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The Body Of Wilkes Bootht
From L. c. Bakers ''History of the Secret Ser
go vice"

From L. C. Bakers "History of the Secret Ser
go vice"
In order to establish the identity of the
body of the assassin beyond all question, the
secretary of war directed me to summon a
number of witnesses residing in the city of
Washington, who had previously known the
murderer. Some two years previous to the
assassination of the president, Booth had had
q tumor or carbuncle cut from his neck by a
surgeon. On inquiry, learned that Dr.
May, a well-known and very skillful surgeon,
of twenty FIVE years practice in Washington,
had performed.the operation.
Accordingly, ! called on DR.. May, who,
before seeing the body, minutely described
the exact locality of the .tumor, the nature
and date of the operation, &c. After being
sworn he pointed to the scar on the neck,
which was then plainly visible. Five other
witnesses were examined, all of whom had
known the assassin intimately for years.
The various newspaper accounts, referring
to the mutilation of Booths body, are equally
absurd. General Barnes, surgeon general
u. s. A., was on board the gun boat where
the most asortena examination was held, with
his assistants General Barnes cut from
Booths neck about two inches of the spinal
column through which the bali had passed :;
this piece of bone, which is now on exhibi-'
ton in the government medical museum in
Washington is the only relic of the assassin's
body above ground, and this is the only mu-
tllatlon OF the remains that ever occurred
Immediately after the conclusion Of the ex-
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From the National Intelligencer.
The Mobile Riot-A Plain, Uuvarntshed Ac-
count Of its Origin.

A letter Just received here from promi-
nent citizen travelling in the south, well
known in political circles of the northern
states, dated at Mobile, May Is, gives pro-
badly one of the most correct accounts of
the late riot in that city that has been pre-
pared. 1t is brief and comprehensive, and
carries upon its face the impress of truth
The whole story of the riot, from its incep-
ton to the end, is told in q few words. The
writer says; ...
Iwrite you from this branch of the 'Lord's
vineyard" to give you the plain truth as to
the riot last night at this city. ....
While Judge Kelley was speaking police
man was having verbal alteration with a
drunken fellow who was misbehaving, and
seized him for arrest. The crowd immed-
idately around was excited, but not noisy or
violent. At this particular time the horses
attached to the ambulance of Col. Shepherds
18th infantry were frightened and started to
run through the crowd. Of course, every
person tried to get out of the way, and rush
ing furiously in every direction pressed
against others ;aand some person, believing
it to be riot, fired pistol, whereupon there
was general fring-some towards the
speakers stand and some from it. Lights
| were blown out. Kelley got under the table
| and then got away to the hotel, no one at
| tempting to modest him. There was no per
SON on the stand hurt. The only persons
| wounded and killed were opposed to the radi
| Gals, except one negro, who was found dead
| some distance from the scene. The whole
affair sprang up in a moment. There were
| no preparations for it. The party mostl,
| armed were the negroes. There rs not {
| respectable man here who does not great,
regret the occurrence Many, of course, dc
| not like Kelleys radicalism, but there wa
no disposition to prevent his speaking o
break up his meeting by any leading maj
here. l was at the meeting a while, and al
| there seemed attentive and quiet.
| Judge Kelley came very hastily to th'
| Battle House, and guard of soldiers wer'
thrown about the house to guard him. h
| was taken to his meals by military ,and seem
ed afraid to leave here for Montgomery il
| the regular steamer, having special boat t.
carry him from this wharf. He was in no NOR
danger than / was, and could walk tn
| streets with Just as much safety. He di'
| not need military protection any more than
| do, but he called upon the military for effect
1t seemed more martyr-like to need protee
ton. 1t would create more sensation north
| 1t was trump-card. The whole affair vii
give Kelley more notoriety than all hi
other acts combined. l regret that the afai
| took place, because of the lives that wer
| lost, because of the interruption of fre
| speech, and because it does injustice to tn
! Denple of Mobile
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Coneering the personal habits of President

Coneering the personal habits of President
johnson, Hon. Henry j. Raymond, repub-
lican, in his paper, the New York Times
says: 'Wenden Phillips recently allowed him
self to allude to President johnson as of dis
sipated habits. He did not assert it, but
assumed it as notorious fact which could
and should be taken into account in politi-
cal estimates. A year or two ago, when the
crusade against the President was especial
ly hot and reckless, this imputation, with a
dozen others equally damaging, was dragged
into the service, and the whole public mind
was filed and saturated with it. 1t can do
the President little good now to correct any
of these stories, as it can do him little harm
to repeat them. But we believe it is univer-
sally known by all who have the best means
of knowing, that there is not syllable of
truth in this assumption-that Mr.. Johnson's
personal habits have been rigidly and severe
ly abstemious ever since he has been in the
presidential Office" !"
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animation the secretary of war gave orders
as to the disposition of the body, which had
become very offensive, owing to the condi-
ton in which it had remained after death !;
the leg, broken in jumping from the box TO-
the stage, was much discolored and swollen,
the blood from the wound having saturated
his under-clothing. With the assistance of
Lieut.. L. B. Baker, took the body from the
gun-boat direct to the old penitentiary, ada
joining the old arsenal grounds. The
building had not been used as a prison for
some years previously. The ordnance de-
partment had filled the ground floor cells
with fixed ammunition-one of the largest of
these cells was selected as the burial-place
of Booth--the ammunition was removed, a
large, fat stone lifted from its place, and a
rude grave dug the body was dropped in,
the grave filed up, the stone replaced, and
there rests to this hour all that remains of
John Wilkes Booth
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Means of the Company.

Estimating the distance to be built by the Union
Pacific to be ], ,565 miles, the United States Gov
ernment issues its Six per cent. Thirty-year bonds
to the Company as the road is finished at the av-
erage rate of about s2s,25o per mile, amounting
to ~, ,20s, 900.
The Company is also permitted to issue its own
First Mortgage Bonds to an equal amount, and at
the same time, which by special Act of Congress
are made a First Mortgage on the entire line, the
bonds of the tnited States being subordinate TO
them.
The Government makes a donation of Il, 500
acres of land to the mile, amounting to 90 600
acres estimated to be worth $50, 600 900, making
the total resources, exclusive of the capital,
416, 900 but the full value of the lands cannot
now be realized
The authorized Capital Stock Of the Company
is one hundred million dollars, of which five mil
lions have already been paid in, and of which it
is not supposed that more than twenty-five mil
lions at most will be required
The cost of the road is estimated by competent
engineers to be about one hundred million dollars,
of annumenf
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By Telegraph.
KrpoRrED FOR THE DAILY ARGUS.

New YoRK, May 30.-Ex- Governor Brown, OF
Georgia. has again addressed a large assemblage
of people in his state, counselng them to accept
the terms of the military reconstruction bill.
Special to the New York Times
Though Mr.. Ashley is pressing the judiciary
committee to prepare articles of impeachment,
there is no reason to believe that the committee
is any stronger for impeachment than at the ad-
journment of congress.
1t is stated that the President has also sent a
letter to Breckenridge inviting him to return.
Special to the New York World:
A remark made in open court yesterday by
Mr.. Merriek one of the counsel for Surratt, that
mis- client would never be tried, is eliciting con-
siderable comment. 1t is believed TO be based on
an amendment Of the indictment for murder, with
view of having the next grand jury bring in a
bi against Surratt for treason. If this is done
it will necessarily again postpone the trial.
Official statements show the arrival here of 81
082 emigrants during the present year.
The New York Herald's Ft. Laramie special
says:
All the hostile bands Of Indians on their
way to Fl Laramie to meet the United State:
commissioners, and it is confidently expected thai
all difficulties in that section will be settled.
BY CABLE.
LONDON, p. m.-Consols declines 1.
American securities unchanged.
LIVERPOOL, p. M.--Flour nominal, 29.
Wheat unchanged.
Corn unchanged.
Bacon 80.
Clover seed AZ
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THE LANSING DISASTER.
Verdict of the United States In
spectOrs.
HAMPTON, May 29, 1867.

HAMPTON, May 29, 1867.
Col, DANFoRTH The United States In
spectors. Capt. Girdon and Mr.. McMurchy,
have closed their investigation in regard to
the steamer Lansing, and the following is
the substance of the verdict as given me by
Capt. Girdon:
Revoked the license of John. c. Bromley,
for negligence and inattention to his du-
ties as engineer, in having an insufficieney
of water and over-pressure of steam, which
caused the explosion of the boilers of the
steamer Lansing.
The Inspectors exonerated the balance OF
the officers, and, from the evidence, conclu-
ded that they were doing their duty.
The investigation will be published in
full in a few days.
Yours Truly,
SAM'L HEAGY.
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[From the Shelby, Ohio, Chroniclel
Stop Ny Paper.

SHELBY. o., May 10, 1867.
HORACE GREELEY-Sr: Win you have the
kindness to reduce the club of Tri6,nes coming
to Shelby, Ohio (one), as do not want your pa.
per. Send it to some of your Comprehend"
friends My reason for doing is this: For
ONE, / think q man that will bail jeff. Davis out
ought not to be pa -onized by any man claiming
to have loyal heart, or the first drop of the
blood of "1776" coursing through his veins. My
opinion is man that would bail JEFF DAVIS
would not hesitate to drink lager beer sitting up
on Bnisn grave stones. SToP MY PAPER!
Yours in disgust,
W. A. FLANDERS
P. S.-New YorksTribune, Richmond Enquirer.
Cincinnati Enquirer, Shield and Banner, "New
York Tribune Almanac and Bucyrus Forum
please copy, and charge jeff Davis, Greeley
&Co.
To the above, the Ohio Statesman says:
This is not the first time w. A. FLANDERS,
of Shelby, Ohio, became indignant at the
conduct of Horace Greeley, of New York.
We recollect having seen an article in the
Tribune several years ago ventilating Elan.
ders' wine, manufactured from the Lineas
wine plant, good for all kinds of diseases.
of excellent medicinal qualities, (?) &C.,
in the usual Yankee patent medicine
style. Horace detected the cheat, and
warned the people against the hum.
bug. He broke up this Flanders specu
lation in the 'wine plant" and caused
hinto swear at Horace "like the army in Elan
Gers" Horace was independent. He didn't
care about having his readers pay twenty,
five cents per root for common rhubarb plants,
even if Flanders did stop his paper, and he
told the people SO. Flanders consequently
waited for an opportunity to take revenge
upon Horace, and the opportunity came. He
his paper! Won't Horace feel badlyi This
accounts for the milk in the cocoanut. Hence
Flanders gushing loyalty in the Shelby
Chronicle. Oh, oh, Flanders.
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A correspondent of a Cincinnati paper
who has been travelling through the south
ern states sums up his experience as follows
-'T have not yet been in city or town
which Charles Sumner or Wendell Phillips
might not visit with perfect safety to them
selves, and, think, much to their enlighten-
ment respecting the habits and manners Of
people whom they denounce without know
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Greeley turns sharply upon Wendell Phil
ips in reply to the latter's assault. He gives
his record from an early date to the present,
and after quoting some of Phillips's article,
says:-"Such language from those who be-
ieved and felt thus is rendered respectable
by its earnestness; from Wendell Phillips,
it is hypocritical and infamous. He panders
to mob passions for the qualification of his
own. We leave him to that remorse which
calm and reflection must engender."
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BETWEEN
st. Louis and st. Paul !!
Rock Island, Davenport, Dubuque,
WinOna,
AND ALL INTERMEDIATE POINTS.

AND ALL INTERMEDIATE POINTS.
The Company viii run to St. Paul the following
splendid steamers:
DUBUQUE, Capt. J. W. Parker.
HAWKEYE STATE, Capt. Jones Worden.
MINNESOTA, Capt. Thos. B. Hill.
SUCKER STATE, Capt. VIM. p. Hight.
DAVENPORT, Capt. Z. v. Holcombe.
MUSCATINE, Capt. ]. W. jerks.
BURLINGTON, Capt. M. Green.
CANADA, Capt, B. A. Conger.
PEMBINA, Capt. -
SAVANNA, Capt. Alex. McGowin.
RESERVE, Capt. A. Lamont.
Leaving st. Louis from Northern Line Wharf
Boat, foot of Washington Avenue every Monday
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at O'Clock P.
All the above boats are manned by careful and
experienced officers and crews, and have been
thoroughly reftted and repaired. and no exertions
will be spared to add to the comfort and convent
ence of passengers, and the careful handling Of
freight. The company own several freight steam
ers and large number of "a No. L" barges, the
greater part of which adapted to carry grain
in bulk and are prepared to carry all grain offer.
ing, with dispatch.
The company return thanks TO the public
for their liberal patronage during the last nine
years, and hope TO deserve and receive a continu-
ance of their favors. When the business will JUS
tify his company will run daily line.
THos. B. RHODES, Pres't. T. J. BUFORD, Sup't.
THos. II. GRIFFITH, Secy. l. NJ. Mason, Agt.
R. NJ. PRETTYMAN, Agent, Davenport.
GEO. W. D. HARRIS. Agent, Rock Island.
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sufficient for their redemption at maturity.
2d-THE FIRST MORTGAGE BoNDs.-The
Government permits the Company to issue
its own Mortgages Bonds at the same time,
and ON the same terms, and for the same
amount, and by special Actof Congress these
bonds OF the Company are made FIRST
MORTGAGE on the entire line and property
of the road, the Government bonds being
subordinate. The amount of these Bonds to
be issued by the Company is limited to an
amount equal to those issued by the Govern
ment to aid in the construction of the road.
3d-THE LAND GRANT.-While this is
certainly munifcent, at the same time it is
most advantageous to the Government, for
without it, all its own lands would remain
almost worthless. 1t is donation of every
alternate section for 20 miles on the each
side of the road, or 800 acres per mile,
and amounts to 20,032,000 acres, assuming
the distance from Omaha to the California
State line to T. 1,565 miles. Much of this
land, especially in the Valley of the Great
Platte, is a rich alluvinm, and is considered
equal to any in the world for agricultural
purposes. Hon. E. d. Mansfield, the learn
ed Commissioner of Statistics for the State
of Ohio, estimates that at least 100000
acres will be available to the Company with
in d moderate length of time, and that it is
far within bounds to estimate this entire
grant at 81 so an. acres, or $50, 100000. The
Illinois Central has realized more than four
times this sum from similar grant.
RECAPITULATIoN OF MEANS FOR ,565 MILES
U. S. BONDS, equal to money, S44, ,20S, 600
| First Mortgage Bonds, 44,20S,00O
Land grant, 20,O32, 900 acres,
say : -. 10000, ,oOC
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Radical papers make a great ado over the
fact that JEFF. Davis received attentions in
Richmond, but they think it all right to hon.
or Garrison who called the federal consti-
tuition "a league with death and a covenant
with hell;' and Phillips who said 'he had
labored nineteen years to take nineteen states
ont of this Uhionn
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Brownlow does not deny that he at one
time pledged himself to support the south.
ern confederacy at as early an opportunity
as he could do without disgraeing himself IN
the eyes of both perties.n
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THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND A
Il large stock of pure ice, and will deliver, to
families in any part of the city, in quantities de-
sired.
Orders can be left with Updike & Lamont, at
their boat store, on the Levee.
] armers and others from the country can ,,vsvs
get supply by calling there.
Citizens and others can get ice by calling at
Updike Lamont's, at any hour of day or night
FIN. SINNDG.
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Do JUSTICE TO NATURE.-It is ingratitude
to nature not to preserve and keepin splendid
order good set of teeth. Nothing can be
easier. All that is needed is to brush them
briskly night and morning with purifying
Sozodont. 1t will make the mouth per-
fumed palace.
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Value and Security of the Bonds.

The Company respectfully submit, that the
above statement of facts fully demonstrates the
security of their Bonds, and as additional proof
they would suggest that the Bonds now offered
are less than ten million dollars on 5l7 miles of
road, on which over twenty million dollars have
already besn expended on $50 miles of this
road the cars are now running, and the remaining
1S7 miles nearly completed.
At the present rate of premium on gold these
bonds pay annual interest on the present cost
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Prospects for Business.

The railroad connection between Omaha and
the East is now complete, and the earnings OF the
Union Pacific on the sections already finished for
the first two weeks in May were $4,000. These
sectional earnings the road progresses will
much more than pay the interest on the Compa-
ny's bonds, and the through business over the on
Iy line of railroad between the Atlantic and Pa
ci6 ba
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Anorgan grinder has been in Fond du
Lac playing and singing:
even hang JEFF. Davis on a sour apple tree"
That organ grinder evidently has not read
the acts of the 3sth congress. The punish
ment for treason is not hanging. The re-
pubEcans changed it to imprisonment.
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FOR SALE.

MIR. ]. P. DOSTAL OFFERS HIS BUSINESS
ISl place for sale at bargain. 1t is one of
the best business locations in the city; is Hli-
nois street, between Eagle and Washington Sts. !;
has front of 30 feet by l5o feet deep, to an al
ley. The buildings are in good order and would
now rent for $500 per year. Applyto zfsss~fr -
A. F. CUTTER,
may15dtf. Real Estate Agent
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NOTICE.

ON ACCOUNT OF MY Loss BY THE FIRE
~ at Camden, hereby call on oil who are in
any way indebted to me, to make payment on or
before June LIST, or viii be compelled to proceed
against them according to law.
ad Il WILLIAM II. VAN LANDScHOOT.
may7dw1m. -, ~
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$llS.4l6.00O

equal to cost of nearly $4,000 per mile,
which is believed to be a liberal estimate
This does not take into the account the val
ue of the right of way and material, the
stock subscription already paid in or to be
paid in the future, or the present discount at
which the bonds are offered, as they are ex-
pected soon to be at par.
THE INTEREST ON THE BONDS is more than
provided for by the net earnings of the var
ious sections of the road, as they are COM
pleted. On the 305 miles on which the cars
are now running west from Omaha, the re
ceipts for the first two weeks in May were
$Il3,0O0; and as the road is extended to-
wards the great mining centers, the business
in freight and passengers constantly increases
and as there can be no competition from
rival roads, the Company has full power to
charge remunerative prices. The price
of freight by teams from the Missouri River
was formerly twenty-five cents per pound, or
$500 per ton.
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Ninety Cents on the Dollar.

This road was completed from Omaha So5 miles
west on the lst of January, 1867, and is fully
equipped, and trains regularly running over
it. The Company has now on hand sufficient
iron, ties ETC., to finish the remaining portion to
the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, 212
miles, which is under contract to be done Septem
Der LIST of this year, and it is expected that the
entire road will be in running order from Omaha
to its western connection with the Central Pacific,
now being rapidly built eastward from sacramen-
to- Cal. during 1870.