The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-05-10
NEWS ITEMS.

from starving only by the surplus Of food
which the United States Commissioners
supply them.
1t is understood that the army Of Vir.
ginia, commanded by General Ord, con-
sisting Of the Twenty Fourth and Tweu-
ty Fifth Corps, will remain in Virginia
fer the present.
G. II. Blackburn, charged with com.
plicity with Harold In the assassination
conspiracy, has been arrested.
Great fears are entertained on the Low
or Mississippi of destructive Oyerfows OF
the leveo
A daily line Of steamers between Mo
bile and New Orleans is soon to be estab.
lished.
All the troops Of Grant and Sherman's
armies are en- route for Washington,
where q grand military review is to take
place.
The Erie railroad car mandatory at
Jersey City was destroyed by fire early
yesterday morning. The company sus-
taiaed a loss of sl25,00
Beverly Tucker and George II. San
ders have suddenly disappeared from
Montreal and it is reported that they
have gone in the direction Of Halifax.
1t is thought that the trial Of the as
sassins Of the President will commence
in Washington ON Monday.
The War Department has already re.
duced the War expenses about $4,000
per day.
The occupation Of Monterey, Mexico, by
the Liberals, is ccnfrmed, and reinforce
ments arrived at Matamoras to meet the
expected attack Of Cortinas.
All but four of the forts around Wash.
ington are to be dismantled.
The Mississippi Squadron has been re.
duced from one hundred to twenty FIVE
vessels.
, For putting a negro out Of q horse-car
in Philadelphia a conductor has been en-
cd fifty dollars. White trash must be
careful how they treat colored gentlemen
The Gazctte's correspondent says there
is a quarrel IN embryo at Washington,
among the detectives, and others, about
the division of the reward for the cap.
ture Of Booth.
Arrangements are being made TO pay
all the troops which rendezvous at Wash.
ingtOn before they are mustered out.
The force kept in the service will be
about 100000, and they will be mostly me-
grocs. The recognized army will cou.
sist of four corps, CT about 10000 each.
Nothing has been heard of la:e from
JEFF Davis. The report that he was obi
ged to abandon the specie train is contra.
dicted.
Negotiations are going on for the sur.
render ofGeneral Kirby Smiths Confed.
crate force, west Of the Mississippi.
There are rumors in-New Orleans that
Generals Dick Taylor and Forrest are
about to surrender their forces,
1t is claimed that the reward offered
for Jefferson Davis was the result of q
Cabinet council. 1t is admitted, how
ever, that no direct or personal action in
tho matter can be traced to him, but it
is claimed that the coDspirs cy was formed
and prosecuted with his knowledge and
assent.
Many bodies form the steamer Sultana
arc floating in the river. Forty of them
have been brought ashore and buried.
None Of the bodies were identified.
The public are warned, from Nashville,
. against buying some vouchers, audited
BY Charles F. Wing there, as a large
amount Of them have deem captured by
guerrillas.
General Halleck has issued an order,
in which he declares that all persons
found in arms against the Federal Govern.
ment in Virginia aud North Carolina,
after the Goth inst, will be tried as rob.
berS and outlaws. The freedmen negroes
are compelled to work in Virginia, put
may select their employer.
Lieutenant Ruggles and Lieutenan,
Bainbridge, Of the Confederate Army,
have been arrested for participation in
the assassination Of the President.
Gold closed at 1879 on yesterday.
It is rumored that JEFF Davis has ar.
ranged that the rebel iron.clad ram
stonewall shall run into one Of the inlets
on the Atlantic coast aud take him to a
place Of safety.
Celebration Of ST, Johns Nav.