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STABILITY OF THE REPUBLIC.

There can be no doubt that the absolutist
statesmen of Europe have looked toward
the United States for an exemplifcation Of
their dogma, that the fatal weakness of a
this theory, they have confidently predicted
failure of the present war, as an effort to
maintain national unity. They have asser-
ted its cause to have been the original want
of a sufficiently cohesive element. They
have been quick to accept our rapid growth
as an unnatural one, only awaiting a sufi-
cient test to be annihilated at blow. Their
surprise will be great when they hear that
the rebel generalissimo has laid down his
arms that the rebel president wanders
for hiding place without capital or cabi-
net;-that the war Office has lost its army,
the treasury its doubtful treasurers, the ter
ritory its every port. But we doubt if any
fact viii obtrude itself with such startling
significance upon their minds as the fact
that the republican system has recovered
within week from shock which would
probably have been fatal to any monarchical
pohty-the successful assassination of the
executive. We are taught from experience
what has been the fate of those European
nations whose sovereigns have fallen beneath
the sudden blow of conspirators. IF they
have not become the immediate prey for an
anarchy which has overturned every vestige
of law and regular succession, they have In
yariably groped along in confusion and con-
slant danger for months, sometimes for
years. We have presented to them the
distasteful but potent truth, that the execi-
tive officer of republic as well as the DO
litical existence of king, never dies nay,
that its existence is never so vigorous as
when encompassed by great danger
With what surprise will those statesmen
regard our quick recovery from the shock
of assassination, ,Fwho fear or hope for more
successful Orsini, as they desire the per-
petuty or the downfall of the French EN-
pire The events of the last two weeks
are prolific with experience: and if they
teach any thing, they teach that the fate of
the American Union hangs not on single
life, that its fabric rests not upon founda-
ton which even united South can loosen
To the chagrin of the Roebucks and the
Bonapartes, it will now be said in Europe,
that the test has come, and the model re-
public emerges triumphant from its trial
The last phase of revolution was added to
our lot when President Lincoln fell by an
assassin hand. The only crisis before not
experienced was then experienced That
peril perhaps the most formidable Of all
the peril of nation without a directing
hand in the midst Of civil war-we have
passed with no misfortune, thanks to that
republican stability, the existence of which
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NEGRO SUFFRAGE.


The New York papers are discussing the
expediency of conferring the right of suf
frage upon the freedom of the South. AS
an instance of the astonishing progress
made by that class of newspapers, which
was until recently the strenuous advocates Of
the divine institution and was sorely
exercised with vague fears of amalgamation
and miscegenation, we print the following
extracts from the New York World, and the
Herald.
The World says
II, after order and stability are restored
in the South, the Southern people shall see
fit TO admit the freedmen to participation
in the elective franchise, it may be wise and
polite for them to do so. But this is mat
ter of which they are the exclusive judges
As question of State policy it is one of the
very first MAGNITUDE. We are of opinion
that the aert generation Of negroes svilE either
hose the suffrage or p7tawb the STATE. If the
negro population Of the South was as small
in proportion as that Of the Northern states,
the question might be decided either way
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Rebel attempt to introduce the Yellow
Fever into the North.
HALIFAx. IN Isl Nav 6

HALIFAX, ~. o., MAY o.
Bermuda papers contain long accounts Of
the judicial investigations now being held
at St Georges of theattempt of DR.. Black
burn to introduce the yellow fever into
New York, Philadelphia and other Northern
cities.
Blackburn visited Bermuda ostensibly on
a philanthropic mission, in connection with
the causes Of the yellow fever, and the evil
dence shows he collected while there, bed
ding and clothing taken from fever patients,
that he purchased and infected new cloth
ing, which he packed in trunks and left in
charge of parties, with orders to forward
them to New York in the spring.
One witness testified that Blackburn rep
resented himself as a Confederate agent,
whose mission was the destruction of the
Northern masses.
1t was also shown that several persons
connected with the agency of the Confeder-
ate States were cognizant of these facts
There were ten trunks, three ofwhich have
been found and the contents buried by the
board of health. Blackburn is well known
in these provinces as a leading and ultra
Rebel
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geafpra suqnirer.
GUERRILLA WARFARE.

Our transatlantic cousins, backed by the
Copperheads, were wont to tell us on all oc.
casions, since The rebellion began to decline,
that the overthrow of the rebel armies
would only be the commencement Of the
horrors of war. The armies of the Con-
federacy they claimed would spread over the
entire Southern territory as one vast swarm
of Iocusts carrying death and destruction to
every antagonistic obstacle. Armies were
to be swept out of existence by detachments,
loyal and patriotic citizens murdered, prop
erty destroyed, the nation Scared until the
whole land bore the appearance of the pas
sage of the angel of destruction. Happily
for us, however, the aristocratic sayans of
Europe, and their tory allies in this country
are no better at diyining the future than
persons who have not set themselves up as
pro phets. For our part we have never
supposed for moment chat guerrilla war
fare could be successfully carried on after
the destruction of the great armies which
were its neueleus, and the Individual who
could come to this conclusion, understand
ing the topography of our country. did so
because he desired the Inauguration Of such
a system of murder and rapine.
The last few weeks have entirely solved
this much cherished and slilffully cultivated
theory. Since the surrender Of the armies of
Lee and Johnston the guerrilla chiefs have
given up all hope Of success, and abandoned
their ignominious cause by surrendering
or disbanding their cut-throats Thisis the
case of JEFF. Thompson and Mosby. A
few short weeks ago and these worthless
commanded the admiration Of every
sympathizer throughout the world, to-day
there are none to do them reverence. " TO
these characters permanently did the rebels
at heart look for the great feats which were
to tire out the Government and compel it to
acknowledge Southern Rights; and we may
Justly assert that no men In the country
understood what could be done in this
respect than the two chieftains above nam
ed. They were acquainted with every foot
of territory, had the confidence Of the
Southern masses and the daring to execute
the most hellish designs. They have seen
the futility of such course and they have
abandoned the cause. In the next sixty
days not an armed foe of any magnitude will
be found from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande. So much for the last speculation
of the enemies of the republic; the last hope
Is gone, and the United States to-day,
stands the proud mistress of the continent
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Reg Twenty-one States, including Louisi-
ana, Tennessee and Arkansas, have now,
through their Legislatures, ratified the Con-
stitutional Amendment abolishing slavery.
There is no doubt but that New Hampshire.
Connecticut, Iowa, Oregon and California
will follow their example in due season.
The assent of but one more member of NJ q
Union will then be required to make the
Amendment the law of the land, provided
Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas are rec
ognized as organized States. Some ex-slaye
State will in that case, have the honor r' of
giving the casting vote for freedom W;ll
it be Kentucky, North Carolina or Florida ,
As to Delaware and New Jersey, thew oc-
cupy the unenyiable position of dogs. IN the
manger, endeavoring to delay what thew can.
not hope TO prevent The Amendment win
De passed IN spite Of them, and BY the votes
OF States thousand times more deeply in
terested In the perpetuity of the accursed
institution, and more vitally affected by its
abolition, than these free and semi-free me-
mails Of the slave power have ever been or
ever can be.-M Y. Tribune.
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NAroLEoN' S PROPOSED ALLIANCE.

The following is tile full statement of the
London Morning Adrttser, concerning the
reported alliance between France and Eng
land for the protection of Mexico al
ready referred to
''0n receipt of the news Of the fall OF
Richmond, Louis Napoleon proposed to
Lord Cowley, that england and France
should, by treaty offmsive and defensivel
make common cause against the United
States of America; that in the event of Can
ada being attacked by them, France should
assist England with al her land and sea for
ces; and that in theeyent Of the United
States "openly or c,vertly attacking the
Emperor Maximillian or in any wise en-
dangering his throne,' England should, IN
conjunction with France, defend and sup
port Maximillian in tle same manner and
on the same conditions as they sustained the
Sultan of Turkey against the aggression OF
Russia
Il do not know how this very cool overture
has been received by orr government, but
we know what its empha ic answer ought to
to be- On the re-assenlb ing of Parliament
next week, this important subject is sure to
receive imRfediate attention, and the idea
viii be denounced in he strongest language
which Parliamentary notions of propriety
viii allow Still NOR, deep viii be the in
dignation Of the country at the proposal ;
for the whole nation still smarts at the re-
membrance of the manner in which Louis
Napoleon treated US il our unfortunate ALI
ance with him in the case of the Crimean
war. Were ministers to entertain the idea
of the proposed alliance wen for a day, it
would kindle fame in Il national bosom
which would be product e of more serious
effect than the overthrow Of a cabinet
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A PROCLAMATION.

-, WHEREAS, The President of the
L. S. United States has, by his procla-
t---) nation, fixed the lst day Of June
next as a day of humiliation and mourning
for the death, by assassination, of our late
beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, and
for humbling ourselves before Almighty
God, in order that the bereavement may be
sanctifed to the nation.
And 1oheredS, 1t is most fit and meet that
said proclamation, harmonizlng as it does
with all our feelings and spmpathies, should
be everywhere respectfully obeyed
Now, therefore, /, ANDREW G. CUR
TIN, Governor of the said Commonwealth,
do issue this my proclamation, earnestly
recommending the people of this Common
wealth to set apart THURSDAY, the first
day of June next, as day of humiliation
and mourning, and in conformity with the
President S proclamation, then to assemble
in their respective places of worship, there
to unite in solemn service to Almighty God,
in memory of the good man who has been
removed so that all shall be occupied at
the same time in contemplation Of his vlr-
tues and in sorrow for his sudden and yio-
lent end.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
of State, at Harrisburg, this fourth day
of May, In the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve and
of the Commonwealth the eighty-ninth.
By the Governor
ELI SLIFER,
Il ifb
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to be referred to some impartial
tribunal; and some of the most violent ad-
versaries of the United States IN the press
have adopted the same view. lt would be
strange indeed If it were otherwise. Tor be
itohserved, there is no dispute as 70 any lei
Cad principle The law is admitted by both
governments. The American Government
doesnot, of course, insist thata neutral power
is always responsible for the acts of hostile
cruisers equipped in its ports. There may
be cases in which a neutral government may
have failed to arrest an armed cruiser, not
withstanding the utmost vigilance But a
neutral government is responsible II 1t ne
elects to exercise due vigilance, and by tins
neglect an armed cruiser IS permitted to es-
cape.
These are legal principles admitted by
both governments. The whole question IS
simply whether there was or was notneglect
IN the case of the Alabama. 1t lisa question
of fact, which in dispute between indIvid-
uals would be determined by a jury, and IN
dispute between nations ought to be de,
termined by some impartial judges, selected
by both parties 1t is idle to suppose, after
what has been said in Parliament, that the
people of this country would engage IN war
rather than refer this question OF disputed
fact to arbitration, and the Americans are
of much the same way of thinking.
With two people so bent upon keeping
the peace as the people Of this country and
the people of the United States appear to be
and with the only matter of dispute reduced
to simple question of fact, which both sides
are ready to refer arbitration, it is surely not
unreasonable to believe that the peace be-
tween this country and America may be pre-
served, though the civil war were to cease
| tomorrow.
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FATHER PoINr, L. c., May s

FATHER POINT, L. c., May
The Hi6enian arrived off this point this
morning.
The news by the Nora Scotia of the as
sassination of Mr.. Lincoln was published
throughout England on the Goth of April,
and created profound sensation. The stron-
gest feelings of sympathy, Indignation and
horror were universally expressed, and those
who sympathized with the South evinced
quite as much indignation as the warmest
friends of the North. In all places it was
the .all:pervading topic, and caused almost a
total suspension of business, particularly in
Liverpool and Manchester.
On Wednesday there was only day ses-
sion of Parliament. The attendance was
very slim, only about 60 members being
present. They all signed the following adj
dress which was presented the same evening
to Mr. Adams:
we, the undersigned, Inembcrs of tho
House of Commons, have learned with the
deepest regret and horror that the President
of the United States has been deprived of
life by an act of violence, and we desire to
express our sympathy at the sad event to
the American Minister now in London, as
to declare onr hope and confidence In the
future of that geeat country, which we trust
viii continue to beassociated with enlighten-
ed freedom, and peaceful relations with this
and every other country.
The Times of the 9th says '"Fhis eve
ming it may be expected that the leaders of
the great parties in the House of Commons
will take the opportunity of expressing, in
tbs name of the nation, the horror which is
everywhere felt at crime, and of assuring
the American people that whatever differ
ence of opinion may exist in this country as
to the present war, there is but one feeling
of sympathy with them at the loss of an hon
estand highminded Magistrate. -
The London and provincial journals alike
describe the intense excitement which the
news created, and all unite in warm eulogi-
ums upon Mr.. Lincoln, and bitter denunci-
ations of the assassination.
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NdTF0lC Escape of DGUis.-He and
His Sp01'ty surrounded. NesOs of his
capture soon expected.
WASHINGTON, May 8

Official intelligence has reached Washing
ton, that on the 4th inst, jeff Davis and
his confrerees we're surprised and nearly cap
tured by Stoneman's 5 forces, at Washington,
GA, that this rebel party beat confused
and hasty retreat before Stoneman's men
came upon them, and that although jeff
and his company for the time eluded the
pursuit of our troops, they are entirely sur
rounded, and there is scarcely possibility
of escape. News is momentariy expected
of the capture of the rebel President and
party.
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KNOXVILLE. Nav 2

A man on one Of the railroad trains cap
tured byStoneman' cavalry, between Greens
burg and Salisbury, says JEFF Davis was on
the same train, on his way to Charlotte,-S
c.. but learning the railroad was cut above
and below. he, with other passengers, es-
caped and returned to Greensburg.
Stoneman' S cavalry is now In the valley OF
Of the Saluda river, with headquarters at
Andersonville, S. c., and are scouting from
there towards Augusta, Ga, with instruc-
tions that if they can hear of jeff Davis and
his treasure, to follow him as long as there
is a horse left
The infantry portion of Stoneman's com
mand is engaged in clearing the mountains
of bushwhackers, guerrillas and horse thieves
and are making clean work.
KNOXVILLE, May 2-l0 2. M.
information from Stoneman's cavalry
states that jeff Davis was at Yorkville, S.
c., on the 29th ult., and Stoneman's forces
came in ON the following day. Davis has
one days start of Stoneman.
WASHINGTON, May 3.
A distinguished army officer this morning
mentioned as fact that there is now tele-
graphic communication between Macon and
Washington, a portion of the lines extending
through Georgia, South Carolina and North
Carolina, where we have no troops.
He also stated that the same wires which
we're but recently used by the rebels, are
now used in transmitting the President S
proclamation offering rewards for the arrest
of jeff Davis and others
The Navy Department viii, In a short
time, sell many of the wooden vessels which
were purchased to meet pressing emergen-
cies.
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The Return of the Pennsylvania Troops
to their Homes.
HARR1sBuRG, Nav

HARRISBURG, May 5,
Governor Curtin goes to Washington to-
day, for the purpose of arranging with the
War Department the localities at which
Pennsylvania troops are to be mustered out
of the service and paid.
The Pennsylvania regiments in Sherman S
army, it is now understood, viii be brought
to Harrisburg, where they will be mustered
out aud paid. The object of the Governor
is to prevent the delay and embarrassment
which have heretofore attended the muster
ing out and payment of troops at this post,
and make arrangements by which the men
will be able to reach their homes in different
parts of the State, with the least possible
delay.
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A Washington dispatch of May Sd gives
the following important proclamation
WHEREAS, Itappears from evidence In
the Bureau of Military Justice, that the
atrocious murder of the late President,
Abraham Lincoln, and the attempted assas-
oinaoion of Wm II Seward Secretary of
State, was melted, concerted and procured
by and between JEFF. Davis, late of Rich
mond, Virginia, and Jacob Thompson,
Clement G. Clay, Beverly Tucker, George
n Sanders, w. G. Cleary, and other reb-
els and traitors, against the Government of
the United States, harbored in Canada
Now, therefore, |, ANDREW JOHN
SON, President of the United States, do
offer for said persons, or either of them, the
following sf g
Fifty thousand dollars for the arrest of
jeff Davis, $25, 900 for the arrest of Glenn
ent G. Clay, $25, 900 for the arrest of Jacob
Thompson, late of Mississippi, S25, 600 for
the arrest of George N. Sanders, $25, 900
for the arrest of Beverly Tucker, and $40, 600
for the arrest of William G.. Cleary, late
clerk of Clement G. Clay
The Provost Marshal General is directed
to cause description of said persons, with
a notice of the above rewards, to be pub
lished.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal tobe affixed
Done at Washington this second day Of
May, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-6ve
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By w. HUNTER, Acting Sec'y of State.
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PRICES IN RAIErGH, N. C.-Among the
many sudden changes of the last few days,
that in prices is very striking. We can
scarcely realize saying so many cents for so
many dollars, an6 then tie occasional elink
of silver almost astonishes our ears, so long
unaccustomed tosuch sounds. Asyet there
has been nothing brought to market; but
bacon formerly $40 per pound can now be
had for 10 cents Coffee is so cents per
pound, instead Of $50, and so on. These
figures seem strange to us, and it viii take
us some days to become famiharizcd with
them, but no doubt we shll become adapted
to them with wonderful facility. It is some
thing agreeable to learn, and we shall prove
apt scholars Greenbacks, with a sprink-
ling of coin, have alreadylnade their appear
ance among our citizens, and we feel that we
have money once more in our midst The
bringing our money to market in basket
and carrying home our purchase in our pock-
ct, we expect to reverse the order In fact
starvation no longer atares us in the face as
it did, and we feel sen3e Of security we
have not felt for a long time. Raleigh Pro-
greSs.
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THE ACCESSORIES TO THE MURDER
Indignant disclaimer by BeCeIEy
TucIer.-TH assdssins to be sur
rendered by Canada.
MONTREAL. Nav 4.

uIUNIhLALi 4'4ty Il
Beverly Tucker, for whom reward of
$25, 600 has been offered by the United States
Government, publishes letter saying that
whoever asserts that he had anything to do
with the assassins, or knowledge of the plot
to capture Lincoln or Seward, blackens his
soul with perjury. He never heard of Booth
or any of the others arrested, before the as
sassination, and he was not here when Booth
was. He has sent for copy Of the evi
dence so as to disapprove it.
The Heralds Washington special says !:
Our Consul General in Canada has given
notice to the authorities that all the crimi-
mas connected with the assassination OF
President Lincoln must be surrendered to
the United States authorities.
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ST. LOUIS. MAY +:

ST LOUIS, May 8.
1t is officially eontradieted that there are
any OF JEFF Thompson troops In southeast
Missouri, and the rumors of an Invasion of
the State are without foundation.
The Vicksburg Herald says that the head
quarters of the Department of the Missis-
sippi grants them permission to state that
an indefinite armistiee through the depart
ment, beginning at 9 o clock, on the 2Sth
ult., was agreed upon by General Dana, of
the United States forces, and General Hodge
commanding the rebels in that section.
New ORLEANS, May 8, via Carlo, May s
Gen. a. J. Smith, with his command, oc-
cupied Montgomery, Alabama, on the 25th
ult., and General Steele occupied Selma ON
the 9th.
On Sunday last Gen. Candy met Dick Tay-
lor Is miles from Mobile, and opened nero-
tiations for the surrender of the rebel for
ces. Nothing decisive was determined mn
ON, but Taylor was allowed several days to
consider the proposition. 1t is believed he
has aeceded to the terms before this. as he
must have been influenced to that end BY
the surrender of Johnston.
WASHINGTON, May s.
information was received at army head
quarters to-day OF the final and complete sur
render OF Dick Taylor's forces in Alabama
ana Mississippi to General Candy
NEW ORLEANS, April %, via Carlo, May 5.
Iwohundred and sixty-seven officers. rank
ing as officers from colonels to Iieutenants,
who were captured at Mobile, arrived here
to-day s. -
The river continues rising, though the
leyee six miles below the break at Algiers
was repaired to-dey, and little damage was
done. The Times correspondent says that
the country on the east side of the Tunica
landing to Bayou Sara was completely inun-
dated tor thlrty-hve miles, causing great
sufferln1g- Many of the inhabitants are in
starving condition. Fears were entertain
ed OF a more destructive overflow than had
ever occurred