The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-05-17
NEWS ITEMS.

exception of foar; have agreed to take
the oath Of allegiance. The number OF
deaths among the prisoners last month
was 40.
Some Administration editors arc eyi.
IDENTIFY writing themselves into a frame
Of mind that will cause them to dc chagri-
ned exceedingly if Gen. Lee shall not be
arrested, convicted and hung or shot for
treason.
Rarnum has offered one thousand dollars
for the pillow Of the bed on which Presi-
dent Lincoln died.
The coffin in which the late President
was buried, was a magnificent affair,
indeed, costing above $1,000. 1t is of
mahogany; lined with lead, and covered
with the finest black cloth.
A new gunpowder has been discovered
in Germany, which has three times the
explosive force, and costs only half as
much as the powder now in use. The
principal materials are rosin and chlorate
Of potash.
Mr. j. B. Rice, one of the oldest actors
in the country has been elected Mayor
of Chicago, by six thousand majority
thus proving that''all the worlds a STAGE"
or at least that part Of it called Chicago.
Savannah dispatches state that the
capture of Augusta by General Wilsohs
force was accomplished without opposi.
ton. A steamer is making regular trips
between Macon and Savannah.
The dispatches tell the story of the cap
ture Of JEFF. Davis, which took place on
Wednesday, the 10th inst, at Irwinville,
in Irwin County, Georgia. He was sur
frised and taken with his family, aud a
few members Of his staff, at daybreak,
by Colonel Pritchard and the Fourth
.S1ichigan Cavalry, belonging to General
Wilson'S army. None of the members
Of the rebel Cabinet but the Postmaster
General we're caught.
The New York Express asserts that
q son Of Simeon Draper, Collector at New
York, charged $4,000 for two weeks
services marking cotton at Savannah,
Ga. That would make the snug salary
of $780, 900 Der annuml OF course,
tho young mar is loyal, and has q sub
stitute in the field.
A great number of Americans will
travel through Europe this season.
A delegation from Indiana waited on
tie President yesterday, to urge a com
mutation Of the death sentence OF MILL
gan, Bowles and HOrsey.
A Washington special says the work
Of recognizing the army is engaging the
earnest attention of the General-in-
chief, the War Department and many Of
the leading commanders.
The New York Times learns from a
source OF undoubted authority that Mr.,
Davis will be confined at Fort Lafayette,
There has been no excitement in the
gold market Price opened at 1884 {: rose
to 1909, and fell again to 1870.
The Tribune says H. S. Foote, late o.
the rebel Congress, who was some time
since released from prison on parole, wal
q few days since notified that he mus
either stand trial for treason or quit thu
country. He accepted the latter alterna
tive, and is now supposed to be in Cana
d.,
The Tribune hopes that Mr.. Davis viii
be tried on the charge Of completely il
the murder Of President Lincoln. VIVA
nonsense We do net believe that Mr.
Davis had anything more to do with tn,
assassination OF Lincoln, thar had Gree
ley, or any other Abolitionist.
The Times Ws-iay poet .-a Advert
ser think he will be tried for treason, an,
: hope 1t will be done in a civil court.
Mrs. Bowles, tho wife of the Indian
Bowles condemned to death, has gone t
Washington to attempt to induce Pres
dent johnson to commute her husband
sentence to imprisonment for life.
Posts Washington special says: Th
prevailing impression among officials
that Mr.. DAVIS win be tried for high trei
son before the United States Court Of th
District, and that he will not be arraigI
cd before the Commission now tryin
consFirators.
. Considerable discussion is excited !
The significant fact that General Graz
and staff dined il Washington on Tue
day with N. Romero, the Minister
the Mexican Republic.
Itoecurs TO oven Administrations jou
naisis as strange that the Wal Depal
mcntshould have decided to transmit &
confession Of Harold, and the eviden
reported 10 have been found on the perst
Of Booth, in relation to the assassinati,
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