SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1885. We on taka no notion of anonymous comma- Bloatloni. We flo not return rejected manusorlpts. **-Voluntary oorresponaenoeis solloitod from all fiaru of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. 'When used, It will lie paid for. THE MARTYRDOM ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The lour of Victory is also the hour of National Sorrow. And this National Sor- row is so mingleqf with a great Wrath that we are unable to say which feeling predominates as we take the pen in our hand to tell our fellow-citizens the heavy blow which has fallen on the Nation. Last night, while attending a perform •ance at Ford’s in- Washington, the President of the United States, Abra- ttam Lincoln, was shot by a dastardly assassin. The ball of the pistol entered the back part of the head, penetrating about three inches into the brain, and whim the ories of Mrs. Lincoln brought assistance to'him, it was found that portion of the lower part of the brain was already oozing through the wound. It is therefore almost impossible that Abraham' Lincoln can survive the ■cowardly and murderous shot by which he was wounded. His death, as we write, is hourly ex- pected. The murderer, on having consummated his atrocious deed, leaped from the front -of the box upon the stage, exclaiming, *• Sic semper tyrannis ,” and waving a knife in his hand. Rushing across the stage, he emerged upon the street, and mounting a fleet horse, which was waiting for him, immediately disappeared. The President was then borne to a pri- vate house opposite the theatre. At midnight the whole of the Cabinet, with the exception of Secretary Seward, were gathered around his bed. But he was then in a state of complete syncope, and breathed very slowly. 'The; blood flowed from the back of his head. He was necessarily totally unconscious. What can we say ? * That Mrs. Lincoln must suffer a deep mid excruciating anguish under this fearful blow, we know; but what is that anguish to the terrible sorrow and wrath that the National Heart must feel for him who fell a’Martyr for her unity? We say this unhesitatingly. Abraham Lincoln is, at the present moment, dying the death of a Martyr for that country to which he.a second time, on the Fourth of last March, pledged his fealty. Un swerving in the path vshich-his con- science told him was the right •singularly honest and faithful to the for tunes and Unity of that country of which i . “I he had-a second time become the sworp and highest servant—he has perished a true Martyr to our Unity. | In these circumstances what must be the deep and terrible suffering and rage Which the entire nation will feel when they receive this intelligence 1 Words are Inadequate to express it. As we write our mouth is parched and our hands tremble. We scarcely know what words ws pher upon the paper before us. Other Eulers have died under the red handed assassination provoked hy private ambition or personal hatred. Tyrants have heen r slaughtered by the dagger of the Patriot, •whose' brethren they had ground in the dust. Profligate Princes have perished under the steel of those whom, their corruption had stung to the •Very core. But here the case is different. A good Man—a pure Euler —one who had been called to fill the Presiden tial ,chair of that People who were so tho roughly satisfied with his selfless and honest attempt to walk evenly in the path -to which they had once before summoned him, has been slain, as it were, at the very /threshold of his dwelling. 4 -. •*' ’.hvY : After almost certainly crushing; 4 out the Sin of Slavery in the War which had against his personal kindliness of heart been thrust upon him, he perished as Moses died, without setting -his foot Within thfe promised land to whose boun daries he had led his People. Ho private wfOng or profligate sin had provoked the hand of the murderer. Abraham Lincoln has probably—can we mot say he has certainly—been assassinated hy a Southern hand. Abraham Lincoln has been assassinated because he did his duty unhesitatingly to that people who had embodied their Government twice in his person.'* It could not have been private malice which nerved the hand that was lifted against his life. Abbaham Lincoln, and those associated with him in the Go vernment, have dealt perhaps far too.le niently with the traitors who ham fallen into their hands. Sad they been more bloody and unrelenting had they crusfied out those who slood in their path —we might possibly HAVE BEEN SPARED THE AFFLICTION "WHICH 'THISJKTELLIGENOE MUST SPBEAD THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE NATION. The frightful Martyrdom which has taken this man from the midst of our Na tion —this man, whose integrity and faith in God’s justice saved this Nation in its most fearful hour of straggle, occurred on the anniversary of a day rendered memo rable to all Christians by the Cruci fixion of our Saviour. Let us say it in all reverence, while we hum bly own the almost limitless boundary which lies between God and that .Abbaham Lincoln received the wound which prostrated Mm, a Martyr to the Unity of these States—upon Good Friday. We learn that General Ghaut re- ceived intelligence of this sad calamity soon after midnight, when at Walnut-street wharf, in this city, on his way to Burling iton, New Jersey. PROBABLE ASSASSINATION W. H. SEWAEft. ' Not contented with the crime of assassi nating the head of the Republic, Rebel Hatred has reaohedout its red hand to the life of its leading Statesman. The vileness of this other act of brutal cowardice is enhanced by the manner of its execution. The Secretary of State was prostrated helplessly upon a sick bed, weak and suf fering from the effects of the serious acci dent which had recently befallen him, when ■the would-be assassin, after gaining access to the house by the utterance of a false hood, rushed into his chamber and stabbed him repeatedly in the neck and head. Then beating down the members of the family who hurried to the room, the murderer made his escape, and mounting his horse galloped from the scene of his' crime. • Secretary Stanton telegraphs that doubts are expressed as to whether the wounds inflicted upon Mr. Seward will be fatal, but that he, for his own part, has no hope of his recovery. Let us, however, hope that he may be spared to us, and that one of those who have shared the toils and held hp the hands of Abraham Lincoln maybe pre served, to work for us in that future he, ' has had so large a hand in shaping. Our Future. The Scottish American Journal, published at New York and representing Scottish opinion in this country as the Albion re-, presents English, has some speculations as to the future of the immense military organization which has separately -been created, in North and South, by the civil War. It estimates that peace will find “in this country not less than two millions of thoroughly disciplined of them rendered unfit for any occupation 'save that which they have followed'during these four years;’’ it affirms that the war like tastes which the majority of these men have acquired cannot be cast aside at the bidding of commanding - generals; and if sees, “from the tone in which General Grant addresses General Lee, that the military leaders on both sides of this con flict are likely to seek no readier way of wiping out the memory of these four years than in the prosecution of some new mili tary enterprise. All they will want will be a field, and the consent of the Govern ment of the United States. A field they have to-day in Mexico and Central Ame rica, provided the Government can be urged into a quarrel with either of these States." It ai-gues that, if the Democratic party were in power, it would be as easy “ to get up a quarrel over the present Mexican situation as to send a fleet of gunboats from the ■Washington navy yard to Hampton Roads." But it also declares that Mr. Lincoln is as sincerely desirous of peace abroad' as he has been for the re-establishment of peace at home. Still, it warns its readers to ex pect “that this Mexican question is about to loom up into vast proportions before long. And unless France withdraws her protec torate, there is every appearance ev|n now of trouble, - which may prove serious! ’ ’ The War Office order officially gazetted on Thursday, and publishediu yesterday, gives a very palpable indication of Mr. Lincoln’s pacific policy. ■ That Order declares that drafting and recruiting .in the- United States are Btoppedjthat' the purchases of the munitions of war; are to be curtailed, that the expenses of tbg miH-: tary establishments are to be rCdiiced. that the number of general and'staff officers are to be diminished, and that all military restrictions upon trade and commerce are to be removed, so far as can safely be done. This is the most complete reply to the anticipations of the British politi cians-^—to the Earl of Derby himself, who lately stated, in the House of Lords, that, {he moment peace was obtained here, the /armies of our reunited Republic would join to fight the French in Mexico, or to invade; Canada, or, by way of being tally em ployed-to assail .Mexieo . and flanjuin-nt one and the - same time. This, indeed,, .would "be to burn the candle at both ends.- As to any war with England, we -have always signed that of all political contin gencies it is one of the least probable. That this country, considerably drained of its blood and treasure by a most exhaustive contest, should rush into war with any fo reign Power, except upon the most extra ordinary and unatoned-for provocation, seems wholly out of the question. On the other hand, it is notorious that peace is the policy of England , under the present Go vernment. We have small reason to. ex pect that Lord Palmerston will lose office, or be weakened by the approaching Gene ral Election, nor,, if its result be hostile to him, that his successor—not even angry Derby himself—can obtain permission from Queen YicroßiAto go to war with the United States. The Scottish American goes farther and predicta: “ There will be no grievous dispute with Great Britain. The Government there have made up their minds to refer all the claims that have ac crued on both sides to a friendly arbitra ment. Indemnity for certain losses on both sides during the war will be asked, and indemnity will be paid. As compared with the cost of even one week of war between -Great Britain and the United States, these -losses amount to the merest bagatelle, and that, we say, will Jae paid. Of this we have no more donbtThan that the stm will rise to-morrow.” The Shame of the Confederacy. Heretofore Bichmond has been known to the world as a species, of Sebastopol, an impregnable fortress, doubly guarded by defences upon which human ingenuity had been exhausted, and by great natural bar riers of forest and fiver, mountain and morass. It had been fortified by every'- method of enginery and earthwork, and as the capital and heart pf the projected con federation all Southern hopes clustered about it, and all Southern, hands worked for its security. But since Grant and our grand army have ringed it around with a circle of fire, arid compelled its surrender, it stands re vealed in another light. The scarce-credited stories of escaped prisoners receive a fearful confirmation. The prison-pens of Libby, and the vile sinks where their slaves were impounded like beasts, tell a fearful tale of tlie’gallant Southern gentlemen! And not alone those dungeons, where, in defiance of the usages of civilized warfare, they ha-fe murdered their prisoners by the death-dealing miasma, the slow torture of starvation, or the more merciful blow of the assassin, but in their own State prison, where the “ suspects" were herded—where men and women, upon hare suspicion of loyalty to the Union were tortured—yea, tortured— bear witness that hellish record left be hind. at Castle Thunder in their flight, wherein name, offence, and punishment are entered, like the infernal day-book of a galley-sMp; a record which shows to the eyes of a horror-stricken world how the chivalry of the South, in the fiendish prac tices pf slavery, learned to wreak ven geance on the unresisting eaptive. If before the military law it is a high crime and misdemeanor to wantonly sacri fice life by holding an untenable fortress, what will be the world’s verdict on the hand of conspirators who seized and held thousands of prisoners in the knowledge that they had not the provision necessary to keep them alive —who gathered thou sands of men into a land of famine, ex posing them to hardsMps that made them ask for death, at the hands of their own. PifUoudly and fearlessly may we point to our own conduct — “ For Train and Right, ’gainst Treason’s might. Our hand .hath altrays striven; " And wo raise it up for a witness atlU, In the eye of ear th and Heaven.” Wherever our arms-have conquered we have established order, secured peace, and bestowed freedom. One 'slight incident in the late victory will exhibit the relative positions of the conflicting powers. When the Secessionists, unable to maintain their" citadel, with dastard hands fired the streets: with the incendiary torch, the Union army in the flush of triumph remembered first the claims of humanity, and rushing to extinguish the flames, rescued the Jives and fortunes of their captives. The contrast is one which will testify to posterity the difference of the spirit which has animated the two sections of the United States. Where Slavery has existed, the Genius of Liberty has been dragged into pollution until debased by its companionship, and rendered gioss,.. materialistic, and cruel. Our own soldiers, bred up in the full day light of freedom, on the other hand, are generous to the very enemy at whom they strike. Their hands are outstretched to lift the fallen. They remember that they were once their brethren, and cannot feel that extreme bitterness of hatred to those whom they once loved and would fain ele vate from the depth of shame in which they are lying, to the freedom of a nobler and purer being. Secretary Stanton as a Philanthropist; There has been a fearful stir among the. substitute agents and bounty-brokers, whose offices have spotted the lower part, of Chestnut, Dock, and a few of the con tiguous streets, which have for many months been the portion of Philadelphia afflicted with, the disease brought to the surface by the necessities of the Govern ment—a disease which produces an un pleasant vacuity in the pockets and purses of those brought in contact with it, and which would, we feel persuaded, be legiti mately described under the name of gastric fever; or, perhaps, as its greatest fury oc curred at the intervals of the’various drafts, it might with even more appropriateness take that of a severe intermittent one. On Thursday night, the dealers in sub stitutes and the brokers of bounty retired to . rest with the serene tranquillity of men who have done their duty to their country for the day, and cleared something handsome by their fearless attention to it. Oaring not in what manner they might have increased their bankers’ accounts—totally unsympa thetic with the disease of which they were, nevertheless, the sympathetic exponents, they laid their heads upon their pillows with a sublime feeling of conscious spot lesßness. Pleasant dreams hovered around them. Lapped in the delicate arms of their ambrosial slumbers, slightly pertained, perhaps, with the odor of a fine old Rye, they rested in an unconsciously, inno cent ignorance of the step which Secre tary Stanton, after a consultation with General Grant, and with the full and entire concurrence of the President, was about taking. After a night’s recuperation from their patriotic toil, they descended to their breakfast tables, some few among their own families, or those of their friends, but the greater portion in the more splendid restaw rants of the city, proposing to lounge away the hour devoted to the meal, over the col umns of The Press. They openedjit, cast their eyes upon the first article, and read it instantaneously. 'While they read it, their jaws dropped, and tlieifcycß opened widely, while the ruddy heaith iipqn their cheeks, the fruit of liberal, ease, good living/and cash profits, blanched perceptibly qs they cftd so. Nonsense! There must b| some error. So they read it a second time. It was enough. They, felt; that the political surgeon had made up his mind to remove the eruption and purify the blotches on tfi& ; body politic; The medicine had been alrea dy prescribed, and conscjence’told them ihat’ it must indisputably be" continued . Appe -- tite- was entirely destroyed. Thrusting The Press hurriedly into.their pockets/jgril crumpling it with nervous and trembling finger!/they pushed the cup of fragrant Mocha fmru before thein, and quitting the table without touching the broiled steak or the tempting cutlet, pulled their ten dollar' beaver indignantly over their byes aaithe'y hurried down town. t . -Hut, alas 1 they, found; no. consolation. The quiet- and -respectable friend .who, not wishing for undue conspicuity himself, had., embarked money, sub rosa, with their spe culative talents, had already heard the . tuams, ond tti-ipgagadjrfth-tgare-in his patri otic eyes, at their office; - ; J’beig fellow-speculators were equally; crushed by the -unpleasant intelligence which had also quelled-their mormng'gas tronomic propensities. It was definitely clear that their business was completely ended. ' ' They could no longer promise one-half and take the whole of the bounty given by the National Government or the State, to volunteers. Nor could they live out of the inability or want of business-tact of their poorer and less educated brethren. In a word, the unexpected and most welcome action of the Secretary of War, declaring so unmistakably as it does that the End of the Behellioh is close upon us—proving to us that with the complete annihilation by defeat, desertion, and the surrender o? the entire army of General Lee, the whole of the fabric of. that monstrous usurpation which Davis and his friends had planned and carried out, had crumbled through—has closed their unwholesome and-corrupt busi ness. Henceforth, that most harsh of the necessities to which we have been subjected by our own Government, or rather by the crimes of the arch-Bebel and Ms peers, can no longer chafe or gall us. We may attend to our affairs and follow our business with out thinking that the next turn of the wheel may mulct us in a sum which we could ill afford, or must send us to the front, leaving those who depend upon us, to straggle alone with the daily necessities of actual existence. The Illnnilnatlon. To the Editor of The Frist Sin: The Mayor has appointed Monday, the ITth lust., for the celebration of the resent brilliant vic tories achieved by the national arms. The illnmL. nation of houses, the parades and torchlight proces sions, will form part of the numerous expressions of •the profound joy which fills the public heart at the glorious and. happy termination of this long, fierce, and sanguinary rebellion. We trust that all citizens, whatever may have been their political prejudices In the past, will forget all distinctions except those which must im mutably exist between a patriot and traitor; that they will consign to obUvion party feuds and sec tional animosities, and obey the higher , and better promptings of humanity by giving expression to those sentiments which must animate the nature of every man who is not recreant to the highest of all principles—national pride and love of country. There are some few In our midst, however, who are so lost to every magnanimous impulse as to beast that they will make no effort to manifest emotions which they do not feel. . We are hot surprised that such men dare not Illu minate the dark and loathsome abode of their foul principles and fouler solves. But, let them remem ber that posterity and history will not only light up their secret lurking-places, but tkelr Inmost heartß will be Illuminated by the all-pervading light of an Eternal Justice, and the spirit of Patriotism shall pluck from their foul'recesses the records of their treason and their crime. S. H. B. BICHMOSIB. SEW COBHAKDBB OB THS CITY, General Ord, who Is the ranking officer In the ab sence of General Grant, has taken command at Bichmond. The colored troops, under Gen. Wen zel, will occupy Petersburg. General Weltzei’s ad ministration of affairs at Bichmond has given en tire satisfaction both to the citizens and to our own authorities. lire In Kocheater. Eoohbstbb, N. Y., April 11.—The oabinet ware house of James E Hayden, In this city,, was par tially destroyed by lire this morning. The stock of Humphrey, Beedy, & Co., stove dealers; Hastings A MoVesgh, paper dealers; S, B. Boby, saddlery and hardware dealers, and the Agency or the Ame rican-Tract Society, wore damaged. The total loss is $30,000, with an Insurance of *50,000. The origin of the fire Is unknown. Personal. OmcißNATi, April U.— General Carrington pub llshes a card, Baying the charges against him are all infamous attempts to obUterate the credit ; of his services in Indiana. His friends say the matter grows out of a misunderstanding with the pay masters, and all money for whleh he Is responsible is deposited In bank, ready to be turned over. . ■ ? A. . ESS-PHILADELPHIA; SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1865. THE PK ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDES! OF THE UNITED STATES. DEAD ON THE IMHtDE !HE PJU)>MISID jLii TREASON CULMINATED iN %H*E FOULEST OF CRIMES. THE BLICESBT OF PKBSTDT CRIksONED WITH BLOUD. [' - “IN THE MIDST OF LIFE Wfe ABE IN DEATH." ' '. V- A SKELETON STALKS IN AMID A SKULK INC'ASSASSIN FIRES THE The Brain that Thought for ns, the llart that Pitied Rebel?, stilled in Mtj£- y -- * .IA >■ VIRGINIA'S MOTTO PROFANES—A MAHVYR IMMOLATED BY THE FOUL hAND-;> - OF A REBEL. i : — V - * V> THE FBICB OF VICTORY PAID WITH TnS Bllfifll* OF THE CHIEF WflO 180 03 THBMMBt THE STORMS OF WAE. - y HIS BLOOD AND THE BLOOD OF THOU SANDS OF PATRIOT SONS THE 1 CEMENT OIfYH|.ItMN.. „ - OVS COUNTRY BOVJfl) WITH TIES OF BTSEI W||F. DKATH U* 088 PIiSSiMST. i ‘. So lore J&L Nbinore lerrymaMag, No Karo Hoping till Murder Bows to Justiee.^ The Blood of Abraham Lincoln trie, Beed of a Great, Regenerated, •' O’ermasterlng Republic. . fSECRETARY SEW All D, THE VICTIM OF AN ASSASSIN. Hie Murderer Desperate Id the-iteiv formance of His Awful Errand, -THE SECRETARY GRIEVODSLY- WODSHsk WITH MGGSR THRUSTS. . GEN. GRANT WARNED OF THE DASS& THAT ENCOMPASSED HIM. The President of the United States , was shot while attending Ford’s Theatre to-night. Il ls feared are mortal. President Lincoln and his wife, togatherwiSbr other rriends, this evening vißlted Ford’s Theatre, 1 for the purpose of witnessing the performance “Oar American Cousin.” It was annogndad,ih the paperß that Gen. Grant, would alsobepreaent, but that gehtleman Instead took the late tralrCof ears for New Jersey*; The theatre was densely 'crowded, .and everybody seemed delighted with the scene before them. i, ~ Daring the third es£, and vrhiitf there'was a tern; porary pause for one of the actowp.to enter, the sharp reporter a .jtetolarashepacdjwtdahf raerelyi . attracted attontlop, ba't sdggesth*;^Oifti(^.r ; j' f f d .until a l»rfh>nt J**, wavingi long dagger In. his rliha hSud-pad fexolahping “sicxemperji/rarihisl” and immediately* leaped, from the bos, whiohwas.pn-tho tier]': -tofiie stage beneath, ahd ran across to the ‘.side, thus risking Ms escape, arnidthe bo vril<Wrment "of-the-audlcnco, fromAhe rear of the thoatro, and, mounting ahorse, fled. I The -set'eaims>M JSgrs, Lincoln first disclosed the Tact to the audii-ncoltw-f tho President had been shot,'when all present rose toihefr &et, rushing tor- Ward the stage, many exclaiming: “Hang him!” “HanghlmP! ' TSfe exoitement' was one- or thewlldest possible -description, and of eourse there was an abrupt’ ■ termination of the theatrical performanoo. There was a rash toward the Fresldoiit’si box, . when cries were heard “ Stand-back!” “ Give him! air!” “ Has aiiy one any stlmnlants 1” , ’ On a hasty examination it was found that the pra; sident had been shot through the head, above and back of the temporal bone, and that some of tne brain was oozing out. Be was removed to a private house opposite to Ae theatre, and the Surgeon General of the army and other surgeons were sent for to attend to his condi tion. On an examination of the private box, blood was discovered on the baok of the cushioned rooking chair on which the President had been sitting,- also on the partition and on the floor. A common single-barrelled pocket-pistol was found on the oarpet. A military-guard was placed In front of the pri vate residence to which the 1 President had been' oonveyed. -i rf An’ Immense orowd gathered In front of It, alt deeply anxious to learn the condition of the Pre sident. It had been previously announced that the wonnd was mortal, hut all hoped otherwise. The shock to the community was terrible.: At midnight the Cabinet, with Messrs. Sumner, Colfax, and Farnsworth/judge Carter, Governor Oglesby, General Meigs, Col. Hay, and a low por sonal friends, with Surgeon General Barnes and Us medical associates, were around Us bedside. TUB PRESIDENT IST A DYISO CONDITIONAT . The President was In a state of syncope, totally Insensible, and breathing slowly, the blood oozing from the wound at the baok of his head. The sur" geons were exhausting every possible effort tf medi cal skill, but all hope teas gone. The parting of Ms family with the dying Presi dent Is too sad for description. ~ The President and Mrs. Lincoln did not start to the theatre till fifteen minutes alter eight o’Clook, Speaker Colfax was at the WMte House; at this time, and the President stated to Mm that he wag going, although Mrs. Lincoln had not beeh because the papers had advertised that General ’Grant and they were to bo present, and as Geneva Grant had gone North he did not wish the audience to-be disappointed. He went ■‘with apparent re luctance, and urged Mr.tiolfax to go with hlm,.bqt that gentleman had made other engagements, and, , with Mr. Asbmun, of Massachusetts, bid Mm good bye. An Immense crowd was gathered In front of the President’s House, and astrong guard also stationed there, many persons evidently supposing that he would be brought to his home. The entire city, to-night, presents a scene of wild excitement, accompanied by violent expressions of, Indignation, and the profonndeat sorrow. ; Many shed tears, The military authorities have despatched mounted patrols In every direction, in order. If possible, to arrest the assassin,- while tho Metropolitan Police are alike vigilant for the same purpose, •* -i The attaok both at the theatre and at Secretary Seward’s house took place at about the same hour (10 o’oloek), thus showing a preconcerted plan to assassinate these gentlemen. Some evidences of the guilt of the party who attacked the President - are in possession of the police. > Tice President Johnson Is In the city, and Ms hotel quarters are guarded by troops. THE PRESIDENT'S CONDITION. ' ■Washington, April 16—2 30 A. JH —The Presi dent is still alive, but Is growing weaker. The ball la lodged In Ms brain-three inches from where H entered the skull. He remains insensible, and Ms condition Is utterly hopeless. The Tloe President has been to see hlm,btat all company exoept tho Cabinet, his family, and a few friends, are rigidly excluded. Large crowds still continue in the street as, near to the house as the line of guard will allow. y attempted assassination op secretary When the excitement at the theatre was at Its wildest height reports were circulated that Seer* tary Seward had also been assassinated. On reach ing this gentleman’s residence a crowd and a mili tary guard were found at the door, and on entering It was ascertained that the reports were based upon truth. Everybody there was so excited that scarcely an Intelligible aoconnt oould he gathered, but the facts are substantially as follows’: About ten o’olook a man rang tho bell, and, the MURDER y-. SCENES OF JOY. FATAL SHOT, AN AGONIZED INVALID, ALSO "WASHtHOTON, April U, 1865. [BBCIHD DESPATCH.] MIDNIGHT. SEWARD. OhR having been answered byaoolored servant, he (alii-he had eome from -Dr. Yerdl, Secretary Seward’s family physician, with a prescription, at the same Umo hbidlng In his hand a smaU pleee of folded paper, and saying, in a refusal, that be must see the Secreta ry, as- be. w»« entrusted with a particular direction concerning the medicine. He still In sisted on going up, although repeatedly informed that no one could enter the chamber. The man poshed the servant, aside and. toward the/Secretary's mm, and* was' there met by He Frederick W. Seward, of whom he ' demanded to Ete the Secretary, yaking the Same ■ representation which he.did to the servant. What * iutther passed to' the w£y> of eblloquyis not known, .but . the.®an struck him on thehead with a titty, stvcrelginjurlng the skull, And felling him almost senselcft. The assassin then rushed into the chamber and atmoked Major Seward,pay matter In the Touted StatesSrmy, and Mr. Hansell, a messenger of the gMm&paxtment, and two male numjjftHsabllng the Wall. -He then rushed upon the Secretary, who was tying in bed In'the same room, and inflicted - tbrei stabs in the neck, but severing, it U thought, no&teries. Ae assassin then rushed down stairs, mounted Mshorse at the door and rode off before an alarm could he sounded, as In the same manner of the assassin of the President, It is believed the inju ries'of the Secretary are not fatal, nor those of the others, although both the Secretary and the As sistant Seoreiaxy are very seriously injured. Secretaries Stanton and Welles, and other promi nent officers Government, called at Seore tary Seward’s house to Inquire into his condition, and there hearing of the assassination of the Presi- to the house where he was lying, exhibiting, of course, Intense anxiety and solicitude. { ST; ' OFFICIAL ©ALETTE tv A bhihotok, April 16,1.80. A. M—This evening, about 880 F. M., at Ford’s Theatre, the President, whUe pitting in Ms-private box with Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Harris, and Major Bathburn, was shot by ah assassin who suddenly entered the box and ap proached behind the President. - The aflfasßinthen loaped npim the stage, bran" dishffig a large dagger or ksjfe, and made his therear of thetheatre. - . ball entered the baok hf the Presl-. head' penetrating nearly through it. The wound is mortal _j. > ■ The President has been insensible ever since it was inflicted, and it now dying. s ■ About the same hour an assassin,; whether the same or another, entered Mr. Seward’s house, and, ÜBdeTprOtenceofhavinga.prescription, was Bhown t tp the: Seoretatl’s slolr ohamber. - The Secretary ‘fheis liPbed, » xmrseAnd Mtts Seward with him.; The assassin' Immediately rushed to the bod and - inflicted Sfeeor two stabs cn the throat and two on the face, It is hoped the wounds may not be mortal- My apprehension is that they wiU prove fatal. The noise alarmed Mr. FrSderlcaf Seward, who was in an adjoining room, and hastened to the door of his father’s room, where he met the assassin, who inflicted upon him one or more dangerons wounds. The recovery of Frederick Seward 1b doubtful. It it not probable that the President will live through the nigh l , , . . General Grant and wife were advertised tfl be at the theatre this evening, but he started tojßnrling ton at six o’clock this evening. - At a Cabinet meet, ing, to-day, at which General Grant was present, the srhject of the state or the oonntry and.the pras peots'of a speedy peace were dismissed. The Pre sident -waS' wy cheerful andjiopefnl. He spoke ■very kindly of General Leo and others of the - die establishment of the Govern ment in "Virginia. . f , All the members of the Cabinet, except Mr. . Seward,are now!n attend ance upon the President. 'I have, seen Mr. Seward,irat he and Frederick were both nneonselcttK ' ' Eirwtif, K, SSAKTOir, SICONB OFriCIAL GAZETTE. thb oowditioh of THU rKHsriiENT, skgketaey SEW ABB, AMD THE SXSFFBBHBS—J.. ■ WihKKS BOOTH pELIkVBD TO BB THB HOB . PEK EE. ' : ■ , WABIHNBTON, April 16— SA.M. : Tto .Preadent still breathes, but Is quitdknssnsl. bid, de-!he has beehever since Be was shot. f He evi ., defitly",did not see the person who shot hlm,]bttt was .UotiklDg on the stage, as hfl,w» apprquobedf behind,, | has lt 1b hoped he may - SjgwartPkbonSifejoii Is i Thea^n; , is not expected to live. The wounds Qf-Majvr Sevjird arenot serious, : J Investigation strongly Indicates J. Wilkes Booth os the" assassin of the President. Whether, it was the seme, or a different person, that attempted to murder Mr. Seward, remains in doubt. Chief Jus tice Cartier is engaged In taking the evidence. Every exertion has been made to prevent the escape of the murderer. - HIS horse has been found on the road, near Washington, v> t •, .i *■'*•*£ Washington, April 14. CSpscialDefpatchestoTbePjesAj - MAJOR GMBIBAL BUTLEtf. Cn theuthday of April; 1881, General Burma abruptly stopped the trial of a _eafl.se ln ; wbleh he was employed.-as oounseijAna solicited a brother lawyer to take hls'ifla«e, w£lle he, with characteris tic energy, devoted himself to the "worte-el raising troops for the defence of the National Capitol. All know with what success Ms efforts were crowned. General Bcti.be, this evening-, h*s written* the Te slgnaHoffof Ms commission as majwpgeneral la the army, and it will be laid before the War Depart ment to-morrow morning. And what Is not. a little remarkable, General Buti.be will return to Boston In a few days and resume the trial of the causa which he loft unfinished four years ago. DISMISSALS. The following officers-have been dismissed the ser vice:. ’• • Lieut. GborobJE.' Bowen, 188 th-Pennsylvania ’Volunteers, for intoxication, gross Ignorance of 'Ms duties, and allowing a total-want of discipline to exist in Ms regiment. ' Capt. Axbbbt S. Onoka, 3d New Jersey Cavalry, for gross neglect of .duty, drunkenness, and Ineffi ciency. Firfit Lieut. Daniel Deno, 81et Pennsylvania, for absence without leave. RESTORED TO COMMISSION. The oommlßßlon of First Lieutenant L. B Rich, abds, Go. I* Ist Pennsylvania Light Artillery, has been restored, with pay from tho date at which he rejolsshls regiment, provided the vacancy has not been Ailed by the Governor of Ms State. Major Nobhah M. Finley, 19th Pennsylvania; dismissal haß been revoked, andhe has been hopora bly discharged. - ’ ' HANKS jpF DEPOSIT. , . Bering the week ending April 13 the following hanks have been designated desposltorles of public* moneys: Bristol County Bank, Taunton, Massa chusetts ; First National Bank, Warren, Pennsyl vania ; Park Bank, New 1 ork Oity; Bask of Mc- Gregor,'lowa, and the Bank of Glens Falls, Now York. NATIONAL BANKS, The following national banks, whose aggregate capital amounts to one million three hundred and thirty thousand dollars, were authorized to-day: Capital. Mechanics’ National Bank, Providence,B.l, $600,000 Hope Bank, Warren, L. I 130,000 -fifty Bank, Green Bay, Wisconsin......... bo, ooo Wisconsin National Bank,Watertown, Wls, 50,000 Ocean Bank, NcWburyport. Mass. 150,000 Central Bank, Troy, New York :... 3(10,000 Ffcet National Bank-, Portland, Maine 150,000 - The following National Banks, whose aggregate capital amounts to $2,850,000, have gone Into opera tion ini the lait two days: ■Filth "National (Bank, Providence, B. 1., capital three hundred thousand dollars; Exchange Bank, Milwaukee, tv is., Capital two hundred thousand dollars;’Orange County Bank, Chelsea, N. J., ca pita! one huhjred and fifty thousand dollars; Bank cf the Republic, New Yorkalty, capital two million dollars.: i : IBy Associated Pjsm ] ARRIVAL OP GENERAL EWELL AND OTHER . ’’REBgL OFFICERS. AbopUO rebel officers arrived here to-night from City Point, including Generals Ewell, Corse, Hun ter, BartouyJJerßhaw, Du Bose, and Slinonß, and Major Campbell Bvown, adjutant toGeneral Ewell,- together with ’ Commodores Hunter andlKii’B. Tnoker, of the rebel navy. Tho efiloers above named, will at bno# bo sent to Fort Wayren, In ohaige of Gapt. forehand, Bth V. B. 0., and Oapt. BnsEell, assistant provoßt marshal. ' The remaining 448 have been committed to the Old Capitol. Wblle ln the provost marshal’s office General Ewell declared that he had not ordered the burning of Blohmond, but that ft was done by -the mob. A gentleman from City Point says that Ewell yesterday sent a oard to Blohmond for publication to the same effect. The Indignation against him in that otty Is intense: Ewell and the other general officers claim that, although captured previous to Lee’s surrender, they are entitled to the benefit of the terms agreed upon between the latter and General Grant. OUR MEXICAN RELATIONS, Some or the foreign journals have reported that it is the Intention of our Government to Acknowledge the Mexican Empire, Arecent act of the President does not, however, support that assertion, for he has reoognlzed Joan A. Godky as consul of- the Mexican Republic at San Francisoo. RETURN OF A REGIMENT. ThOjBBfl Illinois Begiment, of General Sherman's command, have arrived here, on their way home, their term of service having expired. CANADA. MOVHMSNTB ON DELEGATES. Toronto, O. W., April u,—A despatch from Halifax states lhat the Canadian delegates arrived there last night, on- board the steamsMp Asia, on their way to England. They had a public recap, tten, at whloh speeches were made In favor 0! the confederation scheme, and were afterwards escorted by a proceaelon a mile In length, and much enthu siasm wag mutlftstod. Secretary, of War. Edwin M. Stanton,. Secretary of War. JB U K O P E - SATISFACTION DEMAMMBFOR THE MURDER AT LISBON. Only the First-Stage of Our War Passed, According to “ Ike Times.” ALLOCUTION OP THE POPE—HIS HOPES OF MAXIMILIAN. Ibe Atlantic Telcgraph-oensrsl News. HapifAx, Apr 1114.—The steamship Euro pa, from Liverpool on the Ist. via ft“ eoBtl) ™' “ n Inst., arrived here at 2 o’olook this morning. She has 43 passengers for-this port “id 30 for Boston. Her dates aro two days later than those already ro- The steamship Cuba, from New York, arrived at Liverpool at noon on the Ist mat. - TH* K STOHBWAM. ” AFFAIB. A Lisbon despatch or the 81st of March says that the American Minister at Lisbon has demanded satisfaction or the Portugese Government ror the firing upon the Niagara and the Sacramento by the Portugese forts. He also requests the dismissal of the commander of Fort Belan and a salute of twen tySgmgUV^tsm“daSid in regard to the matter. QBE AT BRITAIN. The correspondent or the London Times, writing from Richmond on tN *th of Jtoroh,sßys: lam dally more convlnoed. tEat IT Eiohmoud falls, and Lee and Johnston, are driven from the fields It Is hut the first stage of this colossal revolution which will then bo completed. There will ensuea time when every Iwportant town of tl3 .® quire to be held by a Yankee garrison: when exal tation in New York wUI be exchanged for soberness and right reason, and when Iturtil I B .**®?®?,™*? theclosing scenes.of this mightiest revolutionary dr&fha will* not be played out save in the times of our children’s children.” ... ' Parliamentary proceedings on the sothfflt,were of Commons, on the 3lst, Lord O. Paget said that the Admiralty had received no pro posal for sanctioning or supporting any freah. at tempt to reach the North Pole. He was, therefore, nilhble do say whatcourse the Government would take If such a proposal were .made. . A sew delfig&te put come questions as to too idea of the Popejtabinguphis residence In England, as'lndicated In some foreign-journals. 1 Lc*d Palmerston replied that the Government rrspected the Pope "personally very much, bar for him to l come to England would .ho both an ana obrortsro and a solecism. ; ' The revenue returns for the financial year ending ; March 31st show a net increase of over JE 104,000 on the year. Notwithstanding the great reductions In .taxation, the revenue exceeds by nearly half a mil lion sterling the estimates of Mr. Gladstone. • Messrs. Baring’s circular says that a large .busl . nessjbas, been done In Ave-twentv-bonds. ind that pficee advanced-early lh tile week to 57)i@5S.bat have since relapsed to&ej&gST, the demand bql&R chiefly from the Continent. - - , .'On Friday the telegrams per the steamship Cuba were received, and five-twenties again advanced Co 67J£@ 68 %. Erie and Illinois Central shakos have also attracted, attention, and have again advanced. The Bank of England: on the 80fh'uit.,r«aoed its rate of discount to four per sent., at which there is tk fair ceaiftsd for mousy. This movomoot strength ened the English ftthds.aad consol* are; buoyant and advancing. - j , Kelson, Tritton, A 00., East India and; general -merchants, have suspended, ffityment. Their 11a bnfUes are estimated at .5E900,«»." ■" . Armthfr banJE,llM. SUSpBUuOa, tM Portsmouth and- South Hants Banking Company. Their liabilities are'about J 5170.000. ■ The Birmingham and Joint Stock Banking Com pany bad agreed to take up the business ol Atwood St Spooney’s Hank, which lately suspended at Bir mingham, and to pay the creditors eleven shillings three-pence on the pound. * The West India mall steamer had arrived with over two.and quarter millions of dollars In speolm She also brought several captains of blockade runners, whose occupations wore gone. THB ATLANTIC TELKOBiPH, The French Government, will probably Bend one or two steamers to accompany the two taat are sent by the English Government with the Great East era across the Atlantic, at the time of laying the. Atlantic -table, and it is hoped that the United States Government will do the same. 1 Weekly returns from- the Bank of Francs show an Inoreate of cash on hand of over ten and a-hali million francs. . Lithe Frenoh Chambers of: the 38a, the first of the Opposition, was, debated the amendment. 'Tides Favre spomf&pon the necessity for political liberty, but waste terrupted by the President, and declined to finish his speech. The amendment was xejteted. ' . ! -i ’ The amendment in favor of the liberty of the press was debated, but rejected by a large majority. It is stated that Napoleon will leave Paris early In May, net returning until November; his physi cians have recommended seven months’ absence In the country air. The Bourse is firm at 67f.18c. S ' SPAIN. - - The Epoca states that the Minister of War tender ed hie resignation, gnd lh&t General Lorsundl re luscd tr place him. ' A later despatch says’Oia Minister 06-War resign ed from ill health* General Blvera succeeded to the office. f . . , DEHMABEp * The King relieved M. Helleen, Minister of Jus tice, of hfs functions. Helleen represented the al diance between reactionary and Extreme democratic parties. It is supposed that all members of the late Cabinet will mum to their poEts. ITAIiY. In the allocations delivered at the last consistory, the Pope expressed Burprise.and sorrow at the sad events which haverecentiy taken place la Mexico. Bis Holiness hoped Maximilian would abandon the ccurte npon which he has entires, and satisfy the lust desires of the Eqly. See. *, The Pope farther thanked the Bishops of the'OatkjStoworld, especial ly those of Italy, for defending Ifne religion and ll bCrtles cf tEe Churoh, despite the decrees of the se cular authorities.. „ < * • Prussia. . • in the Military Committee of the Chamber of De puties amendment#were Introduced with the object of effecting a- reconciliation between the Govern ment and Chambers,'and proposing a maximum strength or the army at 130,000 men, which were re jected by eleven to eight* The committee also ro jsotegUhe general military estimates and navy 63- . tiroa’es and amendments, thus refusing the whole military and naval proposals of the Government. AUSTRIA. Count Mensdorff had Made some ministerial ex planation in the Lower House of Belohsrath. He said the views of the on the question ot the Duchies would be oOmmunloated to the F ederal Dlet on the 6th of April- As regards relations with; Italy, he said tho.Go vernmeht desired to promote the material interests of the two countries, but that Italy maintained a hostile attitude to the Government,.; He desired to economize, hut mast maintain the position, of Aus tria* as a great Power. „ ’ V INDIA:" A private Calcutta telegram of March 27th re ports commercial affairs in much the same state as on the 26th, when a slight Improvement had taken place. ' .... ; 4 W LATEST VIA LIVERPOOL. Saturday Evening, April 1, 1885. The Times Ic-dayhasaDedltotialbh the amended tariff law of the United States. It says : < ’■ IMs-Imposslble to find an excuse for It. Tried by the llght ol reason, or by the results of experi ence, nls alike condemned.” „, It Ironically credits the framers of the scheme with peculiar wisdom, In selecting the Ist of April for its Inauguration. %. , The Army and Navy Gazette * says: ” The work of the United-States navy has now been accomplished, and It must be confessed that In the hands of Farr* gut and Porter the high reputation which the offi cers and seamen of that Power established aoon after the national existence Itself, has been great, ly enhanced.” LATEST VIA QUEENSTOWN. London, April l.—There Is no news of Import ance this morning. Paws, March 81, P. M.—The Bourse Is steady. The lie me 6 doled at G7l. 300, London, April 2.—The Brazilian mall has reached Lisbon, bringing the following dales: Rit)D»jAKEtKO,Marchll— Exchange Coffee—;alM of good first* at 85||86; shipments, 10,000 bags; stoak, 100,000 bags. Freights, 50|162J£‘ Bahia, MarOh .11.— Exchange, 2sx- Cotton nominaW -- _ P**ifA»ißUOO, March 11.—Exehange, 26M® 2 !- Montevideo has surrendered to General Fiores. The Brazilians now oooupy;the olty. - LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. „ Livbbpool, April 3.—Arrived, from New York, Geestemande, at Bremen; Axel, at Antwerp; Bre. men,at Batavia; City of Now York and Lizzie Woman; at Liverpool. ’ Special.—Arrived, from Now York, Axel,flushing; Slit, Sniffle, FaJmoulh; from Philadelphia. Slat. Oo burx, Liver mol; from BaMmorefsotb, Howard, Liver pool ” v “ E&itedior JTew Tort. SGtb, A. A, Drebeit? for Billimor*; SBjJ», Join Clarke, JUrerpool. ; Tie SnrGp& a&ilfid at 533 A M. _The Asia arrlred at ll 30, and atllad at SJI U- The Bnropa ax »trleic*d etiOßg westerly wi»d| Anrim the whole Toy. &te*on theiafh-ittd 13thade»8elog. Out he Sd,at7 P- M.; the signalled an iron-clad ewamer, bonadSast, 3 at. 61, long- 14. y Commercial Intelligence . LivsnyooL, 31—Evening. —Cotton —Tha market re nort was recedvad per Moravian .JTha stock of Cotton in port is 650.000 bales, by actual Count, being 33,000 ba)e£ below the e&limatfis, of which amount 48.000 bales ai© Amwicau TBaBB REPORT.—The Hanohoster mukst was firmer, with ah upward tender cy. . UEEansTUPFS. —The market is easier. Richardson, Spence, Ik 00, and others report: Fiourdull and easier. Wheat Quiet, and qnotaaons are barely maintained; red WesternBs@BsBd. Corn toaotive; mixed!He6d.. Peovisioss —Themarket Is downward.' Wakefieid, Naeh. A Co. and Olliers report: Beef has a downward tender cy. Pork heavy and declined 2* 6d Bacm firmer and holders demand an advenes. Lard dnll and easier at 68s Sd@6ls. Butter flat and-declmia*. Tallow downward PBcmncE. —‘Aabes ei*seT at 28s 6d for Fots and SOsfor Tearla. tsugar flat. Coffee quiet and steady , Quiet and steady. ClQverseed flriaer. Jnta 10#30 lower. Cod Oil quiet at 6b. Sperm Oil no sales. lstn seed Oil iteady. fiosin very dnll. Spirits Tarpaulins Knrlish, & Brandon report Pe troleum firm at Is lld@2B for refined: no crude In market * LOUDON MABKETS. —Hour firm. Wheat steady. Iron advancing; bare asd rails M lof@A6l6s; Scotcn Pis 62b 3d. Sugar inactive. Coffee active at a dectiue of Tea steady At lO&d for oomroon Oojgou. Blc« steady. of Turpentine flrjn at 67N Pe tioleum steady at wnde, fa Sperm Oil nominal at Tallow downward at 4C®lSs. Lin seed OU ffat Liybevool, April 1— Evening—Cotton.—Sales day 6,ooohalw, ineluding2.ooobales to specs atoraand exporters. The market la lets Arm. but quiet and n&- £k ßEEinWxra.-The markoHsllu.Ut*hd steady. Psovisiosb —The , 'closed at fO i'MEWC4N STOCKS —lllinois Central Railroad, *6IE@62M; Erie Railroad. 86M@S8H; United States five twentii; 67K@68«. CALIFORNIA. * NATIGATIOH OV TBB OOLOBADO KIVEB—THE San Francisco, April 14.—Recent explorations have demonstrated that-Colorado river Is navigable for small steamers and sailing vessels 800 miles above its mouth, to a point within 400 miles of Salt Lake, and it Is quite certain to.be a highway of great trade between Utah, Arlzona^and'Oallfornla. The recent heavy falls of rain have greatly befte. fitted the erops thronghout.Oallfonite. The city of San Francisco finally, after a long and vexatious litigation, has Issued bonds Sto the amount of. $400,000 In aid of the Central Pacific Railroad. Eighteen hundred laborers are now at work oh the enterprise. The experts of|treassre fort the quarter just ended show a falling off of about" six end a haU millions oompared with the sam» period last year. The Paolfie mall steamaMp Saoramento sailed to. day with a large number of passfifegers. for New York and $1,168,000 In, treasure, or whloh neariv $700,0t0 goes to New York. ' The steamship Moses Taylor sailed for San Juan del Sur with numerous passengers. The market continues variable and and traders pursue a eautionous policy, Prices or Eastern goodß are slowly Calling. Sailed, sMo Fly ing Eagle tor Boston. ST. LORIS. personal—karkets. St. Louis, April 14.—Major General Banks and finally left tMs morning for New Orleans, „ Flour active. Wheat firm. Corn firm and ad vancing; sales at $1.800185 tor yellow. Ooiton steady; middlings 800. Tobacco firm and advancing. x pKTIItSBCTS. . CBp«l*l C<irtaipoia«iiM of ®»« **”*■ J . n»t«V».n!»BI , itTBRBBPBg, y*., April 19, 1881. THE rcggionp COMPITJOB O/ gg* ,„ It to l»id to realise tto condKlMt-of tliteg» te Petersburg at present. All flat* leftoftboboast fqj and defiant rebel army oonststs of some ttom Bands of broken muskets, mahy plecwof aistnoanted artillery, tnndred* of buried and unbariedboasoa, and a long line of empty fortifications. we mto seen muoh of war and battles, bofc tbej Siege O'; • Petersburg surpasses anything ,we havwjyet wit-, neseed In point of magnitude and soteneeins .well asT>f stubborn fighting. The ground IneMe of the ■ forts Is covered vrtth cartridge papers, and the earth Is clotted with rebel Mood. The fight iqr the posses sion of the rebel Fort Damnation fas Mrts vulgarly * called) must have been terrtfio. The city li desolate. The whites base nearly all deserted It. Those that still remain could not get awav ‘ That part nf the town closer to the works “has been riddled with shells and shot, making lb uninhabitable. The beaoty#nd Site of the city are scattered imong the plnee of the appm ooontty. Occasionally a beautiful woman peeps from behind a shutter or a door ajar,'but this sight Is unrrequent, and the stolen glance Is so unlovely that the Onion soldier wishes It had not been vouchsafed. .Every thing is at a stand. The stores and shops,'that ope year Sfeo were teeming with now bare, and the grim occupants stare at you from the door step, woefully picturing the desolation that a cause less rebellion has brought upon w people, j I went around to the building of the Petersburg Express, butfonnd its doers- locked; A fraternal feeling led me to this; but, when I went there, I found, if I wished to wags? printer’s paw, I would have to wag my oWh. There are many fine open ings here for enterprising “Tanks,” and It Is pre dicted that In a tew.months this city as well as Btahmond will be alive with enterprise. Soarccly any buildings were destroyed by fire. The Slave Fen was filled with ootton. It ‘jws fired and burnt to the ground. One tobacoo warehouse was burjit, and another fired which failed -to bum. The inhabitants, previous to our occupation, ware In a starving condition. The negroes say that more food was throe® away by qor army before It, marched, than 'the rebel brmy has had for a month. - The army was subsisted first, the people last. J. H. K. ....... —— f- -f- ■ -t “ —" M r - •* 4 ■The ,Siege of Wflgaiins - Ex pltuied In “BpHmisl* f«r: ’’-tteotral '-Stfe-WS fn»n the City. . , New Oni.*ißs, April 8, via Cairo, Aprri'l4,—ITh* 1 Th* TiTnfS Spanlsli-Fort special despatch of the 3th say S ' a fat lons 'fire was opeped on the rebel forts list tight from oflr’ectlre lino. During the bo-nbard aioirt. T*. small magatUio exploded In the Spanish Fort, bnt the damage caused is niknown, Dwertcn report 1.800 to 2 000 troops la and about Mobile, nearly all State reserves, and 2.000 In the t-pabifliFort. The loss outside of the fort to April 4th amounted to 400 hilled and wounded. The rebel loesexeeeds ours- Adjutant General Thomas arrived on the morn, irg of the 7th. - - ; Mobile papers of the 4th annoonee the capture of Selma, with. 23 pieces of artillery and a large amount of Government property. SAW YORK Cm. Sew Tonic, April 14. KAVAt SBW9. The steamer Corsica, from Nassau on the 10th, ' arrived here to-day. •'?- The blockade-rnnner Banshee, with 1,000 balesof cotten, had arrived at Nassan fronrGalvesJon; She: reports that Galveston was garrisoned by 1,200 troops. Twelve Federal ships were off the bar. Six steamers had sailed recently from Havana for Galveston- « : The steamer Golden Bnie, from San Jnan, arrived here to-day,. ... —•- . THU SVHrntS STOCK BOABD. » 10 P. M.—There sas no Btoot board to-night. The Pm,oral of den. .Smyth* WrißineTox, Del., April 14.—The remains of Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Smyth arrived here 'to-day at 1 o’clock, and will be Interred, on Monday after noon at 2 o’clock, with appropriate ceremonies. Rejoicings in Cinelniiatl. CisoisnATr, April 14.—Business was -entirely suspended to-day:. Thecirtlg decorated wlthfl&gs, and great enthusiasm prevails. The prooesslon was an Immense affair, comprising .the entire police force, Generals Hooker and Wlllloh and their staffs and four regiments of the National Guards, dis charged veterans, ward organizations, Fenian Bro therhood, Are department, and a large number of colored citizens. All the bells in the city were runij, and salutes were fired at 6 A. M., at noon, andathP.M. Ae brilliantly il luminated, and there Is a general display of fire works. '' Public Entertainments. Chestkut-bt. Theatee.— This afternoon we have a matinee at thls. honse, on whloh-oocaslon ” Uncle’ Tim’d Cabin” will be * performed Tot* the last time. but one—Die last occasion on virhlohthla most popu lar pleoe can be performed, being lu the evening- ' v Mibb . Oakoi.inb Richikob.— lt wili be seen by the advertisement to .onr theatrical-: ooluum, that this peculiarly Philadelphian favaMte wiif appear in “The Daughter of the: Regiment” ;*t’ the Academy of Music on Saturday herm. As this Is the flrst.Engllsh Operatic Marfnoeglten here, It will _ undouetedly..bo a success, for.aftw? having so much' Italian and German operai-lli wffi' < be to our ihxtlve language wh<Sn;;i*oharmlng vocalist interprets it musically.* -fart Peter Klch lugs vrffi takethe chdraoterof COrtoacAe, with which he Is identified." We shall thi-. whole' company of the Arch-street theatre, ondWS do not dcubt thatthe result will be audience. Evbsiksb’ with the Poets.—The entertain ment at Assembly Building, on Friday -evening, cor sifting of readings and recitations by Mr. £,aw renee and bis pupils, was well attended, and «««• tlrely successful. The champion readers, Kfe.-Lawr renee’s pupils (Kcßlmey, son "or -the' late General Blmey ; H. J. Grump, son of Sfr. Crump, builder of the Ledgno Club HouZU’J Pt F. Klogsley, son of the proprietor of the Continental Hotel ;B. Ya rn ail and M. Evans), gave great satisfaction, and little Mary Bawrencd, a charming little damolselle about twelve yeare old, recited “The May Cfneeh” with expression, grace, and understanding. Me. Rupps Adabb, one orour moat eminent teach ers of elocution,.announces a fine literary and milita ry entertainment, to be glven at OoneertHA.il, on the evening of the jffith Inst,,, A number of choioerecl-' tatiens will fiemadehsai by hlmreir-ana 'by mem bers of tho Cortland Saunders Cadets, who tfre his pupift. A mllltsxy drill will also,be glvomby the -Cadets. ’ Mb. Otto Bessel, whoso Interpretations of oiatEleal piano compositions at his Boston concerts have been spoken of la the highest terms of praise, ln this city next take place at the Foyer of the Aee4emF«fc®Brtaay ere®lng«»(act gramme Is works of the best mas ters, . Mr. Dresel vmr-be assisted by onr talented townsman, Mr. Charles H. Jarvis. " j TBB GBjtMAKiiL Obchhstba offers the following eholcepfogrammelor this afternoon. Beethoven's Bj mpEoEy, tho separate parts of which have been performed at previous rehearsals, will nowbe given entire; ' ’ , _ . , , ■ 1. Natfonk alrsT ” 2 Overture—* 1 The Estnrn of Tobias” Haydn. 3, “Hymn of Praise” Mendelssohn 4> <3^anfimta,,Hm J *,.. > RuStim™! a Adapto—Allegro Vlvaoo, 1 b. Adagio. ! , c. TdlhutUo. «. Allegro ma non troppo. ' .JHbesbs, Wolb|phhabdThomas offer asuperb (election of music tor - their classical eonoert at the Foy erocjthe Academy this evening. The programme Is as follinira: ' : ' - ■ - j - Trio, (B flat* major, op. 07,) for piano, and violoncello.. .Beethoven. Fantasia; (F, minor, op. 49,) for piano Ohopln. »olO,P)lin, .....SDohr Noatorno ahdiCavallor jbr piano, Quartette (O major, Ho. 1,)... : , ......^^Morarfe Z,ABaB Pbkbmptokv Sale o> Cabebtiwus, i Mattibos, bto), This Hat.— The attention of dealers is - requested to the superior assortment of carpetings, mattings, &0., Including an tovbiomof very choloe designs royal tapestry Brussels, 50 pieces ok? I®and 1 ®and parents printed ftlt; also.snper- An? andflneingrain, eottage, hemp, and rag carpet ings, 2-4 to a 4 colr A<:. l to be peremptorily so* by catalogue, o* four months’ credit, com mencing at 11 o'clook precisely, by John B. Myers * Qo.> anctloneers, Wo. 232 and 234 Market street. Sotsb at tab Battle Tor Fry® Forr-r ox a,t , ta ® *°bels fought with stem determination. A colonel with a shattered reuL mm. came down upon ns on acharge. The 5 - oame o» with a yell; their gray uniforms aeemeddblack amid the smoke: tholn preserved colors, torn-by grape and hall! waved defiantly; twice they hadteS, and pouredln volleys, bat came on again like the surge from’ the log, depleted, bat determined; yet In the tot faces of the carbineers they read a purpose as resolute, but more calm, and, while they pressed along, swept all ,the while by scathing volleys, a gronp of horsemen took them In dink. It was an awful Instant; the horses recoiled: the charging column.,trembled single ■ thing! but at once tho rare organization, fell square, and with solid sheets cdsteel defied onr centaurs. The horsemen rode around them In vain ; no charge could break the shining squares, until our dismounted carbineers pom-ail in their volleys afresh, making gaps In their spent ranks, and then In their wavering time the oa-nSrv thundered down. The rebels could stand nomOre theyxeeled and swayed, ana fell back broken and Tbs Hesoobcbs o» Mexico.'—The area of Mexico : is 829,916 square miles, with a population of 8.39ri 824 sonls, her territorial extent being greater by 50 003 Phcffio slo£» of'S 01 th . e popuistlon but 2.138 510 are tt V?,? I ,? , n? er . oonslsttogof 6,222.000 or There are In addt- H®® D^lan8 ’ an d °f the whole popula- 4 > ,9 ?i B ® mo returned as civilized; The «^f^?.A poplllatloll < til6 majority of whom are Spaniards, amounts to 2®, 000. The annual valued Jgrlonltural productions Is about *105,000,000,-but tne mineral resources of the country are onei of ita chief dements of wealth, the products ef the mines reaching some SICO,MO.O<M each year, and that. too under an Inefficient and uncertain system- Betides gold and silver, antimony, obpper, oaai diamonds, Iron, lead, tin, zinc, and othw**minerals abound. With all these natural a<lvwntnaAi the country, when Maximilian assumed poftwlwod * debtor *173 OGO.OOO, and the budget fSnweAjkn an ,nnal deficit of over *3,000,000 annuaUs, rrfik rrL quefit civil wars, which have ™unS teeming with mineral and agricultural Wealth. hn.vk been the ohlef cause of Its waw having been to the last forty years noless than fortv elx changes of government. With actable and libe nA«eni has wltbln her to Mtuatkm, climate, soil, and productions all that Is calculated to lead to grandeur and power. A Towns on to hla 11 Pil grimage to the Holy Band,” says .: «Whm I was at Nice, almost on the frontier of serwa, l saw a large tower as white as Parian marble rising up to the midst of the plalij. On closer examination, I found that, instead 01 marble it was composed of regular tows or human skulls’, ta,cached by ram and sun, and cemented by a uttla sand and lime, forming entirely the triumphal arch which now sheltered me from the burning sun! There must be from fifteen to twenty thonsand. in some places portions of hair are hanging, ana waved like lichen or moss with every broezewhtch was then blowing fresh, penetrating the lnnutM rable.cavities of tne skulls, and aouMto* Uka t>» mournful and plaintivesigh. Theee were ahana'rd CITY ITE M@( jfc. -rival in the »ry «oo<i» T Next V* the rapid succumbing or tt, "" we have riv' more gratifying fact to cw., the settve K’vhval of business, whloh j. ’ noticeable fn hhe Dry-GwHfl Jobbing j )* r J c The Tfeinlty «rf -Sixth and Market streets^ 1 morning a scene of bu:-lne,, blockaded Bldewndhsworthy of tie ffiost “** seasons before ti^ 1 ,,departure of « oo r P S! glatei»,”wheii of Western &m T trade was at Its eolmJnatlßg ' v prised ns la this 6stance, however w " £i that the immense caosoway of « w« w” fll log nearly a square, were the fruits of a tusloefS of the house of Messrs. Hood. 3 “ - ll & Co., No. SM Market street. On * establishment we were scarcely less endless staeks olgoods Bold, ready to b« » ' packing rooms for delivery, and that tb«, salesrooms were thronged with easb n -..J*' /or cash, and with a degree °r freedom,,,', dlcatlng that wnatever grounds of sMfctti ' a panic la commercial circles may b, 7 ns have effectually passed away. We ma» ' serve In this connection that Ideas,, Co. deserve credit for th* fidelity with if? have adheredto the hfedern eai*syj»e»i -manner In whloh they have, by their’.- 681 monstrated Its feasibility. asee =s, One reason for tSieheitade being,, Season Is found In the tect that thefr B Wte ’ for It were made on the most Übe, al Sci , parj ‘ play of goods (whldh Sro substantial!- Jj ! tiHlt Euch leading Fmfps fabrics as am “j*. Pennsylvania and the Western trajri h „, * ptl the largest and BBSt assorted ever -V-. 1 * » market. • ea •* Their warehouse, built and fonto-w ~ Caleb Copo;'®q.,lsoneor the moat sot? 1 ’ 1 ' best arranged to the city. It extends to Commerce streets, a depth or over , Ret, end Is admirably lighted tte ., ®™ ; first floor Is devoted to counting-rooms ral show and salesroom; the *r CTO <f »„“T 1 hoy’s wearofevery description; the fiiri .f? mantillas, cloaks, white goods, and , and the/oujf* to duplicate pra,.,, ohandlae. ~ 01 This house tr&B established nearlyfortj thorough, asm.’! jarlolons bnslEßse men, wifi* their .liori-, , '' chief ra«gquw>’aowii tlTthe .merest »LJ' Tory to their HtapoftraTtoSe Ladle*. Bt> eoueeqayiSe el the henry decline nr valas: the fqllowiei;artlclesordal!,- .ui-,,’ tlon ladlea an to-day offered by mV la - Pirn',.at -fcfirßtand, eoutteast comer of a-"t prloeefar below the r«« ». lately pTetalled ;-in faeti at such figurea S! ", make It' deefrpile and profitable for t# rei '... scan theltenur.below ennmerated, anl -irVV Finn a call before moktoir-purchases elsewtr-i '” ’ >V meum ffonrln’s beet Plain, C 2 per pair. Jjenytn’sbest Stltcbed, #215 per pair. jhweetrloTea are a superior make, an! in deaii ' COKSETS, AT REDUCED PBICES. •American Corots, #1.20 per pair. French Case Corsets, *1.60 per pair. JCaBB Stat* Corset, goo® article, *i.rs per pit - 'Calm Stitt Corset, fleer grade, H per piir. ‘ l 'i£™^ oW ® re<l Top Corset, *3 per pair. slity -Embroidered Top Corset, <n % , AEmbroldered Top and Front Corsets, ?»;, vpilr. The $175 Corset, sod all finer, MB Wlmi whalebone, are well made; and worth an sesi ties. The sales In this article have beenqsit- PARASOLS. To-day Mr. Flan mates a heavy reduction in« goods, selllrg the Elalrjsllklrorj’ Hanfileat.,......... i Metal’Framo Mid Tip at..‘... Embroidered with Baade at... CbenilMfndged at............ Also, a toll line of Sod Umbrellas and Sun p . < SPoouooTrovs. Coates, warranted 200 yards, 10c. prr spool WlUcmantlo, do. " do. Ba. do. STOCKINGS. Common article... 22 els. pi; Better .goods.. 30 ats. p;:;:,.- Children's, 8 rites, irom Ito 8, rsgn. lar make................fr0m 30 to 60 eta. par pit- Good artic1e........'. iic» Good article, rcgaJar'm&ke........ 50 es;: Heavier article, regular make 60 cw Heavier article, regain make ss osi. Heavier artlole,refealar make.. : oos-.i Heavier make. ;»« ‘WHITE GOODS. Edglngt,worked, some forty different pit >-r. Beautiful 1 design edgtogs, itomu, ray che&f. sertlrgs, a fine variety. Worked Bodies for Infants’ wear. Of til? jtlt Uun are eight grades, varying to price fro mil s : t 6 e-piece. J They are worthy an examination. Jaconetß and cambrics., full line, excellent f»tt trimming, as low as 2a cants per yard. Natosot'lr.arid undressed cambric, oil grades. Swiss muslins; a toll line. Plaid muslins, a ton line. Brilliants, several be&utirnl patteme, at low cents per yard,. • Crinoline ef-good quality, cheap. IRISH LIKENS. Several graces—as loir as SO cents. The l>, - grades are the Mnokomore and Belfast good: “ golden hag” stamp—adeslrabln grtielo. Gbabt KAs ChsjPTUEKD RtoakpirD and 1,- 1 kßCQktd tliß rebolUon ic».i ■ good thing generally. Messrs. E.<J. W :•. Go., the wellknownConlestloaora, Wo. 316 • street, have ‘also done a good thing by tstiir hearts of oar people by tfcfc superior eharaettr their elegant fineConfeations. Every b>dy=i <1 •visit this great sweetmeat emporium. Their . are thephrest, freshest, finest, and most doild. tbafaremade lnthteeoontry, and hive i, >7 comeiavotiW M erely well-regulated hosse Tbb “ PBizß-MkDsUi” Shirts Invents! t: John F. Teggart, and tor sale »t ths popular i; tlemen’s FurntshlDgEstabUshiiient or air. Grant, No. 610 Chestnut street, are the , i end the best-fittiiigrShlrtn £ the world. Tea r-.:*, choicest goods In this department are alwayi . Bale at Mr.jQrant’s coimtors. _ Rest Fittiku Shirt of the aob is improved Pattern SMrt,” made by John 0. eon, at the old stand, Nos. l and 8 North Si street. Work done byhnnd, In the beet most and warranted to give-.«fc«itMlJ*n. Hisstoti Gentlemen’s Famishing Goods oannotbesarp' Prices moderate. Thb 2?bw Stpi/rs op Sparse Bojh?et? a i HaiSj for ladies And now open at Woo ! Gary’s, 1f0.726 Chestflut street, *r© the ne piu-vd’ I 1 **** 6 * »y ». Haot Out Totrjt OK THE Outwasp Waxes—There never was~such a display of iyr In Philadelphia as at present. The stars stripes gleam from window, housetop, and flag-'!*-" and “ Old Glory » is Banning himself to Us hem' content. Some of them .banners of freedom tsar appropriate patriotic and practical mottoes, ow the most sensible of which, la the following: “Bi all yonr wearing apparel at the Brown Stone elat ing Hall of Kookhill t Wilson, EfOS. 603 and - Ohesbmt street, above Sixth,’* ' Tub ■ BEAU'i'ijfujj Fla.q printed by B!ngw&*t Brown is In great Remand,' many of oar citto pwcaaflßg .it- m an admirable decoratloc for ti coming Ulamlnatfsn. *'■ Cobbs, Bobiobs, abd Fbbtobk iBB-rar?.—h T-- irant to get rid of them- try Theobald's Boots, ‘® Oallowhßl street. He makes the-new style Boots, pointed toes, j« ftfi comfortable as an o!4 slipper. Try Mm. _ Lasts made to suit the feet.- I l ™ Salk of RkalEbtaib, Stocks, &o-i !M Thomas fc Sons' advertisements and pamplet«•**’ lognes. Abb you going up in'the Balloon, TlOsaath mJ Coates 1 f .i5E Fob thb Gkahd Illtikibation.— A few casu from Bailly’a t>»st of Obhsbßi, Gbakt. For sale at "'- '- v " ’ HaiTß’s, apiast* Eleventh and Arch streets- Opbbiks.—Charles Oakford St Sons, Oonttsentsi, Hotel, haveopened their staefe or elegant Hits Caps for ohUiJren. ap3-St ; ,„Ev®, Eab, abb Oaxabkh, snseessfcUy treats by -X. Isaacs, 11. J)„ Oculist and Auriet, fill Pine ft Aitlflolal eyes inserted. No charge for eaamlns* 5 ABMTALS AT THE HOTELS „„„ „ The Continental. C F Guild, USA WBForvianee P'ti=r'.'< CAnlnnaa Ohio HWISEKJSVIivr KC K.mboll iia ' v J fiew Tork 1 F Gunther, * Xiy«bpine. How York aKDarhatn. Elrai-e ? 8 CopreWi wT RI, Eajmrad. S«W York Meat W c Vaaval’a. IP™?®*?*™. llll Mias S Vanvs:. : i *n£v,X l f col if i . n - Mte»BTan«Ua. svw> wi. 1 %.!*» Tea* 0 tools. How iHi nv»» w'tef *l»dY F P Dowses & wl. 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In*• WH Gednev, Hew York JohtuH Fry He* I IPS?* '*‘y »<# - H K&rmSrtll- »*••:-» KTF Tayior, B.w York CYf .WryßttMt"" ' „ Geo Colt mas, BBS , Jaj,B Kltaha.-l ©a Elat os, WSt n I Zlmntorman. Md tos I,:retc r . . li(hbtnje,Be» York Klaatl-«arm>n- K B ktct irn, Younirlown OaptCFS,taoe* J V - ?KTIS^M I , B^k kl ” * B 8^“ C ’ Ibe Conuo.sacial. 3 JfH Breaaiejf, Fens a 1 Xatn»«, 1 BJW ISoow, Peßneylvania AHHatrt. JT Toc m i K Van Hu». - P H SbSelflß, Lorttto. Pa J J B.<m**b*a. i. j i £igyd, Che totoo HKbeck.bsaco. -I ? W &r»a«, CJu-Bter no D Kw»a, VotW' Jff I V O Fate. paßsayivutla S?B«ttj 1 ■W Moore. Pneiabat* BFttUea ■ FljA«r. West Cheater Mra CoomlM 5 , ,4 ■ WBeed, Wait Cheater i«WJilta«. 1 B Blelnoan, Wert Charter Geo lioriao,- Ea-1. ■ 8 D BtniOi M I
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