THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1865. fff 49* Wo oan tafia no notion of anonymous commu nications, Wo do not return rejected manuscripts. 49- Voluntary correspondence Is sollolted from all parts of the world, and especially lTom our different military and naval departments. When used, It will he paid for. FORNEY’S WAR PRESS, »OB THU WXBK BOTHKO SATURDAY, AFBII. 15,1865. I. POETRY— ‘' Hector and Andromache," from the Jarl of Derby's translation of the Iliad—" Labor it Honor’ ’ —* * Among the Sheayee' The Old Couple"— * * Selleyed Guard. ’' by Henry P. Leland—“ Futures. ’ ’ 11. “THB BTOBT OF LUCILLE JBNTNS. ” By A. Richards. Continued. 111. BDITOBIALS—GIory be to God—End of the Slave Rebellion —The Situation —The Downfall of the Con fedtracy—The Good News Abroad—The President on Reconstruction—We shall Dwell la Peace Together,&o. IV. -LETTERS FROM ‘‘OCCASIONAL. ” V. VICTORY—'The Surrender of Lee and hie Whole Army—Our Llent. General DiotatSß Ms Own Terms— TOte Death-blow Given to Treason—Correspondence Relating to the Surrender—Htstory of the Flight of Lee from the Fall of the Rebel Cities to the Time of his gar lender. VI. THB REJOICIBO3 IN WASHINGTON—Import ant Speech of President Lincoln—His Views on the Rs •Conltruetion of the Union—The Admission of Louisians. VII. PROCLAMATION BT THE. PRESIDENT—Con tinued Bioofiade of the Captured Porte—A Demand for ■Ordinary Naval Privileges in Foreign Ports. VIII SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE—Gen. Welizel’s Entree Into Blehmond —The Joy of the Loyal Citizens— Scenes and Inoldants—Letters from North Carolina. IX. CITY INTELLIGENCE-The Bejoicinge la Phila delphia—Hass Heating at the Asademy—The Sermons in the Various Churches— I The Excitement Throughout the City. X. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Was Fsbss also contains a large amount of In teresting matter, not Included in the above enumera tion. . 49TSpecimen* of the "WauPesss" will be for warded when requested. The subscription rats for sin gle copies Is 83.60 e-year. A deduction bom these terms ■will be allowed when clubs are formed. Single copiefT Put np in wrappers, ready for mailing, may be obtained at the counter. Price five cents. THE PRESIDENT AND THE CIVIC SITUATION. From Hie Waßh. Chronicle ofyesterday, It is an uncommon thing for great desti nies to hinge nponthe opinions of one man. In a leading sense it is consoling to feel that, under Providence, no single individual is absolutely indispensable to the Republic. The beßt and the best-beloved, the brain most needed . and most prolific, may he taken from us in a twinkling, and, though mourned, and never wholly forgotten, yet human progress and improvement are not defeated and rarely delayed because they have lost one of their conspicuous cham pions. There are, however, partial excep tions to this otherwise absolute rule. And the existing crisis of our beloved country would seem to make of Abraham Lincoln precisely such an exception. We know of no man so well fitted to speak the good word bo earnestly prayed for by the people —none, in brief, who can cut the knot of complications that must inevitably grow out of the war or of the surrender of the guilty authors of the rebellion. Re-elected by the vote of a grateful people, who seemed to know that he would not fear to do his duty at all hazards, he last night showed how he construed his great trust. We allude to his speech to the residents and sojourners at the Federal capital, an authenticated report of which appears in The Chronicle of to-day. The President takes np the noble ex ample of Grant in his correspondence with Lee, and, in an argument probably more characteristic than anything he has yet written or spoken since he was chosen Presi dent, and equally magnanimous and practi cal with the knightly proffers of the Lieu tenant General himself, he points out and lightens the path along which we are to -marchto a perfect and ptrptanal restoration ■rif‘the Union. What loyal rifizsn will not #ual, as%ereaasithese sentences, that his own ®nxietaes and apprehensions have been con stantly felt by the Chief Magistrate, and will not also confess that he has been re lieved by the direct and simple remedies suggested rather than recommended by Mr. Lincoln ? And we cannot doubt that the ‘almost universal satisfaction which hailed the letters of Lieut. General Grant to the rebel leader will be repeated with stronger -emphasis in support of the opinions of .President Lincoln. But, however we may have differed heretofore, we accept these opinions as the best solution of the vexa tions before us, and as the most potent bond to combine and concentrate into a conquer ing and lasting organization the Union party of the United States. Abraham Lin coln has now given tojhat party and to all national parties a substantial cmd a practical ■policy. In making the admission of the State of Louisiana, under her new Consti tution, the text upon which to state his ap prehension of the principles by, which to call back the several erring States, he clearly indicates that what he believes to be right ns to Louisiana should be applied to every seceded Commonwealth. And in this idea we have tendered to all such a welcome to the folds of the Union and a hearty encouragement to their citizens at once to set about the woTk of pre paratory organization. . As to Louisiana itself, the reader cannot fail to mark that all the President’s steps in the progress of that discussion were taken with the full approval of every member of his Cabinet, even to the distinguished gentleman who objected to a portion of his recommenda tions. -And it would be well for those of our political Mends in Congress, and else where, who have put themselves against the admission of States in the relation of Louisiana, to remember this circumstance, and carefully study all the reasoning of Mr. Lincoln on the same topic in his speech of last evening. We believe, however, that opponent as well as friend will be con vinced by this reasoning, and we are sure that it will go to the hearts of the misguided people of the South like a soothing so lace and a generous pardon. Mark his words on the issue whether certain States are in or out of the Union, and observe with What sagacity he sets aside a very visionary theory by showing that the Louisiana ■remedy disposes of all such immaterial •quibbles. “ Finding themselves” (tbe States) sayß Mr. Lincoln, “ safely at home, it mil he utterly immaterial whether they had ever been abroad !/” While he would Wish that there were thirty or twenty in stead oftwelve thousand voters in Louisi ana, he asks, with tremendous force, whether Wiese twelve thousand would increase by being deserted or neglected by the Federal Government, and whether the true humani ty is not to aid them and all other similar communities to swell their number by ex tending to them a generous and a constant ■care ? In this part of Mr. Lincoln’s speech Ms vieys are almost irresistible. Mark, furthermore, the significant and well-con sidered passage oh. the delicate issue of ex tending the right of suffrage to the colored people of the South, and also that where he pleads for the ratification of the constitu tional amendment abolishing slavery in the United States by three-fourth 3 of all the States, instead of three-fourths of those only that were not swept or seduced into the re bellion. But we have no apace to continue these observations. What the President has said /Will pow go among the people; will be dis cussed at every fireside, in every newspa per, and will thus prepare the great Grand Jury of the nation —the New Congress—for action upon what we'conceive to he, with out discussing all its details, the most comprehensive, and, at the same time, the ■most common-sense plan which has yet •proceeded from any of our statesmen. And •it -is entitled to especial weight, inasmuch .-asitis the well-considered utterance of the himself-of one whb can have mo - other ambition, but to serve his country, and who seems to have been God chosen for this unparalleled emergency— dn fact, the Mobcs of our tames, to lead the American millions out of the wilderness into a land flowing with milk and honey. We cannot conclude this article without •directing attention to the short and patri otic speech of Hon. James Harlan, of lowa, the new Secretary of the Interior, who, grasping the spirit of his chief, suggested, •with statesmanlike dignity and candor, the adoption of a firm, consistent, and yet magnanimous policy in reference to the mißguided masses and the guilty leaders of the South. • . The Niagara Fired On. There is unpleasant news from Europe. The rebel ram Stonewall has for some time been permitted to remain in the harbor of Lisbon, nominally for repairs and coal, but actually to avoid a oontest with the United States steam frigates Niagara and Sacramento, which waited outside.' The Portuguese Government, probably on re monstrance, ordered the Stonewall to depart, which was done. The United States steamers having arrived at Lis bon— why we have yet to learn—re ceived a peremptory order not to leave that harbor for twenty-four hours, attempted to go before the expiration of that time, and were then fired upon from the Belem Fort, the Niagara being Btruck on the poop afid one of her men killed. The United States frigates then anchored. It would seem as if the Portuguese will have to be called to strict account—first, for harboring the rebel ram, and next for firing upon a United States vessel and kill ing one of her men. It is impossible that such outrages can go unpunished. The Punishment of Treason. A most important question WhidFmust very shortly demand the serious atten tion of the Government of the United States, is the manner in which it will have to deal with the authors and leaders of this most unholy rebellion. With the prospect of its speedy suppression, so much has been said upon this subject, that we may not be considered premature in venturing to dis cuss the probable action of our Govern ment. As it will soon be necessary for that Government to announce its intention to the nation, it would, perhaps, be ’ best for that nation now to think seriously, and carefully and mercifully indicate that po licy which it would wish to he pursued. This, the more specially, as two of the leading New York journals, both support ers of the Government, have indicated two different lines of policy for it to pursue, and presumed, for the purpose of influencing its conduct, to express their views in strong and unmistakable terms. These journals are the Tribune and Evening Post. The Tribune has warmly urged an entire and unconditional pardon of the traitors to the mildest and lCast oppressive Govern ment the world has ever known, wMle the Post as unmistakably indicates that .it supports a harsher and sterner course of action. Let us own that we frankly con sider them both wrong. While it is true that the terrible vindictiveness of past re tribution for treason exists no longer, and the block and the wheel of torture are no more believed primary necessities in cases of that class on whose punishment our Go vernment will have to determine, we con fess that we cannot lean to the policy which would pass the sponge of entire for giveness over so foul a crime. The nations which have advanced the furthest in the race of civilization now eschew all extreme measures. .. Austria and Russia alone in Christian Europe still linger with the bar barous and bloody despotism of the past, and have stained their more recent history with those judicial iniquities which are so frightful a blemish on its records. Save in India, where extreme barbarity provoked extreme retribution, England has latterly dealt in forbearing leniency with the crime of treason, and has not reddened her robes with the blood of her own brethren, after she had taken them with arms in their hands against her, upon the soil where she was sovereign. At the same time, she could not “wholly and unconditionally forgive" them. She could not believe that he who had once engaged in rebellion could ever be fitted to sit in her Senates, with the remotest chance of being sum moned in the future to take a share in the direction of her Home or Foreign Policy. And does not this indicate the civilized line of policy which we believe will be pursued by our rulers ? "WMle we refrain from judicial blood shed, how can we consent to allow the leading criminals to retain all their rights as citizens, with the possibility of being, at some future day, placed in positions which might entitle them to aspire to a legislative seat over that people, to whom they had imagined and attempted to work out so grievous an injury ? To us this would appear as weakly sui cidal a course, as the extreme views indi cated by the Post seem prejudicial to our character as one of the most advanced Na tions in the great March of Civilization. We will not presume to indicate a path to those whom we ourselves, in a full con viction of their capacity to govern, placed over us. We will merely pojnt out to the nation who summoned them to take the reins of the Government into their hands, and who have a second time unmistakably evinced thorough confidence in their tried sagacity and patriotism, that they may well be trusted. They will not rashly forfeit that good opinion which the people that has confided in, entertains of them. They will -not be weakly or blindly forgiving, but they will not be too merciful. WMle they will not entertain, even for a moment, those extreme and harsh views wMch the Post so Unequivocally suggests, though it hesitates explicitly to develop them; they will not morally unbind the arms of the traitors, whom it has cost themselves and the nation of whom they are hut a part, untold suffering, death, countless treasures, and oceans of tears and lamentations to subdue: They dare not foTget what that nation has endured in the last four years, because they are an in tegral part of that nation, They have suf fered with its suffering, mourned with its mourning, hied with its blbod, prayed with its prayers. And if they now exult with its glad exultation, they cannot forget that which it has undergone,' and erase with one careless stroke the memory of Its anguish and its selfless sacrifices. Reconstruction. In fighting the bloody battles of the past four years our soldiers have in reality struggled for the common welfare of our entire country, and of all mankind. >They have not fought amply for the North, 1 against the South—not exclusively to benefit the loyal States and to injure the disloyal ones, but for the free institutions of America, that the whole people who live within our boundaries, hhd all who are to come after them, may enjoy the blessings of republican liberty “ until the last syl lable of recorded time.” The true interests of thousands of the misguided followers of the rebel leaders have been best served by their defeat, and the rod which has bruised them for a day, will, under a new regime, be the means of -brightening the whole future of their lives. President Lincoln is evidently now as thoughtfully intent upon the best means of rearing up a new edifice of order and go vernment in the rebellious States as he has hitherto been vigilant in devising measures to destroy the slaye despotism that wickedly sought to exalt itself within our dominions. He brings to this task a truly wise and patriotic spirit, animated rather by a desire to serve the true interests of the people he has been chosen to rule, than by the prompting of vengeance or the counsels of malevolence. Ourland is fruitful above all others in the product of political abstrac tions, and we can furnish more skilful disputants, ready and eager to cavil about the ninth part of a hair, than any other nation. If we turn aside from the great essential questions on which the body of our citizens are united to discuss and de ! termine aU the collateral issues that are likely to arise, we may: anticipate a con flict of ideas and a confusion of tongues compared to which the diversities of the builders of Babel were perfect or der. Two things stand forth in clear and majestic dignity. The Union must be preserved intact, and the Emancipa tion Proclamation with its glorious en franchisement must lie rigidly enforced. Time, thought, and the development of public opinion, North and South, will af ford a key to the solution of &H. other apparent difficulties. We have an abiding faith in the power of our nation to wisely BOlve all the knotty problems that are involved in the duty ef reconstruction, and it will be as triumphantly vindicated as its power to crash the armed forces of treason ; and it is certainly not unrea sonable to ..ask for those who have shown their ability to grapple with the trying events of our mighty war a fair amount of freedom of action in the choice of means for discharging their constitutional duty of forming “ a more perfect union,” establishing “ justice," insuring “ domes tic tranquillity,” promoting “the general welfare,” and “securing the blessings of liberty" to our whole nation. End of the Arguelles Case. The Copperhead journals made great fuss, eleven months ago, because Secretary Seward, complying with a request, morally equivalent to a demand, gave up one Colonel Argurlles to the Cuban au thorities, on proof given that he was en gaged in the African slave-trade. He was taken away to Havana, where, his trial and conviction having taken place, he has been sentenced to perpetual banishment from Cuba, to pay a fine of fifty thousand dol lars, and. to work for nineteen years in the chain-gang at Ceuta, in Africa, This conviction and sentence justify Mr Seward’s action in the case. Arguelles had been Governor of one of the provinces or districts of Cuba, and abused his official situation, by adding to its duties a con siderable and lucrative participation in the slave trade. It was alleged that, in the absence of any extradition treaty with Spain, this great criminal should not have been deprived of “ the sacred right of asy lum.” But Mr. Seward, who is a sound lawyer as well as a great states man, properly thought that a Mgher law than any written treaty required the criminal to be surrendered, as a fugitive from justice, and that Abguelles,- inde pendent of any other consideration, de served no favor, having personally abused our hospitality, upon which criminals can have no claim. Our Diplomacy with Great Britain. The extracts from the diplomatic corre spondence which we publish to-day on the first page of our paper are very important contributions to the history of the present rebellion, completely justifying, as they do, the course wMch was taken by. Secre tary Sewakd in giving notice to the British Government that, at the expiration of six months from the 24th of last Oc tober, the United States would, consider ing the stipulations of its treaty with Great Britain for limiting the naval arma ment of either Power on the lakes, at an end, “ deem themselves at liberty to in crease it, if, in their judgment, the condi tion of affairs in that quarter should then require it.” The temperance and courtesy of Secre tary Seward in this correspondence are singularly evident, while we are unable to congratulate Earl Russell on the special pleading with which he evidently endeavors to,evade the responsibility he feels is justly . attributable to his Government, on the score of its equivocal complicity with the fitting out of piratical vessels against this country, in British ports. We" must also call attention to the clinch ing argument which Mr. Adams addressed in his letter of November 10 to the Earl, respecting the comparison by the latter of our conduct in the war of the South Ame rican Republics with Spain, and the con duct of Great Britain in the present rebel lion. He says: “Whatever may have _been the deficiencies of the United States in the case alluded to, compensation there for has been made to Spain. * * * * Whenever her Majesty’s Government shall acknowledge itself prepared to perfect the parallel instance, the example may be cited against the United States, but not until then.” Altogether, we may cite this as a singularly cogent parallel, and recommend the letters both of the Secretary of State and Mr. Adams as modelß of clear state ment, as well as firm and most legiti mate reasoning. Easter a Festival in Church and State; It is, we believe, considered almost cer-‘ tain by those who are familiar with the views of our civic authorities,.that Mon day next will be chosen for the public cele bration of the recent victories, in this city. And that would be a very appropriate se lection ; for in glad and gracious pre-emi nence Easter stands among the days of the year, holding rank before the sturdy festi vals of winter, the lusty ones of autumn, or the luxuriant ones of summer, as the birthday—-that real birthday—when the world emerges in new warmth and life from the cold and death of winter. Some such thought prompted the pagS,n Northman to dedicate it to the worship of love, and to rejoice as the glorious summer, a new Venus, came floating towards him over the waves of the sunlit sea. With the Hebrews it was the Passover, a day of national thanksgiving for a national deliver ance; and with the Christian it is'that mystic festival when the Godhead in the flesh, !Lord of obedient Nature, broke from the tomb, and stood revealed as the Master both of life and death. In the' bright springtime of four years ago our skies were suddenly clouded by the smoke of Sumpter. Since that mo ment we have, under God’s providence, experienced the vicissitudes of civil war. Wounded, and faint, and»weary, we have looked to Him for succor, and it has been graciously vouchsafed. Death has visited almost every household in our land; the sounds of suffering and sorrow have come pulsing on every breeze, yet were we faith ful; we were soldiers of His truth, and His truth has been our shield. Long have we trod in a cold and wintry way, but His strength has supported us. and His angels have guided our footsteps, and now the darkness is breaking away, the fair Heavens reveal themselves again, and with awaken ing nature we rejoice in a renewal of life. May it be the will of Divine Provi dence that the starry flag, as it floats again over Sumpter; shall he the symbol of fealty, as it is of freedom, to our whole land. Then, indeed, in the course of all our annals “no sun upon an Easter day e’er saw so fair a sight.” The rebellion is fast disappearing, like the river-ice which breaks up before the freshets of the spring-time. Its fall seems to be sudden and gigantic. For rest, the cavalry champion of the South west, and most of his men, have surren dered with Selma; and Lynchburg, which defied Hunter, and even Sheridan, has submitted to half a dozen men. How have the mighty fallen! The War .Press for this week is highly interesting. It contains a complete history of the great events whrch have given the death-blow to the rebellion; the entrance of our troops into Richmond; the flight of Lee and his forces, and ,his final surrender to our victorious army and its gallant lead er, with all the correspondence between the rebel commander and Lieut. General Grant., The speech of President Lincoln on the reconstruction of the Union, and a great variety of other important and inte resting matters, will be found in its co lumns. It is, in fact, a-foil record of the glorious events of the past week. General Lee Coming North. The New York papers of last evening say that Gen. Kobbrt E. Lbs Is espeoted to arrive ip that olty to-day. Rooms have been engaged for him at one of the fashionable hotels. His visit is announced as one of a strictly private character. A Spbboh by Gbhbbal Hookbb.— We have given the speeches of various prominent men In connection with the rejoicings over our recent vic tories. We'how present General Hooker’s, once the leader of the Army of the Potompo. It was de livered, in Cincinnati, on the reception of the news of the surrender of lice : ' , My Fbllow-oitizbkb : I road in the paper of this morning a proclamation Irom the Governor, an nouncing the llth as a day of oelebration, In honor oi the recent great victories which have oro'wned our arms. (Three cheers.] They did not then know, however, the glorious news which convulses the natlonfwltp joy to-night. They did not know that the army on which the enemy so mnoh de pended had been again ronted.and compelled to surrender entirely to the arms of tbs Union. [lm mense cheering.] It Is the most glorious news that ever has or ever can be received by the loyal people or this country. [ Anplanse, and three cheers for General Hooker.] My heart boats with great joy, in nnlßon with your*, to-night, at the reception of this intelligence. It Is the beginning of the end. we oaa now Me the end of the great rebellion, THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA,' THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1565._ XETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.” The President and Yice President re turned from Richmond on Sunday eve ning. Like all others who have visited the late rebel rendezvous, they bear testimo ny to the vandalism of the men who gave and executed the orders to fire that once beautiful city. The consuming torch has •covered acres with ruin and with ashes. And yet it is as impossible to pre vent the restoration of prosperity and order to Richmond as it is to prevent the restora tion of the entire Union.. The loss to Treason of this noble site, followed by the loss of the State of which it is the historical and political though not the geographical centre, iB the greatest blow the Con- ’ federacy could have received. Virginia, in their hands, was like a wedge dividing and separating anoble tree. She belonged, naturally, no more to Treason proper than Maryland or Delaware; but lying be tween Washington and Maryland, on the one hand, and North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania on the other, so long as she remained in'the chains of the trai tors she was effectively used as an in strument of dissension add disaffection. Taken from rebel influence, the State be comes once more herself, and her natural and artificial advantages,' however marred or mutilated; will soon be adapted to the new order of things. The railroads lead ing into all the Southern cities from.. and meeting at Richmond, cannot be rendered useless any more than the prolific soil of Virginia can be tom from its bed and hurled into the ocean. All that is needed is a reasonable degree of Govern mental protection to attract the lardy and progressive Middle ; State farmers to the al luvial wheat and tobacco lands of tbe inte rior and seaboard counties and to rejuvenate tbe metropolis itself. The destruction of the city may not be without good fruits. It may dispose of some knotty questions as to titles and transfers, and it will undoubtedly necessitate speedy improvement. Bat I will not anticipate. There is another .view of Virginia which may be more safely dis cussed. I mean, of course, the develop ment among, her people, at an early day, of the Union sentiment. The war has not expelled the strong feelings against Secession that prevailed in other days. It is true. West Virginia has been, taken from the loins of the old mother, and thus the'former great majorities against the Richmond schismatics have no more terrors for them. But there are many counties in the old State that are strongly imbued with devotion to ' the Federal Government and hatred of the rebel* lion. W-e know that there are many strong men in those counties who oniy wait the chance to marshal the people. Men like John S. Milison, John M. Botts, and George W. Summers, cannot but see and feel how their early apprehen sions and predictions have been realized, and how, if their warnings had been re garded, the dreadful sufferings of millions of human beings would never have been known. I am gratified to add that the. hope of greeting such statesmen at an early day, as the pioneers of the new Evangelism, is not without good ground. In their hands the logic and the history of the case, and especially the heartlessness of- the rebel leaders and their more than inhu man neglect of the non-combatants of Richmond and other cities, can be wielded with tremendous effect; and Mr. Lincoln will give to their patriotic efforts an earnest and vigorous support. Key West Opened to Commerce by the -President. - Washington, April 12 —The President has Is sued the following supplementary proolamatlon: Whereas, By my proolamatlon of this date the port of Key West, In tbe State of Florida, was In advertently Included among those which are not open to commerce j Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham; liiKCoi,», President of the United S tates, do hereby declare and make known that the said port of Key; West Is and shall, remain- open to foreign and do mestic commerdb;npofi the lame conditions by which that commerce bas hitherto been governed. In witness whereof I have hereunto sefc'iny hand [L. e.] and cansed.the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this eleventh day of April, in the year of our-Lord 1865, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth. , By the President: ' \ Abbaham Lincoln. We H. Sb-wabd, Seoretaryof. State. ; CSpeclal Despatches to The Press. 3 So 1861 the people of Georgetown, District or'Co lumbia, at a public meeting, gave just one vote for loyalty and Union. That solitary ballot was oast by a Sir. Tarar, all honor to his name I List night, at a meeting oalled by the Mayor, a series of resolutions were adopted in honor of General Grant's recent vlotorlcs, and It was decided, by a unanimous vote, to participate In the grand Illumi nation on Thursday night. The world move 3. Where loyalty was at a discount four years ago It to-day commands a high premium. Illuminate your dwelling, and you will be regarded as a loyal man, no matter what your antecedents are. That’s, the test now. It is gratifying to observe that the President's pertinent, suggestive, and statesmanlike speech gives universal satisfaction. Radicals and Conser vatives, "Republicans and Democrats, and, In some oases, even original Secessionists, are eulogizing It. That Mr. Likoolh has pointed out the only road tb a lasting peaoe Is the oonvlotlon of almost every one. His amnesty proclamation, which Is anxiously looked for, will probably be issued In the oourse of a few day. THE COLORED CORPB —IMPORTANT INSTRUC TIONS FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR. By direction of the Secretary of War, the -an, thorlty heretofore given commanding generals of armies, departments, or to other officers, to appoint officers to colored regiments Is revoked, except for new regiments to. be raised or for regiments now in process of organization. Where a new regiment or organization Is completed It Is directed that a roster of the officers appointed thereto, showing date of appointment and muster in each oase, shall be forwarded to the Adjutant General’s office here" for the aotlon. of the President, by whom all'ap pointments and promotions In such organizations will henceforward be -made. Regimental com* menders of old organizations, are instructed to nominate meritorious non-commissioned officers and soldiers of white regiments for appointment as second lieutenants, to fill vacancies likely to be canted by promotions In oolorod corps. Com manding generals of armies, departments, or corps are authorized to convene examining boards, when In their opinion It Is neoessary and expedient, to determine the qualifications of Candidates for pro motion in the line or appointment as second lien tenants. AN ABSURD BUMOI^. Among the many absurd rnmors flying about the city to-day is one that immediately after the news of the surrender ol Gen. Lbs and his army orders were despatched by a special messenger to Gen. Cabby, commandlng-the military division of West Mississippi, not to receive the surrender of Kibbv Smith or Maqkhdbb, or, In fact, of any of the Confederate forces in Texas, It being the policy of the Government, as soon as Jo Johnston is dis posed of, to augment the forces in Texas to some 240,600 men and endeavor to capture the two Con federate cotton speculating generals, with their forces, west of the Rio Grandei should they be al lowed to retieat Into neutral territory.. A letter received,here from'Rlobmond this A. M., says that the colored troops guarding Mrs. Gonerjil Lbb’s residence In that olty have been withdrawn, and white troops detailed for this duty. Quite-a compliment. {!}' i TRADE REGULATIONS IN CHARLESTON AND General Gilhobb has permitted authorized trad ers ,ln the above-named cities to receive from the Inhabitants residing within our’ lines, in those loca lities, such merchandise and agricultural products —cotton and articles contraband of war excluded— In'exchange for neoessary supplies of food and clothing. This traffic must be kept strictly within the limits of military necessity, and will not be al lowed except upon certificates of post commanders. The following decision has been made by the Com mlssioner of Internal Ravenne: When any trans portation company receives goods at a point In Oa-. nada lor transportation to a point In the United- States, whether by land or water, and itself trans ports the same thither, no tax- out be levied under the law; but as Boon as snch company delivers the goods to some other transportation company In the United States, the exemption will oease, it being considered in sued case that the new company trans ports the goods from that point In the United States where It receives the same to any:other point In the United States whatever, where said company shall deliver the same. REBEL M£EL matter. One hundred and nine pouches of rebel mall mat* ter from Richmond, and twenty-two from Peters, burg, were yesterday sent through our post office to the War Department for examination. It is worthy of remark that all the pouches and the looks so used were easily recognized as having' always belonged to the United States Government. the increase of the NAVY—'the block ade of SOUTHERN FORTS. Such has been the increase of the navy that the Navy Register for this year will contain fifty pages Washington, April IS, 1865, Occasional, WASHINGTON. PROCIiAMATION, THE CONTRAST. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. A DELICATE COMPLIMENT. SAVANNAH. INTERNAL REVENUE DECISION. more than the ene previously published. Sixty vessels were added between January Ist, 1861, and January Ist, 1885, and pmonnel In proportion. The Dames or alxty-four Iron* clads are given. Tae en tire number of vessels Is six hundred and eighty- that within the period above men tioned seven naval vessels were destroyed by rebel torpedoes, and as many oaptured by the enemy. The ports recently closed by proolamatlon of uxe President will continue to be blockaded. WORE VICTORIES FOR THE UNION. Capture of Selma, Ala., anfl Lynchburg. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA’S CAPITAL, FALLS WITHOUT A BLOW. Ike Beioubtabie Forrest ami all his Com- mand Captured at Selma. ITKCIIBVKG StKBKMIF.RS TO A lIWTEXAST ASU A SCOUTING PARTY, OFFICIAL OAZETTB. WASHINGTON, April 12—2.50 P. M. The capture of Selma by our foroes la reported by Major General George H. Thomas. The surrender of Lynchburg Is also officially re ported, Edwin M. Sr akton, Secretary of War. Headquarters Dbp’t or the Cumberland, • Nashville April 11, Major General H. W. Bailed, Chief of Staff; 1 send the following, just received from Hunts ville, Alabama, for the Information of the Secretary of War. Tam Inclined to beliivelt,although as yet J have received no report direct from Gen. Wilson: Huntsville, Ala., April 11—0 A. M. . Major General Thtmae; The following is just received from Colonel Hoo ver, at Somerville: “Men directly through from Selma report that place oaptured by General Wilson’s forcsß on the 2d Inst. Forrest and Eoddy, with their entire com mands, were oaptured. Our men dismounted and charged the lntrenohments, and carried all before them. They also report Montgomery eaptiu-ed. H. S. Granger. George H. Thomas, Major General. ) Citv Point, Va., April 12. Hob. E. M, Slanton,. Secretary of War: Lynchburg surrendered yesterday to a lieutenant of Grlffin’B forces, at the head of a scouting party. General Grant has ordered Mackenzie's brigade of cavalry to occupy the town and take care of the publlo property. O. A. Dana, Assistant Secretary of War. UNOEEIOIAL ADVICES OE THE CAPTURE OF SELMA AND MONTGOMERY. The National Republican extra contains the fol lowing : “ The Government la in reoeipt of de spatches from Major General Thomas, announcing the reoeipt of intelligence, via •Huntsville and Ste venson, AM., that on the 2d Inst. Major General Wilson’s forces surprised and oaptured Selma, Ala. The report says our forces oharged upon the works In gallant style and carried them. The place was defended by forces under the raiding rebel General Forrest, the whole of whom were oaptured. The same despatch to the Government, from.the same source, announces that our foroes occupy Montgo mery, the first capital of Jeff Davis. Gen. Thomas expresses the opinion that the news is reliable, notwithstanding it comes to him in a roundabout way.” NORTH CAROLINA. A CAVALRY EXPEDITION FKOM NORFOLK TOWARDS WELDON. The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Torn Up—Prisoners, Tobacco, and Cotton Captured. Fortress Monrob, April 11— An expedition, composed principally of the Ist New York Mounted Blfles, left Norfolk, Va., on the Ist Inst., for recon noitring purposes up the Chowan river, with the intention, if possible, of reaching Weldon, N.C._ The expedition was under the oommand of Oblonei Sumner, of the Mounted Rifles, and resulted in an entire success. The cavalry struck the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, and demolished the track and appurtenances tqra considerable extent. While thus engaged they were attacked by a force of six hundred rebels, and after a severe fight succeeded' In repulsing them. The cavalry then fell back to Murfreesboro, when the booty was delivered to the gunboats. Among the captures were 100 bales superior ootton, a large amount of tobaeco and snuff, besides about thirty prisoners. Parties of the oayalry scouted to within a few miles of Weldon, and from prisoners taken it was learned that the town was strongly for tified, and garrisoned by a force of l,o6o'rebels, with several batteries, of artillery. The expedition re turned to Norfolk last SatuydayLnlght. The expedition is said to be oils,of the greatest yet made into the northern part of North-Carolina, having accomplished a great deal of material good la ifscertalnlng the exact locality of the rebel forceß in that seotion of the State. " SHIP HSWS. Arrived—SteamerEajterriState, Bataiam, from Wilmington, Steamer George Appold,Hoi?eß, from Boston. ■>—-1 ■ ■ tJ - a - cbj IIUU. _ Steamer Patapsco, Neff, from Wilmington. Steamer Cassandra, Holloway, from Wilmington. Steamer Tappahannook, from Newbera. Solir W. H. Wilson, Denison, from Philadelphia, Sehr S. W. Pierce, Collins, trom Portland. Schr P, Boice, Adams, from Philadelphia. Sailed—steamers Sea Gall, King, New York: Convoy, Boltuer, Baltimore; Delaware, Washing. Icgton, D. C.: Beaufort, Morton, Baltimore; War. rlor, Mott, Alexandria; Constitution, Qroemner, Alexandria; Cassandra, Halloway, Washington: Monitor, Norton, Alexandria.. SIEGE OB’ MOBILE. Cominnnlcatloiis of Spanish Fort Cat. Ssw Orleans, April 6, via Gaiko, April 12 Advices from the army about Mobile to the 4th Inßt. state that tbe water eomnumlcationa between Spanish Fort and Mobile were out by a battery es tablished above the fort. Tbe rebel communica tions with Mobile are now entirely suspended. Tbe siege progresses favorably. LOUISIANA. ADJOTJBKMBZIT pB TUB LESIBLATUBK—FBBSOHAL MATTBHB. New Oblbans, April -6, via Cairo April 12. The Louisiana Legislature adjourned to-day. £ The Supreme Court of this State was organized yesterday. Senator Oharleß Smith has bßen appointed oolleo tor of Internal revenue, vice Whittaker, resigned. The steamer Star of the Union arrived to-day from New York 5 also, the Clinton, from Brazos, with Gen. Lew Wallace and staff. Blockade runners ran into Galveston on the Ist and 2d. The cotton market Is lower; middlings 480. Su perfine flour Is quoted at |8 50. CAUIOSKU. RI'CBPTION OP the hrwb op LEE’S burbendbb— - the cbsbiohs to gwih—mumeeous arrivals. Sah Francisco, April 10,— The steamer Sierra Nevada, lrom Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night, brought $llO,OOO in gold. Jew The news of the surrender of Lee creates most intense joy and excitement in California and Ne. vada. A fleet of twenty vessels from South America and ftm°how6 P ° rtS iSVe B " lved wlthln the last twenty. The ships Oyolone and Hornet; iirom New York arrived on the Bth Inst* * i * * The Democratic press of this city says *' u "Wo learn by a private letter from Mazatlan that the French commander at that place had received a oopy of a deed of oesslon from Maximilian to Na po!eon, to which Gwln is named as trustee, and “* a * » Includes Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, and Chihuahua. Gwln had returned to Paris, but on no business relating to any change of arrangement* and was expected to be in Sonora early in Jane. : with sufficient force to p&cifio&te that country.” ’ HAVANA. BXECUTIOjf OB ** liIBSBA.It 11 OFPIOEBB—QENEBAL) HBWS MtOK MSXICO, Nbw Yoke, April 12,—8y the steamer Mi Castle we have Havana dates of the Bth. Advices Horn Yera Cruz to the Ist, and fr< Mexico to the 28th, had been received, annonnel the execution of Nioolas Homero, Major High Alvarez, Lieutenant Rojas, and Sergeant Pei captured prisoners ol the Liberal army. The French debt is to be paid at six per cent. An Insurrection occurred on the 18th, but: quelled. Five or the Insurrectionists were exeoi on the 21st. • Modest o de Olagulble, an eminent Mexican sti man,‘died on the 26th. About 13,000 French ana Austrians an on way to Sonora. , Emigrants from the United states to Ht< suffer terribly on their arrival in that oountry) there is no hope of their doing well. j The blockade-runner Little Hattie went o] Havana lately, bat soon- returned with a hr her smoke stack. The Flamingo arrived on the Bth from Gal' with 981 bales cotton* % —- Tie Santiago de Cuba was to leave BTatai ttesth for Charleston, with' Assistant Sf Fox and part; on board. Governor Curtin at Blcbmom Habrxbbtjeg, April 12.—Dospatahw « Hero this morning Irom the Army of the Fl represent the health of his Excellency Gri Onrtta as much Improved, and that every or his time Is devoted to the slek and - Pennsylvania soldiers at Richmond and in,?, 11 !? lnflnenoe tlloSe °f ‘he wonnded bear the fatigue of the travel are heinir foi them y the State, so as f ™^„ Un 00nvei!l “t visiting distance! mends, an arrangement which seems to a! ralsatlsfactlon. s The Governor Is not expected to rel next week. ißoiher Bltte In tlie Cnmberlant Nabbvuxe, Aprllla —There has bee: great rise In the Cumberland river. Thi within five feet as high as In the freshet Twenty-five feet of water are reported on l A heavy rata fell last night, which still ,coi ?banksglirli>v i> Vliooml Oladibon, Wis., April 12.—Qdrernor : appointed Thursday as a day of thanks; rejoicing over our late Victoria. The sine die « EU»OP IMPORTANT NEWS FBOM The Betel Bam Stonewall Ordj Lisbon—Our Sentinel Ordered to Ber A MOVEMENT OF THKNIAGABAB) OF, THU POBTHSIISSj Gen. McClellan Feasting in from Austria, Fran Sakdy Hook, April 12—Noon; Now York, from Southampton passed this point. The steamship City of Baltlmoi arrived out on the 28th nit. The steamship Belgian, fror ont on the 29 th. In the House of Commons Mi alluded to the debates In the Oi where It has been denied that' was all that England would ' year. Lord ElchO would brim April Wth. Xo France publishes an . Du Pays, demonstrating that hind’s advantage to retain Of ‘ The Italian Finance Cornu The .Russian ambassador! banquet to Gen. McUlellr proposed was one for the ' relations between Russia ai The Mohammedan rebel’ The steam ram Aglnooi launched. 4 The Taeptngs still hold ) has issued an address toi mission and offering pro negotiate with the treaty* Lokdob, March W—7 S9sf@B9Ji for money. U> Pabis, March 29.—Ti Senator, has been appbl rior in the place of has been accepted. To>dl Iff. Kobb Benard defend appended syllabus, and Court. Pahis, March 29. fiim, but subsequent at 65f. 86c., or ten or Yiekna, March j Lower Houbo of thj spoke against the fg pecSaUy attacking] Some of the speaks to establish relatfoj mutual material f Lisbon, March ? cates Niagara and ore the exptratloi gneße authorities, v Fort. The Niftg&ri seaman was kllta ohored. The Portuguese a\ ram Stonewall to la manned the forts, 4' cremento was boor] IjTBBOS, 28TH.—' I here. The Nlaaa’- here, and the Pot tiled their salllsg t< THIS PEOT3 The Time* fiaj s dralte bad been rel holm, & 00., or Live) requisite funds and f and tbe bills will be Cornme? lavßSPoox,. M«eh i. ■bates* including 2 OCO ti market 1b dull, mddao] nran news.. " Tit aOB BBPO &T. dull and decUolnt. _Beeaj>siuffs —The : Wheat Quitt bat firm,; Corn qulfct a»4 adTinc* Provjsiobs —Beef di London, Harch 59 - Tfce rale of discount, J duced to 4per cent. I sited Slates 5 20a . shares per cant; Vi Pennsylvania Bailroad Fobtcahd, April 12i from Liverpool on the] the 31st, arrived at this The steamship Ultj Liverpool on the 24th,j Limerick on the 30th,/ Satterthwalte’s clr' the 29th ult., reports the week for Anterior chases being made re In lUInolB Central from SB to 61. Brie/ the low prices Indue proved Horn 32 to ? on Monday, but lu supplies being sent They, however, oljf business Is being f ern bonds. The. London American news Liverpool eottoj yet transpired r vannan, and to tbs oorrt So long, howl heavy consign! that sonree, p! ally sensitive,} that the Fed® meet to this buyers at Net own account' there be er many rear In the sat finances, an ol the paper no praettcj accompli?! tlon In got and tempo] Accordin' the holder private fie a large m The sos] rerf& Go.< and Brszl £160,0008 " The pri were on? <s are being made to terminate the I Iron trade. The masters and men ice on the 29th. The masters pro , men should resume work at the Jnd that the differences should then [tratlon. The workmen refused to and the meeting proved abortive. M the Cape ol Oooa Hope to the 231 ve been received. The news is an te fall of the prioe ot wool In London (disastrous results at the Oape. One shippers of the article failed with intlng to £lOO,OOO. ImsY Maeket.— Funds on the 29th Oder the anticipated reduction In the Ind’s rate of discount. The demand ras unusually light for the end of a Strom digicom held a i posed tl wages 6i be left consent The mi of Fibre importai was prof of the I liaMlitJ Loi were l Bank, for ai' quart J ? J 8 a summary of tie news sent out iShlp Edinburgh, which sailed from 28th, via (Queenstown on the'SOcii tut,, ,t!' ' ' 1 fa Mareli 29.—The news brongbt by tbe a of Baltimore and Belgian caused the pgafa ground la this city and at Man- Jtne war In America was near Its terml- i>r Btean Impn cheat iat r mentary proceedings are nnlmportant. [e on the address is progressing In the mher. M, Olilvier’s speech, whloh was perial In spirit, indicates his separation , or Opposition. M. Thiers spoke firmly ‘Olltioal liberty and ministerial respon- Frei stroi frori in fr siw tom that the Danish ministry has re- lian Diet hare resolved to disease Prince leg’s Claims to the D no hies on the 6th of March 26;—The.market Is slightly '«octß are more saleable, hut at law from the river Platte of the 11th Inst, rm the report of the capitulation of •> Brazil. FRANCE. idthfttthe Emperor Is suffering bom .•need that M, Bondel, Minister of the fl resigned and was created a Senator, ie Marquis de Itavalette had been ap mister. Sber of Deputies continues to debate the -is Bourse closed fiat on the 29th, at 67f« ■sB. m AUSTRIA. ('over House of Bolohsrath several mam- tlie foreign policy of the Qo- S' and especially attacked the Austro ft] Banco. Some of the speakers reeom- Ve establishment of friendly relations with mt basis of the natural and material in. Isrhe two countries. ' THE LATEST. [By Telegraph to Sreeseastle.3 i, march 81.—The Kates’ city article .'he Bank movement yesterday, though ilolpated, Improved the tone of English [1 the markets generally.” ton telegram dated yesterday, and Just re bays : The commanders or the Federal l Wlagara and Sacramento state that they f.tentlen of sailing when fired on from the lose forts, and that they were only shifting fchorage. limored that diplomatic notes have been ex it in regard to the affair, lapposed that the Stonewall will make for Mar. ISriifc.T'Saye: “Should the Washington Ob* if at presume to Impose upon Portugal as In ti power, and endeavor to extort reparation wr in the case of the Sacramento and Nl ifthe great Powers will be placed under una fie obligations to protect her In the assertion Slights.” ' Commercial Intelligence. KPOOI. COTTOif MiBKBT, March 30—The Cotton for three days amount to 9,000 bales. In -2 (CO bales to speculators and for export. The j-, closed did], with a decline of 3£@ld* caused by itvs front America. .. , , kTS OP TEADB —The Menchester markets are fiull, and prices continue to decline. isBBf’OOI, BREADS tBFPd MABKET. - Bread |l have an upward tendency, Messrs. fiienarasoa, \|e, & Co , Btfland, Athya, & Co., asid other au iiea quote; Fionr quiet but steady. Wheat quiet m», and prices partially Id higher; red Western I tea afc'Bs@ss od. Corn is quiet at an advance of Si. fBBPOoirPRO VISIONS MARKET.-Provisions i nil. Messrs. Gordon. Bruce. & Co. • and Wake I* Nash report Beef dud. Poikhasi a downward they. Bacon firm. Lard quiet bat firm. Tallow JTeRPOOL*PBOBTJOB MARKET. —Ashes are quiet steady. Sugar inactive. Coffee quiet but steady, an Oil dull Rosin very duU. Spirits of Tarpen (quiet at 67*. Petroleum firm. J-NTOJK MARKETS. -jßre&dituffa have an upward lenev. Sugar dull and declining. Coffee easier, steady. Alee steady. Tallow dnU Splrits of aentine dull. Petroleum firmer at 2s K&@i s Id for ied. THE LATEBT VIA GUEBHSTOWJfIf. fiVBBPOOL, ittarce 31—-6 65 P M. —Ohttou—The sales hie week feet op SB.OCO bales* including 7.600 bales kpecnlatorsand&fiOO bales to exporters. The mar* rbas been dull, with, a considerable decline in all kitties* which was partially recovered, the maiket Sing with a decline of iJsd.for American on the /lek* and of &@lKd for other descriptions. The fol ding axe the authorised Quotation*: . _ Fair. JalaaUags. ; Orleans.******..•*«.***••*..•-~.*~l6d* 14|£d t Mobile.. ,~**™..**~ .. 14kd. f Uplands*-—-**—***»*»<«« ».»••.•»♦♦«-» •* , ,i tThe sales' to day (Friday) are estimated at 12 000 [>lea— the market clewing firmer, with a trifling ad is¥lrl OF TEADB B—The 8 —The late.t ai.iM from Man jester report a firmer feeling in the market and an up , market closed dull, with market n „ 1 LOB BON MOBBTJK AKRBT. I'rldaT BTOailn*-Oon- Me closed atSBX@BSK Thj ioUtfl» *“• of hMiaewistd X 50 r OOO dfnDf tfc* week. The ‘ateof dlficcmiuha*beenwdacedte ipw , 1 A»SfiIC*S STOCKS —TheJolidWio# are the latest motaiio»«: Illinois Central 62&, Brie itaiko&d 36, At*- ntUs 6€@67. FUMfIBMBKT OH THB IhBTAKT. —By OhC Of OUT xlMbolb exchanges we learn tbat a few days since a soldier’s wife, lining In the south part of Macon conntv. came to Decatur for the purpose of ready, log atthe express office a package ot tiOO sent hoc by her husband in the army. Being unable to fur* nish the proof of her identity, she was obliged to re. turn without the money, and was subsequently ac companied by her brother-inlaw, who furnished the reouired proof. On returning home she placed the mosey under her pillow. Some time during the night a man, whom she supposed to be a negro, broke open the door and demanded the money. There being a are in theflre-place sufficient tolight the room, the woman threw the money 'on the door, and as the ruffian stooped to pick it jp, dealt him a blow with poker that broke his nock. The neigh bors were aroused, and on washing the dead many face'the robber proved to ba her brother-in-law, f. J to Leave if' itfS THE FHt* 'jime—Wows |he steamship nit., has im New fork, () /tland, arrived Lora Elcho >n Parliament, jpusand pounds Hm Oasada this ■Matter forward „nea by Buran •jreatly to Eng- %■ .. 'ftvora a loan. Asm has given a .pong the toasts #nee of friendly doa. png on rapid!?, 'sn snooessfolly )how. The Chief file, ordering sub- He proposes to f —Oobbols closed ’ jtea 5-208, 58@57. Sals do Laralette, nteter of tile Into jiwhose resignation ~o dorps Legislate, (.<; JE'icyolleal and its fttduot of too Roman /Jrtse Bourse opened / 9 flat. Rentes oloßed i ar than yesterday. / 3ay's sitting of the frh several members 1 y of the Cabinet, es* ,/TO-Pfuselan alliance. Lauded the Government E ily on the basis of the tfthe two countries. ■'s M.—The Federal fri* «!0 attempted to sail be s a fixed by the Portu fired on bj the Belem (boh on the poop, and a vessels thereupon an- ■EWAIX.’ had ordered the rebel harbor of Lisbon, end 3d States gunboat Sa /d. tewß.ll has sailed from ior&mento have arrived authorities have prohi- Lfonr hours. JKt. DRAVTS. Jme since Confederate •ment by Fraser, Tren r want of advice. The jna' have since arrived, '.oed lately. .telUgence. i. —Sales three days 0 000 tiorg and exporters. The >id, caused by the Arne- ickester market it yery 1« quiet. Plour quiet, partial advance of id. l for mosey, lected, will soon be re- ;'antefl 8 per cent.; Erie a 1; Illinois Central 3; 'teste, 1 per cent. a steamship Moravian, Milt, via Greentfastle on 'to-night. i Baltimore arrived at ielgtan on the 20 th. the je Caba on the 31st. /.ated on the evening ol / active market daring Irltles, considerable par frlcan account, especially , which have advanced /ly taken for Investment, rohasers. They have lm |e-twentles advanced to S 3 to been flatter, owing to Id by continental holders, lady at 56>£. An Increasing [Atlantic and Great West- /BRITAIN. ity artlele remarks: “ The to have bad no effect on the It, nothing definite having ; qnantity captured at Sa nay still be entertained as >f the early statements* there Is a ilngym&deHto .Europe from must continue exception* fi contradiction of the report (arnment had ordered Its snip* lakes little difference, since /Will prcb&bly send It on their thenanaes: “Whether vo or continued war, there are ‘or of a stability of prices.” p reference is made to American I'lter contends that as the volume £y has not been reduced, and as rsures have been proposed for the psuch ah object, the present reac* considered purely speculative vront rumors, the pressure among @on Id lilverpool was suoh that trrangements were being made by f firms. (was announced or Messrs, Brtm todoD.engaged in tho-Bast India le. Their liabilities amounted to >'S of Parliament on tfce zsth nit, !t. - . I jUKSIVX OX TH X RESKXjmOX* I THB BBIVATB COBBBSFOZrMKCB OP GOV. SMITH, (. OB VTBOIMIA-'TH* IDBAB OF THB H'OhBIXA*- I ITBS IK THB HAST HtBOTIOH—BBOBSBITIBS OB ORPHAMS, BTO.-PI.AHB OF THB BSBJH.B, AMD ! PROOFS OF THRIB WHAKHBBS." Hie correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette at Blebmond seems to have enjoyed the privilege Of locking oyer the correspondence of Governor Smith, I of Virginia, and sends to that journal aonrioos let ter, from which we extract several portions whloh may he useful to those who follow with any Interest the personal history of the rebellion: Hany of these letters were of a purely private nature. Many more, however, were addressed to him mainly or Bolely because of his position as rebel Governor of Virginia. . - These last, though not so fruitful of news,as the letters from the rebel Treasury, give, nevertheless, many an interesting glimpse at the aotu&l rebel condition. , COBCBBKINO THB XtAST K’cnEIXAK CAMP ATOM. ' oho, unsigned, and endorsed In the Governor's well-known large, tremulous handwriting- “from the North,” Is the production of one of oar own pre cious traitors, disappointed at the nomination of McClellan at Chicago, but still anxious for his elec tion, and desirous ofrebel aid to that end. He goes at length into the oonditlon'of parties in the North; assures Governor Smith that, notwithstanding General McClellan’s warlike letter of acceptance, he is all that any Virginia rebel could desire; ex plains how the fall of Atlanta made It necessary to give that letter Its warlike fone, In order to prevent a popular reaction against the Peace platform; strenuously affirms that if General McClellan be. only elected, all will go well; communicates all news of army movements, progress of reernlting, prospects fer future operations, etc., that he thinks will be of value; sends regards to friends in Btoh mor-d, and significantly closes with the suggestion that, after their old Intimacy, Governor Smith ban-. not fall to recognize Ms handwriting. The eorr» fpondent says that he deeply regrets not having the honor of an equal familiarity with It. Lto«ax. about owing uf bichmond. An'anonymous letter from the army, written evi dently by an officer ofhigh rank, dated as far back as October, 1864, enters a stirring protest against tbe design of giving up Blebmond and abandoning Virginia, « a design,” the writer exclaims, “ wbloh 11 new, and which you, Gov. Smith, likewise know to be now entertained. Give up Blohmond and you, give up the Confederacy.” JBFF DAVIS IST THB SODTHWBST. A friendly letter from a conspicuous citizen of Georgia begins on social and family matters; but presently speaks of " President Davis' visit to os at Augnsta and his speech here.” The writer says he is sute it will do great good; declares that It was very much needed, and talks hopefully of the re vival of pnbllo confidence, which he thinks he can already discover as one of Its results. ajtbe offices and contbaots, Gov. Smith was cot exempt from the torment of all politicians—old friends who helped him when he was a candidate, and now clamored for their reward. Scores of letters applied for contracts for this or that article. Others called on him as a return for old electioneering services to net a son furloughed, or a brother exempted, or a friend promoted. But the most patitfhl, were the letters from poor girls, destitute, but rebellions, and not unnaturally Imbued with the Idea that the Government, for whose sake the; were Buffering, might give them something to do. Here is a specimen: Couimni, 8. 0., July li. Governor Wm. Smith Bejik Sir: I, the daughter of tort old friend, appeal to yon as a Vireinian to do ail in your power for me la irytcg to. get me a ei;nation in some department in Richmond lon know lam now an orphan, and en tfreiy dependent upon my own exertions. I e»me out tere from necessity, and net from choice: aidoh! lam so anxious to return I I cannot be soeu tirrly separated from ay friends and relatives; and moreover, 3 think my health will suffer very much in this hot climate. 1 wiil be clad to net in any depart, ment in Bicbmcnd, and fern confident X can do any work -.hey may assign me ' ' Pardon me for tw«. and ho arrared that von will ever have my heartfelt thanks for any tronb:e yon may take foi me. I will he happy to hear from yon at your ear* Heat convenience. Yours most unly. XDELK P This is on perfumed French note paper, elegantly written, and evidently from a lady or onltare and refinement. On the back, Governor Smith’s en dorsement (for the goidanoe of hi* private secre tary) runs thus Answer that It Is rare that an appointment can be had here, and that she must try ana reconcile herself to her situation.” On another, from. Lynchburg, appealing to his recollection of old family friendships, and begging, for the sake of a mother over eighty years of age, driven fromhcme by the Yankees, and entirely de pendent upon the daughter's exertions, Governor Smith has simply endorsed: “Inform this young lady that it Is impossible to get her a place”. Other letters, still more piteous In tone, speak of actual starvation, appeal to old friendships and happy memories, and beg for aid 5 but to all alike the Governor's ansger was a hopeless refusal. PRBPARIHO- FOR TBS WRATH TO COM2* Others of Governor Smith’s letters show pretty conclusively that he haid been extensively engaged In muring the blockade with cargoes ol cotton, and having the proceeds In coin set to his credit abroad. Wilmington seems to have been Ms favorite port for such ventures, and there are numerous letters and despatches from his agents there, ashing for In structions and reporting progress. DESTITUTION—MIS CRUX. AST, j A letter from Mrs. President Davis says she would I be glad to serve as one medium for the distribution | of the supplies in the Governor’s charge for the I poor of Bichmond. [ A letter irom a son of Governor Smith, from the I rebel army, appeals for clothes, and says he is I without a coat. In another he enters at length Into i-tte state of his wardrobe, and shows, by an exhibi tion of his woven resources, that he has nearly cloth enough for a coat, If he only had it cut out and made up i A letter from the United States collector of Inter nal revenne at Louisville, Kentucky, appeals to Governor Smith, on the score of old friendship, to find some means of sending through the lines word whether his (the collector's) aged mother is really dead or not. Another, under date September 2, 1564, shows thatat that time they wenbttsy Impressing slaves for work on the fortifications about Bichmond, and were very apprehensive fortberesnlt. Others Bhow that the Governor had senta State agent to Lynch burg, while that point was being surrendered by Hunter and others. His despatches disclose the great weakness of the (orce defending Lynchburg, and lead to the suspicion that a little more energy on onr partmlght have taken It. Governor Brown, of Georgia, writes regretting that he cannot furnish the railroad transportation Governor Smith has requested, and making the most jolelnl complaints about the condition and necessities of the Georgia-railroads. Virginia officers seem "to have bees in the habit of reporting by telegraph to Governor Smith every Httlß skumlsli in ■which .they were esiratrad. &sd the files are full of such correspondence. carious Illustration of the tenacity, with whieh, to the last, the Governors teM to the extreme doctrines of State AigoM, and of the scrupulous, oare with which the rebel Government was, compelled to respect these s la Ssa lß , ln Bn . autograph letter of James A-Seddon, Secretary ol War, requesting Governor smith to allow him to detail a man from the Vir ginia militia for special service, to which he was peculiarly.adapted, at the War Department. -• j Still another class of letters consists of carefully made np lists of the «Tories" (1. e. Unionists) in various localities. These letters may probably be useful to tb© Government when It designs com mendsg the laborious business of reconstruction. SCEkBS Ilk BlCHHOlll). TBB MOPE OP tin OP THE BBBBE MAGNATES TUB BOUSES THEY EIVBDIE-TBK BEEBE WcSen- TBE POTTOAE IDEA OF GBBBBAE EBB. Davto’ house is now the Abode of General Weltzel. 7 Shookoe HUI, at the foot A,™ i iv S^L“t^P^P Ia, y ,alld 10 111 B«>d condition, thongh rather shabby as to the exterior. The shah ® r ® broken, and the gates of the garden swlnsr Thestablea, too, ale pirated d£ eiSSLiS? 3 .® tb .^ IODt door-way, which detracts very much Jrom the appearance and style of the " " oola b ® thought ada centgentlcnian'a house anywhere.lt Is byno means }“ b ?,,®f“P a J ed «™n with many of the houses to Richmond and to Its Immediate ylclnltv. custom-house, however, -.Davis, aM Brajamln, and Mallory hold tieir court till ead -,. be President” locul P* C “ a modest suit of rooms no tiro flights nf oten^oßubliS^L^H blll,din ?* They are lot yet open to public inspection, a sable guard standing •™ smau ante-room at tke head of the -staffs &ol Sl?f?J ,B ’ poUteb ” t P««midosry, to keep witch perhaps contain! This wilTno£ . to touchj for the general testh 1 al * important archives of the rebate were sent away several weeks ago, either to Lyneh '■arS® to Danville. The probabilitieshre' that their destination. The rebel "Cabtoet ministers seem to kaVo been comfortable in “f Stato y wL 1 h£ S -,J* lt ' jamln ' the °Scoratary ,*s® *“ an enormous amount behind him—lcan*t exactly make out why—had a fine house at the unner end nf MaUor» tr itoed ,, S Cll < ? oa P® d the conlagratlom Hme wtth r^eef” s£,»*"•? m“t of hte I*7 wun a tiger,” who had a splendid den nn K^LSSSS^?!? 1 by the leaders o?the I find nobody who speaks de ®®h®ral Lee’s residence Is unnre tending. .It stands at the corner of a street a b^r' *J2S ab °™ t ba t of President Da^StdTl Boston-looking kind of estab llshmcnt. The ladies of General Bee’s family and of Governor Smith's still remain in thelatyfiSe? of mnrse wi i bewenand courteously treated. ’ r»hS e «i2i , “®,2, of E!e hmcnd were always rabidly' a “"“P«“ [ I®nt 1 ®nt of the Washington Cbrl w*«e says they have much to answer for. The* nf t v 7w E >,^ ly m!8l ?, d Jy the press and the pu1.22“? .22“? ba ” credited the ateehoods of the “s®,. ac<i . boen sednoed by the religious glosses ®/. th® other. The Confederate cause got® to be r^io,V ded with their domestlo peace and their cor)necU ons, and it Is a rending of the h'art-strtogs to see It fall. They have lost no opportunity to stlmnlate the pride and flazeinw safi'f.?? rne L B “ c ‘ “J hate the Yankees!” KKABPMJ 1 amld ber oompaeions. “Iflovir her® any children, even though Bee is beaten T' shall bring them up to etern allotted of thofewho teinvife “I’Ll; °" bo *tlllty,” saldanothw? ■ 18 invtocible; I shall never do anvthtoir but h.r. those who have deprived us of ourrtehts? r eISJw never have been willing to ylekUr if ha<f notbron yield or starve, and life is sweet.” But the £SS violent bear testimony to thegiod conduct ofw,™ troops, and the universal ackno wledgnmn t was thSt they opuld hardly believe thelr own Sres tta TaS ke« had behaved so much betto “l an Idea or the high regard to which the people hold Gen. Led Heis lMkgd upon as a model or simplicity, modestyTand chivalrous daring, rarely appearing savetnam sen’s dress. Notwithstandlnghe hidlcst Safer. tune by the war, he rafused to accept a hoasefrom the citizens or Biohmond, or a proffered *lOO 000 from the Legislature of his State. He Is regarded the greatest of generals, and the remark ifolton £ ad had Gen. Lee the war would not have lasted three months.” There was a strong y , J* tola Legislature to favor of recoil became equally strong to the Con pros; but, because they could draw-no acknow ledgment of weakness Prom Lee, their hands Sere * d is®y to get what toey w?| * be Jhbth of him, but he evaded the ao- Mv*”tt a soWlor,” ho would oa£ ’defend B^toou®\Sl B pro“r“t toS Kgto ssasr.'Sfflsi. 1 * 1 ST. LOUIS. EkOBMOBS KeVEBUB FfiAtrriA DlßonvEmm _ Fox some weeks past Mr. Tanas!* the tt T s E R?iT line collector in St. LoSte, the existence of a system «rri!!tr.» •??“ 10 saB PB®t tore and sale of wteLre, bYWhSl^tte^ASStS?* 0 " that article hae been, to a lxteteTtS;! sat* oentaiSSSKSf*? 1 "!® « » coat of leas than aifeSw ®g^^ratfvsa&.ss. jjffsag»aaa.s!BS , g? i aßi» S^i.s£J lß «^ e S at * ofl,*« barrels or whisky«sS2S to tote nSSifcSrf" 0 * OMn “I®IOI 1 ®IOIlhoPBeafa% ? “”ff Sa mtaESS reapeotlvely 396,200,*»“g^; s®m&&s3^£*sSbsb unable to aell at the low nnoM' nnm Jl? B § B 5 market, while many of the tog sections to Illinois, market, have enkwa V-jSrffto the game , The owners who eonalaned ; chants to that city tor sate, wanMm me*, fraud. The merohanta “wohaigwi with the SSmS or B8 * 4 ' “gh3tßT!!±! l t± , r or *b* ISt uStaS wS Of^a^^-BSS5E^%fS*® She was discovered to f? v ®tol Secessionists. Some of tu£^! confessed that Mrs; to buy oohtrabaSaiSSill’^ 1 !^ I*3 1 * 3 them aJiojMHa that Mm, Swth^®l t^»| «lx times dnrißjr the last year.as. k MsatohMtomd from Kirby Kmii”?. 1 * 8 *; K>o women was therefore tokening™ «e< pass from Gen. Price, dated Feb her possession* "• 15 «. A Bsbzx. Oranu-'s Isn-Kit (Pa.) Eccrnrea publishes a letter rAS? *■', General 1). H..H111, written from TviUi!? hu North Carolina, In ISS6, in which 1.,' 3 Iseao W. Hayne to help forward hi, 't'h- Congress for one hundred thousand iir.u 01 ' 11 ’- peneatlon for losses of the Hill famltv i *■! laUoeary war. The letter was fonnif a *’*! “’Tis too late to expect anythin**, sent Congress, and It la oomposedoi .S 1 ti villains that a delay Is notto have no donbt but that yon'can South Carolina delegation in this re „ 5,3 can calculate upon some friends the Old Worth State. If yon wm Into the matter I have no doubt = succeed. We both have an interest 0 } 3 ; ter far higher than a pecuniary one t 5.? i:1 duty to show to the world the ssrrtces •I'i 1 of onr gallant ancestors. I have been i„f Sl to secede from the n!ggGr*won>hlnn!,,v„ : > of Ilason and Dixon’s line, but I tht-t .P 101 * secede with a better stomach if wex«.,'s* I vermrent pap. I am married aaon» with good Union-loving Whigs of the stripe, and I cannot often give exnr«.f f true feelings. Old Kip Is, however, wat? 0,1 I think that the day Is not far distant 1 Carolina will So’ Scut horn to the baskh Sr' 1 ” At the time this letter was wrltrA professor In Danville College. ”**“11 BOSTON. AJtBrVAI. BOBTOK, April* 12 —The steamer ctreM,, rived to-day from the Gulf Squadron with her of tick and discharged stamen. ' »BPAKTOKB or THB ASIA The steamship Asia sailed this mop,, seventy-four passengers fir Liverpool ,J ! f lor Halifax, and 9645 in silver for Halifax HEW TOBK Otli, THE EVBHTN&JSTOCK BO^D. At Oailairlier’a Exchange, to-night, steady at H 6«. the stock market wat\ ;Mr ‘ Irregular. New York Central, 10<>l£ ; Erls r 86jf; Hudson Elver, lte% ; Beading, ioiv . ' gen Sonthern, 61; Illinois Central, lor.', burg, 71%; Bock Island, 87; Northwestern' do. preferred, 60X; Port Wayne, -91% • ry„, Mississippi Certlhcates, 26; Onmberlaad ui. Quicksilver, 66. ' U Stbikk at thb Bsookatk Navt Yah, general strike la In progress at the Brook’,j r yard, bayingcommenced on Tuesday, that a redaction of fifty cents lias been which Is jsade partially retroactive In j. tton. Men who have been at work since tfa s, the month, believing that thtj were maktai J' day, discovered, when pay-day arrived, received hut *3,50. On Wednesday the stats general among all the mechanics. The ment made the provision which has J* trouble In justice to Itself. Constant J? have heretofore taken place. A rale m, 3 ed that all should do a fair day’s work tor i ? day’s pay. A commission was appointed gnlate tbe wages every two months, with ttem? standing that the rates paid in the yard Btau Z respond to these of first-class shops outside, arrangement proved acceptable to the men, aml!! anf nd to strikes Is the yard. But It new,',? left the Government entirely at the merer *r? workmen; for they all associated themsa[vr;Vf the different Trades Unions end similar eoajZ Hors, end were thus enabled to fix the rate of ,2 outside at whatever figure they deemed err*,iS and then demanded that the Government f»5 pay the same. The demand for labor the » K tS years having been la exoess of the supply, tk, ? mands made from time to time have, of ooorse 2 compiled with. OuK Gbekkae Fbosfbbity During ths Wu —The war seems to law done little towards a jorlng ns save In the unfortunate loss of lv,Z pain of heart It has necessarily caused. i a K “ other -way we have been fortunate. We have mu, ourselves a great military nation, to be res™ * and feared by European Powers who hereto!® may have despised ns. We have advances s literature,' In the arts (for the war h*s opeaojn Immense and romantic field to the latter), a mechanics' we have beaten every natiw t the feenndlty of lour invention #nd- the w, of Its products. In munitions of war—the goj, the ships, the forts, and the convenient*, ; 9 the soldiers In the field and the wounded soldie-j q of It—we have surpassed all that has been hern fore Known In the history of war. Both sides hi, Shewn an endurance and a gening which r«ai onr power as a country now and the glorln. career which Is In store for ns hereafter. On finances have been well regulated and profperow onr population has not’ decreased nnder the m traord inary waste of battle and of the disease ng, dent to the camp. Onr artisans have all been e» ployed, and at wages sufficient to support tin without hardship, even if the wages did not aim, advance aB fast as the appreciating price of iioli and sgr(culture, which Is really the basis of all i nation’s greatness and power, has been as welt fj lowed arid as productive as ever, despite the tt® sands who must have left for other fields its gesth and unambitious pursuits. The statistical bwhhi of corn and rye and oats have all increased, wheat, potatoes, and other.escnlents exbihttaren high percent, of Increase. Pew are the eases when a country has passed through so many fierce sirup gles of horrible war and come ont so little injury so strong, with such grand powers of recupuri-Jsi I Public Kntcrtalnipeuts, I New Cbbbk tit- btebet Theatbb,—oil si! I hackneyed as the drama of" Uncle Tom’s Cafe’ J now Is, It possesses the great merit In the eyes i ail theatrical managers of drawlnglarge audienrs, | and of being, provided the Eva is good, one of hi I best cards In the theatrical repertoire. Can* I quently, last wevk and this. It has drawn, and on- I H? neB10 draw, good hßuses to look upon the n tiiarohal negro, the gentle child, the lnfaaw and the various other characters wm Mrs. Beecher Stowe embodied In her novel, asi I homebody else has translated to the mystic reelra behind the fooMights. We should not again tore | referred to It, bat for the sabs of saying a few more Pleasant words of little Katie Baber. This charm- I tag child.artist is one of the simplest and sweetest duodecimo actresses we have recently seen. Het Eva Is an exquisite little bit of yontbfol acting. By. the-bye, we may mention, for the, benefit of our coot try readers, that on Saturday next the .usual ms- I performance will be given, and on Saturday evening " Unde Tom’s Cabin” will terminal) IB present somewhat brief but most successful run. OXA6 BI0 AT. Q.UIBTBTTB CLUB—The CODOert It the Assembly Building yesterday afternoon was to every respect a delightful entertainment Tin opening place was Mendelssohn’s beautirul trio Is C minor, op. 66, for piano, violin, and violoncello, which was finely rendered by Messrs. Jarvis, Gaert mer, and Submits. The second movement oftth fine work, an andante expressivo, .is remarkably broad, flowing, and melodious. An andante wMk variations, by Schubert, for string quartette, anei qnlsltoly delicate composition, followed. Beethoven’s magnificent quintette In O majir.op. 29. dosed the matinee, and was very finely pa formed. Each movement Is a model of harmony and grace, the second, which Is adagio, being one of the most masterly productions of the composer. The artists composlngthls club deserve the thanSs patronage of every amateur of music In ret c * ty f 2£ th * lr devotionto the canse of classical mu sic. Their weekly concerts, or which yesterday’} w ® s twenty-second, have. been the means of affording onr oitteens full opportunities of hearken some of the best productions -of the first masters of the divine art. One visit to the Clulatette Club win be certain to cause a desire to enjoy * repeti tion of the pleasure experienced. l J f IBS Emma Haedihoh will {deliver her last lecture In this dty, at Musical. Fund Hall, this evening, on “The Day of Beconstrnotlon.” The snbjeotisfuHof Interest, and as this will hs tto tast Hme the lady speaks here, aline audience wfll doubtless greet her. UAWKBnoa’B Evbbiho with the Poets.—Thk evening, Mr. Philip Lawrence, the able and om‘- wifb^i^° r i f ® loca «on, will have an Bvealcg Til at Assembly BuUdlngs, on which I6Sd Bom ® ° r toe finest passages from “Chnae Harold,” Byron’s last and toashinj I®«Wrt finest poems K: will be asMated by big. toyortte pupils, the (Jtaffl- X P : u Enos. » Arnold, E. F, Kingsley, p. o. Blrney and a. T. e ,n P jr aMmB * b'gWy attractive, sad 8 ’ W ® anUa,pato * wn » be extremoly .^f^ KSIVB FosfTrvn Sana of 650 Pcckags* ?? FBEHOH, G-EMtAW, ASO AO., .THIS Day.-TM dealers Is requested to 5 deBlra, ble assortment of British! b™w, M ’is r t ßol1 ’ * na -Aroerloan dry goods, em tamyS.HM?:^,faCia®e*'B*d tots of staple and ami b Uc \ eß cottons, woolens, worsted!, -need. lnola f ln K 250 lots housekeeping linen g.^^f^'irtßisas ™® l Oomkwbiow OF Bob methatoStm SBSaMhg of il. says• TheartiJf ysd v by Bde ?«* to enrslwr. dlenltu or a taB «lbnt risen to the -lock Rnrftbo hClence, The. gentlemen of the p!.* V^Hiv t . t^s-^£yb ”tom‘age tketomueaflilrawiA ness irorthS™* soarammate wifi#' siajsaJtS SSssjT&i trTttom it 5? .‘H.S? 11 * 'work'-ahops of the e«• Walk ” i? “to “Thieves’ Alley,” or “Kogoea the teat toef?fSf°i^ anlcal “Ktoeer la awire ttat «»en ,'l s a vel 7 different article fn* Flate* » la of tsUng » harder t aSlP^;J ln ' 1 08 being made considering SggggSSSag §£3b&£s3£*£ dridteeblSS 1 *?- K *aia S r,t^ , S 1 ? f o^ , 4Sm®i<^ > were sent, a tow months stse* JSSL*.!? J ,OB don polio* effices to one of the d' isfr dtotSSS d - “d‘ If say b® ev«?oSea pPPßCaehtog this la quality, 1 *? fOSBd itS QOTiWlfllW«i|t «yarmp 1? W^* 9, ffi Aa tP 8 ® to for thelsy'® man^a^rt o^ only MOJeSt deep, sodl Sg£g? *nd. Trieste 130 *s! * CtoMitt bcts»en E*jj2 I “earned 300. feet, *h !l g f' I I S?nfo? fS S. al s 016 a «Whfß nearly6o3o feet- A.-- t£g toe Nantuoket (south of o»pe ifc dent *oo*4 at 7,800 feat. The jw-'i I" depths of .all are to he met with to the South;™ | ; Octan. .TO the west of the Oapeof Good H >P° 4 I 2*25 bate been measured, and to the west o< - ■ “dtohaw.oeofeet. . Ur. Youngesttmates too s , s 4 ' , Krim'oot 6 Atlanßo w 18,004 ’ '4
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