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 Jana<ef'ls. 7B6l.
H. Buramrr,
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Stoves..thla.ami Th gall cc loota elcek W ard"re.
d okS ran. Buzao nxedeZni.rothic., c. bro Hats
New zi Word, Pa., Axil 11,1864.4 f
m S. R. SATRE & BROTH:Mk
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ANUFACTUBLES of 11131Ciatin cri, e4Into All kin&
1.11 Mo, Tlnsadetheetfron Warn, Valli Imp
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of
lasumte,
tio9es. 3,113454.
BILLINGS STROUD, •
EVRZ AND U 7 MERTRAPOE AGENT. 0211ce to lAA
r ma's bralffig, ant end of BA* Black. la Ma abeam bud
taw at the offlce will be Mantled by C. L. Brom.
ktoutrom Petaiary I.lBA4—tf
-I. D. VAIL, M. D.,
trOMZOPATHIO PHYSICILUV. nu permanently Welded
PA himself 12 Montrone, Pa, ohm be .111 tly attend lo
CI alb In Ida profbalon era abla be may tee)re. OM*
and Fodder= West of the Court Honsa near daltelea.
Mamma Feb:4ol, 1864.-Oci.O. Mat.
A. 0. WARREN,
A 'MANL AT .IAW_,LIOCHTT. BACK PAT mid PEN
4A. SI C L AIM *GANT. AB PeurAn Claims cartfoilly yror
room formeriy —ookapied by Dr :. van. 12W. B.
Ki n A boiklbm. below Searle" Ham.
•
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& & ROBERTSON,
mostrificrincia of
Ps.
if o o Strisl. o.rsaMaatross sEcomr.steo.
Oweg.
liontrou, innssly 16. 18544 f
GRARLE3 MORRIS,
FASHIONABLE SASSES and HAIR DIIISSINI, ant T.
B. Weeml. Sloe Stan. Kaatrate. [Wet:MUM& Ithatropoolata
Maytag, mu) iirlilelter Coloring dime to the Itzsr STILE. .1.6.
d Ha EmMorn Dro
M ha , he 6 m.4arlt &WWI= FASHION.
LEWIS KERBY & IL BACON,
llr NEP
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n 0 02F iC TIO a N na T a ß ly l E o S r .
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!on to bush= and Wrenn dmi.tlity hope to :merit the liberal
patronage oaths public. An OYSTER and EATING SALOON lc
Batched to the °roam Warn blvalais, acason, an. served in ta
ut.
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that the tuna lathe Wale lietownter
the old Mott Onxery eland, an Main Street.ehm the P
almanac, Nov. 17.1w3—mcb1.468—tf
Da. CALVIN C. HALSEY,
IDIETKOLLN AND AIIROZON,AND lELANINING EUN
OZON for PIDISIONZES. Oleo* aver Meals?* of J.Lycaa
Iklo o tAhlicu at Me. Eiberldoes.
D. A. BALDWIN,
Ookaty,
AOt TTORNEY AT LAWGa a li as Peagl na on. Ba= l 3. aak Back NM
Great Bead, Tradatartatitt y
BOYD & WEBSTER,
sums in Stone, Stove Pipe, Tin, Colijpee, and Sheet
SY iron Ware; also, Window Sash. Pawl Dams. Wiadow
allude. Lath, Pine Lumber ,_and all Imohi or Dalldreg Materials
Tin Shop smith of' Searles Hotel, and Carped= Shop near the
Marra..., Pa.. Jaamary 1. 1/161L-IS
DR. JOHN W. COBB,
RTSIGLIN lad 81713.131:01e. nemeettolly tender. eh meet=
P
to tee either. of So no. Camay. Elsvlng MP about •
peer'•• expeatecce le the Bute Asmyou Sturran,especial
Meats° erlll be Um OICAL OPATIONS.
CP' Hand.. on -. • -. Eau ofJ. S. Tartlet'', Hotel.
Idattrow, Sup. Om June 22.1843.-tt
Da. LLIA.M. W. SMITH,
SITRO7o DENTIST. Oflam over the Batalna
(Moe of Coo a Co. Al Deota/ O
to nL o,u good raDoll arlll be lLd e
and
worm:alo. P ova tore sA
Mouroms. Jaooary 1. 1131:4.—tf
B. J. ROGERS,
11/1.1f07.6.0701011, of all deserlptlons °MAG.
al OTitl, 01,BRUGES. SLEIGHS, dm. to the
bevatyle of Wlrkmaroshlp end of the best materials,
at the well known Rand of E. H. ILOGEIU3, a few nub cut
of Seine's How to Elontrosawhem he wll he t.PP7 to rt.
Wee the calls of all who want ssYttalli In ... Me-
Moutrope, J one t.. ißea—t!
BALDWIN & ALLEN,
DLUXES In FLOUR, Bait. Pork, nth, Lard. Grain, Feed
Candies. Clover and Timothy Seed. Al. GROCRIES.
wt. as Suzara, Molasses, Syrops, - Tes and CodEee. Wean aide cd
ratak averse, one door below J. =widget.
Montrose, January 1. 1864.-G
Da. G. W. BEACH,
HYSICIA.N AND 81TILOZON. baying permanently beat=
P
MoreeP or Brooklyn Center. Pe. tender. els proaarelemal see
ea. to Me =me of floun, ce terms ecemnemmr
ase vat tlares. flamp the °Zee of ty the lain Dr. 8. Blotard
ca end beards o Mn. Illobardeon'e.
Bonen Cream. Pa. Jane 6.1564.4 Y
F. B. WEEKS,
IDBAOTICAL BOOT AHD SHOE KAMM: go Dealer
&Ku. Sham Lesther, and Bboe Ftallnins. 17.0=doas
ea. mamma an dlapateh. Two docasabove
liontrue, January 1. 1856-2 f
JOSEPH RICE,
Mel ITYLOTIfftlal and DULLS In CHAYELF
aN (Nbinee Wm Shop fon: antes east of 14w Slatfor
Borough
Ac. Milford. Oda= 1.1819.41
Dits. PATRICK & GARDNER,
P a SDNANS &ND BUR ZONE, will attend tatt&tally sr&
rc punctually to all burthouttutt may entreated te LIMN CM
ten. ematnewntrnsa ICU Dbe
i1e411•2 and eleferadiek
c: the EY E. Surgical optratlons,ind all Burgt...l Dlnessespartam
nrly ecteeeed to. Office over Webb's non. OffichA TßlCKa orafra, r.,m Ba.
a.. to 9 Z. P J
Montrose. January 1,1861.;1 E. L. GABDNNIL
WM. & WIL H. JESSUP,
A Troszrars AT Lew. month).- Pa.' Pete lem Pnagrm
A
r.dro rd. Wayne. Wyoming and lamcme Ooh.
liontrooo, Pa.. Jaameey Id, lBol.
ALBERT CHAMBERLIN,
rhISTRICT ATTORNIT AND ATTOD.I4ET AT LAW.—
Office over the thom cemerly occupied by Pod Brother%
Nootroes, Pa.Jaccary 1. 1851
J. LYONS it SON,
DEFILEES Di DEN GOODS. Grocertes.C.nardwitis
.1 Tinware, 13ooka, Melodeon; Plano; and all Mud, of exs
ea: Inurement+. 81,mt Moll; Set. Also ;nun on the Book Bind
Lai nominees It all It, bretehts. J. LSOVII,
ki.anna. Jr — - 1844.
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ABEL 'ITIBREIJA,
DEALER IF DRUGS. 11111: 1 1.011/124 CIIZIOCAL%
Plana, Oils. Dye-.calm, Vanden, Window Wank
UquoM Groceries , Crocker!, GlositrareWell•roper, Jewl.
elm rant" , Cikads,PesThmery. &red Instruments, Tru
e,* Otects. to.,—and Agent for all of the most pnIIO.
1. Patent Meclklast. Warm, Jezautry 1.1801.
C. 0. FoRDHA9I,
Iffeo7 "T ge i ns of S ECKYrB A, M i n UML
wort;Tte/
order, aaa r "r ait dam wort wan pram.
toed. lintrose. Awn 1, 11161.-tt
CHARLES N. STODDAItD,
roraLta. tu BOOTS 1k SHOW, Leather and Platt.
LY tome, oo Main it. third door Woo Snarls'. lima. kis
B. B. Work made to Wm, sod tvpsiting done neatly.
Montrose. Pa- December 15.1850-
B. R. LYONS & CO.,
DISALIERS inDRY GOODS GROCERIES. Boomstion,
Ladles' Gaiter& Carpets Oil Cloths, Wall and Window Pr
per. Painla. Oils, Sc. btoro on the oat dim of Mlle Manse.
L LT0.106 - • -
Montrose. January 1.. 1854.41
WATROUS, & FOSTER, .;
DEALERS IR DRY noon's, D. Mediebres. Mat, On.
Orocerlea. hardware, :7 rockeryaren,T. oek, Wavy Jew
elry, &Ivy Spam. Perfumery. C. Sdela Block. Yoadmae. .
0...11•11 /L. WATIOIIII aiia.sorrzt.
Reetrale. January 1.184.
PHILANDER LINES,
u&SMONABLE TAILOR, -aria' inoek• "C r " i d.
a: muroui O rOaels 13t0fe. montrasa. ra.
Montrose. Pa., Jay VT. 1859. - - '
JOHN GROVES,
U&SRIONMILE TAILOR. ellop onalle thet atTtlby,
Pdattos Once.
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lor the Ittgkettpuient Reinthtimm.
DEATH or THE TENDERT.
Scarcely lad the booming of the cannon that sa
luted the °ldling on Fort Sumter mutinied to the
people that after four years of war we were again
about to enjoY-the batipinbia of peace, and all the
nation seemed almost Wild vrittfjoy,!when the tele
graphs flashed their message of woe over the land:
Abraham Liao* ens shot t o a tAmfer tad nigh? and
died this morning. That message sent a thrill of
anguish throzigh the land. Strong men bowed their
heads in sorrow and the quivering Up and. faltering
voice told In language more eleoquent thin words
how heavy was the stroke that bad fallen upon the
people. Abriham Lincoln Is dead! It seemed as
though we could hardly tedlut the fact .that the
man who wears:, Intimately connected with the he
roic efforts of thopeopleto preserve their liberty,
whose sterling worth and honesty of character had
won the respect and love of the nation, could Indeed
be no more. The tolling belle whose mourned echoes
find a response in every heart, the flags draped in
meuraing that droOp heavily In sorrow where but
lately they were flung gloriously to Metre= in
all the pride of victory, are but faint emblems of the
grief that burdens' every loyal heart in the land.
Every MU fed* 811 though he had bat his _nearest
and best friend. The same blow that struck down
our Chief Magistrate not only left his own family
bereaved but clothed the whole nation in mourning
-7lonr years ago, called bythe voice of the people
to preside over the nation and execute its laws, he
catered upon the duties of iris Wilco when.the mut
terings of treason sounded like the rumbling of a
volcano beneath oar' feet. , But little more than a
mouth elapsed ere the flag:of our country on Fort
Sumter was lowered before :the foe and the flag of
treason was flaunted defiantly In our fires. Arch
traitors to the cause of freedom and the laws of their
country threw the.ehallenge to us tq abandon oar
freedom and blot our-country's name from the list
of nations or maintain them by the power of the
sword. Abraham Lincoln as the servant of the pee:
pie accented the challenge. end for four years ho
stood at the helm while the ship in which we were
all embarked was tossing on the foaming billows
of war; when the booming of the breakers seemed
sometimes almost to sound the knell of the nation
and when a single wrong turn might have dashed us
In pieces on the reeks of disunion. The beat proof
of the confidence of the people In their leader was
that they again Fleeted him at their head to finish the
work he bad commenced,to-vindicate the princi
ples of tree government and restore the union of
the reople. During all the time he was at the head
of the government few knew the weary weight of
care and anxiety that oppressed him. The people
placed at his command their whole treasure of men
and money and upon lam rested the responsibility
of appropriating these treasures to the best advan
tage. Had be not made mistake he would have been
more than terman ; that he has been honest the sin
cerity of the nation's grief is the truest test But
he has gone from among na. The - band that helped
to Uphold oar country, the heart that warmed in
sympathy for steering humanity all over the world
are cold in death. His mortal part will be consigned
to the tomb and mingle its dust with its mother
earth, but histeeds will Live forever. No traitorous
band can blot from the records of the nation the acts
of him we were wont- to honor and revere, for they
a...14=Am% gismo tn. tha ivaarta of nut,
the fathers of our country, Washington, Adams and
Jefferson, be was not Permitted to see the full fruits
of his labors. Just as.the long night of gloom was
beginning to give place to the light that promised
such a glorious day heves struck down by the hired
assassin of that foe to Whom he wait even then ex
tending offers of peace and pardon.
Alter the first burst of grief has passed, the feeling
that fills our mind is one not of eenseanee but of
device. Traitors that deserve hanging we have
been waning with as with an honorable foe. Their
political men, tbeir members of Congress and others
that have fallen into our hands we have liberated on
parole or set free entirely while our soldiers and
&pia a in their bands have been confined In
loathsome dungeons and literally murdered by
Inches. Starved till soul and body could hold to
gether no loneer, and when death came to their re
lease they have been left without burial or thrown
into a ditch and buried like dogs. To crown the
height of fiendish-atrocity, when our late President
was ready to give them again all the rights and ben
efits of that gm:eminent they had done their beet to
destroy ; when he was Winblg'i.+llß it were, to extend
to them again the right head of fellowship, they
basely murdered him In cold blood. It does seem
to me that the rivers of innoceet blood that has been
shed call to us in thunder tortes for justice to the
murderers. Mercy is a divine iittritrute,but mercy to
criminals Is sometimes injusthe to the innocent.
But justice to his murderers will not bring our
late President back to life. Heath has laid its Icy
band upon him and closed the record of his deeds
on earth forever. Sometimes when rulers die the
semblance of grief from the people is but a hollow
mockery; but the grief that the nation feels for the
death of Abraham Lincoln is prompted by the truest
feelings of the heart.. In his death our neePle have
lost a proteetor and the poor and forsaken all over
the world have lost a friend. Another name is added
to the bright galaxy of patriots. Washington, Jeffer•
son and Others who labored in the days of the Revo
lution. They labored to establiab a free govern
ment; Abrahain Lincoln has riled in Its defense. Be
needs no funeral pomp or gilded Mausoleum to per
petuate his memory. The free winds of hesvn will
whisper hlsrequiem, and the free, hills ef his own
loved land will be his proudest monuments- Carve
for him no epitaph in lasting marble for It Is already
written deep In the hearts of, his countrymen Then
let him sleep in the soil he died to save; and while
we shed the tear at heartfelt sorrow above his grave
let us honor his memory by resolving never to
abandon the struggle till that end Is attained for
which he gave his labor and psilfo.
Nies Nrrrix.
A v ;I,t)L
Cam? Ont PA. VDT. CLvALsr
stb , M0 865.na Ch.xvz,
April , 1
Mr. Editor:—The old Keystone has one Regiment
in Kilpatrick's Division, the "Old Ninth," and it
has proved itself worthy 01l Kiipatrick's command.
Identified with Sherannes army, any tidings from
us are welcomed by your readers. therefore tar
nish you with a history.of our march from Savannah,
Georgia, to this place. On the D3th of January our
Division broke camp, near Savannah, crossed the
Savannah and Augusta R. 8., passing through ,
Springfield, and reached Sister'a Ferry on the 31st,
where we remalnedi repairing roads, removing tor
pedoes and other obstructions; till the or Febru
ary, when we crossed the Savannah River, and pro
ceeded to Dobertav4lo, B. C., an unimportant village,
which we found deaerted by the inhabitants. Aban
doned houses were ,dettroyed-i-ttere commenced the
work of conflagration, wida was'rationed Oro'
almost tbi entire State of flouth Carolina Februa
ry 4th we marched to Lawtonalibt, Feb. sth to Al
lendale, Feb. Mb, to Barnwell Conit I:Leuze—stir
ndabing previous to entering the tope. On the 7th
of February the ist Brigade, CAL ;Brev. Brig.
;Gen.—Thomas J. Jordan commanding, bad the ad-
Imam., and marched to Blackville, on the Charleston
and Augusta Railroad, whtin - the enemy's cavalry
wero found in force, A charge was ordered, and
most brilliantly =witted, driving the enemy from
thatr camps, capturing prisoners, red many arms.—
Continued our snatch, 4ong the Railroad, destroying
it effectually, and reached Williston on Fehmary
SW, Wreathing heavtly.with the teems , while des
troying the Railroad. FebrintryStti, continued our
March, camping three Wats , beyond 'Windsor Sta
tion, the %Ws estasitiaMilnisetry-movieg par
allot with 4111 11 tiriilt aft*BaligitDour tifht. (h 2 the
" Freedozn - and Right against Bla•Crery and Tirrc>ng."
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.",
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