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A TLANTIC AND MtssEssIPPr STEA M
"A Slip Co.'S Rai'rosd line OF Steamers for Natches,
Vicksburg, Memphis, Cairo and st. Louis.
One of the following MAJ fcen first class passenger
steamers will leave New Orleans for Cairo and St. Louis
every osher day:
Pauline Carroll, Capt II. L. White
Pen Stickney, Capt. Jos. A. Aiken.
Mssissippi, capt. H. III. Symmes.
Leviath-.n, Capt. J. w. Carroll.
Missouri, Capt j. Y. Hr"d,
Nigga a. Capt P. Young.
Mol'ie Able, Capt D. N. Greenleaf.
Continental, Capt. H. g. Carson.
w. R. Arthur. Capt N. s. Green.
Olive Branc',, Capt Ben Tabor.
Passengers I'd Slippers can del end on the regular
departure this line of boats advertised time. Boats
wi leave ON the Id Gays in April, odd DAYS in May,
even in June, even days in July, and odd days in
August.
Passengers de,rous of stopping at any point on the
route procure Lay Over cket at the office on each
boat giving them choice of tweny-one steamers to
continue their passage.
State rooms be ged and through tickets pro.
cured to ALI principal POINTS by applying at the AGENTS
office.
JOHN J. ROE, p. esdent.
JOHN N. BOFINGER, Supt.
go b h. PEGRAM, Agent
80 Poydras street
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pROPosaLs FOR MATERIALS FOR
L THE NAVY.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING,
June "a, 1855.
sealed Proposals to furnish materials the Navy for
tne hsca year ending Both june 1866, will be received
at the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting until 10
O'Clock M Of the 25th day of July next az which time
the opening will be commenced.
The materials and articles embraced in the classes
named are particularly described in the printed sehei-
ule any Of which will be furnished such persons as
desire to oer on appl cation the commaudans Of the
respective Navy Yards and those of all the yards upon
application to the Bureau.
Bidders referred to the commandments of the re-
spective yards for samples Instructions or particular
description Of the articles aso blank 10. ms of offers
and guarantees.
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General Orders No. ..
All refugees from the State Of Texas are notified that
the troops of the United States Government are now in
mtary possess OF that State and that they can re-
turn ts their homes with security.
The Major General Commanding takes this occasion
TO have It distinctly understood that no home guards or
armed pands Tor selfpr 9cton villa be permitted in the
stare as the military force in Texas and hereafter
TO pc sent there will be competent protect individuals
Ide Inhabitants Of Texas are notified that it ia and
has been the icy of the Con mandng General to make
Invested by responsible for their
ACTS Expe ience having taught him that the influence
OF the inhabitants energeica exercised can nut down
this species of robbery and murder.
By command of Major Gen. p. II. Sheridan.
y. B. PARSONS,
assistant AsjutantHensral,
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TER MS FOR 1865:


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ed quality Of paper, and while nearlsSall Ameri-
can Pc iodicals are either advanced in price or
reduced in size-snd very generally both--Ve
shall continue 10 give faithful copies OF oil the
matter contained In the orig nal editions
Hence, our present pric, viii be found as cheap.
for the amount of matter furnished, as those of
any of the competing periodicals in this country.
Compared with the cost Of the original edbions
which at he present premiums on gold woul4 be
about 500 year. our prices ($l5) are ecceed-
sngly low. Add 10 this the tact that we make
our annual pay ments TO the british Publishers
for early sheets and copy right IN Gotd-Sl costs
ing US al tbs time peary So 30 in currency
and we trust taat 10 the scale We have adopted
we shall be entirely justified by our subscribers
and the reading public
The interest of ihese Periodicals to American
readers is rather increased than diminished by
the articles they contain on our great CtuI War,
and though sometimes tinged with prejudice,
they may still, c"psdering their great ability
and the different stand points from whi,h they
are written, be read aud stadied with advantage
by the people of this county of every creed aud
party.
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ENOR SALE..-F0ur centre board schooners
Il one 100 tons, carries 1870 tens COAL SOM Lums
Der, one 66 TONS carries COM Lumber, one "a tons,
and one ~ tons, also several fishing schooners,
from 10 to 80 tons. Apply A. X. CHASE,
l02 Commercial street. =
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= PECIaL @AL@ OF SERVICEA III, e
y DRAFT HORSES

QUARTERMAsTER GENERALS OFFICE
WAsHINGroN, d. @, June 26 1865. I
ny order OF the Qua1 tefmaster General there will he
sold, atpuble auction diving the month of July 1865,
at the times aHd places nemed below, Wig:
Glesboro, D. G, Monday and Saturday OF each week.
New York City, " ednesday, July s.
New York ity, Friday, July Z, and on Tuesday and
Friday Of each week thereafter at the Government Sta
bles corner Tenth avenue and Thirty fifth street.
Baltimore Nd " ednesday, July 10.
Baltimore, Nd, " ednesday July 26
Jonns;owp, Pa, Wednesday, July 8.
ElmiIa N. Y /, Fliday, July H.
Lancaster, Pa, Friday, July 2S.
Two hundred servicesble DRAFT HORSES each
day.
An oppol trinity to purchase superior class of Draft
Horses at far less than their true value is now offered
10 the public The animals, though sound and servicea
ble are no longer required in the army, and must be
sold The attention Of managers Of city railroads and
manufactures is especially called to these sales.
Morses sold sngly. Sales to commence at 10 A. Id,
Terms cash, in United States currency.
JAMES A. EKIN,
Brew. Brig. Gen. in charge
JyZ4 LIST Div @. 81. G. O.
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No. 1. Flax, Canvas, and No. 49, Sheet Iron
Twine' Is. Soap and Tallow.
2. Cotton, Canvas, and 90 Brushes.
TWine % Stationery
=. Iron, &C. %. Hardware.
Tin, ZINC, &c. "a. Ship Chandery.
sperm O1l. rs Copper Wire
Z. looking Utensils. 20. Firewood
AZ Leather, &C. 81. Whale, Neatsfoot.
II. Rose. and Tar Oil.
~. hgnuhvite. a. Chain Iron
IL. Lanterns and 35 Coal
Lamps. 40. Sheet Copper.
IA. Ok Hides for Rope.
The following the classes, by their numbers re-
quired ut the respective Navy Yards -
KITTERY.
Nos. !, 2, g. 8, 10, Is, o. "a.
CHARLESTOWN.
Nos 2, 8, 10, II. IA, 10. 49, 90 a. 25 90 81
BROOKLYN.
Nos a. s, TO- H. l2 10, Is, 20, %, 20, "a 49,
PHILADELPHIA
Nos 1, 2, 3, g. 10. IL 10, 20, %, a. 20, 3D. 40
WASHINGTON.
Nos. l, 2, 3, 4, 6, II, IL, 10, %. "a 20, a.
NORFOLK.
Nos l. 2, 81 10, IL. 13, 10, 49, 20 o. a. 25 49, 81
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AUCTION sA. Es.
SALE OF HARNESS AND SADDLES.
Cb;ef QuarteTmaster's 0fficI

Cbet QuarteTmaster's Office,
Depot of Washington,
Wellington, ID. c., July 4, 1865.
There Is hand, at this depot for ee about $4,000
sets of Uiited Ste Harness, consisting Of
1f3 s'nglo SOS Of lecd.oFse Harness;
isl4i h wdeethorse Z"
$50 . Z" l-ad-mule 6
5,4ll " wf-el.mule 4"
50l lesdha-so Ambulance Harness.
l,eN - =" wEeel-borse Ambulance Harnes.
ms Hatne has been used in the public service,
but u IS ssi setviceabe for road and farming pur-
poses
Sealed POGO are invited for it's purchase, in lots of
100 tets anuUpwsr0s
Proposals must plainly 2 what kind of harness ia
DId los whether wired or lad, horse; and for
an 9nlance harness, whether Wreel or lead.
i2poss's also invited fof e purchase of several
thcosand WON saddles of various patterns in lets of
100 erdupw ds Samples OF Harness and Saddles can
be seen at the Government Mill in this city, on appi.
ottion 70 Colonel CHARLES II. Tcmpkins, A. o M, cor
| ner OF L wonfy.s' 90 i'd and q stTC cts.
Pt pos9s for the pm chase of this Harness &c. will
be receive at this office until ~ NJ Tues day. August
1861 and should be endorsed Proposals Tor the PLr.
chase o. Harness." d
Payment, in Government funds, must be n ade upon
| of the Harness DC
he Undersigned reserves the right TO reject all prepo
4 sals wllch may be considored too low
HE 8 lie Of He s. at public auction advertised
June IL, IS discontinued
Inc OF Wagons and Mules is still going on from
| day to day. lGlcnasers are invited to attend
| 80 d. H. RUCKER,
| D-t Brew. MAJ. Gen. and @. M.
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ENVlTIAG PROPOSALS FOR TIL PUR-
u CHASE OF TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED GOV
ERNMENT MULES.
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The American Publishers continue to reprint
The above named periodicals, hut the cost of
printing has doub led, and the price of paper ne arr.
ly trebled they are compelled to advance their
terms as follows:
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PERIODICALS.

BRITISH PERIODICALS.-v Ta E
DLondon Qaerterly Review Conservative.
The Edinburgh Review Wing
The Westmi mister Review Radical
The North British Review Free Church.
AND
BLACKWQOD'S FDINBURGH MAGAZINE
Terry.
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y a LIS OF GO VEKN M HNT hUMs as.

SAAN Of GOV EAxN ma NT HORSES.
QUARTERMAsTER GENERALS OFFICE.
FIRST DIVISION,
WASHINGTON City, June 26 1865.
VIII be sold at public auction during the month of
july 1861 to the highest bidder at the times and places
named below, viz:
Baltimore, Nd, Wednesday, July s.
Giesboro, ID. O., Thursday, July 8.
Giesboro D. Co. Friday July T. and on Tues iay Thurs
day, ard Friday, of eaca week thereafter
York, Pa, Friday, Juy7.
MifiintowD, Pa, Fiiday, July7.
Wiiliamsport, Pa, ednesday, July H.
Reading. Pa, Eriosy, July ".
Easton, Pa, Tuesday, July IS.
Baltimore, Md. ednesday July 49,
Newport, Pa, Friday, July Il.
Potesville, "a, Friday, July g.
Wilminetowa, Del, Saturday, July 20,
Baltimore, Md, Monday, Jrly 81.
Two hundred Cavalry horses each day.
For road and tsrming purposes, many good bargains
may be had. Holses sold sngly.
y Sales to commence at 10 A. M
Terms cash, in United States currency
JAMES A. EKIN,
% Brew Brig Gen. in charge
-gyz4 LIST Division q. Nj e. o.
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ucSdqua2ters N,iiteTy Division of the
IL South Wesx,
NEW ORLEANS .Tuna 40 Iehs

Capt. Asst Adiu:sat General.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

The United States have probably 80 more
! witnesses TO examine. The trial will proba-
bly, be closed next week
Yesterday morning up to recess Charles
| II ROsch was examined, as 70 his having OBJ
tained possession of Edward Spangler's cor
pet bag, on the 18th, and found therein a
piece of rope 81 feet long, the TVS. having
been carefully taken out.
After recess, Mr.. Rosch was recalled and
identified the rope found in Spangler's
carpet-bsg.
VIM Eaton testified that he arrested
Spangler in Washington.
VIM. Wallace testified that he arrested
O'Laughlin on the 18th of April in Balti-
more. On his way to the police Office,
o Laughlin spoke of the assassination as
bad affair and denied that he had anything
to do with it,
James Clifford carpenter at Fords theatre.
gave information about fitting up the box
which President Lincoln occupied Nothing
especially important was elected By this ex-
animation.
VIM. II. Wells testified that on the l4th
OF April he lived at the horse CT Secretary
Seward and recognized Payne as the nan
who came there representing that he had
some medicine from Dr. Verdi, the physician.
lie saw Payne strike Frederick Seward. on
the steps, twice over the head with some
thing round and mounted with silver. He
subsequently saw Payne come out, get on
his horse and ride away. After Payne's
capture the Titr-s- recognized him Immedi-
ately.
Sergt. Robinson, who was ID attendance
upon See. Seward on the night Of April
l4th, testified that the first he saw of Payne.
be heard disturbance in the hall, when he
opened the door Payne struck him and when
be came into the room, witness clenched him.
Payne put his arm around his neck, struck
him with knife and cut him, and then
went to the bedside OF Sec. Seward and
struck him ON the meek, .Tlee. with some
weapon. He described what took place end
the manner in which Payne seemed 20 be
to cut him in the neck.
Maj. Seward. son of the Secretary. was
sworn and identified Payne as the man who |
was az hIs fathers house on the night Of the /
l+tn. Tie had retired about i O'Clock and |
IN short time was aroused BY screams from |
hi, sister he rushed up stairs and seized .
the nan who struck witness with decanter 4
from the table and made use Of the words 1
IL am mad. ! am mad" When near the /
door as witness was pushing by, he saw BY
ID light in the hall that he was tall. large
and had black hair and had no beard. lie
,lt pistol anu rushed down to the front
ilOr. After witness's own wounds were
iressed he went into his fathers room and
'aw he bad large cash on his cheek, one on
lis throat and one under his ear. Witness
was satisfied that the prisoner at the bar
vas the same man.
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Tho TrinI OF The Consplrator..

A. Reeve, telegraph operator, residing in
Brooklyn, identified dispatch handed him
hv Booth al the II. Nicholas Hotel, and sent
O. Lewis : Ncichmau on the 23d of March.
It simply read &c Tell John 10 telegraph the
number and street nt once
Lewis Neichman was recalled. and testi-
iird tlat he delivered the message to John
Surratt, who. IN response 10 Neichman' ;
question What Is it about said .
d" Don he so damned inquisitive. Witness
boarded at Mrs. SurTstt' house in Washing
ton after the Ith OF March, and could not fix
the time.
Tie -fid Booth, Surratt, Payne, Atzerot,
and several Others who bad been out riding.
returned very much excited He noticed
that some OF them were armed. Surratt said
his prospects were bli.hted. and he was in
extremely IN humor Witness also testified
that on the morning after the assassination
be- thought it hi- duty 10 surrender himself
To tie Government. and assisted in the dis
covery and arrest of the guilty parties. He
mentioned woman coming TO Mrs. Surratt's,
whom che said was Mrs. Slater, French
woman and blockade runner, and was not
afraid OF consequences, because she could
invoke the protection of the French Minister
or Consul
After recess Neichman being further e1-
amined, said be told Capt Gleason, at the
Nar Department Of suspicious circumstances
in connection with the movements OF Mrs.
Surratt, and asked him what thew could
mean whether they were IN the blockade
running occupation or not. He also spoke TO
Gleason OF talk adoat about contemplated
capture Of the President by rebels. and Glea-
son seouted the idea rs impossible. He had
read IN the paper- that such an attempt was
likely 81 be made Witness said with refer
ence t. the fact of his having knowledge of
the presence OF the blockade-runner, Mrs.
Slater at the house OF AErs. Surratt. and not
giving information to the Government. that
as she had been there only one night, he
would say nothing about it.
Nm. Clendin. Identified knife as the
one which colored woman picked up near
the corner Of F and 9th streets. on the
morning after the ssassination.
Detective McPhail testified that Atzerot
said to him that he had thrown the knife
away, and the coat found at Atzerot's room
had ~ it pistol belonging to Harold
Rev Mr.. Ryder OF Chicago testified.
resided in Richmond in April. remained from
the 18th to the 2lst and picked up IN or near
the State House letter from ". j. Aldham
to President DAVIS, calling his attention to
the fact that certain difficulties IN the plan
presented to destroy the enemy's yessels.
cities, etc, TO cre- te terror at the North, had
been overcome. The preparation Is alluded
to az having been compounded BY Prof Nc
Cullcck to whom and one other person only
the composition was known and the writer
states that by Its means every vessel leaving
foreign ports for the United States may be
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destroyed by agents and with but very little

destroyed by agents and with but very little
danger
Messrs. John Potts and Nathan Rier of
the War Department testified that to the
best of their knowledge the endorsement was
in the handwriting OF Jefferson Davis.
Other witnesses were examined
The n. Y Post says We have informa-
ton that note or despatch in cipher was
found in Booths pocket. A paper in cipher
had previously been found jeff Davis
house in Richmond This paper was not
supposed of Importance until one in Booths
pocket was compared with t and by the use
OF 1t was read. The precise contents of
Booths note We do not know, but our lnfor-
nation is that that note proves he was N
communication with two Of the men in Can
ada for whom rewards have been offered and
the subject Of correspondence was the pro-
posed assassination which 1t is distinctly as
serted Davis favored. The same men were
associated with Booth when he
was in Canada.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-26

The Commcn Council met at Z. VI.
Present: Couucilmen Ballou, Beckwith, Brink,
Loomis, Walker. Wires and Worcester.
A message from the Board Of Aldermen All
uounced that they had receied from their pro
posed amendments TO the Ordinance establishing
a system Of accountability in expenditures. and
had accedel to the amendments proposed by the
Common Council Also, that they bad passed
Ordinances q" In relation to Saloons, 80 ami I'm
relation 70 Shade and Ornamental Trees and
Joint Resolutions in relation TO Lighting aud
Repairing Streets, and for q Convention Of the
City Council. in which they asked the concur
ence Of the Common Council.
The last Joint Resolution was passed in con-
currence, and the two bodies went into Conven-
ton of the City Council
After return the Ordinances sent in by the
Board of Aldermen and the Resolutions on Light
ing aud Repairs of Streets. were taken up and
referred to the Committee on Ordinances.
A Joint resolution was received from the Board
Of Aldermen in relation to Painting the C,tyHar.
1t was passed in concurrence. under susrsn
sion OF the Rules
This Resolution authorizes the painting and
repsir Of the dome and roof Of the City Hall,
at an expense not exceeding 81 50 per 100 square
feet
The Committee on Ordinances reported on the
Joint Resolution relating TO Street Lamps. rec
ommending the insertion of "one'' instead Of
''f'ro on the west" and striking out corner Of
Elm aud Maple Streets The amendments
were adopted and the resolution as amended
was passed
The Joint Resolution authorizing the expen-
diture Of 500 by the Cemetery Commissioners
in repair of Cemeteries was passed
The Council then adjourned 20 Friday next,
May 26th, at : P ".
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A letter from the Vt cavalry in Walton
Journal describes their march from Peters
burg to Halifax c. b. near the river Dan,
and hack again, march OF about $50 miles.
TIE regiment on the 10Th started for Wash
ington-
AT Byydton Yankees had never been seen
before, ana were great curiosity TO the negroes,
VINO came fiocking out from all the plantations,
and waited by the roadside 10 see Us pass. They
gave many amusing manifestations Of JOY and
respec for their hberators The aged would
bare their heads, extend their arms and a.
sumo reversntial attitudes, and the young would
shout, endedance and sing with joy too great
Tor expression. They were very ignorant, and
few Of thm red refuse TO obey orders which
our boys amused themselves by giving
At one place we passed an old negro
and hls wo boys who we're dancing
and sit ne, and who were 50 e1-
haustei by the effort that they could hardly
speak Some one at the head Of the column
bad probably set them going. and those who
followed would not allow them 10 stop. Almost
every negro was ordered 10 cheer, and reward
of hard bread was generally given If he ~ 1t
well; 20 nothing was more common thaTNo see
q cluster Of Ia eyed '.Secesn nat, thrown lntO
the air, here a wild half savage yell, and there
see a groupe Of woody heads pitching and tum-
bling like children for the crumbs tnat were
thrown them. Many Of them said they could
not get enough TO eat, and every morning when
We started out they would CLEAN up all the
pieces Of meat, hari-bread, aud old clothing
left by the soldiers. They were all very rag
gei. Whenever told that they were free,
and would soon be protected, their iuvarlable
response was " Iaas, sab. Thank ZEE, sab w
one quite pretty mulatto grl, IN BoydtoWn,
after looking with meditstlve cOuntenance at our
column for some MINUTES, at last broke out
with the exclamation; - Well done, here | have
been a slave all nv life, and now l am free -
The expression Of intense joy that lit up her face
was the light Of heaven upon the dark age thrU'
which we have been passing.
Many Of the ''mesn whites" came out Of their
miserable novels to see Us, as We passed. One
woman, attired in rags, sitting with her grown
up daughter on the fence. exclaimed ''Nell,
declare You 'uns look Just like our people, as
always thought" The poor whites and the
slaves have been told every thing but the truth,
but the scales have fallen from their eyes.
In the music Of our brave bands most Of the
negroes seemed 10 fnd their fullest realization Of
the day Of jubilee Grotesque dances and rich
plantation scenes created infinite amusement for
US all along the route.
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FINANcAL-In Boston, Yesterday. Vermont
Il Canada r. L. stock was quoted at 1924 to
los Rutland, 2d mortgage Is, at Il, lst
mortgage at GO Vt Central. % mortgage
IS, at Is; L. 5. 5-2O's at 1898 Coupon
Skies, 1881, at lDsI.
The subscriptions to the third series of the
National loan are over two million day. The
provision that the bonds NAV be paIi at
per cent. IN gold, checks their sale little, it
not beng considered as good Just now as
$40 per cent in greenbacks.
Money is easy to be had al low rates, on
any good investment
The bank Of Vergennes is to become Il Ma
tional Bank. The share of National Bank
capital allotted to Vermont Is nearly ali
taken up.
The New Haven q New London Railroad.
with all its stocks, lands. cars, buildings.
&c, was sold on Thursday to 5 B. Chitten-
den, Esq, Of New York, for an account of
the Shore Line Railway Company, for the
sum Of $500 600. under decree of the Su-
perior Court, foreclosing the mortgages Of
the first bondholders.
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THE MusrER Orr.-lti l. stated IN corr,s-
pondence from Washington, thar the troops
that are TO be mustered cut, belonging to
Meadc's and to Sberman's armies. are the
three years men whose term of service will
expire before October lst. 1865. with the
recruits who enlisted for three years betwc, n
July lst. leG2, and October Ist. 1862. and
the one years men who enlisted between May
18th and October lst, 1861. This will
the re-enlIsted veterans. who will be consol-
idated TO full regiments, by State. under
the most eficient officers Men whose terms
OF service will not have expired on the fr>t
of next October. and who are not re-cnli.ted
veterans, are to be formed into separate reg
iments, according to their terms Of service,
60 that the entire Regiment can he mustered
ont at once.