, 1865-07-28
Eastern News.


guilty, of conspiracy in the assassination of
President Lincoln were hung in Washing
ton, on the 7th. The only thing in the
form of confession of guilt published, is
that Atzerott, while being prepared for the
execution, exclaimed, g Gentlemen, farewell,
be warned by the fate of the man now be-
fore you" It is said that the night before
the execution Payne made a statement in
behalf of Mrs Suratt exonerating her from
completely, and said that all the other pris-
oners subscribed to an affidavit impeaehing
the testimony of important witnesses against
her, DR.. Mudd, Samuel Arnold and o.
Laughlin are to be imprisoned for life, for
rendering aid to the assassins after the deed.
They have been taken to the Penitentiary at
Albany
An iron clad steamer is to be sent to the
Pacific coost.
A large number of pardons are being
granted daily, Robert Ould has been un-
conditionally released, and Ex-Governor
Vance has been relased from the Old Capt.
tai prison.
The Postmaster General has notified the
Provisional Governors that postal service
will be resumed on all lines of railroad in
the South as soon as they respectively GER
tify that the routes are in proper condition
for that service
Guerrilla parties continue their depreda-
tions in various parts of the South The
town of Franklin, Ala. was recently sacked
by band Of them.
1t is said that a special Military Commits
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the trial of JEFF Davis on charge of com
plicity in the assassination of President Lin
coin. The discovery of additional evidence
involving Davis is said to be the cause of
the transfer of his case from the civil to the
military authorities. Davis is confined at
Washington.
An effort has been made by committe
from Richmond to induce President John
son to rescind the $4,000 clause in his am
nesty proclamation, but without avail.
The Commissioners have much trouble
with the freed negroes. BY freedom, they
understand that they are to be permitted to
live in idleness, and will not fulfill their con-
tracts to work for their employers. The
planters also are disposed to cling to the old
idea of Furnishing the negroes for disobedi-
ence.
The work of eonfscating the property of
leading rebels in Richmond has been com
menced, much to the CONSERVATION of the
people of that city.
The planters of Alabama are giving al
most as much attention to cotton raising as
before the war, though in some parts of the
State the crops will be lost for want of ne
groes to work them.
Ex-Judge Marion has been appointed
Provisional Governor of Alabama.
Carardin, editor and publisher of the
Richmond Dispatch has been pardoned by
the President
Measures have been decided upon in the
Interior Department for the purpose of set
ting in operation the necessary machinery
for the disposal of the public lands in the
late insurgent States.
The army Of Virginia is being reduced
and consolidated as rapidly as possible.
The expeditures Of the Government du-
ring the past year are stated to have been
S1,200,0O0, ,0G0
General Rosecrans was to sail for Cali
fornia on the lst of July for what purpose
is not stated
The Richmond Wing says that in six
counties through which its Informant passed
there were but nine negroes at work; but
the county court houses and villages were
full of them. The negro men are said to be
deserting their wives, who, with their chill
dren, are left burthen on the farmers.
The Tribune's Washington special saws
Mrs Douglas, widow of the late Senator,
made two personal attempts to obtain the
Presidents reprieVe for Mrs. Suratt, and in
each case she was denied A very bitter
feeling in relation to her execution exists
among quondam rebels, particularly among
the Catholics of the City, who, it is ru-
mored, intend to call meeting for the pur-
pose Of denOuncing the action of the militia
ry commanders.
A special to the World says that the con-
fessor of Mrs. Suratt, Rev. Walters, saws
that he cannot reveal the confessional, but
as God lives Mrs. Suratt was innocent of
the murder of President Lincoln, or Of any
interest or conspiracy to murder him.
The rebel pirate Shenandoah DESTROYED
four whale ships at Ascension Island, on the
lst of April, and set the captains and crews
on Tue Islahu Inc pirate afterwards sailed
to the Oohotsk Sea and captured and burned
four moro vessels, American whalers then
set sail for where there was feet of sixty
whale vessels mostly ice bound, all of which
are supposed to have fallen prey to the pi-
rate. This news is brought by ship that
was bonded by the pirate, the Milo, which
arrived at San Francisco on the goth.
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The 0regonian says the South could have Sc
cured the most liberal terms from the Govern
ment, If it hadn't been for Jeff. Davis alone,
who wouldn't accept anything but the independ-
ence of the COnfederacy. Ergo, the Govern
ment is now punshing the whole South because
Of the sins Of tie one man JEFF. Splendid logic,
or pOliey-don't know which
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CHAos.-Mr. C. Aubrey Angelo, alias "Cha-
os," has just had pu5lished a work, IL pamphlet
form, which describes tour of the authors
through Idaho, with BRIEF review of the mines
the routes thereto, &c. The pamphlet is kept
for sale at the City Book Store. Price, only
fifty cents "Chaos' looAs like ''tbe wreck Of
matter" ," but be is rather forcible writer.