C| t Jujs, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2s, 1865 j •me -Secretary or- War. In the thrilling speech df Hph. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, Jpr%di£aced &f a pub lic dinnerigiven 'at tfie Charleston Hotel,' Charleston, South Carolina, on the evening Of the Sdf when'the oiti flag was raised by General Anderson over Port Sumpter, he made the* following allusion to a sopne Which took place in Mr. Buchahah’s Ca binet, at the close of the last Admlnistra- Won, and .incidentally paid a just .compli ment to < Hr. Btanton, the present Secre history it Has ocwatanaUy h»p pelted that wlck«d statesmen and.raUrs nave ruiae sreat and, for themselves, fatal mist&kM lnjtte SSo a the ißßtrnmeats the blunders of tils olass which have oooarred, pro-- bftblv the most complete, the most disastrous for,the nlaus cf him who made It, was that committed by the traitor Floyd when he selected, then Major, now Major Genera), Anderson-to command the forts or, O bar lest on liarbcr. This was the mdrereuiarlcabla. Since Floyd rarely mistook his men, asia sufidolcntly ShDtru by his assignment of Twiggs to the Depart ment of Texas, and 'by other appointments and ad justments of the military BBryloe looking to a lubri cation of the machinery of the rebellion, on which I will not panes to comment. Great . too, have been the Surprise and terror of these wicked rulers when they have found their trusted instruments failing In their hands; but perhaps low er these exhibitions have b equalled that whloli was witnessed at Washington ‘ When the unfaltering fidelity of Major Anderson and his little command was first fully manifested. When Intelligence reached the capital that by a bold and dexterouß movement this command had been traus- . ferred from Moultrie to Sumpter, and was safe from the disabled gnns left behind, the emotions of Floyd were absolutely uncontrollable-amotions of min-., gled mortification and anguish, ana rage and pablo. His fury seemed that of some baffled fiend, who dis covers suddenly opening at his own feet the gulf of min which he had been preparing for another. Over aU the details of this passionate outburst of a conspirator, oanght and entangled In his own tolls, - the veil of offlotal secrecy still hangs,-and It may be that history will never be privileged to tranfer this memorable soene to its pages. There is one, how ever, whose abeenoe to day we have all deplored; and to whom the’nation is grateful for the masterly ability and Uon-llke courage with which he has fought this rebellion in all the vicissitudes of lt3 career—your Secretary of War—who, were ho here, could bear testimony to the truthfulness of my words. He looked upon that soene, and, the conn, try needs not now to be told that he looked npon It with soorn and defiance.” No public man since tho outbreak of tie rebellion has been more reticent than Mr. Holt. He seems to have been content with discharging the responsible and trying _ duties of Judge Advocate General, without taking part in merely political controver sies, and although frequently solicited to speak to the people, and gifted with the rarest eloquence and intellectual resources, he has steadily refrained. Hence, when such a man goes out of his way to speak on great issues, his counsels are well worth reading and remembering, and hence, too, when he uses the lan guage of eulogy, it. may be regarded as deservedly bestowed. His reference to Secretary- Stanton is all the more just, in view of a recent incident. We refer to the' prompt maimer in which, when the Unfortunate negotiations between Sher man and Johnston were laid before the people, Mr. Stanton presented in brief terms the simplest and strongest replies that could he made to them. The nine propositions exposing the seven condi tions of so-called “basis of peace”— terse, strong, and well-considered—have furnished arguments to- all men, and were particularly valuable coming at a time when' the whole country was .astounded by the extraordinary annouheement that General Sherman was willing to give more to the rebels than they, themselves had asked, and almost to conclude a peace with out first consulting his Government. Had not Secretary Stanton published this in formation, we Bhould have had the disloyal men justifying the understanding between Shebman and Johnston, and thus a party would have been raised which it would have been necessary to contend with and difficult to put down. It is to the charac teristic promptitude, energy, courage, and high-sonled patriotism of Secretary Stan ton that we aire indebted for this, as we have been for many other exhibitions of de votion to his country. . ' ' A Happy Retired Statesman. : *b-the GazeU&pf the 14th of April, a so called Democratic newspaper, published _2J®rtjtaa,Jedford .county, in tjiis State, g passage. * It has a look at the present time, a somewhat suggestive sup _ *i£nt to the mournful history written in blood by the assassin,' and read in tears by a horror-stricken people: Ah Ihtbkvizw with Ex-Phbsideht Buchaw ah.—O. Utaimoey Barr, Esq., editor of too Old Guard, tints describes an interview reoently had by him with ex-President Buchanan: “We lately had the pleasure of spending a por tion of an afternoon with the venerable; ex-Presi dent, Janes Bnohanan, at his home at Wheatland. At the age of seventy-four years, he Is In the meet of good health, with his faculties aoai(Ksa, and'his spirit apparently as fresh andAriyoua as when we itrst saw nun, the night baasro-ho sailed - for England ss.mlnlater to theOrffFiol St. James, ' twelve years ago. WrfSSswT met no man that evlnoes a profonqAjkiijiftßfeat In the affairs of our country thanrfSjflggfian, and none who is so per fectly the political movements of the the local polities of the- various States to lie, as In charts, before his rolod. To those ■" who are despondent of the ultimate redemption of cur doontry from the Abolition spoilers, a visit to ‘Wheatland’will prove a great relief. Mr. Buchan an entertains no doubts of the final triumph of the Democracy, and of the consequent salvation of onr country: and he gives snoh reasons for his faith as will go far to remove the doubts of the most de sponding. For our own part, we have never feared lor tie ultimate triumph of truth and llberiy, nor doubted the overthrow and punishment of Lincoln and the partisans in hie despotism. But we know of many who do doubt—a-vlelt to Wheatland would go far to them. Mr. Buchanan has prepared a docu mentary history of the Jatter part of his Adminis tration, which wIU bo published the com&g sum mer. It will thoroui hly explt de the whole arsenal - ' of ties which has supplied powder for the Bepubli odn party forfoar years, by the publication of doou- Uents, figures, and facts which will not, and cannot, he disputed. Suoh a history is most timely. It will do much to unmask the hypocrisy and crime of the despots in power, and to save our country.” The Mr. Bubk who so ecstatically de scribes his visit to sage of Wheatland is a personage not unknown in Philadel phia, having borne here and' elsewhere, within the last twenty years, the some what antagonistic characters of clergyman, clairvoyant, lecturer, and secession poli tician. It is refreshing to know that at the' time he saw Jambs Buchanan the. latter was in joyous spirits, “in good health,” and “entertained no. doubt of the' final triumph of the Democracy, and. of the consequent salvation of the country.” We can fancy the merry twinkle of the blue eye of the ex-Fre sident at the pleasant prospect, especially in the Southern country—the glowing le gacy, as it were, of his own sincere and successful labors in the Presidential chair. "While othera were 'fighting, dying, and - toiling to staunch the bleeding wounds of the Republic, to save the loyal States from invasion and massacre, to ward off foreign • - complications, and to bring back the Union to Its pristine purity, the ex-President, in his calm, easy, and undisturbed retreat, was writing a book to expose the Republi can phrty and to prepare the way for “ the final triumph of the Democracy.” Should ‘ex-President Jefferson Davis escape to some foreign country, he, probably, with equal equanimity, and with the same ma terial, documents, and witnesses, will also be able to predict the “final triumph of the Democracy and the consequent salvation of our ceTuhtry.” The first public meeting to promote the abolition of Slavery in the Spanish Colo nies was.held on Sunday, the 2d instant, in the Academy of Jurisprudence at Madrid. It had been called by.tbe recently esta blished Spanish Abolitionist Society, and was presided over by Don Antonio Maria Segovia, a member of the Lower Chamber of the Cortes. The meeting is reported to have been most crowded and enthusiastic, and resolutions were unanimously adopted approving the establishment of the Society, and nominating as its President one of the most influential leaders of the Progrelsiata party—Don Bawjstiano Olozaga. ‘Five Vice-Presidents of high social standing were elected, with a large and influen tial -Committee and the majority of the noblemen and gentlemen present inscribed their names as members of the new Society. Thus, the desire to abo lish Slavery, which we have rid ourselves of by a cruel war that only approximates to,-its termination after a fierce and deso lating struggle of four y ears . planted Its foot upon the nation which first imposed its black, and bitter ourae "J? 0 ® the Empire it first created in the West. The cause of Puman freedom, distinction .of. rdce or color, is asserting it-, self everywhere—even in that whose-children first blighted the growth of the younger and western world by infusing into its national life the poisonqpajtaint and corruption of modern Slavery. " Napoleon and l&is Son. ' • NapolboS' is wile in his generation. There was a ; rumor, a short tlme ago, fiat his health was failing, but this has cjied away,. nb|, ; rec6ije& J c6rrob(jrit - must; be hriddlefaged' having on’ j»st Friday. The reports which, -had credence ‘for Attimje,' after'he l becS^e a rnler ofiFrafiee, that he had'injured his constitution by rree : living in hirearlier years, hayfe; long bihee passed stray, $s Unfounded scjindal. .Bifice. 1848, he has-been before the»worid, the job-* served of all bis private life has been distinguiriied ,for Its, moderation and blamelessne'ss. : He' has been very happy, to all;,appearances, in.Us domestic relations—and family men addicted to ( vice; are not in the habit ofhnjbying that ness. A great writer, combining trjith. with poetry, , has said, of persons placed, Iike'NAFOLEON, in exalted situations Hard la hlsfata on whom the pubUo ga*» ! Is fixed for ever to detract or praise; t Deposertenlesher requiem'to his name', 1 i And Folly loves'the martyrdom of Fame. < The reoret enemy, yrhOse'eleepless eye " - Stands sentinel, acbhser, jndge, and spy, ' , The foe, the fool, Hie jealous, and the vain, The envious, who but breathe in others’ pain, Behold the host! delighting todeprave !• Who track the steps of Glory to tho grave, j Watoh every fault that daring Genius owes Half to the ardor whioh its birth bestows, Distort the truth, accumulate the lie, And heap the pyramid of Calumny I - Even at his age Napoleon may reasona bly expect to see his only son, heir to the re-established Empire, attain ’ the years of opening manhood when he may assume the toga virilis. The child, at present, is only - two months over the age of nine. They father, who has so ably and fortunately reared up anew the crushed and fallen Na poleon dynasty, and who Is accepted by France as her imperial ruler, may calcu late, pretty surely, on’retaining that digni ty and power to the close of his own life. Nothing short of revolution or con spiracy can dethrone him, as it seems, and neither One nor the to be anticipated. come it Boon or late, will im mense sensation, and calcu lating what its effect may be, not only in France, but all over Europe. Should it occur while his son is yet too young to assume the purple, there may be seriouß difficulties in France. Prince Napoleon (Jebomb) might be tempted to try and take the reins of empire into his own hands. His mother is very popular, however, and if appointed Regent would probably suc ceed in governing France with satisfaction and success during her son’s minority. Exercising that sagacious prevision which is one of his leading characteristics, Napo leon has determined, it is said, to devote. a considerable portion of the next three or four years to visiting the principal cities and towns of France, accompanied by his son, with the object of presenting the child to the inhabitants, with a view to engage their personal interest in himself and his for tunes. The first of these tours is to be made, we hear, in the departthents of the South— where; in September and October, 1852, Napoleon himself, then Prince President of the revived French republic, was first hailed by the population as Emperor. This year, should Napoleon carry out his intention of visiting Algeria, the tour with his eon. can hardly take place before the ; autumn, by far the most delightful Beasoa in the South of France. The general idea is good, worthy of its author’s politic mind. Is it necessary to repeat that the statement, lately made with remarkable particularity of detail by the Paris correspondent of a New York journal, to the effect that the little Prince Imperial was immediately coming over, in great state with an impe rial cortege, to make a tour through the United States, isnothing less than an un mitigatedewnard, which does not have even a truth-like aspect ? , House-Relit. At New-York, thanks to the benign in fluences'of returning peace, prices already have fallen considerably—not only the cost of living and price of clothes, but also house-rents. The leading hotels there have taken one dollar a day off their charge for board.’ We soon must follow suit in this city,'and the public will: be highly gratified when this is done. Food, clothing, and habitation are the foremost human life, ai the?” “ faremost reluctantly submitted to. The fall of house-rent, which has com menced in New York, will be unsatisfac tory, no doubt, to the persons who specu lated, with more boldness than forethought, upon the maintenance of war-rates, in the facO of evidently approaching peace, i It was .evident, when Savannah became re stored to us, that what TaijL*ybakd called. the-beginning of the end was within vie w. The occupation of Charleston and the cap ture of Wilmington were further steps towards the great consummation. Yet, in most,- if not all of our great cities, house owners, non-observant of the signs of the times above-mentioned, persisted in advanc ing rents, and, especially, in when the period approached for that change of residence which appears a Gothamite epi demic, the advance. in price rose still higher,—the unhappy public, in despair, finally, of obtaining houses at all, consent ing to pay almost any rent that was asked. They would most gladly uot have moved, on the coming First of May, had they been allowed to remain where they ; were, but house-owners, inexorable, noticed them of such terrific advances in house-rent, that, they could not afford to stay. All that they could do was to move into humbler habitations, for which they must pay con siderably more than they used to disburse for superior residences. . Additional to this evil was “ a plentiful scarcity” of dwelling houses. One result of the war, inevitable but natural, i was the increase of general and local taxation, whereby real property was considerably affected. Thence ensued the general desire to part with real estate, which has caused •the notice “To be Sold,” to appear on about one house in every fifty in our great cities and large towns. Money being plenty during the war, and real property ■ being still considered a safe investment, there was a general exchange of that property for money. Houses brought higher prices, of course, because every thing else was dearer, and house-owners had to raise their rents. They did so, and the competition fosr dwellings kept the priceß up. In Philadelphia the advance hak been 'considerable, no doubt, but it is much smaller than in New York. Peace restored, and taxation put upon a better basis than it now rests on, local and gene ral taxes, which directly and indirectly affect real property, will certainly not he increased, will most probably be dimi nished. In the face of this, any further advance in house-rent ought to be wholly oat of the question, and, indeed, a reduc tion must generally he looked for. During the last three months —actually from the time when the re-occupation of Savannah gave promise of an early termi nation of the war—the purchase of house property has greatly been checked in our cities. Owners may have conti nued to part with their houses, hut pur chasers have become scarce, holding back, under the impression, very general, that with peace would come a return to moderate prices and reasonable rents. In a little time, we are sure, this return will be general, and, so convinced, we earnestly recommend persons who have houses to let or who want to rent houses, that the rates which have'prevailed, with gradual increase, during the last four years, cannot be continued. At the same time, we are not willing to blame landlords for getting as much as they could, When the market price'was high they were entitled td 1 it,f there is io plainer-principle of sup ply --—*/-"• There has Seen, a_grfeat deal of house/ purchasing, but the reaction will throw a great number of houses back into the mar ket; that will be the'caae wi& those who' cannot afford to hold jon to what they bought. Even those who-' can and do must expect rents t <f com«Tdown. Peace will have another effect upon«*Ms jort of property. There afe numerous Southern fhmilies who have resided in our great cities, with tolerance from the'Government, du ring the'whole war. Peace reiSored and the jjnipn re-estaj}lished, there will be an Immense exodus of- these people, naturally ahffidus fo return to the homes from which “ treason . most foul ” had exiled. them. Yheir departure from the great cities will’ leave numerous houses untenanted, and the supply thus ttaown into the market must diminisli rents. 1 If we might take the liberty of giving advice to hbuse-o wners and to tenants, it would simply-be, -that the former, accept ing the necessity Of‘the situation, shall be prepared to spbinit to fair reduction of rent, and the latter, who have received notice to qiflttor payfadyanced rent, shall wait for a very short-time, when there will be a gene ral reduction every where. ‘ It has been unanimously resolved, at a crowded meeting of the citiaens of Carroll county, Maryland, after resolutions of con dolence with the- family of Mr. Lincoln and of confidence in President Johnson had been adopted, that the young men of the county who went South at the begin ning of the rebellion, and had cast theifi lot with it, should not he tolerated in the county again. This resolution is essen tially conceived’in the right spirit. Th,e : right band of-him Who has once turned against us we ought never again to take in our own as a political equal. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. (From the Washington Chronicle of yesterday.] If Secession makes men rebels to their country, it is also a sure way to prepare them for Deism. The practice of offering prayers to the Almighty for the success of a cause founded entirely in a compound of the most odious.sins, is a hideous mockery; and! was .hot surprised, while recently,at Richmond; that the wrath of God seemed to have been specially visited upon the temples in which false priests had attempt ed to propitiate the favor of a Providence they had so long provoked. A. violent Northern echo of these wretched traitors, resident in an adjacent State, openly: de clared, a few days ago, that he had lost all faith in a Supreme-Being. Now this was a close and logical reasoner. The manifestations are all against his cause, and they are so marked as to produce startling effects. Let any one who has needed visible tokens, instead of the teachings of nature and the Gospel, to fix his belief in a hea venly power, study 'the comse of events from the beginning of the war, and he satisfied. It is as clearly written as Revela tion, that when the rebellion commenced, He decreed that it should be thoroughly crushed, tom up by the roots, and scattered to, the winds. We were not to he made giddy by easy and early victories. Un speakably vile as the rebels prove them selves to be, cruel as vile, they were even allowed to win many advantages to at tract foreign support, and to send many • precious souls to their long account. But we did not know, in the midst of our harder sufferings and grief, that we were only being steeled for harder and heavier tasks, disciplined, in fact, for war bn an extended scale, and made ready for the most sweeping victories ever re corded. Was it Ohanbe that we - should have defeated the slaveholders at Gettys-- burg and Yicksburg, on the Fourth of July —the great anniversary of Freedom—the same day that saw Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe, called to the mansions of the blessed ? Was it Chance that the 19th of April should be the same day of the month that .saw the first blood of the Revolution against Great Britain shed at Lexington, and the same that saw the first martyr fall in the present rebellion ' against liberty in Baltimore ? , Was it Chance that Good Friday, when the Saviour of Man was crucified on Calvary, according to the annals ofthe Christian Churchy should be marked ly the raising .of flag on the walls of recoverecLjjtfmpter, and by the assassination Lin coln? Let those who dojjSt and sneer at these signs read says when him from re friendly yet fatal match with Laertes, and make the application: tve charges, raising «We defy angnry j there is ,a special providence In the fall of a sparrow. If It be now, ’Us not to oome; If It be not to come, 'it will be now; If It be not now, yet it-will come. Thtt teadinett is ail.” It was a special providence that led Sher man along fruitful fields in his.march from Savannah to Goldsboro! 'lf ever, ]to use great Frederick’s, phrase, an army “ crawled on its belly,” or walked on well fed legs, it was his column so bounteously provisioned from nature’s own commis sariat. It was “ a special providence.” that permitted Faxragut to heat down stone ramparts with his wooden walls, when he attacked and captured the rebel fort and laid New Orleans under successful siege! But not to multiply cases, who cannot see the Almighty hand in the death of Abraham Lincoln? He had passed through four years of threats and conspiracies unharm ed. He was inaugurated in a community in which Secession had crowds of followers. He walked and he rode alone at all hours, in town and country. He' visited the sick, the wounded,'the army, the navy, un guarded, and almost unaccompanied save by his wife or little son. He frequently left, his guards behind him. as he drove ,to the Soldiefs’ Home. He travelled on cars and steamboats to Baltimore and Philadelphia; and fearlessly threw himself among strange crowds. He spoke at night to immense masses, exposing his person to the deadly aim of the assassin. He visited churches,- concerts, theatres, lectures, like the hum blest citizen. He went to Petersburg and Piqhmond after their surrender, :rode over the surrounding fortifications, walked the streets, with every house filled with enemies, and yet no hand was raised to harm a hair of his head. Struck down in the hour of victory won by his policy, tod under his personal observation, he was cailed at the very 'moment when he was himself most happy and most belied. Is this not God’s work ? It is true he fell by the red-handed assassin; but those who cru cified Christ did not hide his glorious exam ple, or make him less potent as the Sa viour of Man, because they were assassins. And in the mapner of Lincoln’s death we read a lesson only surpassed by that spoken from the holy cross— a lesson that teaches that the good work must go on, the rebel lion must be crushed, and the hands of Government strengthened, until not a vestige of slavery or disobedience shall be left in all the land. And I am as firm in the belief that there is .“a special providence” in the attempted “ ba sis of peace” agreed upon by Bherman and the rebel General. This most unwarranta ble arrangement was made in the belief that President Lincoln would sustain it; for it would be an unkind assumption to suppose that it was made in the know ledge of his murder. That he would have indignantly rejected it his orders to Grant sufficiently attest, and if from his honored dust a voice could speak, it would pro nounce the same stem judgment upon that most calamitous convention that has been spoken by Andrew Johnson. But now that Lincoln is summoned from this trou bled drama, the very manner of his death makes more eloquent lessons of his life, showing that there can be no more cle mency to traitors, and that the leaders who rejected his offers of peace, running through months of victory to our arms, must submit to the rightful authority of the Government, on abide the consequences. This is niJ; only now the stern decree of the people, but it seems to me the no less imperative judgment of God. J. W. F, TiJE PRESS— PHTT. A T)ELBHIA. 1 wApMESBAf., PHiiiADHiirHiA, April 84, 1865. LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.” • Washington, April 25, 1865. The boast of the Southern disunionists, of being “the chivalry" oPthe country, was put to a test when they entered upon the bad business of the rebellion. It dil not survive—save only tp be contemptuous ly rejected and exposed—one year of the.. W.ar. -It is a very easy thing to say ,“,I am ‘ : ' -a gentleman,’-’ but it is a very different matter’ter establish the claim. A gentleman 1 " does not- lie, steal, or break his oath,, much less take' arms against his friekd,- or, what -is worse, against "’his m-’, nefactor. So. that, when “tke • chi-,I valry" ‘ deliberately ¥ Committed these things, they- lost-all" title to* respect, and*' .becamea set) of’ detested; Hobert -Macaijre|i; or dilapidated* roues ; the more disrepute-*. ble because, in .the midst of their shame, they retained the manner of their - ‘better' days. Excepting the' and’ moral vices bred of slavery and slcjth,* nothing has done so much to infatuate the' • weak heads of the Southern people as this miserable social disease, that they are “the chivalry,” and superiqj to th,e Northern: people. But now that the effort ■to destroy the Government has fail®, .the .sensible men of must ire;; alize and act upon the idea that the day of the slayeholding “chivalry” has gone forever. We are not surprised, therefore, to hear that many o.f this class admit what they cannot prevent and’ will . not deny. The murder of Mr. liindold hasf. .given to all such men a good opportunity; to show their abhorrence of a crime top ; much in consonance with the early teach ings of the old Secession leaders, and no doubt justified by the wretched assassin; on. the ground that he was one of “ the chival ry.” Indeed, all that we hear of this blood thirsty savage proves that he acted under the impulse that he was vindicating the fame* of a superior class of beings. Just so may. others be incited to deeds of carnage and of death. It should be the duty of every ( true patriot to spurn this foul and mon strous pretension; to make it as infamous as the treason iV has* justified, and the Sa ' tanic atrocities it has provoked. And espe cially should this spirit be called out against those who are reckless- enough to rejoice over the assassination of Mr. Lin coln. That there are such is unhappily; too true to ,be doubted. Most of them do. not rejoice openly at that infernal crime, but' they show their feelings by other unmistakable manifestations. These are all of the so-called “ chivalryare composed either of Northern politicians who have married into the families of rich slavehold ers, and live upon the money got from the foul traffic in slaves or slave labor, or Southern idlers who reside in the great cities of the free States, and spend the wealth similarly acquired in the indul gence of the moat luxurious tastes, and in sending secret subsidies to the armed trai tors ; or, finally, persons who call them selveg “refugees," and claim the benefit of, a protection they constantly abuse. -Sonia of these latter coolly take an oath, and " then as coolly break it. There are excep tions, of course; but the most-heartless, active, and insidious of these sympathisers with treason, and the men who, in their hearts, exult in the foul murder of I our. Good President, are the constant eulo gists of the “chivalry” of the-South,*and the beneficiaries of the traffic' in human flesh and blood. Occasional. ADVICES FROM PETERSBURG THE RESULT OF “HEGOTIATIOHS.” JohnstOD Said to Have Slipped Away from Sherman. He is Believed te be Making for Georgia, THE ABHY OP THE POTOMAC TO.SE DIS SOLVED AND DISTRIBUTES. , [Spslisl Bespatbh to-The Prow jT ■'. -if. was«®Stoh, Apia as, xsas.^ A letter from Petersburg, Va,, dated yesterday morning, 24th tfiitant, say sit Is reported that John-- btok has Slipped away from Sheokak’b lions, While the negotiations for his surrender were pending, and is malj ,Dg his way into Georgia. The writer also aB d ; S*the Army of the Potomac will shortly be dlvl- Mk i the 9th Corps'was to, embark yesterday (246 h) from City Point, thence to Washington, It is ex pected It will be sent to guard the Orange and Alex- _ andrla Ballroad, which Is to be thoroughly rebuilt by the Government and used for military purposes. General Onsraa’s division of cavalry and the 5 th’ “ Corps have gone, it Is supposed, to relnforoe Shsk masi’s army. The 2d Corps will he sent Into the .oentralpartofVlrglnlatoguardtherallroads. The »th Corps will remain to guard the and Richmond and Danville roads. NORTH CAROLINA. Arrival of Geo. Grant at Raleigh. JOHNSTON NOTIFIES OF THE TERMI NATION OF THE TRUCE. > OFFICIAf, QAZETTR. Was Department, Washington, April 25 10 P. M.—A despatch has jnst been reoslvedby the Department from Gen. Grant, dated Raleigh, SA. Hi, April 24th. He says: “Ireached here this morning, and delivered to Gen. Shermantha reply to his negotiations with Johnston, VHtrd was immediately sent to Johnston terminating the truce, and. Information that civil matters oould/not be entertained in any convention between trmy commanders,” , ” Edwin M, Stanton, Secretary of v|ar. BBPICT or THE ASSASSINATION Of BHBBNAN’S; abut, ■ J / A letter from Balelgheays: “ The sad newsfromj Washington outs a: gloom over the army that no series of victories ban dispel. The officers and men all alike feel that Gen. Sherman, li his order, ex| presses their feeling, when he says, ‘the asßisslna. tlon Is the frnlt of rebellion against rightful autho rity. it is the last phase or olvll war, and woo to the people who Inaugurate such measures.’ ” IMPORTANT MILITARY ORDER. 1 Bichmond Opened to Trade in all Articles cept those Contraband of War. OTBKB PORTS AND COBNTIIS 0? TIB6INU VI HATH • SUBMITTED AMO OPINED. i HBABQtTABTBBB BIILITAUV DIV. OB THE JAM A Bichmond, Ta,, April 25, £55. OBNEBAE OBDBBS NO, 2. I first. All restrictions upon domestic coniner< and trade, except as to articles contraband dr war, In the State of Virginlaaslnsurgent terrltoit, aM, by the authority of the President, revoked lnyspoot to all ports and oountles of thls State whfel have duly submitted to the authority and are in sf llltary possession of the United States. T Second. Arms, ammunition, all articles!rrm which ammunition Is manufactured, allloc motives, can, and railroad stock, all telegraph wires and appara tus, all rebel uniforms and'gray cloth for manufac turing them, and til spirituous liquors, arc to be deemed contraband of war. 1 Third. The commanding general of tie military division Ims authority to make snoh exceptions to the trade hereby authorised, as, in Us pplnlon,olr* oumstances may require. - By order of Major General Halleek. Approved by order of the Secretary jof War, Jakes A.Hakdib, Brevet Brig. Gsn’l, Inspector Gen’l u. S. A. THE RAID OF GEN. WILSON. KOBE FABTICTIABB DF THE WOBK HE DID AND IHK BAIIABK BE INFMCIp. ALL THE GEORGIA MILITIA cL BY THE GOVERNOt. if m JoittL £o Ms dipa djp OBXTTAirooaA, April 24.—The Chattanooga Gazette has rebel news from General Wilson’s raid' .‘up to lnst. West Point, Coiambus, Griffin, :and, It Is believed, Maoon, fell intohis bands. ' The rebel General Tyler was killed, and one HSU* Ared and forty-two men captured [at West Point. Two'brldges, the depot, and all the rollings took of the West Point and Montgomery Ballroad were de stroyed at the former plaoe. One thousand rebels were captured In Columbus, and paroled. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has ealled eut all the militia between the ages of sixteen and sixty. . On the loth Inst, a body of the raiders ware on the West Point and'Atlantaroad. General Wilson appeared to bo beading westward, probably bound to Savannah. The rebel papers give no dates. The Atlanta papers know of the assassination of President Llneolu, but make no eomineut. They deny the surrender of Lee’s artny, and say he was all right on the 10th lnsh, and that Grant had lost six thousand men In the battle at Amelia Qourt House. , ; . WABHISUTOX, April M. [Special Despetotei to The ProM.l , “SHERMAN'S fOBBEpDBB TO JOHNSTON IB the all-absorbing themevhere. Many who bar# taken a charitable view of Sannwaw’s conduct are now asaertlng.that the madness of .the General has In It those methodical element* wbloh are «*• ooverable In the ambition rf aspiring, golflah poUtl olaiis—politicians of the Cromwell school. It Is now nosltlvely said that there aro proofs, heretofore deemed" unworthy of notloe, but now most slgnia ointin the light or reoent events ind the Sherinan- Johnston “ memorandum,” which go to show that. Sbbbhan expected pfWcal prerer.mont and high position as the reward o! his dip|?in»tlo surrender Johhstok. This morning, In discussing the pro babilities of insanity on the yart of SanniiA.it, an eminent lawyer, recently °“ r J“| n,star -he’ was'«ked bis opinion. “Well, ye*>.’ J*®: Sy bpinfim is tbit ShbbkaWs brMn Is I tblnk he has White Abuse oh the brain ”' T In this connection Im ay state fhafcaletter fh^fieLondon Tides sth h,“ .***»“£* mdbb attention Itf .the Departmenta ln _ the leading circles here .to-day jcttcrr whloh is deemed to be significant, is Richmond ’ coifeepondtn.t ofthe London Timet,, and Is efcted March 4, 1866-Bingular colnoldenee-the day of Mr. liibools’s inauguration. Among. other him (the : writer) that - brlaklng dut of thtf war Giniral or thoLouls&M Military Academy) told him (Bragg) that It Stas iiev ltablef bat a war mnst take place between the wSrlb and South 1 : that he (Sherman) must go to the North', wbero he had relative^fn Ohio* agAlast “a he could not take up/armß, but ‘ oome wh*t Sy“ ho added, ‘no huigan oo.n»lderaUon shall Sduce me to take up arms against the South.’ ” The letter contains several passages which are equally as strong as this; ‘ They appear to mean that Shbbmas’b heart and sympathy wore then with the South, The Times’ correspondent, whose 'intercourse with the leading rebels gives importance to what'He says, as the reflex of their opinions and judgment, jays “President I*iko<p.n has heretofore found In Shbrmaw a frlebft; If I mlotßke not ho will hereafter find him a dangerous enemy.” ■ To-morrow, at 10 o’clock; Captain G-koboh b* Haastbas, assistant adjutant general, now of the siaff of Brevet Major General Gmvvisr, In company ■with the captors, will present to the War Depart ment ten rebel Bags, oaptured at Five Forks, Va,, by ibe 6th * Corps, then under command of General Bbbeidah. 1 ’ . TBOPBXEB FBOM BICHMOND. Col. Max FaiKEMAK, of Philadelphia, has just arrived hejejs from Richmond, bringing with him a magnificent-!lifer tea-set, In shape of a railroad lo comotive and tender car, presented by Slidbli, to Jury Davis. Col, Fbibbxab purchased this ourt oslty in Richmond, and last night presented it to President Johheok, who Is delighted with the pre sent. . t -ATTEMPTED SUICIDE W THE ALLEGED AB BAILANT OF 6ECKETAHT BEWABD. Paikb, the alleged assailant of Mr. SawASn, who was arrested, a few days ago, while entering the house of Suratt, In this city, attempted to commit snlolde, last night, by butting oat his brains against the Iron walls of his prison. The bnmplng attracted, the attention of his who found, bn examination, that the prisoner hjHtaoualy inj ured himself. To prevent foither hands were confined, and a cap, stuffed full and large, so as to act as a pad, was fastened nppn his head; [By Associated Frees.] HEALTH OF THE REWARDS. SUKOKOH GaHKKAL’S OIWIOB, WASursOTOir, April 85-» A. M. Ban. E. M. Slanton, Secretary of War: ' Sir : I have the honor to report that the Secre tary of State is oonvaleaclng rapidly. Mr. Frsdb bick Sewabdspeaks more distinctly this morning, and Is better. Very leepeotfally, your obedient serrant, .T. H. Babnbb, Surgeon General, A DISLOYAL. EDITOR KILLED Iy CITIZENS. Joskpb Shaw, editor of the Westminster (Car* roll county) Democrat, whoso mobbed and material destroyed the nlgbt after the mnrder of the President, on account of the disloyal sentiments expressed by the editor, and who,was also warned away by tbe‘ people, returned yksterday.to West, minster. List night he was a»ln waited upon by a delegation of citizens, who knocked at his door. He appeared and fired into thejerowd, wounding a young man named Hbkbt Bell. Upon this the enraged oifisens killed Shaw on the spot Capt, Bbibgbb, a. S. V., opened the bids for for nlshlng flour to the Oovernkent some days alnoe. 24,800 barrels were bid lor, exolußtrely by George tovn and Baltimore menchaats, at prises ranging from t 8.76 to SO 40 per barret About 6,000 barrels were taken a*JB.76. / * MBS. IDT* It Is thought that Mrs/' 'Washington before the jai muoh depressed In spirits/.' room. ' - / •ifOTUFTED MBIT. War Department all .drafted lo.were In 'barraoks and,not /4ye''been released. /)EE OF DESK’S OFFICBB*— /BBBBLS SENT SOFTS. . two days a number of officers rmy, who were absent from their sie-of the surrender, hare aome /sported to the, proyost marshal Mon to be paroled, To.day,lottr tt»lepert!B»nrangera'o'rb«e4 the i Washington. They claimed this tome, and desired to be parolod the tien, but' they were committed to and' their eases were referred to KHiEASE; O' Bydlreetlon of the V men of this Distriot vri actually la the field, H BVBBEKEEB OF M/ ■WASHIKGTOW Within the past* commands at the tf lntp onrßnes and j hue, ashing perm/ •oficers Of •Sewin' river and oame f Mstrietas their ' same as Lbe’s the Old Capitol the Scoretary > The paroled Virginia, whoi ton, will be e? It having ber , as their resir glance,HoT allowed to rfWar. pen of the rebel Armyjof Northern onrere allowed to return to Waaiitng raphiinged Immediately and sent San ta; decided that they claim that plaoe ,l»nee. Those who return to thelraUe iwver, by subscribing to the oatb, will be i Jbmaln. t/i ill ’t 1 MBGBAWCS AIAOtfjKD TO OOM* HOBTH. ti or the 24thpubllBhea an aider, which dl fif among the paroled prisoners of the Oon irmy there are any mechanics who desire t to tHa North with their families, for the hi obtalnlng employ ment, the; will, upon le oath of allegiance, be furnished with, tatlon to Philadelphia, Boston, or New ts they may desire. id oyeicahs allowbd to lbayb thb ' ootsisT. jiubtob, April 26.— A1l paroled officers of arm; who are now in Blohmond, and who to go to Europe, will, by direction or Major iral Ord, be furnished with passports and pas- BOCTHXK'i tie Wl rests thai federate/ to lemo' pwjast taking transpi York; ! PASO) ■wk Jjeef ■wig/ Qf sagfto Halifax, H. S.,onapplication at the offioe of plie Provost Marshal General of the Depart mftb Of Virginia. ' ' CgJhtiBIUAS OLBABBD OUT ABOUSD AIiVXAKDBIA. SVasbikstok, April 26.— The rebel guerillas In Alexandria and Loudon countles,Ya,, have been really all cleared out, and a considerable number of fiimers, as far up as Wolf river shoals are putting in small crops this season. The rebellion, which [hat for the past four years pervaded torn section, f bids fair to speedily give place to peace. A VBBSSI. VIBBD XT I’AIiOLBD ruiSOKSKS—THX XAWLBBBBSSS 09 THESE MSH. Foeteess Mohhob, April 24.—Intelligence .was received here this morning of the destruction by fire of the schooner Ocean Herald, loaded with forage while anchored off the month or the' Warwiok river, a little stream about eighteen tones from here,: on the James rlvhß. li is presumed that the schooner was set on fireby some of the paroled prisoners of Lee’s army, who have been sent from Richmond to their homes In the various counties bordering on' the James, Elisabeth, and Nansomond rivers, and who are'taid to be prowling around Ip Small squads, Intent upon some mlsehief. Large numbers of these prisoners, unable to go North by reason of an order recently Issued by the Secretary Of War, fire scattered all oyer Old Point and its Immediate vicinity, subsisting upon Govern ment rations, and wend their way In every direction over ithe country. The greatest care and dillgbnse aMjbelng exerolaedby the military authorities In pre-. veVbg these prisoners from committing acts of violence and desperation. This morning, at an early-hopS one or the wharves at this point, on whlqh is placed a.large amount of ordnance storm, WatUisoovered to be[on fire, but, by the aetlve mea sures of the guard stationed In Its vicinity, was soon extinguished, otherwise the damage caused by the explosion of so iarge an amount of material would have been enormous. This fire Is attributed to soma of these paroled prisoners. BTBTCBBBD fOHBITIOW 09 LAHOB IK EEHTUOKT— ' 'COBBHSPOimEKCE bbtweem thb govbbhob akd GBKBBAI. BBISBAKE, Cikcihmati, April 26.—General Brisbane, super intendent of organization of colored troops In Ken tucky, has written a letter to Governor Bramlette, oalllng attention to the.disturbed condition of labor In tliat State, and urging him to oali tbe Logtsla tnro togetiior and pass tbe constitutional amend ment. The General says the slaves are nominally free,and the masters can no longer depend on their labor, and points oat tho evils that mast arise from the present half slave and half free condition of the State. He claims that the passage of the amend ment would quiet the minds of the negroes, and cause them to remain at home mid till the soil, now so much in need of their labor. More than twenty thousand of the most valuable slaves have already gone Into the army; so that-Kentuoky must choose either to haVe her slave population absoond and freed by the army, or to save her labor to the soil bygranting unconditional freedom to the slaves at home. LLEO OUT The Governor replies, concurring In the opinion that slavery can no longer bo retained In Kontucky; that labor must Be reorganized on a free basis, and stys the war has exterminated slavery and revolu tionized the public mind in regard to it. Slavery belflg ended in the rebellious States, the Governor thinks it should be ended In Kentucky by the most desirable and speedy means, and regards tha con stitutional amendment as the most practicable me thod ; calls to mind the patriotism of Kentuckians, and says they were always for the tTnion, with or without slavery., ’ A US# LIKE 09 TELBGBAHH—ROXOBB TO THB Sah FBAgpieco, April 26 —Telegraphic commu nication with New Westminster, British Columbia, is now completed The’news'of the assassination of Presldent-lAn coin was received atTaneouver’s Island and British Columbia wltfe- every evidence of publio sorrow. The English-residents closed their business and united with the Americans In observing the obse quies on tbe. I9lh Inst. The loyal papers appeared in mourning, and everywhere the deepest sorrow was evinced, ' APBIL 26, 1866: CAPTURED FLAGS. BID! FOB FLODB. liixroox.it win not leave k»t of May. She is yet land Is unable to leave ber VIKGINIA. FORTRESS MO SHOE, KJBSTIICiiT. *HK PACIFIC COAST. XATB 9BBBIDBHT. THE NfOURKINp IN MEW YORK. ora .eeasciAi. account of the exhtbi- TIOKS OF POPULAR RESPECT. . IBOCBASDB OATBEBEU BOIIXII «TT Hill, WHESS THE BKUAIAB BEFDSBD. ' IMMENSE NUMBERS IN THE STREETS FROM DARK TO DAWN • * w— . 11 ' the BRAPEHY «F THE BUILDINGS AND TjfeE HAIaI*. ~ THE EXTIBMI ETIBESCES OF SOK BOWEEI KISPECT. [Special Correspondence of The Press.] .. „„ Nbw Yobk, April 25, 1866, Never before has such a cloud of heavy and fear ful gloom settled upon this city. The national heart, which has pulsated so sadly during the last •Tearful week, Is still suffering as keenly and vividly as It did in the first moments that the atroolous blow widowed it of its just and honest, kindly and Christian, ruler. Our melancholy, as evinced In the wealth of honors paid to his departed rorm,oom menoed yesterday. It seemed as if a pall had fallen upon the throbbing vitality, and gehbrally, per haps, too feverish life of all who dwell within the boundaries of the Island. Every store, of oouree, was closed. The wealthy merchant, the active politician, the preacher of the Gospel of Christ, the lady of fashion, and the Irish ser vant girl, he who had hied for the pre servation of the Union bequeathed to us by our fathers, as well as the. man who had given from his millions to support the Government—nay, those wJho had but a few weeks since derided the claims of the first martyr to the Constitution to our love and veneration, thronged in the streets, oppressed bv the vast sense of their awful bereavement. The badges of mourning, the half-mast banners, 1 the gloom upon every race, and the booming of the minute guns, on Monday morning testified to the Intecdepression wfrlob had seized upontb.9 hearts ...... BBFtTTATIOH FBOSt JXRSBY CITY. • At ten o’eidolE yesterday the' funeral cortege ent&*4 r '‘tJi«? Jersey City ferry-boat, filied : with the aldefnien and' Common Counoll of- New York olty, and those who had 1 to-take an Immediate part in the grave- and melancholy ceremonial. MajorijGonerala Dixahd Sandford, who attended the bo3y of one whom they had personally so well known, impressed by their sad gravity even the. most soulless individual who might perohanco have been inclined to throw aside his share in the gene ral gloom. The orowd who bad /surrounded the Jersey Olty depot; as well as those who had been admitted to the Interior, Wore almost all bare headed and mute as the beloved oorpae was borne on board the boat, and tears might haVe been seen rolling down the cheeks of stalwart and bbarded men, while women sobbed with the bitter sense that they had lost one who had been most-emphatically the nation’s Father. - The Bteamer was draped with mourning. Some four years since on that steamer ho had orossad the Hudson from New York on his way to assume the charge of that Government from which he had been divorced by the cowardly hand of a black-hearted assassin. Now he. returned across the same waves— still, cold, and dead—no longer alive to the venera tion which had been gradually aooorded Mm for the Clean and spotless manner in which he had admin istered that Government wMch had been awarded him. As tbe boat drew near the ferryshousa on this Bide of the river, the tong upon tens of thousands who lined the wharves and filled the windows of the houses whioh were draped In the paraphernalia of mourning, were visible, all alike Impressed with the solemnity of tbe soene they witnessed. THB FIBST HBABSB. The hearse upon whioh the ooffln was carried wss fine, but eannot compare to that which will be used to-day. It was mostly of glass, and from the top waved four .magnificent black plumes. It wss drawn by six horses, each .led by a groom. The 7th New York Regimentnoted as the gu%rd or honor. When the cortege reached the large main entrance of City Hall It halted, and the coffin was borne upon the shoulders of soldiers and plaoed upon the catafalque creoted inside, a band playing the while a dead march. At this moment thousands of voices struck up a mournful dirge, which created a solemnity which can only ho imagined. THE UfPATDSBOX 07 THIS CBOWD, At the conclusion, large numbers rushed forward and attempted to force their way up the steps of the esplanade, but were compelled to recede by the guard. The Swngerbund apd other German sing ing societies had taken their position upon the es. pl&nade, and, standing on cither-side, formed a pas sage-way through which the body was slowly car ried. The surviving soldiers of the war of ISI2 were placed near the railing, and, as the party passed, -respectfully removed their hats. Those who wen the fortunate possessors of the tickets issued by the -Common Connell ibr the private view entered as a small gate on the western side of the Park,. Soon, the line was formed, andas far down as Pearl Btreet lt was donblo—not exactly double, for there can be no conception formed of the many who attempted to place themselves in regular order. Muchspeeu lation was oarried on in regard to places in the line, stands were sold at Incredible prices, all seeming determined that they would not lose, on any as count, the chance of obtaining the means of seeing the sacred remains. TH2 BBKAIHB AT CITY HALL. The ccflln was received at the east basement en trance by a deputation of tbe Common Council, slowly carried up the winding stairway and de posited beneath the dome of the rotunda, which was with black, its pilasters entwined with serge. It was laid on the velvet-covered dais of the catafalque, which stood at the .top of the double spiral staircase, on the lauding leading to a wide hall running east and west. Directly opposite tne landing is the Governor’s room. The wide folding doors of this room were open, and an extension was built across the hall. In the front of this small room, which was about fifteen feet square, with a domed’ roof, studded with stars and deeply draped, was the catafalque—a beautiful shrine for the dead. Square In form, It was surmounted by a towering GotMc arch, from which the black silk velvet fell in graceful festoons, partially obscuring the black pillars of the canopy. To the velvet was appended heavy’ silver fringe. Silver oords and tassels looped back the hangings, and completed the ornaments of the canopy. On its summit was perched a spread eagle- of shining gilt,bits wings partially elevated. Be neath it was a draped bust of the dead Presi dent. The Inner sides of the festoons of velvet wore lined with white silk, and the ceiling was radiant with the same material, gracefully fluted and plait ed, and full of: beautiful silver stars In a firmament of filagree lace. The ooßn, as we have said, was laid on a dais, presenting the figure of au inclined plane, the sloped end to the west. The people, mounting the western stairway, were thus en abled to see the dead, and have him In view until they had passed the head of the coflu and reached the head of the eastern staircase, down which, they descended. On each Bide of the head cf the coffin were a pair of Boman urns, in memory of the ancient rites which always placed them thus, a 8 they were soon to receive distinguished dost. Banged on a line with these were the 'busts of Washington, Jackson, Webster, and Olay, all oh high pedestals. The dead was now In funereal state —nothing remained now but a few preparations, when the door* could be thrown open and the people. admitted. The lid was to be removed from the ccfiiD, the body prepared, a photograph to be taken, and the. draper; adjusted. - The removal of the cover that hid the genial face from sight was the .first In order. While It was being done, the tones of the dirge, murmured through the bowed windows, lifted up on the nnlted strength of a thousand voices. - The Governor’s room was full of distinguished - guests, and the guard of honor was standing re spectfully around. These,- however, retired-while the embalmers went through the tedious process of preps*tag thebody, which had been much disturbed in Its journey from your city. They performed their duties, undisturbed, in half an hour; after which a photograph of the dead was taken as It lay in state. At 1 O’clock the public were admitted, at tho same time with those congregated in the Gover nor’s room. ... THB APPEARANCE 09 THE BEAD. He who lay there'in the gloom, It mast be said, was Indeed but the slight remains of him who had done so well In his high position. The embalmer’g art Is not all that many think It Is. His features ate not preserved. They are sadly ekanged, ft>r death claims his own. None ean cheat the destroyer of his prejr—or all that is good, and beautlfcl, and genial. The eyes were sunken far, and dark gloom was gathered round tkem. The free was discolored; the lower part all sallow, and the cheeks very dark. The lips were firmly, tightly compressed, and seem ed to be a straight sharp line. There was nothing there of the geniality, the intelligence of the face In life; nothing of that smile which It is said he wore for a short time after his death; nothing of pain, but just ghastly death. The worn fea tures, as one looked at them, made the coma seem too large for the body It onolosed. Of tbe thou, sands who gazed upon him yesterday and to-day not one who has never ssen him and remember him only as Us pictures portray, can gain any dear idea of living Abraham Dlnooln, President of the United States. It Is add that the ooßn will net be again opened until its arrival at Springfield. THE TIOITOBB yesterday passed through In a constant stream at each end or the catafalque. But the hurried gianoe gave no chance for demonstrations of grief. Many ladles deposited flowers on the eqfßn, bat, In the general aspect, there was much the same oharaoter of flowery contributions and other evidences of re speot as in your city. Every glass was represented— among them a body of soldiers of 1812—and all com ducted themselves with deosnoy and decorum, Thw scene, in its sombreness and quiet, was one we never before Witnessed, and hope we never again. It damped the most exuberant spirits, and imposed stlenoe on the moat demonstrative. The dome was all concealed in orape and sliver fringe andstars, whose glitter made them seem to twinkle. The Go vernor’s room In the vista beyond was also draped. All Its furniture, statues, and ornaments were covered. Through the hall before It at least eighty, a minute passed yesterday,making a grand total of at least 60,000 daring tho reception yesterday. Atmld night there wasa mass of people around the hall, and far 6ut along the streets in its neighborhood. They remained there all night, and during the early morning were disciplined Into long lines, four deep. By this means more passed through to-day than yesterday, when all was confusion. The many lines In the adjacent streetsuU flowed into one, four deep, which extended, from the eastern entrance oi the hall across the eastern portion of tho Park Into Chatham street, thence to Pearl, and'far beyond. The sidewalks outside tbe ropes protest lug the line were filled with a moving, swaying, tur bulent mass* THB DBF ABTTTRB VBOX THB HALXi* About noon-day tbe body was taken from (be ball by stalwart soldiers, and placed lb tbe hearse, in of'en uncovered jospeetful BinlilUdSi A grsnd proeesskin h«|fc«®B organize M “ to the Hudson Siverßallroad MpW. • TB» J-BMIJiSBIOM TO TUB DBFOT. The fat era! procession, three hours since followed the remains of one whom the.nation bad go much lowed towards the commencement of the next stage off Its mournful journey, was lodes ecrlbebly solemn. The comparative stlHsess of the. vast multitude wbloh blocked up the; varlotfs thoroughfares on the Hue of tts ma-roh wasterrlbly' solemn and affecting, while the procession-ttielf was Imposingly grand. Two divisions of State militia, Infantry, cavalry, and artillery, wore fol lowed by a battalion, of martnes. The fth Regiment, which bad been on guard roand the body ever since its arrival, were now drawn up'lit a hollow square aronnd th<L catafalque. Inside- this square was another gumrd of honor, Composed entirely of mi litary and naval officers. Following were carriages which contained the city authorities and meinbsrs of theteglslature. * Then, oamo delegations from Washington and other oltlcs. Close upon them came Custom House, Sub-Treasury, and Post Offioe employes, the officers of theßtapbiyn Wavy Yard, the different clubs and political societies, including the Loyal- League, the Union LMgas, and the Tammany. Hootaty—JSppubUfMi* and Democrats alike uniting In the unfeigned expression of la mentation'over that enormouslosB which the nation had sustained. The Masons foHpirefl the body, to' the' depot to full’ force, numbering many thousands. Indeed, this may be considered on® of the most Imposing civlo portions of the display. Wherever the catafalque parted, and the crowd knew that the body was near them, all uncovered.' The' females who orowded the wtodowi overlooking the sad cortege wept or looked on in moatyal silence. Even strong men wept, and one man, as it neared the Hudson-river depot, said “ Cod, has called to, him the best President we have ever had 'since George Washington.” Although-; he spoke in a subdued voice, all who stood sufficiently near to hear him burst Into tears. ; THU H BARBS. Nothing could well be grander than the funeral car .whleh had been eonstrueted to bear the re mains of Mm for’whom the national heart was even then weeping. On the main platform, whloh stood about five feet Atom the t ground, was a dais some six Inches high.' UpontMs the coffin rested, under a magnificent canopy resting upon four pillars. It was arched towards the centre, which bShb oo tts epex a miniature Temple of Liberty. Heavy folds of sable cloth fell from the, a|des of the. platform, nearly sweeping the ground* with Its massive Bllver bullion fringe. Festoons of the Bame mourning color, bordered wlth tilver and festooned up with sil ver stars, were hanging over this. A similar drapery festooned the edge of the canopy, s 'wfifSS'*'Hvi&"trifn. : med In llhe manner, and .ornamented highly with, sliver, the cowers of It being capped wish ricK" plumes of black and white feathers, which nodded gloomily to the bright sunshine as the spjendld hearse moved slowly on Its sad progress. Tha In terior of the hearse was fiuted withVhro? sktinjand from the centre a large eagle, with outspreaSt floated above the coffin, whloh stood of flowers. .''*yps*i KHtlOXOffB OBBBMOHIBB AT tjitlOH Sqwfitaj /t; These were eonduoied by many distlngaShsd dj-y vines of varions dcnonjlnatlona, .»u<l »ttended by immense multitudes. Tlmeforblds a description of its great unotlon and solemnity; I can oniyWend you a brief synopsis of the oration by Mr. Bznoroft: MB. BAKOBOVT’B ADDBBBS. Mr. Bancroft said: Our grief at the crime whleh has clothed the continent -lit mourning find no adequate expresslonln wordB, and na relief to tears. Neither the office with which Mr. Llnoato was invested by the anproved choice of amlshtyjppo-- pie, nor the most simple-hearted kindness of naantaf could save hlmfrom the fiendish’.passtons of ropmt- : Rss fanaticism. The wallings or the tend Us remains as they are born© In solemuiytg; ; cession over our great rivers, along the soastd 9. as;. vend the mountains, across the prairie, to thetr final resttog place to the valley of the.'Mfeslffsipjai -The echoes of his toneral knell vibrate through! the world, and the friends of rreedom. of Srorery tongue sndin every clime, are Us-mourners. Theraem bers of the Government which, preomlpd-ma: Ad ministration opened the gates. Jo iaSaon, aqd he closed them. When he went to Washington the ground on which he:trod shodk under his fcot, and he left the .Republic on a solid foundation. Traitors had seized the-public forts and arsenals, and he recovered them for the United States. 'The capital, which he found the abode of slaves, Is Aejr oniy the abode ,of the free. The boundless puhlig.- domato. which was grasped at and lu a great rasa?- sure held for the diffusion of slavery, is now ifrevqf e&biy devoted to freedom. Then men talked a jar-. non of the balance of power in a republic batween slave States and free States, and ntswthe foolish ' words are blown away forever, by the breath of- Maryland, Missouri, and Tennessee. The atmoßfi phere is now purer than ever before, and Innirree tlon is vanishing away. The country Is east Into another mould, and the gigantic system or wrong which had been the work or more than two centu ries is dashed down’, we hope forever. As for himself, personally, he was then scoffed at by the proud as unfit for his station, and now, against the usage of later years, and In spite of nu merous cempetltors, he was the unbiassed and un doubted choice of the American people for a second term of service. Tbrough all theffmad business of treason he retained the sweetness of a most placable disposition, and the slaughter of myriads of the best on tbe battle-field, and the more-terrible destruction of nnr men to aaptivtty by the slow torture of expo sure and starvation, bad never been able to provoke him Into harboring one vengeful feeling, or one pur pose of cruelty. Bow shall the nation most completely show Its sorrow at Mr. Lincoln’s death! Howshall it best honor his memory 1 There can be but one answer. Grief must take the obaraotpr of action and breathe Itself forth in tbe assertionof the" policy to whloh he fell a sacrifice. The standard which, he held In Ills hand must be uplifted agato.hlgher and more firmly than before, and-must be carried oh to triumph above everything else. His Emancipation Proclamation must be affirmed and maintained. Events have removed every doubt of Its legality and binding force. „ ; Mr. Bancroft Incidentally alluded to the usurpa tion of the potrer of the Executive by General Sherman, saying ” From this bad act, which the people with one united voice condemn, no great evil will follow, save the shadow oh his own fame.” Ho referred to favorable terms to President Johnson, to whom It remained to consummate tbe vindica tion of the Union, and to that Union Abraham Llnooln has fallen a martyr. His death, which was meant to sever it beyond repair, binds it more closely and more firmly then ever. From Maine to the southwest boundary on the Pacific it makes ns one. The country may have needed ah im-, perishable grief to touch its inmost feeling. The grave that receives the remains of Lincoln receives the martyr to the Union. The monument which will rise over his body will bear witness to the Union. His enduring memory will assist during countless ages to bind the states, together and to unite to the love of our one indivisible coat try. Peace to the ashes of our departed Mend—the friend of our country and of his race. Happy was his life, for he was the restorer or the .Republic. He' •was happy in hfs death, for the manner of hJS end will plead forever for the Union ot t&e States and the freedom of man. Since the departure of Us remains tlie city has become quiet. - PROGRESS OF THE FUNERAL TRfilli. DEPARTURE OF THE DEAD PRESIDENT FROM HEW YORK. His Remains Escorted to Hudson ElTer Railroad Depot by an Immense Procession. ’ ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS AT ALBANY. New Yoke, April 26.—New York baa amply paid her last tribute ofrespeot to the remains of Abra ham Lincoln. They were escorted to the Hudson River Railroad depot by an Immense funeral pro- . cession. Leading the line word" two divisions o State' militia, including infantry, cavalry, and artillery, besides a battalion of marines:! Im mediately following was the Tth Regiment State Militia]which has done guard duty since the arrival of the funeral cortege la this city. Some two-thirds of It did the Immediate.- escort duty, while the balance were formed In a hollow square around the hearse. Inside this square was still another guard of honor of military and naval .officers.' Next followed carriages, three~abreast, apa stretching for a long distance, containing the city government, delegations Bom Washington and other places, and Including many mlUtary and' naval officers and representatives'"of different nations resident here, Governor Fenton, ex-ejo v&rnors of the State, members and ex-membcrs of .the Legislature,and others. Next were the era ‘n t “ l6 customhouse, sub-treasury, and post office, In themselves a large body of men, and fol lowing them the officers of the Brooklyn navy yard, and officers and ex-officers or the. army and volun contributed several hundred of its officers to tbc procession. f J**® T varlcma cl “ ba were next| represented, the Imyal Leaguers appealing in great numbers, and the Tammany Society and the Democratic general committees making effective'displays. The elUzenß of the Pacific coast were largely re* presented, a striking feature being Seth mhian. T > h °, preB ' nte v “ «balr to the late Fwafc * cwtous looking buffalo suit* The Sons of Temperance also tnrned cut very effectively s but the most remarkable ft*, tore of the procession was the immense' number-or Mason*, who were next in eaciTman M ! “ a * “ ierhaps jo.eco of the order were in the pro-session. The Irish societies followed, In nearly as great num bers as on St. Patrick’s Day. Many other associa tions were tolly represented, the procession closing with largo delegations from all kinds of societies from Brooklyn, and finally sevuraTtSbussiid re- Bpect ably-dressed negroes. as l fw^r,f o, “ S^ P r ,nß!k « ,ven Poland as tbc end of it to ached the depot the corpse of our martyred President was many miles awayfromthe city. Taking the procession together, It was one of the hugest, IT not the hugest, ever seen to New York, The .V 6lll! i W “ manlf « at *l everywhere! nn !? g . u th>COffln waathe signal for all to uncover their heads-. • Over the floor of the hearse- to which the coffin rested were strewed the most beautiful flowers. The hearse Itself was a theme-of praise from all as most appropriate forthe occasion. All along the route an Immense concourse of peo ple lined the streets, filled the windows, stoop Aand housetops, all of whom seemed of one accord to re spect to the memory of the departed. At the depot the hearse was drawn through the lh»s of military with all due ooremony. Every thing, in fact, went off well, and no accidents oe outred during the day. Minute guns were fired all. day j-and bells were tolled during the time or remo val of toe remains to toe depot. Altec- the proces sion passed,an Immeaseineettog was held to Union Square," at which A funeral oration was delivered by the Bon. George Bancroft. At Fort Washington, at £s& Ft M., a crowd as sembled displaying a bannct clolhed with crape.. So ft was all along the road, groups of spectators al most everywhere standing in toe bright sunlight. All toe dwellers along the read'were abroad to em blems of moura{i>g. At Mount St. Vincent a largo blae&aag was dis played with white letters, toe words “We mourn"' our nation’s loss,” T At Yonhers, at 4 S&F. M., minute guns werefitrtd and mottoes and draped flags were profusely" d i»! played. .... 7® ■** Habtikqs, SF. M.—Here was erected avji4tir„, »ch with suitable Inscriptions, which feud, wrifigto the of Tasrxtow, s so Afltol MBS' andimptossrve scene. The surface 0 f o*. •f Vfi*nie structure entirely cove™ American flags, ..trimmed wfik mourning adorned wlCfc mourning. . Near it, on a decorated platform,* number of yo*ng ] M! . S r* olarped hands, dressed to White wl® bread sssbes, apparently immoveable as statues house bore tbe nanM 1 signs <* grief, and peomto, ‘ the motto, « Bear Mol gently to bis rest.” 3J I * Srao Srso—63o.—The crowd Is very u-w dally to the vicinity of the sUifcer. The « w , ."*• in line, andelongjow of msu wfth nnetvera; j, V* and many la-white with black heightened the effect of the mens. The most mi.?' feature was an arch over ate -road, *ppa rem , 1 *! feet high and 18 feet wide, alternately stripy’L 5 white and black. !t » PaßKexrix, 6 *6—A. compEny of afiutarj, firemen witnessed the funeral-car with- heads, and minute guns were fired. <i Wist Podit, 6.So.— The Academy stitliw adorned, with the national colors festooned *** crape, and the West Point Cadets as drawn a!? ■ line, the officers of the academy stsn-flog s - irt uncovered heads, and a dirge was perfornjed k» band. ’ '«t Slmflar scenes oeenrred along thßwfco: 9roll . our arrival at Albany. ' 311 PoCODKhBPaiB, tAprtl S2S—T.2S P, vj_ T . mains of the President have just parsec ikfj All along the route from New York the of the people jras magnificent. ” vt) ! ' ABBIVAI. AT ALBSWY. AXSAMT, 11 p. M.—The remains wars by three eompanle# of militia, Stats oßcors . , Xeglelallve and city authorities. The hs lr <j » drawn by tour white homes. At the Ca ß |* body was taken to the Assembly uhiQi, er “ placed Bpon a catafalque, and guards of rte s .“r militia were stationed inside and o ßt sid» of th. building, m 1.30 A. M-, *k» ooffia «« tMu4 an immense throng was permitted to ec - - t! n ._ the remains and much deep feeliog was eiy,^ Heaors *o tlte Dead. ffpgß THU JEEKAJK6 WILL 11BIVS IK Contmus, Ohio, April 36 —Theromalas of sldent HtooomwHl arrive at Columbus on Si;„ day, April «th, at rBO A.M. The Vltj Ccbimu city officiale, and a large-number of citizens of ij£ ctonatl #P»aathJjtgaß!asa pin&l « h the ceremonies. Orders’ w*re f reo*ived yest«rj, ;i; toiwar*!»mtdiaidly to the front all the troop, C j, to cdlfij ta Ghlo and Indiana. • ;;nrpgpßQiTs .., DxtBOIT, AprU 86.—The'dSsequteS or Prs.ifp 4 tlncoin to-day were the most imposing eT«r, lt . npssed here.. The. procesalajt wj*.over four a,i> 4 long, headed by detachtnentsTlftatUltary .hyajmagnlficent funeralpar, officers of tts s-j, : tomy, offiosra or t», • state and cltygbvsjrnmsipt, Oaupdlau civil «a ar!i public schools, Maatas, Odd Fellows, -voleni seek ties, tradhsuntonsy The oor aitt nij. • PiTreinK<s, Aprli Dunoan, a telip.i, ®M»n of has ftom Hug Tilfev asd mentions a singular olrcumstance In ess. I jtoqtion with- the assysto Booth. While et ppi S! kj'ihe MoHpnry on the fv June last, Booth wrote on. a panri ef glass -wish ts diamond rirg the foßowing words: “Abe departed this llto August 13th, 1884, by the elwusf poison.” • Booth’s name wm written on ton hotel rcgisurb the same handwriting. Several of hlsfrim'ist different times ooeiiWed the saWareom. A wa . : f.lete’rbgistar had been hepTof u ofthatrehm Jnaelact. TT WMhave beenrequMtcd of the Haj frigate Sabine to state that thv: E , -ol the IhltisS'&iheoi ln that stop were alone ;l 1 fn'the CflOerto cortege whloh followed the late P.-y. dent’s remalns from, the Baltimwee depot to ttii pendcnce Ball, on the evening # Saturday | They-were under the command «#l.te«t LKti.i this pity, who Is .the.officer entruitod w f th the -,-s - macd of that veeeel by tbe Navy Department. pbbiio Rntertalmnenta. AKCH-ETfitocTXTHi«ATBH.AH»Bt evenlae we t,i the pleasure,of .seeing the ’’celebrated aetres'i -Miss ChEtrlowe Thompson, to the beauti-ul : .,u; and quote from the anaoute merit in the ls now lying b-r „ rb*. Now, whether thvdtaert off the lady jastu* : the announced tta fullest extent, it wctu tpprhaps be unfcludi to eay, but we may h<!oeo!j -siffiimherto be barit atdpsring and gracefel'- seal, star,” who, ,by raoe, and matnar, ws. thronging thU inn as they did last nignt.' Her stylA althoogh slidtl; affected, Is very winning, hnd draws from foe s.-t .tified-speotatorg a toTger amount of appUu-e tf u they frequently award to an artist who may l-ss mately stand muoh htgteer to the profession. 1 consequence is, that tbe smdionco Is contsmel vra her. It saw her the first night, and was va.-r fill to number, In spite of Uto national dopretsloafr-i which the public .were suffering. Last m«M house was a full tf not a crowded one; ant we diet that the last two or three nights of her what brief engagement she will emphatleilty oil she has no reason tefcoin plain of the want of PtUv delphialiberality. As for “Rich and Poor,” w.i-i frem Its name we had fancied never having ssss ii before. It will be unnecessary now to expreu aat opinion upon It, save thatir not precisely a “ brjj tllul play ,” R is sufficiently good to aSjrl MLe Charlotte Thompson an, opportunity of winning % very pleasant degree of admiration from tat •who witness her. embodiment of the ohanewr a! Mice. ' ‘ Naw Chustkct- busbut Thxatbb.—Mrs. D. F. .Bowers appeared lart eyentog. for the secoafl tlxt In a new version of ” Camille.” Theacttoz ttro-,ge out was inch as to bring forth nontlnnod anp'-avo from the well'filled house. '''Maarly every one i- fs miliar with the plot of the ” Lady of the UamslUV and we need only here; Bay that last evening it its given entire, together ‘with numerous gomsfroaf the opera of “Travlata.” Miss Sophie ftimbai Hahn sung most'sweetly the celebrated brindlsl, | drtoklng song, from that epera; so mnch ws, :ti | audience pleaaed wlth It, that,lts repeti'.bo was ■:> ! manded. Mr. MoMaunt, as ArmerA J excellent, and to several scenes hts perforaw:: ' was quite afleettog. Mrs.’Bowels will, und -o . ,:- ly, have a profitable and most succos.-fai ment; -and all will agree with us when we sty fa, tichiy deserves It, for we have seldom soon oharmtog and agreeable actress upon the Aaerto: stage. Th* Cbobai. Fxstival,—Yesterday svesh? | lovers of ecclesiastical muslchad an opportrra!:;: | hearing a concert which was as historically loured- : tog 8B lt was beautlfuL The choirof Trinity Caur::. J New York, gave, at St. Clement’s Church, T «tt- 1 ethand Cherry streets, what Is termed ’ Festival. This choir Is principally compn.iail r: / < j young hoys, who have been carefully trained 11 M 1 Cutler, the organist of-Trtolty, so that they fUr.i | most difficult solos, concerted pieces, and .l pertalnlng to thSbhureh services, in the finest 1 nor. The programme oommenced wl:h a sysc." ■ ■ ' of the earliest .ecetesjesucal music, the •- 1 Cbaunt,tbenfollowedtheGregorlan, and after - ; i .came, In chron.olbglcttf.seqtieiice, cmnpos;tl.:: ' Tallis, Martin Luther, Dr. Tnrle, Handel. H- '- " and Mendelssohn. The singing of the beys =* . i remarkable, and the clearness and power o’ r.- youthful voices gave great charms to the music wbleb they performed. Tbr*eofttcai. ?•-- - teiß Coker, Ehrlich, and Ellard, are really fnl vocalists: Master Coker has a high ; ■voice ol great purity, freshness, and fiesibui r.». hla singing gaye such pleasure to the aa thatvthej.ejere only restrained by the ea-;.-e' raster of the edifice in which tie concert 11 ■ from expressing their enthusiasm by £;>»•" UtomSHaitMa, toner, and Thomas, vw assisted the boys In the choruses, also 7 with fine effect. Tie organist ol the cut; ' 4 W. Epgene Thayer, gave a masterly renJi h- - J of J. S. Bach’s fugues. ij Another performance will be gives this e- "'-- when the programme will be somewhat v.r! j the honr of commencing will be change i..- „ Uobbisor’s I,KcrfßK owSjecßrr ffl To-morrow evening, at Saasem-sittet James Morrison, a highly educated Scot man, now of this city, win deliver a lecture met Societies,” treating the subject ia at c - ,- original manner,and, after the hatitoi " lV 4 pher Norih,” uniting philosophy and fan: 0 1 Bideratlon. Onr knowledge or tie lecture"--'- 4 leads ns to believe that his auditors will ’ “ : and instructed. CLABSIOAL QurKTETTB Club— The twen:. -; ; . mati&eeof thlsolubef musical artists will i' - _ 0 to-day, at the Assembly Building. "We pa til - th® programme on Monday. r Mb. I). Xj. Cabbbb tub’s FloralScifca, wait- •* postponed on account of the national m- 11 --- will take place at the Academy of *• night. yBBSMFTOBT SAI.B-TjJFlßfl'- ('I. AS.- STO- r _ —Tbomas & SOM advertise ror the 16tt pt ;l ‘rery superior storotj Bank street, the sale u ■ Spusbdtd Goustrt Seat abd u«> ■/., _•s for same day, “ SpiißKhroolt,” former!;;/- ~. pertyof Caleb Cope, Eao., now of Gso- a Esq., one of a# most valuable plEce. /“• claitj of Philadelphia. See page 3, to*Ui 1 * THIH; OJO"F ■ BROft ABDITHWAT. OITT K3WB BB« ' r " BOABD OF TRADE ... - A stated meeting of the Board of - . 3 on Monday evening last at their r»°®\ ;i dent Merrick to the chair. Among tM - j cations read was & supplement to the relating to limitedpartoerehlßS. Tne allows a contribution to goods, waoti; ' ;, y. at a sworn valuation, Instead of cash,w by a partner. 1 Correspondence between a Comoro," . _ board and the late president, Samuel Efq, was read. Tha committee regret - . tion of Mr. Morton, and express their t- ■%-, < olatlon of his xealons, faithlul, and vu vices. „ .turn, *" In aocordanoe with the request of a. a ... Esq,, It was directed- that' appUeaiim a. made to tha Postmaster General, ;c ii should bo awarded to the owners of » jected) steamship line, lor the tranap - .v . *3® malls direct frost this port to ; also decided to. appoint a delegation tj'■ . -»■ soolatlon to ntett* representatives ot 'r Boards or thceonntry to Convent 103 at > f gg- July next, at thwlnvitatiop of the : >F Trade, “forth* consideration of jects, vtot Chmmeroe,-finance, coamu - . t "nasltliom ahe west to the seabird s -f nade between the Cnited.States anfl • - Provinces, * j,d such other business a= n *r. '®f?” notofa pare.; -/ poUUcal o aaracter.” The Boara then - * . ' ACCIDENTS. ~t i: [ _ named Kelby was ran over, »®y, rt: . jesteraay afternoon,by a Fifteenth-... ierpfjr, at Fifteenth andFearlstree-E . wg'' oadly Clashed. He was taken to * K Hospital. ts > Patrick Mahan fell from a wooden fs \. : • « • Across an excavation to the side* = r fourth and Coates streets, aid sprs badly. He was taken home. .• YBBDICT IN THE BTHEET SHOpTy “ Yesterday afternoon the coroner rnyv, quest -to the ease of David F. •hot by the provost guard on the lot •• ; at Broed street and Washington a«. -“ v , diet rendered was that the said .. «** . Wine to his death from a gurstut r: »t?i having been fired by a guard at * ® ir ;«=; desert,. The jury censure, in the m“ 3 ‘, nor, tbs practice of filing in the pu bi
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