Class. Book. COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT A kelic of the Rebellion 1 -OR,- VHflT HAPPENED TWENTY-SIX YEARS MO. *^ ^ n NnC K true copy of The New York Herald, as published on the 1 5th of April, i865, the morning after the Assassination of President Lincoln. I i 2<^ Copyrighted and Published by J. H. -WIITSTOIT, 215 E. 89th St., New York. 1891. \ E4t7 ■ if ■N6'L j ^' A Eelic of the Kebellion " is the title of tliis little publication, it being, as stated hereinbefore, a reproduction of The Neio York Herald, relating the most important events of the Rebellion, which terminated twenty-six years ago. \ To whatever extent this little volume may contribute to revive the interest in the past, I hope it will be a welcome guest to the American people, North and South, East and West. The news of the Assassination of President Lincoln spread a mantle of grief over the entire nation and produced a general mourning as no similar event recorded in history has ever done before. Mr. Lincoln had during his administration achieved the respect and admiration of his country, besides gaining the universal, heartfelt sympathy of all. He was looked upon as the embodiment of all those features of our institutions which, theoretically, place all of our citizens on a political equality, and open the doors of the highest places of power and trust to the humblest amongst us. This little work, though brief, will be found very instructive and interesting, as well to the aged as to the young ; to the aged because it recalls facts they are acquainted with, instructive to the young because it relates facts they have heard of. Feeling confident that all true Americans will accept this as a relic and a reminder of the direst event any nation ever bowed under, and hoping it may meet the approval of all, I cordially present it to the public, J. H. WINSTON. M A Relic of the Rebellion. IMPORTANT. Issassination of President Lincoln. The President Shot at the Theatre Last Evening.— Secretary Sew^ard Daggered in His Bed, but Not Mor- tally "WTounded.— Clarence andFred- erick Sew^ard Badly Hurt.— Escape of the Assassins.— Intense Excite- ment in "Washington.— Scene at the Deathbed of Mr. Lincoln.— J. "Wilkes Booth, the Actor, the Alleged As- sassin of the President.— The Of- ficial Despatch. War-Department, ) Washington, April 15— 1:30 A.M. j Major-General Dix, New York — This evening at about 9.30 P. M., at Ford's Theatre, the President, while sitting in his private box with Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Harris and Major Eathburn, was shot by an assassin, who suddenly entered the box and approached behind the president. The assassin then leaped upon the stage, brandishing a large dag- ger or knife, and made his escape in the rear of the theatre. The pistol ball entered the back of the President's head and pene- trated nearly through the head. The wound is mortal. The President has been insensible ever since it was inflicted, and is now dying. About the same hour an assassin, whether the same or not, entered Mr. Seward's apartments, and under pretence of ha^dng a prescription was shown to the Secretary's sick chamber. The assassin immediately rushed to the bed and inflicted two or three stabs on the throat and two on the face. It is hoped the wounds may not be mortal. My apprehension is that they will prove fatal. The nurse alarmed Mr. Frederick Seward, who was in an adjoining room, and he hastened to the door of his father's room, when he met the assassin, who inflicted upon him one or more dangerous wounds. The recovery of Frederick Seward is doubtful. It is not probable that the Presi- dent wiU live through the night. General Grant and wife were ad- vertised to be at the theatre this evening, but he started to Bui'ling- ton at six o'clock this evening. At a Cabinet meeting, at which General Grant was present, the subject of the state of the country and the prospect of a speedy peace were discussed. The President was very cheerful and hopefid, and spoke very kindly of General Lee and others of the confederacy, and of the establishment of government in Virginia. All the members of the Cabinet except Mr. Seward, are now in attendance upon the President. I have seen Mr. Seward, but he and Frederick were both uncon- scious. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretan^ of War. A Relic of the Rebellion. THE HERALD DISPATCHES. Washington, April 14, 1865. Assassination has been inaugur- ated in Washington. The bowie knife and pistol have been applied to President Lincoln and Secretary Seward. The former was shot in the throat, while at Ford's theatre to-night. Mr. Seward was badly cut about the neck, while in his bed at his residence. SECOND DISPATCH. Washington, April 14, 1865, An attempt was made about ten o'clock this evening to assassinate the President and Secretary Seward. The President was shot at Ford's Theatre. Result not yet known. Mr. Seward's throat was cut, and his son badly wounded. There is intense excitement here. Details of tlie Assassination. Washington, April 14, 1865. Washington was thrown into an intense excitement a few minutes before eleven o'clock this evening, by the announcement that the President and Secretary Seward hiid been assassinated and were dead. The wildest excitement prevailed in all parts of the city. Men, women and children, old and young, rushed to and fro, and the rumors were magnified until we had nearly every member of the Cabinet killed. Some time elajDsed before authentic data could be as- certained in regard to the affair. The President and Mrs. Lincoln were at Ford's theatre, listening to the performance of the American 30usin, occupying a box in the second tier. At the close of the third act a person entered the box occupied by the President, and shot Mr. Lincoln in the head. The shot entered the back of his head, came out above the temple. The assassin then jumped from the box upon the stage and ran across to the other side, exhibiting a dagger in his hand, flourishing it in a tragical manner, shouting the same words repeated by the des- perado at Mr. Seward's house, add- ing to it, " The South is avenged," and then escaped from the back en- trance to the stage, but in his pas- sage dropped his pistol and his hat. Mr. Lincoln fell forward from his seat, and Mrs. Lincoln fainted. The moment the astonished audi- ence could realize what had haj)- pened, the President w^as taken and carried to Mr. Peterson's house, in Tenth street, opposite to the theatre. Medical aid was immediately sent for, and the wound was at first sup- posed to be fatal, and it was an- nounced that he could not live, but at half -past twelve he is still alive, though in a precarious condition. As the assassin ran across the stage, Colonel J. B. Steward, of this city, who was occupjang one of the front seats in the orchestra, on the same side of the house as the box occupied by Mr. Lincoln, sprang to the stage and followed himj but he was obstructed m his passage across the stage by the fright of the actors, and reached the back- door about three seconds after the assassin had passed out. Colonel Steward got to the street just in time to see him mount his horse and ride away. This operation shows that the A Relic of the Rebellion. whole thing was a preconcerted plan. The person who fired the pistol was a man about thirty years of age, about five feet nine, spare built, fail' skin, dark hair, ap- parently bushy, with a large mus- tache. Laui'a Keene and the leader of the orchestra declare that they recognized him as J. Wilkes, the actor, and a rabid secessionist. Whoever he was, it is plainly evi- dent that he thoroughly understood the theatre and all its approaches and modes of escape to the stage. A person not familiar with the theatre could not have possibly made his escape so well and quick- ly- The alarm was sounded in every quarter. Mr. Stanton was notified, and immediately left his house. All the other members of the Cabinet escaped attack. Cavalrymen were sent out in all directions, and dispatches sent to all the fortifications, and it is thought they will be captured. About half past ten o'clock this evening a taU, well dressed man made his appearance at Secretary Seward's residence, and applied for admission. He was refused admis- sion by the servant, when the des- perado stated that he had a pre- scription from the Surgeon General, and that he was ordered to deliver it in person. He was still refused, except upon the wiitten order of the physician. This he pretended to show, and pushed by the servant and inished up stairs to Mr. Sew- ard's room. He was met at the door by Mr. Fred. Seward, who notified him that he was master of the house, and would take charge of the prescription. After a few words had passed between them, he dodged by Fred. Seward and rushed to the Secretary's bed, and struck him in the neck with a dagger, and also in the breast. It was supposed at first that Mr. Seward was killed instantly, but it was found afterwards that the wound was not mortal. Major Wm. H. Seward, Jr., pay- master, was in the room, and rushed to the defence of his father, and was badly cut in the melee with the assassin, but not fatally. The desperado managed to es- cape from the house, and was pre- pared for escape by having a horse at the door. He immediately mounted his horse, and sung out the motto of the State of Virginia, " Sic Semper Tyrannis ! " and rode off. Surgeon General Barnes was im- mediately sent for, and he examined 31r. Seward and pronounced him, safe. His wounds were not fatal. The jugular vein was not cut, nor the wound in the breast deep enough to be fatal. Washington, April 15—1 A. M. The streets in the vicinity of Ford's Theatre are densely crowded by an anxious and excited crowd. A guard has been placed across Tenth street and F and E streets, and only official persons and par- ticular friends of the President are allowed to pass. The popular heart is deeply stirred and the deepest indignation against leading rebels is freely ex- pressed. The scene at the house where the A Relic of the Rebellion. President lies in extremis is very affecting. Even Secretary Stanton is affected to tears. When the news spread through the city that the President had "been shot, the people, with pale faces and compressed lips, crowded every place where there was the slightest chance of obtaining in- formation in regard to the affair. After the President was shot, Lieutenant Rathburn caught the as- .sasin by the arm, who immediately s^ip struc struck him with a knife, and jumped from the box as before stated. The popular affection for Mr. Lin- coln has been shown by this diaboli- cal assassination, which will bring eternal infamy, not only upon its authors, but upon the hellish cause which they desire to avenge. Vice-President Johnson arrived at the White House, where the President lies, about one o'clock, and will remain with him to the last. The President's family are in at- tendance upon him also. As soon as intelligence could be got to the War Department, the electric Telegraph and Signal corps were put in requisition to endeavor to prevent the escape of the assas- sins, and all the troops around Washington are under arms. Popular report points to a some- what celebrated actor of known secession proclivities as the assas- sin 5 but it would be unjust to name him until further evidence of his guilt is obtained. It is rumored that the person alluded to is in cus- tody. The latest advices from Secretary Seward reveals more desperate work there than at first supposed. Seward's wounds are not in them- selves fatal, but, in connection with his recent injuries, and the great loss of blood he has sustained, his recovery is questionable. It was Clarence A. Seward, in- stead of Wm. H. Seward, Jr., who was wounded. Fred. Seward was also badly cut, as were also three nurses, who were in attendance upon the Secretar}', showing that a desperate struggle took place there. The wounds of the whole party were dressed. One O'CLOCK A. M. The President is perfectly sense- less, and there is not the slightest hope of his surviving. Physicians believe that he will die before morn- ing. All of his Cabinet, except Secretary Seward, are with him. Speaker Colfax, Senator Farwell, of Maine, and many other gentle- men, are also at the house await- ing the termination. The scene at the President's bed- side is described by one who wit- nessed it as most affecting. It was surrounded by his Cabinet ministers, aU of whom were bathed in tears, not even excepting Mr. Stanton, who, when informed by Surgeon General Barnes that the President could not live until morning, ex- claimed, " Oh, no, General, no — noj" and with an impulse natural as it was unaffected, immediately set down on a chair near his bed- side and wept like a child. Senator Sumner was seated on the right of the President's couch, near the head, holding the right hand of the President in his own. A Relic of the Rebellion. He was sobbing like a woman, with his head bowed down almost on the edge of the bed on which the President was lying. Two O'CLOCK A. M. The President is still alive, but there is no improvement in his con- dition. THE PRESS DESPATCHES. Washington, April 15 — 1 A. M. The President was shot in a the- atre to-night, and is perhaps mor- tally wounded. SECOND DESPATCH. Washington, April 15—1 A. M. The President is not expected to live through the night. He was shot at the theatre. Secretary Seward was also assas- sinated. No arteries were cut. Additional Details of the Assassina- tion. Washington, April 15-1.30 A. M. President Lincoln and wife, with other friends this evening visited Ford's Theatre, for the purpose of witnessing the performance of the American cousin. It was announced in the papers that General Grant would also be present ; but that gentleman took the late train of cars for New Jer- sey. The theatre was densely crowded, and all seemed delighted with the scene before them. During the thii'd act, and while there was a temporary pause for one of the actors to enter, a sharp report of a pistol was heard, which merely at- tracted attention, but suggested nothing serious, until a man rushed to the front of the President's box, waving a long dagger in his right hand, and exclaiming, '' Sic semper tyrannis,''' and immediately leaped from the box, which was on the second tier, to the stage beneath, and ran across to the opposite side, making his escape, amid the bewil- dered state of the audience, from the rear of the theatre, and mount- ing a horse, fled. The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first disclosed the fact to the audie^j^e that the President had been shot, when all present rose to their feet, rushing towards the stage, many exclaiming " Hang him ! Hang him ! " The excitement was of the wild- est possible description, and, of coui'se, there was an abrupt termi- nation of the theatrical perform- ance. There was a rush toward the President's box, when cries were heard : — " Stand back and give him air." " Has any one stimulants 1 " On a hasty examination it was found that the President had been shot through the head above and back of the temporal bone, and that some of the brain was oozing out. He was removed to a private house opposite the theatre, and the Surgeon General of the army and other surgeons were sent for to at- tend to his condition. On an examination of the private box blood was discovered on the back of the cushioned rocking chair on which the President had been sitting, also on the partition and on the floor. A common single-bar- relled pocket pistol was found on the carpet. 10 A Relic of the Rebellion. A military guard was placed in front of the private residence to which the President had been con- veyed. An immense crowd was in front of it, all deeply anxious to learn the condition of the President. It had been previously announced that the wound was mortal, but all hoped otherwise. The shock to the community was terrible. At midnight the Cabinet, with Messrs. Sumner, Colfax and Farns- worth. Judge Curtis, Governor Oglesby, General Meigs, Colonel Hay, and afewpersonal friends, with Surgeon General and his immediate assistants, were around his bedside. The President was in a state of syncope, totally insensible, and breathing slowly. The blood oozed from the wound at the back of his head. The surgeons exhausted every possible effort of medicinal skill, but all hope was gone. The parting of his family with the dying President is too sad for description. The President and Mrs. Lincoln did not start for the theatre until fifteen minutes after eight o'clock. Speaker Colfax was at the White House at the time, and the Presi- dent stated to him that he was go- ing. Mrs. Lincoln had not been well, because the papers had an- nounced that General Grant and they were to be present, and, as General Grant had gone North, he did not wish the audience to be dis- appointed. He went with apparent reluc- tance, and urged Mr. Colfax to go with him, but that gentleman had made other engagements, and with Mr. Ashmun, of Massachusetts, bid him goodby. When the excitement at the the- atre was at iti wildest height re- ports were circulated that Secretary Seward had also been assassinated. On reaching this gentleman's residence a crowd and a military guard were found at the door, and on entering it was ascertained that the reports were based on truth. Everybody there was so excited that scarcely an intelligible word could be gathered. But the facts are substantially as follows : — About ten o'clock a man rang the bell, and the call having been an- swered by a colored servant, he said he had come from Dr. Verdi,, Secretary Seward's family physi- cian, with a prescription, at the same time holding in his hand a small piece of folded paper, and say- ing, in answer to a refusal, that he must see the Secretary, as he was entrusted with particular directions concerning the medicine. He still insisted on going up, al- though repeatedly informed that no one could enter the chamber. The man pushed the servant aside, and walked hastily towards the Secre- tary's room, and was then met by Mr. Frederick Seward, of whom he demanded to see the Secretary, making the same representation which he did to the servant. What further passed in the way of colloquy is not known; but the man struck him on the head with a billy, severely injuring the skull and felling him almost senseless. The assassin then rushed into the chamber and attacked Major Seward, Paymaster United States A Relic of the Rebellion. II Army, and Mr. Hansell, a messen- ger of the State Department, and two male nurses, disabling them all. He then rushed upon the Secre- tary, who was lying in bed in the same room, and inflicted three stabs in the neck, but severing, it is thought and hoped, no arteries, though he bled profusely. The assassin then rushed down stairs, mounted his horse at the door, and rode off before an alarm could be sounded and in the same manner as the assassin of the Presi- dent. It is believed that the injuries of the Secretary are not fatal, nor those of either of the others, al- though both the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary are very seri- ously injured. Secretary Stanton and "Wellee, and other prominent officers of the Government called at Secretary Seward's house to inquire into his condition and there heard of the assassination of the President. They then proceeded to the house, where he was lying, exhibit- ing of course intense anxiety and solicitude. An immense crowd was gathered in front of the President's house, and a strong guard was also stationed there. Many persons evi- dently supposing he would be brought to his home. The entire city to-night presents a scene of wild excitement, accom- panied by violent expressions of in- dignation and the profoundest sor- row ; many shed tears. The military authorities have de- spatched mounted . patrols in every direction, in order, if possible, to arrest the assassins. The whole metropolitan police are likewise vigilant for the same purpose. The attacks, both at the theatre and at Secretary Seward's house^ took place at about the same hour — ten o'clock — thus showing a precon- certed plan to assassinate those gentlemen. Some evidences of the guilt of the party who attacked the President are in the possession of the police. Vice-President Johnson is in the city and his headquarters are guarded by troops. THE STATE CAPITAL Rejection of the tiew York Fire Commissloiieps, — Passage of tlie Central Railroad Fair Bill.— Great Excitement Over tlie Healtbi Bill, &c. Albany, April 14—11.40 P. M. Legislation each day is now so rapid here that a detail or analysis of its progress is out of the ques- tion. To-day the long pending Central Railroad bill passed the Senate, and is virtually a law if the Governor does not veto it. But the result may be forshadowed in the veto sent in to-day of the Dry Dock and Battery Railroad. The Health bill, which two days since was bound by caucus rules to have a sure passage, was to-night defeated by Republican votes. The Collector of the port of New York, who has had an elaborate organiza- tion up for his retention in the office of Commissioner of Charities, was thrown overboard and the power of all his patronage disregarded in the strife to secure this position which has been his pet desire and special- 12 A Kelic of thje Rebeluon. ty for many years. All these oc- currences have a political signifi- cancy which it would take too much time and space to develop. The excitement of the day has been the Health bill, and that excite- ment has been so incoherent as to be indescribable. The attempt made last night to kill off the bill was re- newed to-day at an early hour. It has been lost for want of a sufficient vote, and laid on the table for re- consideration. A motion was made to call it up for a final vote a short time after the reading of the Journal, by its opponents. The tactics against the measure were led by Weed, of Clinton, in whose fresh abilities the democrats have gained their ablest accession in this Legislature. He moved to take from the table, and upon that the previous question. The vote of fifty-three to sixty-one disclosed the fact that the friends of the bill were in the minority, and a panic at once was created among them. An adroit suggestion was sent to the Speaker — understood to be from Henry J. Raymond who was on the floor— to rule that his vote did not carry the bill, and another must be taken. Mr. Van Buren, of Nevr York, moved to adjourn, which the Speaker overruled amidst the greatest uproar. Weed and others insisting that such an action was out of order. While the vote was being taken a few more republicans were drum- med up, and the motion carried by one or two votes. Hereupon the wildest scenes of confusion took place, all the members gathered in a crowd before the Speakei*'s desk in the most excited condition, shout- ing, disputing and threatening each other and the Speaker. One member from New York got upon a desk, and in the midst of a clamor for bets, offered at a thousand dol- lars, shouted and taunted the re- publicans, daring any man to bet. He shook his two fists with hands- full of greenbacks. Others clamored in like manner, and the scene re- sembled the most exciting days at the gold room in New York. In the midst of all this were heard the clapping of hands and the triumph- ant imitations of the mock chanti- cleer of the republicans, while the democrats uttered the most violent denunciations of the Speaker to his face for his rulings. This scene was disposed of only to be reproduced for the evening session. Mr. Weed renewed his assaults upon the bill to bring it to a final vote, while its diminished friends sought to postpone this action. Messrs. Van Buren, Stuart, Reed, Brandreth, Wood and Parker sought alternately to postpone or to kill time by filibustering, after prolonged, excited and most dis- orderly proceedings. A final vote was forced upon the friends of the bill at a late hour. Sixty-one voted for the biU and fifty-one against it. Sixty-five votes being necessary to its pas- sage, it was lost. Mr. Salmon, of New York, who had made himself obnoxious by the vehemency of his opposition to the bill, was sought to be involved in proceedings before the bar of the House ; but the Speaker was e\ddently discour- aged from any such attempts. The A Relic of the Kebelliox. 13 management for the bill on the floor of the House was understood to be in the hands of the radicals, under the lead of Fields, Boole was in the lobby in person. Mayor Gunther, Carr and others of his opponents were here yesterday to urge on the passage of the bill. It is alleged that the Republican in- terest was sold out by the Radicals. The Fire Commissioners encoun- tered a decided capsize in executive session. The defeat of the Health bill was pending on their considera- tion, and the Assembly had ad- joui'ned in the extraordinary man- ner of the morning. The names were at first confirmed, Sena- tor Laimbier, who had made the chief opposition, moving the confirmation. This action was, however, reconsidered on motion of Senator Andrews, on the ground of the promises made in the As- sembly to the democrats, who passed it, that the board would comprise two democrats. The names were accordingly sent back to the Governor. The continuation of Boole in office by the defeat of the Health bill is accompanied by the pas- sage of a resolution continuing the Senate investigating com- mittee, to sit during the sum- mer and examine the other depart- ments. The feeling here is that Boole was treated as an invidious exception and the thing will be made even all round. The action determined on in caucus yesterday in regard to Draper and the Board of Charities, was desked by resolution to-day, and is coupled with the defeat of Rufus F. Andrews as candidate for United States District Attorney at New York, as a satisfactory mani- festation of Thurlow "Weed's power. The passage of the Central Rail- road Fare bill was conducted through the form of third reading with no excitement, and with the limit of seven per cent, dividends. The increase of half a cent per mile for three years is thought only rea- sonable. IMPORTANT FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Surrender of Montevideo to Gen. Flores.— Brazil in the Possession oT the City, Sec. The Brazilian mail arrived at Lisbon April 2, bringing the fol- lowing advices : — Monte\ddeo has surrendered to General Flores. The Brazilians now (March 11) occupy the city. Rio Janeiro, March 11, 1865. Exchange 25f a 26^. Coffee — Sales of good firsts at 65.66. Shipments, 100,000 bags. Stock, 100,000 bags. Freights, 50.62^. Bahia, March 11, 1865. Exchange 26^. Cotton nominal. Pernambuco, March 11, 1865. Exchange 26J a 27. Ne^s from San Francisco. San Francisco, April 12, 1865. The exports of treasure for the quarter just ended show a falling off of about six and a half millions as compared with the same period last year. San Francisco, April 14, 1865. The Pacific Mail Steamship Sacramento sailed to-day, with a. 14 A Relic of the Rebellion. large number of passengers for New York, and $1,153,000 in treas- ure, of which nearly $700,000 go to New York. The steamship Moses Taylor sailed for San Juan del Sur with numer- ous passengers. The market continues variable and unsettled, and traders pursue a continuous policy. Prices of East- ern goods are slowly falling. Sailed, ship Flying Eagle, for Boston. New Orleans Markets. New Orleans, April 8, Via Cairo, April 14, 1865. The New Orleans markets are at a stand still. Low middling cotton is quoted at 42c. per pound, and good superfine flour at $9 per barrel. THE REBELS. Jeff. Davis at Danville.— His Latest Appeal to His Deluded FolloMrers.— He Thinks the Fall] of Richmond a Slessing in Disguise, as It Leaves the Rebel Armies Free to Move from Point to Point.— He Vainly Promises to Hold Virginia at all Hazards.— Lee and His Army Sup- posed to Be Safe.— Breckinridge and the Rest of Davis's Cabinet Reach Danville Safely.— The Organ of Governor Vance, of North Caro- lina, Advises the Submission of the Rebels to President Lincoln's Terms, &c., &c. Jeff. Davis' Last Proclamation. VIRGINIA TO BE HELD BY THE REBELS AT ALL HAZARDS. Danville, Va., April 5, 1865. The General-in-Chief found it ne- cessary to make such movements of his troops as to uncover the capital. It would be unwise to conceal the moral and material injury to our cause resulting from the occupation of our capital by the enemy. It is equally unwise and unworthy of us to allow our own energies to falter and our efforts to become relaxed under ad- verses, however calamitous they may be. For many months the largest and finest army of the Con- federacy, under command of a leader whose presence inspires equal confidence in the troops and the people, has been greatly tram- melled by the necessity of keeping constant watch over the approaches to the capital, and has thus been forced to forego more than one op- portunity for promising enterprise. It is for us, my countrymen, to show by our bearing under reverses how wretched has been the seK- deception of those who have believed us less able to endure misfortune with fortitude than to encounter dangers with courage. We have now entered upon a new phase of the struggle. Re- lieved from the necessity of guard- ing particular points, our army will he free to move from point to point to strike the enemy in detail far from his base. Let us but will it and toe are free. Animated by that spirit and for- titude, which never yet failed me, I announce to you, fellow-country- men, that it is my purpose to main- tain your cause with my whole heart and soul, that I will never consent to the enemy one foot, the spoil of any one of the States of the confederacy, inflate at Virginia — noble State — whose ancient renown has been eclipsed by her still more glorious recent history; whose bosom has been bared to receive A Relic of the Rebellion. 15 the main shock of this war ; whose sons and daughters have exhibited heroism so sublime as to render her illustrious in all time to come — that Virginia, mth the help of the people and by the blessing of Pro- vidence, shall be held and defended, and no peace ever be made with the infamous invaders of her territory. If by the stress of numbers we should ever be compelled to a tem- porary withdi'awal from her limits, or those of any other border State, again and again will we retiu*n, un- til the baffled and exhausted enemy shall abandon in despair his endless and impossible task of making slaves of a people resolved to be free. Let us, then, not despond my countrymen; but, relying on God, meet the foe with fresh defiance and with unconquered and uncon- querable hearts. Jepfeeson Davis. The £vacution of the Rebel Capital. THE FIRST REBEL ACCOUNT OF HOW THE CITY WAS ABANDONED. [From the Danville ( Va) Eegister.April 5.] Persons who left the capital Sun- day night and Monday morn- ing represent that the scene which followed the evacution of the city by our troops beggars description. To preserve order and protect the property of the citizens who unavoidedly remained there, as far as could be done, the Nineteenth Virginia militia, under Colonel Evans, was placed on police duty in the city, to await the coming of the enemy; but accounts state that they failed to render any aid or protection to the people whatever. On Sunday night a mob of the lower classes of the city, composed, it is said, mostly of the foreign element, visited a number of the largest store-houses of the city and robbed them of theii- con- tents. It is affirmed that Main street was pillaged, and then burned, and that some of the mill- ing establishments were also com- mitted to the flames. We have no doubt that a considerable portion of that brave city has been laid in ashes, and a number of its people insulted, outraged, robbed and mas- sacred. How painful the thought that the place should be given over to rapine and plunder, even before the public enemy entered its limits. But the fact only proves that the people of Richmond have had secret enemies in their own midst scarcely less savage and even more treacher- ous and vindictive than the open foe. We are told that the people banded together during the violent proceedings of the mob and resisted them with force, a street fighting ensuing, in which several persons were killed. No intelligence has reached us of the enemy's troops occupying the city. The last trains of the Danville raih'oad, which came out of the place, left Monday morning, and passengers upon them had heard nothing from the enemy. The greater portion of Grant's army was transferred to the south side of James river some days ago, only the command of General Ord, which is composed mostly, if not entii'el.y, of negro 16 A Relic of the Rebellion. troops, being left on the north side. This command will enter and oc- cupy the city. Some of our people who are acquainted with the charac- ter of General Ord think they have reason to hope that his treatment of the unfortunate people of Rich- mond will not be so hard, and cruel and inhuman as that which has fallen upon the heads of our fellow citizens in some other captured cities. The newspapers of Richmond, we suppose, all fell into the hands of the enemy. The evacuation of the city was so sudden and unexpected —scarcely any one being prepared for it — that no time was left for the removal of so cumbrous an estab- lishment as a city newspaper office. In a few days Ave may expect to hear that the Enquirer, or the TTTiigr, or the Examiner is issued as a Yan- kee paper. All the rolling stocks of the Rich- mond and Danville Railroad in running order was saved on the retreat from Richmond. A few old cars, not in a movable condition, were left at Manchester. No train was captured by the enemy near the junction, as was at one time re- ported ; and, indeed, we do not believe that any body of Yankees had struck the road at any point up to yesterday evening. The Secretary of War, the Quar- termaster General, Commissary General and a number of other officers of the government, left Richmond on horseback, and will probably arrive at this place to- morrow. Should General Lee establish his lines east of the junction, we sup- pose the State Legislature will be convened at Lynchburg. All the specie and other valuables belonging to the banks in Rich- mond were removed from the city on Sunday, and have been carried to places of safety. A considerable amount of goods^ purchased by the State for distribii- tion to the people, we regi-et to learn, had to be left behind. Also the State archives remained in the city ; but we perceive no motive the enemy can have in destroying them, as they will, no doubt, endeavor to occupy the city permanently, and establish a State government at Richmond under the federal Union. Lee's Army Supposed to Be In a Safe Position. [From the Kaleigh Confederate, April 7.] This is the time for rumor manu- facturers who are engaged in a wholesale business. Sometimes they have it that whole brigades deserted in the last great battle; among others, Cook's brigade is selected as the bearer of the stigma. "We are assured that such a statement has- no foundation whatever; that no treachery induced the disaster at Petersburg, that our forces fought splendidly, and the enemy only siic- ceeded by overwhelming numbers. We are convinced, too, from facts which we cannot mention, that Lee's army is in a safe position and that his future movements uill be directed with the skill and energy tchich distinguish this great captain. Having anticipated the probable loss of Richmond, and fully recog- nizing the importance of the disas- ter, we are, nevertheless, not of the number of those who give up the A Relic of the Rebellion. 17 cause. In the Southern confederacy this day there is military strength of men, material and supplies to make independence certain. It is with the people themselves whether they secure or lose their liberties. Rebel Particulars of the Battle at Petersburg!!. [From the Kaleigh Confederate, April 7.] An ofBcer who left Richmond at nine o'clock on Monday morning- last, informs us that at the time he left the city was in flames from Cary to Canal streets. The Shokoe warehouse and other entreports of supplies were burning. The bridges also had been fired. No mob or violence of any kind had occurred up to the period when he left, so that the reports of a de- structive mob on Sunday night are untrue. The enemy's cavalry en- tered the city as the train moved off that he came out in. The story of the mob, therefore, we hope, is entirely erroneous. This officer describes the fighting on Saturday as terrific beyond de- scription. The enemy forced col- umn after column on our works, lapping our lines on the extreme right. They came nine columns deep. Eight lines faltered and were broken by the obstinacy of our defences ; but the ninth broke over our forces like a whirlwind. He says the destruction of the ene- my was immense. Our loss, we think, consisted mainly in the pri- soners taken by the enemy. All the prisoners whom we captured were drunk, having been prepared according to Yankee tactics for this dreadful ordeal. Lieutenant Gen- eral A. P. Hill was certainly killed. General Fitz Lee was not killed as reported, nor General W. H. F. Lee. No general officer from North Caro- lina was killed, as far as is heard. On Monday Sheridan attacked Fitz Lee and was handsomely repulsed. The Organ of Governor Vance, of North Carolina, Advising General Lree to Submit to Mr. Lincoln's Terms. [From the Ealeigh Confederate, April 7.] The Conservative occasionally seems to fall into very mysterious hands, and to come under the con- trol of an incomprehensible influ- ence. On the day before yester- day that paper availed itseK of a period of extreme reverse and disas- ter to renew the attempt to cast odium on a portion of our own citi- zens, which has been a favorite policy with its political leaders ever since the reverses began, and after it was no longer politic to claim that they " made the revolution." Yesterday it sends to the public a leader of stiU more extraordinary import. From what we compre- hend of it, it seems to be a distinct proposition to submit and surrender up- on the terms p)roposed by Lincoln. This has never yet, that we recol- lect of, been more distinctively pro- posed, even by journals whose loyalty has been called in question. The Conservative says : — '' It is non- sense to propose to treat with the North with any expectation of the concession that the confederacy is a government," and hence, says the Coniasis to which he knows the enemy ivill not yield " but 'Ho meet him on his own ground" as " the only way to open the nego- tiation." When we remember what " his own ground " is, upon which the CojiseruG^iue proposes to meet the enemy, we may readily understand how much it is prepared to con- cede. " His own ground " measured the length of three propositions : submission to the laws and consti- tution of the United States, the laying down of our arms, and ac- quiescence in Lincoln's proclama- tions. This is the ground on which the author of the editorial desires General Lee to meet Lincoln and " secure a talk about peace." We have no idea that Governor Vance will support this idea ; but it is very unfortunate that now, in the very moment when everything should be said to uphold the hopes and confi- dence of the army and people, such sentiments should obtain i:)ubli ca- tion in the organ of the Governor. Overstocked High Prices in an Market. [From the Ealeigh Confederate, April 7.] Our market, on the arrival of the Weldon train, on yesterday, became overstocked with shad ; they went off slowly at $50 per pair. Exchange of the Rebel General Vance. [From the Ashville (N. C.) News-l The exchange of prisoners seems to go steadily on. We have seen a large number of our mountain boys, who have reached home after a protracted imprisonment. Among others we were gratified to meet Brigadier General R. B. Vance, who reached home some days since. He looks rather worsted by his long confinement, but, as usual with him, is full of life, cheerful and buoyant. The general is a great favorite of the people of this section, and everybody was glad to see him. City Intelligence. Easter Sunday at St. Ann's Church. - The admirers of sacred music, made truly effective by a well trained choir, have an oppor- tunity of indulging their taste by repairing to St. Ann's church on Easter Sunday evening, the doors opening at seven, the concert begin- ning at eight. Three of the pieces are from Gordigiani, three from Rossini and one from each of the composers Verdi, Donizetti, Ver- rimst, Daehauer and Gounod. We need only mention the names of Signer Remi and Messrs. Schmitz, A Relic of the Rebellion. 19 Schubert and Dachauer to insure confidence in the vocal results. The ladies are quite distinguished for contralto and soprano execution, and no exertion will be spared to make the musical feast worthy of the day. A New Church. — An advertise- ment among our religious notices announces the opening of the new Chm-ch of the Holy Trinity, Madi- son avenue, corner of Forty-second street, on Sunday. Sermons will be preached at the three sessions by Rev. Dr. Tyng, of St. George's ; Rev. Dr. Dyer, and the Rev. Stephen H, Tyng, Jr., the pastor of the church. It promises to be an occa- sion of great interest to residents on Murray Hill. Croton Acqueduct Contracts. — The following contracts have been issued by this department : — Lay- ing crosswalks from southeast corner of Fifty-ninth street and Broadway to the junction of Broad- way and Eighth avenue, Matthew Murray, $625. Cobble stone pave- ment in Hammond street, west of Thirteenth avenue, Christy Dowd, $1,896.80. Sewer in Forty-third street, from Lexington avenue to Fourth avenue, John Duffy, Jr. $1,913.50. Sewer in Forty-sixth street, from Eleventh avenue to seventy-five feet west of Tenth avenue, John Rourke, $5,223.50. Fifty-second street, sewer from Sixth to Seventh avenues, Joseph Moore, $4,880. Sewer to 125th street, from Fifth avenue through Manhattan street to Tenth avenue, James Cunningham, $22,941.35. Miss Emma Hardinge delivers her able lecture on " Politics in the Pulpit" this evening, at Dodworth Hall. To test the lady's ability, any questions the audience desire to ask will be answered. Man DRO^^'NED. — On the morning of the 13th instant a journeyman housepainter, whose name is be- lieved to be Barnard Burns, was accidently drowned at Guntherville, Long Island. His body has not yet been claimed by his friends. Mr. J. B. Acker, of No. 9 Macdougal street, will give facilities to any one who can identify the corpse. Assassination of President Lincoln and Attempt to Assassinate Secretary Seward. An unlocked for and terrible calamity has befallen the nation. President Lincoln last night re- ceived a wound at the hands of an assassin, the effects of which there are no hopes of his surviving, having been shot while sitting in a theatre witnessing the performance of a play. An attempt was also made, apparently by the same person who shot the President, to take the life of Secretary Seward. The assassin, after firing on the President, rushed in front of the box occupied by the latter, and waving a long dagger which he held in his right hand, exclaimed, using the motto of the State of Virginia, '' Sic Semper Tyrannis ! " He then jumped on the stage, and, amidst the intense excitement which ensued, es'-aped through the rear of the building. The President was shot through the head. He was immediately re- moved, and on examining the wound the brain was found to be 20 A Relic of the Rebellion. oozing therefrom. The best surgi- cal skill was instantly summoned ; but it was not thought it could be of any avail towards saving Mr. Lincoln's life. He was still living at an early hour this morning ; but the last melancholy parting scene between himself and his family had taken place, and his death was momentarily looked for. The attempt to assassinate Secre- tary Seward was made at an earlier hour in the evening than the attack on the President. The assailant forced his way into the sick cham- ber where Mr. Seward was confined to his bed, and, after dealing dis- abling blows on the attendants, rushed to the bedside and stabbed the Secretary in the neck and breast. He then fled from the house, mounted a horse and escaped, mak- ing use, as he did so, of the same exclamation used in the case of the President's assassination — '' Sic Semper Tijrannis/" Though the wounds inflicted on Mr. Seward are not of a mortal character, it is feared that, owing to his previous debilitated condition, they may lead to fatal results. The assassin had not been ar- rested up to the hour of our latest despatches. Who he is is not positively known, though suspicion points strongly to a certain indivi dual. THE SITUATION. General Sherman's army com- menced its advance from Goldsboro, N. C, on the 9th inst. It moves m three columns, commanded re- spectively by Generals Howard, Slocum and Schofield. General Schofield moved on the 9th, and the remainder on the following day. During the rejoicings over the cap- ture of Richmond, previous to tak- ing up the line of march, General Sherman was called out by his troops, and made a short speech, telling them to prepare to press for- ward, as no rest was to be given to Johnston. General Johnston's army had evacuated Raleigh, mov- ing to the west of it, leaving the town in possession of four or five thousand of Hampton's cavalry. It was reported that Johnston had gone to Greensboro, at the junction of the Danville and Charlotte Rail- roads. On the evening of the 10th inst. a small force of General How- ards mounted infantry were at- tacked by some rebel cavahy, who, however, were soon dispersed, with a loss of one hundred men and two pieces of artillery. It was reported in Goldsboro, N. C, on the 7th inst. that Governor Vance would soon caU the North Carolina Legislature together to repeal the secession ordinance and restore the State to the Union. Jeff. Davis, the errant President of the late rebel confederacy, has at last been decisively heard from. On the 5th inst., he issued from Dan- ville, Va., a proclamation, which we publish this morning. He says that, General Lee, having " found it necessary to make such move- ments of his troops as to un- cover " Richmond, " it would be un- wise to conceal the moral and ma- terial injury" resulting to the rebel cause from its occupation by the national troops. Still he endeavors to convince his deluded followers A Relic op the Rebellion. 21 tliat even this event is a " blessing in disguise/' as it would liberate Lee's army for more important operations. He announces his pur- pose to still maintain his bad cause with his "whole heart and soul/' and to " never submit to the aban- donment of one State of the con- federacy. "Virginia/' he declares, " shall be held and defended, and no peace ever be made with the in- famous invaders of her territory." Probably ere this, on learning of the surrender of General Lee, Jeff, has become willing to slightly modify this proclamation. The capture of Selma, Alabama, by General Wilson's cavalry is con- firmed from rebel sources. Mobile papers of the 4th inst. announced that it had been taken, with twenty- three pieces of artillery and a large amount of government property. A New Orleans dispatch states that a furious fire was opened on the rebel works defending Mobile on the night of the 4th inst., and that during its continuance a maga- zine was exploded in Spanish Fort ; but the amount of damage done had not been ascertained. Affairs were quiet in the vicinity of Mobile on the 5th inst. Spanish Fort was still besieged by the troops of the Thirteenth and Sixteenth corps, under Generals Gordon Granger and A. J. Smith, while Fort Blake- ley, another strong rebel work, six miles nearer the city, was invested by the Seventh corps, General Steele commanding. Two more Union gunboats, the tin-clads No. 48 and Rodolph, had been sunk by rebel torpedoes. On the former one man was killed and on the latter four were killed and fifteen wound- ed. Rebel communication between Spanish Fort and Mobile, as stated in Thursday's Herald, was entirely cut off by the national army. Gen- eral Thomas, with the Fourth corps and thirty-five thousand cavalry, was expected soon to appear in front of Mobile on the north side. A somewhat confused rebel de- spatch of the 5th inst. from Au- gusta, Georgia, indicates that Ala- bama is being completely overrun by the national cavalry under Gen- eral Wilson and other commanders, all moving in the direction of Mobile. On the 1st inst. they were represented to be in force near Mon- tevello and Tuscaloosa. General McCock's force is reported to have burned Red Mountain Iron Works and the village of Elyton, and to have tapped the telegraph in several places and sent despatches to rebel officers. Two columns of Yankees were also represented to be advanc- ing on Columbus, Mississippi, in the latter part of last month, one from Memphis and the other from Hunts- ville, Alabama. From the same de- spatch we learn that the rebel steamer Gertrude, with a cargo valued at two million dollars, was sunk in Spanish river, near Mobile, on the 3Ist ult., by colliding with the steamer Natchez, and proved a total loss. President Lincoln yesterday or- dered the revocation of the passes for the rebels Governor Letcher and Senator Hunter, to visit Rich- mond to take part in the proceed- ings for restoring Virginia to its proper position in the Union. It is said that the military- officei-s in 22 A Relic of the~ Rebellion. Richmoud granted these passes ou insufficient authority. Nearly four hundred and fifty captured rebel officers, including several generals, arrived in Wash- ington yesterday. Among them was General Ewell. Additional details of the cere- monies attending the surrender of General Lee's army are contained in the despatches of our correspond- ents published this morning. The Danville (Va,.) Register of the 5th inst., says that General Breckin- ridge, rebel Secretary of War ; the rebel Quartermaster and Commis- sary Generals and a number of other officers, left Richmond on horseback just previous to its occu- pation by the national troops, and were expected to arrive in Danville on the 6th inst. Four Union gunboats recently went up the Chowan river, in North Carolina, for the purpose of co- operating with some cavalry. At Winston a force of rebels was found; but they were soon dispersed by the shells from the gunboats, which ferried the cavalry across the stream and then proceeded to Mur- freesboro, on the Meherrin river, which was also captured. The ram which the rebels had been building at Halifax, N. C, and with which they expected to inflict great damage on the national ves- sels, was discovered in the river, above Plymouth, N. C, on the 8th inst., moving down; but she proved to be a mere shell, having been burned to the water's edge. The rebel ram Albemarle, sunk at Ply- mouth by Lieutenant Gushing and his party, has been raised, and is found to be not seriously injured. Orders to discontinue drafting and recruiting in the Southern division of this State, comprising the first ten Congressional districts, were yesterda}^ received from Washington and transmitted to each of the district provost mar- shals. Business therefore came to a sudden termination at the Super- visors' rooms in the City Hall Park and at the several provost marshals' offices. Chairman Blunt, of the Volunteering Committee, had two hundred guns fired in honor of the event. A Cairo despatch says that the rebel Colonel Forrest has arrived at Memphis under a flag of truce for the purpose of conferring with Gen- eral Washburne on the subject of a proposed extermination of the guerillas. EUROPEAN NCWS. The steamship Europa, from Queenstown, April 2, arrived at Halifax yesterday morning, on her voyage to Boston. Her news is two days later. The United States Minister at Lisbon had demanded satisfaction from the Portuguese government for the insult and injury done to our flag by firing on the Niagara and Sacramento. He requested that the commander of Fort Belem be dismissed and the Union flag saluted with twenty-one guns. No decision had been come to. The American commanders deny that they were about to sail before the appointed time, and say they were merely shifting their anchorage A Relic of the Eebellion. 23 when fii'ed on. Our special corre- spondence from Corunna gives an interesting narrative of the events which" occurred to the date of the sailing of the Niagara and Sacra- mento from their anchorage off that place. The fact of eight guns having just been shipped from England to the Spanish coast increased the belief that there was another rebel privateer operating in the neighbor- hood. The remains of an American ship, burned to the water's edge, came ashore at Malpica, near Corunna. The London Times correspon- dent in Richmond attempts to com- fort the anglo-rebel sympathizers with the assurance that even if Lee and Johnston were defeated the " closing scene " of the war will trouble the United States during two or three generations. The London Times condemns and ridicules the amended Tariff law of the United States. A London journal pays a just tribute to the action of the United States Xavy, under Farragut and Porter, during the war. Consols closed in London, April 1, at 89| a 90 for money. United States five-twenties were in brisk demand for the Continent. The value of the bonds experienced a slight relapse from the advance at the end of the week; but they again advanced to 57f to 58J. The Bank of England reduced its rate of discount to four per cent. Two failures in England — a com- mercial house and a bank— foot up liabilities of over one million sterlinsf. The Liverpool cotton market was weaker, but quiet, with prices un- changed, on April 1. Breadstuffs were quiet and steady. Provisions were quiet and steady. THE LEGISLATURE. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Hunger, of the select committee appointed to investigate charges made against certain departments of our city government, reported that the committee was not yet able to make a written report, and asked that they be allowed to con- tinue the investigation during the recess, and that their powers be ex- tended so as to include all the de- partments in the city. This report was laid on the table. A message was received from the Governor vetoing the Dry Dock, East Broad- way and Xorth River Railroad bill, which was ordered to be printed. The Annual Supply bill was re- ported and made the special order for the evening session. The bill to increase the fare on the Xew York Central Railroad was then taken up and amended so as to jDrevent dis- crimination in favor of through freight and against way freight. It was then read and passed by a vote of yeas 18, nays 14. Bills were also adopted relative to the Croton Acqueduct in New York, and to in- corporate the Harry Howard Asso- ciation of Exempt Firemen. The Governor's nominees for Metropoli- tan Fire Commissioners were re- jected in executive session by a vote of yeas 15, nays 17. In the Assembly bills were re- ported for the erection of a new Capitol ; to provide grounds for a final resting place of the remains of 24 A Relic of the Rebellion. New York Volunteeers who fell at Gettysburg and Antietam, and to change the name of the Mariners' Saving Institute. Mr. Weed moved to take from the table the Metro- politan Health bill, which was car- ried by a vote of yeas 53, nays 51. The question of the reconsideration of the vote by which the bill was lost was reached in evening session. "When the result was announced, the bill was declared lost by a vote of ayes 52, nays 59. MISCELLANEOUS N£^VS. South American ad\dces, dated to the 11th of March, received, via England, by the steamship Europa, report the surrender of the city of Montevideo to General Flores. The Brazilians were in possession of the place. This confirms the statements given in the Herald of the 8th and 12th inst. The Cuuard steamship Asia reached Halifax from Boston at half past eleven P. M. on Thursday, and sailed for Liverpool at three o'clock A. M. yesterday. . The steamship Corsica from Havana on the 8th, and Nassau on the 10th inst., arrived here yester- day. Her Havana advices are no later than those noticed in yester- day's Herald. The Anglo-rebel blockade running steamship Banshee arrived at Nassau on the 30th ult., from Galveston, with one thousand bales of cotton. She re- ports tAvelve Union vessels off Gal- veston bar, and that the town is garrisoned by twelve hundred rebels. The French bark Eugene was wrecked on Great Inagua on the 25th of Februarv, and three of her crew were drowned. When the Corsica was about four hours from this port some alcohol was ex- ploded in the hold of the ship from the blaze of a candle, by which two persons were killed and three others seriously injured. A New Orleans journal of the 8th inst. claimed to have intelligence that the commander of the princi- pal army of Juarez in Central Mexico had abandoned the contest, and that his troops had returned to their homes. President Lincoln has recently recognized Jose A. Codoy as consul of the Mexican republic at San Francisco, which fact would seem to be a contradiction of all the re- ports that our government designed acknowledging Maximilian's empii^e. Yesterday, being Good Friday, the anniversary of the crucifixion of the Saviour, there were appro- priate religious services in a large number of our city churches and a considerable suspension of business. The law courts adjourned yester- day in honor of Good Friday. Orders returnable yesterday will be attended to to-day in chambers. Yesterday Colonel Baker's de- tectives arrested J. W. Smalley, who had just returned from Charles- ton. He w^as the agent of Walden & Willard, recently arrested and sent to Wasliiugton on charge of defrauding sailors out of their prize money. Among the boimty brokers now in Fort Lafayette are William McAnauly, Michael Dillon, P. Goodman, D. P. Sullivan and J. P. Pike. Among those released are P. J. Kiernan, Jas. Thomson, Michael McNamara, Michael Fay, A Relic of the Rebellion. 25 A. Hiller, John Kelly, A. Higgius, S. J. Boyle, John Nugent and John CaUau. There were fourteen wills ad- i' mitted to probate last week by Surrogate Tucker. Among them was that of William B. Crosty, in which five hundred dollars are given to the Sunday School of the Dutch Reformed Church in Market street. The steamship Etna, Captain McGuigan, of the Inman line, will sail at noon to-day for Queenstown and Liverpool. The Teutonia, for Southampton and Hamburg, also sails to-day. The mails will close at half past ten A. M. at the post office. Captain Powell, of the steamer Commander, arrived at this port yesterday from Morehead City, states that when off Cape Hatteras, on the 11th inst., he passed ten or twelve dead bodies floating on the water, which were supposed to be some of those lost when the steamer General Lyon was destroyed by fire. In yesterday's Herald was noticed the fact of floating bodies having been seen in the same vi- cinity, on the same day, by the captain of the steamship Suwanee. John Lehon, a wine merchant, and Christian Schutz, a jeweler, were yesterday committed to the Tombs for trial, on the charge of having attempted to burn the premises, No. 117 William street, on the night of the 9th inst. Schutz, after his arrest, made a confession, acknowledging his complicity in the affair. There was no session of either of the stock boards or the Gold Ex- change yesterday. Stocks were, however, firm on the street, and gold closed steady at 14Go Commercial matters were un- usually quiet yesterday, and the day was more generally observed as a religious holiday than we ever knew Good Friday to be before. Business was very quiet, and there was a general disinclination to do anything until the country shall have been restored to something like order. On 'Change flour was dull, but prices were without material change. Wheat was firmer for spring, but dull and heavy for winter. Corn was firm and in limited supply. Oats were also scarce, and le. higher. Pork was in improved demand and firmer. Beef ruled steady. Lard was quiet but firm, while whiskey was decidedly lower and less active. Freights were dull and sales were nominal. A Proclamation from JefiF. Davis.— His "Voice Is Still for 'War/* Jeff. Davis has turned up again. He has issued a proclamation from Danville, and his " voice is still for war." The reader will find that proclamation in another part of this paper. It is savage, sangui- nary and defiant, from the first to the last ; but it was issued upon the false presumption that, though he had lost Richmond, General Lee had escaped with his army. This absurdly belligerent edict is dated Danville, April 5, several days be- fore the surrender of Lee, and doubtless before any information had reached Danville of the accum- ulating and fatal disasters of his awful retreat. 26 A Relic of the Rebellion. Under this delusive idea, how- ever, that he still had Lees army to support ■ him, Davis defiantly falls back upon the strategy of Ben Wood. " The finest army of the co"nfederacy, under its ablest mili- tary leader, had been greatly tram- melled," he says, " by the necessity of keeping constant watch over the approaches to the capital," and thus it had been '' forced to forego more than one opportunity for promising enterprises." In other words General Grant had driven this " finest army of the confederacy " into Richmond and then turned the key on it till ready to draw General Lee out, and then run him down. But, although Davis " can not conceal the moral and material injury " to his cause from the loss of his capital, he agrees with Ben "Wood that his armies, " now re- lieved of the duty of guarding par- ticular points, are free to move from point to point, and to strike the enemy in detail, far from his base," just as they struck Sherman, for instance, in his marches through Georgia, South and North Carolina. Davis, at all events, declared that " Virginia shall be held and defend- ed ; " that he will " never abandon to the enemy one foot of the soil of any State of the confederacy ; " but that if compelled to withdraw tem- porarily, he " will return, again and again, till the baffled and exhausted enemy shall abandon in despair his endless and impossible task of mak ing slaves of a people resolved to be free." This was on the 5th of April, at Danville, and we dare say that by this time Davis, a little more enlightened, has abandoned Virginia and North and South Carolina, and is perhaps meditating at Augusta, Ga., upon the safest route, via Texas, to Mexico. It is possible, however, that the mad ambition and the terrible dis- appointments and misfortunes that have fallen upon this unhappy man have rendered him utterly reckless in his despair. If so, he will j)rob- ably persist in his madness till stopped in a violent and ignominious death. But we cannot imagine that he has become so completely de- ranged. We rather incline to think that there is " a method in his mad- ness " — something of strategy^ to cover up his real designs, and to get safely off without exciting dan- gerous suspicions among his fol- lowers till well out of the way of danger. In this view of his declared pur- poses of war to the death, we shall not be surprised if we do not hear directly from him again this side of the Mississippi river or the island of Cuba. Clearly he is not in the mood to accept a pardon ; nor do we think that he seeks the unpleasant alternative threatened him of that " sour apj)le tree " — As we go marching on. Davis, in short, must have had some misgivings of Sheridan's cavalry, and, as we conjecture, he only stopped at Danville to hurl back upon 'Hhe Yankees" his last shout of wrath and defiance, and is off '' for Cowes and a market." Spain and Portugal as Neu- trals. — The attitude of Spain and Portugal in regard to this country, as evinced in their recent action A Relic op the Rebellion. 27 towards the United States war ves- sels Niagara and Sacramento is de- cidedly hostile, and demands the immediate notice of our govern- ment. It has come to a pretty pass when such petty Powers can insult us with impunity. As for Portugal she has nothing to lose. Like a poor yelping dog, she scarce- ly merits a good kicking. But the case of Spain is quite different. She ought to remember that she has valuable possessions within easy reach of us. If we had sufficient cause to-morrow it would not re- quire much more than a month to take Cuba and Porto Rico, and then Spanish pride and bombast would be brought rather low. Our gov- ernment must look to this matter at once, and we trust that our repre- sentatives at Madrid and Lisbon will demand fuU and ample satis- faction. It is no excuse to say that these are weak Powers and of little importance. They must not be allow- ed to escape on any such pretence. Let them apologize at once, and promise better behavior in future, or be brought to an account. The Revolutionary Effects of the "War upon the Country. No one can question that a grander development of this na- tion is to flow as a direct result from the war we have just passed through. Wars for national life and a great cause always develop, invigorate and inspirit a people, however small their power may be ; and if they are finally crushed by such wars they go down a better and greater people than they were when the war began — a people higher in the social scale. But when such a war is waged on so stupendous a scale as our war has been, and by a people with so much intellectual and moral force, so much capability of growth, it can- not be but that the changes and progress that it must induce will be such as to belittle all the examples of the past and to revolutionize completely the present. We believe that the influence in that way that the war is to have upon the country will amount to scarcely less than a new organiza- tion of our national life. Through all the future we will be a different people from that we have been. We have sloughed away in these few terrible years the forms of the older life, and already we are tak- ing new ones with an imperative sense of what we are to be. Our national character grows larger in the contemplation of what we have done and by contact with great events. In the several years past Americans showed that the ru- dimentary freemen of the Revolu- tionary days, developing all the arts of peace, could be greater mechan- ics, inventors, traders and sailors than any other menj and now we have shown that Americans, taunt- ed for their success in those arts and their love of the " almighty dollar" are possessed also of the grander manhood that succeeds in war; that they make also better soldiers than any other men, and that they can carry war to the same high pitch of development that they have carried so many other arts. The conscious- ness of this influence, the national mind and character, will stamp 28 A Relic of the Eebelliox. with a large and noble spirit the literature, history and philosophy that will grow out of it. Our national industry and com- merce will also feel this revolution- ary effect, and vastly improved and enlarged commercial and better finan- cial systems will be the result. The undaunted spirit of the navy will communicate itself to a mercantile marine that will make our flag familiar on every sea, and the world will derive new wealth from the fact that the attention of the people has for the fii'st time fixed upon the great questions incident to the national finances. Industry, assum- ing a thousand new forms, will give us the full benefit of the untold re- sources of this great continent, and we shall be richer, more j)rosperous in all ways, more happy and more free than we ever were, or than any other peoj^le ever were. From the memorable epoch of the closing of this war the great revolu- tion in our national life begins, and we take a fresh and glorious start. The Ice Monopoly. — We pub- lish in another column a communi- cation from the icedealers in reply to the notice we gave a few days since, informing the public that they had entered into a combination and decided to double their charges. We willingly give the answer in order that the public may see the weakness of their case. While almost everything of necessary consumption — such as flour, butter and provisions of all kinds, coal and wood, and cotton and woolen fabrics — is following, slowly we ad- mit, but surely and permanently, the decline of gold, it seems prepos- terous — and so the public wiU view it — that the ice dealers, in the face of such evidence, should now assume to double their last year's charges and quadruple the prices of four years ago. There are two facts in relation to the ice business which should not be lost sight of. One is that nature furnishes the dealers their stock in trade gratis, and the bountiful crop vouchsafed to them last winter leaves them no cause of comj^laint in that respect. And the other may be referred to as equally worthy of consideration. Congress, viewing ice as an article of neces- sity rather than luxury, relieved it from the burdens of the internal revenue law, and permitted the dealers to escape the direct tax, which has been placed upon almost every other commodity. But it is useless to present argument which is likely to stand in the way of combinations like that of the ice dealers. There can, therefore, be no harm in competition from Maine and Massachussets. The Cry for Proscription. — Ben Butler and the radicals are calling out loudly for proscrij^tion, now that the war is over and the people generally, as well as the ad- ministration, are disposed to deal humanly with those who have erred and have been subdued. Mercy to a fallen foe is one of the highest characteristics of manhood ; bijt it is one which Ben Butler and the radicals do not seem to regard. Their howling for proscription against the Southern people brings A Relic of the IIebellion. 29 to our mmd a few events of history —that excellent philosophy which teaches by example. It reminds us of Robespierre, who was the first to call for the guillotine m France, and who afterwards gave up his miserable life under it. It recalls, too, the story of Caius Marius, in bhe days of the Roman Republic, who demanded the proscription of the friends of Scylla, and subse- quently perished in the marshes an outlaw and a fugitive. At that time the best men m Rome were pro- scribed, from which event dated the downfall of the republic. No good ever yet came from proscription. The spirit is wicked and unnatural. History is replete with instances to prove that the men who erect the guillotine are the first to suffer by it. Quite Another Dodge. — It was a singular instance of poetical jus- tice that the same Dodge who wrote an insolent letter threatening to ex- act the last man from New York should be the very Dodge who tele- graphed from Washington to stop the draft entirely. To us, however, this is quite another Dodge. The Major Dodge of the other day bul- lied us like a despot , the Major Dodge of this morning roars as gently as a sucking dove. It is as- tonishing what lips and downs there are in this great country, and how much more modest Lieutenant General Grant knows of the position of affairs than the thundering blun- dering Major Dodge. advice to Ben Wood ; but as he still persists in writing himself down an ass, we add a postscript, and again say " don't." The Hon. Ben is foolish to pretend to get angry about the liberty of the press. His own existence and that of his paper are the best proofs that this hberty has not been invaded. We are very sorry that Ben feels so badly because peace has come ; and we wonder at it, because he always professed to want peace. Perhaps he had better follow Jeff. Davis to Mexico, after all. Lotteries are fashionable there John Browtt and Jeff. Davis. — Some of the radical papers are cry- ing for the blood of Jeff. Davis when he is caught. Remember Mrs. Glass's direction, ''first catch your hare." Jeff. Da\ds is only a John Brown on a large scale ; but to say that he deserves Brown's fate is not a strong argument in favor of hanging him. Brown went into Virginia, tried to raise a revolution, failed, and was hung; but his death did the country no good. Davis tried to raise a revolution, succeeded for a while, then failed ; but if he be hung what good will it do the country ? Let him die, like Benedict Arnold, in foreign lands, or go, like Judas, and hang him- self.. Advice by Way of Postscript. -The other day we gave our last MOBILE. Fierce Bombardment of Spanish Fort.— Reported Loss of Tw^o Tin- Clads.— Destruction of Rebel Trans- ports.— The Continuance of the Siege, &c.. &c., &c. New Orleans papers of the 6th inst. have been received. The 30 A Relic of the Rebellion. Times contains correspondence from our forces in front of Spanish Fort, Ala., to the SOth ult., and from Lakeport to the 4th inst. Siege guns and mortars are mounted by our forces near Spanish Fort, so as to almost, if not quite, cut off all rebel communication by land or water. A rebel transport and hospital boat have been destroyed. The Union tin-clad No. 48 was sunk by a torpedo and one man killed. The True Delta has the report of the loss of the United States tin- clad Rodolph, by the explosion of a torpedo, while participating in the attack upon Spanish Fort. The correspondent states that two others (names not given) were blown up in a similar manner. Four persons were killed upon the Rodolph and fifteen wounded. THE GRAND ATTACK upon the rebel works was to have commenced on the 3d inst. THE REBEL LOSS. Another correspondent, from the same locality, under date of the 1st instant, writes: — The military situation is very en- couraging, although it has assumed the proportions of a regular siege. By private advices, not yet con- firmed, the rebel loss inside Spanish Fort is five hundred and fifty killed and wounded out of four thousand. Our total loss (an estimate of two corps) is probably the same. Pro- portion of kiUed small. Brigadier General My the (a new man) is in command at the fort. The rebel communication with Mobile is entirely suspended. Steels (Seventh corps) is invest- ing Fort Blakeley, six miles above Spanish Fort. Thomas, with tlie Fourth corps and thirty-five thousand cavalry, is expected in the rear of Mobile. Nothing definite has been received from him for several days. The Latest Ne'vrs. New Orleans, April 8, ^ via Cairo, April 14. ) A despatch in the New Orleans Times from Spanish Fort, dated April 5, says: — A furious fire was opened on the rebel forts last night from our entire line. During the bombard- ment a small magazine in Spanish Fort exploded. The damage is un- known. Quiet prevailed on the 5th. Deserters report from eighteen to twenty thousand troops in and about Mobile, including all the State reserves, and about two thousand in SiDanish Fort. The loss outside the Spanish Fort up to the 4tli inst. amounted to about five hundred killed and wounded. The rebel loss exceeds ours. Adjutant General Thomas arrived at New Orleans on the morning of the 7th. Mobile papers of the 4th inst an- nounced the capture of Selma, Ala- bama, with twenty-three pieces of artillery and a large amount of government property. A Relic of the Rebellion. 31 THE ALABAMA RAIDS. Rebel Accounts of General Wilson's Movements on Selma and Mont- gomery.— Heavy Co-operating Col- umn Moving Through Mississippi. — AfiFairs About Mobile. — The "MTounding and Capture of General Cianton, &c. Augusta, April 5, 1865. Western papers of late date re- present the enemy as moving through the interior of Alabama in large force, from points on the Tennessee river. Two divisions are near Monte vello, commanded by McCook. The enemy are in force near Tus- caloosa. Six thousand from Tuscumbia divided at Jasper — one column went to Tuscaloosa and the other towards Montevello. McCook's command was at Elyton on Tues- day, March 28. He had a large wagon train and artillery. He burned the village of Elyton and Red Mountain Iron Vrorks. The enemy had tapped the telegraph Avires at unknown points and de- spatched to Southern offices. General Cianton despatched to his wife, March 28, that he was wounded seriously, and left by the enemy below Pollard, paroled by the Yankees, to report at Barancas on the 5th of April. The Clarion, of the 27th, states that two columns of Yankees are advancing on Columbus, Missis- sippi. One from Hunts^dlle had reached points thrrty-live miles above Columbus. Another started from Memphis, foui* thousand strong, well provided with pack miiles, and well mounted, and are in the vicinity of Pontotoc, Miss. The steamers Gertrude and Nat- chez collided at the mouth of the Spanish river, near Mobile, at mid- night, Friday, March 31. The Ger- trude sunk in a few minutes. Cargo valued at two millions, and con- sisted of provisions, which belonged to citizens who had purchased to supply themselves for the siege of Mobile ; total loss. The Natchez is uninjured. Captain Vernon Lock, of the privateer Retribution, is in prison at Nassau. Broadway Theatre — Last Ap- pearance OF Mr. Owens. — Mr. Owens will appear as Caleb Plum- mer, in the Cricket on the Hearth, at a matinee to-day, and in the regu- lar performance to-night. This will be Mr. Owens' last night, and there are, therefore, only two more op- portunities to see this exquisite per- sonation. Mr. Owens has played two hundred nights this season, and his engagement has been a remark- ably successful one — the two mem- orable points in it being his won- derful delineation of Solon Shingle and the delicious performance of the old toymaker. None who have hitherto neglected to see Caleb Plummer should miss the last chance. Personal Intelligence. Samuel Downing, one of the four survivors of the Revolution, has arrived at the Astor House, intend- ing, in accordance with the invita- tion of the committee, to take part in the celebration on the 20th. He is one hundred and four years old, but is quite hale and hearty. His 32 A Relic of the Rebellion. home is at Edinburg, Saratoga county, in this State. The liieven-Tliirty Loan. Philadelphia, April 14, 1865. Jay Cooke reports the subscrip- tions to the seven-thirty loan to- day $3,642,000, includiug a single subscription of nearly half a million from New York, and large "Western subscriptions ; one from Pittsburg of $160,000 and one from Chicago of $110,000. The number of indivi- dual subscriptions for amounts of $50 to $100 was twenty-five hun- dred. FoPt Sumtep Celebration at Bangor. Bangor, Me., April 14, 1865. The restoration of the old flag to Fort Sumter was celebrated here to-day by national salute at noon, by a display of all the flags on pub- lic and private buildings, and by the raising of the Stars and Stripes one thousand feet above the city by means of a monster kite bearing the name of U. S. Grant. WASHINGTON. The Cabinet in Counsel on the Re- construction Question,— The Passes to the Virginia Rebel Leaders Re- voked by the President.— General "Weitzel Relieved of Command at Richmond.— Arrival of Captured Rebel Officers, &c., &c., &c. Washington, April 14, 1865. effect of the discontinuance OF the draft. The discontinuance of drafting, and other semi-civil military operations of recruiting, will re- lieve from duty about seventy- thousand persons — provost mar- shals, enrollment of&cors, detec- tives, &c. It is said that in and about this city there are nearly six thousand of these officials, the ser- vices of nearly all of whom can now be dispensed with. revocation of the passes given TO rebel VIRGINIANS. The President to-day has ordered the revocation of the passes to Messrs. Hunter, Letcher and other leading rebel officials, to visit Rich- mond for a consultation in regard to the States of Virginia, and a return to its allegiance to the general government. He is willing and intends that a convention for this purpose shall be held, but does not propose that these persons shall be its controlling spirits. The President says that the action of the Military Governor, in granting these passes, was without sufficient authority. general PATRICK IN COMMAND OP RICHMOND. General Weitzel has been relieved of his command at Richmond, and General Patrick has been for the present placed in command at that point. It is said that he was re- lieved for his action in the matter of authorizing the assembling of leading Virginia secessionists to consider the return of that State to her allegiance, but nothing reliable can be ascertained about it to-night. MEETING OF THE CABINET. There was a Cabinet meeting to- day, at which General Grant was present. The subject of pacification and reconstruction was considered, but no determination was arrived at A Relic of the Rebellion. 33 General Grant expressed the fullest confidence that Johnston would sur- render within a few days, if he has not already done so, and it was thought best to await the progi*ess of events. THE TRADE REGULATIONS WITH THE REBEL STATES. Important modifications of the trade regulations with rebellious States have been prepared during the past week, but they have not yet been approved, and since the arrival of General Grant, and con- sultation with him, it is doubtful whether they will be promulgated. It is believed that the work of paci- fication is proceeding so rapidly that in a very short time it will be possible to remove most of the re- strictions and super\asion at pres- ent necessarily imposed. GENERAL BUTLER ABOUT TO RESIGN HIS COMMISSION. General Butler has prepared his resignation of his commission as major general, and will to-morrow present it to the Secretary of War. ARRIVAL OF CAPTLTIED REBEL OFFICERS. J. B. Kershaw, and Brigadier Generals S. M. Barton, J. P. Simms, M. D. Corse, D. M. De Bose and Eppa Hunton, of the rebel arm}-, and Commodores Thos. T. Hunter and J. B. Tucker, of the rebel navy, with some four hundred and thirty other field and hne officers, cap- tured by Sheridan, have just ar- rived by the steamer Cossack from City Point. At about four o'clock this afternoon much excitement was apparent on the avenue in the vicinity of Fourteenth street, and presently a column of rebel officers, in gray uniform, came marching up past the New York Herald office, toward the headquarters of General Augur. At the head of the column on the street were one of the am- bulances, filled with sick and dis- abled men of the party. The streets were lined with spectators, and all sorts of rumors were at once set afloat. '•' That's General Lee," said one of the knowing. " Which one ? " was inquired. " Oh, that one on the lead, with the gray mustache." '^ Oh, no ; that's not Lee, I know him." " Then it's Ewell." said the wise one, determined to get something right. On an-iving at the Provost Marshal's office the facts proved to be, that Lieutenant General R. S. Ewell and others were invited into Colonel lugraham's rooms, where they remained for an houi- or more, being visited by several old friends. ]Major Generals Hitchcock and In- galls called upon General EweU, Avho was an old classmate of one and an army acquaintance of both. There were several ladies also ad- mitted to short interviews with the general officers. A large concourse of people re- mained outside to obtain a passing glance of Ewell as he left. Just before car time the generals made their appearance, and the column marched down toward the depot. The officers named above were or- dered to Fort Warren, Boston har- bor, accompanied by their secre- taries, while the others were com- 34 A Relic of the Rebellion. mitted to the Old Capitol prison until to morrow, when theii* cases will be disposed of. General Ewell and party will be due in New York at half past five to-morrow morning. Major Camp- bell Brown, Acting Adjutant Gen- eral to Ewell, was alloAved to ac- company him. In j^ersonal ajipear- ance and temperament Ewell is not unlike Gen. Wm. T. Sherman of our army, though his fore- head is not quite so broad. He is bald on the top of his head, wears his hair and beard trimmed short, and has a wooden leg. lie is very popular with his officers, who saluted him with affectionate re- spect as he passed the column in an omnibus on his way to the train. Captain Russell, Assistant Pro- vost Marshal; Caj^tain Forehand, and a guard of the Ninth veteran reserves, accompany Ewell and party to Boston. THE NEW COLLECTOR OF NEW OR- LEANS. Hon. "William Pitt Kellogg, of Illinois, has been appointed Collec- tor of Customs at New Orleans, "vace Dennison. Judge Kellogg has held during the last four years the position of Chief Justice of Nebraska. DEPTJTY COLLECTOR OF NEW OR- LEANS. Judge Daly, late delegate from Nebraska, has been appointed Deputy Collector at the port of New" Orleans. APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEBRASKA. Hon. William Kellogg, of Illinois, late M. C, has been appointed to ••he vacant Chief Justiceship of Ne- braska. ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR OGLESBY. Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, and staff, arrived here last night. He is on his way to visit General Sherman's army, in North Carolina. THE 3IEXICAN EMPIRE. Some of the foreign journals have reported that it is the inten- tion of our government to acknowl- edge the Mexican empire. A recent act of the President does not, how- ever, support that assertion ; for he has recognized Jose A. Godey as consul of the Mexican republic at San Francisco. Good Friday. SOLEMN SERVICES AT THE CATHO- LIC, EPISCOPAL AND LUTHERAN CHURCHES. The anniversary of the cruci- fixion of our Lord for the redemp- tion of mankind on Calvary's bloody mount was observed yester- day with more than ordinary sol- emnity. What we have not noticed in many years on the same occasion occurred, and that is, that a great many stores were closed, and busi- ness on the part of a large portion of the community was suspended. All the churches pertaining to per- suasions that prescribe services for the day were thrown open, and con- gregations crowded them to theii* fullest capacity. In the Catholic, Episcopal and Lutheran churches the services were of the most mournful character appropriate to the solemnity of the day. The altars and decorations at the Cath- olic chapels were di-aped in mourn- ing, and everything betokened sor- row and grief commemorative of the passion and death of our Lord. At St. Patrick's cathedral the cus- A Relic of the Rebellion, 35 ternary sacrifice was omitted and no consecration of the Holy Euch- arist took place. Instead of the Mass the services represented the passion, and lessons and tracts con- taining predictions of His coming, and types of His immolation on the cross, were read, together with the history of the passion as related by St. John, to show how the law and the prophets were verified by the Gospel. After this part of the ser- vices, what is called the ''veneration of the cross " occurred. This custom is as ancient as Christianity itself, and does not, as some suppose, mean any adoration of an image but of that which the image represents, to wit — our Saviour, who was sacrificed on the cross for man's redemption. At the usual part of the proceedings a very elo- quent sermon, appropriate to the occasion was delivered by Arch- bishop McCloskey. The services at Trinity and other Episcopal Churches were very im- posing. The officiating clergyman were Rev. Drs Yinton and Oglesby, and there was a full choir in service. EUROPE. The EuFopa at Halifax with Tw^o Days Later Ne^s.— Our Corunna Correspondence.— The Affair of the Rebel Ram. -Ample Satisfaction Demanded from Portugal for the Insult to the American Flag.— An- other Privateer Afloat.— The Nia- gara and Sacramento Gone to Sea.— British Reports and Hopes from Richmond.— The Amended Tariff in England.— A Papal 'Warning to Maximilian.— T^o English Failures for One Million Sterling.— Active Demand for Five-Tv^enties, &c., &c., &o. The steamship Europa, from Liverpool on the 1st via Queens- town on the 2d inst., arrived at Halifax at two o'clock yesterday morning. She has forty-three pas- sengers for Halifax and thirty for Boston. Her news is two days later. The Europa experienced strong westerly winds during the whole voyage. On the 12th and 13th a dense fog prevailed. On the 3d at 7 P. M., he signalled an Inman steamer, bound East, lat. 51, long. 14. The Europa sailed for Boston at half past five A. M. In the allocutions delivered at the last consistory the Pope ex- pressed surprise and sorrow at the sad events which have recently taken place in Mexico. His holi- ness hoped Maximilian would aban- don the course upon which he had en- tered, and satisfy the just desires of the Holy See. The Pope further thanked the bishops of the Catholic world, especially those of Italy, for defending the religion and liberties of the Church, despite the decrees of the secular authorities. The West India mail steamer had arrived in England with over two and a quarter millions of dollars in specie. She also brought several captains of blockade runners whose occupations were gone. The Epoca of Madrid states that the Minister of "War tendered his resignation and that General Lur- sundi refused to replace him. A later dispatch says that the Minis- ter of War resigned from ill health. General Rivera succeeded to the office. The King of Denmark relieved Mr. HeUeen, Minister of Justice, of A Relic of the Rebellion. his functions. Helleen represented the alliance between the reactionary and extreme democratic parties. It is supposed that all the members of the late Cabinet will return to their posts. A private Calcutta telegram, of March 27, reports commercial af- fairs in much the same state as on the 25th, when a slight improvement had taken place. The steamship Cu- ba, from New York an-ived at Liver- pool at noon on the 1st inst. THE REBEL IRON-CLAD. American Demand for Satisfaction for the Injury from the Portu- guese. A Lisbon despatch of the 31st of March says that the American Minister at Lisbon has demanded satisfaction of the Portuguese gov- ernment for the jfiring upon the Niagara and Sacramento by the Portuguese forts. He also requests the dismissal of the commander of Fort Belem and a salute of twenty- one guns to the American flag. The American commanders deny any in- tention of sailing when fired at, as they were merely shifting their an- chorage. Nothing as yet has been decided in recrard to the matter. OUR CORUNNA CORRESPONDENCE. The Rebel Ram Stoneivall Gone to Sea.— The Advantages of the Stone- 'virall.— Lisbon Her Probable Desti- nation.— An English Steamer Sailed •with Munitions of War for Lis- bon.— The Niagara and Sacramento Gone.— Excitement in Corunna.- Responsibility for the Doings of the Stonewall.— Another Rebel Vessel Afloat.— Burning of an American Ship, &c. Corunna, March 25, 1865. The rebel ram Stonewall has gone to sea. After all the anxieties and precautions of the past six weeks — after all the twists and turns of diplomacy - after all the watching of the two United States ships of war in this port — the ram has been permitted to go to sea. As I wrote you yesterday she came out of Ferrol yesterday morning with a perfectly smooth sea and not a breath of wind. During the en- tire day she lay off the coast about five miles, as if waiting for the Nia- gara and Sacramento. During this time she j)erformed some beautiful evolutions — among others, turning by aid of her double propeller, and making the half circle in less than one minute. She remained in sight till midnight, when she disap- peared. The Niagara and Sacramento re- mained at their moorings in the harbor of Corunna during the en- i tire day. Twice they had gone out to meet the Stonewall in two dif- ferent days, when the latter did not have everything in her favor. Yes- terday, however, I am inclined to believe that Commodore Craven, whose courage and bravery no man who knows him can doubt, was convinced that it would be but a sacrifice of his ships and men to fight the Stonewall. The speed of the latter has been ascertained to be much greater than was at first sup- posed, and good judges say that yesterday at times she steamed twelve knots an hour. This is more than the Niagara can make without wind to help her, and yes- terday there was not a breath. Then, the Niagara requires wind to turn with any rapidity, and with such weather, in such a sea, her guns not being able to make any im- A Relic of the Rebellion. 37 pressiou upon the Stonewall, the Commodore, 1 am satisfied, con- sulted his better judgment and de- termined not to give away the ves- sels under his command. Why has not the Navy Department (who is the Secretary of the Xavy?) sent out a Monitor to compete with this new monster ? It has certainly had plenty of time to do this since the news of the arrival of the Stone- wall at Ferroi reached the United States. I do not think, however, that the Stonewall has gone far. Last evening a telegram was received here, stating that a steamer left Liverpool on the 21st, with eight heavy guns, and a large quantity of ammunition for another rebel vessel, and two anchors and two hundred fathoms of chain cable for the Stonewall This ship was bound for Lisbon, and thither I am in- clined to believe, the Stonewall has gone This evening at sundown the Niagara and Sacramento got under weigh and are bound for Lis- bon It IS possible that between here and there they may encounter the Stonewall, and if tliey do there will ucdoubtedJy be a figlit. But I am of opinion that the latter has made directly for Lisbon There is a good deal of excite- ment here to day For the past four or five days the sole occupa- tion of thousands of the people of Corunna have been to watch the movements of our vessels, and to run between here and tue light- house m the hope of seeing a fight. They are now of course bitterly dis- appointed, and the remarks made about our ships are not particularly complimentary. It is certainly a pity to disappoint the curiosity of the good people of Corunna, but it would have bceu a greater one to have lost two fine ships and six or seven hundred men. Our own government, that of France and Spain, are jointly and severally responsible for any future damage which this rebel nonde- script may do— our* own for not having sent suitable vessels here to cope with her, that of France for permitting her to be built and to leave one of her ports under the rebel flag, and that of Spain for having afforded her every facility for repairing and permitting her to ship men m the port of Ferroi. The Spanish government denies the latter charge, but it is capable of the most positive proof, and it is to be hoped that our government will bring that of Spain to account for it. Mr. Fuertes, our consular agent here, is now actively engaged in preparing the evidence of this fact, and will be prepared soon to lay it before the government. From the fact of eight guns hav- ing been shipped from England, it IS altogether probable that another rebel vessel is somewhere about the coast to receive them. It may be that they are to be taken on board the Stonewall and transferred to her sister ship, which is now said to be in one of the West India islands. If these vessels reach your coast, it is to be hoped the Navy department will wake up and send out some proper ships to take them. Three weeks ago the remains of an American ship, burned to the waters edge, floated ashore near 38 A Relic of the Rebellion. Malpica, a town about twenty-five miles troiii here. ISlie was known to be an Amerieau ship by her con- struction and her cargo, which was timber, and much of which was found floating, as well as by an American flag, which was picked up near where she came ashore. Xo one has been found yet who knows anything of her, and after some little vexation, the authorities have given her in charge of the consular agent at Coruuua. It is possible that she was burned by the Stone wall before she came into Ferrol. Einglisli Accounts, THE IMPENDIXG XAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF THE COAST OF SPAIN. (From a correspondent of the London Herald.) I herein hand you particulars and information concerning the Con- federate steam ram Stonewall, and the United States frigate Niagara and screw corvette Sacramento, about to take part in a naval en- gagement olf this port. The two last named vessels are at present in Corunna, distant about eleven miles from here. They have both had steam up on board for some weeks past, watching night and day for the appearance of the Stonewall. The excitement here and in Corun na is immense. The sympathy of the Spaniards is entirely with the confederates. The Stonewall put into Corunna on the 21st of February last, from Bordeaux, having experienced bad weather, and sprung a leak aft, about the 3d of February, She came to Ferrol for repairs in the government arsenal here. Aboi;t ten days after her arrival here, the Niagara came in, being followed by the Sacramento the following day. After they had been here for some five days, the Admiral commanding requested the federals to leave the port, which they accordingly did, making for Corunna, where they remained at anchor with steam up until the 14th inst, when they weighed anchor and cruised about outside the port for about two daj's , bad weather coming on they again entered Corunna, and are now awaiting the departure of the Stone- wall from this place, which would have taken place this morning but for the strong wind that is blowing from the southwest. One of the officers of the Stonewall has just in formed me that they are to steam out to morrow morning, if weather permits. Captain Page, command mg the ram, arrived here fiom Paris two days ago, and immedi ately requested the permission of the Admiral to allow him to leave the port at any moment. The Stone wall is an iron plated vessel of about nine hundred tons, having a ram, or prow, forward about twen two feet long Her armament con sists of one three hundred pounder Armstrong gun, worked fiom an armor plated turret, right in the bows of the ship. She has also an other armor ])lated turret aft, in which are two seventy pounder Armstrong guns These three are the only guns she carries She is built on the twin screw principle, engines about three hundied and twenty horse power , nominal speed of vessel about ten miles. Her crew consists of about sixteen offi cers and eighty men, all told The greater part of them are men who be A Relic of the Rebellion 39 ionged to the Alabama and Florida Captain Page last night called the crew aft, and, after explaining the situation of affau's, said that as the confederacy had no longer any ports m the Northern states, it "wa^r useless going to America, so they have made up their minds to con quer or to be conquered All the yards and topmasts have been low- ered, and everything on board put m fighting trim. The men would not turn in last night, but were up the whole night, siugmg patriotic songs. All on board are sanguine of success, from the captain down wards. It is intended only to lire shells from the large gun. The federals rely entirely on success by running the ram down or board ing her The Niagara is commanded by Commodore Cravatt. She carries twelve two hundred pounder Par- rott guns. Her tonnage and horse- power you have probably by you. She steams about twelve miles, but is very long and cannot turn round in less than half a mile, whereas the ram can turn round in her own length. The Sacramento carries eleven two hundred pounder Parrott guns. and has a crew of three hundred men-, the Niagara has a crew of four hundred and fifty men. It is the general opinion of people here that if the Stonewall can but lodge one of her three hundred pound shells in either of the federals it will sink them in five minutes. There are two Spanish frigates waiting to accompany the ram out to sea, in order that no fighting may take place in Spanish waters. The guns in the forts have been got ready for action in case the federals should attempt to break neutrality The Admiral of the station sym- pathizes with the South, and when taking leave of the captain of the Stonewall yesterday said he wished hini success from his heart. The Wind is blowing very strong at present ; I almost fear the ram cannot leave to-morrow, but will wi'ite and advise you later if any- thing fresh occurs. Mr Buffum, correspondent of the New York Herald, has come from Pans, to witness and report the fight. I wiU write and give you particulars of the same. British Ne^s from Richmoiid. ANGLO-REBEL HOPES OF FUTURE TROUBLE DT A]MERICA. The correspondent of the London Times, writing from Richmond on the 4th of March, says: — I am daily more convinced that if Richmond falls, and Lee and Johnston are driven from the field, it is but the fii'st stage of this colossal revolu- tion which will then be completed. There will ensue a time when every important town of the South will require to be held by a Yankee garrison- when exultation in New York will be exchanged for sober- ness and right reason, and when it will be realized that the closing scenes of this miglitiest revolution- ary drama will not be played out save m the times of our children's children. Tlio Ne-w Aznerican Tariff, The London Times has an editori- al on the amended tariff law of the 40 A Relic of the Rebellion United States It says— It is im possible to find an excuse for it Tried by the light of reason, or by the results of experience^ it is alike condemned The Loudon Tones ironically credits the framers of the scheme with peculiar wisdom in selecting the 1st of April for its in- auguration The United States Navy. The Loudon Army and Navy Gazette says : — The work of the United States Xav}' has now been accomplished, and it must be con fessed that in the hands of Farra- gut and Por.er the high reputation which the officers and seamen of that power established soon after the national existence of itself has been ^reatlv enhanced. The Atlantic Telegraph The French government will probably send one or tvro steamers to accompany the two that are sent by the English government with the Great Eastern across the At- lantic, at the time of laying the Atlantic cable, and it is hoped that the United States government will do the same. THE FRANCO-MEXICAN QUESTION. Speech of M. Olllvier, in the French Legislature, on the attitude of the United States. [Translated for the New Yoke Herald from the Opinion Katloualeof March 29] I congratulate the government upon the promise made that our troops are soon to be withdrawn from Mexico, and that no more for- eign expeditions are to be under- taken. Peaceable progress is pre- ferable to warlike ventures. * * * With regard to the press the gov- ernment has taken no action. It is certain that during some time past the press has acquired great liberty^ being generally able to freely dis- cuss all questions. But this same freedom has been and is intermit- tent and capricious The condition of the press may be described as liberty tempered with arbitrary rule * * * There must no lon- ger be restrictions imposed upon an instrument which, when monopol- ized, wields a power incompatible with liberty * * * Jf the great French revolution had been checked before the desperate days of Sep- tember, and if the counsels of Bailly and Vergniaud had been heeded, we should have had liberty instead of a dictatorship, and Bona- parte, despite his genius, would have remained on a level with Washington; and if Bonaparte, after having charmed and conquer- ed the world, had known enough to stop in time, he would likewise have founded a lasting work * * * Notwithstanding the enthusiasm with which the Emperor Maximili- an was received, the obstacles in the T:ay of his goveimment have not been removed. He is forced to rely upon foreign forces, and the prob- ability of intervention by the United States seems to aggravate Ins difficulties. We well know the doctrine entertained by the United States of claiming to prevent the foun- dation of new monarchical, or colonial governments upon the vast territory of North America. The United States have not looked with satisfaction upon our intervention in 3Iexico, A Relic of the Rebellion". 41 and the accession of the Emperor Maximilian. They have refused to recognize him and their ill will to- wards him is being constantly mani- fested. Juarez is stiU in their eyes the legitimate head of the government. Being a i^rey to civil war the United Slates have not hitherto been aile to mamfed these sentiments save by pro- tests and reservation. <, but when the war shall have ended — and it cannot last forever — ichat will hoppen then ? It is to be feared that the Monroe doc- trine will be then triumphantly executed, and that the intervention of the United States in Mexico will destroy our work there. Should this intervention occur after the departure of our forces we would not be bound to aid the Emperor Maximilian; but were it to take place while our flag remained we should be drawn into a war which the country does not care about and takes no interest in. We could not withdraw in the face of such an oc- currence, and the situation would then assume a seriousness that none can deny, and which fully justifies our anxieties. We should, therefore, urge upon the government to make every effort to bring our troops back to France as soon as possible, and not until they are withdrawn will the country be entirely free from re- sponsibility for the events which may occur in Mexico. Great Britain. Parliamentary proceedings on the 30th ult. were unimportant. In the House of Commons on the 31st Lord C. Paget said that the Admiralty had received no proposal for sanctioning or supporting any fresh attempt to reach the North Pole. He was therefore unable to say what course the government would take if such a proposal were introduced. Mr. Newdegate put some ques- tions as to the idea of the Pope taking up his residence m England as indicated m some foreign journals. Lord Palmerston replied that the government respected the Pope per- sonally very much, but for him to come to England would be both an anachronism and a solecism. The revenue returns for the fin- ancial year ending March 31 show a net increase of over £101,000 on the year. Notwithstanding the great reductions in taxation the revenue exceeds by nearly half a million sterling the estimates of Mr. Gladstone. France. Weekly returns of the Bank of France show an increase of cash on hand of over two and a half millions of francs. In the French Chambers, on the 30th, the first of the opposition who debated the amendment, Jules Favi'e spoke upon the necessity for politi- cal liberty, but was interrupted by the President and declined to finish his speech. The amendment was rejected. The amendment in favor of the liberty of the press was debated, but rejected by a large majority. It is stated that Napoleon will leave Paris early in May, not re- turning until November, his phj^si- cians having recommended seven months' absence in the country air. 42 A Relic of the Rebelwon. The Bourse is firm at 67f . 45c. Prussia. In the Mihtary Committee of Chambers the deputies amendment was introduced with the object of effecting a reconciliation between the government and Chamber, and proposing a maximum strength of the army of one hundred and eighty thousand men, which was rejected by eleven to eight. The committee also rejected the general military estimates and naval estimates and amendments, thus refusing the whole military and navy proposals of the government. Austria. Count Mensdorff had made some ministerial explanation in the Lower House Reichsrath. He said the views of the government on the question of the duchies would be communicated in the Federal Diet on the 6th of April. As regards relations with Italy, he said the government desired to promote the material interests of the two countries ; but that Italy maintained a hostile attitude to the government. He desired to re- cognize, but must maintain the position of Austria as a great Power. Commercial Intelligence. THE LONDON MONEY MARKET. Messrs. Barings' circular says that a large business has been done m United States five-twenty bonds, and that prices advanced early in the week to 57^ a 58, but have since relapsed to 56i a 57, the demand being chieflv from the Continent. On Friday the telegrams per the steamship Cuba were received, and five-twenties again advanced to 57| a 58|. Erie and Illinois Central 1 shares have also attracted attention, and have again advanced. The Bank of England, on the 30th ultimo, reduced the rate of dis- count to four per cent, at which there is a fair demand for money. This movement strengthened the English funds, and consols are buoyant and advancing. Kelson, Tritton & Co., East India and general merchants, have sus- pended payment. Their liabilities are estimated at £900,000 sterling. Another provincial bank has sus- pended — the Portsmouth and South Hants Banking Company. Their liabilities are about £170,000 sterl- ing. The Birmingham and Joint Stock Banking Company had agreed to take up the business of Atwood & Spooner's bank — which lately sus- pended at Birmingham — and to pay the creditors eleven shillings three- pence on the pound. London, April 1 — Evening. Consols closed at 89| a 90 for money. American Stocks.— Illinois Cen- tral Railroad, 61J a 62J ; Erie Rail- road, 35 J a 36^ ; United States five- twenties, 57.^ a 58^. the PARIS BOURSE. Paris, March 31— P. M. The Bourse is steady. The rentes closed at 67f. 30c. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Liverpool, March 31— Evening. [The week's market leport was received per Moravian.) A Relic of the Rebellion. 43 The stock of cotton in port is 580,000 bales by actual count, being 13,000 bales below the estimates, of which amount 49,000 bales are American. TRADE REPORT. The Manchester market was firmer, with an upward tendency. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET. The market is easier. Richards- son, Spence & Co. and others re- port: — Flour dull and easier Wheat quiet, and quotations are barely maintained: red Western, 8s. a 8s. 8d. Corn inactive, mixed, 27s. 6d. LIVERPOOL PROVISIONS MARKET. The market is downward. Wake- field, Nash & Co. and others re- port: — Beef has a downward tend- ency Pork heavy, and declined 2s. 6d. Bacon firmer and packers de- mand an advance. Lard dull and easier at 5Ss. Gd. a 61s. Butter flat and declining. Tallow downward LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET. Ashes easier at 28s. 6d. for pots, and 86s. for pearls. Sugar flat. Coffee quiet and steady. Rice quiet and steady. Clover seed firmer. Jute 10s. a 30s. lower. Cod oil quiet at 57s. Sperm oil — No sales. Linseed oil steady. Rosin very dull. Spirits turpentine quiet at 65s. a 66s. Petroleum. — Boult, English & Brandon report : —Petroleum firm at Is. lid. a 2s. for refined; no crude in market. LONDON markets. Flour firm, Wheat steady. Iron advahcing ; bars and rails, £6 10s. a £6 l5s.; Scotch pig, 52s. 3d. Sugar inactive. Coffee active at a decline of Is. a 2s. Tea steady at lOid. for common congon. Rice steady. Spirits turpentine firm at 67s. Pe- troleum steady at £18 fo^- crude, 2s. for refined. Sperm oil nominal at £82. Tallow downward at 40s. a. 43s. Linseed oil flat. the latest markets. Liverpool, April 1 - Evening. Cotton. — Sales to-day 6,000 bales,, including 2,000 bales to speculators- and importers. The market is less- firm, but quiet and unchanged. Breadstuffs.— The market is quiet and steady. Provisions. -The market is quiet and steady Petroleum firm at 2s. a 2s. id. for refined. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Two Men Charged -vtrltli Arson. — Confession of One of the Prison- ers.— They Are Committed 'Without Bail. John Schon. a wine merchant, hving at 269 William Street, and Chi'istian Schutz, a jeweler, residing at No. 6 Roosevelt street, were yes- terday arrested by Officer Barton,, of the Second precinct, on a charge of arson preferred against them by Mr. John F. Kauffmau, keeping a. restaurant at 177 William street. From the deposition of Mr. Kauff- man, it appears that himself and Schon bought the lease of premises 176 William street of Mr. Louis Thourout, for which they were to pay $650 for two years from the 1st of May next. Mr. Schon then occu- pied a portion of the same premises- for a wine cellar, and Mr. Kauff- mau had rented another part of thr 44 A Relic of the Rebellion. same building. About two weeks ago Mr. Kauffman luformed Scliou that lie did not wish to go into partnership with him. This seemed to excite the anger of Mr Schon, and on the evening of the 9th iiist. the rear part of Schon's premises were fired, apparently by design, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was sustained. Mr. Kauffman subsequently re- ceived information which induced bini to beUeve that the defendants fired the place, and accordingly entered a complaint against them. They were arraigned before Justice Dowlmg yesterday afternoon, when the prisoner Schutz made the fol- lowing confession in relation to the fire- — On the Monday before the fire I was in John Schon's wine cellar at No. 176 William Street : I was playing cards with him alone t he said to me that I was a smart fel- low, and could make fifty dollars easy : he then said that he wanted to put somebody out of the house, and that if I would set fire to the house he would give me fifty dollars. I told him I would not set the fire ; he then asked me if I would help Mm to do it ; I agreed to help him ; on Saturday night before the fire I minded Schon's place while he was out and bought two gallons of kero- sene oil; he brought it to the saloon in a demi.]ohii ; he told me he had two gallons more m the house ; it was agreed that the firing should be done about nine o'clock on Sunday night, after the young man had closed up and gone away ; at about three o'clock on Sunday afternoon Schou went into the yard, and on his return told me to go back of the privy and take off the balance of the board which he had partly torn off, and to put the board on one side ; I went out and took off the board ; this board was on the back part of the candy store kitchen ; I went to my room, second floor back room, at about nine o'clock m the evening ; Schon told me not to make any alarm un- til a quarter of an hour after I had seen the smoke from my bedroom ; I could see into the yard ; my two room mates, Schmidt and Salter, were in bed at the time ; I had my window open watching to see the smoke ; as soon as I saw the smoke I became alarmed and awoke my room mates , then I took down my trunk : the next day. when I saw Schon. he told me that I ought to have waited longer before I gave the alarm ; before Schon told me the kind of business he wished me to help to do, he said that if T be- trayed him it would cost either mine or his life. Fire Marshal Baker gave the matter a thorough investigation, and on the facts presented to the magistrate he committed the de- fendants to the Tombs for trial without bail. The Case of G. Manizer. New York, April 10, 1865. To the Editor of the Herald : In your edition of March 9, 1865, you published an account of my arrest, charged with stealing some $1,786 from a man named Reutter, of 227 William Street, New York, with particulars m reference there- to, which were false from beginning A Relic of the Kebelliox. 45 to end. The publication has done me great harm, and the account published undoubtedly originated from the fertile brain of a detective. On Friday last Christiana Ticht, and yesterday Henry Languits were convicted of stealing the money, and were sentenced to the State Prison. The money was recovered from them as they were about leav- ing the country in the German steamer. I will not trespass upon your space with further particulars. I have lived many years in the Fourth ward, and have a family of grown-up children, and in justice to them as well as myself I ask a con tradiction in your columns of the most unjust report referred to. G. Manizer, 227 William street. OUT OF THE DRAFT. Secretary Stanton's Order and Its Effect. — Day of Rejoicing inttio Me- tropolis.— "Wonderful Recovery of tlie Sick and Disabled.— Stanton the "Wonderful Doctor -w^ith the "W^on- derful Recipe.— Order of Provost Marshal Dodge, &c., &c., &c. There was more joy in the me- tropolis yesterday than twenty vic- tories could produce, each of them as great, glorious and eventful as the capture of Richmond or the surrender of General Lee with his entire army. The Wall street jubi- lees were more noisy undoubted!}', but yesterday's exultation was far more satisfactory, though more quiet and less demonstrative. It is scarcely necessary to state that the cause of the general jubilee was the sudden, though by no means unex- pected, suspension of drafting and recruiting The gi'eat bugbear of the wheel of conscription was wheeled into " that undiscovered country from whose bourn " it is to be hoped it will never again return. The poor man sang ^^ Laus Deo" and the rich man sang praise be to Stanton, with a feeling almost ap- proaching to religious gratitude. The vision of increased taxation was swept away by a magic dash of the warlike Secretary's pen, and men of peace, with constitutional horror of the sword and musket, breathed free once more, relieved from the dreadful anticipation of involuntary servitude in the ranks of the army. The provost marshals, who, twenty-four hours before, were looked upon as beings entitled to a large degree of respect, and even awe, sunk m public esteem with a surprising celerity, and many people who had been studying how "to get around them ' for weeks past suddenly discovered that they didn't care a continental toothpick about Colonel Fry, Major Dodge or any of their assistants. Security is a wonderful supporter of courage, and it was in no way surprising, therefore, that everybody liable to the draft should all at once con- sider himself justified in being as valorous and defiant as he thought proper Here is Major Dodges circular announcing the discontin- uance of the di-af t : — CIRCULAR NO. 47. New York, April 14, 1865. In compliance with instructions received from the bureau of the Provost Marshall General of the United States, the business of re- cruiting and drafting will be discon- 46 A Relic of the Rebellion. tinued in this district until further order. By order of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, RICHARD I. DODGE. A GOOD SANITARY MEASURE. Secretary Stanton is the best doctor we have had in this region since the formation of the republic. The entire Academy of Medicine is not to be compared to him. The faculties of all the Esculapian in- stitutions in the country are but a bauble beside him. The splendid recipe which he sent all over the country yesterday, free of cost, made more sick men well than a million of diplomed practitioners could cure in twenty years. People who were lame last week no longer limped, hopeless consumptives ceas- ed to cough, half-blind individuals recovered their sight, and number- less cases of heart disease were re- lieved from all dangerous symp- toms, as if by the stroke of a fairy wand, or by a miracle of Heaven. And all this was effected by the simple reading of the recipe, with- out any rascally compounding of apothecaries or leeches. Truly, Stanton is not only great in war, but great also in peace, and great in the mysteries of the materia medica. WEEPING AND WAILING. But there are always some who weep while the rest of the world is glad. This was strikingly illus- trated yesterday. The miser- able few whose business it has been to fatten on the mis- fortunes of their fellow beings found their occupation gone. No more recruits, no more substitutes. no more jumpers, no more green- backs ! Alas, poor broker ! Thy day has come at last. Weep, with none to comfort, and weep on; weep on, until Doomsday. The unfor- tunate brokers were ruined. Their offices were untenanted, their tents deserted, and their prospects blasted beyond hope of retrieve. The gay flags no longer floated from their rendezvous, and the alluring drums and fifes were hushed forever. Long were their profits, and long will be their weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Not with- out cause were their sounds of lamentation raised. For weeks past some of them have been feeding, sheltering and watching their em- bryo recruits with as much care as an English gamekeeper bestows upon his pet pheasant preserves. One luckless individual brought no fewer than sixteen substitutes into the city yesterday morning. He had collected them from the most distant parts of the State. He had clothed them and paid their travel- ing expenses, sustaining their cou- rage with liberal ''drinks" and more liberal promises. He had done all this not entirely, perhaps, from patriotic motives, but with some distant reference to future hand- money, and at the instant when his labors were about to be crowned with success Mr. Stanton's procla- mation, like Aluaschar's foot, came down upon the crockery basket and scattered his vision to the wind. A PROPHET UNKNOWN TO HIMSELF- Looking over the advertisements under our "Military and Naval" head yesterday, were to be seen a A Relic of the Rebellion. 47 series of notices for volunteers, sub- stitutes, &e. What a beautiful medicine those literary produc- tions must have been to the minds of the authors on reading them over in connection with Secretary Stanton's order. One of these "ads" is worthy of reproduction. It is as follows : Cavalry! Cavalry! Cavalry! — Recruits wanted for a regiment now doing duty in Washington city. Apply early, as this is your last chance, to ex-Captain John L. Cleary, military headquarters, corner of Broome and Mercer streets. '' This is your last chance," truly. The ex-captam never imagined what a prophesy he was writing when he dashed off those five words — " This is your last chance." He ought to be taken in hand forthwith by some of the spiritualistic gatherings as a prophet or the son of a prophet. A JOVIAL BROKER. One broker, of a jovial character, was found among the host of sor- rowers. He was like an oasis in the desert, but made the grief of his brethren more horrible b}^ com- parison. He had the philosophy to post on his booth the following notice : — NOTICE CLOSED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEATH OF THE REBEL ARMY, That broker may live to see better days if he reforms. blunt's headquarters, of course, presented an unusual spectacle. It had a strange appear- ance, deserted, as it was, by aU save a few officials. The change was in remarkable contrast to the scene witnessed during the four months preceding. The swaggering broker, the reluctant volunteer, the sorrow- ing relatives of intending recruits, even the policemen, were nowhere to be seen, while ' outside a crowd had gathered, who viewed with delight the process of loading and discharging the " big gun," which Mr. Blunt had ordered to be fired one hundred times, " and yet one hundred times more," in honor of the suspension of recruiting. Brokers sat sunning themselves outside their closed booths, vexa- tion clearly showing itself on their unprepossessing countenances, while httle boys chaffed them with in- quiries as to whether " they didn't want a recruit?" and ''How are you, hand money ! " The order for the cessation of operations as re- gards volunteering was a bitter pill to all of this class. A severe case. One man presented himself at headquarters yesterday mornirig. half mad with disappointment, and auxioush' inquired was there nowhere he could get his men taken ? It appears he had been feasting a party of five men for the last three days, endeavoring to gel them up to the mark, and had speni over $200 in this labor of love. He succeeded in "comino- round his 48 A Relic of the Rebellion. men bnt the evening previous, and intended putting them through yes- terday morning; but ''' Vhomme propose et M. Le President dispose." His chagrin was unbounded as he saw the prize he had toiled for slip through his fingers. Surely he is to be commiserated. This was but one of the many heartrending cases which occurred, and which justly roused the indignation of that hon orable class. One man, who had paid $650 on Wednesday for a sub- stitute, visited one of the provost marshals yesterday in a towering passion, and demanded a return of his money, which request was of course, met with a polite refusal^ much to his annoyance. THE COUNTY AND HER QUOTA. No one, we presume, is more gratified at the termination of the laborious duties of the committee than its chairman. Orison Blunt, who has done so much towards fill- ing our quotas and preserving us from a forced conscription. All honor to Supervisor Blunt and the committee. The number of men received in this city under the last call is about eight thousand, or nearly one half of the quota assigned, and about seven hundred substitutes. These, while they count upon our quota, ai;e no expense to the county m the way of bounty, thus creating a fund of saving of nearly two hundred thousand dollars, and as much more to the government. This sum far exceeds all the expenses of the com- mittee from the time of the first organization in July, 1863. Prob- ably in no other way than the one adopted by the chairman could one half this number of substitutes have been procured. THE FOURTH DISTRICT. There was little excitement or httle unusual to notice in the gen- eral appearance of things about the Provost Marshal's ofiice of the Fourth District yesterday The order from the War Office, how- ever, had the effect of diminishing the crowd about the door, and changing the countenances of those who were in the vicinity from gravity to gayety. The changed aspect of the office was pleasant to observe. The Provost Marshal was ready still to receive recruits, how- ever, but there were no funds on hand to pay oounties, and so none were enlisted. The orders have not yet reached him to discontinue re- cruiting, and so his office is still formally open. THE SEVENTH DISTRICT There was quite a jubilee yester- day morning in this district on hearing of the order for the sus- pension of volunteering Volun- teers were plenty, and substitutes could be had " for a song." They wandered about like the pig in the nursery rhyme, requesting some- body to take them ; but none could be found to accede to their request. The Provost Marshal's office was deserted ; and had it not been for its sign no one would have known it was the same place as a few days previous, beset as it was by intend- ing recruits A solitary guard sat sleepily on the stairs inside, there being no one for him to watch, while a sound of merriment could be heard coming A Relic of the Rebellion. 49 from the room where but a few days since the click of the draft wheel and the calling of the conscripted were the only sounds heard. Captain Wagner, in this district, has done his duty. Six hundred and lift3'-nine men have been furnished since the last call, and for some time past it has been the head of the list as regards volunteering. THE EIGHTH DISTRICT. The deserted appearance present- ed by the Provost Marshal's office yesterday formed a strange con- trast to the bustle for the last few days apparent there. Then the of- fice was thronged by a crowd as varied in its character as the interests represented in it were diversified Volunteers wishing to turn then' j^atriotism to practical account and pocket the liberal bounty offered ; substitute brokers, anxious to " earn an honest penn}-," by any and every means in their power • here and there a drafted gentleman eager to send an accommodating person in his place to win the lam-els which fate, m drawing him from the wheel, evidently destined for himself, and well pleased by dis- pensing a little worldly lucre to ob- tain the privilege of staying in his comfortable home and confining his experience of the stern realities of war to reading the graphic accounts of the contest in the Herald each morning before breakfast ; clerks, whose pens glided nimbly over forms, rolls, certificates, etc., sur geons so actively engaged rejecting and passing recruits, that, if kept as "reasonably busy" in private practice, would be equal to " stnk ing lie,' and, though last not least, the courteous Provost Marshal, in his quiet and agreeable way, attend- ing to and superintending all. How changed the scene yesterday when our reporter made his accustomed daily call. Silence there and nothing more. The crowds had departed, the bounty brokers were absent, organ- izing a meeting to protest against the interference of the authorities with recruiting; the gentlemen who furnished substitutes were, doubtless, speculating on the future value of gold and what they lost by being in too great a hurry with their representatives, or reading the fast bulletin from Oil Dorado ; the clerks had disappeared, and even the Provost Marshal himself had vanished. So that, excepting the man m charge, there was nothing to be seen except the ghosts of the de- parted, 111 the shape of vacant desks, empty ink bottles, bundles of papers and the doctor's hat. At the opening of the office m the morning, however, a very excit- ing scene occurred. Over forty vol- unteers, a few of whom had been passed by the surgeon the evening before, presented themselves with a regular rush, as if actuated by one impulse— to receive the greenbacks, but, alas ! for human expectations, they were speedily disappointed, for two good reasons. The Provost Marshal, in the first place, had not the funds, and, m the next, he had received Colonel Dodge's order to stop drafting and recruiting On the receipt of this order the Provost Marshal suspended the extra hands employed in consequence of the late 50 A Relic of the Eebelliox. draft, thereby reducing: the corps of assistance to the usual number. The absence of the officials in the evening was o-vving to the fact that from the suspension of business and the day being good Friday they were indulged with a holiday after two P M. THE NINTH DISTRICT. From Fortieth street to Harlem river there was rejoicing yesterday More than three thousand families were relieved from the dread of los- ing some valued member, with- drawn from them to fight For the great prize of death in battle. Silence fell upon the Provost Marshal's office, and listless clerks were seen where latel}^ all was bustling excitement Drafted men m the Nineteenth and Twenty second wards who had just received their notices laughed at their late fears, and Twelfth ward men, who had grown callous to the Damocles' sword suspended over them, bright- ened up when it was removed. Provost Marshal Dunning, Com missioner Sands and the other offi cials of the department have done their best to discharge an unpleas- ant duty in a pleasant manner, but it takes an "unco"' civil man to render skinning palatable even to eels, and the Ninth district, not un- reasonably, is glad to be relieved of their attentions. THE RECRUITING HEADQUARTERS TO BE ABOLISHED. As an appropriate sequel to the order of Mr. Stanton, it will gratify our readers to learn that the recruiting headquarters of the county m the Park are to be leveled with the ground without delay. The booths and tents will also be swept away, and thus will disappear the last unpleasant traces of the reality of war from our city. The Ice Monopoly. To the Editor of the Herald : Our attention has been called to an ''article" that appeared in your paper headed " Ice Swindle." As an act of justice we entertain the hope that you will give our reply the same publicity in your paper as the article of swindling has ob- tained. The grounds you put forth to justify your attack upon our trade are twofold, namely: — The tremendous cpiantity of ice laid up, and the great fall in the price of gold That in the face of these things we have doubled our prices bej-ond that of last year, and that therefore, the public should com- bine to crush such a swindle by keeping from the use of ice, and i calling m the Boston and Portland \ dealers to our city. The tremendous quantity of ice laid up is not stored here, but at a long distance from the city. It was laid up at great expense and has to be brought here. There are great loss, delay and labor .in collecting family bills. Many of them never pay. All we ask is that the con- sideration you expect in your own business and that you seemingly allow all others should be given to us. At a great increase of expendi- tui'e in wages, transportation and all materials necessary for our busi- ness, togetherwith increase of taxa- tion, lents. etc — all these charges have uuderiTone no diminution, A Relic of the Rebellion. 51 nor is there any probability of any material reduction. In reference to the charge of doubl- ing our prices, such is not the fact. We charged families last year fifty cents per hundred pounds; this year seventy-five cents, and families taking small pieces one cent per pound ; butchers fifty cents per one hundred pounds. We would here observe that the ice trade last year was the only business that did not partake of corresponding advance- ment in their relative departments. This arose from the disjointed state of the traders. The results of the year showed the necessity of a more united action as to prices. Hence the charge of combination. In no noticeable point has the ex- penses connected with our trade undergone any alteration. The butchers are loud in their com- plaints ; but you cannot buy meat from them lower since the decline in gold simply on the principle here presented. Boston and Port- land dealers have tried this market on several occasions, and could not meet expenses. Families have never taken ice sooner than they can help and we cannot be affected by that threat. ICE VENDERS. The Alldged 'W^holesale Theft of Liquors. To the Editor of the Herald : My attention was called to an ac- count in your paper on Monday last, of the charge of larceny made against me and others for taking a quantity of liquors from the store of Virgil E. HiUyer, and feeling that injustice was done me in that publication, I ask you to publish this explanation of the transaction. About the 20th of March last, Mr. Amos Barnes came to me and rep- resented that he was a partner of the firm of J. L. Woolsey & Co., and desired to sell to me, in behalf of said firm a large assortment of liquors, consisting of New England rum, and pure spirits, which he said were in the store of said firm in Duane street, and exhibited to me samples of the liquors. As I was about to start for the oil regions, and desired to take with me a large stock of liquors for sale there, and believing the liquors were cheap, and that I could make money by the purchase, and firmly believing that Barnes' representations as to owner- ship were true, after some days of negotiation I purchased the liquors on a credit of sixty, ninety and one hundred and twenty days. I took from J. L. Woolsey & Co. a bill of sale of said liquors and gave my notes for the same in three equal amounts, and a lien on said liquor to secure the payment of the notes. At the time I purchased these liquors I had no suspicion that there was any other claim to them, nor that Mr. Barnes was not fully authorized to sell them. I required Mr. Amos Barnes to deliver the liquors to me, and procured storage in Brooklyn for the whole amount. Mr. Barnes undertook to deliver to me the goods, and I suppose for that purpose commenced moving them from the store in Duane street. I had nothing whatever to do with the taking of the liquors. I re- ceived fourteen barrels from Barnes, and expected to receive the whole 52 A Kelic of the Rebellion. amount piirehased, and should have received it if it had been de- livered to me. Mr. Barnes still holds my notes for this liquor and claims that he had a right to sell it. Whether he had or not I do not know ; but I do know that my pur- chase was m perfect good faith, and that I have been guilty of no inten- tional wrong 111 the premises. Mr, Randolph Barnes, who is also under arrest, had nothing whatever to do with the transaction, but has most unfortunately been confounded with Amos Barnes, who sold me the liquors, and who took out of the store all the liquor that was removed. NICHOLAS BROOKS. New York, April 12, 1865. GRANT. The Execution of the Details of tSie Surrender,— The Army Taking Po- sition Along the Southslde Rail- road.— Lee in Richmond.- Rocsep and Fitzhugh Lee Refuse to Be Sur- rendered by General Lee.— Names of Some of the Captured Rebel Army and Navy Officers. &o., &o., &c. Mr. S. Cadw^allader's Despatch. Appomattox, C. H.,April 10, 1865. My despatch of yesterday was hurriedly closed by the departure of a Herald messenger for City Point. My despatch of to-day shall be confined to some additional de- tails of the great culminating events of the rebellion, as they pre- sented themselves to me, without much regard to importance or order. CARRYING OUT THE TERMS OF THE SURRENDER. The appointment of officers to carry out the terms of surrender were made by both parties during the night, and a conference between Generals Grant and Lee was held on the brow of the hill, one-fourth of a mile north of the Court House, at ten o'clock A. M. General Grant and staff had hardly arrived when General Lee, accompanied by an orderly, galloped up the hill and rode to the side of the Lieutenant General. General Grant's staff, General Ord and staff. General Griffin and staff, General Gib- bon and staff, General Sheridan and staff, were all on the ground, grouped in a semi-circular position. The country to the out- ward was open, cultivated land. The Court House stands on a ridge, or continuation of small hills, ex- tending east and west. THE REBEL ARMY- Lee's army lay on a parallel ridge, with a ravine and little rivu- let between, nearly north of our forces. The head of his column was mainly composed of trains and ar- tillery. The infantry and cavah-y brought up the rear. Consequently but a small portion of the rebel army was visible from the Court House. A CONVERSATION. As Lee rode up the hiUside on a gallop. General Grant stej^ped his horse forward two or three rods to meet him. Lee rode squarely up. saluted in military form, and wheel- ed his horse side by side to the left of General Grant. The two chief- tains then entered into a conversa- tion that lasted nearly two hours, until the officers appointed on both A Relic of the Rebellion. 53 sides to carry out the terms of the surrender had reported for duty. The tableau at this time was the finest ever witnessed. The two dis- tinguished leaders of the mightiest hosts of the world sat quietly in their saddles discussing the past, present and future m free and easy offhand conversational style. During the conference General Lee stated that if General Grant had acceded to his proposal for a personal interview some weeks ago peace would have undoubtedly re- sulted therefrom. Much of their conversation was, of course, private and unheard: But enough was gleaned to know that Lee acknowl- 'edged himself completely beaten, the power of the Southern confed- eracy utterly destroyed, and any fui-ther prolongation of the war a useless effusion of blood. The opinion was universal among rebel officers that Johnson would sur- render to Sherman without a battle on hearing that the Army of North- ern Virginia had done so to General Grant THE CONVERSATION ENDED. Shortly before eleven o'clock the interview between the generals was ended by Lee saluting and riding slowly down the slope, across the hollow and into his camp on the hill beyond. General Grant turned the head of his thorough- bred Cincmnatus towards the Court House, followed by his staff and a large retinue of general officers, MEETING OLD FRIENDS "Withm half an hour thereafter the officers designated by General Lee to carry out the stipulations of surrender arrived, and were accom- panied by a large number of noted rebel officers. The large veranda and yard in front was soon filled with groups of Union and rebel officers in earnest conversation. Half the '' regulars " on either side found some old acquaintance or West Point classmate among the others, and in many instances the greetings were warm and unaffected. The men who but a day before were seeking each other's destruction now chatted quietly together, re- called the incidents of the past, and gave in their open countenances evidences of honest respect. Al- most the first questions from rebel officers were — '' Well, what are you going to do with — what are you go- ing to do with us ? ' the effect of general grant's ter:ms. The belief seemed widespread among intelligent officers that the United States government had pledged itself to grant no amnesties for the offense of treason, and that they must " all hang together or hang separately." On learning that General Grant had taken no ad- vantage of their necessities and des- perate situation, but had voluntarily extended to them the same magna- nimous terms offered two days be- fore and refused by General Lee, they expressed themselves exceed- ingly gratified. Discussion of the matter among themselves seemed to greatly strengthen this feeling. AU admitted that their army had no further power of resistance, and that it was compelled to surrender on our own terms. They appeared surprised to find no exhibition of 54 A Relic of the Rebellion. vindictiveness on our part. Judg- ing from their hearty confessions of generous and liberal treatment by us one would conclude they ex- pected to have been chained to- gether as felons to grace the trium- phal march of our victorious gen- eral. At fii'st some may be inclined to think General Grant not sufficiently exacting. But no one who wit- nessed the behavior of the rebel of- ficers and listened to their conver- sation on the subject could long doubt the wisdom of his policy. lee's AR3IY delighted. Lee's whole army goes home de- lighted that they are out of the ser- vice, and grateful to General Grant for sparing them all unnecessary humiliation. The moral effect of this on the mass of the Southern people cannot be overestimated. ISSUING RATIONS. On Sunday evening Colonel Mor- gan, Chief Commissary of Subsis- tence for the armies operating against Richmond, issued twenty- thousand rations of bread and meat to the rebel army, and on Monday was able to add the rations of sugar, coffee and salt. Mr. J. 'Walton Fitch's Despatch. Heaquarters, Ninth Corps, ] Army of the Potomac, >- Burkesville Junct'n, Ap'l 11,'65. ) There is no change in the situa- tion of this corps since the date of my last despatch. The line of the Southside Railroad from here to Petersburg is still under the guar- dianship of our troops, and the im- mense wasi'ou trains of the arinv are safely conveyed through their midst to the victorious force be- yond. Our advance guard consists of Curtin's brigade, located at Farmville — a village about eighteen miles from these headquarters, and containing nearly two thousand in- habitants, nearly all of whom still occupy their homes. what next ? Speculations are rife, not alone in the camps, but among officers of every grade, as to what disposition will be made of this army, now that the finishing stroke has been ad- ministered to the enemy that con- fronted it. Already the probability of a Mexican campaign is being dis- cussed, and at least three-fourths of the officers that express an opinion regarding the imminence of a rupt- ure with the would-be empire, are anxious to join the crusade against the Power endeavoring to establish itself m our midst, and restore the wearer of the crown to his " native death " and retirement. AN ARMY op OCCUPATION. I hear it stated as probable that Burkesville Junction — the present location of these headquarters — may be constituted a military post for some months to come, owing to its important railroad communica- tions and centrality. It is evident that some extensive system of pro- vost guards or police will require to be inaugurated in the event of the withdrawal of our forces fi-om this vicinity, as the country will remain in an extreme state of un- rest and disquietude for months thereafter. No more unfortunate event could h.appen to the interests A Retjc op the Rebellion. 55 of the iuhabitauts hereabouts than the immediate and total withdraw- al of our troops, as stragglers and deserters fi'om both armies, now roaming through the forests conti- guous, would immediately organize into extensive bands of highway- men, and subject the people to all the terrors and apprehension at- tending the recipients of the visits of the redoutable Dick Turpin " in ye olden time." Tlie amount of private property in this vicinity and along the whole line of the road now receiving the attention and protection of picket guards furnish- ed by this corps is immense, and covers a large area of country. It is this magnanimous and generous attendance to the interests of the inhabitants that is winning them over to the fealty they forsook, and which will, as soon as the brief sting of pride attending their sub- jection wears off, cause them to look upon the old government and its administers as the source of all success and well-being. It would be a cowed and spirit- less race that took kindly and indif- ferently the dispensation that has been vouchsafed this unfortunate rebellion ; and that there exists a sensitiveness and petulance from the effect of the just though cruel blow which has wounded the pride of its participators is but natural, and cannot be stifled save by kindly approach and gentle treatment That the great body of the people we find here in the interior experi- ence heartfelt satisfaction at the end of the war I am positive, and that ultimately they will be brought to the grace from which, in an evil hour and amid unfortu- nate counsels, they fell, I am equal- ly sanguine. CAPTURED GUNS. A considerable portion of the guns captured by us in the late pursuit are now being daily receiv- ed here. Many of them are of very superior make, and are of the Ai-m- stroug pattern. GENERAL GRANTS BODY GUARD — " FOURTH REGULARS." This veteran regiment, from whose rank have sprung upwards of twenty generals, in commands m the service of the government and the rebellion, and among who:n were numbered Grant and Sheri- dan, arrived here this evening from the front, upon their way to join the Lieutenant General — whose body guard they are— having marched from Prospect Hill since eight o'clock in the morning — a dis- tance of thirty-three miles. They will probably take the train from this locality to City Point. The regiment is in command of Major CoUins. Prominent among the rumors of a movement of the Xinth corps is the report that it will be sent to Dan\'ille, about seventy miles from its present locality. Nothing has yet transpired to corroborate this supposition. Go where it may, the old Ninth corps will never refuse the " wager of battle " with anv an- tagonist courageous enough to con- front it. Mr. S. T. Bnlkley^s Despateli. Farmville, Ya.. April 9, 1865. the imiviense slaughter of the ene:vty. The slaughter of the enemy in the 56 A Relic of the Rebellion. fight of the 6th inst. exceeded any- thmg I ever saw. The grouud over which they fought was liter- ally strewn with theu- killed. The hgntiug was desperate, in many cases hand to hand. There were a number of cases of bayonet wounds reported at the hospitals. LIST OF REBEL OFFICERS CAPTLTIED ON THE 6th. I enclose a list of some of the rebel officers captured on the 6th : — Nacy. Admiral Hunter, Commodore Tucker, Captain Simms, Midship- man J. H. Hamilton, Lieutenant H. H, Marmaduke, Master W, R. Mayo, Midshipman C. F. Sevior, Midship- man T. M. Banen, Lieutenant C. L. Stanton, Lieutenant J. P. Clay- brook; John R. ChiEman, Master's Mate; Lieutenant M. G. Porter, Lieutenant R. J. Bowen, Lieutenant W. W. Roberts, Lieutenant J. W. Materson, Midshipman "W. P. Nel- son, Lieutenant M. M. Benton, Master's Mate, S. G. Turner; Lieu- tenant W. P. Shum, Lieutenant T. C. Pinckney, Captain T. B. Ball, Lieutenant H. Ward, Midshipman B. S Johnson, Midshipman P. L. Place, Lieutenant D. Tris^g, Mid- shipman T. Berein, Midshipman C. Myers, J. M Gardner. Marine Corps. Captain George Holens, Captain T. S. Wilson, Lieutenant P McKee, Lieutenant A. S. Berry, Lieutenant T. P. Gwinn Army Officprs. Lieut. Gen. Ewell, Gen. Corse, Gen. Barton, Gen. Hunton, Gen. J. P. Simons. Gpn. .T T BeBose. Gen. Custis Lee, Gen, Kershaw and staff, Col. C. C. Sanders, 24th Georgia • Lieut. Col. J. C. Timberlake, 53d Virginia; Lieut. N. «. Hutchens 3d Georgia; Lieut. Col. Hamilton! Phil. Georgia Legion ; Maj. J. m' Goggen, Maj. E. L. Caston, Capt. J. M. Davis, Capt. Carwall, Capt. J W. Walker, A. A. G.; Capt. C. S. Dwight, Capt. McRae Cane, 16th Georgia; Col. Armstrong, 18th Georgia ; Capt. L. Bass, 25th Vir- ginia battery; Lieut. Col. E. P False, 22d Virginia battery , Maj P C. Smith, 24th Georgia; Capt. J. F. Tompkins, 22d Virginia ; Lieut. H. C. Tompkins, 22d Virginia ;• Capt. W. C. Winn, 22d Virgmia ; Adj. S. D. Davies, 47th Virginia , E. W. O. Gatewood, 37th Virginia , Adj. Williams, 3d Georgia sharp- shooters ; Lieut. J. L. Buford, Capt. J. L. Jarrett, 69th Virginia j Lieut. J. T. Fanneyhaugh, 20th Virginia battery , Capt. J. A. Haynes, 55th A^irginia , Capt. A. Reynolds. 55th Virginia; Capt J. H. Fleet, 55th Virginia; Capt. V H. Faulteroy, 55th Virginia ; Lieut. W. C. Robin- son, 55th Virginia . Lieut. Thos. Faulteroy, 55th Virginia; Capt. R. T, Cland, 55th Virginia ; Adj. R. L. Williams, 55th Virginia ; Lieut. J. R. P. Humphries, 55th Virginia , Lieut. E. J. Ragland, 53d Virginia , Lieut. A. B. Willmgham, 53d Vir- £rinia ; Lieut. Col. T G Barbour, , 24th Virginia , Capt. W F. Karri j son, 24th Virginia , Lieut. Col. Jas Howard, 18th and 20th Virginia battery, Capt A. Austin Smith, Ordnance Officer , Capt. McHenry j Howard, Gen. Custis Lee's staff, ^ Tiieat. J. F. Porteous, Ordnance Offioer; Mni. J. E Robertson, 20th J battery ; Capt. S. A, Overton, 20tb \ A Relic of the IiEbelliox. 57 Tirginia battery ; Capt. R. Iv. Hargo, 20th batt'ery; Lieut. C. W. Hunter, 20tli Virginia battery ; Lieut. J. H. Lewis, 20tli batter}' ; Lieut. A. G. Williams, 20tli Virginia battery ; Lieut. B. Scruggs, 20tli Virginia battery; Lieut. J. M. Snelson, 20th. Virginia battery; Lieut. E. Cofl&n, 20th Virginia; Lieut. Ferneyhough, 20th Virginia; Lieut. P. F. Vaden, 20th A^irginia ; Lieut. Col. A. D. Bruce, 47th Vir- ginia ; Capt. E. Wharton, 47th Vir- ginia ; Adj. S. G. Davies, 47th Vir- ginia ; Lieut. G. S. Hutt, 47th Vir- ginia ; Lieut. C. Molty, 47th Vir- ginia ; Lieut. Col. J. "W". Atkinson, 10th and 19th A^irginia battalions, Lieut. J. L. Cowardin, Adjutant, 10th and 19th Virginia battalions ; Capt. T. P. Wilkins, 10th and 19th Virginia battalions ; Capt. T. D. Blake, 10th and 19th "Virginia bat- talions ; Capt. R. B. Clayton, 10th and 19th Virginia battalions; Capt. C. S. Harrison, 10th and 19th Vir- ginia battalions ; Lieut. J. TV. Turner, 10th and 19th VirginiJa battalions ; Lieut. B. G. Andrews, 10th and 19tli Virginia battalions ; Lieut. T. C. Talbott, 10th and 19th Virginia battalions ; Lieut. A. P. Bohannan, Adj. Wilson, 10th and 19th Virginia battalions, wounded ; Capt. J. H. Xorton, 18th Virginia ; Lieut. W. Stevenson, IStliA^irginia ; Lieut. Jos. Russell, 18th Virginia ; Lieut. S. Doridian, 18th Virginia; Capt. D. L. Smoot, 18th Virginia ; Col. J. J. Phillips, 9th Virginia; Adj. C. T. Phillips, 9th Virginia; Lieut. W. Roane Ruffin, Chamber- lin's battery ; Capt. B. E. Coltrans, 9th Virginia ; Lieut. P. E. Vaden, 20th. Vii'ginia ; Capt. J. W. Barr, Ban battery ; Lieut. W. F. Camp- bell, Barr batteiy ; Capt. H. Nelson, 28th Virginia ; Lieut C. K. Nelson, 28th Virginia; Lieut. J. B. Left- with, 28th Virginia; Lieut. J.N. Kent, 22d Virginia battalion; Lieut. H. C. Shepherd, 22d Virginia battalion; Lieut. J. E. Glosseu,47th Virginia; Lieut. R. P. Welling, 12th Mississijipi ; Chaplain E. A. Garrison, 48th Mississippi; Lieut. Robert T. Knox, 30th Virginia; Lieut. J. H. Marshall, 30th Virginia; Capt. J. S. Knox, 30th Virginia; Lieut. St. George Fitzhugh, Pe- gram artillery ; Lieut. T. L. Rob- erts, 34th Vii-ginia ; Lieut. J. S. Watts, 46th Virginia ; J. T. Fowler, 4Gtli Virginia ; Maj. M. B. Hardin, 18th Virginia battalion ; Adj. Vv^. H. Laughter, 18th Virginia battalion; Capt. W. S. Griffin, 18th Virginia battalion ; Chaplain L. B. Madison, 58th Virginia ; Lieut. Jiidson Hun- dron, Lieut. J. F. Oyler, 58th Vir- ginia ; Lieut. John Addison, 17th Virginia infantiy ; Lieut. Col. G. Tyler, 17th Virginia infantry; Lieut. J. B. Hill, 53d Virginia; Sergt. Maj. J. S. Miller, 20th Virginia battalion ; Lieut. M. H. Daughty, 11th Florida; Capt. Winder, Young battery ; Lieut. J, C. Murray, Young battery ; Capt. W. S. Randall, Gen. C. Lee's staff • Col. J. T. Crawford, 51st Georgia ; Col. James Dickey, 51st Georgia; Capt. W. R. McClain,51st Georgia; Capt. J. H. Faulkner, 51st Georgia ; Capt. R. N. Askrow, 51st Georgia ; Capt. V. B. Baglow, 51st Georgia ; Lieut. J. A. Brown, 51st Georgia; Lieut. C. W. S. Swanson, Capt. H. J. Otis, 2d N. C; Evans' Brigade; Lieut. P. A. Green, 3d Georgia; 58 A Relic of the Eebellion. Capt W. G. Baird, 24tli North Carolina ; Col, P. McLaughlin, 5Clli Georgia; Capt. W. A. Smith, 50th Georgia; Capt. E. Fahn, 50th Georgia; Lieut. Thompson, 33l]i North Carolina ; Lieut. Thompson, 35th North Carolina ; Lieut. J. P. Percell, 56th Virginia. incidents. From different sources I have gathered a number of interesting incidents, which I give below : souvenirs of ,rebeldom. Many have been the souvenirs of rebeldom gathered on this march. A drummer in the One Hundred and Fourty-sixth New York ha; picked up the niajor general's com- mission of General Kershaw. Gen. Mahone's commission was also found. Dr. Lord, surgeon of the One Hundred and Fortieth New York, found seven hundred and fifty dollars in rebel money, and, what is more remarkable, a sur- geon's sash, which he presented, after his capture at Chancelors- ville, to a surgeon in the rebel army. There were immutable marks on the sash admitting no doubt of its authenticity; besides, its being found in a desk, filled with papers and letters of the rebel surgeon to whom he had originally donated it. Of letters, pistols and sabres, there was no end of appro- priation. Among revolvers was a thirteen-barreled one. The most stupendous story of all is finding a twenty dollar gold piece. If the confederacy is not ruined, one man in it certainly is by the loss of this much of suriferous metal. Since writing the above I am told that a box was found containing one thousand dollars in gold, and a pay- master's safe containing two hund- red and fifty thousand dollars in rebel scrip. HEADQUARTERS SIGNAL CORPS. A brilliant exploit was accom- plished during one of the late fights by Captain Renyaurd and Lieuten- ant Miles, Fifth corps headquarters' signal officers, and the signal corps under them. Advancing ahead of our skirmishers they captured a rebel signal detachment, seven al. together, including a captain, their commanding officer. In addition to this they also captui-ed two naval officers and an engineer on a flying- exodus from Richmond. TO WHAT BASE USES AT LAST. Our boys got possession of two battle flags. One lay partially con- cealed in a ditch by the roadside, and the other was one of a hetero- genous list of articles stowed away in an old canvass bag, which, with its contents, had been thrown away. "We read of base uses and the con- tingency of the dust of the great Cajsar stopping a rat hole ; but here we had a tangible exhibition of an ignobility of end and depth of descending that any modern be- liever in Southern braggadocio would have believed impossible, un- less the aforesaid rebel flags were surrounded by a hecatomb of rebel corpses and dyed with the chivalric blood of their defenders. GALLANTRY. Corporal Payne, of the Second New York, captured three battle flags and thirty-five prisoners. Lieutenant Custer, the General's brother, captured another flag, but A Kelic of the Rebellion. 5C iu doing so received a severe wound in the cheek ; but after be- ing- hit he seized the colors, then shot the man who hit him, and es- caped, bringing the flag with him. THE CAPTURE OF GENERAL EWELL. Gen. Ewell and six of his staff were captured by two men— Capt. Stevens and private James Coppin- ger, both of Company B, First New York. THE WOUNDED. Gen. Mott, while leading the Third division, Second corps, on April 6, was shot in the leg and came to the rear. Col. Starbird, Nineteenth Maine, was wounded, probably mortall}', in an attack of the skirmish line on the evening of the 7th. The T'wenty-fourth Corps and the Capture of Richmond. To the Editor of the Herald : Richmond, Va., April 8, 1865. Will you please insert and cor- rect an error which appears in youi- Twenty-fifth corps correspondent's report of the advance upon and oc- cupation of Richmond 1 If allowed tt) go uncontradicted the great credit claimed and justly earned by the Twenty-fourth army corps is carried off by sufferance to the Twenty-fifth corps. The facts in the case are as follows : — The skirmish line of the Twenty-fourth corps, composed in part of the Ninth Vermont and the Eighty- first New York, were at least an hoiu- in the advance of the skii'mish line of the Twenty-fifth corps. Cap- tain J. R. Angel's light battery, K, Third New York artillery, closed upon the skirmish line in the ad- vance, and as work after work and fort after fort was approached the colors of battery K, in the hands of Captain Angel, were planted promi- nently thereon and then advanced to the next. Finally the city of Richmond was reached, and the colors of battery K were unfurled on the steps of the Capitol two hours and thirty minutes before the colors of any other battery. When the main body of the two corps moved upon Richmond the Twenty-fourth was also ahead. JUSTICE. ITE WSPAPER ACCOUITTS. The Rebel General R. E. Lee Re- ported in Richmond. [From the Eichmond Whig, April 13.] We learn that Robert E. Lee ar- rived m the city last night. The Rebel Generals Rosser and Fitz- hugh Lee Refuse to Surrender. [From the Eichmond Whig, April 13.] Generals Rosser and Fitzhugli Lee refused to abide by the terms of surrender', it is said, and made their escape, unattended, to " parts unknown." The Number of Men Surrendered by- Lee. [From the Eichmond Whig, April 13.] The number of men surrendered by Gen. Lee is stated to be twenty- five thousand, of whom only eight thousand had muskets. The rest had thrown away their arms during the forced marches into the in- terior. How the Obstacles to the Ccrdial Re- union of the People of the North and South Are IBeing Removed by Our Soldiers. IFrom the Kichmond Whig, April 13.] Now, when it has become ap- 60 A Relic of the Rebellion". parent that the Union will be pre- served, and that the Southern States will resume their relations to the sisters whose companionship they renounced in an evil hour of blindness and passion, it is well to consider what obstacles still oppose a cordial reunion, and whether they may not be removed. Among these obstacles, perhaps none is greater than the idea which has been sedulously inculcated by the designing advocates of discord for many years, that the people of the Northern and Southern sec- tions hate each other with inex- tinguishable enmity, and that this hatred is so deeply founded in the habits, tastes and opinions of the people that it cannot be eradicated. Nothing has contributed more to keep up the resistance of the South- ern people than the teachings of those who declared that the North was inspired with a feeling of en- mity and revenge so bitter that nothing would satisfy her people except the utter ruin of Southern homes, the desolation of Southern families, and the destruction of all that made life worth preserving. The passions kindled by the war, and the deeds of rapine and viol- ence on both sides to which the war has given birth, have for a long time prevented us from de- veloping the real sentiments of hu- manity and kindness to which thousands will happily return now ■when the blood-red flames of the conflict are beginning to subside. We feel sure that even the most embittered secessionist ivill acknoivledge that the conduct of the United States officers and soldiers in Richmond has been not only considerate and humane, but adapted to insinre confidence and kindness in return. And, with the prospect of returning peace, the sentiments of the people of the North are beginning to appear in forms which ought to elicit corre- sponding feelings. The prompt action of the Chris- tian Commission in supplying aU the destitute among us with food certainly does not savor of a spirit of hatred and revenge. We have heard of various expressions of good feeling from many Northern communities, which will speedily be manifested, we are sure, in more substantial forms than mere words. When contrasted with the reck- less spirit of destruction and disregard ofjjrivate rights and property exhibited by the leaders of disunion, even to the very hour of their final flight from Virginia, these developments of kindness and sympathy from those who were lately reckoned as ene- mies of the South will not fail to work a change in many minds. We earnestly exhort the people of the South to dismiss rancor from their hearts, to believe what is un- doubtedly true, that their brethren of the North desii-e to live with them in the bonds of peace, and to culti- vate a spirit of conciliation and f or- l)earance, which will soon bear the richest fruits. The Duty of All Virginians to Sub- mit to tlie United States Authori- ties. [From the Richmond Whig, April 13] The duty of all true Yirginians is perfectly apparent. Whatever may have been their previous views and wishes, they will now step forth and A Relic of the Rebellion. 01 acknowledge at once the authority of the United States government, and that they owe full allegiance to it. The slightest hesitation in regard to this matter can but still further complicate the difficulty of the situation and throw additional obstacles in the way of a speedy re- turn to that quietude and freedom from restraint that are essential to enable the people to recover from the blighting effect which this unhappy war has had on every interest in this State. The course of the authori- ties and of the soldiers in this city is ivell calculated to inspire confidence in their desire to see harmony and frater- nal feeling restored in our common country ; and we feel confident that our people in every section of the State will freely respond, and do all in their power to bring about a consumma- tion which will be fraught with so much happiness and good. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO- SuFPendep of the Cbief Army of Juarez in Central Mexico, &c., &c. Cairo, 111., April 14, 1865, New Orleans advices of the 8th inst. are received. The True Delta claims to have of- ficial intelligence that General Rheagena, commanding the chief army of Juarez in Central Mexico, has abandoned the contest. His whole army has given up fighting and returned to their homes. Ne-w^s from Chihuahua. To the Editor of the Herald : New York, April 13, 1865. From a letter received from a friend in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico, the following items are gleaned : — Juarez and his cabinet are still, as they for a long time have been, in that city. The republican forces with the President number about one thoiTsand five huudi-ed men. The nearest imperial troops is a force of six hundred, which has for some time been stationed at the town of Cerro Gordo, in the State of Durango, but quite near the Chihuahua line. They at one time entered the latter State, visiting the towns of Valle and Parral, but making no progress, were soon withdrawn. A Mr. Leaton, from Passo del Norte, is recruiting Americans for service under the Juarez banner, and has ah'eady enrolled about seventy-five. General Gonzala Or- tega, of the republican army, passed thi-ough the city of El Paso a short time ago, on his Wiiy to the United States, on special business from the President. Colonel Heintz, a Hun- garian in the republican army, was also in the above mentioned city at the same time, on his way to Cali- fornia, for the purpose of raising a force of a thousand or fifteen hun- dred men in that State for services under President Juarez. The enclosed printed slip is an official announcement by the Juarez government of a victory gained by that brave republican partisan leader Corona, over a detachment of imperial soldiers, and has not yet reached us here by the ordinary channels of communication. 62 A Relic op the Rebellion. Huzza for National Independence.— Honor to tbe State of Sinaloa.— Tbanks to General Corona. The government has received the welcome intelligence, officially, that the valiant General Corona, after inflicting considerable loss on the road upon the French forces march- ing from Durango to Mazatian, has completely defeated one hundred Chasseurs des Vincemies (French sharpshooters) at the town of Ver- anos — those who did not fall in action being shot. Particulars are in press, and will be published forthwith. Chihuahua, Feb, 3, 1865. NEWS FROM NASSAU. Arrival of the Steamship Corsica. The steamship Corsica, Captain L. Mesui'ier, from Havana on the 8th, and Nassau on the 10th inst., arrived yesterday morning. The French bark Eugene of Mar- seilles, with a cargo of about 3,000 bags of coffee, 2.000 pieces of maho- gany (crotch) about 1,200 pounds wax, 1,800 dried hides, and about 30 tons of logwood, was totally wrecked on the northeast point of Great Inagua on the morning of the 25th of February last. The captain and part of the crew were saved; the mate and two seamen were drowned. The blockade run- ner Banshee, with 1,000 bales of cotton, arrived at Nassau on the 30th from Galveston. She reports Galveston garisoned by twelve hun- dred troops Twelve Union ships were off the bar. Six steamers had sailed recently from Havana for Galveston. FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP CORSICA FROM HAVANA. A terrible accident oecui-red on board the steamer Corsica, on her late passage from Havana to this port, which resulted in the death of two pel sons and seriously injuring three others. It appears that, when four hours out from port, a barrel of spirits was about being lowered into the lower hold, when, owing to some wTong management m ar- ranging the slings, the barrel slipped and fell with great force into the hold, where it immediately burst. The storekeeper, Mr. John Hughes, who was in the hold at the time, with several others, upon see- ing the occurrence, went immedia- tely to the barrel, and having a lighted candle in his hand, it set fire to the spirits, which exploded, killing Mr. Hughes instantly and mortally wounding the carpenter, Mr. E. McNeal, who died on Thurs- day night. Three others of the crew, named Mitchell, Thompson and Murphy, are seriously injured, but will recover. The passengers held a meeting on board for the relief of the sufferers, whereupon some eight hundred dollars were subscribed. The "War on the Guerillas. Cairo, April 14, 18G5. The rebel Colonel Forrest and staff arrived at Memphis, under the flag of truce granted by General Wright, for the purpose of confer- ring with General "Washburne upon the subject of exterminating guerillas. The result of the con- ference IS not known. A Relic of the Rebellion. 63 SHERMAN. ais Army Moving.— The March Be- gun on the 9th Instant.— Sherman's First Speech.— Johnson's Army VTest of Raleigh.— Only His Cavalry Holding the Capital of the State.— He Is Endeavoring to Form a Junc- tion with Lee.— The Ram Albe- marle Raised in Good Condition.— Occupation of Murfreesboro, N. C, by Our Fleet, &c., &c., &c. Our Special "Washington Despatch. Washington, April 14, 1865. Reliable inf ormatiou has beeu re- ceived here from GolJsboro to the 10th, iustant. General Shermau started from Goldsboro early on the morning of the 10th, moving to Raleigh. There was no fighting except the usnal skirmishing. It was General Sherman's expectation that he would reach Raleigh in four days. Daily communication will be kept up with the army, and the railroad will be repaired at once. Mr. D. P. Conyngham's Despatch. Xewbern, N. C, April 11, 1865. THE NEWS OF THE FALL OF RICH- MOND IN SHERMAN'S ARMY. Sherman's veterans testified their rejoicings at the fall of Richmond in the most noisy and frenzied manner. At night the men took it into their heads to improvise a general salute by putting powder into hoUow logs and blowing them up. This, accompanied by the cheers of the men, the capering of dancing negroes, who appeared to be bit by tarantulas, and the music of several bands, made the scene enlivening enough. SHEr::^rAN makes a speech. A crowd of soldiers and citizens, accompanied by a band, made a favorable demonstration in front of General Sherman's headquarters. They loudly and vociferously called for the General. He had to make his appearance, and, after thanking the men, said . " We have glorious news, sol- diers. Richmond is ours, and the rebel army is broken up and de- moralized. I have a letter from General Grant, in which he says that he is pursuing Lee, and wishes to have us press Johnson, which I think we'll do. (Cries of ' We will, we will.') We don't mean to let him rest, so be j^repared for the march in a few days." Loud cheers were given for Sher- man, for Grant and his army, and the men returned to their quarters congratulating one another. THE AR^SYY ON THE IMARCH. On the afternoon of the 9th a part of Schofield's column took up their line of march, and yesterday morning the whole army broke camp and debouched from the dif- ferent encampments around Golds- boro into column along the dif- ferent lines of march. organization OF THE ARMY. The army is divided into three different columns — one under Gen- eral Slocum, another under General Schofield, and the third under Gen- eral Howard. The men are in ex- cellent condition and spirits, eager to meet the enemy to wind up " the darned affair." JOHNSTON'S POSITION. Johnston's army has occupied a line of intrenchments along the Neuse river, some twenty miles 64 A Relic of thl Rebellion. from Goldsboro, but lias fallen back within a few days west of Raleigh. Colonel Spencer, Third brigade, Kilpatrick's cavalrj^, sent some or- derlies towards Raleigh. They got to the rear of Hampton's cavalry and ascertained that Johnston had evacuated the town, and that it was occupied by four or five thousand cavalry. Hampton had his head- quarters eight miles east of Raleigh, on the Smithfield and Raleigh road. Johnston is reported gone to Greens- boro, on the junction of the Danville and Charlotte road. It is evident that he is trying to form a junction with Lee, and will then fall back to Western Georgia and Alabama. They have important arsenals at Macon, Columbus and Augusta. They cannot strike for Eastern Ten- nessee, as Thomas is heading them off there, so their route will be through North and South Carolina and Georgia. I do not expect immediate fight- ing, except what the cavalry will make. STATE OF THE CONFEDERACY. I have just laid hands on a Raleigh Covfederate of April 7, in which was Jeff. Davis' last procla- mation from his new capital, which I have telegraphed. Though he ad- mits that the fall of Richmond will have a serious moral effect, still he thinks it is in reality no great loss, as it leaves Lee's army free for active operations anywhere. He states that '' our army will be free to move from point to point." That is true, for they are now rapidly moving each on his own hook, and giving up the confederacy as a e'oue coon. The Confederate goes it strong on the Conservalive, Governor Vance's organ, for suggesting that overtures for peace should be made to the Union government. There is a civil war in the camp, and it is fast be- coming a Kilkenny catawauling affair. INCIDENTS OF SHERMAN'S MARCH. Towards the evening of the 10th Major General Howard, staff, escort and some mounted infantry were in advance, when they struck some rebel cavalry, who opened on them, kill- ing a horse of one of the General's staff and wounding some men. The General himself had a narrow es- cape. His men charged on the rebels, and captured about one hundred and two pieces of artillery. A PAYIM ASTER NEARLY CAPTURED. On the 9th Major Fulsifer was passing from Wilmington to Golds- boro, when he stopped to pay the troops at Burgan, some twenty miles from Wilmington. The troops had moved forward that morning, except a squad of nineteen men, under Lieutenant Colonel Parker. The Major followed up the troops, and towards evening a troop of rebel cavalry swept into the town, gobbling up the little force there and the telegraph operator. They stopped the latter and made him cut the wires. They partially in- jured the bridge. THE CONDITION OF SHERMAN'S ARMY. When Sherman struck Goldsboro the army was shoeless and ragged, but they are now thoroughly clad and refitted. Brigadier General Easton, who is chief quartermaster to the army, was busily engaged A Reijg of the Rebellion. 65 tiurrying forward supplies, while Sherman was making his sweeping march from Savannah. He had es- tablished depots at Beaufort, More- head City and other points, and as soon as Sherman reached Golds- boro supplies were rapidly for- warded to him. Several hundred cars were plying backward and for- ward, and when the army started it had thirty days' rations on hand and such ?. surplus of clothes that some had to be returned. As supplies are the sustaining power of an army, too much praise cannot be bestowed on General Eas- ton for his indefatigible and suc- cessful administration. COLONEL WRIGHT, Chief Engineer of Railroads, has done much in assisting the Quarter- master's Department by the rapid manner in which he put the rail- road in order. The railroad from here to Goldsboro is as safe for travelling purposes as any of the New York lines. Tracks were laid, bridges built and communication opened with wonderful celerity, under the man- agement of Colonel "Wright. As we are going to keep a base open, it is of the utmost importance to have such men at the head of affairs. There have been some changes made in commanders. Colonel Patrick Jones has returned from New York, with the well merited rank of brigadier, to his brigade, Second brigade, Second division. Twentieth corps. Few officers have done more to merit a star than General Jones. Colonel Mendel, Thirty-third New Jersey, has been appointed chief of General Slocum's staff, ranking as brigadier. Colonel Schofield, brother of Gen- eral Schofield, has been appointed brigadier general and chief of hi& brothei^'s staff. Brigadier General C. C. Wolcotfe has been promoted from the com- mand of a brigade to the command of the First division, Fourteenth army corps. Captain John L. Hover has been promoted to a majority. Captain Hovey and two men cap- tured seventy-eight men and offi- cers near Goldsboro. He struck on them, persuaded them that they were surrounded, and actually frightened them into a surrender. Lieutenant L. B. Mitchel, ord- nance officer, Fifteenth army corps, promoted to be captain and aid on General Ayres' staff. Major Max WoodhuU, Adjutant General, Fifteenth army corps, has been promoted to a lieutenant colonelcy. Lieutenant W. H. Barlow, Quar- termaster, promoted to a captaincy and assistant quartermaster. Captain Montgomery Rochester, Assistant Adjutant General on Gen- eral Sherman's staff, has been assigned to duty as assistant adju- tant general of the army of Georgia, General Slocum commanding. This will give Captain Rochester the silver leaf. Captain Rochester is an old and distinguished officer, having been all through the war from the first Bull Run fight. The Captain well deserves his promotion . Brigadier General Webster has just returned to Newbern from the m A Relic of the Rebellion. front. General Webster, as Chief of General Sherman's staff, is about establishing his headquarters at Newbern. The General's reputa- tion and executive abilities are too well known to need any comment. During Sherman's important At- lantic campaign he ably managed the bureau at Nashville. Captain W. R. Tuttle accom- panied the General. He is chief of conductors on the military railroads. His efacient services in Tennessee are sufficient guarantee that the mi- litary management of the railroads i]i North Carolma will be ably con- ducted. General Charles Crufts and staff have returned from his command of the detachments of the army of the Cumberland which had been left in Tennessee, and which he brought out to the command of his division. THE REBEL RAJVI ALBEMARLE. The celebrated rebel ram Albe- marle has been raised by Messrs. Underwood & Co., and is now lying in North river, a' the mouth of the canal, waiting to be towed into Norfolk. They have been nearly one month in getting her up. It will be recollected +.hat this monster was blown up by a torpedo, on the 27th of October, 1 864, by Lieuten- ant Gushing and eleven men. She is not seriously injured. Much of her plating had to be re- moved to lighten her. Her guns, which were two one hundred- pounder Brook rifle guns, English manufacture, had been taken off by Captain Macomb, in charge of the fleet, and sent to Washington. Her boilers and machinery are unin- jured, and she is at present under steam. The Albemarle was one of the most formidable rams of the confederacy, and was built at Hali- fax, N. C. She has several inden- tations in her sides from the dif- ferent shots and shells fired into her, and an unexploded shell was found buried under her iron plat- ing. She had twenty- eight inches of timber and four inches of plat- ing. She is a regular leviathan, and can be put in full repair at a very small cost. In her were found officers' clothing, arms and twenty eight cans of powder uninjured. She had Liverpool coal on board, which must have run the blockade. THE LAST OF THE REBEL RAJMS. The new rebel ram, which had been building at Halifax, and was anxiously expected to commence operations, was discovered on the 8th instant, near Plymouth, a regu lar shell, having been burned to the waters edge. The pickets near Ply mouth saw her coming down the river and gave the alarm. Colonel Fronkle turned out a squadron of cavalry and two sections of artil lery to charge on her, but they found her helplessly lying against the obstructions, where they placed guards over her, where she now re- mains. Thus died the last of the rebel rams. AN EXPEDITION TO MURFREES- BORO, N. C. The Shamrock flagship, Comman- der Macomb ; the Wychusmg, Val- ley City and Hunchback went up the Chowan river to Winston, with the intention of covering the cross- ing of a body of cavaky at Winston, A Relic of the Rebellion. 67 which was to operate towards the Weldon railroad. The cavalry ad vance guard found the enemy in position at Winston, but the fleet opened on them, soon scattering them. The fleet then ferried over the troops to the south side of the river, and then proceeded to Mnr- freesboro, on the Meherrin river, about eighteen miles from Weldon. The sailors took possession of the town, the Mayor formally surren- dering it to Commander McComb. Next day the cavalry charged about twenty-five rebel cavalry into the town and captured them. Murfreesboro is a good sized town, and is taken possession of now for the first time by the Yanks. The fleet returned to Winston and Plymouth, where it is now lying. Our New^bern Correspondence. Newbern, N- C, April 10, '65. THE ARMY LT^DER ORDERS TO MOVE. Some portions of Sherman's army received orders three or four days ago to be in readiness for marching orders, and it was the original in- tention that the army should move on the 7th. Grant's successes, how ever, have somewhat changed the programme, and, although the time of moving is delayed a day or two, yet there will not be much differ ence in the results. Some of the army, the Seventeenth corps parti- cularly, were to have commenced moving this morning, and as John- ston IS now said to be making off in the direction of Danville and Hillsboro, and Grant is pushing in the direction of Lynchburg or Dan- ville (at this writing), of course Sherman will also take a step in that direction. Since the burning of the vessels on the Neuse river a few mornings since, no further demonstrations have been made on our communi- cations. That was an insignificant affair, comparatively, and a small guard could easily have prevented it. The raiders also burned the upper works of the steamer Mystic, which was sunk in the river a fort- night since. All but her upper works was under water, and her damage, therefore, is slight. It is also reported that the small steamer, General Shepley, was burned at the same time, but I have not heard this confii-med as yet These inter- ruptions do not interfere at all with the sending forward of supplies. I mentioned in my last that Gen- eral Howard had established his business headquarters here, al- though the General himself has re- turned to the front. Since then General Easton, Chief Quarter- master Military Division of the Mississippi, has also removed his headquarters to this place, and Gen- eral Beckwith, Chief Commissary of Sherman's army, has also done the same. General Sherman's busi- ness headquarters (aside from his field headquarters at Goldsboro) are also to be established here, hav- ing arrived yesterday. These straws, together with the fact, that other prominent officers connected with Sherman's army are establishing themselves here, are taken by many as indications that this is to be con- tinued as a base for some time yet, with perhaps Raleigh as the ex- treme inland base after it is taken, 68 A Relic of the Rebellion. if Sherman cliooses to move on that line. TRAINS TO GOLDSBORO. Two regular trains are running daily now to Goldsboro, and gen- erally one or more extra trains ad- ditionally. The road is open also direct to Wilmington from Golds- boro, and trains are making those trips every day. Some very good passenger cars that were captured by General Terry at Faison's depot, when he was on the march to join Schofield and Sherman, are now being used by us between here and Goldsboro, and between the latter place and Wilmington. THE OLD steamer LONG ISLAND REBUILT. Lieutenant Bradley, to whom Captain Wing, Chief Quartermaster of this post, has assigned a good portion of the duties that formerly devolved upon Captain Kimball, promoted to the position of depot quartermaster for Sherman's army at this point, relaunched the old Long Island last Saturday. She was a sidewheel steamer that was partially burned a year or so ago, and has been rebuilt in the govern- ment yard here. The launch was a successful one, and the boat is, or will be, a credit to the workmen whom Lieutenant Bradley keeps employed in the boat building de- partment. the white AND BLACK NORTH CAROLINA refugees. The number of white and black refugees that are coming in here now by the railroad, from the coun- try surrounding Goldsboro and this side of there, is immense. The whites are generally of a class who have evidently seen better days. Some of them bring along a few articles of furniture, and perhaps a poverty-stricken cow or horse, but no contrabands. The latter have learned to look out for themselves, and from the number of old beds, chairs, cooking utensils, and rub- bish of every description that they bring in with them, one natuialiy infers that they have also ieai-niu to look out for something else be- sides themselves. The negroes have had a new camp estabUsherl tor them, a little way outside of the fortifications surrounding the town. They are given land to work and materials to work with, and they generally manage to support them- selves pretty comfortably. When the males are able-bodied they arc given work on the railroads, or by the quartermasters in some of their departments. The whites are most- ly taken care of, when they desire it, by Dr. Page, superintendent of white refugees, and also chief agent here of. the Sanitary Commission. The doctor rations them and se- cures employment for them when it is possible. The town is filling up with these whites, some of whom have lived here before, but who re- turn to find Uncle Samuel in pos- session of their property, and no rent coming from it, of course. Others, who have lost their all, have come hither to get nearer the sea coast, in the hopes of finding the i staff of life plentier, or of discover- ing some more quiet spot than they have been living in under the de- spotism of Jeff. Davis. Poor creat- KELIC OP THE REBEKLiO^Ni. eg iires, with all the past against them they are to be pitied beyond any- thing I could say for them. Of the blacks there must be fully fifteen thousand in the city and adjoining it in the outskirts. They reconcile themselves to their new situation more readily, and attribute all their troubles to the goodness of " Father Abraham," and their Maker, both of whom they devoutly believe to be working out the prob- lem of their deliverance. A CURIOUS ARirr MAIL. Mr. Chas. Hibbard, our assistant postmaster in this city, informs me that a few days since they sent off a mail from Sherman's army which numbered two hundred and thirty thousand letters and packages. The ''bummers" evidently know how to read and write. The mail from that army averages about sixty thousand at every departure. It is a curiosity to look at some of the packages, which are certain to be sent to the dead letter office, they being contraband of the mail. Fifteen hundred of Wheeler's cavalry came into Goldsboro yes- terday, it is said, and surrendered themselves prisoners of war. Vance will call the Legislature to- gether for the purpose of repealing the act of secession, and restoring North Carolina to the Union. Tlie Charge Against Gen. Capring- ton. CixcixxATi, April 1-1, 1865. Gen. Carrington has published a card, saying that the charges against him are all infamous at- tempts to obliterate the credit of his services in Indiana. His friends say the matter grew out of a mis- undfcx-standing with paymasters, and that all the money for which he is responsible is deposited in the bank, ready to be handed over. Oup Goldsbopo Coppespondence. Goldsboro, N. C, April 7, '65. A report has just been received from Raleigh, stating that Governor Died. Carter. — On Friday evening, April 14, Elizabeth, relict of Sam- uel Carter, in the 83d year of her age. The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence. No. 701 Second avenue, near Thirty-eight street, on Monday afternoon, at one o'clock. Philadelphia papers please copy. Kearney. — At Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday, April 8, Susan, wife of the late Edward Kearney, of Carndonagh, county Donegal, Ire- land. Notice of the funeral hereafter. /