[Untitled], April 22, 1865

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Major General Dix, New York:

In a despatch dated at Mobile, five o’clock p. m., April 24, Major General Canby reports as follows.

“We find in Mobile and its defences, on the west side of the bay, over one hundred and fifty guns, and a very large amount of ammunition and supplies of all kinds and about one thousand prisoners. Inventories are now being taken, and a detailed report will be forwarded as soon as they are completed. The quantity of cotton will probably reach thirty thousand bales, and there is a large amount of provisions and forage.”

Major General Hancock reports that nearly all of Mosby’s command have surrendered, including nearly or quite all of the officers, except Mosby himself. Some of Mosby’s own men are hunting him, for a reward of two thousand dollars, offered for him by General Hancock, who has heen directed to establish his headquarters at Washington.

The counties of Prince George, Charles, and St. Mary’s, Maryland have during the whole war been noted for hostillity to the governmental its protection to rebel blockade-runners, rebel spies, and every species of public enemy. The murderers of the President harbored there before the murder, and Booth fled in that direction. If he escapes, it will be owing to rebel accomplices in that region. The military commander of the department “will speedily take measures to bring the rebel sympathizers and accomplices in murder to a sense of their criminal conduct.