w Asm Fid tou Evimne suk,
FIBL18HBD DAILY, iBXCBFT IUJTPATJ
AT THJ BTAB BUILDINGS,
hmhitai ccrnrr cjPmnsylvania at. and lhk strttl,
BY W. IX WAULAUH.
The BtAS la served by the carrier* to their nV
enters in the City and District for TWBLVB
AND A HALF CENTS PEB WUK.
Parol Fob Mailibq.?Single copy, lArtt itnts; on#
Koath. s*vetuyfit* unit; three months, one dollar
und tytv unn. six monthS.iAru dollars; oneyejtf.
mm dollars. No papers are tent from the office
loager thaa paid for.
Tili Wmilt Btab one doNar and a half ? year.
OFFICIAL.
The Flret Corps?Notice
M*ad*jtjabt*k? Fibst Cears, )
Wabhihgtoi*, D. o., Itec. 27, 1884. >
Tet?rans desiring to enlist in the lat Army
Corps, should report in person at the office of
Col. C. F. Johnson, Soldiers' Rest, Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Depot, Washington, D. O.
Any Veteran who has served two years, has
been honorably discharged, and is physically
qualified, may enlist in the Corps for one, two
or three years
Those enlisting will recelye from the Gov
ernment a bounty of ?300 as scon as they are
moctered in, and, in addition, the regular in
stalments from the Government, in proportion
to the period of enHstmenUAs follows: #100 for
one year's service, one-iird paid on enlist*
Baent. f200 lor two years' Service, one-third on
enlistment; f300 for three years'service, ona
thinl on enlistment
Tfcey will be credited to the quota of the
district m which they or their families may be
domiciled and will, therefore, be entitled to
local bounties
Free transportation will be furnished them
i9 Washington by any Provost Marshal.
The best arms in the possession of the
Government will bo furnished these troops,
and they will be allowed to retain their arms
When honorably discharged.
Headquarters Major General Hancock:?158
Fetreet, between 19th and 20th streets.
Office of the Board for the Examination of
Officers Brigadier General John R. Brooke,
president, it3 G street, between 19th and 20th
streets.
By order of Major General Hancock.
Fiwlbt Ahdbbsow,
dec 27.tf Assistant Adjutant General.
dentistry!
rpoOTH-ACH* CURED INSTANTLY BY til
J. extern*! application of DR. 8IGES-4
MOND* ESSENCE OF PALMETTO. ItJ
acts at once upon the nerves connected
with the teeth aching, and relieves instantly. By
this aid every decayed tooth can be cured and pre
served by filling and bni'lding up with Sr. 8.
White's Metal filling. Cheoplastic Bobs Teeth
laser ted over roots at 260 Pa. av. mar 13 lm*
pBBAT DISCOVERY IN DENTIBTBY.
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT FAIN,
1 weuld advise all persons having teeth,
to extract to call at DR. LEWIE'S office,!
and have them taken out without pain.
Also, oall and examine the Doctor's new and iss
? roved saethod of inserting ARTIFICIAL TBBTH.
f you oner see the great improvement in his teeth,
you will have then in bo ether style than this
sew and valuable one. Teeth inserted on Gold,
Silver and Rubber Plates at the old price, as we
have not advanced the prioe on our work since the
great change in gold. .
No. 244 Penn'a avenue, between 12th and 13th
*Yiua26-ly i. B. LBWIB, M. D., Dentist.
JAMBS S. TOFHAM A CO.'S
PREMIUM
TBTJHK, HADDLiEBY,
AND
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
BIANUFACTORY,
WBCLE8ALB AND BBTAIL,
w 000 -v*
BBVBNTH ITRBBT,
Owe Doer Iforth of Odd FeUowf Hall,
Where they continue to manufacture and ha?
en sale a large and fine assortment of
TBUNBS, TALI8B8,
TBAYBL1NG BAGS,
BADDLBB, HABNBB3,
HOB8K COTBBB.
XL1TABY BORSB EQUIPMENTS,
8WORD BBLT8.
HAYBB8ACR8, WHIPS,
BITS, BP UBS,
AC.? Ac., Ac.,
AT LOW PMCBS.
REPAIRING.
Trrtke.Ae., repaired promptly and thoroughly.
THRU SILYBB MEDALS
Awarded by the Maryland lAtitute of Baltimore
October 31st, 1864: alio, the highest premium. %
trense medal, by the Metropolitan Mechanics'
Institute of Washington, D. 0., la 1357.
BOLB AGENTS
Per District of Columbia and Alexandria. Va,,for
EBANK MILLER'S
CELEBRATE? PBEPARBD
HARNESS OIL.
ers supplied at the lowest
feb e-ly FAOTOBY PRIOE?.
G.
B 8 M I T H'8
WILD CHERRY TONIO BITTERS,
THI8 PROPHILATIC is sold by all Druggists
and Grocers.
This great PANACEA baa been established 20
years. Its medical proprieties are
TONIC, ASTRINGENT AND AROMATIC.
It will eradicate all derangement of the STOM
ACH and BOWELS. It gives
STRENGTH and BEAUTY to the YOUNG,
REJUVENATES THE OLD,
Cures
DYSPEPSIA, LOSS OF APPETITE.
INDIGESTION,LASSITUDE OF SYSTEM,
CHRONIC DIARRH(EA. DYSENTBRY,
JAUNDICE, AGUE AND PSVSR.
OBTAIN A CIRCULAR, in which will be found
tcstimtnia.sol PEOPLE WELL KNOWN in Wa?h
2LictoQ. mhl7-lm
H. P. ZIMMERMAN A 00.
530 ..BIvhth Bibibt.??.530
H11L1
?S
JOTICE TO OfP1CER8 AND SOLDIERS.
Puecessors to MeGregor A Zimmerman, have on
k?c?l and will continue to keep a tine assortment
of CABINET FURNITURE. All persons who
icay he in want of Purniture will do well to call
and examiBe our sleek. as we are conSdent our
jr ces and furniture will give satisfaction.
Call at No 630 7th street, between Louisiana
avenue and D street. fe 17-tf
jn
Asststabt Quabtsbmastsr'b Ofpiob,
Direr or WASBiBQtea. No. 134 P, near 21st s
Wabbibgtob, D. C., March 1, 1365.
The attention of officers and enlisted men, for
merly is the service of the United States, is called
to the large ameant of personal property stored in
the Goveramsat warehouses connected with this
depot.
Tke Government require* the space occupied by
said property for the effects of those uew in the
service. _
A description of each article should be given
with the same, company, regiment, or othe
Karks, accompanied by an oath or affirmation
stewing that the claimant is the authorized
"The'goods win he forwarded to the address of
the person* so ratified at his expense.
A'.I of the above-mentioned property remain
ing uoelaime* ninety days from this date will be
?old at public auction. JAM88 M Me0RB,
Br.h 8-dtmay 31 Capt. AfSt Ur. P. 8. Army.
^yATCHBB, JEWELBY, AO.
LARMOUBA Co., Light street. Baltimore, in
vites the attention f purchasers to their choice
stock ef No. 1 WATCHES. DIAMOND JEWELBY,
Ac.. SILVER WARE. PLATED WABB, OPERA
GLASSES. SPECTACLES,' TABLE CUTLERY
Ac., at low prices.
Watches and Jewelry repaired la the best man
ner byjtho best workmen and warranted. Ja 14-3m
FOR BALE?^i#Tooo e^tra choice Roses, Orna
mental Trees and Bhrubs, Climbing aud^ga
Parlor P.ants, Fruit Trres, Ac. The collec-W#
tioB comprises the best kinds known in Ba- "
rope aod America. Wishing to lease my place for
ha..'die* or any other purpose, 1 will sell very low.
, A. JARDIN, Florist.
1?J? 13th street, comer ef M.
F'OK SALE?A LUMBER PLANING and SAW
IMr MILL, with engine and machinery, and
cneofPagei's pateat t*aw Mills, ail in complete
runniBc order, with the Frame Baildiaz situated
tm thecaaal. Bear Oth street aad Center Market
Bouse, will be sold cheap by aoplyiag te
m 29-?w- Mo. 647 i&H???
TBI>E1E?Tf??c^i0BTvP1ARL TOOTH p?w
if* Teeth ??&rmsbr$ffiyl(5?isj SIZZL:
tien is entirely unequalled. ?r#p*r?
?, *? 0_ WELL8 A CO.,
ForialebyalldruggiViST ?rk* Pro?ri*K?r?
EJELMBOLD8 BXTBACT BUCHU?oivrfb
El health and vigor to the frame and bloom to
the pallid cheek. Debility is accompaaiad by
Bsacy alarming symptoms, and if no treatment
rckmitted to, COB?U?ptiO?, Insanity or B?ileptlc
Fitgwcae. mtuxtm
V?. XXV. WASHINGTON, D. Ci, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12. 1865; N2. 8,780.
? ? - ? * ' " "" ?
AMUSEMENTS;
CANTERBURY HILL,
MUSI9 ) CANTERBURY HALL ( MFSIO
HAL L(CANTERBURY HALL)H ALL
aid (CANTERBURY HALL) a*d __
THEATER ' CANTERBURY HALL < THEATER
LODISIAIA ATIICI(IIAI SlXTB STBIIT,
Rear of National and Metropolitan Hotels.
GEORGE LEA ? ?Propriety
Alio of the Varieties, New York, and Canterbury
Alexandria, Va.
JOSH HAFT .Stag* Manager
LAST WEEK 07 THE WINTER SEASON.
LAST W1XK OP THE WINTER SEASON.1
LAST WEEK OF THE WINTEB SEASON.
LAST WEEK OF THE WINTER 8EA80N.
LAST WEEK Of THE WHITER SEASON.
CLOSING SCENES Of TRIUMPH
OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
OVER ALL OPPOSITION/
OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
OVER ALL OPPOSITION!
The Manager is happy to announce as engage
meet with Mr.
CHARLES E. COLLINS,
CHARLES E. COLLINS,
CHARLES E. COLLINS.
CHARLES B. COLLINS,
CHARLES E. COLLINS,
CHARLES E. COLLINS,
CHARLES 1. COLLINS,
THE ORIGINAL "CURB,"
THK ORIGINAL "CURE,"
THE ORIGINAL "CURE,"
THE ORIGINAL "CUBE,"
THE ORIGINAL "CURE,"
Whose various performances have been imitated
fey nearly all the half-Hedged performers of the
day. Patrona of this establishment are respect
fully requested to be on hand to witneM the
VERACITY OF THE ABOVE STATEMENT.
VERACITY OP THE ATOVE SBATEMENT.
VERACITY OP THE AEOVE STATEMANT,
VJRACITY OF THE ABOVE STATEMENT.
VERACITY OF THE ABOVE STATEMENT.
>
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i
Mr. Collins will appear in two of bis peculiar
a^s to-night, via:
"THE CURE" AWD THE "LIVELY fOUTH."
"THE CURE"A?D TBI "LIVELY YOOTH."
"THE CURE" AID th? "LIVELY YOUTH."
"THE CURE" A5D th* "LIVELY YOUTH."
"THE CURE" a*i> thb "LIVELY YOUTH."
"THE CURE" ahu thb "LIVELY YOUTH."
"THE CURE" aid thk "LIVELY YOUTH."
First night of the laughable Comic Pantomime,
entitled p1Rgi<jUTBD CLOWN.
PERSECUTED CLOWN.
PERSECUTED CLOWN.
PERSECUTED CLOWN,
PERSECUTED CLOWN.
PERSECUTED CLOWN.
Clown ? Josh Har*
Pantaloon ..... . ? .??. &B. 8zollosy
Edward? ? Mi?<* Lama Le Claire
Julia?? . Miss Tilly Forbes
JOHN MULLIGAN
JOHN MULLIGAN
JOHN MULLIGAN
JOHN MULLIGAN
AND
DAN HOLT.
DAN HOLT.
DAN HOLT.
DAN HOLT.
in a new Bthiopion Oddity, entitled
ENTRANCE INTO RICHMOND.
ENTRANCE INTO RICHMOND.
ENTRANCE INTO RICHMOND.
ENTRANCE INTO RIOHMOND.
ENTRANCE INTO RICHMOND.
REDDEN AND CLARK
REDDEN AND CLARK
REDDEN AND CLARK
REDDEN AND CLARK
Will appear in a new act,
QUINTESSENCE OF AFRICA.
ariNTESSBN'CE OF AFRICA.
UINTESSBNCE OF AFRICA.
QUINTESSENCE OF AFRICA.
New Ballet Divertisement of the
SICILIAN VESPERS,
SICILIAN VESPERS,
MOILIAN VESPERS,
SICILIAN VESPERS,
Arranged by Mons. Szollosy for the
BOQUET OF BEAUTY.
BOQUBT OF BEAUTY.
BOQUET OF BEAUTY.
BOQUET OF BEAUTY.
Entire Change of Programme Every Night.
Entire Change of Programme Every Night.
Entire Change of Programme Every Night.
Entire Change of Programme Every Night,
Entire Change of Programme Every Night.
Eutire Change of Programme Every Night.
Entire Change of Programme Every Night.
Entire Change of Programme Every Night.
MATINEE ON 8ATURDAY,
MATINEE ON SATURDAY,
MATINEE ON SATURDAY,
MATINEE ON SATURDAY,
MATINEE ON SATURDAY,
FOR LADIES
FOR LADIES
FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN.'
FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN.
FOR LADIES AND OHILDREN.
A FINE BILL WILL BE ?IVEN.
A FINE BILL WILL BE GIVEN.
A FINE ?114. WILL ?M GiVEN.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Ip People whoBcffkb from the doll stupidity
that meets as everywhere in spring, and to? often
in all seasons of the year, knew how quick it could
be cured by taking AYER 8 8AR8APARILLA to
purge the bile from their systems, we should have
better neighbor* as well as eleerer heads to deal
with. ?p7-lw
A HINT TO BOTH SEXES -How TO Gaib
asd Retain Affection.?It has been frequently
suggested that PLANTATION BITTERS are, in
another form, the "Elixir of Love" of the
Ancients, That they do mneh to quiet "family
Jars," and reconcile fretful wives te cross hus
bands, we Terily believe. When domestic quiet
is restored and connubial felicity reigns supreme,
"How great the charm, how sweet the bliss
That finds expression in a kiss."
A free and proper use of PLANTATION BIT
TERS will inspire the souls of both sexes with
pure and high toned sentiments ef affection,t
and a capacity for rare and exquisite enjeymen
in each other's society. Remember there is no
place like home, and no passion like love?and
nothing to link the two together and you to both
like the great Family Blessing, PLANTATION
BITTERS. ap 7-lw
PUBLIC HEALTH. TH1 PRE8S
Advertising has been pronounced "undignified"
by the medical faculty. A physician who adver
tises a valuable remedy to fifty people in his pri
vate practice would receive the coid shoulder
from his professional brethren, should he mak
his merits known to millions through the bnsinesa
columns of a newspaper press. This njay be "dig
nified,"? buk is it benevolent, humane, or Just ?
Whoever is fortunate enough to discover or in
vent anything that will prevent, or cure, or alle
viate human suffering is bound tomake it known
through every channel of communication within
bis reach, to the general public. For many years
the merits of HOSTETTER'S CELEBRATED
STOMACH BITTERS have thus been proclaimed
to the world, and multitudes have been restored
to health or saved from fatal maladies in conse
quence. As new facts have been developed is re
lation to the operation of this most pure and po
tent of all Stomachics and Mteratives, they have
been stated in simple language to the people of
many lands; and if the proprieters of the medicine
have derived profit from their dissemination,
thousands upon thousands of individuals have
been benefitted thereby to an extent boyond all
estimate. In the West Indies, Canada, Australia
and South America, HOSTXTTXR'S BITTER8 are
now recognised as the sole specific for Dyspepsia,
the'best possible safeguard against epidemics,and
, the finest invigorant in cases of General Debility,
and the only diffusive stimulant, entirely free from
noxious ingredients. ap 5-2w
AMUSEMENTS.
GROVER'S NEW THEATER.
Pennsylvania Avenue, near Willard's.
GREAT SUC0E88 OF ALADDIN.
THIS EVENING
CONTINUATION OF APPROVAL.
The Grand Oriental Spectacle,
ALADDIN;
Ob, THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
with its splendid Cast of Characters, Magnificent
Scenery, Magical Illusions; Intricate Machinery,
Eatranciog Songs, and the
Living Focstain op Colored Waters,
ON 8ATURDAY AFTERNOON.
GRAND MATINEE OF ALADDIN,
AT CHEAP PRICE8.
?^"Regular Admission?$1, 75, 50, and 25
Cents.
FORD'S NEW THEATER.
TENTH STREET, above Pennsylvania Avenue,
WEDNESDAY, April 12. W5,
POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF TIIE
ENQAOEMKNT OF
MI8S LAURA REENE.
Who will, at the request of many citizens, and for
the last time, appear in her successful moral
drama.
THE WORKMEN OF WASHINGTON,
Supported by
J. C. McCOLLUM.
JOHN DVOTT,
HARRY HAWK, and
THE ENTIRE COMPANY.
To morrow, Tom Taylor's Comedy,
THE STOEY OF PEGGY THE ACTRESS.
FRIDAY?Benefit and Last Appearance of
MI88 LAURA KEENE.
SATURDAY-Benefit of
MISS JENNIE QOURLAY.
GROVER'S THEATER.
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 14.
GRAND ILLUMINATION.
DISPLAY OF PIREW0RK8.
The Spectacle ef
ALADDIN; OR. THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
Patriotic Poem bv
COLONEL B. B. FRENCH,
to be delivered by
A LADY OF WASHINGTON.
SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA, (Song.)
MUBIC BY KOPPITZ.
AND OTHER EXTRA ATTRACTIONS.
GROVER'S THEATER.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14.
ap 12 3t REMEMBER FORT SUMTER 1
WASHINGTON THEATER, corner of 11th and
0 sts.?For nine nights only, commencing
MONDAY, April 17, 1866. SAM BHARPLRY'g
MINSTBKLS. BRASS BAND AND BURLESQUE
OPERA TROUPE, twenty artists; the only and
original " Monitor Ironclads;" the elite ef the
profession, whose performances have been tko
theme and admiration for the last three years
from Maine to Missouri; introducing their groat
Original Programme, not yet " pirated" by the
Migratory Mushroons of Minstrels. Admission
50 cts.; Orchestra Chairs, 75 cts. ap 12 tit*
QRAND COMBINATION CONCERT,
EASTER MONDAY NIGHT, April 17tii, 1*63,
At ODD FELLOWS' HALL, 7th Street,
BY TIIE
WASHINGTON QUINTETTE CLUB,
Messrs. Dawson, Noyes, Hodgson, Tabler Sc. Ball,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ROBERT BALL,
Assisted by
Mad. C. Y. Kretschraar, Pig. 8trini,
Miss E. B. Turner, Prof. J. P. Caulfield,
Miss E. Daniel, Prof. ?. W. CaulHeld,
Mrs.Small, Harry Sherman,
J.P.Franklin, B. U, Eeyser.
A choice Programme will be presented, and with
the above-mentioned array of Professional and
Amateur Talent, a most acceptable entertainment
is promised.
The two Grand Pianos used on this occasion are
from the celebrated factory of Chickering ic Son,
and are very kindly loaned by J. F. Ellis, No. 30t>
Peon.avenue. ,
Doors open at 736 o'clock p. m., Concert to com
mence at 8 o'clock precisely.
TICKETS, ONE DOLLAR; for sale at the Ma
sic stores of Ellis and Metxerott, and at the door.
_ap 11 lw"
OXFORD! OXFORD! OXFORD!
MUSIC HALL AND THEATRE.
Ninth street, fronting on Pennsylvania *veng?
THE LEADING MUSIC HALLof WASHINGTON
THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OF TALENT
Read the names ef the Artists now performing
at this establishment. First week of ?
MESSRS. COOPER AND FIELDS,
The Celebrated Double Clog Dancers.
Continued Success of the following Artists:
MiMf?AGNESN8UTHEfeLAND.
MONB. ANTONIO,
FRANK DIAMOND,
J. M. MORTIMER,
BARRY CARTER,
KATE HAM80N.
The MIACO BROTHERS,
Mies BUSH BROWN,
Mr. J. C. FRANKLIN,
Miss MILLIE FRANCIS.
Miss VIRGINIA CHAIMI,
_ ? Miss MARY FRAZ1R,
And 28 other Performers.
MONDAY next, first appearance of
M'LLE ANNETTA GALLETTI,
Primear Danseuse.
LADIES MATINS! SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
H/iONEY LIBERALLY ADVANCED on DIA
l'l MOND8, WATCHES. JEWELRY, Ac. All
business strictly . enfidential. Oflce hours from
11 A. M., tol, and from 6 to7 P. M. No. 334
Pennsylvania avenue, two deors from 13th street,
up stairs. Boom Me. 3. rf. LIB MAN,
mh ai-l?* Diamond Broker.
DEW ARB OF COUNTERFEITS AND UNPRIN
D OIPLBD DEALERS endeavoring to dispose of
their own and other preparations. on the repute
tion attained by BELMWLB'8 GENUINE PREP
ARATIONS. JBMK-ftB
LOCAL NEWS.
THE CELEBRJ|IU?| LAST NIGHT.
A Grand Illumination?Speech by tbe
President.
The anticipation that the President would
speak last evening drew an immense throng
to the "White Honse, which not only filled np
the grounds immediately in Iront of the man
sion, hnt obstructed the sidewalks of the ave
nue from 15th to 17th streets. The Executive
Mansion was brilliantly itinminated, the lights
revealing in the mist the extent of the vast
throng front and flanking the northern portico,
and rendering objects quite visible at a remote
distance. The assemblage was enthusiastic
and in thorough good humor, standing pa.
i'ftwZ i^?.KdeePmnd and under the misty
drizzle until the time of the appearance of tha
president, who, on showing himself at the
window over the door, was received with tre
mendous and contined applause, as was Mrs.
.Lincoln, when accompanied by some friends
she appeared at a neighboring window. The
President proceeded to speak as follows, read
ing from manuscript copy, prepared with this
deliberation, evidently in order that there
should be no chance for misconception of his
views enunciated:
THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.
"We meet this evening not in soirow, bnt in
gladness of heart. The evacuation of Peters
burg and Richmond, and the surrender of the
principal insurgent army, gave hope of a
righteous and 6peedy peace, whose joyous ex
pression cannot be restrained. In the midst of
this, however, He from whom all blessings
flow must not be forgotten. A call for a na
tional thanksgiving is being prepared, and
will be duly promulgated. Nor must those
Whose harder part gives as the cause of re
jolcing be overlooked. Their honors must not
be parcelled out with others. I myself was
near the front, and had the high pleasure of
transmitting much of the good news to von:
but no part of the honor, for plan or execution,
is mine. To General Grant, his skilful officers
and brave men, all belongs. The gallant navy
stood ready, but was not in rea?h to take ac
tive part.
By these recent successes the reinaugnration
of the national authority, reconstruction, which
has had a large share of thought from the first,
is pressed much more closely upon our atten
tion. It is fraught with great difficulty. Un
like the case of a war between independent
nations, there is no authorized organ for ns to
treat with. No one man has authority to give
up the rebellion for any other man. We simply
must begin with and mould from disorganized
and discordant elements. Nor is it a small ad
ditional embarrassment that we, the loyal
people, differ among ourselves as to the mode,
manner and measure of reconstruction.
As a general rule, I abstain from reading
the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing
noqto be provoked by that to which I cannot
properly offer an answer. In spite of this pre
caution, however, it comes to my knowledge
that I am mnchcensnred from some supposed
agency in setting up and seeking to sustain the
new state Government ol Louisiana. In this
I have done just so mnch, and no more than
the public knows. In the annual message of
December, 1663, and accompanying proclama
tion I presented a plan of reconstruction (as
the phrase goes) which I promised, if adopted ?
by any State, should be acceptable to and sus
tained by the Executive Government of the
nation. I distinctly stated that this was not
the only plan which might possibly be accept
able; and I also distinctly protested that the
Executive claimed no right to say when or
whether members should be admitted to seats
in Congress fr?n such Mates. This plan was, in
advance, submitted to the then Cabinet, and dis
tinctly approved by everv member of it. One
of them suggested that I should then, and in
that connection, apply the Emancipation Pro
clamation to the theretofore excepted parts of
Virginia and Louisiana, that I should
drop the suggestion about apprenticeship for
freed people, and that I should omit the
protest against my own power, in regard to the
admission of members of Congress; but even
he approved every part and parcel of the plan
which nas since been employed or touched by
the action ol Louisiana. The new Constitution
of Louisiana, declaring emancipation for the
whole State, practically applies the proclama
tion to ihe part previously excepted. It does
not adopt apprenticeship for freed people, and
it is silent, as it could not well be otherwise,
about the admission of members of Congress!
So that, as it applies to Louisiana, every mem
ber of the Cabinet fully approved the plan.
The message went to Conpress, and I received
many commendations of the plan, written and
verbal; and not a single objection to it, from
any professed emancipationist, came to my
knowledge, until after the news reached
Washington that the people of Louisiana had
begun to move in accordance with it. From
about July, 1662, 1 had corresponded with dif
lerent persons, supposed to be interested, seek
ing a reconstruction of a State government for
Louisiana. "When the message of 1?63, with
the plan before mentioned, reached New Or
leans, General Banks wrote me that he was
confident the people, with his military co
operation, would reconstruct substantially on
that plan. 1 wrote him and some of them to
try it. They tried it, and thp result is known
Such only has been my agency In getting up
the Louisiana government. As to sus
taining it, my promise is out, as before
stated. But, as bad promises are better broken
than kept, I shall treat this as a bad promise
and break it, whenever 1 shall be convinced
that keeping it is adverse to the public interest
But 1 ht.ve not yet been so convinced.
1 have been sho'.vn a letter on this subject,
supposed to be an able one, in which the wri
ter expresses regret that my mind has not
seemed to be definitely fixed on the question
whether the seceded States, so called, are in
the Union or out ot it. It would, perhaps, ada
astonishment to his regret were he to learn that,
since I have found professed Union men en
deavoring to make that question, I have pur
posely forborne any public expression upon it.
It appears to me that question has not been,
nor yet is, a practically material one, and that
any diecussion of it, while it thus remains
practically immaterial, could have no effect
other than the mischievous one of dividing our
friends. As yet, whatever it may hereafter
become, that question is bad, as the basis of a
controversy, and good for nothing at all?a
merely pernicious abstraction. We all agree
that the seceded States, so called, are out of
their proper practical relation with the Union,
and that the sole object of the Government,
civil and military, in regard to those States, is
to again get them into that proper practical
relation. I believe it is not only possible, but
in fact easier to do this without deciding or
even considering whether these States have
ever been out of the Union, than with it. Find
ing themselves safely at home, it would be ut
terly immaterial whether they had ever been
abroad. Let us all join in doing the acts ne
cessary to restoring the proper practical rela
tions between these Staves and the Union, and
each forever after innocently indulge his own
opinion whether, in doing the acts, he brought
the States from without into the Union, or only
gave them proper assistance, they never hav
ing been out of it.
The amount of constituency, so to speak, on
which the new Louisiana government rests,
would be more satisfactory to all if it contained
fifty, thirty, or even twenty thousand, instead
of only about twelve thousand, as it does It
is also unsatisfactory to some that the elective
franchise is not given to the colored man. I
would myself prefer that it were now conferred
on the very intelligent, and on those who serve
our cause as soldiers. Still the question is not
whetlier the Louisiana government, as It stands,
is quite all that is desirable. The questions
are: "Will it be wiser take it as it Is, and help
to improve it, or to reject and disperse itl"
4'Can Louisiana be brought into proper prac
tical relation with the Union sooner by sv.s
tainina or discarding her new State govern
ment 1"
Some twelve thousand voters in the hereto
fore slave State of Louisiana have sworn al
legiance to the Union, assumed to be the right
ful political power of the State, held elections,
organized a State government, adopted a free
State constitution, giving the benefit of pnblic
schools equally to black and white, and em
powering the Legislature to confier the elective
franchise upon the colored man. Their Legis
lature has already voted to ratify the constitu
tional amendment, recently passed by Con
gress, abolishing slavery throughout the nation.
These twelve thousand persons are thus fully
committed to the Union, and to perpetual free
dom in the State; committed to the very things
and nearly all the things the nation wants, and
they ask the nation's recognition and its assist
ance to make good their committal. Now, if
we reject and spurn them, we do our utmost to
disorganize and disperse them. We, in effect,
say to the whit? man, "You are worthless, or
worse; we will neither help you, nor be helDed
by you." To the blacks we say, "This cupof
Liberty, which these, your old masters, hold
to yoar lips, we will dash from youj aad leave
you to tbe chances of gathering the spilled and
scattered contents, in some vague and unde
fined when, where, and how." If this course,
discouraging and paralyzing both white and
black, has aty tendency to bring Louisiana
into proper practical relations witb the Union,
1 have, so far, been unable to perceive it. If on
tbe contrary, ve recognize and sustain tbe new
government of Louisiana, tbe converse of all
this is made true. We encourage tbe hearts and
nerve the arms of the twelve thousand to adhere
to their work, and argue for it, and proselyte for
it, and fight for it, and feed it, and grow it, and
ripen it to a complete success. The colored
man, too, In seeing all united for him is in
spired with vigilance, and energy, and daring
to the same end. Grant that he desires tbe elec
tive franchise, will he not attain it sooner by
saving the already advanced steps towards it
than by rnnning backward over them ! Con
cede that the new Government of Louisiana is
only to what it should be as the egg is to tbe
fowl, we ehall sooner have tbe fowl by hatching
tbe egg than by smashing it. [Laughter.] Again,
if we" reject Louisiana, we also reject our vote
in favor of the proposed amendment to the Na
tional Constitution. To meet this proposition,
it has been argued that no more than three
font ths of those States which have not attempt
ed secession are necessary to validly ratify the
amendment. I do not commit myself against
this further than to say that such a ratiflaatinn
would be questionable, and 6ure to be persist
ency questioned; while a ratification by three
fourths of all the States would be unquestioned
and unquestionable.
I repeat the question. "Can Louisiana be
brought into proper practical relation with the
Union sooner by sustaining or by discarding her
new State government V* What has been said
of Louisiana will apply generally to other
States. And yet so great peculiarities pertain
to each State, and such important and sudden
changes occur in the same State, and, withal,
so new and unprecedented is the whole case,
that no exclusive and inflexible plan can safely
be prescribed as to details and collaterals.
Such exclusive and inflexible plan would
surely become anewentaDglement. Important
principles may and must be Inflexible.
In the present situation, as the phrase goes,
it may be my duty to make some new an
nouncement to the people of the South. I am
considering, and shall not fail to act when sat.
isfled that action will be proper.
The speech of the President was listened to
with intense earnestness, and almost every
period was followed by the loud cheers of the
audience, showing their thorough sympathy
with his views and appreciation of the diffi
culties of the question to be dealt with, as stated
by him.
On its conclusion, Senator Harlan being
loudly called for, was introduced by the Pres
dent as follows:?"I introduce to you Senator
Harlan, soon to be Secretary of the Interior."
8ENAT0K HARLAN'S SrBBCH.
Senator Harlan said:?Fellow Citizens: I
should have been much more happy to have
been permitted to listen to-night, than to have
been called on to speak, however highly I ap
preciate the compliment under the circum
stances. I shall not, however, weary you with
a speech. I will, however, call your attention
to one or two principles which I suppose have
been, or are, at least, being settled, in the great
contest which is now about to close.
The American people have deeided, as I sup
pose, that the decision of the majority of the
voters ef the Republic shall control Its destiny,
[cheers: i that a minority of the voters shall
never hereafter be permitted to interfere with
the decision of that majority in the election of
its officers and ir the incipient process of mak
ing its laws. [Cheers.]
In the second place, I suppose, the Ameri
can people have decided on the many bloody
battle fields on which your sons and brothers
have served, that no part of the people of this
Repnblic shall ever be permi-ted by force to
divide the country. [Loud cheers.] If this
belief were once admitted in favor of our
brethren down in Dixie, no one can see the end
short of a division of the whole country into
petty republics or petty despotisms, or, in the
end, a grand monarchy.
1 hope no one will annoy the American peo
ple with the suggestion that you "can't con
quer the South." [Cheers and laughter.] That
doubt has been conclusively 6et aside. But It
Is a verv important question, perhaps, for you
to decide for yourselves and through your
representatives in the various departments of
the Government, What shall be done with
these brethren of ours 1 [Cries of "Hang 'em."]
I suppose that tbe question, so far as the prin
ciple is concerned, has heretofore been decided
by the framers of the Constitution of the United
States. [Great cheering.] They have declared
what constitute the elements of treason; and
Congress, in performance of the plain provi
sion of the Constitution, which says that Con
gress bhall declare the punishment of treason,
has set forth tbe manner In which they shall
be disposed of, unless, influenced by the prin
ciples of humanity and public policy, the
President of the United States may exercise
the pardoning power. ["Never," "never."]
On that point I speak alone for myself. I sup
pose that the masses of those who have been
engagedain tbis unfortunate struggle for the
destruction of the Republic are comparatively
Innocent. ["Good," "good."] I suppose that
those who plotted and hatched this rebellion
are the guilty parties, [cheers], and I suppose
that at least a few of these ought to suffer the
punishment fixed by Congress for treason.
Immense cheering.] But on this subject I am
willing to trust the future in the hands of the
drst citizen of the Republic, who has been
elevated a second time, to see that the laws are
faithfully executed. [Great and prolonged
cheering. J
Alter music by the several excellent bands in
ittendance the crowd quietly dispersed, large
numbers taking their way to the residence of
Secretary Stanton, on K street, near Franklin
Square, which was most brilliantly illumlna
ed and tastefully decorated with flags, ilow
>rs, evergreens, &c. Upwards of fifty large and
jeautlful flags were to be seen among the mag
nificent decorations here.
Some spirited music was given in turn by the
line bands of Harewood, Emory, Campbell,
ind Mount Pleasant Hospitals, and while the
:erenade was in progress the Secretary returned
rrom the War Department and on being recog
nized by the crowd as he passed through it was
nost enthusiastically cheered.
On ascending the steps of his house he was
igain greeted with vociferous cheers,to which,
ind for the compliment of the serenade, he
nade his acknowledgements in a few fitting
(voids and he concluded by calling for three
;heers for ?
"The President of the vjhole United States,"
which were given with a will.
The Secretary then asked for three more for?
" Gen. Grant and the armies of the Potomac
ind the James," .
which were accorded with the same heartiness,
ind the assemblage then followed with three
remendons ones and "a tiger," on their own
iccount, lor "Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of
War."
The Illuminations.
Though there was no general understanding
n regard to an illumination last night, there
was yet a very fine d*isplay in this way.
The War Department presented a magnifi
;ent appearance, and was the center of attrac
tion, thousands of persons visiting It during
he evening. Every window in the building,
>n all the fronts, was ablaze with light, while
.he outer decorations were beautiful indeed.
The balcony on the north frant was festooned
with large flags, while the various corps flags
were suspended from cords running from^ach
>nd of the portico to the flag stall on the top of
the building. Immediately below these was a
?rea?h of evergreens, in a semicircle, sur
mounted with ship lanterns, beautifully light
ed. A transparency was placed uader the cir
cle ol evergreens, bearing simply the word
'Grant." Several bands of music were in at
iendance, besides which there was a magnifi
cent display of fireworks.
The General Poet Office Department and
city post office was lit up with over two thou
=and lights, which shown with fine effect,
while a number of flags were prominently
aiaj?e^Department ol State, which was brilli
antly lighted and festooned with flags, at
tracted much attention. A transparency bear
ing tbe motto.?"Tbe Union saved by faith in
the Constitution, faith in the people, and trust
in God," occupied a prominent position on the
?ast front of the building, while on the north
Tront was another transparency, with the
words, "At home Union is order, and order is
peace."
The Treasury Department was illuminated
In the most effective manner, and handsomely
decorated with flags. Among the objectsor
ittraction were transparencies over the door
3f the first division, representing the NaUonai
[Currency Bureau, one bearing themotto. u^
S. Greenbacks and U. S. Grant?O-rant gives
the greenbacks a metallic ring; t|ie other
representing a facsimile of a ten dollar com
PThed?&d????A 14th street, occupied by
n?n Anenr Col Luddington, and Col. Ingra
presented a very AM
lighted witb oTtx turf* hundred light*, while
from each wind<m floated % number cl wfeail
flags. Eight bands of >Mo, from the bospitaii
in this department, were jn attendance here,
and discoursed lome excellent nuuc during
the evening, drawing a large- crowd or specta
tors to the spot. Another prominent teatnre
here was a magnificent display of fireworks.
Eaken's office, (Chain Building,) on U
.1 wa3 abIaz* with lights, which lighted
V ??*y?n th? street with fine effect.
I>- Q- Thomas' office, (Clothing Depot,)
r?nVr?irff,' n?ar 17ta "treet, was an object of
Uon' In the roof of the building
Zw-.ttowpfncy, surmounted with
i7HHI ' d b,Minl Uie inscription: "The
t nlon, it must and shall be preserved. Oor
whole,,country 1. strength, &nd strength is
peace." In the center of tbis transparency was
the representation of an eagle, bearing in its
talons a scroll, inscribed with the word "Rkha
mond." Immediately over the main entrance
was another transparency, bearing the word
"I nion," and another just above it Inscribed
"Victory," while the eaves of the buildinr
were tastefully decorated with red and white
ship lanterns, representing the different points
The different corps flags were
of tbe compass. ... ?^
also profusely displayed from the halyards of
? flagstaff in front of the building.- The
office oi the Inspector General and Cayairy
Bureau, adjoining, was also well lighted up.
*;?Lcora,n 8 Art Building, comer of 17th st.
and Fenn aavenue, occupied by Quartermas
- igs* wa? with ligfits,
?t- being <2 in eacb window.
The entire square on the west side of 17th
"I (wbich takes In Winder's
Blilding, the Recruiting Bureau, Bureau for
Colored troops, Deserter s Bureau, Blank De
partment, inspector General's office, and J udge
Advocate Turner's offices, all of which are
'ZXOSXiX* Yar ^PWtment,)presented a
truly magnificent appearance, every window
ly lit* ^lock o* buildings being thorough
Gen..Hal leek's office was tastefully decorated
with flags acd brilliantly illuminated, a?
were also the officss of General Rucker and
Colonel Bell.
The Post Quartermaster's ofllce (Capt. a.
Brinkerhoff) was splendidly lit up, the win
dows of the building being so arranged with
tissue paper as to represent the different corps
badges. A screen was erected iu6t inside of
the entrance to the building, upon which were
ongr?vtng? of Prurient T.inroln, a?n?. Orant.
Sherman and Sheridan. On the outside of the
building was a transparency bearing the in
scription, "Our most reliable peace-makers
U. S. Army, U. S. Navy, and U S. Grant."
Capt. Moore's office on F street, was en
veloped with flags and.regimental colore be
sides being brilliantly illuminated, and shjD
lanterns?red, white and blue?were strung
from the eaves of the building down to the
very pavement.
The office of Capt. Camp, near the depot, was
gaily illuminated. Oyer the door was a trans
parency with the words,
victory !
Sherman, Grant, Sheridan,
and on the flag staff in front of the door, trl
colored lights. The guard barracks, in the
rear of the office, were also illuminated.
The Government transportation offiee, /in
charge of Capt. Burton) Nos. 459 and 461 c
street, was well illuminated and decorated
with flags, as was also the Central guardhouse
on Louisiana avenue.
The private residence of Mrs. Carroll,
(mother of General Carroll, and mother-in
law of General Griffin, of the 5th corps,) on F
street, near 15th, was brilliantly illuminated,
and generally admired for the tasteful manner
in which it was decorated. The 5th corps
badge and floral baskets were suspended from
the windows, while the outside of the building
was festooned with large flags and evergreens.
A transparency, which was encircled with
evergreens, occupied a prominent position on
the portico, and teore the inscription, "Griffin."
Col. Pelouze's residence, on I street, near
16th, and the residence of Col. Hardee, on I,
near 19th street, deserves special mention for
the manner in which thoy were decorated and
illuminated. The outsldes of the buildings
were arched with evergreens, and completely
enveloped with corps, regimental and other
flags.
Numerous private residences in various
parts of the city were also brilliantly illumi
nated.
Boabd op School Trustees.?Mayor Wal
lach presiding. Present: Messrs. Walsh,
Wight, Rhees, Brown, Wilson, Turton, Hitz,
and Ferguson. '
Mr. Walsh presented the report ol the schools
of the Third District, minus the report of Pri
mary No. 4.
A communication was presented from Jaa.
Towles, asking permission to nse upon two
days of the month the chairs oi the School
Board. Assented to.
Also, from Mr. Hunter, relative to the sale of
a cabinet of minerals; referred to the Committee
on Text Books.
The Treasurer presented the following bills*
Collector of Internal Revenue for stamps, 85*
W. Prather, for attendance on Treasurer's'
office, 82 50; Miller & Ridgeway, 817S; W. O. "
Berry, 8230 S2; W. Notingham, 861 20; W. H.
14 O t* A ** nl? C' 40< TIT A V\ {n * a m ( ^ m M ^ ? ?
Thompson & Co, ?50(^ G. M ' Butler, 8120:
? Simonds,?; J.C. Jackson, $3; J. MyersJ
81. All of which were approved. The list of
standing committees were announced, the only
change in the old list being the substitution of
Mr. Ferguson for Mr. Hitz on the Committee of
Accounts and Expenditures, and of Mr Hitz
for Mr. Ferguson on the Committee on Vocal
Music.
Mr. Rhees offered the following:
Resol red ly the Hoard qf Trustees of Public
Schools of W ashington, That we express our
gratitude to Almighty God for the downfall of
the Southern rebellion, the submission of the
Confederate armies, and the prospect of a
speedy and lasting peace.
Resolved, That we hereby heartily unite with
onr fellow-countrymen in thanks to our Presi
dent and Cabinet, to our generals and officers,
and to our soldiers and sailors, for the plans
they have so well devised and executed for the
overthrow of traitors and rebels.
Resolved, That the teachers be requested
specially to impress upon their pupils loyalty,
the love of liberty, and the importance of the
victories we have won in permanently estab
lishing republican and constitutional govern
ment.
Unanimously adopted.
Mr. Wilson offered a resolution authorizing
the appointment of a committee, to consist of
one trustee from each district, to prepare a
programme for the examination of the public
schools. Adopted.
The Chair appointed on the committee Messrs.
Wilson, Miller, Walsh and Holmead.
Mr. Brown offered a resolution authorizing
the Treasurer to subscribe for one copy of the
National Intelligencer, to be kept on file, for
relerente to the laws by the Board. Adopted.
Mr. Brown presented the report of the late
treasurer, Mr. J. Sessford, showing a balance
due the Corporation from him of 81,770 55, and
the report of the present treasurer, Mr. R.
T. Morsell, showing a balance in his favor of
?3 07.
Mr. Rhees gave notice that the trnstees ol
theSeeond District met at the intersection ol
Massachusetts avenue I, and Fifth streets, on
tne first and last Saturdays of every month,
from nice to ten o'clock. Adjourned.
American Methodist Episcopal "ion
CiiUKcn. ? The Annual Conference ol the
American Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,
for the Baltimore District, commenced its ses
sions for 1S65 on the Sth instant, in the John
Wesley Church, Connecticut avenue, near L
street, and was called to order at 1 p. m , by
the Superintendent of the Third Episcopal
District, Rev. Sampson Talbot, presiding offi
cer of the conference.
After congratulatory exchanges between the
members, the conference adjourned till Mon
day, when the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That we receive with emotions of
inexpressible dciignt, as well as profound
gratituue to Almighty Goa, me ?fficlal an
nouncement of the surrender to Lient. Gun?rAi
U. S. Grant of General Robert E. L<se, com
mander-in-chief of the Confederate forces, to
gether with the troops under his immediate
command, constituting the late formidable
army of Virginia.
Resolved, That for this earnest of a speedy
discomfiture of the rebel forces, the restoration
of the rightfni authority of the National Gov
ernment, and conseqnent return of lasting
peace, the gratitude ot the nation is due to the
army and navy of the United States generallv
and to Lieut. General U. 6. Grant, and th
gallant armies of the Potomac and James
particularly; and we hereby tender them and
all who have contributed to the general re
suits our undivided thanks.
A committee was then appointed to make
arrangements for a celebration in the church
on Thursday night, aud the conference ad
journed. , _ ?
On Tuesday, Elder Richard Bredwel), of
Centre street church, Louisville, Ky., was
received Into traveling connection.
ITT-It is stated in a French paper that Eng
land is about to follow the example of France
in the formation of a cemetery near Sebasto
pol. into which may be gathered the bones of
the Engllsb soldiers scattered in graves all
over the Crimea.
{?7*The Savannah Republican says that the
Federal authorities distribute on an average
daily about eight hundred ration tickets to ref
ugees who have come into that city, and that
the number Is rapidly increasing. These ra
tions do,not include those furnished to resident
citizens.
war it is estimated that five thousand hogs
heads of tobacco were burned by the rebels
upon evacuating Petersburg. Immense sap
piles of commissary stores were left unharmed,
their locality in the heart of the city insuring
the destruction ot the whole town tX fired.