I
Si Mopmentim Requiris-.-Ciramspicet
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Sixteenth President of thi; tithed States.'
Born, in, lientueky, Feb. 12.'4809.
Died at Washington, Aprills, 1865.
—Governor Curtin has offered a reward of $lO,-
000 for the arrest of Booth.
—ln Boston it is proposed to raise. $lOO,OOO,
dojlar subscriptions, for Mrs. Lincoln. - -
—The rebel General Jones, now at Fort War
ren, has written a letter denouncing the assassin
ation of the President.
• —The show of mourning at Memphis over the
President's death is reported to be. very great
The military turned out.
—A movement to erect 'a monument to Pres
ident-Lincoln in New York, by one dollar subscrip
tion, was commenced - Cast week.
—The rebel prisoners, at Point Lookoat, num
bering 22,000, hare passed resolutions expressing
theieabhorrence of the assassination of President
Linc?ln.
—Six acres of grouna)in the heart of Spring
field, El., have been selected for Mr. Lincoln's
burial place, and a fund is being raised to erect
a monument for hint.
—A rebel who approved the president's mut
-der before some of Sherman's soldiers was in
stantly killed and the armistice was not welcom
ed by the troops.
—A New York dispatch states that Booth was
thrown from his horse on the night of the murder,
and one of his legs probably fractured. lie took
off his moustache, and is lying concealed.
—The rewards now offered for the arrest of J.
Wilkes Booth amount in the aggregate to the large
mime of one hundred and twenty thousand five
hundred dollars, and probaly will be considerably
increased.
—Accounts of the progress of the funeral train
of President Lincoln show that there was a large
turnout of citizens at all the stations on the route,
and various marks of respect for the deceased
were exhibited.
Army of the Potomac advices say that the an
nouncement of the assassination of President Lin
coln was received with the utmost sorrow, every
man seeming to think that it is the greatest calam
ity that could have happened at this time. The
greater portion of the army is now concentrated
at Burkesville Junction, taking a short rest.
—The Nineteenth of April again becomes his
torical. It is the anniversary of the Battle of
Lexington, with which the American Revolution
opened in 1775: it is the anniversary of the mas
sacre of Massachusetts troops in Baltimore inIF.CI,
when the first blood was shed in the Second War
,of Americari Independence:„oeteafter it will be
thrice-hallowed as the anniversary• of theluneral
in the Capitol of the Natiou_of that nation's mur
dered President.
—The National Intdligenter, speaking of Mr.
Lincoln's visit to the theatre on the night of the
great tragedy, says :—" The President was re•
ceived with great furore on entering the - VAL - rt.:
his reception was, indeed, extraordinary. One
of the actors (Mr. - Hawk) had make the remark
(as Dundreary'), this ' reminds me of a story, as
Mr. Lincoln says,' and was telling the story as
the President entered. The enthusiasm of the
audience interrupted the story for several Min
utes. After the President was seated the actor
was forced by the people to tell the story' over
again." •
—NO President of
,the United' States or mem•
ber of the Cabinet was ever before murdered.
An attempt was made to take the life of General
Jackson, in this way, in 1833, but it failed. The
only Cabinet officers who We,re killed since the
organization of the Government were Abel P. Up
shur, Secretary of State, and Hon. John A. Gil
mer, Secretary of the Navy under John Tyler's
PresideriCy, in 1843. Both were from Virginia.
They were killed by the bursting of Commodore
Stoekton's.big gun called the "Peacemaker," on
board the United States steamer Princeton. The
President, John Tyler, was:aboard, and narrow
ly escaped a similar fate.
—A dispatch from Gen. Tyler, at the Relay
House, Md., announces without qualification
that George Alzerott, one of the accomplices of
Booth in the wassmation of the President, has
,been captured. Fie is said to have been identi
fied. Alzerott, sometimes called Port Tobacco,
is described as one of Booth's accomplices in the
order of Secretary Stanton, and a reward of
twenty-five thousand dollars-was offeredfor him.
Although it would be nmre gratifying to announce
the capture of the chief criminal, there is touch
gratification in this. If the arrest and charge are
proven, the machinery crime may expect
revelation; so thit the great mystery which now
annoys us all will be cleared up. And having-one
•of those who are charged as accessories or prin
cipals, thi:re is more encouragement that the
.prime criminal wilrbe taken.
—lt was ascertained some weeks ago from per
sonalfriends of the late President that he had re
ceived several private letters warning him that an
attempt would probably be. made upon his life;
but to this be did not seem to attach much if any
iniportance. It has always been thought that he
Ass not sufficieatlyeareful of his individual safe
tl his last visit to Virginia. It is known that
on frequent occasion.; he would start from the F
ecutiit Mansion for his summer country residence
at the Soldiers' Ilene without the usual cavalry
escort, which often hurried- and overtook him be
fore he had proceeded far. It has always been
understood that this escort was accepted by him
only on the importunity of his fricuds as a matter
of precaution. The President before retiring to'
bed would, is hen important military events were
progressing, visit the War Department, generally
alone, passing Oier the dark intervening ground
even at lute hours on repeated occasions, and•af
ter the warning letters had been received several
close and intimate friends, armed for any emer
gency, were careful that he should act continue
his visit without their company. For himself
the President seemed to have no fears.. •
--J. D. Reamer, a prominent rebel sympathi
ser of Hagerstown, went to the County Jail, on
Sunday evening week, and asked to be locked up
refuge from a crowd of justly incensed
citizen About the first of March last, Reamer
confi tinily infdrmed a customer while purcha
si oods in his store, that one hundred thousand
oil $ were being raised to secure the assassin
ation of President Lincoln. The assassin was to
receive fifty thousand dollars previous to the com
mission of the _deed, and-the balance immediately
after its perpetration. This was to be before the
twelfth day of April. Affidavits to the effect
were made by a man who over heard the infer.
mation. The deed occuring so near the tithe set
by Reamer, mid be being in Baltimore at the date
of the occurrence, satistedthose who knew of his
declaration, that he was in some way implicated
in the crime, and an indignant assembly of citi
zens was ready to give into the hands of justice,
a man who is certainly as culpable in his wish as
the murderer in act. Reamer passed through
this 'phice• last w...ek under guard' on his way to
Washington.
- ; , --A , .co,rrespondent of the Boston Journal gives
an account of a conversation with the late Presi
dent, from which it appears that he had a p4esen
thuent that he should not survive the close of the
war. The writer says; He may not have looked
for it from the hand of an assassin, but be felt
sure that his life would end with the war long
ago. He told me !'that he was certain•he should
not outlast the Rebellfon." It was in last July.
As you will remember, there was dissension then
among the Republican leaders. Many of bis beat
friends bad deserted him, and were talkidg of an
opposition convention to nominate another candi
date; and universal gloom was among the people.
The North was tired of the war, and supposed an
honorable peace attainable. Mr. Lincolii knew
it was not—that any peace atthat time would be
only disunion. Spealthigof it, he said4--"I have
faith in the people;, they will not consent-to-dis
union. The danger is, they are misled. Let them
know the truth, mtthe country is safe." He
looked haggard and careworn, and further on in
the interview I remarked on his appearance, say
ing: "You are weanng yourself out with hard
work." "I can't work-less," he answered, "but it
isn't that—work never troubled me. Things look
badly, and I can't avoid anxiety.' Personally, I
Care nothing about a re-election; tat if our divis
ions defeat us. I fear fiir the country." When I
suggested that right must eventually triumph—
that I bad never despaired of the result, he said:
"Neither have I, but I may not live to see it. I
feel a presentiment that I shall not outlast the Re
b'ellion. When it is over my work will he done.
APPEARANCE OF THE - CORPSE.—Dath has
fastened into his frozen face - all the character and
idiosyncrasy of life. He has not changed-nue-line
of his grave, grotesque countenance, uor smoothed
out a single re . ature. The hue is rather bloodless
- and leaden ; but he was always sallow. The dark
eyebrows seem abrUptly arched ; the beard. whiih
will grow no more, : is shaved close, save the tuft
at the sharp, small chin. The mouth is shut, like
that of one who had put the foot down firm, and
so are the eyes, which look as calm as slumber.
The collar is short and awkward, turned over the
stiff elastic cravat, and whatever energy} or humor
or tender gravity marked the living face is har
dened into its pulseless outline. No corpse in the
world is better prepared according to appearance.
The white satin around it reflects sufficient light
upon the face to show us that death is realty
there; but there are sweet roses and early mag
nolias, and the balmiest of lilies strewn around,
as if the flowers had began to- bloom even upon
his coffin. We look on uninterruptedly, for there.
is no pressure ; for henceforward theplace will be
thronged with gazers who will take from the sight
its suggestiveness and respect: Three years ago,
when little Willie Lincoln died, Drs. Brown and
Alexander, thq embalmers or injectors, prepared
his body so handsomely that the president had it
twice disinterred to look upon it. The same men,
in the same way, have made perpetual those be
loved lineaments. There is2iow no blood id the
body. It was drained by the jugular vein and
'sacredly preserved, and through a cutting on the
inside of the thigh the empty blood vessels were
charged with a chemical preparation, which soon
hardened to the consistence of stone. The long
and bony body is now hard and stiff, so that be
yond its present position it cannot be moved any
more than the arms or legs 'of a statue. It has
undergone many changes. The scalp has been
removed, the brain scooped out, the chest opened
and the blood emptied,. All this we see of Abra
ham Lincoln, so cunningly contemplated in this
splendid coffin, is-a mere shell. an effigy, a sculp
ture. He lies in sleep, - but it is the sleep of mar
ble - All that made this "flesh vital. sentient, and
effectionate is gone foreter.
SUMMARY OF - WAR NEWS
—The news of Sherman's terms to Johnson
causes great dissatisfaction M Baltimore, as well
as elsewhere
—More than 23,000 negroes have been enlisted
in Kentucky. The new regiments will swell this
to 30,Q00. More than a hundred men enlist there
daily.
—General Sherman issued a special field order
on the 19th instant, from Raleigh.N. C., announ
cing a suspension of .hostilities, and defining the
lines of the two attains.
—Some of the members of the North Carolina
Legislature visited Newbern on the 19th instant,
to advise with General Sherman about restoring
that State to the Union.
—Mobile is now fully occupied by oar forces.
General Canby hats-his headquarters in the cus
tom-bouse. General Granger met with an enthu
siastic reception onentering the city.
--General Canby reports that found in M -
bile lied its defences on the west side of the bay
over 150 guns, a large amount of ammunition and
supplies, about 1000 prisoners, and it is estimated
30,000 bales of cotton.
. has been stated very generally in the news
papers, that pen. Lee bad turned,over only eight
thousand men, cud it was supposed that the best
portion of his army had been sent to Johnston be
fore the completion of the negotiation for sur
render. This statement is in correct. He has
turned over, under the articles of capitulation,
over thirty-five thousand men, with a hundred
and fifty piece of artillery and ten thousand stand
!Alms.
—The expedition under Maj. Can. Stoneman,
which left Knoxville, Tenn., on,the 10th ult.,
struck the East Tennessee Railroad on the 14th
ult., at Wytheville; Christiansburg and Salem.
Between these points thirty-three bridges were
burned, and twenty-five miles of track totally de
stroyed, and besides many prisoners were taken,
and considerable quantities of corn and other
stores destroyed. On the 6th inst., Gen. Stone
man moved. via Jacksonville, Danbury and Marks-,
vine, arriving at Grant's Creek, five miles• from
Salisbury, X. (.'., the Rebel line for the defense of
the town, at 6A.M. on the 12th inst. This line,
defending by artillery and infantry, was now
forced, and our forces entering
_Salisbury, at 10
A. M., capturing 8 stands of colors, 19 guns, 1164
prisoners, 1000 'stand of arms and accoutrements,
100,000 rdund of small ammunition and 1000
rounds of fixed ammunition and ehels, 60,000
pounds of powder, 75,000 complete suits of cloth
ing, 350,000 army blankets, and 20,000 pounds of
bacon, 100,000 poUnds of salt, 20,000 pounds of .
sugar, 27,000 pounds of rice, 10,000 pounds of
saltpetre, 50,000 bushes of wheat, .$lO,OOO worth
of medical supplies, 7000 baler of cotton. Thir
teen pieces of artillery were brought away, and
all other stores not_needed for our immediate
command were . destroved. The greater part of
these supplies had just been receive& from Ral
eigh. One large arsenal, machineri... complete,
with depnts, two engines and strains, several
bridges between Greensboro' and 'Danville, with
several miles of railroad track ware destroyed..
Our loss was very few in killed and wounded.
Among the latter Capt. R. Morrow, Assistant
Adjutant-General of Stoneman's Staff.
(111)c 1 - ranklin titimsitorn, (Eliamberburg, pa.
trauhlin gimitavv.
Wednesday, April 26, 1865
81„000 s RE ig ,,,, , W w. Aß tu p p. . y - Z I,I E C I TH R
() d u e T s
--
AND DOLLARS-to and -party or parties who will ar
rest and deliver to the civil ; authocities of Franklin Coun
ty, F. W. surni, (son of "'Extra Billy") a captain un
der IFCausland when - Charnbershurg was burned and
who 'tamed mirence and barn and stole rarions val
uable articles the house. -
"The REPOSIT Association trill also pay FIVE HUN
DRED DOLLARS, for the arrest of either 31'Caustand or
Gilmore, and their delis ery -to the civil authorities of
this county. lapril264) A. S. 3FCLURE.
Richmond Whiz please copy It and send bill to
Ibis offices .
..TriE mortal remains of President Liw
cobi left Washington on Thursday last
and have been in state in Baltimore, Har
risburg, Philadelphia and New York, and
will be in Albany to-day. They-will also
be in state in Buffalo, Cleaveland, Colum
bus, Indianapolis. Chicago and Springfield,
where they will be finally intered on Tues
day next. Wherever. the" funeral train
has gone, there have been the profoundest
manifestations of sorrow, and while the
Republic lives to bless a free people. the
name of Abraham Lincoln will be lisped
with reverence and praise.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
Andrew Johnson is now our constitu
tional Executive. The solemn responsi 7
bilities and duties of the Chief Magistracy
have been thrown upon him in the midst
of the deepest grief the Nation has known.
Just when the noon-tide of triumph had
burst up - on thc; tireless efforts and unfal
tering devotion of his predecessor to res
cueathe Republic, the :assassin's hand laid
him low and spread the pall of mourning
over the land and bowed every heart in
crushing sorrow, - It seemed to be the
crowning hope of a free people blighted
just as it reached fruition, and the darkest
day of our National history belongs to the
eventful year of 1865. There was no heart
so stout that it did not quail when the
mournful message announced to a confid
ing people that their honored ruler; the
faithful patriot;_ the calm, enlightened
statesman ; the hopeful pacificator, was
ad. The future seemed scarcely to pre
4ent so much as the silver lining- to the
cloud, for no one could foresee the meas
ure of the assassin's work. Thus smitten
in its rove, its pride, its . -hope, the Nation
was rocked in painful doubts and appal
fling fears. It was aie st that our govern
ment, severe as have' beeu, its trials, had
never yet experienced. -Iri themidst of re
bellion such as - the world had never before
witnessed, the dying throes of treason had
thrust its murderous mission into the very
sanctuary of power, and the triumphant
chieftain sealed a rescued Nationality with
his life. Such an event, at such a crisis
in our eventful history, appealed to ex;ery
passion that loved disorder and death ;
and elsewhere than in this blood-baptized
and blood-cem - ented government it would
have been the signal for anarchy.
But profoundly as the blOw sank into
the National heart, it seemed to teach
to all the necessity of law and order,
and a common. sorrow made all unite to
save unstained a common inheritance.
The government had no interruption.
The same day that closed the life of
Abraham Lincoln. dates the inauguration
of his successor. Quietly, orderly and
with a solemnity befitting the sad occasion,
the new Executive was installed, and sim
ply- answering—" The duties are mine—
the rest is with God," the Presidency had
its constitutional incumbent, and all the
functions of government knew no cessa
ion. It was the sublimest vindication of
the power and virtue of free government
the world has ever witnessed ; and it will
carry its lesson to the farthest ends of the
earth, and to remotest history. _
—We are not of those who rush to wor
ship the rising sun and proclaim how an
all-wise Providence bas intekered to savo
a threatened Nationality. We believed
Abraham Lincoln was right—we believe
so still. It may be that it was well for the
Republic that he should die ; but when it
is made apparent in wiser councils and
richer blessings than his administration
gave; we shall then record it. Until then
we shall -leave to The fulfilment of His
purposes, the issues of good or evil from
this unexampled bereavement. - We shall
yield to President Johnson an earnest,
cordial support. ' He needs it from:all—
he, merits it Icy every just standard of
judgment. That he is patriotic and faith
fill, is evidenced by his unwavering fidel
ity from the day treason reared its hideous
head in the Senate until now. He was,
faithful among the faithless. When per
fidy surrounded him on every band ; when
the leaders of his section all faltered or
fell, he alone stood fearless for the right ;
and lie has not ceased,. iu sunshine or in
storm,lo give his best energies to the
-cause of Liberty and Law. He has thus
deserved welt of the Nation, :DDT now
wears its highest honors. We join in
every aspiration, in every effort, in every'
hope for his support and success, and if he
shall crown his, administration with Peace
and Union, as we hope and believe hr..,
will,,his name will live in history and in
the grateful memory of a free people, as
one who has filled the highest measure of
patriotic statesmanship.
In the general policy of the new admin
istration touching the adjustment of the
delicate issues arrising from the war, there
will not, we are assured, be any essential
change. The views of President Lincoln
were fully shared by Vice President Joh
nson. The last council had on the subject
was on the day the President was /188.1.5111-
ated, and in the policy then agreed upon,
the entire cabinet, the Vice President and
Lieut. Gen. Grant, cordially concured.
It will not therefore be departed from in
its fundamental features; but there will
doubtless be atonement now where there
might have been mercy before. The les
son of the assassin will not be lost or un
heeded. It has imposed neiv duties and
they are well appreciated an d will be stern
ly performed by the new Executive. The
responsibility for the murder of our Chief
ruler ivill be charged upon the fountain
head that estranged the heart and taught
the murderer- his work. It is a crime for
which there must be expiation, and no
man will more firmly deal Justice to its
re iponsible authors than .A.ndfew Johnson.
There is,ito mistaking his purpose. In
his address b the Illinois delegation,
which we givE in another column, he poin
tedly and in tell chosen words defines
his policy. It means that,wise as may
have been thepurpose of 'Universal clem
ency before, row the blood of a murder
ed President' has deepened the stain •of
treason ; Sand the majesty, the poker,
the safety of the government demand
that there shall be monuments of retribu
tion as well at of mercy to mark the his
tory of our rotenerated Nationality. Lee
and his officers and army are already par
doned. The terms of Lee's surrender in
volves the faiti of the government that
they shall not be disturbed so long as they
obey the law. Johnston must soon sur
render, if he tris not done so already, and
Sherman can. exact no terms other than
those given by his chief to Lee. The .
rebel army ofMobile has surrendered also'
on terms which preclude the enforcement
of the violates law against treason ; and
even if the Kipulations did not so pro
vide, when Lee, the chief of the rebel of
ficers, andhis may, are exempt from pun
ishment, it cainot with propriety be en
forced against subordinate commanders
and their contmands. The rebel armies
East of the Mississippi are therefore
practically embraced in a general amnes
ty. By, our laws they are disfranchised,
and can fill no position of honor or profit
under our government ; and that will be
the measure of their country's retribution.
But of Davis. of Breckinridge, of Cobb,
of Benjainin, and it may be others, who
have wielded the deadly despotism of trea
son, President Johnson designs a different
fate. They now have but the alternative
of banishment or death; and while the
Nation would have heartily sustained Mr.
Lincoln in the clemency that would have
allowed them to live dishonored, it will
with equal unanimity sustain Presideni
Johnson now in demanding a new etone 7
ment for the assassin's stroke, the offspring
of treason. that was aimed at the vitals of
the Republic. •
—So starts the adthinistration of Presi
dent Johnson. A faithful people yield it
a generous confidence. _ It will be heartily
sustained in every justand patriotic meas
ures. Its success and fame are i i nseperably
connected with the triumph and honor of
our free institutions, and as the terrible or
deal is now past, the Nation • feels that
all seems well with us" -again
PRESIDENT JOHNSON
In common whh nearly every indepen
dent Union press, this journal pointedly
condemned the conduct of President John-'
son when he was inaugurated as Vice'
President of the United States. We could
do no less. We had been to some extent
instrumental in his nomination. These
columns had urged his selection before the
meeting of the Baltimore Convention, and
its chief editor, as one of the Delegates at
large, labored untiringly in that Conven
tion to place him on the ticket with Mr.
Lincoln. We believed him to be t in all
respects fitted-for and worthy of the ex
alted position ; and when he requited a
Nation's confidence with deep humiliation,
whether by accident or habit, we Con
demne4 him then as we should do again_
undei Similar circumstances.
He is now the constitutional President
of the Republic. His actions, his opinions,
his record, and his habits become now
more than ever a matter of public interest;
and we are glad indeed that the concur
rent testimony of those who know best,
leaveg no reason for apprehension as to
his general sobriety a-nd blameless deport :
inent. Gen. Burnside, in a-recent speech
in New York, refered to the mortifying
display at his inauguration, and assured
his 'audience that they need cherish no
fears as to his habits—that he is and ever
has been a man of sobriety; and that pro
tracted illness had necessitated the stim
ulants which unmanned him in the Senate.
Senator Doolittle. who — served with him
in the Senate for a number of years. made
a speech recently. and refered to the wide
spread anxiety as to Mr. Johnston's habits
now that he has become President. Mr.
Doolittle is a gentlenian of the purest char
acter, and entitled fO the fullest credit.
Speaking of the new President, he Said :
" He is, I think, a native bf North Carolina.
He was an humble mechanic, a tailor by trade,
and, it is said, received instructions in the first
rudiments of education from his devoted wile. , ;
He is a man of medium stature, compact and
strong built, of dark complexion and deep set
black eyes. He is of bilious temperament, of
strong intellect, indomitable energy and iron will,
in whose character I should say the strongest
feature of all is that of stern justice, mingled with
a genuine hatred of all forms of aristocracy and
oppression, and a patriotism so ardent that it
amounts to a passion, almost a religion. 'He was
the real author of the Homestead law, although if
did not pass both Houses until niter the rebellion
began. On account of his determined and con
stant support of that nic,isuro of the pei.iple, and
which 411 itself, would bar shivery out of
,all ness
territories, the aristocratic slaw-holders of the
South—Mason, Slidell, Toonibs, - ,Darla, an d the
like—long before the rebellion, haled hint with a
perfect. hatred.
" I have occasion to know how much he reci
procated their feelings towards him, for when I
was occasionally, as n young Senator, engaged in
controversy with them, he always took great
pleasure in referring me to the neeessary_docu
meats to enable me successfully to controvert
them.
But, you ask me, is he a sober man ?
"Such was certainly his character during all the
time he'was in the Senate of the United States.
My best impression is that he did . not drink at all
at that time. After his leaving the Senate to go
to Tennessee as a Brigadier General, to act as
military Governor, I, of cove, do not know
whether ho did or did not, like a great many of
the officers iirthe army, indulge in drinking.
1 am intermed that when he left Tennessee to
come on to Washington to attend the inauguration,
he was just recovering from a severe illness.
That he came upon most urgent solicitation,
against his own preferences. • That he was sustain
ed and kept up more or less by stimulants pre
scribed and recommended by his physician. Ile
was still suffering from his malady, when proba
bly he ought to have been under the charge of
his physician, on the day of his inauguration.
"What occurred then has given rise to a thou
sand criticisms and apprehensions. I shall not •
go farther into that than to say,.l saw him seve
ral times afterwards before I left Washington, at
the house of Mr. Francis P. Blair, where be was
staying by invitation, in company with lion. Pres
toaEing, of New York, and I found him recover
ing from his illness, and, so far as I could judge
in all respects, as ho was in 'the Senate. Ido not
believe that Andrew Johnson, who always lived a
temperate and upright life until past fifty years
of age, now that the great responsibilities of the
Presidency are thrown upon him, can or will per
mit himself to indulge in the use of intoxicating
drinks, and thus endanger that republic for which
he would willingly lay down hislife. I would
sooner believe that he would forswear all iutoxi
eating drinks whatsoever."
ALL new dieit. made at the United States Mints
for coining money are to bear as a national Motto,
" In God we Trust," in accordance" With the spe
cial act of the last Congress.
M. GEN. kIIER3IAN entered: . to ne
gociations wit i tt the rebel Gen- Jos. E.
Johnston for the disbanding of the army
of the latter, on the 15th inst., and arti
cles of capitulation were signed by both
officers. subject to , the approval of the
government of the United States. The
terms embraced in the capitulation were,
in fact-a tkeaty of peace, and were made i
under the direction of Dads—his Secre-.
tary of War, Mr. Breokenridge, personally
participatidg in the conference. They
authorized the disbanding of the rebel
army—the troops to go to . their respective
States with their arms, leposit them in
the State Arsenals, and they were not to
be used except in maintaining order and
- the laws of the federal government. The
rebel Governors and Legislatures were
authorized to resume their authority in
the several States Where other. &cern
meats had not been ,instituted, on condi
tion that they should take the oath pre
scribed by the. constitution of the United
States; and the federal governineut was
pledged by the terms 'of- the treaty, net
to disturb or . punish -any 6ne on aqount
of his participation in the rebellion, .Fhich"
was an unconditional pardon to Davis and
every one connected With him.
'We think that the government has very
properly disapproved of the terms of, ca
pitulation, and Geu. Grant has gpne to
North Carolina, to conduct the campaign
himself and cornpel the surrender ofJohn
ston_au terms suited to the existing con
Oori of affitirs. But General Sherman
not suffer in the popular judgment
for this treaty.- He
.had' confered with
President Lincoln and Gen. Grant just
before Gratirseampaign commenced. and
he knew that Mr. Lincoln desired abOve
all things to 'attain peace and the entire
supremacy of the national authority; and
he knew how generously the President
was disposed to deal with those whose
lives were then in hi:s hands. Gen. Slier
man ha 4 acted as he believed for the best,
and it must be remembered-that. he made
the treaty before he had any knowledge
that the assassin bad taught the nation a
new lemon and demanded its retribution.
While, therefore, we do not censure Sher
man, we are glad that his terms have been.
rejected, aid that the arch-conspirators of
treason must now be self-banished forever
or atone for' their murderous work with
their liv es. -_
WE do not credit the statement given
in the daily papers that Col. Moseby, the
Virginia guerrilla chief. has
_sarrendered
,himself and command. an. Hancock
,Issued an order immediately after the stir;
render of Lee. offering the same terms to
portions of Lee's command in that section,
bat he expressly excepted Moseby ; and
since then he has been heard from North
of Richmond committing various atroci
-ties. Now however since •he has no rebel
army to fall back upon when pressed, he
will doubtless be hunted relentlessly, and
ho will probably make good his escape at
an early day.. We have no apprehension
that guerrillas will infest the border, for
any demonstration made by them would
result in theirestermination. They could
not now be regarded as'anything else than
high-way robbers, and every good citizen
would feel commissioned to take their
lives for•the common good; •
—Since the aboye was in type we learn
officially that most 'of Moseby's officers
and men have surrendered, and that some
of his own soldiers are trying to arrest
him. Gen. Hancock has offered a reward
of $l2OOO for his capture.
WE are compelled to, defer until_next
week the remarks of Dr. Harbaugh on the
death of the. President; delivered in Mer
ceisburg on Wednesday last.
A GREAT terror is stalking over a' large part of
the Russian Empire. The " Siberian Plague"—
characterized as a " malignant contagious fever,
accompanied by carbuncles, boils, and other erup
tions"—iNas at last accounts raging at St:Peters
burg, had made its appearance. at RAIN and oth
er points an the Gulf of Finland, and seemed to be
'slowly but surely extending westward.
WASHINGTON
solemnity of the City—Policy of the New
President—Booth Not Arrested Large
Number of Arrests—Disloyal Marshals
. c" - -Health of Mrs. Lincoln, 4e., etc.
Correspondence of the Franklin Repository
WASHINGTON' CITY, April 21, 1865.
The past week has been the most solemn of any
in the history of our nation: Never wire the
people of this city .so solemnly impressed, even
for an hour, on any occasion, as they Ave been
for the whole week just passed. There have been
other deaths, where the dead was the head of the
country, and where the 'obsequies were marked
by all the reverence and solemnity due to the oc
casion, but never lielbre was there such a depth
of feeling, almost of filial lo ve. for the benign dead;
and the sense of national wrong and loss.* his
death came home to every heart. :Since his death.
I have seen those v. ho were his enemies, While
he lived, shed tear: of deep "contrition, for well
they know hoW to them and all,
I>ornohi. faepltiOi .10 - Tneek ; hath been
So kind o his Kr k ial Lath that 1, virtno
Will plead like naeel.,,"trninpet-toncilied. again :It
The deep diunna!pm of hi. takinc oft
Our new President, Andrew Johnson, will adopt
a new and different policy from that of Lincoln,
in dealing with treason andtraitors. He is for a
"vigorous prosecitian" of the use of hem? in deal
ing ivith leaders in arms. ; That has always been
his doctrine. In the United States Senate, March
2, 1861, while debating the subject of firing upon
the Star of the West, he said:
"Show me who has been engaged in these-con
spiracies, who has fired upon our flag, tslio has
given instructions to take our forts, and custom
houses, and arsenals, and duck yards, and 4 will
show you a traitor." (Applause in-the galleries.
When order was resored ho continued:) "Were
I President of the United States, I would do as
Thomas Jefferson did in 18u6, with Aaron Burr.
I would have them arrested, and, - if convicted
within the meaning and scope of the Constitution,
by the Eternal God I mould .exieutc them."
Yesterday Goveinor Andrews and citizens of
'Massachusetts called,upon him, and in a lengthy
speech to them, President Johnson said:
"Then' if ‘Ve examine whiat the crime of treason
is, and ask ourselves what should be done With au
individual who would undertake to assassinate
nation—thirty millions of people!—who he
that would not immediately assign the penalty of
death to the guilty criminals [Applause.] It is
time the American people should be taught to un
derstand that treason is a crimc—not in isr.ngc,
not in 'anger—but that treason fs a crime, and
should be esteemed as such and published as such."
Loyal Americans throughout the land will hail
with joy this stern and just policy.
John Wilkes Booth has not yet been arrested.
It is impossible for him to escape. Ho will soou
er or later be arrested. There hi hardly a city in
the world but 'coating persOns who know the
man. Before the close of another week the ag
gregate of rewards offered will amount to per
haps a million of dollars. With a million of dol
lars offered for a crimir,al, is there a hiding place
on earth that would conceal him I That sum of
money would also( enlist the detective force of the
world in the work of hunting down the criminal.
sa
Every State, ii y, town and hamlet in the eoun
try should contri ute to swell the aggregate r&
ward for the as sin.
There has heen!a very arge number or arrests
Made and investigations till going on. - By direc
tion of the Secretary of War an order has been
issued prohibiting all en ed in conducting the
investigation from (prating the information' re
ceived except '.41) he War Department.
We hope that 'the good work of investigation
will go on untf. all the guilty be bronght to the
halter. Then , ve hope that the authorities will
turn their attest:ma to the thousands of disloyal
persons living is this city. We cee and observe
upon the street every day men and women who
we know are inwardly rejoicing, many gloating
over the um rd ei of Lincoln. The authorities have
always extended more privileges to them than to
the loyal portion of this city..
We werelgraitty shocked to see men ort last
Wednesday acting - as Marshals who have; always
been open enemieslof the government. Why were
not loyal men alode appointed ? It is said Mar
shal Lamm] left it to his subordinate, Deputy
Phillips. ' Philtps;bas got himself so lariat.) the
fire in this metier that he has sent in'his resigna-
tion. And the sifter is so hot that Latnon will
also resign. It it stated by them that they did
notknow there Was any disloyal men appointed.
All we have to 'say is the Lord pity any man liv
ing in this town one year, and especially Wilding
as Manihal, and don't know the disloyal. The
reason why is, because theylon't want to: and
we - can see now clearlfa good reason why 'many
arrests_ have not'been made that should have long
ago. We hope that Andrew Johnson will sele-ct
a man for Marshal with the same feelings as
-
Mrs. Lincoln is still yeti-in and' it will be sonic
inzactore she Is able to go to her home in Mi.
Andrew Johnson. is the reverse of Lincoln.
Lincoln wonld'say nothing. Johnson has a speech
for everybody and everybody is calling on him for
auother.speech. .
It is now said, that Andrew Johnson says he
dont see any' necessity for calling Congress to
gether at present -
That the war is over, all here agree on that
point. Whether any of the army is to be die,
bandedis*yet stated, but we rather think not
at present:- s. c.
PERSONAL.
• —Gen. Grant has removed his headquarters ti
Wa.hinZon.
—Andrew Jackson, Jr., n4opted son of Gen
Jackson; is dead.
A late:dispatch says that Mr. Seward is sitting'
up and cheerlitl:
—Gen. Pope and staff returned to St. Louis
from Little 11,.ek, Ark., On Wednesday.
I —Gen. Ord telegraphs that Gen. Russel of the
Twenty:tfth Corps, reported killed, is safe.
Jeff Davis and -a small number of his Mice
holders are reported to have arrived at Augusta.
—lt is stated that Ella Turner, a'misqess of
John Wilkes Booth, attempted suicide by taking
chloroform.
—Secretary Seward is rapidly improving.
Fred. Seward has undergone another removal of
fragments of bone.
—Lieutenant General Grant reached Fortress
Monroe on the 21stinstant, and sailed in the Al
hambra further south.
—Major Ta3lor, the Kentucky guerilla, has
been paroled for ten days, to prepare for leaving
the country, having refused to take the oath of
allegiance or to register himself as a rebel deser
ter. •
—William W. McKean, commodore United
States nary, died at his residence, near New York
city, Saturday morning, April 22d, aged sizty-four
}ears. He entered the service on the 30th ofNo.
vember, 1814, and received his last commision as,
Commodore July 16, 1862..
—Richard Cobden, the great friend of our coun
try in England, died on the 2d inst., in the 61st
year of his age. He w•as fi Republican in princi
ple, and sympathised deeply with our etre* to
uphold freedom ou this continent. Hew - as among
the ablest of his countrymen. ' '
S. Picking, Esq., a prominent Democrat
ic Politician of York county, who at one time rep
resented that county in the State Legislature, and
was for several years clerk of the Hous s eof Rep
resentatives, died at his residence in York, on the
15th inst.
—Governor Curtin having jirst returned from
the army, and being too unwell, in, censequence
of the exposure incident to his visit`; to accept the
invitation extended to him to atterid the funeral
of the lamented late President of the United
States, dispatched Adjutant General Russell to
Washington, to be present on the melancholy
occasion of the obsequies of that great and good
man and faithful public officer.
—On Friday week, General Butler resigned
his commission as Major General of Volunteers,
and left Washington for his home in Lowell, Mass.,
with a view of devoting himself to hiw and.ruan
ufactnre of calicoes. On hearing of the assassi
nation of Mr. Lincoln be withdrew his resigna
tion and returned to 'Washington: The report
that he is to have an important appointment is
contradicted.
—Col. Richard White, of the 55th Penn. - Vols.
died at his residence in Indiana, on the 19th int.
aged, about forty years. His disease was inflam
matory rheumatism, superinduced by - expostire
in the tented fii9d. He had been sick about three
weeks, and Was thought to be recovering when
he W:l3 struck down at a moment's warning. At
the time of his death he was dreitsed and sitting
up.
—The elder Booth must have been a man of
radical and revolutionary turn of mind; for the
names of two of his sons are those of persons dis
tinguished in history for revolutionarytendencies.
Junius Brutus, in Roman history, was the asses
sin of Tarquin; John Wilkes, the name which
the President's assassin bears, was that of an En
glish radical, editor of the "North Britton/' fa
mous in English political history for his assault
upon the character of King George 111. He was
committed to the Tower, was afterwards out
lawed and Bed to France, 'returned to England,
was elected to Parliament, refused - a - sent, and
was the cause of a'great riot which the military
had to . subdue. It must have been admiration of
the qualities of these two characters which indu
ced the father to give these names to his sons.
—The Richmond Whig of the 17th-says that
Gen. R. E. Lee arrived in the city about 3 o'clock
Saturday evening ; Attended by five members of
his staff, he rode into the city over the pontoon
bridge at the foot of Seventeenth street and thence
up Main Street lo his residenee on Franklin street,
between Seventh and Eighth streets.: Passing
rapidly through the city, he was recognized by
but a few citizens, who raised their bats, a com
pliment which was in every- case returned; but
nearing his residence, the fact of his presence
having spread. quickly, a great crowd rushed to
see dim, atfil set up a loud cheering to which he
replied by simply raising his but: As he de'seen
ded front his horse, a large number of persons
pressed forward and shook bands with him. This
ceremony having been gotten through with by
the general as quietly and as unostentatiously as
possible, he retired into his house and the crowd
dispersed.
April 26, i_B6s
- -Andrew Johnson, Vice President of the Uni- -
ted
States—who now by the provisions of the
Constitution becomes President—was born in -
Raleigh, N. C., December 29, 1808. At the age
of four he lost his dither; at ten he was wrentic
ed to a tailor, whom he served seva" years.
While learning his trade be also learned to read;
and is emphatically, as was his lamented' prede
cessor, a self taught man, and 'i - of plebian origin
In 1524 he went to Laurens Court House, S. C.,
where he worked nearly two years. In May ,
1829, he returned to Raleigh, where he remained
until September, when he remnied to Greflwille;
Teun. The, first office he ever held was that at
Alderman of the villitge. He was re-elected twice
- -anti in 1830 was chosen Mayor. In 1835 he was'
elected to the Legislature, in 1837 was defeated.
and-iu 1833 was re-elected. In 1840 he served
as Presidelithil elector and canvassed the State
for the Democratic ticket. In 1841 he was elec
ted to the State Senate, and in 1843 was sent to
Congress, where ho served until 1853. In that
year he was elected Governor of Tennessee and :-
again in 1855.- He was in 1857 chosen United
States Senator for the full term ending March 4,
1862. 'When Nashville was captured by our for
ces in the spring of 1862, be Was made military
Governor of the State by the President. Novem- •
ber 8,1864, he was elected Vice President, and
succeeded to the Presidency by the death of Pres
ident Llanelli, April 15,4865. •
FFNEIRALL CEBEIIONIO4 OF ABRAILAIP ;
LINCOLN.
WASHINGTO! , .I, April, 19.—Early today the
streets were crowded with persons, thousands of
them from distant cities and- other localities
Nearly the entire population was abroad. By ten
o'clock.every prominent point on the line of pro
cession was occupied by those who desired to ott
taM the best view of the solemn and truly hn
pressive pageant. In the immediate neighbor.
hood of the Executive mansion a dense autt. on
precedentedly large crimd had assembled. Du
ring the tbrenoou cations bodies had met at the
Treasury . ,Departtnent, separate rooms having
been assigned them, and to these Assistant See.
retary Barrington, who had charge of the ar
rangements, delivered tiekets of admigsioo to the
Executive_ mansion. They included the .isdit
ant Secretary, the Assistant Postmaster General
and the Assistant Attorney General; Senators and
R-fprei,entatives in Congress; Governors of the
several States, the Judiciary-and others of prom
inence.
None could enter the mansion without tickets,
room having beeri provided for six hundred per-,
sons only, upon a raised platform, with steps on
the east, and north, and south side of the room.
Ther corpse lay about the centre, the space being
reserved all around the catafalque, with chairs
fur the occupation of the immediate family of the
deceased. It was here in the east room that the
bodies of President Harrison and Taylor lay, in,
state, but. the arrangements on those occasions
were far inferior to the present, for now artists
had been employed, contributing of their skill
and taste ,to produce the best possible effects.
At eleven o'clock the guests began to - arrive, a
body of about sixty clergymen, from alf-purts of
the country. being the first to enter. There was
an interval of a few moments between the arri-,
yids, aml thus no confusion whatever was occa
sioned. The proper officers were in attendance
to assign the guests to their appropriate places in
the room. Heads of government bureaus;Gover
nors of States. members of municipal governments,
prominent officers of the army and navy, the dip.
lomatic corps in full costume, members of the
Chris,t,ian Commission, the Union League Com
mittee of Philadelphia and New York. merchants
of the principal cities, members of both houses of
Congres, and others.
There were honored representatives, holding
the highest official stations, from all parts of our
own country and from foreign lands, and under
the circumstances of the assassination of a Presi
dent, whose body lay before them, the scene was
solemnly grandand impressive. At noon, the
President of the United States entered in compa
ny with his Cabinet, all of them, excepting Sec
retary Seward. President Johnson approached
the catafalque and took a last but brief look at
his illustrious predecessor, and then retired to a
position immediately on the east and in full view.
of the cotfined remains in his front. At ten adn
utes past twelve, amid profoundifilence, Rev. Dr:
Gurley;approaching the head of,the catafalque;"
announced the order of the religious services,
when Rev. Dr.. Hall,,Episcopaliau, from the same
point, read a portion of the Scriptures according
to the form of that church.
The opening prayer was made by Bishop Sirup
-
son, Methodist Episcopal, who in the course of it
said that in the hands of God were the issues of
life and death. Our sins had called for His wrath
to descend upon ua as individuals and as a com
munity. For the sake of our blessed - Redeemer,
forgiveness was asked for all our trangressious,
and that all our iniquities may be washed away.
while we bow under this sad bereavement which
has caused a wide-spread gloom not only in this
circle but over the entire land. An invocation was
made that we might God's holy will. Thanks were
returned for the gilt of such a man as our Heavenly
Father hadjust takeu from us, and for the many vir:
tueswhichdistinguishedallhistransactions for the
all integrity, honesty and tra nape reney of character
bestowed upon him, and for having given him
counsellors to guide our nation through perils of
unprecedented sorrow. He was permitted to live
to behold the breaking of the clouds which over
hung our national sky, and the disintegration of
the rebellion.' Going up the mount he beheld the
laud of promise, with its beauty and happiness,
and the glorious destiny reserved for us as a na
tion. Thanks were also returned that his aria,
was strengthened, and wisdom and firmness giv
en todlis heart to pen a declaration of emaneipa- -
tion, by which were broken the chains of millions
of the human race. God be thanked, the assas
sin who struck down the Chief Magistratelad
not the hand to again bind the suffering and op : .
pressed The name of the beloved dead would
ever be indenhfied:with all that is great and glo
rious with humanity on earth. God grant - that
all who stand hero entrusted with the adminia.
tration of public affairs may have the power,
strength and wisdom to complete the work ot
His servant so gloriously began, and may the sue-'
censor of the deceased President not bear the
sword in vain. God grant that strength may be
given to him and to our military to perfect victo
ry, and to complete the contest now nearly closed.
May the spirit of rebellion eon pass away. May
the last vestige of slavery, which caused the re
hellion, be driven from our land. God grant that;
the sun may shine on a free people from the At
lantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the
Gulf. Not only safely lead us through the strug
gle,-but gis c us peace with all nations of the earth.
Give us hearts to deal justly Witti us, so that uni
versal pence may reign on earth' raise our'
hearts to Thee to plead, that Thy tleising may
descend on the family of the deceased God
bless', the weeping widow, as iu her broken-heart.
edneis she bows under a sad stroke, and more
thon she can bear. ' Encircle her in Thine own
arms. God be gracieus with the children left be
hind him; endow his sons with wisdom from on
high; prepare them for great usefulness; inq
they appreciate the patriotic example and virtues
of their father and walk in his footsteps. We
pray Thee, the Bishop said, to make the assassi
nation of personal profit to our hearts. While by
the remains of the deceased, whom we have call
ed a friend, do Thou grant us grace and repen
ance of our sins, so that at the end of life we
may be gathered where assassins are not found,
and where sorrow and sickness never comerhul
all gather in peactiand love around the Fathet's
throne in glory We pray Thee that 'ourreputi.
lie may be made the stronger for this blow, while
here we pledge ourselves to set our faces us affint
against every form of opposition which may rise
up for its destruction, so that we, the children, -
may enjoy the blessed advantages of a govern
ment delivered from our fathers. He concluded
by repeating the Lord's Prayer. —= -
The Rev. Dr. Gurley then delivered a sermon,
standing on the steps, and near the head of the
coffin. He commenced by saying We reengage
and adore the sovereignty of Goff: His-throne Is
in the heavens, and His kindom ruleth over all.
-It was a cruel hand, the dark hand of the eases
sin, that smote our honored, wise and noble Pres.=
ident, and filled the land with sorrow. But above
this hand there in another which we must see and
acknowledge. It is the chastening hand of a wise
and faitbfnl God; He gives us the bitter cup ; we
yield to the behest, and drink the draught.
This chastisement conies in a way heavy - and
mysteriously deep, at a time when the rebellion
was passing away. The assassin has stricken
down a man upon whom the people bad teamed
to trust,
and upon whom more than upon any oth
ther had centeredibeirimpes for a restoration of
the Union and a return of harmony. In the midst
of our rejoicing we needed this stroke, this dese
cration, and therefore God has sent it. Our af
diction has not come forth from the dust, nor from
the ground. Beyond the act of assassination - let
us look to God, whose prerogative it is to bring
light out of darkness and good out of evil.
Ile who has led us and well prospered us so