Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-25
The Great Murder Trial JEFF. .aT FORT MONROE. GRAND REVIEW.
 SHERIDAN SENT WEST.
SHERIDAN SENT WEST.
ITEMS OF NEws.:A

Tn the Trial of the, p.sius, the eyiaepce for the Prosecution is about closed, and will try to give some details nextsweek. Then lowing main points have c6tse> out EeWIa Payne attempted the murder or Seward; Atzoroth was to have killed Mir. sfohusou- -and OLaughlin was assigned to the murder ofsnJ Grant but both failed from lack of courags Mrs. Surratt, her son John H. and Dr. Mni0 were clearly accessories to the plot; and q1 named Spangler prepared the stage apdDt wise assisted Booth in hissuaGape <mA Athe1 theatre. r--' The conspiratorsI d Communication with the Rebel aatl l1nt no direct ea1 dence against Jeff Dltes& Co. has transpired in open court. s7T~Fs .a -..l.. sEy,ss A letter from Rebel Senator w. s. Oldham ! urging Davis to institutes system for burning Northern cities and shipping has been intro duced. It is approved by Davis and referred to the Rebel Sec. of War. A+sa z h'
 It is said that the War Department has the bill introduced in the rebel Congress by Curry, of Alabama, providing for retaliation for the measure was illegitimate warfare, and authoriz- ing in retaliation the putting to death of pris- oners of war, using poisoned weapons and the right to assassinate.
 A despatch from Washington dated Satur- day says :-" The government has recently ob- tained possession of large amount of private correspondence of Jeff Davis, clearly implicat- ing him in the conspiracy to assassinate MT. Lincoln.
 President Johnson has issued an important proclamation regulating trade to certain ports, and in the interior Southern States. He opens the ports closed some time since by President Lincoln, except those of Texas and he with. draws from this date, May 22,) all pretence ol beligerent rights, thus putting blockade-runners and contraband traders out of legal protection ofany sort. He also removes pretty nearly all restrictions upon trade inland east of the Mis- sissippi.
 A general order is issued from the War De partment as follows: All forces of the enemy east of the Mississippi river having been duly surrendered by their proper commanding off cers to the armies of the United States, under agreements of parole and disbandment, and there being now no authorized troops east of the Mississippi river, it is
 Ordered, That from and after the first day of June, 1865, any and all persons found in arms against the United States, or who may commit acts of hostility against it east of the Missis- sippi river, will be regarded as guerrillas and punished with death. The strict enforcement and execution of this order is especially en- joined upon commanding officers of all United States forces within the territorial limits to which it applies.
 According to an order of the War Depart ment, the Adjutant General has been directed to commence mastering honorably out of ser. vice all general, field and staff officers who are unemployed, or whose services are no longer needed.
 ren, her brother, Alexander H. Stephens ir extremely feeble health, c. c. Clay and wife Gen. Wheeler and Staff, and Col. Johnson, ar rived at Fort Monroe on Friday. Col. Treat of Gen. Schofeld's Staff also arrived from New bern in the steamer John Tracy, with about fiv, tons of archives and documents pertaining to the late Southern Confederacy, captured few days since by a portion of our forces at Char lotte. N. c. They were immediately transfer red to the steamer Martha Washington ant sent to Washington. Vice President SHalh} Stenh}a99 f6ie late rebel confederacy, were on Sunday forwarded from Fortress Monroe to some plac, of detention in the North.
 Tuesday and yesterday were occupied iu Washington by the grand military review tn, most inspiring pagent of the age. The details were not received in time for this paper The troops marched in easy irregularity for most o the time, only dressing up for a few blocks or Pennsylvania-avenue to appear before the President and the Lieut.. General. It has beer decided by the government that after the grand review, every regiment to be discharged will b, allowed to go to the State and district in whicl il was raised, carrying its arms and colors witl onJ lao fbor s.~ ly just, and will be highly gratifying to tn, great body of our soldiers and to their friends
 Gen. Sheridan has been appointed to tn, command of all the troops west of the Missis sippi. Headquarters in the field. His nev command virtually supersedes Gen. Canby il the command of the Military Division of th. Mississippi. Gen Canby has been assigned tt the command of the Department of the Gulf which relieves Gen Banks, who is ordered t, report to the Adjutant General of the army Gen. Sheridan and staff took their departur, for the West via New York and Cincinnati, ol Sunday evening.
 The Navy Department has official dispatche. from Admiral Thatcher announcing the surren der of the rebel rams, seamen and officers, un der Commodore Fausand, on the same terms as were given Taylor. The vessels were bleck aded in the Tombigbee river.
 The subscriptions to the Seven thirty Loan last week was SIP, ,l06,70
 Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, who had the assurance to expect recognition from the Unit ed States Government, is n prisoner or war al Fortress Monroe,
 A dispatch from Washington says that all the main features of the new Amnesty Procla. nation have been agreed upon. but the details have not yet been perfected It will apply te all who did not avail themselves of the procla nation issued by President Lincoln, and will be more strict in it's provisions.
 The Cincinnati Commercial reports the cap ture of the rebel Governor Harris of Tennesse, and S600, 900 belonging to the State treasury The State archives and bonds were also cap tured. g
 ,~-trs BY HIS EXCELLENCE,
 WILLIAM A. BUCKINGHAM,