JEFF. DAVIS CAPTURED WAR DEPARTMENT, ) NVASHINTOON, May 13, j The following dispatch just received from Gen Wilson, announces the sur prise and capture of Jefferson Davis and his staff, by Col. Pritehard and the Mieh- Jgau cavalry on the morning of the 10th instant, at Irwinville, in Irwin county, Georgia. (Signed) E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. MACON, GA.. 11 A. M., May 12. 1865 Li'.ut. Gen. V. S Grant & Hun. Secre tary oj I far, Waihitgton, D. C. I have the honor to anuounco that at daylight of the 10th inst. Col. Pritehard, commanding the 4th Michigan Cavalry captured Jeff. Davis and family, with Regan, Posttnastnr General, Col. Harri son, private Secretary, Col. Johnson, A. D. C.; Col. Moms ; Col. Lubbick, Lieut. Hatheway and others. Col. 'l'ritehard surprised their camp at lrwinsville. in Ir win county, Georgia, seventy-five miles southeast of this place. They will be here to-morrow night and will be forwar ded under a strong guard without delay. I will send further particulars at once. ■(Signed) J. H. WILSON, Brevet Major General. WAR DEPARTMENT, | WASHINGTON, May, 14. j To Maj. Gin. Dix : The following details of the capture of Davis, while attempting to escape in his wife's clothes have been received from Gtjn. Wilson. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War. MACON, GA; 11 A. M., May 12. HEADQUARTERS 4TH MICHIGAN CAVAL RY, CUMBERLAND, Ga.. May 11.— To ('apt. T. tl'. Scn/t J. G. Second Division —SIR: I have the honor to report that at daylight yesterday, at. lrwinsville, 1 surprised and captured Jeff. Davis and family, together with his wife's sister and mother, his Postmaster General, Regan ; Private Secretary, Col. Harrison ; Col. Johnson, A. D. C. on Davis' Staff'. Col. Morris, and a train of fivo wagons and three ambulances, making a most per fect success. Had uot a most painful mistake occur red, by which the 4th Michigan and Ist Wisconsin came in conflict, we should have done better. This mistake coat us two killed, and Lieut. Boudle wound ed through thearni, in the4th, Mich igan ; and four men woundod in the Ist Wisconsin. This occurred just at daylight, sifter we had captured the camp, by the advance of the Ist Wisconsin, they were taken for the enemy. I returned to this point last night, nnd shall move light onto Macon without waiting orders from you as directed, feeling that the whole ob ject of the expe ition is accomplish ed. It will take me at least three days to reach M icon, as we are sev enty-five miles out, and our stock much exhausted. I hope to reach Hawkinsvillc to-night. I have the honor, &c., B. D. PRITCIIARD. Lieut. Col. 4tli Michigan Cavalry. The First Wisconsin belongs to Logan's brigade of McCook's division and had been sent due east by Gen. Croxton via Dublin. Col Mentz had distributed his command all along the South bank of the Oomul £ec and A'abama. This accounts for the collision be tween the parts of the first and sec ond divisions, and shows the zeal of the command in the pursuit; 1 have directed increased vigilenee on the part of the command in the hope of catching the other assas ins. Our dispositions o.f men are good, and so far none of of the rebel chiefs have been able to get through. Brecken ridge's son was captured night before last eleven miles south of here. I will send further details as soon as received. [Signed] J. H. WILSON, Brevet Maj. Gen. MACON, GEORUIA. \ May 13, —9:" ! 0 A. M. j To Hon. E. M. Stanton .• Lieut. Col. Harden, commanding the Is - Wisconsin, has just arrived from lrwinsville. He struck the trail of Davis at Dublin, Laurens county, on the evening ef the 7th, and fol lowed him closely night and day thro' the pine wilderness of Alligator creek and Green iwsmp via Cumberlands ville, to Irwinsvi le. At Cuuiber landsville, Co. Hanlcn met Col. Pritehard, with 750 picked men and liorees of tho Sixth Michigan. Har den followed the trail directly Sou'h, while Pritehard, having fresher hor ses pushed down the Ocmulgee to wards Hopewell, and thence by House Creek to lrwinsville, arriving there at midnight on the 9th. Jeff. Davis had not arrived. From a citizen, Pritehard learned that his party were encamped two miles out of the town. Ho made dispositions of his men and surrounded the camps before day. Harden had camped at 9 p. m. with in two miles, as he afterwards learn ed from Davi6. The trail being too indistinct to follow, he pushed on at S a. m., and had gone but little'more than ne mile when his advanee was fired upon by the men of the 4th Mich igan. A fight ensued, ooth parties exhibiting the greatest determination. Fifteen minutes clasped before the mistake was discovered. The firing in the skirmish was the first warn ing Davis received. The captors report that he hastily put on one of his wife's dresses aud started for the woods, closely follow ed by our men, who at first thought him a woman, but seeing his boots while he was running, they suspect ed his sex at once. The race was a .short one, and the rebel President »a« very soon brought to to bay. lie brandished a long bowic knife and showed eigtu.of battle, but yield ed promptly to the persuasions of of Colt's revolvers, without compel ling the men to fire. He expressed great indignation at the energy with which he was pursued, saying, that he had believed our Government too magnanimous to hunt d wn women and children. Mrs. Davis remarked to Col. Har den, after the excitement was over, that the men had better not provoke th* President, or he might hurt some of them. Began behaves himself with dignity and resignation. The party evidently W3re making for the coast. [SignedJ J. 11. WILSON. Bre et Major General. Associated Press Ulftpateli. WASHINGTON, May 6. The trial of Benjamin G. Harris was resumed fliis morning before a court mar tial of wiiieh Major General Foster is President. Judge Crane of Baltimore appeared as counsel for Mr. Harris. Sergeant It. B. Stuart of Co. C, 11th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, was sworn, and testified that on the 27th of April last he was on duty at J.eonard town, Md., and was ordered by Captain Willougfcbv to proceed to the residence of Benjamin G. Harris and arrest him. lie effected the arrest, and then took charge of Mr. Harris, and remained alone with him for a couple of hours. Paring that time he (witness) had a conversation with Mr. Harris, and the latter inadeeer tain statements* with regard to Chapman and Reed, the paroled liebel soldiers who had visited his (Harris H) house on the previous evening. The accused said that the two men came to his house and in quired the way to Leonardtown, and also the distance, and they further stated that they wished togo to Baltimore as quick ly as possible and take the oatli of allegi ance. The accused tuld witness that he sai Ito the men that they could goto Bal timore, but that the Unionists could not compel them to take the oath on account of tlie agreement that had been entered into between Geu. Grant and Gen. Lee. The accu-ed then gave the men 81 each and also their supper. The accused also said that the men wished to stay over night nt his house, but he told them they could.not do so as the people about there knew his political sympathies too well. Upon his cross-examination, and upon questions put by the accused, the witness testified that he did not recollect the ac cused telling him (witness) that he (Har ris) had no wrongmotive in giving Chap man and Read the money, nor did wit ness understand the accused to say that he thought it was proper to give paroled prisoners money to help them along on l heir way home. The witness was asked to state the whole conversation be bad with the ac cused relative to the conversation between the accused and Chapman and Read. Witness replied by saying that in the conversation, after the giving of the mon ey had been spoken of, the accused said that all the trouble was the fault of the "damned Abolitionists;" that if the Ab olitionists had stayed away it would have been all right. The accused said that the idea of a few people in Washington in terfering in affairs, alter Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee had made an agreement, was a damned piece of humbug; that the Re publicans would not rule long, but, by God, they would toon be shown who would rule. Witness did not recollect that the ac cused said that be never did anything more innocently than be did when he gave the men the money to help them along. When this conversation took place no one was present but witness aud the ac cused. Mr Maddox was not present at that conversation; but be was thereat some other conversation. The accused told Mr. Maddox that he did not know what in hell he was arrest ed for, and Mr. Maddox replied that it was «aid in Leonardtown that Chapman and Read bad reported him. To this the accused replied that he could not see what in the devil they bad reported him for. The Judge advocate here closed the casu, reserving the right to examine Sergt. Swan, tho witness for whom they had been waiting, when be should be in attend ance. The Judge Advocate withdrew his offer to prove the disloyalty of the ac cused. By agreement between the Judge Ad vocate and the accused the terms of cap itulation befrecu Grant and Lee were put in evidence. The Advocate also asked leave to correct the record, and Mr. Chapman man w;is culled to settle a point in his tes timony. It appeared upon the record that Chap man testified that Read remarked that it was too late then to kill the President.— Witness's recollection of it was. that it was Harris and not llead who made the remark. The court then adjourned until Wed nesday, whoa the accused will commence his defense. —HOD. John S. Carlilee, late Senator in Congress from Virginia, is now a citi zen from Maryland, having within a short time purchased a property within four miles of Frederick in that State. He expresses his determination to support the Administration of Andrew Johnson, concedeiDg that nothiug is required but time and care to adjust the difficult que*/ tion of the day in order to bring the pe£ pie of the North and South happily to gether. —Clement C. Clay of Alabama, who was in Canada last fall aud wiuter, reach ed Richmond on the dav before its evac uation by the rebeli. —'f. C. Callicot, Supervising Special Agent of the Treasury Department at Nashville, Tenu., has been removed for causes not stated, and J. K. Diliion ap pointed in his place. —ln Savannah, Georgia, '-iced drinks" are rated at 25 cents a glass, by military order. * The Largest Circulation oj any Paper in the County, THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor. M. W. SPFAIt. Publisher. BUTLER PA. WKDNKSntY MAY 17 IBOS. " Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and'nieparable."—E>. Webstor. COUNTV CONVENTION. Republican E \ ecu live Commit tee Itnoras. Pursuant to public notice, the Commit tee met in the Court House in the boro. of Butler, on Saturday' the 15th inst. Thos. Robinson having the chair, called the meeting to order, and, alter some pre Jiminary business, the vacancy in the se cretaryship, caused by the absence of J. I>. McJunkin, Esq., was filled, and tNe County Convention agreed upon : That the Republican voters of Butler county be invited to meet at the usual places of voting in the various election districts throughout the county, on Sat urday, the 10th of lune next, between the hours of 1 and 7 o'clock, I'. M., of said day. aud vote by ballot for the fol lowing candidates: Oue persou fur State Sen at >r; two per sons for Assembly; one persou for Coun ty Surveyor ; one person for County Com missioner ; oue person for Cutrtity Treas urer ; one person for County Auditor; one person for District Attorney. The result of sai<l election to be sealed up and cou veyad to Butler by the person chosen by each district as return Judge, ft be by 11iin laid before the Convention, which is required to meet in Butler, on Monday, the 12th of June, at one o'clock, I'. M , which convention shall open and count the vote, and declare the person having the i«iii.lie.-t Dumber of votes the candi dates in each case respectively. And it is further agreed, that the sol diers in the various departments of the Union service be invited to hold their election on Saturday, the 3d of June, at whatever time may be most convenient for them, and that the result be certified to John 11. Cratty. Secretary, at Butler, to be by him laid before the convention, to be by it counted as the votes of the several districts shall be counted—each Company or part of a company, to seud with the acrcgate amount of (lieir vote, a list of the names of the voters. Said convention to have all power necessary to discharge all business legitimately brought before them. TUGS. ROBINSON, Pres't. JOHN 11. CRATTY, Sec. Darin! The arch Hebe! has at last been caught, as will bo seen elsewhere in our paper.— And now the question is, what will be done with him ? lie it is who is respon sible for the starving and other ill treat ment of our prisoners of war in Rebel hands—we mean legally responsible—for wo hold that iu amoral sense. Oen. Lee is equally responsible,—his vast influence could have prevented it. Our prisoners in their hands were not only starved, but for the most trifling offence all most, and in some instances,.turtured quite to death. Numbers of small boys wercallow'd to chase them through the stockade with sharp in struments, pricking them every stop. — The law that requires an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, would doubtless allow the fathers, mothers and sisters of those who have fallen victims to rebel cruelty, to so treat Jeff. Killing him by inches would not be a full retaliation for the untold cruelties which thousands of bravo Union soldiers have sufTercd at his hands. The people will not require this stern retrobution however. All that they will insist on is that he lie put to death; nothing short of this wilt satisfy the peo ple of the Loyal States, while it will please many iu the disloyal. As to the time and place it is hard even to guess.— Were we ordering the affair, we would have him swung off immediately on ihe lifting of the first curtain o- the occil asion of the grand parade that is soon to come off at Washhigton. After his de mise, there would be a seeming fitness in a grand review. Soldier's Voting. To the Republican party belongs the credit of having extended the right of voting to our brave soldiersHu the field. They arc now about to return to their several homes to enjoy once more the bles sings of civil liberty, for the maintaiuance of which they turned their backs on the dearest domestic ties to share the fortunes of the camp, the march, aud the battle field. There is little doubt as to where their political sympathies will fall. Per haps the seven-eighths of them were orig inally Republican; and we think it safe to say that, in the future, ninetccn-twenti cths of them will act with the Republi can party, believing as they do. that it was through the agency of that party that the North was preveuted fioin inau gurating a counter revolution, through the success of which the South hoped to gain that independence which she never hoped to gain against a united North.— As things look now, the volunteer army will all bo home in time to vote this fall— most of them, perhaps, in a few weeks. Our nominations t ike place on the 10th of June; many of them may be home at that time. Fearing that some of theni, at least, would uot. the Kxecutive Com mittee have designated the 3d of June as the day on which soldiers who have been unable to reach home, may cast their votes, and thus express their preferences as to who shall compose our ticket iu the approaching canvass. This, it is thought, will give them time enough to have the rtturn made to the Secretary, (John 11. Cratty, Esq,) who will hand it over Pre-ident ol the Convention, so that it may be properly counted. Let each Com pany, or squad, make an entry of the names of the voteri, as well us the gener al result, a'd t.ansmit the same together. There is nothing said in the call about polling the votes of those who are detach ed from their proper organizations} but we have no hesitation in believing that if any one is so unfortunate as to be sopera ted from his follows by wounds, sickness, or otherwise, and Till send his vote seal ed up to his proper election district, by mail, in'careof a friend, to be thus hand ed to the board, it will be received and counted; there being no doubt of its gen uineness. Let the soldiers express their preferences. Loyal Voters. It is a well known fact that, during the progress of the war, many of those who had Veen drafted as also those who, in some sections, approbeuded danger from a future draft, had from time to time made their way to Canada or some otl»r "neutral" ground. Leaving their homes they had secreted themselves where, as they suppose J, they could elude the search of the l'rovost Marshals. Already we hear of many of this class becoming uu- earthed aud returning to their proper dis tricts. It is said that at least ten of them have made their appearance in Oakland, aud a few in Butler township. Of course Marion, .Venango, Donegal, Clearfield, Wintield aud some others will be equally favored. We hope the loyal people of those districts will take notice to this matter and collect all the facts they can iu relation thereto. ! The rebel armies are now wiped nut of | existence, but the work of restoring law j arid order to the insurrrcctioneary states lis still but partially accomplished. Till I theso states have been restored to their ! f'ormcr status iu the Union, the Govern j tuent will, of course, have little time or inclination to give much attention to nor- I them dclincjuants. But the lime will soon come, when things will assume a I different appearance. That any one who. i would endeavor to avoid the operating of ] the Law will be allowed, now that our trouble is over, to return to their former residences undisturbed, with leave togo to the polls on equal terms with those who 'discharged their duty to the country, we ! cannot believe. Wo have no hesitation j in saying, that in our judgment, any one I who desrtcd the service and refused to avail themselves of the various offers of j pardon on returning to duty ns all those who were drafted and refused to report, should be disqualified from holding and i inheriting property in this country, nor should any who labored to conceal ihem j selves from the operation of those laws j the enforcement of which was necessary ! to the maintenance of the government, j he allowed to exercise that sacred right |of patriots—the elective franchise. All j this requires time. There is one thing, however, that iu our opinion should be j attended to at once; that is to have the Legislature of each State organise » cou. t of inquiry, (or extend such powers as were judged necessary to some court j now organized in each county,) by means of which testimony could b? procured. ; Put it in the power of any given number j of citizens to prefer charges against any j j of the citizens of the county whom they j ; believe to have bceu wanting in fidelity i !to the Government. Let notice be serv | cd on the opposite party, giving them a | fair hearirg—let the facts fouud by the inquiry be placed upon the record, j which record shall be conclusive as to the facts inquired into, in all future proceed- I ings, aud at our leisure such Legislation 1 as may be deemed wise and just can be hud, and the facts thus fouud can he applied. Planting Shriibcry. Some suppose that the season for plant- j ing is quite past, but this is a grand mis- j take Many persons of experience bo- j lieve this to be the best time to p'ant i evrrgrrrnt. Last season we procured a j conple of large Cedars from the Nursery j of Silas Pcarce & Sons, —it was in the l month of June; we dug holes about three feet and a half in diameter and abint eighteen inches deep, filled them with good rich soil. After planting we poured all the water upon the fresh soil | which it would contain, and then cover- ; ed it over with decayiug weeds and some \ stiaw. They were frequently watered duriug the Mry weather that followed, and we never saw trees grow better than thoy. We hav« often thought it a great pity to see so many of our farmers nnd others, who have gone to greet labor and expense putting up costly buildings, stop short, leaving the jard unprotected or uncultivated—perhaps the fowls and hogs running round the door ! To all such we would say, close in your gardens and yards with a good aud tactfully arran ged fence.fill yourgarden with useful roots and plant your yard with a variety of shade tices and shrubs, being careful to have a few evergreens to brighten the appearance w heu others have put off their foliage. The I'earcc nursery, about three miles a little south of west from this place, has a fine variety of almost every kind of shade trees, whore wo would advise all those who have not procured them else %here, togo at once and get a good as sortment The war is rfver and let us turn our attention once more, with re newed vigor, to domestic improvments. to limited Hen. The fol.owing named persons are here by respectfully notified that I have re ceived from Cupt. Ivirker, Pro. Mar., 23d Dist., l'a., checks for their transportation, whieii they can have by calling at my residence in Butler. Jacob Spinger, Nicholas Vinroc, Cal vin Detriek, Thomas Graham, llenry E. Miller, John 15. Miller, Adaui Frederick, Wui. T. llamscy. W. 11. Kennedy, Kobe. Elliott, William I'. Denny, John 8. Hart ley, Thomas \V. llarton, J. W. Atkinson, James Stephenson, Levi. Bishop, Gotlieb lloch, C. O. llile, John \ Neflf, Jbco dore Beyer, Anthony Spulm, Jauies K llilliard, John Kecfer, William \V. liar bison, Jeremiah A. Millinger, Nicholas Engleharat. Peter Spicher. ENROLLING OFFICERS. William Crocker, A. W. Armstrong, (i. iV. Zimmctmlin, W. M. Thompson, M. W. Shannon, I'eter Fennel, Jr., Jas. Wright. C. E. ANDERSON, Butler, Pa. Alt .11V CO It It USl'O \OE VC E. FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, V A., May 6th, 1865. EDITOR CITIZEN :—As the soldiers have now but little military duty to perform, and have abundance of time to write,-1 presume, therefore, you are in receipt of any number of communications from Ihe army designed for publication. Not wish ing to intrude in your columns to the ex clusion of more valuable reading, and knowing you feel disposed to give room in your valuable paper to anything eman ating from the army, 1 have in conse quence, heretofore, refrained from tres passing on your time, space and patience. Should you deem this epistle of sufficient importance to occupy a placo in the col umns of the CITIZEN, it is at your ser vice. Butler county is well represented iu this regiment, not to have any compa nies that can properly be said to be But ler county orgnaizations. There is scarce ly a company iu it that is not composed in part of Butler county boy» r and in one or two of the companies they predominate. Co. L, is commanded by a Butler county officer, Ist Lieut. S. I). Hazlett, of \\ iu field township. Captain B. M. Kiskad don of Armstrong co. having resigned a short time since on account of ill health. There will probalily be no more promo tions made, or commissions granted, as the'wiir is now virtually ended ; but one thing is certain, no one is more worthy oi promotion than the prc-cnt commander of Co. L. Hut I trust the time is near at hand when men shall be judged, honored and respected for their tnoiits, and not for their bars, eagles and stars. When "one man," as the Irishman says, "is as good as another (nniifar better too) if he behaves himself." The regiment is now, as it is summer, in first-rate winter quar ters ! after having raided, Roouted, march ed and campaigned all lact fall aud win ter. We have now, for the first time since the organization of the regiment, what maybe called an.easy time of it.— We are now, «s we might say, doing Sun day soldiering. Our duty i" very light, a little picketing and camp duty, and oc casionally an escort with a wagon train to the depot, or with tflieers visiting the seine of the Bull Run battle-field, from which place we arc about 1 Z or 14 miles. Almost every day parties from this regi ment and from the sth Heavy Artillery, a part of which lies near here, go out to visit the ground, consecrated by the blood of hundreds of our fellow soldiers who literally "fouirht, bled and died" for a purpose which they never saw realized ; but which uow, thanks to them and thou sands more, who have sacrificed their lives for the same noble glorious cause, has hap pily reached its consummation in the dowufull of the most wicEed and uncalled for rebelhou that the world has ever yet known; and in the final overthrow and complete destruction of that "peculiar in stitution," which has beeu the first and j prevailing cause of all our political and civil strife. With the Confederacy down i goes slavery, aud with slavery, the source ! of all our national evils, and down they i both are never to rite oyain. Let as be truly and devoutly thankful to an all-wise Providence, who has carried us safely through this struggle, and brought us out j a stronger, audit is to be hoped, a better > people. I speak of the war as over. I I believe it is. Ido not think that there j will be auotber battle fought, aud proba- j bly not another life lost in actu'.l combat, exeept it may be by the hand of some cowardly midnight assassin, and all such v. ill soon be brought to speedy and retri butive justice, as was the case with J. W. Booth, and as we trtis-'soon will be with, if possible, his more guilty coadjutors and instigators, of whom we believe Jeff. Davis is one and the principal Wo ex pect ere long, perhaps in this month, to be mustered out, an 1 then to return home to enjoy oucc more the sweet felicity of domestic life, and the ondearuieuts of home and friends. Hop:ng :;oon for a happy re-union,"not to bo again marred by rebellion, I am, very respectfully yours, G. BUFFALO, Statement of Win. W. C'leiiry. From The Toronto Leader, May 5. To the Editor of The Leader .• Silt: The reward ofslo,ooo of fered for my capture bv Presid nt Johnson imperatively demands that I should take the first opportunity and tlie. most public means of rcfer ing to the proclamation which brands n:e before the world as a participa tor in the murder of tho late Presi dent of the United States. The oth er gentlemen whose names are asso ciated with mine I leave to speak for themselves. In this proclamation I am referred to as the clerk of Mr. (J. C. Clay. 1 deny most emphatically that I ever occopietl such a position. As to the assassination of Mr. Lin coln, I 'eclar beforj high Heaven and the whole world that I kne nothing of it until it had been com ! in tted and announced in the news ; papers. There is not a particle of j trnth in the statement that 1 "concoc ! ted and incited" tho assassination. The announcement of the great crime cairie upon me as it no doubt did up on thousands of others who read it in the papers on the day succeed! g Good Friday, like a clap of thunder ; and I shared, with all my heart, in tho general regret that so foul a deed had been coinmitti-d, and that too, at a time when the war, as 1 consider ed, ha I virtually been brought to a close. Positive proof of my innocence it is, of course, impossible for mo to pro duce. lint if circumstantial evidence is of any avail, I may state that only a week :u:« 1 went to Detroit under "safe conduct" of the "military au thorities" to arrange ray affairs and return to my native State. If 1 had been guilty of the crime aid to my charges, does any <no uppose that I would have ventured togo upon American soil when important reva la'ions were daily beii.g ma to and numerous persons arrested V I can do no more nor than open ly and equivocally ..assert my inno cence. In doing this I appeal to the justice of a community which, I trust will nit sentence me irdieard ; and to the right feeling of the (lov rn ment aj Washinfiton, who have !-een most egregiousi v deceived, if any evi dence has been putin their posses sion which would make ine an accom plice of a's.sas ins. Asking your favor for the inser tion of this card as Roon as possible, 1 am, sir, yours respectfully. W. W. CLKAHY. A inly Johiiftoii. At Nashville, seven years ago, ntiec d- tea of the coolness and courage of Gov, Johnson were among the cur rent ro'ti of conversation. A po litical opponent of the Governor, an eye-witness of the oceurrance, told us that a placvd was posted in the town, one mcrnin ', announcing, in ; the well-known language of old Ten nessee, that Aridy Johnson was to |be shot "on sight.'' Friends of the j Governor assembled 112 t his house to escort him to the State House. "No," said he, " gentleman, if lam to be shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet." Another similar story is related, lie was announced to speak on one of the exciting questions of the day, and loud threats were uttered that, if he dared to appear, he should not leave thehal 1 alivp. At the appoint hour, he ascended to the platform, and advancing to the desk, laid his pistol upon it. He then addressed tii' audience -in terms as near the fol lowing as our informant could recol lect : Fellow citizens it is proper when freemen assemble for the discussion of important public interests, that everything should be done decently in order. I have been informed that part of the business to be transacted on the present occasion is the assas sination of the individual who now has the honor of addressing 'you. I beg respectfully to propose that this be the first business in order. There fore, if any man has come here to night for the purpose indicat <l, I do not say to him, let him speak, but let hiui shoo*. Here he paused, with his right hand on his pistol, and the other hol ding open his coat, while with his eyes he blandly surveyed the assem bly. After a pause of half a minute he resumed : Gentlemen, it appears that I have been misinformed. I will now pro ceed to address you on the subject that has called us together. . Which he did, with all his accus tomed boldness and vivacity, not sparing his adversaries, but giving them plenty of pure Tennessee. Tritil of Mrs. Pcrrlht. WASHINGTON, May 12. Tlie trial of Mrs. Bessie Perrino, of Baltimore. was resumed to-day before the Court Mai tin! of which Gen. Chapman is I'resident, and Col. Chipman is Judge Advocate. Mrs. l'errino ischarged with assisting relicl cavalry in plundering the train between Baltimore and I'liilndclpliia during the raid of Gcueral Early last summer. Aiuoug the witnesses for the prosccn tion was Mr. A. Perry, who was on the train at the time of its capture. He testified that when the passengers were o dcred to leave the cars he saw Mrs. l'erriue shaking hands with the rebels, and seeming very much pleased. She also pointed towards a trunk which tbo rebels broke op.n. Chas. Fisher, First Assistant Engineir in the Navy, not only saw Mrs. l'errino welcome the rebels but kiss one of them. She said she was glad they had come or that she expected thorn, and pointing to some I a_rgage told the rebels that it be longed to the Yankee officer. Afier the passengers were on the gun boat the witness said to a friend that he w;is surprisi d to see a lady on the bo.it who had welcomed the rebels and kissed them. "1 lie lady heard the remark and replied, that among the rebels were num bers of .some uf the first families of Bal timore. lie heard a rebel tell the accus eu that they expected to be in llaltimoro next day an I would call on her, and that they would take care of her baggage. « A l'e ieral officer who conversed with Mrs. I'errine stated that the passengeis en the trains wore much excited, and thought she "was implicated with the reb els in breaking open trunks. Witnesses were produced to show the nervous atid 8' c led temperament of Mrs. I'errine in order to a .-count for her exliil liration at the time of the seizur* of the cits by tho rebels. The defence then closed. Tlie I.Hle ltiailroad Itobliery. The robbery of the Oh o and Missis sippi railroad train, on Friday night, a few miles below this city, w>s one of the most audacious operations that we have heard ot. 'J lie thieves of course were higiiwaymen. The facility with which they opened the sales (if the Adams Kx piv-s indleqvs th. t there were profession lit thieves, probably from this c.ty. in the gang. It would be uselea to talk to such a band of outlaws about the brutality of throwing a railroad train, filled with pas seogora, of!' the track. They were bent on plunder and would, if necessary, have sacrificed every life on the train. The thieves came from and returned to Ken tucky. Having crossed in boats, all the people in th»t» neighborhood cannot be entirely ignorant of their movements. Hut aside from this, the fact that they find cover in Kentucky, shows that severe measures are necessary to clear that State of the robbers and cut throats that infest it If society were right over there, guer rilla bands could nut exist very long. So long us guerrillas aro permitted to sur ren ler. and are all iwe I to scatter aiming the people, now bands will bo formed, and we sb ill have a recurrence of outra ges such as was c.nullified on Friday night. A dea I uortillr* will not be like ly tn do any mischief; therefore, tho true policy is to bunt them down, and shoot or h in;.: as th'-y may be caught. Men of wealth and influence in Richmond manifest considerable willing ncs* to renew tlioir allegiance by taking the prescribed oath, and it is said there is ! much apparent sincerity in doing it. ! Among those who have renewed their citi zen-hip, are many well known names of professional and business men. It is ; somewhat remarkable that the clergy i tie re, as well as elsewhere, are among I those most backward in giving up the i cause of Davis, the traitor, thief, and as ! cassia. —lt is ami u .eed a movement is on ! foot to organize free schools for the poor white children of Richmond, under the suporiniendeucc of C. Thurston Chase, general agent of the Union com inissivu in Richmond Knough books carefully si&.-tod by Professor J. S Hart, are on their way from Philadelphia for the use ot one hundred pupils. —Within a period of thirty days the entice line of the Virginia central rail road - will lie open for business. The Fredericksburg railrovl will be in condi tion on Wednesday or Thursday to trans port freight and passenger between Kich mond and Mas-aponax, near Hamilton's crossing, and about six milts south-east of Fredericksburg —Maj. Gen. Terry has been rewarded with the honor of a brigadiership in the regular army, being the only volunteer thus distinguished. —President Johnson is taking care of his family in ease of accident or assassi nation. He has just got his life insured ! for 810,OOU in the Massachusetts Mutual company. PITTOBCItOH MAH K. Blfh May 1« 1885, A PPLKS—K.SO 15,00 per l>arr*t. BUTTKH— KiWh 8011, 5»1»33fl psrJ). CIIKESK—Wwtorn l'.ciefva, 20c I'cr B>: Hamburg, th. BOOS—3I per it, *<-n. FUUjß—Wheat, SlOiSJll; Buckwheat, $5,50. • Gil AlX—Wheat, $2,00 @ $,210; Corn, $1,26 Oatj, 80 . B ARLEY-Si,ring, $200,; Full, $1,15. (JROCKKIfcS —Sugar, 25 (u, 2tictfl per &>; Coffee, U2 (m p»;r lt>. MOUWMM, 1,18 ('d 1,20 c per gallon ; flyrup, 120 $1,26 per gfdfcm. S A LT— Liverpool, 12,50 »3,30 per sack; No. 1, extra, SBIM> per barrel. BKKDS—flsxseed, $2,75 p«r bn»hel HUTI-CU MIItKETS. Buylrr, I'a. May 17 180$ BUTTER—FronU Bolt, 25, tent* per pound. BKANd—White,92,oo per bushel. liAKl.t. V—spring, $1,10; Fall, $1,25. UKKBWAX —:t5 e»*uts #er pouud. KGUS—Li cenU per doxen FLOUR—» be»«t, $5,50 to 0,00 per bund.; Rye 250; Buckweeat, W,uO pel huud. FRUlT—Dried Apple*, $1,50t0 $175 per bushel; Dried f'oacheC, $4,00 to 4,1»u. FFhATU KRSI—SO cento per pound. UKAlN—Wheat, $1,50 per bualtel; Rye, 80. Oato, 00c Corn, 80; Buctcwnat. 76c. UROCKRikS—Coffee, Rio, 40c per pound; Java, 60c Brown Sugaj, 15c perpwund. do.White, 25< N.O. Molae mm, $1,50 cent* per gallon; Syrup HIDES —7 cent* per pouud. LARD —-2o cento per (Kiuud. >AI Lb—s'J,oo per ke*. POTAlNjlSb—lo IIIU [Wr bus del. FOB tv—l4 to 15 ceutd per pound. R A lid—s cent* per pouud. lUCL—A) cento p«*r pound. SEKDri—Clover, SIO,UO, per bushel; Timothy 15,00 ax, SJ,uO. 8 A LT—s-3,75 per barrel. » 1 ALLOW— li cento per pound. WOUi#—pOC per pvunu.
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