, 1865-05-04
POSTSCRIPT.
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GEN.. SHGRMaN'S MOTEi1EyTS,
2he sultana Disaster to be In
TestiSated,
REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.
The Designs of The Assassin.

Especial Dispatch 10 the Western Associate rrcss.
NKw YoRK, Mays.
Eeu. Shcrmau.
The ITt6uTes Washington spec1nl SAYS Gonernl
Sherman fs now Oh his route to Charleston; from
thence he will return to R1rhond in tine to meet
bis army, which Is expected to rendezvous at
Alexandria.
Hon. IN. Arnold.
Hon. I. n. Arnold, OF Illinois, formerly member
Of Congress from Chicago, has been oppointed
pnrtmert v,ce Eljjah Sells, to be appointed Ind ID
an Agent.
Ths Rebel Secretary n1allory.
ia Ts vountsry surrender @ Of The rebel Secretary
returning penttence and loyalty.
currency Department,
- thorough. examination Of all departments of
Note Printing and Currency Bureaus or the Treas-
S1y. SS1y. has been insttut by Secretary McCuiioch
samples Of ali the Uni:cd Stairs securities hijfs
&. go Us to detect attempts at countsrie.tine''
WHICH nave been sndalgcd in across the water,
No ChtnCe In the Cabinet.
J.. The Ueraia'd Warrington special says. u7tm,v
be sisted az. positive fact for tue nre.ent fh:t
9Th The exception Of the Secretary Of the Inte.
rsh,nat meae VIII Dc no changes whatever In the
: American Securities. .
Information has been received from our t,ons,,s
and ana lfom l. American bsakeEe in Europe, that there
fous hundred million dollars Of United States @
bonde. The esr tnlount Of these secur1.1e. il
held By German capitalists, and by the masscs Of
the people, as permanent Investment.
PFesfdent llnco1n's CarsfuKe mud Horses.
The earrings and horres Of the lamented Prest-
dent Ltroln are TO be disposed Of ri private sale
Aiready there azo numerous offers for them as
mOment0ees .
The sulfann Dlsaster.
Lieut.. Col. Adam Badean Of Gen. Grants staff.
has been sent West To- n,ske a special 1nvestlga.
ton Of the recent disaster IN the blowing up Of
the sultana. -
Reduction Of the Army.
The Tmes'' special says The War Department
has ordcIcd printed 600,dc0 blank dfscharves m
parchment, with lsEge number Of mu:fer.out
rolls and Other papers tor the reduction of he
army.
To Wilmington.
Secretary Wells, accompanied BY tho chief clerk
Of the Navy Department. Fox. and cthera, p:o-
poso 70 leave in 2 lew days o9 trip to Whining
tel, Charleston. Snvannah and Havana
The Assassination.
The HoTids account of- the conspiracy to mur-
der The President snl officers OF the Cshlnet.
saye there doubt that The Assassin really IN.
idea 9f numbering him was conceived. The proof
his sfsed Letter. has oeen tonnd wh,n
one Mira. Green, mined and. furnished
with underground apat ttmcnts, furnished With
manacleg md gil accessories to private irprisoa-
bc esgged and conveyed away we're to be- con-
etaled In the event Of failure 70 run Them into the
ns CsnisdGSssss: Ss oWtDg to BIZ failure to group
abandoned s ID M he RIejssst 81 q Eian.ppins. The
eon.e vas d,ssose1sd last week. feldy for the
An Expedition.
New YORK, May 3--A Washington dispatch to
the Boston dd'ettistr eays considerable interest
Is a%oIg 20 mttafy to k9Cw what
NOR eEys II shortly to set out from here to COM
pete the demolition Of the rebellion, hy ths oc-
e:me Of the troops, low ma.sed 80 heavily ABOUT
Washington and Alexandria Will be employed for
this purpose. -. !
What was Done with The Assussin. .....
mains Of Tho As.sssin IS 1T ienesn settled, b.
stat. ment which rnay be regarded as G1ai. After
the bead and heart which have been deposited in
removed, The corpse WAS p11ced In charge Of two
aen, who. after various movements calculated to
he iRis1'nen5 9RPis snat cnfftos1ty nf dug grave
lie Is penit :n,ia'y: where for .oms me- years
felons have beef. buried. The Asaaesins body
was deposited here, and the earth over It was
graves Of lefs Infamous felons had previously
feen nlcveled and strong guard is now IN charge
Of the spot, and wiz continue to keep it unsloa-
one will he able to distuf uish the p3ace where
TIE ass:s:ip's corpee was inferred iron othe1
nameiees graves around 1t.
The Other Conspirators.
About midnight last Saturday the steamer Key
port vas ordered to the navy yard. She received
from the Monitors saugns and Montauk persons
who have hceh arrested as directly concerned In
Union leaders. and who number fifteen men and
ore women T5ese prisoners are all heavily Iron
e., with ball and chain on each leg, handcnfed n
inches apart, and eome OF tue more desperate
o1 es having their hands fastened behind toeiz
ss 1sf h,a a n fsas e sasa civ bs aa
and o:fr(s exposed, SO as to prevent their recog
milton 6y each other, o. any one else. special
sentinel ts IN charge Gu Of eaca prisoner; t.; slgnsl
er's bells rang slowly, and nearly all the mull.d
prisoners garc convus.ve start at tbs eonnd,
evidently thinking that their hour oi ret.ibulion
had come. They we're transferred to the District
Peniteutiary, atioinsng the arsenal, where cells
bad been arranged for them; two prisoners occa-
py esch cell, hut the sentinel in charge Of euch
man pre-. ents any conversation. NotwIthstan3-
1n2 large number are already In custody, several
more Of the Assassination conspIrators are still at
laEee. Their early apprehension Is considered al
Dischnrginp.
WASHINGTON, May IA large numher OF rcsig-
nattoEs o. army and navy officers are now daily
Witch are being accepted ae fast as received, the
Government having decided to reduce tho laud
aud n4va forces az speedily az possible, IN order
matter's Department. i,
Kesi1ntng.
II has been decided to discharge all watchmen,
and to detail tnst.ad, to guard the property Of tce
Departments.
Tho Stewards.
To Hon. 3. Ii. Stanton, Secrersry OF War:
/ have the honor to report that the seeret,ry Of
State ha. had comparatively comfortable night,
the apparatus not producing as much 11conyent-
ence as was anticipated. Mr.. F. Seward has
gained strenet th ID the past tWenty-four hours.
Very Respectfully,
Surgeon General.
WAsuSoToE, May 3, 1866.
Hon. E. II. Stanton, Secretary Of War:
have the honor 10 report that the Secretary OF
State hss taken Drive today; he Is free from
better, perfectly conscious, md only complains Of
the irksomenees Of bis prescribed quiet.
J. Z. BARNES, Surgeon General.
Capture OF a BieckaIr Runner.
Information has been received at the Navy De-
ra1tment OF the cnptnre Of the h1ockiio running
Steamer Corn, on the 18th ult, by the o. s. steam
er Quaker City, thirteen miles east Of Brazos,
Texa*. The torn Is q sfcrn-whcel steamer, and
hound from Corpus Christi, Te1ns+ 10 Bagdad,
Mexico, with cargo Of lumber. The Department
has aleo received the following:
FLAG sr11P GLASGOW, |
NKH ORLEANS. April ~ {
Hon. Gideon Wel1cs:
have the boEos to inform the department that
the rebel ram Webb ran the blockade OF Red H,v-
er this morning, and passed tho city at a high
rate Of spxe1 hut go unexpected WIS her ap-
peatance that she received only two shots
throueh her hull In passing. As she approached
the city she was flying tue 0. $. flag q. nali-
mast aud mis- tlk 1or IN army transport. The
.Ho}yhock, Florida, Quaker City, aud Os:lpee