MERIOAti VOI.U.NTJKKR. JOIIN B. BSATTtN, Edltftf & PioprletM.- ; 9 PA., MAY 4. 1865; ELECTIONS AND COIBNTY CON >: & MENTION ,At a meeting of the Demooratio County Co'Aimittee.-held at Heisor’s hotel, in Car lisle, on Saturday last, April 22, it was jtuotoed, That the Demopratio voters of fcbe county of Cumberland ate requested to. ineet in their various wards, boroughs and townships on Saturday, May 6, 1865, in. the boroughs between the hours of 4 and 6J o’clock, P. M.; in the townships between the hours of 4 and 7 o’clock, P. M-, to blcct riclo gates to represent them in County Conven fion. to be held at the Court House, in Car* lisle, on Monday, May 8,1869, at 11 o’clock', A* M., to elfedt a delegate to the State! Con- Mention, to be held at Harrisburg, on Wed nesday, June 21, to houiinate one person For Auditor General, and one tierson for Survey - • or General, for the ensuing election. JO&tf B, &RATTON, Vhuirm'an. C. E. Maolauoslin, 1 Secretaries. Jacob Rhoads, i democratic Meetings. .The Democrats of the East Ward. Carlisle, will meet at Heiser’s Hotel, on Friday even ing, May 5. at ~i o’clock ; and the Democrats of the West Ward at Thcdidu’s Hotel, at the same hour, to select candidates to'be vo ted for as Delegates to the County Conven tion. , - MANY. To be Discharged.— By direction of an or der from the War Department, all recruits dad drafted men In camps of rendezvous, ex cept those for the regular army, are-to be im-. mediately discharged from the service. Un der this ■ order Camp Biddle, ’ at Carlisle Barracks, will cease to exist and the men are to be mustered out to-day. What disposition will bo made of the camp and its accommo dations we are not prepared to say, but pre sume it will-bo used by the regular army.— This order is a fat thing for those who but recently entered the army at high bounties. jgy Our merchants are now , .receiving their new goods, and the Spring trade in Carlisle is open. There is a great fall in prices, and people will no doubt think, when they go to make their purchases, that r.tte are living in the ago of Democratic rule ! Don’t say that wO could, if we would, pull the Wool off your eyes'; Wheat.— The prospect for a fine drop of wheat thitf seised is very flattering. The heavy fall of snow during the cold weather prevented it from being winter killed, and the absence of wet freezing weather this Spring, has enabled it to ptesenf.-a' nice ap pearance and take good root/ Should no ' calamity overtake it between this arid brir ■fest, this .great staple will yiefd abiindaritly. J6y-If our friends will famish us with 'such little matters of interest us may trans pire in their localities, wo will endeavor to make the local department of our paper as interesting as'possible. What Good . Does That Do ?—Every day of two wo notice a poor dog going dovt'n street pell-mell, hurry-scurry, with a kettle fastened to his caudal appendage, by some miaohievods urchin, who had taken this meth od of torturing the animal, seeing his aston ishment and terror at seeing himself thus at tached, and go yelping along at a furious tata, to the great Hetrlment of pedestrians. Now what fun or common sense is there in this kind of employment? The boy who thus takes delight in torturing a poor dumb animal, will, as ho gets.’older, do' worse things. Blowing out Kerosone Lamps The dan ger of blowing out kerosene or carbon oil lactfps from the top is greater than people generally suppose. There' are several in stances on record where lives have been lost by the explosion of lamps from' this practice. The following explanation of the causes that produce the explosion are worth considering and heeding:. . . First—The' oil in the lamp is generally ■low, leaving more room for gas.. Second—The gas is very inflamable, and Will always explode when ignited.. Third—ln blowing the blaze down, it ig nites the gas. ' The inference is, a lamp should never be, blown oat from the top. Tho wick may not perfectly £ll the tube, and the flams may go dawn, when the gas comes up. Fourth—the less oil in the lamp, the greater danger. C/" The municipal election in St. Paul, Minnesota,-took placer on the 4th inst. A year ago - fbe Bepublioans elected their can didate for Mayor by 3iB majority; now the Result is'thus heralded by tho Pioneer of the sth in a “ spread” dearly a’ half a column long:' ■ - Sir. Paul Bedeemed—Glory enough for one day—The old Democratic Booster again on his faef—A gain of five hundred over last year—Whole Democratic' Ticket' elected'— Abolition Disonionists cleaned out of power ■ —Their eold jigteg candidates caught in tbo xmn—St. Paul a Democratic city for nil time, The Democrats elected their whole city ticket,' and all tint one of the Aldermen and School Committee. The News in England.— The Africa, from Liverpool, April 15, and Queenstown, April 18; arrived' on Wednesday at Halifax, hring ; ing throe days later hews from Europe. The hews of the'fall of Richmond reached England Atpril 14; and produced an intense excitement. It was universally admitted' that the end of the Rebellion' was near fit hand. .The Confederate Loan fell to 23, and Five-Twenties went tip to 65. 'CT’ Mr. Secretary jSeward has so far re covered as to be able to ride out. Mr. Fred erick , Seward is much better,, and gaining strength as rapidly as is thonghfdosirable, . SDBBKNDBR OF 'JOHNSTON'S ARMY TO OBN iBBAIi snEfeisAii; fhegratlfyinghews ooritaihodih Secreta ry Stanton's 'curt dispatch to General Drx, Will cause notfo the less'joy by reason bf’jthe. cold and (]>fy rh'annor in which the head of the War-Department has thought fit to comma-, nicate it,' This surrender, wo suppose, brings the vi-rir to a definite close, as there can re main no’ hope to the rebels, after the surren der of the two thain armies and all their dis tinguished generals; thlit further resistance would hare any other result than to increase the severity of their punishment. It would seem that there are minds little bnough to lose all sense of the value of this great con summation in their chagrin thaifttie minor details of the surrender are not each as they would have dictated: 'But the country has no sympathy with tbfise churlish cavilers.— The great body Of the people will feel ho esn-i timent bht gi'dtitudo for the completeness of this triumph, and admiration of tha two great and brilliant aoldiets to whoso genius and energy Wo owe it. ' . - Gen. Quant had been stmt down to Sheb man’s nlmy, for what ? The radicals—those wretches whose “loyolty” consists of loud declamations and a cry for more blood—the radicals, we say, supposed that Grant was to supersede the bravo Sherman, in com mand, and thus, as far as possible, disgrace him. They chuckled, and rubbed the palms of their fat hands—made fat by ptiblid plun der. ThSy felt a savage joy when they were told that Sherman's noble army was to bo taljen from him. They did not liko Sher man, for ho with his army of braves had brought to a close much sooner than “ loyal thieves" desired. They wanted at least one summer more in which to fill contracts and enrich themselves. But; the noble Grant has fco big a heart under his ribs to be guilty of a me'au act. He'is a sol dier and a man , and feels for a bravo com panion in arms like Sherman. He proceeded to Sherman’s head-quarters, had a confer ence with his oid friend, told him frankly that be had committed ft slight mistake, and requested him to send word to Johnston, the rebel General, that he must surrender his army to Sherman (not to Grant,) on the same conditions precisely that Bee surren dered to Grant.’ Sherman, at the head of his army,.wrote the despatch to 'Johnston, requiring his surrender according to the new terms, and at once sent it to him, John ston received it, and agreed to it, and sur rendered his army, to Sherman. 'Thus, we see, Gen. Grant acted nobly; ha hid not at tempt to rob Sherman of bis well-earned laurels, as the radicals desired. No, no, he wae too muoh of a soldier, too much of a man to do that. The radical blood-hounds may snarl and grumble, but neither Gen. Grant or Gen. Sherman or President Johnson, care a snuff for thorn. They art about to be dis carded, and soon they will be despised by all well-disposed men. TOE new president* As the country is now interested iri rill that relates to Andrew Johnson, and espec ially in his “ record,” wo reproduce the fol lowing. After_ the war bad begun, be of fered, on tbs 24th ot July, 1861, in the Sen ate, the following resolution—being the same as that offered by Mr. Crittenden -in the House of Representatives on tho 22d o( July: itesolied, That the present deplorable civ il war has been forced upon the country by the disuhionists of tbo Southern States, now in arms against',the Constitutional, Govern ment, and in arra’S around the .Capitol•, that in this National emergency, Congress, ban ishing all feeling of mere passion and icsent ment, will recollect only Hts, duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression. Or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering .with the rights or established institutions of those States/but to defend and maintain the supremacy of. the Constitution, and to pre serve the Union, with all the dignity, equal ity, Hud rights of tho several States unim paired ; an'd.that as"soon as these objscts«are ■ accomplished the War ought to cease. At the suggestion of Mr. Sumner, says the Dayton .Empire, it was'laid upon the table, but the next day was colled, up by Mr. Johnson. A debate of some length followed. JJr. Polk, of Missouri, proposed that the war' ■should’ be, charged upon Northern disunion ists also. To which Johnson replied: “ The resolution does nothing but set forth a single fact particularly, as it has ocoured since this contest domihenoed. Trumbull, of Illinois, and other Bopublican Seuatprs, objected to the denial that “ subjugation" was the ob ject of the war. To which Johnson replied : “Of course the reoblutfon dontcmplates the enforcement of the laws' and a submission of the rebels to the laws and tlid Constitution. The resolution simply states that we are not waging a war for the subjugation of States. If the Const!tHtion is maintained, and the lawn: curried out, the States taketfaeir.pTades and all rebel citizens must submit. That is the whole'of it.” This is very different from the “ Solicitor Whiting theory,” whieli terri torializes the seceded' Slates. It is remarka ble that while Johnson's speeches before the war arid since, made in the Senate, are very bitter against treason and traitors, threaten ingl the extreme penalties ol the Taw,' they contain nothing definite obout slavery. And the same is equally true of all his remarks since his inauguration as Vice-President and President, lie is yet to declare his policy distinctly ..upon that most troublesome of questions ; for he is not bbund by tho policy or proclamations of his’predeoeasor. Let not the “ radicals”'rejoice too. soon. It) any event he declares himself against cbUsolida tion 1 ,- ■ h E7* By direction of the President the sales of confiscated- property formerly owned by rebels has been postponed until' thd organisa tion of the FreedmenV BeaiirOau 5 shall .J)o completed, Then, we suppdse, the sales will go on, and all" thd' proceeds that bapperinot to' stick in official pocket'd dn its way to tBO' Treasury will be devoted tb the maintenance of worthless'“ freednfen.” ' CT" The Compromise between Grantand- Lee, was Worth twenty battles to the country, add a Compromise at'the beginning of the war, wopld have worth all-the life, treas ure and suffering it has cost. The Cost-alone woald fill the land with churches and iifdr ury institutions,.. ! v, !: : OENEBAt SHEBMAIf. <%>£**«* *»•, TBe Vebeijberit and unqualified oopdetnna tioa of General Sherman by the 'radical por tionoflief Abolitlhti 'press, indicates a hos tile must have hod its origin ontdrioti to/find independent of, his peaoo‘ne-j EOtidtioqs with JtfiiNSTolf. the Boston Post, says, very pointedly, The opportunity to re buke him is’seized witlra zest that betrays a spirit nowise averse to fault findihg; at one fell swoop Jus Sssallabts would rob him of alb thcTmlitnry glory bis brilliant'and unequal ed services id the’hrriijr bake won.-f such will not.be treatment ho will receive from lbs American' people, whose Government his ,va lor add fidelity have done C 6 muoh ’ tq save. Before the circumstances attending his cor respondence are tnofrn—before an authentic ao'ooUnt,,eveU, of -correspondence it self iS published—ho is rebuked as a usurper, denounced for incOpaoity, and told that his fame is tarnished forever. The Washington Chronicle is even sa.un|ust as to intimate tbit his old associations with officers novWhr lately in the Confederate service may have .influ enced bis action 1 . This is too much. The consummate officer whose gl-edt deeds 'drew from the Lieutenant General the expression tfadt.be was not Only the foremost military gonitis in America but in the world—whose career has excited the admiration of all Eu rope, and whose patriotic devotion to his Country and its cause has been as conspicuous as bis marvellous achievements, is to his fame sullied by the suspicion that ho is at last false to his duty ! That bo would compromisetbe interests of his country tC gratify rebels he has fought against and defeated froni Chatta nooga to Savannah-s-from Savannah to Ra. leigh-—ovef- mountains and rivers; thJ-ohgh valleys and swamps, until hid glorious uiurcb was Completed in lee’s surrender and in crushing out-the Confederate power, is too I monstrous to believe., fro one doubts that Lee could bare, held Richmond-against Gen. Grant, had Sherman’s atiay been destroyed at Savannah. It,woe the masterly work of Sherman, in his extraordinary progress from Chattanooga to Savannah, that paralyzed the rebellion and finally laid it out cold,. “ The terms of Johnston’s surrender bs re ported to the Government, certainly, are in admissible. General Sherman may err in judgment, but Who shall impugn his motives ? Not honest American citizens. His famo us in their bands, and they will protect it against all detrhetidna do long ds a sentiment of gra titude remains in their hearts for labors and sacrifices in their behalf by a nobis country man, and the Government bo has'defended from the assaults of traitors stands a monu ment of bis.ability, fidelity and heroism;” 833,5C0 DAMAGES! Boston, April 28. —The suit brought by Leonard Sturtivant against A. 11. Ailed for illegal-arrest and imprisonment, which has been on trial here for nine days in. the Su preme Court, closed to-day, the jury render ing a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Sturti vant, for §32,500. At the breaking out of tho Rebellion Stur tivant was -doing business in Now'Orleans, and coming north was arrested and lodged in jail upon charges of disloyalty preferred by Allen. ' A good symptom. There are tens of thou sands of men, who, like Sturtivant, the plaintiff abode, have suffered illegal arrest and imprisonment. Any bad man who desired to See bis neighbor punished in this way, 1 could gratify his spite'. Let accounts now he settled . Let every man who was illegally arrested or imprisoned. bring suit against tho men who encouraged,thd outrage. 1 No difference how high or low the men who : were instru mental in these illegal arrests, they are all guilty and should be punished. Let the law then take its course. Democrats have suf fered long and patiently, but once, more law and not brute force is to prevail. In conclu sion wo copy the following article from' the Philadelphia Ledger, a - strong Administra tion pepOr, to which" wo would call attention. The remarks of the ,Ledger editor aro very, sound, and had hotterbB heeded at once : ; Mob Justice.— The unreasonable’cliara'o l ter of a mob; and : tho injustice it is liable to commit, are exemplified in it case which oc curred last week iu the oil region. . Mr.'Ste vens, a Jerseymnn, said to resemble in some slight degree the photogniph of Booth, the assassin, was taken into-iiistody by,two de fectives. When he got to Titusville, ho found the news Of his arrest had preood him, and a crowd clamorous for binging him on the spot followed hiifi to the" hotel. An investigation th'efe'-6‘howed who .he was, and thoHgh the two stupid dotecliy,{is who arrested hi in told tho mob that he was hot Booth, they still in sisted that he ought to be hung. When the detectives said ho belonged to tho State of Now Jersey add the Camden and Amboy llailroad Company, som'e chap' in tho crowd said—“' Well d—n him—lib ought to 6'e shot any how," Any innocbflt man’s life may bd put in danger from such ignorance and brii 1 - taility as this, If is tithe that every 01W who undertakes to set tho laws at defiance and to usurp its authority were' punished. A Bos ton jury has begun the work by giving a citi zen $32,500 damages against an individual who tried to set tho mob spirit at work against him by a fdlse accusation. ISO MORE JIEECY! The Albany Express, one of the, most de cided Republican papers in the country, ad ministers a timely retuke. to the speakers principally of the clergy, professed followers of the meOk find lowly Saviour !—whose com ments upon the mdrdef-of the President are riiade up of loud and' incoherent ravings for vengeance. Alluding to'-their blood-thirsty decld’rations that tbero shall'be( no there m'er-. cy toward the South, the Express bays r “If there id fp Btf no ihore mercy, then'if ft time to pull -down our pulpits add to build' up platftrme for the gftUows,.to qumtrnple our prison houses'/ to Change half of our asylums ■and hospitals iiitO' jails and' dungeons, ‘No more.mercy.’ Then'ip vain the Son of God said upon the cross, ‘ Father forgive them for they know not what they do'/ a*nd Jn vain God Himself declared,' Vengeance is mine,- I will repay,' , No more Then let every offender against God, man'and country,- receive an eye for an eye, and a' tooth for a tooth. StatCsand courts, judgesadd 1 parents, princes and masters, op„ this plea will un sheathe the sword-and strike' at nil who de part never so much from the strict law of ditty. Thank' God, this is not the sentiment of a- Christian,patriotic people. No man oould'liv'e' On hour tnedhy a tribunal where there is'-no mercy, and so long as Christ’s Sermon on the' Mount stands, or- the spirit 'of Christianity lives in: tbb hearts of toe. people, it will be djlvidg reha.ke' te those who demand that there- shall be ‘no ihore mercy/ ", -. ■. THBSWTBS.-: v Toihoie Who aresolioitoasfoir 4h'o 'future .oit ite'Wpuntry, and Who JlSSslra,. the Union*’ preserved (not; Ve-consb-uctefc-tot it: Was never destroyed) upon the basis of thbt; system which the wisdom of our 'lhth’ars es tablshed as the best means of ■perpetuating free, j jWithtions/'ft,ia n relief to know that President 'Johnson is stilt so fat true to his DemiWatio instincts and education ns to plant himself Ciroly~bn the ground that tbs governments of the States that hnJh been in' rebellion, ‘are not to Ba'ove’rthrowu, but to he re-estoblisbed, in so far as their authority has been suspended, and protected. We are already assured that, nnae’r his admibisttu-' tion, no radical scheme, like Sumner’s, for the treatment ofthoso Slates’as so many oon-' quorod proyinces to ba-henceforth hold in subjection by the strong military firm of a centralised, consolidated -Federal power 1 ; or wholesale plundering contrivance,dike that suggested by lluttEß, 'which would declare the South a territorial waste, to bo repopula ted bj eriiahoipfitad slaves and Yanked ad venturers, Whose ‘patriotism is onlyvheasurdd by their lust for spoils—will’ be coneidoredjjr tolerated. Gn this important point President Johnson has spoken plainly arid decisively, in several recent addressees, bat in none more so than in his reply to Governor Morton rind tho Indiana delegation, to whom a formal in terview was; granted on the 21st ult. The following extracts from that reply are thus quoted in one of Mr. PoßNEp’s letters to the Philadelphia Pi'esi— the italics are his own “ Upon this ideA of destroying Suites my. Fashion has been heretofore wejl known, and see no cause to . change it now, and I dm glad to hear its reiteration on the' p'reobnt ob-' oasion.SuroeTire Satisfied with thd idefi lliat StStee are to he lost in terfitorinl and other divisions J are to lose their character as States. But their life-brenth hds been orily suspended, and it is a high constitutional ob ligation wo hdye to secure each of these States in the possession and enjoyment of a repub lican form of government. A State may be in the Govcrntnerit with a peculiar institu tion, and by the. operation -of rebellion lose that fedlilre ; but it was a State when it went into » ebelliqn, and when it comes out Without that institution it is still d State. " 1 hold it a solemn obligation in any one of those States where the rebel armies have been, beaten back or expelled, I care not how small the number of. Union men, if enough to man the ship of State, I hold it, 1 say, a high duty to protect and secure to them a republican form of government. This is no new opinion. It is expresaed in conformity with my under standing of the genius and theory of our Go vernment. Then, In tdjusting and patting the Government upon its legs again, I think the progress of this work must pass into the bonds of its friends. If a State is to be nursed until it again gets strength, it roust be nursed by its friends, not smothered by its enemies. - Now, permit me to remark that while I! have opposed dissolution and disintegration on the one band, on the other, 1 am equally opposed toi consolidation, or the centralization of power in the hands of a'few." • ’ A STRANGE STORK. In view of the apparont intention of the Administration to huild up a’ negro army to - hold the Southern people in subjection, it.was 1 predicted by some whoso knowledge of the negro character would not allow them to put trust in their fidelity, that this favorite abo lition experiment would in nit probability end as did that of the British in building up a native army in India—that is, in a bloody and cruel mutiny, the first victims of which would be the white officers of the black troops. If the following strange otory bo true, which appears among the despatches to tho loading Republican journal of Western Pennsylvania; it would appear that such apprehensions were not, unfounded; Negro ‘ Conspiracy in Charleston. [Special Dispatch to Pittsburg Commercial. 'Washington, April 17. A letter from Charleston to a gentleman in this city, from n relative, dated Charleston,. £Tth inst., contains the following statement: A plot has just been discovered that is start* ling. It was headed' by the colored troops, who were, to kill their officers and take possession of the city, and then ’kill .every inhabitant. Fortunately the plot Waapißcoyered, and the colored troops were removed, antKR New 3Tork regiment brought inf,. Toda'y,lsuodaV, while all were ot church, was the tide set. Ten of the lead ers are how in jail; and four or five have been shot. The white troops are exasperated he 7°nd irieasare. and blood will be shecT if the feeling becomes'any Stronger. The same etory is repeated, with more min - uteness of details, in another despatch, to a' New England journal, which is not in ttf* habit of dealing in sensational reports [Special Despatch to too Boston Poet.l ■Washington, April 18; The' following is an extract from' a letter received by a merchant in tills city front a perfectly reliable party in Charleston, dated the 9th ipst.“ The old paying of ‘ Put not your trust m Princes,’ isohiidgedfor ‘Put not thy trust in negroes.’ A plot has just beer, discovered that is startling. It whs 1 headed by the colored troops who were id kill their officers and take possession of the’ city, and then put to death'every white’ waltf inhabitant, Churches and’ 1 -houses were th be blown up, but ftirfunately tho plot was dis-! 1 covered, and the colored troops wore removed from tiie city, and ! a-New York regiment' brought in- to-day.' -Sunday, while all were at church, was the time set. Tbn of the lead ers are mow in jail, and four or five have been shot. Tho white troops arc axasperated be-' youd measure, and blood will be shed yet.it the feeling becomes any stronger. lam not naturally very'belligerent, but for the past twenty-four hours I have felt like! could fight. , I think with a good revolver I could make an end of some of the infernal black-- skins, Hud it commenced'Charleston would have witnessed a scene she never did before. Niggers would have been piled up thick. : I wish a, part of -Sherman’s army--could'he here aboatgWeok, ■ Coffins for negroes would bo in dpnJand." Particular pains Irave been taken to hush up the affair. ■ We have s’cen nothing of this in'ithe jour-' nals of NewvYork or Philadel , pbia, ahd of course Cannot vonchfocits truth, ft is by rio m'eans incredible, hqw'efer,' treaoh-.. ery being a prominent bhdraotoristio of the 5 negro 1 ‘raby, ,If tfue, it is‘ manifest fth'a’t the' ) Administration would have a strong interest, in itasuppMesion’.i' 'i , r , , Ky* Junius Brutus Sooth was arreslbifin*, Philadolpliia on Wednesday of,last week, on’ augpicioh; of,,compliijity witli diis brother, in theeesnssinationof'tiiAPresideht.' . He Was faken immediately'to'Washington.', 1 JBSS“ BrqWnlow/tho Governor of Tennessee/ is out in a letter, oolo'red peij : ; plo " not to treat the’whites rudely or'speak' harslily to them.” Sambo is a top o', the' pile in Tennessee doff I; . Booth, th 6 v Caught * attcl Killed. . ; HAROLD 'CAPTURED ALSE. - ’ * 1 “ - ' » i r i 1 the Assassin’s Death" WisrilNriTON, April 27.— The Star has the following particulars of Booth’s death : To Colonel L. C. Baker, special detective of the War Departirient, and his admirably trained'detective force, and to the New York cavalry, active participations in the ’seizures, the country owes a debt uf gratitude (or this timely service. ,It seems that a detachment of the 10th New York 'cavalry, numbering nbout,2s men, which ; was• despatched- from the city on Monday, under direction, of Col oriel L. C. Baker, special detective of the" War Department; in command of Lieutenant Dougherty, accompanied by one of Colonel Baker’s.officers,.capturedand killed Booth, and captured Ilarrold, ode of his accomplices alive. ' The cavalry after leaving bore, landed, at Bello Pliiiris. iri; I lie night, ami immediately started put ,in pursuit of Booth and Uarrild, having previously ascertained that they, had pressed the river into Virginia nt'SwanjPqirit in a small' carioo, hired by Booth from a man for 5300. Proceeding on towards Bowling, some three.miles, from Port lloyal. Lieuten ant Dougherty, who was.in cmamarid of the cavalry, discovered that Booth and Ilarrold were secreted in a largo barn, owned by a ~man named Garrett, and were well armed, TKe 'cavalry then Surrounded the barn and suirimpncd. hiiri arid his accomplices to. sur render. ... . • • . .. ilarrold was inclined at first to accede to thq request, hut Booth accused him! of cow ardice. Then they both po rein ptorilyrefua ed to eurrerider and made prepuratloqe to de fend themselves. j jfn oi;der‘tb take the conspirators alive* the barn was fifed, and the .flames getting ;top hpt for Uairold he approached the door,‘of the. barn,and dignified njs willingness to’.]># .taken.prisppef; , The door was then opened sufficiently to allow Harrpld to, put his arms through that ho might'bo t handcuffed, and; as an, officer was about placing the irons, upon Harrold’s wrists, Booth fifed! upon t]m,,party'from the barn, which waa returned by Sorgeant ,Bos ton Oprbett, of the IGtti’Npw York, the,, ball striking Booth in the neck, from tho effects of which he,died in about four hours. _ Booth, before breathing his last, was asked if he had anything to say, when he replied. . “ Tell .my mother that I died for my.oountry." , , ~ Harrpld and the body qt .Booth wore brought .into Belle Plain at eight o’clock last night and roaohed the navy yard here jit hue o’plook this inorning.bn, board!’#- steamer. . .The statement heretofuro' published that Booth had injured one of;,his legs by'Talling .off his horse, has’ proved to .bo. correct. ; Af ter ho was shot it, that one of bis legswas, badly; injured and;.that lie .was compelled to wear an old shoe and use crutch es, which lie had with • him i.ii ~thb barn*— . Booth was- shot about; four .o'clock in. the , njbrnirig and died about seven o’clock., . . . Booth had upon hie person some, bills bt -exchange; biit qply.nbout §175 in .Treasury notes.,, , . . .. .. 1 , It, appears that Booth and Ilarrold lei t Washington together on the night of-. tlii) murder of President Lincoln, and passed through Leonardstown, Md., concealing themselves in the vicinity until an opportu nity was afforded thorn to, cross the river .at Swan Point, which they dirt ns, above dtdlodi The man who hired Booth and his accomplice the boat in which they crossed the fiver was captured, wo understand, but afterwards madajiiis escape. ; ; Ilarrold has been lodgbd in' assotffe place. Bowling Green, near which place Booth waa killed, is a post village’; thd bdpitol df.Cafo: line bounty, Virginia, bn life road from Richl moiid to .Fredericksburg,’ fortyffive miles north of the firmer, and is situated in a fer tile and; weaUhjr , region. ’ It contains two churches, fhfee stofe’s,' tvfo mills; dud! about three.hUpdred ißhdbrttfnts'.; .. Port il'iiyal I# i post tillage' in Caroline coiihty, Virginia’,;.o'n .theright bank I .of the RuppahannocV fiver,. twenty-two miles be low Fredericksburg. (i lt hiis a population of six hundred,'aud tliera id a good stedibhoat landing near the place. ■ ' Attempted Escape of Booth Shil. Harrold. Washington, April 27.—Tne Slaf; ldd into edition, hasdho follbwirfg: 1 1 ( Booth- and Harold' rfeadhod “ Qtfrrott's’’ soihe days ago. Sooth walking on drutohds. A party of four or five accompanied them’, who spoke ofßobth os a wounded Marylander!, on his way homp.'apd that they wished to' leave him there a 'short tim'e’, and Would tilko' him away on the 26th.. Booth limped'somewhat; and walked bn crutches about tho place, complaining of his ankle; He find Harrold regularly took theijr' meals at the' house, and Booth KepVu’p-ap pearances'well. One day at the dinner table tho_ conversation turpbdon the assassination of the President, Wen.Bqotti' denounced the a'Ssaß6ina'tio& in the severest terms. saying that there was no punishment Se'vere enough' for the perpetrator. At another time some , otfe said in' his presence that:rewordsalnnu'nt ing to two hundredthousand dollars had been offered fir Booth. and that ho would like to catcULhim,; when Booth replied, “Yes, it would,be a' ghod haul, but the 'amount will doubtless be’ increased to five- hundred: thotf sand dollars.’’; , r. ; Tho two Garretts,who lived-on.the place', allege that they ‘ had no idea that-these two ■men (Booth and* Harrold).were'any other ‘then, what their friends- represented.theta selves—paroled rebel soldiers, on -their way; ;Hb|fta ; „ They also: say fhat When’ tbs'ottValry! appeared' in that neighborhood,- and they hea'rd'that they .werelookipg for tho assassins,' they sent word to them that these two men wore on tho place; id other wordpthey assert that they are entirely innocent of giving the 'assassins any Sid or. comfort, knowing them to he such. ' . • The Ida, a tugboat, reached here about two o’clock this morning, with Ilurrold and the young men 1 , above relerred to, as wjjll as the body of Booth. Harrold was immediately placed in a safe place. Thus far, it is stated, he has manifested no disposition to speak of the affair, but a's he was known as a very talk ative young man, he may soon resume the tide of his tongue. , ' Booth and Harrold were dressed iin rdbal grey .uniforms. .. The staff is new. Harrold was otherwise not disguised,much. - Booth’s' nJoustdohe had been cut off apparently with 'scissors, and bis beard allowed to grow, chang ing his appearance considerably? Hia hair had,been,out somewhat shorter than ho Usu ally. wore’ it. , *• , v ; Booth’s bady.jyh.ieh ..we.have. before de aenbed, waa .at onoe laid out upon a bench dud Cguard, placed' over it. The lips’,ofthd corpse are tightly comprbsscd, and the blood bps settled in the lower part of the face and neok. Otherwise th’e face is pale and .wears a Wild, hag’gardjlqofi, Indicating exp’osiire fij the elements’ and' a rough time generally in hie Skulking’ flight; .'His ljair is disarranged tfnd dirty,' n'mi 6'ppiirniifJy •■DtIH" combed einco be Took.' hia' flight. The head and'bieast,is. alone exposed,to view, the'low portion! of b'is body, including tile. hands; and feet, being covered with -Jt .tarpaulin, thrown.over it.. The, shot.which terminat ed his accursed life entered on the loft side gt the back of the neok, a .point, curiously enough not far. distant, from.that in which his vidtim, one laroontediProsident, was shot. No orders have yet boon given as to what (dispositipn.wijl bb made of.tbo body,- ,■ . largo nambbrsofperao'bs have boon seek ing admission To. the navy yard to day, to get a sight of the' body, and to hoar the 'particu lar's,but tone.iexceptfng/jho workmen;- Uio officers: oTthe yard and' tbps'c 'holding orders fromtbedepartinont are allbwed tbjentor.•; : A Spencer ohrdbino, wbiobßooth had with hirndriTbe barnat thq-time. ho f /was shot by ssrgpaht Corbett, and a jai'ga knife, with blood on itV'Biijipoaod - te/ba, the.-one , wbipjb Booth cut Mhjur Rathbono with ib the thea tre box ontho night of the murder of.Presi dedt Lincoln, and which Was found on Uooth’a body, have been brought to the city. The carabine and knife are now in possession of Oolonel Baker, at his office. ' The bills Ol exchange, whioh are fbr a con siderable 1 amaant, found on Booth’s person, were drawn tin batiks in Canada in October last. About that time Booth was known to have been in Canada. \ 'I , It is now thought that Booth’s leg was fractured in jdmping from tbo box in .ford’s ThCu(re : upbri the'Stage, and not fjv the fall ing horse while eddeaydring to'make his escape, as was at first eapiioßßa.'; Purifier Particulars of the Captiire dhd , Deiuh of Booth—Disposition of His . Remains, &c, ’ ■■■• >, The Warbingtori Star, after repeating tho circumstances under which the hard of Mr. Garret, in which Booth and Harold wire dis covered, bail been surrounded, relates what subsequently transpired ns follows; Young Garrett, unlocked the door of the barn and entered, but oil.approaching Booth, who at that time appears to have been laying in the hay, tho latter ddUed out, to , Garrett, “ Get away froni here [ Yon hav.Qi betrayed me i” odd Garrett states/ that Beetl}. then threatened to shoot him* upon which he beat a retreat.,! t ; • •/' 1 '. t ‘ Booth then called /put' & Liedt/Bokor, “What dd you want?” Lieut. Baker—•‘l wantybu I” ‘ , Booth.—" Who ore you, and what do you wdnt of me?” Lieut. Baker.—“ We are, herd to make you p jjrisgnerV We know who you are. ’ I wilj.give.ydu fiyeidibutes to, surren der. If you dt> dot give yoursolf up in.tbat tjmd !■ will,set tlie barn on.firp;*’, •" r - / Bd'otln—“ yfbat’s a hard dasm ’ AYbo are you ? Porbnps, I, am being taken/by my friends.”. Baker.— *• It makes .np difference who I nin. /You must surrender:your arms and oomo out of that.” // , , Booth.—•' lam lame, wHb .only orie legcy- Givio show Tor nf|‘y life. '...Withdraw; your men fifty yards from lire door and I’ll come put and fight, you.’ 1 . Baker.—".Wo didn’t come here to figlityoji, but to take you, prisoner, and we will take ypu dead or alive.” : . Booth.—Well.my bfave boys, prepare a stretcher for mo l; I could Kayo pipkod off balf 'a d'ozen of your men, if I had X had two,oi! three chances to to. shpot. you yourself, but I don’t wish tp kill ,'aii jrbody.”' Baker.—“'Well, we|ve talked.as long as wo oun tibout UfW. If you mean id oomVout, do At tins mriVnorit an altercation was heard going on between Booth and Uarrold. What Uhrrold said, as be spoke in a low tone, could not be heard but it was. evidently tin inti mation to Booth of his purpose to.surrender, frohi Booth’s angry 'exclamation : “ You coward 1 Would you leave me now 1 Bulge I 1 wouldn’t have you stay.’!' ■ ' , ■' Booth then balled .but' to. 1 Lieut. Baker— " There is a man inside here w;ho 'wanes, to go out." Bskor t —" Lot liim bring his arms and borne’,out." * ' , f , , Harrold ‘ then cam.e forward and .said, “OpOn tho.door and I’ll sui yonder." . Baker.' —“Hand., out :your arms.”', 1 ' Harrold.—“ I harhjd't' yin/yi*’ j tfaker,—“ You carried 1 the tarhine; bring,it odt.’" ,'Booth.—Gentlemen,'.he liasn’i,any arms. T hriye- them.'' They are njinu.” Baker.— “ lie"carried armB,,ainl lie must bring them out."' Booth,-—"U [)oy tho jyord and; honor of.a gentleman; the apm's are with, me, and they.are minei" ” V;,i ' 1 h Cob Conger, to out the matter short hero, ofdefedYlarroldto bo taken out, and ho was hand-odfied a‘nd tied securely, tu a trooia tlio vioffaity, ' , ' 1 v The Bafn Fired, • .Colonel Conger ,now . being, satisfied that ■Booth would not surrender, and it being dif ficult to,see bjs position, to,get at him inside' the as it was within,Determined to throw some light upon; the subject, had sot fire to the barn,; applying a, match to a, look of hoy pulled ffom between thecracks, and forced .naok, when lighted, into tho hay moit, , ; _ , ■ ■ As the fire mounted it lit up tho interior of the barn, bringing out;its contents,, and the central figure, the devilish criminal,t.fp, full yeiief. There were no animals iff..final barn, unless wo so reckon the hunted savage boast at bay there., , There were some- ugci-, oultural; implements-, , and a. pile of. .hiiy whijh had afforded ,a lair for. Booth and Har rold. When, the bapn was fired Booth stood in tfe middle pi the floor, and on; seeing the flames he moved tothc corner where the fire wps, with ( oarbioß raised; as if to' jhoet -lb'o : one,,who applied, the ,match,, but- the bright light. inside.jpreventedi him trom discerning objects outside, though previously he had the adyantageiof his besiegers in that particular. He glanced a moment at the fire, us if.deba fjn.S.whother it was,practicable to extinguish It, and then returned,and walked towards the front door of the barn. . ; The Fatal' Shot!' As he reached (he middle,of the barn Ser geant Corbett, who, had advanced from his position.in,Violation of:orders, fired through' ,'h crack, with a cavalry pistol,,at Booth, who whirled, in: his. tracks,.and, fell :td the floor! Colonel .Conger: and' liieut. Baker rushed into the hurnipg ,building, and bore out the body of the dying criminal, Ikying, him first on the bf (he barn; ,; : • ..1 ' ■ I partially revived, and .mode efforts to speak.; 'Col. Conger placed bis ear close tc •his .mouth., ..and (.understood l him to say : ” Tell jnbther ,1' diacfor.imy. country 1" On' the words being repeated' to him; to make sure.if that was’wbat.he had said, ho answer ed huskily, ’/.Yes.'/, Booth appeared parties lilarly anxious : that,- his high .- soilhdfng phrase about (lying for h'm country should not he lost, and repea ted.tof Lieut Bn korwhat he had said; to Cut. Conger, adding, •• I thought I did what Was for the best/'and soon alter exclaimed, “ Kill,mel .Kill me I” He then asked to be.turned on'his faoe. He wap told* that it would'not' he' possible, for hini to lie in: that position, and he-was pluood on' hie side. Being still restless, he was turned upon the other side., .He'than asked'’.Col., Conger to press bis,hand on his,throat—hard —after, which :bo made exertions to cough. „■ He Was now puralized, with n’o muscular action Savo in the'throat. He oould utter .no a'hdible _ wordtf/but made motions for driu k, &o„ which _w,as given. him. He.now began to pink rapidly, and died in great, physical pain. -.Thup miserably perished: the m'ost atrociouscriminal,that the world ever knew! The ball entered. two.iDfohes below .the left ear, coming; outT an inoh'. a’nd a half higher under! tbeTroppositq. eari thk hall, passing through theiooot Cutlar nnd clipping the shirt dollar. If, barely foa’oho'd the epinuloolumn. , After ißaoth’s death- the body was in,a,b!anke(i*a'nd put in a farm wagon, With broken' tojVand negro driver, and'thus con-, voyed to Belle Plain, iiarrold wits secured OU.a .horse, withh is feet-tied'uhder thehorse's hell;,, and. taken ' to,-the, sente poiot,= from whence' they- were; br'dught.' up to' the n'avy yard,....-i..,,, ■ ; 1 ' , iHB : REMAIN'iV r ' U f - • ■'** ’• ■ ....... - -n/ ■ Very sreal ctfripsitj.preyiiils' ft.'tfito the dis position Jfo be nVaue of Baotbv bufcjtyieonjs the. nuthoritiesnronot inclined to give ,h \$ ivrretoliea ourcasetlie hoaor.ofmettt'. ing public! gaze, audit will probably .bo do ,i positod.in litter obsourity fcfr the a>; P llae3 tho m , the monitor. It was the n ,“ 'j™ o ' o ' l fc nary .gray army blanket, i n „k' n , an m sewed.tip. A plain caskete," Jh'l' ,k w urmgpix feet by two, had bee, ° X ’. ra " mado ; m the joiners’ shop for L Prev ' ou « but this was not used. ' r 1 0 re ™aii Imponanl Order of the War D cparl!ntnl The following important order h aa 1 sued by tho War Department • b “ War Department, .Adjust f, Oppice, Waoiiinoton. April oa ] oj!' ,ni « ernl Order, No. 77.—For rod.7if 18P,3 -«« sea of tho military aa , aM i sh me Vt IK l “ Ccl: r ' Ordered First—That the chiefs „r „ speotive jiurcnux of this department o '® ' immediately to reduce the expeo,", ft 1 respective departments to wlmt is „V , he neoessnry, in view of an immcdirts MS "‘f 1 of lb? forces in,the field and jotr. d “ Cl " thespeedy termination of hostilities /If they severally.make out statements of if h; duction they deem’pro otlealilo, 8 ■ st Second.. That tbo Quartet master Genr insoharge all ocean, irnnaportn not bring home troop sin remoteCa2 T'‘ Ali river and inland discharged, except that required for . essary .applies to troopship the *rid .nhftßis of. .horse <. wofffna , laid transportation will bo ' n irchnses of fornga, except wlmt i, Jl" " for immediate consumption All n, V' K f. r railroad construction and traußDortr' will also bo stopped. troneportaho Third. That tho Commissary Gem.™! subsistence stop the -purchase of sopri™ • his department, for such as may, with ah is on hand, be required for theforces . field to tho let of'Junowext. n Fourth. That the Chief of Ordnance all purchase of arms; ammunition nod m , rial therefor, and reduce tho manufacture of arms and ordnance stores in govern™, nrsennla .as rapid y as can bo done withe injury to the service.. Fifth. That the Chief of Engineer* work on all field' fortifications and Works, except thosefor which specific anp„ pnationn have been made by Congr... f completion or that may be required fur th proper projection'of works in• progroej, S'xth., ~Ilmt«U soldiers in hospitals sk require no.further medical treatment be ho norably discharged from' service with imme diato payment.. All officers and enlisted dim who have'been prisoners of war, and arc niv on furlough or at parole camps; nnd ail re ormts in rendezvous, except those for the re gular army, w,ill likewise he honorably di, charged. Officers whose duty it is under thi regulations of the service to make out toll and, other Until papers connected' with Hi discharge and payment of soldiers, are dircc ted to make; them oht without delay, eo tba this order moy be carried into effect’immcdl ately. ’ . r , _ Seventh, The, Adjutant Geiihral, pf Ih army will-cause immediate' retufris. to I "made by all commanders in thp'ileld;gatri risen*, detachments and posts of tlieiffespec tivo forces; with a view to their/ immVdiali reduction. -Eighth., The'Quartermasters ,of Subsist enoe, Ordnance, Engineers and Provost Mat shal Generals ; Departments will reduce thi number'of clerks arid cnrpluyeos to that abso lately required for closing the business ol their respective departments, and will with out delay,,report to the Secretary of War lit number,required of each class or grade. The Surgpon General will,make a similar reduo tiori of'sprgoons, curses arid attendants in lib bureau! ’ Ninth, The chiefs of the respective bn roans will immediately cause property rclurm to be made out of public property in theii charge, and a statoriient'bf property in eact that may be sold upon advertisement ant public sale without prejudice to the service. Tenth. That tho Commissnrv of Prisoaen will have rolls made out of the name, resi denoo, time and place of . capture, and ocea pation of all.prisoners bfownr who will tab the oath of allegiance to the United Slates, to the end that siioli ns'aro disposed to become good and/joyril icltiiens of. the United States, and who are proper objects of excoptivo oil money, may be released upon terms that to the: President shall seem lit and coneistcnt with the public safety! By order of the Secretary of War. W.-A,'Nicnoi.a, A. jl.Gi (Official) Tdouas M. Vincent, A. A. G. THE WAR ' J , Sixty-four general officers of various grades surrendered, with: Johnston’s army. They are are, the following Generals :;P. T. G Bun reguard, and ~ Joseph .E. Johnstoa. Lieut. Gens. Wm. J., Hardee,.Daniel H. Hill,Ste phen; P. Lee .and Alexander P. .Stewart, Mi jor Generals Patten Anderson,.Wra. B. Bale, John C. B.ceokenridge,'John 0; Browa.N.f. Butler, ,Benj'amia .F, ir fl l “ General Taliner hae . iasiled an S . teoting the Kentucky,fr onl J arrests. : ' ' The .vfpr is ended.. 'All the. Confs . troops'.Bast of, the 'jlississipi. ° x “ a P, n Hmall force between Tupelo and Qurjnt >i inandodiby General Taylor, have ' al , ' nks dlieir arms. The Confederates. west __ Miasisaipi.are nog itiatjng. a surrou' i There ought to bo no more fight'!!." • 0 -j, ery’drdp of blood shod now by J will ho uselessly spilled.! The iiiarem'S countermarching is over, and. there i» “ mg; left for.us to Chronicle'. Two ire • oiio, on tbo Misßissipi and one on the ie: :a ievy ; bands, of partisans scatter thif South i a fugitive President with h • jfuard, are all that is loftipSitbe S r0 ° loan '.,' ' s • TA I''."* ' ' ' -- T-T- ~ ■ IU President Johnson.—The New Y° r raid’ e'nya of Andrew Jubnoon,’ “be ha» , H JaoksoijijiQ PBinoqra£ all bin tofStaW.qpyereignty to the extent of a ° 1 ■eabbfState to regulate its own ,mo ®' B »' as. tbfe ’tight of >o Brag fortb—nrnvijediunly that the author 3 j ( - Union sbail. beipknimoilut m ull na subs/' ' v: ■ , . • X 551b' (CT 001. Riolmrd White, late ‘J I®’ 1 ®’ Penna. VoiuuteWs,dtod at rcsld , e „ [tl) ek fhdiano.Pa.,ori-Friday. last, fro®- j iof. inflnmtnatory .rheumatism. }“ ul -.. ahtraVa gailaiitV eoldior,; served Uia country in the field ever Bt .d|oi»menbom9nt:pfithe , tebellto“; ‘"'