§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.