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Newspaper Page TextThe Savannah Pally Herald. xl S. w. Ma3>» asi# Cos. >AvA.\KAU MOXuaK APRIL 24, l*ii. P.IAYI-IRS FOB TUB PRESIDENT. —At St. Jnhu’.s Episcopal Church yesterday, Rev. Mr. McCr.ie, the R:ctor, read the praye r for the ‘‘Pfedvlu ,t oft.ic [Jaitud States, and all others iu civil authority,” as laid down lu th.- vitual of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America. Col. Stjwart L . Woodford, Chief of StaJ to Mij General Gill more, Col. W. T. Bannett, cunm raffing n co’ored brigtde here, Cipt. M >rris, U. S. N-, Sargcou D.ilrymple, U. S V., and ether prominent officer.*, attended the services there iu the morning. At Christ’s Church, Episcopal, Rev. Mr C oley’s, no services were held. A noth e was ported on the gate informing the public that the church was close l for the day. At the colored Episc >pal Church, the p ayer was made, as has been the case since th > Federal oceupatio i of the c ty. The ibl owing is the prayer used : A PRAYER FOB Til J PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ALL IS AUTHORITY. O Lord, our heavenly Father, the high and mig.i y Raler*i>f tue universe, who d,si from thy taro ie beh >ld ail the dwellers up >n earth; Most In artily do ivc beseech thee wi;h thyfav >r to be mid and bless toy savant the Pi tsi leu’ of the United States, and all others in autmrity; aids* replenish them wthth •gr ic; of t:yH > y Spirit, that th y m y aiwa/s incline to thy w.ll, a id walk in t,y way Endue them plentcously witn heaveny gits.-grant them in hetiihaud pro-pern y long to live; and finally, aft r this life, to attain everlas ingjoy and ielicity; through Jc us Christ our Lord. Amen. General Gillmoro’s policy of loyalty seems to be rapid y taking shape. In this conuec tion we call attention to the procbibi i y that Col. Wo idford’a ad lress at the Union meet ing in Jo msim Square, which we re-publish to-day, may he regarded as au official iudi caiion ol the course to be pursued towards the citizens of Savannah. lit MO'S Head IsrßLLiocscK.— When the terr.hle ne.vs of the assasriuadou of the President reached Hilt, n Head, business generally thmuriiout the towu was at once suspends l Tlie stores in Merchants’ Row were, nearly every one, tastefully and appro priate y decked with mourning—F.ags were Jow'ered 10 half-mast; minute gins were fired, and in the of the largest and in >st resectable ins tings ever hi Id in the place assembled at the Theatre Hall to give i xpu-ssion to their feelings on the oc cusio i. A number of speeches were made, and a series of resolutions was parsed. The spacers were listened to with earnest aud mark -d attention, and the Resolutions, (which were at once transmitted to us by *-i*«rank. aud which we have already pub lished,) wera adopted without a disseu iug voie*. Tne fearful tragedy seemed to take a deep hold 01 ths people , who could not do enough to show their grief and heart-felt Borrow. Otn of t ik Latest Acts »f the Presi dent.—A private letter from Mijo: John Hay, the President’s privite Secretary, to a friend at Hit on Head, sates that t.e comtuis-ion of I jor W. L. M. Burger, the efficient Adju’ant Geu< ral of this Depirt meut, rccci .ly promoted from a captaiucy, •was sign and by the Pr sident on the eveuiHg of tlie 12th, about forty-eight hours beloiv his assa-sination. M ijor Burger won h s pr in tion by 1 mg a id faithful -ervice in the Departnn nt, and doubtless feels a melau efitoiy gh.tiication in being the subject of one of toe 1 ,at official acts of our late belov ed President. Istekksti News froh Charleston— Moss Intelligence about the Washing ton Assassination.— -We are n,t aware by flflitif channels the Charleston papers should b« able to receive intelligence which doc* not reach us so s ion, but we find iu the Charleston Courier of the 22d the subjoined paragraph. “A report reached us yesterday, said to have lieeu brought by a steamer trom Fort ress Monroe, tl*at Secretary Seward died of hi* wound* at no *n on Monday last. Tne actor Bo »tb, also an t ier man by the name of Arnold lias been arrest-d. The r port states they both confessed to having been engaged iu tue work of the as* a-tMiuation. Pur o* i.-jy thj steam * D'unaond, on Saturday, Brig. Gen. M. S. Littlefield, Lieut. C •!. Rica, and Lieut. Davis, of his staff, Lieut, Gregory, Post Quaitirmaster at Hil ton Head, Capt. Morris, U. 8. N., Payraai ter Balch, U. 8. N-, and other officers, arriv ed here. Capt. Balch has a great reputation as the commander of the Cumberland, in her gi eat ligivt with.the M rrltn tc, when aha fought till her guns wer* uudar water. Omission.—lq the hurry of making up our feponof t’.ic great meeting iu Johusoi Square for our p.ipcr yesterday morning, we neg lected to insert in the list of Vico President*, the names of Messrs. Surgeon A. P. Dalrym ple, and Captain C. F. Bernard : and in the original Committee who inaugurated the whole affair, should have appeared the name of Captain A 11. Holloway. Will these gentlemen and the public accept our excuses for the anuoying omission. Thomas films, the fugitive slave whose ar rest til Be ston caused such excitement sev •“al ye .n ago, is now in Huntsville, Ala., re c ultm; ci fared troops for the State of Mas «*2hU»jUs. - A* the great ‘Saceseion meeting wa* held ill iTiihositj Square, in lb* e iily days of the rebellion, while the speech es were going on, a Sparrow H \vk alighted on the top of the Monument, and remained there for some time. Saturday, during tlu organization of the Union Meeting in tin same square, a M ickinz-Bird alighted on th monument, and filled the air with his mclo dious notes. Some of the old resident noticed the incident, an l considered it a fa vorable omeo-**-regarding the hawk as llit representative of War, and the sweet songstei as the harbinger of approaching Peace. Mr. Stone’s Speech has been, we, at the last moment learu, by a misuader t mcVnsr, omitted by our compositors. However, from the enormous demand for our very full report of the Great Mass Meeting, it seems probable that we shall bo compelled to issut still another edition of out paper, to be de voted c-Xclusiv ly to ths meeting. Should this be : the case, Mr. Stone's speech sbal. again appear in full. Latest from Charleston—Dates to th 21st.—We have received a file of the Charles ton Courier to the 21st inst., inclusive, but it contains very little uews, aud that little ol so slight importance compared with the mat ters which till ourcolumus, that >ve postpone its publication till our next issue. The Assassinations.— We give elsewhere fuller details of the assassinations and the developments in regard to them, from a copy of the New York Herald of the 17th, for warded to us by oue of our agents at Hilton Head, on Friday, and from which ww made extensive extracts on Saturday. \| Photographic View.—We are informed that Mr. J. T. Reading, corner of St. Julian and Whitaker streets, the well-knowu pho tographer, took a good negative for a view of the great gathering,with the stand, all tlu decorations, &c. We presume copies of the views will bes >r sale. Ac know i. eno m e nt. — \V o are indebted to C uirlcs H Warpere, ol the steamer W. W Coit, for a opy of the Charleston Couriei of the 22ud iust., for which he will accepi our thanks Report of Gen. Washburn’s Address.— We are iud .-bted to Lieut. N. H. Daniels, ol Geu Washburn’s Staff for the notes of his spe ci, from which our full report, publish ed to-day, is prepared, and to Sergeant Pea Cock, for preparing the manuscript. Northern News.—No New York dates later ihan the 17th have as yet been received in this Department. Crowded.-—Our space is so taken up this tnorifing that a great deal of local and iute resting fatter is deferred until Cur Evening Edition. FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE AS SASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT. From the New York Herald of the 17th, for which we are indebted to the faithfu. energy of our Hilton Head correspondent, we glean many more interesting fact* imme diately connected with the murder of the President and the attempted ki ling of Secre tary Seward aud his sons. From our ex tracts it will be seen that the evidence point in to the crimes as the result of a long-plan ned conspiracy, is most convincing. Aa we know that everything relating to these atro cious assassination* U of great interest to the public, we imks no further apology for giv ing up to them so much of our space. WHO THE WOUNDED MEN ARB—THE WOUNDS OF MAJOR SKWaRD. There hia beea considerable misunder standing as to what other members o. the Sc rdary's family were wounded. Major Auiiiii-tus Seward, the oldest son is piymii-ter in the army. He was cut iu sev. ral places, but not danger on ly. This is the son who has been" in s ime of the despatclu-s called William 11, Jr, and Clarence. Clarence A. Seward is a nephew of the Secretary, and was lu New York, when the awful't agedy t >ok place; Frederick W. Seward is a second son, and is toe Assistant Secretary of S ate. He met the as-a sin at the door, and was then felied t > the floor by blows adminis tered with the bint of a navy pis tol, wi h such furce as to break the pistol and separate the chambers from the barrel. Frederick disposed of, the dastard went into the room and attacked the Secre tary. The male attendants and sffidier nurses were the only other persons in jured. CONDITION OF FREDERICS -SEWARD. Frederick Sew ird was tlrfs moruing m a critical cmd ti m ; but hz was quietly sle< p ing, laying like a ch id Ki repose, unconscious of what Was going ou around him. His con tinuing in that state was one of the most hopetul symptoms of his case. Perfect quiet is essential for his recovery ; it is necessary in order to give hie system time to rally. J MAJOR RaXUBUSS WOC.VO. Major Rathbun still suffers much from loseof blood. Hi*surgeon, Dr. Notson, how ever, reports him in good i pnclition and pro gressing rapidly. lie has been able, to sit up a portion of the and iy. The dagger outer.. and the left arm, just above the elbow, ns it was thrown up to ward off the blow aimed at the left breast. As the forearm was elevated, the poiot of the knife was forced several Inches In the direction of the shoulder, mak ing an ugly wound. He is well carfd for at the residence of Seuator Harris. Major Ratbbiiu was stabbed in the Presi dent's box at the theatre. After the assassin hid shot the President he drew a bowie knife, with which he inflicted on Major Rath bun the wound described ab we, after which he leaped upon the stage aud made his es cape through the rear of the theatre. SCENE OF SHE MURDER. Scores of people Wwft sssu all day looking at ths houaa where the Prealdentptrathrd his last. Artis'B-Werc these skefclihfeit and the theatre o iposit*. Tne house is i plain three dory brick building The front entrance is eacned by winding steps, fi leva or twenty m number, so characteristic o, this locality, out a s;yle almost unknown in New York Theie is notuing about the building to make .t attractive. THE ROOM IN WniCtt TUB PRESIDENT DIED. Tne room in which Mr. Lincoln was laid when taken int> the dwelling is iu the rear part of the building, ani at the end of the rn ‘iu hail, from whica ri-es a suitwayy The •valis were covered witn a brownish paper, .igureJ with white. It is quitsi smalt—no. >ver t u test i t width and fifteen feet in ength Two or thr. o « ngr.tv ugs and a pho ograpli hung up >n the wals. lThe efigra- Viugs w. re copies of the “Fillage B.ack enitn” anj H rriug’s “Stable aud Barnyard 'Ceiio.” Tim p.iOtograp i wa» one ink n in>m an engraved co ; y of Ux i JBo'dieur's •‘Horse Fur ” The only Furnituro in me room waa a bure iu coi erad with erucuet, a table, eight or une plan chairs,! and the be i ap m which Mr. L u oiu lay when his spirr h olt its fligat. Too bed-teaa was a io.v walnut, with iie tdbo ird trom tvvo to three leet h gii. Tuj fi or was c rpeud with Brussels, cou-id rau;y w ru. Ev, ryt.iing . u Lie bed was siaiaed witn the blood of the Chief Magistrate ot the nation. THE LAST HOC .IS OF THE PRESIDENT- The tollowiug incidents of the last day of his life have beeu obtaiued from several sources: His son, Capt. Lincoln breakfasted with him on Friday moro.ng, having just returned from the capitulation of L o, aud the .Presi dent speut a happy hour li-tening to ah the details. Whiie at bre ikiast he heard ihat Speaker CoifaX was in tue houst*, ands it, word that he wished to see liim imme iiately in the icceptiim room. Hj convus and wiin niin nearly an hour about bis fuiure poliey as to the rabelll n. wuich he w.ts aboui to submit to ihe Cabinet. «\f erwards he had an interview w.tn Mr. H de, M a'ster to Spain, aud several senators and representa tives. At eleven o'clock the Cabinet and General Graut mot witn him, and iu one of tue most s uistacti>ry and important Cabin .t meetings held since his first iuaugurat.on -he future policy ot the admiui-tr.i ion w.is harmoni ously an 1 unanimously agreed ou. Winn it a Ijou ned Secretary dtant m sa.d no fe.t that ihe government was gtr.mgor than at any previ ius period since the rebellion com menced. Iu the afternoon the Pre -ident had a long and pleasant interview wuh Geuer.d Uelesby, ienaior Yates and otuer lea i ng citizens o. ms State. In the evening Mr. eJnliax called tgaiti at h s re iUe-t, an i Mr. AsUmuu. o. Massachusetts, w.io presided over tne Chi cago Convention in iBG4, was present. TANARUS» them he spOße or h s visit to R c.nuon t, and when they stated that there was muon uu easiness ut tne North while he wts at th rebel capital, for f. ar that some traitor ui gin snoot him, he replied j icuiarly, tnai iu Would nave been ai irmedh msclf if any other ersou had been Presideut and gono tlqejri-, but that Ue did not feoi any dinger vynatever Coavetoing or a matter o. bu-i .ess with Mr. Asnmun, ne made a remark that ho siw Mr Ashmuu was surprised at, and immediately, Willi nig wch-Kqown kinmil 9s of iuar(, “You did Ui|t ins, Ashman. J ,di t not mean what you itffeigod, and | will take ii ali b ck aqd apok>gt?3 ior It. ’ H atierwards gave Mr As mau a card to admit utmscli and irien i e.U’iy ihe next m lining to converse furtner about it, Turning t > Mr. Couax, ho said—“You are goiua wii.4 Mr Liaeoin aid ms to he thea tre, I nope." Bat Mr. C <na.\ had otuer en gagements, expecting io leave tae city the ui xt morning. He then said to Mr. C lfax“Mr. Sum ner has tne gavel of the Confederate Con gress, wnieh ne got at Richmond, t& hand to the Secretary or War; but insisted then that he must give it to you,find you tell him tor me to hand it over ” Mr. Ashmun then ahuded to the gavel which he still, hud, and which he had used at thejCliicago Cun- Vinuou, an 1 the Pr sident and Mrs. Lincoln, fvv..o were al o ill the p irlor,) ruse to go to the tueatre. It was h.lfuuhour af.er the time they had intend and to start, and th y spoke ab >nt waiting liuju au hour longer; .or he President Went with reluctance, as General Graut had gon3> anti he did a >t wisn tae piople lobe disappointed, a they had been aivert s.d to be there. At the door he ao. ped and said “Colfax, d>> not tor.et to ti ll the people in the mining regions, as you pass ’ur. uga them, what i t in yon thi ui >ruing anout the development when peace com s, au t I will telegraph y .u at San Francis,.. ’ He -hook hands with both g ntl m n, with a p easant goodby, and let tne Executive nuasnui, never to return to it alive! From the following extract it will appear that the murderers did not accomplish all their fiendish work. Thera can be littie doubt that President Johnson was also in cluded in the plan of assassination. VICE I'BESJDEJIX JOHNSON" TO IUVU Ts pv AL jq ASSASSINATED. , It is very evident that the then Vice Pre4 -dent Johnson was included iu the murderous programme of Friday night. Ou T. uisday a man of genteel appearance took a room at Kirkwood* Hotel,where Mr.Johnson hoards, For reasons best known to the pr prkt r or the detective, the name registered has u >t been disclosed._ During the lollowiogday tie was particular iu his inquiries about tne mom of Mr. Johnson, his whereabouts and habits. Since Friday night the strange lodger has not been seen, .net on breaking open tils room last night there w< re found concealed be tween the bed and mattrass a bowie knife and navy revolver, and a bink book of J. Wiikes Booth, snowing a balance of ov.r four hundred dollars iu bank. Duriug the afternoou of Friday, Booth called at Kirk wood's aud seat to Mi. Johnson a card, in follows: ' Don't wish to disturb you. Are you at bourn? • J. W«i.KEs Booth.” When the assassination of Mr. Lincoln oc curred, Senator Farwcll,of Maine, Was in the theatre, and hurried to Mr. Johnson’s room and woke him up, to apprize him of the hor rid tragedy, Upon entering the room he took the precaution to extinguish tho light. Jt way be that this circumstance, or perhaps the early retiring of Mr. Johnson, saved hhu from as-asaination. Since his in mgiiration President Johnson is atteu 'ed from and to his ho.el by a mount ed guard. THk assassination a coxsr.SAcy. The Extra Star has followin : Developments hay* bean made wifhin Utf past twontv-four hours Miowint? conclusively the existence of n deep laid plot on the part of a gang of conspirators, including mem bers of the Order ot the “Nights of the Gol d n Circle," to murder President Line >lu and bis Cabinet. We have reason to believe that Secretary Seward received several in nth* since, au intimation from Europe that something of a desperate character was to transpire at Washington ; and it' is more illan probable that the intimation had refer ence to the plot of assassination. THE PRESIDENT WARNED OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE CONSPIRACY. It waa ascertained some weeks ago from personal friends of the late President that tic had r.-ceived several private letters warning him that an attempt would probably be made upon his life; but to this he did not seem to attach much if any importance It has al ways been thought that tie was not sufficient ly careful of his individual safety in his last visit to Virginia. It is known that on frequent occasions he would start from the Executive Mansion for his summer country residence at tne Sol diers’ Home without the usual cavalry es cort, which often hurried and overtook him beh ire he had proceeded far. It his always bc< n understood that this escort was accept ed by him only on the importunity of his friends aa a matter oi precaution. The President before retiring to bed would, when important military ev, nts were pro gressing, visit the War Department,generally alone, pissing over the dark intervening ground oven at late hours on repeated occa-- o:is, and after tne warning letters had been receivi and, several close and intimate friends* armed for any emergency, were careiul that he should n ,t continue his visits without their company. For hims.-ls the Presideut seemed to have no fears. The above facts have heretofore been known to the writer of tills telegram, but tor prudentid reasons he has no, stated tuem Until now. THE DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS AND THE FUNERAL. After the death of the Pr. sident, and as soon as the body had b.-eu decently com posed, it wos tak u to the White House, where it was temporarily laid out in one ot t ie upper rooms of tne house, kuovin as the Guests lio<m, in the nor lowest corner of the bu filing. No change lias been made iu the arrangement, of the furniture. In the middle oi the mom were two undertaker’s'stools, coveivd with black vt-iVet, up u wnieh rested the cloth c ivercd cooling bo ird on which were placed the remains. The body was dressed in the suit of plain black worn by him ou the.oociision of his last inauguration. Upo i his pi low and over the brea-t of the corpse Were scattered white flowers and gicau leav. s, offerings of atfecti -n. The natures are natural. A placid smile is upon the lips. Tile, cyi s auil upper part of the cheeas are still discolored by tic effects ot the ciUl'l s ot whicu caus.d his death. The tice, however, is natural, aud the hro,d brow mid firm ja w r. main as iu the portraits oi tii3 late President, ,so familiar to tne people. It was proposed to remove the discoloration from tne face by chemical process, but the Secretary of War iusisted taat that was a part oi the history of the event, aud it should he allowed to remain as an ev,dence to the thousands who would view the nody When it shali be laid in state, of the death whi, h this martyr to his ideas qf justice and right had nufL-red. The body was cqveved with the white cloth, ami over the features was thrown a fine cambric baud kerebiei. A guard of honor has been pre >en la this unainber of death ever since the body was thus lad out. Generals Augur, Haskins un i H »\ve, each attended by sjD il tcru officers, have hem alternately the watchers beside the great dead. TUB GRAND CATAFALQUE. upon which toe b >dy of Mr. Linco'n is to be laid u state, is being erected in the East Room of the Wbite II use, under the direc tion of John Alexander, Esq., the upbols'erer of the White House: It is to be placed across the breath of tod room, east aud we-t, op posite t,ae and >or leading from tue reception rooms. The floor of me catafalque, upon which iliu coijja will be placed isaoout four feet above the l vel of the floor. It will be approached o i eiiht-r side by one step. Above tutre s a canopy tiuied in-i ie with white siik. The whole catiilfaqqe will be covered with biack alpaca, "with a funeral pall of b ack velvet. Tne mirrors will be covered with black alpaca, with ceutress es white crape, and tue cornices also covered with black. THE FUNERAL CAB hia been designed by Mr. S. M. Clark, Archi tect of the Treasury. It will be a magnificent affair, fourteen feet in length. The bed of the car wll be a magnificent aflair, fourteen feet from the ground, draped with black cloth aud velvet festooned with white. After the funeral the remains will be tem porarily deposited in the vault of the Con gressional cemetery, and hereafter taken to Mr. Lincoln’s in me at Springfield, 111. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Har rington; M->jor French, the C<>mmissioner of Public Buildings; and Major Gen. Augur, in charge of the defences of Washington will gave the direction of the entire programme of the Funeral, and of the public ceremo nies appropriate thereto. The Funeral was antmounced to take place last Wednes day, the 19th in*t. THE .\BiASSIN3 AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES. Two theories are pursued in regard to the escape ot the us-assius of Mr. Liucoln amt the Sewards. One is that they have really gone from tne-city ; the othet that they are st.ll couce 1 and here. TherejijiSuo doub. tufit more than one were connected with the tragic oi curr uce. Information has been ob tained showing that six or more were ec* gaged in it. The authorities believe from iheir investigations, that there were a number of aiders and abettors besides the principal actors. It is now definitely ascer tamed ibat John Wilkes Booth is tue lnur deiei of PreSideut Liucoln. There are rto t.es afioat showing tnat long ago he maul tested a disposition to bei oiuc un ac or iu toaie Midi great tagedy* l i ie evening ot me murder, Booth asked th, clerk of the National Hotel, -‘Are you g?* ,v; V'V.xr 1 ?•’ Mr. bad ktrnpn-d, No. Ho said, "You ought to go, luyfc ijj to uo gome splendid aciing there to night.' ihe next heard of B oth was a litt e alter 7 ociock. when, he, iu company "’.‘Vi “ ve entered ihe drinking Bal-on "t George Bai ry, adjoining Fora's Theatre, and all ot tnein dr.u.k together. Tue etn i'h:i*isoi iher manner in taking the drink m acti-il attention. After drinking, they Waialiy shank hands with each other, bid dlugohe another grod bye, Upon the bar-room, two of the party rod ‘ off horseback After the traric ° u Ford's Theatre,fin officer Jn.mS&n tne. fortifications east pf the city, \v,s i,, f ing to his command, and was' arcomnE* by ,u orderly. Between Llneota°K2 and Camp Barry, they came upon two K riding desperately. These two turned ,E a lane in which were lour others all m . ed. The officer and hi, order!?cK."' «nd were fired npon. The 'ofdeV wounded, and the party pursued rode ranirilt away, and esc aped With those who wS v? dently waiting ior them. e tVl ’ Tncse facts, in ‘ connection with others which for the present should not be pub !h ed, lead to the belief that the ho.seofeu who c rossed the Anacostia river on that fSS night were accomplices and decov*, and that the real culprits are either conceal, and m this city or have taken a diff rent direc tion Detectives are on the hunt. The most expert men in the profession from New York and other cities are here for this Durno p Col. L C Brker also arrived engaged in ferreting out the assusdns. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS AS TO TUB CAFrURB C f THE assassins. The most contradictory repoits have nre vailed all day in regard to the apprehend,* of Booth and the man who made me attack on Secretary Seward. It is coufi | em i v „,.a knowingly asserted by many that Bo ,sh has been taken and is ou a gunboat in th» riv r variously stated as the Mont cuk, Mai.oua*’ Ac Inquiries at the Provo* Marsiiai’a offica and at the Police headquarters fail to confirm any of these statements. 4 TtfIUTY THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD OFFERED for the assassins. Thirty thousand dollars rew ml is off r.d f> r tne detecuou uni eoaviciitm o the crou,- nais, ten thousand by Gen -ral Augur. THE CONSPIRACY. The pickets encircling the city on Fri day night t<» prevent the escape <>f the Du ties who murdered President Lincoln w.-re fired upon at several points by concealed forces. President Johnson’s Policy. At a meeting of the citizens of lowa held in Washington on the evening of the 16th, Gov. Storey, of lowa, st tod that he had just had a long interview with Presided Johnson, in the course of which that gentleman ex pressed himself iu this wise, with r gard to nis future policy as Chief Magistrate “That wlfle he would deal kindly and leniently with the mass of the people of the South and rauk aud fi!® of their armie ■, regarding them as he did, merely as the victims and .-ufi r.rs ol the rebellion, he nevertheless would be careful not to pursue any policy which would prevent the government from vi-iung Con digu punishment on the guilty authors of this rebellion. The President regarded as due to the loyal people of tue couu.ry aud to the memory < f the thousands of t rave men who had laden in the defence ot tue Union during the strug gle, and to the claims of justice a.,d freedom throughout the world, ti,at treason should stiii b» regarded as tne highest crime unit r our Constitution and Flag, and thu tr.aLoa s.iouid be i endured intauious for ail time io c ,ma. While he entertained tuesc views he » .ould endeavor to gain the eonti :emu of the deceived aud betrayed musses oi the Southern people, reg ,rding tuem as the proper material for ree ius ructing the insur gent States and to restore them to their proper relations to the government. He would neither recognize m r hold official communication with those who had occu, ied official stations qv acknowledged the sov ereignty of tne rebel govern mem. For four years h® had fought the rebel government with ,ali the eneigy of his character. He well kuew the Horrible outrages to which loyal citizens in the South had been subject ed, and it was his determination to act in such a manner as would best protect i.id.vi dual rights aud vindicate the charaetrof the government. He txp'.e s. and deep sym pathy wiih the betrayad and deluded ma-.-ea of the South, earnestly desiring tlicit return to their allegiance to the gov, rnment, and the restoration of their former peace and prosperity. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FOKT OF SAVAIcNAH, APUIL 33. Arrived—Steamer Wyoming, Snow, Hilton Head; seamer Planter, Small, Beaufort; steamer Kmiiie, Bender, Hilton Head; steamer W W Coic, Parker, HUton Head: U S steamer Oleanda, Greivea, Hilton Head. Cleared—Steamer Wyoming, Snow. Fernindina, Fla; steamer Planter, tmall, St. Catherine's Svuud; ateamtng Stuudish, Moore, Hilton Head. SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY. The 116th Annnal Meeting of the Union Society will be held, at the Exchange Long Boom, on Tuesday, tha 26th inst., at II a. m, that being the appointed day, on provided by tbe By-Law when the Anniversary tails on Saturday, Sunday or Monday. The Meeting on this occasion will be exclusively for the election of Officers and payment of dues. Jcc. JOHN M. COOPER, 0p22 4 Pre-ident Union Society. Pclaski Horse, Savannah, April ?4,1905. All loyal citizens of Savannah are invited to call on Monday and Tuesday, the 84th aud Stth last., at the Parlor Pulaski House, where Major Gen. Gill more, commanding the Department . f the south, will bo nappy to receive them between the hours of ten a. m. and two p. m. „ STEWAKT L. WOODFORD, apr24—B Colonel and Chief o> Stun, 1). A 1 1 IyjASCCUC RING LOST. The fin er will confer a great favor AnA' receive ft yutable reward by returning it to the Savannah Pa ly lieruid Office. ts ” ■ V iy?»0 ITeadquarters district savannah;- ” AA Savannah, Ga,, April lSfia. Gen bai Ohdaks,) No. U. / x -a " : From the Ist of May nfctf; until further orders A ta* ol one per cent, witi be levied upon all .niuoits admit* ted within the limits of this Diftnki • also a un^lhree SS K rei/S 9 * & * These taxes will be collected by tWA. SutK .rvl3or of trade, who wilt turn over the amount "rains fiooi J* eiil -h mouth to the o Clear in charge me civil By command of _ „ Brevet Major Gen. GROvae-i? Oliveu Mattilcw#. A. A. G. apr.6 ' PREACHING AT WESLEY ( RAPED Corner of Somh Broau ayti itn ..m streets, St U •dock Saobaih Mornings. GEO. D. US. syß Caiagata of CaristUa CvmmiM.oa.