Ile H. EL PRAZIKR, Putaisher. VOLUME 11. guointoo giuttarg. JOHN BEAUMONT, VILL a mnia:Anal' Droner_ , Itennetetwer, et the old A known Wealth's thedlnyt Mee We. Tema made known wbak the work Is Ittought. Jeeop. Kant, IA 1811.5. Dn. G. Z. DIMOCK., DEMICITAN and MIMEOS, lINTROSS, Pa Mice on Cowin Wool. opposna ins B o Ma. Bout s wales Hotel. Illoatrato, February athlB2l.-lyp . XL :CRANDALL, - • ANII7ACITITRZEL or Listen.whoola.- Wool•wheelo, Wheel. 11.1. head; elodtatels, ad, Ike. woodOlog *me to team and tbe nested omer, tuning Shop and Wheel - la Barns' Foundry Bulkift, up estro. moatmee, Jaaaarr=h, 160.-tt a S. BENTLEY, JR, NOTAMY PUBLIC, MONTROSE.' mamas Admocatipmeut of Deed,. Mortzwea dm, for say Mate In the Crafted &1t . Peados Vouchers sad Payees,' ulcassescknosrledged bare him 400ot,reqtare the cartilksits GM" Clerk of the 001aS. Iloatrase,Jut.3. lea CHARLES HOLES, PCALEB, IN MOONS, W &Teri, AND =WILLEY Repatziautsue as . or pa, !Acc_rt _Wee nil nneffubla tams 3 7:3 tiTyl ii tit zro a . AM= ID Y. lb era own. - Da. s. k ELANDRIGEC, Ernacasir sae mason, res , toilets tili probe tlanalserdento the ettlams of and vicinity. OS in de ales of Dr. Leo. BoardsuJ. iloeford'i hierteseUlaatily 27.18611.41 _ W: SMITH, • Laths= OCIMMILOBAT LAW AnA Llama:Cl MIA sent. Office crrer Leen Drq dam L A aths= Depot Janang." MONTROSE, SUSQ. CO., PA., TUESD.A.Y, APRIL 25, 1865. 10th of February we moved to Johnson's Station, about twenty miles from Augusta. Lieutenant Pot ter, of our Regiment, on Gen. Klipatriek's Staff. led the advance with fifty men, Into Aiken, and subsequently drew back, as the bead of Wheeler's earthy Corps entered the town. Strong barricades wire at once made, and the let Brigade halted till the arrival of Gen Kilpatrick, with the other two Brigades. On the morning of the 11th, Gen. Kilpatrick moved out with the 2d Brigade, Brevet Brig. Gen. Atkins, leaving theist Brigade tinder command of COI. Jordan to bold the left of the barricades— Lieutenant Colonel Way commanding the 3d Brig., the right. General Kilpatrick advanced nearly into Aiken, when he was furiously attacked by Gen. Wheeler, and after a determined gaud was driven back In perfect route to the barricades, closely fol lowed by the enemy. With the greatest effort the 2fl Brigade was rallied, and took position behind the barricades, awaiting the advance of Wheeler, who was In large force, advancing cautiously in line of battle. The advance skirmished heavily with our skirmishers, when a charge was ordered by the enemy, and on they came. one whole division burled on the right of our line, engaging the Ist Brigade. On they came, up to the very barricades, and were repulsed with great slaughter. About this time a regiment of mounted men charged on our extreme lett, to capture our artillery, which had played havoc during the day. Two shells were planted In their melts and the line broke, when a squadron of the 9th Pa. charged and utterly routed the enemy. capturing several prisoners. The enemy then withdrew and we remained in bivouac tUI the 13th of Feb., when we moved back along the Railroad to Windsor, bearing to the left, and camping on the banks of the South Edisto. On February 14th we moved on the Augusta and Columbia road, bearing to the right, at(' camping nn the south Bank of the North Edisto. On the 16th we moved through Lexington Court House, camping two miles northwest, and within seven miles of Saluda river. Feb. 17th, moved on Colum bia road, crossing Saluda River. Feb. 19th, crossed Broad River. 20th, marched to Monticello, a quiet little village, where we found a flourishing Female Seminary, On the 22d moved to Ben, on the Co lumbia and Charlotte Railroad, destroying it, and on the 23d crossed the Wateree River at Midnight, midst rain and mud. Reached Lancaster after night fall of the 25th. March 3d, on Wadesboro road, entered the old Tar State." March 4th, skirmished with Wheeler throughout the entire day. Towards evening mov ed camp, pitching tents near Routes. About dusk the enemy made several charges, hut were handsom ly repulsed with considerable loss March sth, we broke camp, and moved to Morgan Post Office, and encamped until 9.30, p. m., when we moved to the Great Pee Dec River, awaiting the completion or pontoons, which were not ready until the 6th of March At 6p. m., the cavalry crossed, making four miles, and went into bivouac. March 7th, mov ed to Rockingham Court House, where one battal ion of the tith Pa. Cavalry engaged and routed five hundred of the enemy. March SRI, moved twenty miles, eamping at Deep Creek. Roads almost Impassable. oth, brake camp. making twenty miles, capturing four wagons, and Rebel 'Wintry forager& March 10th, the 3d Brigade and di.mcmoteli men, with Gen. Ktipatriek, wen rounded. The oontebt became a band to band of fair. Six Brigades of the enemy under the immedi ate command of Wade Hampton, attacked Kilpat rick's Headquartere, and were in the camps ere the men had awakened. The General and his Adjutant General barely escaped. mounted their horses with out bridles or saddles, in their night rlothes, and rallied the men. Colonel Spencer and Staff, of thr Sd'Briirade, were " caged" Ina house, under rebel guard, for some time_ The enemy were repulsed handsomely, leaving about eighty dead upon the field. His loss is estimated at eve or six hundred. including one Brigadier General wounded, several Colonels killed and wounded, besides many office:T. Of lower grade. Our loss was about two hundred in killed, wounded, and captured, Including Major Appel and Lieutenant Myers of the 9th Pa. Cavalry, commanding dismounted men. March 16th, broke camp, and moved through Fay. etteville, and crossed the Cape Fear River on pon toons. Moved twelve miles and went Into, camp. having skirmished with the enemy during the latter part of the day. On tile morning of the 16th of March, the lot Brigade having the advance, moved out from camp a few miles, and at once struck the skirmish line of Hardee's Infantry Corps. The fish Indiana and 2(1 Kentucky Cavalry, opened the fight with Hardee's Infantry. Two hours afterwards the 9th Pa. was en gaged, and fought with unequalled bravery, actuall' driving the Rebel infantry through an almost impas sable swamp. The enemy charged several times and only once succeeded in dislodging our line. But the ground was soon afterwards reocenpied,and our cav alry, (let Brigade) held the position until noon, when the 20th Corps came up and relieved us, when we took position upon the extreme right flank, and while mounted advanced upon a line of Rebel in fantry, and succeeded in routing them. The loss in the 9th Pa. Cavalry was 13 wounded, including Cap fain Elisha A. Hancock, of Wilkesbarre---a better and braver officer than whom never drew saber in defense of liberty. He fell wounded in the leg (since amputated) while gallantly advancing with the skirmish line, under a•heavy fire. Upon this oc ca ton, es for some time previously, he commanded a Battalion. SIX were killed, including Captain Boats, a brave and dashing officer, .who fell while rallying his company for a clnu - ge. The los , in the Brigade was upwards of one hundred in killed and wounded. Among the captures, was CoL Rhett, commanding a Brigade of South Carolina troops.— it will be remembered that this CoL Rbett was at one time Post Commandant at Charleston, S. C., and treated the Yankee prisoners most Inhumanly. The 2Ctb Corps captured five pieces of artillery and twe hundred prisoners. March 17th, broke camp, cromed Black River, making elg,tt miles. Pith, 31 Brigade charged by the enemy. Loss, one man wounded. The enemy were repulsed, and oar march unimpeded. Licet. Potter, 9th Pa., A. D. C. on Staff of Gee. Kilpat rick, captured in the engagement of 10th of March, came into our lines, having escaped faom the enemy eighteen miles from Weigh. March 19th, broke camp, and moved with the YAth Corps wagon-train, camping at 4 p. :m. Fighting with Hardee's and Longstreet'a men all day by one Division of the 14th Corps, which was relieved by the 20th Corps In the evening. The enemy charged several an ecesaive times, but were handsomely re pulsed with treat slaughter March 20th, manomyring troops, with heavy fighting by the 14th and 20th Corps. The cavalry operating upon the left !lark March 21st, skirmishing and some fighting upon the right. March 22d, Infantry moving out towards Golds boro. Cavalry in camp holding the rear. At 10, p. m., the regiment broke camp moving eight miles. The enemy having retreated undercover of thedark. ness of the :list. In this engagement General Joe • Johnston bad massed his torces,about 40,000 strong, With the detdrtaination of checking Gen. Sherman's march. The battle was desperately fought, end in a low and swampy countu—the enemy having choice pteltion; The rebel soldiery were dragged with whiskey, and were told that but one corps conrronted them. guarding our immense supply thin. In the battle of the 19th March, they made eevis.k4ccessive charges, coming up to our very . breastworks. .but were terribly slaughtered with grape and cannister, and our sharp shooters, and were each lime nspalsed. The enemy left many of • i their kiilbd upon the Odd, and eptorr4 tawdrai wounded fell into our hands. The loss of the ene my Is estimated at upwards of 8000—our loss was about one third of that number. Star h 3d, moved from Camp making ten milts and encamping at junction: of Clinton and Golds boro' roads. March 24th, reached camp at Mount Olive where we have since been encamped, thus ending a cam paign of fifty-six days, during which time H/Ipat rick's Cavalry was almost *lithe time in the saddle. The battle of the 16th Mulch, was a brilliant one for our cavalry, and the first time that an inferior force of cavalry ever engaged and defeated a largo ly superior force of infantry, thus showing conclu sively that Yankee Cavalry under good and bravo officers are equal In any contest to Rebel Infantry. Daring this entire campaign we have been outnum bered six to one by Wade Hampton and have won glorious victories from that noted Rebel leader.— We are now recruiting our energies, drawing cloth ing and preparing for that last campaign which shall bring our army *o the very gates of Richmond,' when the Citadel of treason must fall. Mount Olive Is twelve miles south of Goldsboro, on the Wil mington and Weldon Railroad. Here we have been reinforr_od by Schofield, and when we advance again the north may well have cause for exaltation Both officers and soldiers won bright laurels daring the campaign Just dosed; each vying with the oth er in their efforts to win a glorious name. We are proud to learn that our Colonel, (Thos. J. Jordon,)' is so well appreciated by the " powers that be,' that he has been confirmed as Brev. Brig. Gen. The last campaign proves well his claim to promotion— for while the other two Brigades have been worsted„ our Brigade, the " old First," has never been forced to retreat, or to yield a battle field. Lient.-Col. Kimmel also deserves attention for his gallant con duct upon more than one sanguinary field. I have already written at length, and have come to the end of my paper as I have probably of your patience, and must conclude. C W. SHERMAN, Veterinary Sorg., oth Pa. Cay. v: 4:4 xf i) wgitf ff:Ttigzivm -, Delivered in Washington. Tuesday Evening, April lith, to a Large Assemblage of Persons of Both Seim. We meet this evening not in sorrow, but in glad ness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insur gent army, give hopes of a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression cannot be restrained. In the midst of thin, however, He from whom all blessings flow must not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated. Nor must those whose harder part gives us the cause of rejoicing be overlooked. Their honors must not be pat celled out with others. I myself was near the front, and had the high pleas. are of transmitting much of the good news to you. But no part of the honor for plan or execution is mine. To Gen. Grant, his skillful officers and brave men, all belongs , __The gallant navy stood ready, but was not In reach lo take active part. By these recent successes the reinaugnration of the national authority—reconstntetion, which has had a share of thought from the first—is [pressed much more closely upon oar attention. It Ls fraught with great difficulty Unlike a war between Independent nations, there Is no organized organ for us to treat with. No one man has authority to give up the re bellion for any other man. We must simply begin with and mould from disorganized and discordant elements. Nor is It a small additional embarniss- meld that we, the loyal people, differ among our selves as to the mode, manner and measure of re eonstruction. as a general stile, I...abstain from not provoked by that to which I cannot prop erly offer an answer. In spite of this precaution, however, it comes to my knowledge that I am much censured for some supposed agency in setting np and seeking to sustain the new State Government of Louisiana. In this I have done just so much and no mom than the public knows. In the annual message of December, 1863, and the accompanying procla mation, I presented a plan of reconstruction, as the phrase goes, which I promised It adopted by any State, would be acceptable to and sustained by the Executive Government of the nation. I distinctly ,tested that this was not the only plan which might, possibly, be acceptable; and I also distinctly protest ed that the Executive claimed no right to say when or whether members should be admitted to seats in Congress from such States. This plan was In ad vance submitted to the then Cabinet, and approved ny every member of it. One of them suggested that I should then and in that connection apply the Emancipation Proclamation to the theretofore ex cepted parts of Virginia and Louisiana, that I aho'd drop the suggestion about apprenticeship for freed oeople, and that I should omit the protest against my own power in regard to the admission of mem acre of Congress. But even he approved every part and parcel of the plan which has since been employ .-t 1 or tonehed by the action of Louisiana. The new Constitution of Louisiana declaring emancipation for the whole State, practically applies the procla mation to the part previously , excepted. It does not adopt apprenticeship for freed people, and is silent, is It could not well be otherwise, about the admis sion of members to Congress. 8o that as it applied to. Loulaiana every member of the Cabinet fully ap• proved the plan. The message went to Congress. ind I received many commendations of the plan, written and verbal, and not a single objection to it from any professed emancipationist came to my knowledge, until after the news reached Washing ton that the people of Louisiana had begun to move in accordance with it. From about July, 1869, I had corresponded with different persona supposed to be interested In seeking a reconstruction of a State Government for Louisiana When the mes .age of 186 i, with the plan before mentioned, reach ed New Orleans, Gen. - Flanks wrote me that he was confident that the people, with his military cooper ation, would reconstruct substantially on that plan. I wrote to him and some of them to try it They tried it, and the result is known. Such has been ,my only agency In getting up the Louisiana Govern ment. As to sustaining it, my promise is out, as before stated . But as had promises am broken than kept, I shall treat this as a bad promise and break it whenever I shall be convinced that keeping it is adverse to the public interest, but I have not yet been so convinced. I have been shown a letter on this subject, sup posed to be an able one, In which the writer expres ses regret that my mind has not seemed to be defi nitely fixed on the question, whether the seceded States, so called, are In the Union, or out of It. It would, perhaps, add astonishment to his regret were he to learn that since I have found professed Union men endeavoring to answer that same ques tion, I have purposely forborne any public expres sion upon it. As appears to me that question has not been, nor yet is a practically material one, and that any discussion of it while it thus remains prac- Gently immaterial, could have no effect other than the mischievous one of dividing our friends. As yet, whatever it may become, that question la bad as the basis of a controversy, and good for nothing at all—a merley pernicious abstraction. We all ogre .: that the seceded States, so called, are out of their proper practical relation with the Union, and that the sole object ot the government, civil and military, in regard to those States, 14 to again get them Into their proper practical relation. I believe that it Is not only possible hat, in fact, easier to do this without deriding, or even considering whether those States have ever been out of the Union, than with it. Finding themselves safely at home, it wo'd be utterly Immaterial whether they had beenabroad. Let ns all join In doing the acts necessary to restore the proper practical relations between those States and the nation, and each forever after innocently in dulge his own opinion whether in doing the acts he brought the States from without into the Union, or only gave them proper assistance, they never having been out of it. Ihe amount of constituency, so to speak, on which - the Louisiana Government rests, would be more satisfactory to all if it contained re or 50000, or even ta),000, instead of 12,000, as it does. It is also unsatisfactory to some Gestate elective franchise la not given to the colored man.— I would myself prefer that it were now conferred on the very intelligent, and on those who serve our cause as soldlem. Still the question is not whether the Louisiana Government, y as it stands is quite all that is drsdrable. • The question Is, will It be wise to take it as it is, and help to Improve it, or to reject and disperse ? Can Louisiana be brought Into pro per practical relation with the Union sooner by sus- Mining or discarding,her new State Government ? Some twelve thousand voters In the heretofore slave State of Louisiana have sworn allegiance to the ri,..ir Union, assumed to be the 'Y Attest power of the State, hold elections, organ a State Govern ment, adopted a Free State Co Mullen, - giving the benefit of public schools equal y to black and white and empowering the Legislature to confer the elect ive franchise neon the colored man. This Leeds. lose has already voted to ratify the Constitutional amendment recently passed by Congress, abolid slavery throughout the nation. These twelWtwelveUull sand people are thns fullcommittO to the Union* and to perpetuate freedom in the Stare; committed to the very things, and nearly all things, the mien wants, and they ask the nation'srecognition and its 'ls-4514nes W illia s Pell this ... .. IfPir if VI FRE reject and sspp them, we do our utmost to direr gni= anit them. We in fact say to the white Mart you are worthless, or worse; we will neither helpytm, nor be helped by you. To the blacks, _we say: This cap of , liberty, which these, your ol d'tars, held to your BM we will dash from you, and leave you to the- chances of gather. beg the spilled and scattered contents, In some vammand Undefined when, where, and how. If this course, discouraging and paralyzing both white and bhck, has any tendency to bring Louisiana into pro practical relations wit the Union, I have so far unable to perceive it. If, on the contrary, we mover:dee and sustain the new Government of Lot:Li/dans, the converse as all this is made true. " • encourage the beasts and nerve the arms of 12, 11 to adhere to their work, and argue for it, and pros elyte for it, and tight for it, and lied I% and grow it, and ripen it to a complete success. Tie color ed man, too In seeing all united for him, is inspired with vigilance, and energy, and daring to the same end. cGlrant that be desires the elective franchise, will he not attain it sooner by saving the already ad vanced steps toward it, than by running backward over them? Concede that the new government of Louisiana is to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl, we stall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg, than by smashing it [Laughter.] Again, if we reject Louisiana we also reject one vote to fa vor of the proposed amendment to the National Constitution. To meet this proposition it has been argued that no more than three-fourths of those States which have not attempted secession are ne cessary to validly ratify the amendment. Ido not commit myself against this farther than to say, that such a ratification would he questionable, and sore to be persistently questioned, while a ratification by three•lburtte of all the States would be unquestion ed and nn questionable. I repeat the question. Can Louisiana be brought into proper practical relation with the Union sooner by sustaining or by discard ing her new State Government? What has been said of Louisiana will apply to other States. And vet so great peculiarities pertain to each State, and such Important and sudden changes occur in the same State, and withal en new and unprecedented Is the whole case, that no exclusive and Inflexible plan can be prescribed as to details and collaterals. Such exclusive and inflexible plan would surely become s new entanglement Important principles may and must be Inflexible. In the present situation, as the ph r ases goes, it may be my duty to make some new nctuneemeast to the people of the South. I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper. The President, during the delivery of the above speech, was frequently Interrupted by applause, and on Its conclusion, in the midst of the cheering, the band struck up a patriotic air, when he bowed and retired. CAPT. liceOWANB A000U&T Or THE AB SABBINATION. The following account of Capt. Theodore McGow an, A. A. G. to Gen. Augur, may be implicitly relied upon as a correct version of the assassination of Mr. Lincoln : WASHINGTON D. C., Aprill•ith, 1885, "On the night of Friday, April 14th, 1865, In ; company with a friend I went to Ford's theater.— Arriving there Just after the entrance of President Lincoln and the party accompanying him, my friend, Lieut Crawford, and I, after viewing the N Presidential party from the opposite side of the dress circle, went to the right aide, and took seats In the passage above the seats of the dress circle, and , about five feet from the door of the box occupied by President Lincoln. During the performance, the attendant of the President came and took the chair nearest the door. I eat, and had been sitting, about fonr feet to his left and rear, for some time. r I remember that a man, whose face I do not dis tinctly recollect, passed me and inquired of one sit ting near who the President's messenger was, and learning, exhibited to him an envelope, apparently official, having a printed heading and superscribed in a bold band. I could not read the address, and did not try. I think now it mat uwant for Lieut.-Gee. Grant. That man went away. Some time after 1 was disturbed in my scat by the approach ha i r man who desired to pass up th aisle hag my ci forward, be passrci me; ana steppea one step down upon the level below me. He stood, as I remember, one step above the messenger, and remained perhaps one minute apparently looking at the stage and orchestra below. Then he drew a number n 1 visiting cards from his pocket, from which, with some attention, he drew or selected one. These things I saw distinctly. I saw him stoop, and, I think, descend to the level with the messenger, and by his right side He showed the card to the messenger, and as my attention was then more closely fixed upon the play, I do not know whether the card was carried In by the messenger, or his consent given to the entrance of the man who presented it. I saw, a few moments after, the same man enter the door of the lobby leading to the box and the door closing behind him. This was seen because I could not fail, from my position, to ob serve It; the door side of the proscenium box and the stage were all within the direct and oblique lines of my sight. How long I watched the play after entering Ido not know. It was, perhape, two or three minutes, possibly four. The house was perfectly still, the large audience listening to the dialogue between " Florence Trenchard" and " May Meredith," when the sharp report of a pistol rang through the house. It was apparently fired behind , scenes, on the right of the stage. Looking toward It and behind the Presidental box, while It startled all, It was evidently accepted by everyone in the theater as an introduction to some new passage, several of which had been Interpolated In the early part of the play. A moment alter a man leaped from the front of the box directly down nine test on the stage and ran rapidly across it, bare-headed, holding an unsheathed dagger in his right hand, the blade of which bashed brightly in the gaslight as he came within 10 feet of the opposite rear exit. I did not see his face as- he leaped or ran, but I am con vinced that ho was the man I saw enter. As be leaped be cried distinctly the motto of Sernper Tyrannis." The hearing of this and the eight of the dagger explained fully to ale the nature of the deed he had committed. In aninstant he had disappeared behind the side scene. Coaster nation seemed for a moment to rivet every one to his seat, the next moment confusion reigned su preme. I saw the features of the man distinctly be tore be entered the box, having surveyed him con temptuously before he entered, supposing him to be an 111-bred fellow Who was pressing a hellish mat ter upon the President in his hours of leisure. The assassin of the President is about five feet nine and a half inches Melt black hair, and I think eyes of the same color He did not turn his face more than quarter front as artists term it. His Ince was ' smooth, as I remember, with the exception of a moustache of common size, but of this I am not , positive. He was dressed in a black coat, approxi ; mating to a dress frock, dark pacts, and wore a I stiff-rimmed, flat-topped, round crowned black hat of felt, I think. He was a gentlemanly looking per ''. eon, having no decided or obtruding mark. He seemed for a moment or two to survey the house with the deliberation of an habitue of the theater. y:i:~~:~r:M~i~~:Y~i~):~~Sl:\:~;)r~ WAsarrivrorr, April lath, 186 S. It was some weeks since ascertained from person- ' al friends of the late President that he had received I several private letters warning him that an attempt would probably be made upon his life, but to these he did not seem to attach much, if any importance. It has always been thought that he was not soft'. I ciently metal of his individual safety, especially In his late visit to Virginia. It Is known that on frequent occasions be would start from the Executive Mansion to the Soldiers' Home, without the Amid cavalry escort, but the latter often hurried and overtook him before he had proceeded far on his Journey. It has always been understood that this escort was accepted try him only on the importunity of friends, as a matter of precau tion. The President before retiring to bed would, when important military events were pressing, visit the War ftepartment, generally passing over dark intervening grounds everrat late hours. On re . tied occasions, and after the warning let ters ha. been received, several close and Intimate Mends armed for the emergency, were careful that he should not continue his visits without their com pany. For himself the President seemed to have no fears. The above facts have heretofore been known to the writer of this telegram, bat for prudential reasons he has not stated them till now. As every thing pertaining to the last hours of the President must be interesting to thepublic, th e following In cidents of the last day of his life have been obtain ed from Emend sources: Efts son, Captain Robert Lincoln, breakfasted with him on Friday morning, having just retnrned from the capitulation of Lee, and the President passed a happy listening to ha details. While et break fast hheard that Speaker Colfax was In the house, and sent word that he wished to sec hint immediate ly in the reception room. Ile conversed with Mr. Colfax nearly an hour about his future policy as to the rebellion, which he was about to submit to the Cabinet. Afterwards he had an Interview With Mr. Hale, Minister to Spain. At eleven his Cabinet and General Grant met with hips, and in one or the most satisfactory and import ant t o tbint eetings held since his first inaugum ittiOn,hefuure policy of the administration was harmoniou M ary anionslya,greed on. When it adjourned Stanton said he felt that the floverrrment was stronger than at any previous pe riod once the rebellion tommmenced. in the after- Ron be had 444; and plailapt totem), wttb (fey, NNE= BEM Oglesby, Senator Yates and other leading citizens of his State. In the evening Mr. Colfax calledagain at his request, and Mr. Ashman, of Mrussaehnsetta, who presided over the Chicago Convention of ISCO, was present. To them he spoke of his visit to Rich mond, and when they stated there was mush linens! news at the North whiles he was at the rebel capita, for fear that some rebel might shoot at him, he re plied Jocularly, that ho would have been alarmed himself If any other person had been President and bad gone there, but he did not feel In any danger whatever. Conversing on a matter of business with Mr. Ash man, he made a remark that he saw Mr. Ashman was surprised at, and imxnedlateiy, with his well boown kindness of heart, said " You did not under stand me, Ashman; I did not mean what you infer, and will take it all back and apologize for IL" He afterwards rave Mr. Ashman a card to admit him self and friend early the next morning, to converse further about ft —the tad writing of his iffe. Turning to Mr. Colfax he said, " You are going with Mrs. Lincoln and I to the theater, 1 hope,"- but Mr. Colfax had other engagements, expecting to leave the City the next morning. He then said to Mr Colfax, "Senator Sumner has the gavel of the Confederate Congress, which he got at Richmond to hand to the Secretary of W.r, but I In sisted then that he must give It to von, and you can tell him for me to hand it over." Mr. Ashman alluded to the gavel which ho still had which he used at the Chicago Convention, and the President and Mrs. Lincoln, who was also In the parlor, rose to go to the theater. It was half an hour after the time they had intended to start and they spoke about waiting half an hour longer, for the President went with reluctance, as General Grant, who had been advertised as welt as himself to be there, had gone North, and he did not wish the people to he dlsaprointed. At the door ho stopped and said, "Colfax, do not forget to tell the people In the mining regions, as you pass through them, what I told you this morn ing about development when peace comes, and I will telegraph you at San franelseo." lie shook hands with both gentlemen with a pleasant good bye and left the Executive Mansion never to return. • • L kIUE.!I=U,= The Star extra says:—Developments have been made within the put twenty-four hours, showing conclusively the existence ot a deep plot on the part of a gang of conspirators, Including members of the Knights of the Golden Circle,to murder Presi dent Lincoln and his whole Cabinet. We have ma son to believe that Segretary Seward received, sev eral months knee, a. Intimation from Enrope that something of a very desperate character was to trans pire at Washington, and It Is more than probable that the Intimation bad reference to the plot of as sassination. John Wilkes Booth is the third min born in Amer ica of the eminent Englith tragedian, Junius Brut. , Booth, whose strange career abroad and In the United States, whose alternate eminence and obscu rity, and whose remarkable gifts as an actor are fully remembered at this day by the theatrical com munity, although be has been dead nearly 13 years. The quieter part of his life in this country was passed upon his farm in Harford County, some 30 miles distant from Baltimore, Maryland, and here, we believe, his children, several sons and daughters, wen, born. The oldest daughter died at an early age. The first son, J. B. Booth, Jr., has been for many years a popular actor, recently appeared, in connection with his brothers, in a performance of "Julius Cwaar" at the Winter Garden Theater. The second son, Edwin Thomas Booth, is the distin. ished and universally esteemed tragedian. John Wilkes—named after the British statesman, from whom the elder Booth's mother was lineally de scended—is the third; and a fourth, Joseph, not as sociated with the theatrical profession, is at present residing In some one of the Southern States. Mr. Booth's oldest surviving daughter is the wife of the well-know comedian Mr. John S. Clark. Ilia widow. with other daughtenveeldt.s with Mr. Edwin Booth, in New York. The life and career of John Wilkes Booth, who is as a profession in teSd, making; ids first appearance in Philadelhia- Since then hdhlayed several "star" and "stock"engagements, mostly In Southern and Western cities, with considerable success. His act ing is said to have been mainly characterized by ex treme impetuosity, violence and extravagance, al though not wanting at times in true end earnest feeling which is an attribute of the whole family. He has once or twice appeared before New York audiences, but with only moderate success. It is stated that he has been personally very popular with Macaw-lutes; a fact which his determined dis union sentiments would not be likely to contradict, the vast majority of actors in this country, North and South, beteg either avowed or covert friends of the rebellion. Ina hatdts, we are told, were alway* extremely irregular, and his dissipation so execs sive as to interfere with his progresa in his proles - Mon; which, indeed, he virtually abandoned about a year ago, having since devoted himself to specula tions in the oil stocks of Pennsylvania Wilkes Booth has always privately appeared a courteous, Intelligent and decorous young man, reserved and sedate except when stimulated by in toxication or clash of partisan controversy, at which time his violence passed all hounds. We are assured that a rupture occurred not long since between him and his brother Edwin, who refused longer to coun tenance Wilkes's folly and madness, and perempto rily forbade his presence at the family home. The incidents of the assassinatien have already been given in detail, with eumclent accuracy. Up to the present moment It is said that Wilkes Booth has evaded pursuit. It Is not even positively known whether he left Washington at all. The best in- formed authorities are of opinion that it he escaped from the city, his emirse was towards the tipper 1., tomac which he might have crossed, near Lee... burgh. In this event, or in ease of his having reached the mountains near Harper's Ferry, it is possible that a long delay may intervene before hi- , seizure is accomplished. We learn from Boston that Edwin Booth, who had Just terminated an engagement there, lute de clared In his grief and affliction that he will abandon his public career forever. There will be no occasion for such action. No community would be so cruel ly unjust as to allow the stigma of Wilkes Booth's crime to tarnish the fame of so true and loyal a citi zen as Edwin Booth. The intended engagement at the Winter Garden, which was to have commenced In a few weeks, will doubtless he relinquished; but Edwin Booth's friends will not consent to his shar ing the odium or disgrace which must be visited up on his wretched anti unworthy brother. 4knot4ro'zitOm:100)00: 1 :4 1 /21MPiljt91iNgri Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, was born In Raleigh, North Carolina, on the nth of December, 1008, and Is consequently In the fifty seventh year of his age. Ills family were In Indi gent circumstances, and could atfori him no advan tages of education, but natural energy and ability surmounted every obstacle, and compassed his eins cation to the bizti position he now holds. So straitened were the pecuniary circumstances of his parents that the subject of our sketch was, nt the early age of ten, apprenticed to a tailor, at which trade ho worked until 1t325, When he removed to Greenville (Tenn..) which, up to the outbreak 01 the Rebellion, was tile permanent place of residence. In BM, when but 22 years of age, Mr Johnson was elected Mayor of Greenville, and serving with much acceptability to his constitnenta, was sent to the. State Legislature in 153.3. In 1E4.1 he was chosen top a seat In the State Senate. Before the expiration of his term of office, Mr. Johnson was elected to a seat in Congrme, and thus was inaugurated to a public career which has ealminaffsi in his elevation to a position where he wields the destinies of a nation In his Lands For ten years he held a seat in the National Legit , - ' Ware, by successive re elections, and discharged his duties with fidelity to his constituents, to his State and to the country. In 1853 he resigned his eon groesional seat to accept the nomination of his par ty for Governor of Tennessee. After a moat excit ing contest, he was clinkn by a large majority, and In 11355 was re-elected. At the expiration of his Gubernatorial tent Mr. Johnson was elected to tho United States Senate for a lull term of six years. In that, Important position he displayed business capabilities of a high order, and took rank among the leading members of that body, which then ranked among its statesmen a Seward, a Douglas, and is Crittenden. It was not, however, until the opening of the second session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, in December, PJGD, that Mr 4 Johnson's abilities were fully displayed. The Secession majority in that body were bold and insolent. Benjamin, Wigfall, Jeff. Davis, Muster, and a lost of lesser lights, openly flaunted their treason th the Senate Chamber. But Gin lion-hearted Tennessee Unionist was not dismayed. In three 411CC6C3i7e. speeches, Place first gave aim his national reputation, tee demonstrated the utter lallecy of the doctrine of Secession, and declared that Union should be preserved, pee early if it could, forcibly it It must. An extract from a speech, delivered by him on the day of the final ad journment. of Con grew , when treason was rampant and loyalty was below tor in Washington, has about It so much of true ring, and is so appropriate at the present day, that we cannot retrain from quoting it herewith,se It appeared in the official Congressional delotes In the Gin& : "When I was Interrupted, Mr. President, I was making a. general allusion to treason, as defined In the Cdrostitullon of the United Stoie and to ti4ooo fir''' ,~~'~+,t>:;a~.> ~i;:K r=.r..~; Itilli!IIIIIII 02.00 per onninni s , An advance. THE BOOTH FAMILY. NUMBER 17. who were traitors and guilty of treason within the scope and meaning of the law and the Constitution. My proposition web th if they wonid.thow mei who werogodity of the dof f enses I have an d I would show them , who were this tfli ton being done, were I the President of the United with s A , ar owMa k do uTh w om as a charged s o w n i a h d m n. r would have them tried for the bums, and, if con victed, by he Eternal God, they gourd gaffer Me= ally of the tan at Me hand a $Me orandkawr.. i son mast be punished, and the extent and depth of tba offense be wade known." In 1863 Senator Johogon accepted the position of Military Governor of renames, the morrow and. responsible duties of whle t k he most gatisfactorily discharged up fo the dato of his tatiguisttm is Vico•Prealdent 011 the 4th of Much A GOOD STORY. . A Scents. Lady Marries • Union Oficeey out of acreage. A friend has forwarded to us a Naahvill Mon, containing the following story, by a correspondent. In forwarding this missive, ' whims is sent from Decatur, Alabama, the writer GOP :•—+ Please tell your lair readers who hold shares In the ondergnonnd mail line to Dixie to be a little mons .arefol with their carriers. One of them was cap. tared near Decatur, last week, who had quite earl go of rose-ecented and gilt•edged missives and bill let deaux In his possession, many of which are tmi fortunately doomed to waste their sweetness on thd hard hearted Provost MarsbaL I give a true copy of one of the lot, and quite a spicy epistle it Tell Marie that the Provost, In the fellness of hid heart, has eent the original to brother Tom, ae4 that he hopes for this act of gallantry to r...ve Invitation to the wedding, as also a number of good looking festive boys, who have no objection to be married to somebody on patriotic principles. Nester a, Jan. 29th, 1883. Dearneorner Tom :—I wrote you some six mouths ago, and feel quite uneasy about you, as not a And has reached me ahem your letter last June. I now repeat to you that madam and things about here are getting worse every day. You will be astonish. cd to hear that your blends of the female denenal. nation we dropping off every day. Yes, dropping. too, as willing victims, Into the arms of the nth. less Invader. Just think of It! Motile. the frown. qucrable, who used to parade that Beanregard breastpin, and who need to sing " my Maryland," with so mach pathos, was mantled soMe four months ago to a Federal with, but one bar on his shoulder. Batlle l who used to sleep with the " Bonnie Blue Flag" under her pillow, who looked daggers and pistols at the Invaders, who would not speak to her schoolmates N and C.—, be cause they received and treated Federal officers with due politeness, she too, Is gone—pas, married to a Federal with two bars. Sue, the historical one, who carried that glittering stiletto In her belt, who was going to imitate Charlotte e.onlay, and assassinate somebody for her country's sake, she too, has gone the way of all flesh, and married an officer with that detestable eagle on his shoulder. And now pull out your handkerchief, and prepare for the worst, my poor brother Tom. Your old sweetheart Anna, the one to whom you 'dedicated your sweetest verses, and whose melodlcom voice so often mingled with yours In days of yore, who de fied both Generals and Corporals, and the whole 15th Army Corps, who was first sent South and then North, but upon whose rebellious temperament no climaterial change could have the least Influence, she, too, has hauled down the Stars and Bars, and Is about to surrender at discretion. I should not have believed this, but to convince myself I passed her house the other night with a gentleman who pro tects us during your absence, on purpose to find out her political sentiments from her musical pro gramme. Take it like a man, Tom ! for I must tell you that I beard very distinctly the words of " Bally Baud the Flag," and the " Union Forever," sung in her beat style, with a glorious tenor voice rolegllog with It. Poor brother Tom! Yon know I considered her alway the very Gibralter of the South, and now r u th e r s tWardlAri o ithat the Corded as perhaps It may not 6e tcro favorable change in your favor. Tell the in Dixie, if they do not return soon they will not, tied a Smile girl or widow below conscript age In these rmAs as the watchword now seems to be Sours g.tp;ttt, which means " Marry who can." My vinciples are unchanged, and lam as true to the South as ever. We have a captain boarding with 118, "merely by way of protection, who appears to be ra ther a clever fellow for a YederaL He takes a sly glance at me at table sometimes, but of cones I do not return it. Yon know me too well for that— Let me hear from you soon, and believe m=l Your loving sister, P. R. L Do yon think it would be a violation of my Southern principle. to take an occasional ride for my health with thetaptain ? He has niche nice horse and buggy. Yon know there can be no pos sible harm in that. . . . I'. B U. That Impudent fellow actually squeezed my hand as he helped me out of the bum this eve ning. We had such a deligh tful ride. I want You to come home and prate me, Tom, as Ido not want to live this way mu longer. P. B. IEL If ever 1 should marry a Yankee, (but you know my principles too well for that,) I would do it merely as the humble Instrument to avenge the wrongs of my poor oppressed country. Little peace should he find by day or night; thorns sho'd be planted in his couch; his dreams should be of Holofernes, and my dry goods bill as long as the Internal Revenue Law. P. S. IV. Come home, brother Tom, and take the amnesty oath for two months or thereabout . I want to tell you a secret. On due consideration 1 have come to the determination to make it martyr of mysell ! Yes, brother Tom. lam going to marry on patriotic principles. Yours truly, L'lrteololo2. A STAFF OFIVERS ADVESTOBS. • The army correspondent of the Boston Adesitiatr, sus: ' One Union staff officerbite an intense? story to tell of his personal experie nce In Saturd ays battle. Hearing the bustle an musketry fire in e early morning, he mounted his hone and rode out towards Fort Steadman to see what was going for ward. Ho had not proceeded far from hie quarters when he met an Irregular and confused crowd of men hastening in from the outer line of our defen ces. Supposing them of course to be Union strag gler), he rode up to them and ordered a halt. The men seemed to mind Ws adJundlotus very little, and he loudly denounced them as cowards, and urged them by every argument ho could conjure up to re turn to their places in the front. Presently one of the throng seized the Union officer's bridle and ordered him to dismount, emphasizing the com mand by an ominous gesture with a revolver. It took our hero sometime toeomprehendhis position, and .to see In the dim dawn light that the regiment which surrounded him was really a force of rebels. It was not until the command was three times re peated, that ho dismounted. His horse, a valuable animal,wao sent to the rear by his captor,who tho ug h himself an officer, searched the pockets of his neer, and confiscated his watch, money, gloves. and cloak. The rebel highwayman finally ordered our friend to take off his boots. This was carding the thing too far, and the Union officer refused to grfe up his boots, (teetering that ho would fight Best. The freebooter said perhaps ho had made enough out of ono man, and detailed nsergeant and live men to take the prisoner into the rebel works. " The Major proceeded quietly with his guard for some distance, but before reaching Fort Steadman entered Into an argument with them as to the folly of going back to rebellion now that they bad so good an opportunity to escape from It. He insisted that their success In piercing our line was merely temporary, and assured them that they would be treated kindly if they gave themselves up. So good were the Major's arguments, and so persuasive his eloquence, that before the little party reached Fort Steadman they unanimously and voluntarily faced about and marched into one lines. The !Nor, be reft of his worldly posse'elono, but proud In the consciousness of thud victory, hauled the line, and the Biz repentant rebels, with their muskets In their hands, followed him submissively to headquarters." kTlill il./A.igWv w !I The Army and EinyJotrrnal makes the following statement as to the present march of the Genersl whom the rebels have soMetimes accused et recall's. tion : •• The conquest of the Carolinas wee deliberately tanned. It was no experiment, no lucky hit, no sequel of the enemy's • plan of concentratlett. • The. opeulug of the base of lgewbern, and the lineof sop. ply by way of the Nenee and Atlantic and North c A rollua Railroad, and even the advance on Kings ton end Goldsboro, were projected before Sherman set out from:Eavantati. Ile himself dab:tett, dully cd at Fayetteville that hie astonishing 600 - Mile match had beat conducted, almost without swerv ing, elong the path sketched out by him at the out. act." "Three contiguous States then will each bus On% tlished a triple triumph for the laurels of the army led by Showano--three capitals, Milledgeville,Celum bla and Weigh ; three railroad junctions of the highest Importance, Atlanta, tioltunbis and Golds boro three chid coastwise titles and seaports, lle• vannah, Charleston nrot Wilmington. Surely none of theeleter Staten co complain that unevAlltterpo flop hiss beep eliqvria GeV OUP of wt.", ' MI - ' ..,`