NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS. —lt has been officially announced to the j State Department that an international exhibition of machinery, implements, and productions of hor-! tieulture, agriculture, and forestry, will take place at Cologne on the 15th of May next,under the aus pices of the Crown Prince of Prussia. —The proposed excursion to Charleston excites much interest Rev. H. W. Beecher is to deliver the oration on the hoisting of the flag over Sumpter on the anniversary of its fall in j 1861. —Late Richmond papers announce the death, on Thursday last, of John M. Daniels, the editor of The Etaimner, and for eight years United States Minister to Sardinia. —The Post-Office department has ap pointed Mr. Vassal a special agent to proceed im mediately are reopen the Wilmington (X. C.) Post- Office. —lt is announced that Garibald's daugh ter Teresita has just given biirth at Caprera to a boy, who, by bis grandfather's desire, has been christianed Lincoln, in honor of the "American President who has abolished Slavery." —On Tuesday, Mr. Lincoln gave a pub lic reception in the parlor of Jeff Davis s house in Richmond. A number of citizens called upon him, beside the officers of our army and navy. —lt is found on examination that Sec- retory Seward's jaw is also fractured, and appre hensions are entertained of the possible conse quences of the accident. —The Post-Office Department has or dered the Post-Office at Hampton. Elizabeth coun ty, Va., to be opened, and appointed Kennon Whiting, Postmaster. —lt was anticipated that the Petersburg and Richmond Railroad would be in running or der. The track was to be repaired and widened. —One of the largest sized guns is to be sent from St. Louis to Galena—the home of Gen. Grant—to be tired there in honor of the fall of Richmond. —Gov. Fenton has issued a proclamation appointing Friday, the 14th inst., as a day of Thanksgiving for recent victories. —The first Weekly overland Mail ar rived at Preseott, the capital of Arizona, March 12, in 15 days from San Francisco. —The Steamer Harriet Deford, of Balti more was captured by a party of Rebels at Fan-ha ven, Patnxent River, on Tuesday afternoon. She immediately started down the Chesapeake, and. it is feared, will destroy many vessels. —Special Washington dispatches declare that Gen. Grant considered the spirit of Lee's ar my completely broken. If Lee stops at Lynchburg he will be surrounded by our forces. —The War Department has ordered , the Examining Board, of which Major-Gen. Casey is President, to immediately adjourn to Richmond, Va. —lt was Gen. Ewell who set Richmond tin fire. The conflagration proved quite a serious one, _destroying the greater part of the principal business street. —The Rebel raiders were discharged from custody at Montreal Wednesday morning,but immediately re-arrested and sent to Upper Canada. —Secretary McCulloch has addressed a letter to Thompson Campbell, in which he says he has no hesitation in asserting that, in his judg ment, California would have been a much richer anil more prosperous State if her circnlation had been a mixed, instead of an exclusively metolic one : that she has not only failed to cooperate prop erly with other States in maintaining the Govern ment credit, but has misapprehended her own in terest in discountenancing the use of paper money within her limits. —According to the latest news from Montevideo, reaching to the middle of the second week in February, the city was invested by a Bra zilian army of 13.000 men and a fleet of 20 vessels. No idea of capitulation was yet entertained. The army of Paraguay is advancing, and had taken the Brazilian town of Miranda. —Gen. Jesus G. Ortega, commander-in chief of the Mexican forces, has arrived with his statf at Santo Fe, New Mexico, en route to Wash ington, where it is presumed he will confer with our Government in reference to the situation and destiny of Mexico. Jaurez is offering very liberal bounties to American volunteers,and his army will undoubtedly be joined by thousands from the Uni ted States as soon as cmr war is over. —Letters from Nassau report the deso lation and decay consequent on the cessation oi blockade-running us truly astonishing. English men arc selling off their goods below cost, and fleeing from the island as rats from a sinking ship. —The Navy Department has received in formation of the destruction of tlie extensive Reb el salt works on Bnro Neck, in Mcintosh County, Georgia, by an expedition from the U. S. steamei Landona. —A row of frame buildings on Pennsyl vania avenue, Washington, including the Provost Marshal's office, were destroyed by fire on Satur day evening. —The Sandwich Islanders are proposing to import Chinamen. —The steamship Gen. Lyon, with fout or five hundred invalids on board, was burned on the 31st off Hatteras. The wind blew a gale, and only 28 are known to have been saved, though mort were probably rescued by a schooner. —Nearly $20,000 was subscribed for the United States Christian Commission, in New York, on Saturday. —The revenue collector at Lockport, New York, lately seized ninety thousand cigars and four thousand pounds of leaf tobacco for vio lation of the revenue laws. —A train of freight cars on the Pitts burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad lately took fire from some petroleum tbev were carrying, and the whole train was destroyed. —-A letter from Sherman's army says the men are all feathered out below the knee, from having lived so constantly on turkeys, chickens, and other game. —A Nashville paper learns that Majot General Gideon J. Pillow, C. S. Army, was knock ing at the door of the Union applying for admission. He has found the last diteh. —Breckinridge is now asserted to he responsible for the disastrous conflagration at Richmond. Several merchants are said to have implored him in vain to prevent the destruction. —Within three hours after the news of the capture of of the Harriet Deford had reached the Navy Department, Thursday, eight or ten ves sels had tieen sent in pursuit of her. —According to the Pennsylvania School Journal, three hundred and fifty-three children oi deceased soldiers have been admitted into the Or phan Schools of this State. —An insane man who walked through California and Nevada, proclaiming himself the Saviour, has been killed by the Indians on the plains. —A gentleman just from Richmond,states that the best informed there believe Davis has fled to Georgia, and that he will attempt a reestoblis ment of his government at Augusta, which posses ses strong natural defences and has been elaborate ly fortified. As a singular coincidence, it may be stated the elder Mr. Blair made this prediction weeks ago. IJtadfflrd Reporter.' Towanda, Thursday, April 13, 1865. i THE REBELLION CRUSHED ! The great events of the past few days crowd upon each other ! The sanguinary, but glorious victories at Petersburg, follow ed by the evacuation of Richmond, theHight. of LEE'S army, the rapid and relentless pur suit by GRANT, the battle at Burkesville.the i capture of thousands of prisoners, many of-. ficers and guns, bring LEE at bay near the Appomattox river, and finally the series ol triumphs culminating in the great achieve ment of the war— THF. SURRENDER BY LEE OF THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA ! Surely, there is abundant cause for the wild enthusiasm, and the outburst of joy and congratulation which on Monday seized upon the whole country. The Rebel Capi tal in our possession ; the Confederate Go vernment scattered and tied ; and the final j capitulation of the main army of the Re bellion, gives assurance that the conquer ing arms of the Union will soon establish peace, and that war will soon cease. 1" or there now remains of the Great Rebellion but one formidable branch, and that is the armv of JOHNSTON We have no doubt that before this, that army is environed in the toils set for it and that its surrender is in evitable. To the God of Battles is due our heart felt praise aud thanksgiving, lu His own good time, He will deliver us from the bur dens which have pressed so heavily upon us. If our deliverance has been slow, His judgments are perfect, and we shall come out of the furnace purified, to attain to a higher degree of civilization, to greater prosperity and honor as a nation. RECONSTRUCTION. Much has been written, and more lias been thought that has not been written, on the manner of the return of the rebel states to the union ; and the difference on this question is likely to be one of the leading disagreeements between the two great parties of the country. For, it isgenerally lield by the democrats,that the rebel states should he allowed to take their old places under the government, without any re strictions, filling their vacated seats in the National Legislature as formerly, and moving along under their own civil regu lations, just as if they had done no wrong. To do this the republicans cannot agree.— The rebels have inflicted too much injury upon the country to warrant this. It is too much to ask, and more than justice can concede. Aside from the fact, that it will not only be no punishment, but a reward < for the most villauous offences that men can he guilty of, it will be the worst kind of iugratitude, and injustice to those who opposed secession in the rebel states.— These loyal people, after suffering every , thing for the country, will he again, and forever after, at the mercy of their unre lenting, and the Government's bitterest en emies. Taking it even on the ground held by the democrats, it in contrary to all the usages of civil society, to allow the rebels to come back unpunished. This party holds for example, that the abolitionists are as much to blame for the war as the rebels— there is not a word of truth in this—but for argument's sake conceding it,and where does it lead to ? Men burn down houses, commit murder, and violate every conceiv able law enacted for the protection of life and property, under the plea of having j been provoked to it by personal wrongs inflicted on them ; but is any one so de mented as to advocate the abrogation of all punishment for crime, because of this plea? Or, do courts of law regard the ex cuses which offenders set up as justifica tions for the commission of crime? if they did, we would soon have no courts. The people would not tolerate a practice founded on such a theory. \Y. COBB KENE DY, the spy, aud hotel burner, who was re cently hung for his crimes, alleged tiiat he was provoked to the commission of heinous ■ ' offenses by Gen. SHERIDAN'S raid through the Shenandoah Valley. Does any one deem this excuse reasonable ? So that the whole theory upon which the democrats at tempt to justify the crimes of the rebels, is against reason, as it is against law ; and the very object hud in view in the punish ment of offenses is to hinder their commis sion. So also in the punishment of the rebels, the chief point to be gained is fu i ture safety. This requires, nay, compels the punishment of the rebels. This is what the future exacts from the present age ; and the present owes to posterity se curity against rebellion. Our own, and we doubt not, the sympathy of the admin istration, is with the rebel criminals, but our feelings neither instruct us in law or duty, and the demands of the latter far transcend those of the former. Obedience to law, and stern duty, exact equal justice to all. We have before intimated the conviction, ' that no man who has borne arms against the government, should again he allowed to hold franchise under it ; and the more we reflect over this, the more settled the conviction becomes. It is held by some, that as the qualifications for voting, and holding office, arc municipal regulations, and, for the most part, under the control of the states, the General Government cannot interfere. This is all very true, but con viction of treason works attainder, or for- I feiture of franchises, and bearing arms against the government is treason, and why not convict all who are guilty of this crime ? In the rebel states, those who have taken active part against us, are much I more numerous than those who have not ; and because of their loyalty, the former persecuted the latter beyond all measure, 1 barbarously persecuted them. The gov eminent owed these persecuted loyal men j protection, bnt could not extend it to them, : ( and they were compelled, for her sake, to bear untold sufferings in consequence. — j Now if we allow the rebels to come back again, without imposing any restrictions, they will again be in the ascendancy, and . they will continue the persecution of the loyal citizens. And is this the way to re ward fidelity to the government, that no vindictiveness could shake ? This would not only be injustice, and ingratitude com- | bined, but it would bo grossly wicked ;aud , 1 such a wickedness as the government shall j not. (tare not commit. No, no. let those who have broken the laws, and attempted to destroy the government, stand back and allow the loyal and the true, to administer ; justice. Lot tlietn he the depositories ot civil authority, for they alone have shown themselves worthy. This will be doing j right. It will be punishing the wicked far j less than they deserve, and rewarding, on ly in a measure, the patriotism of those | who stood faithful to the government, when i it cost something to do this. Less punish ment than this cannot be extended to tlie ; rebels : and no less reward for fidelity to the government will any one think of giv- j ing to the faithful union men of the rebel states. RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT. —Rhode Island, ou Wednesday, April 5, reelected Iter Republican Governor and her two Re-' publican Congressmen. There was no orga- I nized opposition to the election of the Gov- i ernor and of Congressman Jenckes. Mr. ; Dixon of the Western Congressional Dist rict, was opposed by Mr. Bradford, but re- 1 j elected by a large majority. The latest accounts front Connecticut make Governor Buckingham's majority 11,068. The Senate of the State Legislature has ; only Union members, a gain of three ; the complexion of the House is about the same \ as last year, being more than two-thirds ! Union. THE PRESIDENT RETURNED. —A despatch to the Tribune, from Washington, dated the 9th, says : " Mr. Lincoln and the Presiden tial party returned this afternoon. The President left the front yesterday afternoon, at which time nothing beyond what lias al ready been telegraphed had transpired.— The relaxation, respite from office-seeking bores, success of our arms, one or all, have greatly recuperated his prostrated energies, and lit? returns much stronger in body and soul than when lie left. On his arrival here he immediately proceeded to Mr. Seward's, 1 where lie has remained up to a late hour this evening in consultation with tlie suffer ing Secretary. Beyond sympathetic con dolence, it is supposed that a forthcoming proclamation of amnesty to the Southern j people is the subject matter of the evening's ' interview. j The RiehmondT \Vhi<j of the 6th inst. ; says that Governor Smith of Virginia made , speech before the city councils of Ricli : monil last Sunday afternoon, announcing that the Confederate troops were victorious, : anil that the city should not be evacuated. He soon after left on horseback. Thanksgiving Proclamation by the Governor. In the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : I, ANDREW G. CURTIS, Governor of tlio said | Commonwealth, A PROCLAMATION. The last centre of treason has fallen.— ! Richmond is ours Our armies entered it : ' amid the cheers and general joy of its res cued inhabitants, so long ground under the ; heel of usurping oppressors. The beaten ; rebel host is fleeing, hotly pursued by our victorious cohorts, and to be soon captured or dispersed. Let us give glory to the Lord 1 who hath given us the victory. The Republic is sacred. Again let us . | say, Glory to the Lord who hath inspired our heroic people, that during four weary years, though often baffled, defeated, and | disheartened, they have persisted steadily in tlie great cause, and have poured out • their blood and treasure like water, for the salvation of the country. The names of leaders and their companions on the land | and on the water stand on imperishable rolls of honor, and, to the last hour of time, will be held in grateful remembrance. I call on the people of the Commonwealth j to assemble in their places of worship on ; Sunday next and render thanks to Almighty God for all his mercies, and especially for that he hath been graciously pleased to look j favorably on us and make us the instru ments to establish the right to vindicate the principles of free government, to prove j the certainty of Divine justice. ! Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this fourth day of April, in (he year of our Lord, A. P., 1865, and of the Commonwealth the eighty ninth. By the Governor. ELI SJ.IFER, Secretary of the Commonwealth. DEATH OF BISHOP DELANCEV. —The Right ; Rev. William H. Delaucey, Bishop of the Diocese of Western New-Voi k, of tlie Pro testant Episcopal Church, died at his rcsi ■ deuce in Geneva, N. Y. April 5. The late Bishop was born in Westchester County, . N Y., Oct. 8, 1797, graduated at Yale Col- I luge in 1817, and was ordained in 1820. In 1823 he was assistant minister in Phila delphia. and in 1828 was appointed Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, In 1833, he became Assistant-Minister of St. Peter's Church of Philadelphia, and in 1837, Rector. When the diocese of New-York was divi ded in 1838, Dr. Delaucey was elected the first Bishop of the new diocese of Western New-York. His consecration took place on May 9, 1839. In 1852, he visited Eng land as a delegate to the English House of Bishops from the Protestant Episcopal Church of America. He is succeeded by Dr. Cleveland Cox, who a short time ago was elected Assistant Bishop of the Diocese. STATE OFFICERS. —Two important State Officers are to he chosen at the next Fall election—an Auditor General and a Survey or General. Both those positions are now held by men politically opposed to the Na tional adminstratious. A new Legisla ture is also to he chosen, besides the usual county officers. It will be an easy matter for the Union party to maintain its prepon derauce if timely effort® are made to effect an efficient organization. LATEST WAR NEWS. ! GLORIOUS NEWS ! ! SURRENDER OTLEES &RNIT li He Capitulates on Gen. Grant's Own Terms. War Department, April 9- -9, P. M. 7b Major-Gen. Dix, New- ) orle: I his De- 1 partmcnt lias received the official report ol | the surrender this day of Gen. Lee and his ; j army to Lieut-Gen. Grant on terms pro- n posed by Gen. Grant. j 1 Details will be given as speedily as possi- ; ble. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.'' Hixpts. ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES. I April 9,1865, 4 :30 p. m. ) Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: (Jen. Lee surrendered the army of Northern Virginia this afternoon upon the terms pro posed by myself. The accompanying addi tional correspondence will show the condi tions fully. 11. S. GRANT, Li< Utenant-General. APRIL 9, 1865. GENERAL : I received your note of this morning on the picket-line, whither I had j come to meet you and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your propo i sition of yesterday witli reference to the sur- j : render of this army. 1 now request an interview in accordance j j with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose. Very respectfully, your ob't servant, R. E. LEE, General. APRIL 'J, 1865. tie,a. 11. E. LEE, Commanding Confetlerale j Stales Armies : Your note ol this date is but this moment, 1 1:50 a. in., received. In consequence of my having - passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg Load to the Farmville and Lynchburg Road, I am, at this writing, about lour miles west of Walter's Church, and will push forward to the front lor the purpose of meeting you. Notice sent to me on tin's road where you wish the interview to take place will meet me. Very respectfully, your obedient servant. U. S. GRANT, Lieu tenant-General, APPOMATTOX ('GLUT HOUSE, April 9, 1865. Gen. R. E. LEE, Com man flirty C. S. A.: In accordance with the substance ol my letter to you of the Bth inst. 1 propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, on the billowing terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to au officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officers as you may desig nate. The officers to give their individual pa roles not to take arms against the Govern ment of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regiment al commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive I tbein. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or bag -1 gage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so . long as they observe their parole and the j laws in force where they may reside. Veiy respectfully, U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-General. HDQBS. ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. I April 9, 1865. \ Litiil.-Gnt. U. S. GRANT, <'.,i<iiftwlii"j .1.: GENERAL : 1 have received your lot tor ol this date, containing the terms of surren- j der of the Army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you. As they are substantially j the same as those expressed 111 your letter jof the Bth inst, they arc accepted. 1 will proceed to designate the proper officers to j carry the stipulation into effect. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, R. E. LEE, General. THE ELAN OF THE CAMPAIGN. ! The following brief account will give our ! readers au idea of the general plan of the J ; campaign, and of the operations resulting in the evacuation of Petersburg and Rich- ] mond. It is clear that Gen. Sheridan has ! taken the brunt of the work on him, and I that lie lias added a fresher wreath to the laurels he won and wore in the Shenandoah Valley. The task assigned him was 110th-' ing less than to turn the right flank of Lee's j army. With that end in view, Sheridan set out on Wednesday for Dinwiddie Court house—a point far enough to the south and west to insure him liberty to maneuver.— Through that place passes the Boydtown Plank-road. Beyond it to the north-west is the White Oak Road, and on the Boyd town Road just north of Gravelly Run are the famous Five Forks, hereafter memor able as the scene of one of the decisive bat tles of the Rebellion. At this point the Rebels had constructed an elaborate scries , of works extending three miles, and com manding by tin; different roads there center ing the approaches from the south-west to the South-side Road. The position was the key to Petersburg and so of Richmond. Prom Dinwiddie Court-House, Sheridan made several ineffectual attempts to move! up the Boydtown Road and to reach the White Oak Road—in other words to get in the rear of Lee and roll him up. He tried 1 it a little on Thursday, with no success. - He tried it again on Friday with Warren's , Corps to help, and fared no better than be fore. In fact the result of Friday's battle was a serious check,and the Fifth Corps un der Warren's handling suffered itself to be driven from all the ground it ever gained, and its three Divisions were successively j thrust back toward Dinwiddie. Sheridan liked it so ill, that he relieved Warren from Command anil arranged for another effort on Saturday with all the cavalry and the whole Fifth Corps under his personal com mand. Griffin succeeded Warren in charge of the Fifth. The action of Saturday was the real bat tle of Five Forks and was the turning point; of the campaign. Sheridan's plan is des | cribed as masterly, and its execution is no less so. The enemy, deluded into the be lief that they had to do with cavalry only, ; held their ground and their intrenchments till the Fifth had time to envelop them by a flanking movement. It was not till the trap was sprung that the Rebels found there was a trap, and then they found about six j | thousand of their best soldiers shut up in | it. The Five Forks werecarried, the White Oak and Boydtown Roads were both gained, a large body of Redel infantry was cut off from Lee's main army, and at night Sheri dan was able to telegraph Gen. Grant that he was in rear of the Rebel lines and earth-! works which protected the Southside Road. Immediately came the general assault along our whole Petersburg line, and everywhere with the same success. The battle of Sun day 'gave us Petersburg and Richmond I both, and sent Lee's army hurrying toward ; lurkesville. Whatever munitions and stores ice had previously got away from his cap- j < tal might have been safely sent on the rail oad, but whatever had not gone on Satur-1 lay was captured. • Will DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, I WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 10 :*2O p. m. ( j May-Gen. Dix : The following details especting the capture of Richmond and its iccupation by the Union forces have been | elegraplied to tins department from that I :ity. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. (Jen Weitzel learned at three o'clock in! :he morning of Monday that Richmond was j jeing evacuated, and at daylight moved j "<award-first taking care to give his men their breakfast in ,the expectation that they j might have to fight. He met 110 opposition, | mil on entering the city was greeted with hearty welcome from the mass of the peo- j pie. The Mayor went out to meet him and to surrender the city, but missed him on the road Gen. Weitzel finds much suffering and poverty among the population. The rich as well as the poor are destitute of food. He is about to issue supplies to all who take the oath. The inhabitants now num ber about 20,000, hall of them are African descent. It is not true that Jeff. Davis sold his fur- 1 niture before leaving. It is all in his house where lam now writing. He leftat 7 p.m. by the Danville Railroad. All the members j of Congress escaped. Hunter has gone home. Carson Smith (?) went with the ar my. Judge Campbell remains here. Gen Weitzel took here one thousand pris oners, beside the wounded. These number 5,000 in nine hospitals. He captured can non to the number of at least five hundred pieces. Five thousand muskets have been found in one lot. Thirty locomotives and three hundred cars are found here. The Petersburg Railroad bridge is to-, tally destroyed, that of the Danville road partially, so that connection with Peters burg cannot easily be made. All the Reb el vessels are destroyed except an unfin ished ram, which has her machinery in her perfect. The Tredgsr Works are unharmed, and the machinery here to-day under Gen. Weitzel's orders. Libby Prison and Castle Thunder have al so escaped the fire, and are filled with Reb el prisoners of war. Most of the editors have lied—especially John Mitchell. Tin Whit/ appeared yesterday as a Union paper, • with the name of the former proprietor at the head. The theater opens here to night. Gen. Weitzel describes the reception of the Pres ident yesterday as enthusiastic in the ex treme. ANOTHER VICTORY—SHERIDAN CAP TURES SIX GENERALS, SEVERAL THOUSAND PRISONERS, AND FOUR TEEN CANNON. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, I Friday. April 7—ll a. m. f Major-Gen. Dix : The following telegrams, announcing the victory won yesterday by Major-Gen. Sheridan over Lee's army, have just been received by this department. EDWIN M. STANTON. CITY POINT, Friday, April 7—8:55 p. in. HON. SECRETARY - or WAR : At 11:15 p. m. yesterday, at Burkcsville station, Gen. Grant sent me the following from Gen. Sheridan. A. LINCOLN. Thursday, April 0 —11:15 p. 111. Lieut.-Gen. GRANT : 1 have the honor to report that the enemy made a stand at the intersection of the Burke's Station Road in the road upon wbic.i they were retreating. I attacked -them with two divisions of the Sixth Army Corps, and routed them handsomely, making a connection with the cavalry. lam still pressing on with both cavalry and infantry. Up to the present time we have captured Generals Ewell, Kershav, Button, Corse, Dcßarre and Cus tis Lee, several thousand prisoners, 14 pie ces of artillery, caissons and a large num ber of prisoners. If the thing is pressed I think Lee will surrender. P. 11. SHERIDAN CITY POINT, Friday, April 7 —9 a. m. HON. SECRETARY OF WAR : The following further intelligence is just received. A. LINCOLN. BCRK.KVII.LE, Va. To. A. LINCOLN : The following telegram is respectfully forwarded for your informa tion. I. S. GRANT, Lieut.-Gen SECOND ARMY CORPS, April 6—7:30 p. m. Maior.-Gen. A. S. WEBB : Our last tight just before dark at Sailor's Creek gave us two guns, three flags and a considerable number of prisoners, 200 wagons, 70 am bulances, with mules and horses to about one-half the wagons and ambulances.— There are bet ween 30 nd 50 wagons in addition abandoned and destroyed along the road, some battery wagons, forges and limbers. I have already reported to you the cap ture of one gun, two flags and some pris oners, and the fact that the road for over two miles is strewed with tents, baggage, cooking utensils, some ammunition and ma terials of all kinds. The wagons are strewed accross the ap prttaeh to the bridges; and it will take some time to clear it. The enemy is in position j on the bights beyond with artillery. The bridge is partly destroyed, and the ap proaches on the other side are of soft bot tom land. We cannot advance to-morrow' in the same manner we have to-day. As soon as I get my troops up a little (we are considerably mixed), 1 might push a col umn down the road to deploy it, but it is evident 1 cannot follow rapidly during the night. A. A. HUMPHREYS, Major-Gen. MEADE'S HEADOCARTERS, April o—lo p. m. Lieut.-Gi'n. GRANT: At daylight this morning I moved the Second, Fifth and Sixth Army Corps along the railroad in the direction of Amelia Court House. Soon af ter moving, trustworthy intelligence was received that the enemy was moving toward Farmville. The direction of the Second and Fifth Corps was immediately changed from a northerly to a north-westerly direction and the directing Corps, the Second, moving on Deatonville, and the Fifth, heretofore in the ; center, nloving on the right of the Second, and the Sixth, facing about and moving by the lelt flank, taking position on the left of the Second. It was understood the caval ry would operate on the extreme left. The charges were promptly made, the Second Army Corps soon becoming en- j gaged with the enemy near Deatonville, | drawing him by right across Sailor's Creek to the Appomattox. The Fifth Army Corps made a long march, but its position pre- j vented its striking the enemy's column be fore it had passed. The Sixth Army Corps came up with the enemy about 4 p. m.,and, in conjunction with the Second Corps on j its right and cavalry on its left, attacked and routed the enemy, capturing many pris oners, among them Lieut.-Gen. Ewell and Gen Custis Lee. I transmit dispatches both from Gens. | Humphreys and Wright,which, in justice to these distinguished officers and the gallant corps they command, I beg may be sent • to the War department for immediate pub-1 lieation. It is impossible at this moment, to give any estimate of the casualties on either side, or of the number of prisoners taken, but it is evident to-day's work s go ing to be one of the most important of the recent brilliant operations. The pursuit will be continued as soon as the men have a little rest. Griffin, with the Fifth Army Corps, will , be moved by the left, and Wright and Humphreys continue the direct pursuit as , long as it promises success. GEOBUE G. MEADE, Major-Gen. HIXJBS. SIXTH ABMY OOKPH, I Thursday, April 7, —10 p.m. f j Mojirr-th-n. "WEBB. Chief of Staff Army of Potomac: In pursuance of instructions of this mor ning from Maj.-Gen. Meade, I moved to Jet tersvillc by the shortest practicable road i to the left of Heatonville, with the objest of their taking position on the left of the Second Army Corps, striking the road run-; ning from Ileatoiiville to Burkes Station at a point a little to the soutliwaid of the for mer place. I found that the Second Army Corps was engaged at the front and right, and the cavalry, heavily, to our left. Mov ing down the road toward Burke's Station, perhaps a mile, and turning sharp to the right, 1 proceeded across toward a nearly parallel road,on which the enemy was mov ing, and along which he threw up a line of intreuchments. As soon as the leading Division (Gen. ' Seymour's) could be formed it was moved up on the road held by the enemy, which was carried. Then, turning to the left, it was advanced down the road against a pret- j ty strong resistance. By this time W hea ton's Division Was put in position, as rapid ly as possible, on Seymour's left. The lines were again advanced, and we swept down the road for a distance of about two miles. Arriving at a deep and difficult creek we found the enemy had re formed his line on the opposite side, where we attacked and drove him to a po'rit, a distance of half a mile further. In the first attack a portion of the cav alry operated on our right flank. In its subsequent attack the mass of cavalry op erated on our right and left flank of the en emy. The result has been a complete success. The combined forces captured five General officers, among them Gens. Eweh and Gus lis Lee, and large numbers of o.her prison ers. I shall go in camp about two miles be yond this point and await instructions. The First and Third Divisions Wheaton's and Seymour's and the artillery engaged to day, behaved splendidly. A return of casualties will be forwarded as soon as possible. The Corps has nobly sustained the repu tation it earned on the 'id inst., as well as upon its many previous hard fought battle fields. 11. G. WKJOHT, Major-Gen. Commanding. fag An Immense number of Confederate coupon bonds, with the coupons all regis tered and signed, were thrown into the streets of Richmond during the recent evacuation. They were picked up by everybody who bad any inclination to subr | ject themselves to that trouble, and can be purchased from the boys at a very insigni ficant sum. Advices from Richmond of Tuesday 1 evening state that several of the Rebel ! civil officials retreated along with Lee, not having previously left the city. There are hopes of bagging some of them. Goi.n opened at New York, on Saturday, at lot), and closed at 1481. OPIMOX. ATTHIINEY GESEBAE'S OFFICE, March IF, 1805. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON. Sanatory <f LL' ir: Slß.— The first question propounded in your let ter of the 10th inst.. is whether the 23d section of the Act of March 3d. 1865, supersede " the 4th section of the Act of February 24th. 1564. The 4th section of the Act of February 24tli, 1 1804, enables any enrolled person, before a draft, ; to furnish "an acceptable substitute who is not liable to draft, nor, at the time, in the military or : naval service of the United States," and provides that the person so furnishing such substitute ] ".shall he exemjrt from draft < turiny the time foe irhich i such substitute shalt uot be liable to draft, not exceed- I imj the time for leliich such substitute shall hare been accepted." ' Under this enactment, any person enrolled, and \ liable to draft, may obtain exemption from the draft during the whole period of time for which he shall procure a substitute to be enlisted, provided the substitute be so long not liable to draft. It is not a mere cretin for a particular draft which such person obtains by furnishing a substitute be fore the anticipated draft, but it is an absolute ex emptioti which he acquires from liability to be drawn at any and every draft which may occur | during the entire time for which his substitute has ; been accepted by Government, provided the sub stitute be so long not liable to draft. If, for ex ample, his substitute is accepted as a three years' | volunteer, and remains so long not liable to draft, the principal, by the provision of the law of 1864. : just referred to, is insured against tie- risk of lie : ing drafted during the whole period for which his substitute enlisted, uo matter how many drafts may occur between the enlistment of the substi i tute and the expiration of his term of service. But the Government, under this provision, is to be at i no expense in consequence of the authorized sub stitution of one individual for another in the draft. The party who desires to avail himself of the ben efit of the privilege conferred by the law, is prop erly and justly required to compensate the substi tute. Such being the provision of the law of 1864 on the subject of "substitutes" furnished in antici pation of a draft, the law of March 3d, 1865, pro vides (in its 23d section,) as follows : "That any person or persons enrolled in any sub-district may. after notice of a draft, and before the same shall have taken place, cause to be mustered into the service of the United States such number of re cruits not subject to draft, as they may deem expedi ent, which recruits shall stum! to the credit of the persons thus causing them to be mustered in, and shall be taken as substitutes for such persons, or so many of them as may be drafted to the extent of the number of such recruits, and in the order de signated by the principals at the time such recruits are thus as aforesaid mustered in." It is .dear that this enactment provides for quite another case than that contemplated by the pro vision to which I have been adverting in the statute of 1864, and confers upon an enrolled person a privilege entirely distinct from that given to him by that statute, of which he may avail himself at his option, in preference to the privilege conferred by the Act of 1864. Under the provision of the 23d section of the Act ot 3d March, 1865, he may, in advance of a draft, " cause to he mustered itdo the service " a " re cruit not subject to draft," which "recruit" will! "stand to the credit" of the enrolled person, caus ing him to be mustered in, in the event of the principal being drafted, and be taken, on the hap- ; penhnj of that continyency as a substitute for such principal. But the "credit" shall avail him only ' for the particular draft in advance and anticipation of which he may have secured the "recruit." There is uo provision in the Aet of 1865, that a person furnishing a " recruit" under the 23d sec- i tion, shall be * exempt from draft" during the time ! for which the recruit may have been accepted and j enlisted. But the only benefit which a person so * furnishing a recruit derives under the Act of 1865, 1 is the securing, in the event of his being drafted, j of a " creitit" on the particular draft in anticipation of which the '• recruit" may have been furnished. The "renruit" may he mustered iuto the service for three years, and yet, as a substitute, he can only avail the person who caused him to be mus tered in for, and with respect to the one draft be fore, and in anticipation of which he was obtain ed. The liability of the principal to be drafted at any other drafts occuring after the mustering in of the "recruit " and during the term of his service, is not at all affected. There is manifestly, there fore, no conflict between the respective sections of the Acts of 1864 and 1865, to which yon have call ed my attention. One does not infringe upon, nor even cross the path of the other. They give diff- I erent and distinct rights and privileges to the citi zen liable to draft. He has the alternative course to pursue before any draft, either to buy a "substi tute and secure him to be mustered in, and thus obtain exemption from the draft during the entire term of enlistment of the substitute, if the latter j be so long not liable to draft, or he may procure for the Government a "recruit " not liable to f ) raf , and obtain credit for such recruit in case In- K j l( . be draft, subjecting himself, however, to tin- I ' Ity of being compelled to repeat the op<rati,, n '., every succeeding draft that rnav la- ordered l,v tl ■ President. Chiefly, I suppose, the <leHigu of the provwj,,. of the Act of 1865, under consideration, offer inducement and present a stimulus to im,,, I hers or associations of individuals in any ttnh-d,! trict, before the liability of any of them becoj, fixed by a draft., to obtain volunteer recruits fi > j the army. Congress, in this law, offers suef ■ sociations a premium to use their exertions to fi| s |up the armies. It says to the residentsof the i lin j' | tituilinous counties, townships, wards, and jr , I cincts, throughout the country, "Organize y ,i,V ' self into recruiiirvj societies, induce volunteers t< ] enlist into the service before the draft; pay the Ul such amounts of bounty as you may 1* able , I raise by your contributions to the recruitimj fundi' of your several districts, and, when they have l„ | enlisted into the service, the volunteers von i„ j have raised will stand to the credit of as "many '• you as may happen to b<- drafted, to the extent • | the number of recruits 'in tlie order designates at tlie time tlie recruits are mustered in. Such is the declaration and promise of tin- new law. Its policy is to encourage recruUhir/, not tin procuration of substitutes ; to induce the p,-o>, | to organize associations for the advancement : rohinteeriinj rather than the purchase of substitut- In enacting this new law, and inaugurating this new policy. Congress, however, has not taken away the right of the enrolled person, before tl,. draft, to furnish a substitute, with the qnulifie. . tion before stated, and thus secure his exempt! .1 from draft dunng the time for which his substitute shall have been accepted. He still has it in L;- lower to exercise that right in preference to tL. right conferred by the 23d section of 3d Man ]. 1855, of obtaining a " recniit" previous to each draft, as It may occur, and secure thereby a cre.i.i in the event, on any occasion, of his being draft.. ,;. 1 am of opinion, therefore, that the "23d sect! I of the Act of March 3. 1865, does not snperse 1. the -ftin section of the Act of February 24. IN'4 The second question which you have referred t me, is, whether the "recruits " which are '• to l. taken as substitutes" are to be considered am; liome upon the muster-rolls and records of the office of the Provost Marshal General, as other volunteer recruits which are obtained at the . . pens.- ot the United States, or as substitutes wh are furnished at the cost of the principals. I am of opinion that "recniits " whom person, enrolled in any sub-district may "cause to be muv ten d into the service of the United States, pursuance to the 23d section of the Act '4 ;j, March, 1865, are to be considered and treat, d other volunteers who are obtained at the e\q,. of the United States. It will be observed. fro 3 tin- analysis of the law contained in the for>-goj !; remarks, that the involved in the law of Jsiq " substitution, while the idea of the law f lsfi." crediti/uj. The section of the Act of 1860, una.. consideration does not speak of the " recruit-' question as "substitutes " but declares tLat tL-- "shall be taken as substitutes for the i rsi;.. who cause them in be mustered in. They are not Rn'. statutes, but only of the nature of substitutes. TL- ): primary and essential character, under the law. that of credits far their procurers or princit j and this description is the first description y, of them in the section in question, for, after .-.,,, ing " tehich recruits shnli stood to the creitit,/ >■,, . sons thus cuus'nuj thnn to Ist inHsterol in, th.- se,-t,... proceeds " etiul shrill be token o- -67a'.-. ., . persons, or so many of them as may he itr.ifUit. extent of the member of such recruits. " A critical study of the words of the statnt. ti.- . develops the fnndaniental idea which I Lav. posed, from other indications, was intended to U embodied in the law. The " recruits " who an - " stand to the rreilit " of the enrolled person.-. . --... ing them to be mustered in before th. 1 of a draft, I am of opinion, then, are to be cou; j end as other volunteer recniits which are oht.-:\. at tlie exjieuse of the United Stab s, are t,... ' ; substitutes," in the ordinary sense of that t.-™„ which are furnished at the cost of the priiicina;. Ven - respectfully, vour obedient servant, JAMES SPEED Attorney General Each Djstrict Pro.vos.t Marshal will publish t ■ opinion once, lly order of Brig-Gen. E. W. HINKS. A. A. T. M. General. E. A. MONTROTH Ist Lieut. 155 th Pa. Vols., and Adj't. ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. MARCH 13. 186T | HON. En WIN M. STANTON, Secretary of M7tr : SIR —In your letter of the 1 1th of March.; i asked whether under the act of Congress t ntk "An Act to amend the several Acts here;--: [ passed to provide for the enrolling and ( allii.. j the National forces, and for other purpos- - proved 3d March, the Provost Marshal Gener, ■ ; required to change the present quotas in tl.. ; - ding draft by reason of corrections in the i- I nieiit made since their assignment. 1 In the 13tli Section of the Act. itis enacted ••!'. \ where any revised enrollment in any Congr- -- al or draft district has been obtained or made, or to any actual drawing of names from the enr' in.-nt lists, the quota ol such district may he justed and apportioned to such revised enroll:.: . ! instead of being applied to or bused upon t: ! rollment, as it may have stood before the revi-: : ; It will lie perceived that the language of th.- ■ j tion is in the past tense and properly so, ti: . ; referring to future and existing enrollment ■ ] enrolme nt must ever preceed any action ui.. •. I section. It was therefore right to speak of th. : ' ! rollment as a past fact, as something that h .sl done. Regarding the section by itself. ... as unaffected by other claims in the statnt it plies as well to any futnre as to any existing - ; rollment. li But at the time of enactment, there w.- a. rollment and pending draft under a call for ". n I tional troops, and this appears from tin prove 15th and 27th section. It is provided i: section that the rule of credits fixed therein - 1 not apply to the pending call : and in the section it is " Provided : That nothing therein - • tained shall operate to postpone the pending • or interfere with the quotas assigned there! r. Neither of these provisos can be re_- irdrd t pugoant to the 13th section. They do Be/him more than to prevent a construction of tL- .U-ttL would change the rule of credits as to th. draft or that would jiostpou.- it, or'tha! would t fere with the quotas assigned for the pre-e pending draft shall not be interfered wit). T could not have been done in the enacting pit*- of tlie statute, but may lie as aptly done in j - | vis os. Now, if the corrections provided for in the 1 section are made to apyly to the present draft ' quotes as assigned therefor will (be interf-. r- I his is what Congress lias said shall not be J- '- After the pending draft, the provisos will h.o formed their office, and all future drafts inns' made subject to the rules prescribed in the A" I am therefore of the opinion that the IV • Marshal General is not required to change tin i r - ent quotas in the pending draft, by reason of rections in the enrollment made since their a— ment. I am Sir, Very respectfully your obedient servant, ' JAMES SPEED. Attorney General. D TED. SHTTMWAY—In Tuscarora, March 13th. Mr Mary Ann Shumwav. relict of Reuben Slitinr-' in the sixty-ninth year of her age. ROBERTS—January 18, 18'65, on board tin going from the attack 011 Fort Fisher to M head City, Alfred Roberts, Co. A, U7th P. V the 2'2d year of nis age. He was the last remaining child of William . Emily J. Roberts, of Wyalusing. He was ibfr i and answered the call of his country an 1 ' \ charged his duties faithfully and cheerfully. H was a very promising young man of an aniin and intelligent mind, loved and respected by - who knew him, and found warm friends in !•■' i army and wherever he went. He died sudden; in a fit while conversing with the cook, but fully prepared, bj- having obtained that hep' " | Christ which, as lie expressed it in a letter to b' I parents, was of more value than all earthly thin-- His sudden departure was not only a sad le--' his now childless parents, but to the comnir.r;" j for few young men exerted a better influence. FOX—In the Hospital, at City Point, Va„ M IT 23, 1865, of typhoid fever, Henry E.. sonofty E. and Sarah Fox. Aged 20 years and 6 niontt- The deceased enlisted in the 57th Regiment. ! V., in August, 1862, when but 17 years of age. im pelled by that patriotism and enthusiasm vl called so many of the youth of the nation to r '-' round the flag of the country. He followed | flag through many trials and privations, tint' ; capacitated from active service, lie was detail' hospital duty. In that capacity he served t.'- lU fully, until about the Ist of March lie again join his regiment. The disease undoubtedly contra ee in the hospital, seized upon him and la - taken to City Point, and died. His remains wc brought to this place, and committed to the gr- j jon Sunday last. He was an unusually bright :U 1 active boy, and around him were clustered the t \ ture hopes of his parents, sisters, and friends-' But no less than those who die upon the ba't ; field, his life was a sacrifice upon the altar ol b j country.
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