I
1
«i. . •■ •’ days of anxiety, alternate hope .and
_ despair, exposure and Buffe:ing,he|waa
at last overtaken, mortally wouidedi
and died realizing his condition] 1)W
crime and his infamy. £!e achieved
an immortality| of infamy, an#paid
the penalty his life. Ifctheceii
anything attractive in such a record
we fail to see it. Tel he evidently
contemplatedthe deed with leelipgs
of satisfaction, jilt it fitting also that
ho ehduld bo ■ boiried i as he - has been,
•j 1 ' ii ■ . .
in an pnknown jipotixywtrangCr*,. and
tbalnomark will ever reveal the spot
oif bis interment |
1 Lei his name be spoki n' only in
dark places in rat exlecu
turns, and mtn| everywhere devoted
ly-pray God hevjer to afflict the wiorld
agiinwitb suck a monster A r o man
ever before succeeded in so cruelly
torturing lo many people or so great
a nationi and for the lake of hunciani
#j | „ 9 , ■ } # j v
ty wo trust ho' man ever will be per
mitted to agaiuJ . ;
M* Bd, 7IMB. -
l> a?g> ■i : •• ■■•
I m^rn- 1» 'the! abMt.ce
■jof- bbfh editor* •of this placer Ws artf
Compelled lo go to pram Without dor
variety of editorial and. local
fatter. The. senior la Har«
)Hdbnrg; bn official. bnsioess,- and the
junior isaway ion a weddiagrtour.—
ipfotb ba?*, therefore, good~:ex»jn»W-‘-
jlbc janioroepooiaUyi j .;. Ji|_’
Vr- ' Surrender of Johnston.
We congratulate ourreaders .this'
Week upon; the glorious and profaning,
victory of our armies. Geh.Johns
;w-ton 'baa Surrendered his entire army
,ti> Gen.Skerman, on the basis agreed
|iippn between Gen. Grant and Gen.
jpso for the Army of Northern Vir
ginia. This j auspicious event, altbo’
since the surrender or Lee looked for,
- jeyot somewhat of a surprise. After
' ftbe 1 mistake of, Sherman we- feared
Johnston might be encouraged and
, embeldened to demand terms our Go
■ -- 6 - . * 4 2
Vernment would hot giant, and the re
sult .would be that another, battle
would be fought, and thousands of
. dives sacrificed! We are glad our fears
Were, not realised. Johnston finding
Gea.Graht’wss determined'to hasten
matters, wisely concluded to Accept bis
terms,- and surrendered lo Sherman,
j Wfho was the-field commander. ; Com-’
as it does alter .the capture of
‘Richmond, surrender of Leo', and ev
. jident overthrow of the Confederacy,
„>but little noise is made about it. Two
Ifmonths since it would have! electrified
. 1 the ceuntry'and astonished the world;
fnow it cieaUs [ no excitement, causes
jpnly a pass'pglremark, and, is regard-
\ f Wd with less, interest, than the fight of
jljDraihesviUo or\ West; Virginia skir
mishes is the early part of I rebellion.
ipYs£-it is' of momentous importance
. -/Johnston was second to ho'man in the
the Confoderacybut Lee, ahd his ar
. 7xny was almost tbje equal .of ‘the Army
fpf iforthern Virginia!'■ ;.'f .’j. -\
-j The surrender announces! to tbp
! world that the South has given oyer
V ' rebellion, that tho lndepon'feneeof the
, Qdnfederapy is: unattainable; add that:
.} the countjry. willremain undivided. —
X*5W far our! work has been ccnsnmma
■; ted.' The; settlement of vexed qnes
’'lions reraalnsf but armed rebellion do
; I lodger does. We expect that, the
country, will bo annoyed for some time
: < y«t by guerrilla bands who [will make
.treason *the. excuse of robbery. - But
order willsoon be reBtdred,;and they
will be dealt wild a.e robbers and mur
f derere, not as traitors.'
' ' When we remember the status of
affairs three mbnths ago, and compare
V with our present- condition, we can
]■ hardly realize ;tbp fact that rebellion
is over. Thfen the South had vast ar-
• inios.a territory larger than embraced
the limits of most; European
\ nations, pepple appa
rentiy resolute,leaders firir| and hope*
; fill, and a defiant press. ’ Can it be that
a weeks since the South indig
nantly rejected the termi of peace pre
pared by President Lincoln, and now
.1 they are !©: accept what
ever terms our Governmoht mayof-
" htT How blinded apolicy have they
, pursued ! It; is j hot more; difficult ta
reconcile thin lact to eubseqaent re
salts than it is to accoant for the sad*
den conversion pf wise! Northern
statesmen, who,’ a few months since,
. gravely argued the South coaid never
be subdued, and who now witness
what they announced as an impossi
bility, as if iit were a natural; conse
quent of their own teachings. Bat wo
do not desire to ; rekindle animpsitips
or aroose prejudices. years
of war the country is again to have
. peace—a happy fence, we
trust:* After innumerable | hardships,
privations and dangers, and untold
Buffering,the South.lays down its arms
' and subujits to the authority of .the
, Government. They left itbio Union
; great and. prosperous—they return
: devastated. and; humbled. Lot as
trust the lesson will not be lost oh the
, drouth or North, that bad men will
be restrained through fjfear
, frooi attempting the overthrow of the
« clwerhmCnt; and the people be lees
' ready to listen to! their teachings. The
war developed our resources, and we
are to day | a greater. and better peo*
pie, and oar government more stable
and enduring. To the loyal people
of the land, to fearless patriots, wise
leaders and brave men, by the honor
and to (jod the glory of bhr national
salvation, .. i' .If
Capture and Death, of Booth.'
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The death of the assassin, traitpr
and felon will fill every loyal heart with
T' jay. We at first felt griefid that-he
had not been taken alive and hung as
if. a murderer, but reflection satisfies ns
. that it is beet as it is. Ho suffered all
'the agonies of mind that man could;
r suffer, and all the pain that' could be
? inflicted. We could not have tortured
0 him as they did such felons of old, and
;•/>! therefore he. hw.suffered all our vena
j recent order ef the Sec
retary stopping Government
workshops, discharging clerks, em*
plpyees, ehc., it is estimat'd the Gov
ernment expenses will be reduced a
million and a half of dolla -a per day.
By the first of July half of thp army
will be discharged, an 4 < uo-half! the
balance before the first of October. — ;
Our Expenses will then be reducetj be
low the income,; and the Government
will soon be enabled to. Commence pay
ing off its indebtedness ini dead of in
creasing it. Those who have friends
in the army Will ‘soon witness their
final return. Piroled and furloughed
soldiers, and aU, who are-in hospital,
What once bejoi^harged.' We arc:
glad thd Secretary of War sb prompt-i
ly issued the order, and ate rejoiced'
that the countiy will eveu now per
mit its execution without endan
ing our safety and perpetuity as t
tion- The sons', brothers; fathers
husbands so long absent frumfarri
Will soon roturb homo to leave t
no more. How; many glad hearts
cheerful faces jthere will be in
land ! Let their return bo a tin
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rlcjoicing, and a day ofrcmembr
for those who fell in the sxifo. .
Fofthe Xrgua. . j
' ; State Senate, 0_
!• ; Messrs. Editors :. Yonr reference,
' last _wvek, to the Legislative appor
tionment, of 1864, impels mo to ask
room for a vpry brief response. It
1B true our Senatorial election iade.
ferred & year, and for thecoming sen-
Sion we rnay;be}represetvte j; by ui e in
Whose election We in this isouhiy bad
no voice; but ibis is inevitably the
case with al every pep
tennial period,! even witho it any com
pensating advantage; and this-must
always epear, unless Ihe cistrictS 1 are
held rcspectively to a permaffhht ter--
ijitoi ial arrangement. As one section
advances! raoreirapidly ti an another
in this is impossible; and
bench changes Hrh, inevitable, with re
sults often aim liar to that we no.wf ox
{ihrience. By t|bis operation, it is not
bng, I think, since wo hud two Sen
ators for a soaspn, of which you Imay
have some recollection; bill it is rath
er soon to ask |n repetition of epch a I
favor. I think our local and.general
interests will bh very safe; as stipula
ted,- in the bands of oigllte'en.Union
Senators, to say nothing pi the gentle
man who is-thd object? of your special
commendation.! • Ti,
; If is’proper to unders find the rea
sons for our association imh Washing
jtbni- county, tljne ii ’ general anc po
litical— another local;: ahdj as 1 con
helve, to our decided advantage. To
nave thrown with
jtxreene, woukfhave made two I'emo
eraticdistricts inevitable in the south
Western corner of the Slate; and this,
under the then!proposed arrangement
Would have given the Union party
but one majority in the Senate; and of
course the capture or assassination of
a single Senator might again enable
the opposition! to, block the wheels of
jUnion men were of one
mind on thefjspbjoct, all urging) the
association as hue of imperative duty.
It was claimed that a party having
home thirty thousand majority iri the
State, was entitled to eighteen Sena
tors, and a corrcspondingnumber in
the House of 'Representatives j and
controlling allj the orancoa of the gov
ernment to accomplish less would have
indicated a degree of imbecility entire:
ly nnsuited tej those timds of‘ excite
ment andpnblic danger. But as
Washington* is really a) Republican
Icounty, as repeatedly shown by her
tvotes, the opposition, ir|clu(ling one
jCol. Hopkins,| can have ho jnst cause
of andiohave‘again chain
ed her to Greene would Ihave hi sen a
'Visitation up6n your friends i,hero
'which I think! yon would hesitate to
linflict. ! j | '.' I ’
| Bat consider the .question in a local
inspect. In any other association than,
|with Washington,we must enevilably
have been pjaced 1 in. a three county dis
trict—moei probably with Armstrong
and Butlor-j-possibly with Lawrence
and Butler. \Ve could ijot„ again go
jwith Butler jalpne, as that would ier
[duce the latter county to p, singleße
preeentative district, Which her Sena
tor and ours would in no case permit,
and a single' Senatorial vote controlled
the whole question. The choice Ito be
made was simply between} a district of
two counties] having 17,767 taxables,
and one ot ihree counties, (with 22,964;
and I seemo room for hesitation jas to
iwhat was duty or policy. A half in
itpiest in a Senator is certainly much
ibetter than |a jthird, wortjh far more
than ail it costs to attain |t, especially
NM
as we have accorded to ds fall SehaV
tonal eqna!it|y by a county nearly
double oure in'population. They might
eampUn, aqdoes Col. Hopkins biiter-
Ijfcbußis ncnithla oufof place
ranksaand }h! oniiend af fha distfiotf
I thatljus qneatfoiir
was submitted toeveirßeaverpodnfy
mpn ftor yisippg tpe oipilol At the
session of >1884; and toifiany others;
an‘d all, without exception, assented to
or|coinn|endeci the arrangement as the
best for this conntythat oonid. be
made. -; \ ■'r -
r I havo heard the remark that your
district Has teen reasonably cared for
inj this apportionment business. See:
One county, jwith lesathah the ratio
of taxablea geta one Representative—
another county, 2200 below .the ratio,
geta 'two. Representatives; and these
two counties together, 2000 .below
th 9 Senatorial ratio, got a Senator.—
The role baajbeen for the gain in one
branch'to compensate for loss in the
ot her; bat asj' onrsis all gain in every
aspect, it, strikes me it is not worth
os r while to complain. - Ex.
I’he President's ProolaimatioD.:
v WAsaiNQTbR, April 28.—The fol
io'ving Proclamation has been .issued
by President. Johnson ;
W hebeab, By my prod amation of
th 3 25th ihstj, Thursday. tbe 25th day
of next raonjh was recommended as
a day for Special humiliation and
prayer in consequence assas
sination of { Abraham Lincoln, late
President; hut, •" r ‘ ,
! Whereas, j My attention has been
called to' the fact that,the day afore-*
said is lacked to large numbers of
Christians as one of rejoicing for the
ascension of- the Savior,
, Now, therefore, he it known .that
1, Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, do hereby suggest that
the religiouaj services recommended aa
aforesaid, should be postponed Until
Thursday, the first day of Jape.
In testimony whereof, ,1 haye here
unto set my hand, and caused the seal
of I the United Stales to be affixed
sUphe at the buy of Washington,, this,
>2Btfi day of April, iu thb year of odr
Lord, eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
and of the independence of the Uni
ted States of America thCcigbty-nifttb.
I Andrew Johnson. '
W. N. HujNTER, Secretary of Slate.
gcr-
. ua
and
filies
hem
v . ‘
and
the
io of
i Terrible Calamity. ‘
j Caieo, Abril ; 28 -r-Tbe Steamer Sul;
tab a, from JS'ow. Orleaoa or.tbo even*
ing of the 31st, arrived afVicksburg
with bet boilers leaking badly. She
remained there thirty boars repairing,
taking on 1^996: Federal soldier*, and
thirty-five officers, lately ; released
from Cahawba and AndersonviJlepris
or.s. ♦ , ’
.hoe
jShe Arrived at Memphis lost even*
ing. After co.aling, she left'aboiU 2
a. M., and "when about sbvisn miles up,
she blew up,* immediately taking fire,
a lid burnt td the water’s edge; Of 2,-1
IOG souls on I board, pot more than 700 j
have been rescued; 500 l were rescued j
and are now in the hospitals; 200 or,
800 oninjar|ed are at the Soldiers'
Home. Capl. Mason, of the Sultana,
be lost. . *■
Four o’ciJook a. m.— Theriver. front
Memphis! is covered; with soldiers
uggling for life, many of them bad
scalded. | Boats immediately wint
their rescue, r.nd are!still engaged
picking tjhem up. •- j ’ : i
[ieh. Washburne immediately or
nized a hoard ot officers to invesli
te: the affair,, and they are now at
>rk doing jso. Ko; further purlieu
's have been received. c - ■
»y
to
in
The Rebel Ram “Webb ”
' Memphis, April 28, via Cairo, 29/
The Vicksburg Hercld Extra, of
tie 25th, has a dispatch dated; off the
mouth of Red river, April 23d, stating
that at nine pclock that evening the fa
mous rebel I ram “Webb" rah out past
iijon clads there, and : descended the
Mississippi riverj with.lightning speed:
When first ditfooverd she had no light ,
emitted ho Ismoke, and appeared Tike
a huge msss. She wasßred on from
the monitor Manhattan, yrheh she
immediately showed signs, oi life and
shot past the Manhattan, who signall
ed the fleet. The' Lafayette started
in pursuit. The officers of the Manhat
tan'estimated the speed of .the Webb
ai twenty five miles per hour while
passing them. ’
| Later .
] Cairo Apt it 30.
The steamer Mississippi,- grpm New
Orleans, arijived at reported
that the rebpl ram Webb passed New
Orleans in ojpon day, at a rapid .rate,
displaying the stars and stripes, but
h£ter passing she hoistedjthe rebel flag
When a fcW miles above Fort St.
Phillip, her condensers got out of
she was blown npl As far as
known sbeibad inflicted no damage
Save[cutting the telegrapp lino., A
portion ;6f jher; crew bad arrived at
Now Orleans; the rest bad left for
parts unknown. T ‘
JLs >' i !
Gen- Johnaton’d S'
|A'telegram dated War Department,
Wasb>pgton7April 28th, to Major Gen
eral Dix, Bfya: A dispatchl from Gen.
Grant,,, dated at fCaleigh, April 26th,
10 p. m.. slated, “Johnston Surrender*
ed the forces in his commaDd, embra*
ping all fr’om here to Cbattaboochie,
to - General Sherman, 1 on l the basis
agreed.upon between Lee jasd myself
ibr the Army pi Northerni Virginia.”.
E M Stanton, Sec. <jf War.
- -j BxTXNsiqjf or ihk.State
The extension. of/jibe Staj
at Harrisburg, has been c
and a number of'workmen i
«d in dressing stone for th
The excaydlion for the cell!
| and the erecti
building,wijlibe commence!
possible', ; |
* TKE '
■J ■ J kxll|gd i ,
#i*TIOUI&fiS. *O., Ac.
SpMUI pbpatohlo N, Y , Tribmu. !
WAaßtnroTON Thursday, April 271.,/
MNs Save Just received fromUhe lips
oi Sergt.Boston Corbett, of Co. I,
16th New-York Cavalry, the full par
| tieulars of his capture of Booth, and
the which; compelled
him to shoot him.
A detachment 0f26 men, under com
maud of lieutenant Boheny. with
two; of ; Colonel Baker's detectives,
via : Lieutenant-Colonel Conger and
Lieut Baker, both late of Baker’s Bis
trict of Columbia Cavalry, proceeded
to Port Boyal In pn remt jof Booth and
HarroldJ'they haying receivedtrust
wortby information of their where- |
about* from the. negroes, and; some
confirmatory information from certain
paroled Co nfederlate. soldiers }
They crossed the ftappaharinpokl in
a scow. ferry-boat at'Port Koyal 'on
Tuesday night, and Bad proceeded
miles.beyond that' plrice
whbu they ascertained that Booth
was secreted upon the place of Henry
Caiett. Mr. G. was called' put* and
etatedd>4 had been ther, but' had been
notified by Hebei cavalry;-that pur l
oavairy-were crossing j the river and
that be must leave and; secrete] him
seif Sir. G. seeined to give all the
informfCion he copld,j and | hiri son,,
whp accompanied the party here, was
especially active in helping ferret him
out;.: - i: i■' .. !;'■ i ;
He was-supposed to have fled to
the woods, but üboo approaching the
the barn ho was ;discovefed secreted'
therein.M . '{i
When' I ;challenged to come out add
surronder. he, in a veiy wild and ex
cited' tpne, demanded to know who
they supposed him to be, and by what
authority; desireding to know of what
crime be was charged, and evincing
the greatest excitement, and talking
very incoherently.
The officers demanded that he
should pome, forth and give him self
up. •" He^refused to do so, hud threaten
ed toshoot whoever should approach.
He aaidhe was alone there, butwould
never sujender.
Corbett; was' stationed at a corner'
of tho barn, where there was a board
ofi,arid:i&s Oxposedlo Booth’s fire;ho
expressefi a desire to go, in ■ and try
ar.dsecute-bim-,-saying he.'was wiling
to Ventwe. hia:.life In the encounter,
and bad-much rather go in and attack'
biib, than to stand in bis exposed pos
ition ;brif it was so evident that Booth
merit toj up 11 hisiifb ■ as- dearly as pos
sible,. that Lieut. Doherty would- not
pei mil bju to enier. .-I,; . r
, The oSfcers then gave. Booth - five
minutes.tp/sarrehdor.joi else the barn
Would beffired. -Nearly .a half j horir
was consumed ip the.ptirley.bbwever,
when fireWos'eet to the barn I Boring
the prpgrataoftbe, flames Booth was
seen ,^by-Cterhett, aiming his Bpennqr
hf( the ipen.; |pprbatiJ,
who is eigdyeply religions rriati, riays
• be prayed ifetvenily. for - Booth,-and
that God would have 'mercy upon his
upon bis soul; gnU fueling that bo
was justified in shooting, him tb pre
vent the postdblel; of t|jle life of
anoihei- innocent man, approached
the crack, in tho ba,rri, leveled his
revolvejr arid fired,,. .j; -
His ajioh by a strange coincidence,
entered' bis hood ie almost .precisely
the same spot that President Lincoln
|wa« shot; the* bail, however,..passed
through slid out of.uppcrpart of f his
nock oif the opposite side, f i
Booth instantly fell, and h'isfcnrbine
dropped heavily tvitli him; • [ho was
standing at the lime ■. supported ; by a
crutchjpis body, was instantly remoV'
from .the burning, barn; was, just
it daybreak yesterday, and. bo lived
till about ? o’clock. , ji
In hts’ leather which'he wore
was the ''Sic Semper Tyrapnis” dirk,'
ho so tragicially brandished[upon the
stage, with clotted blood :dripd upon
its blade. This knife, bis carbine and |
two revolvers, which lie also had’upon
bis person, holding one ■ih bis left
hand at the time of; being shot, and
while aiming hi i carbine,! r were all
brough hore and exhibited at 2 o’clock
this a.m.
Booth’s confederate and, com
panion, Harrold, camciioutipf the barn
at the; first in an excited state of
fright and professed contrition, with
his.- arjns upraised. Ho. also audibly
besought Booth to surrender, without
ayail however - " ' r - :
Booth,, in his forced hadleur shouted
out just before Hartuld ; left him.
“Here, Captain, is one man [who wants
to surrender inigbtyf bad.'' ,!’ He had
but a moincmt previous {insisted that
no one was in the barn with-him.
; Hsrrotd is pronpunoed a mean,cow
ardly boy. Ho says ho wished Wilkes
Booth had peon. dead before-ho had
ever see him.and than remarked, with
silly tone and action, | “He always
liked Mr, Lincoln, and | was very
fond"of his jokes.” ; | .
' Harold has been bfonght to the
oity snd confined as are the others
prizemen.' |
Booth; before ha died, was appar
ently rational, bat talked' at random
{and contradicted himself .as be had
done throughout, and he, said: “Tell
my mother I died for| nay country.
Ton, gentlem«n, have spoiled myfun
in He seemed conscious of
death, j' but died os fiiyolously and
hardened as ho had lived. ‘ , . -
His: body was fully identified by
his initials on his baud in India,, ink,,
his memorandum bopks and J bther,
papera, and by the. personal recogni
tion before and alter death cf the de
tective officers .who knew him. . j
He hpd bis mustache shaved off, and
haddhmjtbrm of four or five
davsl { l i 't; . . ;■
Hh wore a gray woplcn.shirt; had;
on dark cdssimere pants’; one -cavalry
op theater, 1 top hoot,, -which drew up
above jthe knees,ftmt was turned down
when captured.! On I, the-} other foot
he had .an old shod ..His'leg was
bandaged whe/b it ‘was broken,
' , i i,
A
ender.
iCiPIXOL.—-
ie Capitol,
commenced
•e eng ag-
io building,
ar is nearly
ton of the
n as soon as
r - •
I - v - - I
=1
I '.dl
u
Harrold says t>y his spur catching
in the flag, las tdoning' the President’s .
box, apd trippipg in his leapupbntbo
stage. He suffered ezeruciating pain |
from this ironed, the splintered end
of thebone pieromgthe flesh. i■
- >B.arro4d,ii says .Booth had a third
revolver, sbicb w|s- burned .in the
wasrongh and untidy, strikingly in
| contrast. with j the- hjalariou* "fop 1 of
others .days. Corbett, who is a young
man of Cromwellian eays be was
anxious to te||iermiUed to go in and
encounter him, although be supposed
hiß.lile. would hayelbeen the forfeit; yet
ho-was ef the - opinion that 1 at the
moment Booth hadf engaged him the
others could have..sprang_upon him
and sheared him :alif e.| Hesaysbe
would' wilinglyjhaVe given up his own
life if thereby the cause of justice could
have. been better subservedJ When
be. fired upon nim, it was his bope to
effectually disable him and not kill
him,'but bis hall-siruck higher than
heintended. He knew, however,from [
bisthreats, that he would either kill
himself or some one else if he were not
totally disabled. .
..Booth' wanted to' kno.w-where they
wonld.take.bim’if he would give up Ho
was informcdjby the detest!vea that
ho- must make an unconditional sur
render,; . f '■ )■'{ j ;1 ■■
Ho is said to have sboweredimpreca
lion upon hiHcootederateßjiwhohe
said had'promised to stand by him,
but had all deserted him. |'.
He was brought to the,, house' of
Mr. Garrett by a Confederate Captain,
who told , Mr. Garrett that | ho was
a Marylander who was endeavoring to
mako his way to Johnston’s army.
Several small squads of jKeOtfT
cavalry were licen hovering about
and wete no doubt attempting to cover
his escape;'; .. [i.-. i , ; .
. To the loyal neg foes are our officers
indebted for the trace which led to
Booth’s capture. It is said concln«
sive, bvidonco is adduced showing the
whole plot to have originated in
-the order, called * “Knights of
the.GoldenjCirCle,”
Boston! Corbett, the hero of the
aboveinarration, wasibori; in- London,
but was brought to New-York. ;by bis
Jather’ at. eight , years of,age. He
subsequently went, to Bostoti, weVo
he! was 1 converted; and was baptized
a member of ;tho Methodist ChurCh.
Hb -says; at that time, desiring to lead
a, now life, Ijo changed his former
given name, and \va« baptized “Boa
ion.’’ His'subsequen t residence has
born Now-York, where he enlisted into
the 16tb Cavalry. : r j; ; :■
j He'is'as modest as bo is devoted,and
his Lieutenant pronounced him a most j
worthy- soldier. He, was offered one ']
of Booth’s pistols by the detective as
t memento ’of I the occasion,*, biit’ he
eclined it, saying ho, desired' no
reminder of the sad doty he had per
formed, and desired to ha veil banish
ed from his mind as soon as pass
si bio. - 1 '■
He was to day offerod here sl6b lor
his. own pistol, with which he had
killed Booth, buthe instantly replied,
•j'That is not mine—it, belongs to Gov
eminent, and ! would not jaeH. it thr
any price,”
; Being sp
okon» lb . about the largo,
replied 'he/desired : no re
iving done what God made
him, in- answer to prayer, :
y to do. Ho t remarked,
iatit the Government wisu
p. him,and: would allow him
littlp ,borate when his to’rm i
vas, over,: it Would bo , all
phj I -Hp! isn’t very valua
“butl Ive’ goteo attached to
would . like Ip take him
| was assured by the gcntlp
it j that Secretary Stanton
e an order to bo issued tor
Jo bo turned over to him.* ;
Jlior.ed as a. coincident cir-
reward ho
ward for hi
manifest to,
washis da
however, tl
od to Tewai
to keep his
of service
be,.'Could w{
hie,'ho said
him that 1]
home.” Ilkj
men preseri
Would cans
that horse t
; It is rricr
cumstanee.
1 -that .. Corbett attended
j chapel, in this city,- last
sht, at which be related bis
experience as a hian, soldier
;pan,* closing' with, a very
fl appropriate prayer, in
chert public burden engross "
1' He prayed with especial
[the guilty, fleeing perelra
foal crirrte against human
s nation might be speed ly
and hrougbtTto justice, little
llhon jtbat beJsvas to be: the
i under Providence, for the
tus ovn prayer. ! .
McKondrei
Sunday nig
interesting)
and Christ
■frovont am
which’the C
odhisraind,
fervor that
tcrff of the I
ity and tb<
bvcrtaken i
drearaing'i
instrument
anawer.bt
1: ’ . SI
•it •. THIEF
,J\ store- 03
door on Pridi
off three' dor
tera,; and ont
rooco-Boots:
the Convictii
the goods.
Bridgewal
10 REWARD.
j enleredtbawarerooin of the
f the, by hbring the
y. night, April 21st, and carried
pain of s Ladies’ Congress Gai
dozl pairs of Ladies’ Fine Mo-
I will pay the above reward for
n of the thief and recovery of
: ■ , A. C HURST,
ir, Pa., April 22,1866. '
CJLA» B HURST,
Conveyeitcer & Beal Estate and
Genoral Agency Office.,
f pHB sub* iriber having' opened an office al
L Rochester, (in the room lately occupied
by; F. A. Foi tube) respectfully solicit* the pa
tronageof h a friends and the public in gen.
.end, m (h e purchase and safe of Real Estate
to'.,- 4oj '; ■' .( •!' • . V'' '■ '., ■
Refers to J ohn A. Caughey, Jos.' Plummer
•Wm. A Co.','Pittsburg... ;.
Rochester, May3l6s:3m, .
"tni
NORMAL.
>lpal Class
ER THE XHRECTIONOP
or A. N. ; JOHNSON,
"The Empire-” arid "Thor
ough Base”
id at the Bearer and
Mo. leal Institute,. _ ' w ;
ily 18th, 1865/
. ONTINOK TOUR; 1 ' WEEKS,.
The instn etion wiU he. inenltWiation of th»
voice, Harnony/Thoroogh Rase and Musical
composition, and| irilf continue daily for firs
hours. | The .'attention 0 f those desiring !1 j
teach orp er form Sacred Musiei either Vocil
or Instrumei ital, is called, to this rare oppor
tunity for inprorement. '.■.■■■ I ■
J ns are $7,00. Beard in the Tnsti -
tution, $15,')0 for the; sessions For particu
lars addferaf"' I i Rst. B. T. TAYLOR.
ria
, u 1 un:
Profest
Author of
will be' fonn
| . AMO 'C
is
isc m
V».
1 1 ,
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V-
MEE
lil !t COUNTY
Ph . i ! T>Y virtue «f u SfWE.
!-'| *■ 7 . T .'■ ■ , |. I Jls phans’ Court of
Il’HßiCoaiity Treasurer will attend in the signed, Guardian dfftMLf. ouw fi
p , several townships- end h«ronghg for tbe 7 MMT
jurpot®! of rewlTing the County and State Markup, dec’d.,
taxes for the year 1866. at the: times and pla. Yendue or ont-crv. affKlS 19
aead«g«t4:below.Tii: r , P ;
-p. - May 24, Friday, (he 2d jj.L* , -
Glasgow! & Ohio Ip 25, Jesse Smith's; - at 10 o’clock a m lie ■ -»« ife
Industry;. 20,- Aher’s; ~ , : of the nndWM. h *
Phillipsbjirg 29. Bimber’a; |.,_ -v jdescribedW
|s»; trWMgsw
jaws* s - MUM.
BrigUM }*• ”• i■'■ , \ three! acres or thereabjh 4?*
Jfew Brighton 15 a 16, Hiu-ofcHpuse; , , erected one eineW il'T I *’- 09
North Bewickly - Helen's; ! kitchen. about 27 ™. o2 8 l dw 'Uinr tJ k •»'
Franklin n .
Marion! 21. G.J Hartiell’e.. ofappKpeach^«tS!' 1
Near Bewickly 22,, Geo.Eanseher's; , !of good water a cbt riJ »■«,
Bcoaomy tp f| 23 ’
Chippewa -26, Mrs-Cunuingham’s; Pittsburg railroad r£ni .?* Cl »»«Usi^
B.Beaver,Homewood,27, Johnston’s hotel; ■- bottom * ruas ‘hrongk tl>
do . Galilee 1 28, Griebing-s do TEEMS.-nOne-third „,.v 7*
an’a j'r a v>° rth ' ,S “hahdon the confiimaHn*f P^ M, o(ii,
I L boro ,? ®°° k •» Court, and the remainder’?,, ! W
Fallstotti v JulyS, Toll House; • instalments. from that d, *«! Zt
1 f°“ th B “ w . *. f *<*• MwMMa-f! - i that time, id be seebred '““J®
Obt ■w»i«soa»Waaqg
Hanover * Greene 12, H. Hutchinson’s; FEB COCMTV, S& 4
Frankfort ’ .18, H.M.M’Cutcheon’s; T N ; th « Orphans’jConri'
Hanover 14, Short’s store; ' I ty of Beaver, sod Stale of
Raccoon; ; . 17, D.Ewing’s;; - r n . tbe petition of tir r*
Independence 18, John Holmes!. tate of Wm. | Pnc'e, dec’jL T o 4,/^*
I‘do iiHopewell 19, Johnston’s store; ’ « ? res * n, ? t *T B ofJ»iddecew? l, t
Hopewell I ; 1 20, H. Seed’s; . Wm. and John I’rice,
Moon ;| 1 : '2l. Wm. Elliott’s; ' -T eB^ d in Conr »<lj EicholtTs **»
Pulaski, . 22, R. Wallace’s. Price, who resides in SIMe ofs!^
I' - „ - , ..L . James Price, David Price add
! inpayment can be made m the adjdimng reside in the State of JlioWtn
districts.: All licenses must he paid before intermarried with Eliahl 3 « ““Mhia
the l»t ofJnlyc- ’ JOHNCACQHEY, sided inNeW Brightoa7B..;.“S;S
m«i»«8r Treasurer. and ifire‘children, to wlu
H.-i Jane and Margaret,!
is Edward E. Holmes;* and all otf*?
terested—Ton and each|of you art henk«*
led to be and, appear before the Hon.
of said Court, si Bearer, ,in and for ’
county on. the first ,J ondsy !, of }Z t
(sth), to accept or; refuse the rnl eLjl
■ ®* ,d deceased, at the valuation put uno. wS
an inquest awarded by J 3 SSffi
returned by the Sherifflto March ternTlSl
and found to contain ids acres 148 wTI
valued at $33 per acre; and in the eveut ohj
acceptance to shew cause- whythe stoidjil
“jjaShi:-
SMITH'S FERRY AND
LITTLE BEAVER
PETROLEUM COMPANY!
CAPITAL STOCK....
1)0,000 SharesoTPnr Value of .......$l,OO each;
x ; . ” . 1 • ' ; '
working Capital. .sis,ooo.
A T a meeting of the stockholders of the
r\ above company, held at their office in.
ihenorongh; of Rochester, Aptil 29tb, 1865,
the following persons were eledled it,s officers
for the ensuing year:
. i" i-! -r - ■ is ■ ■■ ■
I ;,-,r PRESIDENT.
MATTISON BARRAGE
; TREASURER 4 SECRETARY,: ■ t
CHARLES B. HURST.
iji.i directors: ■' j
■ Mattison Darragb, Milo R.-Adams,
. Charles Stone, . ' Alfred„Gl Hurst, .
■ James Darragb, Jolm Bigger,
' Levi Brennaman, Robt. A. Cochran,
Charles F. Kendall. ' '
f&-\ limited number Of [shares ..of Stock
of the above Company may be had by appUj
cation at the office of the company;
in Rochester, Pa.
I CHAsTb. ■
ORPHANS* COURT f SALE Ojt
KBAL ESTATE. f
BY - virtue jof an .order' of the- Orp/ans
CourMtY the county of Reaver, th<{ un
dersignedpldministrator of the Estate n S>Sr
vid'W. Horner.’ deceased, will expose to pub
lic sale at auction, at the Court. House/ in the
Borough of [Reaver, Beaver county, Fa'.,, on
" Friday, thf 2d day of June, 1865, “ I
the following described, to wit: two'lots of
ground, situate in the Borough of New Bright
.ton, in. said county of Beaver, marked and
numbered on the plan of Benjamin
sand’s extension of said : Borough of, New
Brighton, Noi.'T and 8 lying together and en
closed under one fence,-, and bounded on the
north by lot No. 6. on the west by Fourth
Street or Bush alley, on the south by lot No.
9, and on the east by Fifth Street, j The said
lots being fift y feet front each,by one hundred
and-fifty feet deep. •
TERMS—One-half of the purchase money
■ah confirmation of sale by the Court,- balance
in one year from that date, with interest from
same time, to be secured by bond and mort
gage, ’ : JOSEPH BEAVER, Adm’r
- May 8/65.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
-S ; FOR SALE
4 Fine residence in Vahport,. within one
/\ mile of; Bearer, and within a few rods
ofVanport Station, Pittsbur'g
Railroad, containing - two anil a half acres,
with a variety of fruit..
I. Also; a three and a half acre lot, on the
Ohio river, between the Pittsburg and' Cleve
land Railroad and public road, within a few
rods of Vanpori station, beautifully located
for private residence.. .'•!
Also, j one mile from Vahport-station, nine
ty-jeven acres of land, - between twenty-five
■and thirty acred cleared,, the. balance timber
Isind, well and all under {fence*, with
two hundred; best selected young apple tijees.
and a number.of peach trees. Good localities
.for oil boring, on all the above, described prop
erty-
Titles made good. Possession given imme
diately.; For farther particulars inquire of
the subscriber at his residence in Vanporti 8.
B. Wilson. Esq, or J. C. Wilson, in
:PennaJ |-. ' (i
i KBuTerm* easy. 1
’ May3,’66. HAMILTON M’KENZIE.
Notice.
BEAVER COUNTS', WJ* .
JN the Orphans’ Court Tor skid county;. In
the matter of the estate of Jkqkson Whia
, det'd. Account confirmed March 8,1865..
. And now, :to wit, Adjourned Court, April'
28, 1865, the Court appointJos-H. Cunning
ham, Esq , an-Auditor to distribute the bal
ance „in the hands of the Administrator among
those entitled thereon.
A true Extract from the Record. 1
. JOHN A. FRAZIER, Cl’k.
The,Auditor shore-named will attend to the
duties of his .appointment, at- hip office in
Bearer,onWednesday, May 24th,1865, at IQ o’,
.clock, a. m., at which time and place ailpsr
ties interested may attend.
map3’66 J. H. CUNNINGHAM, Auditor. J
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE.:
WHEREAS tellers testamentary onthe.
estate of Cibmbst Emmas, late of
-Economy tp., Bearer co.,_Ea-, dec’d, haring
been granted to ihe nndSta'igned, all persona
indebted' to said estate are requested tomaka
immediate; payment, and those baring- claims
ayainstthe same,will present them properly
authenticated for settlement. '
SOPHIA EHRMAX,: Ex’rx,
Economy tp.
, HLjS'fio
II
.!.........$BO,OOO.
ORPHANS’. Gt
ThYvirtue of an order
■ll i>f the county of I
I will expose to sale.by 1
cry, on the premises, on
SATURDAY. Mi
at 2 o’clock, p. mJ. of a
real estate, late the esli
dec'd., viz; ' •,' j
Alt the, eastern psrt of
the borough of Phillipsb
beunded and described a
ginning at a corner form
of Ohio and Lacook stre<
street north 8 deg.[west
(hence down river JSlrfe
western dart of lot No. ;
307 feet 4 inches; j thorn
82 deg east 63 feet 3 in
ginning, on which is or
frame dwelling house.''
tachedto the same.
{TERMS—One-third
oh' confirmation of sale
remainder in two i equi
from that date, with hi
FRAScS
Adm^
aprB&
NOTICE |IJT PARTITION
TK the matter of the partition of the!
■JL est4te of Robert Ritchie, dec'll. li|
Spin and legal r epresentat ires of uid d«' t|
cwit: Jane McCormick.'| FrancießiteHie, J
anderT, Ritchie', (the petitioner,') Williul
Ritchie, residing jin the State of lowa, BtH
Ritchie, James Cl Ritchie, i Eliiaheth Bni
Jonas D. Ritchie! now| qc late-of CiSifen
;othera' interested —V o a ill
each of you are ' hereby ; notified that ■
inquisition' t o make partition or nluiicu
the realeatate_of said deceased, will btM
on the prsinisea, pa Friday the olb iiji
May. 18C5, at which time and' piicrjwH
attend, if you think proper.. " .1
■ : :j_ JOS. LEI)UE,«fj
Soanirr's Orrtca, I
Rearer, apr, 5,’05. . I • I
/FOR SAXE! I
T| 'HE; subscriber 5 offers at prirgte lim
J. lirick hou?e formerly occupied hjt'B
the borough of Rochester. j j.l
It is ; one of the largest and most.cot*l
ous prirate residences in tie county. ™*l
■ cellent stabling and ot l-buildinga fruit !i*|
and shrubbery. j ! ■'' J . L*
j®“ For further particulars apply «*1
: PORTER, ' Esq., [in the promiaea. or to thin
dersigned corner of Peon and Hand Snq
TO FARBESS.
I will offer private sale. f« r ,
. one 8-horse power thresher «n« ••P*J
good as new. and in, perfect : or _U .i'
“ Buikeye” Mower ahdKeaper; ‘ M
Molrer and*. Reaper, patent drop“it
Wagon's Plows, Harrows; wheeled He
Grain Drill'Ap. | The above arstllMWJ
and. bf the latestrimprovement. ■,
, Also/ a large lot of Salem Cook‘d
Slaves, the best in ns# and warrsote
respect. .| ; | X O-.W.
j. near Darlington, Bsarirc|i ~
mar. 29/65
CHARLES
NOTARY
7; M..;_ f .
OFFICE 1 IN THE DU^ 1
ROC HE ITER,
la the Boon Lalelj, Oc«F w
'f K I - F.■■!*. Fortune.
( ] -JiBXBCtf ,
■HTTBEREAS. letters tcstsW" I *'* ( :
W ;■ estate of W*. SaABtoHt.jM .yi
dependence tp, Beaver county, «
been granted to! the imderstgn* ■ y 0
knowing themselves' indebted
are requeste<Clo.mede imrnedi ®
andthose haring claims 9 £ ..rfjt*
present them properly auihentw ,
tlement. .■ ,'| „J, : v Ltijh E« [ -
’ THOS - S^|eS^s
ADMINISTRATORS
XlTHEKEAsilelters of
W ing been' granted tp lit* [,[»
'the:estate qf Mrs, A*»a Jack* >
Brighton, Bearer coJ,
knowin’g-Uhemselres indebted
are requested to mskje ?»?“* OtK
and those haring claims
present them to; the sbbscnbexdu j
cated for seitlem'ent. | w kjn'r. *
' ' JOHN BARLOW, a ,
aprli* SAML. MiGA*.
aprS
ANDRE?
ATTORNEY
i C.; bsa v/fi
Of »|h« »*'
Katioosl Hol«l
i. " ‘ I ' •
ibUßTSilfc'l
Of the Orphans’ Ctrl
;>ubiic readueotiJ
AY 27ihf/ 186-i, I
laid' day, the follwJ
fte of Harriet CorU
f lot No. id.' siWi J
1 trgh,'' Beprer c«a:]
is follows, to wit: i\
i ;d by the int|rsiaj
ets, thence by Ltd
552 feet to OniotJ
tel S inches. thcaJ
tt south 26! dq s |
t e up Ohio slrtftgjl
i :hes to the
ected a, large Hail
and frame USavn
I
)f the purchist
by th* Court, iai (hJH
| annul mtfelttcnißß
itereit homußivWSi
jrs,L« GOl’im -t|
jsri'ih willitmnri
PUBLIC,'
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