§iflfari Unqttim. BEDFORD PA. f FRIDAY, APRIL 21,18*5. THE MARTYR PRESIDENT. On last Saturday morning, whilst the pa triotic citizens of Bedford were making preparations for the Celebration which va to take place in the afternoon, the whole town was shocked by the startling announce ment that the President of the United States had been assassinated the night be fore. In a very short time this terrible news, carrying with it sorrow and sadness, was conveyed to every hamlet and village in oar vast country. And now as we write we can scarcely realize the solemn fact, tint: Abraham Lincoln is no longer among the iving. The greatest man of the nation has been stricken down, and we are led to ex claim, ''How have the mighty fallen." Henceforth, Abraham Lincoln will live onh in history. His deeds will survive hint. America will never let his name die. He was born for immortality. The many good actions which he performed, and the many noble words which he uttered, will hence forth be the theme of the poet and the sub ject of the historian. Once we were per mitted to hear him—on the memorable oc casion of the Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, and-never shall wt forget the inipreasion left upon our mind. We can imagine that we yet see his tall, commanding form, and there amidst the as sembled multitudes, gathered from even loyal State in the Union, who had gone thither to listen to the classie eloquence oi the noble Evprett, and to pay a last tribute to the brave departed who had fallen on those historic plains, we can almost hear him again say: ''The nation shall, un der God, have a new birth of freedom, and the Government of the people, for the peo ple, and for all people, shall not perish from earth." Never were words better than these uttered. But he is now gone forevei from our midst, and no longer will the na tion, relying on him as in times past, tort to him as their strength and hope. Though fee was surrounded by enemies tainted with the darkest infamy, and we were in the midst of a dreadful intestine strife, in what one of the Kemans termed helium p/mqumn civile, a more than civil war, and though he encountered opposition such as a ruler had never before"expei ienced, and was at the same time the subject of the vilest calumny and the most malignant persecution perhaps the world ever saw, yet true to his manhood, true to the people who had elevated him to his responsible position, with firm c-onvic tion of duty and an implicit confidence in God, he never for one moment swerved from the right. The keen shafts of satire levelet a at him by the disloyal fell harmless at hmß feet, while armed treason failed to seeur ffi the reins of government. It only remained® for a cruel assassin strike the fatal blow* But he is now at rest, and his worst enc® mies will cease to oppose him. "After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well: ® Treason has done his worst; nor steel nor®! poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him farther.'' Soon he will be conveyed to his western® home, the scene of his earlier days and of® happy raoolkotioao. IIo ronitiiue Will DC® buried beneath the sod of the prairie, and® wild winds sweeping from the distant lakes® will wave the tall and bending grass over his® hallowed grave. Springfield will heicaftei® become as sacred as the Hermitage, Ash ® land and Mount Vernon. It will be anoth ® er Meeca toward which many a weary pil prim will direct his steps. Many a devotee of freedom will beat a path to his tomb, strew bright flowers over his grave, and fill his new cut urn with tears. For he was a defender of that Freedom which was pur chased by the sword—that freedom which born amid tempests and storms, bap tized by the blood and tears of innocence, and purified by the fires of persecution, is to-day our rich inheritance. Though the bloody hand of treason has triumphed for the moment, yet we are not without hope. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church; so that while Freedom may be buried in worse than Lethean darkness, yet like the fabled phenix which was said to rise from its own ashes, it will yet come forth from these crucial fires, purer, fairer, nobler. We are on the threshold of a brighter era. That will be the Era of Free dom. Soon the last clank of slavery will have forever died away on the ears of the oppressed. And if any one man has been more instrumental than another, in unloos ing the fetters of the oppressed, and giving liberty to four millions of American bonds men, that man is ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THAT LETTER OF EXPLANATION. Our comments on the Poor House report seem to have roused the ire of the clerk of that establishment. In the last issue of the "Gazette" he vents his impotent wrath in a desperate tilt, first, at our editorial self, then floundering in the depths of uncertainty, hell turns from us and pounces headlong upon® our unfortunate friend, here also failing to make his Points, he winds up his herculean labor with a touch of the most exquisitely chaste and classic billingsgate. He would fain excuse himself, from giving sufficient details to make his report intelligible, on grounds of public economy, forgetting that time, price, and quantity all go in the same line, and necessarily occupy no more space than in the present form of the report li||j in the exercise of his rigid economy he can® not give an intelligible report, why go tog the expense of publishing an utterly useles® one ? Why aot save the whole amount ofg printer's fees ? Hear him—"lt has neve® been the custom to set out the day and date® or even price per pound or dozen of articles bought for the use of the Poor House." Because the reports have always been de fective, he thinks there is no need of im provement or reform at this late day. Again he says—"The role is to pat all the articles bought from one person together, as well as all the charges and checks for the same in dividual of different dates. The rule may be correctly stated but he has not adhered to it in his report, for there are in It no less thMi three charges of money paid to himself, three to Asa Stockey, three to Asa Silvers, five to S- Reigh&rd, seven to A. Ake, Ac The gentleman s memory must be very de fective or he would not have staled is his defence a rule which he has been so grossly violating gll the time. Again; "The report docs not pretend there are no old debts, it simply says nothing about them, because it is impossible to tell the exact amount of them. A frank confession indeed. Direc tors. Auditors and clerk, all together, una ble to tell the amount of indebtedness. Tru ly we bad nor expected so, prompt an ac knowledgement of the justness of our surnii ses as to the incompetency of these officials. No wonder he uses the words "awkward ness" "conceited blockhead" Ac, so glibly; he doubtless has a very' vivid realization of their import as he evidently speaks from ex perience. Surely after that they will no longer ask to be retained in office and paid for services they confess themselves incom petent to perform. He also complains of our comments upon his salary and says— "That four years ago it was only 25 dollars per year, but since that time it has been in creased to Forty-five dollars, being only 2U dollars more." Not quite four years ago. His own report shows, that for the year en ding, March 1864 his salary was only $25, but he received Seventy-eight dollars and Eighty-one cents ; also that for the year en ding, March 1855, when he says his salary was only $45, he received Seventy-one Ml Inrsand Seventy-am cents. Here we sec this very economical individual has received in the two years One hundred and fifty dol leirs atid fifty-Uoo cents, while his salary a-| mounted to but Seventy dollars. We be:~§ the gentleman's pardon for having assumed that he received three salaries per year, when it appears that it only averages about two and a half; we have only to plead in excuse that we had not, then, the benefit of his letter of explanation. It is bad enough as it is, we don't want to make it any worse, Hear him again—"I would ask any sane man, would he allow his clerk s2l per day. when he himself is only allowed $1.50 per day.'' We did not accuse any of the party )f being sane, but the clerk has settled that question. He acknowledges, and we believe the law fixes, the auditor's pay at sl.st) per day. No sane Auditors would give their clerk [more. He says they each received $7.50 for making the report; therefore they were five days making out this very extraor dinary report, which any school boy might have done in five or six hours. What won derful celerity these gentlemen have dis played. Perhaps fault will again be found with our calculations. We only see one other explanation of the difficulty, which is. tallowing as before, two days for auditing,) that they voted the clerk s2] extra pay, and that he generously divided the spoils with® them, and made each $7.50. He can take® either horn of the dilemma; for the auditor:® were sane or how would they have taker® such good care of the dollars and cents of® their pay ? We are very sorry that the® clerk in his eagerness to exculpate himself.® should blunder into falsehood and accuse u.- of saying that he received s2l per day for his services; if he will examine our article he will see that we never made any such charge. He says again—"lt is hardly to be presumed that the directors are dishonest.'' It is his own presumption. We distinctly say in a former article that "we think it most charitable to suppose they have done the best they could." We impeach no man's hmwv. w a as they appear in the report, and leave the public to judge if their servants are faithful and competent. If the economical gentleman feels disposed for further explanation, we suggest that he give us an account of the supplemental set tlement made at the last meeting of the di rectors. We think it would present a fine field for the display of his powers of expla nation and elucidation. It would also afford an opportunity for some very appropriate comments upon the subject of economy. THR Greensburg Argus thus announces the bi illiant triumphs of our heroic armies which resulted in the capture of Petersburg and Bichmond, The Argus may be safely termed the last of the copperheads, for cer tainly no other term could be applied to such a treacherous reptile. The Democracy of Westmoreland will doubtless blush for the open, insolent, cowardly treason their organ has manifested. We quote: ' 'The scraps of war news which we pub lish to-day, will carry sorrow and bereave ment to thousands of families. The slaugh ter on both sides has been terrific. The bungling butcher Grant,the marauder Sher ■man, and the incendiary Sheridan, have no doubt, at an immense sacrifice of life, ob tained a decided advantage over the Confed erate forties. Every batfle 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." Installation of Vice-President Johnson. WASHINGTON, April 15.—At an early hour this morning the Hon. E. M. Stanton. Secretary of W ar, sent an official communi cation to the Hon. Andrew Johnson, Vice- President, that in consequence of the sudden and unexpected death of the Chief Magis trate, his inauguration should take place as soon as possible, and requesting him to state the place and hour at which the ceremony should be performed. Mr. Johnson immediately replied that it® would be agreeable to him to have the pro ceedings take place at his rooms in the Kirk wood House, as soon as the arrangements could be perfected. Chief Justice Chase was informed of the fact, and repaired to the appointed place in company with Secretary McCulloch of Trea sury Department, Attorney-General Speed, F. P. Biair. Sr., Hon. M. Blair, Senators! ■Foot of Vermont, Ramsey of Minnessota. ■Yates of Illinois, Stewart of Nevada, Hall | i New Hampshire, and General Farnsworth ■of Illinois. I At 11 o'clock the oath of office was ad- Bmimstered by the Chief Justice of the Uni ■ted States, in his usual solemn and impres ■sive manner. I Mr. Johnson received the kind expressions of the gentlemen by whom he was surroun ded in a manner which showed his earnest sense of the great responsibility so suddenly devolved upon him, and made a brief speech in which he raid : The duties of the office are mine; I will perform them. The consequences are with God. Gentleman, I shall lean upon you.— I feel that I shall need your support. lam deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occasion, and the responsibility of the duties of the office I am assuming." Mr. Johnson appeared to be in remarka bly good helth, and has a high and realizing sense of the hopes that are centred upon him. His manner was solemn and dignified, and his whole bearing produced a most grati fying impression upon those who participa ted in the ceremonies. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Font years ago, on Friday last, Gen. But ler rose from the trial of an unfinished cause in Boston that he might instantly hurry out a brigade of Massachusetts soldiers to march to the rescue of the imperiled capital, and on Friday he wrote his resignation. The cause left |unfinished is still before the Boston courts, and Gen. Butler returns thither to complete his argument this week. THE Records of Libby Prison, from its commencement to its close, have been secur ed by Gen. Weitzel, and will lie preserved for future reference. They show the date and home of every man who entered there, and the date of his death or removal. The letter books of the rebel treasury department have also been secured and will be sent to Washington. IN a Sunday school in Brooklyn, last Sun day, while the recitation ot verses of Scrip ture was in progress, a little lad suddenly ex claimed, "I know a verse?" He was desired to recite it, and said: "If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him an the spot." He had studied the Gospel ac cording to General I)ix. IN the Richmond Navy Yard there is a heavy amount of lumber, and of the kind needed in ship-building. On the ways there is a seven hundred and fifty ton ship, two two-thirds finished. Work was commenced on it in 18GO. There is also a canal lighter, nearly finished, and four canal boats in course of construction. LEE surrendered less than 8000 fighting men to Grant. Less than 5000 muskets were surrendered. Lee confessed to Gen. Grant that Johnston's entire force would not num ber more than 10,000. Johnston, it is repor ted, has retreated into South-Carolina. GEN. SHERMAN'S army moved from Golds borough on the 10th iusk, in the direction of Raleigh, with only pack mule to each compa ny and a single wagon to each regiment. The whole army had been abundantly sup plied with provisions and the requisites for a long march. A STACK OF GRASS.— There is a little girl, thirteen years of age, in Ellsworth. Maine, who weighs two hundred and ninety pounds, is fifty-five inches high, and measures forty six inches around the waist and twenty inches around the arm. "All flesh is grass." IT is stated that orders will be sent to our Generals everywhere to open communications with "tile enemy, and the commanders of reb els in their front, and offer them the same terms which were accepted by Gen. Lee. IN the library of the eapitol building at Richmond some fellow has posted a placard over the portrait of Jeff Davis, "To be hung by the neck until dead, at such time and place as the Lieutenant-General may direct." THE Roanoke, the last rebel ram, was de-® stroyed by the rebels in Roanoke river, above® Plymouth, on Friday night last. She floated® down to the obstructions, near Plymouth.® where she burnt to the water's edge and then® MOSEBY and other guerrillas in Virginia, belonging to Lee's army, who were necessari ly surrendered with it, declare their intention to fight on, and thus become banditti and lia ble to penalty ot death whenever caught. WHEN Mr. Lincoln heard thai Weitzel's ne groes had taken Richmond he said, "Well, the people in Richmond have been wanting black soldiers for some time past, and now they have got them.'' JOHN A. STANLEY has reached Washington from North-Carolina, representing the loya® organization from that State, with a view to® returning her to the I'nion. Ax imposing American fleet will return the® visit of the Russian naval officers to America® as soon as the Colorado is ready tor sea. GUNBOATS, having cleared the channel oil torpedoes, are anchored near Richmond, with! their guns covering the city. Gov. Ct'RTIX was a! Richmond a few days! ago looking after the wounded and sick sol i diers from our State. GEN. LEE arrived in Richmond on Wed! nesday and proceeded immediately to hisl home. Mr. WM. HUNTER, of Rhode Island, the! present Acting Secretary of State of the Uni-1 ted States, has for several years been a Chief! Clerk in the State Department. PRESIDENT JOHNSON is nearly two months! older than President Lincoln was. THE Union losses in the recent battles neai® Peteisburg are said to have been overstated® They will not probably, all told exceed ten or® eleven thousand. The Medical Director a® City Point estimates the number of Union® wounded, up to the retreat of Lee, at five® thousand. This was all he was instructed to® make provision for. MR. RICHARDSON writes to the N. Y. Tri® bune that there are fifteen thousand of our® men still in rebel prisons, suffering in the® most intense manner. Without doubt, in the® present disorganization of the rebels, thei® sufferings are largely increased. Lines of® communication are cut, supplies are more® difficult to procure, and the disposition of® rebel prison keepers is not softened by the® news from the front. The first duty of thf j| Government is towards these men, and the) ® must see to it that they are at once fed and® clothed and brought within our lines. Let® there be a general deliverance of our unhap® py piisoners. CHARLES C. FULTON, of the American, has! just arrived in Baltimore from Charleston andls Savannah. At the latter place he learned!! that on Monday, the 10th, Jeff Davis was atSj Macon, Ga. At Havana, he learned from al bank officer, that Jeff Davis had on deposits in one of the banks there SIOO,OOO in gold. || GEN. COUCH is now in command of a corpst! under Sehofield. PARSON BROWNLOW has entered upon his® duties as Governor of Tennessee. He was® inaugurated on Wednesday week. COL. THOMAS A. SCOTT, Vice President ot® the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company,! was married, in Pittsburg, to Miss Riddle, ofp that city, daughter of the late Robert M. Rid-I die, Esq., who was conspicuous as a politician® and editor of the Commercial Journal. A MAN named Mobley, a noted guerrilla.S who lived about fifteen miles below Williams-1 port, on the Virginia side, was killed last® week by Union scouts. He was waylaid byi the scouts and shot dead. He was one of the most desperate of the rebel thieving guerrillas that infested that country. GEN. CRAWFORD, one of the heroes of Fort Sumter in 1861, was present at the raising of the old flag over Sumter on the 13th inst. He has won fresh laurels during the late battles for the capture of Richmond. His command was with Phil. Sheridan in all his terrible forced marches and conflicts to flank Lee. AWFULEVENT! 1 PRESIDENT LINCOLN SHOT® BY AN ASSASSIN. The deed (lout- at Ford's Theatre <m® leu* Friday night.—The net of r/® desperate Rebel.—Attempted assas || si nation of Secretary Seward.—D# 11 § tails of the dreadful Tragedy. WASHINGTON, Friday, April 14—12:30 a. nil The President was shot in a theatre to-® night, and perhaps, mortally wounded. ® Secretary Seward was also assassinated. B SECOND DISPATCH. WASHINGTON, Friday, April 15.® President Lincoln and wife, with otheiß friends, this evening visited Ford's Theatre® for the purpose of witnessing the perform® ance of the "American Cousin." Grant would also be present, but he took® the late train of cars for New Jersey. The theatre was densely crowded, aud ev® erybody seemed delighted with the scene be B fore them. 1 taring the third act, aud while! there was ;i temporary pause for one of the! actors to enter, the sharp report of a pistol! was heard, which merely attracted attention! but suggesting nothing serious, until a mail rushed to the front or the President's box I waving a long dagger in his right hand, andl exclaiming " Sic semper Tyramnn" and im I mediately leaped from the box. which wa J in the second tier, to the stage beneath, andl ran across to the opposite side, making hi! escape amid the bewilderment of the audi! enee from the rear of the theatre, and niouti j tin" a horse, fled. The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first disclosed! the fact to the audience that the Presiden ! hud been shot, when all present rose to theiiß feet, rushing toward the stage, many ex® claiming "Jiang him! hang him!" . The excitement was of the wildest possible® description, and of course there was an ab® rubt termination of the theatrical perform B There was a rush toward the Presidcmkrjl box, when cries were heard : "Stand b&X® ind give him air." "Has any one stimn B hints.' On hasty examination, it was foundl that the President had been shot through! the head, above and aback of the temporal! bone, and that some of the brain was oozing! out. He was removed to a private hou b opposite to the theatre, and the Surgeon p General of the army, and other surgeons! sent for to attend to his condition. On an examination of the private box® blood was discovered on the back of thi B cushioned rocking-chair on which the Presi-B dent had been sitting, also on the partition® and on the floor. A contemn single-bar ® relied pocket pistol was foujEtooti the car ® A military guard was plifrngplli front of® the private residence to wmcb the Prcsi-B dent had been conveyed. An immense® crowd was in front of it, all deeply anxious® to learn the condition of the President. Its had been previously announced that the! wound was mortal, but all hoped otherwise ! The shock to the community was terrible. | The President was in a state of svncope.l totally insensible and breathing slowly. r i hi! blood oozed from the wound at the back oil his head. The Surgeons exhausted every! effort of medical skill, but all hope was gone. I The parting of his family with the dying* President is too sad fordiseription. At midnight, the Cabinet, with Messrs.! Sumner. Colfax and Farnsworth, Judgil Curtis, Gov. Oglesby, Gen. Meigs, Coll Hay, and a fc#personal friends, with Sur |S geon-General Barnes and his immediate as-® sistants, were around his bedside. The President and Mrs, Lincolu did not® start for the theatre until fifteen minutes af® ter eight o'clock. Speaker Colfax was a-|| the White House at the time, and the Pres ® ident stated to hirn that he was going al-lf though Mrs. Lincoln M ""t been - ■ -r— > announced Jthf* M en 1 t*rant and they were to be and as® Gen. Grant had gone North, he did not 1 wish the audience to be disappointed. He went with apparent reluctance am® urged Mr. Colfax to go with him ; but thaigj gentleman had made other engagements.® and with Mr. Ashman, of Massachusetts.® bid him good bye. When the excitement at the theatre was® at its wildest height, reports were that Secretary Seward had also been assas-jg sinated. On reaching this gentleman's residence all crowd and a military gtiard were found at® the door, and on entering it was ascertained!! that the reports were based on truth. Everybody there was so excited that scarce ® ly an intelligible word could be gathered.® but the facts are substantially as follows : ® About 10 o'clock a man rang the bell •if I and the call having been answered by tin B colored servant, he said he had come frou® l>r. Verdi, Secretary Seward's family phy® sician, with a prescription, at the same® time holding in his hand aLsmall piece of fol 1 ded paper, and saying in answer to a refusalg that he must see the Secretary, as he wasll entrusted with particular directions concern! ing the medicine. He still insisted ongoing! up, although repeatedly informed that no| one could enter the chamber. The man® pushed the servant aside, and walked heav ® ily toward the Secretary's room, and wa.-B met by Mr. Frederick Seward; of whom he® demanded to see the Secretary, making th< || same presentation which he did to the scr-B vant. What further passed in the way off! coloquy is not known, but the man stnickif him on the head with a billy," severlyglj injuring the skull and felling him almost® senseless. The assassin then rushed into® the chamber and attacked Major Seward, |3 Paymaster in the United States army and® Mr. Hansell, a messenger of the State De® partment and two male nurses, disabling!! them all, he then rushed upon the Secreta-B ry, who was lying in bed in the same room.raj and inflicted three sutbs in the neck, butS| severing it is thought and hoped, no arte-ll ries, though he bled profusely. John Wilkes Booth.—Sketch of thelf Murderer. John Wilkes Bwftlk was born in Harford® county, and not in Baltimore city. He i.-|| much addicted to drink, and having lost|| I heavily recently in oil speculations, was sup-® posed to be laboring under temporary insani-fej ty. _ The madness of the act would seem to® justify this. He was for some time bnsines.- ?f (agent for his brother Edwin in the West ® He made his first appearance on the stageß at the Arch Street Theatre, in this city. some® years ago, under the uame of John Wilkes,® and was considerably liked. Some time after he made his first appears!) ance as a star at Columbus, Ga-, and while!! there was accidently shot by the manager. §1 I He has been in Washington for somel! aionths past, ostensibly for <he purpose otfl jrganizing an oil company, but reaßy for tkj| purpose of consummating his scheme of|f wholesale assassination, under the direcUonll if Mosby. There is no doubt that Booth contemplated the act long ago, and only de-B layed its execution because of some private.™ instructions from Moseby. Only a month ago he obtained a pass to gu| to Virginia, ostensibly to buy some land,® but really to consult with M osebv and otherp* leader relative to the murder of Mr. Lincoln j and his Cabinet. lie was w<dl acquainted with all the exits® and internal arrangements of Ford's Thea §1 tre, and kept a horse at livery in a stable im mediately in the rear of the theatre. Booth is a brother of Mrs. John S. Clarke, wife of the celebrated comedian. Mr. Booth worked hard to have Mr. Ford engage a Mr. C., a Baltimorean at his theatre some time since, arid the latter is probably one of his accomplices. Booth is a very fine-looking man, with black hair and eyes, stately form, and easy carriage. Account of a Distinguished Eye-Wit ness. On the night of Friday, April 14th, 1865 in company with a friend, I. went to lord's Theatre, arriving there just after the en trelict; of President Lincoln and the party accompanying him. My friend and 1, after viewing the Presidential party from the op posite side of" the dress circle, went to the right side and took seats in the passage above the seats of the dress circle and about live feet from the door of the box. During the performance the attendant of" the Presi dent came out and took the chair nearest the door. . . , j „ I sat, and had been so sitting, about foui feet to his left and rear for some time. A man, whose face Ido not distinctly remem ber, passed me, and inquired of one sitting near me where the President's messenger was, and learning his identity, exhibitedto hiruan envelope, apparently official, haying a printed heading, and superscribed in ;i bold hand. I could not read the address, and did not try. I think now it was meant foi Lieutenant General Grant. The man went® away. Some time after I was disturbed in® my seat by the approach of a man who desi-B red to pass upon the aisle in which I wa.® sitting. B Giving him room by bending my chair for® ward, he passed me, and stepped one step® down upon the level below me. Standing® there he was almost in the line of sight, andß I saw him while watching the play. lie® stood, as I remember, one level above the® messenger, and remained there perhaps one® minute, apparently looking at the stage, andß the orchestra below. Then lie drew a num-B ber of visiting cards from his pocket, from® which, with some attention, he drew or se-B lectod one. These things I saw distinctly.® I saw him stoop, and I think descend upon® the level with the messenger, and by hi® right side. He showed the card to the mes-B senger. My attention was then more closely fixed® upon the scenes, and 1 do not know whethei® the card was earned in by the messenger, or® his assent given to the entrance of the man® who p-esenied it. I saw a few minutes aftei® the ta an entering the door of the lobby lead® ing to the box, aud the door closing behind® him. This was seen becaussl could not avoid® observing it, the door side of the procenium® box right oblique linesof sight. How long® 1 watched the plav after this entering, I d<® not know. It was perhaps, two or three® minutes, possibly four. The house was still, the large audience® listening to the dialogue between "Florenc || Trenchard'' and "May Meredith," when the® sharp report of a pistol rang through the® house. It was apparently fired behind thi ® scenes upon the right of the stage and be ® hind the President s box. While it startled® every one, yet it was evidently accepted by® every one as an introduction of some newfJ passage, several of which had been introdu-p cted m the early part of the plav. A mo-® ment after a man leaped from off the boxf! directly down, nine feet, on the stage, and® ran rapidly across, bareheaded, and holding® an unsheathed dagger in his right hand, the® blade of which flashed brightly as he came® within ten feet of the opposite exit. In the gaslight I did not see his face as he® leaped or ran. but I am confident that he® was the man I saw enter. As he leaped he® cried distinctly and alcud the motto of the® State of Virginia— "Sic semper tyranuis.''® The hearing of this and the sight of the® 1 dagger explained fully to me the nature ofig the deed he had committed. In a second® more he had disappeared behind the ride® scene; consternation seemed for a moment® or two to rivet every one to the seat. The® next moment confusion reigned supreme.—yj I saw the features of the man distinctly® before be entered the box. having surveyed® him contemptuously before he entered the® box, having surveyed him contemptuously g| before be entered, supposing he was an ill-® bred fellow who was pressing a selfish mat-® ure' mnn the PresiHeni in his hours of leis-® Mr. Edwin llooth.' Of course, no just-minded or thougkfui® person would let the foul act of J. Wilkes® Booth reflect upon the eminent tragian Ed-® win Booth, his brother. But for the inf'or-ja mation of those who do not know Mr. Ed Sj win Booth's opinions, and who may that sentiments are inherited with family® names, we will say that he has been a thor || ough Union man; he has on different occa-B sions, for the benefit of the Sanitary Coni-|| mission and in many other ways, shown his® isympathy with the Union cause. We ar<-y| : li nforuied that political differences had eaus-® jed a serious quarrel between Mr. Booth and® Jiiis brother some time ago. ■ The Great Conspiracy. I The National Intelligencer says:—"We® lan state, on the highest authority, that it® ■has been ascertained that there was a regu B liar conspiracy to assassinate every member® ■of the Cabinet, together with the President.® I "Booth, it is said, sent his card up to the |j ■ Vice-President at the hotel, but Mr. John |f son could not conveniently see him. The® names of the severally appointed assassins® are, we understand, known, and after thcif present investigation is concluded and pub ® lished the public will be astonished at thejj ■developments. From motives of public in-® terest we refrain from mentioning the name.-® of those that reach us. "A member of the Cabinet remarked onfe the day after the murder of Mr. Lincoln |i that the Rebels had lost their best friend ;® that Mr. Lincoln, at every Cabinet meeting. f| invariably counseled forbearance, kindnesses and mercy towards these misguided men.' ® The Intelligencer also contains the follow ® ing : "We understand, from authority which is® deemed unquestionable, that a few day.-Sjj ago, after an interview between the hit Chief Magistrate and the present one, Mr.® Lincoln expressed himself gratijed withpj their concurrent views, and said he placedp ■implicit confidence in the Vice-President." ® |Andrew Johnson's Speech on the Falllj of Richmond. IS Upon the reception in Washington of the® news of the fall of Richmond, on the 3dinst.,® Vice-President Johnson was serenaded by® the jubilant people, and made a speech to® gthem of great force and power, in which ho® "laid down the treatment he conceived to bcH |l u oper for the Rebel leaders and masses. In® |view of Mr. Lincoln's untimely death, andj| |Mr. Johnson's succession as President of® it he United States, the remarks then deliv® icred havq a double interest and meaning.—jy We reproduce the speech, and the term.-® laid down in it will undoubtedly be the poli ® ey of the new President. He said : "You must indulge me in making one sin I gle remark in connection with myself. Atl the time the traitors in the Senate of theUni-i Ved States plotted against the Government,! and entered into a conspiracy more foul, je| more execrable, and more odious than that ® of Cataline against the Romans, I happened® to be a member of that body, and, as to toy i alty, stood solitary and alone among thi ® Senators from the Southern States. I was® then and there called upon to know what 1® would do with and I want to® repeat my reply here. I said, if we had an® Andrew Jackson ne would hang them as® high as But as he is no more, anu| sleeps in his -gaave in his own beloved state.® where traitor- au'd treason have even insulted®. his tomb and the very earth that covers hi-g| remains, humble as t am, when you ask mek| what I w'oulaao, my reply is, I would arrest them ; I would try them ; I would convict® them, and I would hang them. As humblcS as I am and have been, I have pursued but IT one undeviating course. All that I have—Si life, limb and property—have ken put at®] the disposal of the country in this great® struggle. I Lave been in camp, I have been in the field, I have been everywhere where this peat Rebellion was ; I have pursued it nnt.il f believe I can now see its termination. Smoe the world began, there never has been a rebellion of such gigantic proportions, so inlamous in character, so diabolical in mo tive, so entirely disregardful of the laws of civilized war. It has introduced the most savage mode of warfare ever practiced upon the earth. L will repeat here a remark for which 1 have been in no small degree cen sured. What is it, allow me to ask, that has sustained the nation in this great strug gle ? The cry has been, you know, that our Government was not strong enough for a time of Rebellion; that in such a time she would have to contend against internal weakness as well as internal foes. We have now given the world evidence that such i: not the fact; and when the Rebellion shall have been crushed out, and the nation shall ince again have settled down in peace. ouiß Government will rest upon a more enduring® basis than ever before. But. my friends, in® what has the great strength of this Govern ® intent consisted ? Has it been in one-man® fiower? Has it been in some autocrat, or in® some one man who held absolute Govern-® ment! No! I thank God I have it in mj® power to proclaim the great truth that this® Government has derived its strength from® the American people. They have issued the® edict; they have exercised the power that® has resulted iu theoverthrow of the Reboll j| ion, and there is not another Government j upou the face of the earth that could have® withstood the shock. We can now congrat-H ulate ourselves that we possess the strong p est, the freest, and the best Government thep world ever saw. Thank God that we have® iived through this trial, and that, lookirg iri® your intelligent faces here, to-day, I can an j§j nounce to you the great fact that Petersburg.® the outposts of the strong citadel, has been® occupied by our brave ana gallant officere.il and our untiring, invincible soldiers. And® not con tent with that, they have captured® the citadel itself, the stronghold of the trait s! ors. Richmoud is ours, and is now occupied® by the forces of the United States. Deaths' to the conspirators—clemency to their vie-® tiuis. One word more and 1 have done. —S It is this; I am in favor of leniency, but, in® my opinion, evil-doers should be punished.® Treason is the highest crime known in the® catalogue of crimes ; and for him that is® guilty of it —for him that is willing to lift® his impious hand against the authority of® the Nation—l would say'death is too easy a® punishment. My notion is that treason® must be made odious, that traitors must be® punished and impoverished, their social® power broken, though they must be made® to feel the penalty of their crimes. Hence® I say this—the halter to intelligent, influen ® tial traitors. But to the honest boy, to the® deluded man, who has been deceived into® the Rebel ranks, I would extend leniency.—fj I would say return to your allegiance, renew® your support to the Government and become® a good citizen; but the leaders I would hang.® I hold, too, that wealthy traitors should be® made to remunerate those men who have® -uffered as a consequence of their crimes.® Union men who have lost their property.® who have been driven from their homes l>e§-| gars, and wanderers among strangers. Iti-p well to talk about things here to-day, in ad dressing the well-informed persons whol compose this audience. You can, to a very! great extent, aid in molding public opinion.l ind in giving it proper direction. Let us® commence the work. We have put dmcusj these traitor* in arms ; let us put them downm in law, in public judgment, and in the moral-A of the world.'' CAPTPRT 1 A. J. Smith, Of Prnu'a. the Victor. j Guns. NEW ORLEANS, April 10, via Cairo. 11 April 16.—The Time* publishes official des- S patches, announcing the capture of Spanish® Fort and Blakely. the former at 10-30 A.M.® on the Oth, with 700 prisoners and the latter® on the same day by assault and over 50< prisoners, with a large amount of ordnance® stores, gunboats, and the troops proceeded! unresisted toward Mobile ; which was captnr-i ed last evening oy a portion otGen. Smith's! command, assisted bv the light draught! boats after a short resistance by the enemy.g CHICAGO, April 16. —A special "despatch! from Cairo says : Our forces occupied Mobile on the 9th in H Stan t. The Spanish Fort was captured, withgg three thousand prisoners. Three hundred guns were captured in® Mobile. The garrison fell back up the river on gun-S boats, and byway of Chickasaw bayou. | General Wilson has captured all of Rod-S dy's command. Situation of Mobile. Mobile is situated on the right bank of the! river of that name, about sixty miles below] the junction of the Alabama andTcmlugbee.® and near the confluence of the river and thill bay. The rivers flowing into and forming® Mobile river come from the rich cotton g| growing regions of Alabama and Mississip-g pi, whila the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.]l which has been constructed since 1855, taps? another important, agricultural district, the] products of which have greatly added to the! commerce of the city. The Harbor, ] Mobile has a safe, though rather shallow] harbor, and the usual anchorage for the large er shipping is inside of Dauphin Island.! about twenty-eight miles from the city.—f They are laden by means of lighters. The? depth of water, however, is sufficient to ad-f mit sailing vessels of six or seven hundred] tons alongside the wharves, while steamship.! of good size experience little difficulty in| getting out and in under the management-oil skilful pilots. The Entrances and Channels. There are three entrances to the harboi® of Mobile. The western is defended by Fort® Gaines, a casemated fortification, and the® two easterly ones by Fort Morgan. Both of® these fortsare now occupied by U. S. troops,® |The inner channel running directly under® ■the guns of Fort Morgan, is called he® ISwash Channel. In the bay between the® channels, where the water is shallow, a line® of piles are driven visible at low tide, but® entirely concealed when the tide is in. Some® distance up the rivfer is Dog River Bar.® through the centre of which runs the chan-H Com merer-"Cotton and Naval Stores.® Mobile now in the possession of General® Canby, with a sufficient force to hold it, an® Sjarea of the country, the richest in cotton in® the world, will be opened up. Mobile en-® joys one advantage oyer New Orleans in re-® gard to the staple which forms the commerce® I of each, and that is, that the former place is® much nearer to the plnntations where it is® raised than this, and there would oonse ® quently be less risk in bringing it to market § and a smaller extent of country to occupy to® bring a large area of productive acres with ® in the Union lines.N N t the least import-® ant item of trade which enters into the® star™ PIaCC is that of nava f Turpentine, rosin, tar, and pitch, which® b?IZT and Very h > Th >iees North can® jn, ! • gr ? at . in the piny® woods growing in the vicinity, and the new® ly constructed railroad to Pensacola passes® hrough numberless acres of pines which® oav^^er been disturbed by t£e hands of® THE LATEST AEHS. We have advices from Gen. Sherman's army dated Forttess Monroe. April 16. It ajppears that Gem Sherman, having left Goldsboro in hts rear, at once struck out for Johnston's army, hoping to lie able to force him to give battle. J ohnston, howev er, kept retreating, and it appears than Sherman has met with but iiule resistance to his march North. "Raleigh, N. U, was captured last Thurs day, with very little fighting, and that con fined principally to the cavalry and skirmish ing between the advanced pickets of both armies. Gen. Stoneman captured Salisbury, N. 0., on the 12th inst., with an immense num ber of prisoners, artillery, amuuition and supplies. Gov. Vance is reported a prison er. Jeff. Davisjoined Johnston at Hill.-- boro. A man, at first supposed to be Booth the assassin, was arrested at Greensbure., Fa. Both Secretary Seward and his son. Fred erick, were reported much better. FROM FORT HIMPTEK. BALTIMORE, April 1< - — Tlie correspon dent of the American arrived here this eve ning, and furnishes the following interesting description of the raising of the flag on Fort Suniptcr, on the 14th inst CHARLESTON, April 16,1865.—OnThur lay the steamer Occanus arrived from New York, bringing intelligence of the surrender of Gen, Lee and the Army of North Virgin - ia to Gen. Grant and the Army of the Poto mac. The news caused the liveliest demon strations of joy among the visitors assembled the military, and the citizens generally, for the cry of peace here is universal, and the capitulation of Leejs regarded as the finale of the war. It wast fir# wiipunced at the theatre, when t.MF SfflPßpwaa wild with enthusiasm. Dense crowds filled the SJ>a cious parlors of the Charleston Hotel, and gave vent to the wildest jubilants over the great event. Gen. Grant, the old flag, and President Lincoln were each cheered lus tily. Senator Wilson of Massachusetts, and General Washburne each made brief and stirring addresses. The congratulations were kept up until a late hour, the .joy ex tending to many households which had re ceived information of the glorious intelli gence. The great event of raising the old flag at tracted a large number of visitors to Chai les ion. Since Thursday large numbers from North Carolina had been arriving, filling the hotels to repeltiou. As the various distinguished officers ar rived they were enthusiastically greeted by the assembled multitude. About 1J o'clock Rear Admiral Dahlgren arrived, accompa nied byJCaptuin G. V. Fox, Assistant Secre tary of the Navy, and Mr. Nieolay, Private Secretary of President Lincoln, and was en thusiastically cheered. He was followed by Fleet Captain Bradford, and from one to three hundred officers of the squadron and visitors. In front of the platform were seats capableof accommodating between 3,000 and 4,000 persons, which, before the ceremonies commenced, were filled to overflowing, and the attendance of ladies, principally visitors from the North was larger than expected. There were, however, from 400 to 50I ) of the old citizens of Charleston present, ami a mong the latter we observed the Charleston Union representative, Dr. A. G. Marley, his lady, and two daughters. It was not until after twelve o'clock that General Gillmore arrivad. accompanied by Major General Robert Anderson and his daughter. Their appearance on the para pet was the signal for loud and prolouged cheers. They advanced to the platform, and General Anderson, for the first time, glanced around on the work of destruction, BUT could see NOTHING in the mass of shapeless ruins before him. He finally glanced up the immense flag-staff, and his eyes tilled with tears of joy. The moment had arrived for him to replace the flag — the flag he had lowered at the demand of traitors. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher did not arrive until o'clock, the steamer having been delayed by grounding, but when lie was recognized the whole audience arose and gave him a cheering welcome. The ceremonies of the occasion were com menced with the singing of a song and cho rus, entitled ''Victory at Last," which was given with great fervor, the audience joining in the chorus. . Prayer was then offered by the venerable Rev. Matthew Harris, ehap jlain of the United States Army, being the same divine who offered prayer at the rais ing of the flagon Fort Sumpter when Major Anderson removed his command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumpter, December 27, 1860. Then followed the reading of selections from the Psalms, by Rev. R. S. Storrs, D. D., and the people alternately. Psalms 126, 47. and 98, were thus r6ad. Major Anderson's despatch to the Gov ernment, dated "Steamship Baltic, off San dy Hook, April 18th, 1861," announcing the fall of Fort Sumpter. was then read by Brevet Brigadier General E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of tl.e U. S. Army. REMARKS OF GENERAL ANDERSON. The raising of the old flag by Major Gen eral Anderson was the next act in "the pro gramme. and when he stepped forward on the platform the burst of joy was uncontrol lable% and gallant old Sumpter wept, and was for moments unable to proceed with his remarks, which were as follows : MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS, AND BROTHER SOLDIERS : By the coniiJ erate appointment of the Hon" Secretary of War, I am here to fulfil the cherished wish of my heart through four long, LONG years of bloody war, to restore to its proper place this dear flag which floated here during peace — before the first act of this rebellion. L thank God that I have lived to see this day —(Great applause) — and to be here to perform this duty to my country. My heart is tilled with gratitude to that God who has -o signally blessed us, who has given us blessings beyond measure. May all the world proclaim "Glory to God in the high est. and on earth, good-will towards man. " [Voices Amen ! and amen!] RAISING OF THE FLAG. At the conclusion of his remarks he raised the halyards, and, with firm and steady pull aided by Sergeant Hart, unfurled the "glo rious old banner amiddeafning cheers of the assemblage. General Anderson and Ser ireant Hart then raised a flag with an ever green wreathed attached, the occupants on the stage all joining in taking hold of the halyards. No sooner had it caught the breeze than there was one tumultous shout. It was an inspiring moment, grand and sub lime, never to be experienced again. Our nag was there, its crimson folds tattered but not dishonored, regenerated and baptized anew in the fires of liberty. General Anderson could with difficulty re strain his emotions? and whilst some shouted themselves hoarse, others wept and embra ced like children. When the flag reached its height, with a wreath of roses appended the vast multitude continued for some mo ments to ao~i at its fluttering folds. The cheers had net subsided when thj salute of 100 guns from Sumpter, and a national sa lute from the fleet, and Fort Moultrie, and Battery Bell, ou Sullivan s Island, Fort Putnam, on Morris Island, and Fort John son, on James Island, places conspicuous in the inauguration of the Rebellion. The na tional airs were also played, tollowed by the singing oi the "Star Spangled Banner," the whole audience joining, and producing an effect truly thrilling. At one o'clock tLj lie v. Mr. Bsocher took the*stand, and delivered a very eloquent address.
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