The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-04-22
ORIGINAL AND sELR0ERD.

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81 JEFF. Davis is said to be running around
loose in the South, occasionally issuing proc
lamation.
u Adviees from Richmond are to the efec.
that a rumor is very prevalent ON the street
that the guerilla Mosby bias been caught and is
now in Libby prison.
~ The actors of New York have met and
passed resolutions expressing their sense Of the
loss sustained by the nation in the death of Pres
ident Lincoln.
81 Among those whb attended the funeral OF
President Limceln was Gov. Parker Of New
Jersey and his aides-the only Democratic Gov
ernor in the free States. .i
~ Mrs Lincoln and her two sons will re-
main in Washington for the present. President
johnson has rendered them the use of the Exec
utive mansion for any length of time.
e. man named Thomas Dority, of Passa-
dumkeag, was knocked down in Bangor on
Wednesday last, by runaway horse, and had
his skull fractured. 1t was feared that the in
jury would prove fatal
~ A special dispatch from Washington to
the Boston Herald says ''The confidence in the
President felt bya large number of the public
men here is very strong, and will be productive
Of great good to the country" 9s
e. Tammany Hall responded nobly to the
shocking crime at Washington, passed resolu-
tons which have the ring of the true metal, and
sent sympathizing delegation to Westinghouse
attend the Presidents funeral.
E The Hallowell Gazette says that house
on Water street, near Curriers' Tavern in that
city, occupied by Mr.. Quinn, took fire on
Wednesday afternoon last, and was nearly de-
stroyed: cause-defect in chimney. The furni-
ture was saved.
RA long letter is published in the mefropol-
itan papers, purporting to have been written by
Booth, the murderer, but it bears the internal
and external evidence Of being hoax. 1t is
perfectly absurd to suppose he would, last NO
vem6er, write such letter, and entrust 1t to the
keeping, though enveloped and marked secret"
of any person not as deeply involved as HIM
self
E The New York Herald announced our
distinguished fellow-citizen, w. P. Fessenden, as
one of the speakers at the Wall street meeting
Z in that city ON Saturday last. This was mis-
take, as Mr. Fessenden was at home in this city
at the time. Hon. Samuel G. Fesseuden of this
State was there, and spoke, and must have
spoken well, for the report of his remarks in
some of the city papers say that the conclusion
of some of his sentences could not be heard by
the multitude because of the applause.
81 The Rockland Free Press re-publishes in
connection with its account of the assassination
of President Lincoln, that ugly letter of A. P.
Gould to John L. Hunter, dated Oct. 81, 1864,
which closes with these ominous words: "But
if the Jacobin revolutionists succeed in the COM
ing election, by force and fraud, as they must,
If at all, and attempt to carry their principles
and purposes into execution, though it may be
through much precious bleed, the fate of Marat
and Robespierre aacaits them. A people accus-
toned to freedom will not long submit to them. >
B- Our neighbor of the Argus disclaims the
sophistry that military parole can screen trail
tors, however high or infamous, from trial before
civil tribunals for the crime Of treason We are
glad he admits the sensible doctrine that the civil
laws may act unobstructed in Furnishing gigan-
tic crimes, notwithstanding the immunity given
by parole against military arrest and punish
ment We certainly did not intend to misrepre-
sent our neighbor, and least OF all would we do
him injustice while he is manifssting SO good a
spirit as he has since the surrender of Lee and
particularly during the season of the nations
great bereavement
- tits amusing to note the changed tone OF
some papers in relation to Andrew johnson. A
few weeks ago they hung their heads in shame
and almost called for his impeachment; now
they have suddenly discovered that sshis intoxi-
cation was not the result of habit, and that ali
through his life he has been temperate and So
ber.' Would they have done this act Of JUS
tice if Mr.. Johnson had not suddenly risen to
the highest position of power and infiuenceY-
But we will not pen such an ugly question, SO
suggestive of snobbishness and trucking, but
would suggest that is is always well to ascertain
facts before dealing too sweepingly with the ma
TONS great and honored men,
R The Toronto Globe says: eve should like
to ask the friends of Judge Smith two questions.
II Booth should escape to Canada, be arrested
and brought before Judge Smith, and il should
be found that the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln
was authorized by Confederate officer, would
the judge refuse his extradition, on the ground
OF the belligerent character of the act? Would
he declare that the Ashburton Treaty was abro-
gated, and refuse to surrender the assassin We
pause fora reply. To our mind there would be
as much reason for refusing to give up Booth as
the st. Adams raiders, supposing that Booth
could prove that he had authority from some
officer of the Confederate States to commit the
deed, which he probably had. Gf51
81 President Johnsonss family resides at
present in Nashville, Tennessee, and consists Of
his wife and four children-two sons and two
daughters His son Robert is twenty-nine. and
Andrew johnson Jr., is twelve years of age
His two daughters, with their families, also re-
side In Nashville, having been driven from their
homes in Eastern Tennessee. One of Mr.. John
sons sons, Charles, surgeon in the army, was
thrown from his horse in the year 1868, and kill
ed; and Col. Slower, a son-in-law, commanding
the 4th regiment of Tennessee infantry, was kill
ed in the battle Of Nashville, while gallantly
leading bis command, on the 18th Of December,
1854. Judge Patterson, who is also a son-in-
law Of the President, lives in Nashville. Mrs.
johnson has been in very delicate health for
some time past.