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HOW BOOTH WAS CAPTUEED.
The i'ollowieg account of the capture of Booth,
the murderer of President Lincoln, was given by
Sergt. Corbett before the court-martial at Washing-
to a : :
"When I arrived at the house, rnyuperior
tSter, Lt . Ducherty, toid, me that Booth was
there, and ducted me to deploy men to the
rig!itanl lett round the buildir- : . and see that
no of.e escaped; by this time ir-jizirus had' been
made it the' fcousS, "and U waa ascertained that
Iiouth w ia.nof in the house, but in the barii The
creator part vi' the guard were withdrawn from
the house and placed around the barn, and order-
were jjiven to allow no ono to escape We
had been previously cautioned to se.e that our
arms 7ere in eadines lor use. . Alter b'ein
ordered to Gu'rrender, and told that the barn
wouU be fired if they did not, we remained
there surne unrrutes. IJooth inquired who v?e
took h:m firj he said his leg was broken, and
did we want with him. He w;is told that
it made no difference who we were; that we
knew who t hey were and that they must surren
der themselves as pcifonevs. He wanted to
know where they would . be taken if they jcave
themselves up; no reply wa3 given. The parley
hsted znuch longer than the time first stated,
.ilxiut half hour In the course of that titnc
?t?nny words parsed, find Booth positively 'de
claroa tiV would 'hoi surfenaer.' Atone time he
sard ''Well, my boys!, youmay get a Etreteher
forme;" al another time he said, "Well, Capt
laake-tjuioi; work; shoot we thrgugh' the heart'
or wotds to tl :it eli'eet; so-that I knevf he-.:wa5
perfectly desperate atTd would iot surrender.
After a while I heard whispering there; Booth
had previVusIj declared' there was no- other fer
son in thtre. 'fhe other person, who proved to
he Harold, seemed, to be frying to persuade
iooth to surrender we could not hear the
worris. After a hile Booth sung out, "Captain,
there 13 a tn--n in iiere who wants to sur?ener."
oyds i';i'Hwed,-t?ut I'coaid not hear what they
were .'-Booth caid. Oh pro out-aad save your
life;" . he then called ftft, l,I declare before my
.Mukrr this iy.in is icnoeent of ary crime what-,
ovxr," of worus to that clfect. I'crtlier word
:.,!!mw. d, in which Harold, seemed to tell Bootli
cSit.hfi woiid not &urrei.der. He was told to
la';' 'uli aiiiS iiiid come out; Harold declared he
i'a-.i iu arm?; Booth also declared that thi& other
anh a:- uaarmed;"that the rls belonged to
kiiii. Irnaj?diatiiJy after"1 this, Harold having
been' cita out wiihou; ins, deteHive Lt-lol
der eityeover tv the sido where I was and
. d"reeu-d the barn to be red. 'I had pre-
Viouslvbuffe zUv.d in before a -crack in the
boards lare enough to put in your hand: T
knew that Booth could sea us, and could hav
picked us ol!, and ha in fact onee made the re
n?ark "I cuufd hav? picked threo or four of your
uien oif, ju?t draw your men oft fifty yards and I
will come out;" Itu used such words many timesr
when the fire was lighted (which was almflst
iiamediately after Harold had been taken out ot
the barn), I could see him distinctly in about
uie middle oith-e barn; he started, at first to
wards the door, and I had. c. full front dress
view of him; I could hays shot him much easier
cl'aa at the time I qid, but, as long as he made
t o demonstration I . did not shoot him; I kept
uty eye cn him steadily; he turned toward the
ther side"; he brought his, pieee np to an tim",
nd I supposed -fee was going to fight Lis way
out)vl thought tus tiiie hadf qoe, and I took
Heady aim Upon hiaxaod eSoc him, the ball en
tered his head a little back of the ear and came
"nt a little higher on the other side of the head;
he lived I tLink until about sevea o'clock that
morning, perhaps two or three hoursafter he
as shut: I didnoVhear him speak after he was
'hot, eicept to cay out when he was shot; oth-.
"a stated tbat be did utter words alter that, but
1 did not hear an? fter I shot him.
The Bank of the Commonwealth, weunder
and, is about to resume business. The effects
f the Bank remaining are being removed to the
Jew place cf &o$Qs'U.--Richtnond Whig.
THE
RELA-
PRESIDENT'S ORDER
TIVE TO VIRGINIA.
Executive Chamber,
Washington City, May 9," 1865
Executive Order to lie-establish the Authority
of the United States, and execute the Laws
- within the Geographical limits known as
the State of Ytryima. '
. .OkderXP : First, That all acts and propeed
ingof the political,, military and civil 'organiza
tions which have been in a etate of iusurrectiun
and rebellion, within the Stafe of Virginia,
against the authority and laws 'of the United
States, and of wijich Jeficraon Davis, John
Letcher aud WiiJra-io tu,ith were late the reapec
tive.chiels, are declared null aud yoid. Alf
persons vhb shall exercise, claimr pr6tertd, or
attempt to exercise any political, military or civ
il .power, authority-, jurisdiction, or"- light, by,
thfougb, o? under JeflerKm Javis, lateoftbe
city ot'liicbmond, and his confederates, qt un
der Jobo Letcher or "WiHiaiu Smith and. their
confederate or uuder-any pretend.ed 'political,
milftary or civil co'mtuiseioo or authority issued
by them or either of them siuce tfe.lTth day of
April 1861, shail re deemed and taken -as in,re
belliojj against jibe. United States,'and shall, be
dealtwith accordingly." ' , ;
Second, That the Secretary of State proceed
to put, in force all laws of the United . States,
the administration whereol dbelons to the De
parttnent of State, applicable tp.tn'e :get)g8aphic
al limits aforesaid. -
Third, That the Secretary of the Treasury
proceed; vishout delay, to nominate for appoint
ment, assessors cf taxes aud collectors of cus
toms and int.crn&l revenue, an,d such other offi
cers if the Treasury Department as are author
ized by law, and shall put in exeeutioa tha rev-enu-j
if.w of thi United States within the geog
raphical limits &f?r3said. In .making eppoint
meots, the preference shay be given to qualified
loyal persoris-residipg within the districts where
their respective duties are to he performed. But
if suitable persons shall not bo found, residents
of the districts, tiien persons residing in other
Fourth That tha Pobtnaster General shall
proceed to establish post ofilces acd post routes,
and put into execution the postal laws of the
United States within the s5?a State, giving to
loyal residents the ,'pi-cference of. appointment;
but if suitable .persons are not found, then to
appoint'agents, &c , from other States.
. Fifth, That 'the District Judge said dis
trict proceed to bold courts within said State,
MEXICO THE MOSCOW OP NAPO
LEON III. ' .
Tiie termination of Qur 'great war promises to
brin atuut events that will recall to mind very
forcibly that grand blunder in the career of the
first .Napoleon, the campaign to Moscow. Re
cent reports represent that the Frenc govei
menis making preparations to send i& Mexico,
as tiie necessity may arisea body of eighty
thousand troops. It will want them all, and
mort for what the-disease of the country do not
kill will hardly escape the Mexicans,.reinforced,
as they will be, by emigrants. ; Migration to
wards Mexico already assumes proportions that
hav not been equalled by any similar move
men, of the people siiico the great exodus to
California in 185U;' but the present is a migra
tion that-, is likely to be of another character
lrom that. ...
At the time the last battles were fought the
United States had in service about seven hun
dVed thousand soldiers. The. rebels' at the same
time had, everywhere, one hundred and fifty
thot&ibd men; and there were in the .Southern
Statfiii the computation vt Davis, three hun
dred; thousand men that had formerly bsen in
the j'ebefdtaiy but had deserted it aleveb hun
drjed ind fifty thousand men fo all; ' There will
be TV,ind in the United. States service , about
one'hundredand fifty thousand men, and thus
thero will be suddenly put out of employment
and thrown upon society about one million men
trained to war. To these men there is suddenly
opened a channef of employment a field for
uew adventure and for tha pursuit of the career
that they have becoditj attached to. and the pro
mise of n wonderfully ; rich" reward for service
Hundreds of thousands will avail themselves of
this oppoftunity. The Southern oldiers will
takeit up even more eagerly than the Northern
oness the romantic love of adventure is iirong
er ic theiifucd as also- it will be ruoro diSiciik
for iaem to find peaceful employment. The
I'Mes.can army of .liberty will be abundantly ofS-
c?r: yi by iat largo number of Southern meii
who have ''ncthitur-left but their swords." Six-
1 t-ta n , s t,?ch scj criers ; n iivuti.th-.ba Jt.l
ol Ue'tysburg on either side will not only anni
hilate any eighty thousand Frenchmen ever
seer,, but they will beat out of Mexico every
man tbet France can put in it. '. ' ',
We will declare "neutrality" between the two
sides. Mexican loans will be "neg'otiated'in
New Yoiit just as Confederate loan ' were itt
London and Paris; and "if the republicans of
lesic) wish- to fill the soas with privateers
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in acnoruaocv' with the provisions of the acts of , against French commerce they cac buy ships in
Congress. The Attorney General will instruct our cities. And then, with French coirmcrce
the proper officers to libel, and bring to judg
ment, confiscation, and sale, property subject "to
coac'scation, ajid enforce "the . administration of
justice within said State, in all matters, civil
and criminal; within the cognisance and .juris
diction oft he Federal courts
Sixth, That the Secretary of ft'ar assign such
Assistant Provost Marsh! General, and . s-t.cb
Prrvost Marshals in each district of said State
as he may deem necessary. .
S.evant h,. The Secretary of thti Navy will
ickke possession of all public property belonging
to the Navy Heartmefit,-wi;hin said geogra phi-"
c;tl limits,. and put in operation ail rts of Con
gress in relation to naval affairs having applica
tion to the said State. '
Eighth, The Secretary of the Interior will
also prt in farce the lawa relating to the Be
partose.nt of the Interior.'
Ninth, That to carrj? into efTect the guarao
(ea of the Federal Constitution of a republican
form of State government and afford, the pdvan-'
tage and security of domestio laws, as well as to
completa the re-establishment of the authority.
of the laws of the Unitsdj States, and . the full
and complete restoraiion of peace within. Uie li
mits aforesaid, Francis IL Peirp'oRf, .Governor
of the State of Virginia, will be aided by the
Federal Government, so.far as inay be ndCessary,
in the lawful treasures which he may take for
th-e extension and aummistration oil the State
government throughout the geographical limits
cf said State. '
In testimony hereof, I hve hereunto set
my hand and . caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
- ANDREW JOHNSON.
A Grand Congress op Nations. Europe,
alarmed at the strength of the reunited States,
would be only too glad to accept President
JohneJn's invitation to. in iaternationaL con
gress. f .The Mexican question, the Canada
question, the Italian question, the Polish ques
tion, the Pepe of Rome question,' and all the
questions which vex both continents could be
settled in that congress without any trouble.
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LiGt 1'resiaent joansoa mace vue propoaiuou.
JV. Y. Herald. '
driven from the seas, with the' French. tVopps,
army after army, beaten out of Mexice, what
will be the position of Loms Napoleon at home
in Europe? It will be just the position of the
first Napoleon after the Russian campaigb. AT.
Y, Herald. ' . . -
HbiH Stranger, tua.i Fiction. The
Doviestown (Pa.,) Democrat prints the annexed
hisicric. story, "an'd vojcb.es for its truth:
- Afew years ago, there was living in a north
ern cpuatv'in Pennsylvania a'poor family. The
GitEner'was fond of reading. One day a ped-'j
aier odrnQ alonsr with books to sell." which she
wanted, but was unable to buy,, for $h$s bad no
muriay. 'lie. aslied har if she had .nothing to
give in exchange for them, ad,.sha'8aid noth
ing but her children' tie said he would take
one el them, and a bargain was then struck for
a fine looking boy. The peddler dressfd him
up uicely and took him off. Years rolled round,
IdndThe child was not beard from. He had be
come, almost us one dead. Yv'ithia a few nights,
a geatleinan living, at the county , seat iavthe
same county; one niht dreamed a dream. He
dreeaied that somebody had died aqd left a le
gacy $fm six or seven thousand dollars to the
brother of the little boy given away for books,
and who waa now doing business in the same
town.- In the morning he fold te brother of
his dream, who laughed, and said he knew no
fne would laave him that sum of money. ' A
few days afterwards, the brother received notice
by mail that beliad been left, a legacy of seven
thousand dollars, and . it was by the little boy
who liad been taken away by the peddler. He
had settled in the West, and bad died ' or been
killed in -the army, after making a will in favor
of his brother. v
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Taing the Oath. We learn . the rebel
prisoners at Fort Delaware are taking. th oath;
of allegiance Teryrapidly. Withiti the last few
days 993 out of 1000 took .the oath.. Under j
the order of theWa Department," we presume j
they will be released, oa sucn terms as .the Pre
sident may deem consistent with the public
safety. WilmBel) Journal '
REGULATIONS IN t REGARD
RAILROAD TRAVELING.
Headquarters Department of North Carolina, I -Raleigh,
N. C, May 17, 1865. $ '
General Orders No. 57,,. t j
The following rules regulating travel on the
Railroads in this Department ara published for
the information and guidance df all concerned :
. I. Permits for citizens to travel on railroads
will only, be granted by the cbmmandincr otacer.-
of Posts, Divisions, or higher authority,, through
the properly authorized Staff1 Officers? aad Milita- '
ry Conductors will recognize no passes from duv
other authority. No restrictions- however, will '
be placed on the travel cf citizens from interme
diate stations where there is no. proper, oih'eer ,
to grant passes, but they will be requij-ed to pro
cure passes to return, iA case they stop at sta
tions where they can be procured.
II. , Passes fur officers or' soldiers to travel
within the limits of the District in which they ar
stationed may" be ' granted by the Commanding"
Officer of a Post or Division; but .passes to go
beyond the limits cf the District, can only be . .
granted . by the Commanding General of the Dis
trict, cr from these Headquarters. Permits for
oflicers, soldiers, or civilians, except furloughs
for'enlisted Ineu, to go belyond the limits of, this
Department, will be granted only by the Com
manding General.
III. Orders for ofiicers or soldfers to proceed
to any pgiut on the railroads, or leaves of absgnct
and furhighs, granted by proper authority, will
be regarde-d by Military Conductors as passes..
IV. Transportation over railroads-operated br
the companies will only be furnished at the ex
pense of, the Goyernmentito officers and soldiers
traveling on Important public business, uutleror-
ders from a Post, or Division Commander, or-,
higher' authority,' which order must be presented
to the proper transportation Qiiartermaster and '
a "transportation order" procured, which will bo.'
given up to thtt conductor on the train.
V. The Chief Quartermaster will arrange with
the different - railroad coinpanies throughout the
&t&ie to carry officers .aud soldiers at a rate not
to exceed 'ne half the' published
resj eetiv'e companies.
rates of fare of
VI. Ofiicers and soldiers traveling on the yn
ited btates Military Railroad.;by proper author-
I ity. wilunot be charged a)iy4are. But fare wm
oe cuai-na civilians ana an cmcers umu oiuir4
who do not procure the proper transportation or
der. " .- '
VII. The 'atlention'of ajl dfScers authorizedtto
grant passes U called to the Circular of May 4th,
from these Ileadoiarters. directing that all refu
gees be encouraged to return to their homes, and
not permitted to congregate at Raleigh, or points
on the sea coast. .
VIII. A Military Conductor, with a sufficient
number of Guards, will be placed on each train,
and will be held responsible for the strict enforce
ment of this'ordef, and the good order and prop
er behavior of all passengers. They will atso
render any assistance necessary in enforcing tha
regulations of the ditfeireut railroad companies.
By command of Maj.-Gek'l Schofield:
. . - J. A. CAMPBELL,
; ' : Assistant Adjutant General.
The Joston Herald of the-lOth iost, say.? that
tha father of Commodore Winslow, of the Kear-
sage Mr Kd ward Winslow, of ' Charleston, de
ceased'duriug the war. H left no will, but a ,
memorandum exprestetLtbe wish that his house
servants should not be sold, but the -whole of his
estate should go to hi son, Commander John
A. Winsiow. An'administrator' was appointed
for the payment cf a few small debts, and the
whole jpf the property in South" Carolina being
personal, and consisting, o nine .hundred and
twenty-two bales of cotton, several negroes and
personal effects, was sold by ordyr of coart.'The
administrator now returns huraceotiQtr to0oni
modofe Winslow of $115,000 (Confederate) in."
l5ank, and seven shares Confederate 1 bonds, of
$1,000 8 -per 'eent, Invested by bim. - Other
property, consisting of sofa ?10,000;' or 512,
000, in the large cotton mills (Rock fish) near
FayettevilleN. C, and not subject to the order
of the court, was txurned by Shermap. " 'Thus
the whole property is gone, only some five house
servants being left. Mr Edwrrd Winslow Was '
a strong Union maD, and with Poinsett, Ptftti
grdand Conde. were leaders of the Urnon party'
againstithe Calhoun nullifiers. His boas.t wa f
thst he bad never voted in South Carolina, tho
law excluding him. '
Reconsthuction. There will be no difSeul- ' !
ty about reconstfuctiog the Ueion. The South- -em
people are all anxious to come back. Southr
ern merenants aTe. already arriving here' to pay
off their bid debt. Throw open the South to",
trade, and commerce "will ' do the rest.- jV. Y 1
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A friend of ours has invented a capital way
to prevent the smell of cooking in a house. It
is to have nothing for breakfast and warm. -
oTer for dinner and supper.
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