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part Of the men escaped by water. Biskely IS
already invested and will be assaulted to-day
unless the works are stronger than now be.
lieve them TO be. Our losses are snsil,
(Signed) T. D. CAsBY,
Major General
Heudnsarfsrs Diristoa6 Wsa Miss,ssippt,
|Sa ne Fski. .fprH 9.-To Lieut.. Gen. Grant
and MAJ. Gen. Hallcck I'll have the honor to
report the capture this day Of the rebel forta..
cation Mt BlAkslS, with 24o0 prisoners and 20'
guns Z. d CxwnY,
Major General.
NEw ORLEAsss. April is.
The Times has the following special diSpatch::
/ bave just arrived from Mobile Fla .s.,,,
and stripes were hoiNei on the ba nc ,,s, PSr,er.
and Macintosh at 1890 A. NJ. yssr,rikv .ndI
on church steeple 10 Mobile at 23oP nj. Gen
Grauger's forces occupy the city. The rshsI:
commenced evacuatiag on the 10th and con,,n
ued until yesterday, when they all len.
FoKTnEss Mosnor. April ia.
Admiral Dupont arrived yesterday afternoon,
from Morehead City and brought ad7icrs nom
Gen. Shermans forces Gen. Sherman, having.
len Goldsboro IN his rear. at once struck out.
for Johuston's army, hoping to be able to force.
him to give hattie. Johnston. however, kent
retrcaiing, and IL appears that Sherman met
very little resistance.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, }
PouRrn AupIron's 0rrIcE,

WASHINGTON, April IL. 1855 }
MIR. EDrroR: In justice to myself. knowing
the feeling Of some TO look ut newspaper re-
ports In the wrong light. beg leave to ask
place In your columns for the following:
II appeared In the Boston Post Of Monday
the 10th int. that there was prospects of du-
ell and that was party TO II. beg leave to
state the facts. viz:
was invited out 10 dine on Sunday the 9th
inst, ut the wechur Restaurant; while there Q
squad OF rebel prisoners were passing by under
guard OF col0rtd troops. At the table adjoining
the Que ut which was sitting was naval ofii-
|cer who was uttering disloyal sentiments; !
took the liberty to rebuke him by saying IL III
became man who wore the United STATES uni
form, To utter such sentiments. On my max.
ling ths remark he Immediately demanded my
Icard; Mt once observing u. Perly Poorc. Esq.,
of the Boston journal, ct an
|other table. at once consulted him " i vas
judclous to give him my card. (it always being
In habit OF mine to run rather than light. unless
N was grossly insulied.) lie replied. lyon mass
him your card" Having no card wrote my
name on bin Of fare and passed Il 10 him.
He then passed mo his Mr. Poor then said,
|"Mr. Cromwell wish you would let me have
his card" ! did %. 10 then spoke to the OH.
Ger and said, TOMORROW viii report YOU to
the Secretary Of the Navy" heard nothing
more about Il until Tuesday morning. when
Mr. Poor called at my Office and said that the
Secretary Of the Navy wanted 10 geo mo. I
vent To the Navy Department and informed
him Ut the hct and the officer was removed.
further state that Il has always been do.
light, and have also considered u my duty
ever since this rebellion broke out, to rrprove
persons for TALKING disloysl. and sl.ay, shali
do 20; and DO feally behave had the Loyal pco-
|pls Of this country rebuked persons Tor TAX.
Inc disloyal. NJ they deserve the horrible sssas.
sinaiIon Of our good and kind President never
I end this to you for the reason, that am
|tnovn IN your county. and have ton much 1t
sssks 10 degrade myself (had the pluck TO
orht q duel with M officer Of tho United States
Who talks disIoyal. .nl.
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From Richmond.
Npw Yonv Anr;I IA.

NEW Y0nK, April Is.
The Hcrnlds Richmond dispatch OF the 10th
says Lee arrived In that city Mt $50 p. NJ. yes.
terday, and that be and his staff were received
with the greatest enthusiasm BY the populacc,
cheer upon cheer being given. Even the Union
officers raised their caps ~ to him.
The Worlds Richmond dispatch says Satur
day evening about O'Clock Gems. Ord and 0uld,
and Milford were sitting In the Spottswood Ho.
tel, when telegram was handed In announcing
tho assassination Of the President. Ould ex
claimed, ''That Is the worst blow the Confeder.
acy has set received. Lees surrender 10 moth
ing to It."
Soon the news spread through the city, and
n vague sense OF coming calamities seemed to
Cypress the people. Some say tho loss OF the
President sets the war back 10 Sumter. Sens
tor Hunter left the city post haste, and Judge
Campbell expressed the desire TO leave. Lee
spent the night in close reticeucc.
Another correspondent OF tho World says
that when Lee heard of the assassination OF the
President he shut himself up, and refused to
hear any details.
The rebel prisoners In Libby had meeting.
declaring they were soldiers, and applanded the
Assassination. a number ut citirens who could
not conceal their delight at the event we're ar
Tho Union troops wanted . victim, and
Thought of the 6end Dick Turner, OF Liooy
nr;son infamy, Prompt nction on the part ot
the commaudsnts saved him from the Indignant
soldiers.
<,.,... =, Eorfs Bioksfv and Spdnish-Fed-
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New Publications.

The North British Review for March, has the
following table Of contents:
The Rise and Progress of the Scottish Tour.
ist; Epigrams; Spain; Tests in the English Unit
versities; Topography Of the Chain of Mont
Blanc; Essays in Criticisms; The Holy Roman
Empire; John Lecch
Fer 1853 the Ame. lean publishers printed an
extra edition of the four British Reviews, aud
they will supply few iull sets at half price;
81 for the entire sets.
New volume, OF Backwood's Magazine and
the British Reviews commeEce with the January
numbers. The postage on the whole 1--WE works
under the new rates, will be but s. cents q
year.
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APPALLING NEWS!
MURDER OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
ASSASSINATION OF SEC. SEWARD.
WILKES BOOTH THE MURDERER.
WAR DEPARTMENT. ,

WAR DEPARTMENT, ,
Washington. April Is, 1.3O A. NJ. {
This evening at about9 BOP. NJ, at Ford q
Theatre. the President while sitting in his
private box with Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs, Harris
aud Major Rathburn, was shot by an assas.
sin, who suddenly entered the box and ap.
preached behind the President. the assassin
then leaped upon the stage brandshing a.
large dagger or knife, and made his escape
I in the rear Of the theartre. The pistol ball
entered the back of the Presidents head and
penetrated nearly through the head, the;
wound is mortal.
\ The President has been insensiblecyer since|
ait was inflicted, and is now dying. About,
! the same hour an assassin, whether the same,
or not, entered Mr.. Stewards apartment. and
under pretence OF having prescription, was;
shown to the Secretary's sick chamber. The
ASSASSIN Immediately rushed to the bed and,
inflicted two or three stabs on the throat and
two on the face. Il is hoped the wounds
may not be mortal. but my apprehension is
that they will prove fatal. The nurse alarm
] ed Mr.. Frederick Seward, who was in an ad
Looming room, and fastened to the door of
his fathers room, when he met the assassin,
who inflicted upon him one or more danger;
Gus wounds. The recovery Of Frederick Sew
ard is doubtful. IL is not probable that the
President will live through the night.
Gen Grant and wife were advertised to be;
! at the Theatre this evening, but he started
Tor Burlington at q o'clock this evening.
At II Cabinet meeting, at which Gen GrantI
was present, the subject of the state of the,
country and the prospect of a speedy peace
was discussed. The President was very!
cheerful and hopeful, and spoke very kindly
lof Gen Lee and Others of the Confedercy, ].
and Of the establishment of government I'M
Virginia.
All the members of the Cabinet. except
Mr.. Seward, are now in attendance upon the
President. | have seen Mr. Seward, but he;
and Frederick were both unconscious. /
(Signed) EN-. STANTON.
Secretary OF War.
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SscRsrAky SxwARp.-rho latest reports
from Washington represent that the condi-
uon Of Secretary Seward ! gradually improv-
in.. Ills son. Frederick, has given evidence
f Consciousness, aud physicians now have
s.ae hopes Of bis ssovcsy. II is proved
without doubt that che plot OF the rebel
..ss,ssins wu to murder che President, Vice
Prcsidcns. and tho entire Cabinet Booth,
the murderer Of the President, wrote note
requesting an interview with Mr.. Johnson
WI thursday night, but wasdeoicd.
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CAPTURE OF MOBILE.
RoDNEYs WHOLE COMMAND TAKEN.
5000 Prisoners & 800 Guns Captured

CHICAGO. April IL.
A special dispatch from Cairo says our
forces occupied Mobile on the 9th inst.
Spanish Fort was captured Three thou
sand prisoners and 800 guns were captured
in Mobile.
The garrison fell hack up the river on gun
boats. and by the way Of Chickaaw Bayou.
Gen. Wilson has captured the whole OF Rod
news command.
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Blackwood's Magazine. for March, Is rcceiv.
ed from the American publishers, l.. Scott &
Co.. New York. The contents are The Right
Honorable William Gladstone, NJ Part II
William Blake Miss Marjoribanks,-Part III
Sir L. Bulwer Lytton's Poems Guy Neville''
Ghost (; Etouiana. Ancient and Modern, Part
II The Tuft Hunter Picadlly An Epsod,
of Contemporaneous Autobiography,-Partl
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The chronological Journal cor April is re-
ceiyed. IL contains thirty two quarto pages,
and has number of portraits Of prominent
men besides articles of value. This periodical
is receiving large patronage, and though the
rcarers may not fully endorse the peculiar doc.
trines Of phrenology, yet they can always find
much profitable reading in the pages Of this
journal.
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STAMP DUrisS.-T. b. Peterson & Brothers.
900 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, have publish
ell ON a sheet very convenient for the business
man. an official edition OF the new stamp duties
which went into effect ON the first OF this month,
which they sell for fifteen cents.
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capturc Of FORTS Biokeiy and Spdnish-Fsd
sN erol occupation 81 Mobile.
u,.nou..rx.s, Middle Div. W. Miss,
IN the held. April 30 A. ".

r. Maj. Gen. Haiieek. Chief Of StsF.
spsas ISs AND SspsessaSss were c ss
and 53s enlisted mon prisoners, and have taken
Owe mortars and twenty-five guns. Tho majorl
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EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
WAsIIINGroN. April l5-ll A. NJ

WAsIIINUIUN' HTTT Ut IA wi
The Star extra says:-"rwenty minutes
past seven o'clock the President breathed his
last, closing his eyes rs ii falling asleep
Ills countenance assumed an expression of
perfect serenity. There were no indications
OF pain, and it was not known that he was
dead until the gradually decreasing respira-
ton ceased altogether. Rev. DR.. Gurley.
immediately on its being ascertained that life
was extinct. knelt ut the bedside and offered
an impressive prayer, which was responded
to by all present.
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tho Treasury Department. President John.
son in conversation with distinguished gen.
tloman to-day, said at present he saw no ne
cessity OF an extra session Of Congress, and
farther. that he would not commit himself to
policy which would prevent his visiting con-
dign punishment on traitors He had been
fighting the rebels hero and in Tennessee.
His previous course might DO regarded rs an
Indication Of his future conduct on. this sub
jcct.
There arc but comparatively few houses
which are not dressed IN mourning.
Secretary Seward and his soa have not yet
been pronounced ont OF danger Their in
juries are so severe as to excite the most ear.
nest solicitude Of their friends.
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President Johnson's Poliey-Mr. Se,Oard not
Al- get out 81 danger. 80 slA-L
WAsnIynrnN Anil

President johnson and his Cabinet held
their 6rs. formal meeting this afternoon ut
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OGaai-Deiails of The Assassinafion--Death
of Abraham Lincoln.
WAR DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON, }
Anril lh--R A NJ (

aVTll 100 N. vi.
To MAJ Gen. Dir:-lt is now ascertain.
ed with reasonable certainty that two assas
Gins were engaged in the horrible crime
Wilkes Booth being tho ono that shot the
President. The other was companion Of
his whose name il not known, but whose do
scriptOn is 50 clear that he can hardly escape.
1t appears from letter found in Booths
trunk that the murder was planned before
the 4th of March, hut fell through then be-
cause the accomplish backed out until Rich
mond could be heard from.
Booth and his accomplish were ut tho liv.
ery stable ut six O'Clock last evening. and
lett there with their horses about ten o'clock,
or shortly before that hour. II would seem
that they had for several days been seeking
their chance, hut for some unknown reason
it was not carried into effect until last night.
One of these has evidently made his way to
Baltimore. the other has not yet been traced
8 A M-Ahraham Lincoln died this
morning at twenty-five minutes after seven
o'clock.
[Signedl Edwin NJ. STANTON.
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President Johnson holds a Cabinet Meeting
VIM Hunter appointed Acting Secretary
of STATE.
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for the Presidency and Vice Presidenc,
without any regard to which side of Ma
son and Dixon's line they were born, o
resided at the time of their nomination.
am for doing what every American
citizen should be prepared to do-willin:
to live and die for America, as she is ant
has been; +; but America without the Fed
eral Union, and blight, ruin, and decay
come upon US, and we bid long farewell
to the last remnant of earth's beauty, and
| the light of civil and religious liberty.
Who among US, gentlemen, or our gen
Grafton, can estimate the value of the A
merican Union? Proud, happy, thrice
happy America the home of the oppress-
ed, the asylum of the emigrant, where
the citizens of every cline, the children
of every creed, roam free and untram-
meled as the wild winds of heaven
Baptized at the fount of liberty, in fire
and blood, during our revolutionary strug-
gle, cold must be the heart that thrills
not at the name of the America Union
When the old world, with call its pomp,
and pride, and circumstance" and the
malice of its monarchies towards our gov
ernment, shall be covered with oblivion
when thrones shall have crumbled and
dynasties shall have been forgotten-may
this glorious Union, despite the mad
schemes of southern fire eaters and north
ern copperheads, stand amid regal ruin
and national desolation, towering sublime,
like the last mountain in the deluge, ma
jestic, immutable, and magnificent!
In pursuance of this, let every loyal
man who loves his country and her insti-
tutions shake off the trammels of south
ern treason, and swear upon the altar of
his country, in the language of the infex-
ible patriot of the Hermitage {: "The
Federal Union-it must and shall be pre-
served" Then we shall see every heart
shield, and drawn sword in every
hand, to preserve the ark of our political
safety. Then we shall see a fabric rear
ed upon our national Constitution which
time cannot crumble, persecution shake,
fanaticism disturb, or evolution change,
but which shall stand among us like our
lofty and stupendous Lookout mountain,
while the earth rocks at it's feet, and the
thunder peals above its head.
In conclusion, gentlemen, allow me to
say that this session of the Legislature
will be one of vital importance. Grave
questions will be agitated, discussed, and
passed upon. But | leave for future
and official communication the mention
of measures proper for your consideration.
And may the blessing of our Heavenly
Father attend your deliberations here,
and may the guidance of the unseen
Hand preserve your families in your alb
sence may your legislation prove saluta-
ry; and may your sobriety, morality, in
dustry, and patriotism win for you the
merited commentator of "Well done,
good and faithful servants"
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THE SUMTER CELEBRATION.
The address CT Mr Beecher-A voice from
the North to the South.

On this solemn and joyful day, we a
gain fit TO the breeze our father flag.
now again the banner Of the United
States. w!;h tie f,.rvent prayer that God
would crown il with honor, protect it
from tieasou. aul send it down IA oar
children with all Tie blessings Of ciyilizl
ton, liberty aud religion. Terrible in
battle, may it be bencfcent in peace
Happily no bird Or beast Of prey has been
inscribed upon it. The stars that re-
deem the night from darkness, aud the
beams of red light that beautify the morn
ing have been united upon its folds. As
long as the sun endurcs, or the stars, may
it wave over nation neither eDslaycd
nor euslaving. Great applause
Once and but once has treason dis
honorcd it. 10 that insane hour when
the guiltiest and bloodiest Rebellion of
fine hurled their fires upon this fort, you,
sir (turning to General Anderson) and a
small heroic band, stood within these now
crumbled wai!s, aud did gallant and just
battle for the honor and defense of the
Nation's banner. (Applause.) In that
fire this glorions flag still peacefully wa
we'd to the breeze above your head, un-
conscious of harm as the stars and skies
above it. Once twas shot down. A gal,
lant hand, in whose care this day it has
been, plucked it from the ground and
reared it again, cast down, but not des
,,,..l Aftcr vain resistance, with
trembling hand, sad heart you withdrew
it from its height, closed its wings, anc
and bore it far away, sternly to sleep a
mid the tumults of rebellion and the
thunders of battle. The first act of wal
had begun. The long night OF four year.
had set ia. While the giddy traitor
whirled in maze of exhilaratlon, din
horrors were already advancing that were
ere long to ell the land with blood.
To-day you are returned again. w
devoutly join with you in thanksgiving
to Almighty, God that he has spared you
honored life. aud vouchsafed you tn
honors of this day The heavens owe
YOU are the same, the shores are here
morning comes and evening as they die
All else, how changed ! What grim bal
teries around the burdened shores !
What scenes have filled this air and di
turbed these waters These scattere
heaps of shapeless stones are all that
left of Fort Sumter Desolatlon broot
10 sonder sad city solemn retribuhc
hath avenged our dishonored banner
You have come back with honor WI
departed hence four years ago leavlr
the air sultry with fanaticism. The sur
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love and charity, we invoke the Divine
blessing of Him whom they have so truly
initiated (applause); but chiefly to the
God of our Fathers we render thanks
giving and praise for that wondrous
Providence that has brought forth from
such harvest of war the seed of so much
liberty and peace. We invoke peace up
on the North peace be upon the West
peace be upon the South. In the name
of God we lift our banner, and dedicate
it to Peace Union and Liberty, now and
forever. Great applause.)
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LETTER OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH

He confesses that He acas engaged an a
Plot to capture and carry off the
President.-His participation IN the
Execution Of John Brocn. 4 Seces-
sion Rhapsody. .
From The Phila. Inquirer
The following verbatim copy of letter,
in writing which is the writing of
John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of
President Lincoln, has been furnished Us
by the Hon. VIM. MilIward, United States
Marshal of the Eastern District of Penn
sylvania 1t was handed over to that Of
fcer by John S. Clarke, who is brother
in-law of Mr.. Booth. The history con-
nected with it is somewhat peculiar. In
November, 1864, the paper was deposited
with Mr.. Clarke by Booth, IN sealed
envelope, "for safe Keeping" Mr.. Clarke
being ignorant of the contents. In JAN
uary last Booth called at Mr. Clarke's
house, asked for the package ard it was
given up to him. 1t is now supposed
that at that time he took out the paper
and added to it his signature, which ap-
pears to be in different ink from that
used in the body of the letter, and also
from the language employed could not
have been put 10 it originally. After
ward he returned the package to Mr..
Clarke again for safe keeping, sealed and
bearing the superscription 80. Wilkes
Booth"
The inclosure was preserved by the
family without suspicion Of its Iiature.--
After the affecting information Of the as
sassination of the President, which came
upon the family of Mr.. Clarke with crush
ing force, it was considered proper to open
the envelope. There were found IN II
the following paper, with some Seven:
Thirty United States bonds, and certi6
Gates of shares in oil companies. Mr.
Clarke promptly handed over the paper
to Marshal Millward, in whose custody Il
now remains. From perusal of this pa
per it seems to have been prepared BY
Booth as an indication of some desperate
act which he had in contemplation and
from the language used it is probable
that it was a plot to abduct the President
and carry him off to Virginia II TIM
was meditated, it failed, and from making
n prisoner of the President to his assassi
nation was an easy step for man of per
verted principles. 1t also appears tha
Booth was one of the party who was en-
gagged in the capture and execution Q
John Brown Of 0ssawattomie, at whic
: time he doubtless imbibed from Wise an
his associates those detestable sentiment
of cruelty which have culminated in a
: infamous crime. The letter is as follows
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Another week is to an end,
Oh time how dost thou fly;
Admonish me, a worm of earth,
That |, too, soon must die.
"Kind sir, am but present now,
Ofan eternity,
My present duties to the world
do while passing by.
NY hst'ry for a single day
On earth might fill volume,
But in my leger, would say,
'Tis mere cot, not lum.
bear upon my constant stream
The millions of your race:
How few poor mortals ever dream
bear them up to grace.
! am the only fortune, too,
That thousands DO possess,
And they oft squander me, It's true,
With pain this confess.
There is a medium, through me,
Wisdom comes down 10 men:
How few, alas, Tse it, | see;
In thousands scarcely ten.
Poor human life is short indeed
fl am used correct;
In statu quo, while | proceed.
Some stand, It's their defect.
Some take var to live day
The aggregate loss
Refusing blessings on their way
By stunning every cross.
Misguided youth are careless, TOO,
1t pains me to declare it,
They think that they have naught to do
Since time is cheap they spare it.
IT'S true, ! said, and here time fed,
The revelation ended,
And was left like one bereft
or counsel, undcfended.
r. w. IIINcKLEy.
ILL.,, April, 1868.
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JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the highest style of the Art, and on the
most reasonable terms.

Friend Schoch Il clip the following lines
from my Diary, Jan. 2nd, 1864. Ifyou please
you can lay them before your readers. The
ideas set forth, unlike the beautiful fields
and forests of Spring, are clad in the sombre
dress of winter, when the mind shut out from
the beautiful in nature, is at liberty to launch
out on the sea of reflection
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Published by Theodore Schoch.

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My DEAR SIR: You may use this as
YOU think best. But as some may wish