& run to meet ther Comrades - with the glad news that "Booth is killed"  Booth was shot in Maryland by a soldier in the back of the head" & all kind of expressions of satisfaction some regreted that he had been killed so sudenly - that he should have been kept & tortured - But we should not alow passion to rule us in such matters - It is our duty to act as instruments of Justice.  Vengence is not ours.  I give you these items to show the feeling among the brave boys who have for years bared their bosoms to danger for the sake of the principles of our Government. 
The feeling in the army is teribly intense against the perpetrators of the horrid crime & their sympathisers every where - I do not believe that the prople in the South or the Rebel soldiers are more guilty than the K G C's & other organizations in the North - Be this all as it may Our Government Still lives - to bless its enemies with its friends - We have great faith in President Johnson - notwithstanding - he is said to have been been drunk at his inaguration.  Grant was said to have been drunk at Ft Donaldson & Sherman to have been crazy long ago.  They have each done very well ever since - Except Shermans last act of clemency to Johnson - We cannot yet understand it & hope that there may be something behind the scenes that may exculpate him from censure - A few day since Gen Dick Taylor sent in word to Gen Canby that he would surrender his Army on the same terms
