| Show t R 3 u v IS I 1 new york 4 A savannah letter of the says gen wilsons Wil wll sons expedition arrived yes 1 berday from macon alacon the following is a condensed history of the trip he left Chicka ChIcha on the of march in his first engagement with forrest at a place called ebenezer church near t Plant erville ala lie he fought and routed his forces which were driben west of catawba Cah awba and captured prisoners and anda 3 guns A column was then sent out which captured and destroyed a i large amount of confederate property c selma miles from his base was eap cap captured turea april ad there were yvere 12 guns gung in position twenty five arsenals 3 rolling mills with fixtures an and d a very large naval foundry and arsenal the r second in importance in the con h feder aey apy powder works magazines and abarge large number of cars were destroyed the force remained at selma 8 days inthe the alabama was bridged feet all an operation occupying 5 days montgomery 60 50 miles distant was the next place attacked but if it sur rendered without assault we des troyed 2 rolling mills and foundries 2 22 magazines 63 0 cars nitre ditre works and 5 i steamboats all on the alabama and joennes JT tennessee ennes see seo rivers the tbt rebels burned U of cotton before the evacuation I 1 I 1 ri columbus ga 84 miles distant ivas iras was taken aken byi assault after aften dark on an the here hera were captured 1200 prisoners 39 3 guns an and dJ bales baies of cotton im amen mense e quantities of ordnance co commis fininis esary sany sary and quarter quartermaster mater stores wem werk de strayed also large cotton factories 1 pr arsenal senal senai accoutrements and i pistol factory foundry 13 locomotives cars depot and machine shops and I 1 gunboat mounting 6 guns ea tsa detour wa made to west point which was carried ca tried by storm the gar prison 4 rigon of men and 4 guns were cap alired the rebel gen tyler was wah t killed 1 v thoy they destroyed 15 locomotive 20 cars carsi 2 bridges 2 large factories also a large quantity of quarter quartermasters mastt masti ers stores at griffin and all the bridges ar the 1 selma and Al montgomery road i was taken without opposition i here herg generals howell cobb oost gost gustavus avus smith robison Bo bison mercer and mccall were captured in the assault on selma the ad divi sion char charged ed over the works in splendid st style ae carrying everything before them te forces were wera from to mostly nill militia itla our assaulting forca force was only 1250 our loss was the ther enemy officially state their loss at between and our whole loss in all ill the expedition was only A tAid L total tal tai of miles was marched in 20 i days dan washington 4 i by order of the secretary of war v the war department and nil all its bureaus 1 r were closed at 12 and will con a dinue so throughout the remainder of ithe althe day in respect to the memory of 7 i President lincoln minute guns will be fired every half hour at the arsenal closing at sundown with a natio national nai naf salute new hew 1 ew york 6 the he tribunes iu n special p ec sa says s governor v e r nor ap iTO A Aiken alken ik en W was e closeted I 1 0 s ct e 4 yes yesterday ter a morning n or n I 1 n g gaith it r president re I 1 ade ide n t jo johnson a and n d llad had a 10 long iong g jn interview with stanton ta ton he ha has 5 t the he freedom of the city and enjoys the society of the members of his family who came wilh with him it is understood that hd h is here in aid of the government 1 rather than to receive any punishment washington 5 the republican says jays the statements Ae detailing tailing the mysterious manner of finally disposing of booths body are ui true truo and that col baker and brother are aro the only two persons living who know what disposition was made of it they are under oath to reveal the tile place to no human being new york 5 the washington correspondent of the philadelphia bress press says the confession of af harrold and the documentary evidence found on booths body fasten beyond cavil the p plot piot I 1 ot an and d it its s full ful I 1 sanction upon jemm jeff davis and his canada commissioners I 1 the posts special says shermans Sher Shen nans mans headquarters will be established at alexandria va hi troops will be camped on that s side ide of f the Pd potomac tomac tomae gen geh angher augher now permits a free supply of provisions to go into the th state at points paints opposite to washington A french company have secured the exclusive privilege to construct a canal across the limus I 1 the reported capitulation of monte video to the brazilian forces is confirmed flores has assumed the supreme power in uruguay under the protectorate of brazil thus terminating the war the whole southern portion of peru Is in a state of revolution against the government and there ia Is but little hope that the president will be able abili to maintain his bis position I 1 new york 6 the heralds richmond dispatch shows the terrible state of impoverishment to which the people of virginia have been reduced by y the rule of the rebel military thousands of the inhabitants of richmond and petersburg and the surrounding country haye been preserved from starvation by the supplies if food which the united state states s commissioners have furnished them strong desires are aro expressed for oon forthe the removal by government cfall of all ali the restrictions eions on trade not contraband of war so that facilities may be afforded for the resuscitation of industry both in towns and the rural districts at pie present sent the farmers generally generalli general lk are without implements and alyd seeds i necessary to do any planting and unless these can be speedily procured there will beno bono crops in the state this season bedson it jt is understood that the army of the tiie james commanded command sd by gen ord and consisting of the and corps will remain in virginia for the present it ag said sald that the corps consisting of colored troops will go into camp at city point tile the lull citizens and local loea loca officers of elch Eich richmond riehmond mond gre are rapidly coming forward to the pro provost hillst I 1 marshals office and taking lie the t oath of allegiance among r others who have subscribed to it are Mayor Mayo judges lyon lepit and littleton and tazewell die tile prosecuting attorney new orleans april 2 29 the country on the east side of the liver river from dunicia landing fo to bayou sara is completely inundated for 35 miles causing great suf sut suffering sunne ring nering many of the inhabitants are str starving irving morganza has been abandoned in consequence of the flood tit thu thy levee giving way daily daliy fears are entertained of more destruction by the overflow than ever before occurred new york a the erie eric railroad car manufactory at jersey city was destroyed by fire this morning loss 1 1 it t is supposed to have been tile the work of an incendiary cen diary the gunboat florida arrived today to day from orleans bringing the tile pirate reed need and other officers of the ram rain webb ivi INI lebb all but four of the forts about washington are to be immediately dismantled and their garrisons withdrawn and dismissed everything appertaining to this expensive branch of defensive warfare is to be put upon a general retrenchment path new york 5 0 the market for general merchandise is without special change but some kinds of domestico domestics and produce are lower still A fair business has been done during the week I 1 I 1 i Wine liester ilester va ia 5 A large portion of hancocks carp are on the march to washington via As ashbys ashbes libys gap several regiments have gone up the valley to staunton and other towns I 1 in i n the valley vailey beyond it is ordered ed tha that all prisoners of war except officers above the rank of colonel who before the capture of richmond signified their desire to take the oath of allegiance to the united states and their unwillingness igness to be exchanged be forthwith released on taking the oath gath and that transportation be furnished them to their homes in respect to all other prisoners further orders will wilt be issued philadelphia 7 the subscription ia to the 7 30 iban the last six days ain aln amounted du anted to the enor enormous sum of new york 6 raleigh letters of the and state that sherman and staff left that day idly for charleston and a n d savannah thence go going ing to richmond to meet his army which was to leave raleigh next mon monday I 1 ay sherman had issued air an order announcing the final agreement and surrender by johnson he prohibits foraging provides certain ways to relieve the pressing wants of the inhabitants the loth and corps are to remain in the department of north carolina together with patricks Kil cavalry Ston emans cavalry is ordered to east tennessee and wilson to tennessee ri river ver near decatur alabama gen howard and the army of tennessee army will march to ric rie richmond mond slocum and the army of georgia are also to march to richmond I 1 the rebel army are ore lre ire ail all lii yli leaving leavin I 1 for their homes many are taking their arms them some trouble is apprehended prell preil ended from those who took their arms and went away on their own hook johnston Johns ton fon has endeavored to carry out the terms agreed on but the time intervening between the first and second agreements occasioned some demoralization A movement is on foot to re organise org anise the state tate government new york k 7 4 advises advices from raleigh to the say schofield i 15 ng naw tv virtually military governor of north carolina he has issued an order informing t the e people that by virtue of the 11 presidents proclamation all negroes are fire now free freehand and that it wili will viii heth the du duty ty of the army to maintain their free freedom oni advis advising hig nig their employment as 11 hired red laborers by their former folmer masters and counseling tile the emancipated people to apply themselves to habits of industry the planters generally are a quie buic slog slag in the new order of things many of them have now their late slaves la ves yes working for them for wages information has been received from greensboro that jerf jeff davis left there A april pr i I 1 2 bound for texas and escorted e d b by y a detachment of cavalry under gen echols and bazil duke I 1 they numbered about and had with them a train of 20 wil wagons gons gen St stoneman was within 10 miles of charlotte his pickets being on the banks of the Cata davis made a d speech at chatlotte 1 hat lotte a few days before he left promising to have another army in the field larger th anever ever before bazil dukes lukes command burned the public buildings ean ian ransacked sacked private stores and committed various outrages outraged anthe on the ard property of persons who were citizens of or the united states his men were mainly kentuckians Kentuck ians lans and texans Texan sand gand and formerly under dio alo morgan agan notwithstanding tiie tile strong sympathy athy felt for the south at Lver liverpool pool pooi t the ri ie intelligence telli tell 0 gence hence of lees levs surrender was received C elv e ld with great satisfaction causing increased confidence in commerce commer coni mercial cM circles france count has been appo appointed latiff abial anted president of the corps legis le gis the tile mexican embassy will be officially received by the pope shortly the died at nice on sunday I 1 I 1 belgium A meeting has been held at brussels followed by a great demonstration in honor of the federal victories an immense procession repaired to th the tho 0 federal consuls residence the consul made a s speech p bech and a serenade follo fol dol lowed vied Nied one thousand thousand n nine 1 n e hundred and ninety three miles of bf the atlantic cable are aro completed and 1400 are already on board the great Ens eastern tern lern liverpool 27 in the house of lords nn on thursday night earl russell and in the commons sir george grey on behalf of lord palmerston gave notice that they would on may alay move an address to the queen geen expressing their sorrow and indignation at the assassination of president lincoln and praying her to convey that expression of feeling to the american government two great meetings were held in liverpool chieh after appropriate speeches had been delivered adopted unanimously resolutions expressive of honor hori horl or and deep sorrow at tile the assassination the commercial body of london adopted similar resolutions ilkew likewise i lse ise the official bodies of all ill lil lii the tile various towns and provinces the americans in london assembled at the grosvenor hotel but tl the ita ila meeting d 1 was adjourned until may slay when min uin minister 1 ster adams will preside at a mass meeting of americans at st james hall gladstone has madenis financial statement in the Com commons monk mong it shows a surplus of four millions pounds sterling he proposes to take two pence off the income tax and sixpence off the tea tda duty reduce the fire insurance duty one shilling and sixpence six pence and other minor changes the newspapers generally approve italy the chamber of deputies have adopted an address expressing their grief at president Lincol ns assassination the chamber was draped in his honor I 1 paris letters state that the most universal regret and indignation were were expressed at tit the assassination mr mason the tile rebel in a letter to the index repudiates the crime on behalf of the rebel states five twenties declined 5 q r 6 per cent vent on oil receipt of the news i new york 8 arrangements are being made to pay all ail I 1 the tile troops which rendezvous about b washington prior to mustering them out the force kept for service will not exceed these will be mostly colored troops the reorganized organized re to army arav will consist of four corps of each one regu regulars lars larg one white veterans and two colored volunteers each will have cavalry artillery and infantry in in proper proportions the heralds north carolina despatch dispatch gives various rumors of the whereabouts of jeff davis but none later or more definite than that of last week which represented him in flight might one day ahead of stoneman Sto fleman fieman the report that he was waa obliged to ab abandon alldon alidon his specie train is contradicted the heralds correspondent gives further details of the surrender of johnston over men surrendered A large number of them did not wait for paroles but started coffas off as soon as they learned of the capitulation they are arc now engaged in pillaging and robbing destitute people over pieces of artillery were surrendered among the officers surrendered is the notorious semme 4 the pirate of the alabama dashington Vas hington 8 it has been ascertained that davis and his flying cabinet have with them about each in specie of 01 in all our cavalry are close on their trail and sanguine hopes of their capture are ure entertained ter gained rained the president has ordered the release of gov alkek aiken alken from arrest it is understood there aas aaa was no just cause for his arrest by the military authorities in charleston new york 8 A correspondent who recently 1 rode rde from shermans Sher mans to Sheri dans lines says the planters are extensively engaged in cultivating their lands there is a vast amount of tobacco on hand farther point 8 the london and provincial journals alike describe the intense excitement which the news created and alike give utterance to warm upon tipon mr air lincoln and bitter denunciations of his assassination the paris and continental j journals journals contain arti artl articles elect oh oil the subject rhe the scene on change at liverpool will not soon be forgotten the excitement has seldom if ever been bee A 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