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rr traimTT"mTTrww it. t;1 u w wrj wag . . . ., Mm nil ;tV A.flrrnt bearing of' the case, z mnEGion so far , es -tiis locality was concerned proceed ed in ambulances, under escort ot a uetacameuk ef the Sixth West Virginia cava ry, to toecwa- mission- room, Ptiiientiary building, f r.r 4 V . The Scene of tbeiTIarder. ? j In order to more foil aode'rstat.d - the evi deuce in the assassination trial the members of the Court visited Ford's theatre on tbe 15th iut, The Washington Stat refers to the visit as folic?..! ; - . While the memVew of the. court were wait- I A a ., T 1 I cAmA ihain ir,K id in iqdoy ioriH ui Bvmu vi I . ;r - . ... . 1 1 ffrnoro I It- nnravol' hut It Important letter from: Joe Jolm From the Charlotte (N. C ) Democrat, May 1$. We laj before our readers the following: let ter from Gen. Joseph Johnston, stating the causes which induced! hinv to make terms ot surrender with Gen. Sherman. We believe Gn. Johnston' conduct, an 1 his refusal to con tinue the war after all bpe of sueces,was fain, assoentes. lfe wassuzj Advocate Bingham that tbe pass ige, in - the building adjoUing the theatre to the south be . opened, a? there was tome confusion cf state 1 ment fn the testimony cf witnesses as t the point whether ' there was anj entrance to th theatre at that ide. . . . - . - , The keys were procured and the door opened when is was found that this passage commu nicated with the stage and with the third story of the adjoining building occupied by the brth ers Ford as a sleeping apartment. The second story i anadjunct to the theatre v commurdca- Fro n the trmy hospital the bloody battle field -the mansion of the ricb and tumble fbode of the poor from the office and tbe sacred desk from tb mountain top, dutant ralleja and far-eff isiaads of thf ocean-rfroni every nook and corner of the civil Txed world--ia ponrinr in the eyidehce of the sston any one has a iah Bjr eftects of DRAKE':? P.LAN TATIOX BIT doubt on this point. th -reasons set forth by L TERS. Thoaaaada upen thousanda of letteralike lien .Tnhrwtnn w 1 WfcArlT siiOW mat ue acnea correctly and wisely : Charlqttk. N. C., Mar 6. J865. Ilarinz made a contention with Major Gcn- erai onerman terminal "owmc:3 ": 'wu .nd South Camlina. Georsia and Florida, it seems to rn proper 4o put. before the peiple of tnose Hftps tte condition W muiwr i aixaira which rendered that roeastu-e absolately iieCtfS sary. On' the 26th of April; the day of tbe nven tion, by the returns, of three Lieutenant Gener the followtar may be sen at oar office. RsrSBcar, Wis., Sept. 16. 1863. i I have been in the army hospitals fet fourteen monthaepeechleas and n arty dead. At Alton, 111., they gave me a bottle of plantation Bit tera Three bottlea restored mr spech and cored- C. A: FLAUE." Sotrtn Wabsaw, Q,, Jttly 28, 1S63. i . . One young man who.ba&beea sick and nt out of the house for two years with Scrofula and Krraipelas, after paying the doctora oreri $ 150 with out benefit, haa been cured bv ten bottlea of your Trea.?Tny,r the nirdcrsiirncV h'ls zi?, i-i.:" 's'.-- -U'v i-" ',i1i-v.. -..1 ' J tht 'General 4 Subscription Agency' f. -"1 siIe rof .luilcd the Note? bear! ti ( per cent, interest per Stated', Trci.sj. . and thrt-o-ti antiuni,' known": ting with the drM, circle, and the room is 1 ',.t i. f ThnT ni.i m knoVn th. Promenade Saloon of Ford's, knd fff..i.feSJ is elegantly . furnished, it will be remembered with mirrors, carpets, marble tables, &c. The lower story is rented out as a restaurant command,) the number of infantry and artillery present and absent waspuiu ; tne total pre sent 18.578: the effective total, or fighting force, 14,179. On the 7th of April, the date of the The following i from the Mam Heme ebeol for the Children of of the Union Volunteers : Havbmetkr .Ma.s8io, FiFtr-SayiSTH SiaaaT, T Xew Yorr August 2, 1863. t Db, Drake ; Tour wonderful Plantation Bitters Between me Tstaunui ana tneatre,r as anore i , I T V c a iu Ar K-. stated is this nassae which leads directlv la,t retura' I can find Pe effective tot I-of the siatea, is mis passage, wnicn ieaas airectiy Mm K ii -n.if Katn t,ha n-w arA back to the stage, on a little lower level than the stage. s j Returning frtm an ; inspection, of this pas " i k 7u 1 . T-,, airy, less than one thousand, besides in bv tht usual enttnee. and uien totn 8ta.?e- I ? . i rr i . , , .l I and atate trooDs. tosether mucn mie xne siage-is aunost precisely in iue conaiiion , . raf Sf., - rn v it was at the momett .of the assassination The sceno (third act " American Cousin') is set as at that moment, with the red curtained recess in the centre, used by 44 Asa Trenchayd.' The box used by Mr. Llacoln bears the picture of Washington at its front, and a pie of flags are draped over the box as then, but not the Treasary Guards flag, which, caught Booth's spur on that occasion. The green baize cloth lias a foot -long rent at jthe point where Booth struck the stage but. whether made by him in his fall is not known. -. A close inspection was made of the. stage box and its surroundings, and especially jthe point where the bar was inserted jbetween jthe wall and the door, whereby access to the box was prevented while Booth was doing jhis bloody work. : ' j f The curious fact, not before, remarked, was elicited that the excavation (some 'three inches in length and one in depth) in the; wall, inten ded to admit the bar, had been covered cire fully at, some time previous to the assassina tion "wjth a neatly fitting piece ofjwall paper, similar in oolor to that on the wall, and which had'evidently been pasted oyer the excavation, covering it to the sight. 'This accounts, for the fact-4 not heretofore explained,! that such a fjisufruremeut on tne wail attracted no a fpn- KlIXlR I tm m ' m- ''-War j. . Uanbr. which cad taken Mobi.' I w nnrltw fAn . ) cam' U'ltiAri I m J UUUat ViCU IT iiOUl'Ja . I'lJUal cavalry was 5.440. ! But between 26th of April it was greatly reduced by j events in Virginia and apprehensions f surrender. Iu n : ,i n j -rr j:r: ; r : ooutn Carolina we naa xouug s uivmiu" :. vicv- rcserves ii . riorji to the lorida we were as weak. . In Georgia' our inadequate force had ben captured at Macon.. : In .-Lieut-' Uen. Taylor's Department there were no ineans of unuer ueuerai e nor tne cava!- bad captured every other plaee of imp'b"tariee weft of Vugus- ta. The latter ha been stopped at .Macon by the ai mistice, as we had 4 been at. Greensboro, out us aistanre worn iugusra ocmg-U'ss xnsn half of ours, that place was in its power. To carry on the war, therefor 3, We had to depend on the Armv iof Tennessee alone. The ITTnited States could have brou Sit against it twelve or fifteen times its number in the armies of, Gener als tjrranr, bhernian and Canby. With such oaas ajnunst us ntoout tne meau.s ot procur- iDg ammunition or rcpairiDg arms,' without 8 ible to continue tne war except as robbers. The consequence of prolonging the simple would only have been ; the destructi n or dis! persion of oar bravest men, and great suffering ol women and children J hj the desolation and mini inevitable, from the marching of two hua dred thousand men through the country T HaviDg failed in an itLerapt to bbtahi; terms 1.:..; j j- j. ii i j t giyiog aecunw. to citizens as wen us soiuiers, l had to choose between wantonly brinxint the r -) --' f . have been given to some of our little children suffer ipofrom weakness and weak lungs, withmosthappy eftect. One little gil l, in particular, with painf in her headloss of appetite, and daily wasting con sumption, on whom all medical skill had betn ex hauBted. has been entirelj restored. We Commenced with but a teapoonfal of Bitters a dav.i Her appe tite and strength rapidly increased, and she is now Well.:." . . :Y..- ' . ; .r:.. . . Bespecttully, . MRS. u. M. DEVOE. it j OWe much to you, for I vefily believe the I PJantatioh Hitters aresaved in- lite. JtEV. W. 11. WAGGOJiEB, Madrid, .. Thou wilt send me two bottles more of thy Plantation iiitte; s. MJ ite has been grea ly benefi ed by their use. Thy friej.d, ASA .UUttKIS., 1 liiladelpUia, ra. u have been "a great sufferer from Dri- pepsia, and had to abandon prt-aching-. The Plantation Hitters Lave cured me.. - KE V. J. S. CATHORN, Rochester, N. Y." " ' I have ffiven the Plantation Bitters to hundreds of our disabled soldiers with the most as- tjniHhiBjr effect. G. W. D. ANDREWS, Superinterdent Soldiers' Home, Cincinati, O." ( The Plantatition Bitters, have cure, me of Liver Complaint, of which I was laid up pros trate and had to abandon imv business. ! .; H. Ii. KINGSLE . . Cleveland, O." The Plantation' Bitters have cured me of a derangement of the. kidneys and urinary organs that tis distressed me tor. years.. charm. Ac, : tc.,- tc. , It a eta like, a C. C. 3100UE, I 251 Broadwav. NT Y. Tliese. Nbte iro iksucd umlcr , . . . . i . . i August loth, 1864, and arc three years from ;that time, in et;rf or are convertible at the option holder into . .' , i j 1 v 5-20 Six lcr Cent. ate GOLD npiniAi DDIUllLVU Mm BOaD &c. tion. l his niece of nanfpr-anriflrtif lv a tnnar 7 a R I ff " . -i ;i r , i ju r - erus or war unon tnose l naa ren cuosen to i - "vV'W" canities with tK. O-aHKa.a .urk, Wi wall to the anelev of the door, the brace must confession that hopes Were dead, which every Herbs, ecC.all have been some four or five feet iq length and t0 bouthern man bad already lost. I Ram. prepared with some care to fit exactly.. The therefore stipulated ,witb Gen. Shei-m-m far the , box is in much the. same cendition as whon ?ecu.ntJ' of the bravt and true men committed ? , g. T .The Plantation BitteIbs make thi weak string, thy languid brilliant, and ar exhausted nature's They are composed of the celebrated. ntergreen, Sassafras, Roots, preserved' in perfectly pure St Croix ; These Bonds are now wortli :ipr;niiur of nine per cent, including gol l . iatcrcs from Nov.y whicli makes the actual rof, on the 7-30 loan, at 'current rati.1, in eluding interest, about ten per cent. jc annum, besides its exemption fro?n. &ui and municipal tax :atiun. icJa.'had i froi one ta three per cent. mere. av:co.-din& the ratelevied on othtr property. ' V, intere-st j-is payable emi-annually V; coupons attached to : each nott vhi-: may be cut off arid sold to any luiA ... backer. :; j ; '. ,' The interest amounts .o . One cent, per day on a 850 not; the assassination' took f place, with the excep tion that the rocking, chair used I by Mr. Lin coln has been remoyed. .1 . Returning to the . stage via dress circle, it was noticed that the guard on duty were quar -tered quite comfortably in the spacious prom en ade saloon . The seats in the theatre were to me on terms which also -terminated hoti!i-- ties in all the country over which my command extended and announced it to your Gojernor by' telegraph as follows : "The diKasieri,ti"yitU ginia, tne capture ot the enemy ol alloui; woik- siiops ior-iue preparation 01 ammm-nion tna re- -1860 X. Pet sons f eedentarr. habits troubled with wea! ness. lassitudei nalDitation ef the heart, lack of ap- i petite, distress After eating, torpid livery! constip a-i tion.etc, deserw t- super ifthev will nottry taem They are recoainiended by the highest medical au Two cents 20 IS! t 44 (4 4k j ii tk 1(H 1000 aliiSO M cvere l Dy a neayy coat of aust, adding some- . . ail"'t vi'Pua w wnvummcu nu hin-to the general feeing-of Unpleasantness 'tf'nber or:of supplying it. except by rob ;bout tre sombre, dimlv lit interior nf anv bmS our own citizens, -destroyed; nil hope of - . J J T. I " T l .1 ' I- U oo a f Ui A. NUT V. I V V X ' ? A V XJLX IUC t XXLX.k thcatsd oy day;" and which was a thousand tiin.s iieightened oniins occasion by the aw fal associations now so indissolubly" linked with this building. t ' lose inspection was next made of the rear x.t and its approaches, by which Booth es cpe i. Two doirs were found in the rear, one of larze size . nerhans fifteen fet hv twontr hung at the top by hinges, and used only for avoid .the crime of waging ahcpeless jar the passing in and out of larcre articles, staze v - . JOHNSXOX. luawjmoij', ccc. xnis uour, wnicn is in tne centre of the stage rear, was not open on the night of the. assassination. The second door, and the. one used by Boo thy is at the northeast corner of the stage. It is a small door, not much higher than -a tall man's bead and has a eash amd wooden shutter, the sash, however, being unglaxed . f ..r ''. -::k This door is immediately in the - rear of tbe passage between the slips and the wall on the pairing of arms, the impossibility f recruiting ? thorities; and axe vrr iunted to produce! an. immt diate beneucial eft'ect. Thej arc exceedingly aree able, perfectly pu?e, d harmless. An y p ereon irefillingtxJttles, or offering to sell pLAMATieN Bittebs in bfUkby the gallon, or in Soi4 'bT all the denomiriatieiw i wilt bt- nr:jinptlv: funihed; tion r . . . - f . - . of subscriptions, jTliiis tary convention with Major General Sherman t ;terndrfafe hostilities in North and South Caroline," Georgia and Florid. I mHue this convention to ipare tne blood of this aUant little army, to prevent further sufieringjof our people by the devastation and ruin inevitable from the marches of iriyading' armies, land to i : -Tlie Atlantic Tclecravli. The manufacturers of! the Atlantic telcjrrapb cable repeat with' cat emphasis their promise to have their portion of the work done-by the end of May. And the further ".conduct of the enterprise for gome time thereafter will mainly devolve upon - Capt. Anderson, of the Cunard steamship China; "who takes, command of , th e Great tastern during the laying of tjie line. piice of bootn, so as to afford much more than the usual facility of -egress. Emerging to the arly everythins; pend. Thepaying-ou apparatus is 'said to be b5 rjparlv nprfftiot ns ma v ht Th Kl and payed alley, over the rou?h pebbles ef which I Aach senrati wiri nnrl r.ntinrr f f.inu it i Booth spurred hiss horse on the fatal night; a composed, have been subject to the most search largerough carpenter s- bench strikes the eye ing tests-are very step as the work has progress prominently -and .'is presently: pointed out as ed- ' And what is mainl vlwahted, ;in addition the beneh on which .Peanut .John lay an' to these provisions against failure, we take it is drowsed while, qolditjg JJooth's horse, A half a steady ship and a clear-headed and experi uuien Boioiers were now searea upon it, occu- J enced commander.. The public .here . ; woald'J Pjiag wear ume wim wrruiff. ingenious toys learn with satisfaction that One or more United "-u.nw-ujicuw ui-uio pee. ruruiw uown states .vessels bad ;ber. ordered, to narticiDate any mann-r except ar ab'qve, ii a swindler and. im pastor, with whom we ehalll deal as the law directs Sold by all respectable-d riers throughout it e ha hitabla globe..; , - - - -'. ' " P. If. II1AIE & iC0.J. 3Tew York. Ma 30th " ". 1 ' 7S-eod6m U. II. 31l'XSpi& CO., Manufactures of Genti emen's Cloth- ing and Dealers in Furnshinji Goods, Combs, Brushes, Perfumei 38 Market es, May 25tU .Wilmingloi the aJleyst the right. is & sor of tumble down sbantyr nsed by Bcoth to stable his horse. Immediately adjacent to the door through which Booth passtd to the alley are' a flight of steps descending tQ jthe room, under the stage. North of the stage and on. the ame let el, with .the etage is the Green Boom and " the 'room re served for theatrical atars; the latter room be ing now occupied bv- the military Vffuard ai an oflicei Behind theIide at the scene shifters stand was hanging a slip ofpapeir,f uppermost cf a seriei of similar slins, what appeared, to:be stage directions for setting the scenes of a play named, ciirioplyA "enough, : ' The Rebel Chief tain." -c; i . . in the enterprise as convoys to , th tera.' .v Times '"' ' : .' : e Great Eas- ' I often murmur,, but nevei weep j : ! riie in a bed but aever Teep ; ft ?"' .f ; Jly month is larger than my bead, And is always .full, though never fed j ; - Without leg or arms I swiftly roa - - The more 1 fall, the faster on. vc'-;,P WMD PiPEli COLLlfiS . . At-;.' ? i ?A,-S , j'-.r?' - SELECT I0UR CLOTHfiXG At . . . ,MUSQK,.& CQ'S, 38 Market Street. May 25th UNDER - SHIRTS - MD '.DEAlWEBS MUNSON & .ClO'S . May t7th f": UA1R0IL. " 1 . f t? Fdmadei ;CoI6gney' Thompson js Tostli Soap, Hair, Hat " and Tooth - ferusHesi' Brosing, Fine and Tuck Combjv Fancy Soaps ; &c; kcU at ' J i .' ''v- XT- now offered hy tlie Government, f r. i i: is confidently expected that; itV: s-jni : advantages will make it the r People; . To prevent- tliemutilatiOL of th; tcr the Secretary of th 3 Treasury has gnv notice, that tooltea are notncgotinb unlos' iximMured. coupon are a: tached. . ; 1 be aft' T.,W that ! citizens of c cr v d Koptinn of the country may ed facilities ior taking the loan, the tional Banks, Statoanls, and Pri' Bankers throughout ;vther country generally Agreed to receive subscription at par. : Subscriherill sclecj their cX 'agents; in whom they have confide:' land who - only 'arc ta bo 1 responsible the deUycry otie notes ior whJch the, receive ordersl.41-. t; ; '': ' Subscription Agchtr Philadelphia. i. I. RFTTEifniSBC, AS, - Sg'Mwlcet StvbecenFrf Thiourt havins made a WUAPPKG PAPEB, tainn te nVe stira- .A W"
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