C|c HARVEY" SICKLER, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA Wednesday* Apr. 26, 1865. jp-ag- Qea Johnston surrendered the last considerable portion of the rebel army, to t.'en. Sherman, on terms which were satis factory to the latter general, and would have been so to a people sick and tired of war, debt and blood. The arrangement is nt satisfactory to President Johnson and his advisers. The terms are too liberal The war is to be continued. Grant has been sent to*supersede Sherman, and to force the reb els to accept terips without conditions.— The confiscation and extermination policy secnw to bo the ono adopted by the new President. Jefferson Davis has crossed the Mississ- J ijipi and it is said to be on his way to Tex is . attempted riot in Philadelphia, over which the Harrisburg Telegraph seemed so much elated, arose from the fact that the Age, on hearing the news of Mr Lincoln's as sassination, put out its flag draped with mourning. Some passers by seeing this, be came intdn=ely excited, and proposed to ofh ers'who soon collected in considerable num bers to tear down the flag, and with it the office. Soon, however—as the news spread —the ciowd saw 'he example followed in ev ery direction, every flag up aud down Chest nut streef assuming the same drapery, and it dawned upon their intelligent minds that perhaps, after all, there was nothing 60 bad a'oont it. Suine loyalists have an astonishing way of preserving the supremacy of the law. CAPTIRF or MOBILE.— The New Orleans Times states that the city of Mobile was occupied by the Federal forces under General Granger without resistance. After the cap. twtvof Forts Span: sh and Blakely , on the ffth'inst.. the Confederates commenced evac uating the remainder of the works more im mediately surrounding the city. The pro cess of evacuation occupied three davs, com mencing on the 10th inst., and continuing until the 12th, on which day the rearguard of the enemy quitted the city. Another vessel —the tugboat Allen—is reported to Lave been blown up by a torpedo. ■.TH.E RADICALS NOT SATISFIED.. -Many of tiie radical abolitioniots are dissatisfied with the Surrender of I.e.e, n"'t alan with Grant for accepting it. They would have it continue §0 as to make money out of the blood of the .nation. The truly "loyal" people, however, ate well pleased—glad that Lee surrendered ; glad that Grant accepted it ; glad that he granted the terms he did ; glad thrt drafting apj&rccruittng are postponed, and will be ten fold glad w hen they fiear, which they pray may be soon, that the war is entirely over.— Ex. President Johnson, .^i° n * Andrew Johnson, President of the Lnited States, is in the fifty-sixth year of his age.:- 111, family resides at present in Nash ville, Tenn., and consists of his wife and four children, two.sous and two daughters. Ilis son Robert is twenty-nine,and Andrew John B 'J n > j r u is twelve years of age. His two daughters with their families also reside in N \shvilie, having been driven from their hum'eS in Eastern Tennessee. One of Mr. Johuson's sons, Charles, a surgeon iu the ar- throwu from his horse in the year 1863, and killed ; and Colonel Stover, a son in law, commanding the 4th regiment of Tennessee infantry, was killed in the battle of Nashville, while gallantly leading his corn mind, on the ISth of December, 1864, Judge Patterson, who is also a son in law of the President, lives in Nashville. Mrs. Johnson has Leon in very delicate health for some time past, and it is probable Mr. Colonel Stover will preside over ihe Presidential household. • ••►* OPPOSED TO PEACE.— The Republican Leg islature of New York must be opposed to p.-acA, Last week the House of Representa tives refused to entertain a resolution of thanks for the bloodless victories of General Grant, NEW Co. N —The UnitedStatcs Mint has commenced the coinage of the recently au thorized Three Ct ,f piece, the color of lead, and much of thai dui appearance. Senator L. S Foster, the new Vice President, was born in Franklin, New London county, Connecticut, November 22, 1806, and is a direct descendant of Miles Standish. He hrs l>e'n a member pf the General Assembly of Connecticut, Speaker of the House, Mayor <f<he city of Norwich,and United States Sen atoi.tn which position he was elected in 1855, and re elected in 1860. The rewards now offered for the ar rest of J. Wilkes Booth amount in the ag gregate to the large sum of one hundred and twenty .thousand five hundred dollars, and probably wiil be considerably increased. G2T BALTIMORE, April 18—The City Council* have offered a reward of §lO 000 for the aTro st of the assassin of President Lincoln. nC The Nashville papers announce the AeathPpf -Andrew Jackson, Jr., the adopted son ul Genera! Jackson. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM J. WILKES BOOTH. He Ackuowledges an Intention to Com* mit a Desperate Deed. ________ [From the Inquirer of Weduesday.] The following verbation copy of a letter in writing, which is the hand writing of John Wilkt>6 Booth, the murderer of Mr. Lincoln, has been furnished us by H >n. William Mill ward. United States Marshal of the Eastern D<atrict of Pennsylvania. It was handed over to that officer by John St. Clarke, who is a brother-in-law of Mr. Booth. The his tory connected with if. is somewhat peculiar. In November, 1864, the paper was deposited with Mr. Clarke by Booth, in a 6ealed enve lope, ''for safe keeping," Mr. Clarke being ignorant o( its contents. In January last. Booth called at Mr. Clarke's house, asked for the package, and it was given up to him. It is now supposed that at that time be took out the paper and added to it his signature, which appears to be in a different ink from that used in the body r,f the letter; and also from the language employed could not have been put to it originally. Afterward he re turned the package to Mr. Clarke again for safe keeping, sealed and bearing the super scription "J. Wilkes Booth." The inclosure was preserved by the family without suspicion of its nature* After the afflicting information of the assassination of the President, which come upon the family of Mr. Clarke with crushing force, it was considered proper to open the envelope.— There were found in it the following paper, with some 6even thirty United States bonds, and certificares of shares in oil companies. Mr. Clarke promptly handed over the paper to Marshal Millward, in whose custody it now remains. From a perusal of this paper it seems to have been prepared by Boothe as a vindication of some desperate act which be had in contemplat on ; and from the language used it is probable that it was a plot to ab duct the President and carry him off to Virginia. If this was meditated it failed, and from making a prisoner of the President up to his assassination was an easy step for a man of perverted principles. The italacs are Booth's own. The letter is as follows. Mr DEAR SIR You may use this as you think best. But as some may wish to know when, who and why , and as I know not how to direct, I give it (in the words of your master.) To whom it may concern : Right or wrong, God judge me, not man. For be my motives good or bad, of one thing lam sure, the lasting condemnation of the North. I lovs peace more than life. Have loved the Union beyond expression. For four years have I waited, hoped and prayed for the dark clouds to break, and for a restora tion of our former sunshine. To wait longer would be a cnme. All hope for peace is dead. My prayers have proved as idle as my hopes. God's will be done. Igo to see ard share the bitter end. I have ever held the South were right.— The very nomination of Abraham Lincoln, four years ago, spoke plainly, war—war upon Southern rights and institutions. His elec tion proved it. "Await an overt act " Yes, till you are bound and plundered. What fully ! The South was wise. Who thinks of argument or patience when the finger of his enemy presses on the trigger?" fn a foreign war , I, too,'could say, "country, right or wrong." But in a struggle such as ours (where the brother tries to pierce the broth er's heart,) for God's sake ctoose the right. When a country like this spurns justice from her 6ide 6he forfeits the allegiance of every honest freeman, and should leave him, untrammeled by any fealty soever, to act as his conscience may approve. People of the North ! to hate tyrranny, to love liberty and justice, to strike at wrong and oppreasion, was the teaching of our fa thers The study of our early history will not let me forget it, and may it never. This country was formed for the white, not for the black man. And looking upon Afri can slavery from the same stand-point held by the noble framcrsof our Constitu'Uon, I for one, have ever considered it one of the greatest blessiuSs (both for themselves and us) that God ever bestowed upon a favorite nation. Witness, heretofore our wealth and power, witness their elevatioo and enlight ment above their race elsewhere. I have lived among it most of my life, and have seen less harsh treatment from master to man than I have beheld in the North from father to son. Yet, heaven knows, no one would be willing to do more for the negro race than I, could I but see away to still better their condition. But L'ncolu'i policy is only preparing the way for their total annihilation. The South are not, no* have they been fighting for the continuance of slavery. The first battle of Bull Run did away with that idea. Their eauses since for war have been as noble and greater far than those that urged our fa thers on. Even should we allow they were wrong at the beginuing of this contest, cru elly and injustice have made the wrong be come the right, and they stand now (before the wonder and admiration of the world) as a noble bandjof patriotic heroes. Hereafter reading of their deeds, Themopylae will be forgotten. When I aided in the capture and execution of John Brown (who was a murderer on our western border, and who was fairly tried and convicted, before an impartial judge and jury, of treason, and who, by the way, has since been made a god,) I was proud of my little share in the transaction, for I deemed it my duty, and that I was helping our common country to perform an act ofjustice. But what was a crime in poor John Brown is now considered (by themselves) as the greatest and only virtue of tlje whole Repub lican party. Strange transmigration 1 Vice to become a virtue , simply because more in dulge in it. 1 thought then, as now, that the Aboli tionists weie the only traitors in the land, and that the entire party deserved the tame fate a.s poor old Brown, not because they wished to abolish slavery, but on account of the means they have ever endeavored to use to effect that abolition. If Brown were liv ing, I doubt whether he himself would set slavery against the Union. Most, or many, in the North do, and openly curse the Union, if the South are to return and retain a am gle right guaranteed to them by every tie which we once revered as sacred. Tho South can make no choice. It is either ex termination or slavery for themselves (worse than death) to draw from. I know my choice. I have also studied hard to discover upon what grounds the right of a State to secede has been denied, when our very name, Unit ed States, and the Declaration of Independ ence both provide for secession. But the.'e is no time fur words. I write in haste. I know how ioolish I shall be deemed for un dertaki; g such a step as this, where, on the one Bide, I have maoy irienda and everything to make me happy, where my profession alone has gained uie an income of more than twenty thousand dollars a year, and where my great personal ambition in my profession has such a great field for labor. On the other hand, the South have never bestowed upon me one kind word ; a place now where I have no friends, except beneath the sod } a place where I must either become a private soldier or a beggar To give up all of the former for the latter , besides my mother and sisters, whom I love so dearly (although they so widely differ with me in opinion) seems insane; but God is my judge. I love justice more than Ido a country that dis owns it ; more than fame and wealth ; more (Heaven pardon me if wrong) more than a happy home. I have never been upon a bat tle field ; but 0, my countrymen, could you all but see the reality or effects of this hor rid war, as I have seen them in every state (save Virginia,) I know you would think like me, and would pray the Almighty to create in the Northern mind a sense of right and justice (even should it possess no sea soning of mercy.) and that He would dry up this sea of blood between us, which is daily growing wider. Alas ! pooi country, is she to meet her threatened doom ? Four years ago, I would have given a thousand lives to ! see her remain (as I had always known her) powerful and unbroken. And even now I would hold my life as nought, to 6ec her what she was. Omy friends, if the fearful scenes of the past four years had never been enacted, or if what has been had been but a frightful dream, from which we could now awake, with what overflowing hearts cuuld we bless our God and pray for his continual favor, How 1 have loved the old Jlug can never now be known. A few years since and the entire world could boast of none so pure and spotless. But I have of late been seeing and hearing of the bloody deeds of which she h-s been made the emblem, and would shudder to think how changed she has grown 0 how I have longed to see her brrak from the mist of blood and death that circles round her folds, spoiling hor beauty and tar nishing her her honor. But 80, day by day has sho been dragged deeper and deeper into cruelty and oppression, til! now (in my eye*) her once bright red stripes look like bloody gashes on the face of Heaven. I .look now upon my early admiration ot her glories a? a dream. My lve as things stand to day, is for the South alone. Nor do I deem it a dishonor in attempting to make for her a prisoner of th's roan, to whom she owes so much of misery. If success attends m, Igo penniless to her side. They ay she has found that '"last ditch" which the North have so long derided, and been endeavoring to force her in, forgetting they are our brothers, and that it's impolitic to goad an enemy to madness. Should I reach her in safely and find it true, I will proudly beg permission to triumph or die in that same "ditch", by her side. A Confederate doing duty on his own re sponsibility. J.WILKES BOOTH. Beecher on Presideut Line An. We publish thefollowing from the Inde pendent, Henry Ward Beecher's pa per,which is tfce especial organ of the radicals. As thia class are now crowding around the new President and claim him as the representa tive of their peculiar ideas, we deem it well enough to preserve it, as a scrap of hisrory, which in the rapid whirl of events, may be overlooked and torgotten. We hope this one false step of the president, taken at a time when the eyes of the whole world were up" on him, may be more than atoned for, by his subsequent course. Whatever of merit there may be in his administration, we shali cer tainly be willing to accord to him. He has yet to prove himself worthy to occupy the place once occupied by a Waehington, a Jef ferson, and that long list of heroes and states men who have proceeded him. The mere fact that he has become the chief ruler of the nation, does *not, of itself, transform him from a demon—as he was thought by some; to a demigod—a 6 he will now be represented perhaps by the same persons. That he may more than redeem himself, is our with and prayer. But, hear what Beecher said of Andrew Johnson—as Vice President. [From the Independent] And now,concerning the Vice President and the humiliating spectacle which on that day he furnished to the wot Id, shall we speak or keep aileut ? Perhaps there exists some good reason why the sad truth should be suppressed, but no such reason have we jet discerned. We cannot, therefore, join with our three neighbors, the Tribune, the Times, j i and the Evening Post, in pardoning with si~ < < lenco the great disgrace which Andrew John ion iufl cted that day upon his country.— Had the tables been turned, and a similar offense been committed hj- Geo. 11. Pendle ton, we can hardly believe that these jour nals would have laid their fingers on their lips in a hush of criticism. As for ouroelves, we trust we are habitually slow to speak ill of public men, even of 6uch as deserve dis- [ praise ; and certainly among the many jour- | nale which have aforetime been hearty in j their kind words of Andrew Johnson, none have been heartier than this sheet; but if, such an appearance as he presented during \ his inauguration is to pass without public rebuke, in these and in other newspaper col umns, then there no longer remains to the press any duty of impartial criticism of men in official stations. Once or twice, we have felt it our duty to speak aga'nst the excess ive use of intoxicating liquors by some of our public men. It may be asked—What is the duty of a public journal in such cases? It seems to us plain. We hold that if a public man is drunken in a private* company he is not amenable to comment in the newspapers but if be be drunken while acting his pari on a public occasion, his offense is against the public, and should never be shielded from the just punishment of public censure. Iu the Senate chamber, on the 4th of March, in presence of the Senate, of the House, of the Cabinet, of the Supreme Court, of the diplo matic corps, of the newspaper press, of a gallery of ladies, and (during part of the time) of the President of the United States— and on an occasion to be forever historic— the Vice-President elect presented himself to take his solemn oath of office in a state of intoxication. Not in anger but in sorrow do we chronicle this fact, which we have no just right to suppress. A few weeks ago, the Speaker of tho House of Representatives was commanded by vote of that body to adminis ter a public reprimand to a member who had committed a similar offense with less conspic uous shame. If a member cf Congress is to be punished for such an act, shall the Pres ident of the Senate remain unpunished ? Of course, the Senate will choofe its own meth od of reaching the case ; a method which, we trust, will be kind, moderate, and just. But, meanwhile, it is the plain duty cf Mr. John son either to apologize for his conduct or to resign his office. In the name of an insulted people, we are compelled to demand that so great an affront to the dignity of the repub lic shall be made to bear a fit penalty, atone mcnt, and warning. Sketch of John Wilkes Booth the .Murderer of the President. John Wilkes Booth, who is directly accus ed of assassination of President Lincoln, is one of the sons of the celebrated English ac tor, Lucius Junius Booth, the cotemporary and rival ot Edmund Kean. The elder Booth came to this country as a star actor, and fi nally settled upon a farm near Baltimore Aid His eccentric habits, strange extravagances and wasied life are familiar to most of our readers. By different wives the elder Booth had four sons. Junius Brutus, Edwin, John Wilkes and Joseph. The three oldest broth ers adopted t lie stage as a profession. The younger studied medicine, and was last heard from somewhere in Georgia. John Wilkes Booth was born in 1838.near Baltimore, in the same vicinity as the noted Rebel Harry Gilmore. He was named after John Wilkes, a famous English tragedian.— At the earty age of six teen he went upon the stage, and in 1856 made a regular debut at Philadelphia. He inherits the well known Booth face and figure, and some cf the dra i matic talent of the family. After starring for a while in the previnces we find him in 1859 • '6O, the leading actor at Montgomery, Aluba i ma. There he was regarded as a triilo crazy i In 1860 he wounded himself in the foot with : a pistol, and caine North to recruit his i health. 8"oon after his arrival there discovering that his brother Edwin was achieving a decided success, he determiued upon a debut in New York, and made his first appearance in this city at Wallack's old theatre, now in Broad way, which was then under the management ot Miss Mary Provost. He opened in Rich i and the Third , playing very tamely till the , fighting scene a 1 the eDd of the drama, when he wielded his two handled sword with such vim aud vigor, as to astonish the audiancc. The stage combat has Dcver been better per-* I formed, One evening, roused to intense ex , citement, be attacked Mr. E. L. Tilton, the , '"Richmond" of the occasion, so violently as to knock him into the orchestra, nearly breaking his artn. Aftet two or three nights ! of'-Richard," young Booth played "Shy lock" and failed. The uunatural son, in Schiller's Robbers , was his third role , and after acting , it he went to Boston and Philadelphia, where he was better received. When the present war began John Wilkes Booth avowed himself an ardent Secessionist, and he always persisted in his disloyalty So many actors shareJ hif opinions, however, and expressed almost as strongly, that his sentiments gave him no particular notoriety. ll'B brothers, Junius and Edwin, were and are most decided Union men, and several quarrels have arisen between the brothers on account of their differences. They acted to gether, however, at the Winter Garden, on the 23d of November last, for the benefit of the Shakespeare Monument Fund, and at tracted one of the largest and most intellect ual audiences ever assembled in any th-atre. The play was J-lius Cccsar , with Edwin Booth as "Brutus," Junius Booth as "Cas sius,"and John Wilkes Booth as "Marc An<- tony." As an actor John Wilkes could not compare with either of his brothers, although bis resemblance to them in form, feature, voice and manner was remarkable. This waa his last public appearance in this cit}'. Some months ago John Wilkes Booth caascd acting on acc >unt of abrodchial affection, and since thtm be is said to hate* accolflattted considerable money by oil speculations in Western Virginia. Of late he has passed a large portion of his time In Washington, with which city and its was perfectly familiar. About eight or ten days ago he was in New York, drinking profusely. Ru mor says that in bis drunken moods he has often declared his intention to kill President Lincoln, and that he often exhibited a nicked bullet, which, he said, was to do the deed.— The truth of these statements may be ascer tained by the pol'ce upon inquiry of his asso ciates here; but it is certain that he talked in a wild, reckless way about the war and that his sympathies we'e entirely with the Rebels. Of this, we believe, he made BO concealment, and it is reported that his brother Edwin turned him out of the house a short time ago in consequence of his treason able utterances. — Inauguration of President Johnson. Upon the death of a President the Vice President succeeds to the cffice of President ex officio under the provisions of the Consti tution of the United States. Mr. Johnson requested that the ceremonies of the inau geratton take place at at the Kirk wood House. Accordingly on the morning after tho death of President Lincoln the fol lowing gentlemen assembled in the Vice President's room to participate in the cere monies: Hon, S. P. Chase, Hon. H. Mc-Cul loch, Attorney General Speed, F. P. Blair, Hon. Montgomery Blair, Senators Foote of Vermont, Yates of Illinois, Ramsay of Min nesota, Stewart of Nevada, Hale of New Hampshire and General Farnsworth of Illi nois. The Chief Justice, Mr. Chase, administer ed the following oath to Mr. Johnson :—"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully exe cute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." After receiving the oath, and being declared President of the United States, Mr. Johnson remarked: GENTLEMEN :—I must be permitted to say that I nave been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and respons ible as those which have been so unexpect edly thrown upon me. As to an indication of any policy which may be pursued by me in administration of the goveenment, I have to say that must be left fur dcvelopemcnt as the administration progresses. Message or declaration must be made acts as they trans pire. Tiie only assurance that I can now givo of the of the future, is reference to the past. The course wnich I have taken in the past in connection with this rebellion, must he regarded as a guarantee of thp future My past public life, which has been long and laborious, has been founded, as I in good conscience beliove, upon a great principle of right, which lies at the basis of all things,— The best energies of my lite have be*n spent in endeavoring to establish and perpetuate the principle of fres government. I believe that the g -vernment, in parsing through its present perils, will setile down upon the principles consistent with the popular rights, more permanent and enduring than hereto fore. I must be permitted to say, if I under stand the feelings of my own heart, that I have long labored to ameliorate and elevate the condition of the great mass of the Amer ican people. Toil and an honest advocacy of the groat principles of free government nave been my lot. Duties have been mine— consequences are God's. Tiiis has been the foundation of my political creed. I feel thai in the end the Government will triumph and that these great principles will be pernia nently established. In conclusion, gentlemen, let me say that I want your encouragement ar.d countenance. I shall ask and rely upon your advice in carrying the Government through its pres ent perils. I feel, in making this request, that it will be responned to by you and all oilier patriots and lovers of the rights and interests of a free people. At the conclusion of the remarks, the President received the kind wishes of friends by whom he was surrounded. A few min utes were devoted to conversation, All were deeply impressed with the Solemnity of the occasion, and the present sad occurrence that caused the necessity for the speedy in auguration of the President was gravely dis cussed. Long Contemplation of the Crime. [From the Chicago Journal.] A theatrical gentleman of this city informs i.e that in the early part of 1863, during an engagement of J. Wilkes Booth at MoVic* - er's theatre, he made the remark one day, '•What a glorious opportunity there is lor a man to immortalize himself by killing Lin coin !" "What good would that do?" he was ask ed. He then quoted these lines : ' The ambitious youth who fired the Ephoaian dome Outlives in fame the pious fool who roared it." "Well, who was that ambitious youth— what was his name ?" was then asked. "That I don't know," Booth replied. "Then where's the fame you speak of? ' This, our informant tells us, nonplussed him. j From this it would so;m that the assassin has had the commission of this horrid crime i in bis mind for at least two or three years. General McClellan was in Rome at last accounts, where he was treated with distinguished consideration. The Russian Ambassador had given him a banquet. car At the great sanitary fair in Chica go, Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas and Mrs. Gen eral Sherman are to have charge of the tables under the auspices of the Catholics. jrar Clamorous people should remember the tail of the rattlesnake makes alt the noise but the head docs the execution. LOCAL AND PERSONAL The Rev. Mr. Newel, it i* M id has been as signed to this pi "re, tor tba Best year, by the hH Me thod Ist Conference, for tbU district. The Canal Company bare commenced repair. ng the damage done to the canal by the late des tructive freshet. It ia hoped that it auy be eea p leted in time for tue during the letter pert ef the summer. Judge Elwell's House.at Blootaaharg e learn by the Columbia County Democrat, waa - tered a few nights since by a thief, and goods to the value of upwards of 3200. were taken therefrom. Hotel Keepers, who have been granted Lleewa at the last term of Court,should remember that by ea express provision of the law, the license is forfeited, if not taken from the office within fifteen days timm j the time of gTtnting. Persons interested should govern themselves accordingly. That new Bocnet can now be seen by selling on Mrs BardweU, who, we learned, indirectly, bee just received a new and splendid stock of military and fancy goods of every description. We are net very profoundly versed in the mysteries of foseele paraphernalia or we might designate, more particu larly what she hat got. The ladies will hare te sell and see for themselves Attention is Called to the fact that John WeQ is now receiving his new and elegant stock of dross goods Ac., which have been purchased sinee the late reduction in prices. And is now prepared to under sell all competitors. Those of oar friends who havw discovered within the last three years how easily dealers rose in prices ; should now make a visit Is John's, just to see how gracefully ht comtt down. Ancient Metaphysicians, pat it down as can of the fixed principles of their most abstruse seieaee, that, the highest degree o I earthly enjoyment is d*. rived from objects which are pleasing to all ef the five senses, with which we are endowed by an un wise Creator. The more modern writers en thie subject have demonstrated that this rale let* to taken with maoy giains of allowance, and, that hi order to elevate a lady to that beatifie region, de nominated by psychologists, as the "seventh heav ens she must have, not only a fashionable end elegant bonnet, but, the tout emsemble of her ward robe, must be easy, becoming, and elegant. Iu order to complete her outfit, end bring about thii most desirable comsummation, no lady should fail tu call at Mrs, A. O. Stark's Millinery establishment where she will not fail to find many things which so her, are absolutely indispensable. The Lady's Friend—The Mar number 0f this favorite periodical opens wi'h a truly beautifal engraving rallied ' The Cup of Cold Water," an fr ustration of a poem by Thomas Ilood, which eea veys the profound moral lesson that often in the do ing o very little and si aple things is to be found "The accepted sacrifice" The Fashion Plate of this number, is as usual, double, and remarkably well engraved, The wood engravings lead off with a pretty picture of a child "Among the May Flowers " followed by the usual variety ef cms devoted to tbu illustration ef the fashions, tfeedle-work, Ac. Among the literary matter we may specify "Under tke Ap ple-tre-j," by Miss Virginia F. Townsend ; "One ef the Martyrs," by Emma B, Ripley ; "My Ruth and I," by Margaret E. Starr ; "Before God and Man." "The Ghost of Mac Grau's Abbey," by Mrs, Hosmer "Pinewold," "Four Birthdoyi," "Story of a Sove," Novelties for May, Editor's Department, Ac. The music for this number is an amnsing song culled ''Pat hat struck Tie" , , • Price 32 50 a year ; 2 copies. To those deeireue of making up clubs, syecimen numbers will be seat for loots. Wheeler \ Wilson't celebrated Sewing Machines art furnished at Premiums. Address Deacon A Peterson, 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia. Now it (he time to send on subscription for ISM COURT PROCEEDINGS. \ April Ttrm 1865. COMMOW PLEAS— Maggie Kdaail by her aect friend D. D Dewitt v. Joseph H. Ediall— Decree ef Divorce granted by the Couit. No Jury trials were had in the Common Pleat the cases on the list, all being put over or settled by agreement. QCARTEU SESSIONS, On pstitien of George Atkinson Commissiee ef Lunacy granted in case of Wm H. Conrad-Inquisi tion held. Win. H. Conrad /ound lunatic. JL H. At* kinson, appointed Committee. g/n re of the appointment of Constable of Exeter Tp. to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Isiaae Sickler. On petition of citizens Earl Sickifr ap point d, Comth. v. Jag- L.Mullison,lndiotuaent Embesale ment case tried. Vsrdict, guilty,— Sentenced te tw* ( years solitary confinement, in Eastern Penitentiary and to pay a fine of 35 193. Comth. v. \\ m. II Conrad—charge assault and Battery T.S. Lyman Pros Bill Ignored— Pros, te I pay the costs. 1 Comth. v. Abner Rosengrant and Beeeher Rosea grant Indictment, Assault and Batiery. Gideon , Beebo I ros. Tru t Bill—Doft's not in court. Ceso not tried- On petition of citisens of Nichols in, and motion in Court Peter Baker, Constable of Nicholson resign ed and E T. Stephens appointed. ' On Petition setting forth a vacancy in the offloe ef i Constable of North Branch. D. S. Catiin appointed to fill vacancy. Comth. v. Joseph A Ellsworth, Indictment Forni cation and Bastardy True Bill at Ap-il Sessiers 1564. Case tried Verdict, not guilty Deft* to pay costs of prosecution. Comth v Wm. II Conrad, Indiotment Assaelt j and Battery. True Bill—case tried —verdiet Deft ( not guilty on the ground of insanity. Comth v.Wm. Larking. Indictment, Perry Sbkler, Pros. True Bill. ' Com'th v. Peter McQueen. Six Indictments fier 1 selling liquors to minors, on the Sabbath, and with out a lioense. One case tried, vervict guilty. A plea of guiltr entered as to others. Sentence de ferred to August sessions. Com'th v. Ilellen Williams. M. 4 Wall, Pros'** Indictment, Assault and Battery. True Bill at Jan'y sessions, Non Pros entered on peymeut ef ' costs, Com'th v. Joseph Goodwin. Indictment, Aaeaelt and Battery. Bills ignored, Connty to pay costs, Comonweaith v. Benj Meeker and Thos. Meeker Indictment, Larceny John Myers, Pros. True, Bill, case tried. Verdict not gnitty. Comth. v Dennis Sbean. Indictment Assault and Battery. True Bill. Sally Ames Pro#'*. Case tried—Verdict Guilty. Deft sentenced to pay fine of 325 and costs, Com' th. v. Freeman Dixon et al. Charge—Riet. On motion, mon pros, entered. Order of Court as to Funeral Obsequies af President Lincoln. AP RIL 19th 1865. P. M. Osterbont Esq., moved that the court adjourn until after the hour for the funeral servk jt of the late President ol th# Baited States. Geo. S, Tutton informed the Court that at the hour of 12 M. services woald be held in tholf. E. Church. In responding to the motion Judge Elwell Prodd ing said; We cheerfully comply with this motioa. In the tragic death of the late President, whose j funeral obsequies are ibie day <a take place, a great
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