The Sun (New York) Newspaper, April 28, 1865, Page 1

THE TUIRTY-THIRD VRAR.Y) NUMBER 10,230. uv The Latest News By Telegraph to the N. ¥. Sum. -~————-0. BOOTH, THE ASSASSIN, KILLED. HAROLD, THE ACCOMPLICE, CAPTURED. Both the Men Foned ina Barn, Which 1s Set on Fire. Booth Remains Until the Roof is Ready to Fall. MOVEMENT TO ESCAPE. Sergeant Boston Corbett Firess HIS BODY NOW AT WASHINGTON. Disgusting Appearance of the Corpse HOW THE VILLAINS WERE TRACKED. IMPORTANT WAR NEWS. No Orders of Sherman's to be Obeyed. JOHNSTON'S RETREAT TO BE CUT OFF. Davis’s Specie Train Moving South Our Armies in Close Pursuit. THE PRESIDENT'S OUSEQUIES: Progress of the &C., XC s Wau Devaurment, Wasutneton, Apr ao 0 Major-Gen, Dir J. Wilkes Booth and Harold were chased fromthe @vamp in St. Mary's vounty, Maryland, to Garrati's farm, near Port Royal, on the Kappahannock, by Colone! Baker's force, The barn ta which they took wefuse was fired, Booth, in making his escape, was shot through the head aud killed, three hours, and Harold was captured, Dody and Harold are now bere, Remains, , 20 A. M.) lingering about Beotk's Epwin M. Stanton Secretary of War. UNOFFICIAL .crousTs, Washington, April °T.-Yesterday morning & @yuadrou of the Sixteeuth New York cavalry traced Booth and Harold toa barn between Howling Gieen ud Port Royal, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Darn was surrounded and a demand made for their surrender, which Harold was in favor of doing, but epon Booth calling him a coward he refused todo so The barn was tticn st onfire, and upon its getting too hot, Harold avain presented bimee!f, and put his bands throngh the door to be handcuffed. While thie was going on, Booth tired upon the poldiers, upou which a soldier fired at him, The ball @t the sergeant took effect in the head of Booth, kill- fog him. Herold was taken alive, and be aud Mooth's Dody were brought to the Warhington Navy Yard last night, Booth was discovered in the barn by the e@avalry. Fle declared bia intention never to sarren- der, and said he would fight the whole squad, conslst- fing of twenty-eight men, it they would permit him to place himself twenty yards distant, The scouting party was under the command of Lieutenant Mdward Dougherty, Booth was on acrutch and was lame, He Lived two hours after he was shot, whicpering bine plemieer agaiuet the government, and sending a farc- well moseage to hie mother, At the time he was ehot ft ie anid he was leaning on his crutch and preparing fie again upon bis captors, BECOWD DISPATCH, Washington, April #7.—The dran ba the follow fue particulars of the capture of Booth ‘To Lieut, Col. L, C, Baker, special detective ot me War Department, and hie admirably trained “6teo tive force, aud to the 16th New York Cavalry, active participators in the seizures of the criminals, the country owes adebt of sratitude tor thoir timely ser vice, It seems that a detachment of the sixieonth Kew York Guvairy, nwubering about tweuty-tive goon, was dispatched from thir city on Monday, under the direction of Col, L, C, Baker, special de‘cotive of the War Departioent, in cotumand of Lisuteuant Dougherty, accouipanied by aome of Col, Baker's off cers, captured and killed Booth, and captured Hur- fold, one of his accompiloes, alive The cavalry after leaving here, landed at Be'le Plain in the night, and | Jately started outin pureuit of Booth and Harold, ving previously as- eertained from a eolored man that they bad crossed the river into Virginia et Swan Point, in @ «mall ance, hired by Booth from a man for three huadred @o'lais, Proceeding towards Bowling Green, sone three niles from Port Royal, Lieutenant Dougherty, who was in command of the cavalry, discovered that Booth aud Harold were secreted lo a large barn ewned by a man named Garrett, and were well armed, The cavalry then rurrounded the bara and com- Manded Booth and bis accomplice to surrender, Herold was inclined at firet to accede to the Bequest, but Booth accused him of cowardice, Thea Both peremptorily refused to surrender, aud made preparations to defend themeulyves. In order to take the conspirators alive, the barn was fired, and the Haiues getting too hot for Harold, he approached the @oor of the barn and signified bis willingness to be taken prisoner. The door was then opened sufficient- ly to allow Harold to put his arms through, that he might be handcuffed. Asan ojticer was about place fing the irons upon Harold's wrists, Booth fired upon the party from the barn, which was returned by the Bergeant, Boston Corbet, of the lth N. Y., the ball striking Booth in the neck, from the effects of which be died in about four hours, Booth, before breathing Die last, was asked if Le had anything tosay, when he replied: "Tell my mother that I died for my coun- try." Harold and the body of Booth were brought into Belle Plain at 5 o'clock last night, and reached tho Navy Yard bere at 1 o'clock this morning, on board of ghe steamer Jobn 8, Ides Capt. Henry Wilson. The eotouens beretoivre publiuled want Boows hed la- | | | | a jured one of bis lege by the falling of his horee has proved to Le correct, After he wae shot it wae dis. covered that one of his leve was badly injured, and that he was eompelled to wear an old shoo and use crutches, which be had with him in the barn, Booth was shot about four o'clock {u the morning, and died | about 7 o'clock. $e had upon hie person some bills of exchange, but only $175 iu Treasury Boter, Tt op peare that Hooth and Hareld left Weetineton to- voiber on the n f President Lis- cola, and passed throu ch Leonordtown Md... conreai- ing themeelves in the vicinity enti! au opprrtus was afforded them tocrovs the river at Serr which they did as above stevel The mea Booth and his aceomp.ce the howt tu whic be the river, was capured, we vidertand wards made ,bis eacape, Liareld bas ber secure place. Bowling Green, near which | | she of the marter pleco Mooth wae killed, is a post village of the capitalot Ca ia County, Vay on the road from Richmond to i ieurriekeburyg. fo ty- five miles north of the former pice, aad te situated ! in « healthy and fertile region, it tate two charches, three stores, two milis, and abont thre hundred inhabitants, Port Royal ie ap ef rile § Carolina County, Virinia, on the right bank of the Rappahannock River, twenty-two mice '€ | Fredericksburg. It hae popalation os # « | hod and has a good steamboat landing uear tue pace. THIRD DISPATCH, Washington, Apri The Sram in alater edi- tion, baa the following of Booth: Booth and Harold | reached Garrett's some days ago, Booth walking on crutches, A party of four or fiv ed thom whorpoke of Hooth as & woun ted Mary lander on his | way home, and that they wiehed to leave Lim there 4 shortftime, and would take hit away by the 26th, fyesterday.) Booth imped somewhat, and walked on | crutches about the place, a of his ankle Ho and Harold rerularly took their mouls at the hones, and both kept op appearances well, One tay at the dinner table the conversation turued on the asenseination of the President, when Booth de- | nounced the assasdination in the sovereet terme saying that there was no punishment #- vere enough for the perpetrator At another time one said in Booth's presence that rewards amounting to two hundred thousand dollara bad been offered for Booth, and that he would like to catch him, when Booth replied, “Yes, it would be a good boul, but the amount wo ald less goon be increased to five hundred thou and lars.” The two Garretta piace allege that they had no ides that theee partios Booth and Harold-—were any other than what their friends represented them, 1... pare led Confederate soldiers on their way home, They also say that when the airy appeared In that nelehberhvod, and they board that they were looking for the assassins that they sent word to them that these two men were 1D the place, In other words, they aeert that they are entirely innocent of giving the aseassiue auy aid aud comfort, knowing them to be such, Lhe Ida, tug-boat, reached here about two o'clock last right, with Harold, and the two men above re. ecred to.as well asthe body of Booth. Harold wae im- mediately put ina safe place. THe, thus far, it is statod, hae manifosted no dixposition to speak of the accompan mplain some » lived on the affair; but as be was koown aaa very talkative young be may soon resume the ure of his toncue, sf TAT Booth sad Harold were dressed in Cc orate rays new uniform, Harold was not otherwise dlaguised much, Booth's mou he bad been cut off, appar- ently} with selssors, and hie beard allowed to grow, nging } pearance considerably, Hie hair had been cut somewhat shorter than be usually wore it, Booth's body, which we have alove described, wae at once laid out of @ bench, ar 1 @ guard placed over it. ‘The lips of the corpse are Hehtly compreseed, and the blood bas settled In the lower part of the face and neck. Otherwlee the face is pa and weare a wild, haggard look, indicating exposure to the elements, and a rough time generally, in hie eRulking filent, Mie hair le disarranged and dirty, and apparently had not been combed since he took his fight, The head aud breast are alone expored to view, the lower por- tion of the body, including the bande and feet, being coveres sath a tarpaulin, The shot which terminated hi @ecus, *S life, entered ov the leit side, at the Duar mn the peck, a place, curiously enough Jnot far dis- taut from thas in which “w victim our lamented President-—was shot, No ordet Wve yet been given an to wliat dieporition will be mnJe of the body, Large numbers of pereone bave beeu wAeKing while sion to the Navy Yard to-day, to get @ na@eot the body, and to y the particulars; but none ¢x 298 the workmen, the officers of the Yard, aud thos holdius orders from the Departuent, are ulowed te ener A Bovacer carbine, which Hooth had with him to te tm a the time he war ehot by Sereeant Nerhett. ama large knife, with blood on it, supp aed to be same with which Booth cut Major Kathbup tr he gueatre bor on the might of the murder of reide:* deen, and which was found on Hooth's ey. bege teen bronelit to th elty. The carbine 20d eptie ia vow in the possesion ot Col, Baker, at h4@hoe “ho bills of exchanges, which were for a contidemte ariount, found on Hooth's person, were drawn on Banks in Canada in October last, About that time Booth was kuown to have been in Canada, It is now thought that Booth's leg was fractured io ng from the box in Ford's Theatre upon the and not by the falling of hie horse, while eo- eto make his @scupe, a8 was, a fret, sup amy deavor 1 posed, FOURTIO DISPATCH gton, April 27, The greatest curtosity 1 hereto view the body of the mur! Hooth, which yet remains on the gunboat in is rer NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL | Posed to hit that hia men eh | his part that eeort # have caueed Corbett to fi sly would prob be found in that place, as he was courting @ lady there. On purhing on to Howling custody, From hun it was ascertained that Rooth and | returned on Tuesday one Harold were at the house of John and William Gar rett, three miles back toward Port Royal. and about @ tir of a mile from the road passed over by the 1 Le mesutimoe, it appeare that Booth and rool ey piled to Garrett for horses to ride to nisa L jeorh refused to do without 4 horse, and the two men tetrad to mm, the door of which, after ther bad evte cl, Garrett locked, and remai Dineelf on guard in @ neighboring corn-cilb; as ho alleges, to | Prevemt their horses from being takeu aad ridden off Le aight by Booth and Harrold, Upon the eppoach of our cavalre foom Rowling Green, abont three o'clock on Weanesday morntng, the Garretts came out of the corn-crib to meet them, and. in answer to thelr inquiries, directod them to the Larn, Hooth was at once summoned to eurrende:, but refused, Harold expressed bie willingness to give himeelf up, but was overruled by Rooth for some time, but he finally surrendered, leaving Booth in the barn, The Intter then asuning o defieat oir called ont to know the commanding oflicer, aud pro- {o tld be drawn up at fifty yaide distance, when be would come out and fight them, Afier the barn had been burning three-quarters of an hour, and when the roof was about to fall ip, Booth, who Lat hand, anda o eu etauding with a revolver in one ine resting on the floor, made ade- ifto break through the guard and To prevent this, Corbett fired, intending to Lit Booth In the ahoulder, so astoeripple him. The ball, however etrock a little too high, and entered the neck, resulting fatally, as hefore stated, fergeant Corbett, who shot Booth, was baptized in Boston about seven veare . at which time he a. sumed the name of Boston Corbett, To-day, he has been greatly Honized.and the in street was repen‘ediy murrounded by citizens, who occasionally manitested their appreciation by loud cheers. He te said toben man of deep teligious feeling, who hee at prayer meetings lately prayed fervently that the assaain of the late President mteht be bronght to justice It te erid, also, that Io pulling the trieger upon Hooth, he tent up an audinle petition for the eoul of the erfini- nal. ‘The pistol need by larce sized cavalry pistol th lo monetration aa Prcape Corbett. waa the regular He was offered $1,000 torning for the pistol with ite five undischarged le ‘The two Garretts are dressed in rebel erey, having Bolonged to Lee's army, and just returned home on parole, They professet to have been entirely iguor- ant of the charaeter of Booth and Harold, and mant- fest great uneasimess concerning thelr connection with the affair, Booth had in hi ession the short, hoavy bowle- knife with which he struck Major Rathbun, a Spenc- ercarbing, & seven shooter, of Massachusetts manu- factare, three revolvers, and a pocket pistol, He wore, besides bis eult of gray, an ordinary cloth wy high-topped cavalry boot on his right foot, with the tp turned dowa, and a Government aloe on hia left foot. No clue could be obtained of the other two meni end tating the two Garrete into custody the oom- mand lumediately set out for Washington, after re- learing the captain, Booth aad Harold narrowly side of the Potomac, New York detectiv dirtance of Swan F quainted with the cup, escaped capture on this Marshal Murray and a posse of * tracked them to within a short t, but the Marshal boing unac- intry and without a guide, dur- ing the darknews of the might took the wroug road,and before he could regain the trail, Booth and Harold succeeded in crossing the river to Virginia, The report that Booth attempted to aloot himaelf while In the barn is incorrect. He, however, in his parley with his besiewers, indicated that be would bot be taken alive, His manner throughout was that of hardened desperation, Knowing that bis doom ad, and preferring to mort it there in that shape to the more ignominious death awalting him, if captured, he appeared w pay little attention to the fire raging about him, until the roof began to fall ™ when Le made a movement indicating A jee to giako the desperate attempt to cut his wayoul, aC ork really boped to succeed amid the muoke ay eaotusien ‘ whe ae Tt was this movem futal ehot, Marold Lefore leaving the barn, Iald ¢ his pistol, which was immediately picked up by Booth, who had ivin bie hand at the time he wae shot, This afiernoon Purveon General Barnes, with an arsietant, beld an autopsy on the body of Booth bow appoata that Booth and Harold had ou clothes which wore originally some other color than the Conted but be ed thet appearance, rate gray, ing faded aud dusty, present Another Account of the Capture, Washinvton, April 27 —The following account of the pursult of Booth and Harod ke later than those hitherto publisled Oa Mor , the 2hth inet, @ achment of the 1th New York Cavalry was ordered by Gen, Han- cock to report tu Lieut.-Col, Baker, Bpecial Detective visited the yard to-day, tn the } reek 8) the afternoon of the eame day, Col, Baker detailed glimpee at the murnd r PAS RGRS BOD ORD ct Gol, ( + aud Lieut. Baner of hie detective nected with the yard, were allowed mas BES | foree we yo ins vitof Booth, placing the atoresald The wildest excitement burexited bere allday, aad body of cavaley in their charge, and by their explicit the ones meets are ¢ ‘ ae se _ ir RTP eal pamela ety A M. the foree left thie city on the taken alive no news acter tay Ulm. eteamer '. 4. Ides, and at 10 P.M, they disem- ors of his mistress Whol: which caused her to weep aloud, aud drawl aroph likeness of Book su bor { ur, | “| yokece, Lhesed it | fondly several times, Harold thus far has evaded every efly t tobe crawa | into a conversation by thoe who hare nee ily come in contact with him sing biscoptuce. but oute ward appearances indicate that ho begins to enlize | the postion in which he is pisc ibere ia bo hove | for hie escape from the awful doom tik Cee ainiy | His relatives and friend are iu the greatest distress over the u. hes brought upon themselves, awalta him, in tuis elty race thut hie | FIFTH DISPATOT, Washington, April 27,—The foursh o's ihe Brau hae the following additional ducuils uf be cep ture of Harold and the killing of Bvoth, The detach- ment of the 10th New York Cavalry, uuder Lieut Dougberty, numbering twenty-eight men, snd ae- companied by two of Colonel Baker's detec tive force, which went down the river on Monday, obtained the firat news of Booth at Port Royal on Tuesday evening frow an old man; who stated that four men, in com. pany withe rebel captain, had crossed the Kuppa- bannovk a short tine POY i0Wh golug in the direction river opposite Port Koy ul | H Yaiked at Mel's Plain and took the road towards Free derickeburg, (a elling thereon three miles, and then turnine in u south-casterly direction towards the Repprhannock, They stopped at all the houser op the joquiring for any Maryland | men of Jce’s army who mieht be travelling u that direction, They continued their journey throueh (he aieht andthe next day till noon, when they reached Port Couway, on the north elde of the Th Leh, Who upon eee- 16 pLotographe of Hooth, Harold aud Surratt, point. | ed the two former as woe povitive be tho day before #1 P.M. at Port Conway, He said three ren en- deavored to hire him to convey them to Howling Green, but they could aot agree In the bargain, and that subsequently Harold carne to bim and anid they to the two meu he had seen bed met frieuda and did not want his scr vices, ‘Their informant alwo etated thut he faw & pe of rebel soldiers convey the two men whom he bad recognized by the pbotographs, across the river. Lieut.-Col, Conger and Lieut, Baker decided to take this manasaguide, They commenced crossing the river with ely ice ms a P.M, Mavins a Lost | of Bowling Green, and he added that the capmin | which could couvey seven meu et once, ey | Green the captain was tound et @ hotel, and taken in | Bowling Green, where they found some women, who | int Hous but the latter, fearing the bores would not be returned, refured to hive them, | hovw'tl fing the large sums offered. These | Creutustances foeoher with the recriminations of | Tora and blareld, each chaigine the other with the repone bility of their diMenlties, had frourel the one of the Garrett brothers, who treed Booth cud Harold to leave, leet they (the Gar. rets's, Lould get into troulle with our cavairy, Thie It | | that neither of thove who came back was lame, They 65. were ordered to disregard it, and to push tho enemy in every direction. Epwin M, Stanton, Seorotary of We did pot finish crossing till five o'eloek, They then proceeded half-way from Port Royal to FWOM GENERAL HALL Kicimonn, 5 hos stated that a party of Confwlerate soldier had leas in number, and Or M v6, aw Tlon. BM. Stanton, Secretary af War: Oeoerals Meade, Sheridan and Wright am eine under orders to pay no regard to any truce or or! © of General Sherman respecting hostilities, on froun! that Sherman's agreement could biad hie own command aud no other, They are directe | to push forward. rovardiess of orders from any one, ox- cept General Grant, and cut off Johnaton’s retreat Besuregard haa tolerraphed to Danville that anew errangement hw been made with Sherman, and that the advance of tho Sixth corps was to be surpended aptil further orders, T have telegraphed back to obey no orders of Sherman's, but to push forward as rapidly an possibly. The bankers here have taformation to day thay Jel, Davie’s specie in moving eouth trom i) eke In wagons, as fast as possible. | be telegraphed, through General T) subsequently ascertained that the soldiers went three wiles with Booth, to the house of Mr. John W. Garre(t, and thet Harold continued on to Bowling Green on Mor also that Harold retuiued to Garret's Tuesday afternoon, The pursuing force passed Garrett's house a few Moments after Haroli’s return to It, and went on some fiftcen miles to Bowling Green, There they captured one of the Confederate soldiers, who had been with Booth the day before. He made a statement to them as to the whereabouts and movements of Booth and Harold, fully confirming that above elven. This was § o'clock on Tuesday night, They went back to Garrett's, which they reached at 2 A. M, surrounding the dwelling and out-house, To the firet question aa to the wherenbouta of Booth, the (Garrett family fave no satisfactory auewer; but soon afer aaon of | obey no orders from Sherman, ant notify ine him and ove of the Garrett brothers confessed his knowledge | Canby,and all commanders on the Mis” to tibas of the both being at that moment tu the barn, | measures to In‘ercept the rebel chiefs ard cy ire The force war then formed sround the barn, at adis | der, The apecie taken with them fee titmatea cee tance of about thirty feet from the barn, tivo #ix to thirteen millions, Col. Congera sent Garrett's men Into the barn to H.W. liatirck, Majag Genera Comianiine tell the fugitives to eurrenderto them thetr arma, " and come out and deliver themrelves, Booth threat- Gen, Stoneman’s Command. oned them, saying he bad betrayed them, and must Eifect of Sherman’s Trace, leave the barn, Lieut, Baker then went to the door Knoreils4, April 2T, Since the laet iateligence of the barn and demanded their surrender, which, | fro, (ion, Stoneman’s command, the followma le a after a lovg pariny was refused, summary of what it has accomplished : Lieut. Col, Conger then pulled some hay through @ One porti . Paws 1 of the command under crack, ignited ft, aud prested it back into the bara. | moved down the Catawba ri Booth then came near the corner where Conger stood to shoot the man who fired the building. He stood with plato! raised, peering Into the darkness, but was unable to perceive any one, De then burned and gazed upon the tHames, and then staried for the doot, Sergeant Corbest of the Cavalry force, in violation of order left the line, and going close to the wall before him, fired a pletol through the orack going southwert from Jolnaton’s aruy, aod caps ” upwards of 2 prisonore and 2 pieces of o and among the things deatroved waa the iminen® railroad bridge acrows the Catawba river, 11 long and 60 feet high, Thea, learning that 9 reneral armistice had been entered into between shenna, and Johnaton, Col, Palmer ceased operations The other portion of the command, under + il {n It, shooting Booth im the head, He feil as soon 48 | Jon, aitacked and routed the rebel force under Ma) sbot—the ball severing the thorax. Lieut, Col, Con | Gon, McCowan, at Murgantown, taking one piece ger and Lieut. Baker then entered the barn und car ried Booth into the yard, Lieut. Col. Conger piecing hie ear to the mouth of the dying man, heard bim way © ‘Tell mother I died for my country" A weerenger wae dispatched w Frout Royal for a puyeiclan, Wheao the doctor arrived Booth waa too much exhausted to be revived by buman akill, Booth was also heard to say: “Ll thought Lwasdoing the beet for the country, Kili me, kill me.’ Ae Lieut, Baker wae rubbing bie banda, be sald: “Leelres, useless.” He was shot at 16 minutes past 8 on Toes artillery, Gen, ( n afterwards forced the pres throuyh the Blue Ridge, held by the rebel fovere ua der Gen. Martin. taking #ix pieces of artillery would have captured or diry 1 the whole fy ev had he not been met by Gen. Martin with a flag o truce, bearing a letter from Gen. Sherman, counter signed by Gen, Jobnaton and directed to Gen. st ue- man, ordering a general suspension of hortuities aud the withdrawal of our forces under Geu, Stouginas From Richmond. day morning, and died et ten minutes past seven twelve minutes earlier than the Dates to the 2th, Grout soul of bis august victim left earth to bear wit- | Xtchmond papers of the 20th are recetwerd hese against him,to which hie fall wes hastening him, | The farmers in the region about Richmead aro rv. The photographs of all the parties im custody wore turning to thelr homes, trom whence thay ere toon taken this afternoon, by the Davie conscription, and preparing tu cocuue the tillage of their tarme David C. Harold Bome outrages and horse thefts were belag corm Was born in Maryland in 1542, but has resided to | ted by etrageters from both armies, but these | Washington sirce be war a child, He was known to | larities were beingly firmly put dowa by tay tu ced a number of people, who aesert that he held a position | Btates military authorities, fn the War Department under Floyd. After the re- The First and Second Divislousof the fweo ys bellion broke out he waa discharged, and then fourth Amuy Corps, had artived in Righwond from lounged around the drinking saloona, gambling | Appomattox. The whole Corps ia now the places and stables. Latterly, he has always had plen- Several of the guuboate and iron-clady burned aa ty of money, without any visible means of earsing blowa up in the James River, by the rebcl euthert it, He coneorted with Booth, and practised daily in tlee, have been raised, and wuch of thete armaue ut ashooting gallery, with @ revolves, Bometimes he | found to good condition wrod a rifle; Bred at the target for several houses | ‘The Wiro sayson tho authority of a ceatie: at atime from Greensboro, that Iravie started South 1+ The Man who Shot Rooth. Sereoant Bostow Connerr, the soldier who #hot the aranerin Hooth, te a native of England, where he was born in Ile came to this country while still a lad, aod resided in Boston, Marsachasette, where he wae converted, and on being baptized, re- quested the minister to give bim the name of “Kos ton." «ince whieh time he has devoted himaelf to active deeds of Christian charity, He came to this city about ex years ago, and worked in several hat- naboro on the Lath inet, with hiaeaveiry decort Huth returned dian J ra ently of the Intention of 1 iterrupt freoholn » Fefused to ou the wny wold to the erate NOLO, though the ui! 4 ed to pay price Hilly #rmath, on the 1th the people w tlock to bh ous wan was influenced nade a speech mek ot Joba eby aborting Daviw? Perlgrinations. te sh pe on Nassau atret, where he waa (Prom the Kichinond Whig, 26th always considered a good workman and a falthfal daueoweeirivaeel Wafos etaah Christian, Bo earnest was he in the work of convert. | Davie was at eboro, N. C., from Whe V'Ab to Lie me snsors, and retorming ible toy | that he wired Mth inst He then went by rail to tay sro, rooms for the express purpore, cariag for the tempore! atin “ " 0 tho dd, rheh ed ¢ an spiritual waute of ‘every outcast whom he could | Whence ¥ ith ay cacort of two thousand, poke. weiat,orturnish with «employment, He continually expended all his own money for euch purposes, and frequently borrowed from hie friends; one of whom gave he would often come to bishop and say, “ Bam, ry, selected from Hampten'e and Whe manda, he started on horrebaek for the fur taking the country road due Routh to Aabt od Cheraw. My this route be lett salivbury ane I have got @ new boarder, and haven't got | man forty wiles to hie rieht. From Cheray be , the money to bay bim bread, Let. me | ably struck Southwest to Columbia, soutn © rr a dollar until [ get my pay.” And he! from which pace the country was open tk ooe alwaye reowld the borrowed money before he went | him until he be reached the Hnow of te \s bome on Saturday evening, Thus he unobtrusively | Gunby aud Wileon, His aac objeeh pow wo fo elmuch good. He waa amemberof the | escape to the trane-Missiveipy sot lie tot treet Protevtant Methodiet Church when | regard Limeseit out of extreme dancer omvtil in 1841. for three montha, in the 12th | be bes rua the gauntlet of the | nated atea rechuent, New York State Militia, under Col, Butter | gripies vow operating Alabama, db tea tho field. While serving in this regiment he reproved meu form to-day a vioouiy cavalowd 96 an oflicer for swearing while on dress parade, the Southern Ceuuders by Uh p etnies | Thin act crurc 1a to be confined in the guard houre, on bread and water, for several days. of hie compaulots he refused hee him to receive it resiment when Washington was again th was captured by the rebels at Harper's Ferry, an paroled whea Gen, Mile: surrendered, He enlisted acaininthe 12th Regiment when Pennsylvania was jovaded, and on returning to New York, continued to St. forloru baad their company bear with them no affection of the poe r ln bootlens wo hah serve during the riote of July, 1868, Wheudisebaré> | mond, though thuy buve leit us @ lastiag men ene) in ed from the Vth. he enlisted iy the 16th New York | the chiar red end Glacksued Deine ot the fulton a) he Cavalry, and had served ebout a year when be waa | of our beautiful city captured by some ot Moely's eperilias, He was with ‘il, Sa ee soln? Companions on # scout, he party was eurpris- ed and surrounded, several of his comrades were kill~ Riot in Philadelphia. od, and the remainder fled, Corbett. however. tacked up agninet an oe Pear tree discharged his carbine, An Alleged Secessionist Paoulsh at and then drew hie revolvers. with which be kept two } . dozen gueriiinaat bay untilevery shot had beeu fred Prtladelrha, April 2T,-About pine dein ] He then used lissabre. Morby was #0 pleased with his bravery, that he gave orders \ lila troopers but to shoot at eo brave man, After thie Corbett was ttn. soned at Andersonville for five months, where he r roach aod exhort, devoting himeelf to 1 of biv fellow prisonerw while in con. He endured with Christian fortitude the countered, Uo being relequd ut for his gallant deton morning, Mr, Kdward Ingersoll, who. Wolf strong secession epoch a few days einugy in > was waited upou by & committee of cltizeus ca ing from the ruilioad trajua af Ninth sud atreets, aod waa required to apalogize for | Teves o Mr, Ingersoll refused to do, and die ws from bie pocket, but was uuahle to tie whe “y the time of his capture, He iecelved @ of twenty days when he vielted the elty, about two | Was knocked down, and was very bad!y cut mul beatin months seo He had rove iy ree ned Fp regiment, by the crowd, He was then arrested and th! oe hud and atthe time he wae den) upon this Cape huge dition wea still suffering from scurvy god ehronic in the sum of two thouaand dollars, on the ot diarrhows conti acted nt Aude monriiie. yypile inthe | assault aud battery and earrying co wed deady city be was a constant attendant at the Fulton atrees wen tite prayer ivetings aud frequently spoke to thowe as weapons, A committee of citizens hiv ew a tembled there, Sergeant Corbett i 8 man of me | @pou the Mayor to have the ball in sed to ten dium «ze, about five feet tix in height wuare | thousand dollars, Mr. lugersoll is regarde| ws on of build, with an epen neble-looking gountenance, 4 ‘ ond furslead, hivh chook bones, recular features, | she chief of the disloyal party tn thie city Jia hair, whieh te dark brown, he Perle In the ms Philade!phia, April 2t.- The Muteens far ses cle, aud weare * Li@bt moustache and chin beard, Hig ps : ph Siite 1 rethurkatly plossaut und attracts immediate |e following particulars of the Ingerse | ill attention, vepecially when hele elnging In church or which hae produced aco rable senaat le a the prayer meeting, Bt compedes and superior officers clty: Whea the train reached Ninth nat (cee re all attached to him, aud repose the utmost confi. dence in hin, His revtinent is now stationed at | ttreets, a party of men got around the trout dc t Vieuns in Vixginia, looking after Mosby's ” he car, for the purpose of giving Mr, Ingerse ite ye eu i riliws —_—-——_ —_— Important. A Last Energetic (ampaign Against the Enemy. ing salute of groans, The obmoxious tudivitual evor, parsed outof the back door, and eo lace street. ihe crowd followed after bin é street Mr. ingoron burned about mad thou tle pare Capt. JH ithingtoa, Jr, of the 19° th heguuAes of Penvaylvania Volunteers, then atepvet torws + Wau Deragr: ar aud psid—" Ingersoll, I'uy a roldier, | bare “taker ‘April TP key eee is my life formy country, I think you owe 2 bys 9.3 Maj.-Gen. Diz Lad wa the counly fe your epeech, aud particularly vw cy oidiers," r. A erely ottdy o ta Ihe Departiwent bas received the following die h. i" The eaptale then Behed hin oe : tos : pate’ from Major-General Halleck, commauding the military division of the Jamea, Generala Canby and Thomas were Instructed, some days ago, that Sherman's arrangement with Johuaion was digavureved by the President aud tev Mr, Laqersall, but the blow was warded off Ingersoll with bis cane. The two then croex for a few seconds, Mr, Ingersoll received acu left alde of the face, aud broke of Cavtaln Withington, Mr, Comtinved ga (he (aes maga,