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HIINTINGDONi P.A.
ednes;riaymorning,April 26, 1865.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Hugh Lindsay, Associate Editor.
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The Patriot of the Nation is Dead
" I know of no mode in which a loyal citi
ren may so well demonstrate his devotion to
its country as by sustaining the Flag. the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER EVERT ADMINISTRATION
REGAGOIXES or PARTY rouTics, AGAINST •LL
tSSAILANTS, AT HOME AND ADROAD."-STEPLIEN
Doucies.
The .Policy of President Johnson,
We have reason to think that An
:drew Johnson, our new President, has
gained the esteem and confidence of
the - people of the
. :Torth; at least his
recently expressed sentiments, and his
still more reliable career in the past,
should induce every individual to be
lieve he will lead us safely through
the trials of the present. Wo have
publiShed speeches containing the
[ - pointed and practical sentiments that
Mr. Johnson uttered and maintains,
r and what proof can be derived from
profession merely we advise our read-
:ere to gather from his speeches. They
contain evidences of his unshaken
-and unchangeable devotion to -the
,Union, and many sentiments have
been uttered by him, that we might
;have wished would have been uttered
r and put in practice by-bis predecessor,
;and which convince us that Andrew
iJohnson is the Joshua of the day, to
'bring us into the desiind land of peace
Mr. Johnson ha's contended with
:the sternnost difficulties of the war,
more than ono .occasion, and as the
,present and future trials may present
themselves, we feel confident, now
`that more 'responsibility attends his
taetions, he will make them operate for
!his country's :Welfare. His first object
!will he, as we discern in his speeches,
Ito palnisli traitors. This loads us to infer
that the traitors at home will receive
.the punishment their.erime demands;
r swhile armedand leading traitors; who
r ,havo brought upon us these four years
, of carnage., will not go unpunished fdr
.their heinous sin
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SHERMAN'S STRANGE POLIHY.—We
have, indeed, truly remarkable and
ru.ysterious intelligence from General
Sherman. It seems that ho endeavOr
:ed to patch up a peace. with General
Jobuston that would at least result in
the escape of Davis and his colleagues,
and prolong the ending struggle. The
valid reason of General Sherman will
•be required, before his countryinen
will forgive him for committing such
an imprudent, at least, - extraordinary
!action. It will please the people to
know that the Government has squelch.
- ed the plan, and Gen. Grant started
for North Carolina to direct offensive
operations against Johnston's army.—
General Grant's terms, if they be nee
(led upon Johnston in case of success,
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are well known, and•no amnesty will
be . allowed to further the escape of J
:Davis. If Davie has escaped in conse
quence 'of the proposed amnesty, then
Sherman must take the responsibility.
If'Grant succeeds, we ttust his - terms
;will be.more just and severe to John
ston, than those granted to Lee, and
thus concord to the almost universa
desire of the people.
'PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S REiIAINS. -
The remains of President Lincoln are
now being borne to Springfield, Ill.—
They remained in Ifarriaburg in the,
State Capitol Friday night and Satur
day morning until n o'clock, when
they were taken in the special train
to Philadelphia, and there remained in
Independence Hall until Monday mor
ning at 4 o'clock, when they were con.
iiyed to New York city. Crowds of
citizens, foreign and resident, Were at
both places to view for the last time
the features of our lamented President,
and to witness the preparations and
tributes with which his remains wore
received by a mourning populace.—
:The_ scenes of reception at both cities
were unparalleled, and the numbers
:that crowded to soo him are beyond
!calculation.
ImiENsE REwa.ans.—Gov. Curtin
offers, a coward of $lO,OOO to the per
son or person's whi) ,shall. apprehend
the assassin Booth • within this Com
monwealth.
$50,000 reward will be paid by the
War Department for the captor° of
Booth. $25,00' by the same for the
;apprehension of David C. Harold, one
Booth's accomplices; and also, $25,-
000 fof the apprehension of G. A. Al
zerott, sometimes called Port Tobacco,
.another of Booth's accomplices.
Other high rewards are offered by'
:different authorities.-
r4n_Shertunn, in his recent step, ex.
authority not vested in him;
his terms
a practical neknowl
edg. nicht of the rep.,
, , ffnment and
would reestablish recto' ,_
moat, and gave rebels the use-iirtaa: .
at capitals when our armies disbanded
Republican Stability,
The impression has been very gen
eral, that a republic has a form of go
vernment that is necessarily weaker
than monarchy. This has been the
opinion abroad, where pedantry and
interested p - rejudiees existed against
this form. And it has, to a considera
ble extent, had adrdission to the minds
of people among ourselves. It has
been thought that, while for ordinary
times and among a people of intelli
gence and probity it was adequate _to
all the benign purposes of government;
it would not bear severe strains, nor
be able to sustain itself against any
great internal commotions.
The erroneousness of this opinion
has been demonstrated in the terrible
convulsions of the day. The rebellion
formidable and extensive as it has
been, has not shaken the firm fottrida•
tions of the Republic. The country
has passed through a severer ordeal
than has ever happened to any gov
ernment. It has not only survived
the trial, but it has survived it without
the loss of a single principle, without
the change of a single constitutional
feature. The three essential Depart
ments. of free government, the Legis
lative, the Judicial, and the Exetutive,
have been in full and free operation all
the time, and without encroachment
on each other. The great insurrec
tion had not brought to view any
weakness inherent' in our political aye
tern; but has rather proved it to have
a strength for its own preservation
and for the resistance of aggression,
beyond other political systems.
• So, also, we may add, the sudden
shoek'which the nation has experienc
ed by the death of its noble, honored
and trusted chief magistrate does not
occasion any manifestation of Weak
ness tr instability. There There is a unani
mous grief for the loss, there is a uni
versal horror of the crime, there is a
general abhorrence of the miscreant
who murdered our beloved President,
but there is no fainting of the Govern
ment, tie staggering of constituted au.
thorities under the blow. Au event
that in some other countries would
have produced revolution, hero only
renders patriotic 'determination more ,
fixed and resolute. The constitutional
provisions are promptly applied and
effective.
The contingency is immediately
met by loyal provisions, long ago
made; and republican form of govern
ment moves on majestically, safely,
happily. Had the bloody conspiracy
been successful to the full extent of its
design, it would not have stopped the
chariot wheels of government. The
legal provision is, that if by death, res
ignation, or inability-, the President
shall cease to act, the office shall de
volve upon the Vice President. If
both these functionaries fall, the Pres
ident of the Senate, pro tcmpore, shall
discharge the duties of the office; or,
in case there be no such otliner - at the
time, the Speaker of the House- of
Representatives shall be the President.
Had Mr. Johnson as well as Mr. Lin
coln fallen by tno assztssin's hand, the
President pro tenipore of the Senate,
would have occupied the presidential
chair of the Republic.'
As it is, a few hours after the la
mentable deed that laid Mr. Lincoln
low ie death, Mr. Johnson was induct
ed into the high office; as in 1841 and
in 1850, Vice Presidents took the posi
tion after the decease of their superior
officials.
We know not what other - trials may
await our country, but the stability of
the republic amid these formidable
troubles, encourages the hope, that, as
the foundations aro laid in eternal
right and justice, the gloriO4 struc
ture shall stand safely and strongly
forever. The intelligent, principled
morality of the people is its buttress
and its bulwark. This, which animates
our soldiers in the field, and our peo•
ple in the pursuits of peaceful indusCry,
our men and our women, the aged and
the young, is what giveS efficiency to
law, and safety - and stability to our
Government.—Pittsburgh Commercial.
Acknowledgment
The following members of Co. K,
78th .Regt., Penna. Vol, In., have uni
ted in purchasing and presenting me
with a beautiful'sword :
A. P. Isenberg, II H Summers, G
W Shontz, C Fouse, M G Beaver, J
Brindle, S Hicks, George Russell, J C
Watson, William Doan, Wm. Fulton,
John Fulton, Samuel Fouse, John Yo
ovrn, B H Grove, John Hood,.Jacob
Auman, William Green, Taylor Lloyd,
Jacob Stone, Lewis Keith, John Fouse,
Henry Dorman, Washington Conyng
ham, Frank Treese, David Edwards,
S B Broth', David Summers, Henry
Shultz, Henry Beaver, I3enj rouse,
John Woidner, John McCall, Oliver
Clapper, C Felton, Georgb Colpetzer.
I return many thanks, and hope I
may be able in future to compensate
the above members of CO. K for their
kindness. May I, as an officer, be able
to lead them through the many hard.
ships which the soldier has to endure;
and should our country demand our
.services until the Year has expired,
may I be able to bring back to their
homes all who loft their families in the
defence of cur country and the flag of
the Union.
Liout. D. CT. ENYEART,
Co. K, 78th Ilegt., P. V. I
Nashville, Tennessee.
We - Secretary Seward and Mr.
Seward are improving in health.
nr,, _Many captures of supposed. as
hrtve been reported. •
A Solemn and Impressiva.Pageant
of Woe
A Nation's Sorrows Over her Martyred
Chief.
Funeral Ceremonies of Abraham Lin
coin in Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—Early to
day the streets were crowded with
persons, thousands of them from dis
tant cities, and other localities. Near
ly the entire population was abroad.
By ten o'clock every- prominent point
on the lino of procession was occupied
by _those who desired to obtain the
hest view of the solemn and . truly im•
pressive pageant. In the iminediate
neighborhood of the Executive Man
sion a dense and tinprecodentedly
large crowd had assofnbled; During
the forenton various bodies had met
at the Treasury Department, separate
rooms having been assigned them, and
to these Assistant Secretary Harring
ton, who had charge of the arrange
ments, delivered tickets of admission
to the Executive Manson. They in
cluded the Assistant Secretary, the
Assistant Postthaster General, and
the Assistant Attorney Gen •al, Sena
ntora and - Representatives I.3onr b ress,
Governors of the several States,Judi
ciary, and others of prominence.
None could enter the manson without
tickets, room having been provided
for six hundred persons only, upon n
raised platform, with steps on the
east and north and south sides of the
room. The corpse lay about the cen
tre, the space being reserved all round
the catafalque with chairs for the oc-'
cupation of.the immediate family of
the deceased. It was hove in the East
Room that the bodies of Presidents
Harrison and Taylor lay in state, but
the arrangements on these occasions
were fur inferior to the present, for
now artists bad been employed, contri
bating of their skill and taste to pro
duce the best possible effects. At clov
en o'clock the guests begat; to arrive,
a body of about sixty clergymen, from
all parts of the country,- being the first
to enter. There was an interval of a
few mom6nts between the arrivals,
and thus no confusion whatever was
occasioned. The proper officers wore
in attendance to assign the guests to
their appropriate places in the room.
Heads of Government bureaus, Gover
nors of States, members of municipal
governments, prominent officers of the
artily and navy, the diplomatic corps
in full costume, members of the chris
tian Commission, the Union League
Committee of Philadelphia and Now
York, merchants of the principal cities,
members of both Houses , of Congress,
and others.
There were honored representatives,
holding the highest - official stations,
from all parts of our own country and
front foreign lands, a - nd, under the
circumstance of the assassination of a
President, whosb body lay before them,
the scene was soletnnly.grand and im
pressive. At noon the President of
the United States entered, in COnlpa , ly
with his Cabinet, all of them, except
ing Secretary Seward. President
Johnson aporoached the catafalque,
and took a last but brief look at his
illustrious predecessor, and then re
tired to a position immediately on the
east, and in full view of the coffined
remains in-his front. At ten - rninittes .
past twelve,amid profound silence, Rev,
Dr. Gurley, approaching the head of
the catafalque, announced the order of
tho religious services, when Rev. Dr.
Hal!, Episcopalinn, from the same
point, read a portion of the Scriptures
according to the form of that Church.
Bishop Simpson, Methodist Episco
pal, then opened with prayer, -and
was followed by Rev Dr. Gurley, who
delivered an impressive and appropri
ate sermon.
The corpse was thou removed to the
hearse, which was in front of the door
of the Executive Mansion, and at two
o'clock the procession was formed. It
took the line of Pennsylvania Avenue.
The streets wore kept clear of all en
cumbrance, but the sidewalks were
densely lined with people - from the
White House to the Capitol, a dis•
tanco of a mile and a half. House-tops,
porticoes, the windows of every house,
and all elevated points wore occupied
by interested spectators.
—As tho procession started, minute
guns wore fired near St. John's Church,
the City Hall, and at the Capitol.
Tho bells of all the churches in the
city, and the various fire-ongioos,
were tolled. First in order of procos
sion wits a detachment of colored
troops, then followed White regiments
of infantry and bodies of artillery and
cavalry; navy, marine, and army offi
cers on foot; the pall-bearers in car
riages; next the hearse, drawn by six
white horses, the coffin prominent to
every beholder. Tho floor on which
it rested was strewn with evergreens,
and the coffin covered with timbre.
The diplomatic corps, members of
Congress, Governors of States, delega
tions of various States, fire. companies,
civic associations, clerks of the vari
ous departments, and others, all in
the order of the procession, together
with many public and private carri
ages, all closing up with a largo body
of colored men. The body was
conveyed to and deposited in the ro
tunda of the Capitol.
This was the largest funeral proces
sion that over took place in Washing
ton. •Ono hour and a half was occu - -
pied in passing a point. It was in the
highest degree imposing, and many
thousands of hearts throbbed in uni
son with the solemn dirges- as the
procession slowly moved ``upon its
way.
The, nearest relation of the Into
President's family, now here ; are two
eons of the deceased, namely, Cap 7
tain Robert and Thaddeus Lincoln;
N. W. Edwards and C. M: Smith, of
Springfield, Illinois, brothers-in-law
of the late President, and Dr. Lyman
Beecher Todd, of Ldxington, Ky.,
Gen. T. B. S. Todd, of Dacotali, cons
ins of Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln
was not present st the funeral; it is
said .that she has not even sten her
husband's corpse since the ntorning
of his decoaso.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—A1l the
foreign ministers, with thoir attaches,
in all fifty-six in number, were pres•
oat at the funeral service at the Exec
utive Manson to-day. Their place in
' the procession was directly after the
President and Cabinet ministers. This,
for the first time in our history, was in
accordance with the usage of foreign
nations, where the diplomatic corps
follow the monarch: Heretofore they
have been placed inthe programme
after the ex-Presidents, the Justices of
the Supreme Court, and members of
Congress. Upon the arrival of the head
of the procession at the east front of
the Capitol today, the coffin having
been borne to the centre of the rotun
.dfr, the President standing at the foot
of the eoflin,surronnded by a throng of
Senators and high military officers,
and a small number of Illinoians, as
chief. mourners, the entire company
filling but a small portion of the en
tire place, Dr. Gurley, at the head of
the cc:an, uttered a few, brief and
most impressive' remarks, chiefly in
• the words of Scripture, consigning the
dead ashes, once animated by the soul
of Abraham Liucoln,'to the course • of
nature, to return to its. original dust.,
The deep tones of his voice reverbera
ted from the vast walls and ceiling of
the great rotunda, now first used for
such a pageant, and during the im
pressive scene many were affected to
tears.
Important Speeches of President
Johnson.
Address of the Citizens of Illinois and
Response of the President.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—In accord
ance with a resolution passed at a meet
ing of the citizens of Illinois, hold at
the National Hotel yesterday after
noon, the citizens of that State aSsom
bled at Willard's Hotel preparatory to
paying their respects to his Excellency
Andrew Johnson, Fresident of the
United States. Governor Ogelsby ac•
companied by Senator Richard Yates,
General Isham N. Ha.yne, ex Senator
0. H. Browning, Hon. D. L. Phillips,
General J. F. Farnsworth, Hon. Isaac
N. Arnold, Hon. John Wilson, General
Gamble, Col. - John S. Loomis Col. J.
H. Bowen, Gov. Pickering of Oregon,
General Julius Whitt), Hon. J. M.
Hanna, Major S. Wait, Major W. C.
Carroll, Major P. Flynn, and a largo
concourse of citizens repaired to the
rooms. of President. Johnson in the
treasury building. Gov. Ogelsby pre
sented the delegation and addressed
the President as follows :
Mr. President : I take much pleas
ure in presenting to you this delega
tion-of citizens of Illinois, representing
almost every portion of the State. We
are drawn together in this city,' by
the mournful events of the past few
days, to givo some feeble expression
to the feeling we, in common with the
whole nation, realize is pressing us to
the earth, by appropriate and respect.
ful ceremonies. 'We thought it not in
appropriate, before :wo shall separate,
to seek - this interview with your Ex
cellency, that while the bleeding heart
is pouring out its Mournful anguish
over tho death of our beloved late Pres
ident, the idol of our State, and the
pride of the whole country, we may
earnestly express to -you, the living
head of the nation, Our deliberate, full,
and abiding confidence in you as the
one who, in these dark daysonust hear
upon yourself the.nfighty responsibili
ty- of maintaining, defending, and di•
renting its affairs. In the midst of this
sad nuns, through the oppros,ive.glootu
tout surrounds us, we look to you and
to a bright future for our country:
The assassination of the President of
the United States deeply depresses
end seriously aggravates the entire,
nation; but, under Our blessed Oen-Ai
tion, it does not delay or, for any
great length of time, retard its pro
•0-less—does not for an instant disor
ganize or threaten its destruction. The
record of your whole past life is Emil
ior to us. All the splendor of your re-
Coot gigantic efforts to stay the hand
of treason and assassination, and re
store the flag to the uttermost bowds
of the Republic, assure that .noble
State wo represent, and, wo believe,
the people of the United States,, that
wo may safely trust its destinies in
your hands; and to this end we come
in tho name of the State of Illinois,
and we confidently..believe fully and
faithfully expressing the wishes of our
people, to present a pledge to you, the
cordial, earnest, and unremitting pur
pose of• our State to give to your ad
ministration the strong support we
have heretofore given to the,adminis
.tration of our lamented President, the
policy of which we have heretofore, do
now,
and shall continue to endorse.
The President Said :
GENTLEMEN: I have listened with
profound emotion to the kind words
you have addressed to tue.. Tho visit
of this largo delegation to speak to me
throtigh you words of encouragement,
I bad not anticipated. In the midst
of the saddening circumstances which
surround us, and the immense respon
sibility thrown upon me, an expression
of the confidence of individual; and
still more of an influential body like
that before me, representing a great
Commonwealth, cheers and strength.
ens my heavily-burdened mind. I am
at a loss for words to respond. In an
hour like this, of deepest sorrow, were
it possible to 'embody in words the
feelings of my bosom I could'not com
mand my lips to utter them. Perhaps
the best reply I could make and the
One most readily appropriate to your
kind assurance of confidence, would be
to receive them in silence. [Sousation.]
The throbbing of My heart since the
sad catastrophe, wbich has appalled us
cannot be reduced to words, and op.
pressed as I urn with the news and
great responsibility which has devolved
upon Inc saddened with grief, I can
with difficulty respond to you at all.
But I cannot permit such expressions
of the confidence reposed in me by the
people to pass without acknowledg
ment: To an individual like myself,
who has never claimed much, but who
has, it is true, received from a goner-
ous people many marks of trust and
honor for a long time, an occasion like
this and a manifestation of feelino• b so
well-timed are peculiarly acceptable.
Springing from the people myself,
every pulsation of the popular heart
finds an immediate answer in my own.
By many men in public lifo such oc
casions are often considered merely
formal. To me? they aro real. Your
words of countenance and encourage•
ment sink deep in my heart, and were
I even a coward I could not but gath
er from them strength to carry out my
convictions of right.
Thus feeling, I shall enter upon the
discharge of my great duty firmly and
steadfastly— [applause]— if not with
the signal ability exhibited by my
predecessor, which is still fresh in our
sorrowing minds. Need I repeat that
no heart feels more sensibly than mine
this great afifictiOn-7 In what I say on
this occasion I shall indulge no petty
spirit of anger, no feeling of revenge
but we have beheld a notable event in
the history of mankind. In the midst
of the American people, where every
citizen is taught to obey the laws and
observe the rules of Christian conduct,
our Chief Magistrate, the beloved of
all hearts, has been assassinated; and
when we trace this crime to its cause,
when we remember the source whence
the assassin drew his inspiration, and
then look at the result, wo stand yet
more astounded at this most barbar
ous,M6st diabolic assassination. Such
a crime as the murder of a great- and
good man, honored and revered, the
beloved and the hopis of the'people,
springs not alone from a solitary 'in
dividual, of over so desperate wicked
ness. We can trace its cause through
successive steps, without my enamor
b
atins•• them here, back to this source
which is the spring of all our- woos.
No one can say if the perpetratok of
the fiendish deed be arrested he should
not undergo the extremest penalty in
law known for crime. None will say
that mercy should interpose; but is he
alone guilty ? Here gentlemen, you,
perhaps, expect me to present some in
dication of my future policy. One thing
I will say---every era teaches its lessons.
The times we live in are not with
out instruction. The American people
must be taught, if they do not already
feel, that treason is a crime, and must
be punished. [Applause.] That the
Government will not always bear with
its enemies; that it is strong, not only
to protect,: but to punish. [Applause.]
When' we turn' to the criminal code
and examine the catalogue of crimes,
wo there find arson laid down as a
crime, with its appropriate penalty;
we their find theft and robbery . and
murder given as crimes, and there too,
we find the last and highest of crimes
—Treason! [Applause.] With other
and inferior offences our people are
familiar, but in our peaceful history
treason has been almost unknown.
The people Must Understand that it is
the blackest of crimes, and will be sum
ly.punisbed. [Applause.] I make the
allusion not to excite -the 'already ex
asperated feelings of the public, but to
point out the principles of public jus
tice which should guide our section at
this particular juncture, and Which-Ile
cord with sound public morals. Lot it
bo engravon upon every heart that
treason is crime and traitors shall suf
fer tho penalty. [Applause.]
While we aro appalled, overwhelth
ed at the fall of one man in our midst
by the hand of a traitor,
_Mall we al
low men, I care not by what weapons,
to attempt the life of -the State with
impunity ? While we strain our minds
to comprehend the enormity of this as
sassination, shall we allow the nation
to be assassinated ? [Applause.] I
speak in no spirit of unkindness. I
leave the events of the future to be
disposed of as they occur. - Regard
ing myself as the humble instrument
of the American people in this, as in
all things, justice and judgment shall
be determined by-them. I do not has
h°, , f,; Lbwssysegfed feedings to
wards any. In general terms I would
say that public morals and public
opinion should be established upon the•
sure and inflexible' principles of. just
ice. [Applause.] When the ques
tion of exorcising Mercy comes'before
me, it will be considered calmly and
:judiciously,
,remembering that I am
the Executive of' the nation. I know
that men love to have their names
spelsOn of in connection with acts of
mercy, and -how easy it is to yield to
this impulse, but we must not forget
that what is mercy to-the individual
is cruelty to "the State. [Applause.]
In the exercise of mercy there should
be no doubt left Hat this high prerog
ative is not•used to relieve a few at
the expense of the many. Be assur
ed I shall never forget that I am not
to 'consult my own feeling alone, but
to give an account to the whole pee.
[Applause.] In regard to my
future. course, I will now make no
professional pledges. I have been
connected somewhat actively with
pablie affairs; and to the bietory of
my past public acts, which is familiar
to you ' 1 refer for those principles
which (save governed me heretofore
and will guide me hereafter. In gen
eral, I will say, I have labored for the
amelioration and elevation of the great*
mass of mankind. My opinions as to
the nature ofpopular government have
long been cherished, and constituted
as lamit is now too late in life for
me to change them. I believe that
government was made for man, not
man made for government. [Applause.]
-This struggle of the people against
the ITIOst . gigantic rebellion the world
ever saw, has demonstrated that the
attachment of the people to their gov
ernment is the strongest National de
fence human wisdom can devise. [Ap
plause.] So long as - each man feels
that the interests of the Government
are his interests, so long as the public
heart turns in the right direction, and
the people understand and appreciate
the theory of our Government and
love liberty, our Constitution will be
transmitted unimpaired. It the time
ever comes when the people shall fail, it
the Government will fall, and we,
shall cease to be one of the nations of
the earth. After having presorted
our form of free government, and
shown its power to maintain its exist
ence through the vicissitudes of nearly
a century, it may be'that it was nec
essary for us to pass through this or
deal of intestine strife to prove that
thie.Government will not perish from
internal weakness, but will ever stand
able to defend itself against all, and
punish treason. [Applause.] In the
dealings of an inscrutable Providence,
and by the operations of the Consti
tution, I have been thrown unoxpeet
edly into this position. My past life,
especially my course during the pres
ent .sly rebellion, is before you. I
iciples to retract. I defy
at:: *Mut to any of my public
a cc with the fixed princi
ple- ss! :;• • =. ave guided me through
ave no professions to offer.
Professions and promises would be
worth nothing at this time, No ono
can foresee the circumstancosibat will
herefifter arise. Had any man gifted
with prescience four years ago uttered
and written down in advance the
events of this period, the story would
have seemed more Marvelous than
anything in the Arabian Nights. I
shall not attempt to anticipate the
future. As events occur, and it be
comes necessary , foi me to act, I shall
dispose of each as it arises, deferring
any declaration or message until it
can ho written paragraph by paragraph
in the light of events as they transpire.
WAR FOR THE UNION
FROM GENERAL SHERMAN.
EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDING
ATTEMPT TO PATCH UP PEACE,
ARMISTICE .AGREED UPON
Highly. Favorable Terms Granted.—Fa
tal Order by Sherman.— Probable
Escape of Davis & Co., With their
Plunder.—The Proceedings Upset by
PreSident Johnson.Croneral Grant
Supersedes Sherman:
Special Dispatch to Western Assoeiatal
WAR D,EPARTMICNT, - •
WASHINGTON, April 22:
Yesterday evening a bearer of die,
patches arrived from Gen. Sherinan.
An agreement for the suspension of
hostilities and as a memorandum ;of
what is called a basis for peace had:
been entered into on the 18th inst., by
Gen. Sherman with the rebel General
Johnson. - The rebel General Breckin
ridge was present at the' conference;
'A Cabinet meeting Was held at eight
o'clock in the evening, at which the
action of General Sherman was disap
proved by the President, by the Sec
retOry of War, by General Grant and
by every member of the Cabinet.
General Sherman was ordered.to
sume hostilities . immediately, and was
directed that the instructions given by
the late President in the following tel
egram, .which was penned by Mr. Lin
coin himself at the capitol on the night
of the 3d of March, wore approved by
Pkesident Andrew Johnson and wore
reiterated to govern the action of mil
itary commanders.
On the night of the third of March,
whilst ProSident Lincoln and his Cab
inet were at the Capitol, a telegram
from General Grant was brought to
the Sereetary of War, informing him
that General Lee bad requested an in
terview or conferende, to - make an ar
rangement for terms of peace.:. The
letter Of General Lee was published in
a letter to Davis to the rebel Congress.
Gen. Grant's telegrani was submitted
to Mr. Lincoln; who after pondering a
few minutes, took up his pen and-wrote
. witlchis own hand the following reply,
which he submitted to the Secretary of
State and Secretary of War. ' It was
then dated, addressed and signed by
the Secretary of War and telegraphed
to General-Grant:
WASHINGTON, March 3.1865-12 P.
m.—Lieut. Gen. Grant : The President
directs me to say to you that he wish
es you to have no conference with
General Lee, unless it be for the capit
ulation of General Leo's army, or on
some minor and purely military mat
ter. He instructs me to say that you
are not to decide, discuss or confer
upon any political question. Such ques
tions the President holds in his own
hands, and will submit them to no mil
coororcoco or convention. Mean
time you are to press to the utmost
your military advantage.
[Signed,] B: M. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
The orders of Gen. Sherman to Gen.
Stoneman to withdraw from Salisbury
and join him will probably open the
way for Davis to escape to Mexico or
Europe with his, plunder, which is re
ported to be very large, including not
only the pl - qp,4ler of the Richmond
banks, but previous accumulations.
A dispatch receivtil by this Depart
ment from Richmond says it is stated
here by respectable parties - that the
amount of speeio taken Sonth by Jeff.'
Davis and his partisans is very large,
including not only the plunder of Rich
mond banks, but previous accumuld
tions. They hope, it is said, to make
terms with Gen. Sherman or some oth
er Southern commander, by which
they will be permitted, with their ef
fects, including this gold plunder, to
go to Mexico or Europe. :Johnston's
negotiations look to this end.
After the Cabinet meeting last night,
General Grant started for North Car,
alien to,direct operations against John
ston's army. E. M. STANTON,
SecretarY of War.
WaShington, April 22nd.—Reports
i
• have been n eiroulation for some time
of a correspondence between Generals
Johnston and Sherman. The memo
randum or basis of what was agreed.
upon, and the results, are as follows :
Memorandum or Basis of Agreement,
made this 18th day of April, A D. 1865
near Durham's station,
in the State of
North Carolina, by and between Gen.
Joseph Johnston, commanding the
Confederate army, and Major 'General
W. T. Sherman, commandingtho army
of the United. States in" North Carolina,
both present.
First—The contending armies now
on the field to maintain their static quo
until notice is given by the command'
big General - of either one to - its oppo
nent and reasonable time, say, forty
eight
hours, allowed..
Second—The Confederate armies - I
now in existence to he disbanded and
conducted to their. several State capi
tals, there to deposit their arms and
public property in the State Arsenal,
and each officer and man to execute
and file an agreement to coned from
acts of war and abide the action of
both State and . Federal authority, the
number of arms and munitions of war
to be reported to the Chief of Ord
nance at Washington city, subject to
future action of the Congress of the
United States, and in the meantime to
be used solely to maintain peace and
order within the borders of the States
respectively.
Third—The recognition by the exe
cutive of the United States of the sey
oral State governments, ou their offi
cers and legislatures taking the oath
prescribed by the Constitution of the
United States; and where conflicting
State governments have resulted from
the war, the legitimacy of all shall be
submitted to the.Supreine Court of the.
United States:
Fourth—The reestablishment of all
Federal courts in the several States,
with powers as.defined by the consti
tution and laws of Congress.
Fifth—The people and inhabitants
Of all States to be guaranteed, so far
r* the Executive can, their political
-
rights, and franchise, as well as their
rights of person and property as'defin
ed by the Constitution of the United
States and of the States respectively.
Sixth—The executive authority of
the Government of the United States
not to disturb any of the people by
, reason of.the late war, so long as they
, live in peace and quiet, - abstain from
acts of armed hostility, and
,obey the
laws in existence at any place of thei
residence.
Seventh—in general" terms War :to
cease, a general amnesty so far as the.
executive . power of the United States ;
can command, or on condition of
bandment of the confederate•armies
and the distributiOn of arnis, and re - -.
sumption of peaceful pursuits by. aft.,
core and men hitherto cemposing the
said arinies. .. _ . . •
Not being fully, empowered by our
respective principals to fulfill these
terms wo individually and officially
pledge ourselves to promptly obtain
the necessary authority and to carry
out the above programme:
W. T. gIIERMAN, Major General,
Corn. U S A in North Carolina.
J. RoTOIINSTON General:
rn
Cod'g C S A in. North Carolina.
WAR NEWS SUMMARY.
rm. Brig. General Devins has been
placed in command of all the United
States forces in and 'about Richmond.
zarThe Now York Herald sums up
our capture of artillery since the Ist
of December at 1,600 pieces. -
,Reports are conflicting as : to tilt.
number of men General Lee eurron.
dered. It has been 'reliably -statea,
there were.so,ooo. •
le-Major General Carl Schurz for,
some time out of service,luts been as
signed to a command, in Shoyman's
veteran army.. - „
XiaP . A.Fedoratsoouting-party route.
a party of guerillas beyond Noun
Sterling, Ky, on 351onday, killing Wash
Carter and Dave Divine '
• theirleader;
and wounding several others,
VD - New dispositions of the army o
the Potomac • have been made.. Th
9th Corps is relieved from
- guardin •
i
the Southold° Railroad,,and s ordered
to Washington. Their placeis to be
taken by the sth Corps.
lit,..lifoseby, the guerilla chief, in.
stead of sarrenderinglimoelf, is CAl
gitive bunted by some Ohio own-men
to earn the reward of. two thousand
dollars offered by. Gonerat Hancock:
for his capture. Such Is one of the in
evitable courses Of justice. ;
. Day-On Tuesday the rebel prisoner:
at Point Lookout; through - their ser
geants of divisions, passed resolution
representing the voice of 22,000 : rebel
prisoners, expressing their abhorrence
of the assassination of the late Presi
dent, and their warm •sympathfwith
the distressed family...Thereselutions
were to be sent to the War Depart
merit, through . General Barnes, the
comMandant at Point Lookout.
Gon: Custar, in a recent '.orde
to his cavalry division, says: Burin!
the past six months, although in mos V;
instances confronted by superior nuinl!
hers, you have captured ono hundred
and eleven pieces of field artillery,
ty five battle flags, and upwards of one
thpusand prisoners of war, ineludin •
seven general ollicerS. In addition to:
the above you have captured forty six
pieces of heavy, artillery, and •thirty;
seven battle flags. You have never
lost a gun, never lost
. a color, and nov
er been defeated, and notwitstandingi
the numerous engagements in which
'you have borne aprominent part
, in-.
eluding three memorable battles of the.
Shenandoah, yeti have captured every
piece of artillery which the, enemy has
dared to, open on us. . • • ' •
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
LLOYD & HENRY
JUST RECEIVING
_
TUE LARGEST & HOST COMPLETE A.BBoTamEgrpr
_-)
ALL KINDS . OF GOODS )
Eror brought to thla county,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
ap2B-3w
IT .
OTICE OF INCORPORATION
.
OF OIL COMPANY.
pursuance of the 3d section of the Act of 3 . qth o
January 1863, the undersigned horohy give notice to th
oCher eharehoiders in the POrter, Island 011 lands, situa
ted In the Allegheny Diver, in Venango Connty,Penrisyl
vania, that a meeting of the said shareholders will be
held in the borough of Huntingdon, tonneYlviefet, on
Thursday the 18th of May 1885, for the purpose oforgan
icing an Oil company under tho provision of said act, and
to appoint a suitable porson.tosuporhrtend the business
the company in developing their lends.
. . W. H. WOODS, . .:
P. M. DARE,
. . .
•. - HN BARE,.
, •
Hunt. April 26,'655 -* D, JO
W. WOODS.
NrOTTCE. • • •
I have a small MULE for sale 4 'years old; suite
able. for Mines. • • . . : . • .
I w..uld Ilk, to hay, a ELISCISSMITII. Sines man
preferred. Apply to •• " P:P.DEIVRES, •
spl9-3t Paradise firnace, Huntingdon co.
•
D.IIIINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. .
. . .
[Estate of Mahlon Spanogle,deddl
tters of administmtlon upon this estate of Diablo).
- 4 -
Spanogle, late of Warrlorsseark twp., deed.. baring bee
granted to the undoreigned.alr persons Indebted to t
estate will make payment, and those having claims w)ll
present them 'for settleineut. _
}TM. B. ADDLIOMAN,
Administrator.
5p49,180/14t.
WILLIAM D. GEgMII.4
t cip is. : fro,s3t f i , .
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, STOCKS,
_ LOANS, En.,
Bought and Sold on Opmmission.
Offioe--511 Market street, Philad'a
apl9-2m.
CARPHANS' COURT SALE.
Will bo offered at sale at public, °Marx on the
premieee in the townehip of WARRIORSISARK, I:tooting
don county,
On Wednesday, the 10th of May next,
The following deacribed Tract, of, Land, Ictte the property ,
of Samuel Deck. deo'd., town? :' • ••
One hundred acme of good 'lmogene land, adjolnin::
lands of David Deck, John Beck's heirs and others, seven
ty acres thereof being cleared and under fence the bal..
once being timber Itutd ; a growing orchard andsereral
umer.failing springs being on said land, affording floe
building sites,
to.commoace at-two - o'!ilock,, , F. M., of said day
TPANlS.,,Onnthin.l in hark upon confirmation of-the
anti the residue In two equal annual payments
thereafter with interest, to be enured by the bonds an.
mortgages of the purchaser. •
BENJA.I.TINF. PATTON,.
410,1885. • . Trustee.
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. ,
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.
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