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Our Radical Friends, Those Who

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Day
5
Month
May
Year
1865
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piopoíod tu have Oen. Siikkmax disíjracifiilly dismissed nud eour'.-martialud for las negotiatior.s with Joiinston, are ovidently not highly gratifica with t lie turn thiugs have taken. Gen. Gkant did iot "seo it '' in tlwt light, and so infonued Gen. Siiekman of tho decisión of tho Govornineut, and the njeetion oí his " terms " without any f Secretary Stanto.vs bravado or bluater. The conference between Gens. Grant and Shkhman is reported ns of the most frienilly churacter, iind tlie latter offiaer vas le fe to complete bis negotiatious with Johnston. The rebel General receivtd no notico of Gbant's presence with the ariny, but surrendered to Shkrman on tbe very taran which liad boen offored him before tbe former ' memorandum " v.ís signed, and which he had ouly beon prevonted from acceptiog ftt first by tho interferenco of Davis and Breckixridge. (ieu. Shbrmíü said it was understood that slavery wae dead, and that ho made a mistalce a not so stating it in the memnraudum. Such a clause, bowever, would havo been fruitless of consequencea, for Gen. Johns:on was powerlees to guaniutee either ;be death or burial of sluvery, which " inititutioo '' umt bidé the reealt of tbe war, and go down ivith the Coufederacy. Gen. Siierman also euppoeed tbat bis iceoguiticn of the rebul Legislatures ind State officers, on their tski"g Ihe oalh of allegianee, corresponded with (be wishes of Mr. Lincoln, ns he had juat receiveJ tho order permitting : the Virginia Logisiuture to conveue. Ho a'so elainifd tbut hls " amnesty " did not include any but officers aud privates in the anny, and was understood to be no broader tban that granted by Gen. Gkant to the anny of Gen. Lee. Thuae fac'.s we gather from the corresp ndence of tho New York Tribune ai d other leading journalf, and they are borne out by the action of (jn. Gbast in leaving Shfrman in command. Sooner or later all sensible men will be disüriietud with the blustering orders of Stanton and Halleck touohing the matter under notice. They wero disgraocfiil n tbe extreme. J53E" The New York dailies during the last weck havo contained numerous column depcriptive of tho pursuit and killing of BooTii. To sum t all up, thu case was 'f worked up" by Col. Baker, eilief ot Pólice. Tbe capturing party - a detachment of tbe lCtb N. Y. cavalry, Lieut. Dolquerty - was jilacod under Lieut. Col. Conger, and Lieut. Bakek of tho Detective Pólice department. - Information was givon by a negro that Bootu and Hakrold bad erossed the Potomac, and the track thua found was folio vod to the barn of Mr. Garrett, 'ïear Port Koyal, Va., whero the final catustropho took place. Harrold surrendered bef'ore the barn was fircd, but BoOth said that be would not be taken alive. He did not fire upon tho party, but in the light of the burning building wns shot in the back ot the head by Ser geaut Boston Corurtt. He lired about three honra in the most intense agony. Me is reported as inaking uo confessions or denials His ouly message was, " Teil my mother I dio íor my country," and his last words woro solemnly truthful - " utclett ! useless " His remains were brougbt to Washington, and were tiecrctly consigned to tbeir final restmg phice. - Booth had been several daya at the barn, having boen left there by a party of discharged confedérate soldiere. The Captain of the party was capturod, and guided tho pursuing party. He olaimcd to be ignorant of Booth's name or crime, and so did the faniily of Mr. (rAUHETT. - It is now said that Bootu fractured his leg at tlw .time he jumped down from the box to stago of the theater, and tbat mortification had set in at tbe tirno he was kiQed. A Dr. Mddqe, who gat bis Hrnb before he left Marylacd, is under arrest. " A late Washington dispatch says that President Johnson has ordered a general jail dalivery of all politie! and State prisoners in the Oíd Capítol, and Forts Warren and McHerjry. This may or may uot be so, but one tbing is certain, fuich prisoners either ought to bo released, or forthwith put upon trial ia tho civil courts. If tbere was ever any need of arbitrary arresta or iuiprisonmeDt without trial - which we do uot believe - the day h8 certainly gono past, aud now tbe law should take its coiirse. JSB Wadb Hampton refused to havo hií command aurrendered, wbereupon Gun. Johnston astiigned anothor General to the coinmand, and Hampton " gkedoddled" with Dayib and Brïckinkidqj, in pursuit of tho " last ditch." 13F Gold has dropped buck again, tu.uliins 140 in Witll Street on Wcilncsday, T3C" Tho rebsl ratn Webb ran out! of Kcd Rivor a f„w anya r-.go, and down tho Misaisnippi ut fuU speed, estimated at 25 miles an honr, past fleete, and ! boatw, and New Orlean, but her j densor gettitig ut of Order juat befare . resching tho F. tí, ihe was desertud , and blown up, part of the orow returuiug to New Oleaos, and part making their j escape. She hoisted the Stars and , St ipes whilo passing New Orleans, and theu thu rebel fUg, when eho was firod upon by tbe Laokawana, and rcoeived a 1250 puund shot through her bow. It is Buruiiscd that she had a large atnauut of troasuro on buard. JÉ3T Ono or two wiso letter writers from Washington state that Mi'ssr. Seward. Stantqn, and Whlles, have " intimatud" that ihey dwire to be relieved from tbe duties of their sereral departmentg on tEe first of July, and that Qiiaiuks Fkancis Adams will ba appointed Socrctary of State, Preston Kino Eeretary of War, aud John W. Founby Öccretary of the Navy, Our readers may believe thia or not as they plci se. t ESP Gen. Grant has established bis headquarters at Washington, and will devote bis time to tbe reduotion of the army and tho cutting down the military expendes of the Government. It is intitnated that cme half thf force in the field wiL be dispcusod with within ono rr.onth. J52L" N üststare yet been pubüshed oí the lost by tlio recent terrible accident on the Misöitsippi, hut we very muob fear that large number of Michigan men are includcd. It iij known, curtainly, that our State was largely represeutod in the parol camp. J3T It s said by tlie ''specials" that 300 ari'CHts have been madü of parties charged with being epmpiratori with I3oü'rn, and that the orgauization and arrangaineuts were male in Oauada. t3 President Johnson has issued a proclamatiun postpouing the National Fast day from Thursday, May 25th to Thursday, Juue lst, the formcr being a religious feast (Ascensión) day. 5 It is announced that Ex Senator Maílory, if Florida, rebel Secretn.ry of the Navy, bas voluntarily surrendered luniself to the Naval oomtnander at Pensacola. ÏS" Secretary Sbwabd haa so far reeovered to to dictate the foreign dis patches. It is expeoted that he will be able to altend the Cabinet meetings in a few day 8. J&3T It s said that tbe armies of Gen. Sherman and Meade will soon arrive nt Washington, be reviowed by Gen. Graxt, and ihen mustered out. E" Gov. Fenton has promoted Lieut. Dougherty, who commanded the detachment that captured Ijootii, to a Gaptaiucy. Proclamation by thO PresidentWiereas, It oppcárs from evidence in the bureau of military justioe that the atrooious murder ol the lato President, Abraham Lincoln and the attsmpted assassination oi the Hon. Win. H. Seward, Secrotary of State, was iucited, concorted aud'procured by and bctweon Jcfferson Davis, la'o of Richmond, Va., and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clny, Beverly ïucker, Geo. N Sanders, W. C. Cleary and other rebels and traitors against tho government of tbe United States, harbored in Canada : Now, tberefore, to the er.d that justice may be done, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do offer for the arrest of said persons, or either of thom, within the limits of the United States, so that they can be brought to trial, the following rewards: $100,000 for the arrest of Jeflerson Davis, 25,000 for the arrest of Clement O. Clay, $25,000 for tho arrest oí Jaoob Thompson, late of Missisaippi, $25,000 for the arrest of Geo. N. Sanders, $25,000 for Ihe arrest of Bevorly Tucker, and $10,000 for the arrest of Wm. C. Cleary, late olerk of Clement C Clay. The Provoet Marshal General of the United States is directed to cause a dcscription of said persons, with notice of the above rewards to be published. In tostimouy whertof, I have bereunto set my hand and caused tho seal of the United States to bo affixed. Done at the city of Washington, the 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the independence of the United States of America the 89th. By the President ANDREW JOHNSON W. IIuntük, Acting 8ecretary of State.

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