Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-08
ADDRESS TO THE ARMIES.
THE MURDER TRIAL.
OTHER NEWS.

WASHINGTON, Sunday, June 4.
 General Grant has issued the following co pratulatory address to the armies.
 WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJr.G GENI.'s OFFICE,
 WAsHNeroN, D. O., June 2, 1865. s.
 General Orders, No. l08,- Soldiers of q Armies of the United States By your patl otic devotion to your country in the hour danger and alarm, your magnificent fghtin bravery and endurance. you have maintaine t;on nyerthrown all opposition to the enforce n.ant of the laws. and of the proclamation forever abolishing slavery, the cause and pre- text of the rebellion, and opened the way { inc riehtfal authorities to restore order and ir auourate peace on a permanent and endurin has;s on every foot of American soil. You marches. sieees and battles. in distance, dura tion. resolution and brilliancy 0f results, din the iustre of the worlds past military achieve ments, and will he the patriots precedent Il defense of fiber rsJ and right in all time to como In obedience to your country's call, yoaief your homes and families, and volunteered II it's defense. Victory has crowned your valor and secured the purpose of your patriotic hearts 7: and with the gratitude of your country men and the highest honors great and free nation can accord, you will soon be permitted to return to your homes and families, conscious of having discharged the highest duty ol American citizens To achieve these glorious triumphs, and secure to yourselves, your fellow countrymen and posterity, the blessings of free institutions, tens of thousands of your gallant comrads have fallen, and sealed the priceless legacy with their lives. The graves of these a grateful nation bedews with tears honors their memories and will ever cherish and sup, port their stricken families.
 U. s. GRANT, Lieut.. General.
 In the Assassination Trial the prosecution has brought out some new points. The princinal one is that plot was in execution to poison Mir. Johnson at the time of the assassination. Booth was heard to tell Atzeroth on the 3d of March, that if the matter succeeded as well with lJohnson as it did with Buchanan. they would get terribly sold.'a This thsbws new light upon the strange conduct of our Presi- dent at that time. The defense is weak and contradictory. Almost all of the witnesses are of secession proclivities many of them con fess to having been drunk when the circum- stances about which they testify occurred: and several have practlsed very suspicious trick returning to the stand in day or two, to cor rect some blunder that they had made in their first testimony, Paines counsel is making efforts to prove his insanity. but with as yet no show of success. The main features of the case are unchanged.
 Some the of testimony taken in secret ses- sion has been made public. It develops a plot to poison the Croton Aqueduct of New York City, and establishes the connection of the Rebel Chiefs with all the murderous plots that have hefnre emma to 1iuhf ?. The Secy of War has issued a circular providing that the oath under the late amnesty proclamation may be taken and subscribed be- fore any commissioned officer, civil, military or naval, in the service of the United States, or any civil or military officer of loyal State or territory who by the laws thereof, may be quail fled for administering oaths.
 Maj: Gen, sherman, in bidding farewell to the gallant armies that have followed him rom victory to victory over field almost as wlde as our country, briefly alludes to the leading features of their career, rejoices over the glorious termination of their work homes aud believes that as they have been good sol ders they will be equally good citizens worns them against fllbusterinx temptat;ons. and closes by saying that if the day should come oass mSse Ss ts hs dIse nsylshqs sume the arms they are now laying doyn, and stand foremost in defence of the government af their country.
 - Mexican advices are from Vera Cruz to the 8th. On that day six Americans were ar- rested and no reason assigned. The place was garrisoned by only three hundred troops. It was so also at Puebla all troops that could be spared were sent out after guerrilas. Jua- rist troops were appearing in all quarters. The attack on Matamoras by the Republicans had proved a failure. A reinforcement of the for eign legion having arrived and turned the struggle in favor of the Imperialists. Negrete fell buck upon Monterey. Mexico appears tc be in state of great confusion. Bands o guerrillas infest many districts, and keep tn, country in terror. Frequent encounters between the foreign troops and Republicans have takel place, resulting generally in the defeat of tn alter. r.s..r.5r-s s8 se 5d 7--ss7 s
 It is said that President Johnson is pre- ton of peace. He is opposed to military tr bunals and will have no more of them.
 - Clement l.. Vallandigham has written . long letter owning that he was wrong about tf war for the Union.
 On the first of July, unless all preparation and expectations fail, the steamship Gre' Eastern, under command of Capt. Anderson the Cunard steamer China. will leave Valenc Bay, on the coast of Ireland, for America, u rolling to the bottom of the sea as she progre ses, the new Atlantic telegraph cable.
 It is stated that President Johnson h, determined to permit our soldiers to retain the arms used in battle as mementoes of the honorable services and heir.looms for the children.
 - The Sixth Corps is to be reviewed
 Washington to-day,