Clisrfiittr
I!-
D. W. KOOBZ, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVI. WHOLE NO.
rrr.
WHEN THE WAR ENDS.
Hpe?. How it will H.ppcn.
What Will come Afterwards
Tho following article by lion. Amasa
Walker is lakeu from Hunts' Merchants
I jjaya.-i'ie-l
Tbt peace between the Federal Gov-
anient and the Confederate States will
eooetooie titne is certain, tbat it will
(cbo toon appears now highly probable,
l jjj the effect which such an event will
Ureupon the business of the country
' cannot but be a matter of deep interest to
I la the examination of the subject wo
f unit take certain things as granted, for in
' to other way can we tnako anv calcula-
Hod j whatever. We will fust Resume that
the terms of peace include the perfect res
toration of the nationality ; and secondly,
tint the great discordaul element has
txeo removed, so that there is no antag
onism between different sections of the
country growing out of antagonistic insti
tutionsthat there is. in fact, that har
mony of ideas and interest which alone
tan give confidence and insure tranquil i-
These two conditions being established,
lie country will have peace, national
credit and universal cottidence will be
tui arrived, as soon as it is certain that
tse conflict ha ended, tho w hole indus
try of the nation will experience a severe
ibock. That is inevitable, Tho wsr par
alyzed industry, and for a while all was
agnation. Peace will produce a similar
effect, because the industry of the coun
try must bs changed from a statu of war
to a state of peace. Those who have been
engaged in manufacturing the appliance
of war and the instruments of human de
itruction, must change their occupation.
Tkoutands and hundreds of thousands
oust bo transferred from ono Lronc'a of
industry la another. Half a million of
men now in arms must returu to their
homes find find employment in peaceable
pursuits. All this cannot take place uu
out temporary derangement and conse-
I (pent paralysis.
But the greatest shock will bo felt upon
prices. Every body knows that these are
it least doublo their usual average", and
oust, to a certainly, coma down to the
satural standard j that the currencyTsoon
wor later, will be restored to a specie ba
ili. A great panic, of course, will take
place on the announcement of peace
Everyman having properly of any kind
Hhich hf desires to sell, will wish lobe
ridofit as soon as" possible. AnJ, what
inrorse everybody will ftfralJ lo rur'
(bsa, because thoy are sura price, must
p down and down, until they leach
tis lowest possible point. But the gen
eral consumption of tho country must go
oa. Wbr should it not? Men and wo-
; tteu will contioue.to eat, driuk, and wear ;
td, whit must bo borne iu mind, they
' kr plenty of money, or rather of cur-
ttocy, to buy with. What use can they
XQak.0 of grecnliacka and National and
. Stato bank noles, of which wo have so ma-
iy hundred millions, but for purchases T
, Then why should not the people purchase
. freidvf Thev wdl do so. and of course
t y
' trade mutt and will go on.
t Tho first news of peace will doubtless
cause a great decline of prices ; most per
iods will be ready lo sell on almost any
tarms and at any sacrifice; those who
, have tho courage to make purchases under
toch circumstances will do bo to great ad
vantage, becauso prices cannot at once
permanently decline. After the first
laock there if ill be a reaction, and prices
ill advance Again.
Three causes have co-operated in rais
ing prices j the increasing volume of cur
tocy, the dprec5ation of the national
credit, and the movements of speculators
Jill these causes may ceaio with the return
of peace if our finances were managed on
: wund principles; the currency will be re-
, cucod. the rational credit will be restor
! ed, and the speculators' occupation will
I U gona But siuco this change cannot be
.ir?tantaneo'a, so far as a redundant cur
rency is cTncorccd, tho reaction ire have
, tjakoa of will Uke place.
Prices are governod by the existing
quantity of currency, and, as that cannot
lo at once greatly contracted, prico3 can
not immediately return to their natural
ro-.nt. Tr most nersons prices ieeni to
la mtraly accidental. That they aro act
ually, governed ly laws asdolorminate as
Ihoje of nravitation lew understand.
Eeuce thero will bo a great ranic,
and
taany will tell of! thotr.tocki, as some did
Bnder the lesileia panic of September last,
t uiuc'a leas than the are worth, and bo
laiie glad to purclift' at advanced pri-
041
1855.
it wero universally known that the
"T"1!' ." . .T,' '.W.7"' rH?J ' kl .n b.
c 6iuu.iij, Us niu currency
was called in, until the specio value was
reacueu, and thon trade would
in us accustomed chnnnols. P,ut it will
not be so. Changes will bo fitful and vio
lent, because so many persons will be un
reasonably alarmed.
But we have already said that after this
panic their will be a reaction. To what
point the returning tide will carry prices,
it is Of COUlse Impossible to any. Many,
not without reason claim that the effects
of the inflation will then bo more decided
than ever before. They reach this con
clusion in the following manner: The a-
mount of enrreney afloat is shout ono
thousand millions. Much of this, sav
they, is now necessarily used in the vast
transactions of Government, and will be
so long as its present rata of expenditure
is continued. Peace, however, will work
a firent change ; the eurroncy thus em
ployed will bo thrown out of u.e, and
when its occupation is gone, it will sim
ply drug the raaikot and forco up the val
ue of all commodities- This conclusion
is undoubtedly conect, unless there are
counteracting circumstances. Will thero
not bo another Held for this currency in
such a contingency ? will not the Slates
now in rebellion abforb as much as will
thus be thrown out ofusof We do not
undertake to answer these nueslions; or
to decide what will bo the point prices
will reach alter peace. That ihey will
fall greatly on tho first announcement,
and will again riao to at least about their
present level, must be evident to any one
acquainted with the laws regulating cur
rency. hat, under such circumstances, should
tho merchant do who ha a large stock
on hand and a good Hot of cuslomorj
whose patronago ho desires lo retain? We
reply, let him not bo unduly frightened
Let the first shock bo met with firnuiu.is.
Those who are greatly iearcd will doubt
less take tho first sales by making a great
.niuv, mi r i (
ken in so doing, because they will not le
able to replace their stocks at tho ratet
at which they luve sold. The price of
gold will doubtless recede very much on
the news of peace ; but will certainly ad
vance again after tho first impression has
passed Ly, becauso it is mcasurod by our
paper currency of the country, and that
is so greatly redundant that anything like
a normal price for gold or ai.y other com
modity is impossible There are two ex
tremes, thon, to be avoided in the emer
gency contemplated. Ono is holding on
too closely, the oilier selling off at two
great a reduction. Most persons will take
o latter couu4 Piid Euffer unnecessary
, i ii i
losF.-wl.ilo IhOtliu.-o stirpwuwin mane
fortunes by purchasing morcundue IL'.'s
i.eedlessly sacrificed.
Prudent men will operate under such
circumstances with great caution, because
they will have in view the fact that prices
must oooliDiie to decline until the cur
rency is withdrawn, until tho bottom is
reached. They will, therefore, hold as
small stocks as practicable ; they will not
cease their operations on account of pri
ces, but csrefully watch tho volume of the
currency and govern Iherasclve accor
dingly.
When tho war commenced, many very
prudent persons stopped their purohaces,
and laid still waiting for "bettor timet.'
Such havo mado nothing during the war,
and will find themselves poorer at tho
end than at the begiuning of the contest.
Others went straight forward, buying and
selling, and havo secured fortunes within
the last four years.
Business men, who bave a valuable
I 1 - -!... 1.1 nr. In if Till I IllPV
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will general.y mate great prouts BOIU
time 10 com is nut mvc-i.v, uuv.iuov
must eventually descond in prices to the
normal standard, but in the meantimo
active men having a fut uro leforo them
would not bo wise to relinquish thoir
trado. Nothing 13 more certain lhau the
wonderful career of prosperity that awaits
us, if wo only socuro nationality ana rtr -
manent peace ; and those wuo aro m i u
sition to take part in tho business of tho
country will La70 the best opportunity
yet known for wealth. Hence the
Jtance of passing through the trans-
ever
importance of passing
... r . i u . r,,
llion lroou wi iu pnwce, in buii i""u"vt
as lo bo ptepared for the tido of prosperi
ty which awaits us as a people. Our man
ufacturers, espepially, mustslart into new
life and vigor with the termination ofthe
war. Tfio aemanu ior cuhoij jjuuu, ia
. l r i. . i . ! .
particular, will be unprecedented- The
marketi aro comparatively bare, but, what
3;.!o, iU industry every
is mora
people are
moredestitute of oollon fab -
ricithan ever before. ETerytn.ng nas.couu bl.
PRINCIPLES,
CLEAKI.-IELD.PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2G, ira
that thev
may supply themselves with
ac-
rinnrl
luouemancllbr homo fabrics will be
m.nenso, but fo, foreign merchandize
it will bo greatly circumscribed. This
will arise from two causes one is heavy
duty, the other, tho reduced ability of the
COnimnn liOAhla I.-. . . 1 ni.
n.i . - v .
rr" v I'uicuttse. niese are
palpable facts, that must be taken into
the account when considering the future
.m u promises, jiut still another in
9,uiry arises. When and how shall wo re
turn to a sound currency ;
That will depend entirely upon the
isuom ana energy or our statesmen and
public servants. . It is fr them aloue to
say how soon and in what way. The
matter is in their hands, l'rom at least
supposed necessity they violated the luws
of val'io, by making that to le currency
and legal tender which had no value, enly
the promise of it. They introduced cred
it into the currency, and it is by their ac
tion alone that tho fulso element cun be
eliminated, and the true standard can Le
rostorcd.
When tho war has ceased, war expend
itures will cease; but taxation will doubt
less bo continuod and t tie revenue made
lo exceed dibuisements, and the Govern
mer.t will have the ability to tnke in the
greenbacks and other currency. Bis.des
this, as soon as the credit of tho Govern
ment is secured, thero will be a large, wo
should say, perhaps, immense demand for
public stock', and tho floating national
indebtedness can thus be rapidly funded.
By these means tho volume of tho cur
rency can be reduced, provided the pro
rer stops are taken, and banks aro not al
lowed to increase their issues. Congress
will have the po-.vor, and ought to havo
the difros ilion. to comrel these banks to
i-jiiiiuu ept-uie payments, anu, it mat be
. - . . . , . n . , .
lon, they mut greatly con tract their
rrculalion. Thus, by a gradual
process,
i we shall relurn to tho tiue sUuard
with-i
out any violent convulsion.
Thore is one unprecedented fact con
nected with the war in which we aro en-
BSSJlj uUAgU'liLiO'JflJsi If
so that when tho contest is ended the peo
ple will be freer from pecuniary obliga
tions than ever before.. This is a remark
able phenomenon, and quite in contrast
with the condition of our countty at the
close of the Revolutionary war, but the
cou rse pursued by this Government has
brought it about. Private has been ex
changed for public indebtedness. The
nation vi involved to an inormous amount.
Every State, every county, and every
town has accumulated debt to an extent
before unheard of.
This fact must greatly influenoe tho fu
ture. Taxation will bo heavy, continuous,
and pressing, ll will bear with great
force on the masses of the paoplo. Their
consumption of wealth, and of course, their
trauJ, rauit e restricted, What a man
pays in tixos he can not expand for clothes.
Kvory expenditure must be curtailed lo
meet the demands of-the inevitable tax
githcrer. The roult a ill be that ordinary
consumption will le less, and eartraordi
naty consumption more. Thoso who pay
tho taxes must buy less, those who receive
the public dividends will bo alio to buy
more ; there will be tho less low priced
and more high priced goods sold, moro
Juxurics pnd fewer.r.ecessaries, propor
tionately, !"n before'
This orUis through wliich e are now
pasting is destined, twhether fortunately
or unfortnrately, lo;assimilato tho nation
to Kuropean civiluatioir Tho great
debt which weshall create will pnbubly
never bo paid, or ever repudiated. Tho
nations of Europe do not pay debts, they
pay
n. internet Thev cannot pnv me
nrincinal because their curronl royenuos
I ...
VIIU aiivviw-' J -
are required to meet
the interest, carry
, lh;Governmenti and Iirepar. for
..
on tno uoveriiun.-ui, r" i """
in time of peace.
Such is our destiny, so i.ir as im i
out appearances indicate the future. But an,l goomo.t to bo fully aware of the im-
-.1 JLrd lo iho currency that will de- portant parts Ih.y were playing in the
with regard to the cu rency, iu ' reut j, , lhe' final act of which was
1 ni rn ii nrwin K-li.qt t is 1)80 HO liavUib o j
jmuu cuw.v.v . .
i.uillitiinM tn demand, for it IS cer -
thal Congr0?, -,s always ready to do
mo iuiv...b.
,jlist what the peoplo wish, excopt to re
duce their own pay an privileges. J f,,t for $75,000, having refused the? 10,001)
What, then, would tho people aTlfil cfjorQj.
Once thev would havo asked for all tho i -phe oil well up on tho corner of Holland
paper money that the banks could put in and seventh twc"''"t?orrl"Sv
circulation; but the war has "rousi'
.i .l..nna iii t-.id.1in nninion on HVO
grouw i -t
lmt
portant subjocts-slavory ana n""
nrrpncr. 1 DC nature aiiu iuuuruw
, Th nature and influence of
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.r u maw undnrstood as nover bo-
OI fUUU lliouvn
fore, and we think tho great strugSlo will
ii r . n hAtn
ue equauy iv
rK wiLh tho war
!OlUIUJi i wuuv
mnrA rflmmkahe than the gonoranuccearo((j D0 put oown tu sj - nug. -
, iraue ana "V.
ii.. ,.ni;m. hut tht it hAs been sMe
not MEN.
id lint Aln
.-- so prosperously under
circumstances so adverso
Should, then, tho war bo closed by .
satisfactory peace, thero will remain but
one cause of anxiety to tho business pub-
l'o. and tnat, we repeat, will be tho cur
reney, locaugo on lliatrrices nnJ iLq
curay of trade will entirely depend. Shall
th descent of prices, which we know
must and ought to take plr.ee, be gradual
and Heady, or fitful and violent? That
- ivii. ut ; j mil
clear,, unUer .. .V "IZ
and that upon their intelligent perception
of their true interest.
Such is the position, wealth, resource",
and credit of tho nation, such the brill
iant prospects ofthe future, that nothing
can pievfnt a realization of our blithest
anticipations but stupid legislation and
ignorant financiering.
MEETINO0?GRANTAND LP.P!
1 lie meeting between the two generals
for the purpose of arranging tho tt rms
of surrender of the rebel army, lor.k place
ai tne M'J.ain Mansion, in the villa-e of
Appomattox on Sunday ibc'Jth inst? The
army correspondent of tho Philadelphia
in'iwtr describes the incidents of tho in
terview as folio, vs :
"As the clock alruek 2 p.m . Hon T.n
accompanied by Gen. Marshall, his chief
of stall, rode up and was at o'ce thown
into tho parlor, a largo room neatly fur
nished, Its owner was a well-to-do far
mer, living in that vicinity. Len, on en
tering, took a seat at a tublo. lfe vias
very neatly dressed in 'Confederate g'liy.'
urn swora wns a very beautiful one, and
wasino present oi ins Inernls.
tereil but a few minutes later
Grant en-
aeconnan-
. '
leu ny 101. lai-ker, aia-de-eamp. Grant
was dressed in a very modeM suit of blue;
a ilre-is coat the worse for wear, no sword,
and no cigar.
"On his entering, Lee nrop, and shak
ing hands, they introduced thoir retpec-
i i n :r . itv ...
",D 'vi ihim, and aner a tew com-
ml0,,-Pl!ce remark, I.eo said : "General,
! 1 nave ronuested this interview tr 1mm
woro ful, .
von priinAcn " TV
which Ocn. Grant replied : "In ill i-mnt
a parole to otlicers and men, and the olli-
. ... . c -
eeri may retain their side aims and per
sonal effects,"
for their n,odfic;dion.' and the Ar.uv, of
-I in-.. . n' iivi fvu iinv rt-uofi
old Armv of tho Potomac. Orders'!
were
men given lor tne necessary papers to bo; ru!, 0 wouu j,lace tho occupanU at con
drawn up, and in Iho meantime au hour ; sjderablo distance from him. The rock-
siiu twenty minutes were paused in recall
ing reminiscences of tho past, events that
transpired long before Ihe war, no allus
ion being made by either to our present
war.its causes or effects, or to tho future.
"Atpbout 3j P. M., the articles wero
drawn up and signed. I.ee then remark
ed, 'manv of my cavalrymen own tho
hones which they ride ; does the word
personal effects ineludo them ?' General
Grant nnswert-d, '1 think they ought to bo
turned over to tho United States.'
"General I.eo : 'I coinciili-Jin ttmt opin
ion , as tho havo been used in tho
army.'
' "General Grant quietly replied, 'But I
will instruct tho ollieors who are appoint-
ed ly carry out the capitulation, to allow
iiio.-o win mtvo moirort-n nurses to return
their homes; they will then do for spring
plowing,' Lee. apparently elruck by this
liberal act of General Grant, and, with
considerable feeling, said : "Allow me to
express my thanks for such consideration
and generosity on your part. I th-nk it
cannot fail of having a good efloct.'
"Generul Leo then asked that each of
his men might be furnished with papers
te prevent them being .forced into tho
Confederate servico by tho conscription
officers until tlicv aro exchanged.
"General Graut replied, "1 will order
such cirtificatcs to l e issued to every man
as soon as the preliminaries are settled."
"Gen. Lee said ho had r.ot iheslirhtest
idea ofthe number of men composing his
the fighting commet!"nd'at Hatclier's Hun,
fir. co which the casualties liave teen VPry
large. "
" The slaffof Gen. Grant were then in-
vitcd in and introduced lo Gen. Leo, but
after a few remarks about topics foroign
to the occasion, they all separated for Iho
night. " .
"The armv rrinlins press was ret in
motion to print the paroles tor J.oo s men,
I .,.! . .nJ l,.Jn l,u Cn. (ii-nnt to1
o -
genu iwotiiy-nvo mousanu rauuns u m
starvinc troops that represented lue rcnei -
! lion.
" lioth Leo and Grant wero very grave,
passing 60 rapidly.
il -
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Oil. llio birexi gin auum-u u m
Observer a short time since as having mado
n nun i... n-,i i..,.nilv noi l her inler-
. . . ... . , ;i. a.Ia.
' ras IS abunaant ana n-aiiKPi" "
U jB tbs intention of IDs c""iry 1'
nl,out ono hundred feet lui tuer. t.n vj-
1 . V. .. ,1 1
uuuuii uuu uuuuicv.
tcrvir,
As an evidence of what the oi business
lhi immedinta locality will bo during
in(
. lha rnmino Dimmer, we iuj """"
.. " i.iftii.aii,.
U'T: "r.?ii...o. r.r.n .lone 115 wells
iiuo uinua - -
!.
'Zl.l
sh.doVs refuse to follow us.
TEEMS :
NEW
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
of ma
ASSASSINATION of the PRESIDENT.
From Ihe correspondence of the X Y
Herald wo take tho following exccedin-lv
interesting details of the frightful crime
which Las overshadowed tho whole land
with gloom :
STATEMENT OF MAJ. n.VTIIEUN.
no i rcsiuenrs box at Ford'. Tl,n,lr.
1 . . I ii -- 4UVUV1D
I VZ'ZSl " J&Lhe
io iv.uiw.tu, mm tun iho are mus thrown
into ono. i in box is entered from a nar
row, dark hallway, which in turn is sepa
rated from the tli ess cirolo by a small door.
Tho examination of the premises discloses
the fa.H that the aesaBsi.n had fully aud
deliberately prepared and arranged them
for his diabolical purposo previous to the
assembling of the audience. A pieco of
board one inch thick, six inches wide, and
about three feet In lencth served for
one end beinc placed in an indf-itdtinn
excaviileJ ln ,lie 'n11 'or the purposo,
al,out four fcct from floor, and tho
0llicr nginst the moulding of the door
j Panc'i a !w inches higher than the end
' ia the wall, so that it would be impo's'.b!
to jnr it out of place by knockir.c on tho
uoor on the outside. The demon having
thus guarded against intrueion by any of
the nudienco, next proceeded to prepare
a means of observing the position of ihe
parties inhido the box. With a gimlet or
small bit he boied a l.olo in the doc rparel,
which he afterwards reamed out with his
knife, so ns to leave it little larger than
a buckshot on the inude, while it was
Hiflicicntly large on the outside in the
dark entry for him
to place his eye
J-'""" ,,u convenience, and fee the po-
V4 P'"" m.-iun mo dox. uoin
1 . . v . .A.. .. . r i i i
.A uuun nci v j'tnuraicd in iiko manner.
But thero wero spring locks on each of
these doors, and it was barely possible
that they might bo fastened. To provide
against such an emergency tho screws
which fasten tho bolt hasps to the wood
had been partially withdrawn, and left so
that while they would hold the hasps to
tho wood they would afford little cr no
resistance to a firm pressure upon the door
from the outsido.
UKUBEIlATE
ritEl'AUATIONS I-Olt THE
MURDER.
Having thus provided for a sure and
. . .. .. .
I" - r, ?." Ul? . bu""
6UC, aR arrangement ofthe chairs orid ko-
ing or easy chair occupied by Mr. Lincoln
was found in the front corner of tho box
farthest from tho stage. Another, for
Mrs. Lincoln, a little moro remote from
I tho front of the box, while tho
, other chairs and a sofa were all placed on
i tho side nearest the stnge, leaving the
oentre of Iho spacious box clear for the
bloody operations of the actor. Th.-e
i preparations were neither conceived by a
maddened brain, designed by a fool, nor
executed by a drunkai d. They bear most
unmistakable evidence of genius, industry
and perseverance in the perfect nccoui
' plihlnnent of a deliberate murder.
At a tew minutes past eight in tno even-
inp Ul0 President and Mrs. Lincoln called
nl l!ie residence of Senator llairis, c.irnef
of Fifteenth and II streets, where they
look Miss Clara Harris and Major Henry
II. Katlibun, U. S. Army, into their car
riage, and procecdud to tho tiieatre.
Shortly after they entered (he fatal box
the President seated himself in tho chair
designed for him by Ihe assassin? Mm.
Lincoln took ono near him, Miss Harris
the ono at the opposite eoruer, fronting
the audience, and Mnj. Ilathbun sealed
himself upon the sofa, a few feet behind
Miss llariis. There were no other per
sons iu the box, and no ono cnierodor
lelt it until alter Ihe timeof the assassina
tion. Charles Forbes, the petsonil atten
dant (d the Pie-ident, had been told by
Mrs. Lincoln to remain near the box, m
ho might be wanted. Tho Prosidont
oi.imiI ivpil tlinnnli FOTiinvliat. niid
1 npOji0 very iini0 Ho arose once during
e performance, went to the door of tho
j box, put on his overcoat, and thon return-
ej t6 .his chair and eat down,
Tho deed wns perpetrated during the
second scene of tho third act of tlio piei'.j,
j y SOme man who must l avo approached
I stealthily nhd unseen through the dark
! naii''e at Iho back of tho box. Mnjor
Katjibun was not awaro ot ins presence
. : 1 1 uln,. itia rannrl iif A nislol. and
, nu . ci...b - ,
loiKing louna saw mo nau, w"7
, , .ronirli tlio smoke the form oi a man in
j the bjx, not more than six fel from the
president. As th Ji.ijor sprang toarus
him 10 beard him shriek some word like
., f,.Codom." He then seized him. Ihe
I ?slssiu ahook loo,e from the officer's
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crasp, ana at phuiu niiit: m.u (. .
lent thrust at his loft breat with the
UniTn which he hold in his hand. Major
-1 - . . 1 . . . .. . a m.,1.. a vm.
Kathbun caught the blow on liis left arm,
near the shoulder, nnd at on sprang ior
him again, but only succeeded h grasp
ing his clothing, which ho partly tore
from him as ho leaped from tho box to
tho stage. Tho Major then crtvl out
' Stop that man;" and suppling it im
bio for him lo escape through the
'Iwnir
Limt 1 b!ow. rushed back to the Presi
,ient ftn'l lo the aid of Mrs Lincoln, who,
, f , realizinc what hai oo-
hiiakinfffor help. The Tres-
. J haJnot chRngei i.i, p.t.on.
I rn clo,,t and tin
i tcl v" " 'jl , f;,, nlh-
i i i;..Ui1j ,onf i.irwma. um.-j " ---
V""J r,"":.,.i h was mortally
buu iaw at a giauto ...... - - ,ha
. -onnded. Ho went r:r ,r ,
"ft V
frouiwn.c.
$2 00 Per Annum, if paid
in advance
SERIES - VOL. Y.-N0. .1K
ba rred on the inside with a piece of wood
floor,
SO
m'lK IIJP8A oil i ,l ml
were
-VI.IU t iui ni it mo nn r.i,-t . .
flln!,en , -he Bu.rSeon had concluded their
""nation., it was decided to remove
he body from the theatre, and aco'rd u
y the whole party, including Major Ita -bun.
who had charge of Mrs. Lincoln
RKPia. te2jpro.if . it w";
wounded, and becomiuc quite faint f7oqi
low of Hood. He was sent htms by hi
surgeon. . 1
THE RAPIDITY OF THE AS3A6BI.VS
M0VFMENT3.
The whole time occupied frcm the fir
ing of the pistol in the box to the leaping
upon the stage was not over thirty sec
onds Ihe President never spoke or un
closed his eyes from this time until hia
death. J'he clothing of Major Eathbun
and tho dress of Miss Harris were bespat
tered with blood from the wound of tho
Major. The wound of the President did
not bleed ot all.
!ISS LAURA KEEXK'S (STATEMENT.
Miss Keene was behind the scones sb
the precise time of shooting. She was on
tho northern side of the theatre, while
the I resident's box was on the southern,
side. Miss Keene's, position was near
the prompter's desk; but as that ofliol.d
was absent she placed herself near tV
point where she could more readily enior.
She was at the time expecting to soe the"
ingress of Mr. Spear, whos9 part was at
burtd, and prepared horsolf to break hij
fall as he entered in a drunken scene:
but instead ol receiving Mr. Spear, J.
Looth suddenly pushed his way through
the side scene, striking Miss Keene dd
the hand with his own, in which ha held
tho dagger. .She for a second looked a
him aud saw it was another person from
the one she expected, and instantaneous
ly heard the cry that the President was
shot. The cry was spontaneous among
the audience, and many of thenrfrere
making for the stage. She then knew
something was occurring. MUs Keene
went to the front of the stage, and said,
" For God's sake have presence of mind
and keep your places, and all will be wall."
Whiloall seemed williog to detect the
perpstra'.or of the great crime, but one
Stewart. As Booth crossed the statt ho
met and struck at the carpenter wii u the
dagger ho held, nnd instantly made his
exit to the reir of the theatre, whero his
horse was in readiiTess, and thence made
his escape. Miss Keene, after momentar
ily ariesting the panic in the ajJience,
heard tho cry of Miss Harris, saying,
" Miss Keene, bring some wator." Miss
Keene, responding to the call, made nor
way, which was rather circuitous, through
the dress circle to tho President's box,
aud got there a few moments Ht'terthe oc
currence. There sho saw Mrs. Lincoln,
in the agony of a devoted wifo, uttering
the most piteous cries. Miss Krone at
tempted to pacify her, at the same tirno
offering the good oflices in her power ; but
she wa convinced from her observation
that human help was in vain.
C-aySimeon Draper's son charged ?1S0,
OO'J fur two weeks' labor at Savcnuah,
marking tho cotton which was seized
there- -iVi-if York Kxpres?,
It is our deliberate judgement that the
young I'raper is a full believer in the doc
trine that "Modesty is a quality that
highly adorns a woman" but it is not a
component part of tho character of a geu
tlcman and patriot. 180,000 for two
weeks, is JG0,000 a month, or?l, il'iOWV
per annum. A toloiably fat oSico for" a
young man amid the pressure of hard
times during our great ciyil war. That
he has at h ad a full appreciation of tho
value of his servicos, wo shall not at
tempt to deny. However, having d;s
played such astonishing ability for char j
inj, wo suggest that ho shall joiu tho
cavalry so Unit he may charge to his heart's
content, and inllict his d-jstructivo blo.Ti.
upon Iho enemy. It is a sad thought
that tho huge grabber pendant nt the ex
tremity of hi collos;al right arm sliould
be davoted to tho depletion of the Treas
ury of his own country. Patriotic young
man! Has he shown himself "eager foi
lha'frav ?" Is he maimed and battle
scarred, that such reward should be his 't
What nation, or set ol lunatics evet
dreamed of giving such compensation foi
any manner of service ? He join th
cavalry, draw hU sabre and venture so
much a ti look upon tho anry eno
my? Not 'a bit of it. Not even a taste
11 this intensely loyal young Draper ba
really a son ofSiniion he can have noslom
ach lor anything ofthesirt, though ho
certainly possesses the strength of a haiup
sou lodraw his enormous pay. Jrajun.
ton Uniyix.
82rlt Ts TaTi iTist Hie elegant Mrs
iUsh-wifoof our Miui.lor to tngland
manv vears siuee purchased a splendid
shawl in tho Strand. As sho wended be
w,v homoward. people stoppe I, turne-f
ipnd gazed at hor figure as she passes
.Vt a liUie puztie'a was u i""M
ful notoriety attouding her homowaro
walk until she reached her parlor and
I In e v off her cashmere shawl. She the
discovered the salesman had forgotten t -remove
the ticket pinned on the artole.
and which read in la'gi capital, "Very
chaste and cheap at 5?,
CiTlie Iruo man walki calmly ami J
the wickedness and oruslly of tho worl
liko Daniel among lion.
been utad up. All are waiting for rce.