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C.L.unty Cotaraiaairmars—llenry !Carus, ./ohl
Suporiotendqut of Pour lloume—llaury Snyder
phy,i v i,,a to Jail—Pr. W. W. Dale.
to Poor Ilouse—Dr. tV. IV. Dale.
SOItoL , GII OFFICERS
Chief II orgess—John Campbell.
Cameron,
Town COUTll..ll—CaretWiird—d. W. Id 1111Iloii, A
drew it. Zoliider, Coo U. ibiller, Barnet
Immo, John
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it b i rd, Constable, I.:manor] dual CA. IVard Constables,
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IG•s 11.,,,, I' Che:ton, A. 13 , th,
innn,
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Uo.IRD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
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It C. 1V4.1,1a.a1i1, Itanty Ilumerich,
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CORPORATIONS
C MNK.—Prosident, It. NI. ❑ender
son W M. Heetem Cash .1. I'. Ilaspler and C. 11. Prahler
Tvus,,,, W. M. Pahl), Clerk, Jun. Underwood Moe ,
Directors, It. M Henderson, President It C,
11'00-11VItrti, tikiles Woodburn, loses Bricker, John
W. W. Dale, John I). ilorgas, .10,enh .1. Logan,
.100 Stuart. jr,
1 , 11,11' :401 w!1. tNN..—Prwildant, Samuel Hepburn
Ca• hie, Jos C 'feller, Abner C. Brindle, Mes
so,2er, Jesse Brown. %%m. Kor, John Dunlap, Itleh'd
Wood,, .lotkn C. Dunlap, Inane Brenneman, John S.
‘iterrett, Sam l. Ilopbuim , Dlroetors.
CUM neon. t wit VALLES RAILItO In COMPANy.—Proxident,
Frederick Watt, Seeretarl and Treaeurer, Ed wan d
M. Biddle. Sup." intendent, 0. N. Lull. Passenger
trains Hiroo time.: a day. Carlisle Aceommo 'atlon,
isast ward, leaves Carlisle b el, A. M., arriving at Car
lisle 3.9 J P H. 'P10 . 011.411 trains Ev,tward, 10.10 A, M.
and 2 42, P. .M. Westward at 11.27„A 11., and 2.5 b P.
M.
CAI - 1.1141.E U is AND 1r nER Cost PIN V.—President, Lem
uel Tudd : Treasurer, A. L. Spou. ler ; Superi n louden,
(leorgo Wise I)l.e,tory, Watt,, Wu, 31. I/eotinnt
31. 131,1d1e. lionry 811 s ton, It. C. ‘Voud ward, J. W.
Patton, ardour and It. S, Cruft.
ti( WI ET I ES
Cumberland Star Lodge No. 1.17, A. A. AL marts nt
Nlarlon Hall On the 2ad 4th Tuesdays of every
mouth.
St. John's Lodge N0.:260 A. Y. M.. Thurn
day of each month, at Marion Hall
Carlkle Lodge Na. ul I. 0 of I. li'. Meets Monday
evening, at Trout's building
Le tort Loam, No. Oa, I. O. of U. T. Meets every
Thursday evening In itheeni's 11,111,3.15t0ry.
FIRE COMPANIES
Thu Union Firu Company wa, orininked in 1789
Howie in ',outlier between Pitt nod Ilanovor.
The Cumbutiand Flro Company was Instituted Fob
18, 1809. [louse In Radford, belwoun [fain and Pont
The Good Will Fire Company was instituted in
March, 1855, Muse in Pomfret, near Hanover.
Pilo Empire Hook and Ladder Company was institu
ted In 1859. Home in l'itt, near Main.
RATES OF POSTAGE
Postage on all letters or one half ounce weight or
under, 3 cents prepaid.
Pogtago on the 11111tA1,1) within the County, tree.
Within the State 13 cents per nun urn. I', any part
of the United States, 20 cents Postage on all Iran ,
'dolt paporg, 2 cents per ounce. Advertised letters to
Le charged with coot of advortibing
MRS. R. A. SMITH'S
Photograpbs, Ambrotypes, lvorytypes
13eautiful Albums ! Beautiful
Albums for Ladles and Onntlemen.
Albums for Misses, and for Children,
Pocket Albums for Soldiers and Civilians!
Clioleest Albums! l'rottlest Albums! Cheapest Albums!
FUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS!
Prerh and Now front Now York and Philadelphia
Markota.
IF you want satisfactory PictUres and
pollto attention call at Mrn. It. A. Smith's Photo
graphic Gallery, South Rant Corner of Hanover Strout
and Market Square, opposite the Court House and Pont
Ofhite, Carlisle, Pa.
Mrs. It. A. smith well known as Mrs. It A. Reynolds,
and BD well known as a Daguerrean Artist, gives per
sonal attention to Ladles and Gentlemen visiting her
Watery, and having the best of Artists and polite at
tendants can safely promise that in no other Gallery
can thoso who favor her with a call get pictures supe
• for to hers, not oven in New York or Philadelphia, or
meet with more kind and prompt attention.
Ambrotypes Inserted in Rings, Lockets, Breast Pins,
..fcc - : 'Perfect copies of Daguerrotypes and Ambrotypes
made of deceased friends. Where copies oz. defaced,
Ifo-like pictures may still to had, either for frames or
or cards. All negatives preserved one year and orders
by mail or otherwisepromptly attended to.
Deeentber - 23, 1864—tf
r 99 •HE FORWARDING AND GRAIN
business forme - rly conducted by Line, 'olvler k
Co., Is now carried on by .
July 29,-.1.864-tf
DR. WDI. & coqK,
. ,HOMOEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Surgeon and 4ccoualia3tr,
FFIQE at his residence in Pitt
A_Jotroot,"ailiolplog tho hiothoillot Church. '
- July 1, 1884.
For Rent -
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TWO Law Offices in Mr. Inhoff's
Building, on the Bontb-oast Corner of the Contro
Square of Carlkole. For partloulanf apply to
L. J. W FOULIC,
Att'y, at Law.
January O,IBOD
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VOL. 65.
RHEEM & WEAKLEY, Editors & Proprietors
0-2 - 1.1”. an no sod vorses would Fenn, motnou ui
lt out
°filth, but as rho bond penuod thorn holonged
to;.Lrcre t;ood heart well lc oca:11 to our road ors, wo
gladly givo thou plat,. Flos.
Will You Leave Us Here to Die
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NOT E 8 OF A TRIP 'PO RII'IIAI ON I)
TII SPOTTSWOOD ID /TEL-1,1 \ INU IN
The only hotel now open in Richmond
is the Spottswood, which is a fine five
story structure, looking as if it I - ad seen
better days. The charge for hoarding i
sl 4 I per day, w one dollar f r each meal,
and one dollar for lodging. The cash
:4p•tera is in force, and you pay fur meals
before you get them ; and if you should
happen to dine ont with a friend, you are
not charged for the weal at the hotel.—
They '-set" a tolerably fair table, having
improved considerably in that respect
since the I Tniot occupation
=ET=
Other hotels will soon be opened, and
in a short time the tc.:eotninodations will
be ample.
Eating-houses are not to be found. One
or two were started on a small scale ; but
as they charged a dollar (greenback) for
a cup of coffee, a potato tad a piece
of bread, their customers found it to their
interest to patronize the Spottswood,
where they could get a full meal fur the
same. monev.
Boarding-houses are scarce. Indeed,
the supply of food was so limited, that
very few persons continued the business.
Some few have opened, I believe, who
charge ti:2() per week in greenbacks, for
board. The chief diet of the people ap
pears to have been bacon or ham, potatoes,
garden stuff, corn breed, and fish. They
obtained a plentiful supply of the latter
from the river.
THE 'TARIFF UP CONFEDERATE PRICES
I obtained the following as the list of
prices which ruled under Jeff. Davis' ad
ministration, a short tiwo before the
evacuation
Black tea, $125 per pound ; green tea,
$200: coffee, $5O to $lOO per pound ;
eggs,s2B per dozen; wood,slso per cord;
pins, $3O per paper; 'Calicoes, $3O per
yard; watches, $3 to $4 per box; shoes
and gaiters, $160 : 0 $2OO per pair; but
ter, $l6 to $2O pdr pound ; lard, $lB to
$2O per pouud.
Servants' wages ranged front $BOO to
$9OO a year and found.
THE PRICES UNDER THE UNION RULE
Contrast these with the present prices
in greenbacks, which now are the only
circulating medium in Richmond. I
clip the following from the Times of
April 21:
Pporisions rn d Ororeries.—Flour $l6
to $lB per barrel ; corn meal, $3 per
bushel , bacon, 30 to 35c. per pound cof
fee, 45 to 50e. per pound ; tea—black,
$1 50; green, $2 50, sugar, 25 to 30c.
per pound; sorghum, $1 per gallon ; wash
ing soap, 250. per pound ; cheese, - 40e.
per pound; salt fish—herrings, 50 to 60c.
per dozen; mackeral, No. 2, $2 per dozen;
codfish (weighing about 18 ounces) 10c.
a piece; Scotch herrings, 20c. per dozen ;
candles—adamantine, 500. ; tallow, '3oc.
per pound.
JORN OREASON,
Groason, Cuinb. Co
'Blacking retails for'l 06. per box. Toilet
soap—brown Windsor (genuine) 250. per
calm ; imitation; 10e : per cake.
The above quotations are for sales made
-- Below will be found the whole
;dt
sale. prices.
Cheese, 25 to 300. por pound ; ada
mantine candles, 35d. por pound ; .flour,
$l2 50 to $l6 00 per barrel; coffee, 40
420. per pound; tea, (green), $2 10 per
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When elle eenntey called for men,
We e:nne tiffin ferf;.e, store and mill
From wolltshop. farm and factory.
The broken rod": to Mt
We left our qnlet poppy homec,
And ones we loved so well.
cunqulsh all the Union foes.
Or fall whore others fell;
Now In prison diem we lammish,
It is our constant t ry.
0 y, who yet can save us.
WIII yon leave us hero to die,
The voice of smatter tells you,
That our hearts so , re x . 0.0; SILK fear
That all or nearly all of us.
Were (raptured In the rea;
The sears upon our ladies,
Yuen the musket ball 1111,1 shell;
The inksing legs and shattered arms
;t truer tale ivill tell;
We have 11i011 to dt , our duty,
In sight of (lad en high:
ye who yeL .11 save,
Will 300 leave us here to Mel
'I h,•re are loart , with II pc yet lwatio
In OW gnlet north , on homes.
NVaiting, watching foot , tep,,
'Thal never, !lover, 111 , 111 11111 y
prison pining.
Meager, tattered, poor and gattut,
tlrowing wealter, weaker daily,
Prom pinching cold and want.
There i c, hers, 1. , !1F and lin,bauds,
Poor and hopeless captive ., lie,
ye Alm yot can save us,
Will you levee uF here 6.. die
From out our prit.c.l.
'l'h,•re it. n +;rnr,• yard near at hand.
Where lie twelve thousand Union man
llonezith the tleorgia sand .
And :ire Added laid),
dly stleeet.dteaell dap:
And will it thus ho over
'l'lll thoy All Intl 0 pat.sed to,ay,
An-1111e last ran my when 41).111g.
With uptuined And
Both 1... and kith are lend at home:
Thoy I , •I1 It. here to di,
By .1 prisoner
rtallp I.ltik Pen,. l'aV
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NI(d113I lt TWO
MIIMMEID
pound; bacon—hams, (best sugar cured,)
26 to 23c. per pound ; shoulders, 220.
per pound ; sides, 25c per pound ; dried
beef, 25e. per pound, by the piece ; Bo
logna sausage, 20 to 25c. per pound, by
retail ; tripe, per half barrel, $l3 00—
choice article; beef tongues, $7 430. to
7 50 per dozen ; fresh peaches, tomatoes,
&c., in cans $lO 00 per case of two dozen
cans; washing soap, 122 c. per block of
10 ounces, onions, $6 00 per barrel.
Ifor/lilly.—Fresh meat—
beef, veal and shoat, 20 to 25e. per pound,
supply, limited, quality inferior ; corned
beef; 121, to 20c. per pound; fowls—
chickens, :il to 40e. a piece ; live geese,
$1 50 to $1 75 a piece. Fresh fish—shad,
75c. to $1 50 per pair, some sales of small
size at 25c. a piece; herrings, $1 per
bunch ; perch, 75e. per bunch. Butter,
50e. per pound; lard, 35 to 40e. per
pound. Vegetables—lrish potatoes, 75c.
per peck ; asparagus, 20c. per bunch ;
lettuce, 25c. per dozen; turnip salad, 40c.
per peck; kale, 25 t0.30e. per peck; pie
plant, 25c per bunch ; onions, 5 to 10c.
per bunch. Eggs, 50c. per dozen ; brooms
—country made, 15c.; staff made, with
wire' lashings, 75c, a piece ; hominy, 10c.
per quart ; peas, 10c per quart.
Pry/ Goods um/ Shoes.—ln dry goods
scarcely any has been received in -Rich
mond sip ec the evacuation, and therefore
no established prices can be obtained.—
Parties having them on hand generally
fix their own prices, according to the pat
terns called for. Calicoes can now be
bought for 35c. per yard ; unbleached
cottons, 40 and 45c. per yard. We-were
informed yesterday by a merchant that
advises received by him from the North
repcsented a heavy decline in all classes
of dry goods, which, if so, will produce a
similar decline in this market. The sut
lers have on hand small lots of gentle
non's shoes, (high quarters,) which they
are retailing at $4 to $4 50 per pair.
MEI
sTOCKS OF OOUDS ON lIANO
Appearances indicate that only small
Mocks of goods are on hand in the stores,
which was attested by the empty Shelves
of most of them I bought a small pen
knife—'' a blockade knife," as the store
keeper culled it—at $1 50, about the same
figure it could be obtained in Philadel
phia. The storekeeper said all his goods
were obtained through the blockade.
officer went into a dry goods store
to buy sonic crape. The lady in attend
ance said she hardly knew what price to
charge in greenbacks, as she got $l5O per
yard for crape in Confederate money ; but
she thought about trr•rr rhi/bris in green
backs would answer, which was willingly
paid, and the piece cut off. The officer
inquired how she got her goods ; to which
she replied that the heaviest goods came
through the blockade ; but that the lighter
and fancy articles were smuggled from
the North across the Potomac during the
whole of the war.
Croekerywaro appeared to be more
scarce than any article of domestic use.
Being a bulky article, the blockade-run
ners did not seem to bring supplies. I
was told by one citizen that they had no
supplies in that line since the war began,
that the stocks in the stores had long
since been exhausted, and they could not
get a fresh supply. Glass tumblers are
scarcely to be seen, and broken pitchers
are the order of the day even at the best
hotel. Sumner & Co. were the largest
dealers in crockery and Liverpool ware,
but they closed long since, as they could
not replenish their stock.
The d.struction of so much of the
business portion of the city has 3aused a
scarcity of stores. The city is filled with
speculators, from Baltimore, Washington,
and the North, who have rented nearly
every store or place of business that was
found vacant. Rents under Confederate
rule, were enormous ; and many contracts
made under that dynasty must be repu
diated, as it will be impossible to pay
such rates in greenbacks. The owners,
however, are firm in their demands, and
ask exorbitant rates in greenbacks, because
they know that stores and houses are
scarce. Some will not lease by the year,
but want to lease for three or five years,
and refuse any other terms. A location
ono Milo out of town, was wanted by a
Northerner to start a larger beer saloon.
The owner refused to lease it, except for
five years, and $BOO yearly rent. The
whole property was not worth the rent
charged, and the dealer declined to ne
gotiate. The citizens are nearly all in
town. None have left, except those offi
cially connected with the rebel Govern
ment, and the crowds on the streets daily
. indicate a large resident population. Not
a house for rent did I see during my visit.
Dealers in tobacco put up the price to
Northern rates as soon as our troops en
tered, and the citizens opened their stores,
although the tobacco has not paid One
cent of Government tax.
Hotels are not allowed to sell liquor of.
any kind ; but enterprising darkeys sell
root beer and lemonade at, the street cor
ners. A glass of ale cannot be had for
any price.
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LADIES' PASHIONS
Silks were scarcely thought of. Most
of the ladies had a - supply of• silk dress
es before the war, and these they pro
served 'carefully, to wake them ..last.
HOUSE RENTS
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1865.
Some did indulge in the luxury at the
rate of 250 to 300 per yard ; but, gen
erally, silks did not find a ready sale.
I observed many of the ladies dressed
in black silks, out in rather antiquated
fashions. They mostly wear bats of the
old styles, prevalent with us years ago.
These were worn in Richmond b . ., ladies
of all ages, although they do not look
very "becoming," except upon young miss
es. I observed many ladies dressed in
mourning. I looked in vain for a "wa
terfall." Not one was to be discovered.
VIE CURRENCY QUESTION
The greatest difficulty experienced in
Richmond, at the present time, is in re
gard to the currency. Every one of the
old residents has got "stacks" of Confed
erate money ; but as that now is not
worth more than six cents a pound as
waste paper, or five or ten cents for a
hundred dollars by curiosity-seekers, the
matter of exchange between buyer and
seller is somewhat difficult. "Greenbacks"
are now the only currency; and the most
virulent " secesh" would not touch a
" Confed." note with a pair of tongs in
exchange for his tobacco or merchandise.
This tends to retard all kinds of business;
but - Federal money is rapidly flowing in,
and soon there will be plenty of it
A National Bank is about being estab
lished by Hamilton G. Fant, Esq., of
Washington, and he expects, in the course
of thirty days, to turn out as many green
backs as may be'needed. He has asso
ciated with him a Mr. Godden, banker,
of Richmond; and Fent intends taking
up hie abode here, permanently to " run
the machine."
The derangement of the currency caus.
es great distress among the poorer classes,
ninny of whom have plenty of the rebel
" trash, " but cannot buy a meal's victuals
with it.
Being dressed in dark clothes—(every
man and boy in Richmond dresses in gray,
homespun, or goods important through
the blockade) —I was conspicuous as a
Northern man ; and while walking on the
street I was aocosted by a poor fellow,
almost with tears in his eyes, who begged
me, for God's sake, to give him something
with which to buy his family some food.
He said they had not tasted anything for
nearly two days ; that he had plenty of
Confed. money, but it was worthless; and
that his wife got tired out waiting her
turn in the crowd at the commissary's
office to get something to eat. I pited
him, and sent him on his way rejoicing ;
for although he was a rebel, I could not
resist that appeal.
I was in General Ord's office, and saw
respectable females begging for employ
ment for their husbands and brothers at
clerking, at laboring work, or anything
that would enable thorn to earn their bread.
The answer of General Curtis was, that
he had no authority to employ any ono to
labor; that clerks were detailed from the
soldiers, and all the laboring work need
ed was done by the contrabands. One
poor woman burst into tears exolaming,
bitterly—" What shall I do? We are
utterly destitute I"
These scenes are of daily occurrence.
The release of so many men from the
rebel army, in which they were fed and
clothed, and throwing them upon their
own individual resources for support, will
glut the market for labor fur some time
to come. Those who have friends and
relatives who can aid them, t row them-
selves upon their generosity, and many
are kept from starvation in this way; but
it will require the exercise of the wisest
statemanship to remedy the evils under
which those men suffer, and prevent them
from becoming desperadoes, robbing and
murdering from actual necessity.
A number of the rebel officers and
soldiers who have been paroled, have come
to Richmond, and some have sold their
horses and equipments to raise funds to
reach their homes. Their ideas of prices
however, have to be " toned down" con
siderably, as many still base their calcu
lation of value on the basis of Confeder
ate currency. I know of one who asked
throe hundred dollars in greenbacks for
a horse, which he was glad to sell after
ward for oue hundred dollars. And so
with others. It is a bitter thing for thorn
to realize, but they must come down to
it.
THE REBEL PAROLED PRISONERS
It has been stated in the Northern pa.
pers that the rebel officers wear their side
arms and uniforms, and exhibit a defiant
attitude. I can only speak of what I saw
myself, and must contradict thiifirst part
of this statement flatly., No rebel officer
or soldier is allowed to carry any weap
ons. An order from the provost marshal
positively forbids - it, and this order is rigid
ly enforced. The rebels wear their uni
forms because they have nothing else to
wear.
These paroled rebels are sent to their
homes as'faet as they - can be sent away.
It is the wish of General Ord to got them
out, 2,f the city as soon as possible, and
hundreds of them are sent off daily.. There
aro-a-number of rebel officers' who reside
in Richmond, and these, of course, have
been permitted to remain.
i. have seen large crowds of them on
the strect,,:and I have never seen any vio
lence exhibited on their part, nor'on the
part of Union officers , toward
Tiey treat each other respectfully and
civilly. Wink_ they may think I know
not; but as for giving expression to defi
ant sentiments I have never heard it.—
Indeed it would not be permitted by
the Union military authorities.
I was in front of the Spottswood on the
Sunday evening when news was received
of lie assassination of President Lincoln.
ieing a civilian, I circulated among the
crowd without their knowing that I was
a Northern man. Expressions of deep
regret at the occurrence were made on
every side, and the dastardly perpetrator
was denounced in unmeasured terms.
Ore man in a gray suit said, "Why did
they not kill the villain on the spot?—
They ought to have caught him and burn
ed him to death !" And this was the gen
cal sentiment of that assemblage I feel
assured, and of their sincerity I entertain
no doubt, for they one and all looked up
on.. President Lincoln as their best North
ernil friend. They fear Andy Johnson.
And well they may. They had begun to
think that Lincoln would pardon them ;
but what Johnson will do they know not,
and they are tortured with apprehension.
- A committee of citizens of Richmond
waited upon General Ord after the assas
sination of the President, and desired per
mission to call a public meeting to ex
press their indignation at the act. This
General Ord disapproved, for what he
considered good reasons, one of which
was, I believe, that as it was proposed to
call a meeting, of citizens exclusively,
some might be present who would oppose
the proceedings, and it might result in 4.
disturbance which would require military
interference. They then requested per
mission for City Councils to bold a meet
ing and pass suitable resolutions; but
this, too, was disapproved.
The prevailing sentiment, so far as I
could asceitain it, in Richmond, is a feel
ing of relief of mind that the rebellion is
over. They seem glad of it, and speak
cheerfully of their willingness to come
back again under the old flag. I talked
to editors, newspaper men, storekeepers,
and all with whom I was thrown in con
tact, and this was the prevailing senti
ment.
One prominent personage said : "I am
willing to admit that this country can
nevei be divided. lam certain that se
cession never can succeed, nor the South
eru,Vonfederacy ever be established. ft
is (? , ;(1. We have had a fair stand up
fight, and our party have been whipped;
and I, for one, am willing to turn in and
support the Union."
"Well," said I; "how about yonr nig-
gers 1"
"Hang the niggers I" said he; let them
go. That question will never separate us
rtaign.
The truth is, the people of the South
are whipped, and they know it just as
well as we of the North do, and they are
anxious now to make the best they can
out of a bad bargain. They all know that
they must lose their slaves. It is a bit
ter pill for them to swallow; but it can't
be helped, and they mil/swallow it. With•
out their slaves they must work them
selves, and necessity will soon bring them
down to that ; and when they learn to
labor for their own support, all these ridic
ulous ideas about "chivalry" and "aristoc
racy" will disappear.
What the policy of the General Gov
ernment will be toward these people I
know not; but as every reflecting man
must see that the Government cannot pun
ish a whole community, nor hold them as
conquered slaves, the consequences of this
rebellion must fall on the leaders. Dis
franchise them all ; hang some of them;
make every prominent leader ineligible to
office during his lifetime ; allow all to take
the oath of allegiance who will do so vol
untarily; and before ten years every man
who took any prominent par&in it will be
odious in the community in which he
lives.
Large numbers of citizens of Richmond
are taking the oath of allegiance daily,
and I should not be surprised to find, be
fore one month, that one-half of the pop
ulation had taken the oath, without any
compulsion, but of their own free will.
The Body of the Assassin
The disposition made of the body of
the Assassin is a subject which now ex
cites much interest. The journals each
have a theory of their own. The Now
York Times deolires that, after the au
topsy by the Surgeon General, "the body
WAS dissected, and, in separate pieces,
sewed in cloths with heavy weights, and
placed in a small vessel, which made a
short circuitous trip upon the Potomac,
and, without landing, returned to the
navy yard minus the body."
The New York World is even more
dramatic than this. The writer says :
"Yesterday the Secretary of War, with
out instructions of any kind, committed
to Colonel Lafayette C. Beier, of the se
cret service, the stark corpse of The As
sassin. The secret service never fulfilled
its vocation more secretively. "What
have you done with the body ?" eaidito
Baker.. "That is-known," lie — answered,
"to only one man- living- besides myself.
It is gone,. I will . not tell you where.
The only: man whe knows is sworn to
silence: , NeVer till the great trumpeter
comes shall the grave of The Anemia be .
(..L ! csit
discovered." And this is true. Last
night, the 27th of April, a small row boat
received the carcass of the murderer; two
men were in it, they carried the body off
into the darkness, and out of the dark
pees it will never return. In the dark
ness, like his great crime, may it remain
forever, impalpable, invisible, nondescript,
condemned to that worse than damnation,
annihilation. The river-bottom may ooze
about it, laden with great shot and drown
ing manacles. The earth may have open
ed to give it that silence and forgiveness
which man will never give its memory.
The fishes may swim around it, or the
daises grow white above it—but we shall
never know."
The _Herald says that "the authorities
are not inclined to give the wretched car
cass the honor of meeting the public gaze,
and it will probably be deposited in what
ever place promises the most utter ob
scurity for them. Yesterday a photo
graphic view of the body was taken be
fore it was removed from the monitor.—
It was placed in an ordinary gray army
blanket, in which it was sewed up. A
plain, casket-shaped box, measuring six
feet by two, had been previously made in
the joiner's shop for the remains, but it
was not used."
The News says, in its special dispatch,
that "the body has been disposed of in
some manner unknown to the public.
Current reports concerning it remind us
of the manner in which young Dahlgren's
body was said to have' been treated."
At a meeting held in Dayton, Ohio, it
was "resolved" that the body be carried
out to mid-ocean and there buried.
Other persons think that the remains
have been given to the doctors. The
probability is, however, that they have
been interred by the authorities in some
obscure spot, of which the public will
never be informed.
The nag and the Cross
In the Senate of the United States, in
the year 1862, Mr. Johnson, now the
President of the United States, gave ex
pression to sentiments which we have pe
culiar pleasure in repeating :
" But let us go on ; let us encourage
the army and navy ; let us vote the men
and the means necessary to vitalize and
to bring into requisition the enforcing
and coercive power of the Government;
let us crush out the rebellion, and anx
iously look forward the day--God grant
it may come soon! when thatbaleful comet
of fire and blood which now hovers over
this distracted people may be chased
away by the benignant st•,r of peace. Let
us look forward to the time when we can
take the flag, that glorious flag of our
country, and nail it below the cross, and
there let it wave as it waved in the olden
time, and let us gather around it, and in
scribe as our motto, "Liberty and Union,
one and inseparable, now and forever."--
Let us gather around it, and while it
hangs floating beneath the cross, let us
exclaim,—" Christ first, our country
next." Oh, how greatly rejoiced I should
be to see the dove returning to the ark
with the olive leaf, indicating that land
was found, and that the mighty waters
had abated. I trust the time will soon
come when we can do as they did in olden
times, when the stars sang together in the
morning, and all creation proclaimed the
glory of God. Then let us do our duty
in the Senate and in the councils of the
nation, and thereby stimulate our brave
officers and soldiers to do theirs in the
field.
GEN. GRANT'S HOUSE IN PHILADEL
PHIA.—The mansion presented to General
Grant by the Philadelphians was thrown
open for public inspection on Saturday
afternoon. It is located on Chestnut
street, is 22 feet front by 105 deep, and
four stories high, with a sandstone front.
Of the interior the Inquirer says
" The parlor, about 17 by 40 feet, is
superbly furnished, the carpet being of
velvet, the furniture of walnut, and the
curtains of the richest lane. The piano
and all the articles of furniture in the
rooms are in the hightest style of me
chanical art. Vases of an antique pattern
decorate the richly-carved marble mantle,
and an elegant clock, surmounted by a
figure representing the historian, is in the
centre of it. On the centre table is a
Magnificent copy of the Bible.
Passing on to the dining-room, are ex
posed to view on an extension table, a
silver tea set and a china dinner and tea
set, together with pearl-handled knives
and silver forks. A prominent figure on
it is a large silver candelabra and flower
stand combined. In the dining room is
a very beautiful sideboard.
The reception room, on the second floor
back, is also richly furnished. In the
third•story chambers the floors are cov
ered with Brussels carpeting, and the
furniture is of a_superior. kind. All por
tions of the house are furnished in the
most •complete manner, and when the
family of the General takes possession of
it, which they are expected to do to-day,
they will find in the pantry some of the
substantials of life, "and coal in the cellar
with which to do the cooking.
The interior cost of the • mansion is
about fifty-thousand dollars. ir
rftEI3I.ISENT #IOIINSQN, it is skid, is pre•
paring a new amnesty prgolamation.
TERMS:—S2,OO - in Advance, or $2,50 within the year
(From The London Punch.]
Abraham Lincoln.
FOULLY ASsASSINAT,RD, APO!. 14, 1865
You lay a wreath on murdorod I,txrot.N'a bier,
You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace,
Broad for the 1:elf-complacent Britlah sneer,
Isla lougth of shalubling limb, his furrowed faro,
Ills gaunt, gnarled hands, his unkempt, 6rlstiloG halo
Ills garb uncouth, hie bearing 11l at raze,
Ills lark of all we prize as debonair,
Of power or will to shine, of art to please.
You, whose linart pen backed up •, pencil's laugh,
Judging each step, as though the way were plain
Reckless, so it could point Its paragraph,
Of chief's perplexity, or people's pain.
Besides this corpse, that bears for winding-sheet
The Stars and Stripes he lived to rear anew,
Between the mourners at his head and feet,
Say, seurrii-jester, is there room for You
Yes, be had lived to shame me from my sneer
To.lame my pencil, and confute my pen—
To make me own this hind of princes peer,
This rall-splitter a true-born king of men.
•
My shallow Judgment I had learnt to rue,
. Nothing how to occasion's height he rose, -
How his quaint wit made house-truth seam more true,
How, irondike, his temper grew by blows.
How humble yet how hopefnl ho could be
How in good fortune and in ill the same
Nor bitter In success, nor bonstful he,
Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fume.
Ito went about his work—such work as tow
Ever had laid on head and heart and hand—
As ono who knows, when, there's a task to do,
Man's honest will must lioaven's good grace coin
ntand;
Who trusts tho strength will with the burden grow
That (led makes instruments to work his will,
If but that will we ran arrive to know,
Nor tamper with the weights of good and
So he wont forth to battle, on the side
That he felt clear was Liberty's and Right's,
As In his peasant boyhood he had plied
Ms warfare with rude Nature's thwarting mights—
The uncleared forest, the unbroken soil,
The iron•bark, that turns the lumberer's axe,
The rapid, that n'erboars the boatman's toil,
yhe prairie, hiding the coaxed wanderer's trinity,
The ambushed Indian,luul the prowling bear—
Such were the needs tint helped his youth to train;
Rough culture—but such frees large fruit may Lear'
If but their stocks be of right girth an I groin.
So he grew up, a destined work to do,
And lived to do it : four lone-suffering years,
111-fate, ill-feeling, ill-report, lived through,
And then he haul the hisses change to cheers
The taunts to tribute, the abuse to praise.
And took both with the tlame unwavering mood
Till, no 110 mine on light, from darkling days,
And seemed to touch the goal from where ho stood,
A felon hand, between the goal and•him,
Readied from behind his bark, a trigger prest,—
And those perpb xed and patient eyes were dim,
Those gaunt, long-laboring limbs were laid to rest
The words of merry were upon his lips,
Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen,
When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse
To thoughts of peace on earth, good-will to men
The Old World and the New, from sea to sea,
Utter one voice of sympathy and shame!
Sore heart, so stopped when It at last beat high,
sod life, cut short just as Its triumph came,
A deed accurst; Strokes have been struck before
Ily the assassin's hand, whereof men doubt
If more of horror or disgrace they bore;
But thy foul crime, like Coin's, stands darkly out
Vile band, that brandest murder on a strife,
Whate'er Its grounds, stoutly and nobly striven
And with the martyr's crown crownest a life
With much to praise, little ee be b.rgiven '
A Hinit STAKE.—The Mexicans cele
brate Whitsuntide by three days of festi
val, where all sorts of games of chance
take place —monte, roulette, cards, dice,
&c. A recent traveler in Mexico tells
the following amusing anecdote of a scene
at a roulette table : On a Whitsunday,
the first clerk of a considerable German
house I , whose name I do not state
as I am afraid the present respected head
of the firm might not be pleased at it, went
into his principal, who was engaged in
dressing, and asked for a funey,t—that is
to say, a sum of one thousand pesos
from his own salary. " Most willingly,
my dear B !" the principal replied;
" but I must ask you to fetch the money
yourself, as the cashier is away. Here
are the keys of the cash-box, in which
you will find bags of counted piastres "
The young man did as he was told and,
shortly after arrived with his bag of mon
ey at San Augustin, where he selected
the most elegant of the gambling houses.
He went up to a roulette table and asked
the banker, while looking at him intently
and placing the bag on the green cloth:
" Will you accept my stake on No. 33,?"
" Con muchessimy gusto, cabellero," the
banker answered, without knowing exact
ly what the bag contained ; but a Mexican
would feel ashamed to decline a wager.
The ball was set rolling. and No. 33
won. A. slight pallor crossed the bank
er's face, for he believed, like all present
that young B—'s bag contained a
funega, and as the stake must be paid
thirty-five fold, this made no slight amount.
The bag was opened, however, for the
purpose of verification ; but who can des
cribe the consternation of the banker
and the amazement of all present when
it was found that it was full of gold
-1,000 ounces instead of $l,OOO, or
altogether 16,000 piastres! A perfect
tempest broke out among the public.
The most astonished of all, however was
young B—himself, who was unable to
speak through fright. The banker de
clared his inability tO pa:kiso fabulous. a
sum, but as is always the 'case on such
cocasions, the public took part against
him. It was found out that he was not
the proprietor of the bank, but that a
<rich Mexican house supplied the funds,
and was consequently responsible for the
losses of its agent. After lengthened
tumultory scenes, which collected the
whole town, the banker was sentenced by
popular justice to pay Mr. B—the
fairly gained sum of 560,000 pesos.- All
the ready rooney in the house was handed
oimi,"find - bills - - - giVeri - fin. the
lilchly loaded, and accompanied by a
large body of friends who acted as his
escort; young B—returned to IVlesico.
From the moment of winning, B—be
came a,riddle to all of his acquaintances,
Instead of participating in the merriment
of his friends he remained, silent and
thoughtful ; at times he even appeard
affected by a species of melancholy. On
reaching home ho rushed into his princi-
pals room.
he cried, breathlettly,
" I have brought you your property here
are 560,000 pesos which I have won with
your money." It was now L—,s turn
to be astonsshed, until B had explain
ed to him how, on this morning, he had
taken a bag out of the cash box, which h•
suppusd to contain 1,000 piastres. It
was not till the bag was opened that h•
discovered to his terror, that he had taken
1,000 gold ounces instead•—" ;' i I
should not have been able to repay you if
I had lost, I have no right to keep my
winnings." Much affected by the young
man's honesty, L—clasped him to his
breast. Three days later, two circulars
were distributed in the city. The float
informed the mercantile world that Mr
B had joined the firm of L—as
partner The second announced to hie
friends and acquaintances the bcthrothal
of Miss L—with Mr. B ,and invit
ed them to breakfast.
NO, 21
Was It Ever Paralleled?
To the Editor of The N. Y. Tribune
Site: The year we are now passing
through, this EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-FIVE, stands out in grand, tiold
relief from all its predecessors, a Star of
the first magnitude in Time's constella
tion.
It saw the end of the imperious Slave
holder's
It saw the end of American Slavery.
Its earliest flowers covered the bier of
a nation's murdered I fero.
The sun and .showers of its young
months freshen the green grass over the
martyr's grave.
Its Springtime witnessed the grandest
funeral pageant that ever honored the
dead, or graced the living.
It saw a nation, Thirty Millions strong,
drop scalding tears of sorrow on the tomb
of their slain Chief.
It saw his murderer's dishonored °ors°
sunk in an unknown place, ere the victim
reached his grave.
It saw a procession of grief•struck
mourners two thousand miles in length.
It saw the Great Dead carried to his
home by a Nation, in whose Funeral
Train cities were pall-bearers, military
chieftains the corpse-watchers, high civil,
functionaries guardians of hie Bier, great
Imperial States chief mourners, million.
of uncovered heads bowed in tearful grief
as the mighty cortege wound its solemn
march under the sun-light of day and the
torch-light of night, from the scene of
active duty, to the quiet rest of an honest
man's grave
It saw millions of a down-trodden race
lifted to the dignities and responsibilities
of humanity.
It saw those millions bowed down, and
their heads bent with grief as sorrowing
as children feel at a father's grave.
It saw Villages clothed in mottirilbg,
Towns draped in Peath's insignia, great
Cities suspend their traffic, the busy marts
of commerce hushed with awe, while the
silence of living Death covered an Empire,
fit expressions of grief for a martyr.
It saw the dwellings of the rich cov
ered with costly badges of woe, and the
homes of the poor draped in the more
simple and eloquent symbols of a People'.
sorrow
it heard holy ministers of Christ',
Gospel speak words of peace for the mur
dered Dead, and of comforting condolence
for the living.
It heard the heart-prayers of sincere
millions for the rest of the departed, and
that his death might not leave the nation
in the utter darkness of desolation.
It heard a nation of mourners sheet
solemn dirges in accord with organ peals
and the thunder of artillery, over the
passing body of the nation's martyr.
If respectful, manifest sorrow for the
dead, be any proof of eivilitatiou, thee
did Sisty•five witness a greater and more
perfect civilization than any other ohild
of Father Time.
As the days of Sixty-five rolled into
weeks, and the weeks wheeled into months,
the meridian of the year saw the people
of other lands meet in sorrow for the
stricken nation, heard their grief-tateran
-0013, Saw their ANNOINTED RULERS bow
their heads in awe of sorrowing sympathy
and for once a child of Time saw
Sixty-Five saw in the mourned one the
incarnation of Freedom-I. oving, Liberty
practicing people, this impersonation of
the capabilities and possibilities of Insti
tutions based on the voice of man echoing
the voice of God in the recognition of
human rights and manly duties, the
Emancipator of a Race, and the Guarantor
of their Liberties.
It saw in the " deep damnation of his
taking off the possibilities and capabilities
of the barbaric system which - the GREAT
MARTYR had, with a pen mightier than
conqueror's sword, condemned to utter
destruction,
It saw the world-old conflict between
Liberty and Slavery and in favor of Lib
erty regulated by Law, of Justice founded
on Humanity, of Civilization based on
Right.
•
Was it ever paralleled ?
GENTLY JEMMY.—Sir James Mackin
tosh invited Dr. Parr to take a drive is
his gig. The horse became restive.—
"Gently Jemmy," says the Doctor "don't
irritate him; always soothe your horne t
Jenimy. You'll do better without me.--
Let rno down Jemmy:" Once on terra
firnza, the Doctor's view of the case Was
changed., " Now Jemmy, touoh him up.
Never let a horse get the -better of you.m
Touch him up, conquer him, don't spar*
him; and, nowill leave you' to manage
toek back,,"
' A world In tours"
SINCLAIR TOUSEIt.