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The Draft stopped.

The following order from the War Depart
mont will be the source of joy and relief in
many quarters:
WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON,
April l3th-s P. m.
To Major General DIX:
The department after mature consideration
and constitution with the Lieutenant Gen
eral, upon the results of the recent campaign
has come to the following determinations,
which will be carried into effect b. appro-
PIRATE orders to be Immediately issued: First,
to stop all drafting and recruiting in the
loyal states. Second, to curtai. purchases
for arms, ammunition, quartermaster and
commissary supplies, and reduce the expen-
ses of military establishment in its several
branches Third, to reduce the number OF
general and staff officers to the actual ncces.
sites of the service. Fourth, to remove all
military restrictions on trade and commerce,
30 far as may be consistent with public safe.
ty. As soon as these measures can be put
in operation, it will be known by public
order, f. N. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
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EAT FAT-The celebrated DR.. Hooker
gives the following result OF observations as
to the use OF fat: Ofpersons VINO between
the ages e.. fifteen and twenty avoid fat, the
greater portion die with consumption before
the age of thiriy,ive. Nine-t 'nths Of those
who die with consu np,ion are persoas who
never use Il: meat. DIR. Dixson confirms
this statement and observes that this is the
whole secret of the benefit Of cod liver Oil y
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WAR DEPARTMENT,


WAsHISCToy April 9-10 p. III.
Ordered, That salute of 100 guns be
fred at the headquarters of departments, and
at every post and arsenal in the United States
and at ID. Military Academy at West Point,
Oh the day the reception of this order, IN
commemo-ation of the surrender Of General
R. E. Lee and the Army of Northern Vir.
ginia to Lieutenant General Grant and the
army under his command, report of the re
ceipt and execution of this order to be made
10 The Adjutant General, Washington.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of War
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SEwARD.-The injuries received by Sec
rotary Seward, by being thrown from car
riage were more serious than at first sup
posei. For several days his life was des-
pared of. The latest accounts, however,
Indicated probability of his recovery.
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY NORTHERN !

HEADQUARTERS ARMY NORTHERN
VIRGINIA,
Apri! 9, 1865
Lieutenant Geneaal L. s. Grant, Command
ing United States Armies:
have received your letter Of this date,
containing the terms of surrender OF the
Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by
you. AS they are substantially the same as
those expressed in your letter of the Sth III
slant, they are accepted. l will proceed
to designate the proper officers to carry the
s,pulations into effect.
Very respectfully, your ob-idient servent,
r. L. LEE, General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, ID. G.
April $50 p. m.
Lieutenant General Grant
Thanks be to God for the great victo, with
which he has this day crowned you and the
gallant army Under your command. The
thanks of this Department and the Govern
ment, and the people of the United States,
their reverence and honor, have been de-
served, and will be rendered to you and the
brave and gallant officers and soldiers Of your
army for all time.
E. NJ. STANTON, Secretary of War.
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CAyAL.-The Illinois and Michigan canal
was e naIly opened on Wednesday, and boats
arc now passing the whole length Of it.
The business upon it OPENS briskly. and if
the river keeps up, will be unusually heavy.
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A lis, of General officers surrendered by

A list of General officers surrendered by
dea. Lee is published. II comprises the
Gsdsralin- Chief three Lieutenant Generals,
sixty-one Brigadier Generals, and seventeen
Major Generals. Among them are Amber
son, Echo'a, Ewell, talready pri.oner) Fin
gon, Heath, Blshroi johnson, Ksrshaw
Longstreet, Malone, AcCausland, Mosebv,
Ould, (the exchange commissioner Pember.
ton, Pickett, Ros<os, Sorreld, aud Hensy A.
Wise. The number Of men actually surrend
cred by Lee, is form 1000 $4,000. Within
the past two weeks, over 10000 prisoners
have been sent away from City Point, and a
large number are stia there.
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APRIL 8. 1865.
To Lieutenant General Grant, Commanding
I-,:,aJ

To Lieutenant General Grant, Commanding
United States Army:
GENERAL: l received, at late hour, your
note Of to-day, in answ"r to mine of yester-
day. did not intend to propose the surren-
der ofthe army of Northern Virginia. bu: to
ask the terms of your proposition. To be
frank, do not think the emergency has
arisen to call for the surrender of this army;
but AS the restoration of peace should be the
St.. ,object of all, desire to know whether
yoar proposals would tend to that end.
/ cannot. therefore. meet you with view to
surrender the Army of Northern Virginia,
but, as far as your propositions may affect
the Conf derate STATES forces under my COM
mand, and tend to the restoration of peace, l
should be pleased to meet you at 10 o'clock,
forenoon, to morrow, on the cid stage road to
Richmond, between the picket lines OF the
two armies.
,, Very respectfully, your abedient servant,
K. f. LEE, General c. s. A.
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APRIL @ 1855
IOJO.
General R. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate

APRIL 9, 1855.
General r. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate
States Army:
Your note of Yesterday is received. As
have nc authority to treat on subjects Of peace.
the meeting proposed for 10 o'clock this NOR
ming would lead to no good. Twill state, how
ever, Ge, srAi, tibet am equally anxious for
peace with yourself, and the whole North en-
terrain the same feeling The terms upon,
which peace can be had are vel! understood
by the South. BY laying down their arms
they girl hasten that most desirable eTent, save
thousands of human lives and hundreds Of
millions of property not vet destroyed.
Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties
max he aeitied without tho loss of another life,
subscribe myself,
Very respectfully, your 0Dedient servant,
u. S. GRANT,
I.srr1an' Genera Cp:'9d Pfssrs ARM
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APRIL 6, 1865.
-iFFII- c. ICVo.
To General Il Z. Lee, Commanding Confed
crate Sites ARMY:

u SO!ii
crate States Army:
GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in
reply to mine Of the same date. asking on
what conditions | will accept the surrender
of the Army Of Northern Virginia, is just
received. Ii reply. wou!d say that, peace
nv frs, desire, there is bat one condition !
insist upon, viz: That the men surrendered
shall be disqualified from taking mp arms
against the Government Of the United States
until properly exchanged will meet you
or designate officers to meet any officers you
NAV ma nc for th same purpose, at any point
agreeable t. y:u, for the purpose of arran@-
ing definitely the terms upon which the sur
render OF the Army of Northern Virginia will
be received.
Very respectfully, Jour obedient servant.
L. S. GRANT,
Lieut.. Cen. Commanding Armies l. 5.
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Gen. Ewel, after his capture, said Gen.
Lee long since wanted to take all his troops
westward, ard there disband them, but Davis
would not consent.
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Tie North British Rerieu for Fcbruar

In" WI H D'tttSH beCfCU iOI CYL uoi
The following is lis table of contents:
The Rise and Progress Of the Scottish
Tourist Epigrams; Spain; Tests in the
English Universities; Topography of the
Chain of Mt. Blanc; Essays in Criticism !;
The Holy Roman Empire John Laech.
These are all lively, earnest and instruc.
tive articles, and worthy of the North British
at its best estat,.
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One report says Lees surrendered army
numbers $4,000 men another at 5000, and
but few cannon, those having been previous.
Is captured.
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The French en- bassy at Washing is said to
have received information ofthe dangerousill-
ness of the Emperor Napoleon.
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It TsFepor;ed that Kirby Smith proposes
the surrender of the rebel array west OF TIVE
Mississippi. ard tine early restoration nj 'Tr.Nao
= tte Vn;crz Is yroba.a.
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APRIL :. Isl.

-tPR!!. O.. IcpJ.
To General r. Z. Lee, commanding Confed-
crate States Army:
GENERAL: The result Of last week must
convince you of the utter hopelessness of
further resistance on the part of the Army of
Northern Virginia iE this struggle. feel
that it is so, and regard it as my duty to
shift from myself the responsibility OF any
further effnsion of blood by asking of You the
surrender Of that portion Of the Confederate
States army known as the Army of Northern
Virginia.
Very respectfully. your obedieI.t servant,
L. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General Commanding Armies Of
the United States.
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APRIL 7, 1901.
10 Lieutenant General Grant, Commanding
United States Army:
GENERAL: have received your note Of
this date. Though no: entirely ofthe opini'7l
you express of tie hopelesshess of further
resistance on the part OF the Army Of North
ern Virginia, l respect your desire to save
useless effusion of blood, and therefore before
considering your proposition, ask the terms
YOU will offer on condition of its surrender.
X. Z. LEE, General
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.APRILS,J 1866.

APRIL~S, 1865.
GENERAL: Treceived your note this morn
ing on the picket line, whittier had come to
meet YOU and sacertain definitely what
terms were embraced in your proposition. of
Yesterday with reference to the surrender of
this army. l now request an interview, in
accordance with the offer contained in yours
cf yesterday, for that purpose.
Very respectfully, your Obeidient servant
II. L. LEE, General.
To Lieutenant General Grant, Commanding
United States Armies.
APRIL Q, 1866.
Gen. r. Z. Lee, Commanding Confederate
States Armies:
Your note of this date is but this moment
(li:5O in the forenoon) received. In con-
sequence OF my passing from the Richmond
and Lynchburg road to Farmville and Lynch
burg road, l am at this monelt about four
miles ives. OF Walkers Church, and will push
forward to the front for the purpose of meet.
ing you. Notice sent me on this road, where
YOU wish the interview to take place, will
meet me.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
U. S. GRANT. Lieutenant General.
| ApPoMATTox Court House, April 8.
General r. E. Lee Commanding Confederate
States Army:
J In accordance with the substance of my
| letter to you of the 9Th instant, l propose to
receive the surrender Of the army Of Northern
Virginia on the following terms, to wit:
| Roll of all the officers and men to be made
i'll duplicats-one copy to be given to an of
fcer designated by M; the other to be re-
tanned by such officer as you may designate
The officers 10 give their individual paroles
not to take arms against the Government Of
the United States until properly exchanged
and each company or regimental command
err to sign like parole for the men Of theil
commands. The arms, artillery and public
property to be packed, stacked and turned
over to the officer appointed by me to receive
them. This will not embrace the side-arm:
of the officers nor their private horses or bag
gage. This done, each officer ED man vii
be allowed to retnrn ia the;- h~--~-, 80 ~ IL
disturbed by be United states authority sc
long as ley observe their parol and the
! laws in force where they may reside.
Very respectfully, L. S. GRANT.
Lieutenant General.
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splendid List Of Articles
All to be sold for ONE DOLLAR Each!

All the goods in the above List will be Sold without
reservation for ONE DOLLAR EACH. Certificates Of all
the placed similar enseops sealed
and mixed. These envelopes will he sent by mall or de-
lyered office without regard to choice. On receiv-
ing certificate will what article it represents,
and is optional with send dollar and receive
the article named, any other in the list OF the "m'
value
fine goods of the make and latest styles and OF IN
trnc WORTH at nominal price. while all have ehanoo
Of securing articles of the very highest value
In all y mail charge for tns
Certificate paying postage and doing the business - e.s.
each Five certificates lie sent for 81 Eleven Tor -;
Thirty for Sixty Eve SIO and One Iundred lot Sl9
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DlssoIntlon Of Co-partnershiP.

s>RE copartnership heretofore existing between Solo
mon Degan and Jacob began, under the Arm name OF
So began Brother in the butcheing and cattle
ness at Ottawa La Sae county, illinois, this day diss'
we'd By mutual consent. AL demands against the nrm
viii be SOL began, to whom al debts due TIE nrn
must be paid. SOLOMON DEGAN n,
Ossa~h apsil Is. 'os-sws =, JACOB DE6AN.
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W.s DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON.

Wac DEPaRTMENT v AsDlNGION,
April 90 p. m.
To Major General Dix. New York:
THIS department has received official re-
port of the surrender this day of General
Lee and his army TO Lieutenant General
Grant. on the terms proposed bv General
Grant. L NJ STANTON,
Secretary of War.
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF TIE L. s.,
April 9-4:30 p. M.
To Hon. T n Stanton, Sec. of War:
Gene'al Lee surrendered the Army of
Northern Virginia this afternoon, upon the
terms proposed by myself. The accompany
ing additional correspondence vii! show the
conditions fully.
(Signeil L 5. GRANT,
lieutcraut General.
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SECURE CERTIFICATE!

SECURE n CERTIFICATE
There is 10 hazard risk Thereare no blanks Every
Certificate represents article As sell none Of the
lower grades Jewery person receive iese than
the alue of their money and they set an arucs
worth FIVE, ten, hundred fold.
satisfss ton Guaranteed.
Every person knows what they will receive ne,o.c tns
article paid for On receipt of &c tca'e you see "hss
article represents and IL is of course az your opon 10
take it, or any other atice list o: the same vaue
We Guarantee entire satisfaction To every purchaser aod
If there should be any person dissatisfied with any article
received from US they may Immediately return II and tho
.,no,n, r,i will he refunded n5-one trial will prove TO
y tha, hi. sale gives urchasers greater advantages than
tiny other proposed
AorSrs-Ws allow those acting Agents Ten Ceots on
each Certificate ordered provided their remittance aount
to One Dollar.
They vii! collect 81 cents for every certificate and -
tanning 10 cents remit to us is cents for each.
Address GEO DEMERIr co,
:O3 broadway. New Yssk.
! Hoop Poles Wanted
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CAUTION.
~a e. saa ss:a
March, 1865 to the Union Despatch Company, for $50
y dollars each said NOTES having been obtained by raudu
lent misrepresentation and We shall not pay thu same
Apri3-Sws WI L. DUNAVAN,
The Howard union., 1865-08-03
THE MONSTER TREES OF CALL
FORNIA.

One who has been there, and upon whose
statements we can rely, gives us the fol-
lowing statement of the dimensions of some
of these mammoth wonders of the vegeta-
BILE world:
The "Mother Of the Forest" is the name
applied to large tree found on the western
slope Of the Sierra Nevadas, which has
been stripped of its bark to the height of
Il6 feet. 1t measures at the base (Which
is barkless,) "a feet in circumference; 20
feet from base, 60 feet; 10 feet from base,
A feet; ll6 feet from base, SO feet; its
height is 36l feet. The average thickness
of its bark is IL inches, in some places two
feet. 1t is estimat ed that this tree contains
537, 900 feet of solid inch lumber. At o
short distance from this tree is the PROSTATE
form of the "Father of the Forest" sup
posed when erect to have measured some
400 feet tn altitude; it now measures in
at the base or roots, ITO
feet. 1t is 200 feet to the first limb, and is
hollow, so that the tallest man can ride
erect to the first limb. Several large and
graceful trees stand adjoining, forming
beautiful family group. A little farther off
is the "Husband and Wife," two very
graceful trees leaning affectlonately and
lovingly upon each other. They are well
matched, and are 250 feet high, and go feet
in circumference. There are 103 large
trees, which cover an area of 40 acres.
The Howard union., 1865-08-03
From Alabama-Gov. Parsons Address
to the People-Municipal and Other
Officers Reappointed.

MOBILE, July %.
The Advertiser and Register publishes
to-day Gov, Parsons's proclamation. The
Governor reviews the prosperous condi-
tion of the South before secession, and the
present impoverished state, and estimates
$4,000 Alabamians were in the war, of
whom 10000 are dead and disabled; hence,
desolation reigns where once stood com
Portable homes.
Every political right which the State
possessed under the Federal Constitution is
here to, day except slavery. The slave
code is dead. 1t is the height of wisdom
for the citizens to produce possible results
from the new order Of things; Justice of the
Peace, members Of Court, Judge of Probate
County Treasurer, Tax Collector, Asses
sors, COroners and municipal officers, who
were in office the 22d Of May last are
appointed during the continuance of tn,
Provisional Government.
The Judges Of Probate and Sheriifs il
office May 22d last will take the smnesty
oath and continue to discharge the duties
Of their Office until others are appointed
Each officer is required to take the amnesty
oath and give new bond. The election
for delegates to Convention, 10 assemble
September 10th next, will DO held 3lst o
August next.
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Very True.

The following from the Dubuque Re-
cOrder, is as applicable here as anywhere,
and is as true as preaching:
Milk and water people who content them
selves with simply doing no harm, at the
same time never doing any good, are mere
negatives. Your man of force, who does
not wait for a stone TO get out Of his heaven
appointed way, but manfully rolls it over,
may unintentonaIly hurt somebody's toes
in the act but thousands who will
walk in that future path will thank him for
clearing it. The man who has no enemy
is generally sleek, creeping, cautious
white washed creature, walking in the
world with velvet shoes, who smirks and
glides his unchallenged way into the obscu-
rity he merits.
The Howard union., 1865-08-03

Farther From Gems, Smith. Price, Ma.
gruder and Others The Confederate
Battery Returned by Maximilan's
Order Capture Of Wagon Train, Cot
ton, &c, Movements Of Imperialists.
CAIRO, July 25.
The N. o. Times Brownsville special Of
the 9Th says Lieut.. Gen. L. Kirby Smith,
Maj. Gems, Magruder and Price, and Brig.
Gems. Jo. Shelby, Douglas and Jaokmun,
with 400 men and officers, two pieces Of
artillery and large wagon trains, are moving
from San Antonio, Texas, towards Eagle
Pass, with the intention Of going into Mex
leo. This informal ion is from gentleman
Of undoubtel integrity, who travelled with
the party, and arrived at Ringgold Barracks
on the 9th.
Ex-Govs. Moore and Allen; Of Louisiana,
and Murrah and Clark, Of Texas, and a
number of lesser dignitaries are in the party.
Some time since, Gen. Brown made a
formal demand on Gen. Meiia for the deliv-
cry of the battery turned over to him by
the Confeds. Gen. Mejia now informs Gen.
Brown he accedes to the demand by order
Of the Emperor Maximilian. The delivery
took place to-day at Pm. The guns are
in fine condition.
Maj. HeadringtOn, of the Both Indiana,
in command at Ringgold Barracks, reports
to Gen. Brown he has captured 800 bales
of cotton and large wagon train loaded
with stores, among which are l,4oO ounces
quinine, 1900 tin plates, saltpetre and other
goods, going to the interior of Texas. The
train left Brownsville on the 9th of May.
The Imperialists have evacuated Camargc
and abandoned the entire country from that
city 10 Matamoras. Their troops arrived
at Matamoras yesterday, having been Sc
verely annoyed by Cortinas all the way
down.
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"PLAYED OUT"
NASHVILLE, July II

NASHVILLE, July 10.
At the corner of Cherry and Broad streets
is small but comfortable and popular the
ater, called Poand's Varieties. There is
no heavy tragedy or even standard comedy,
ever performed there; but the manager un-
derstands, nevertheless, how 10 draw a
crowd, and manages to attract considerable
audience every night.
Two or three nights since happened to be
present at one of these exhibitions. There
were the usual quantities Of singing, dan
cling, light comedy, and broad farce. In
one OF the extravaganzas theatrical
manager is represented as having advertised
for company of performers. Soon after,
negro, dirty, ragged, old and dllapidated,
presents himself and proposes to play an
engagement. With much assurance, he
answers that he can perform most anything.
The manager tries him on various parts,
and of course the darkey ludicfously breaks
down in each, to the infinite amusement Of
the lookers-on. The applause Of the au-
dience was doubled at each success sive fail
ure.
AT last the manager proposes to him
10 try part in which he will not have
much to say.
"Why won't have much to say?" in
quired Sambo.
"Well, says the manager ''your part is
such one that you won'F'be allowed to
speak much"
"What's de reason won't be allowed to
speak?" says the Indignant darkey.
"Because you're to be my slave, " replied
the manager.
mo you can't come dat on dis chile"
"Well, but you see its only in the play
"Yes," says Sambo, "I know it's in de
play, but Hell you dat ting's played OUT
No sooner had this sentence been uttered,
than from pit to dome, the little theater was
filled with perfect thunderstorm of ap'
plause. 1t commenced with q loud laugh
and universal hand clapping and stamping
of the feet; it progressed to a tremendous
yell; and it ended with vast combination
of all the signs and noises by which an au
dience testifes its excitement and delight
Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
The Howard union., 1865-08-03

HOME CouRTEsIEs.-"I am one Of those"
says late writer, "whose lot in life has
been to go out into an unfriendly world at
an early age; and of nearly twenty families
in which made my home in the course of
nine years, there were only three or four
that could be properly designated as happy
families, and the source of trouble was not
SO much the lack of love as lack of care to
manifest it," The closing words Of this
sentence give us the fruitful source Of fam
lily alterations, of heart aches innumerabie,
ofsad faces and gloomy home circles. "Not
so much the lack of love as lack of care to
manifest it, What world of misery is
suggested by this remark ! Not over three
or four happy families in twenty, and the
cause SO manifest, and SO easily remedied
All, in the small, sweet courtesies Of life,
what power resides! In look, word, a
tone, how much of happiness or disquietude
may be communicated. Think of it, reader
and take the lesson home with you.