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AM 'OR<Vll.LE.?fC. * 0 * ' ' ! ? ' *?* TrKDirEfpA* KQBpIKO^MAY 3,1865. * . . - <? '. .?? - ... ? % r.j7V a TERMS FtMLisesTT /?WE JK>l<i<AR per annum, pnyabln in pri uo - t old A. * Com, WHQk Sloar, Bj?#o. Bfccj M 3AIiTFROM BKOAD BTVBE V A fotpe of the enemy's cavalry., esti* - v;- mated at from ilnve to four thousand, ' ^".V^Bsse^ C"-.7(rd Rive a+ Smith's Ford Sunday .evening . ad came within *.' ^8Syfe$n walea ctA$Ss ptece. They stft.' s^trmtiy ra-orssed and'- are reported 7 . 1ftV~ nC7ed in the ('.Section of Lira - . v ooOn^jSprings. A flag of truce bearing the recent order of Sherthan, was-des v patched 'after them, But had failed to U' reach them at last accounts. ' . -? ?-- - * / THE KEOENT TBIJCE. ' The hope that terms of pCacehad < r > J!Been agreed upon?which hope agitated the heart of the country to its inmost ^7" depths, has proved deceptive. The - . preliminaries agreed upon hy Generals Breckenridge and Johnston on our part, and Gens. Grant and Sherman on the part of the enemy, were substantially 1^- these: That the troops of the opposing armies should he at once marched to their respective States "and there be dis . tlin+ fVin e??/v?>r)fvt StatPH sTlOilld WOUUOU y VUUb VUV .OVWWWM v?.vv? ^? return tQ the Union, and occupy in hi * every .respect the same relation to the . Government, .and to each other, that existed previous to the disruption ; that the States should assume the payment of the debts of their respective Governments incurred during the war; and i that said seceded States, should be i guaranteed the exercise of all rights, | privileges and functions previously j -^theirs. These stipulations were submitted to1 the President of the Upited States for bajfcr-1?ppro,val, and returned with the endorse ment that "no terms oaif be made with wAWlnin *mi! " and intimatinc at the .jz,same time, that these officers had nd' authority to legislate upon^civil mair - tens; their functions extending no far- * - ;4|ir the conduct of their armies in - Wt- : v3 ^MRfoncluded the entire matter for i -v ? ..* . . ihe time?further effort at negotiation being" deemed futile. Q*r. -If hnston jiv ding it impracticable to exlrime his :&y from its position,. md.-rod za^tfc -- <*:> by the disaster in Vug an . wade ter ns .of surrender-w; h <3ftr. Sherman. ' -dently impressed. ^;ih the he^ier :f fhe?q t" / ??.* es that i.ru*4 gnu of cue v~ jMgr u - ' vy force of ( !, iiOk ho m .de ;erms *f a cba-j ruPfcr intuirieu to restore qg*e* f?if- ' itidrnrinvi-.. its cit'z.:^i^ieefal pursn'ts. Whether (i<,ne Johnston-acted wiselym this manor or not, it is difficult for us to determin e amidst'conflicting views, and with the . imperfect details before us. Still farther is it'" uncertain whether these efforts at pacification, will or will not, produce the results anticipated by their abhors. ^ Below will be found the order of Gen. j Johnston, surrendering to the United States authorities all troops, under his command, east of the Chattahoochee river. He further declares that all ?mattached officers or men of the army or navy,-not specially included. under Kis command, may embrace the terms of this -Convention ahd .surrender themselves to the enemy. He has thus vir* ? ?1? .1 r 1 _1 tuany given up toe -country* an u aoaniloning all hopes Mmself of "success by Wair,'\thus dissipates whatever the coun try might "have; entertained, of its final deliverance. However humiliating this course may be-to men who have fought with the hope of fteedom to their conntry .animating them, this Convention ties their hands, and leaves no recourse v - >,7?se^/ ? ? for them but its acceptance: Keapq'es Army of Tennessee. 1 Nbab-Gbsensbobo, N. 0., " V April 217, 1865. J General Orders, Ko. 18. By the terms of the Military Convention made on the 28th, by Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, U. S. A., and Gen. J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., the officers and men of this army are to bind themselves not to'take up arms against the t*. . i r?. . . ?, .1 i l ututeu. states unut-properiy relieved from their obligations, and shall receive guarantees--froiju the J Hnited States, against fnfltedtatfcn by 'heUniffcd States long ae thev observe rbat ' gation, and the laws hi force where y feaide. Fof th ese objec "S dbpli ca ie muster rolls will be im do bum cicely, at. i ai'e* tue distribn^'on of the nocess vy *jc r>er-, 'h?> _>nus will march unohifl*F-va. to } "h" rr-pec *ve - si - - I r.ii? I ' i* - . all r'e iw ?+*'& -a5 i.rop~>" - fi. ol ieot "v ' V 1 ? *? "T . ?'ic^iu n -o ':h?> t ( ? j ?*uti3k:* ty of th-- ' n-m:tn ? o <? .*-.k" 't. ^vencs n vf*??hrr i.' "oVo ovor^ line 01 su"f,o ' v .. r . iffij v.er.d cn its 01 neral the du.j, sparing the blocd of this g Jli \ uiiny, and saving our conn try from iurther devastation, and our people fion. ruin. (Signed,) J. F. JOHNSTON. ' Accompanying thjg, is the order of Gen*. Sherman, stipulating on the"part of the United States,' the manner in which the Surrender shall be received. . "") 'j Jt'*-?? t c. ? % Touching one or two poirffe, it is explicit, bat as regards questions vital to i$toe real interests of the country peapeaMjr delivered into his hands, it is silent. This sOende may arise frolh a reluetance oh the part- of the Yankee ..Commander, .to interfere in-matters that the Pivil authorities should adjudicate.? Certain it is, that if General Johnston considered a further prosecution of the war hopeless, and thereupon assumed the authority to pronounce a suspension of arms and a delivering up of the country to the enemy,, he should have insisted upon an understanding, that | woul-1 hare defined the actual-position ' of thp country and the-relation it is to oacup7 to the Federal Government / If the right existed in a military officer to make a wholesale surrender of territory, .it .existed also to an extent that would have enabled him to have i made terms and stipulations definite and comprehensive as to the stotutfof its people. Here is the order of General Sherman ? Qrs. Mil. Hit. of Hhb Miss. "} In the Pield, Raleigh, N. C., > April 27,-1885. J f Special Orders, No. 65. . XheGeneral commanding announces a farther suspension of, hostilities, and a final agreement with General Johnston which.terminatos the war as to the armies under his command, and the country east of the Chattahoochie. Copies of the terms of Convention will be furnished Major-Generals Schofield, Gillmore and Wilson, who are specially charged with the execution of itn dptjula in the "Denartment of North Carolina,'* "Department.of the South," and at Slacon and Western Georgia. Capt. Jasper Myers, Ordinance Department, U. S. A., is hereby designated to receive the arms, &c., at Greensboro', and any commanding officer of a post may receive the- arms of any detachment, and see'that they are properly stored and accounted for; if . Gen; Schofleld vrifl procure at once, the necessary blanks,- tfnd supply the other army commanders, that uMfornrity may prevail; and great care must be taken tfetf all the- terms and stipul actions on our part be fulfilled with the most scrupulous fidelity, while those imposed on ouriritherto enemies be roeeived in a spaiafbecoming a bTave andrgen.erous army. Army commanders may at. once loan to the-inhabitants, Buch of the captured mules, horses, wagons and vehicles as can be spared from immediate use, and the commanding Generals of armies may issue provisions, animals,, or atifpublic supplies that can be spared, to relieve present wants and to encourage the inhabitants to.renew their peaceful pursuits, and to restore the relation^ of tV.ciidship among- our fellow citizens and countrymen. Foraging *$1, forthwith cease, and where, necessity or long marches ooin the ticking of forago, provisions, or private property, compenJi be made-on the spot; or hjiulo the 'disbursing officers -are potpr-w.vied with funds, vonohere* yiil he^ given in proper form, payable at the I nearest mility depot. By order of Mai. Gen. Sherman. L.51. DAYTON, A. A. G. Official: ! Ejnlo<?h Falconer, .A-. A- G. -Richmond Whig of ApriflB. / The Surrender of Gen. Lee. ^ INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE GREAT EVENT. We copy from the City Point correspondence of the New Yerk Times the following particulars of the surrender of General Lee. The letter is dated April I2th : I am ablo to lav before you the highly interesting and important details of the surrender through the- courtesy of OaI TbI "D Qkoffnov tlio ominont lal. Vvl? JL (li JL * ^ WiV V/MWUV?V ?v*i egraph engineer, who Was an eye-witness to the whole scene. * * It will be recollected that Gen? Grant's first letter to Lee was dated on the 7th (Friday,) the day of the battle of Fannville, and the correspondence was kept up during the following day and up to eleven o'clook on Sunday, as already published. In response to Gen. Grant's last letter, Gen. Lee. appeared on the picket line of the Second Corps, Miles' Division, with a letter addressed to General Meade, requesting a cess a* tion of hostilities while he considered Gen. Grant's terms of surrender. Gen. Meade replied that he h&d no authority to accede to the request, but .that he would wait two hours before makingan attack. In the meantime Gen." Grant sent word to Gen. Meade that he would ! be up in half an hour and the matter j was turned over tp him. A flag of truce proceeded to Appomattox Court House shortly after noon, and at about twc o'clock p. m., the two Generals met al the house of Mr. Wilmer McLean. Gen. { Lee was attended by Gen. Marshal, his A (vonoval fwir) f-iront Ktr Pnl ' iuijutuuv v vuvi uij y vu? \^iuuy v P irkear, one of his chief Aids-de-Camp. She two Generals met and greeted eapl other with dignified courtesy, apd proceede l at once to the business .before J diem. Gen. Ltc immediately alluded to the conditions of;the surrender, chara. Prized them as exceedingly lenient, - and g'.id he -would be fcU.d to leave all the details to Gen. Grant's own discrer?on. Gen. Grant stated the terms oi jok : that the arms should bo afefcoked, : tjilery parked and 'the auppliet <4ni Tr\)..:ri^ns'turne4 over ;to Him, the < /; r'^amin^theirside arms, horses ersonal effects. General Lee picmptly assented to the conditions and the agreement of suirendhr was engrossed and signed hv General Leeat 3.30 o'clock. Gen. Lee asked Gen. Gxaht ibr an interpretation of the phrase,, "personal effects,' and said that miny of his cay alrymen owned their own horses. Gen. . Grant said be' cd^&truedjif;to meag that the horses must, be ^frnfed over tqtheUnited States Government. Gejj. Lee admitted th'e correctaessrand jtuSice of the interpretation," wlieh Gen. Grant said he wpuld instruct Bs officers to allow those. men who ^waed^their horses to retain them, as they wouTdnOed.them for the purpose of tilling their farms. General Lee expressed a great'segse^of /gratification for such a gSnerous cdnsidoration, afid- said.it .would haveavejry^ good effect. He subsequently expressed a hope that each soldier mightbe furnished with a certificate of his parole, as evidence to prevent him from beingforced iifto the arfay untilregularly* exchanged. Gen. Grant assented to thesuggestion, and the printing presses were soon put to work to print, the documents required. In regard to the strength; of his ar-' my/Gen. Lee said he had no idea of the.number of men that he should be ( able to deliver up. There had been 90 many engagements, ana siren neavy losses by desertion and otheV c&nses. within the past few days, arid the'retreat so rapid, that no regular' rooming roportshad been madeaincolettnug Petersburg; but it is generally believed by the best informed officers that Lee surrendered eighteen or twenty thousand men. Of the army, horses, wagons, &c., there is jet no official account. Gen. Lee informed Gen. Grant that bis men were short, (if provisions, whereupon General Grant ordered twenty-five thousand rations to - be distributed to them- ' Thus substantially ended the interview. Both Genprals were the impersonation of dignity and courtesy in their bearing. Lee is ill fine health and though apparently impressed with the vital effect and importance ofthe aot he was performing be was cheerful and pleasant in his demeanor, Thehouse where the stipulations were signed was a fair brick structure, with neat grounds and quite neatly furnished; JThO room in which the interview took, place was a comfortable parlor, about eighteen by twenty' feet, and adorned by the usual furnishing common to the aver* ?* tr?' 1. age ot Virginia nouses. Both Generals were in full iniform. Lee wore a very fine-sword. Grant had no side-arms, hiving heft camp the day previons with the intention of being gone hut a few hours, but on the contrary, being gone all night. When Jhe two Generals first met tncy were attended only by the staff officers already mentioned; bnt during the interview several of our officers entered and were introduced to General Lee, who received them cordially and made no objections to their presence! They Vere Major-Generals Ord and Sheridan, Brevet Major-General Ingalls, BrigadierGenerals Williams, jtawliijgs and ^Barnard, and Lieut. Cols.: Parker, Dent, Badeau, Bowers, A. A. G, Sorter, Babcock, and Captain Lincoln, Tal. P. Schaffner, Eecj., was' the only civilian present. It should be said that General Grant had anticipated the surrender for. several days, and had resolved beforehand not to require the same formalities rthjch.^re required in a surrender between the forges of two foriegn nations or beligerent powers; that-they were qpr own people, and to exact'no conditions for the mere.- purpose of humiliation. . After the interview, .General Lee returned to his own camp, abont ahalf mile distant, where his leading officers were assembled awaiting his Tetum. He announced the result and the terms, whereupon they expressed great satisfaction-at the leniency of the conditions. They "then -approached him in order of rank, shook hands, expressing satisfaction at his course and their regret at parting, all shedding tears on the occasion., v ? The fact of surrender and the liberal terms werp then announced to the troops, and when Gen. Lee .appeared among them he was loudly cheered.? On Monday, between 8 ana-10 o'clock, a. m.," Gen.. Grant' and ^taff rode oiit in the direction of the rebel lines, and on a hill just beyond the court house, ? * ? v i j where a mil view 01 tne renej. army; coidd be obtainfed, ?Uojfc Lee was'meVj attended by bat one staff officer and' orderlies. The Generals halted, and, seated en their ? lufrses, conversed for . nearly an hour upon the prospects of the.future,, each soejpipg to reaHae the. mighty influence which the events of ' the present were to have uppn it. Gen. Lee signified very, emphatically his de-, sire for a to.tal cessation; of hostilities, and indicated his intention to do all in* bis power to cflect that fpd, ThTbest of good feeling prevailed, hnd this was the last interview between thef wo comt mander?. Gen. Grant returned? Mo ; Lean's housp, and soon aften Generate Longstreet, Gordon, Pickett and Heth, with a number of staff officers, arrived, . and after recognitions and introductions, , an hour of very friendly intercourse k cOOJt place, during wmcu many sceneo 't and ijipidonts of bye-gone college day?, . and days of service together in the.regnlar army, were revived and re-told , with much good nature. Gen. Grant gave G en. Lee and his , principal" officers .passes . to proceed [ whither they wished. The parties soon . separated, and early on Tuesday mprn5. ing Gen. Grant and staff left the scene \ of the grpat event for their headouar. trers at Oity Point,., arriving. at 4.80 a. m. torday. General Meade was left in [ I command to superintend the details of ! the surrender, whi^i would oeci^y sev' eral days, the wo?k of providing each H. man^and officer with antndividual part olo being a slow and tqcLoqp ajairrI. part of them written and part printed , by, portable printing presses wnjpb apt company the headquarters. ,r ^ The completeness of the destruction LofGen.. Lee's army-may be inferred ' from the fapt tlj*t two weeks ago his J army numbered not less than 65,0.00.! men; thpt we have .cap tuned ~ from hi?55.000 prisoners; that his killed and wpanded are not lesrthan 14,000; and that the balanoaof4hg army deserted r^T.y, " " [on the uetreat, erfell intootrr hanffftf the "Surrender. ihiffprtteulg were veryhearty, AsTthe various gentlemen of the staff1 Speared at their 'old homes,1 and as commemorative of they: triumphant return, Brady, the eminent photograph! er of New York, preserved the group} | ofj^ *fcheir friends in tbis-and future | "' ? -Fftwi the Wanhin^ton Chronicle, Ap?1U5th? | Particulars of th? Murder of Abroham t. Lincoln* I .At half-past ten o'clock l%Bt night, in .the front upper left haiufprivaiejpox ia Ford's Theatre, while the second scene AT the third act of "Our American Gouj^uV was bring .played, pistol was fired, and Abraham Lincoln shot through '.the neck and lower part of the h?ad. A second affcgr the shot was fired, a man vaulted over the baluster of the box, saying, "Sicsmperprannis and~ adding another sentente, which closed with, i.i ,?J- tti?_ r? j.1.^ tutr nuruB, "rvYQUgv IM* MUC urvunii, ran across the stage with a gleaming Jatffe, double-edgea and straigl it, in hi* hand. The man was of ordnuwy stature, well-built, .white faced and beardless, save that ne.wore a .black moustache. His ha^r and eyes were black. The crowd aapeqdedthe stage; the aptreSsea, pale beneath their.rouge, ?an? -Wildly about. Miss Keene, whoa# hexe-efit night it was, oame forward, endeavoring to quiet the audience. Several gpnuefflent$imbe$ to the box,fcnd finally the audience Were ordered out by some gentlemen. "... I)lra. Lincoln, MLs Ha^is and Major itathburn were in the box with the President. - . * THE MUBDEROUfl ^TTEitPT AT SBCBETA# BYapWiSKD's. " The report of'an assassination attempted upon Secretary Seward having reaohed tnis office, we set out for the Secretary's housed and^there found that he, too, bad been assaulted. We learn* ed also that at ten'o^clock, just as the man in Pharge" nf .Lafayette Square called out that the gates vere doted, a ohan made his Way into Secretary Seward's house, representing that/be was the bearer of a medioitfe prescribed fc$r' Surgein-General l&mes, and which he was ordered to "deliver to 'Seeretary Seward ii) person? - . Pushing into the Secretary's rooi&> he seized theold, suffifring Statesman with one hand, and cut him with^a dag gcr-knifeon both jaws, then turned and forced his<way into the hall, where meeting-with Frederick Seward, the Sepres tary's son, he attacked lum, and inflict, ad three wounds with - a dagger-knife, (prolflDbly the same,) on the joung man's head, breast and hand. He also attacked jfty QJarenoe another son of the Secretary of -State, and inflicted upon him several very serious wounds. ' .The assassin then rushed Cut, mounted a bay horse, with light mane, and rode off, not at a gallop, but at what is called a "pace." i Doctors Barnes, Norris and bfotspn, "Were soon in attendance, and did all in their power for the sufferers. Secretary Seward was able to speak and "swallow, bfft both canted him^muoh pain, though none of the Arteries of the throat were cat. The1 doctors all agreed that*' the. Secretary in no immediate danger of losing his life. _ TRACES OF THE ASSASFlNOF- THE PRESIDENT. We then ascertained" that the police .were on the track of the F^psident's as sassin. and found that a variety of evi ,aence= all pointing one ^jay, would in. all probability justify the arrest of a character well known throughout the cities of the United States. Evidence taken amid such excitement would, perhaps, not justify us in naming the suspected man, nor could it nid"in his apprehension. A number of-persons have i been arrested who, it ia hoped, will be able Jo identify him. The assassin left behind him his hat, a spur, and a horror an&gloom never equallecTin this country, j The hat was picked up ifi the Prepi-1 dent's box; and, since we beganthis statement, Ms beep identified T>y pairties to^vhom it has been shown; and accurately described as the one belonging to thesuspected man, by (iher parties not"allowed to see it ere describing it. The -spur was dropped upon the stage and that also has been identified as-the .one procured at a stable where the same man procured a horse !n the evening. The. horse so obtained was a dark bajj which woe also the color of that mounted at the stage door of the theatre,"by th?fiying Msassic. "The horse, up to the hour of 3 a. m., had not been returned to the stable; has been seeir riderless, with English .saddle and plain stirrups, roaftiing the streets, - but escaped fromjmreuit. THEY JIAVE SLAIN THEER EEiT FRIEND. Comment onthis deed now were wors.e ' than useless, & Ven possible toois with'our present feelings.* The.perpe trators of thedeed stand (we hope we are n<& profaiie) Hke Judas Isc viot~ip this: thatt%y have stricken down the nfljri who stoj>d -forth their Ms* intercessor before the nation and the laws they had. raised their impious hands to slay by *dfcprovQk?d rebellion. Their only shield, their truest, most forgiving frien^ hie who plead with his people to temper justice with njercy?him have ttfeyJEn. And Who can now teH the 'consequences ? POLICE HEADQUABTElhs. No sooner had the dreadful event been announced in the street, than Sir perintendcnt Iiicliards-.%nd his assistants' were at work todisoevcr the assassins. In a few moments the telegraph had aroused the Whole poliee force of the city.' Mayor Wallach, and several metnders.of the^ity government, ^ere soon on the spot Every measure of precaution-was. taken to preserve order in^the citg, and every streetwM^patards, .GenerfAu^K sent Worses - to mount the police. Bvery. road out & Washington W* picketed, and eV^ry . * # flashed the mournful netfs "to Balthnore, * upon-- active duty. Pverf roatFwas ? picketed, and every precaution taken to prefvept the^ escape of the assassins. ^ 7A preliminary examination wasmade py Mtf. Rieh&rda and his assistants.? Seferal persons were called upon to tea- ? tify, and the evidence, afl elicited before JttaMnforiual tribunal, and. not^ under tl oath, was conclusive to thia.poinV; the a] murderer of President Linooln was JoEtfWilkes Booth. His hat Was found in the" private box, and identified fry" several persons who had seen hiin within r thedastrwodays, andtha spur which he dropped'by accident, after W jumped to c the stage, was identified as orfe of those h whieh he obtained from the-Stable where b he Hired his horse. This m&n Booth has placed more than * onceat Ford's Theatre, and is, of course, r acquainted with its exitsand entrances, b and the facility with which he escaped behind the soeneo is easily understood;* He is a son offJunius Brutus Booth, a the renowned actor, and has, like one p of his brothers, in vain attempted to I gain a reputididn off1 the stage. His father was an Englishman, apd he-was born in Baltimore. He has long been ? 8 man of intemperate habits and sub- ^ ject'to temporary fits of great excite* ment. His capture is certain, but if he" is true to hi# nature he will commit su:oide-, and 'thus appropriately end ins ;<i- . reer. " ' -I' A report has been circuit-Xi. 'ii-J ? ; repeated by almost evcrybo^g Booth, th? air . - - if 1 teen "miles tliis side of P/alvuforc?'**. . It will be^seen, by rtf&rring tljrii-J'*1 other column, ti-. :t O" .J. Au- j , gur, Provost ISfjsrshtft 'dlftho Bcp^a ment o? Vashinfibto^offerrR &\ i ; /1/41c(Wr t?% ' n? rMi.frf.TT. f\T 1M y^U Mll/UOOUU UVZilfl U vv ktv VMM x?v ^ parties who will arrest the person or ^ persons who assassinated the President, , Mr. Lincoln, * Secretary of State, Mr. . Seward, and his sons. , ? person ttho assassinated Secre- w 'tary^S&ward left bdhindhim a slouched 1 hat arid'an old, ruflty navyTrOinlver ? ai The* chambers were-broken loose from 'the barrel, as if done by striking. The loads were drawn from the ohambersj 3 dfce ftfeing but a rough piece of leadj . ahdrihe Others balls smaller thffia the R chdmbars?-wrapped ill paper, as if to f? keep, thetii #rom nOling out, the closing scene. ? Washington, April 15.?The Star h extra, just issued, has _the following acr. .. cpunt -of the last hours of the Presi- 61 dent's lffe: At twenty-two minutes past seven o'clock $hp president breath- cl ed his last, closing his eyes as if falling f< to sleep, while his countenance assumed w as expression of perfect Berenity . The?? pi were m ipdjip^fciqns pain, and it was not known that he was dead until the " gradually decreasing respiration ceased -t] altogether. Rev. 0r. Cfurley, of the w 2iew York Avenue Presbyterian Church imnuycBntely on its hohW asoertai?ed that life was extinct, knelt at the bed side and offered prapei, which was res- P pornled t o by all present. Dr. GrLy ley *' then proceeded to'~*thc front aarlor, i1 where Mrs.' Lincoln, Qaptaii Robert t' Lincoln, Mr. John'Day, the private Secretary, and others were. waiting*.. .4', where, he again offered "prayer for, the 8 consolation of the family. . ? At six o'clock the pulse of the end- g pent sufferer perceptibly failed aftd at half-past six it was observed to be mote fall, and the breathing labored. At 1 , seven o'clock there were symptoms of c immediate dissolution, and twenty-two 1 j minutes past seven death closed the ? I scene. '. 1 " * inauguration of president johnson Washington, April 1.5?12 o'clock c m.?Vice President Andrew Jolmson t was sworn into office as President .vi * the United States by Ohiet Justice! t ChaSe to-day at 11 o'clock. tteoretery h McCuIloch. and Arvrnc? ' Speed ana others.. werg preset; P-v!. .received . thp kind cxpreaftteai .of. She"' gentlemen by Who.n 'nj .. ivoi :-A& in a man., x % ' . mru-ii.: sense of the ;r> & : .-"ly: A-: i:j? den.Lv d^y^lv^l me*!.brief speech,V'hieirj'* . .'i-Lj't * ' >' tvThe dutic . ./ . I will perform J: jss . opl . 'are with God.- Gtct>i. siu-ii ic&u s upon you?I feel that I shall need ypuj i support. J am'deeply impressed with the solemnity ;q? the occasion and the < responsibility^ the duties of the office I am assuming." :A - .. a Mr. .Johnson appeared to he in very ,k good health and to have ji high and re-, alizing sense of the hopes that are now t centered upon Him. His mapner was , solemn and dignified, and his whole . bearing produced a most gratifying im- ( pression upon those who -participated , in the ceremonies. ,Ii is preb&blo that g during the day President Johnson will issue his first proclamation to the A- c merican people, ~ . ? ?I<M A Merited Rebuke.?In addressing 'j a jury upon one occasion, the'celebrated Lord Jeffreys fotfnd it necessary to make free with the character of a military officer who was present. Upon . Rearing himself several times eontemp- 1 1 tuously spoken of as "the sojdler," .the e son of Marzboilod with indignation,and ' interrupted the pleader. "Don't call . me a soldier, sir, I'm an officer."- Lord I '.Tftflvflro imnr,Mlin.te7v went on: "Well 1 gentlemen,' thfe officer, who iemo.soldier, 8 wits the cause of all the raischiefthafc has Recurred." ; i The consmanctffig general of the ^ Yankee- forces at Savaftflah has an- n nounceii that the families of all Oonfederftte.offiwrewfll be jsentout-ef that * mty. g L - * ?hrt^oyqff OfilMt yoer- ?dewai*_.wtfh it J qvptf monriojpT' aajjed'ooe. nejgi-.be? uf aa- h mother. "Because.! 6#iofc getaa~#hw^h? a J?.ba* fcwit&J" m^Mhn-aeighbOr.^ . '' -3-f ^ . v. Wbeni^the weathoir-favoraW^O hay ma* iog? When i* ^ pitcMprkjfj^^?^ I When ftre writer* like Oattle? WheO they re abeoldlely driven to the pfeov Do &sh ever sl^ep?-and if hot, what is la' uae of making a bad in the sea ? The min "who afood upon trifles has been lowqaway. We once heard of a dog'who had a whis- j1 e which grew on the end of his taiJ. He 1 Iwaya called himself when wanted. ~ ' Women's "Empire State" is matrimony. \ fere she is always in the majority?elwaya , cigns and sometime# storms. > j If von wish to attract attention, no into I bureh S5me 8dndayT, after the Slices 1 we began, in a pair of new squeaking 1 oots, and*parage op tbe broad aisle. 1 A man came into 8 printing-office to log . paper, "Beoanso," said be, "we like to , 3a"d newspapers very moofa, but oar neigh* ( ore ate ail too stingy to teko one." J "WeUj Jemmy didn'tquite kill yon with ? briok-bat, did be, Pat ?" No. By the* j iper, I flialHief^had." "What for ?" "So 1 could have seen him bang, the veilyain." "It is not proper for yon to play school, ^ iy dear, to day, for it's Sunday." "I know j i, mother/' replied the little girl, "but it ^ r Sunday school that I am playing." j An editor out West, wholrnd been to'aee i laoootu performed, winds up a criticism ? t. ihi> play mth "Shakspeare wasa ttBtDp.'" \ im-editdi'i wefcs'uppose, is a brick.- ' 1 Th ; jfv.t. who ; !, !! ;-.u office" got tired* , " . - v purposehf renting himself: , . v : .* w ijjtc' go; awny, paa >fc bp.- ti : 1 f;o'. since. j * Ti a a r, 'own wlio is so cross* c a bottle his eyesfcot 1 V' , '-ws, and drJW the oork j jau.,lifer, ili alwayfr imagined hisnoso to e a big baiiTLog around the corner. V , v . 1 jfc. A.\ >1 There are two eventfal periods in the life < f woman?one, when she WondeWwhO she i ill have; the other, who will hare her. '] he first query flatetfkfc sixteeir?febtf neki i t forty. i Poetry is said' to be the flower pf litera- 1 j re; prose is the corn, potatoes and meat; j itire is tho aquafortis; wit is the spice and . epper; letters containing remittances are le apple d amplings. A rem ark ably hard drinker, who was ex* [ring, begged one of his friends to bring im a goblet of -water, telling him, "On ar death beds we most be reconciled toour ' aemies." A oertain sign-board hits the'following- 1 'asflical inscription; "All persons what art mud fyghtsning or trespusiog on this gcoud ill ^runnfai) will' tViM- Crtmnafc trtcrirpr nf fthelawr." ' ' ' * " Hans, what is the matter ?" "De soril wagon has run away m it de grcou horse, t>4 broke de axeltree of de brick- house hat stands by de corner lamp-post across 0 telegraph." . Why are.the ladies. of,. the present day ke the lilies of Scripture ? Because they toil not, ceith or do they spin; yet Solomon * 3 all bis glory was hot arrayed like cms of hem." Mrs. W., walkings one of the wharves a New York, jocosely asked a sailor-why a hip was always called <?ibe." "0, faith," ays thie son oil Neptune, l,becauso the rig[ing costs more than the ttiU." ' A young lady who had not received so andb attention from the boa ox as her feoale associates, said to her iover, "I told hem I woold wait until the ohsflf bad blown , ff, and then I would pigk ap the wheat." Smart compliment, that. A private of the ' Galway Rifles wSs reently standing sentry, when an officer, noici.iff that he bad a black eye, charged him rifh having been fighting. "Please sir," ho tidier replied, "was iPtoot^for that you ng;. 4o-J Uie f"4* '* -r . jjgjtoagS: > A?- 4 w li^jlo.;fQy..utc^i?caI heni . ? fe- v ' ,* of aniwfifinff.the I '' censors J .' zU 'be rheu%. ;:'-v ' him tm:? a . "yiae. *^0MflP > itt. -vdr, 'v.-aa" raet* with a htagh apd he;?Biatfcl ' a v?ag: "I am duirj to see yptl* descend to such :!ap trap maDcoavre# as that." "Yea?" was hia quick reply. *4>at-yottH id mit I Dever n qdertake aoythwg,wiUwmt f loiogthjpugh It.", "Yoti oaft do- aDjthiDg, if yon will oaly; iavo patience,says oar old fogy uncle, rlro ttiudodiis fortune by bdiog platftod In*' he old town when, corner lots wone worth inly tea dollars an acre, and waited till he yoke up one morning ttf find them worth 1800 a fqpt. ' . %. *' ' - W-* I t, "Viatei uiajr vu-uanwLA IU a nov^j u jrvu an only wait." "How lrfng?'' queries impudent ibl imlatient Young America, who fijin hardly rait for Bis bread, or tfte old man'frobituary. . -frugal" * * ?. I Wonoeb.?Whoa tr yobog nibe parlor all day witfefrerdogordcoverd with rings, I wonder if her mother donH rash, and do the worfcin the kiwhen t * * When a deacon of the churoll sells strong otter recommending it as BWeet Ivwond&r f He don't rgjy'o0 tho moriia of Ghfiatior i alvation? ' ^p5j| j Whew a young lady laces .-her'waist a: bird smaller than naturfcrnSde it, I wonder f her pretty fignre wilfnothhortea Itfeeon?e aiserible whife?Bhe doesijb|fc ? - ? ?top mend a garment; I wonder ifta is ot lacking eomewhere,i?ayto?ardstht topr w iasfcjwht 4 L - mfg&m ' # % tZ 9 I Wo KfffOttTB TO DO tflUttV [ have hestdof aomu r3sHj^?fe' -I *hett $? L_ -* - ind tue iztseot would wake to iUe, ww be:ome the mother of an endless multitude, ind bo it may.be with ua. WV-aresoalHI ng the needs of knowledge, and piety, and ^mornd?tyr bat we see opt th$ seed nptiog :orth. Our ioetraotioDB Beont to be ?orgOt:en ; the fruits j>f* cmr: libaraJiljr. eebiu to lave perished ; and rour favors. appear to iave-been in vain? Bui be of* good itotrrige ; tbe seed is still io the earth UflddMp** :d, and the time will oome when it Shall ippn* forth, and yield a plwUeodi,#aiwe^. tt U watched oner by the God of ?ea?% rod not a seed shall perish. Thdhaodlbat Ottered the seed m?^ be*ithered, bttt tfo . seed itself aluH' swell, *ai sao-d forth ita?orm, and become a mighty tre&HMpg roioe that Uttered the sermon -may b* silent, but others that rooeived tbe truth shall oome . \ forth and declare ina fresh to tbngoD orations that are yet unborn.. ^ _??JgL;' A Heabtx Laugh.?After all, what, a capital, kindly, honest, jolly, gforidns ggpd [ thing |k laugh ': is ! ' What a tonic ! What ^digester! What a febrifag! Wbat^E, walk before breakfast or a nap aft^ diaper. discovers tho gums of ihfopoy, or age, the grinder* of folly, or the pearls of fawuty ; whether it racks the sides add deforms the countenance of vulgarity, or dimples the visage or uwiflte^s the ^eyo of r^emept-r^ hurnao oorateoani^ into' sometH^ap^rolaugh is a glorious thing. "LiS^tbicg of beauty/* it is "a joy forej^/'^berp is no remorso in^. It leaves no stfog^x- , cept in the sides, and that goes of. .jflEfc? ,a Bingle unparticipaled langh |s a great affjir tn wifcftMM Knf. if in eoMnm ?nnlo It IB more infeotioaa than scarlet fevor. You cannot gravely contemplate a laugh.. If there is one laagher,ancf one witness, there are forthwith two laughers. And so on.? The convulsion iff propagated like soanS1^? What a.thing it is when it becomes epidemic ! " *T*mmSr . TheGbbedbofthe Wobed.?The following cla&siuoations of % inhabit^ of by6C#rtF: w!?PeUteric^a^e^thoS^ Statistical Department .:<if:^r^nj'' ^tiag r 'Christians, 385,000,1)00, or 25.77 per