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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-03
The President's Answer to m. M.
beas Corpus Writ. -

wAsHlSaroN, Jan. A.-To.dsy was set
apart for 8 return of the vrits n, I,.hsss
corpus upon the superintendent of Tho IA
Capitol prison, commanding him to ~ ~
duce the bodies of Christopher 2. Ha,s;,
and John Dugan, with the date and ossse
OF their arrest. They were formerly ero-
ployed as detectives on the Metropolitan
police force, and subsequently Hogan was
special detective of the Treasury De-
partment. While 30 acting robbery was
committed in February last, the trunk of
Maj. Malone, paymaster of the army, was
robbed, of nearly $4,000. Some time
after, Hogan and Dugan were arrested by
Superintendent Wood on charge of being
concerned in the robbery, and have since
been held in custody. This morning Nj.
Wood appeared to answer the writs and
handed his return to the court. Superin.
tendent Wood answers: "The body of
Hogan [or Dugan1 is in my possession.
he was arrested and imprisoned by author
ity of the President of the United States.
l do not produce bis body by reason of an
order of the President indorsed upon said
writ, to which reference is hereby respect
fully made. The Endorsement of the Pres
ident on each writ is as follows:
"The within named Hogan Tor Dupani vas
arrested and imprisoned by my authority.
This writ of habeas corpus is suspended. and
the officer having Hogan lor Duganl in Gus
tody. Is directed not to produce his body, but
to hold him in custody until further orders
giving this order in his return to the court.
January 23d, 1866"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-03

SrArlsT1os OF THE UNITARIAN DENoMM-
Ar1oN.-The Monaaly Jou,,soz, published
by the American Unitarian denomination,
gives the following information of the
number of ministers and societies belong
ing to the body The whole number Of
societies is 95s, an increase Of three over
last year. In 1880 there were 1853 socie-
ties; the increase for So years has there
fore been shout 80 per cent. Of these
ESQ societies, 81 have no pastors. The
whole number Of ministers b 500. This
incladss professors in colleges, chsplains,
DC. 1875 Of these are unsettled, 100 Set
tied. Last year there were S48 ministers;
los II. There ass two theological schools
in the 7dsaoninatioai in cambridge and
in 4sadvills, Pa
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-03
Mr.. Brooks and Ben Butler.

In the House of Representatives on
Monday, in thecourse of the debate on the
question Of FiILps' assault on KELLY, Mr..
Books said that recently he had occasion
to speak of certain Major General as 8
gold robber, but in some of the prints be
was represented as saying "bold robber.
ne had received letter from q certain
Major General, who supposed the remark
particularly applicable to him, though al
the time there was another Major General
in New York. ...-.
at his desire the letter was read, as
follows:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1865.
James Brooks, Member Of Congress, in House o,
Representatives.
/ find in the Daily Globe of the 9TH report
OF your remarks in the House on the 9Th, an
extract from which, personal to me, is append.
ed. have the honor to inquire whether your
remarks are correctly reported, except, per
haps in the misprint, bold for gold, and also
whether there was any modification, explana-
ton, or limitation made by you, other than ap-
pears In this report. The gentleman who hands
you this will wait, or call for your answer at
any time or place you may designate.
(Signed) B. F. BUTLER,
Major General.
An extract from Mr.. Books speech was
in substance as follows:
am bound to say that an effort was made
to control the city of New York during the au-
tumn election. The Government sent there a
gold robber in the person of q Major General
OF the United States. Robber as be was of the
public treasury, and Major General, he dared
not exercise control over the actions of those
,vrnf hat E.1~,~ y ~
ScOfeld, had called thieves and robbers.
A question of order was raised on in
PRODUCING the letter. Mr.. Brooks quoted
from the constitution, that for any speech
in either house no member should be cues
toned elsewhere.
Mr.. Brooks felt that he would be iusti.
fed in refusing to answer the letter. He
said he objected to the manner in which it
was transmitted. The letter was brought
to him by Buffers Adjutant in full uni
form, instead of being sent through the
post-office. He did not like to have mill
tary gentlemen coming into his house and
calling for immediate answers or any an
swer. He expressed this to the aid, and
that he should not give an immediate an
swer, but would take his own time. These
remarks having been expressed on the floor
of the House, Gen. Butler had no right
to call him in question. He conteAded
that the language of Buffers letter was
that of duellist.
The point of order being pressed, the
Speaker decided the letter not an infringe
ment of the privilege. The meaning of
the language in the letter was open to
doubt, and it was not therefore question
for debate.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-03

-Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont, is now,
BY seniority, the presiding bishop Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church IN this ooun-
try. It 10 said that he has been invited to
make an Episcopal visitation to that mart
of Louisiana now In the FEDERAL line.
No bishop has besn seen there aimee ia
detection from the church to the armv If
the rsbslG General Bishop Polk.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
NEWS ITEMS.

Governor Milton. of Florida. committed suicide al his
residence in Mariana IN the lst OF April No special
reason is assigned for the act but it supposed to be
induced by despair of the of the rebel
There is no Lieutenant Governor and the office is
filled by the President Of the Senate Several cand
da need for the succession az the election
to be held in October.
The exchange of five thousand Union soldiers al Da
ren Georgia. which il is supposed has taken place by
this time, will leave scarcely any of men in the
hands Of the Confederaes, while there still remains in
the hands of the governm Mt between sixty and seventy
thousand rebel troops besides those paroed under the
terms of Lees surrender.
Secretary Stanton states in official despatch that
the War Department is in possession of information 20
the effect that the Presidents assassination planned
in Canada and approved By JEFF. Davis and his Cabinet
The man who attempted TO kill Mr.. Seward and who
is prisoner, is believed TO be of the st. Al
bans raiders.
The Washington Republican announces, By authority
that the statements in the New crk press teegraphed
from that city, that President Johnson is about to
ganize his Cabinet without the ghtest foundation
in truth Such unauthorized declarations only
fruitful Of mischief and very embarrassing TO the
President
Four thousand Of the paroled recently belonging
10 Lees army left Fortress Monroe last saturday for
their various homes in and around Savannah Mobile
and New Orleans for which cities they were furnished
free transportation board United States steamers.
Rev. VIM. Creighton, D. D., died at Beechwood, near
TaTytown, Sunday last in the seyenty-fourth year
of his age He a very popular preacher in his de-
nomination. and was elected Bishop 0nderdonks sue
preside the Episcopal Church in the East
eTn diocese Of New York, but declined the position.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
ETHIOPIAN NEWS.

The steamship Bremen, from Southampton on the
18th, and City OF Washington, from Queenstown on the
18th instant, reached New York Monday night. Tie
news is forF days later
Nspoleons policy of Intervention in Mexico was
strongly opposed in the Legislative Chambers of France
and Belgium. The governments were warned by the
opposition that the attempt 20 sustain Macmillan
throne likely to ad with the United States
The debate in the Belgium Chamber brought on duel
between a member and the Minister Of War in which
the Minister was wounded.
The JEFF. Davis privateer Tallahassee was in the Mer.
sey about - pass into the merchant service The She
nando ali was under government surveillance at Mel.
bourne, Australia.
The London journals had heard of Grants advance
from his lines around Petersburg and expressed in con-
sequence very decided antcpstons OF Lees defeat and
great danger" to the rebel cause
II is said that the College Of Cardinals was
the question of advsabity of the POpes departure from
Rome.
Reports from st. Petersburg state that the epidemic
or plague" was declining and that there were empty
beds in the hospitals England still, however enioined
great sanitary vigilance in her ports.
Consols rated in London, April 49, at 81 81 Il Tor
money. The Liverpool cotton market closed 18th dull
with downward tendency, at quotations Of decline
experienced during the week. Bread dfs were quiet
and steady. Provisions generally steauy.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
.LEFE. DAVIS ESCAPE

Thetelegram from New Orleans, on the 10TH,
mentioned by US yesterday, that Davis had reached
the Mississippi river at Tinker's Bend and crossed
without attracting the observation Of the U. s..
Navy, meets with more credit at the North than
it deserves. Davis certainly was not near the Mis-.
sissipp on the 10th inst. He, We have before
stated upon positive authority, out from Greens
boro on the l4th inst, but in what exact direction
we have been unable TO learn. Some of his fol-
lowers declared their route to be to the Trans
Mississippi, and this would seem to be the only
one promising him a chance Of escape, unless, by
previous agreement, he had blockade runner
waiting for him somewhere on the Atlantic coast.
II he set out for the Trans Mississippi he probably
went direct to Abteville, South Carolina, and
hence struck out for the Mississippi river through
the northern portions OF Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi. By adopting this line of march he
might hope to avoid Gen. Wilson'S forces, now
resting on their arms at Macon, Georgia, though
he could not, without relays of horses, which the
exhausted country is not likely to afford, hope to
reach the Mississippi in less than three weeks
! Were we to hazard guess as to his Whereabouts,
We should say he was now somewhere in North
western Georgia; though of course it would be the
merest guess based upon the solitary fact that he
was at Greensboro on the 18th, and that his peo-
pie said they were going to Texas.
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The Pre- sident's Proclamation Of a
Day OfHumiIiat,On and Mourning.

Whereas, by my direction the acting Secretary of
State in notice to the public, on the nth of April
sted the various religious denominations TO assem-
BILE on the 18th of April, on the occasion Of the obse
aues of Abraham Lincoln, late President Of the Uni
teo States and observe the same with appropriate
ceremonies;
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Of mourning where the head Of the family has been
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mighty God in order that the bereavement may be
titled 70 the nation;
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Mon with the Father in Heaven, and in compliance
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Congress- communicated to me by resolution
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President Of the United States do hereby appoint
Thursday, the 25th day of May next 10 be observed
wherever in the United States the flag OF the country
may be respected, as a day Of humiliation and mourn
ing and recommend to my fellow ten 10 Assem-
lie 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 30 that all shall he
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
RIcBMOSD, Va, April Gath, 1865.


To the Editor Of the Wig:
Dear Sir Having noticed several communica-
tions in your paper discussing what troops first en-
tered this city on the Sd Of April, and as it seems
to be understood by the people that the Path corps
was first in the city, desire TO correct the error
through your columns, although il is but Of little
Importance.
Being stationed for time on the road on which
all the troops entered, positively assert-and in
doing so l only assert that which know TO be
true,-that the LIST Brigade (Draper's) of the lst
Division, 25th Army Corps, was the first troops to
enter the city of Richmond on the morning OF the
Sd of April.
1t is alleged by some in support Of the above
statement that the stirmiSh line of the oath Army
Corps entered the city in advance of Draper's
Brigade.
If the argument is brorght down TO this point,
believe no one denies that Major Stevens, with a
detachment of the ith Massachusetts, Cavalry, were
the first United States troops in Richmond, and
they constituted the Provost Guard of the 25tf
corps.
1t has also been stated in your paper that Briga
der General Deyens, of the oath corps, was the
first General officer in Richmond after its eyacua
tion but believe no one win contradict the state
ment that Major General G. Weitzel and Brigadel
General G. F. Shepley were in the city full hal
hour before General Devens entered.
Respectfully,
ONE Who WAS THERE.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
SToNEMANS LATE EXPEDITION.

Our last authentic advicesfrom Gen. Stoneman
were that he had been ordered by Gen. Sherman
oleave Salisbury and join him, and fears were
with good reason entertained shat this might ena-
bic Davis and his Cabinet to escape to the Trans
Mississippi with their treasure, consisting of all
the specie Of the Richmond banks, and, for aught
we know, of those of North Carolina.
From a gentleman who had the fortune to Re
captured by portion of his troopers about the
time Of the fall of Nashville, learn that his men
and horses, though they had been on the road over
two weeks, looked as fresh as if they had just
turned out for holiday parade.
By telegraph from Knoxville, on the 23d, We
learn that among the trophies of the expedition are
twelve battle-fags and banners. An old United
States Gag was found in the house Of loyal citizen
of Salisbury. The famous jail where many un-
fortunate Union prisoners pined their lives away
was burnt to the ground. A few United States
prisoners found in this jail were Skeletons of their
former selves almost all of them died on the way
to Nashville,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
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RICHMOND WHIG FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL q, E65.

occupied at the same time in contemplation Of his vir
tues and sorrow for his sudden and violent end.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hanc, and
caused the cal Of the United States 70 be affixed.
Zone at the city OF Washington the 25th day of April
in the year Of our Lord eighteen hundred and sxtyve
and of the independence Of the United States Of America
the eighty ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President
W. HUNTER, Aotg Sec'y OF state.
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bus, Ca, have been heretofore mentioned, took
possession of Macon, Ca, on the goth inst, making
prisoners there of Gems. Howell Cobb, Gustavus
W. Smith and others. These officers claimed, at
Gen. Wilson's hands, the benefits of Gen. Sher-
mans armistice, who, in response to a despatch
from Gen. Wilson, over the Rebel telegraph line,
inquiring what was to be done under the circum.
stances, telegraphed the latter that he might draw
out Of Macon and hold his command for further
orders unless lie had reason to believe that the
Rebels would take advantage of his movement to
change the status to the pref udice Of the Union
AIMS.
The exact posture of the affair will be better I'M
derstood from the following bulletin of the Secre-
tary of War to Gen. Dix, the reader bearing in
mind that an armistice of ten days had been agreed
upon between Sherman and Johnston that the for
mer might hear from his Governm ent at Washing
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
THE ASSASSIN BOOTH
OVERTAKEN AND KILLED!
HIS BODY TAKEN TO WASHINGTON.

MAJOR General Ha!eck
Booth was killed by Colonel Bakers men yes
tesday, at CARROTS farm, three miles from Port
Royal, on the Rappahannock, in the effort to ar.
rest him. His body is here. Harold, his CON-
pauion, was taken. EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
The particulars of this event vii be awaited with
intense interest. 1t is relief to know that the
assassin of the President has been Serreted GU t
and despatched, though retributive justice de-
handed more ignominious death for the wretch.
Yet, the country has been spared the excitement
of trial and formal execution with its sensational
accessories. The capture of Harold justifes the
hope that full exposition of the conspiracy will
soon be given to the public.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
DANCES,
COMBATS,
GRAND BATTLE SCENES.

Fancy Dance. Miss Jessie Warner.
Ballad. Miss Blanche Middleton.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28


FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL % 1850,
By Universal Request,
MISS SALLIE PARTINGT0E
VIII appear in her thrilling rendition OF he
FRENCH SPY.
The entire play repe:e with
SONGS,
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28

GEN WILSON CAPTURES MACON, But
RITRDRARS By ORDER OF GEN SRER
NAN
Official information has been received by the War
Department that Gen. Wilson, whose capture Of
Selma, Montgomery and Eufala, Ala, and COluV
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
NEW RICHMOND THEATRE,
~ Corner Seventh and Broad S.rests

MRS. h haGuL. Managers.
r. D. OGDEN Acting and Stage Manager.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, April 24-2 Pm.

WASHINGTON, April II 2. VI.
MAJOR General Dir, NeD York:
A despatch from General Sherman states that
"Wilson held Macon on the 2eth, with Howell
Cobb, G. W. Smith and others as prisoners; but
they claimed the benefit OF the armistice, and he
has telegraphed me through the Rebel lines for or
ders. have answered him that he may draw out
of Macon and hold his command for further orders,
unless he has reason to believe the Rebels arc
changing the status to our prejudice"
EDWIN NJ. STANTON, Secretary OF War.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-28
NO TICE.

NOTICE..
CHEF QUARTERMAsTERs OFFICE
Army OF THE JAMES,
RICHMOND, Va, April 9th, 1867
There will be offered for sale at public auction, near
the Steamboat landing st Rockets in this city on SAT
URDAY, the 18th day Of May next, number OF Con-
deued Animals belonging to the United States Govern.
mont There will also be lot offered for sale in the city
of Petersburg on the same day.
TrRxs.-Pay ments must be made in United States
JOHN B. HOWARD,
It. Col. and Chief Q. NJ,
anos-tds Army of the James
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-04
lPor Tho Tribune.
Our Country.

AIR" Star spsnslsd Banner"
ALI hail TO the laud whers the sou-cheering light
OF Liberty dswns ike the glory Of mornings
Which shows TO the world through her storinie't
night,
The light of her stars the dark war-clouds adorn-
ing;
All chainless and free, may her nations sall oN
AZ her broad.rollng rivers which sweep to the sea-;
And stand Ike hor mountains in grandeur and
power,
In the storm end tho strife Of the perilous hour
And whom foos shall essail her, and daringly rise
10 strike from Der banner ono star Of her glory,
She will turn TO The tomb where her Washington
lies,
And the graves of hor martyrs of heart-thrilips
story.
And her heroes shall come at the roll OF the drum,
Like catarscts pouring in thunder and foam;
And witt. God for the right, shall the victory win
Der the tyrant without and tie traitor within.
For no moro shall the slave in his fetters lilo dumb
In the darkness Of soul whero his tyrants have
bound him,
The Jubilsnt year of his ransom has come,
And no wakes into life as the light shines around
him.
o traitors, beware, when the sword is made bare,
And the lion Of freedom is reused from Lis lair
When the whirlwiud OF battle shall sweep DER your
plains,
It shall sweep from our land its expressions and
chains.
Then, hail to our Country, the "Queen Of the
West"
Unfurl her broad banner from ocean 10 ocean
OF all OF earth'S empires VS. love her the best,
And speak her proud came with thrill Of emo.
ton.
May no tyran. control her freedom Of soul,
Or the tnumphs Of truth rs her ages shall roll;
May her lfe-givinS thoughts, on tho hghtnings
outbornc,
Flash out through the world like tho splendor OF
morn. Ii. A. 8.