stood will be relumed, and the! .dis
'l’ * I
tricts ot Starjc and Bucho* are secure
ly Democratic. McSberry’s district,
the nineteenth, may bo contested 1 with
tho chances decidedly in favor of the
opposition. The Philadelphia District
will return Republicans—ißidgway or
Thos. Cochran coming froijn the second
aind Connell very probably jpoi ngrojturn
ed from, the Fourth. .The Eleven tßand
Thirteenth districts howl represented
by Turrell and Wilshn, ([who gqea to
Cdngress)7 wilt return the adminis
tration Candida .tea;. Tho 22d or [lndi
ana District! is safely Republican, and
i will bo represented by Dr. St. Clair,
thp present Senator, or -by Gen. Harry
White, whoao.unexpirei Morra, (hi
: haying resigned while in thoMia-nds o::
the rebels,) the.’former gentleman Is
•now filling. Sheriff,Gfa! am the! pres
ent efficient Senator frofli Allegheny
will be re-elected. Mr. McCapdloss,
elected in 1562 from the District com
posed of BoavSr and Bugler is [under
the now apportionment: bill tprbwn
into tho Lawrence, Armstrong and
Butler District. They _ (could.,hot! dp
better than] to return hint, though it is
probable that Lawrence or Armstrong
will bear off tho humiliation. [ Hop,
John Ferguson will prehnbly bo named
by tho t M
The Senate at present stands 19 Rp
publicans lb 14 Democrats, and; there
is no probability that the next ejection
will those figures. Our own
county under tho gerrymandering ap
portionment of’ 1861, ii attached to
Washing top Sonatoriallv, andis post
poned ayear in her choic: for the office,
will next winter be represented fly, a
Democrat in whose election her people
hid no yOiee,,Hon. Wn.Hopkina, pi
Washington Co. He ie a courteous,
able, 1 and bfficibnt reprei tentative, ana,
politics- aside, will faithfully care for
the; interests of the: District.
RGU
:s i
p
es
igh
i as
i ho
nder G
■an casii
ibatna,
tna, and] ae
ty, araohjals
>ps at | the
copers"are
the retreat-
This city is
i torpedoes
the harper
i usual sev-
L gunboats
il West of
; Wo have
rebel lead
render'and
)W8
has
ihn-.
s of
■ ■ Personal. -
Col. Kcbard White, of the 55th Pa
Vol’s, died at bis home, near India*
ns, Pa.; bn the 14lh irst., of disease
contracted in the rebel tri m
which he; wae released last autumn.
Piesident Johnson was born in
North Carolina; of "poor parents, and
went to school a day in his life.
He went ‘to Tennessee 1 'i journeyman
tailbr wben Awdrity years of age, and
therb married a" lady bf education,
who was the only teacher he overbid,'
I=
’he Puneial xof' tie President-
The remain* of President Lincoln
are being cbnveyed to his tyome at
Springfield, flHnois, by viftiy ofHstfi
PhiEaddpbul, New York> Al-'
pany|Buffalo, Clovolandhnd dhiOago.
The route was • seTected' contraryto
the wishes pf. his' family, injJjpderto
gratify the people of and
New York, who insisted up6n this op
portunity to pay. the last offices, of
lespeot to thje departed. Everywhere,
i s the funeral pageant progresses,even
lit the most unimportant point of stop
page, it is met by outpourings of the
people such |aa these localities never
before witnessed, and such as we trust
may.ndver; lie’ gathered there by a like
cause again! The solemnities’ occur
ring will nbt bo’ without their'fruit.
I ®. 1 •• j • = \
Children will ask their
aiidwomenwill ask their o4vn
ihe bloody sacrifice is borne thro’ their
AYhjf was this great and good
an slain,"a|nd why is the nation cast
poivh to-day 7 and the, inevitable an
swer must ihstruct and confirm them
in a life-long hatred of Slavery and her
foster sis'erj Treason.
EXTRAOEDINAT PROCEED
INGS OF SHERMAN.
He Assumes to make Peace
N witk the Rebels! \
SpeoialDispatUi to Associated Press.
IWab;Department, ' I 1 **’
V Washington, April 22* j
Yesterday evening a bearer of die
iatcbea arrayed from Geji. Sherman
An agreement for a suspension of hos
tilities andjji memorandum of what is
called a basis for , peace had been en
tered into bn the\ iBth inst., by Gen.
Sherman wjith tho'rebul General John
son. The rebel General Breckinridge
was preeenjt at the conference.
A Cabinet meeting wiis held at eight
o’clock in the evening, \at which the
action .of General Sbermat was disap
proved by fho President, ‘By the Sec*,
re'tary of War, by General- Grant and
by every mertibor v of the Cabinet.—
General Slijermau was 01 d crcd to re
sume hostilities immediately, and was
directed that the instructions given x by
tbedato President in the following tel
egram, which was penned by Mr. Lin
colD|j>imse(f, at the capitol on the night
of the 2d of March, wore approved by
.President Andrew Johnson and wore
reiterated to'govern the action cf mil
itary commanders.:
■On the njight of the third of March,
whilst Lincoln and his Cab
inet were at the Capital, a telegram
from Gentjral Grant; was brought to
the Secretary of War, informing him
that Gcnoiial Lee Kadi
interview or conference, to makTan
arrangement foi terms of-peace.' The
letter of General Leeivbs published in
a letter of Davis to the it bei Congress.
General Giant’s tolegrajn was submit
ted to Mr. {Lincoln, who aftefcyiondef- j
ing a few rninutos, took Sip hit pen and ;
wrote with bis own hand tbo following
reply, which ho submitted to the Sec
retary of Stale and Secretary of War.
jit was then dated, addressed and,sign
led by the Secretary of jWar
jgraphed to General Griini:
| Washington, March (3, 1865—12i>.
j 31.;; —LieuViGon Grant: [ThePresident
directs me to say to you that ho’ wish
es you to ifavo no confcrjor.co with Gen;
Lee,'unleȤ it bo, for the surrender ol
Gen. Lco’a army, or oh ■-borne minor!
.and purely military matter, jilo in-j
| strUcls me to say that you am not to
decide, discuss of confer upon any po
litical' question! Such.’questions the
: President; holds in bis own hands, and
; will submit them to hi military con-.,
foront-o oil convention. Mean time you
are to press to the utmost your mili
tary advantage,. -
[Signed?] Edwin M. Stanton, ;
j Secretary of War!
The orjiors of Gen .-Sherman toGcn.
Stonomati to withdraw from Salisbury |
and.join bim will pnolmbly open the
way for |)avis to escape-to Mexico or.
Europe witli bis plunder, which is re
ported td bo very including not
only the plunder of J the!' Richmond
banks, but previous aconinulalions. •
A dispatch received jby this Depart
ment frojm Richmond says it is--slated
liero.by jrespectablo parties that the
amount pt specie taken South' by Jeff.
Davis and his partisans is very largo,
including not only the plunder of the
Richmond'banka, but| previous aceu
mulaiions. They hope, it is said,.to
make terms with General Sherman or
some other’ {southern ; conjjpandcr,’ by
which they will bo! permitted, with
their effects, including this gold blun
der, to go to Mexico or Europe. John
ston's negotiations look to. this end
Afterkbo Cabinet meeting last night
General! Grant started for North Caro
lina to direct operations against John
ston’s grniy. • /
j i Edwin M. Stanton, f ,
»" 'j. .. • • Secretary of War/! |
‘j r Washington,! April 22. i
Reports have beoh in circulation for!
some time of-a correspondence between
Generajs Johnson and Sherman. The
memorandum or basis of what was
agreed jupou, and the results, are as
follows!: ■.' • ] I 1 : !■
Memorandum or Basis or
mrnt, made this 18th day of.Af ril, Ai
D. 1865, near Durham’s Station,in the
State of North Carolina, by and be-j
tween Generals. Jos. Johnston, corn
man ding-the Confederate Army,
Major iGenoral W. T.Eherman, chin
mandihg the 'Army of the United
States in North Chrplina,both present!. |
; First—The contending armies now
bn thejfield to maintain their statu quo
until notice is the command
ing General of eitber one to its oppo|
nent-. and reasonable time, say forty*
eight hours, allowed. ,|.
j Second—The Confederate armies
how id existence to be disbanded ao(|l
conducted -to their several State cap
itals, there to deposit their arms and
publicjproperty in the Stata-Afsenal,
and each officer and man tobxeoute
and -file an agreement to bease from
Jy
« !<- ■! •
EN
abide tho!action ;jjif
Jk)th«Sta(g r and Fodoral authority; tjie
Humberoi armS%pd munition»>of war
tpSirroportod to ‘the Chief of Onfii
nance atWaehingtbnoity, subject to
ftawip motion of the Congress of the
UmM States, and* ip the meantime
to f boused 1 solely to-.maintain peace
and jbrder -within the .border s of the
.-^-h
Third—The recognition, by the ex*-
ecotrya? of the United Slates of the
SWeral State governments, on 'their
.officers and taking the
oatejpposoribbdhy the constitution of
tSfi.Unilect States} and where conflict
ing! State governments have resulted
from; the war, the /legitimacy' ofi all
shall be-Submittedto the Supreme
Coujt of (be United States.
Fpurth—*Che re-establishment of all
Federal courts in (ho several States,
with powers as defined by the consti
tution and laws of Congress.
Fifth—The people and inhabitants
of all States to be guaranteed; i so fair
da the Executive can, their political
rights and franchise, as Well, as their
rights pf person and property as defi
nedjhjr the Constitution of| tbs Uni
ted Stales and! of the Slates respect*
MJvjV i ; 1 v -i. ' ■ ■ -.■( ■;
SMh— Executive authority,of
the jGovernmont of the United States
not |to disturb |any of the people by
reason; of the late war, sp long as they
livein|peace and quiet, abstain from
aotsjof{ armed hostility, and obey the
lawpi-tn ex|Btonca at any placb of their
residence.' I; , ‘V y-,.*. ]! •'
Srivejnth—ln general forms ;war Ip
cease, a general amnesty so far as the
exedutivopow'er pf the United States
can pommand, |or| on qonditibnl Of f dis
bandment of the. confederate armies
anti jthjs distribution of arms, and re
samptijpn of peaceful pursuits by offi- 1
cerSjpnd men hitherto composing the
saidjaimies. ■■ \ ’ ,j ■ ,' ; j, -■
Npt being fully empowered .by our
respec.ive principals to fulfil these
tor ms' wo .individually and officially
pledge ourselves to ‘‘promptly bhtajtf
the necessary authority and to carry
out ;he above programme. '
! W7T, Sherman, Major General.
C6m’dg U. S. A. in North Carolina,
J. IS. Johnston, General Com’dg
G. S. Army in North Caro Una:
i . Washington,
jTie proceeding of Gen. Sherman
was disapproved tor the following
reasons: .
' ilS|t:llt was ah abuse of authority,
knew that he/Geperal Sher
man, pad no authority jo oiitar into
any agreement. - I
. 12c 1: It was apracti.enl ackriowledg
mpuyfif the robpl government.’ : ;
|3d. St Undertook to re-establish tho
rejbpl State governments that bad been
overthrown at itbo sacrifice of many
thousand loyal lives,.and. ijmrnehsef
Ircaisuro, and placed arms and ratiniH.
tibnjs pf war in .the bands of robelsfht
ilmj£respccuve:capitpla,wiuch might
be as soon. a*, tho armies of the
States wore disbanded to conquer and
subdue the.loyal States for the resto
ration 1 of .rebel authority.
jdthf They would bo ons bled to ro«
CSlahlhdi.Blaviipy. -■ V - i .
15th'}'It might lurnisnthp ground, of
responsibility fa}’ the, Federal Govern
ment to pay ibe rebel debt, 'and cer
tainly subject Ibyal citizens of the reb
el Stales to the debt .contracted by
tbcjrsbellbin the name of. tne Stjato 1 .
| 6tb: It kept in dispute tho existence
of the loyal Slate Government! i.h! jLlio
pew jjState ‘df; " rcst 'Virginia, which
b'rdjhecn recognized by every depart* 1
tneni! of tbo .Doited States,-GoViern
ii i • --a i. . v : ■ i . . •,i i’ 1
mer• ; • ■ . i j
t : 1 7i.ih.lt i> aOj=ic:il!y ahplished'Jlhe ppr.-
.fisciition law,'relieved rebels o{ eVery!
cjcg’ce, who Slaughtered o.u,r.|':ifipplc, : j
,I'roiji all pains; and pen allies for theii. i
j crimes,’■ . I ‘ '''
I f’ Btfc:-It gave, lor ms that had 1 been
dclib-rately, repeatedly and/solcmnly
rcjec.od by .Presit,lent, | T.inc-r.lu,-and
i.hotter terms than tric rebels had evjr
jftskji ru their! most prosberdos 'cpn
| ciiti on- ■ , ■"! /' ! l
|. j /ffihr It formed no bosi* of. true an.d i
jastirlg peace, but relieved rebels from i
th'e pi assure pf our .Victories, .and loft
tbouJ irt a ro;iidiiio;v v .|o renew | their.|
efferi to oi’erlilirow tho'Untied Slates
Go'’t|rnm,cnt ■ ijand subdue the 1 loyal
Slates, whenever their strength, .was
becVditod and/opportunity could 1 offer-.
1 .Ui Fortress Monroe, April 22.
I 1!’ll o' ..following important order" of
iGen.j Sherman wag received hero this
forenoon:.
j. Ahadquatiers Military Division o/'\,
i ’ j 1 Mysissippi, in the .Field, h
C., April 19,1365. \ j
:«PECIAL riEM) ORDER NO. 53i . ,
j' Ttfo General Commanding announ
ce! Ip the Army tho suspension of,hos
tilities, and agreement with General
1 Johnston and high ; officials - which;
wlier formally ratified, i w;ill make,
1 pekee from-'the Potomac to the Rio
Granle. U ntil absolute peace is ar
ranjfrdj-the line passing through Tyri-;
ellfajMount, Chapel Hill University,
Durlmm’s Station, and West Point, on
thja laeusoriver, willseparata the two
amiss Each arniy commander will
grW [> his camps eptirely . with a view
to] C )mtort, health and good police.—
All c etails ofi military, disciplitlb must
still bo maintained, and the General
hopes and believes that in a very few
dayjs it will. bu. his good fortune to con
duct ’yon to yoiit homes. , f i ||
:I|he fame of this army for courage,
industry and disciplioo,,is admitted
by all tho wbrldl/ Then lot. each offi
cer i.ud man see that it is not stained
by uny act! of vulgarity, rowdyism
arid petty crime. Cavalry; will patrol
the front of the line. Gen, Bo ward
will take charge of the bistrioi froitt
np.to the e&valry. Geri. Sloe
cum to the left” of Raleigh and; Gee.
Soh( field in Raleigh, and to the right
arid roar;; Qaartermasters and-Com
missaries 'Will -keep their supplies np
tri a light load for wagons, and Tail-,
rdsc Sriperintendents. will arrange
tbeiridepots for tbeisori veniouce ot ealch
lot rate army- * .By order of -
.1 W. T. Shubman.
V M; Dattoii, A,. A. G.
he armistice order was. received
coldly by the ariny- . 1 : ■;
rzci
Frpm ftha [philiidslphia Inquirer.
.. DEFENCE. .
Tjb# follow jng verbati ra copy of a
isttei-, inwritjng.which is the hand*.
Writing of John Wilkes Bpoth,/ the
iriarderer of 1 President Lincoln, Las
"been famished. as hy the Honorable
William Milliard, United States Mar
shal of tto Easte’rti District of Penn*
Byltania. It pus handed oyer to that,
officer by JohhS. Clarke, who is a
brother-in-law of [ Mr. Booth.; The
history connected with it is somewhat j
peculiar. Jh IjSovcmber, 1864, the pa
per was deposited with Mr. Clarke by
Booth, in la sealed envelope, “for safe,
keeping,” My. Clarke being ignorant
of too contents.! In January last Booth
called at Mr. Clarko’shouso, asked for
i the package;* and it was given up -to
; him. npw supposed that at that
I time he took jout tho paper anjd added
;to it his signature, which appears to
be in a,different!ink from that! used in
the bpdy of ihe I letter, and also from
1 the language could pot have
been put to it briginally. Afterwards
he returned the packagc to Mr. Clarke
again for j sUfe [keeping,, sealed and
, hearing the 'superscription “J. Wilkes
Booth; j ; . : ;■ :!■
[ TheincVostiiro -was preserved bytbe
family without [suspicion of its nature.
Aftor tho afflicting information ofjthe
assassination; of; the Presidonjt, which
dame npoh the [family of Mr. Clarke
With crushiug force, it w[aa considered
j proper tohjieh, the envelope. , There
wore found* ip it the following paper,
with.somej U.,S. bdndSi and cor-,
tificate of shares in oil companies.—
Mr. Clarke promptly handed [oyer the.
papers to Marshal Millwurd,, in whose
custody it remains. From ape j
rusal of this [paper it seems to have
been prepared [by Booth as a vindica
tion of somej desperate ! act which he
.had in contemplation;; aifcl-. iTomtho
language used it is probable that it
was a.plot td abduct the President and
carry him to Virginia. if this was,
meditated itjfailed, and from making
"»• prisoner of the-President to his asw
sassination [was an easy , step | for a
man of perverted principles.; lit also
appears that Booln [of the
party who were engaged, [in' tlie cap- j
lure and exdodtion ot John Brown of
Ossawattomie, at whjcb tiriio Hedoubt-
Icss imbibed from Wise and his asso
ciates those |i detestable sentiments of
cruelty! which hate culminated, in an
infamoas crime. [ The fetter is as
follows: I
:p f ,r
I i
, 18G4.
My Dear Sir: You may use this as
you thiuk. best. | Bit as some may,
wish Ip know when, wh? and why,ar.d
and as 1 know not.how to direct, I
(in tbe words of your master)
‘‘To Whom itMay Cqncern:”-T-}' .
'Bight or wrong*' Qod judge ine, pot
hian. For bo my .motive good or bad,
of one thing I am -sura. i tho lasting
condemnation of the North. ! - j
... , I
I -love peace rnoio than life. 'Have
loved the Union beyond expression.
For four jj(Ws have I waited, hoped
and' prkyeld for the dark clouds to
break, and for a restoration of our for
mer sunshine. To wail linger would
* vi AU ; kvjfv iW/poauo W
dead' ’ My ■ prayers have bean as id 14}
as my hopes. God’s 1 will ba done. 1 -I
go to see,'and share the bitter end.
• 1 1 have ever held the' So.ulkLwero
right. ‘The very nomination! of Abra
ham Lincoln, four years ago spoke
plainly upon Sodfjhor a rights
and institutions. | Itis election proved
it! '-Awail ari overt act," . j Tbs. till
you are bound an[l [plundered. ■■ .What
folly! The South! was wise. Who
thinks of argument or patience jvhwv
the finger dt his eHe ray grosses on the;
trigger?' jin a fdriegn! ‘war, I. top,
could say, right .or wrong.”
But in a stiuggle such jnsjourk, (where
: the brother tries to pierce tile br|othr|
er’s hfchrt.) foriGod’s sake, choose the
right. When a Country lilce this spurns
justice from her Vide, she forfaits
allegiance of every honest ifroeman,
leave him,untramtuolod;by
lany fealty, soever, to act asbiSc-bni.
seianco may approve . ’ . • •rs
! ' People of : the-STorth, to hate tyriiri-
I ny,to love.liberty.and justice I ,to strike
,'af- ,wrohg | and oppression,i was the
plencUingß of bur fathers!. The study
■[of "our early history will not let mo
I forgot it, and may it never. ,i • ; 5
i jThis country was for the white, not
for. the black man. And looking up
on ■ African. slavery from, the same
stuiul-lpomt held by the noble framers
iof our'Gotjstifulion, I, for one, have
I oyer considered, it one of the greatest
blessings, j (both for themselves land
ns) that; God eyor bostowed upon a
fsrored rStipn. Witness heretofore
our wealth arid power;-witness" their,
i elevation*)! and oulightenineht above
I their race elsewhere I have lived
among it most of my lifo| and have
soon less qarsh treatment from'master
to- man tjhan I have- boheid in the
North from father to son. Yet, Hea
ven knows, no; one would bp willing
to do more for the negro race than 1,
conld 1 see a,way to still better their
condition.v ,
I Blit Lincoln’s policy is only prepar
ing the way for their-to tat annihila
tion. The South are not, nor have
they boW figbting for the continuance
of slavery. . The first. battle of Ball
Ban did away with that idea. Their
causes V.noeTor war have been as no
ble greater fax than those jtbab
•urged our L j fathers on. 1 Even should!
Two allow theywero wrong ‘ [at the; bo-1
ginning" of this contest, cruelly "'and
'injustice nave made! the [wrong become
the right,and they stand, nCw, (before,
"the wonder and admiration ..of • the
world) as a, noble! band ofpatriptic
heroes. ■ Hereafter, of their
deeds, Therm6pylffli|will be forgotton;
" Wbbn jl i aided jin, the capture and I
execution of John Brown; (who was
a murderer on our ..Western border,
and whojwaa fairly tried and convict
ed, before an impartial judge and jn
ry, of treason,, and who, by the way,
has >eince [been mode s god,) 1 was
proud of {my little shureurthe trans
action, for, I deemed it my duty, and
that Iwas!helping our common coon
try to perferm an act of jsstice. Bat
what was a crime in poor John Brown
is now ccinisidered (by themselves) as
the greatest and paly virtue of the
whoXaiSßepnbiicaiJ party. _ Strange BEXvia
«can*ihigra.tinn ! Vce. to become aTM the ! •'
pvirtnCj-ljinply. booarise 'mote,indulge'- ± ‘7 of Bca* r .
inU; ; ! I ' i . In thamattcr of tHc r,»rSt cn of >r^,
?; I iidugfirttbien; a« now. lb a'} the
kbolitVoWts wera, v |iho only trailers’ll *■
iu i.be land, and that trioentire party.|»re ( Toated in Cowadi -
idoSoryedSlUo game fate of poor oldJ Price, who reside jn ihi
because they wish to abol-1 Jamaa Price, David
tea idatlery. but o» • account, bf- -the
»ss»:' tbby have «-er Diide:»varod to in fcIAS!
asigto effect that abolition. If Brown and fite bUldraif l?’«**;.
wOrb -living x doubt whether he jiim- Wm. w., J«n e Stfd®i« r jl f'
self would; set slavery agalnttjtlho is Edward E.' Hoim e * i^' wk <»
Union. Most or miany in the /North ]‘®^ e^—) r o? and Wh IrjJ^ v ,
db, arid openly -curse the Uniqti, if the
South are to return and/ retain a sin- 1 county, on the first
file right guarantied to them;by every! (sth), [to accept oV'refcaeMli^ lll *
Ue which tye once /revered as sacred; I*M deceased, at thi T aiDtw r,il «i
The South can make no choice. It is !'•“ fIW duly -ay,«r.ie. L &?**»:
either prtrirminatiOn of slavery for]Lffld tob^alf^j°‘s/
themselves (worse than death) to ; valued at s33 p er 3j re . ila P(
draw from ’ I know xny choice. •- ; acceptance to ehe
. I have also studied hard to discov-npt|boaold. fc| 1; 1 j 2^
er upon what' grounds the right of a i / 18 do. EDU
State Id secede has beet denied,'when
our very name,. United States, rind
the Declaration of Independence,both
provide for Secession. ; But tliero/ is
ho time forwords. .1 • write in haste.
I, know-how foolish! I shall bo deemed
for undertaking such a step h's-tuip,
where, on the one Side, 1 have, many
friends and everything to make me
happy,/where my profession alone has
gained Dte.ao incorive of mdre than
twenty thousand dollars a year, and
where my groat personal ambition in
my.;profession pail such ,a great field
far labor. On the other hand, the
South have never|besjtowed upon me'
one kind; ymrd; a place bow, where I
have rioj fiends, except, beneath the
sod; a - place ,wbei|.o I bei
come a private soldier or a beggar
To give upall of the firmer fdf the
latter,” besides my mother and sisters
whefin 1 Ipyei sd dfcarly {although they
so widely] differ with mo lu opinion,)
seems insauejtbut God is rav judge.-
I love justice more.than I 3o a conn
try that disowns it;'more. than fanioj- “P rs -
and/-weklui; more (Heaven pardon-me I J~,!n;7rx
if ivrpngij inoro 'man' a- happy hdhic. j : A
I .have rieyef been lupdri'a battle field; ] lf
P* <&»# count-rymon; cot# you all | cfTIS
but see,-the reality or effects of this-! Brigl.ton, Beav'cl
ndrrifl >var, • as. I have seen them (in J knowing ihcir.aeli
every State save lrknow , are-requested to '
you wouiql think like me, rind- w'ould those ikying,
pray th'e Almighty to create in; 'tho'l.^^l.‘bcm to-ti
Northern blind a serisc of/right and | ,[ jj ” c
justice, (oyer, should it ppssoas-no.-sea,-1 eprld “ saj!
sdningof mercy,) anil that Ho would .'-j-'-'ll! —-
dfj-Mip this sea cf blood between. us; : J? O R
w/bicp is [daily .growing 'Wider; 'A'Las |i . / 1 !'
poor country,is she to meet her threat-1 ;subscriber) :
eiied doom ?! years ago. I woulu i ricii “x 011 ? 5 ./
have given a thousand lives to see her | (Itwone ofaha
remain (as I had knowii her) i ojus pvlvato vcaiii
poitVerfuli and j unbroken. ’And oven !-<jeUent stohUng i
nojwdl- would hold my life as naught,! .
to see her what'she was. O niy friends, j lrti
if the tyarfal scenes j of the. past four : designed rorua
yoal-tf bad never been enacted,, or if Pittsburgh 1 ; Pa.
’ what has been bad becu/but a fright- ; • ipr.l2.r63.]'
: ful dream, from which w 6 could now ?, . 'wy-pyT.
;av?ake,j with what overflowing hearts y IIAK Jl IjJ
.could !we ( bleS9 our God and-pray for |
his. continued favor. How if ,- have I 1 .
loved the bid flag,- can never now be !-, , .
Known; I 'll, rew yennj oiuw --.>■» tho i- ’ '.... .
eptire woild could boast of none" s.b - OFFICE
Ml-o and spotless. 1 have of late /
b®j) seping and hearing of the blood}'
deeds pfiwhiob sbe has been made the,
emblem,| land woulddiuclder to think!
how, (changed she had grown. Oh i
hpw, 1 have longed; to see her break j
; tromd.be jmist bit bipod and death that, j
j circles |ro'usJ ,ber folds, spoiling her j
| beauty!'aridy.tßrnishing her honor.
j But no, by day has she been drag
i.ged deeper! tied, deeper into cruelty |
j aijd'qplprossiori, till now (in my eyes)
her once-bright red stripes look like
blopdy gashes on; the jfaco of Heavferi.
l!lo;ok how tpon tny early admiration
of her glories as a dream.. 'My ld,ve
1 (as, ; tb'irijg-s standJ to.day,) is for the
S&ttti|t alone; Nor del 1 deem it.a-dTs
4t#npr in attempting tpi make for her
of, this man, to whom sbe
Of misery.- If success
go pvnniless to herside.
she- has- forir.d! that .‘‘last
the' North, have so long
been endeavoring to forbe
her:in, forgetting Ujey ai:o. our broth.-
that-it’s}impolitic to goad ah
enemy tb madness. 'Should- I reach"
her in safety and-.find it true, J will
proudly |beg perniission to triumph jor
die in.that same “ditch” by her side.
■A Confederate] doing duty upon his
oiiyi responsibility:. -i'
' vf !■ {| - | j: ~\7ii.KEa Eopijn.
ELECTION NOTICE.' J~“
TTVHB Stockholders of tlie '.‘ Darlington Can
■ I 1 nel Coalßailroad Company,’ ’ are hereby
notified to meet at ibe “Boyd House”,
lington, on Tuesday, the 1 Gib day of Stay
nes|, at the boar o£ 10, o’clock, a. m., to. elect
seTon (7) persons to servo as Directors; for
the lensning'yoar. ( V
! ! M. HARTSHORNE,
5pr.26,’60.] ■: i. ' : .President.
BARBER-SHOP.
«EW:
. '\9*
*MPnnmo: haiH.nRKSSINQ, AKP
S LISTNEK, in
ha* just open
men and ladies
ndjsalisfactioji
extracting also
whose long ex
that he under*
apr26 .
‘'sale: '
Irphnns’Court
to me.directed,
▼endue or out
cry!, oh thnpremises, on I
SATtJKDAIf, 31AY 27th, 1865,
at 2 o'clock, p.m.,of said day, the following
Tfe«S estate; lain the estate of HarrietCorless,
ded'd.y Vis: _ i ■ !; ■■ |
All 1 (he eastern 1 part of lot No. 16. situate in
thej borough of Phillipsbnrgb, Bearer county,
houndedhad.described as follows, to wit; Be
ginning at a corner formed by the intersection,
if phio and Laoook streets, thence by liaoock
itreel north. 8 3eg. .west 862 feet to Ohioriver,
hence down riser 151 feet 8 inches, thence by
rekterndertdf lotlfo. 16 south■■•'2o deg. cart
07 feet 4 inches, thence up Ohiq street: north
2.deggakft 63 feet 8 inches tpthe'plece of be
hitting, i on which is erected a largo two story
ame dwelling house, and. frame kitchen at
qhed to the same. ...
tBBMB—Ope-third of the pitroheee money
[confirmation of sale by the Court, and the
ttainderin two equal annual instalment*
jtt'that date, with interest from same lime.
- I F&A.NCI& Lb GOULLON.I i •
iprlS ’■ • Admr.* with will annekfd. |
i
ed
MI
MI
- | .-ALE.:
. A iTiv -
A ea ano. Hers wl ? r5 ’ :
Eirpng-Bassj r All, the inU^ U «J.
pnly one year in •
tliq owner-is goingmv a • ?
Taylor, Rochester, I*. (\ \ aiu ? r^^M‘
■■:'( ' ’■ 3S?<o>4(lO' ! '''
SUBSOMEEiIS, „b. |,.
subscriptidaskotUq stock ■'V :W
Ferry and little year*]
will please jdo eg !:::nC'i:**r: r " S
eprl2’6s. : ] t h CillAV. C.
• I . ■••"Sec’v JadTtM,
sulv ib^tv,^, 7
A.Caugliey & Co!
I I XQTt
IWWm 1 tcaiasitiff
j _Vf I' 6st9te Of »M. SBABir.HT.i- i".
i dependence ,tp v CfSaver county cioeM \
j been grant od.to the niScrsiWd
i knowing.themselves . indebted
.raiie requested : to ‘miidt I'imaediaie 'v
j.and those; having cfetmV against
l.presenftlierh properly int-hcnticatsiv
' " f|?AKr.ISH.
' Itider.end'ifj.
■ll 1 - ■ r
VIpRS-.XOTRi
s W aJ.;nini»;h',ij-;
1 ip the un'icTpigut;
a Jackso;;, Isis fl"
I’a, t!ccVi.,|«!!pr(
ujehied
payment ifemetn
■ cit c i
'R U O'
I' A sis,
5 -CO.,
L?w ii;
tfrikc!
claim
•ae suj
A.IrV
IL. Attorn?,
•offer
chest
large
nets
•ud or
J ii! pmW a!?
ly occurred.
;r. ■| j ];
st and riyat o;s
Ijduulditigv
r er' pi
, on t)
>r of 1
* OT
E 8
•ROM
In lbs Rofti
at«lj Qccupii
art nnc, r [i
x TO FARMERS.,:
I will offer at priva c sjile. tar a ft»c!
one S-horse powe ■ turesker sadito
good as| new a; id- in .perfejet jrdert-pr
|/“ Duekeje" Mbwcr kiJ
l/Mower'and Reaper,'patent, drop fe
t'VTagons V'ovra', Harrows. wheeled
Grain (Drill 4c,., TM »S
and of the latest 'jmrrovc^e'nr.
. Also. ,n largt -lot-of Salem.lfobki-ln
Stores, the best iii u; s and it arras::.
respect. , -f,. ' ;
't* Darlington, Beater
; «•- noa
mar.29/65.
, PARTfrftf'
be partition c!«J
St. ■’■
asentatiTesof ealJ i?‘
ck, Francis Sitcta; 1
: lie petitioner;) JRb*
the State of lowa,£
I itchie,
i ovr or Afitp'O*
interested —Y'''*
hereby. notified tJ"
, partition or ««£?
;aid deceased, era'”
, u Friday tie w*
ioh time and. E’-* 1 /*
1
c X ': ■'
5' ; -j ‘ •
I NOTICE II
IX the matt tr of
1 estate of Robot
heirs and legal rdprt
wit: Janp.McComu
under T. Ritchie, (i
Ttitchie, residlrig in
Ritchie,' jatnok C. t
Jonas D. Riujhic,. :
and all otters
each of Ttpn are
inqaisitioil to task'
the real estate of
bn' the premises,
May, 1865, at whi
attend, if you third
. Sanmrr’s drric
BeoT'crJapr o,’(sc
ptriqßj
Smith's Ferry end Liftte J*? 1
I . troleum Company- .
THE subsoribers osoil^,
“Sniilh-s Ferp- and J llt ’S h'l
loum-Company,” ate t Tl er !j
at the ofSco if Chas. D. Hw s -ie,-i
5 ; Saturday, April
at 10 aim., for tie puiposoof
tors and other officers,' wopw. p
and organising under l ? e '
luring and Mining
i.!. . Secretary aid .Trstfl 11^
I rk6ehettor,| Apr! *65.i
■! I ' QRPHAN-P
T)Y virtue of »S order of W *
H of the county of Beaver,
ftrill expose to public >.al» .
office, in Beaver, k>n-_ j . jjs
Monday,! Mayl 9^ ' &
at 10 o’clock, a. “•> ‘H 8 ,?
real estate; late of Ootle *^ a ‘ i t [ !C !
towit: A certain jfUece or P* {
ate in North SewiipHytp-, ft u g j,,*
bounded and described " ‘
north by land of r Zl ? f j'hounf
Hart, on the ,(»»
Donald, on the bobth by l»fj o( M
pntnh 1 and on the west by ~
fuA?’ oentaining lbi *
with about jl6 4*“ cle f !omi. f
ereetpd a two 1 l °F? and»' 5 ’' k *(
four roons, with ceU Fr,B ,bo« *
a double log * h6 * in of^
property is undcrla.d witb a
&m an.l half feet ttaA ,
Lsp #'
r' : Bharrfffs Office,!aprj’6*
/DREW *M*|
i,NEY A 1
mSh| Southern
t*l Hotel , r \,
ATT'
/V*!'
UN*'
i'againj-i thencn
tsonher duly,
•MUEI
u;tieii\irs «r r v.. 8
e_Vrem«k;i-.,J
’enu anij KsVrf
ii| pick .w
I K Wm
PUBLic i ,
fHE IjlAiiO
TER,i?A ,