Tlio Ilctnriilng Rebels.
General Orders. No. ~u.
WAR DEPARWIENT 1
ADJUTANT OI.NIRTAI's < irncr.
WASHINGTON. April 24, 186~>. )
Tlio attention of all commanders of
military divisions, departments, districts,
ilctnchnient3, aud posts, is drawn to tlio
annexed opinion of tlio Attorney Gener
. al, which they will observe, ami regulate
their actioi'iu accordance therewith :
ATTOIOEY G t:S I:itALs Omcc,
April 2-, 1805.
lion. C. M Stanl'n S.cy of It'o,-,: _
Sir—l hive tjie honor to.ackdowlcdge }
the roceiptof your letter of the 22u*i of
April. In it you ask cic three quesi.inns,
growing out of the capitulation m:ide be
tween General (i rant, of tho United States
army, and Geueral Lee, of tho Kobel
army.
You ask—first, whether tho Rebel offi
cers whoonce resided in the city of Wash
ington, and went to Virginia, or else
where in the South, and touk service, can
return to the city under the stipulations ol
the capitulation, aud re.ddo here as their
homes 1
Second—Whether persons who resided
in Washington about the time the rebel
lion broke out, left the city and went to
Richmond, where they havo adhered to
the rebel cause, entered into the civH ser
vice, or otherwise given it their support,
'comfort and aid, can return to Washing
ton since the capitulation of Lee's army '
and tho capture of Itichmond, and re- ,
Vide here under the terms of the canitula- j
tiou *
Third—You slate that, since the cap
itulation of General Lee's army, IVJJCI of
ficers havo appeared in public in the Iny* i
al States, wearing tin rebel uniform ; and
you ask whether such conduct is not a '
fresh act of hostility on their part to the !
United States, subjecting them to be dealt
with as avowed enemies of the Govern- :
went?
Your letter is accompanied with n copy
of the terms of capitulation entered into
•betwixt Geus. Giaut and Lcc. It is as j
follows:
' " ltolls of all the officers and men to ;
bo made in duplicate ; one copy to be
given to an officer designated by me, tho
other to bo retained by such officer or of
ficers as -yon may designate. 'lhe officers :
to give their individual paroles not to take
arms against the Government ot the Uni-;
ted States until properly exchanged, and ;
.each company or regimental commander
■sign a like parole for the men of their
"Commands. The arms, artillery, and
.public property to be packed and stacked, j
.and turned over to the officers appointed
by me (General Grant) to receive them.
This will not embrace the side arms of
-the officers, nor their private horse-* or
baggage. This done, each officer and nun
will be allowed to return to their homes, !
not to be disturbed by the United States I
authority so long as tliey observe their pa
role aod the laws iu force where they may |
Reside."
I. In giving construction to ar- I
tides of eapituhtion, we must consider in
what capacity General Grant was speak- :
ing. 1 le, of course, spoke by tho author- j
ity of the President of the United States,
us a Commander-in-Chief of tho Armies
tif the United States. It must bo pre
sumed that he had no authority from the
President, except such as the Commander
in-Chief could give to a military officer.
The President performs two functions |
-ot the Govcrnuicat—one civil, the other i
military. As president of.the I'ritcd
States and its civil head, lie possesses the j
pardoning power; as President of the j
ijnited Stafcc-s Le is Commatider-in-Chiel
t)f the Armies of the United States, and i
is the head of its belligerent power.—
His power to pardon as n civil magistrate
cannot be delegated ; it is a personal trust
inseparably connected with tlio office of j
President. As Commander-in-Chief of j
the Armies of the United State* he has
of necessity to delegate a vast amount of j
power Regarding General Grant, then, i
purely as a military officer, and that r.e
was speaking as one possessing no power
except belligerent, and considering the
fact to be well known to the belligcients j
with whom he was makingthc stipulation,
let us come to the consideration of the
Erst question you have propounded.
It must be observed that the question
is not as to the extent of the power that
the President, as Commander iu-Chief of
the armies, possesses; it is ..not whether
lie. as Commander in-Chief of the Ar
mies of the United States, could grant
parole by virtue of his military authority
to Rebels togo and reside in loyal com
munities—communities that bad not been
in rebellion against the Government of
'he United Slates; but the question is j
whether, by and under the terms of the
stipulations, he has- gained such permis
sions.
In the cases-in 2 11 lack,commonly call
ed the Prize Cases, the Supreme Court
of the United States decided that, the
Rebels were belligerents; that this was
no loose, unorganized insurrection, with- '
out defined boundary, but that it had a i
boundary, marked by lines of bayonets, I
which can only be crossed by force ; that !
south of that line is Enemy's territory, be
cause claimed and held by an organized
hostile and belligerent piwer; that all
persons residing within that territory
must b treated as enemies, though not
foreigners; and it 1s well settled that all j
persons goiug there without license, pend
ing the hostilities,' or remaining there
alter hostilities commenced, must be re
garded Jiad-treated as rosideuts of that
territory. It follows, as a matter of course
residents of -the tetakory in rebel
lion cannot be regarded as having homes
in the loyal States. A man's home and
his residence cannot be distinct the one
from the other. Tho rebels were dealt
with by Gen. Grant as belligerents. As
belligerents, their homes were of neces
sity in the territory belligerent to the U.
States. The officers and soldiers of Gen.
Lee's army, then, who had homes, prior
to the rebellion, in the Northern-States,
took up their residences within thej-ebel
States, and abandoned their homes Hi the
loyal States; and when General Giant
gave permission to them, by the stipula
tion, to return to their homes, it cannot
be understood as a permission to return to
any part of the loyal States.
. 'Xilct was a capitulation of surrender,
and'not a truce. Va'tcl ljiys it dowij
[p. 411] -'During the truce, cpeeially if]
made for a long period it is naturally al
lowable for enemies t > pass and repvi to
and from each other's eountry, ie the
same manner as it is allowed iu time ot
peace, siuce all hostilities are now sus
pend 1. lint each of the sovereigns is
at liberty,as he would be in timeof peace,
to adopt every precaution which may be
necessary to prevent this intercourse from
becoming prejudicial to him. He has
juU grounds of suspicion against people
with whom he issoon to recommence hos
tilities. He may even declare, at tho
time of making the truce that he will
admit none of tho enemy into any place
: under his jurisdiction.
"Those who, having entered the ene
my's territories during the truce, are de
tained there by sickness, or any otherun
eurtiiountable obstacle, and t!,us happen
to remain in tho country after the expi
ration of the ainiistiee, may, in strict jus
tice, be kept prisoners; it is an accident
which they might have foreseen, an I to
which they have, of their own accord ex
jhjeed themselves; but humanity and gen-j
| erosity commonly require that they should j
be allowed a sufficient term for their Ue- !
parturo.
'• If the articles of truce contain any ;
conditions either more extensive or more |
narrowly restrictive than what wc have i
here laid down, the transaction becomes a j
j particular convention. It is obligatory j
lon the contracting parties, who are bound
! to observe what they have promised in i
due foun ; and tho obligations thence re- i
j suiting constitute a conventional right." I
| Now, if the .rights of enemies, during I
j a long truce and suspension oi hostilities, |
! are thus restricted, it would teem evident I
j that their right under a capitulation of.
I surrender, without any suspension of lios
i tilities, could not. without express words j
j in the stipulation to that effect, by any
j tiling like as large as under a truce aud
j suspension of hostilities.
Regarding Geu. Grant, then, as speak-'
j ing simply as a soldier, and with the pow- j
ersof a soldier; regarding this war as a
; territorial war, and all persons within that j
I territory as residents thereof, and, as such
) enemies of the Government, and lotok
ing to tho language of the stipulation, I
j am of opinion that the rebel officer.; who
{surrendered to General Grant have r.o
homes within the loyal States, and have
I n i right to come to places which were
tlicit homes prior to their goiug into t'te j
i rebellion.
11. As to your second question—the I
1 stipulation of surrender mode betwixt j
Generals Grant and Lee dues not embrace ;
j any person other than the officers aud .sol- !
diers of General Lee's army. .Persons in
the civil service of the rebellion, or who !
had otherwise given it support, comfort
i and aid, arid were resident of the rebel
| territory, certainly have no right tore- i
i turn to Washington under that stipula- !
| tion.
111. As to the third question—Myan- I
swer to the first is a complete answer to 1
lllij
Rebel officers certainly have no right i
i to be wearing their uniforms in any of
j the loyal States. It seems to mo that
| such officers, having done wrong in com
j ing into the loyal States, are ln;t adding
; insult to iiijury in wcttrng their nuiforms.
! They have as much right to bear the
| traitors' flag through the streets of a loy
; al city as to wear tho traitors'garb. The
[ stipulation of surrender permits no such
thing,aod the wearing of such a uniform
i is mi act of hostility against the Govern
! mtnt.
Very respectfully your ob't serv't,
JAMES SPEED,
Attorucy General.
Ry order of the Sec'y of War;
W. A. N'teuor.s,
Assistant Adjutant General.
I —Roth Secretary Seward and his son
1 have, within the past week, improved so j
i rapidly that there remains uo reason to
; doubt their speedy recovery. On Thurs
; day the dist nguished Secretary rode out,
i and for sevciai days has been giving con
siderable attention to business. It is be
lieved that tlio Assistant Secretary Mill
| also, before many days, give some atten
tion to business, and it i.s now probable
that it will not bo long before the country
will have the benefit of the valuable
services of-both.
NEW YORK, April 30.—Intelligence
from the Shenandoah states that all of
Lee's paroled soldiets going home "in that j
j diiec.ion are required to take the oath of
I allegiance.
Many of Moseby's guerrillas have cooic i
into Winchester with the paroled soldiers, j
aud among them his second in commaiu!. |
—The number of Confederate soldiers 1
: at Mobile "have been greatly over-estinia- j
! ted, there having been but between (i.OOO |
{ and 7,000 defend ing that place. Of these
; about 5.(|00 have been captured, killed
.and wounded, and the lew remaining ones
ascended the Alabama river on transports
I aud gunboats.
I —A prominent Copperhead of St.
j Cloud, Minnesota, told a man, in presence
i of.witnesses, Friday night, three hours
before the assassination occurred, that
Linoo.n and Seward were murdered.
—The shad fishcries.arc now in full op
eration along the Connecticut, all.the way
from Hartford to the sea. The fish are
caught by thousands aud presently, orna
ment the tables of New York and other
cities in savory dishes.
—Tho reports of the New York Cus
tom House show that the total value of
foreign merchandize brought to that port
last week was only §697,000. During the
corresponding, week in 1864 tho importa
tions amounted to g^.'iS.OOO.
—An order ha? been issued tin-owing
open air communication with' Richmond,
and no passes will in the future be requir
ed. The use of government transports is
prohibited to passengers.
—On the reception in Havana
news of the President's assassination,
groat glaow overspread the American peo
ple.
—The weather is very fine, l>ut where
are till the duck* 112 9
tht ftmtrjrntt gitfent.
fhe Largest Circulation of
auy Paper in the Count//. ~Tv-,.,|
THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor.
I»I. W. BPEAII. fttblllhw.
BtJTLERPA.
H'El»\r.Sl>lY NAY K INCH.
U'6 m "* Liberty nnH Union. Now and Forever, One
or.J njvpsrab!'! -J. Webster.
feef There is now no rebel army cast of
the Mississippi, except a small force mi
| iter Dick Taylor, which, it is believed, will
! surrender in a few days. What Price
j and Mngrudcr may do, is it<)t yet develop
: od, but, tbero being no hope for their
! cause, tliey cannot hold out long. How
I great the change in our national affairs in
i tl.<? last two months! Surely the cud is
at hand.
£%T"The remains of President Lincoln
I are to be formally interred at Springfield,
' Illinois, on Thursday, the 4ili inst. Dur
ing the hist two weeks the j c iple in all
parts of the country have vied with each
1 other iu acts of respect to the mortal re
mains of the piv ervcr of his country's
liberty. His remains pas ed thro' lialu
j more, llatrisburg, Philadelphia, N.York.
I Albany, Cyracuso, liuffalu, Cleveland, lu
' dianapolis, Chicago, &i\ 0" ! ; ' former
i occasion was there anything to equal the ]
display (lmt ewry where was visible. It;
required no close observing to see that
he whom all delighted to honor, had
\ becu stricken dowu
SSa)" About the tune that "An Ohscrv
■ er' was writing that ill timed, unpatriotic
j article in the JluralJ, which wu referred j
| to sonic weeks since, the Editor of the |
! Greeiisburg Arjus was producing tlitf.'.
: lowing evidence of Ais sorrow at our
• national successes.
•'The scraps of'war news which we
publish to-day, will cairy sorrow and bc
leavemcnt to llioiis.in Uof families. 'I he
slaughter on both sides has been terrific.
The bungling butcher Grant, the marau
der Sherman, and the incendiary Sheri
| dan, have no doubt, at an immense sacri
: lice of life, obtained a decided advantage
I over the Confederate forces. Kvery bat
| tie iuflicts fresh irfamy on our rulers, who
have persistently refused all terms oi re
conciliation that did not inflict a death
blow on the Constitution, aud be the wind
ing sheet of our free institutions.
The production of Observer" vfris the
most cautious in its language, but the
spirit of both were (he eafne.
OSf The Coinmis«ione.s have been mak
ing a laudable effort to improve the ap
pearance of the Court House yard by sow
ing grass see I and planting ornamental
trees. This is tlio second effort iu liiis
enterprise. The first failed, because the
"hoys about town" had things all their
own way; thoy trampled tho ground,
broke tho trees, and in short, done every
thing that wis ncees-ary to completely
j foil the good intentions of our authorities.
We are at a has to know why this should
be. Ir. our largest cities we find "parks"
or public grounds <y-u .uiented, atid.un iis
turbo jby boys. We dufi t believe boys
are, by nature, auy worse in lJutler than
New Yoik. Why then can they not be
learned to behave as well here as there?-
Simply beeau-c the authorities are not
•firm in their treatment of primary offence.
Let the b».s be given to understand that
if they violate the regulations,'they will
suffer for it. Make them reilize the fact
j as soon as any of tlictu transgress, and our
I word for it, they will soon be its orderly
as our best citizens. It is due to the boys,
i it is due to all concerned, that this should
ibe done. Noi" should the reform stop
1 here; our public meetings have been fre
quently disturbed by this' same way
ward class of ourvoulfi. Let a new rule
be adopted, and our town may, in. tho fu
ture. avoid the inconvcuieiicejind disgiaee
consequeut upou this utiaccessary state of
things.
We :ue not iu the habit of con
suming much of our space with the eulogy
of our public officers, but we feel it to be
a duty to say that cur Commissioners de
serve credit for.the manner in which tliey
have conducted tho financial affairs of our
county.
As soon as they found that there was
no legal escape from the payment of those
of our couuty bonds which the Great
Western R. R. Co. had used, amounting
to about $05,000, they at oocc set.Xo
work to compromise with the holders,
aud were very successful in cbtainingtheui
at a reduced figure, averaging, we believe,
about sixty per cent. There is oot over
513.000 worth of them still out. To en
able them te do this, they had to borrow I
money, uot having sufficient in the treas
ury. The most of this they have already
re paid, so that this year they have been
enabled to reduce their, levy for t''e own
ing year. .This is tryly gratifying, ui:d
the Commissioners deserve all praise fc.
their vigilant economy in thus engineer
ing oiii,^finances, which, at one time, was
. the £icat swiiciiude on the part,
4
•112 our pr«fh>rty holder?. JJow that we |
arc almost out of debt, as a county tliQ
•rebellion suppressed—our national ex
penses being re.luceil rapid—the vari
ofej departments of industry will SOOIJ
begin so breathe freely—to move forward'
with fresh confidence that abriglit future
is it-fore them.
Our neighbor of the Ilenltl complains
of our mentioning tba fact, with ssculuir
approbation, of a resident of Washington
having been shot by a soldier for having
avowed gratification at the assassination
of our lamented President. Sinco then
quite a number of instances h ivo come
tn our Vnowjeilg'j where disloyality Ims
met with nummary punishment at the
, hands of the loyal people, both citizens
and soldiers, tour persons were shot at '
New Orleans. An outspoken rebel sym- !
patliiser was thrown from a ferry boat at >
New York, and only escape I drowning 1
by the timely aid <ff a neighboring boat.
Numerous arrests h:i<s been made, too,
by the military authorities, and jast, but
not least, Uootli, the n-sa-siu, has been
shot without trial by •'his peers;" All
these things nre doubtle-s very mm h-out of
order, in the estimation of our c uscrva- !
ttve neighbor. Still, if they tend to
com)" I a respect for the government,
and mi acquiescence in its measures, while
they !■ <ni its enemies, the loyal people
will be content.' While com- i
niittccs were active arid cruel in their
t teat men t of Nort hern man beforo the '
Commencement of the present war, all '
over tho Sou:hern country, our ronxrrvti- !
tier neighbor had no word of complaint, j
but now that tho shoe is likely ttfcbe put j
on the other font, the case is quite differ- i
ent. For our part, when the guilty ran |
be puni.-hod through the forms of law,
we mucli prefer it, but, above all things,
we wish sure punishment to reach the
liwless-the cruel—the secret conspirators
. against their country, their aiders i(ud
abettors North and South.
i Booth 15rolight to ]>ny.
Full and liiteres'iug Particulars,
Special Dispatch t«» I'itUbui pli Commercial.
WASHIMITON, April 27.
Late yesterday afternoon intelligence*:
was received here that I. W. Booth, the i
murderer of President Lincoln hid been
overtaken by a party sent out by Col. L.
I Baker, special detective of the War
Department,a,ml mortally wounded ju the
attempt to capture, liiui. The restrict
tive oilier of tho War Department, prohib
iting anything in regard to arrests or in
vestigations concerning the conspiracy
from being sent by telegraph, prevented
the transmission of this uews last night.
This prohibition is this uiorn ng removed,
as far as the ease of Booth tin (I his ac
complice, Itavid'C. Harold, are concerned.
'I lie following nre the fiiets in regard the
i'.ffair, derived from those who participa
ted in.it.
Information having been obtaiuod that
on the morning of the Saturday alter the
uiurder, a Dr. Mott, living in Mary
land, about, twenty miles below Washing
t. n, had dressed an injure I log for J. W.
Booth, Dr. Mott at that time not having
hoard of the assassination of Mr. Lincoln,
defectives w re put on the trail," and it
was ascertained that Booth and Harold
had crossi;d the river at a" point in the
ncighbi rhood of Swan I'oint, on Monday
last. Lieut. K. I'. Dougherty of the (iiii
New l'oik cavalry, with a dewelvnen: of
twen:y-live c ivalryinan of that regiment,
and ace inpiiiio I by Home of Col Baker's
detectives proceeded by stream to Belie
I.Piain.
! STAT KM iNT OF MEOT.. DOUfiIIKRTY.
On Tuesday afternoon arrested a man
| n lined IVil, by whom Booth and Ifcir
: ol'i had been ferried across the Kappa
it-it-k r;ver at Mathias i'oint. Fell lives
ab at three miles North of Port Boyal
mii the ilappahonm ck. At first lell re
nil";' 1 to communicate anything, but up. !
on bc.ng threatened with ii stunt death
:il he W,aild not tel.. he agreed to lead \
j the party to the plae< where Booth and I
Harold were toiii-calec. '] hey were
; found Tuesday night, in a barn, on the
| premises of a Mr. Garrett, about three
union Iroui Port Boyal. 1 bey had. r ddeu
there lii,ui the Ferry, both mounted nn
one hoise. '1 he cavalry the
i jiii an I summoned the inmates to sur
render. At first Bo<dh insisted he was
alone, lie talked with the men lor three
houis through the crevices i>l' the bain,
through which he could seo plainly alt ,
j that were outside, while they could dis- \
! tniguish nothing within, lie told Lieut.
Dougherty he had a bead drawn ftpon
hi in ami could shout him if ho choused, ;
ilutoitl nut lire. At last as the guerril- 1
j las were gatheiing in vicinity, and Lt. j
Duugberty I eared his little party might :
be overpowered and lose the prisoners, |
iie determined to buru thcui out. Tho
barn was then set on fire when Harold
gave himself up, but Booth refused to
surrender and prepared to use his wcap- |
ous. i«ieut. Dougherty then gave the j
orders to sergeant Corbett to fire, which
he did through oneof the crevices, and
shot Booth in the head. Ou being" shot
Boolh exclaimed, "it is up now; I'm
goue." lie \?as found to lie wounded in i
the hfad ucarly iu the same spot where
the lata! ball of the assassin entered the
head of President Lincoln.
A doctor was sent for, and brandy ad
ministered, but he died in about tw hours
after he was shot. lie did not deny his
i crime, but declared that he died for his
{ couutry. He was armed with ; two aix
bariel'ed aud one seven barreled revolver,
and a large knife, probobly the same
which he flourished on tho stage on the
occasion af the assassination. --He had
also three packages of pistol cartridges.
The captuie oet-nrred about il a. in.,
Wednesday morning. His left log was
much swollen from an injury probable
received when he leaped from the Presi
dent's box upon the stage at the theatre,
altliuuyh Liu had told Dr. Moti .that, ho j
j had bren hurt by (its horse faltiti_' upon 1
it. '1 ho body -of Booth is now at the na
vy yard. It i>. already iu a state of nd- ;
vanced decoiilpti3.ii up.
F U RTH ER^tiGCTHiI)EATH.
WASHINGTON, April
The fourth edition of Slat- has the fol
lowing additional details of the capture
of Harold and the killing of Booth ; A
detachment of the 10th New Voik Cav
alry, under Lieutenant Dpugherty, nutn
■boringtwenty-aight men, and accompani
ed by two of Colonel Baker's detective
force, who went down the river on >ion
day. obtained the first news of Booth at
Port lloyal oti Tuesday evening, from an
old man. who stated that four men. in
company with a rebel Captain, had cros
sed the ItHppaliannock, a short time pre
vious going in the direction of Bowling
Green. lie added that the Captain
| would probably be found in that place, as I
Jbe was courting a lady there. On pro- I
i feeding to liowiini' Green, tiie 'laptain I
| was found at tho hotel and taken into '
custody. From him it was ascertained |
that Booth and Harold were at the house j
of John and Win. Garrett, thiec tniles !
bat k. towaeds Port Royal, and about a i
quarter of a mile from the road parsed j
over by the cavalry.
In tho meantime, it appears, Boot}) I
'and Harold applied to Garret lot horses,
jto ride Louisa Court Hoflse. Tho latter'
fearing the horse would not be returned,
refused to hear them, notwithstandingj
the large sucis effered, These cireum l i
stances, together with the i crlininatiopj
of Booth and llerold, each charging the j
I other with tho responsibility of their,
difficulties, had aroused I lie suspicion tf
I Garfctt brothers, who urged Booth and
Harold to leave lest tbej(Garrett.*) should ;
get into trouble with our cavalry, 't his '
■ Booth refused to do without horses, ami
the two men retired to tin; barn,the door ]
| of which, after they had entered, Garrett
1 locked, and remained himself ou guard iu
I a neighboring corn crib, as ho alleged, to j
j prevent their hones fti in It-ing taken i
i an I ridden off .in the niglitby Booth
Harold.
! pon the approach of our cavalry from j
Bowling Grqiu. about three o'clock on :
Wednesday morning, Garrett's cumo out
of the torn crib to meet them, and iu '
answer to their requests directed them to
the barn Booth was at once sumnn nod
to surrender but refused. Herald ex
pressed his willingness to give himself lip ;
but was overrule 1 by Booth in the barn, j
Tho latter then, assuming a defiant air. '
called out to know the command iiigoflieer
and proposed to him that his men should i
| fie draw A up at fifty yards distance, when
•| be would come out and liubt tlieui. Ai- '•
Mer tho barn had been burning throe quar- !
; ters of an hour ami when 1 lie roof was
about to-full in Booth, who, J ad !,1.1 en stan
ding with a revolver in one hand'and a I
carbine resting on the floor, made a dem
onstration as though to break through the \
guard. To prevent this- Surge.int' Cur- i
bettfired, intending to hit Booth so as to !
cripple him. The ball, however, struck I
a little too high an I'entered bis neck, re- !
suiting fatally. Booth had iu his posses-!
sion a short heavy bowie knife with which j
he struck Major liathburn. a Spencer !
Carbine, seven shooter, of Massaehu- !
setts manufacture, three revolvers) and a !
pocket pistol, 110 worn, besides bis suit I
ot gray, tin ordinary <*l"tn cap. a -heavy, j
liigli topped cavalry boot on h s r-giit I
■oot, ith the top turned down,antl a gov- I
ornuieut shoe on his left loot. -No clue
could bo obtained of tho other twi men, I
anil taking the two Garieit's into custody
the command inimctliutcty set out for.'
Washington, after releasing tliu Capuiiu
Lieutenant Daughcrty, wh.o comman
ded I lie squadron, cn'ered the service
with the Tlsi New York Mi itiu. Ser- !
geant Corbfctt, who shot Bo ith, was bap !
tiised ill Boston about seven years at ;
which time he us-nined the name of Bos- j
ton Corbett.. lo'day he h t-.been gre.-.tly
l ouizeil, and on the street was.repeat/ |j j
sorrounded by citizens, who oec i-ion .liy j
manifested llieii apjireciatioii by bind |
cheers. 1 lio two privates are dies,.: I in
lebel gray, having belonged to Lee s m- 1
" uiy, and jutt returned honle on parole.— |
j i I ley profess Pi have been entirely igiio
: rant of the character of B nth an I Her I
old, and manifest ;;reat unca-in H coucer
liing the connection with the ati'ajr
Boolh and Harold narrowly escajc l
i tin this side ot the Potamae. Marshall
i Murray and a posse of Now York detee
| lives traced them to a short distance of
Swan l'oin . bu the bei;:g un
acquainted with the country ..nd with
ota gui lt; during the tlarkncss - 112
uigiit. took tlie wrong road, an I be
fore lie regained the fail, Booth mid
Harold succeeded i i crossing the riv
er to Virginia.
The report t at Booth attcnip' d
to shoot liiuis If while iri the barn is
incorrect. IF, however, iu his par
| ley with the besiegers, indicated i
j that lie vvoubl not be taken alive. His |
manner throughout was that of hard
ened desperation, knowing that his
! doom was scaled, an _prefc.ring t> j
I meet it tl.ere in that ' shape, to a
: more ignominious awaiting him if
[ captured. He appeared to pay lit- I
tie attention to the fire raging about
him until the roof began to fall, when ;
he made a movement indicating a
. purpose to make the desperate at-
I tempt to cnt his way „out, and per-1
j haps really hoped to succeed, amid
• the smoke and confusion. It was
■ this movement on his part that seems
| to have caused Corbett to fire the fa
tal shot. Harold before leaving the
barn hid down his pistol, which was
itn nediately picked up by Booth who, !
had it in his hands at til • tiuie he was
shot.
Boston Corbett who killed Booth
is said to be n man of deep religous
feeling, who has at prayor meetings
lately prayed fervently that the as-,
sagsin of the late President p::gbt Jbe .
brought to justice. It is said also
that in pulling the trigger on Boo.th
he sent up an audibly petition for
the soul of th<j criminal. The pistol
used b " Corbett was a Ttgnlar large
sipd cavalry pistol. Hp was offered
> SI,OOO this morning fur the pistol, j
! ayitli tTS-five uniliscFfurgeA load*. ~ ■
Thi» afternoon Surgeon Gonerm
j BarnCß, with ait assistant. held nn :
autopsy on the body of I Soot li. It ■,
now appears tliat i!oot,'i and Ha old i
had on clothes which wpro originally *
some other color than -Confederal
grey, hut being faded and dusty pre
sented that appearance.
Imporlnnt Military Order.
WASHINGTON, April 28. i
| Iho £iUouuig important order has been
issued by tjie War Department:
WAR \
I ADJI'TANT (lI.XUI.U, S ,OFFICE, .- ]
WASHINGTON, April 2?. )
UF.NEItAI, ORDERS NO. 77.
For the reducing tin expenses p,f the
| military establishment, it is ordered— j '
Ist. That the eliief respective bureaus ■'
| of th'rs department proceed immediately ! ]
| to reduce the expense of their respective !
i departments to what is absolutely neees- 11
j sary, in view of the immediate reduction I
j of the forces in the field and in garrison. ! 1
; and tbe speedy termination of hostilities, j ,
| and that they severally make out state- [ I
ujftits ul the reductions they deem prac- . '
I ticable.
j 2i. That the Quartermaster General j
, discharge ail ocean transports uot rtquir- • ,
ed to bring h<uio troops fli remote de- 1
| partuieiits. All riyea and inland trans- i
I puliation will be discharged except, that j
i required for necessary supplies to troops I
in the Geld, l'uichasers oi horses, mules,
wagons and other land transportation will j
bo stopped also. Purchases of foe.ige.
cqcept what is required for immediate j
; consumption, nil purchases fo. - railroadT
| construction and transportation .will iilso J
j be stopped.
Bd. !l;h; t the < ommisary General ol '
Subsistence discontinue the purchase ol j
j supplies in his department, except of such
; as may with what is on hand be required
| for the forces in the field to the Ist of I
| June next.
I 4ih. 'J hat tbe Chief of Ordnancr stop I
all purchases of arms asid ammunition
and materials therefor, and reduce the [
mounfacture of arms and ordnance stores
! in the government arsenals as rapidly as
! can be done without injury to the service.
Oth. '1 hat the Corps of Engineers stop
| work on all field fortifications and other \
i works, encept those for which specific ap I
. propriations have been made by Congress
for completion, or ijiat may be required
| lor proper protection of the works in pro
l " r ® S9 "- , |
| Oth. '1 uat all soldiers in hospi'als who |
. require no further medical treatment, be J
I honorably discharged from servico with
immediate payment. All officers and en
listed men who have been prisoners of |
j war, and are now on furloughs or in parole i
! camps, and all recruits ill readiness except j
I those for the regular aimy,,v. ill likewise j
: honorably di chuged. Officers whose !
| duty it is under tho regulations of the '
j service to ni.iko out rolls and other papers
j connected with ihe discharge and pay-:
| mcnt of sol. lien, arr directed to make
j them out. without delay, so that this or- i
dor may be carried into effect iinmcdi '
I ately.
7th. Tbti Adju'ant General of the army j
I will cau-o immediate re urns to be made |
by all coiimiandors in tbe field, garrisons, '
j detachments, and posts, of their re-pec-!
| live forces *ith a vjew to their imniedi
! ate reduction.
Bth. Quartermafiters, subsistence engi
! ncers and provost marshals, will reduce
i the number of cletks and employees to j
that ab- iutdy required for c!os ng the
, l'iisiue-s "112 t he.r respective departments, |
and will without delay report to the See
• rotary of War she number require 1 of
1 each class or grade. '1 he Surgeon Gen I
: oral will make similar rcluctioni of.sur
. frcims. nurses, and attendants in his b i- j
I rcau.
| flth. The Chiefs of the respective bu |
reaus will imniedii-tcly cause proper re
tuins to be made out of ttio public prop-:
or'.y in their charge, and statements of the
property in each tlurt may be sold upon !
advertisement and publication, without
prejudice to the service.
10th. Commissary of Pensions will
have rolls made a>U of 'he names, resi ,
i deuce, time and place of capture, and oc- |
cupation of all prisoners of war who will
take the oath of allegiance to the United
j states, to the end that sycli as are dis
posed to become good and Joyal citizens
of the I nited States, and who are proper
! objects of*executive clemency, may b ;
j released upon the terms that the Presi- j
dent shall deem fit and consistent with the
! public safety.
By order of t,he Secretary of War.
(Signed) W. A. NICHOLS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
| Official —THOS'. M. VINCENT, A. A.'G. j
—Paine, the individual charged with
attempting the lifeol Secretary Seward.
I it is said attempted to take his own life on -
| Monday by butting his Lead against -the j
iron wall of his prison. It w»; found j
' that he hail beaten his head almost into a
jelly, and was bleeding prolcsoly. A cap
■••as prepared for him. pttd&td all over, and
listened securely UponoLis ocad. anil his
hands securely so that he can do himself
no further injury.
Nk_w Yi»RK?A'pril iiO.—The llrrultV*
Washington .special says: Our Consul;
General in Canada has given notice to the j
authorities that all the connect- \
ed .with the assassination of President
Lincoln, be suricndcrcd to tho L'nited
btates authorities. j
jliftilcw "tlj-m In tho Sndtiic! .
'I he lit raid of Health comes out de
cidedly fur thy divided seat. —beauty as
tride! A female medical .correspondent
thus describes her forked experience :
• I was in the country attending sorno
patients, when I received the December
number of the I ft-raid of llr.alth. X was
much delighted with the article by Miss
Rrgers, M. D.,on the equestrian move
.me.titji.os Western ladies. " Ayoung lady
( who is my patient) as well as myself re
solved at once, that style of riding was
very and wo should put it into
practice. So she proposed that I equip
myself in her brother's attire, and take
a ride that day. { had. been used to ri
ding on horseback all my life, and loved
it to cxevssity. [ «as soon equipped in
gentlemen* attire ond mounted on a spir
ited horse, and on my way to the village
of ti. Ihe distance* is two miles and a
•hall, ami we made the trip in OIK hour
ami three quarters, I often leaving my
([•.entlej.iiri) gallant iu tho rear. Not
withstanding I had so much enjoyed ri
ding in the old style. I do confess that
I never, before .this trip, knew what a
lice and easy ride was. It is as much
improvement on riding sideways and in
slcut; as a threshing machine is on a
mo!. And to .-.peak of the physical bene,
fit ol such riding would take inoro time
•md space than I will in this article. 1
.do not cxajeiute when I sny that 1 feu I
twenty five per cent, better from tfiis sin
(de ride. Sow lady reformers will you
not o.i likewise? We icinlerourselves as
unpopular as tvo can m the estimation
ol those who live only to he ta-bioliablc,
and the intelligent portion of the commu
nity would approve of it. If the fiai.'-
bodied, wasp-wasted, cMjsmnputivo and
dyspeptic woman, that teem all over the
land, w. uld die-- rationally, take a ridli
on h usebiud- daily, in a comfortable po»
,sition, they might by this means alone,
ju-pvove their health-, so as to be a bless
ing to themselves and their their brother
man. As for shame, what reason is (in
common >ense) for a woman to be ashain.
Ed of her lower limbs!' I>id not God
form them as they are for a blessing and
nof lor a euise '! If so, there is not the
slightest shadow of reason for being asha
med of them, and I often wonder how tho
| idea .originated. U thy right arm offend
! thee, cut it.off. If thy right, eye offend
thee pluck it out and cast it from thee says
j the book of books. I can conceive
i if no idea more absurd than that wo
iii. ti should bo ashamed of her limbs
and tbe attempt, to conceal them is it
grand failure. Thi is the day of
; revolution. While wo aro faboring
; to freo the peopl" from t 'o delusi n
I of drogopathy ;• let us labor to freo
wmnnii from tho letters of fashion.—
The.firmer servitude was sanctioned
j by law. arid has caused bloodshed.—
j Tlte latter is voluntary servitude and
| will require the opposite course to
free its victims, viz : moral suasion,
I logical argument, and example.—
Although we may nor move the world
at once, in any reform, yet wo may
| accomplish something by making an
j effort.
Appitllnlg CnfiiKtropbe,
ST. Lot IS, April 28.
j yi telegram received by tho military
i authorities from New Madrid, states that
the steamer Sultana with 2,0t)0 paroled'
j prisoriois exploded fourteen hundred lives
j were lost.
CAIRO, April 28.
j The steamer Sultana, from New Or
j leans on the evening of the 21st, arrived
jat \ ieksbitrg with her boilers leaking
badly. She remained there thirty hours
' icpiiii ing, tal II.'OII l.tKUi Federal sold
! iers and thirty five office s lately released
110111 Cahaw' a and An let ilo pris
ons.
She arrived at Memphis last cv ning.
After coaling she left, about 2 a ni , and
when about seven miles (ij>. she blew up,
immediately tajcing fire 112 urnt to the wa-.
Jer s edge. .Ol .".tils on board not
j more than 700 have been rescued: 5'K)
were rescued and are now in the no-pi
| tals, 200 or 3UU uninjitred aro at the sol
dii. boiiif ('apt. Mason, of the Sul
i i ami. up posed to bo lost.
loot O'CLOCK, A. M—The river front
Memphis "s cohered with soldiers
st rug:: I in/for life, many of theui. badly
-calded Hoars immediately went to
their reeeiie. and are still engaged iu pick
-1 ing them up.
lieu. Wish orne i mined lately organ
d a board of .ffieers to invOHtigate tho
affair, and they are n w at work doing so.
Xo farther particulars have been receiv-
I ed.
Day of SJ iiimllint ion and I'rayer
WASHINFTOS, April 28-.
I'll OCT. A M ATION CV THB PRESIDENT OF
I Tin; UXITED STATES OF AMERICA.
U HEUEAS, By my proclamation of
the 25th inst., " hursnay- the 25th
day of next m'jnth was recammended
as a day for and
prayer in consequence of t'ie assussi
naticn of Abraham Lincoln, late
President! but,
WIIEUEAS, My attention has been,
called to the fact that the day afore*
■ said is sacred to the large numbers
of Christians as one of rejoicing for
th? ascension of tho Savior.
.Now, therefore, he it known that
I, ANDREW President of
' the Unifd s:#tcs, do hereby sug
gest that jhe religions services rec
omuippdo,j as aforesaid, shoubl be
postponed until Thursday, the first
day of June.
In testimony whereof, I ha e here
-1 unto set my hand, and caused the
seal of the United States to be affix
ed. Done at the city of Washington,
this 2Dth day of April, in -the year
of our .Lord eighteen .imudred and
si.tty-f.v-e, independence
S>f the United States of America the
eighty-'iinth.
[Signed] ANDUE-.V JOH\3ON,
D. W lIL NTtit, Sec'y of State.
—lt is the teadeney of the measles
s iffd godding woman to broak. out.