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'-"ETllitNAIj'- VIGILANCK IS TH K l'HICE O V IJHKItTY." Thomaa Jelfarsont
VOLUME 32, NO. 1.
CADIZ, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1865.
TERMSr-82,50 PER ANNUM
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Thanksgiving Sermbtt.
Cadiz, O., April 14, 1865
Rev. J. M. Carr :
Dear Sib Having likened with pleas
tire to your Thanksgiving Discourse to-day.
In the M. E. Church, ana desiring that oth
ers may be equally edified by its perusal,
ire therefore respectfully ask you to furnish
us a copy of ths same for publication.
Very respectfully.
J. S. Thomas, Jno. A, Bingham,
A. C. Tl'RNEB,
S. W. BcsnvicK.
U. ilATTON,
Htzi.i Welch,
S. Slemmoss,
Samuel George,
kobkrt lyons,
SamielUeoboc, J.
Mettm. J. S. lhamas, R.Hattov, John A.
Eingham, Satnutl dorge, Sr., and
othrrs:
Respected Citizens. I have the honor
to acknowledge the receipt of your note of
me iin wsi.
The discourse was prepaied with no view
te its publication; but if in your judgment
it would subserve the interests of our belov
ed country, toward which God has 6bown
to much favor, a MS. copy is at your dis
posal. Very truly yours,
J. M. CARR.
Cadiz, 0., April 18, 1P65.
"Praise the Lorl,, O Jerusalem; praise
thy Goel, O .iou. For ho liath strmigihened
the bars of thy gates; ha hath blessed thy
children within thee, he maket.li peace i'u
thy borders.' VPs. cxi.vu-ii!.
This salrn is'supposed to have been com-
ivised after the Jews li;:d returned from
Babylon, and had rebuildcd tfio walls ot Je-.T
msnleni. it was sung m the Second Tem
ple, in praise and thanksgiving to tha God
of Heaven, because of the iuvitr he had
shown his land,, and the groat things ho hud
d .me for them. How could it have, been
but that those Psalms, which were written
after the captivity, and sung early in the
Second Temple, should have abounded in
loftiest praise and thanksgiving. When
a.T.iin they stood within the wal's of Jeru-i-alera,
aad beheld their lon-loved Zion.
bow ceijild. they btit proclaim "lie hath
ntvdeuit so with tiny nation," and with
hr.irts overflowing with religions and patri
oiie fervor but siiig, '"Praise the Lord, 0
Jerusalem: praise thy God, 0 Zion."
lint", jj has ever been, and ever will b,
for whomever God Vi-oiks tat for bis peop'n
a reit national deliverance, they must and
V'ii! piaisc hi'. What could have roth-ain-fdthat
triumphant song which Mil ium and
the hosts of tsruel sang when the Lord had
triumphed glorious.;, and the horse and his
rider he had thrown in the at-a, and on the
fhore they stood .a nation redeemed and
fiee? But come to our own times. Alter
nearly eight years of dark find doubtful
sv-nflict, when Cornwallia bad Ktirrenduiul
Ij Washington, and England had acknowl
edged our independence, und gun" and I eii.s
and bnnfires heralded thj gbd ' tidings
throtiRh the land, what could t;;vc y.y. v.;r.
ted that praise and thanksi; ii.g wlt!-.!i as
cended to Heaven front the glad hearts and
aere.l altars of our patriot fathers? And
to-d.iy, on ihe anniversary, of Ihe fall of
8-,s liter, and the inauguration of this l'uLei
)wa. after hr rmiek succesrinn have c-toe to
us the- i:!u1- tidlnss that Siivan'tali, Clniiks
ton, Co'ittliibia, Wihninjoti. iVtcrxbarRnnd
i'ielitnoud, ihe peat tiii't citadel of the re
ceiiioti, haye.he'-n captured, and Leii in,d
the gntiy ' of Virginia- havft surrendered,
what can or should restrain the patriot
Million of thi la:; 1 frot;i praising God;
"For all tii?ty.-r ho hath shown
To tli is fair land the pilgrims trod 1
This land wo fondly call orit own?"
Vv here atuid all these millions is one intelli
gent patriot christian whose heart doea not
iivcthnv with a patriotic and religious fervor
akin to that which inspired Israel, when in
their beautiful. Temple they tang, ' Praiie
the Lord, 0 Jerusalem, pialsi thy God, 0
iJion. ift h-i h.ith t- exy'hHHl thy gales;
fit nwkctli ife in th! liifdrs."
To-day, assembled us christian citizens, it
become us to consider some' of the lii niy
causes wo have for praise and tlianksgmng
to the GoJ our nation, for the great tilings
ho hath done for us.
The overthrow of. thi rehdlton is a cause
for iinfeianetl th'iiikfginiiff.
Though all the in.-urgent forees are not
disbanded, yet the fortunes of the rebellion
arc fallen beyond any earthly power to re
deem them. Because ot this let us rrjoice.
Since this rebellion began lour years ago,
hundreds of thousands have fallen maimed
and Weeding upon its bloody grounds; more
than a huudred thousand many in uncof
fined graves "sleep the sleep that dreams
of battle fields no more," and all o'er the
land millions moutn the- "unreturuing
bravo."" Could the rebellion cont uue a
twelvemonth .with that sanguinary spirit
which characterized it in the year past, ten
of thousand would be added to those al
ready sacrificed, and t he hearts of hundreds
of thousands would bleed afresh. Tq tho
billions of treasure already expended would
be added hundreds of millions more. And
the beginning of sort ows had but come.
Secession would. have inaugurated her car
nival and transmitted eternal war to poster
ity for this land must le one, or many,
and if many, dark and Woodv. Let us re
joice that the history of the Grecian States,
ana tne uerman conitaerations is not to re
peat itself in our land; that in future we do
not behold a scoi-o of petty despotisms in
the stead of the Republic i'or which our fa
thers fought and our brothers have died;
that our posterity Bhall not stand in as ma
ny different armies, and the resources of the
country consumed in murderous, wars. He
"who loves his children, his country and bis
race, will ever rejoice that God has saved
this land from to great a calamity. Joyful
as we Way feel over the great events that
liave just transpired, yet wu are too near
them to realize their magnitude and feel
the fulness of joy they should inspire. When
in the future we shall look back upon this
rebellion and consider the fell spirit that in
augurated'lfknd'sought to blast the hones
of posterity and. humanity, we will feel
more than to-day our gratitude to God for
its overthrow. 1 : . .
Anether cause which we have for thanks
giving is -the overthrow-of the causes orprin
ciple whidi conspired to produce the rebel
ton. , r.l - ...
(Inn nf tha consmruiff causes was tho doc
trine of Independent State Sovereignty, tho
baseless heresy of the right of Secession. ;
If in the; fundamental law of the land it
should not receive an expressed condemna
tion, yet certainly after the dark history of
this rebellion shall . have been written, never
can men again be deluded to believe that a
State ha a sovereign right to dismember
nd destroy, the Repubic. -,wj:f -. - '
A socomv conspiring cause was the spirit
of contempt for mattil labor- -aiki laborers.
Kdu'cated by" this spirit, Southern- -women
who had slaves tu eonre nnd go at their bid
ding, had learned to consider the 'women of
therree Statet'bvneath their notice. '.It
was this npjrjt tha termed the honest yeo-.
manry of tho land the ''mud till of society'!
and calling : hself ichtvaby, boasted; eno of
its subjeato 'cqtjal to CV Northern men;
that degraded the poor white men of the
South to a condition so low and miserable
that even the lave-i looked upon them as
r their interim. iOne ho has traveled
among almost all nation testifies that the
poor whiten or the South are the most mi.s
erallv drgiaded of men. It wa this spirit
which scorned to submit to a 1 'resident who
rame fp-m arm ng the .honorable sons of
honest toil. But most compieto'y has it
been conquered and broken. 'Jibe leaders
in the rebellion, to their sortow. have found
a verification of what the old Roman bard
tang: ''Lafar ornnitt vincit," for labor has
conquered them. In this contest let us re
joice: for the poor white men cf the South
maybe ehva:cd, and his children may come
to honor; five labor, free laborers and the
product of free soil are not to be stricken
down, and a landed and slave aristocracy
established on the ruins of our Government
and its free institutions.
A third conspiring cause, and parent to
both the others nicntioued, is the institution
of human slavery.
Whether the rebellion was slavery at
tempting to defend itself from tho attacks
of its enemies, or slavery fighting to extend
its dominion, to rule or n in the nation, and
to destroy its every foe, which is the truth,
vet was it that without which, the n-bellion
had never been. It was tho audacity and
perfidy of slavery seekiuc to extend its do
minion, that destroyed the ordinance that
consecrated the great north west to free
dom, which first so astounded and aroused
tho men of freedom and free institutions in
all parties. It was tlaverv seeking to es
tablish itself uijiin that virrin soil that
fought- the border wars of Kansas. It was
its in.-atiable and barbaric spirit that thirst
ed lor the blood of those who acknowledged
it' nut of God, and in the capitol of the
nution, dastardly sought to strike down the
luipie.-otitativos who exposed its barbarity.
In the Peace C.immi.-siun of '61. bv which
it sough' to gain time, from beginning to
end, it demanded and threatened, and re
fused; and finally, v, hen the rebellion was
inaugurated and its political superstructure
erected, deep in its corner stone was engraved,-'
SLAVERY. And when a few wombs
sine.;, the far-seeing Lee and Davis saw
their cause was hopeless without more men,
and propo-ed that tho boom of freedom
should be secured to the slave who would
fight for thecauso of the rebellion, notwith
standing their critical condition, it was met
with the bitterest opposition, because its
tendency was to destroy tho very cause for
which they were fighting.
But in this attempt of Slavery to rule or
ruin the country it has most signally failed.
Like If.itn.-in it is liiingul on its own gal
lows; like th ennnies of ThinicJ it has been
torn to pieces by its own lions. This is the
Lords doings and it is .marvelous in our
feyes. But let us rejo'ce in its virtual and
and final overthrow; Imaim it sought to de
stroy our nation; proscribed, mobbed and
murdered those who tclieved it wrong, be
cause n::t.ii.na!!y. t-eelknially, phrieally.
socially aji.l morally it. was evil and only'
evil; bi cau e it withheld lioin mi!!:oi!s of
men and Komen and children, guilty of no
crime,- the iniiKauble rights wi ieh God has
hefitpwe 1 on ail his chiHrui: because it cits
hocored our nation in the fii.irtit of civilized
men, and tha ch'istain world, ami drew
down upon us the first retril ulions of liht
eou heaven. ' Let us i.-e that, unlike
the fathers ot tho Republic, wo lived not
t:vti. b!e I'or out- country when wo icmcmbcr
thai there is a just God whose ear is always
open t the cries of the o pressed, ard
whose justice does not slumber for ever.
Nevei pgain snail (slavery sortie and dishon
or free institutions, iree men and free labor,
and emj loy the heresy of secession to de
stroy the heritage of our fathers and hopes
of humanity.
Cod hath strengthened oar nation, he has
rebvihlcd her walls and strengthened the bars
of her gates.
There was a time in sixty-one, two and
three, when no nation felt itself so poor as
to do us honor. The despotism of the old
world, save Russia, manifested a very ill
concealed delight at the weakness of tho
Republic to contend with so sudden and
g gaiitio a rebellion. Tho aristocracy of
Kngland, members of parliament and tho
officers of her army and navy were never
done with man.fcsting their contempt. Her
minister at Washington was ever reminding
the government if her wooden warriors were
not very careful how they treated Her .Maj
esty's Merchant Ships and especially such
distinguished envoys as mason and Sltdci!,
their Majes's fleet would c-.me across the
ocean, and our paper blockade would be
lifted, and New 1 oik and Robton be vazod
to the ground. Napoleon inwardly le
joicingtliat wo were too weak- to maintain
the Monroe doctrine boldly rears a throne
in Mexico and privately in imates if he be
not let alone I1 ranee will acknowledge the
C'onf'ede-.aey. Second and third rate pow
ers with impunity aided and comforted the
pirates of cur commerce, on the high seas
and in their ports, and sought to embarrass
our navy with all ditiien! ties possible; ..' r, r
Aud why is this? Because they thought
we were uenc and hojial we would never be
strengthened. Hut God hath strengthened
vs. He bath strengthened tho mind,
the heart, and tho hands of the peo
plo, of our Presid'int, and those with whom
are the councils of the nation, and our offi
cers and the brave men in the field. He
hath strengthened our navy, and given its
warriors ribs of steel, and clad their sides
with iron. Since wc hear no more of the
armament of despotism thundering down
our cities. England's leading journals, her
aristocracy, and the members of her parlia
ment have-recentty learned that the Reput
lit across the ea lsa great nation. ?And
When rebel bands "would rendezvous in
Canada to raid on our northern frontiers,
she is very willing to become our execution
er. And why In this great change in;: the
feelings and actions of the nations toward
us? It is because God has Missed and
strengthened us. He hath re-builded our
broken walls and strengthened the bars of
our gates. 'Because of this we are per
mitted to sit beneath bur own vines and fig
trees, with no one to molest or make iw
afraid. No trans-Atlantic despot dare at
tempt to beat down our walls, or force our
gates, but.- through them shall . come the
oppressed of all nations, and in "the land
of the free and the home of the brave" will
they build the Temple of Liberty; and it
shall Btand beautiful for r'tuation, the glory
of all lands, and before ",.J3 brightness of its
glory the darkness ot despotism shall fade
away, and honor, and thanksgiving be to
God, that he hath strengthened our nution.
Not only, baa God strengthened the na
tion, but Zhn, and blessed her children with
in Am ;
In the text . we may regard, Jerusalem,
the Capital City to represent" the .Jewish
commonwealth. and .Zion this, churchl
When the walls of Jerusalem wre erected
then was tbeTemplefbuilded, "and so long
as those walls stood, and the bars of her
gates were, strong the Temple stood, and
When they Tall,, it fell, and so must our free
and religious institutions ever stand or fall
With the bonigncd government that planted
andcherishes them; ' hronghout these four
years of bloody war, God has blessed his
j loyal 2ion, a hisb ry rh ws it lias never
j lecn b esel befoia und r cin umslauccs
milar. Through the ae nov of her com
mission thousands hare been instructed,
and coiivrtol in the army, millions of dol
lars liav been contributed for theMck and
Wounded, and all her great evangelizing agen
ties and ente- prises have been sustained and
prospered as never lcfore. The appeal
which this makes for the praise and grati
tude of the heart of the christain patriot is
iDCsi-siaWc. I have eve' had other reasons
for believing that our government would
not be overthrown, and in the darkest hour
they have m-ver failed mo; but in addition
to them, I have lelicvcd God intends his
Zion here, so favorably situated, rich in the
cxhaustlfs resources of a free land and
government, to bear a prominent part in
the world's rvangelizatinii, and share in the
glory of its redemption ; and therefore he
will not permit it to be broken up. When
the stones shall been cathered up, and all
that hurts cast out of the holy mountain,
Zion will nut on her strenirth and her beau
tiful garments, and leaning upon the arm of
ner uciuvcd, and she will go torth and woo
the nations of this world to God j will pro
claim to man the glad prophetic time come,
when men shall learn war no more, and on
earth shall, be peace among men , aod good
will toward God.
"I'taise (he Lord, 0. Jerusalem ; praise
thy God, O, Zion : for he h-rrh strengthen
cd the lars of thy gates, ho maketb. peace
within thy borders." This is our cause of
joy and thanksgiving to-day. Gnd maketh
ice.vi enr bordns.. He maktth peace
uy the overthrow of the rebellion and the cau
ses cinirpirnig to produce it. by strengthening
the lift on and the burs of her gates and bles
sing Zion and her children within her. He
maketh a pii.-ue in which '"Mercy and truth
arc met toy ther: righteousness and pe .13
kiss each other." Beneath its pacific reign,
"Trcth shall spring up out of the earth,"
and righteousness look down approvingly
f-om heaven and glory dwell in our land.
To God who hath shown so much fiivr to
our land ; and done so great things for us,
whereof we are glad; be praise, and honor,
and glory forever. "For it is good to sing
praises to our God, for it is pleasant, and
praise is comely."
But though God has done these great
things fur us, and without him they never
could' have been done, yet hath he done
theni by chosen atreneies and instrumentali
ties. Our good Chief Migistratc has been
his Minister ; Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Thomas, Farragut. Porter, and tho brave
officers and men under them have been bis
servants to defend and protect the divine
ordinances of free government, which ho
commitled t- the keeping of our fathers and
their postciity forever. And not in vain
have they borne the sword to punish the
doers of the greatest evil that the sun of the
nineteenth century hath looked upon.
Let i s not forget to eive ' honor to whom
honoris due," to those whom God hath
honored. . ,
I en (I.o wa -worn veterans and the I
b:avc defl'i:djrs of the flats inmiit lnuiie. lot I
tl cm icet they havo defended the heritage
ofa g a-c'l'iil uctnle. And on those sacred
grum.li whe.re slee; the ueretuniitig brave
let the wen' tin and arts of th'i nation speak
its gri titude, and tell how well it loves its
pat. hi' dead. And let us h in ir their mam'
cry, their p.vuotie devot on. heroic lives
and s: criftc al d aths, by ever kiMinir thrice
sacred the c m an I
anew with their blood.
1 principles, baptized
T'lO KlrpSjurst on llicir Glands
The follow'ng xtraet, from a Richmond
eonesnondent of an Abolition news a per,
the Philadelphia Inquirer, reminds us of
the fellow who won an elephant, and then
did not know what to do with it. The cor
respondent says:
"tiik crowning evil.
"In Virginia is tho constant and increas
jtiar influx of the negroes into the city. It
is doubly an evil. They multiply by so
much an already too extensive pauper pop
ulation, and they denude the farm lands of
the labor necessary to putting in the crops
and securing the harvests the present year.
It is not intended to imply that these ne
groes shou'd remain on the plantations in
their former condition, but facts plainly
stated will show that the Government
should now, when all danger of their depor
tation by their former masters is over, dis
courage, if not positively prohibit their he
gira into the cities. Here they are the most
unprofitable of consumers. ,
"Bred, all their lives to agricultural' pur
suits, they are ignorant of mechanical
t ados, and cannot expect employment that
would be profitable for themselves or the
con m inify. On the other baud they would
be invali able on the plantations during the
present season. A trip over any one of the
Virginia railroads reveals the fact that a
large proportion of the soil is lying idle,
while the whole State is cumbered with a
starving population. This soil must be cul
tivated, and as in many instances its owners
h ive Wed, sound policy would dictate that,
for a season, at least, it be turned ' over to
the negroes, to make what they can from
it. They could certainly supportthemselves,
and that is more than they are doing here.
"General Ord has this matter of the ' ,
flux of stranger population, both white and
black, under consideration, and some policy
in respect to it will shortly bo announced by
general orders, and iu his hands il uiuv
safely be left," ..' . . ,.
Poor Tribute to President Un
cuIn'M Patriotism.
- The Cleveland Leader, in referring to the
Sherman and Johnson PeaccTMgotiatious,
says;
"The very possibility that by the mero
agreement ot a subordinate military officer
the whole power of the Government might
bo paralyzed, the whole suffering and sac
rifice of the war come to naught, the crime
of murder and treason be left unpunished,
and the murderers and traitors, protected by
amnesties and agreements, permitted to
misrule the South again, and, when they
please, to raise renewed rebellion, knowing
from the past that even should they fail
they will not bo punished, suggests that
our duty is not yet done, and that the rebel
lion is not yet crushed. Thank God there
is no danger of such a consummation and
apotheosm of treason now, Two weeks ago
there might have been." 1 i
Two weeks' ago. Resident Lincoln was
aliveoBiid it is certainly paying a poor trib
ute to his patriotism to say that there was
danger that he would have given- hit sanc
tiqn to terms of Peace by which "the Gov
ernment might be paralyzed, the whole suf
fering and sacrifice of War come to naught,
the crime-Of murder and treason be left
unpunished, and the murderers and traitors,
protected by amnesties and agreements, per
mitted to misrule the South again, and,
when they please, to raise renewed rebel
lion.." ,
- It Ss unquestionable whother tha grief of
a man over the death of President Lincoln
is very profound, who believes he would
have brought Peace to tho country on terms
that would have been an "apotheosis ot
treason." Ohio Statesman,
OFFUIil, REHS.
Washington, April 22.
Yesterday cvt n ng a bearer of despatches
arrived from Gen. Sheimun. An agreement
for a suspension of hor-tihtics, and a memo
randum of what is called a basis for peace,
by General Sherman, with the rebel Gen.
Johnston and Brigadier-General Breckin
ridge was prent at the conference. A
Cabinet meeting was held at 8 o'clock in
the evening, at which the action of General
Sherman was disapproved by the President,
by tho Secretary of War, by General Grant,
and by every member of the Cabinet. Gen.
Sherman was ordered to resume hostilities
immediately, and was directed that the in
structions given by the late President, in the
following telegram, which was penned by
Mr. Lincoln himself, at the Capjtol, on the
night of the 3d of March, were approved
by President Andrew Johnson, and were re
iterated to govern the action of military
commanders.
On the night of tho 3d of March, while
President Lincoln and his Cabinet wero at
the Capital, a telegram from General Grant
was brought to the Secretary of War, infor
ming him that General Iiee had requested
an interview or conference, to make an ar
rangement for terms of peace. The letter
of General Lee was published in letter to
1 'avis and to the rebel Congress. General
Grant's telegram was submitted to Mr. Lin
coln, who. alter pondering a few minutes,
took up his pen and wrote with his own
baud the following reply, which be submit
ted to the Secretary of State and Secretary
of War. It was then dated, addressed and
signed by the Secretary of War, aud tele
graphed to Gen. Grant: J;
Washington, )
! March S, 186612 1 Mi j
Linit. Gen. Grant: !,
The President directs me to ' ssyMo you
that be wishes you to have no conference
with General Leo, unless it be for the capit
ulation of General Lee's army, or on some
minor and purely military matter. lie in
structs me to say that you are not toUecide,
discuss, or confer upon any political ques
tions. Such questions the Pi evident holds
in bis own hands, and will submit them to
no military conferences or conventions.
Meantime, you are to press to the utmost
military advantages. " '
ISignedJ E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
The orders of General Sherman to Gen.
Stoncman to withdraw from Salisbury and
join him, will probably open the way for
J)avis to escape to Mexico or - Kit rope' with
bis plunder, w hich is reported to Very large
including not only the plunder of tho
Richmond banks, but previous accumula
tion. A dispatch received by this Department,'
from Richmond, says: It i stattd here, by
respectable parties, that the amount ot spe
cie taken South by Jeff. Lavis and his par
tisans is very large, including not otdy the
plunder of the Richmond banks, but previ
ous accumulations. They hope it is said, to
make terms with General Sherman, of some
other commander, by which they will be
permitted, with their effects, iucludini'this
plunder, to go to Mexico or Europe. John
ston's ucgotiatiiins look ta thk o4wUi
After the Cabinet meeting, last night.
General Grant started for North Carolina
to diiect operations against .Johnston's
army.
Signed E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
As repen ts have been in circulation for
some time. of correspondence between Gens.
Johnston and Sherman, the memorandum
of what was agreed upon, and the result i
as follows:
Memorandum or basis of agreement made
thisHth day of April, A. J). 1865, wear
Ihirham Station, in the State of A'oWA
Carolina, by and between Gen. Joseph
Johnston, commanding Confederate Ar
my, and Mnjnr General W. T. Sherman,
commanding the. Army of the U. S. in
A'orih Carolina, both present:
First The contending armies now mine
field to remain in statu ipio untS notice is
given by the commanding Generals of either
one to its oporicnt, and reasonable time, say
forty chrlit hours, allowed.
S'rtorf The Confederate armies now in
existence to be disbanded and conducted to
their several State Capitols, there deposit
their arms and public property in the State
arsenals, and nach officer and man to exe
cute and file an agreement to cease from acts
of war, and abide the action of both State
and Fcderalauthoi'ities; the numbcrof arms
and munitions of war to be reported to the
Chief of Ordnance at Washington City,
subject to the future action of the Congress
of the United States, and in the me am time
to be used solely to maintain peace and or
der within the borders of the States respect
ively. 1 hird The recognition, by the Execu
tive of the United States, of the several
State Governments, on their offices and Leg
islatures taking the oath prescribed by the
Constitution of the United States; and
where conflicting Stato Governments have
resulted from the war, the legitimacy of all
shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of
the United States. '-, .
Fourth 'ihe re-establishment of all the
Federal Courts in the several States, with
powers as defined by tho Constitution and
laws of Congress.
i'TtvV-Pcoplo and inhabitants of all States
to be guaranteed, so far as the Executive
can, their political lights and franchise, , as
well as their' rights or person and property,
as defined by the Constitution of the United
States and of the State respectively. ,
i Sixth The Executive authority of the
Government of tho United States not to
disturb any of the people by reason of the
late war, so long as they live in peaco and
quiet, and abktain from acts of armed hos
tility and obey the laws in existence, at any
place of their residence.
Seventh In general terms, war to cease,
and a general amnesty, so far as as tho Ex
ecutive power of the United States can com
mand, or condition of the disbandment of
Confederate armies, and tho distribution of
arms and resumption of peaceful pursuits,
by officers aud men hitherto composing the
said armies. Not being fully emyowcred by
our respective principals to fulfil these
we individually and officially pledge our
selves to promptly obtain the necessary au
thority and to carry out the above pro
gramme. Signed W. T. SHERMAN,
Maj. Gen. Commandos Army U. S. lofecs
in South Carolina. '
J. E. JOHNSTON,
General Commanding C. S. Army in North
Carolina. . ' ,
This proceeding of General Sherman was
disapproved of for the following, among oth-
er reasons: '.' "
First-It was an exercise of authority not
vested in General Sherman, and its face
shows that both he and Johnston knew that
he, Gon. Sherman had no authority to en
ter into any such arrangement. ' , 1 ''.'
Second It was a practical acknowledge
ment of the rebel government.
lltird It undertook to re-establish the
rebel State Government that had bet n over
thrown at the racrifitt of many tbou. an
loyal lives and an imn ense treasure, and
fduced arms and munitions of war in the
lands of the reiicls at their respective capi
tals which niight tie m;d as soon as the ar
mies of the United States were ditbanded
and used to conquer and subdue the loyal
States.
Fourth By the restoration of the reb
el authority in their respective States
they would be enabled to rc-estalli.'h slav
eiy. Fifth It might furnish a ground of res
ponsibility bv the Federal authority to pay
the rebel debt, and certanly subjects loyal
cilitens of the rebel States to the debt
consummated by the rebels, iu the name of
the Mate.
Sixth It puts in dispute the existence of
loyal state g overnniems, and the new Mate
of We-t Virginia, which bad bet n recogni
zed by every department of the United
States Government.
Seventh It practically abolished the con
fiscation laws, and relieved rebels of every
degree, who bad tlaiigbtered our people,
from all pains and penalties for their
crimes.
Eighth It gave terms that had been de
liberately, repeatedly and solemnly rejected
by President Lincoln, and better than the
rebels bad ever asked in their most prosper
ous condition.
Aiiith It formed no basis of true and
lasting peace, but relieved the rebels from
the pressure of our victories, and left them
in a condition to renew their efforts to over
throw the United States Government, and
subdue the loyal States, whenever their
strength was recruited and opportunity fho'd
offer.
Fortress Monroe, 1
1 April 22, 165. j
The following important order of Gener
al Sherman was received here this morn
ing: He.mi'q' its Military Division in")
the Field, Raleigh, N. C. V
April 19, 1865. )
Spieial Order A'o. 68.'
1 he General Commanding announces to
the army the tuspetiMnn ol hostilities, and
an agreement wi' n (Jen. Johnson and other
high oihoials, which when formally ratified
will make iieace from the Potomac to the
Bin Grande. Until absolute peace isarrang
ed, the line pa-sing through Tyre, Mount
Chapel Hill University, Durham's Station,
and West Point, on tho Neuse river will sep
erate the two armies. Each army comman
der will group his camp entirely with a view
to comfort, health and good policy. Al! de
tails ot military discipline must still le
maintained.
Your General hopes and believes that in
a very few days it will be his good fortune to
conduct yon to your homes. The fame ot
this army for courage, industry and disci
pline, is kr own all over the world. Ihen
let each officer and man see that it is cot
stained by any act of vulgarity, lowdyi.-m,
and petty crime. Cavalry .will parole the
front of the line. Gen. Howard will take
charge of the Dbtrict from Raleigh up,
with cayahy, Gen. Slocum to the left, ami
Gen. Schofield in Raleigh. Its right and
rear, Jn Quartcriiiastc. and Commissary
stores, will keep their supplies up to light
loads for wagons, and the Railroad Super
intendent will arrange a depot for the con
venience of each separate army.
By order of Major-Geneial,
W. T. SHERMAN.
S. M. Dayton, A. A. G.
Sahliutu Thoughts.
The children who despise age are likely to
receive the letiibute justice ot being despis
ed by their own descendants.
The creature could never lament the dis
pensations of the Creator if he undcrtood
them; therefore the measure of your grief
is also the measure of your ignorance.
God never forgets any labor ol love and,
whatever it may be, of which the first and
best portions have been presented to him,
He will increase and multiply seven fold.
Piaycr is an exercise which has the diod-
e ty of incorporating itself with every other;
not only not impeding it, but advancing it.
There is no crevice so suiali at w hich devo
tion may not slip in.
He tl at pays out of custom, says Jeremy
Taylor, or gives alms for praise, or affects to
be counted religious, is put a l liarisee in his
devotion and a beggar in his alms, and a
hypocrite in his !ii.-t.
So lovely as you sec one star iu the sky
the sun is not risen; so long as one leak ad
mits the water the ship is not &afe, so long
as one sin remains in a man's heart and is
practiced in his life, Jesus is neither his Sa
viour nor his King.
1 see where christians, in feneral, are
wrong. c co not make a companion ol
God. We tshould trust Ilim mure as a
friend not as a distant friend, but always
near, close to us, so that we are never alone,
but continually in his company.
The name of Jesus is not only light, but
also food; it is likewise oil, without which
all tho food of the soul is dry, it is salt; un
seasoned by which whatever is presented to
us is insipid; it is honey in the mouth, melo
dy in the ear, joy in the heart, medicine to
the oul; and there are no charms in any
discourse in which His name is not heard.
What wi ill be the Foreign Folic1'
of the New Pbesidm? Wo believe from
what we know of the late venerated Presi
dent and of the present one, that the latter
will be much more demonstrative and ex
acting in his foreign policy. Mr. Lincoln
was,? man of such a gentle nature that the
idea" of will" for any less purpose than the
actual preservation of the national existence
was abhorrent to him; and, moreover, the
political associations of bis life did not lead
to the assertion of an extreme national poli
ey. But the ease is different with Mr.
Johnson. Mr. Johnson has always been a
Democrat of the Southern school that is,
so far as forcigu policy is involved, commit
ted out and out to the Monnre doctrine, tie
annexation ot Texas, the acquisition of Cu
ba, and so on, and be is a man of the great
est tenacity of purpose. We do not doubt,
therefore, that whoever is Secretary of State,
France, England and Spain, will soon find
our foreign policy of a more exacting char
acter than it has been since Spain got the
St. Domingo business, France into Mexico,
or since England committed herself in such
a hurry to her rcmarkble neutrality. A7.
Y. Herald, April .'Mil.
i- i. John Hrougii.
At a meeting bold in Columbus, on the
reception of the news of the assassination
of President Lincoln, Governor Brough, in
speaking of the plot to assassinate the whole
Cabinet Gen. Giant, spoke as follows: "Un
doubtedly Grant, also, was aimed at; but
just as Grant didn't goto Richmond to glo
rify, he didn't go to the theater to be stared
at and shot. Publio business, called him
elsewhere, and he went." What did the
Governor mean? Was ho reflecting on the
conduct of the President? Let a Democrat
utter such, words at such a time, and you
will straiglitway hear the bowl of "Traitor!"
STv Lttbon Patriot,
Speech or General Ilmlcr He
Regards President Llntoln's
AaNaKatnallon as Itriiigol' More
gei-iit e to tue Country than
bis 1.1 fe Ihe Radical AbolU
dun View of tbc atioual Cal
amily. Dispatch of Xew York Associated Tress.
Washington, April JS, 38C5.
At a large meeting of the citizens of Mas
faehusetts, held bete to-night to make ar
rangements lor appearing in the funeral
procession, Major General Butler delivered
an eloquent address.
General B. F. Butler said that while it
was too early to examine with care, so as to
speak with propriety of the acts of Mr.
Lincoln through the period of the eventful
four years, aud to thow how great was his
connection with the important acts of that
period, we all know enough of that history
to bo able to dimly discern some of the les
sons which the special providence of his
death hccms to calculated to tach to the
nation. He. hud fulfilled all the. uart that
seemed Jesigw d for him to do by the acts
oj lusvfe, and hothmg of las life, great as
were Ins services, teas of more use to thecoun'
try than would be (he fleet of his luring it.
The coincidence of time secjied to point
us to one ot the great lessons ol his death.
On the 14th of Apiii. 18G1. the malice and
hate of the rebels in South Carolina caused
them to lire upon Sumner, and ly the blow
to unite the North as one man, as thev
stood hesitating to jump into the gulf of
bloodshed which stood belore them, to ar
rive at the extinguishment of a great natur
al sin.
The parricidal act of striking down the
nog, the symbol or government, caused
every true-hearted man in the Government
on that day to come together, and joining
nanus, to swear never to cease their cnorts
until that greatest of sins, slavery, was ex
tinguished, the authority of the Union re
stored, and the authors of the great wrohg
to the nation punishe'd.
We had gone through four years, spend
ing millions of money, and almost millions
of lives, and had succeeded in fully eradica
ting the national sin, and by force of aims
in sustaining the national authority by ex
tci initiating the armies cf the rebellion.
In our joy at our victories and tho buccess
of our arms, the nation had begun to be di
vided upon the question whether wc should
punish the treasonable authors of our ca
lamities, and whether we should not receive
back the authors of the rebellion, and to
extend to theni tho hand of friendship as
brothers.
But the same madness of hate which im
pelled the rebels in sixty-one to precipitate
ns unprepared into a war, find to unite us in
its prosecution, on the 14th of April, 1865,
by the murder of our beloved President, pre
xnilsvs from making a ivopreeipitjtt2't(ue,
and fioni forgetting our vow that these na
tional paif-cides should be punifched. The
shot at Su mpter and that from the assas
sin's pistol at Lincoln were but tho eman
tious of the rebellion wbrch were needed to
unite the JS'orth then, as now, as one man,:
in the lull determination that slavery sho'd
be rooted out, that slavery should be extin
guished, and that perjury ar.d treason bbp'd
be pnuishe-d. "'
Another hston to be dratm from ihe sad
death of the president was that the people of
the rebeilous States were not yet fitted in
spirit to be admitted to their old position
in the Union; that the soul of the rebellion
hud not been extinguished. Wc had be
gun to talk of receiving them back on an
eciuality with ourselves. Two experiments
bad been made in taking back rebellious
States, one in Louisiana the other iu Vir
ginia. By the first we were warned that
the people were not fit to become a part of
the Government el'. the U. S., by the at
tempted murder oj a distinguished mem
ber of Congress for words spoken in debate
by one of .the Representatives of the re
turning State, oiiet ;Aen President Lincoln
attempted to recall Virginia into her practi
cal rdatiuiis with other Slates, he was an
swered by the assassin's bullet, sped to his
death under the war cry of the motto of
that State.
We had begun to talk of the noble mag
nanimity of the rebel General. We had
seen that on the very day of the murder of
the President, he and his staff' had been re
ceived with cheers in the city of Richmond :
and by a portion of the people he was held
up as a soldier of honor, and a general whose
example was worthy of imitation. It was
impossible to undeistand this, it was im
possible to understand chivalric treason,
magnanimous mui'der and pure-minded per
jury, r.dueatca at piinnc expense, advanc
ed to dignity and honor in the at my, mar
rying into the estate of Washington, Lee's
case was one where treason and perjuiy
were united with ingratitude, and it such as
ho were to be paidoned petted, then in
deed were the wrongs of the country una
vmged. Indeed it seemed to be Cod's specied provi
dence in the. death of Mir lamented J'resident
to prevent this, to teach usthat perfidy, mur
der and treason were hot the insignia of
"erring brothers" or "wayward sisters."
We are not ready to receive such men back
to take part with us or to be of us.
'Another lesson this death has taught us
is that if we had proceeded too soon and
too fast to bringbackthescStatcs, we should
have periled the passage of tho Constitu
tional amendment abolishing slavery. This
conspiracy of assassination teaches us that
there is a ppirit abroad that renders it ne
cessary that we should hold these rebellious
States until the rebellion is conquered, sub
dued and submissive to the laWs, and until
by tho act of the people of those States it is
made certain that by no political action can
freedom to all ever be disturbed.
Then, and not till then, is the country
grepared to receivo back the rebellious
tates. The hour calls our attention to ad
other coincidence of time. On the nine
teenth of April, ninety years ago, the first
blood wes shed of Massachusetts men in the
Revolution. On the sains day four years
ago the first blood of Massachusetts soldiers
stained the soil of Maryland, as we marched
to the defense of the National Capital. On
the nineteenth of April tho last victim ot
this accursed spirit of hate will home to its
final resting place, and as with the same
promptness with which Massachusetts ral
lied to avenge the blood of her first mar
tyrs, her martys of Lexington' und Balti
more, so will her citizens go forward as one
man to take retribution upon the authors of
the rebellion, and the aiders and abettors
in the murder of Lincoln.
Curious Combination tf Words.
Can you square the circle? is the prob
lem that is tow passing round among math
ematicians. While they are at work upon
it the following will answer for a curious
hs well as a practical solution. Observe that
it reads the same whether we commtuce- at
thetoporatthjriaVs.
'INURES 1
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Southern Sentiment on the Astas
ai nation Letter ironi a Con-
federate Brigadier General.
From the Washington Xaticriul Intelligen
cer, April 20,
We have been furnished with the follow
ing letter, which our readers will remember
accords with expressions of southern gentlo
tneh to bich we bave hcietofoic given pub .
licity. The writet of this letter is a Briga- '
dicr Ucnend in the rebel service; nowin our
custody: - - - '
rr Foot Wabres, April 17. :
irn. Alexander Iiamvy :
Dear Sir: Since writing to you socn a 1
change in affair-has taken place that I avail "
myself of this early opportunity to express ;
to you my feelings on tha tragie occurrence
which has brought this change. No event ,
of my lifo has given me a greateo shock
thau the announcement of the terrible and
infamous assassination of the President.-1
Aside from the great crime, which I cannot
contemplate without feelings of abhorrence
and indignation, no greater calamity could
have befallen our country when our minds
and hearts were looking for speedy peace.
1 say our country, for I feel that "this is my
country, aud personally I mourn the loss of
Mr. Lincoln, and feel that the pettfteof
my State will condemn the crime and bitter-'
If feel the calamity. I trust in God that no .
respectable Southern man, when all
bre.ught to light, will be found in any way
accessory to the hellish crime,- but on .the '
contrary that all will feel the utter abhor- -Mice
of the act which it merits from all
men. Your kindness and courtesy to me .
induces me to assure you of my feelings in
this hour of the nation's calamity.
With feelings of gratitude, l' am, trtllyj
your obedient servant,
T. R. JONES.
ANOTHER INSTANCE; .
From the Cairo War Eagle.J
The following letter was written by a rebel
Major, in Cairo, awaiting transportation to
New Orleans for exchange, and was address
eel to Lieut, (.'ol. S. Hamblin, superinten'
dent of the Soldier's Best, by whom it was
furnifcbed to the War Eagle for publication:
Soiiiii.K 8 Rkst, 111., 1
r. , April 15. -.. J
Lieut. Col. Hamllinj Commanding: .
Colonel. The deep-tolling bell tclis md
that the President has been assassinated.
The papers draped in mourning, and tho
crape worn by officers and men, proclaim
that Abraham Lincoln is no more.
However hopeful we may have bcn iof a
speedy adjustment of our difficulties, the''."'
loss of Abraham Lincoln easts an iinon. '
trable gloom of sadness over the heart of -i
those who have had their hopes fixed upon -,
'he reconstruction polic.y of your President.
Colonel, 'if any complicity of the copied- :
erate authorities can be traced to' the cow- "
ardly assassination of President Lincoln,'! .'!
aui as far on my way south as I wish to go.
May the just vengeance ol hcawai iohow
the assassins and their accomplices uufil
they are in the hads of the authorities and
executed, is the trustful prayer of youf
friend and your prisoner. ; 1 : .
Charles F. Baker, i i i;
, Major Sd Cherokee VolunteerCavalry
. ' . Indiari Department C..S. A. .. , ,
Proclamation. . ; '
y the President of tliA United State of
America A Proclamation?
Whereas, By my direction the p.cting '
Secretary of State, in a notice to the pubhe
on the lith ot April, requested the v.uuls
reJrgious denominations to asbemble oh the -l'Jth
of April, on the occasion of the obse
quies of Abraham Lincoln, late Presideiit '
of the United States, and to observe the ,
same with appropriate ceremonies; aha
Wiiereas, Our country has become one
great house of mourning, when the bead of.
the family has been taken away, arid believ
ing that a special period should be assigned
for again humbling ourselves before Al
mighty God in order that the bereavement
may be sanctified to the nation
Now, therefore, in order to mitigate that
grief on earth which can only be assuaged
by communion with our Father in Heaven.
and in compliance with the wishes of Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congre&s, ooni'
municated to me by a resolution adopted at
the National capital, I, Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, do hereby
appoint Thursday, May 25th next to be ob' 1
served wherever, in the United States) tho .
tiag of the country may be respected, as .a
day of humiliation and mourning, nnd rcc- ,
ommerid my fellow citizens then toasscmble
in their respective places of worship, there
to unite in tolemn'service to Almighty God.
in memory of the good man who has been
removed, so that all shall be occupied at
the same time in contemplation of his vir
tues and sorrow for his sudden and violent
end.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand uvd caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at Washington,
April 25th, A. D. 1865, and of the inde
pendence ot the United States of America.
the 89th. '- ; . ,
ISitncdl ANDREW JOHNSON. .
By the President: W. Hunter,
Acting Secretai-y of State.
The Plague. , ,.-
The Siberian plague, as it is called, was., v
at last accounts, raging at St. Petersburg,, .
and already there is serious alarm in Wes
tern Europe, for fear that it will extend to ,
the continental nations. - There is every ;
reason to believe that, like the Asiatic chol- -era,
and all the great epidemic diseases ,;.
Know 10 nisiory, u win exienu us ravages
westward. - The French Government has i
ordered all -Vessels from St. Petersburg to b '''
put in strict quarantine, while the Austrian nu
Government has sent a medical commission ;
to Russia, to inquire into the nature of the
epidemic, and the best means of treating It.
There is no doubt but this is the same dis
ease as that known to history as the plague, '
and which bns, in its time visited every con , ,
tinent but ours. Should it extend to Wes
tern Europe, it may not spare us, and hence '
its progress will from 'this time forth be
watched with the keenest solicitude. Its i
character is that of a contagious fever, ac- -compuuied
by buboes, carbuncles, and oth- .
er unsightly eruptions. Persona taken with ,'
it often die within thirty hours. : It gener ' '
ally lasts, however, a week or ten days be- .
fore terminating fatally.-r-iVew York World, ... i;
Gen. Cum ar, in a recent order to his
cavalry division, says: During the past
six months, although in most instances con- ' '
fronted by. superior numbers, you have cap- :
turedoue hundred and eleven pieces ol field' . ,i
artillery, sixty-five battle flags', and upwards : . ,
of one thousand prisoners ot war, including '' .'
seven general officers, In addition to the '
above yon have captured forty-six pieces of
field artillery, and thirty-Sevan battle flags. .
You have never lost a gun, sever lost a col;
or, and never been defeated,', and, notwith
standing the numerous engagements in
which yen have borne a prominent part, In-
eluding thro memorial battles of the Shen- .
jLcdoah, you nave captured every piece of i
artillery bich the ewmy hat oared to ofen
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