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the Intelligencer.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1805. ’
l UK I'^ITEtt ftTATCfl DIRECT VAX.
It is important to our readers that the
I n ; ri ct 'fux uipoeed on the Southern States,
}•,<• made known to the inhabitants
.i.r.f-fcf tha' they may be prepared in time
][\ e t a nd to pay it, else much sacrifice of
r. ptrtv nill ensue. We therefore pub-
• li the following which recently appeared
t l,o (lharl s ; < ;i Covner, beiuga compre-
, ve Mid intelligible statement of the
! Vlt ._- 0 .| H i f the net, and which all inter
mud w- uid «lo wt It to carefully read, and
>( . t ve lor future use. Already, it will be
prep*
, by uii who heed our advice that this
„cctiax - Uiog collected in Chuileston
.y comm .-?i •tiers appointed for that p*r-
. , htid ;t wil. not be long ere the same
>:0 ,. t64 ni coilectio , or one simitar to it,
,jji b; ini iiiK-J in Georgia and other
.uudiern Siatea:—
X;i«- Uni ed Buies t -x now being collect-
d by the Comna-aiiouera in (Juarteaton, is
, v;.1 by an Act ot C li^rtes, approved Au-
, u8 i 5, 1801, and i9 h part ot a tax for the
yuftv lbfll.upou the endre real estate ot the
* J he quota of the bunts then in re-
uot. h-.ving been paid, an act was
p^.yed In June—approved the 7th—1862.
rxlendiog the provi.-ions of tee tax law to
•* jiisurncdonary district?.” It is under
iiiistr.Uei ac:' t as amended Fcbiuary 6, 1863.
V) ,i March 3, 18ti0, that the Cc m n:5aionert
a,c n<-w proceeding.
li’, i : s proviainns, as soon as the national
,i i.iotry Htr Imrity us established ever any
, ir*i pnhdivifion ot a State, ’lie law is to
u,i u.io i fl.Ci. Th- Commissioners are di-
r oteii to assess n iiu a proportion of tiie tux
; !(lU p>tch piece of real estate, whether in
mw.i or country, open an office, and give
ii, ,ii o tlml the tax is payable and they are
pared to receive it. '1 he assessment is to
->e<! o* the last valuation made by the
Siale prior Vo January Id, 1861, or in de-
p.iil; Hi that, up,m 5ueh other valuation as
tLe C'lmroissioners may he heal able to as-
ceituin. The tex is to be received sixty
,Viyt from the giving of the notice, without,
interest; alter that period interest attaches
at, the rate of ten per cent, per > car from the
lirst day oi July, 18G2.
Ivicii tax-payer is to appear at the ofllce
nt i.bi-. (Jommi. Hioncrs in person, or in case
ij, roiMOt so appear, then by' his attorney
in r in fact or legally appointed, aud the
'dorney mui‘ r.how iti&i the person whose
{ „x In. applies to pa^eitherhas not engaged
ot the rebellion voluntarily, or has taken the
0 .p,i, | allegiance to the United Btales.
Ou the expiration of tho sixty days all
property on which the tax is unpaid i9 con-
- il. red forfeited to the United Biales, and
ihu C'ommiwioners may sell the same by
iving thirty days notice. Cut the tax may
puid at any time before tho day ap
pointed tor sale, by paying tho interest ac
urging as above stated, and in addition a
penalty iqual to one halt the tax,.which at-
iiicfiis as soon a3 lira property is advertised
In; suit’.
Alter the Balo sixty days is allowed for
rudenrption on payment ot purchase money,
AV ,t!, interest at the rite of 15 per coat, per
year from time of sale. Any person can
redeem within this time. Alter that, per
sons proving loyalty may redeem at any
time within a ptriod of from one to two
years, varying at length according to their
oI.lsg, whether as person's beyond seas, mi
nors,' etc., and according to the discretion of
the Tax CommissionarH. An appeal may
be made from the decision or the Tax Com
missioners to the United States Courts.
The certificates of sale, however, issued
by :he Commissioners, can bo affected in
only one of three ways : 1st, by showing no
tux was charvahlc; 2d, by showing pay
ment ot tax; or, 3.1, redemption ot prop-
erty. » mb
OK\. JOH.VSXON TAKKIVOLKJtVEOF
1I1S STAFF.
A correspondent of the Newport Herald,
writing from Greensboro, North Carolina,
jrives the lollowlug interesting account, ot
the dosing war scenes in that S’atc :—Ma-
.pon Telegraph.
This morning General Joseph E. John
stou broke up his headquarters near this
pi-,;,,. Ijude farewell to the members of his
stafl. eSu'ept Jits personal aids, and pro
ufeduii ta Charlotte. Tho scene was an af-
lecMov one, and all who witnessed it rc-
g 9 riled it iu that light. In the midst of a
wood, at. a distance of two miles from
Greensboro, were a tew tents,* somo wag
ons, and a n tan her of horses. No longer 1
the headquarters’ guard paced to and fro.—
There was no bustle end excitement; no
hasty utterances and startling exclamations;
noneot the liveliness pertaining to active
field service. Tho countenances and actions
of both officers and orderlies bespoke an
occupation gone.
Soon alter sunrise the 'General and staff
rose and partook of a frugal meal. A camp
chest served them tor a table, aud the
ground wa<i tued m lien pf chairs. The
dishes were not of cnina, cor were the
spoons and forks used of silver, but both
were of the most Inexpensive kind. The
uieal over, their appetites appeased, orders
were given and received, ihe tents struck,
personal property packed, the wagons
loaded, and everything got in readiness to
be moved. This accomplished, the General
gathered his sisff around him aud made a
tew remarks. He thanked them for their
services, the aid they had rendered him, and
hoped the future would be brighter than, the
present and the pas*. Few ua the words
and artious weic, they embraced the part
ing scent. By noon the wagons moved, and
the General ami those of his staff who pro
posed to journey his way, placed their
horses and baggage on the cars aud left for
Charlotte, and as they did so the Headquar
ters of the Confederate Army ot the Ten
nessee ceased to nave an existence—com
mencing ila journey to history and poster-
Genetal Jubliston in manner is dignified
and affable; in conversation easy and agree
able, and in personal appearance attractive.
His ability as a soldier aud a scholar is cm-
latent.
.NO #JOM.E AND NO MONEY.
JnBt before the General went away, I
acked use of his aids it he would go home
after reaching Charictto.
“No, i; was the reply.
“Why f” 1 again asked.
“Because,'’ replied the ulc, “be Las no
home to go to. ,!
The conversation turning os* money, I
asked the same staff officer if lie hud any.—
He answered in the negative.
“Then what are you all going to uo for
some *?” I asked.
“That is what puzzles us,” he teplied, and
no doubt, uot desniug to converse on a sub
ject unpleasant to him, he walked a way.
£3f An Irish paper publishes the follow
ing item:
A deaf man, named Taff, was run over by
a passenger tram and killed. He was in
jured in a /similar way about a year 8go.
GOT. ItlAGRATH, OP IOC7TH CAR-*
OltlJf A»
Gov. Magratfa, in a proclamation to the
people of South Carolina, dated Columbia,
May 22J, notices the recent order of Gen.
Gillmore, (which we have already published,)
and announces that the fuactioas of his of
fice, as Executive of the State, are suspend
ed. He says:
I cannot, under all the circumstances
which surround you, expose you to the
contiquances which will be produced be
cause of any effort on my part- fruitless, if
not mischievous, as it must be—to exercise
those functions wlrcb you, in your coiifl-
dence, nave committed to me. Nor am 1
willing that, without such consequences to
you, while in the Executive Chair of the
State, I shall be .h^ld forth to the world
charged with crime, without the most posi
• live declaration, that I am ready to meet
and repel it, wherever and by whomsoever
made.
In that peculiar condition of cur affairs,
which is now disclosed to you, I feel that
ray duty, whether considered in regard to
my sell as your Executive, or to you as a
people whose welfare is dear to me, is at
once plain and imperative. I will not in
troduce within this State discord and con
tention. I will not allow myself to furnish
the occasion by which a single atom -of suf
fering can be added to that load which now
weighs so heaviiy upon you. I will not
give opp^rtuniiy for conflict between the
government of this State and the govern
ment of the United States. The Junctions,
therefore, of the Executive are suspended
by rue from this day.
Under other circumstances and at other
times, I would pause in doing that which I
now do wuhouthesitation;and with a perfect
conviction that it i9 due to you that it should
be done. The exercise of the executive
power in the proclamation of May 2d, 1865,
which was complained of, has bsen rectified
and tho pinclam&tion recalled. Before my
letter waa received containing the explana
tion of the circumstances which led to the
proclamation, these orders have been i.-sued,
in which, because of “trustworthy informa
tion” of “disloyally” and “sundry and divers
acts of treason,” the functions of the Gover
nor of iho State are suspended and his au
thority denied. To exercise my functions
SECRET HISTORY OF THE WAR.
Interesting Statement of the position of Mr. Davis, U—
Cabinet, and the Government at Rlrhm mil—gepop-
ularU/^f the Administration.
From New York Times.
The following loiter was written by a gen
tleman who occupied the position of Pri
vate Secretary to one cf the most influen
tial member's of Jtff. Davis’ Cabinet
throughout the rebellion. It comes, there
fore, from one well qualified to set forth the
actnal condition of affairs in the rebel cap
ital during the rebellion. It gives an inte
rior view of the movements and sentiments
of the rebel government such as it has not
been possible to obtain hitherto.
R. D P.
Richmond, Monday, May 15,1865.
Owing to ihe mystery of secret sessions,
and tne reticence observed by the journals,
much of the real history of this great strug
gle remains to be writteo. It is known to
me world that Mr. Davis wielded to the
laet the fall powers of the South, and that
the Southern Congress granted nearly all
his requests lor power, insatiable as he
seemed to be in this fespect But it is not
so well known that he was unpopular with
the leading state*-men of the South. They
thought lightly of his capacity, and deemed
him an incubus upon theit cause.
Some opposed him openly, but the me
j-i uy, while deploring his errors, did not
uiiiik it a fit period for opposition. Among
the former class were Orr, Toombs, Wig-
fall, Graham. Among the latter were Mes
srs. Campbell, Cobb, Hunter, and many
others. On.the other hand, Mr. Davis had
a cordial hatred for Congress, and took no
pains to conceal it. One of his last pro
ceedings was to send in a special message,
which, when analyzed, was found to be
nothing less than a carefully-prepared bill
of indictment, and designed to throw upon
the Congress a'l the odium in the event of
failure. This document elicited a severe
reply from the Senate, at which body it was
supposed to be specially aimed.
No person, perhaps, ever occupied a
prominent position who availed himself so
little of the wisdom or experience of others
as Mr. Davis. He was rudely intolerant of
any difference of opinion, and seemed to re
joice in isolation from those who were likely
to express an independent judgment. His
despotism over his cabinet was supreme.
in the face of these orders, is to invoke force j^ e admitted that he knew nothing ot
io Giislaia me in opposition to that which
will be displayed against me. Such a con
test should have but one result. While to
those in the State who would give
their support to the Executive, there must
come penalties and suffering, without the
possibility ot advantage.
Whatever, therefore, may be the feeling
which belongs to me as a man or citizen, in
a case like this, where conviction precedes
the hearing, and sentence comes before the
trial, I feel that it becomes me to be mind
ful ot the considerations which involve your
peace and affect your welfare. I have said
to you before, I say to you now, the war is
over; hostilities have ceased ; and it is your
duty to forooar opposition which is hope
less—contest which is unavailing—and re
concile yourselves to that submission which
the Government of the United States can
impose, and you cannot resist.
While the considerations which I have
now expressed lead me 'to this forbearance
in the exercise of the functions ot the Ex
ecutive Department of the State, I. owe it
to you, to the State, the Legislature of
which, according to the Constitution of this
State, to make ray protest against the power
claimed and exercised by Gen. Gillmore.—
It involves a question which concerns not
alone this State, but all the States of the
United States. It affirms a principle which
it is not necessary now for me to discuss.
Whatever may be your condition, una
vailing resistance on our part will but make
it worse. With an earnestness or the sin
cerity of which I need not give you assur
ance, I urge upon you the resumption of
your peaceful pursuits, and the adaptation
of yourselves to those changes which may
bo made in your condition. Do not be
isled by excitemeut; give no heed to pas-
a; deal resolutely with facts; look the
tnuh calmly in the face; spill no more
blcrid; accept with the dignity, which even
misfortune can command, the condition j
which you cannot avert.
In thus suspending the active exercise of
the duties of my office, I do so with the
most earnest wish that your sufferings may
soon find mitigation and relief; that you
may retrieve the waste and loss of property
which you have endured in the progress ot
the war; and that you may experience those
blessings, intellectual, social and moral,
which, under the favor o] God, were the
great ends which I desired to accomplish.
To have succeeded in these would have se
cured to me a reward,, the richest and only
inheritance which I could have left to my
children.
With regard to myself, so far as I am af
fected by die charges which are made
against me, I am ready to answer to them
or to any of them. At any time or place,
when or where my presence may be de
sired or required for investigation, I shall be
there, if notified thereof, with the least pos
sible delay. Whatever I have said I be
lieved to be true; whatever I have done, I
believed to be right. Aud with this con
sciousness of the rectitude of my purpose,
and ot the integrity of my conduct, I shall
not avoid, delay or hinder the closest scru
tiny that can be devised.
To you, among whom I was bora; to
you, with whom my whole life has been
spent; to you, whose confidence I have en
joyed; to you, whose testimony 1 feel I
coul<?well invoke lor my conduct, I have
but to express the pain which this condi
tion of the State has cost me, and to wish
you all the happiness wjjich a people are
ever permitted to enjoy.
finance, but'upon all other subjects made no
pretenses of modesty.
When the Southern Congress met in No
vember last, Mr. Davis sent in a message,
which was upon the whole, of a confident
tone. He seemed to take no account of the
waning resources and spirit of the South, or
the diminished numbers of her armies, and
still less of the constancy, determination
and power of the North. The members of
(JoDgrets were net disposed to' accept, as
gospel, this cheerful manifesto, and accord
ingly a resolution was offered by Mr. Ca-
pertou, for a j oint committee to lock into
the-condition of public affairs. The neces
sary effect of this was to compel the admin
istration to look into Us own hand,and this
motion Mr. Davis regarded and resented as
a hostile proceeding. This investigation
lost a month or more, and the resolution it
provoked produced a marked effect upon
the temper and spirit of the Southern Con
gress, which, some weeks after the informal
conference at Fortress Monroe, ripened into
action. A movement was organized oi
which Senators Hunter, of Virginia, Gra
ham, of North Carolina, and Orr, of South
Carolifla, were the leading spirits, to induce
the President to negotiate for peace, and se
cure the beat terms possible for the South.—
Judge Campbell, the Assistant Secretary ot
War labored earnestly and constantly to
this, end, and it is understood that Mallory,
of the Cabinet, was anxious for the adoption
of this policy. It was perfectly obvious to
the reflecticg men of tho Confederacy that
to continue the contest for independence
wa3 a hopeless pursuit—that when the
spring weather permitted, the immense
maa-es of Grant and Sherman to be precipi
tated upon them, the Southern armies
would be utterly insufficient to resist the
shock. Togo on was simply to cause a
useless effusion of blood, only to be followed
in the end by rain and subjugation. It was
believed that while the aoutnerners had two
large armies in the field, possession of their
capital and an organized government, they
could, with 'this show of* strength, secure
liberal terms upon the basis of a restoration
cf the Union. It was believed that Mr.
Lincoln and Mr. Seward would favor a
policy of conciliation. In a'word, these
men held that reconstruction was infinitely
preferable to subjugation. Continue the
contest, and the upshot would be that no
terms, whatever, could be obtained.
Views of this sort were, pressed by Mr.
Hunter, and others, upon Mr. Davis, and
for a long while it seemed with some pros
pect of securing his assent. Bur. the Rich
mond Enquirer, Sentinel and Whig were
furious in their denunciations of any recon
struction. In a little while Mr. Davis be
gan to be jealoqs of Hunter, and he, his
clique and organs, spared no pains to break
him dren. Feeling that his effort to save
his Slate from fresh calamity, was unavail
ing, Mr. Hunter, at the close of the session,
retired to his home in Essex county.
The breach between him and President
Davis was complete and final. The major
ity of both houses of the Confederate con
gress were ready for peace negotiations, but
nothing could he done without the co-ope
ration of the Executive. The ultra war
men and presses, denounced all who thought
there was danger ahead, as “croakers” and
“whipped men.” The masses oi the people
knew little of the actual situation, and were
ready and anxious to-fight as loag as there
was a reasonable prospect of success.—
Tnere can be no doubt, however, that they
were greatly exhausted and wearied oi the
war, and if their rulers had sought an hon
orable pacification they would have sus
tained them.
TUB GREAT EXPLOSION MIX MO*
BtLE.
We'find in the Mobile Daily News of the
26!h icst., a particular report of the terrible
explosion m that city on the 25lh. It was
thought to be well ascertained that the ex
plosion was caused by the dropping of a
percussion shell by a soldier, the shell
exploding and.instantly igniting the im
mense quantity of powder near by. It
was the most awful and destructive explo
sion that has occurred during the war—
Four or five blocks of buildings were made
one conglomerated mass of ruins, two-thirds
of which were on fire, while every
two or three seconds shell exploded and
fragments and " bullets were whizziDg
through the air. The streets on which
the most damage was done were Com
merce, Water, Front and RoyaL The
steamers Col. Cowles and Kate Dale were
entirely destroyed ; also a schooner loading
for New York. Borne 8,000 or 10,000 bales
of cotton were burned. The loss of life
was very great, the estimate being that rally
three hundred persons were instantly killed.
Many more were, wounded, some of them
horribly. The lists so far published show
that citizens and soldiers suffered alike.
The building in which the explosion oc
curred was Marshall’s warehouse, located at_
the corner of Lipscomb and Commerce
streets, and contained fully thirty tons of
powder, in the form of cartridges, barrels of
cannon powder,’ loaded shells, &c. It was
all brought from Gainesville, Ala., and con
stituted about one-third of the ammunition
surrendered by Gen. Taylor.—Colu mbus En
One of the men whose hatred to Davis
was most intense and bitter, was WigfalLof
Texas. He declared that success with Jef
ferson Davis at their head was impossible—
that his incapacity and obetinacy would
ruin any cause in the world, and he favored
a counter revolution to depose him. He
proposed publicly to coerce Davis and Ste
phens to resign, and it is probable that the
President’s jealousy of Hunter, who would
thus have succeeded, excited by this project
had no small share in defeating the scheme
of the latter to open negotiations for peace.
It Mr. Davis wore to succeed in making
his way to Europe, he would then pass into
history as an incompetent, who had brought
ruin on the cause be had aspired to lead.—
Hardly any of the public men of the South
have any liking for him, and every one
would have bis story to tell of blunders and
mismanagement.
As it is, however, Mr. Davis is a hunted
fugitive, fleeing for life, with a price set on
his head. The Southerner will feel that the
North desires to punish him, because he
was their chosen leader and representative
and as such, they desire his escape. At this
moment, Mr. Davis rallies around him the
sympathies of every Southern man and wo
man, and nowhere more than in thia city
where thousands have been beggared bv
the incendiary proceedings which attended
his departure. The Southerners say that
there is no more reason why Mr. Davis
should be punished than themselves for re
bellion. They put him in his position, and
kept him, and approved, hia opposition to
the national authority.
. Again, while all Southerners look with
lwiTor and detestation upon the crime by
which Mr. Lincoln loet hie life, they all re
pudiate the idea that their government had
any thing to do with it • Even those among
them most bitter upon Mr. Davis, affirm
that he would never for a moment have
countenanced so infamous a resort as assas
sination. It is not believed that Mr. DaviB
cherished any personal hostility for the late
President or for the members of th^Cabi-
net. • His hatreds were for the leaders of
the South, those whom he feared might
outstrip him in popularity, or who ventured
to question his infallibility. He hated Joe
Johnston and Beauregard. He was jealous
of Hunter and Lee; but those in the South
who most appreciated and suffered by his
resentments would be the first to acquit him
of an imputation of a thirst for blood. Like
Mr. Lincoln, it was almost impossible to
obtain his consent to &u execution, and thus
the discipline of the Southern armies was
lost, never afterward to be re-gained.
At one time, throughout the South, there
was a clamor f v -r retaliation for alleged out
rages by the Union armies- Mr. Davis,
General Lee, Mr. Hunter, and others, stead
ily resisted this demand, and no light share
of blame fell, in consequence, upon the
Confederate government. Even Genera!
Lee, the idol of the South daring this war,
did not escape censure. It is well known
in Richmond that Dahlgren's command
would have been executed a year ago but
for the interposition of Mr. Davis and Gen.
Lee.
It is well that these facts should be known
in forming an estimate of one whose char
acter all are now discussing. The same
Southern gentlemen who repudiate as ab
surd the idea that Mr. Davis could have
stooped to so infamous a crime as that of
procuring the assassination of Mr. Lincoln
and Mr. Seward, will tell you that he was
obstinate, narrow, self-willed, domineering
and selfish, a man whose faults of temper
and intellect would have rained a far stron
ger cause than that of the South. As they
speak from this point of view, their testis
monv is entitled to the more weight. It is
a verdict of acquittal from a hostile jury.
The amount of specie taken hence by.the
Confederate Government has been greatly
overrated. It did not much exceed half a
million of dollars; but a large proportion-
say half—was in silver,' and hence the bulk
would give the idea of a greater value.
The Richmond banks took away their spe
cie, and this amount may have reached sev
eral million of dollars. It is an error to
suppose Mr. Davis took away this or any
amount ot specie with the idea of provi
ding for himself in Europe. The balances
of the Confederate Government in foreign
countries, constantly kept up to procure
supplies, &c., are subject to the checks of
Mr. Davis and Cabinet, and are ample to
meet their wtffits if they get abroad. Be**
sides, it is welL known that when Mr. Davis
left here, he, of all men in the world, had
the least idea that the Confederacy was
about to tumble. The coin was to provide
funds for a war in America—to buy food
and munitions of war. He thought, in his
folly, he could give up the capital and the
great State of Virginia, and with the cotton
States keep up the contest until the North
should be wearid out. At the beginning of
the war the seven cotton States thought
they could coerce Christendom, the North
included; and of this folly of standing alone
their leaders had not been entirely cured.
Davis halted at Danville, with the intention
ot locating his government there. He stay
ed just one week. On hearing of Lee’s
capitulation, and that there was no organ
ized body of troops between him and Grant,
he set out for Charlotte, N. C., intending to
fix his capital there. Even after Lee’s ca
pitulation, he seemed utterly unable to grasp
the situation. He still thought himself able
to make war or peace as he pleased; and it
is reported that he even hesitated at accept
ing the terms granted by Sherman, and sub
sequently set aside by President Johnson.
Spending three or four days at Greens
boro, he left for Charlotte, where he pro
ceeded to locate his capital, open up Gov
ernment offices, confer promotions, appoint ’
Generals, &c. Nothing could exceed his
infatuation. He wasted time which, for
his escape, was invaluable, in keeping up
the forms of a Government which had no,
existence. The train of Government and n
bank specie had already started for the
South. Of his own safety Mx, Davis seem
ed to take little thought He fancied him
self at the head of a powerful people, able
to marshal armies and offer battle to the
North. He did not realize that his fortunes
were desperate.
In the midst of this delusion came the in
telligence that the negotiations were at an
end, and then Mr. Davis and his cabinet set
out for Georgia. Their subsequent move
ments and rate of progress are probably not
known in Richmond. Upon the great mass
of the Southerners, the crush of their Con
federacy has fallen as suddenly and unex
pectedly as an avalanche. They were con
fident the struggle would last another year,
and many hoped for final success. It is
hard to iealize the infatuation of the Con
federate administration. Confederate pa
per was not worth two cents to the dollar,
and was kept up to thi3 figure solely by the
sale of government specie, which Mr. Tien-
holm put in the market at sixty for one.
The Confederate armies had wasted away
by losses and straggling. Joe Johnston had
25,000 men, Lee 35,000— and in all there
were not as many as 100,000 men in arms
east of the Mississippi river. Kirby Smith
and Magruder might, perhaps, have to
gether 25,000 men in all. Tnese troops
were tolerably clothed, but the equipment
of the army was inferior. The horses of
the cavalry and artillery were inferior, and
the former were so greatly reduced in num
bers that they were utterly insufficient to
protect the Confederate communications.
How Mr. Davis could shut his eyes to all
this, is perfectly marvelous; but he did. and
when people spoke to him of negotiation,
he doubted and arraigned their patriotism.
Gen. Lee had, beyond ail, the most gloomy
forebodings. As early as the 9th of March,
he wrote a letter to Mr. Davis, stating that
he could neither hold bis lines nor with*
dr*w his army with the snjall number of-
troops at his command. And yet it is said
that, in a speech at Charlotte, Mr. Davis
spoke of his inability to understand .why a
force of 12,000 men should enrrender.
Judge Campbell constantly pressed upon
the attention of the ^government the fact
that the war could not bo carried on, in the
vain hope that, unable to dispute the state
ment, they would draw the necessary in
ference and consent to negotiations upon
the basis of reconstruction. But he counted
without his host.
ter, and also in reference to the arrest of I over the great marches and brilliant victories
Spangler and O’Laughlin. A number of I was lost in the thought, as expressed by an
witnesses lor the prosecution are yet to be
examined.—Augusta Chp>n. dc Sent.
The Wocld»be Assassin of Seward Iden
tified.—An important point in the trial oi
the Washington assassination conspirators,
at Washington, on May 9th, was the com
plete identification of Payne as the man
who made the attaok on Secretary Seward,
his sons and others in his house on the night
of the President’s murder. Three witness
es, who were present on the occasion, inclu
ding Major Seward, one of the assaulted
persons, swore positively to Payne’s identi
ty. Other interesting evidence was taken
regarding his arrest at Mrs. Surratt’s house,
jn the disguise of • laborer, three nights af-
Frora the N. Y. Herald, May 25.
THE REVIEW OF SHER.RAIVS
ABMY.
THIS CLOSING SCeNIZS.
The scene in the vicinity of the reviewing
stand was much more animated to-day than
yesterday. The crowd was twice as dense.
There seemed to have been twice as many
enrb-stone tickets used. Ai an early hour
the stands were all densely crowded.
Stand No. 4 almost exclusively filled
np with soldiers from the hospitals, who
also filled most of the scats on**stand No. 3,
on waich were *also tound the deaf and
dumb pupils of the Columbia Institute under
charge of Mr. Gailacdet.
A faw minutes before the arrival of the
column, the private carriage of Secretary
Stanton diO/e to the reviewing stand, and
from it emerged the Secretary of War and
the President. As soon as the latter 83-
ceuded the steps of the platform, he was
greeted with tremendous cheering from the
whole multitude who had caught Bight of
him. A few minutes afterwards, Lieut.
General Grant, attended by a few of his
staff, approached the reviewing stands on
foot, and was received with a thundering
outburst of applause.
The rest ot ihe.parly who occupied seats
on this stand fi’ed in gradually in carriages
or on loot, without attracting particular no
tice. By this time the whole space from
Fifteenth to Seventeenth sir-.et was packed
as closely as was possible wiih. the holders
of tickets, admitting them within the line of
guards or to the various stands erected
within tho favored precinct.
SHSRMAN GIVS8 SECRETARY STANTON THE
CUT DIRECT.
Soon the head of the column approached.
Major General Sherman and Howard rid
ing together. The reception to General
Sherman was truly enthusiastic. From his
first appearance until the end of tho review
the crowd never seemed tired of cheering
him. After passing the reviewing stand he
dismounted, and, in accordance with the
order of the day, proceeded to the review
ing stand, in front of which, meanwniie, an
immerse crowd had gathered to greet the
military heroes ot the occasion. When he
ascended into the reviewing stand, the dig
nitaries on the front bench were seated as
follows, commencing on the extreme left:—
Major-General Meigs, Postmaster-General
Dennison, President Johnson; Secretary
Stanton qpd Lieutenant-General Grant.
General Bherman was first greeted by Gov.
Dennison, and immediately after shook
hands with the President, when Secretary
Stanton made a motion as if to shake hands
with the General commanding tho review;
but General Sherman coolly reached out
his hand to Lieut. General Grant, and Com
menced a conversation with him and
others, without noticing the. advances of
the Secretary of War. This cut direct was
noticed by thousands, for not only the
crowd in front of the stand were closely
watching the greeting, bu^ thousands of
eyeglasses from the other stands -were lev
elled at the distinguished personages on the
. reviewer’s stand.
The coldness with which each comman-
tnander of the corps reviewed to-day ac
knowledged the salutation of the Secretary
of War, was equally remarkable, and is the
subject of univeral comment since.
1 ha reviewer’s stand was decorated to
day even more elaborately than yesterday.
To the names already on the festoons of
flags had been added those of Res&ca,
Chickamauga, Nasbvilie, Charleston and
other praces, the capture of which js attribu
ted solely to the valor of the army under
Bherman.
In the front of this stand little change in
the arrangement of seats was observed, ex
cept that seats were occupied by Mrs. Bher
man, the wife of Major General Sherman;
Master Sherman, his son; Hon. Thomas
Ewing,of Ohio, his father-in-law; Hon.
John Sherman, his brother, and Gen. Thos.'
Ewing, Jr. In all other respects the order
of seats noticed yesterday WM observed.
The seats in the rear were filled up al*
most exclusively with ladies, attendant upon
whom were some of the attaches of foreign
legations, with eye-glasses, at eye to see
what was immediately under their noses;
but the absence of the diplomatic corps gen •
erally was noticed, and attributed to the
fact that it was distasteful to them to wit
ness, in this republican country, a display
of military power and resources which ia
sufficient to make Europe tremble.
GENERAL GRANT.
Gen. Grant occupied to-day the same seat
he did yesterday—at the right hand corner
ot the main front of tae reviewing stand.—
He seemed to be particularly thoughtiul and
attentive. There was about him an air ot
perfect unseifisnness. He appeared To he
unconscious that he was the observed of all,
and during iha whole review kept hia ayes
fastened upon the passing armies, evidently
examining with a critic’s eye, not only the
‘personnel, but- the appointments of everv
soldier who passed, from major generals
commanding c rps to the enlisted men with
muskets and bayonets. It seemed to tho
looker on that Gen. Grant was minutely in
specting every musket, cross belt, haver
sack and sabre that passed in review, as
well as the men wht> bore them. Many ot
the regiments had served under him in tne
siege of Vicksburg and the previous battles,
in which was won the reputation which
gave to him the rank which he now holds,
and the intense closeness of his observation
seemed to indicate that he was looking
among them tor the men whose bravery,
uuder hia immediate direction, had elevated
nim to his present proud position. During
the whoie review tho expression of his face
was grave, and to some extent sad, as if
mourning over iffa losses which had evi
dently been sustained by regiments he ha 1
himself not long ago led on to victory or
death. He seldom spoke to any one, even
to the officers oi his soaff, who were near
him, except in recognition of some favorite
regiment, wLose battle torn colors were
borne past him in the review, and whose
men, as if I hey by an involuntary impulse,
swung their hgijo the air and made the
welkin ring with their huzzas tor their old
commander. .
GENERAL SHERMAN.
General Sherman regarded the passage in
reviev/of his well tried veterans with evi
dent satisfaction. His countenance beamed
with pride as brigade after brigade, and reg
iment after regiment marched past, eliciting
deafening thunders of applause on every
side. He had just cause for pride to-day;
his army received an ovation never before
in this country extended to any militarv
organization; and upon all its excellence,
even to the minutest detail, the genius of
Sherman as a soldier and officer was plainly
noticeable. Never did troops march so
well, never did soldiers elicit such applause.
Military men of the highest reputation, for
eign as well a3 domestic, accorded to this
aftiy of Sherman’s the highest encomiums.
As they marched along in close ranks, with
uniform eadenee and step, they looked and
moved as real veterans. They conveyed to
every beholder the idea of irresistible pow
er and perfect harmony. The whole army
seemed to he one vast unit, and the wonder
ex-rebel officer of note, “if the people of
the South had seen this army, they would
have given up the struggle long ago.”
In all the details that go to make up the
perfect appointment of an army of veterans
everything was complete—nothipg was
wanting. From the Generals commanding
corps, divisions and origades, wfth tneir
horses wreathed with garlands presented by
an admiring people, down even to the comi
cal pack mules loaded with traps ot every
description, from a shelter tent aud camo
chest to a game cock flapping his wings and
crowing iu response to cheers of the crowd,
the personnel of a great, victorious, success
ful, irresistible army was entire,
Th© enthusiasm of the crowd was unboun
ded. From one end ot the square to the
other the cheering was hearty and uninter
rupted. The armfes of the Tennessee aad
of Georgia received to-day an ovation wor«
thy ot their hard won reputation. Ic was
the applause ot a grateiul and admiring
people, representing every loyal State in the
Union. During the intervals between the
various divisions, the crowd, which to-day
was immense, would break through all the
lines of guards, and gather by thousands in
front of the reviewing stands to cheer lor
Grant, Sherman and Johnson. Secretary
McCulloch, Postmaster General Dennison,
Secretary Welles, and several prominent
military, civil and naval officers wh« were
present, were also loudly cheered.
It has been, indeed, a grand day in Wash
ington. None who have witnessed this re
view will ever forget it.
A band this evening is serenading Gen.
bherman, Smith and others. Everybody
appears to be happy over the success which
has attended the demonstration, and better
satisfied that, jvith such a body of tried and
veteran soldiers as has been displayed here,
the United States is invincible to domestic
treason or foreign enemies.
The Treasury has money enough on hand
to pay off the armies now assembled here,
and the paymasters will commence paying
them off next week.
AC-
THE ASSASSINS A*D THEIR
. CESSORIfiS.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York World gives the following list
of persons who are under arrest aud liktly
to be convicted for direct participation ia
the great assassination:
1. Spangler, the stage carpeuter of Ford’s
Theatre, will most probably suffer the ex
treme penalty of the law.
2. “8am” Arnold, of Baltimore, better,
known as the author of a letter signed “Sam”
who undertook to piiot and agreed to do it s
and backed out in the end because of his
failing courage, will also suffer deaih. He
was a conepirator, but not bold enough to
be au assassin,
3. Capt. Willie Jett, found at Bowling
Green; who took Booth behind him on hia
horse, thus facilitating his escape, will run
a close chance for his neck. He either did
or did not recognize in Booth the assassin,
and if so, woe to him !.
4. Atzeroth cr Azerodt, bat whose name
in his own execrable chirography I have
copied irom the registry at Kirkwoods’s
Hotel as “G. A. Abzerodt, Charles county,
Md., 126 B,” will ho hung positively*^ He
ia a murderer by instinct and temperament.
His face ia a standing conviction.
5. Mrs. Surratt will suffer the lull penalty
attached to her crime. As Booth was the
master, so was she the midfress conspirator.
She is bold and cruel, and deserves to. die.
. 6. McLaughlin, a friend and confederate
df Booth, will die for conspiracy without
courage.
7. Dn Mudd, residing near BryaDtown,
may suffer death for hia timidity. He set
Booth’s leg on Saturday morning, and never
mentioned it till Sunday night. He may
npt have recognized Booth, and may not,
as he says, have heard of the murder. But
he ha9 been a stern secessionist, and a life
insurance policy, at present, would cost him
the revenue of his country.
Johu Loyd will certainly die. He kept
Mrs. Surratt’s hotel at Surrattsville, secre'ed
and furnished the two assassins “with car
bines, aud although positiveivaware of the
con piracy before ana the crime immedi
ately nfcer its execution he held his tongue
. 8. Sam Coxer, or “Captain” 8am. Coxe,
lives between Scylia and Charybdis.- He
concealed and led Booth, prob&blv know
ing his hands to be stained with blood. He
has already suffered execution in hia ‘hor
rible forebodings.
9. Young Harold, who stood with Booth
in the ah-memorable barn, and shared hia
flight, aud was his guide and servant, -will
die despite a hundred pleas of dementia or
mania.
10. John Surratt, if caught at all, will
auff-r death. He shared the horrible secret
ot meditated crime, and should, witn hia
mother, meet the reward of murder.
11. Payne or Wood, the desperate assas
sin of Mr. Seward, who was taken at Mi s.
Surratt’s house, and was a hired cut throat,
will die beyond peradventure.
12. Mr. and Mrs. Adams, of Newport;
these, it is believed, knew Booth $nd as
sisted him.
13. Mr. Wilson, of Newport; ho did not
assise justice, although cognizant of the
crime.
JEFF. RATI* AT© PARTY AT PORT
UO It Alt.
The Times’ Puri Kuyal special describes
the arrival of Davis and party at that point.
As he approached the boat he saw a tall,
spare man, dressed in gray, having a guant
and depressed look, his whiskers and mous
tache rather close cut, and almost white.—
He was walking along the space between
the deck cabin and the bulwarks. He stop
ped to caress a little gin very indiff erently
dressed, and then passed in at the gangway
door. These were Jefferson Davis and his
daughter.
He has evidently passed through % great
deal of mental trouble during the last lour
years. A few minutes later ne seared him
self in a comer of the cabin, his wife, a
plain looking lady, dressed in black, by bia
side. The two were engaged in perusing
the papers which had been handed thern.
Hia hat was drawn down pretty well over
his eyes, eo that only when he lifted his
face could much expression be noticed. No
one wished to be introduced to him.
Two of hia children, a boy and girl, look
ing to be about six to seven years, respec
tively, were about everywhere on the ateaj
mer. Davis, Stephens, Reagan and others
seemed to have no proper appreciation of
the position in which they were standing.
Davis himself asserted that he has no idea
that anything beyond banishment will be
his loc Stephens thought the proper way
to start the civil Government again would
be to institute measures for the repeal of the
ordinance of secession, and by that means
restore our original relations. Reagan-
thought there would be no difficulty in
bringing about a good feeiiDg, provided dis
franchisement and confiscation were not
carried too far. No one expected slavery to
be saved, or the assumption of the rebel
debt, but thought the rebels who had held
official positions must not be deprived of
their votes or property.
Alexander H. Stephens Is confined at
Eort Warren.-— Transcript