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~THN ABOVE SALE Is ROSTF0NHD IN
Consequence of the rain, until THURSDAY AP-
TERNG9N, January Z, same hour and place.
Jan II JAS O. MCGUIRE Il CO., Aucts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-12

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. 60. AT AUCTION.
On FRIDAY MORNING, January 18th. at 10
will sell small lot Of Household Flu ;risure, being
the eff ets of family decli nina bousekee ping.
10 N2s THOMAslDSRLINI4,A uct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-12

ENOR RENT-A very desirable FARM en- 7th
Il street road. called Petworth. near the frss
in sito Soldiers Home and the other the turnpike
ROAD to Montgomery COUNTY. For terms
1t the hours of o'clock and from to D. m
de lb-tf JAS. T0WLES, Property Agent
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n NLBDLE AGED WOMAN WISHES STU
"A ALTON as cook. in q espectsbie family, or to
COOK WASH, and iron. Can come well recon-
mended. Apply At Massachusetts avenue, No 343
Ia md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-12

WANTED A gsod German GIRL, we'll recom-
" mended in . small private family. Good
wages paid. Enquire at 351 9Th street corner of
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success of the 7-sO Loan.

Our readers will notice that subscriptions
to the popular 7-30 loan are still continued
in the most liberal manner. To the Old
World the success of these Peoples Loans is
one of the wonders of Republic. The Gov
markets {; it offers no premiums to bankers,
but appeals directly to the people, and with
what success is sufficiently shown by the tact
that during forty three days they subscribed
and paid the cash down for one hundred and
sixty-one million dollars of the 7-30 Loan
There can be no stronger evidence of public
confidence in Government securities. While
nearly all other stocfs have gone down from
twenty to fifty, and even a greater per cent.
within few weeks, all forms of U. 5. bonds
and stocks have remained firm except the
slight fluctuations that are incident to all
rapid changes in the money market Our
readers will remember tt at the subscribers to
the 7-30 loan receive semi-annual interest at
the rate of seven and three-tenths per cent.
per annum in currency, and at the end of
three years from June 18th, 1865, they will
have the option of receiving payment in full
or converting their notes into $40 six per
cent. gold interest bond. The late great de-
cline in the premium on gold makes these
notes more desirable than ever as an invest
ment, and it should not be forgotten that
their exemption from State or municipal tax
alton adds largely to their value. There is
no interruption in the receipt of subscrip-
tions or the delivery of the notes. All BANKS,
banke s, and others acting as Loan Agents,
will pay subscribers the interest in advance
from the day Of subscription untilJane 18th.
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The Income Tax of 1864.

The forms for the income tax for the
year 1864 are now being received of the
assessors. All income, from whatever
source received, up to January l, 1865,
is to be included in the return of 1864
The law requires the return to be made
by the 18th of May next, but it is doubt
full if the work will be done in that time,
as the notices to the taxpayers are not
yet all distributed. The questions are
very minute and searching, intended to
reach all the omissions known to have
occurred in former returns. Five per
cent is the amount of tax upon all in
comes, whether derived from mans own
income or his wife OF children's. A
wifes income must be included, so must
a minor childs, whether from real or per-
sonal property or salary. The grains
upon stocks or property sold must be in
cluded. The losses may be deducted
The premium on gold paid as interest on
United States securities is part of in
come. The deductions allowed by law
are 5000 for expenses Of family; house
rent if actually paid. Those living in
their own houses do not deduct house
rent; the interest upon the value of
such homestead, which the Government
would be entitled to have taxed if the
house were rented, as an equivalent pos
sessed by the owner for the rent. He
can not deduct both the income value of
his house and u rent beside. Ali nation
al, State and local taxes are to be de-
Quoted. This includes the two income
taxes paid in 1854 to the United States
Government. Interest paid in or falling
due within the year 1864 is deducted
so also insurances, repairs, fuel consumed
in carrying on business, not household
servants and interest on membranes
All carriages are taxed from 81 to $40;
gold watches 81 each, if worth less than
one hundred dollars, and SO if worth
more than one hundred dollars pianos
81, so that each strain of music, now that
it is taxed, will be more precious; yachts
from s5 to $100; private billiard tables
$40; gold plate SO cents per ounce Troy
and silver plate 5 cents.
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Dlsrraceful DemasogueIsm.

The most execrated and execrable man
on the face Of the earth is the murderer
Of President Lincoln. The most despi-
cable men are those vile demagogues who
are engaged in making political capital
out OF the mutilated body of the dead
President. It is not hard to believe that
such men secretly rejoice over the foul
deed. The eagerncss with which they
seize upon it, and the disreputable uses
they make of it, are wholly Inconsistent
with sacred sorrow for tho dead.
If the villain Booth imagined he was
performing the part of Brutus. he can
now see the parallel carried farther, by
these demagogues playing the part of
Mare Anthony, in shedding hypecritical
tears and making infammatory appeals,
for selfish ends, over the murdered body.
The determination that the severest
punishment our laws permit shall be vis-
tied upon the assassins and their confed-
crates, is but the impulse of every hon
est heart but that the sacred sympathies
of a generous people with their dead
chief, should be deyilishly wrought upon
for base and corrupt political purposes
Is the dirtiest depth of demagogueism and
political degradation.
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The Feeling IN the South at the Assas-'
sionatlon of Mr.. Lincoln.


The Washington correspondent of the
Commercial says, under head of advices
from Richmond:
1.-THE details of the assassination had
become known, and produced considera-
BILE excitement among the people. A
number of houses had been draped in
mourning. and all citizens who expressed
any opinion, denounced it, without quali-
fcation. Gen. Lee, it was said, would is
sue some kind of an address to the people
on the great event.
SIN Petersburg, Roger A. Pryor de-
clared that the South, in this crisis, had
lost its best friend. In connection with
the Mayor, be intended to call public
meeting, to denounce the act and extend
sympathy to the Northern people"
In this connection the Washington cor
respondent of the Gazette says:
''MEETING CALLED.
ssJudge w. L. Jones, Roger A. Pryor,
John Lyon and other prominent citizens,
have united in call for public meeting,
to express, if words could do so, their
grief for so sad an event; their abhorrence
for the deed, and sympathy for. the be-
reaved. We know that the citizens Of
Richmond will take similar action. "s
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Is THE CHOLERA COMING ?-The fol-
lowing paragraph, from the New York
Tribune, says that as war is abating its
ravages we are threatened with its sister
scourge, pestilence:
"All Europe has been alarmed by the
reported appearance of the Siberian plague
at st. Petersburg and its advance toward
the frontier of Germany. A telegram
from st, Petersburg states that it is COM
mitting fearful ravages, and that official
returns as to the number of victims have
altogether ceased. A semi-official organ
of the Russian Government denies the cor
rectness of these reports, which, however
the neighboring countries agree in aeeep-
ting as true The Austrian Government
has sent Medical Commission to st. Pc
tersburg to examine into the nautre of the
epidemic, and the French Government has
ordered all ships arriving from Russia to
be put in quarantine. The English Gov
ernment has sent instructions to the con-
suls in Russia and the ports of the Baltic
to collect all the information they could
on the subject and forward it to England
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j. WILKES BooTH-A correspondent
writing from Cincinnati, writes as follows
to the Chicago Times:
"Junius Brutus Booth is in deep grief
over the tragedy which involves his broth
er Wilkes as an assassin. His engage
ment would have closed tonight, but he
dared not appear. He informs me that
j. Wilkes Booth was to have been mar
ried soon to daughter of Senator Hale;
that if he committed this act, it was under
sudden impulse. The family consists
of four brothers and one sister The N 9th
er of these five children is now in New
York city. Wilkes Booth was her favor
ite child. Edwin was in Boston, where
he was to conclude an engagement o-nighi
j. Brutus, Edwin and j. Wilkes-all
three brothers-were engaged to appear
at the Shakspearean benefit, in New York
soon to take place, and only yesterday
ing mention of their engagement in New
York, that he was well, and all going on
brightly. Recurring to his alliance to
Miss Hale, Brutus can hardly believe the
report, yet he knows that Wilks has often
expressed himself as bearing a deadly
hatred to kings and tyrants' Mr.. Booth
has gone to the country tonight, to keep
quiet until the excitement has passed.
He PAGES his room and pulls his hair like
man deranged. Brutus also states that
| if the reports are true against Wilkes
Edwin and himself will be compelled to
leave the stage"
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Effect In the south of LincoIn's
Murder.

The Richmond Wing says the assassin
alton of President Lincoln is the heaviest
blow which has ever fell upon the South.
It adds, "the adherence with which it
is regarded on all sides will, it is hoped,
deter insane and malignant men from the
emulation of the infamy which attaches
to this Internal deed"
Roger A. Pryor, Judge Lyons. John
Young and other prominent citizens have
called meeting in Richmond and Peters
burg to express their grief Cor the sad
event, and their adherence of the deed.
Both Petersburg and Richmond were
draped in mourning. The rebel prison
ers, at Richmond, passed resolutions, that
they were soldiers and could applaud no
assassination
Gen. Lee said he regretted Lincoln S
death as much as any man in the North,
and believed him to be the epitome Of
maguauimity and good faith. He said
that when he dispossessed himself of the
command of the rebel forces, he kept in
mind President Lincoln's benignity, and
surrendered as much to the latter's good
ness as to Grants artillery.
There is no doubt that the people Of
the South, with the exception of few Of
the most violent, regard the death of Lin
coin as the greatest of calamities to them
The murderer must look for appreciation
to low, base rufians.
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Holm Wilkes Booth, Murderer
of the President.

John Wilkes Booth, who murdered
President Lincoln, was born about thirty
years ago, near Baltimore. He is the
third son of the once celebrated English
tragedian, Lucius Junius Booth. The
distinguished American actors, Edwin
Booth and Junius Brutus Booth, are
older brothers of the assassin, who is
himself an actor of some note.
He commenced his career on the stage
in, the South, and while there became in
volsed in quarrel. and was shot in the
neck. He played with great energy and
vigor, and one time, while performing
&C Richard Ill., he became so identified
with the character he was representing,
as to imagine he was Richard, and so
fercely did he fight as to knock " Rich
mond into the orchestra.
He received only common school
education, and has been known to inter-
polate his favorite words, SIC sen,per ty-
rannis, inappropriately into his plays.
He belonged to that class in Baltimore
denominated secessionists," and often
manifested his feelings in incorporate
and violent language. He carried q
marked bullet, with which he repeatedly
declared he intended to slay President
Lincoln; but as he was a known braggari
no attention was paid to his threats.
He was very dissolute in his habits
spending his time in low houses, and
among abandoned associates. He is a
vain and passionate man, and his ideas
are formed upon his theatrical tastes
The manner in which he committed the
foul deed, and his exclamation Of sic
semper tyrannis," show that he studied
dramatic effect. In his morbid sentimen-
tality he probably imagined he was act
ing the part Brutus did when he slew
Caesar.
1t is certain that he had associates
but he was probably the.boldest and mos
desperate of the gang.
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President johnson.

Tie newly installed President, in his
short address nPon taking the oath, gives
little indication of what will be his fu-
ture policy. He merely refers to his past
as an index to his future,
We hope that he may be no worse a
President than his predecessor; but his
career, while military governor of Ten
nesses, suggests grave apprehensions,--
However, we should wait and judge him
fairly by his acts
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81
Prophecy FULrILLED.-In this hour
of Richmond's downfall and the coun-
try's rejoicing, the, almost prophetic
words of Mcclellan, in his letter to Hal
leck, protesting against the withdrawal of
the army from the James river, are lit
with new and wonderful significance
" Here" said he, "directly in front of
this army, is the heart of the rebellion
it is here that all our resources should be
collected to strike the blow which shall
determine the fate of the nation. All
points of secondary importance elsewhere
should be abandoned, and every available
man brought here-a decided victory here,
and the strength of the rebellion is crushs
edit matters not what partial reverses
we may meet with elsewhere. Here is
the true defense of Washington. 1t is
here, on the banks of the james, that the
fate of the Union should be decided
Clear in my convictions of right, whatever
the result may be, shall at least have
the internal satisfaction that I have writ
ten and spoken frankly, and have sought
to do the best in my power to avert DIS
aster from my country"
But the army was Withdrawn, and by
what bloody and circuitous route it is
has had to travel back to victory The
victory is won, and of the attendant glory
Mcclellan clans no share But history
has already begun to render acknowledge
ment of the weary and thankless work he
did, and he can afford to wait, well knew
ing that
"Whateysr record leap to light,
He never shall be shamed."
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TnE FArA1 WoTyn ON pars,,, T.

THE FATAL WOUND OF PRESIDENT
LTNcoLN.-An autopsy upon the remains
of President Lincoln has been held by
Surgeon-General Barnes, assisted by sew
eral other eminent medical gentlemen, in
presence of President Johnson. General
Ausur and General Ruckcr. The exter-
nal appearance Of the face of the Presi-
dent presented deep black stain around
both eyes. The fatal wound was on the,
left side of the head, behind, in line
within three inches from the left ear
The course of the balltwas obliquely for
ward, to the right eye, crossing the brain
IN an oblique manner, and lodging a. few
inches behind that eye. In the track of
the wound were found fragments of bone
which had been driven forward by the
ball, which was imbedded in the an
terror lobe of the left hemisphere of the
brain. The orbit plates Of both eyes
were the scat of communicated fracture,
and the eyes were filed with extravasated
blood. The serious injury of the orbit
plates was due to the contra coup, he
result Of the intense shock of so large o
projectile fred so closely to the head
The ball was evidently Derringer hand
cast, and from the neck had been clipped
a shaving of lead, which had been re-
moved from the ballin its passage through
the bones of the skull, aud was found in
the orifce of the wound. A fragment Of
bone was found two and half inches
within the brain, the second and large
fragment. about four inches from the ORR
fec of the wound. The ball lay still
further in advance. The wound was
about half an inch in diameter.
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ToFFIcIAL.1

Major General Dix:
Official notice of the death of the late
President, Abraham Lincoln, was given
by the heads of the Departments this
morning to Andrew johnson, Vice Pres :
ident, upon whom the Constitution de-
volved the Office of President. Mr.. john
son, upon receiving the notice, appeared
before the Hon. s. P. Chase, Chief JUS
tice of the United States, and took the {
oath of Office as President of the United
States, and assumed its duties and funo-
tions. ttSHf6fF 9ffs So q Z "a
At II O'Clock the President met the
heads of Departments in Cabinet meeting.
at the Treasury building, and among other
business the following was transacted:
1. The arrangements for the funeral
of the late President were referred to the
several Secretaries, as far as related to
their respective departments. s;4fs,
2. William Hunter, Esq, was ap-
pointed Acting Secretary of State, during
the disability of Mr.. Seward and his son,
Frederick Seward, the Assistant Secre-
tary. a. ~ >
s. The President formally announced
.hat he desired to retain the present Sec-
retaries of the Departments of his Cabi-
nit, and that they would 60 on and dis
charge their respective duties in the same
manner as before the Adeplorable event
that has changed the head of the Gov
ernment. All business in the Depart
ment was suspended during the day. The
? surgeons report that the condition of SEQ
retary Seward remains unchanged. He
is doing we'll. No Improvement in Mr..
Frederick Seward. The murderers havo
not yet been apprchended. o
Il. NJ. STANTON,
p Secretary of War.
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WHAT GENERAL GRANT SAYS.

WASHINGTON, April 14.--Gen. Grant
says he left Lee at Appomattox Court
house, and that Lee was then preparing
to go to Johnston, and advise the latter to
surrender; that Lee says the rebellion is
effectually at an end, and says he has
been in favor of cessation of hostilities
and restoration of the Union for the past
six months. General Grant further says
that Lee is now sincerely and zealously
in favor of peace and a restoration of the
Union.
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A PROMINENT clergyman in this city,
on Sunday, after announcing that the
hand of God was visible in the removal of
Mr.. Lincoln, said it was time that the
people took the law in their own hands
and put down all opponents of the Ad-
ministration. We fear that the Reverend
speaker was laboring under the same in
fuenee that once possessed him on a GER
tain memorable occasion, when he went
up the Tennessee River Chicago
Times. s.s.1s.
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ment, consented to act as committee to
make arrangements for the transportation
OF the remains Of the late President from
Washington to their final resting place.
They are authorized to arrange time tables
with the respective railroad companies,
and to do and regulate all things for safe
and appropriate transportation.
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BE- Recent events have had very little
influence on the price of gold. The tax
ing of Richmond, the surrender of Lee
or the death of the President changed
the price but two or three cents. Colo
is about at its minimum price until the
enormous volume of currency is reduced
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JOHNSTON RETREATING BEFORE SHERMAN
THE CAPTURE OF RALEIGH.

FoRTREss MONROE, April 16.-The
steamer Admiral Dupont arrived yester-
day afternoon from Moorehead City, N
u, with advices from General Sherman's
forces. General Sherman having left
Golisboro in his rear, at once struck out
for Johnston's army, hoping to be able to
force him to give battle. Johnston, how
ever, kept retreating, and it appears that
Sherman has met with very little resistance
to his march north.
Raleigh was captured last Thursday,
with bat very little fighting, and that con-
fined principally to the cavalry, and a
skirmish between the advance pickets Of
both forces.
Supplies for General Sherman's army
are all centered near Roanoke Island, and
vessels lying at anchor there are awaiting
the orders of his Chief Commissary.
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BOOTH SUPPOSED TO BE oNA RAILROAD
TRAIN AT READING, PA.

READING. PENN, April 1o.-Booth,
the murder, it is supposed, was on pas
senger train that left here at six o'clock
for Pottsville. A gentleman noticed him
on the train before it reached here and
spoke to him and shook hands with him,
and during their conversation Booth col
ored up several times, and appeared an
noyed and desirous of evading observa-
ition. The gentleman is positive it is
Booth, having known him for several
years. Why he did not give the alarm
at once, or before the train left, I do not
know but just as the train left he noti-
fed several officers on the train. An ex-
ira train was Immediately sent in pursuit
and kilograms sent to all points. The re-
suits are yet unknown.
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THE following is Lees farewell adj
dress to the Army of Northern Va:es q
HEADouARTERs ARMY OF N. vi
Alril 10, 1865.

- y
HEADouARTERs ARMY OF N VI "a
Alril 10, 1865.
General Order No. O..
After four years of arduous service,
marked by unsurpassed courage and for q
titudc, the Army of Northern Virginia
has been compelled to yield to oscrwhelm-
ing numbers and resources. need not
tell the survivors of so many hard-fought
battles, who have remained stcadfast to
the last, that | have consented to this re-
suit through no distrust of them, bat
holding that valor and devotion could ac-
compiish nothing that could compensate
for the loss that would have attended the
continuation of the contest, / have de-
termined to avoid the useless sacrifice of
those whose past yigor has endeared them
to their countrymen. asaa-
BY the terms of agreement, officers
and men can return to their homes and
remain there until exchanged. You will
take with you the satisfaction that pro-
ceeds from the consequences of duty
faithfully performed, and / earnestly
pray that nlcrciful God will extend you
his blessings and protection. With an
increasing admiration of your constanoy
and devotion to your country, and a
grateful remembrance of your kind and
generous consideration of myself, 1 bid
you an affectionate farewell
E. L. LEE. General.
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g@ J.sWilkes Booth, the assassin, has
recently made a large fortune in oil spec
ulations.
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BO- The Mayors of the Canadian .ci-
tios exhibited neighborly courtesy and
sympathy in closing the business houses
houses Of their Jurisdictions on the day
of tho funeral Of President Lincoln.
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The LATE ELECTIONS IN OHIo.-Our
letters from all parts of the State, since
the first Monday in April, contain the
gratifying intelligence that the Democra-
cy every where made immens gains in the
election of township officers, and, in most
cases, in the election of municipal officers
also, In many places, Democrats were
elected where the opposition had always
before succeeded in electing their candi-
dates. This happened to remarkable
extent in the rural districts, and in the
smaller cities and towns of the State
The political indications are of the most
favorable character.--Colunsbus States
man.