lam opposed to secession. I believe it is no remedy for the evils complained of. Instead of acting with that division of Southern foiend who take ground for secession, I shall take other grounds while I try to accomplish the tome end. T think that this battle ought to be fought not outaide, but inside of the Unien, and upon the battlements of the Constitution itself. lam unwilling, of my own volition, to walk outside of the Cnioe which has been the result of a Constitution made by the pa triots of the Revolution, They formed the Constitution; and this Union that is so .. euich.pMkeu of, and which all of ua are ao desirous to preserve, grows out of the Con stitution; and. 1 repeat, I am not willing to walk out of the Union growing out of the Constitution, that waa formed by the patri ots, and, I may aay, the soldiers of the Rev olution. So far as lam ctgicerned, end Ibe lieve I may apeak with some degree of confi dance for the people of my State, we joined to fight that battle inside and not outside of the Union, and if any are to go out it must be those who violate it We do not intend to go oat. It is oar Constitution ; it is our Union, growing out of the Constitution, and we do not intend to he driven from it or out of the Union. Those who bavo violated the Constitution either in the passage of what are denominated personal liberty bills, or by their refusal to execute the fugitive slave Jaw—they having violated the instrument that binds ua together—must go out and not me. His plan of obtaining Southern Rights, as here stated, is the true one,—but as stated in his quoted resolution in his ISGI speech, in a former part of this article, waa wrong.— It waa a sad and wicked error to resort to secession, and in denouncing that he is right. Hia charge that "personal liberty bills, and refusal to execute the fugitive slave law, were violations of the Constitution, is just: and his intimation that abolitionists were likely to leave or break up the Union rather thon to sudmit to the Constitution and laws, ia correct, although hard upou those who elected him. The last Proclamation. We deeply regret that Mr. Johnaon has put his name, as President, to the proclama tion offering rewards for the capture of Jeff erson Davis, and others, as implicited in the assassination plot. That Jefferson Davis had anything to do with it—that he would not have denounced the proposition—is what hardly any amount of testimony, or short of hia own acknowledgment, will ever make the world, at large, believe. The in trinsic improbability of the thing will pre possess most minds. The Proclamation looks liko one of the volcanic eruptions of Secretary Stanton. It saya: "It appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice," Ac. Evidence? bosh!— All they have in thia new-fangled "Bureau df'Mllitary Justice"—an institution unknown to-our laws, is testimony —and every lawyer knows that testimony is not always evidence The bead leader in an infamous plot, as a means of inveigling hair brained youths into hia wicked schemes, will, often claim to be acting on the authority of some high and re garded personage. It is a very old game ; trnt, to pretend to attach credit to it, is wor thy the sagacity of a pair of specticles strad dled on a truncated nose! As to ex Senator Clement C. Clay, we have heard, on unim p-sellable authority, that his expressions, to 0 trusted friend, on bearing of the felonious attempt to burn hotels in New York, were so Vehement, in regard to ihe atrocity of the act at to put it past probabilities that he would not have execrated the assassination of Lin* coin. Mesars. Bevelry Tucker, G. N. Sauo ders, sod Mr. Cleary, have in the most indig nant terms, denied that they knew cf, or could have sanctioned the act, Thia Proclamation was a silly act. It can do no good; It is certain to harm things cen ♦rally. President Johnson had better put his explosive bureaucrat of the War Office in Umbo, or send him—politically—farther.— Freeman'e Journal. The Old Contests. The contest between labor aud capital is beginning again throughout the country.— The falling off in the demand for coal has had the effect to so reduce the price of that article that the operators complain that they cannot pay the expenses of mining it at the present rates of wages. The miners on the •ther hand complain that the necessaries f life are still exhorbitantly high, and they can not, under snch circumstances, work for less wages. The operators have, therefore gener ally concluded to close up. for a season so as to compel the workmen to work for less wa ges. In the Iron business the same state of difficulties exist. There has been quite a re daction in the price of iron. Railroad com panies cannot or will not buy iron at the pri ces that have been ruling for some months past. They purchase just as much as will keep their roads in repair. Tliey are waiting for iron to fall still lower, and t; s can only be done by manufacturers lemming the ex penses of production, hence the latter are curtailing wagea considerably. The work men in iron use the same argument, viz: that the necessaries of life do not come down in proportion. They ought to know, if they do nut already, that the wages of the poor work ing man are the last to rise and the first to fall during fluctuations in the currency.— •Commodities of all kinds will have to corn down, but not proportionablj to wages.— The horrid incubus of taxation is about to pre** still harder on the shoulders of the working taan. It is the iron harness that will gall h!in,and hia children after -him— Everything be eats or wears is burdened with onerous taxes and be must pay it.— Hence he ought to see at a glance that the necessaries of life cannot, as long as this tre mendous debt remains unpaid, falls as low in proportion as bis daily wages. We now sp* proacb the situation of Earope where s few capitalists keep tb mas in abject subjection hj heavy taxation— Danville Intelligencer. t complain that a people ever jealous of the saered rights guaranteed to them by the constitution and laws of their country, still adhere to them. If his course shall be consistent with his former political record, and#iat of the p*rty to which he belonged, he will find none more ready and willing to accord him praise than that party A party without whose support and endorse ment, his administration will ho lound to be worse thau a failure. A WORD IN THEIR EAR The Republi cans and Abolitionists can see no virtue in Democratic denunciation of assination. They are the eleet "from whom all blessmgsjfiow," and whatever any one else outside their pah may say is simply h>pocracy. In August of last year Deacon Gray, Abolitionist, of Ohio, wrote a letter over his own signature, pub* fished in the Ohio State Journal, the Abii tion organ of Ohio, and from which we ex tract the following; "I like the spirit of the Major in command of the 60:h Ohio. When, in his presence the question was presumptuously asked "Shall we eventually have to compromise ?" he turned with a withering look, and said "I entered this campaign wiih over 800 men. To-day I CAU mus.er 192, and I tell y u tha if the President even hint at promise. TIIEREARE 192 ASSASSINS IN MY COM MAND READY TO MARCII. solitary and aloneTO THE WHITE HOUSE. "We wish our friends at home nail this spuit. 'Tia the spirit of the Federal army, who bjsr the bur det:." Swallow that ye blatant apostles of the Etheopiao.- Fx. CONDITION OF THE BI.ACK IN L"UIIANA.— A Unitarian clergytmn from New Hampshire by the name of Wheelock, now employed by Gen. Bank* in Louisiana, in a letter to Gar rison's Liberator, thu* describes the condi tion of the negroes a* a consequence f their emancipation by the President's proclamation "on aotne of the plantations labor was quite suspended and the laborers in hundreds with their wires and little ones had gathered around the forts and sold or-' camps There they earned a precarious living by such un certain and intermittent employment as they might find; the men as servants, hostlers, camp followers and hangers on—their wives as cooks, washerwomen, Ac. Hunger, cold, fever, srnall-pox were canying off the chi'- dren at a fearful raie >f mortality. Tne mor als of the men are being undermined by idle ness and evil example and the modesty of the women debauched by contact with all; that is debasing in military life. From month to month their numbers visibly decreased ; and it really seotued as though the southern negro, like the Indian, the Caffre the Carbi and the Australian, would become extinct before ihe ruda shuck of the war, and '.he cor rosive venom of our vices." G oii.g Backward. Tennessee seems about to take the back track in the matter of punishments for offen ces. In all the other States the people are expunging the old Dracon'an principles from their penal codes, and making them more in accordance with the teachings of Christianity But in Tennessee the effort ia to bring back the barbarous penalties of past agea, and fur that purpose a bill has been introduced into the Legislature to amend the criminal law of the State It it aa follows : Sic- 1* Be it enacted by the General Aueml'.y qf the State of Tennessee, That whoever shall felo niously take or steal any horse, mule or ass, shall, en conviotion thereof, suffer death by hanging Sic 2 Be it enabled, That whoever shall felo niously break open the house of another for the purpese of committing a larceny or robbery therein, shall on conviction thereof, suffer death by hangiug. SEC. 3. Beit enacted. That whoever shall felon iously rob another or steal from their person shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death by hanging. Tbia sanguinary code, even if adopted in Tonncaaee, will fail to reach the end intend ed. Thia baa been the practical renult of ex. tra mere penal codes in other countries and States, and Tennessee will not be an excep tion. Laws which proportion punishment to the nature of crimes, well administered, are the best protections to society, and this great (act, established by pll experience, should admonish the people of Tennessee.—Ex THE LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. v His Postmaster General, Family, Staff and Others Captives. Official Gazette. WASHINGTON, May 13, 10 P. M, Major General Dix: The following despatch has just been re ceived from General Wilson, announcing the surprise and capture of Jefferson Davis and his staff by Colonel Pritchard and 'he Mich igan cavalry, on the morning of the 10th in stant, at IrwinsviHe, is Irwin county, Geor gta. EDWIN M STANTON, Secretaay f War. MACON, Georgia, May 12. Lieut. IJ. S Grant and Hon. Secretary of War, Washington D. C: I have the honor to report that at dayl'ght on the 10th inst., Colonel Pritchard, com manding the Fourth Michigan cavalry, cap tured Jefferson Davis and family, with Regan the Postmaster General ; Colonel Harrison, his Private Secretary ; Colonel Johnson, A, D. C ; Coionel Morris. Colonel Lubbick, Lieut, Hathaway, and others. Colonel Pritchird surprised thoir camp, at Irwins-ville, in Irwin county, Gvorgia,seventy five miles southeast of this place. They will be here to-morrow night, will be forwarded under a strong guard, without de lay. I will send further particulars at once. J H. WILSON, Brevet Major General. Particulars of the Capture—Davis At tempted to Escape in Feminine Disguise. WAR DEPARTMENT, ) WASHINGTON, May 14 $ Major General Dix, New Yortc : The following details of the cap'ure of Jeff erson Davis while attempting to make bis e-ctpe in his wife's clothes, have been receiv ed from M'tjur General Wilson. E. M. STANTON. MACON, Ga. 11 A M , May 12 1865. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: The following despatch anty.ydnciiig tp, e capture of Davis has just been nanded me by Colonel Mtnty, commanding the Second division. II CADQU AR. OF THE 4th MICHIGAN CaV.. ) CUMBER LA NnviLLE, Ga May 11. 1685. $ To Capt. T W. Scott, A. G Second Division SIR.— I have the honor to it-port that at day light yesterday, at Irwinsville, I surpri-ek and captured Jeff Davis and family, together with his wife, sisters and brother, his Post master General, Reagan, his private Secreta ry, Colonel Harris; Colonel Johnston.— A. D. C. on Davis'staff; Colonel Mor ns Lubbick ami Lteu'enant Hathaway; also several important names, and a train of five wagons and three ambulances —making a per feet success, had not a moat painful mistake nrcurred by which the 4 h Michigan and Ist Wisconsin collided, which cost us two killed, and Lieutenant B'Utelle wounded through the arm, in the 4'h Michigan ; and four men wounded in the Ist Wisconsin. This occur red just at daylight, after we had captured ihe camp, by the advance of the Is' Wiscon sin. Ttier were mistaken for the enemy 1 returned to this point last night and shall move right on to Macon without await ing orders from you as directed, feeling that the whole object of the expedition is accom plished. It will take me at least three days to reach Macon as we are seventy five miles out and our stock is much exhausted. I hope to reach Ilawkinsville to-nigbt. I have the honor, etc., (signed) D. B PRITCHARD, Lieutenant Colonel sih Michigan Oavolry. The Ist Wisconsin belongs to L*grange's Brigade, Mccook's division and had -been sent due east by General Cr'XTON via Dub lin. Colonel Mimz had distributed hia cotne mand all along the south bank ot the Ocmul gee and Aliatuaha, This acconnta for the collision between parts of the First and Sec ond divisions, and shows the zeal of the com mand in pursuit. I have directed increased vigilance on the part of the command in the hope of catching the other assassins. Our dispositions are goo I, and so far none of the rebel chiefs have been able to get through. Breckinridge's son was captured night be fore last, eleven miles south from here. I will send further details as soon as re ceived. (Signed) J. H. WILSON, Brevet Major General. MACON, Ga 9.30 A. M. May 13th. 110 >. E, M. Stanton, Secretary of Mar: Lt. Cuionel Harden, commanding Ist Wis consin, has just arrived from Irwinsville He strucK Davis' trail at Dublin, Laurena county, on the evening of the 7th, and fol lowed him closely night and day through the pine wilderness of Alligator Creek and Green Swarnp, via Cutnberlandville to Irwins ville. At Ctiamberlandsville Colonel Harden met Colonel Pritchard with 150 picked men and horses of the 4th Michigan. Harden followed the trail directly south, while Pritchard, having fresher horses, pushed down the Ocmulgee towards Hopewell, and therce by House creek to Irwinsville, arriv ing thereat midnight of the 9th. JefTerscn Davis had not arrived. From citizens Pritchard learned shat his party were en camped two miles out of the town. He made his dispositions and surrounded the camp before day. Harden had camped at 8 P. M. within two miles, as he afterwards learned from Davis. The trail being too indistinct to follow, be pushed on at 3 A. M.. and had gone but lit tie ni'>re th*n one mile when his advance were fired upon by tnec of th'4h Michigan. A fight both parties exhibiting the greatest determination. Fifteen minutes elapseTTefore the mistake was discovered." The firing in this skirmish was the first warning Davis received. The captors report that he hastily put on one of his wife's dress es and started for the woods, closely followed by our men, who at first thought him awo man, but seeing his boots while running, sus pected his sex st once. The race was a short one, and the tebel President was §.> on brought too. lie brandished a bowie knife <>f an elegant pattern, and showed signa of battle, but yielded promptly to the persua sion of the Colt's revolvers, without cotuptlls ing the men to fire. He expressed greet, in dignity at the energy with which he was pur sued, saying that he had believed our gov eminent more magnanimous than to hunt down a Woman and children. Mrs. Davis remarked to Col. Harden after the excite ment was over, that the men had better not provoke the President, or he might hurt some of 'em. Reatrin behaves himself with becoming dignity and resignation. The party were ev iden'ly maKing for the coast. (Signed) J H. W ILSON, Brevet Major General. History of Assassination. We give a brief history of a few of the assassinations of ancient and modern times, which arose by rival aspirants to the throne, some on account of private revenge, and sune out of a hatred to tyrany. We have only room for a portion, leaving out more ancient examples of (he Arabian assassins, and the circumstances involving the death of Philip of Macedon, Caesar, Totilla King of the Goths ; Count Wallenstein ; Guntavus 111, of Sweeden ; Peter 111, of Russia ; Paul I, of Russia ; Henry 111, of France; the Duke of Guise ; Henry IV, of France ; Al bert I, Archduke of Austria and Etnperet of Germany. We commence with- EDMUND I, KING OF THE ANGLO SAXONS. the son of King Edward the Elder, and auc ceesor of Athelstane, was slain in 146, in the twenty-third year of his reign, by Leolf. EDWARD 11, surnamed Martyr, wan the occupant favored by the St-. Dunatan of Monat'c party of the | Ang'u-Saz en community. Hi* step-mother, Ellrida, claimed the right for her nun Ethel red, only seven yeara of age, and in 978, three years aftri his assumption of the seep tre, Edward was stabbed in the back at Corfe Castle, his step-mother's residence. EDMUKD tl I surnamed Ironside, was assassinated in 1016, the year of his accession to the throne. He was the champion of the English cau e against the Danes unler Canute, by whom j his death was mysteriously procured, at | Oxford, CHARLES It, OF ENGLAND, wss the object of a frightful plot. At Nc. .13 Lincoln's Inn, London, but the plot was discovered and the design failed. RICHARD 111, was seen alive and well on the 6'h of Octo ber, l-°>9B, ar.d on the 12ih of March, 1400. a corpse purporting to be hi# was exhibited in St. Paul's Cathedrel, London, but the coun tenance was displayed only from the eye brow to the chin, and the impression of the multitude was that it was not their Sover eign. He was murdered myatertously, but when, and by whom 1 History will ask the question ! EDWARD V. AND HIS BROTHER, disappeared with similar mystery. Tie moat curious part of tbeir case was that they were not only supposed lo be dead, but after ward two persons like them were seen alive in various parts of the kingdom, HENRT VI. was killed in the Tower of L"ndon. on Tues d■ j Editor's Department, Ac. s * *r Price *2.00 a year , 2 copies 11 00. Te tboro?dr, •irons of m iking up dubs, sproimen numbers will ba sent for 1"> ct. Wheeler 4* Wilson's celebrated Sew in? Machines are famished as Premiums.— Adl-ess Deacon A Petersbn. 319 Walnut street Philadelj hi*. 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