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.
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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,
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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.