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Wednesday, May a , 1885-
VICTORY-PEACE!
The Rebellion is ended ! The last army
of crime at all formidable in numbers and
prowess has surrendered to Gen. Sherman,
No organized force of the foe now inhabits
the States &tit of the Mississippi. Texas
has still what is called the Trans-Missis
sippi rebel army under Gen. Kirby Smith ;
but it must rapidly waste away if it does
__not follow the example of the trained and
liAtle-searred armies of Lee and John
ston, and yield obedience to •the govern
ment they sought to destroy.
Thus has Peace broken upon us through
Victory. 'lt was the only channel through
which tranquility could come with honor
and the Promise of.enduranee. The
mil
itary power of treason luilibeen utterly,
hopelessly broken,' and rebellion lives only
in history to teach mankind to - cnrse,its
authors. It has dotted our fair laud with
untimely graves. It has spread desola
• tion over every State that owned its do
minion. It has bereaved the whole No,-
' tion,tind shadowed nearly every household
circle with sadness. It has entailed a
staggering Obi to fall now alike upon
loyal and d4loyal, and it has doomed to
a dishonor worse than death men who once
tilled the high places of the'Republic.
Such are fruits of treason. It has no
compensation for its terrible sacrifices.
It is all exaction, - desolation, despotism,
death. It fades away before the vindi
cated majesty of the government without
one redeeming virtue to plead in: extern],
ation of its atrocity iu ltistory. Save
that its warriors were brave and its lead
, era skillful, it has nothing iu its chequered
and blotted record worthy of imitation.
No new Davis's and Lees will learn of
this. cruel atm, and pant for the' fame re
.hellion has won for' its authors: All the
wOrld.will shun and condemn tluise who so
causelessVinaugurated it,and theirbloody
failure and unmingled shame *ll make
future generations true to mankind. to
order, and to law.
—The power of Treason is conquered.
Its mournful sacrifices are ended, but go-
vernment has .now to be inaugurated over
the chaos that has swept tile insurgent
States. With this delicate and solemn
duty the new administration is charged,
and,it will demand. all the wise fore
sight and generous fqrbearance that our
most enlightened statesmen can exercise.
They are charged with a Nationality just
rescued from its deadly foes arid redeemed
from the stain of bondage, and its perp6-
tuity and power and prosperity are in
their hands. They have started well. A
faithful people is rallying to their support
with an earnestness bdunded by no party
lines, and as we look upon the past with
melancholy pride, we look out upon the
future hopeful, even . coafident, that hence
forth 9m4tim of government and people
will be-41,InEurr - AND ENrox, NOW AND
FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLVM-
TUE ASNAASINIS END
_ J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Presi
dent Lincoln, was killed ;on Wednesday
last, by Sergeant Boston Corbett, and died
blaspheming the government, and man
kind. It seems that he had fractured his
leg in jumping from the President's box
to the stage, when he committed the hor
rible deed, and egcaped With Harrold, hi.
accomplice, into St. Mary's county, Md.,
where he was-nursed and for a brief time
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secreted by a few who sympathized with.
his revolting deed. Brit like Cain of old,
there was no rest for the murderer. • All
shunned him. Even those who had coun
seled withliim and applauded the act
when it was yet to be performed by anoth
er than themselves, no trembled for their
guilty lives, and turned the assassin from
their door. . The inherent love ofjustice
and abhorrence of the crime that was man
-,
ifesteclon every hand, appalled both the
Criminals and their accomplices, and the
terrible hand of retribution seemed ever
to confront them. Go Where they would,
there were(loyal and, just hearts to inter
*cept thens and drag them to justice. Fi
nally they r crossed the Potomac and were'
met by some who had, been in arms against
the'goverument—paroled rebel prisontirs
who had been surrendered by Lee, , hut
these, who had been taught to hate °lir
ruler and Our laws us the perfection of ty
ranny, the assassin. dare not disclose his
true charieter. There seemed to be no
one, even in the land of treason,!to - whoin
'corild i avow himself• Pretending to he
a wounded rebel soldier, he wat4 talien in
and cared for; but when his true character,
was suspected. his protectors made no ef
fort to conceal him fro those who sought
him in obedience to
_tlid outraged laws.
Desperado like; refused to surrender-.
and cursed liis comrade for cowardice be
cause he proposed to yield when to refuse
was inevitable death. With the flames
kissing each other' over his guilty head
and about to doom him to, a death of tor-
titre, he rushed to avenge his own death
upon his captorii. and,fell mortally WQI3II
- by Corbett. lie lingered for several
hours blaspheming his government, curs
ing his comrades in crime, and at times
with the. energy of despair, confrotting
heaven and humanity, he would rally in
his dying throes and declare that he had
died for his Country.
—We do not share the wide-spread re-
gret that he died as he did. lie was har
dened in crime, and would never have
confessed his accomplices. His life would
therefore have been valueless in further
, ing the ends of justice, and he died a dog's
death', nnmourned, nnpi4ied, unhonored,
and unrepenting, it would seem to teach
the world how terrib • His vengeance has
marked the most' atr T ocietua dime' of the
nineteenth century.
OF the principig known -attars in the
ase i assination of President Lincoln; • but
one has thus far escaped arrest. -Louis
Payne, who atttmptedto murder Secreta
ry Seward, was arrested in Washington,
,on the 17th-ult. Geo. A. Atzuratt, an ac
,i!omplice of Booth, for Whom $25,000 re
ward was offered by the government, was
arrested near Middleburg, Md., on the
20th. J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of
Mr. Lincoln, and Harrold his accomplice,
were discovered near' Port Royal, Va.,
south of the Rappaluinnoek, om-the 26th,
when Booth Was killed in the barnof
Garrett, and Harrold captured. Dr. Mudd,
of St. Mary's county, Md., who dressed
Booth's broken leg, and aided to secrete
him, is also a prisoner, and Junius Bru
tus Booth, brother of the assassin, was
arrested on Wednesday last and is now in
the Old Capital Prison. Sarratt only 'of
those known to have been actively con
'eerned in the plot, is at large. His mother
is also in custody, Payne was arrested at
her house, and she was taken with him.
The government seems to have unraveled
- the whole plot, and other arrests will
doubtless yet be. made, and the penalty of
death will; he justly inflicted upon all,
without regard to sex or condition, who
either participated in the conspiracy be
fore the horrible deed was committed. or
aided directly or indirectly to prevent the
arrest of the criminals. The poetry of as
sassination 1% iii not survive the fearful
tragedy of avenging justiee. -
`g!
THE Spirit is becoming rational. In an
elaborate editorial last week it concludes
that Einanci pa ion, although unconstitu
tional and impolitic; is - the established pol
icy of the government, and it bows to ma
nifest destii*. and advises that the agita-,
tion of the subject shall be abandoned by
its Democratic friends. Since the rebel
armies are about vanquished and Shivery
finds adeadl_ antagonist in every loyal
man South, i( wisely concludes that the
dead carcass isn't worth either defending
or praying for. Could it have found no
better m 4 e for' confessing Slavery dead?
WE believe that recruiting of : all kinds
is snspeuded, and negroes are not,,2accept
ed'in the militliry service in the Southern
Stiles. We confidently expect that our
drafted men will be clisiharged in time to
help gather our now promising harvest.
They will doubts be discharged first.
WE give in to-ilay's paper the speech
delivered by Mr. McClure in the Honse of
Representatives. when the bill relative to
military claims on the border was last con:
sidered. It is from the report taken by
the phonographic reporter of the House.
SEC]: ET kill SE WARD seems to be out of
danger fie rides out daily, inid-1 is
able to give some,attention to his ofileinl
duties. His son Frederiek is also slowly
improVing.
Tiri. remain, of President Lincoln will
be finally interred in, Springfield to-mor-
TOW.
TUE -CUP AND PRESIDENT*OIINSON
Since the assassination of Preident Lineidn,
and the eidi•ssion of (Me of Booth's accomplices
that the cup "had once failed," the theory is
widely entertainef tsiit the' strange conduct of
Preident Joh:NMI when inaugurated Vice Presi
dent V 1 as the result of poison furtively mixed with
his drink. Wilkes' Spirit of the Times has the
following on the subject:
There can be hut little doubt left in the minds
of those who have attentively perused the details
of the plot m ..ssassinate the leaders of the Gov
ernment. that Andrew Johnson, who has endured
so mucu .01.-i l ay for his singular aberration on tie
4th of M:111.41. woe im that occasion under the'n.-
Nene,: ut -pirituous liquors, not, either ? of a mm
disturhiog drug, intended only to di.4igure
but of a deadly polson, furtively iihninmited in his
drink visa the view to take his life.
rt i in proof that the assassinations were to
have been perpetrated on the kith of March, and
that Booth, the chief assassin, had posted him
self in a position where Mr. Lincoln must pass
and it was_ doubtless expected that
about the time when the President should bare
perished by the pistol the new Vice President
would hm a expired in theXapitol from the effects
of the poison he had tiken. Probably this view
of the mutter has never struck the mitid of Mr.
Johnson, and it ie not to be supposed that under
the_ruystery of that strange - occurrence, %%Ma
must have puzzled him more than anybody else,
he would care to allude to the affair with any at
tempts at explanation that might have been mis
understood.
The disclosure of the instructions distributed
among the u,sassins, thathey were " at liberty to
use the blade thepistol or the bowl, but they
must bear in mind that the latter had once failed."
seems to be conclusive upon this point, and will
doubtless suggest some important recollectons to
the President's mind. 'His powerful nattire tri
umphed over the infernal draught, and thus; in
addition to an invaluable life being stried to the
nation, we are gratified in the conviction that - one
who has always been a sober, self-respeCting
statesman is now.providentially relieVed from a
pulsing cloud on his career. -
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: THE President and Cabinet have concluded
arrangements in reference to the governmebt of
the State of Virginia, and the process of her final
restoration to the Union. Governor Pierpoi t has
been fully advisedof the views of the Covert 'Dent,
and is authorized and empoweretito estab as h the
new State government of Virginia at Ri hmond.
He will proceed to that capital forthwith, and
call together the loyal State Legislature already
elected. The restored government of Virginia
will soon he in operation, and it will be a sure
nucleus for the gathering of the loyalty of the State
•-,und it. Obstinate rebels cannot remain in the
IState, but all who ask in a loyal sprit, the protec
tion of the United States, will find it-,.
Politicians of much intelligence, especially in
-regard s to the reconstruction question as it is now
,preseuted to the people of Virginia, state, very
decidedly, after a recent visit to Richmond, that
they are, with comparatively few exceptions, pre
pared to adapt their fidure course to the views of
the United Stated Government. They will cordi
al].) and promptly comply with the condition of the
abolition of slavery.
FREW/ENT .JoHXsoN has issued an order re
moving the restrictions upon internal domestic
and coastwise commercial intercourse in such
parts of the States of Tennessee, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mis
sissippi, and ro much of Louisiana as lies east of
the Mississippi river as shall be embraced within
the lines of national military occupation, except
ing such restrictions as are imposed by acts of
Congress,
B. P. 11'NEIL. Esq., has retired from ,the Bed
ord Inquirer, and is succeeded by Durburrow &
Lutz. Mr. Durburrow was its Editor before Mr.
M'Neil took charge of it, and he is well qualified
for the responsible trust.
WE are indebted to lion. John W. Forney for
valuable public documentg..
WE are indebted to Dr. G. W. Bark:, Medical
Inspector in the 20th• Corps, for , late copies of
Raleigh papers.
J. K. MOREHEAD has our thanks for pub
lic documents. .
Reception of the News of 'the Killing of
Rooth—Arrest of all the Assassins but
Surrntt—The Authorities on Surratt's
_ Track—Surrender of Johnson's Army—..
Guerillas Disbanded—Orders Prohibit
_ ing Paroled Rebels from Coming North
_ and the Disinterment of Rddies—Dele
. gntions Calling on President Johnson.
Correspondence of the Franklin Repository.
WASNINGTOX CM, April 25, 186.5.
The news that the assassin of President Lincoln
had been shot and killed was received here on
Wednesday evening. The news, on account of
the numerous flying reports of his wanderinza
through Pennsylvania_ was entirely discredited
by the people, who declared they would not be
lieve it until they read an official announcement
from Secretary Stanton. That announcement
was withheld on Wednesday evening, until the
- fact was established bepind_dmibt thai the person
shot was John Wilkes 4 Bhoth. As soon as that
fact was established, the bulletin announced it,
and people breathed freer.
He was traced from place to place, and though
aided by the secesh of the country, lie found no'
resting place whereon to set Lie foot, and had at
last to die a miserable death. ft is singular that
-he was shot almost in the same part of the head
as was Mr. Lincoln, and died almost at the same
hour in the morning. Last night his body laid at
the Navy Yard, with a guard over it. The lips
of the corpse are tightly compressed. The blood
having settled in the.low - er part of the face and
neck gives it a dark and horrible appearance
The rest of his fitCe is pale, with me Wild, haggard
look, indicating the eAposure he has - undergone
while trying to have-his miserable life.
Great fturiosity prevails as to What disposition
‘N ill be wade of the body. The authorities will
not give his wretched clams the honor of meet
ing public gaze, and it will no doubt be deposited
in whatever place promises most utter obscurity
fiu• filed].
Many people seem disappointed at the manlier
of his death, but on second thought we . see 80111 t,
thing of a peculiar fitness. In the language of
an evening paper :
"For s} apathy
.w'ith his deed he received tha
fiercest execration; instead of a brilliant escape
to a refuge of safety the officers of justice hunted
the crippled fugitive like a starved beast front
swamp to swamp, and at last, exhausted by ex
posure and hunger and pain, the wretch died the
death of acur. What mayhave been the anguish
of his craven soul as the toils ek sell around him
no man may ever will know. Whatever torture a
frenzied people might have inflicted upon his ear
'Cass had he tallen into their hands alive bas.-been
exceeded by the misery of his flight, and at the end
a Nemesis more terrible than the law crowned
with agony the Light of his eternal infamy.
"It is best that he should have passed beyond
human passion as he did. The Is retch whom -a
righteous trial might have invested with stone de
gree of respectful' detestation, is now only the
despised malefactor, dying thb death of a mad
dint in an out-house.'
`What excitement, perhaps disturbances of
the peace, has been arrested, can only be stir
mimed, but that be could have been quietlyjudged
laid punished with tNutt -spirits of the people
thirsting for his blood, Nuires':an almost mint
taMable faith in, human forbertrahce."
All the principle assassins, are now in custody,
except John H. Surratt, and the authttrities are
on hi , track. The wassin of Secretary Seward,
named Lewis Paine, was the first one arrested.
He has since his arrest attempted to beat his
brains out against the walls of his prison. To
prevent a repetition of the art, his hands have
been secured so he cannot reachids lend, and an
immoveable cap, .well waddi'd, fitted to his
head,
George A. AtzeLut and David C. Harrold were
Booths chief assistants in the murder of Lincoln,
though there are a-great number of other per
soll.4 under arrest, • directly or indirectly implica
ted. Their name are for the present withheld
scion - as the investigation is concluded the
whole details will Ve-given to the public, and the
guilty ones rewarded according to the work they
did.
This evening we havg received official news of
the surrender of Johnson to Gen. Grant, on the
same: terms as Lee. This dißbanth all rebels in
arms from Pennsylvania to the Chattahoochie riv
er. The men who have been acting as Guerillas
are just as willing to surrender as any of them,
'Mid:the great " bug bear." of a twenty year guer
illa-e.ai has already exploded. There is not a
guerilla band to be found:nip", here near this Die:
triet in Virginia, and farmers have gone to work
everywhere putting in crops.
The order prohibiting paroled rebels, who had
theirs homes in this District and Maryland before
the war, from returning to the saute place now,
gives great satisfaction.
An. order has just been issued prohibiting the
disinterment of bodies of deceased soldiers and
others vsithia_the limits of this Department from
the Ist of May to Ist October, 1865.
Delegation after delegation continues to call
upon President Johnson. Every delegation makes
a speech and receives one in return, occupying
much of the time which Mr. Johnson would oth
erwise devote to business of more importance.
To-day faction of Pennsylianians, repre
senting about one-eighth of the number in the dis•
triet, intruded the,mselves upon him, and were
rather cooly reeeivqd. Served theuiright. Most
of them have "axes to grind"—but returned with
a Het; in their ear, at the receptan. President
Johnson saw that the. small number present did
not represent the Pennsylvanians of the District.
s.. c.
RILIDLARY OF,WAR NEWS.
—Geoigia liasgreetedLeeN gurrenderwithjoy
—Stoneman has taken twelve brittle ihigk-,and,
other p-roprty
-.Nine hundred rebelA surrendered on thP 28th
at duntherland (lap.
--Nine hundred rebels ,urrendered at Cumber
land Gap on the sL th, and were miroled.
,--When the njism of Lee's surrender rea d ie d
Danville, the commissary stores were plundered
by a mob
if , stated that the eitiz6s of ,LpHiburg
either requei.ted or compdlo Uoveruor Smith to
leave the town,
- 7 -The War Department allovis visits to lie
made to Richmond and Petersburg, but will nut
provide transportation.
—Tho Rebel Col. Jogs° and 28 of his guoyrillas
were captured near Eininence,Ky., by Col. Nick
ely's mon. The loss was small on either side.
—The rebel Genera Mick Taylor, it is report
ed from New Orleans, will surrender 1114 army to
General Canby, if favorable terms be graitted.
—The number of men surrendered by Johnston
is 27,400, including all the militia from South
Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and the Gulf
States.
—The Newberne correspondent of the New
York Herald gives a rumor that Wade Hampton
had been killed by Joe Johnston in a quarrel about
the surrender.
—Colonel Sherman has presented - fifty-one col'
ors to the Wjir Department, captured by Sher
idan's cavalry. The Secretary of War replied
with thanks and fitting acknowledgements.
—President Johnion, in presenting Gen. Sher
man's peace propositions to his Cabinet, said.
"This proposition is not debatable, yet I shall be
pleased to hear your continents on it." •
—Generals Canby and Thomas were instructed
some days ago tho Sherman's arrangement with
Johnston was disapproved by the President, and
Stankar t Repasitatv, bambtrabittg, Pa.
WASHINGTON
they were ordered to disregard it, and to push the
enemy in every direction.
—Gen. Stoneman did one act ofjustice at Salis
bury in burning the prison pen in which so many
of oar poor boys suffered the " tender mercies" of
the rebels. Re found a few living skeletons
there, most of whom died on their way to Knox
ville.
—General Grant on Monday moraing last ar
rived at Riileigh. He at once superseded Getter
al Sherman in command of the Federal army,
and gave to Johnston the- foityeight hours! no
tice necessary to close the truce and renew 'instil
ties.
—We have received an official report of the
surrender of Mobile. The city was surrendered by
the Mayor on Aprills. The Federal vessels are
removing obstructions from Mobile bay.• Four
hundred cannon were captured on the defenses
around Mobile. 4111 -
-Rebel accounts of General Wilson's march
say that the enemy iblight desperately, but was
defeated, and lost West Point, Columbus and
Montgomery. All the rolling stock and bridges
on the Montgomery and West_ Point railroad
were burned. Griffin was surrendered by the
mayor.
L---According to tiM opinion of Attorney General
Speed; given in response to an inquiry made by
the Secretary of War, concerning the stipulation
of surrender made by Gen. Grant with Gen. Lee,
all rebel officers surrendero, as well as all eiv . l.
inns connected with the rebel - government, are pro
hibited from returning-to their homes in the loyal
states. •
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—lntelligence from the Shenandoah ,Valley,
states that all paroled rebel soldiers going home
in that direction ire requested to take the with
of allegiance: Many gt Moseby's guerrillas Inive
came into Winchester with the paiwled
among therm his second in command, Lieut. ('id.
Chumbets
—A. delegation of loyal sontherntrs has called
on the President : representing every =southern
State, advising mercy to the many, but haugingto
the leaders of the revolt. ,Piesident -Johnbton
said the leaders should suffer; Hethought mercy
without justice was a crime, and attributed the
murder of Mr. Lincoln to the rebellion. He CUM.
arlde4 Mr. Lincoln's course, and reechinmended
stern justice. •
—The rebel rani Webb is reported to have run
out of the Red river on:the evening of the 23d
ult., passing all the gunboats and iron-clads. She
was tired at by the monitor Manhattan, but imme
diately shot past that vessel. She continued on
dowri the river, and was met fifty miles above
New Orleans on the morning of the 24th.. Some
assert that Jeff Davis is on board,. making his
escape to Havanna.
—The Herald's Mobile - correspondence says
our forces captured there.,2ls heavy guns,-2,000
stand of arms, and 30, 000 bales of cotton, besides
immense quantities of corn and other grain and it
is also estimated that 100,000 bale's of cottoreand
75;000 barrels of rosin are hidden inthe.swamps
along the Atibama, most of which is within reach
of our forces. Over 10,000 stragglers from the
rebel artuy_have given themselves up 7:
—A portion of General Stoneman's force under
Cul. Palmer. moved down the Catawla river, and
captured upwards of 2HOO prisoners and two
pieces of artillery. iiiimense railroad bridge
over the Catawba river was destroyed. Opera
tions ceased upon learning of the armistice a,,,areed
upon by General Sherman. The other portion of
the force, under General GiHem, routed the rebel-
General McCown at Morg_antown, and afterwards
forced the pass through the Blue Ridge, held by
General Martin, taking six guns, and would have
captured the whole army, but the receipt of a
letter form General Sherman, ordering the with
drawal of Stonorrin'a threes_ -
-The career of General A. J. Smith and his
corps during the last two tears is certainly the
most singular in the history of the war. They
have been in Miesouri,A4ansas, Louisaria, Ken
tucky. Tentesee, Mississippi and Alabama, and are
now, we presume, in Georgia. They drove,back
Kirby Smith's forces from Morgarizia, defeated
Marnmduke in Arkansas and drove him away
from the Mississippi river, which he; was block.
ad Mg: : helped Iloseerans in Missouri against Price,
defeated Forrest in Mississippi, participated. in
Thomas' great campaign in Tennessee, and Can
by's against Mobile, and now have taken Mont
gomery and Columbus. This wonderful corps is
a perfect terro to the rebels whereever it goes.
—The Richmond frirtilif April 24 says " Gen.
Sheridan routed Early at Wayuesboru, about the
middle of March, and put him individually upon
a most tremendous race, which he concluded by
bringing up in Richmond, attended by one of his
staff, minus coat, hat, and almost everything."
When Sheridan's collimn had swept by Richmond,
Early was ordered back to Staunton; and was
there at the time of the evacuation of this city.
Vpon hearing of this event he hastened to Lynch
burg and thence toward South Western Virginia,
where, ranking Gen Echols, he toiik command of
the forces that were retreating before Gene. Stone
man and Thomas. When last heard from, being un
able to"withstaud the forces in his front, and afraid
of Gen. Grant in his rear, he had deflected to the
right and was apparently making fur the Knua
haw Valley. "It is doubtful whether he has yet
become aware of thosurrenderof Gen. Lee. We
lack with interest for tidings from him l and his •
command."
—The War Department - has issued Jo order
directing the chiefs of bureaus of the military de
partment to reduce their expenses to what is ne
cessary- in view of an immediate reduction of the
army and speedy termination of hostilities. The
Quartermaster General is also ordered to dis
charge all ocean transports except whatare need
ed to bring the troops home, to discharge river
and inland transportation, stop purchases of for
age and railway construction, and the purchaqe _
of supplies for a period exceeding one month.
The Chief of Ordnance is ordel'eil to stop the pur
chase of military materiaLand reduce the manu
facture; the Chief of Engirieers to stop all except
such fortifications as are building by specific ap•
propriatinne. Soldiers in hospitals are dischar
ged with payment, and officers and enlisted men
furloughed as prisoners ; and the pay department
is to settle their accounts at once. The clerks
•
and employes of various departments will be dis
charged, and the Surgeon General will cut down
his corps. Returns of public property that can
he sold are called for. A. list of all prisoners
willing to take the oath is also called for. •
—Advices received at Savannah convey to_ us
the intelligence that the city of Montgomery, Ala-i
banni,,was captured by our forces on the 11th.
We had previously received a report to this effect;
and we have now a confirmation and the details.
Gen. A. J. Smith, who has done so many other
great things, took the city. Mentgoniery was the
first capitol of the rebel confederacy. There the
rebet Congress was first organized and the Mont:
gooier,' constitution formed and adopted. There
Jeff. Davis was inangurated..President, and there
the rebel Secretary of War, on receiving the news
of the fall of Sumter, made his (humus boast of
taking Washington and occupying the northern
cities. Affairs have changed some what since then.
'The transient glory of Montgomery faded away
in the beginning of the rehllion, the commencement
of vigorous military operations at Pensacola having
rendered it apparent that Montgomery was not
a strong position. After the enemy had lost so
many leading cities Montgomery became import
ant as a military centre, but even in that respect
its value has been overrated. Its capture as only
of consequence now in view of the past record of
the place. - •
PERSONAL.
—General Gideon J.yillow has otTeredtotake
the amnesty oath.
—Moseby, with few trustworthy followers, is
endeavoring to make his way to Texas.
—General Haßeek has arrived in Richmond and
assumed command of affairs in the State of Vir
ginia.
Pierpont has it in contemplation to offer
a reward for the apprehension of Billy Smith.late
Governor of 'Virginia
—Jeff. Davis is reported to have passed through
Charlotte on his way southward on the 23d inst.,
escorted by a,brigude..of cavalry. ,
--Junius Brutes Booth .was arrested in Phila
delphiston suspicion of complicity with his broth
er in the assassination of the President. He wall"
taken immediately to Washington.
—Mrs. Lingold is greatly depressed in spirits,
but is recovering somewhat front the prostration
occasioned by the lite President's death. She is
unable to leave her room as yet, liowever, and is
constiialy attended. Mrs. L. will probablyleave
for hqr home in Illinois. about -the latter part of
May.- -
—Professor Valentin, Mott, the first surgeon
in America, died at his residence, in New York.
on Wednesday evening, in the eightieth year of
his age. Dr. Mutt's professional reputation was
the highest ever attained in this country, and
made Mar the equal, if not the superior, in some
respects, of the most di , ting,ui4led: surgeons of
Dune. ,
—The Washington. Star says: Mrs. Lincoln is
3 et greatly depressed in spirits. but is recovering
somewhat from the prostration occasioned by Mr.
Lincoln's sudden death. She is unable to leave
her room as yet. however, - and attend
ed by Mrs. Secrethry Welles. Mrs. Lincoln will
probabl3 leave Mr her home in Illinois, aboutthe
latter part of May:
—NI4. Lincoln's grandfather, also named Abra
ham Lincoln, wag murdered by an Indian in 1774,
while at work on his farm, near the Kentucky
river. lie left three sons, the elde,t. of IN h m ,
Thomas, waithe father of the President._ Thom
as married in 1806 Nancy Hanks, a native of
Virginia, and settled in county, where
the President was born, February 10, 1809. In
1816 the family removed to Indiana. The great
grand filther of the Prehident emigrated frotbßerks
county, Pennsylvania, to Rockingham coinity, in
the Shenandoah Valley, Val, about 3750. _ '
—.America has lost another European friend.
Richard Cobden, the English - orator and states-
man, died on the 2d inet., and his great merits
have beAPenlogized by Lord'Pahnerson„Tohn
Bright, and D'lsraeli in the H9llse of Commons.
He was the son of a farmer, and was born in 1804,
in Sussex. - After the outbreak of the Amer
ican rebellion he was the unflinching friend of the
United Staten, standing by the cause of American
liberty and Union with voice, vote and pen. ,He
Was one of the ablest orators hi England, and ifis
steady persistence in his views has gained for turn
the highest fame. ', - •
~.--Joseph Shaw editor of the Westminister
(Carroll county, Md.) Detw-r-64 7 ."1:Las mobbed,
and the material of hisnewsTraper established de
stroyed. On the night of the murder of Presi
dent Lincoln, on account of his disloyal senti
ments, he had been warned away bY -the people,
bat returned again on the 24th to Westminister.
That night he w•as again waited upon by a dele
gation-of citizens, who knocked at his door. He
appeared, and was' ordered Jo leave the place
forthwith. He then fired upon the crowd, wound
ing a young man named Henry Bell. Upon this
the enraged citizens fell upon Shaw and killed
him upon the spot.
any accident happen, that President-
Johnson should be unable to fulfill the duti's of
his high office, his successor, until a new election
could be held, would be Lafayette S. Foster, of
Connecticut, the President pro tem. of the Senate:
He was born in Franklin, Conn., Nov. 22, 1806;
and is a descendant Of Miles Standish. He grad
uated at Brown University; is a lawyer by pro
fession, was a member of the General Assenibly
of Connecticut in Jew, 1840, 1846, 1847, 1848
1 , .54; Speaker of the House in 1847, 1849 and
1854; mayorof the eity.of Norwich for two years.
He was chosen U. S. Senator from March 4th,
1855, for six year and in 1860 NVIIS re-elected
for six years. TheTHouso of the new Congress
is not yet orgauizedand hence there is no Speaker
to 'succeed Mr. 'Foster in the improbable eontin
-gene, that , such a ease should happen.•
—President J,ohnsou's family resides at present
in Nashville, Tennessee, and consists of his—wife
and four *children— two sons and two daughters.
1-lis son Robert is twenty-trine, and Andrew John
son, jr.. is twelcf years of age. His two .daugh
tors, with their also reside in Nashville,
having beeLdriten from their bomes in Eastern
Tennessee. 'One of qtr. Johnson's sons, Chark4,
a surgeon in - the army, was thrown from his
horse in the yeanat , B3, and killed ; and Col. Sto
rer, a son-in-law, commanding the 4th regiment
of Tennessee infantry, was killedilu'the battle of
Nashville, while gallantly leading his 'command,
on the 18th of December, .1864. Judge Patter
son, who is also son-in-law of the president, lives
in Nashville. Mrs. Johnson has been in von-del
icato health for some time past, and it is probable
Mrs. Col. Stover will preside over the Presiden
tial household.
—The following are the•children of General
ee: George Washington Castis' Lee, ahout thirty;
:William Henry FitFhugh Lee; about twenty sec
en; Annie Lee died at Berkley Springs, hi 1863,
and would have now' been about twenty-five;
Agnes Lee, about twenty-three; Robert E. Lee,.
about twenty; Mildred Lee, about eighteen.
None of them have married except William It
Fitzhugh, whose wife Miss Charlotte Wickham,
died at Richmond in lett t: The e ld es t s o n G eor g e
graduated at the head of his class, at' West
Point, in 1 , 454. and was a first lieutenant in the
'corps of engineer; when . he followed his father
into the Southern ,service. William Henry Was
farming upon the White IttuNe estate which be
longed to the Chain inheritance, when the war
'opened. He was commissioned - second lieuten
ant in the 6th infantry in 1t57, but resigned in
1859. . Robert was at a military school in Vir
ginia. The toils, it is N% ell Iviown, are all officers
in the rebellion. , -
—Sergeant Corbett, the' soldier whit shot Booth,
the assassin, belongs to ColbPany L, 16th N. Y.,
Cavalry; He was born in Lfindon, England, iu
1532, and,caum to this country - when seven years
of age. He has lived in Troy, New York, where
he learned his trade as hat finisher, and subse
quently' wor'ked in Alhany. Boston, Richmond and
New York, and enlisted in the latter city in the
12th N. Y. State Militia, Col. Butterfield. While
serving.under Col. Butterfield, im called the Col.
to order tor_swearnig. The present is his fourth
enlistMent Corbett'is a regular Cromwellian
and a devout Christian. About seven years: ago
he became converted, and joined the Methodist
Episcopal church in Boston. Never having been
baptized, he says he was at a loss what inane to
adopt, and he therefore made it a subject-of pray
er, when he believed himself instructed to take,
the name of Boston, the place of his conversion.
He wax accordingly baptized, upon joining the
church, Boston end his name stands 'upon the
muster roll of the company as Boston Corbett.
His religious faith would in the present age almost
be called fanaticism. .)n Friday night he visited
Mc} endree chapel anOrayed with greacarnest
'less that God would not lay innochnt blood toour
charge, but bring the guilty to puaishmett. He
feels assured that Booth was delivered into' his
BE
•
handslo.answer to his. prayers. - He appears - a
lerY i6teligentyonng man, and, aside from mod.
est teseftveJconeerses with much intelligence-and
EME
—The Richmond - Whig of Tueiday has confir
mation from trust worthy sources which leadsit
to believe that on or about the liith. Davis was
with Johnston at Hillsboro, on the North Caroli
na
_ . Rhilroad, west of Raleigh. 'He was not in
tercepted by Stoneman, because he - wasat Hills
boro bow while Stoneman on the 120;was at Solis
bury, one hundredl tlei southwest of that town
by the line of the - road. The Whig says that
"Davis stopped at llsboro from the nth. to
the 14th instant, th n went by rail to Greensbo
ro, whence, with a escort of two thousand pick
ed cavalry, selected from Hampton's and Whee
ler's commands, be started in horseback for the
far South, taking the, countrj- road due south to
Ashboro and Cheraw. By this route he left Sal
isbury and'. Sionemno forty miles to his right.—
From Cheraw he probably struck southward to
Columbia, South Corofina, from which place the
country was open before him until he reached
the lines of Gene. Canby and Wilson. His one
object nom is to escape to the tran-Mississippi,
and LP cannot regard Wruself out of extreme dan
get until he has run the gauntlet of the united
States armies now operating in Alabama. These
two thousand hotsemen form to-day a gloomy
cavalcade as they toil along the Southern sandy
roads under a Southern sun. Perhaps they are
cheered by the feeling that they bear Ctesur and
his fortunes; they. certainly cover all that is left
of the so-called Confederate Government, and
themselves compose the only organized force that
Davis has on this side of the 'Mississippi river.
Breekinridge, Trenholm, Benjamin, St. ,
John, and Reagan all ride in the centre of this
forlorn baud; and how many understrappers keep
their company it is booti&s to know. They bear
With them no affect ion of th , . pimple ofßiehmond,
though they !mid left (14 u lasting memento in
the charred and 'blackened ruins of the fairest
portiop or our beautiful city." -
THE SFICRENDEIt OF LEE
Oar columns have been so pre-occupied with
the-details of the assassination of. the President
and the thrilling evei)yetltr icing therefrom, that we
have been compelled to•defer until now a detailed_
account of the surrender of Gen. Lee to Lieut..
Gen. Grant. A correspondent of the Times 'wri-
Ting from Appomattox Court House on the lOth
ult., thus graphically describes it:
History will close the remarkable campaign
which has ended with the surrender of the army '
of Northern Virginia, as one of the most brilliant
in the a fulfils of modern warfare. In less than two
weeks a formidable army, commanded by the
ablest and bravest Mali of the South, has been
beaten m a position fortified by months' of labor t
has been followed througha most difficult country,
brotMht to bay, and captured with comparatively
insignificant loss to the a tta eking fore es, by a sPries
of nianffiivres singularly bold in conception, and
executed with that dash and precision which alone
can seat with the stamp of success the most pro
found of military combinations. Owing to the
rapidity of movements and the extent of ground
traversed more than an imperfect sketch of the
operations of the army since it left Petersburg,
has been impos , ible. A mere outline is all that
can be given. To give a full resume of the'short
campaign,: The bisected rebel army fled up both
banks of the Appomattox—Longstreet with par'
nom:, at least, of the corps of Hill and Anderson
i,n the south bank, and Lee with the remainder,
keeping' the north side. Sin•ridau all the while
was pounding away-at the tail of Gen. Long
street's flying cohnum folloWed by Grant's whole
army, moving swiftly upon the Cox road upon
Burkiville. Lee hurriedly crossing the Appo
mattox, joined the other -fragment of his fence,
and made a last effort to escape by striking across
the angle firmed by the two railroads, whose
junction would fall into rink bands by reason of
our moving pn the shortest line, in ttle laipe of
reaelling the road to Lynchburg, in Ole direction
of Farniville, leaving our army in his rear, and
men striking Bourn - Warn to _Da nits"_ But the
übiquitous Sheridan was ever in his path, harass
ing and retarding his march, until our whole in
fantry fetes enveloped him, and capitulation was
inevitable:
The'clusiug scene in the'history of the World
celebrated army of Northern Virginia, was an oc
casion of absorbing interest. At the close of the
conference on the afternoon: of the ninth with
Gen. Grant. Oen. Lee mounted his horse and
rode slowly back. Gen. Meade, by a special ar
rangement, bad suspended hostilities until 3, P.
M. The Second and Sixth Corps were ready,
prompt 4 the hour, to open upon the enemy's
columns; but were notified that it would be die-,
pensed uith. They continued to move ftirward
until nightfall, holt ever, when the enemy was
completely surrounded from flank and rear, :uid
could 'not have broken faith, even had he premed
itated it. _
The reason of the suspension of the attack was
kuolyn at once by the troops, and shonts and
cheers resounded along the e ire line, and the
regimental and head qua • made the
spring air resonant with
Early in the afternoon • *ng, was
heard in the direction o'
hut upon inquiry it was . bi a sa
lute, this time not with a onor of
our success. The positio .0 was as
follows : Sheridan, with ti • 24th corps
lay directly iu the enemy's tront at Appomattox
Court House, and the 2d corps directly in his
rear, being fire or six miles apart bta bee line,
but three or Thur times that distance by the course
around our rear,
General Grant solicited and obtained permis
sion to send his 'dispatches to corps commanders
by the shortest line, passing terQbgh the rebel en
campments. The day had been pleasant, but at
nightfall a slow drizzly ruin set inn -and the morn
ing was damp and foggy. The parties empow
ered to curry out the terms of surrender had been
appointed duri* the night.
At 10 o'clock A. M., Gene. Grant and Lee held
a conference erthe brow of the bill, a abort dis
tance north of the Court House. Gen. Grant
and his stuff had been waiting but a Moment, when
Gen. Lee, accoggi auied by an Orderly, cantered
up and rode to the side of the Lieutenant Genet , '
al. - General Grant's staff, Generals Ord, Griffin,
Gibbon and Sheridan, with their respective staffs,
were present, grouped in a send-circle about the
central figures. The country to the north was
open and cultivated.
The Court House is situated on a ridge of
small hills, running east and west, and Lee's
army was on a parallel range, with a small rav
ine and stream between, nearly due north of our
tomes. At the heatlof his column Ivere his trains
and artillery, and his infantry and cavalry were
in the rear, so that but a small portion of the
rebel army could be seen from the Court House.
AR Gen. Lee galloped up, Gen. Grant rode out
two - orthree rods to meet him. Gen. Lee rode
squarely up; saluted in military fashion, and
heeled to the bide of Grant: They conversed
earnestly for nearly two hours, until the officers
appointed on both sides to carry out the stipula
tions of the surrender had reported for duty. In
the course of the discussion, Gen. Lee expressed
the °punt] that it Gen. Grout had accepted his
proposition . for an interview in person several
weeks since, peace wouldprobably have resulted.
The greater, part of the conversation which pass
ed between two of the greatest military men in
the world upon this occasion, was of course.Pri
rate and unheard by any but the speakers, but
we gathered enough to know that Lee gives up
the idea of Southern independence as hopeless
and considers that any further resistance on,their
part would be useless and a wanton effusion of
blood.
A little before eleven the interview closed by.
Gen. Lee saluting and riding - slowly down the
slope, across the ravine and- on into his camp,
.upon the little hill beyond: Gen. Grant then rode
toward the Court Hmisejollowed by his staff and
a large concourse of general officers.
In a short time, the officers designated by Gen.
Lee to carry the stipulations into effect arrived,
accompanied by a large number - o f distinguished
rebel officers. The veranda and yard in front
were soon filled with groups . of Federal and rebel
officers in conversation. Every regular of a few
)ears' standing found old West Point acquaintan
ces in the hostile ranks, and their greetings were
both numerous and. hearty. The most frequent
question seemed to be with the officers in grey,
"What is to be &me with usl" They seemed to
think that the President's proclamation shut them
out from hopes of amnesty, and were pleased to
hear the belief of our officers, that the offers of
amnesty would tie extended and made almost uni
versal. ai
Among the rtibel 'rank anefile, the gratification
tit the youclusiOn of their dangers and the final
termination nine war, which they expect to fol
low this surrender, is more freely expressed than
May 3, 1865.
among the, officers. captured army, from
their joyous manner woi by one who knew not
the circumstances, havbeen deemed the con
querors. '
Fmm the WaOgion Chroultle.
THE PRESIDENT ID THE GOVER.NOU
OF PENIVEVAIA.,
Yesterday morning - resident Johnson reeeic4
ed a number of•citizeinf Pennsylvania, why pre
sented to him the facing earnest and patriotic
letter from 004ernor-trtin of that Stato. We
noticed among hose psent Colonel F. Jordan,
military agent;of Ponylvartia, and hie assistant
Colonel Sanel Wagner, Bs' q., of York
county, and others. olonel J. W. Forney read
the letter of GovernoCurtin to the President;
EMI:7AT. EII,OIBER, tt
It sburrgg, Pa April A 186 S>
- Sir : I have just rorued -from reverently at
tending the rtunaimpf our martyred President,
and their passage tough - this commonwealth,
and I avail myself the first moment to assure
you that, as Peintstania has throughout steadily
and effectively sustued the Government in its
efforts to crush thexisting rebellion, so she and
her authorities maim relied on to stand heartily
by your Administidon, and that with an earnest
ness and vigor enbiced by the just horror which
all her people entttain of the base and cowardly
assassination to w;e11 your predecessor has fallen
a victim.
I know that it i unnecessary to give you this
assurance ; but loking to the vast respentibilities
that have been stidenly cast upon. you, it has
seemed to me the au express word of hearty en
couragement froryour friends cannot be other
wise than agreeale to you.. I should have visit
ed Washington bsay this much to you in person,
but lam unwilligjust at this moturmt to Anew
the danger of intriering with the just discharge
of your public cities by occupying-your time.
I am, sir, verirespectfully, your obedient ker.
vent, A. G. Curtin.
To the PREeII , ENI
In reply, Pretdent Johnson -expressed his fer
vent thanks to Governer Curtin for the hearty.
manor whip he had proffered his valuable
support of the i.neral Administration. Some of
his most intereting recollections we're of the old
Keystone State In the war for the maintenance
of the Golerunent, she had surpassed herself in
her contributhas to our armies and in the valor
and sacrificesuf her sons, many of whom he
classed amonghis best friends, having met them
in large tomilsriduring his trials in Tennessee.
Presalent . Johisoo trusted that his administra
tion of the Grvernment would not be unwodhy
of the confidetee of the loyal people of Penngyl-
lEEE!
- PROCL)LIIATION BY THE PRESIDRWr
A DAY OF HUMILIATION AND PRAYER
Washingtoi, April 24.—8 y the President of
the United Slates of Atnerlea
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, By my direction, theActingSecretary
of State, in a notice to the public of the 17th re
queited the various religious denominationsto as
semble on the 19th instant on the occasion of the
obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, late President of
the United States; and to observe the Same with
appropriate ceremonies; but
Whereas, Our country has become one great
house df mourning where the head ofthe family
has been taken away, and believing that a special
period-should be assigned for again humbling our
selves before Almighty God, in order that the be
reavement may be sanctified to the nation :
Now, therefore, in order to mitigate that grief
on earth which can only be assuaged by comma•
Mon with the Father in Heaven, and in compli
ance with the wishes of Senators ancl4tepresen
tatives in Congress. communicated to me by res
olutions adopted at the. national capital, I, 'An
drew Johnson, President of the United Stutei, do
hereby appoint Thursday, the 25th day of May
next, to be 'observed, wherever in the United
States the flag of the country• may be respected,
as a day of hum.liation and mourning. And I
recommend my fellow citizens then to assemble
in their respective places- of worship, there to
unite in solemn service to almighty God in mem
ory of the good man who has been removed, so
that all shall be occupied at the same time in con
templation of his virtue and in sorrow for his
sudden and violent end.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand, and enured the meal of the United States to
be alined. -
Done at the city of Washington, the 25th day
of April, in the year of our „Lard 1865, andof the
independence of the United States of Amerhaf
the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON-
By the President:
W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State.
PrtForDENT JOHNSON has postponed. the day
of National humiliation and prayer from the 25th
inst., until Thursday the Ist day of June, as the
25th 'inst. is a day sacred to large numbers of
Christians as oue of rejoicing for the ascension of
the Savior.
LuitExsE throngs of people, half of whom were
not able. to get within hearing distance, gathered
on Sunday week in and around Plymouth char*
Brooklyn; it being the occasion of the delivery of
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's first sermon
since his return from Charleston. Mr. Beecher's
theme was the assassination of President Lincoln,
and, as might have been expected, the spirit of
leniency, and indifference towards leading rebels
which formed the characteristic of the last dis
course he preached to his congregation before
starting on his Flirt Sumter mission, was not by
any means's prominent feature in his remarks.
He concluded with the following eloquent perora
tion :—And now the martyr is moving in trinni
phal march, mightier than when alive. The na
tion rises up at every stage of his coming. Cities
and States are his pall-bearers, and the cannon
speaks the hours with solemn progression.' Dead,
dead, dead, he yet speaketh. h Washington
dead? Is Hampden dead ? Is Davis dead t Te
anY man that- was ever fit to live dead t Dien
thralled of flesh, risen to the unobstructed sphere
where passion never comes, he begins his illimi
table work. - His life is now grafted upon the in
finite, and will be fruitful, as no earthly life.can
be. Pass on, thou, that hest overcome: Your
sorrows, oh people. are his peens; your bells and
bands and muffled drums sound triumph in his
ears. Wail and weep here, 'God makes it echo
joy and triumph ,there.„..Pass on! • Four years
ago, Oh Illinois, we took from thy midst an un
tried man, and froth among the people ;we tett=
him to you a mighty conq_naror. Not thine - any
more, but the nation's not ours, but the world's.
Give him place, Oh ye prairies. -In the midst of
this great continent his dust shall rest, a sacred
treasure to myriads who shall pilgrim 'to that
shrine to kindle anew their zeql and patriotism.
Ye winds that move over the mighty places of the
West, chant his requiem! Ye people, behold the
martyr whose blood, as so many articulate Words,
pleads for fidelity, for law, for liberty !
THE Chicago Post (Democratic) very forcibly
remarks:—" The assassination of Mr. Lincoln
was a part of the rebellion, just as much so, as
the acts of Quantrell in Kansas, the massacre at
Fort Pillow, or the murder of Gem 31'Cook. * •
Change has come upon the popular feelings dur
ing the last tew days. Last I' May morning the
people were prepared to approve any act ot am
nesty that executivelemeney might oiler. 'Tt3-
day the people are prepared for no such measure.
,A week ago any repentant insurgent might have
found personal safety, on his own parole, in any
part of the Union. To-day it would not be safe
for him to try it. States and communities might,
one Week ago, have appealed for peace and have
obtained it on almost any terms consistent with
security in the future : hut what one week ago
would have been deemed amply security-for the
future, will not satisfy the public , to-day. Peace
is not now attainable upon the surrender of the
rebel armies. Peace demands something more.
The mangled corpse of a murdered President
shuts out from the popular vision the old pictures
of fraternal love and union beyond the Potomac,
and to the eye that scans that horizon nothing ap
pears but, the hand of an assassin stained with
the blood of a loved, admired, and cherishe4 Pres
ident. For the present all else is hist sight of.
That hand is recognized as the hand of thetnbel
lion ; its bloody deed is recognized as the deed
of that rebellion, and it is notimrprising that the
popular heart demands that that head be follow-`
with relentless purpose over every foot of soil
which has nurtured, sheltered, harbored and
maintained., that rebellion."
NOT a Few of the Worst; Disorders. that Af
flict mankind arise from commtions of the bloodY Helm
bald's Extract of Sarsaparilla Is a remedy or the utmost
value. apriE23m
WhiisKEßs !!!--Those _ wishing 'afine set of
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HELBIBOLD'S EXTRA CP O F SARSAPARILLA
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Into the systese, aa4 purges oat the humors that make dis ,
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