The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-05-13
From the North.

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We condense the following news from,
the correspondence of the New York
Herald, the paper bearing date Of May
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THE SHOOTING OF BOOTH, THE ASSASSIN.
.. The announcement made here this
morning Richmond, on the authority
of the Secretary of War, that John
Wilkes Booth, the assassin of the late
President of the United States, had been
shot by authorized emissaries Of the gov.
ernmeht was the occasion of great Joy
in Richmond, though il was not ,lnac.
companied' by sense of sad disappoint.
nent that this, the greatest william of the
worlds history, the murderer of the
savior of his country, should not have
been spared to suffer in person, in pre-.
sence of his indignant and sorrowing
.countrymen, the penalty of death which
has finally overtake,i him in another
form. Others again feel that Booth in
dying as he did, literally hunted down
like beast in the forest, has met bis
appropriate doom as great State Grim.
inal. At all events heavy pail is lift.
ed from the common heart of this divis.
ion, department and old Army Of the
James, in the knowledge that the infa.
nous assassin at last sleeps the sleep
that knows no waking" dishonored in
time and eternity, of God and man.
A REOoNc1LIAToRY SIGN. as.l s
| Some Of the first ladies of Virginia,
who have hitherto held d series of very
high heads in reference to the military
authorities occupying Richmond, de-
scended from Their high.perch to-day and
deigned to ask General Ord to assist
them in the display of tableaux this eve.
ming at che Ballard House. They de.
sired the General to do this by permit.
ting them to use the government calcium
lights in exposition of their tableaux.
Adjutant General Smith issued an order
directing Professor Robert Grant, mill.
tary engineer ofthe calcium light service,
to give them every aid in his power. It
is expected that the entertainment, which
is alleged to oe given in behalf Of the
poor Of the city, is expected to be bril-.
liant one. ~. .%,,,l 4 ~.
Ex.JUDGE CAMPBELL UNPERRlFIED.
1t is believed that the United States
contemplate, the arrest Of Judge Camp.
bell, formerly an Associate Justice ofthe
United States Supreme Court, from Ala.
bama, and more recently Assistant Sec.
retary Of War in the late rebel War
Department. : Campbell has of late been
largely engaged in attempts looking TO
the reconstruction Of Virginia, as now
appears, upon q basis favorable to The
rebel cause; that's, yielding, in his plan
Of reconstruction, quite as little as posi-.
ble. His learning and previous stand.
ing in the country had seemed to mark
him out as a. .negotiator Of diplomacy on
behalf Of his rebel brethren, and these
reasons had procured for him an inter.
view, among, others with the late la
mented President Of the United States,
Mr. Lincoln, whom he sought most um.
successfully 70 envelope in specious ar.
gttnentls the rebel instance Z There
can now be little if any donbt that
Campbell 10 Of that .class ,6f rebels, little
disposed to yield hisjconyictions Of the
hupelessness of the rebel cause, and it
may be remarked as an evidence Of the
truth Of this statement that the OK.
judge persistently refuses, to take the
oath of allegiance, and resists eby stub.
bonn alignment the right of the 9oyerrl.
meat TO compel him to take it. Through.
out yesterday 5 United States officer
YVES looking after him, and it may be
said thatit is competent that Campbell
should be Immediately shut up aas an
unconvincsd rebel. a1a7s ih ne ar.4 Z
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