Daily national Republican., 1865-04-24
rHE PURSUIT. OF THE AssAssix,
n0OTH- HIS wHnREABoUTp- :
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WANT or ENERaY. n -,---
Hon: GsoRaE s.. BOUTWELL,, member d
he House Of Representatives from Mnssa.
shusstts, In the course Of glowing suloGy
npOn Mr.. LSooLE, delivered before the eiti.
rsns Of Lowell on the 1Sth Inst, aIludIne to
ths pursuit Of BoorH, and other sssaisins,
said: .o.J ar
LET the Government pursue them with its
Pail power until the last one disappears from
|safth. NSx every sea, visit ovory island,
Traverse every continent, let there be no
|nbidlng place for those criminals between the
Arctic seas and the Antarctic pole"
As We read the above We wondered what
|GovernOt BarTwELL would say u he know
the fact, that up to this very day the city
|of Washington and District OF Columbia, In
which the horrid deeds were perpstratsd,
tsrs mot vet bsm fhOronghiy sssrchs6' We
lrs aware that partial searches have been
made By three or four different parties, at
iihsrsnt tines but there has boon no concert
Il action In making them. When We heard
| u the assassination Of our beloved President,
, few moments Aftsr II happened, on the
night Of th, 18th Of this month, We expected
'rithin Ii. next hour 10 hnd the district un-
isr martial law, military Gordon drawn
Eound Il 20 closely as 10 make egrssu impos.
dbls By land, 'rotsr, Or aiEy We were not
tlOne In this expectation. We were all mis-,
taken. The night passed, and the noxt day
saturday. came and went, with Its ten thou,
and rumors, and another night slipped away
and Sunday came. But martial law was not
declared, and BOOrH wAs mot captured, and the
District Of Columbia had not bsen searched.
That day several consultations Of diStin.
TuiShed and well-known gentlemen were
held. One Of them, now Senator has had,
n ferursr years, large experience with great
hllAins He has captured many Of thsm; he
understands their habits ard practices. lie
'rprssssd the opinion that BoorH was thon
sorstsd In this city, and gave his reasons
for thinking 50. Nearly all the other gen.
|tiemen present were Of the Same opinion
We sought for and found Superintendent
|RroHAnDs, ofths police force, and told him
What had occurred. He was Of opinion that
he city ought to be searched, but said he
bad no authority 10. do 30. We understood
him TO say that the Mayor would not sup.
port him, or something 10 that effect. p -
We saw the Mayor the same day, and urged
he necessity Of searching every house In tho
District, and suggsstsd the propristy of his
'rdering Superintendent RIcHARDs to enter
upon the work At once. Mayor WALLACE
Informed US that Mr.. RIcHARpS did not taks
riders from him but from the Police Com.
nissiOnsrs. AIlthis hAppsnSa Ons week ago
Yesterday. II Is now fsa day, Aince the
|aishest oficsr In this nation was cruelty As.
'Assinstsd In a public PlAes Of amusement in
|.his city, and yet tho District Of Columbia
has HD' Sssa thoroughly soarsAsI, as il
sAoHid %. Mf.a,
Hba noterieHs fact that W4shinEton, and
3sorgetown contain among their inhabitants
afge numbers Of seeessionists and rebel,
Many of thess arc females. The most dan.
POROUS enemies Of the National oovsrnment
resldsnts In this city during the last four
ysars, have been Jss.qiss, moth,rs, sisters,
AuntS, and wives Of rsbsls in arms against
this aovsrnmsnt They have besn permitted
70 live here andsF the protection Of Gov.
'rnmsnt which they eiSssd hourly, and which
their nearest male rslaiissi vsrs. hghtIpE 10
dsstrOy, Many Of theh have made Il their
business to let rooms whOrsby to sntrap fods.
ral oihesrs, and thus gained Information for
the enemy.
1t iS no secret, We believe, that some Of the
most notorious rebel spisS In Washington are
keepers Of houses ofiil.fame. They are from
the South. They mako AZ their ,businS~ to
snsnare Union Ofiesra and mon into tthsir
0FOthsls, get them intokicaisd, and then Oh.
ain Information from them about the locality
-four troops, &e., &c. Many Oflhsse women,
70 believe, are hsePihg houses Of thls Kind
n Washington, Georgetown and AloxandriA,
y ths i,ltsrsSf efths Js6. Davis GousrnS,s,,t.
q Intelligent msn win turn assasslns for Jslf,
Davis, Il there anything strange in the fact
hat fsmalsS will serve him as pfostitulSs and
lospo" Of brOahsls' csFtaialy not That
node Of obtHinipg infomatlop In this city
las. undoabtsdly, been employed during ths
sbeliion % 4 yery great extent fyl
Besides thosa refarrad "a .loo.. .L.-.,-.-