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. %M\ £ j i.i i j si i fT t‘ m mXs 7 ©ps P ifil il rk a 'w w % /Vy {y^ :i ■w H ww' lr H N S. MO iSK. 'lire M .Tll)>' \>■ DKBT. The people of the United Hlatos h-.v fiv od to pay the debt created by t:t" \vu. !Gpu diatlon-with all it« i: .justice and di-honeriy. I been discard© 1 by an en'hrbv nod public «;nli rnent. But how to meet 'his vast <1 hi. in a manner least burthensome and injurious to the people, is a problem which will task the utmost capacity and energies of American stab man ship. We have before ns, i” the cue of England, an instructive example of what a ; »>!< ' u accomplish in meeting a vast nalto al wu debt fn the course of h r prv.i-tcto'l co nti nental war, she incurred a deb. la:-ei (1 in our own, with which she lias hi. • .:uiiy •. ap- Died, without damage to b,,r credit oi injury to her people. Indeed, her debt lms proved to her a Bource of national strength, and r Lend of union which has imparted addiM' < u solid! ty to the vast fabric ol British wealth an 1 pow er. Since the creation o( that debt, he ha. j enjoyed a higher degree of'prosperity than cue j ever did before. - Tire groat financial measure which brought j the debt within bounds, which is . ■ h- | nation to pay its interest without • ;■ -■■.*! r• ss- ; ment, w.iH Ibet known as ooneoiidari-.M. The j inflexible determination of the government to j meet its obligations, sustained by*tbo force of ; public opinion, gave it such a degre • oi credit j in Iho financial world, that ic was euabled to reduce tho interest of its debt to four per ceut. per annum. This was accomplised by a very simple process.. The government from lime to time tendered payment to iiH creditors of portions' of the principal of its debt, unless they would accept in lieu thereof new bonds, bearing only four per cent, interest. But so high bad the public credit risen, and k, much esteemed were those consolidated bonds by capitalists, as a safe, permanent, investment, that they were taken as fast as (.lb red. And thus, without paying any part of the principal, the interest on the whole debt was reduced to lour per cent. These new bonds acquired the name of consols, an abbreviation of the term consolidated applied to the debt wiili its re duced interest, and have been, ever since their Issue, regarded as tho safest of investment*— ■ought afler and in active demaud throughout Europe. We may accomplish the same' result by the same means. Hut the indispensable condition of this is the hearty and unanimous co oper ation of the people. They must susiain the credit of the Government with their entire confidence. They must honor its obligations with unquestioning trust. They must, inf a word, bring Federal notes and bonds to pur, and keep them at par. They must make’ them as good as gold among themselves, in their business transactions. Thus manifesting unlimited confidence in the ability and integrity of their own govern ment, nud their lirm determination to sustain it in meeting its obligations, our bonds will soon come to bo regarded by European capital ists as quite equal to British consols,'and will be sought alter with t qual avidity. ITie result will ho that our citizens to whom the greater part of our national debt is duo, will bo able to sell United States bouds in Europe, at par, and thus bring a vast amount ot cash capital into the country, which will increase our abil ity to pay the interest of the debt The strength and stability which the United States government has displayed in the -late fiery ordeal through which it has passed, will greally heighten its credit in the ey ee oi' the financial world. And all chat is necessary now to raise the credit ol the eoveniini n; to an equality with that of tiie proud g< . n.i ienl of England, is for the people to sustain it. with their unanimous aud determined support. This is clearly our true policy, and ho man who depreciates the bonds or notes of his gov ernment is blind to Ids own ii 'ei ■ . If he will but reflect for a moment., lie must m o that he is only increasing his own taxes, vhile he if crippling the ability of his government to meet its obligations. It is a maxim of the English Common law that allegiance and protection are recipiv.c il No citizen can rightfully claim the protection of a Government whose policy he thwarts ; whose measure's he opposes ; aud whos<> offi cers aud friends he taunts and insuit ■ without even the pretext of a provocation. These may be regarded as axiomatic truths—which uo one has heretofore had the temerity to question or impugn. It does seem, however, that there are a few in this community who desire to reap all the benefits oi (lie late pacification without Incurring any of the obligations conse quent thereupon. We shall nlw. ys advo cate a lair aud diepas-iut .foe cr'dio-m of public men aud measures, but tlri* Is widely different from that eonsfaut fault-buding nd that indiscriminate abuse which is • -ft, r jh? product ot mortified pride than of earne.-i pa trfotiem. Has it never occurred to these par tie* lb it j a renewal of political agitation at th juncture is only to t. u- open the %u> ua..s of our maDglod and bleeding section before they have even partially cicatrized ? The object of the late military convention was to restore peace i > this country We are in honor bound to observe it, and j, aV;> only to ask any one who possesses , ae instincts of true manliness, what sort if peace is tha, which allows of scurrilous if not treasonable • attacks ou the Governmdtu, and of rude ~ud unmannerly treatment ol the soldiery of that Government when engaged in the di'scbrrge of duty ? We have warned the countiy against these incendiaries who are still scatt.vii g tl tbroads through our Southern commitcuy. We ]. ;l ve i done so in spite of obloquy and rep to i -ii We now expostulate with these parties the a;.-elves. If they are friends of the South—if they would not sully that escutcheon which has p ;.ssed un tarnished by dishonor through the smoke of a hundred battlefields ; if i' ey would not be- mr the women and children of the South and con vert the land into a dev rt and inhospitable waste; if they would bring abort none of these appalling consequences— we implore them to abstain from further agitation, and to coun sel everybody to renew their allegiance to the Unit 1 Suit,. Government. That Government ; while it enforces, the laws will temper justice \ with mercy. But. on the other hand toward those who. by their conduct, stubbornly refuse the pcflcre.i amnesty, it will oxercN- die most j unsparing rigor. We have been led into this train of reflec tion by the fpet that very sojn an opportuul | ty will be afTorde.i the chiz >ns of Aiwusta to j subscribe an oath of allegiance to the United States Government. If we are correctly in -1 formed of the purport of this obligation, it is ' -imply a pledge under thfe sanction of an oath 1 to obey henceforth the constitution and laws jof the Union. Tho. e who honest,lv iround o I do this, can have no hesitation in giving a f v nnil expression to that purpose. It will, how lever, enable theanri-V. ' , to be tween the friends and enemies of the estab i iished order. We doubt no i the ic will he un agreeable compliance with tho wishes of the j authorities in this respect. GtiiSKiLL n W 4RFAHE. We trust that now the war is over, at least in this department, all will acquit see cheerful ly and in good faith in the settlement made by Gen. Johnston in oar behalf. That none will be so mad or so wicked as to attempt to r- iiew itby any acts of a hosiile By ail civilized and even barbarous and savage nations treaties of peace tire held sacred, and religiously observed. Were it otherwise, wars would be interminable, and the peace of com munities forever insecure, At the present moment, it is specially Im portant that all, both soldiers and people, real ise the full extent and binding character o this obligation. Our faith is pledged to a st> ict and exact fulfilment of the terms agreed to by our wise and patriotic representative. To vio late them in any particular, is a flagrant breach of honor and good faith on our part, which con oiJy result in mischief to ourselves.and damage io (.nr character. No good can possi bly come of it, but only unmixed evil. Le* not Southern, like Punic faith, become a pro verb rod by-word among mankind, through the icckless acts of designing, violent or un thinking men among us. Having made peace, let us observe its terms os a people regardful of their plighted faith,and jealous of their own honor Wc are led to make these remarks by some unpleasant facto which have come to our knowledge. We have heard of some instan ce sto which military stores and prpperty of the Confederacy, since their transfei to the United Bipt.es government by the truce agreed upon, have been surrendered to the plunder ing propensities ol the mob, or lravo been spirited away by tbo persons Laving charge of them. Ibis is nothing more nor less than rob bery—a shameless/u;d felons u • violation of a i .emu treaty made to sec tire pence and safety of these States. Aud we denounce all who have in any way participated in these outrages as public enemies—enemies of the üb’ic peace, of the rights and safety of the •oil urunily, and of the government to which they owe their allegiance. The persons who have thus undertaken for. their own selfish ends, and on tire r own responsibility to set at naught a treaty on which our people de pend for secu.ity and repose, deserve to be hunted down 3S outlaws, to be made to dis gorge their ill gotten plunder, and to suffer the just'penalty of their crime The people of these States cannot afford to have their peace and all they hold dear, endangered by these incendiaries, and should frown them down as iheir worst enemies. We are, also- pained to bear, that a very few of the soldiers oi Gen. Johnston’s department hesitate to accept the parole tendered them, and entertain wild thoughts- of engaging ; in' some kind of a mad and fruitless gu&rilla war fare. Wc hope, however, they will ail aban - don e such a chirnei ical and fatal scheme, and return peacefully to their homes. They will only ensure their ov;n„destruction by hazard ing such a vaiu and ruinous contest, and in flict distress and injury on the people in whose b h tlf they took up arms. The example of Mexico and other countries where such war fare has been common, is warning enough of its pcrncilcus consequences to any communi ty. Let us have none of it. After four years of war, and after our ablest generals have de cided that we are unable to continue it any longer, in the name, of God and humanity let us have peace, a complete cessation of hostili ties in every part of cur land. T here is. also, anotßter species of ’ petty war which some are disposed to indulge—a war of reproaches; of recrimination aud insult towards our late opponents. This is both foolish and unmanly, and we are sure will bo frowned down by a brave and magnanimous people who know how to demean themselves with dignity and propiiety in peace as well as war. The men who are disposed to indulge in this kind ofjatttv and contemptible breach cf th peace we feel assured will only meet the condemnation aid scorn of the people, whose peace they attempt to disturb. To the Public.—As soon as the treaty was made between Geus. Sherman and Johnston, the property which was in the various arsenals, storehouses, machine shops, and stables of the so called Confederate States, in Gen. Johnston’s Department, at once became the property of the United States. To take any of it without leave was to rob that government. This thing has been done by many—by some unthinking* iv, but. we are aorry to say, by many cooly and deliberately. Now the government is deter mined to have what belongs to it. It will gei it peaceably if it can—hut it will use force if necessary. We trust no one will compel it to resort to the latter course. There is one thing quite clear—it is able to protect itself, and will undoubtedly do so. Furthermore, it will un doubtedly protect the property, which lawfully it owns. >-e would here take occasion so caution our citizens uot to purchase any arms, mires, i " L ons - or, in short, any thing which belonged |to the iate # called Confederate States. If i thry do. they will have, either sooner or later. ; to give them up, and they will in the end be | losers, no matter how great the bargains they | think they obtain. j The kind and courteous invitation of Gen! | Molinenx to all who have any of the property referred to, will be found in the offi cial ooiuinn. We hope all who have any of the articles above spoken of in their posses u'TGi.ATA +A., WEDNESDAY HORNING MA Y 17, iB6O. ‘in wiil at once come forward an I cheerfully , deliver t.ern up. If they will so do, they , will prevent the issuing and execution of 1 more stringent orders “i’S*.<: OS fcAii 51. >OUl» .Vli.L, TOW IRD* MRS,” It is- aid that on ose occasion during tin i to civil war, two liostile armies were encamp ei on • lie opposite banks of a magnificent river j Earth and air were to. inb!tog under the tbnn j d< rs oi is tvy artillery, and occasionally the j md/rry ■ aids of both inpies would be heard ! above the uni se of the guns. Perhaps ic compliment to a bjrave toe, the splendid band in the army of the Union, struck up ‘‘Dixie/’ To wh]ch the Southern piusio ■ - plied with “Yankee Doodle. 7 ’ Then came, •There G Life % the Old Laud Yet,” fromotbe North, ami the South replied with “Hail Co lombia.” Then the music on the Union side began a well known air, and the Southern bind joined. One alter another the heavy guns ceased to bellow, and the pattering rain of fire from the pickets ceased, and men held their breaths to listen to the spell, and. no sound was heard, save the rush of the groat river and the solemn music. And the magic sweetness (hat stilled the thunders of battle, and evoke in friendly sympathy the pulsing hearts of mighty toes, was “Home, Sweet Home ” A kindred charm breathes upon the hearts of a great people to-day, and, tho talsmanic word which is linked with all the dear thoughts ol wife, children, mother, home and Heaven, is “Peace.” It was over a world of peace that the morn ing stars first sung, while all the sons of God shouted for joy. It was in reply to the sacri fice of peace that floated up from the first altar built on the wreck of the deluge, that Gcd wrote his tainbow answer on the the arch of I heaven And it was to hail no less an event than the birth of the Redeemer, that the an gel heralds from the skies of Palestine, pro claimed “Peace on earth, good will towards men ” There is yet music enough in the word to cilm intemperate exultation on the part of the victor, and to soothe the wounded .pride of the defeated, for it is pregnant with the hope of belter days. While, therefore, both sections will join tq ween over the dust of the immortal dead, and we of the South awake from starry dreams of power to find our pillow in the dmt; yet the peace that has come, is the real fruition of a nation’s hopes, as it is the answer to a nation’s prayers. Aud Christian hearts will not refuse that preface to the angel hymn at Bethlehem, “Glory to God in the Highest ” , With an unwavering confidence of the good ness of God, and without a doubt that “the . mi!.!i i whole Earth hall done rlgbi” wc. recognize the fully ol useless lamentation,whoth er over the withered gourds of Jonah at Nin neveh, or over the withered hopes of ambitious nun to-day. Therefore, let The white flag and star embroidered cross oi the late so-called Confederate Government, yield again to the stars and stripes of the Unioto of our fathers ; let the sentiment, of one of the Southern songs “God will defend the right,’’ be accepted as the just, verdict in our capo, and let all hearts feel the true philosophy of Pope, “Whatever is, is right.” There was little cause to begin the struggle, fi r the election of President Lincoln was in strict conformity to the forms of the Constitu tion; and as Senator Stephen k. Douglas told us, there was little danger from his polities, so long as the Democrats held the majority in both branches ot Congress, and held »li the rights of the South perfectly safe so long as Southern members held their seats. The disruption of' Use Democratic party at ; Charleston paved the way for the defeat of both the Douglas and Bell parties, without the j success of Breckiuiidge ; and upon that it was i easy to accomplish the wish ot lion William | L. Yancey, of Alabama, “to lire the Southern : J i heart, and precipitate the Cotton States into [ Revolution.” tv For ourselves, we have always wholly repu diated !.he idea that either the subjugation or ; annihilation of the South were involved in the I c miest., and instead of scaring the people into j desperation by the raw-head and bloody-bones : of utter ruin, we have insisted upon the idea i that “Governments derive their just power j from the consent of the governed.’ 7 The South when she seceded, insisted that j the consent she had given to a Constitutional j Union, could be withdrawn. The majority both of the people and the States of the Union i denied it. The South ha? fought about that | question mainly, lor nearly five years, and i the decision, both by wager of battle, and ; the pr Ideaeo of God, is evidently against’ her. That one question is dead aud buried, for it is folly to assert a right where there is no way to attain it; a wrong with no remedy, is j no wrong of which law or equity takes noticei ; and peaceable secession is the mere phrase of ! a past day that has no meaning now. There i foie let us ali oe happy in the peace and secu rity we art) now guaranteed. Let us all be j happy with the fact that we have a permanent peace, and that there will be in the United States of America no more vast battles where thousands of brave men will pour o»t their blood in useless slaughter. Brother will no more fight with brother and friend with friend, and the red altars of sacrifice at Malvern Hill, at Shiloh, at Missionary Ridge, and at Vicks burg, at Gettysburg, at Fredericksburg and at Manassas, will smoke no more with the hot in cense from hero hearts. There will be no more vast hospitals full of the sick and dying, assem bled misery and congregated disease. No more loss of life'or limb by wholesale, nor lin gering death on distant fields or in lonely swamps No more crowds of widows and or phans. whose black robes cast the shadows of death on the homes of the living. But every railway train is crowded with sold iers all going home ; and from every town and hamlet on the long dusty way, at every depot and cross-road, will be anxious and ex pectant faces, all looking for the dear ones re turning. In the lonely cottage in the distant mountain glen, or on the banks of stjme blue river, the wife or mother will look out again from the dcor way, as she has looked so often in the long years, ahd the approaching form thiengh the field, or along the grass growu oath, wiil has :i. oi' n-nd, or lover, and sometimes a father. ‘Vmm bosoms will pitlow j manly heeds as t . m: r tells .of all he has ! seen and suffered, n 1 tne. sweet- lips of the maiden press the b< iro and ones of the soldier | as old vows arc b- ■ i '••■d araiu. Let the sw- •• -' r Widiam Ross Wal | lace * close tbu- i>l* *l l for Peace on earth, j good wdl f ;wards men- A wis'-st one of rncient tune. Who asked, by o'!■ starrv gods When in s< m • -mrA benignam mood, ■ What boon be < '• sr From all tb- ir 1 1) l‘;Et power That rim’d » un: verse ; Gave aoswor ■ Pkxcs •Nor gold, f ' ■ sM.t. nor diadem, Nor popular apu’ or-to. 'Nor iwh trod/ ep ; But quiet In- V iuevcitstream ; But stillne-s in the.spfHts assure sky— No sound but such a; breathes Am’.d the orchesiflowers, Led by the soft south wind, Whose .measures >re brimful of memories T hat ire the sv.a'ct wrecks of earth s old Paradise “I ask but peate !” And from the throned Powers above That guerdon breathed, Soft a#the waving - t Malian wings On moonlight mission sent Over his brow. What aspi et then wu fair, and following life, What largo content, wiiat sovrtu smile at all That jangle common lots, We know not, ne’er can know, wo who in storm Make a p; r pel ml uu an : Yet hug ike passions si ii! that cause the misery; Ambition, fl.-ry love, and crouching for revenge. “ 2 ask but Peace!" Still to it's music’s p.-rfcct sweetness lean ; Still pntv nuto rhe Siany Gods tor power To scorn the pa-.sj-m-v yet That shut us tie r the will He had. who asked but for that Paradise. On ItoAOr, Ert'HNAi. Pkacb. »■ The Way to Settle. Difficulties.—Hereto fore it has been a universal custom in this sec tion of t-ho‘world for every one who had any real or imagined grievances to settle such mat teie themselves This state of affairs was brought about b wrong notions of good gov ernment aud a diseased public opinion. A man who went to law on account o! an insult or to settle a persona! difficulty, was put down as an insignificant coward. Anew orefer of tiling;) has Veen osiabih.hed. Law bmcafter will reign Mi; rerne If a party has any real or imaginary, grievances to settle, the Provost. Marshal will see that j office is done. If he, ihowever, sees tit to pursue au old and exploded course in regard to the matter,be fore he gets through lie will undoubtedly find himself before the same court Ije refused to t ike h : s case to. To al thes.; we say •: Lif law aud good or der prevail. UphoU the law by governing your acts t hereby. Take not the law into your own hands, for if yc.it do. you, may find yourselves in the hards of the law. No Cause fob Alarm.—Some of the more nervous of our citzuus are a little apprehensive because ot the large influx ol negroes from the adjoining plantations The U. S authorities are unsolved to main tun public order, ami no disturbances’ robbe ries, er exoesr.es, eLh r by whites or blacks, will be tolerated. We have in this connexion a word of friend ly advice for the latter class. The military authorities have no present supplies of com missary stores beyond the necessities of their own troops. They cannot therefore undertake to subsist you—if would bo well for those who have homds where they can obtain food and clothing to return to them. The authorities will not petmit idleness.. It is the language oi the Holy Writ - that “if a man will not work neither shall he ear.’ Such is the a arcity of food and clothing that nobody, whether white or colored, should he without some useful employment. Greenbacks as Legal Tender.— Onr citizens have been much annoyed the past week by the conduct of tome of the parties in market who refused to take greenbacks for the articles they bad to sell. On Tuesday morning Major Allen, the Provost Marshal, made his appear ance on the ground and laid down a few wise and salutary laws in regard to the matter. Hereafter if any party refuses to take green backs. they should be'reported to Major Al en at once. He will arrange all such matters promptly. The issues of the government will uot be allowed to be discredited. :—-ais- .ineu- t How xt Works Elsewhere. —We are in formed thst the change in the labor system in Tennessee Ids been productive of no serious hardships or inconvenience to the people oi that State. Indeed many of them greatly pre fer the present plan and are satisfied that I they now secure better labor at a lower price than formerly . ! Os course during, the transition period there > is some slight derangement of the social ma ! chinery, but in a cotup ratiVely short- tjme | everything is accommodated to the new rela | tions between capital and labor. j The Trade Restrictions Removed, — The j following-order .has been issued by the Prest * dent: Executive Chamber, ) , Washington, April 29. f | Executive Order. ; Being desirous to relieve all loyal citizens i and jvell disposed persons residing in the in ! surrectionary States from unnecessary commer i cial restrictions, and to encourage them to re ; turn to peaceful pursuits, j It is hereby ordered : First—That a 1 ! restrictions upon interna . al, domestic, and coastwise commercial inter j cotrsre. be discontinued in such parts of the . States of Tennessee,Virginia, North Carol inn, ! South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississip j pi, and so much of Lou iana as lies east of the I Mississippi river, as shall be embraced within I the lines of the national military occupation ! executing enlv such restrictions as are imposed | fc« the acts of Congress and regulations. | in pursuance thereof described by the secrete. - S ry of the treasury ard approved by the Presi | dent, and excepting also rero the effect of this order the tbllttfnUe aruc-es contraband ci war, to wit : Arms, ammunition, and all articles from which ammunition is manufactured, gray uniforms and cloth, locomotives, cars, railroad iron, and machinery lor operating rai roads, telegraph wires, insulators, and instruments for operating telegraphic lines. Second —All existing military and naval or ders in any. manner restricting internal, do mectic, and coastwise commercial intercourse and trade with or in the localities above named be and the same are hexeby revoked, and that no military or naval officer in any manner in terrupt or interior*: with.the same.. I’uK iDt.si tita-LVo w eiv A t ft. A WKiiiif! ivv: Gt] hv she oitizms of Ba vannah on Smuid.i,, A. \ '22, to give an op j f o ' l 'D : “ r 1 • ■a ■ - r .- .'.-press their senti j taents in regarii to the sination of Presi j L' l;,, Tr 'Hie m-eiinff was held inJohn : sou’s ry.-.me, o-.-d -as bitg-ly attended. The Herald in ivttik'ng oi iim affair says : A capaciou- stand was erected ea*t pf ft ;e t-ireepe Monument- in Job:.ecu Square, wh-ch was carpeted and iu nished with, seats *tor about fifty oer&uts I T.- stand was appropri ately draped in ; a:.-; »>r black and white and decked with a pi/'udou of flowers; and upon the o»ve.- - -re fixed regimental colors dll-ltd and muftivd in black. Overhead the tree:; w,ee fcs:_ -ax'd wdb die sable tokens of gi ief, i'.oo til/.* f‘ ’bi ■V. iUu n pp; 0! e luoitocS up.;- . \..c h.\ - ic i-ireb hrd hc-iu branch o. br-nch ; . “How .i'i: the :M■ ;bty Falft'u.” “He died, but his ivi'itf".tohi ‘'The memory of the-pastes bic-.-eo. Li u:.flu lover of his country, lover of ins race.’ 7 The monumont. was rko decked in flags. and moil! an a, &su ir the rear os the stand waved a large flag strip-. I with black Among the diet big u’shbd guests upon the platform was Mitj. Gen. Giovor. After tho meeting was org wuzed, the annex ed resolutions were introduced : Whereas, the people in, and of Savaurnh, and thronghou' tins land,.hi o learned with deep sorrow and pro-ournl ieg/et that, the Pres id,-at &t the Undo,! State.- was cruelly assassi nated on the evening of the T4th iust., and tliat at about the inure ho&r the assassinsattempied the lives ol ihe B -crctary of Rtate and his as sistant; and whereas, tor the purpose of ox pressing our horror and detestation of these cruel, barbaro is and unparalleled atrocities, b dh on ?■ ccou- .0 . the heiuousness of thecrim© and of tho tore-parable loss sustained by the nation, of his services, advice, and counsel et this crisis, when our country is passing from War to Peace, w, hav met here to denounce tho perpetrated crime ; and it is also most fit and proper that the people here assembled should in a becoming manner acknowledge the maguifuao and tuiportafice (>f his public services ri ndered in tho lew eventful yeais; tliere !ore, be it Resolved, That in the death of the President of she United States the people uot only mourn the loss of a great, wise aud food man, but they feel it to boa gr; ..1 national bereavement, sensibly felt by the country to which the best years of his life wore devoted, and that his ad ministration of public affairs, both foreign and domestic, has won cr > it from tr* one aud done justice to the other. First, a member of the Legislature oi Illinois, Turn its Representative in Congress, subsequently the Chief Magistrate of the nation, again elected to that highest po sit-ion in the gi:t of the American people, Abra ham Lincoln discharged the duties’of these sev eral stations with a readiness and ability which few may exp set to eqyal; iq ail of these main taining tbe-tiouor and best interests of the na tion. . • Resolved, That from the deotbs of our hearts we rbgvut that our Chief Magistrate could not haVtf lived to realize the consum mation of his labors; the earnest wish of his heart- the restoration, reunion aud polled harmony of all the States—one T ig, one coun ty. < rr- p \ Resolved, That word* cannot, express our execration of the spirit that suggested the con spiracy for th-s brutai and cowardly asßaSsina ticn. Wo see in it the culmination of treason, and not only brand the perpetrator and his im mediate aiders and abettors with infamy, as the enemies of nfankind; but we go farther, aud iav the foul crime at the door of those in glorious authors of treason, secession aud re bellion, who by their teachings, educated the vidian who perpetrated the act. And that in the perpetration of this crime against the lives of two of its statesmen, we recognize a blow struck not only at the liberty and Un ion of the nation, but at its honor. Resolved, That while we lament, most deep ly, the loss of the head ol the nation, we feel it our duty to pledge ourselves anew to the great cause for which he lived, and worked, and died, and to tender our hearty and un qualified support, in this trying emergency, to the Ruler who has been Constitutionally el evated to the vacant chair. Resolved, That for the benefit of the country we earnestly pray that Providence will spare the life of the Secretory .of State, and that to the bereaved family of the deceased we extend cur most sincere and heartfelt sympathy; their loss is only exceeded by the loss of the Nation. Resolved, That the thanks of this masting are due and a hereby tendered to Brigadier • Gen. M. 8. Littlefield and Brig. Gea. Washburn and Col. Woodford for-the honoring this .meet ing with their presence and for their patriotic addresses on this occasion. That the thanks of this meeting are also uue to Coi Work and Cupt. Starr lor the zeal and energy which they have contributed towards assisting the Committee of Arrangements—in the preparation of suitable uiean3 for holding their meeting. Resolved, ‘t hat the Chairman of this meeting be requested to send to the afflicted family . a copy of these resoiutioiffc. The Resolutions were unanimously adopted. Col. York then, after the performance of the National Hymn, by the 11th Me. Band, intro duced Brig. Gen. Littlefield.. ADDRESS OF BRIG. GE.N. LITTLEFIELD. We have met together this afternoon to pay an humble tribute of respect,to the memory of the purest’patriot and noblest man of modern times. Abraham Lincoln, Pres 5 foot of tho United States, is dead! he has i on stricken down in the full bloom of manhood, in the prime of life, when he was full L: . h advanced upon the proudest monument of iu.no, by the cruel hand of au assassin. Scarce had the g ad tidings which filled every loyal heart from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the lakes to.the Gulf of Mexico with joy and gladness died away, when the mournful intelligence fell upon our ears chosen leader and honored chieftain had gone forever. Yesterday we inscribed Victory upon our banners, to-day we write Patriot upon the President's grave. Oh, the terrible grief of this hoar! We mourn a less irreparable. The soldier has left the ranks, the sailor has dropped hi-- anchor, the trader fc.as cleared his mart, the farmer has stopped his plough, the merry ring of the an vil and the bum of business are hushed and still, that all may prostrate themselves around his grave, with hand in hand and eye suffused, bathe our land in tears. When after a few brief moments to rise from our bed of sorrow to swear before God and high heaven to mete out to unrepenting traitors death, and to the assassin the assassin’s doom. A crime has been committed which has no.parallel fn the annals of Republican history. Humanity has been outraged, and the great soul of the Nation is shocked with emotion from centre to circumference. Four years’ago the political leaders, those in the councils of the Nation, sought to destroy the Government for the single reason that they refused, in the great election of 18‘JO, to keep them longer in power. It was their determin ation, as they could rule no longer, to destroy this country and erect upon the ruins a despo tic government, that they could rule or ruin, according -o their caprice orfancy There was \ in the contest of 1890 no more than there had be*n in the various elections that had preceded it—party lines were drav/n tight, but had they not been so before ? The war was no revolu tion, as the people had no right to contend for, but what they all received under the old flag, nor had they any grievance to redress. The first great cause of this war can be found in the ungratified ambition of a few partisan Y.OL. LXXI V. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXIT NO. 20 leaders. At] other interests were lost sight ob it was such a cause lor war,* that had the n.>. pie «f the North said tc them, “Gome and rule us,” they would have been satisfied. When the Democratic Convention met in the cify of Charleston, S. C., 18(50, William L. Yan cey of Alabama,was regarded the leader of dm “fire eaters. 77 Col. J. Knox Walker, oi Tennes - see, represented the interests of Stephen A !>'•»glass. Aft >r continual battling, the friends of Senator Douglass became convinced that he could not be nominated, and telegraphed M m to that effect.. Senator Douglass replied : “If they will adopt the Cincinnati platform, or the principles therein endorsed, you may with draw my name from the convention and pledge my hearty support for any man they might nominate. 77 Col. Walker, when he received this, sought Mr. Yancy, and showed him the despatch. Mr. Yancy replied, “I may as well be frank with you (ir6t as last, and I tell you that any proposition that will be acceptable to Senator Dpugtaes or his friends. Is thereby in itself to usl mean disunion. T wice have I been before«oy constituency advoca ting it ; twice have I been defeated, hut now I shall succeed And, let the people and par ties go as they wish, we care not; our organi zation is such that we will drag out all who . lyill not go peaceably. Thus,” as we lift the 'l«il of the paht four years, we can find the real cause of this war. I ask you, people of the South, what was the cause as stated by them to you? what means did these heartless leaders take to arouse the passions and. prej - udices ot the inhabitants ? Did they, as men and patriots, state to you the lacts upon, which they based their resistance to the established authority ? Vas it not rather by traducing Abraham Lincoln, by arraigning him before the people as one of the vilest of the vile, and actually charging him ot committing neafiy every crime in the criminal calendar ? Now let us follow briefly the pathway of the great man, Jo hear the verdict of his neigh bors and friends and see what truth there' is in this ridiculous statement. Born in Harden county, Kentucky, on the 12th day ;f February, 1809. He was of hum bio and lowly birth, away from schools and the benefits of au early education, yet like Ihe great Father of our Country the sCjcis of future greatness were scon sown in his mind by a' Christian mother ; the oft repeated ana - never to be forgotten story of Washington and the “Hatchet” was read to him, leaving a’deep im pression and Si range to say, History has found, in the eaily life of our late Pi . sident, its coun teract. A Mr. Crawford, one of the eariy set tlers in the neighb .eh >o(f where young Lin coln resided, opened a school in his log [ca bin ; with a raccoon cap and buckskin suit and an old arithmetic found tor him he commenced his studies for the “Higher Branches.” Mr. Crawford lent, hint a copy of Ramsey’s Life of .Washington. During a severe stoim Abraham improved his leasure by reading his hook. One night he laid it down carefully, ;*s he thought, and the next morning he fo’und it soaking through'. The wind had changed ; the storm had beateu through a mack in the logs and the appearance of the book was ruined. How could he face the owuer under such circumstances? He had no money to oiler as a return, but he took the bock, - went directly to Mr. Crawford, showed him the irreparable iujury, and frankly and honestly offered to • work for him until he should be satisfied. Mr Crawford accepted the offer and gave Abraham-Um htuat .tocvhla cwp Jn oreLum v three days labor in pulling fodder. Tims va find the first recorded act of tho illustrious man, winning by bis manliness and straight forwardness, the love and esteem of all his neighbors, thus the incidents of his boyhood, all foreshadowing the interest and integrity which has characterised him so in later life. Little else took place in his career till 1890, when Thomas Lincoln, his father, moved to. Decatur, Illinois. Mr. Lincoln was now twenty one years of age, but did not go from home to act independently until he had helped his father locate his family, break the ground for corn, and make a rail fence round lie farm. We next hear of h:ni as a volunteer in a com pany raised in Manard county, Illiuois, for the Black Hawk war, he was made a Captain. He sewed out his enlistment with honor and distinction. His courage and patriotism shrunk from no danger or hardship. From his kindness of heart, honesty of purpose, and most excellent judgment, he became the fries.d of all who knew him; and the judge, to whom was referred all difficulties and disputes aris ing betweerrthe soldiers, aud he here received his historical name of “Honest Abe ” At the close of the war he returned to civil life, and studied and practiced surveying.. in 1834 he was sent to the legislature of Illinois, where he laid the foundation of his future career as a statesman. In April, 1837, he removed to Springfield, Illinois, anil com menced the practice ot law. With the excep tion of two terms in the Illinois Legislature and one term in Gongress, he lived-as an hum ble citizen with the people, loved and honor ed by all who were favored with his acquain tance. The ehiidrenjjali speak his name with rev erence, the aged find much in him to love and cherish, but nothing to condemn. It has been my good fortune to share the friendship, to mingle with him in private life, I have seen him under ail circumstances, and never have I heard his name mentioned', as a man, but in terms of praise and respect. Os his public career I will not speak. There his record stands, and there it will stand, while the surr winds her course through the Heavens, as an illustrious example of purity and patriotism. No ruler ever met mofe fully the highest hopes of the people; those who at first thought him slow, found in good time that the best comprehended the great issue. His own par ty met but to record in convention he popu lar verdict of the man for the hour, aud all lovers of their country acknowledge the wisdom of his re-election. Feeling these high expectations, Sherman marched triumphantly through the Confedera. cy. Gilmore raised the old flag over the shat tered cradle of secession, and Grant in a single {.rasp compressed the Capital and veteran army of the rebellion. The country is tumul tuous with joy and every heart overflows with gratitude to the brave officers and Boldiers and the illustrious (‘ommander-in-chief ; mingled love and reverence are his as the savior of h'i3 country, more heartily accorded becaus he declines it for himself. To the army he gives the praise, to God the glory ! Proudly the old ship of State in all her magnificent proportions enters the haven ol peace with Lincoln at the helm. In the fury of the storm the great, Cap tain cut away slavery, making the Constitu tion what our Fathers intended—the Charter of Liberty. When had mortal more reason to be prcud of success ? When had any people greater motives to embalm in their hearts a Chief Magistrate ? In such an hour the assas sin strikes down this great, and good man, piercing every heart with grief. As we recover from the shock we seek some motive for the atro ious crime. It w-13 not to tarnish his proud fame, for that was secured beyond mortal power to harm. It was not to destroy the country, for his counsels had se cured that al o. But it was that spirit of hell conceived in the interest of slavery, born in the perjured oath to support the constitution nurtured in the fiendish torture of -Union pris oners c-risteaed in this last murderous crime, that should appal our hearts and paralyze our ! conquering armi@3. Shall it succeed ? No 1 a ; housand times no !! I appeal to you who met these men at the i ballot-box —who roused them on the battle j field—risking your lives, not that traitors might [' die, but that your country might live. If they retreat to the lurking - place of the assassin, hall not these same hands, triumphant in hoa orable warfare, prove God’s sv.ift messengers of vengeance. Wo have .aworn to obey the President of the United states, against a l l enemies whomsoever, and over bis crimson bier we renew that oath. By the holy reve r enc ‘ we bear -his name —by our love for our Country—by all that is sacred to Liberty, wo will maintain that oath. This we do swear, lamented chieftain, in reverence to thee, to preserve our Couutry the proudest monument, of your wisdom and glory. Our lather, our leader, out friend, has gone to rest. It is well for ns that bis destroyer did not complete his work before. He has been spared by an All Wise Providence, to carry us through the darkest, hours of our Country’s gloom; and with one vqico we accord to him the welcome plaudit of “Well done thou good and faithful servant. 7 ’ Spirit 6f tho Patriots bid him welcome, a> he c-.iiues fvesh from the fields of glory; Pilgrims, in your dusty beds inako room, for him, our country’s idol. Appropriate speeches were also made by Brig. Gen. Washburn, A. W. Blent, Esq., and others. HILLING OF Afc«AH*Sl.v BUOIH. A Washington dispatch to the New Y ork Times, in speaking of the capture of the assas sin Booth gives the annexed particulars of the matter: |. About eight o’clock on the evening of April 26, we received the intelligence of the capture of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, and one of his accomplices in the murder, David C. Harrold. The -following are such of the particulars as we were enabled to gather, which, with the exception of the precise locality* where the occurrence took place, we give as being reliable and correct. It having been pretty closely ascertained that Booth and his accomplices had crossed the Potomac river at or ■' Aquia Creek, our cavalry scouts in that vicinity .have been in consequence.unusually active in their endeav ors to get on their track. Early on the morning of April 26, a squad of about twe) vo men belong ing to the I6ih New York cavalry, finder com mand of a Lieutenant whose name we did not toara, succeeded in discovering the fugi tives iu a barn on the read leading from Port Royal to Bowling Green, ia Caroline county, Va. As soon aa the place was discovered, it was surrounded, and the assassins ordered to sur render. This they both refused to do, Booth declaring that he would not be- taken alive, and offering' to tight the whole squad if he would be permitted to place himself twenty yards distant from them. His proposition, however, was not acceded to, and as they per sisted in their refusal te surrender, the Lieu tenant determined to.burn them out, and ac cordingly set fire to the barn, shertly after which ifarrold came out and gave himself up. Booth remained in the burning, building for some time, until driven out by the lire, when ho rushed out and was immediately /shot through tho neck by th&Scrgoa it of tho squad ron. ■ , Since the above we have. had an interview with two of the cavalrymen engaged in the capture of the asst;ruins. From thun wq learn that the whole party conticTed of 28, including: two detectives. The first information respecting Booth's crossing the river, and his- probably wherea bouts was obtained from disbanded rebel sol flk,s, waojwyr.e put,with in_all directions in thaTyuF.. »iTne a.iul.. y From one and another of i.hete the clue to Booth’ s-mevements was gathered and held un til just at day break they Came upon the barn where he and ILuroid were cecreted- \ A parley was held, aud Booth manifested the most desperate <L termination net to be taken aiive, and to take as many of the lives of the party as possible Lieut. Eward P Dougdberty, who command ed the scofitirfg party, determined to make short work ci him. When Harrold saw the preparations for fir ing the barn he declared his wifi-"guess to. surrender, aid sid he would not fight if they would let him out. Booth, on the contrary was impudently de fiant, offering at first to fight the whole squ%d at one hundred yards, and subsequently at fifty yards. He was hobbling ou crutches, ap~ parenty very lamo. He swore he would die like a man, &c, Harroid having been secured as sdoh as the burning hay lighted up the interior of the barn, sufficiently to render the scowling face of Booth the assassin visUfio, Sergt. Boston Curpett fired upon him and ho fell. The ball through his neck. He was pulled out o’, the barn and one of his.crutches and carbine and revolvers secured. The wretch lived about three hours, whisper ing blasphemy against the Government, mes sages to his mother desiring her to be inform ed thathedied for his country. At the time Booth was shot he waß loaning upon a crutch and preparing to shoot his captors. Only one shot was fired in tire entire affair— that which killed the assassin. Lieut. Dougherty is one of the bravest fel lows in the cavalry service, having distinguish ed himself in the sharp affair at Culpepper Court-house undone other occasion. Thesix teenth N. Y. Cavalry ie commanded by Col. Nelson Bweetzer, and has been doing duty in Fairfax county. This regiment formed part of the cavalry escort on the day of the President’s obsequies in Washington. The body of Booth and tho assassin’s ac complice, Harrold, were placed on board the Ides and sent to Washington, arriving here about one o’clock this morning.- . [Official.] Washington, April 27—9:20 A. M. Maj. Gen. John A. Dix, New York: J. Wilkoa Booth and Harrold were chased from the swamp in St. Mary's county, Mary land, to Garrett’s farm, near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock, by Col. Baker’s force. The barn in which they took refuge was fired. Booth, in making his escape, was shot through. the head and killed, lingering about three hours, and Harrold was captured. Booth’s body and Harrold are now here. [bigned] Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Keep doing, always doing—remembering that wishing, dreaming, intending, murmuring, tasking, sighing, and repining, are ull idle and profitless employments. Adverse fortune and the world’s frowns may strengthen -us. Like the earth herself we are often most refreshed when ‘fonder a,cloud.” Merit and modesty like the lilly and the violet, flourish best in sequestered places; hut ignorance and impudence, like noxious weeds, grow rankest in exposed localities. Hope, our guiding star, shines brightest in the darkest hour, and peoples the gloom with fairy form3 of its own creation. Knowledge may slumber in the memory, but it never dies; it is like the dormouse su ivied tower, that sleeps while winter lasts, but awakes with the warm breath of. spring. . There are many trials in life which do not Beem to come from wisdom or folly. __ They are silver arrowß shot from the how of God and fixed inextricably in the quivering heart. In our old age the miud brings together the scenes of to day and those of the long gone time. We shut eighty years into each other like the joints of a pockev tele.-cope. Never be ashamed of "onfc- sing your igno rance. for the wis-st man upon earth Is ignorant of many thing*, inasmuch that what he Knows U a mere nothing m comparison wrth what he goes not know. Thorc cannot be » greater folly than to suppose that we know every thing. Gen A. Bchemmelpfennig, in command of Charleston, is of Prussian birth, and received his military education in the Prussian school for staff officers.