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the greater portion of our
o tee late news. Ye haw.
■ or our morning’s issue,
tie speech of General
Butler, delive r M ' '"' : ^
Amusement.—There vill be no performs.-... at
the Theatre.to-’’'gl-"
At the Court House the Bu Usque Of era Troupe
9 announced.
Firs.—-The M ‘ ;
mounted to Both”
H^For • •••
and fourtr p..
WsSRiW X V M»AY MORSIS. MAY 8. Wk
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PRIME TEN fy^
1 vetery of Ma 6 fa
j H Seward had a U
^W^^X^T^^T a^ THE
OOV^ ^^ W^T K^ML^g^S.
Secret Militar y Trial at the Capital
&e.
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THE REBEL RAML.
of fire on Saturday last a-
•f consequence.
^ing -matter see third
MEM* ^3.-1 Tais PACIFIC.
tlauraing fori »*.■-{■ .sM Preginen*-:
Sax k RAN cisco, Auril 28, 1865.
In aceorda ice -'th the Governor’s proclama
tion yesterday wnsobserved (.hr-mghofo. Oregon
as a day of mo rning and sorrow for the death
of President Linco n.
M. unt Baker has. been for some time in a
•date oi 'active eruption, and its formerly sharp
yteb:.t hai been flattened down surne ten or fif-
■:?:;: hn died foci.
. The California end of the Pacific lUib’oad now
employs about two thousand -.1
borors, eight hundred of whom
IM
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of the^i
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SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE. SWi-S DELE
GATION.
To-day a delegation composed of the Swiss
residents of Washington, Baltimore. Philadel
phia, and New York, waited on President Johns
son, at the Treasury Department, to express
their gratification at our recent victories, and
sympathy in our late national calamity.
Tae delegation was accompanied by Colonel
Lecomte, of the Swiss army, who accompanied
General McClellan during the Peninsula cum
capture of Richmond, for the purpose of obtain
ing for the Swiss government such military in
formation as two campaigns have afforded. T^e
fiwhw consul general resident of Washington,
after an Jnrrodactien to the President by the
Acting Secretary of State, expressed the senti
ment of the delegation.
President Johnson in reply said, 41 I thank
you for the sy mpathy which you have expressed
on behalf of your countrymen, for our recent
bereavement, and for your congratulations upon
the success of our arms. We can have no dis-
.1’3 will be running thirty-six miles from,
amen to-next week. Infix-four miles of the !
trust of the heartiness Of these feeling
weakened.
Very respectfully, ycur uTt serve
J. K. Barnes, Surgeon Gen ru.
THE EVENING REPORT. (
SuRG on General’s Office, (
M 1-9P.M. (
Hon E. M. Stant-n, S cre'ary of W. r.
Sir: I hive the honor to report that the K-c
retarv of State continues to improve. Mr. F.
Seward has had a quiet day, and is slowly re-
ga ning strength.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv t,
j ' J K. Barnes, Surgeon General.
' TRIAL OF ALLEGED CONSPIRATORS.
The Itzputtican of thw evening announces
iinWii Termicatios of RAF
Career.
She is Abandoned and Blown Up
by her -Crew.
So Damage Done i51 Herbert a^
f^a^id Cruise,
&C-
&C
that the trial o
c nspirater.s commenced
before a military commissum-in this city several
duvs since. Representabves of the p'ess are
excluded from the commission room, but it is
said air mgeme r ts have been made to give offi
cial reports of the trial at some future nine.—
It adds that the evidence is positive that all the
details ot the assassination were carefully
planned in Canada, Aid that men who were
Trmerly connected with the United States were
cognizant of it.
ADMIRAL PORTER RELIEVED.
Admiral Porter has been relieved of the com
mand of the Kurth Atlantic Blockading Squad
ron, .at his own request. .
ATTEMPT Td ELEN FORD’s THEATRE.
- Ca I eo ’ APA-W 1865.
1118 steamer Mississippi f rom N „ , Orb
has arrived. ’
v S l l n'f pwt ’ th y w rl,bel ™ Webb rawed
r v an s nt oread day at a rapid rate, dis.
playing the Stars a d Stripes,but artel-passing.
tyr.jt.lMlip .er condensers got out of order,
and she was deserted and blown up.
As far as known she had inflicted no damage
save calling the telegraph,line.
A portten of her crew arrived N^r.- Or,
leans.
The remainder left for pa
■.teAnowu.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WEBS,
Webb was foe well known steamer
i Webb, formerly used in this harbor as
. , s i ri -1-. - - i a fo’” boat, and as an icebreake:
to burn the block on wutoh hord e theatre :
, -, I purpose she was spec
stands. One house was partia.ly consumed, ^ beinc it strength -
but the military guard at the theatre, and the 1 nowe-fiu 63i k e » if^;^
promptness of the fire department stayed the ^ ^ Xoed by sorA 5 the New Orleans
■ - tor the purpose of towing the heavi-
j ly laden'chips to and Coin the ri A She was
noted for her power and speed
hellion broke out she atill
Ar incendiary attempt was made last night
Twenty seven rebel flaggy rr
by Lee’s army, were presented to the War De-
f hundred la- I ^finnd he^eif Lao had her trials and has been 1 • z-vu
whura and , , aUoJ 011 10 endat , winces. She has, how- 1 P™en tta afternoon nr Major-General Gib-
trinmohed over all, and her bwbirm, pa i boM ‘ 0 H S ’"“to-’” 11 ’’ C ”P 3 -
■ and self demal-hart and will wctoac to ' Tu * HABEI5 bvekoechb xurdbr
track will be laid by September. 0:w year
WO'-?. July Do - t it is believed the read will be in
operation a distance of eighty-six miles, carry-
rng it V JI towards the summit of th? Sierra Xc-
There is a prospect of greater a
less than for some time past,
h^grt tenders have advanced to
’e the effict ot
fengthing similar qualities ;
Mise Mary Harris, who shot Andrew
and was, of course seized bv ty
ties and converted into a
In the latter part of Mav
i vessels loader
I hi the people .of other countries. Th
K AIRO April ZG. xCU).
.■-even hundred and eighty six of those on
;ard the ill-fated Saba*.?, 'have been found
Ive. The tost are now estimated tit fifteen
[hundred.
lax our ef ■'
lion unria
we are fall
wire can
SUE
tat of tke:
WORE
' wishes which you ofier to me pppsenally and j
’ your confidence in my administration are gtn-
iemphia hospitals are ^i! of wounded
the Sultana, many being badly scalded and
ition ordered by General A asl
rotis and gratifying
0 ; roughs at tn? 1 /1usury Department, in -January j ^y^ a f^ er 4j
1 i last, and who is in prison here, is suffering Un''"
''Trusting that the results may justify this .
uduecs, 1 will add that in the United States I
j which was to have taken place on We
next, has been postponed, until May 10.
cifowris of the Swiss Confederation arc always j
welcomed as guests or as members of the farni-
ILLNESS OF MRS. I,INCOL
Her trial,
Mrs. Lincoln continues quite seriously iOdis-
1 posed. She is attended by uumeroui; warm
■ personal friend?
uenerax Gran
I ly. My own how. - in Eastern TeniHgeee. whose
! feuom"^^^ s° 'c jaracteristicgof the Old ■ _
1 World -is proKd fo be known as the Switzer- : established ; a Washington
j land of America.” - > * L
’ Ai foe con cl us ion of the President a reply, „ SV^iO
i cthe* were individual- . 8 K 1
ter ? of the arrays
■announces cunt ■.- headqu:
be
1/ introduced to him, and the inter
mated.
termi-
’HaNGE IM THE CABINET,
understood that Messrs. Seward,
1 idles have indicated theirdesire
Lorne ri proceeding. > h/b-reli'-red of their respeetivoportfolios, of
*1 state war ail'd navy, oh the 1st of Joly, the
rr.b.-r staler, to General .1 of the current fiscal year. Tim l wo former
Arril 28, 1865. ' will be succeeded by Mr. Charles I rimae
Generei Washburhe’s order declaring that i Ato , an d Preston King, the latter probably
Peril of -April all rebel soldiers within 1 g, John W. Forney.
Cl, AtA riia^ he rogirded as Mons, and not [trsBMri rsi’ OENsaAls—wno " is., nr. a ,
. „ lot snarl . , . , n0mber Of unempi{ , yed generals w>li ue
frisoners of
Surrendered.
SulelOeortheReftelBoveyribrorFtortaa.
11'r.im the Mobile Itouy ^j
Wo bare through a gentleman recently ,rom ;
that a: report readied thei‘e a short
he left that upon hearing or she
. = of Petersburg and Kichmond, Governor
‘Iton. or Florida,'committed seieide St ine re-
tJ he re-
mustered out ofithe service in a we
I they do not take the hint and resig
i tended to retain onlv about hiteeii
siztv brigadiers,
There is a report current here
Johnson has ordered a general j
1’
^g subseqo
v from th*
and Forts
There are sone of thi:
eh is the abode
in the winter,
illy Gonstruc-
d fitted with
7h*n the re
view Orleans,
rebel author!
i'C oil and madep
ram and gunboat.—
1261, she Hewed i ree
’.63 of them:
Union squadron at the m
her little privateering inc.
>uth of the kligk.
uihy stopped,.and «-e bear little of acr a^in
until She attacked, Trith her conrort, the ram
y ‘he "Vest, the iron clad indiafr 'ii, la
tee Mtosueippi, and, after a desperate atruA'e.
1 retr
I far ;
which she seconded
Her Arrival Looked for oft the
Coast.
I til alter foe failure ot Banks’ expedition npth£i
: river, when she came down and prepared to
I run the blcKik9.de with a load of cotton, or per-
i bays as a privateer. Information of this tart
i -f tehing Admiral Fee's eapa, he despatched o.
i fleet of iron-clads and gunbeate to the month of
I their
■ to prevent ner escape,
He Monitor Manhattan
P^epar&ti®yt§ Made to it
jcdred and.
lent
7 of
Old Cap-
^r...
Haris or of ^ew
Defetsled.
dec..
New Yop.
The rebel iron-clad ram i
Page,
March.
which, sailed froaa LasoOn
. Is evidertlv on her way to
e Her
i won-clad Lafayette—the latter a
. speed. Under cover of darkness,
: Webb eluded the blockaders.
i The Webb was six hundred :
fib Captain ,
foe 28th of j
nd 1
VlcHen y I
TS is. Fort
e Niagara, Commodore Craven,
and the corvette Sacramento, Captain Walke,
and the
vessel of some
however, the
ane c.xty-^ve
tere burthen, had a draught cf seven feet of
water, and her general dimensions were as fefl-
10W3:—Length, one hundred and ninety-one
feed breadth cf beam, thirty-one fort ; dept!
of hole, twelve feet. She was built ku 1856, and
wae a sea boat. Of her armament, we have
The H'
dge, but suppose it was light,
.ieiaatoi' Gto.th.rie oit tile AssF-salit^o
tiOfe
- J?.m?3 Guthrie, who will t La bfo
ator from Kentucky and occupy ther a position!
a’ leader of the democratic and corserTativ©
side made a speech last week in Louisville.-—
He sail be scarcely knew what to say on that
solemn occasion, except to repeat what he had
said four years ago—that this Union c?.n rn
be severed. Art no man be so deluded as
believe ’ ifo a thing possible- Hehadseen and
conversed with Mr, Lincoln but three times in
his life, tert was, politically, at variance wim
him, yet he had yielded him the eunport"" due
to every good citizen in the trying cwcumstan-
bvLfoifo. he wte surrounded, aud as far as
were debarred by the twenty Aeur nour rate
from giving pursuit, she was to get away from
thb coast and so far ahead that chase was use
less. From Lisbon the Stonewall proceeded to
the Madeira^ where she coaled and took in
supplie-, but was ordered away after foe exa
ration of twenty-four hours. From Funchal she
steamed to TeperJie. where she again coaled
and provisioned, and was compelled to go to sea
agfoh in twenty-four hours, on foe 1st of April.
Sue is evidently making her way to some of the
intends of the West Indies, whereshe wfil again
oners and bounty jumpers.
SURGEON DRUMMED OUT-
A Surgeon named J. C. McKee was drummed
out of hospital here to-day, fa presence fa*
iorrateo, for -writinga ecarxilonE hrirr rRowing
over the assassincaon of the late President
Lincoln. The letter was intercepted.
13 expressed afhis mild fate.
RETRENCHMENT
has commented ia dead earnest. Besidec Jr
dismissed of quite c; number of cie-kc, "y H
transport, steam fogs, barges, 1 fo. were di-
carved from the public service. Expense^ are
thus^eduoed by a lbw items many thousand doi-
lars..
to
10 met wita some
forced to fy to the
difficulty in regard
a, he left the law
iving, out lailure
a men of this stamp
.he time of the beginning
■rill be enl
necessary
I to reepo®
Aon of Job
iclud»g.
was P. ^v ^d dashing young lawyer A
uterabforr-uKce at the Orleans,
b -jv r f.A.fofo'.g manhood he ailisd a man
1 - E>n'c at Colambpr, Ga., in amort oru-
He A d the State, and sought re-
ieme
wHtG-n at* Washington,
rebel port H left here that she'can enter, as her
draught of water is too .great for Galveston,
rhe may m M ' danh into some' of our A Arid
era ports, and the Navy Department fins maid
Us,
fosters.
Caris 1
w7 v
Mitel b
ete., e ' e ” *
L^ 0 ? ,S ’
•ribere, deli’ eT( '
>r gent bv ^
a private letter
t, we have be^ri
*ng extract •.—
1 went foie afterncoE
TeQin st^fo- opposite
wait the Ywweyon
fa theatre, and into
President
lean the bed on which he krefolted. pis
The room is in tir e rear os the hall, w-tnon
B 13 301311 an S plainly
be •'W^
Tully, at ,
,he Herald ^
1 -1 neatly for^i--
the AG irman family by thermo
- common vOcMo—o vn the houBe.
V Clarke rented
Theoid was made np. He sleeps in
"Prosidonfs doaii: as nenal. Upon
k Tfok wen Uto H
0 Mm urao by, were the shoes
b HXeot wore MMIM. , Clarke rornam-
Pl-dent \
hou e
forms Gy in »oe. G
taking the President over to
Y until tour o’clock m the
Ort TO RICHHOItp
Ha one is avowed to pass from Washington
to Eichmond .00 a goyerament yessol. 'There
are no other eonveyanees. Passengers who go
via Bali-more do not require a paas. Sever,
_ wp.vR turned, caek Lyre
to ds
StOSE” NOU }
Mosby- foe guerrilla chief, is still harbored !
by rebel inhabitants, across the Potemae. Hr-
sw.te end creel command state that the reward ot- ,
fered for Mosby is not enough t insure- hisj
destroy her if she attefohte the teat-
iron-eWs have been quietly placed in foe
dfoei ent harbor?- and other measures taken that
will render abortive any raid on cur seaboard
ue Boaueke and steer iron-ckcEjteJ care
’or New York, and a forpddo boat will also be
& t eady for immediate service,
I w?^ rumored yesterday that the iliCMual
KOSHER WHSKEAT-OUTS-
iy-d ,wn spoken on Friday last, out foe r&ncrt
eoiirely unfounded. Great vigilance ie,
r maintained by the naval vessels xn
the tabo , and &^ sve always ready for
he could consistently with his convictions to
dutv- Nu event fo'his life had sh-cke. him ^
much as the assassination of the President, it
Veams that he was to have the honor or sup
pressing 'he rebellion, and he (Guthrie) war
willing that he should reap all the Honors 0.i
As the State of Kentucky had sent him to th-
Senate of the United States, he intended th
have supported IK. Lincoln’s admimatr&uor
for as his ev n convictions of duty and of J-'
; -oubfic policy would permit him. _ He said ID
! 1* was more unfortunate for thereby that
I Lincoln fell by assassination than Ia heyTeJ
other means- The heart of the nation v
for pea-c with a restored Union, and the pec
'looked to President Johnson, io give the o. - •
try peace- Lie said Pres. Johnson like, the .
president came from the people He had :
ved them wiki ability in Congress, as gover
State, and a tue United States
The Star-says: it
Mosby was at Salem, near ^y arrenton, ..as:.
Friday,’and is rtill ' harbored in the neighbor-
huod by foe rebel fohfoitents. His command
have deserted him en ire'y, four hundred bav-
in^ drived at Win heater, paroled, Some ^
hem offer to bring in Mosby for five thousanci
dollars..
COMDITmN OV-rTtiE SEWARDS,
Surgeon Generals Office, May 1.
Hen. E. M, Stanton, S^cro’ary of War.. ,
i Sis; 2 taye foe honor to teport that foe Sort
witnessing a naval combat inthe bay ox £
barl strong h pc in him. t
1 have an opportunity of I ths new President would bring to .he on.
* New duties the same earnestness at P
. A
ring
' offi 5
ISs-mjuM S3atuM of Atoralkalis. “ Am-cpter. ■
[Moren ths Albany Journal Ap 11 28.]
esolu fon has passed the Assemfoy confsr-
■ .wf.r noon the oommteSAoners of foe 1 nd
of To mail succeeds. Coming from the 1 ;
as he dess , he ^1 naturally obey the
foe people in shipping tee poncy ot .— 0 g-.
meni da fog his ifomi-foiration.
■to perm t for citizens ot
re .value of President law
itol fok. It is ci
Moat ...out twenty
Tit in the 'C
h etatuo v
Zhe go ■