The Cecil Whig., 1865-07-01


Cecil Wing, on Saturday. WESTWARD.
Judge Advocate Bingham on Wednes-
day. in an able argument reviewed in all
points the evidence taken before the Military
Commission, and contended that Jeff Davis
was party to the conspiracy for the murder
of President Lincoln and his advisers
" the proctrer of assassination" In con-
cluding his argument the Judge Advocate
said ly all the testimony in the case it was
in his Judgment, made as clear as any trans
action could be shown by human testimony,
that .. Wilkes Booth and John H. Surratt,
and the several accused, Harrnld. Atzcrodt
Payne, O'Laughln, Arnold, Mrs. Surratt
and Mudd did, with intent to aid the Rebe..
lion and to subvert the Constitution and
laws of the United States, combine, confed.
crate and conspire with Jefferson Davis,
George n. Saunders. Beverly Tucker, Jacob
Thompson, VIM. G. Cleary, Clement c.
Clay, George Harper George Young, and
others unknown, to murder Abraham Lin
coin, Andrew johnson, William H. Seward
and Ulysses S. Grant; and that Jefferson
Davis. the chief of this rebellion, was the
instirator and procurer, through his accre
died agents in Canada, of this reasonable
conspiracy.
Secretary Stanton publishes an official
gazette announcing the surrender of Calves
ton, Texas, to the naval and military forces
of the United States. This event took place
on the 9TH of June, wheM negotiations were
concluded between Generals Magruder aud
Kirby Smith on the Rebel side, and Generals
Candy and Andrew jackson Smith, repre-.
senting the United States. Full possession
of the city was then assumed, and the. Gag
of the Union hoisted to the breeze. On the
sth, Admiral Thatcher VISITED the town, and
was cordially received by the rebel authori-
ties, who requested that some Union troops
might be landed for their protection. Gal
weston is now strongly garrisoned by General
Canby's forces, and General Sheridan is also
believed to have arrived in the city. This
surrender is equivalent to the total suppress
sion of Rebellion in Texas, and now, more
truthfully than heretofore, the war may be
said to have ended.
President Johnson has issued procla
nation removing all restrictions upon inter-
nal, domestic and coastwise intercourse and
trade, and upon the purchase and removal
of the products of States and Territories
lying West of the Mississippi ard hereto.
fore declared in insurrection. He also d.
rects that the commerce shall be under the
supervision of the regularly appointed Off
GERS of the Treasury Department, Collect
ers, ETC., doing away with the special agent,
system, tax, etc. The removal of the re-
strictions does not apply to property here
tofore purchased by the agents or captured
by the United States, nor to the transporta
ton in the said States and Territories, on
private account, of arms, ammunition, arti
cles from which ammunition is made, grey
uniform or gray cloth, so much of previous
proclamations as apply to these matters re-
naming in force.
The Senate Of Delaware, true to its
Rebel instincts, on Tuesday of last week,
refused to concur in resolutions Of respect to
the memory of President Lincoln, ,chich had
tires There is not another State, North or
South, which would at this time disgrace it.
self by such an exhibition of pro slavery
malignancy.
General Hartsuif, commanding at Pc
tersburg, Va, has forbidden, in an official
order, the holding of any more meetings by
the planters to establish fixed price for the
labor of the negroes, or to make distinctions
prejudcal to their interests, and no differ
ence in rate of compensation for the same
labor by whites and blacks is to be allowed.
On Sunday last General Grant attended
the new Methodist Church, in Philadelphia,
of which Rev. Alfred Goodman is pastor,
and subscribed FIVE hundred dollars for him.
self and one hundred for Mrs. Grant towards
paying off the debt of the society.
Charles James Faulkner, of Virginia,
formerly Minister to France under Buchan-
ans administration, has been pardoned by
President Johnson, having qualified himself
legally. This act of cemency was, it is un-
derstood, gratuituously extended in accord
with promise made to Mrs Faulkner by
President Lincoln.
The Army of the Potomac, which orig
inally consisted of seven corps, and which
at one time numbered over 100000 men,
will, in obedience to Instructions from the
War Department, be reduced to three divi-
sions of about $4,000 troops altogether.
During the past week "a National Banks
have been established, with total capital
of $lO,62s,7lO. The whole number now in
operation is 1884. The amount Of National
Bank currency issued during the week was
$2,267, 100, making the present circulation
S143, ,064,8
Two boYes and trunk, filled with pri-