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AMERICA. SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE AND HIS ARMY. The royal mail steamer Asia, from Boston and Hali- arrived at Queenatown at 3 5 a.m. on Sunday. The following are the heads of the news brought by heNe" York, 13th April, 11 p-m-General Lee has our. foridered., Raleigh is reported to have been evacuated. Selma and Montgomery have been captured. A proclamation of President Lincoln closes most of the Southern ports. Another proclamation notifies that foreign vessels of war will be subject to the same restric- tions in Federal ports as Federal vessels are subject to in foreign ports. The Government has decided to atop drafting and re- cruiting and to curtail military expenses. New York, 13th April, Evening.—General Lee and his army surrendered to General Grant on the 9th in- atant. The officers and men have been paroled and al. lowed to return home, the officers retaining their side General Grant arrived in Washington yesterday after- noon. and states that General Lee had obtained permis- lion to visit Weldon. Correspondents estimates that General Lee surrender- ed with 25,000 men. It is calculated that from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 dollars' worth of property was destroyed in Richmond. Only a small portion of the French tobacco was burned. General Mosby has sent a message to the Federal commander at Fairfax, saying that he did not care about Lee's surrendering, and was determined to fight while he had a man left. General Thomas has received a report, which he cre- dits, stating that General Wilson had captured Selma, Alabama, taking Generals Forrest and Roddy, and their entire command, prisoners. Montgomery is also reported to have been captured. Lynchburg surrendered to a Federal scouting party. At Mobile, on the 4th inst. the water communication was cut between Spanish Fort and that city, and a bat- tery was established above the fort. The siege was pro- gressiug favourably. Genera < l ,t.o say Secretary Stanton telegraphed to General Dix to say that after mature consideration with General Grant he had decided to stop all drafting and recruiting in the loval states, to curtail all purchases of arms, ammunition, and supplies, to reduce the expenses of the military establishments, and the number of general and staff officers to the actual necessities of the situation, and to remove all military restrictions. Trade will commence as far as is consistent with public safety, so soon as these measures can be put in operation, which will be an- Dounced by public orders. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation declaring that if, after a reasonable time has elapsed for it to reach foreign countries, Federal vessels of war in foreign ports are still subject to the same restrictions as at present, vessels of foreign nations will receive the same treatment in United States ports which is accorded to Federal vessels in foreign ports. W hatever claim or pretence may have existed heretofore, the United States are now, at least, entitled to claim and concede entire friendly equality, and the rights of hospitality with all maritime nations. General Palmer is in Kentucky, receiving the surren- der of all the Confederate forces in the state. Those not surrendering have been declared outlaws. President Lincoln has announced that Key West is not included in the ports closed. The porta already closed by blockade will continue so. The New York Herald thinks that President Lincoln's proclamation closing the ports will cause foreign powers to recall the recognition of belligerency from the Con- federates. President Lincoln has made a speech in which he said that the recent successes gave hopes of a righteous and speedy peace. Reconstruction will be impeded by the differences of opinion existing upon this point among loyal people. It is immaterial whether the rebellious states are considered in or out of the Union. All should join in the acts necessary to restore proper practical re- lations between the rebellious states and the Union. fhe Louisiana State Government would prefer to confer the electoral franchise on those negroes who are intelli- gent, and who serve the cause as soldiers. The question was not whether the Louisiana State Government was perfect, but whether it were best to receive it as it is, or to condemn and disperse it. The adoption of an exclu- sive and inflexible plan for all the states would become one of entanglement. In conclusion, President Lincoln said that he would make a new announcement when satisfied that such action was proper. The New York Times urges the extreme measure of the law against President Davis, if he be captured. Mr. Seward, 'vho had been thrown out of his carriage and had his arm dislocated and jaw fractured, was yes- terday said to be in a very critical condition, but to-day the New York Tribune announces that he is nearly out of danger. New York, 11th April, Evening.—General Grant wrote to General Lee, on the 7th, as follows The result of last week must convince you of the hopeless- ness of further resistance. I ask the surrender of your army. General Lee replied that, although not entirely of General Grant's opinion of the hopelessnes of further re- sistance, he reciprocated his desire to avoid the useless effusion of blood. Therefore, before considering General Grant's proposition, he asked what terms were offered for surrender. General Grant replied that peace has been his first de- sire, and that he insisted upon only one condition, name- ly, that the men surrendered should be disqualified again to take up arms against the Federal Government until properly exchanged. He would meet General Lee or his representative at any point, and arrange the sur- render. General Lee rejoined that he did not propose the sur- render of his army, but to ask the terms of General Grant's proposition. He did net think the emergency had arisen to call for surrender but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, he desired to know whether General Grant's proposals would tend to that end. He therefore could not meet General Grant with the view of surrendering his army, but as far as General Grant's proposition might affect the force under his command and tend to restore peace, General Lee would be pleased to meet General Grant. General Graut replied that, having no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed by General Lee could lead to no good. General Grant ex- pressed himself equally desirous with General Lee for peace, while the North entertained the same feeling. The terms upon which peace could be had were well under- stood by the South. By laying down their arms they would hasten peace, and save thousands of lives and millions of property. He hoped that all difficulties might be settled without the loss of another life. General Lee replied, requesting au interview in ac- cordance with the offer contained in General Grant's letter, in which it was stated that the men who surren- dered should be disqualified to take up arms against the Government until exchanged. General Grant then wrote to General Lee on the 9th, proposing the following terms of surrender :— The rolls of all officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy for the officer designated by General Grant, the other for the officer designated by General Lee the officers to give sheir individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government until exchanged; each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men the arms, artillery, and public property to be packed and stacked, and turned over to officers appointed by General Grant. This would not embrace the officers' side arms, private horses, or luggage. Each officer and man to be allowed to return home, and not to be dis- turbed so long as they observed their parole and the laws in force where they reside. General Lee accepted these terms on the same day. Mr. Stanton immediately telegraphed to General Grant the thanks of the Government, the War Depart- ment, and the people, and ordered a salute of 200 guns to be fired at the head-quarters of every army depart- ment, port, arsenal, and at West Point, in commemora- tion of General Lee's surrender. The New York journals regard General Lee's surren- der as the end of the rebellion. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation closing all the ports in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas, The intention of this step is supposed to be the prevention of foreign commerce until the final conclusion of peace. There is great rejoicings through the North over General Lee's surrender. President Lincoln and General Butler made speeches at Washington. General Butler declared that he was opposed b the adoption of a liberal policy towards the South. President Davis and several members of his Cabinet arrived at Danville on Monday last. General Stoneman is said to have reached the Dan- Ville Railroad on Tuesday, tearing up the track between Danville and Greensborough. President Lincoln has returned to Washington, and It is considered probable that he will call an extra ses- sion of Congress.
THE EVACUATION OF RICHMOND.
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THE EVACUATION OF RICHMOND. (Prom the Special Southern Correspondent of the Times.) New York, April ii.-Consumaturmst. After a siege unparalleled in the annals of modern warfare after enduring conversion from a little country town officered by six policemen into a frowning camp girdled with 40 miles of earthworks and defended by tens of thousands of men; after inscribing its name as one of the most famous of beleagured cities indelibly upon tbe,pw cof history; after demanding for its reduction a period oi no less than 1452 days, or in other words compelling Mr. Seward 17 times to renew his 90-day bill; after exacting at least a quarter of a million lives spent in assailing or defending it; after adding to its beautiful cemetery 50,000 new graves; after seeing its tobacco warehouses converted into loathsome prisons, itsmanufactoriescrest- ing nothing but war material, its ironworks changed into cannon foundries, its public edifices into departmental bureaux, its men turned into soldiers, and its women almost without exception into mourners; after an ex- penditure upon its attack and defence of a weight of iron and lead hardly inferior to that of every building which its streets contain—Richmond has fallen. Nor can it be pretended that in the mind of those who have for some months been behind the scenes in the Confederate capital any other feeling arises at this moment so pro- minently as astonishment that Grant's multitudinous hosts, with all the vast resources of the North available at City Point, and poured into their lap by railroads stretching along Grant's lines, should for nearly ten months have been held at bay by Lee's ragged veterans, shrunken in numbers, scantily supplied with food or clothing, tethered down to lines in which the winter's frost, the summer's vertical sun, the rain, dew or snow had, without the stimulus of coffee or spirits, or even of adequate food, to be uncomplainingly endured, and, finally, dispirited by the thought that all the valour which had so long baffled the army of Grant had served but to bring upon their backs the auxiliary army of Sher- man. It is far too early in these passionate times to enter into a disquisition accounting for the events of the 2nd and 3rd of April. It is obvious that the causes which led to them must have been manifold and diversfied, and in some cases so subtle and mysterious as to defy human analysis. But, speaking broadly and briefly, I believe that the failure thus far of the insurrection may be at- tributed to three principal causes—first, and most ma- terially, to the failure of Johnstone and the Western army to keep Sherman out of Atlanta in the same man- ner as Lee and the Eastern army kept Grant out of Petersburg and Richmond secondly, to the imbecility of the Confederate Houses of Congress; thirdly, and finally, to the inherent weakness of President Davis's Government, and to the inability or indisposition evinced by him or General Lee to assume, at any risk, the dicta- torial powers which a jealous and short-sighted Congress denied to either, but which are alone adapted to the successful management of revolutions. Reserving some further reflections upon the philosophy of this revolu- tion for a future occasion, I desire at once to state that, without in the least undervaluing the admirable tenacity of Grant, the eager impulsive earnestness of Sherman, the soldiery qualities of Meade, and the valour generally of the Federal armies, it is my deliberate conviction that Lee has been defeated more from the rear than from the front, and that nothing but the possession of the very highest personal attributes by its commander has averted from his army the crushing blow which, according to all human foresight, ought to have overtaken it some six months sooner. I have long known that the continued tenure of the Confederate lines around Petersburg and Richmond by Lee's army was felt by Mr. Davis, by Generals Lee and Breckenridge, and by every other wise military head, to be a grievous blunder. But to withdraw from those lines with the Virginia roads, two feet deep in mud, and with Lee's artillery horses reduced in number and weak from inanation, while Grant commanded not only any amount of horseflesh, but illimitable supplies of forage to feed them, was obviously impossible. Not only were the Confederate artillery horses half-starved, but the cavalry, from want of forage in the Richmond and Petersburg lines, had almost ceased to exist. Add to this that the shortness of ration occasioned such deser- tions from the Confederate ranks as have never pre- viously been remembered; that in the month of Febru- ary alone General Lee reported the desertion of no less than 1200 of his choicest veterans, and it will be seen that the further tenure of Richmond and Petersburg by Lee's army has long been felt to be a question not so much of weeks as of days. Nevertheless, Generals Lee and Longstreet, and many more of their gallant asso- ciates, continued to maintain an undaunted front, in the hope of some possible political turn in their favour either at the North or in Europe, and with but faint expecta- tion that if General Lee should ever be forced from his lines he would be enabled to keep together any such organised body of men as could be dignified with the name of an army. I may here mention that if General Sheridan had been able some few weeks ago to get acrosss the swollen James River between Lynchburg and Richmond, and to swoop down upon the Danville Railroad, he would probably have met with little or no opposition, and that the end would come some 40 or 50 days earlier. Upon the afternoon of Saturday, the 1st of April, Richmond, long familiar with the sights and sounds of war, wore its usual look of unconscious security, and there were but few persons acquainted with the fact that Sheridan, with some 6000 or 8000 cavalry, supported by Warren's corps of infantry and artillery, was at work upon General Lee's right, that he was opposed only by a handful of Confederate cavalry, and that momentous events were probably at hand. It should be mentioned that for some days prior to the opening of April, Grant had been massing troops on his extreme left, near Hat- cher's Run, and that Lee had been compelled to mass correspondingly on his own extreme right. But, in ad. dition to massing on his left, Grant had withdrawn all the troops, save two small divisions, from the North of James River and from Bermuda Hundred lines, and had placed them opposite General A. P. Hill's corps, at a spot where, in the immediate neighbourhood of Peters- burg, it was known that the Confederate lines were weakly manned. It was not until Saturday, the 1st, that General Lee discovered that General Ord and his troops had been withdrawn from the north side, and that he set to work also to bring General Longstreet and most of his men across the river to the south side. My impres- sion is that before Longstreet had taken position near Petersburg, the Federal attack of Sunday morning, con- ducted by Generals W right and Urd, had been success. fully delivered. Be that as it may, at five upon the morning of Sunday, the 2nd, the Federalsswept forward in a fine broad front, and ran fairly over A. P. Hill's weak lines of defence. Onward, right onward, the Fede- rals eagerly pressed, until they got into the immediate neighbourhood of General Lee's headquarters. I believe that in one or two spots the Confederates, and especia)ly Mahone and Gordon, succeeded in re-establishing their lines, but the fact remained that the broad belt of the Confederate earthworks, including four or five important forts, was in Grant's possession, and General Lee imme- diately saw that the evacuation of Petersburg, and con- sequently of Richmond, was inevitable. He telegraphed at once to Richmond, desiring that everything necessary for its instant evacuation should be done (your readers will have gathered that the first steps towards its evacu- ation were taken two months ago), and announcing that the enemy would probably enter and take possession the following morning at daybreak. Upon the arrival of General Lee's despatch in Richmond, President Davis was occupying his accustomed seat during morning ser- vice in the church of St. Paul's, in which church, served by the same clergyman, the Prince of Wales attended divine service upon the occasion of his visit to Richmond, and the President was surrounded by a congregation of which the fairer portion was, as usual, arrayed with an elegance which has long been an unfailing source of wonder to those who reflect upon Richmond's four years of blockade. Suddenly the sexton, approaching President Davis, handed to him a paper, which was slowly perused. Rising from his seat with singular gravity and delibera- tion, Mr. Davis left the church, and immediately several prominent citizens were by the same sexton summoned to follow him. It will be believed that the excitement among those who remained was at its highest, but it was remarked by sly observers that the excellent clergyman, who has endeared himself to his congregation by four years of brave and hearty sympathy with their trials, did not omit the usual collection—possibly with the de- sign of impressing upon the congregation that nothing unusual had happened, possibly to give credit to a cur- rency from which all felt that every semblance of value was passing away. The congregation was not slow to disperse, and quickly from mouth to mouth new the sad tidings that in a few hours Richmond's long and gallant resistance would be over. The scene that followed baffles description. During the long afternoon, and throughout the feverish night, on horseback, in every description of cart, carriage, and vehicle, in every hurried train that left the city, on canal barges, skiffs, and boats, the exodus of officials and prominent citizens was unin- terrupted. About eight in the evening President Davis, accompanied by all the members of his Cabinet, except General Breckenridge, started by an express train for Danville, with a view to await further tidings there, and thence to proceed and form, if possible, the nucleus of a fresh Government at Charlotte, in North Carolina. Up to the hour of their departure from Richmond I can testify that Mr. Davis and the three most prominent members of his Cabinet went undauntedly forth to meet the future, not without hope that General Lee would be able to hold together a substantial remnant of his army, and to effect a junction with General Johnstone. That hope, your readers are aware, has been disappointed, nor shall I attempt to gauge the future history of those ten or eleven vast provinces which are still in heart as rebellious as ever, but of which the organised resistance seems for the moment beaten down. It will be believed that during that memorable night there was no sleep in Richmond. In front of every Government bureau, of every auditor's office, around the Capitol, and upon each side of Capitol-square, the glare of vast piles of burning papers turned night into day. As the night wore away the tramp of Kershaw's division and of Custis Lee's local militia was heard in the streets, and it was felt that as the men were now withdrawn to the north side there was no longer anything to interpose between Richmond aDd the enemy. As the first streak of dawn heraMed the approach of day, several tremend- e\» explosions seemed to shake every building in Rich- naood to its foondationa. As I walked up between five and six in the morning of Monday the 3rd to catch the early train upon the Fredericksburg Railroad, a vast column of dense black smoke shot into the air, a huge, rumbling, earthquake-like reverberation rent the ground, and the store of gunpowder garnered in the city maga- zine passed irot of existence. As the eye ranged back- wards along the James River, several -bright jets of flame in the region of Pearl and Cary streets augured the breaking forth of that terrible- conflagration which subsequently swept across the heart of the city. As the train moved off from the Fredericksburg depot about six o'clock I parted with Mr. Conolly, the member for Donegal, who had passed a month in Richmond, and was upon the eventful morning still undecided whether to follow General Lee's army or to strike northwards like myself. About half an hour after my departure General Breckenridge, one of the last passengers who traversed the already blaring railroad bridge over the James River, started to join his colleagues. About two hours after my eyes rested for the last time upon the dingy old capitol, under whose shadow I have passed so many hours, the Stars and Stripes floated in triumph from its rebellious roof. The scene which upon that Monday morning greeted the incoming Federals will not soon, I imagine, be obliterated from their memory. Upon the edge of the roaring crackling flames, larcenous negroes, with Irishwomen, in a word, all the dangerous people of Richmond (many of them infuriated and made reck- less by whisky, of which hundreds of the barn-els had been emptied into the streets), danced, and dived into cellars and into the open and undefended doors of ware- houses, plying their search after plunder, with the howls of demoniacs. Thousands of hogsheads of tobacoe, and among them, I believe, the warehouses which contained the French tobacco, which has so long been a subject of diplomatic discussion between Mr. Seward, Mr. Benjamin, and the Emperor's Government, added to the volume of the flames. Never might Prospero's words, Hell is empty, and all the devils are here," have been more appositely spoken. It was a scene unparalleled, I believe, even among the ghastly revelations of this war.
ASSASSINATION OF PRE-II SIDENT…
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ASSASSINATION OF PRE-II SIDENT LINCOLN. OFFICIAL REPORT. ) The following official telegram from Mr. Secretary Stanton has been received by the United States Legation in London (Via GREENCASTLE, per NOVA SCOTIAN.) Sir,—It has become my distressing duty to announce to you that last night his Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, was assassinated, about the hour of half-past ten o'clock, in his private box at Ford's Theatre, in the city. The President, about 8 o'clock, accompanied Mrs. Lincoln to the theatre. Ano- ther lady and gentleman were with them in the box. About half-past 10, during a pause in the performance, the assassin entered the box, the door of which was un- guarded, hastily approached the President from behind, and discharged a pistol at his head. The bullet entered the back of his head and peuetrated nearly through. The assassin then leaped from the box upon the stage, brandishing a large knife or dagger, and exclaiming 'Sic temper tyrannis and escaped in the rear of the theatre. Immediately upon the discharge, the President fell to the floor insensible, and continued in that state until 20 minutes past 7 o'clock in the morning, when he breathed his last. About the same time the murder was being committed at the theatre, another assassin presented himself at the door of Mr. Seward's residence, gained admission by representing that he had a prescrip- tion from Mr. Seward's physician, which he was directed to see administered, and hurried up to the third story chamber, where Mr. Seward was lying. He here disco- vered Mr. Frederick Seward, struck him over the head, inflicting several wounds, and fracturing the skull in two places, inflicting, it is feared, mortal wounds. He then rushed into the room where Mr. Seward was in bed, attended by a young daughter and a male nurse. The male attendant was stabbed through the lungs, and it is believed will die. The assassin then struck Mr. Se- ward with a knife 'or dagger twice in the throat and twice in the face, inflicting terrible wounds. By this time Major Seward, eldest son of the Secretary, and another attendant, reached the room, and rushed to the rescue of the Secretary; they were also wounded in the con- flict, and the assassin escaped. No artery or important blood vessel was severed by any of the wounds inflicted upon him, but he was for a long time insensible from the loss of blood. Some hope of his possible recovery is entertained. Immediately upon the death of the Pre- sident, notice was given to Vice-President Johnson, who happened to be in the city, and upon whom the office of President now devolves. He will take the office, and assume the functions of President to-day. The murderer of the President has been discovered, and evidence ob- tained that these horrible crimes were committed in ex. ecution of a conspiracy deliberately planned and set on foot by rebels under pretence of avenging the South and aiding the rebel cause but it is hoped that the imme- diate perpetrators will be caught. The feeling occasion- ed by these atrocious crimes is so great, sudden, and overwhelming, that I cannot at present do more than communicate them to you. At the earliest moment yesterday, the late President called a Cabinet meeting, at which General Grant was present. He was more cheerful and happy than I had ever seen him, rejoiced at the near prospect of firm and durable peace at home and abroad, manifested in a marked degree the kindness and humanity of his disposition, and the tender and for- giving spirit that so eminently distinguished him. Pub- lic notice bad been given that he and Gen. Grant would be present at the theatre, and the opportunity of adding the Lieutenant-General to the number of victims to be murdered was no doubt seized for the fitting occa- sion of executing the plans that appear to have been iu preparation for some weeks, but General Grant was com- pelled to be absent, and thus escaped the designs upon him. It is needless for me to say anything in regard of the influence which this atrocious murder of the Presi- dent may exercise upon the affairs of this country; but I will only add that, horrible as are the atrocities that have been resorted to by the enemies of the country, they are not likely in any degree to impair the public spirit or postpone the complete and final overthrow of the rebellion. In profound grief for the events which it has become my duty to communicate to you, I have the honour to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON." (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) I (FROM OUR OWN [Times] CORRESPONDENT.) I (PER THE NOVA SCOTIAN, VIA GREENCASTLE, APRIL 26.) NEW YORK, April 15, 11 a.m. President Lincoln is dead. He was shot through the head while at Ford's Theatre, at Washington, shortly before 11 o'clock last evening, and died at 22 minutes after 7 this morning. The assassin procured admission to the President's private box on the pretence of being the bearer of de- spatches from General Grant, and deliberately shot him from behind with a common one-barrel pistol. He jumped from the box to the stage, flourishing a dagger, and exclaimed, Sic semper tyranis He then made his escape through the back entrances to the stage, and got off before anyone had presence of mind to pur- sue him. About the same time, an attempt was made to assas- sinate Mr. Seward by a man who appeared at the house of the Secretary, and demanded to be shewn to his room, under pretence of giving personal instructions re- specting the use of some medicine of which he was the bearer. Upon being refused, he thrust the doorkeeper aside, and proceeded to Mr. Seward's chamber, at ihe door of which he met Mr. Frederick Seward, whom he felled with a blow from a bludgeon. He then entered the chamber, knocked down Major Seward and two at- tendants, and stabbed the Secretary several times in the breast, neck. and face, and escaped. The physicians assert that the wounds are not neces- sarily fatal, but in consequence of Mr. Seward's previous weak condition, from the results of his accident, it is not expected he can recover. Mr. Frederick Seward's skull is badly fractured, and one of the attendants is believed to be fatally injured. An actor, named J. Wilkes Booth, together with his horse, has disappeared from his home, and is supposed to be the assassin of the President. A letter found in his trunk makes it evident that the assassination was planned previous to the 4th of March, but was not carried into effect owing to the faintheartedness of the accomplice, who is supposed to have made the attack upon Mr. Seward. The calamity has excited intense indignation and hor- ror in this city. Business is almost wholly suspended. ONE O'CLOCK. General Anger, Military Commandant atWashington, has offered a reward of 10,000 dollars for the apprehen- sion of the assassin. Booth, the supposed assassin of President Lincoln, has been arrested. Secretary Seward's condition is un- changed that of his son Frederick is critical. Vice-President Johnson received the oath of office as President of the United States from Mr. Chase at eleven o'clock. He simply said, "The duties are mine; I will perform them, trusting in God." There have been private gales of gold at 155 to 160. APRIL 14TH. Mr. Stanton announces that, after mature considera- tion and consultation with General Grant upon the re- sults of the recent campaign, the Department has decid- ed to order the immediate stoppage of all draughting and recruiting, the curtailment of purchases ,of arms and other war materiel, the reduction of General and Staff officers to the actual necessities of the army, and to re- move all military restrictions upon trade and commerce, so far as may be consistent with public safety. General Grant arrived in Washington yesterday, and re-occupied his head-quarters there. He is asserted to have assured Mr. Stanton that the military expenses can be imme- diately reduced to the extent of 1,000,000 dol. per diem without infringing upon necessary efficiency. Reports of General Lee's movements are contradic- tory; one states that he has gone to consult with Gene- ral Johnston another that he is en route for Weldon, North Carolina; while a third declares that he is adjust- ing his affairs at Richmond, preparatory to au immediate departure with his family for Europe. The Tribune's correspondent with the Potomac Army writes that the army of Northern Virginia at the time negotiations for its surrender were pending was estima- ted to number upwards of 30,000 men, but that the prisoners actually on parole will not exceed 8,000 the remainder, he states, on the authority of Confederates, upon learning that their surrender was meditated, immediately left the ranks, most of them with the determination to join General Johnston, in North Carolina. The Navy Department has decided to dispense with the services of the strikers in the Brooklyn Navy-yard. They hive, consequently, been discharged. The leading citizens of Richmond and many members of the Confederate Legislature of Virginia, on the 11th, with the concurrence of General Weitzel, summoned a meeting to consider what steps could be taken to restore peace to the State. Upon the project being made known to Mr. Stanton he prohibited the meeting, aud removed General Weitzel from command. This being Good Friday, there has been no meeting of the Stock or Gold Boards. Prices on the street were-gold, 146. Exchange, 109i, in gold. United States' Sixes, 1881, Coupons, 10Si; Five- Twenties, Coupons, 107 Ten-Forties, Coupons, 93. New York Central, 101i Erie, 70; Illinois Cen- tral, 114. Cotton, 33c. Breadituffd unsettled, and irregular. Provisions firmer. Coffee quiet. Sugars improved. (RKUTER'S TELEGRAPH.) (PER THE NOVA SCOTIAN.) New York, April 15, noon.—Wilkes Booth, the assas- sin of President Lincoln, is the brother of Edwin Booth, and is known as a rabid Secessionist. According to the latest reports he has been arrested, and Mr. Frederick Seward is dead. General Sherman moved in three columns from Golds- borough on the 9th inst. Johnston evacuated Raleigh, and moved west of the town, leaving .it in possession of Hampton's cavalry. Johnston is reported to have gone to Greensborough. Mobile papers of the 4th inst. confirm the capture of Selma, Alabama, with 23 guns and a large amount of property. The Federals opened a furious fire on the defences of Mobile on the 4th, exploding a magazine in Spanish Fort. The amount of damage done is unknown. The siege continues. Two tin-clad gunboats have been destroyed by torpedoes. Thomas, with a large force, is expected on the north side of Mobile. Wilson's cavalry is overrunning Alabama, and is also moving towards Mobile. It is rumoured that Mr. Adams will be re-called rom London to take charge of the State Depart- fment. President Davis issued a proclamation, dated Dan- ville, April 6, announcing his purpose to continue the war and never submit to the abandonment of one State of the Confederacy. The proclamation was issued some days before Lee's surrender. It is said that the Governor of North Carolina will shortly convoke the Legislature to repeal the Secession Ordinance, and restore the State to the Union. Business is almost entirely suspended on account of Lincoln's assassination. The Stock and Gold Boards will not meet to-day. Gold is selling in the streets at 151J. 1 p m.—Andrew Johnson was sworn in as President by Chief Justice Chase at 11 o'clock this morning. Secretary M'Culloch, Attorney-General Speed, and others were present. Johnston said, The duties are at present mine. I shall perform them. The consequences are with God. Gentlemen, I shall lean upon you. I feel'I shall need your support. I am deeply impressed with the solem- nity of the occasion and the responsibility of the duties of the office I am assuming." Johnson appeared remarkably well, and his manner created a very favourable impression. The whole of New York is draped in black, and there is general mourning throughout the country.
THE ROAD MURDER.
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THE ROAD MURDER. CONFESSION OF THE MURDER, BY MISS CONSTANCE KENT. At Bow-street police court, on Tuesday, towards the close of the sitting, information was received by the chief magistrate that Miss Constance Emilia Kent had resolved to give herself up for the murder of Francis reso l ved to give hi, Saville Kent, at Road, in 1860, and was on her way from Brighton for that purpose. She afterwards at- tended, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Wagner, perpetu- al curate of St. Paul's Church, Brighton. In reply to Sir Thomas Henry, Miss Kent stated that she made her statement and gave her evidence of her own free will, and without any inducement from any person. The statement, which was in writing, was read over by Mr. Barnaby, chief clerk. It was 'as follows:- il 1, Constance Emily Kent, alone and unaided, on the 29th of June, 1860, murdered, at Road Hill House, Wiltshire, one Francis Saville Kent. Before the deed no one knew of my intention, nor after it of my guilt. No one assisted me in the crime or in the evasion of discovery." The Rev. Mr. Wagner stated that the prisoner was an inmate of St. Mary's Home, a religious house attached to St. Mary's Churoh, at Brighton. He had not even suggested the confession to her. Sir Thomas Henry committed her in charge of In- spector Williamson to be brought before the magistrates at Salisbury. Trowbridge, Wednesday, April 26. This afternoon, Miss Constance Emilie Kent was brought up before the magistrates sitting in petty ses- sions, charged on her own confession with the wilful murder of her step-brother, Francis Saville Kent, on the 29th of June, 1860. The magistrates present were Messrs. H. G. G. Lud- low, C. F. D. Killard, J. H. Webb, John B. Stancombe, and Thomas Clarke, Captain Meredith, the Chief Con- stable, and Superintendent Harris, of the county police, were also present. The prisoner was undefended. The business was delayed for some time in conse- quence of the absence of the Rev. Arthur Douglas Wag- ner (of Brighton) and upon his arrival the prisoner was brought into court. She was accompanied by Miss Green, the Lady Superior of the Home or Hospital of St. Mary's, and in charge of Inspector Frederick A. Wil- liamson and Sergeant Thomas, of the Metropolitan De- tective Police Force, Scotland-yard. Miss Kent was dressed in deep mourning, and wore a thick veil, but she looked very much flushed on entering the justice. room, and this was increased upon her taking her place at the bar, where every person in a most densely- crowded court had an opportunity of gazing at her. Se- veral ladies were accommodated with seats on the bench, and during the progress of the inquiry they watched with eager anxiety every particle of the very small amount of evidence which was adduced. It may be stated that Inspector Williamson and Ser- geant Thomas took charge of Miss Kent after the exam- ination at Bow-street, and conveyed her to the Padding- ton Station of the Great Western Railway, whence they proceeded by the 8 10 p.m. train to Chippenham, From Chippenham they went in a post-chaise to Trowbridge, a distance of 15 miles, and during the entire journey Miss Kent did not say a word. Miss Green, the Lady Superior of St. Mary's Hospital at Brighton, was with them, and on Miss Kent being taken to the police-sta- tion at Trowbridge, Miss Green applied to be allowed to remain with her during the night. This was refused, and Miss Kent was committed to the care of Mrs. Har- ris, the wife of the inspector on duty, who behaved with the greatest possible kindness to her. The prisoner was placed at the bar this morning. The Chairman, addressing, her said-You are brought on a warrant from Bow-street, where you appeared yesterday, and the evidence then taken will be read to you. ?° The warrant, however, on which she appeared was in the first instance, formally produced. It was as fol- lows Police Court, Bow-street, Metropolitan Police Dis? trict to wit.-To all and every the Constables of the Metropolitan Police Force.   EmiUeKenthaththisda?u charged before the undersigned, one of the ma^strates of the police courts of the metropolis, siting ?t the po. lice court, Bow-street, in the county of Mid.dtese? and within the Metropolitan ^CE Distnc^ for that, on the 29th day of June, in the year of our LoT4 1$ft ? did feloniously, wilfully, and of naOioe storegmqb4kM and murder one Francis Saville Kent, at Boad-hill-boirae, in the county of Wilts, and whereas I hove taken the de- positions of the Itev. Arthur Douglas Wagrier, a witness examined by me in this behalf, but inasmuch as I am iuformed that the principal witnesses to prove the said offence against the said Constance Emilie Kent reside in the County of Wilts, where the said offence is alleged to have been committed, these are therefore in her Majesty's name, to command you or one of you, the said constables forthwith to take and convey the said Constance Emilie Kent to the said county of Wilts, and there carry her before some justices of the peace for that county, and near unto the parish where the offence is alleged to have been committed, to answer further to the same charge before him or them, and to be further dealt with ac- cording to law. And I hereby further command you, the said constable, to deliver to the said justice or jus- tices the information in this behalf, and also the deposi- tion of the Rev. Arthur Douglas Wagner now given into your possession for that purpose, together with this precept. Given under my hand and seal, this 25th day of April, A.D. 1865, at the police-court, Bow-street, afore- said THOMAS HENRY, Chief Magistrate." Mr. H. Clarke, the Clerk to the Magistrates, then read to the Rev. I A. D. Wagner, who was present, the following statement:— -1 The Rev. Arthur Douglas Wagner, clerk in holy orders, on his oath saith as follows: I am perpetual curate to St. Paul's Church, Brighton. [ have known Constance Kent about 21 months. She was introduced to me for the purpose of being admitted into St. Mary's Hospital at Brighton, which is connected with St. Paul's Church, and she came there about that time, and has resided there ever since. I have not in any way induced her to make any confession to me, and to the best of my belief the confession she has made has been entirely by her free will. About a fortnight ago it first came to my knowledge, and it was entirely her own proposition, that she wished to confess and give herself up, and it was her own proposition to come to London for that purpose. She stated to me, or in words to this effect, that she had alone and unaided, on the the night of the 29th of June, J860, murdered, at Road- hill-house, Wiltshire, one Francis Saville Kent. I have never said anything to Constance Kent to persuade her to confess, nor have I said anything to dissuade her from doing so, but I have been perfectly passive in the matter feeling that she was doing the right thing. It is entire- ly her own free act. She thought of it herself without my suggesting it to her. A. D. WAGNER.' The Chairman (to Mr. Wagner).—Is that true Mr. Wagner.—Yes. The Chairman (to Miss Kent).—Have you any ques- tion to ask the witness ? Miss Kent.—No, Sir, I have not. The Chairman (to Mr. Wagner).—You may retire. The Clerk to the Magistrates (to Miss Kent).—I will now read over the statement ,{hich you made to the magistrate at Bow-street. It is this I, Constance Emilie Kent, alone and unaided, on the night of the 29th of June, 1860, murdered, at Road- hill-house, Wiltshire, one Francis Saville Kent. Before the deed no one knew of my intention, nor after it of my guilt. No one assisted me in the crime, nor in my evasion of discovery." Mr. Frederick Adolphus Williamson, who was then called, said,—I am an Inspector of the Metropolitan De- tective Force. Yesterday afternoon, the 25th of April, I went to Bow-street, Police-station, where I found the prisoner. She was undergoing an examination before Sir Thomas Henry, the chief magistrate, and this paper (the confession) was handed to me. (During the reading of this confession the prisoner burst into tears, —the first time she had exhibited any emotion.) The prisoner was handed to my custody at Bow-street, and I conveyed her down here last night to Trowbridge. The Clerk.—That is all the evidence that can be ad- duced in the case to-day. The Chairman Miss Kent, you will now stand re- manded on this charge until to-morrow week, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Until that time you will be taken care of in the County Gaol at Devizes. The prisoner then left the court in the custody of In- spector Williamson and Sergeant Thomas, and was con- veyed to Devizes, Miss Green being allowed to accom- pany her. It was expected that Mr. Kent, the father of the prisoner, would be present, but he did not. appear. The town was thronged with people during the morn- ing, in the hope that they might be able to catch a glimpse of the prisoner. The following account of the murder appeared at the time the dreadful deed was perpetrated :-Mr. S. S. Kent, factory inspector, lives in a retired house, standing in its own grounds, at Road, four miles from Frome. On Saturday morning, about seven o'clock, it was found that one of his sons, four years of age, was missing from his cot in the nurse's room, in which he usually slept, and after an hour's search, his body was found stuffed down the seat of a privy, the throat being cut from ear to ear, and a large stab being apparent in the region of the heart, evidently inflicted after death. It was wrap- ped in a blanket belonging to its bed, and appeared to have been killed while still asleep. The perpetrator is as yet undiscovered. It is evident that the guilty per- son or persons must have been in the house over night, for all the fastenings were untouched, as they had been left the previous night, when examined by Mr. Kent, with the exception of the drawing-room window, open- ing into the lawn; this was found partially open, and the shutters unfastened, but no violence had been used either there or at the drawing-room door, which was locked at night on the outside. The wounds were ap- parently inflicted with a large table knife, but no such weapon nor any clothes stained with blood have been found. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Kent and seven children, three girls and one boy being children by the first wife, and two girls and the deceased by the present Mrs. Kent. Nearly three years :ago, the two youngest children by the first wife—Constance and Wil- liam—conceiving themselves to be ill-treated, started off, both dressed in boys' clothes, and were not found for two days; they have now just returned from school. It seems almost incredible that the child could have been abstracted from the nursemaid's room without her knowledge, but not the slightest suspicion attaches to her. At the inquest, the nursemaid out of whose room the deceased was abstracted, the housemaid who exa- mined the drawing room fastenings the night before the murder, and found them undone, and the persons who discovered the dead body in the water closet were exa- mined, but no fresh facts of any kind were elicited, and the barbarous affair still remains in inexplicable obscu- rity. Constance and William Kent, and half-brother and half-sister to the deceased, also were examined, but no new information was gained. The superintendents of police from Frome, Trowbridge, and Devizes, and the chief constable of the Wilts force, were in attendance. After a five hours' inquiry, the jury returned a verdict of Wilful murder against some person or per- sons unknown." At the investigation held before the magistrates soon after the crime was committed, Miss Constance Kent, a half-sister of the deceased child, was brought up in cus- todc of Inspector Whicher, of the metropolitan detective force. She walked with a firm step from her father's house to the hall where the magistrates were sitting. She was bathed in tears, and sat with her eyes fixed on the ground during the inquiry The Inspector, on being examined, said-From my examination of the premises the scene of the murder, from inquiries and information received, I have reason to believe that the murder was perpetrated by an inmate of the house, and I suspect that Miss Constame Kent is implicated in the crime. I sent for Constance Kent on Monday last to her bedroom, having previously examin- ed her drawers and found a list of her linen which I now produce, in which were enumerated, among other things, three night dresses as belonging to her. I said to her, "Is this a list of your linen ?" She replied, Yes." I said, "In whose writing is it 1" She said, "It is my own writing." I said, "Here are three night dresses where are they ?" She said, "I have two; the other was lost at the wash the week after the murder." She then brought me the two which I now produce. I also saw a night dress and cap on her bed, and asked whose they were. She said, They are my sister's." The two she brought me had been worn. This after- noon I again proceeded to the house and sent for the prisoner into the dining room. I said, I am a police- officer, and hold a warrant for your apprehension, charg- ing you with the murder of your brother Francis Saville Kent, which I will read to you." I then read the war- rant to her, and she. commenced crying, and said, "I am innocent," which she repeated several times. I then ac- companied her to her bedroom, where she put on her bonnet and mantle, and I brought her to this place. She made no further statement to me. Miss Constance Kent maintained a dogged silence throughout the inquiry, and, after an investigation which continued over several days, she was set at liberty, nothing conclusive having been proved against her: Two medical men, acquainted with her temperament, gave it as their opinion at the time that in a fit of men- tal aberration she might have committed the offence with which, she stood charged.
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RUTHIN. I COUNTY HALL PETTY SESSIONS,—Monday, April 24, Before G. Roberta, Esqj., R. F. Birch, Esq., and Rev. D. Roberts. Evan Jones, Ty Jlawrj Llaabedr, was summoned for wing a cart without having his- name painted on it. Defendant DII. na flaw. but cautioned to remedy the evil without delay, by having his name properly painted on the cart. A m. Jones was fined Is., and'8s. oosts for ridflv iia cart without reins, on the 28th ult. Harriet Bdanrds, Llanferras, v. Wm. WiUiamt.—An Affiliation case.—Mr. Louis appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Eyton for defendant. A host of witnesses, (10 or 12) were examined on be- half of complainant, but none of them, Mr. Eyton con- tended, gave a tittle of corroborative evidence. He depre- cated the manner in which the complainant's case had been conducted, and complained of gross irregularity, owing to one of the witnesses for the defence having been examined out of Court by Mr. Louis's Clerk. I Mr. Louis replied, and said he felt confident his case was right, and that of the learned gentleman for the da- fence, wrong from beginning to end. An order for 2s. per week, with the usual costs, was made. Mrs. Mary Ann Roberts (awidow) v. Wm. Tones, Wem Ltanarmon.-Anoeher Affiliation Case.—Mr. Louis for complainant, and Mr. Eyton for defendant. An order for Is. a week with costs was granted. BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The first meeting of the new board was held on Monday last. Present-Revs. D. Roberts, William Williams, Llanychan, J. C. D,tvies, Derwen, and J. O. Jones, Llangwyfan; R. F. Birch, Esq.; Thomas Wil- liams, Esq., Llangynhafal; John Jenkins, Esq.; Messrs. W.Chaloner, J. J. Bancroft, J. Davies, J. Jones, H. Gran- tham, H. Hughes, &c. The new guardians are-T. Williams, Esq., R. G. Ellis, Esq., Mr. Edward Humphreys, Gyffylliog, and Mr. Jas. Owens, Llanferras. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN. The Clerk took the chair, and said the first business was to elect a chairman. Mr. Jones, Oaklands, enquired if Mr. James Maurice would act for another year. Rev. D. Roberts answered in the affirmative. Rev. Wm. Williams-Then I beg to propose the re- election of our old friend Mr. Maurice. He has filled the office for many years to the satisfaction of the guar. dians generally. (Applause.) Mr. Birch seconded the motion, and it was carried un- animously. The Clerk read a letter from Mr. Maurice regretting his inability to attend this meeting. He had intended to be present to express his thanks to the Board for the support he had obtained in the chair during the past year. ELECTION OF VICE-CHAIRMEN. • Mr. Jones, Oaklauds, asked if Mr. Peers would attend this Board. liev. D. Roberts said he would not, as he was not a guardian. This statement created much surprise in the Board. The Rev. D. Roberts, Mr. Jenkins, and others, spoke in the highest terms of praise of Mr. Peers, and said the Board could not afford to loose his services. The Clerk explained that two guardians were required for Llanfwrog, but through a mistake only one had been nominated—consequently Mr. Peers was thrown out. Had the parish not nominated at all, the two guardians in office last year could have continued in office for the ensuing year. The Clerk further stated that he had written to the Poor Law Board, by the direction of the guardians at their last meeting, requesting them to issue an order for the election of another guardian for Llan- fwrog, with a view of securing the re-election of Mr. Peers. (Hear, hear.) Mr. John Davies proposed that the Rev. D. Roberta be re-elected vice-chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. Jenkins, having seconded the motion, it was car- ried nem. con. Mr. Jenkins agreed to be elected a vice-chairman pro. tem., and to retire in favour of Mr. Peers when he should enter the Board. On the motion of Mr. Jones, Oaklands, a vote of thanks was cordially accorded to the chairman and vice- chairmen for their kind and valuable services during the past year. The Clerk then left the chair, which was afterwards taken by the Rev. D. Roberts. The usual committees were appointed, and the ordi- nary business of the Board proceeded with. THE STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE. Mr. Doyle, the Poor Law Inspector, visited the Workhouse on the 15th instant, and reported in the Visitors' Book as follows I have inspected the Work- house, This is my first visit since the appointment of the present master and matron. They appear to be careful and painstaking in the discharge of their duties. I did not hear of any complaint amongst the inmates, who appear to be properly and kindly treated. The wards, yards, and offices are clean and in proper order- except that the beds in one of the wards were not in quite as good order as they might be. Upon the whole I shall be able to report to the Poor Law Board very favourably of the state of this Workhouse. The wood- work requires to be painted." Number of paupers in the Workhouse on Monday, 85; corresponding period last year, 87. Vagrants re- lieved by the master since last Board day, 23. MAINTAINANCE OF PAUPERS. The Chairman read a return shewing the average cost of the maintainance of paupers in the various neighbour- ing Unions. St. Asaph appeared at Is. 4d. per head; Wrexham, Is. 5d. do.; and Ruthin, la. lOd. do. The Chairman said he accounted for the increase in the Ruthin Union from the fact that very few children were included in the relief lists—the great majority of the paupers being old people.
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The Empress of the French has accepted the title of patroness of the Central Society for the Protection of Shipwrecked Sailors, recently founded at Paris. It is stated that the Emperor of the French will take advantage of his visit to Algeria to try the arsenical sulphureous baths of Constantine. The Submarine electric cable between Helsingborg and Denmark has been broken by the ice. Lhe naviga- tion at Gottenborg is again open, and four steamers have already arrived in that port. Notwithstanding the recent nominal abolition of the traffic in Circassian slaves in Turkey, the infamous trade is vigorously carried on. A botch of 70 Circassian girls were a few day since rescued as they were about to be embarked for Alexandria. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homosopathic Practitioners, and the Medical Profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country, there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate ma- chinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use, Epps's cocoa is distinguished as an invigorating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious aroma. Dr. Has sail, in his work Food and its Adulterations," says:— Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritions principles every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again, As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Directions -Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a break- fast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined i-tb., J-tb., and 1.Th. labelled packets, and sold at Is. Cd. per lb., by grocers, confectioners, and chemists. It is well known that the Teas imported from China for consumption in this country are artificially coloured, to impart a fictitious appearance of value. This is so gene- rally known that Companies have been formed for the sale of uncoloured Teas—a process not dfficult to accom- plish, by means of steam tube and drying pan, thus ren- dering a uniformity of colour and nature never yet arrived at. This is to be avoided by purchasing Himalaya Tea, which is strong and invigorating, being free from the poisonous colour put on China Tea. Sold only in packets at 3s. 4d., 4s., and 4s. 4d. per lb. A list of local agents are in our advertising columns. INTERESTING TO LADIES.—At this season of the year, the important process of bleaching and dressing Laces and Linens for Spring and Summer wear commences, we would particularly call the attention of our fair read. ers to the Glenfield Starch, an artiele of primary im- portance in the gettiug up of these articles. The Glen- field Starch is specially manufactured for family use, and such is its excellence that it is now exclusively used in the Royal Laundry, and Her Majesty's Laundress pronounces it to be the finest Starch she ever used. Her Majesty's Lace Dresser says it is the best she has tried, and it was awarded two Prize Medals for its supe- riority. The manufacturers have much pleasure in sta- ting that they have been appointed Starch Purveyors to H. R. II. the Princess of Wales. The Glenfield Starch is sold in packets only, by all Grocers, Chandlers &c., &C. REMARKABLE EFFICACY IN CONSUMPTION OF DEt. D8 JONGH'S LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL.-The following communication f roni Allen G. Chattaway, Esq., Surgeon, of Leominster, testifies to the unequalled efficacy of this celebrated Oil in the euro of consumption "Having for some years extensively used Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil, both in public and private practice, I have no hesitation in stating that its effects are very farsuperior to those of any other Cod Liver OiL Nearly four years since, two cases of confirmed consumption were placed under my care. In both, the lungs were a mass of tuber- cular deposit, and every possible sound to be heard in phthisis was present. The sole remedy employed was Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liyer Oil; and now (1860) the patients aie strong and fat; the diseased (abnormal) soundsnearly inaudible and in one case (male) hunting, fishing and shooting, are freely indulged in, the patient expressing himself quite capable of undergoing as much fatigue as any of his fellow-sportsmen." Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in eapauled imperial half pints, 2s. 6d. pints, 4s. 9d. quarts, 98. by his sole consignees, Ansar, Harford, and Co., 77, London; and Dy respectable chemists.