IU gunUittlar luttlltaturtr, PURTARECED EVERT WEEDNESDAT BY COOPER, SANDERSON & CO. H. G Basra, J. M. COOPER, WE. A. MORTON, ALPRED SANDERSON. TERMS—TWO Dollars and Fifty Cents per annum, payable all cases in advance. OFFICE—SOUTHWEST CORNER OP CENTRE SQUARE. air All letters on business should be ad dressed to COOPER, SANDERSON & CO, Tit,eratv. Mafia's Visit to the Fairies [Translated for the Daily Intelligencer.] A great many years ago, farther back than any of us can recollect, on a lovely spring morning, a little girl sat on the grass, idly plucking the many flowers which sprang up within her reach. Daisies, buttercups, cowslips, violets, blue-bells, were in her lap, and even the yellow dandelion was not neglected She was very pretty, this little maiden, with her rosy cheeks, curling hair, and sparkling eyes, and her plump neck and arms uncovered by her little white dress, as she sat, with the tall grass like a setting for a pretty picture around her. And I think that others besidei.) myself would have admired her, as she sat there, uncovered with sweet spring flowers, for the child was gentle, and would not frighten nor hurt the insects and creatures which came around her. She threw herself back on the soft grass, and lay there, idly watching two yellow butterflies which had settled on the flowers in her lap. Presently a great brown beetle crawled along a tall grass stalk, and swung there, enjoying the soft breeze which waved him to and fro. And the bees buzzed round her, and the crickets sung, till at last she fell asleep. How long she lay there, she never knew, but she was awakened by a low voice which called her—" Maia! She sat up, and looked 'round hut saw no one. Only just in front of her, where the grass-stalk on which the beetle had been swinging grew, now stood a lily, with a fair white bud peep ing from among its green leaves, while the brown beetle was hiding himself under a friendly mullein leaf which grew near. " Maia ! Maia!" It was very strange. She got up and looked 'round. No human being was in sight. Where did that lily conic from? She would pick it and take it home to her mother. It was her favorite flower. But just as shestooped to pluck it she heard again the low, sweet call, " Maia!" It seemed albs time to come from the flower, so she stood and watched it.-- And the flower-stalk grew taller as she looked, and the bud slowly expanded, till a lovely blossom was before her, un like any lily she had ever before seen, and from its bosom came again the low, soft call, " Maki! Muhl!" And seated in the lily was the loveli est little lady Main ever had seen. She was dressed in pure white, with long shining wings, dnd a wand in her hand, and Maia knew she was one of the Flower Fairies she had often heard of and longed to see. She was not at all frightened, for she knew that the Flower Fairies were good spirits, who loved children, and were always kind to them, so she stood there, holding her dress full of flowers, and watching the lovely fairy who sat on the fair lily leaves. And the fairy smiled, for she was well pleased with the child, and then she spoke: " Dost thou know me, Main?" No answer, only Maia smiled in re turn. And the fairy spoke again : " I am Lilia, the lily-fairy. Every year, when my flowers bloom, I may grant one wish to some child, and give her one giftl and it is thou, Main, that I have chosen this year." Maia's eyes grew bright, and she drew nearer the fairy. " And canst though really grant me one wish?" she said : " Then let me visit the lovely fairy land, for while I slept I was there in my dreams, and I long to return there." "Art thou afraid ?" said the fairy. " Not with thee; for thou art so beau tiful, and thou dost speak so sweetly to me," said the child. Lilia waved her hand, and in a mo ment a chariot appeared, drawn by two beautiful purple butterflies; and the chariot was a snowy-whit lily leaf, all covered with sparkling dust; and Main thdtight she had never seen anything more lovely. " Come with me," said the fairy, as she seated herself in the graceful car; but Maia stood still. liow could she sit there, for, small as she was, one hand would have filled the tiny cam'. But the fairy saw her perplexity, a 4 rais ing her wand she touched Main, and lo! the car was large enough for her, for Maia was now as small as the fairy Lilia herself. And the purple butterflies flew on and on, and Maia sat by the fairy in silence, and looked down on the earth which they were leaving, for Fairy Land is in the clouds, and you must pass many strange sights before you can get there. And at last they came to arose-colored palace, which shone like a star. Maia looked back ; the earth was no longer to be seen, nor the sun, but there was a soft, clear light everywhere, and fair shapes and bright spirits were all around them, and Maia knew, even b fore Lilia spoke, that she Was ill Fairy- Land. I cannot tellyou one-half of the beautiful things there. The trees were covered with the most brilliant flowers and fruit, birds of the most gaudy plumage and sweetest song, who could even speak ; butterflies, like those which had brought Maia to Fairy-Land, flew everywhere among the flowers ; but what pleased Maia most was a large fountain of golden water, always sur rounded by rainbows, and whose waters, as they fell, made the sweetest music she had ever heard. But Lilia led the child into the palace, though Maia would have wished to pause, and play with the merry little elves which were sporting around her, some mounted on the gorgeous butterflies, others on the lazy beetle, or the gauzy-winged dragon flies. And within the palace gates was a grassy field, where many fair children were at play. And they came to Maia and placed a crown of flowers on her brow, and led her to join their sports, for you know that even in Fairy Land children will play and laugh ; but'the flowers never fade, nor does the sky grow dark ; but 't is one long holiday there. Days passed on, and Maia dwelt with the children, seeing all the wonders around her, and learning many things unknown to the dwellers on earth. She saw how every flower which blooms has a fairy devoted to its service; and she watched the beautiful sprites in their many employments, some form ing the gems and pearls men seek for so anxiously. It was the duty, again, of others to carry sweet thoughts and pleasant dreams to all good children. At last Maia wished to return to her own home, and to the kindjoarents who loved her. Scarcely had the wish been formed than Lillie, stood before - her, who took her by the hand, and, Indding.her not to fear, led her from ;tixitti7Otet sfttcatiqcnkce VOLUME 66 among the children, through the flow ery fields, till they came to the bower of roses where the fairy queen sat. " I have wished to see you, Maia," said the queen to her. " For ere you return to the distant earth, you must select, and bear away with you one flower from my garden. And be careful in your choice, for every flower here has a magic power over her who wears All around the bower grew flowers of every hue. Maia looked around; she would not have the gaudy tulip, nor the drowsy poppy ; the sweet violet she paused before, when her eye fell on a beautiful branch of lilies of the valley, and plucking its graceful flower, she turned again to the fairy-queen. You have chosen well, Maia," on her ear. " For the emblem of the valley is humility, and with the flower, that quality is yours. f;uarill it well, and while its bells preserve their pure hue, fear not, your actions are true; should their leaves be stained, beware!" And as the last words were uttered, Maia found herself once again seated in the grassy field. Nothing was changed around her; there lay the flowers she had gathered ; there swung the brown beetle ; there sported the yellow butter flies. She would have thought it all a dream, but in her hand was the lily flower, only its petals were now of pearl, and the glossy green leaves of sparkling emerald. And Maia knew that she had lily been in Fairy Land. She returned to her home to tell them her Wonderful adventures. And as ears passed on, Maia became a lovely maiden, gentle and humble, so that all who knew her loved her. Constantly she wore the lily flower, whose fair bells never were stained, for though she never again saw any of the fairies, the power of their gift still dwelt with her. And when at last, surrounded by her children and her grand-children, Maia closed her eyes to earth, the spotless weer was placed on her breast; and the morning after she was laid in her grave, the mound was covered with lilies of the valley, . which shed their sweet Perfume, and ever bloomed there, the last token of the fairies to the gentle Maia. The Ancient Negro If'is noteworthy that an old error has been recently revived and is now going the rounds of thd newspapers, and is sometimes repeated by public speakers. It consists, says the New York Journal of Commerce, in the statement that the African, of the negro type, is the de scendant of the inhabitants of ancient Egypt. In other words that the ancient Egyptians were negroes. It is some what curious that such statements as this can obtain currency in the face of so much knowledge and diffused infor mation as the modern world possesses ; but the age is one in which men believe very easily, and the temptation to de ceive is very great. t would be difficult to prove that the itediluvian race was not a negro race any one chooses to assert that it was, For we have no remaining evi dence on the subject. So of many other classes in various historical periods. lint the knowledge we possess of the features, complexion, and physique of the ancient Egyptians is as complete tied minute as that we now have of the nhabitants of Sumatra or of Hawaii. The Egyptian monuments and tombs contain thousands of descriptive paint ings and portraits, It is interesting to notice among them the differences which existed between races as long ago as B. C. .1,000 and I,sun, and even at a more re mote period. The whole world seems to havii looked to Egypt at one time as the centre of light and civilization, and in the various conquests of the warlike Kings of Egypt they brought numerous captives to the Nile country, and the portraits of these various captives are found in great abundance on the mon uments to this day. The negro was a slave in Egypt then, and his portrait appears frequently with, the same pe culiarities which now mark it. He is re presented in many of the attitudes pe culiar to the modern Ethiopian. The thick lips, woolly hair, black complexion, peculiar limbs, all are accurately represented.— The Assyrian is frequently found on the Egyptian monuments, and the type of countenance is always marked and un mistakable. The Egyptian race was one of peculiar and decidedly noble countenance and appearance. It was as unlike the ancient Ethiopian as the modern Caucasian is unlike the modern African. There was no point of re semblance, and it should be impossi ble for any well-informed person to fa! Ito the error to Which we have alluded The numerous hooks now published it which illustrations from the monu ments are given, and the presence in this country of many Egyptian antiqui ties, should prevent the mistake. And if the pictures from the monuments are not enough, we have thousands and thousands ot . examples in the identical bodies of the ancient Egyptians, mum mied and preserved to this day. Thus auy one who has any curiosity on the subject may go into the Abbott Collec tion of the New York Historical Society and them,examine the heads of various Egyptian lailies and gentlemen. The Mug braids'o , f silken hair which yet re main on the head of the dead Egyptian lady abundantly attest her freedom from negro blood, while the narrow foot, with its high arched instep inclosed in the white kid slipper, speaks of a graceand beauty of form which there are abundant other reasons to believe was possessed by the ladies of Pharonic times.- It is a strange fact in history that the negro as depicted on Egyptian monuments three thousand years ago was the negro of our day. Attempted Seduction On Friday last, a man giving his name as Charley Halls, induced a young and beautiful girl to leave her boarding house in Philadelphia to come to Read ing, for the purpose, as he said, of living with his mother. lien he brought her to Reading, he f her to a hotel, going up a wooden step," as she says, where he registered their names as Charles Halls and wife. On this she took alarm and ran away from the hotel, going to a house on Eighth street, where she sought and found refuge for the time. Pre vious to her leaving, Hahs told his in tended victim that she might as well take matters easy ; that she was with out money and without friends, and could not help herself. But she would not listen to him, and effected her es cape as we have stated. Hahs is a man of medium height ; stout ; has brown hair, and blue eyes. The persons who befriended this stranger, will be very happy to hear of his whereabouts. As a matter of course the name is an as sumed one.—. Reading Times. Madame Ebrangler (Miss Slidell) appeared at the late ball of the French Court as the Alabama. Pigtlizturow. The Fort Sumter Celebration. The great event of raising the old flag attracted large numbers of visitors to Charleston. Since Thursday large numbers from the North had been ar riving here, filling the hotels to reple tion. The steamer Oceanus, from New York, brought a large delegation of Mr. Beecher's congregation, while the Arago had reached the bar and sent in many more. Numerous other steamers had also. arrived from Savannah and Beaufort thronged with visitors. The day dawned beautifully and soon there was a general movement towards the steamers at the wharves, while the national flag was suspended from all public and many private buildings, all combining to make up a novel scene for the city of Charleston. About six o'clock the arrival of the steamer Diamond, General Uillinore•s flagship, with that oflicer and his staff, together with anumber of distinguished visitors on board, was announced. Long before ten o'clock the wharves and streets leading to them, along which it was supposed the visitors wßuld pass, were thronged by a crowd ithxionii to see the distinguished strangers. The negroes turned out by thousands, and the white citizens were largely in at tendance, but were drawn out by curi osity rather than patriotism, though peace is now the God they worship. It was intended by Admiral Dahlgren to decorate the vessels of the squadron with flags, which were to go up simul taneously with the hoisting of the Hag on Sumter; but the announctunent of Lee's capitulation had caused him to order them to be thrown to the breeze at eight o'clock in the morning. At that hour the Pawnee, Sonora, Philadelphia, Santiago de Cuba, the Monitors and several other naval ves sels fired a salute of twenty-one guns each in front of the city wharves. The Monitors had never been up to the wharves of the city before, and the cu riosity to see these terrors was very great. The national ensign floated from all the old rebel torts in the harbor except Fort Sumpter, from the centre of Which a bare pole, towering high above its ramparts, was visible. The whole fore noon was occupied in transportinc - ' the immense number of visitors to fort Sumpter. The Canonicus took the lead, followed by the steamers Black stone, Oceanus, Delaware, \V. \V. Colt, Nelly Baker, Crohien ( late, Anna \ oria, all the naval tugs, and the renowned steamer Planter, Captain David Stnall (colored)—all crowded with passengers —the Plauter being black with the colored population 01' Charleston. On their arrival at the fort the visitors passed from- the boats to the wharf recently erected on the west angle. A flight of steps leading to the parapet hid been erected, and another from thence down to the parade ground. De tachments of marines and sailors front the different vessels, under command of Lieutenant Commander Williams, survivors of the assault on Sumpter, to gether with the 117th N. Y. and the 35th Massachusetts, were drawn up in line on either side, and presented a tine appearance. These men had all dis tinguished themselves in the naval and military operations against Sumpter, and were consequently assigned to a position of honor in the programme of the day. During the time of the assemblage of the spectators anti participants 01 the ceremonies of the day, those who had arrived were busily engaged in examin ing the immense ruin and groping through the dark passages, leering into the bombproofsandmagazines,looking into the throats of the big guns, collect ing pieces of exploded shells as memeu toes and viewing the surrounding net work of rebel fortifications from the ramparts. The scene from theertunbliug and demolished ramparts was particu larly pleasing. The naval vessels, in their gay and brilliant regalia, formed a circle around the fort, inside of Which were transport steamers landing their passengers. Turning front the sea the scene within the fort was gradually as suming a more interesting aspect. A large platform, diamond-shaped, i!over ed with myrtle, evergreens and flowers, had been erected in the centre of the parade ground, with an arched canopy overhead, draped with the American flag and intermingled with beautiful wreaths of everc ' Teens and !lowers. This platform was for Gen. Anderson, the orator of the day,,:and ot her distinguish ed visitors, and was the combined taste of six Union ladies of Charleston. On the stage, beside the speaker stand, was a golden eagle holding a wreath of flowers and evergreens. The flagstaff, about one hundred and fifty feet high, had been erected immediately in the centre of the parade ground, and the halyards adjusted by three of the Juniata, who took part in the assault on Fort Sumter, ordered by Admiral Dahlgren September 9, As the various distinguished officers arrived, they were enthusiastically greeted by the assembled multitude.— About eleven o'clock, Rear Admiral Dahlgren arrived, accompanied by Capt. G. V. Fox, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Mr. Nicolay, the private secretary of President Lincoln, and was enthusiastically cheerd. He was follow ed by Fleet Captain Bradford and from one hundred to three hundred naval officers of the squadron, and visitors. In front of the platforni were seats capable of accommodating between three thousand and four thousand per sons, which, before the ceremonies commenced, were filled to overflowing and the attendance of ladies, principally visitors from the North, was larger titan expected. There were, however, from four hundred to live hundred or the old citizens of Charleston present ; and among the latter we observed Dr. A. G. Mackey, his lady and twodaughters. It was not until after twelve o'clock that General Gilmore arrived, aceoin paniu by Major General Robert Anderson and his daughter. Their appearance on the parapet was the signal for loud and pro longed cheers. They advanced to the platform, and General Anderson for the first time glanced around on the work of destruc tion, but could see nothing by which to recognize the Fort Sumpter he had left four years ago in a mass of shapeless ruins beside him. He finally glanced up the immense flagstaff, and his eyes filled with tears of joy that the moment had arrived for him to replace the flag he had lowered at the demand of traitors. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher did not arrive until half-past twelve o'clock, the steamer having been delayed by grounding; but when he was recognized the whole audience arose and gave him a cheering welcome. Atnong those on the stand represent ing the navy were Admiral Dahlgren, Fleet 'Captain Bradford, Commodore Stephen C. Rowan, (formerly of the Ironsides), Fleet Engineer Dauby, Pay master Watmough, udge Advocate Cowley, Lieutenant Commander Mat thews and staff and over two hundred naval officers in full uniform. The following distinguished army officers and civilians were also seated on the platform : Col. Charles Ander son, brother of Major-Gen. Anderson, arm in arm with Theodore Tilton, edi tor of the New York bethpcnclent; Jus tice Swayne, of the Supreme Court of the United States ; Judges Story and Thompson, and Congressman Kelly, of Pennsylvania; Wm. Llyod Garrison and George Thompson, Prof. Davies, of West Point; Major-Gen. Doubleday, General E. D. Townsend, Adjutant- General U. S. A. ; Gen. John A. Dix, Provost Marshal General Fry. Colonel Stewart L. Woodford and wife, Judge Holt, General Saxton and Staff, Medical Director Clymer, Provost Marshal Gen. Thompson, Col. Bogert, Major W. L. M. Burger, Captain Bragg, Captain Merril], Rev. Mathias Harris, Rev. R. S. Storrs,jr., D.D. ; Joseph Hoxie and Sergeant Hart, with the old flag and Fort Sumpter mail bag• There were also large detachments of white and colored troops, marines and sailors, serving as guards of honor. The ceremonies were commenced by singing a song and chorus entitled LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1865 " Victory at Last," which was given with great fervor, the audience joining in the chorus. Prayer was then offered by the venerable Rev. Matthew Harris, Chaplain U. S. A., being the same di vine who offered prayer at the raising of the flag on Fort Sumpterwhen Major Anderson removed his command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumpter, Dec. 27, 1860. Then followed the reading of selec tions from the Psalms, by Rev. R. S. Storrs, D. D., and the people, alternate ly. Psalms 126, 47 and 98 were then read. Major Anderson's despatch to the government, dated steamship Bal tic, off Sandy Hook, April 18, 1861, an nouncing the fall of Fort Sumter, was hen read by General E. D. Townsend. REMARKS OF GEN. ANDERSON. The raising of the old flag by Major General Anderson was the next act on the programme, and when he stepped forward on the platform, the burst of joy was uncontrollable, and the gallant old soldier wept, and was for some moments unable to proceed with his remarks, which were as follows : My friends and fellow citizens and brother soldiers : By the considerate appointment of the Hon. Secretary of War, I am here to fulfil the cherished wish of my heart through four long, long years of bloo s tiy war, to restore to its proper place this dear flag which floated here during the peace before the first act of this cruel rebellion. I thank (;(d that I have lived to see this day— ( Great applause)—and to be here to per form this duty to my country. My heart is filled with gratitude to that God who leas so signally blessed us, who has given us blessings beyond measure. May all the world proclaim, Glory to ( ;od in the highest, and on earth peace and good will towards men. iVoices— Amen, amen.) RAISING OF THE FLAG At the conclusion of his remarks he raised the halyards, and with firm and steady pull, aided by Sergeant Hart, unfurled the glorious banner, amid the deafening cheers of the assemblage. “eneral Anderson and Sergeant Hart then raised the flag, with an evergreen wreath attached, the occupants of the stage all joining in taking hold of the halyards. No sooner had it caught the breeze than there was one tumultuous shout. ft was an inspiring moment, grand and sublime, never to be experi enced again. Our flag was there, its crimson folds, tattered, but not dishon ored, regenerated and baptized anew in the fires of liberty. Gen. Anderson could with difficulty restrain his emotions, and while some shouted themselves hoarse, others wept and embraced like children. ' When the flag reached its height, with a wreath of roses appended, the vast multitude continued for some mo ments to gaze at its fluttering folds. The cheers had not subsided 'when the salute of one hundred guns opened from Fort Sumpter, and a national salute from the fleet and Fort Moultrie and Battery Bee on Sulivan's Fort Putnuni on Morris Island, and Fort Johnson on James Island, places conspicuous in the inauguration of the rebellion, and eminently appropriate for them to take a part not less promi nent in this national rejoicing over the restoration of the national authority. ational airs were also played by the land, which was followed by the sing ing of the "Star-spangled Banner," the whole audience joining, and producing an effect truly thrilling. From Richmond How the Announcement or the Assam sination was Received in that city. isp, , cial Dispatch to the Wt.'hl.J WASHINGTON, April 17-7 P. M. The reception in Richmond of the news of Mr. Lincoln's sudden death, regarding which I have sent you a dis patch by mail, admits of further eluci dation. Two steamers left City Point siniultaneously—the City Point and the Thomas Collyer. By conference with passengers by both of these boats I ant able to add some interesting items. At 11 o'clock on Saturday -Light the troops at Richmond and Manchester, as well as at the Libby Prison, Castle Thunder, and other guarded jails, were apprised of the country's loss. For some time there was every indication of a terrible riot. Those of the troops who had retired to their beds were awakened, and gathered in groups be fore the jails. Their indignation bade lair at last to lead to violence. The well-known turnkey, Dick Turner, was nanied as a candidate for the rope, and 11111 was a general movement to burst through the guards and take him from his cell ; but prompt actidn on the part of the commandants suppressed these endeavors. A paroled oflicerat the Ballard House, who exclaimed that lie was " damned glad Lincoln was dead," was set upon by the negro waiters and tossed into the street. He ran for his life. A young lieutenant on the City Point boat thought that Mr. Lincoln ought to have been killed four years ago." He was with difficulty - released front a crowd of passengers, who meant ..to lynch hint. Many arrests have taken place in Richmond and the environs of parties who could ill conceal their satisfaction at their loss of their best friend in the councils of the nation. Theauthorities have declared that the disposition of the citizens warrants more stringent regu lation. Passports, paroles, and safe.- conducts have therefore been revoked in many cases, and the released rebels front Lee's army are forbidden to as semble or go at large. Great terror exists in the Libby Prison, and the in mates on one of the floor held a meeting, and passed resolutions that " they were soldiers, and applauded PO assassins." When General Lee was told of the w. 5, he slwt himself up, and refused to In(to (leg details. Ile said that he ll'aB flirrildg 100 fagged Mid Wrol7l to be uit nereca/zrith the terrible history. Noriburn men of timid natures are hurrying away from Richmond, afraid that assassination will become fashion able. .More intelligent rebels are fright ened, and begin, for the first time, to do justice to Mr. Lincoln's sterling virtues. They urge that his life was in less danger in Richmond, among enemies, than in Washington, among his friends. Booth, the assassin, is well known in Richmond, and an officer of Moseby's command is said to have been his old and favorite ‘• chum." He used to date his nativity to Richmond, as if anxious to be considered a Virginian. ft is feared that the troops in the camps will vent their ire upon the pa roled prisoners yet straggling through the country. Everybody is either in gloom or terror; there is no more thought of war. This private crime has absorbed all attention. A town meeting is to be called, if the military authorities permit it, to express disapprobation of the murder and re spect for the President's memory. Gov. Pierpont is hourly expected in Rich mond. The leading generals of the city have doubled their guard, and the picket lines around the town are strengthened. Rigid martial law will be the rule hereafter. Wm. Cullen Bryant, the veteran editor and poet, has purchased the homestead of Welcome and Cyrus Till son, of Cum mington, Mass., and will beautify and improve it for a summer residence. Mr. Bryant is a native of Cummington, and the inhabitants will gladly welcome him back. - Over three millions horses in France. In all the world about 58,000,000. A clergyman just deceased in New York, united, duringhislife, four thous and couples in marriage, and christened ten thousand infants. The Opinion Nationale, in a curious article on the bad marksmanship of the infantry, mentions that 15,000,000 cart ridges were used at Solferino to shoot down 10,000 Austrians at the outside, which shows that it took I,soohullets to kill or wound one man, and represents a weight of 2,000 pounds. It is proposed to organize horse insur ance companies in Illinois, horse thieves do so abound there. The Paroling of Lee's Troops••-General R. E. Lee's Farewell Order. [Correspondence of the Ne , c , York Herald.] HEADQ'S, FIFTH ARMY CORPS, NEAR APPOMATTOX C. H., Apr.ll. J THE PAROLING OF LEE'S TROOPS. The work of paroling General Lee's army commenced to-day. It proves to be a matter requiring more time than was generally supposed. About four thousand have been paroled to-day, be longing chiefly to the artillery, cavalry and scattering commands. It will probably take two more days to get through. General Sharpe is the paroling officer. His headquarters are at Glenn's Hotel, so called, for such it once was, and the old sign yet swings in the street in Appomattox Court House. There is an air of business about the place, and with the sauntering crowds in,the streets gives the surroundings more the look of a town meeting or gen eral election than one of the events of the war. What causes delay in com pleting the work is the necessity 'of making out duplicate papers. THE PAROLE OF GENERAL • LEE AND STAFF. First in giving their paroles were General Lee and a portion of his staff. That the people of the North May know the nature of the obligation entered into by General Lee, I send a copy of the parole as follows, which I copied from the original : THE FORM OF THE PAROLE. We, the undersigned, prisoners of war belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, having been this day sur rendered by General H. E. Lee, Con federate States army, commanding said army, to Lieutenaht General Grant, commanding the armies of the United States, hereby give my solemn parole of honor that 'the within named shall not hereafter serve in the armies of the Confederate States, or in any mili tary capacity whatever, against the United States of America, or render aid to the enemies of the latter until pro perly exchanged in such manlier as shall be mutually approved by the re spective authorities. It. E. LEE, General. \V. H. TAN' LoR, Lieut. Col. and A. A. G. . . CHAS. H. VENABLE, Lieut. Col. and A. A. G. CIIAS. LSII A I„ Lieut. Col. and A. G. - • • H. li. PRAToN, Lieut Col. 4n(l Ins 0(11. BRoOK E, Major and A. A. Sur geon (;.en. H. S. YotT:Nu, A. A. Gen. Doneat Appomattox Court House, Va. this (9th) day of April, 1865. The above parole is the same given by all officers, and is countersigned as fol- ws : The above named officers will not be disturbed by United States authorities as long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside. GEO. H. SHARPE:, Gen. Ass't Provost Marshal. onLuiATIoNs orFicEßs FOR THEIR MEN. Here is another document, which every officer has to sign for the men of his command : I, the undersigned, commanding offi cer of , do, Mr the within-named prisoners of war belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia who have been this (lay surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, ('out derate States army, com manding said army, to Lieut.-G'eneral Grant, commamling armies of the U.S., hereby give my solemn parole of honor that the within named shall not here after serve in the armies of the Con federate States or in military or any capacity whatever against the United States of America, or render aid to the enemies of the latter, until properly ex changed in such manner as shall be mutually approved by the respective authorities. Done at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, this day of April, 1865. The within named will not he dis turbed by the United States authorities so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside. NO COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE CoNDI- Thus far, General Sharpe tells me, he has not heard a single rebel officer or private utter a word of complaint as to the conditions of their parole. Meantime most of the enemy's sup ply trains, ambulances, artillery and teams have been turned over to the designated authorities. TI I E SIZE UI."CHE ARM V. from the extent of the above organi zation one would very naturally look for a large army. As it is, including offi cers, privates bearing muskets, artiller ists, teamsters and hospital attendants, there are but sixteen thousand. This is the number of passes asked for to cover the whole number. TILE NI'RRENI)ER MATERIAL. The cannon surrendered is now stated at one hundred and seventy pieces. We also received seven hundred wagons. The army was a large one when it turned its back on the rebel capital— not less, I am. told by rebel officers, than forty thousand men. Many, how ever, insist on making the number much less; but the statements of the majority approximate the above figure. It was most severely punished before reaching here. Its show of strength and glory added to the casualties of battle. It has lost thousands by deser tion. Only a shattered remnant of this once large artny'„ now remains. The army is now only a thing of history. Never can it be resuscitated. It has fought its last battle. YISITING THE 11E11E1. CAMI I spent several hours to-day in the rebel encampment in company with General Crawford. We visited the headquarters of several general officers, at all of which places General Crawford met some of his old associates ill the regular army. During an interview with Gederal Lee CLinerid Crawford told the former that if he should go North he would view the President's treatment and consideration, and would !Ind that lie hail hosts of warm friends there. " I supposed all the peo ple of the North looked upon me as a ebel kader," remarked General Lee, and his eyes filled with tears, showing the great depth of emotion and feeling. A throng of rebel officers most of the time crowded General Lee's tent. It is evidently a busy time with him and them. His tent, by the way, is an eight by nine wall tent ; his stair sleep under flag tents ; his headquarters are in the edge of a piece of woods in the rear of the infantay. All the surroundings were of the plainest kind; but, as is well known, his army life has always been marked by great simplicity, in dulging in no luxuries other than those used by the majority of his officers. At other headquarters I found the same scarcity of accommodations. More than one officer, in asking General Crawford to renew his visit, coupled it with the remark : " Bring yur rations with you, if you expect anything to eat, for we are hard up for eatables, you know." I re marked yesterday that they had been supplied with rations from our army, and this supply is still kept up. The rebel camp is very much mixed up, and with very little seeming regu larity. Many, I should suppose, from the scarcity of, tents, have to sleep shelterless, aa'fai• as I could see. Most seemed to be in excellent spirits; so much so that I infer, and I think very justly; that to a majority the surrender is more welcomed than regretted. We found among the officers that the Fifth corps is held in the highest estimation by them, and that they always feared defeat whon brought to battle with the wearers of the Maltese cross. GEN. LEE'S FAREWELL Tgi HIS ARMY. My visit procured me a copy of Gen. Lee's farewell address to his army.— Thousands will read it with interest : HEAou' ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA. Aprlllo, 1565. Gcncral Orders—No. 9. After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the army of Northern Vir ginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the brave survivors of , 0 so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust in them ; but, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that compensate for the loss that would have attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid the use less sacrifice of those whose past ser vices have endeared them to their countrymen. By the terms:of the agreement officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithful ly performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection. With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and genero s consideration for myself, I bid you all an affectionate farewell. R. E. LEE, General. The above address may be looked upon as about the closing act in the drama. Comment is unnecessary — it is its own comment. The London Times' Description of Vice- President Johnson's Incoherent Ora tion. ]Correspondence of London Times.] Mr. Hamlin concluded by introduc ing his successor, the Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, Vice President elect. All eyes were turned to Mr. Johnson as he started, rather than rose, from his chair, and, with wild gesticulations and shrieks, strangely and weirdly inter mingled with audible stage A-hispers, began to address the brilliant auditory around and above him. Such oratory it was never my fortune to hear before, and I hope never to hear again. Mr. Johnson was once a journeyman tailor, and rose by industry and the possession of something like political genius to his present high position. In no free country—and least of all in America—would any right-minded man seek to cast a slur won him on account of the humbleness of origin. No one thinks the worse of Mr. Lincoln because in early life lie was a rail-splitter and a boatman ; but if, as President of the United States, he behaved like a rail splitter, spoke like one, drank like one, thought like one, and could not import into the higher sphere of his new life anything but the vulgar manners and gross habits of the old, it would be im possible for any one to forget his origin, or not to lament that circumstances had lifted him out of a sphere in which it would have been betterif had remained. It is not, therefore, because he was a journeyman tailor, that every witness of the exhibition, which Mr. Johnson made of himself on the day that ought to have been the proudest of hislife feels humiliated at the idea that such a person should have arisen from the dregs of society, to disgrace not alone the dignity of his official position, but even the honest working classes from whom he sprang. His behavior was that of an illiterate, vulgar, and drunken rowdy, and, could it have been displayed before any other legislative assembly in the world, would have led to his arrest by the sergeant-at-arms, if not to his igno minious expulsion by the deliberate vote of his insulted colleagues. He had not uttered two sentences when everybody saw that something was wrong. "He is drunk," said one. "He is crazy," said another. "This is disgraceful," said a third. Mr. Seward and the ministers looked on the ground or moved uneasily in their seats. The judges of the Supreme Court manifested by their faces their pain and their sur mise. Mr. Johnson was so proud of . _ the dignity into which fate had thrust him' that he boasted of it in the lan guage of a clown and with the manners of a costermonger. * He pitched his voice as if he had been addressing a large multitude in the open air, and alternately whispered and roared in a manner that would have been ludicrous had it not been disgusting. He, ended at last, to the relief of every body, just as the members of the House of Representatives, whose session closed punctually at noon, came crowding into the senate Chamber to witness the chief ceremonial of the day. Mr. Lincoln, escorted by Marshal Lawon, entered shortly afterwards and took his seat be low the Vice President's chair, while the oath of office was administered to Mr. Johnson. Fortunately the Presi- dent heard no part of Mr. Johnson's speech, and was unaware of the sad exhibition which his subordinate had made. Meeting shortly afterwards with a Democratic Senator, a moderate oppo nent of the Government, and no ad- miner of Mr. Lincoln or any member of the Administration, he asked me "if I had heard Andrew Johns:in." " The country is disgraced," he said, " and I pray God for the health and long life of Abraham Lincoln. I never prayed for him before, nor knew how valuable his life was to this country. Should he die within the next four years, which calamity may Heaven in its mercy avert, we should have Andrew Johnson for President, and sink to a lower depth of degradation than was ever reached by any nation since the Roman Em wror made his horse a consul." From Richmond The Assassination Denounec , d. WAsuparros, April 18. The Richmond Whig of yesterday says: The heaviest blow that has ever fallen upon the people of the South has de scended! Abraham Lincoln, the Presi dent of the UMCed States, has been as sassinated. Ihe decease of the Chief Magistrate of a nation at any period is an event which profoundly eflects the public mind; but the time, manner, and circumstances of President Lin coln's death render it the most momen tous, most appalling, most deplorable calionity which has ever befallen the peoHe of the United States. The thoughtless and vicious may affect to derive satisfaction from the sud den and tragic close of the Presdent's career, but every re flecting person will deplore the awful event. Just as everything was happily conspiring to a restoration of that peace, under the benign and magnanimous policy of Mr. Lincoln, comes this terri ble blow. God grant that it may not rekindle or inflame the passions again. That a state of war almost fratricidal should give rise to bitter feelings and bloody deeds in the field was to be ex pected, but that the assassin's knife and bullet should follow the great and best loved of the nation in their daily walks, and reach them when surrounded by their friends, is an atrocity which will shock and appal every honorable man and woman in the land. The secrecy with which the assassin or assas sins pursued their victims, in dicates that there were but few accomplices in this inhuman crime.— The abhorrence with which it is re garded on all sideS; will it is hoped, de ter insane and malignant men from the emulation of the infamy which attaches to this infernal deed. We cannot pur sue the subject further. We contem plate too deeply and painfully the ter rible aspects of this calamity to comment upon it further. The people of Peters burg had this afflicting news yesterday before it was made public here. Judge W. S. Jaynes, R. A. Pryor, John Lyon and other prominent citizens, united in a call for a public meeting, to express, if words could do so, their grief for so sad an event, their abhorrence of the deed and their sympathies for the de ceased. We know that the citizens of k Richmond will take similar action. It is said that no less than six or eight furnace " stacks" have been " blown out" at the different furnaces between Mauch Chunk and Easton; the man agers no doubt being fearful, since the late decline in gold, that iron would de cline to such an extent that it would be unprofitable to manufacture it. Gen. Lee will be present at the con vening the rebel Virginia Legislature, and urge the immediate passage of a re solution restoring the Old Dominion to the Union. NUMBER 16 The Capture of John H. Surratt. The New York Herald has the fol lowing most interesting account of the capture of John H. Surratt, the would be assassin of Secretary Seward : For several days past it had been no ticed that a number of suspicious per sons were in the habit of going into a certain house in the very heart of the city of Washington and changing their clothes. Last evening information was received, about ten o'clock, by the mil itary authorities that the house was oc cupied by Mrs. Surratt, the mother of John H. Surratt, implicated as an ac complice in the recent terrible tragedies, and that the occupants of the house could furnish valuable information in regard to the parties charged with com plicity in the murder of the President. Colonel Well, Provost Marshal, or dered the arrest of these parties. Major H. W.. Smith, of General Augur's staff, and Captain Wermerskirch, assistant of Colonel Olcott, Special Conimissoner of the War Department, were charged with the execution of this city. Thse officers reached the house about half- )ast ten o'clock, and arrested Mrs. M. E. Surratt and Miss Anna Surratt, mother and sister of John H. Surratt, and Miss Honora Fitzpatrick and a Miss Holahan. Soon afterwards Mr. B. C. Morgan, assistant of Col. Olcott, arrived and proceeded to search the house, ex amine papers, &c. Abundant evidences werediscovered of the deep sympathy of the occupants with the rebel cause, and also of their intimacy and very recent communication with J. Wilkes Booth, the murderer. The ladies arrested were examined separately, and subsequently sent, in charge of officers Rosh and De voe, to General Augur's headquaters for further examination. The information obtained from them was so unsatis- factory and contradictory that the four were finally sent to the Old Capitol prison until they are ready to testify more clearly and consistently. Just as the ladies were preparing to leave the house there was a light knock at the front door. lt was opened by Mr. Morgan, Major Smith and Captain Wer merskirch standing by, with their pistols ready to be used it' necessary. At the door was a young looking man, about five feet eleven inches in stature, light complexion, with peculiarly large gray eyes, and hair that had evidently been dyed. He wore a gray cassimere coat and vest, fine black cloth pantaloons and fine boots. His boots and pantaloons were covered with mud almost to the knees, and his whole appearance was that of one who had been lying out in the rain. He had a pickaxe on his shoulder. When the door was opened the visitor exclaimed, " I believe I am mistaken," and turned to go away. He was asked by Mr. Morgan who he wanted to see. Ile answered, "Mrs. Surratt." Mr. Morgan said, " Mrs. Surratt lives here ; she is at home; walk in." He then came in, and was ushered into the parlor, while the ladies under arrest were passed out of the house from a back room where they had been assembled. After being seated in the parlor, the man with the pickaxe was closely interrogated as to his business there at that time of night, twenty minutes after eleven, his occu pation, & - c. In reply he stated that he was a laboring man, and had been sent for by Mrs. Surratt to dig a gutter, and had called to know what time next morning she wished him to come to work; that he had been for some time past employed on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as a laborer; that he was at work on the road on Friday last, and slept that night with the other road hands; that he had no money and earned his living with his pickaxe. He confusedly attempted to tell where he had slept on Sunday night, and where he had been since Saturday morning; but often contradicted him self and broke down completely in this part of his narrative. During - the in vestigation he produced a certificate of the oath of allegiance, purporting to have been taken by Lewis Paine, of Fauquier county, Va., and claimed that that was his name ; but, when ques tioned about it, evidently did not know anything about the date of the certifi cate. He asserted frequently that he was a poor man, and could neither read nor write, and earned his living by his daily labor; but his language was that of a man of education ; his feet and hands were small and well shaped, the latter being delicate, white and soft as a wo man's, and unstained with any mark of toil. He wore on his head a sort of Scotch skull-cap, which on examina tion was found to have been made by cutting off the arm of a stockinet shirt or the leg of drawers of the same ma terial, the top of the cap being formed by tying a string around one of the ends. Upon searching his pockets they were found to contain a comb, hair and tooth brushes, a pot of pomatum, a package of pistol cartridges, a new pocket compass and twenty-five dollars in greenbacks. After the preliminary examination lie was taken, in charge of officers Sampson and Devoe, to General Augur's headquarters, where, upon further examination, he gave an account of himself quite different from the one previously given. It was evident that he was in disguise, and had been completely taken by surprise in finding the officers at the house where he expected to find a welcome and refuge. The facts disclosed in the examination induced the belief that he was the bloodthirsty villain who had attempted the life of Secretary Seward on Friday night. He was placed in a room with two other strangers. The light was made dim, as nearly as pos sible in imitation of the condition of the light in Mr. Seward's room on that eventful night, and the domestics of Mr. Seward were sent for. Upon enter ing the room the porter, a colored boy about seventeen years of age, threw up his hands with an exclama tion of horror, and, pointing to the man, said, " That is the man ! I don't want to see him ; he did it ; I know him by that lip !" The servant had already previously described some peculiarity about the upper lip of the man whom lie had admitted to commit the foul and murderous deed. He was subsequently recognized by others as the man who perpetrated the murderous deed atSecre tary Seward's, and testimony has been procured, tracing him, step by step from the time of his separation from Booth until he entered Seward's house. The chain of evidence is com plete and fastens upon him as the per petrator of the horrid crime which has shocked the whole community. The villain was heavily ironed and placed in confinement on one of the gunboats. The trail of John Wilkes Booth has also been discovered, and it is expected that he, too, will be in custody before morn ing. Several other parties are now in confinement, who have been ascertained to be accomplices before the fact in the awful tragedy. The investigations already made reveal a plot well laid and long and carefully matured for murder and arson on a scale so gran - dly diaboli cal as to be hardly conceivable. The Future Course of Gold • - In the financial article of the N. Y. Herald of yesterday we find the follow ing speculatory suggestions in regard to what is likely to be the future course of gold : Opinions are divided as to the future course of gold. One side maintains that the payment of the May coupons by the Treasury will lower the market, while the other arguesthat as fully one-half of the interest upon five-twenties is due to holders of the bonds in Europe, the effect of the payment will be corres pondingly less. It is also anticipated that there will be a more or less constant drain of gold to the South hereafter to pay for produce andother property there. The "short" interest is at the same time large, and our import trade must soon experience a revival. The latter will be likely to result in a renewal of exports of specie. But, apart from le- gitimate causes, there is little now to affect the premium, and it is to the public interest that speculation in it should be discouraged and die out. We have had a sufficient experience of ruinous fluctuations to be able to ap preciate the national blessing of a cur rency with some approach to a staple value. BATES 0 ADVERT T:Ti7 D:rsizass Armarrnoararre, 312 a year per square of Len lines; ten per cant. increase for fractions of a_year. REAL ESTATE, ' ..P=.Bo2lA.LPaoruirrlr, and ere- KRAL ADVEBTISENG, 7 cents a lide for the first, and 4 oents for each subsequent laser. PentsT MEDIUM - ES and other adver's by the column: One column, 1 year,- ......... ..... 8100 Half column, 1 60 Third column, 1 year,.....—. . .... 40 Quarter column 80 BuEuarzeS CAILDS, of ten lines or less, one year 10 Business Cards, five lines or less, one year a ... . . LEGAL AND OTHER NOTICES— Executors' notices 2.00 Administrators' notices, 2.00 Assignees' notices, 2.00 Auditors' notices 1.50 Other "Notices;' ten lines, or less, three times, .ao The Assassin J. Wilkes Booth ills Reasons for Committing. the Deed From yesterday's Press.] We have just received the following letter, written by John Wilkes Booth, and placed by him in the hand of his brother-in-law, J. S. Clarke. It was written by him in November last, and left with J. S. Clarke in a sealed envelope, and addressed tohim self, in his own handwriting. In the same envelope were some United States bonds and oil stock. This letter was opened by Mr. Clarke for the first time on Monday last, and immediately handed by him to Marshal Millward, who has kindly placed it in our hands. Most unmistakably it proves that he must for many months have con templated seizing the person of the late President. It is, however, doubtful whether he imagined the black deed which has plunged the nation into the deepest gloom, and at the same time awakened it to a just and righteous indignation : , 1864. Mr DEAR SIR: You may use this as you ik best. But assom e may wish to kitow . . - who, and why, and no 'I know not how Oct, 1 giVo it (in the words of your mister.) • 'lb wham it may concern. Right or wrong, (hid judge me, not man. For be my motive good or had, of one thing I am sure, the lasting condemnation of the North. I love peace more than life. Have loved 110 Union beyond expression. For four years have I waited, hoped, and prayed for the dark clouds to break, and for a restora tion of our former sunshine. To wait longer would be a crime. All hope for peace is dead. My prayers have proved as idle as my hopes. t:od's will be done. Igo to see and share the bitter end; I have ever held the South were right. The very nomination of Abraham Lincoln, tour years ago, spoke plainly wtir—war upon Southern rights and institutions. His election proved it. " Await an overt act." Yes, till von are bound and plundered. What folly! The South were wise. Who pinks of 'argument or patience when the finger or his enemy presses on the trigger? n a foreign wu C, I, too, could say, " Coun- try, right or wrong." But in a struggle such us ours (where the brother tries to pierce the brother's heart), for God's. sake choose the right. When a country like this spurns justice from her side she forfeits the allegiance of every honest freeman, and should leave him, untrammelled by any fealty soever, to act as his conscience may approve. People of the North, to hate tyranny, to love liberty and justice, to strike at wrong and oppression, was the teaching of our fathers. The study of our early history will not let inn forget it, and may it never. This country was formed for the white, not for the black man. And, looking upon African slavery front the same standpoint held by the noble framers of our Constitu- tion, I, for one, have over considered it one of the greatest blessings (both for themselves and us) that God ever bestowed upon a favored nation. Witness heretofore our wealth and power; witness their elevation and enlightenment above their race else where. 1 have lived among it most of my life and have seen less harsh treatment from master to man than I have beheld in the North from I . :alley to son. Yet, heaven knows, no one would be willing to do more for the negro race than I, could I but see a way to still better their condition. ut Lincoln's policy is only preparing the way for their total annihilation. The South are not, nor have they been, fighting for the continuance of slavery. The first battle of Bull Run did away with that idea. Their causes since for war have been as noble and greater far than those that urged offer fathers• on. Eren should we allow they were wrong ;it the beginning of this contest, cruelty rout injt,stivc have made the wrong become the right, and they stand now (before the wonder and admiration of the world) as a noble band of patriotic heroes. Hereafter, reading of their deeds, Thermopyhe will be forgotten. . . When 1 aided in the capture and execu tion of JOhn Brown (who was- a murderer on our western border, and who was fairly tried and convicted, before an impartial judge and jury, of treason, and who, by the way, has since been made a god) I was proud of my little share in the transaction, for I deemed it my duty, and that I was helping our con imot country to perform an at of justice. But what was a crime in imor John Brown is now considered (by themselves) as the greatest and only virtue of the whole Republican party. Strange transmigration! Vice to become a virtue, simply because more indulge in it! I thought then, 'is now, that the Aholition ists were the °nig traitors in the land, and that the entire party deserved the ssane fate as poor old Brown, not because they wish to abolish slavery, but on account of the means they have ever endeavored to use to effect that abolition. If Brown were living I doubt whether he hOnxe/f would set slavery against the Union. Most, or many in the North do, and openly curse the Onion, if the South are to return and retain a single right guaranteed to them by every tie which we once revered an sacred. The South can make no choice. It is either extermination or slavery tor thentnelves (worse than death) to draw from. I know o n , choice. I have also studied hard to discover upon what grounds the right of a State to secede has been denied, when our very name, United States, and the Declaration of Inde pendence, both provide for secession. But there is no time for words. I write in haste. I know how foolish I shall be deemed for ndertaking such a step as this, where, on the one side, I have many friends and ev erything to make me happy, where my profession alone has gained me an income of more than twenty thousand dollars a year, and where my great personal ambi tion in my profession has such a great field for labor. On the other hare], the South have never bestowed upon me one kind word; a place now where I have no friends, except beneath the sod; a place where I must either become a private soldier or a beggar. To give up all of the former for the latter, besides my mother and sisters whom I love so dearly (although they so widely differ with inc in opinion,) seems insane; but God is my judge. I love justice more than I do a country that disowns it; more than fame and wealth; more (Heaven pardon me if wrong) more than a happy home. I have never been upon a battle- field; but oh ! my countrymen, could you all but see the ruddy or effects of this hor rid war, as I have seen them (in every Slate, save Virginia,) I know you would think like me, and would pray the Almighty to create in the Northern mind a sense of right and jy.sare (even should it possess no seasoning of mercy), and that He would dry up tins sea of blood between us, which is daily growing wider. Alas! poor country, is she to meet her threatened doom? Four years ago I would have given a thousand lives to see her remain (as I had always known her) powerful and unbroken. And even now I would hold my life as naught to see her what she was. Oh! my friends, if the fearful scenes of the past four years had never been enacted, of if what has been had been but a frightful dream, from which we could now awake, with what overflowing hearts could we bless our God and pray for his continued favor ! How I have loved the old flag can never now lie known. A few years since and the entire world could boast of none so pure and spotless. But I have of late been seeing and hearing of the bloody deeds of which she has been made the emblem, and would shudder to think how changed she had grown. Oh! how I have longed to see her break from the midst of blood and death that circles round her folds, spoiling her beauty and tarnishing her honor. But no, day by day has she been dragged deeper and deeper into cruelty and oppression, till now (in my eyes) her once bright red stripes look like bloody gashes on the face of Heaven. I look now upon my early admiration of her glories as a dream. My love (as things stand to-day) is for the South alone. Nor do I deem it a dishonor in at tempting to make for her a prisoner of this titan, to whom she owes so much of misery. If success attend me, I go penniless to her side. They .say she has that " last ditch" which the North have so long derided, and been endeavoring to force her in, forgetting they are our brothers, and that it is impolitic to goad an enemy to madness. Should I reach her in safety and find it true, I will proudly beg permission to triumph or die in that same " ditch" by her side. A Confederate, doing duty upon his own reßpon.sibility. J. WILKES BOOTH. Gen. Palmer is at Eminence, Ky., for the purpose of receiving the surrender of Confederate forces in the State. Those who will not surrender will be declared outlaws, and the people called upon to hunt them down. A lieutenant and 71 men surrendered to Gen. Hobson on the 12th. The General Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church will meet at Pittsburg May 18, and continue in service for ten days. The Grand Commandery of the Knights Templar of Indiana, after a two-days' session at Indianapolis, ad• journed on. Wednesday.
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