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TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1885.
THE OBSEQUIES OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLS.
The obsequies of the late lamented Chief
Magistrate will take place at the Executive
Mansion, in Washington, at 12 o’clock
noon on Wednesday.
It is needless for us to say that in the
profound feeling of sadness which has
overspread the nation every place of busi
ness or amusement in Philadelphia will
be closed on this day.
We ought to show externally, as we re
cognize in our hearts, the affliction which
it has been thought fit by a wise and far
seeing God to bring upon ns.
Humility and sorrow are the appropriate
feelings upon this occasion. >
If truly and deeply felt, they may induce
that Merciful Providence which has so
wonderfully sustained us in our time of.
grievous toil and self-.denying effort, to pro-
long the support which #Me ttnM the
— —ptesgnt period giv£n us, and crown our
arms with a success as thorough and com
plete as there is at present every prospect
that it assuredly and certainly will’be.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
Washington, April 17,j1860.
To. gratify, not an idle curiosity, but to
promote the good of our common country,
and to see how the people if tl\e rebel
capital received the fact that the authority
of the Government was as irrevocably
fixed as the doom of the Conspiracy
against Civilization, Beligion, and Free
dom, I left Baltimore for Bichmond, on
the steamer Louisiana, on Thursday after
noon, the 13ih of April. President Lin
coln, hearing of my intention, sent me a
kind and generous letter- to General
Grant; and I started to gather such in
formation as might he useful to the pub
lic that I frequently address through
the Washington Qhronide and the
Philadelphia Press. This is neither the
titue nor the place to use the vast mass of
material I collected in a single day’s ob
servation on the way to Bichmond, and in :
that beautiful bat devastated city. Ano
ther occasion must serve for the recital of
what, in the presence of the awful crime
before which the whole Continent shud
ders, would be the most sinful trifling.
On Saturday afternoon, standing at the
comer of the Spottswood House, iu Bich
mond, I was confidentially informed that
President Lincoln and Mr. Seward had
been assassinated on the Friday’evening
previous. The message had come, so my
informant said, in such a way as to
make it seem creditable, but I rejected
the idea as too monstrous for belief, and
Charged it to the malignity of same reckless
deserter, or the desire for turbulence on
the part of some discharged rebel tele
grapher, who had used the common expe
dient of communicating false news over
the wires. Eo I kept my dreadful secret
for some hours, and waited impatiently
for the confirmation. As the dull, heavy
minutes wore on, amid the gossip of the
hotel, the clatter of the cavalry in the streets,
the maTchof the armed patrol, and the omi
nous sobbing of the wind, and the fall of
the cheerless rain, I felt as I had never felt
before., I had heard so much, and in a
short time had witnessed so much, of the
indescribable cruelties of the leaders of the
rebellion, and the sufferings of their de
luded followers; and also had heard of
and witnessed so many proofs of the kind
ness, gentleness, and magnanimity of our
good President, that the more I can
vShßed the mere possibility of such a tra
gedy the more incredulous I became. At
last I consulted a friend, who, equally
amazed at the statement, was equally,
indignant in denying its truth. And
although it was long past midnight,
and far into the sleepless morning,
“' before the frightful calamity began
to assume an unquestionable shape, It
whs not until we had taken the extra
train at 7 A. M., for City Point, via Peters
burg, that I yielded to the overwhelming
sorrow that it would be confirmed. The
blue-coated guard at one of the stations, to
whom I handed a newspaper, told us of it,
■with “wet eyes,” and with the muttered
remark, “there will be trouble here
abouts.” Reaching City Point, when we
took the boat for Fortress Monroe and
Washington, we gathered a few mea
gre details, andwfinally, on our mourn
ful homeward way, met the down
going steamer with an enormous pla
card on its wheel-house, announcing
that President Imcoln had been assassi.
nated. Oh, dark and dismal Sunday!
What loyal man or woman on that crowded
vessel will ever forget it ? But it was not
until we got to Alexandria and Washing
ton that we heard the dreadful sequel in
all its hideousness. The death of the
President and the fiendish and hellish as
sault upon Mr. Seward and his family, and
the rumors of a concerted movement
to slay other patriotic citizens, filled
up a picture so revolting and so black
as to lead to the fear that we were
in the midst of a wild and horrid dream.
While it is natural that this unspeakable
outrage should arouse the resentment of
the American people, and of every civilized
nation, justice requires it should be
said that there are thousands in the South
ern States who have heard of it. with undis
sembled horror. It is equally right to say
that in what I saw of the people of Rich
mond I saw little but grief and desponden
cy. There was no defiance ; and the
abounding manifestations of poverty, des
titution, and exhaustion, were weir calcu
lated to inspire pity. Late on Saturday
night I met a leading and influential citi
zen, and asked him what he would think of
the news of the assassination of Pre
sident Lincoln by one of the.friends
of the Rebellion f
a terrified look, “ Can you believe
that any human being would take from us
our best friendt" I forbear naming this
gentleman, hut in a long conversation with
Mm in the morning he was so free in the
communication of his views, and spoke
With so much authority from his high posi
tion, that Ido not doubt his sincerity. He
earnestly approved the revocation of the
order consenting to the reasembhng
of the rebel Legislature. “We were
forced into this war in the South by
inert who demanded the right of the States
to secede, and the protection and perpetua
tion of human slavery. Now both these
demands are decided against ns—both
are dead forever, and we are ready for
any terms Mr. Linoola may propose.”
Such was Ms language, spoken not alone in
my presence, hut before others. The
assassins that slew the illustrious sage who
now sleeps in death in the Presidential
mansion, and attempted the life of the great
publicist upon whom only less depended
than npon the-existence of the CMef Magis
trate Mmself, these demons never dreamed
that they were the unconscious instru
ments in pressing the speedy punishment
of the' rebel leaders, and the complete ex
tinction of the rebellion. And if Mr.
Lincoln’s mercy and forgiveness are to be
followed by a sterner policy, it will be
because of the necessity flowing from the
new perils of the Republic. The good men
•of the South will not suffer in such a con
tingency. Andrew Johnson is Mmself a
Southern man. He is not, it is true, a des
■pot like Jefferson Davis, nor a porcelain
arittociSt like Hammond, who so hated
41 the mudsills," nor a learned fool like
Mason, but he is nevertheless a Southern-
■ei bom, and one who, from the first, has
fought for progressive principles and pro
gressive men. No man better knows! tile
Southern people, and nope probably knows
the authors of the rebellion so well. The
glorious martyr Mmself, Abraham Lincoln,
rebel troop# laid down their arms, three
gdsys after tlie formal surrender <[§» I learn
%em an eye -witness), both armies com
ns&gled together, and many of tire men
eifcbracedandshedtears like long separa
ted brothers aad-JEriends. This noble en
thusiasm and obliyioh* of hatred -Was the
legitimate offspring of the teSciings of
Abraham Lincoln to the' American! people.
Would it not be surprising if the death of
thftr Benefactor and Champion, fby the
haM of one who professed ttf speak
for l i, S inia i and declared jhimself
to be the Avenger of the j South,
did not arouse the strongest emotions ?
The terms of Grant to Lee, also the
result of the- same benign policy,; melted
many of the rebel officers to tears/ They
were dumbfounded at the magnanimity of j
the American Government; and the favo- I
-rite officer of Lee, General Gordon, with
many others almost equally eminent, did
not hesitate to express his deep and grate
ful sense of this unparalleled exhibition of
the mercy of the conqueror, Hon. Elihu
B. Washburne, of Illinois, whom I met at
Richmond, on Saturday morning, was
present at this remarkable spectacle. Many
of the rebel officers had' been the school
mates and companions of the Union offl.
cers. Many of them*had sat in Congress
with those against whom they had fought.
Without an exception, beginning,; I feel
free to say, with Lee himself, the officers
of this surrendered Army of Northern
Virginia, regard the rebellion as over, and
advise submission to the irresistable power
of the Federal Government. The assas
sination of President Lincoln has awaken
ed the fiercest passions of the long forgiv
ing and long insulted people of the free
States, and nothing makes these pas
sions stronger than the remembrance
of the immortal example of that good
man in his treatment of the foes of the
Republic. I believe that these rebel
officers and men will denounce it with
all the severity and indignation which
it deserves and demands. They will see in
it, let us hope, a new proof of the dreadful
elements that have been enlisted by slavery
against Freedom; and in the new uprising
of the people of the mighty North they
will aIBO read the re establishment of the
Federal Union on the only terms that a
great and prosperous nation .can now afford
to offer and to guarantee to the defeated
and the powerless enemies of free institu
tions. J. W. F.
In view of the great blow which has been
inflicted upon us in the fearful and bloody
tragedy which has been enacted at Wash
ington, our mere human nature feels no
thing but sadness and gloom. But look
ing onward Mad upward, with the eye of
faith, we know that we. are in the hands of
that Supreme Ruler of the Universe who,
from the very sins and crimes of men,
works out pie consummation of hjs own
great decrees. '
We cannot, of course, presume even to
foreshadow the results which will arise in
the future from the sudden and terrible
death of our martyred President, but there
is one great effect which has been pro
duced on the instant, before our very eyes,
and that is the unity of impulse which now
actuates our whole people. The great
heart of the nation throbs with uniform
pulsation in its agony over the murder of
the chieftain to whom it looked for gui
dance through the closing of the storm of
war into the harbor of peace and fraternal
love.
One providential end is thus apparently
already effected. A unity of feeling per
vades the entire North, wMch has' sprung
directly from the blood of the great victim
of treasonable hatred. Every man possess
ing the slightest sense of right, and with
any feelings of humanity in his breast, must
look with horror on the rebellion which
has culminated in so dastardly a crime as
assassination. ' •
From every quarter we receive tidings
of the universal grief which has fallen
upon the people, and the journals which
come to us from all parts of the country
breathe sentiments of sorrow and of deter
mined resolve. Iven those who had bit
terly denounced the policy of the Adminis
tration for years, had been gradnally led
to admire the noble and manly qualities of
Abeaham Lincoln ; but wMIe he lived
and directed the Government upon princi
ples to which they had, however errone
ously, been in opposition, their eyes were
Btffl so blinded by tbe hoodwinks of old as
sociation that they could not fully and
clearly see the greatness of Ms unselfish soul
and the calm disinterestedness of Ms every
act. The fell stroke which laid him low in
death has, however, stricken off the chains
of prejudice and error, and the same light
ning flash which brought intelligence of
the dreadful deed, illumined the inmost re
cesses of all men’s minds with a blaze which
dissipated every trace of darkness
From the popular feeling exMbited in
our own city, we have an index of the sen
timent which rules the mind of the whole
North. The sad signs of mourning hang
from every building, public and private,
and a stem and profound grief has settled
upon the community, such as no calamity
ever heretofore produced.
Let us hope that this solemn alliance of
all parties in the loyal States over the dead
body of their murdered ruler, may be the
forerunner of a grand re-union between all
true menj North and South, which shall
firmly, and foreyer, bind our beloved coun
try, with indissoluble tieß, in a more glori
ous and happy Republic than the world lias
ever seen. •
He replied, with
Scarcely six days since the intelligence
was received in this country of a gross
outrage committed on our Flag. The
United States steam frigates Niagara and
Sacramento had been fired on from the
Belem Fort in attempting to quit the
harbor of Lisbon—the Niagara being struck
on the poop and one of her men killed. It
was asserted by the Portuguese Govern
ment that these vessels were preparing to
follow the Rebel ram Stonewall, wMch
had just quitted the harbor. This, how
ever, was denied by the .officers in com
mand.
It cannot but be owned that the insult
offered to ns was very' keenly felt, and
a strong desire for the Vindication of our
national honor expressed by all whose at
tention was called to the facts above de
tailed.
Our Ambassador, however, displayed a
promptitude in his demand for reparation
on the Portuguese Government, wMch is
the more gratifying to us, as it has been
aB promptly acceded to. The Commandant
of Belem Castle was almost immediately
removed from Ms position. Thus, in less
than a week, we have received the re
paration of an insult to our National Flag.
Its prompt redress is as gratifying to
our feelings as the insult was revolting and
unjustifiable.
whose constant kindness and forgiveness
could not soften the murderer’s heart, has
not been a ifcofe devoted friend Of the
South-than Andrew Johnson. The bad
men Who as they hear of Lincoln’s death
gloomily anticipate their owfi, hated John
son with a bitterness all the deeper because
he hated and exposed their designs. The
manner in which the intelligence of- the
assassination of Mr. Lincoln was received
by the Union sailors and soldiers -wShjh
we met on our return from Kiciuhofid
was more than significant. They'loved
this man like a father. He had grown
into their hearts. His simplicity of
manner and his directness of speech l —
unceasing attention to them and to
their welfare—his kindness to their
relatives and friends—had made him their
idol. On the stormy deep, in the’ bivouac
and the march, even-in the pauses of
battle, they talked of “ Father Abraham,”
and thousands of fervent prayers were sent
by these brave men to the thronC of God
for the patriot who was slaughtered
just as he had saved his country. It
is difficult to say whether the spirit of
regret or the spirit revenge predomi
nated among them atihg dreadful tidings
to ti^r, v knowledge. For it is a
laci" not to betSirgotten, that when- the
The Great Heart of the Nation.
Prompt Reparation.
? The FaU of Mobile.
At any other r time thanAhe present,
intelligence which we last night receive,
and this morning publish, would have
flUed'the heart of the people with joy and
exultation. Another of the principal cities
of the Rebellion has fallen into our hands.
Almost simultaneously with the surrender
of General Lee’s army to the Lieutenant
Genera], Spanish Port and Port Blakely, a
portion of the . defences of Mobile, were
carried by assault, and' on the same even
ing the city itself was captured by a por
tion of General Smith’s command.
* This Victory is in reality tantamount to
a reduction of the whole rebel power in
Alabama, and ensures the complete reduc
tion of the State by our forces, placing at
our command, as it does, a splendid net
work of navigable rivers. These streams
traverse it in every direction. A steamer
entering Mobile bay and river; can pass
up the Tombigbee through Alabama and
Mississippi, a distance of more than three
hundred miles. On quitting the Tombig
bee at Demopolis, it can pass up the Black
Warrior to Tuscaloosa, the old capital of
the State. By the Alabama river it can
penetrate to Montgomery, and ten miles
above will find the junction of the Tala
poosa and Cotsa. Up the first it can pro
ceed to the eastern boundary of Alabama,
and by the Coosa one hundred and seven
ty-four miles to the city of Borne.
Thus, with the capture of Mobile, the
whole of this wealthy State may be con
sidered as secured; by the Union forces.
By our army has overruu well
nigh every portion of the Confederacy east
of the Mississippi, and rendered it amena
ble to the Constitution and those laws
which in its blindneffa that Confederacy had
torn in twain and trampled upon. ■
What Europe Will Feel!
We may judge by the manner in widely
the gloomy andfrightful intelligence which
on the morning of last'* Saturday appalled
the great heart of this people, has been re
ceived in Canada, of the effect which it
Will produce upon the feelings of Europe.
If we had at any time doubted of the sym
pathy which we had a right to expect in
this terribly sudden and iniquitous bereave
ment, that doubt would have been removed
by the action of Canada and Nova Scotia.,
which was mentioned in the telegraphic
summary of yesterday. In Montreal,
Toronto, and- Saint John, the feel
ing of horror was intense, , amounting
nearly to stupefaction, and at Halifax,
where a blockade-runner had decked itself
out with flags, in token of rejoicing at the
event, it was compelled to lower them by
the prompt and immediate action of the
naval authorities. The Governor of Nova
Scotia, as soon as he heard of the atro
cious crime which Had been committed at
Washington, sent a message to- the Legis
lature suspending all business, and express
ed his sorrow at the loss, order and good
government had sustained in the death of a
man whom “he had always regarded as
eminently upright in his intentions."
It is obvious from this foreshadowing,
what the'manner of regarding the martyr
dom of “the great and good” Abhaham
Lin com? will be, when the intelligence
reaches Europe.
We feel morally convinced that the very
Governments which have dealt the least
equitably with our own in that struggle
which is mow close upon its termination,
will sympathize with our loss. Yictoria,
of England, who has ever personally,
whatever might be the action of her
Ministers, given evidence of a profound
feeling of regard for this country, will
doubtless tender our nation the most heart
felt expression of the natural grief she
will necessarily experience at the know
ledge of the heavy blow with which we
have been stricken. The whole of the
English people, with the exception of
some few, who have made money out
of our suffering, by supplying the Rebel
lion with the arms, necessaries, and ships
which it needed, will also be profoundly
afflicted by the startling news. Even from
Laois Napoleon— rendered more keenly
aliVe to the dangers which encompass him
self/ by the knowledge that a wise and
puxq ruler has perjshed under the bloody
hand of a miserable assassin, yet without
the-consciousness of that cleanness of cha
racter which might enable Mm tranquilly
to contemplate such a possible close to his
own daringly successful and strangely va
ried life—must feel a deep regret for the
taking away from us of our late President.
Whatever be the feelings of the German
Governments, we may predict with almost
a certainty that the popular sorrow of Ger
many will most completely share our grief.
That the Russian Government will sympa
thize with us, we are certain. And all the
less important Powers of Europe must fol
low in the track which is marked out for
'them by the leading nations.
It is inexpressibly gratifying tous to feel
the certainty that this will be so.
The sympathy of our brethren in
national power and growth will fitly tes
tify to the future that’ we have in no wise
overrated the temporarily erusMng effects
of the blo w wMch would have prostrated
our Government, but for its inherent na
tional vitality, embodied in the old French
proclamation at the death-bed of the French
Sovereigns—“ Le Boi ett MorV—^ “ Yrva
le Roi.”
For a single day the Nation lay pros
trated, and, as it were, stupefied under the
stunning effects of so fearful a calamity.
But it 'haß already awakened to the ne
cessities of its position. Thrusting from
it the weakness of its engrossing sorrow,
it now contemplates more calmly and tran
quilly the suffering it has undergone, and
which, under God’s will, shall serve in some
measure to purify its future. Standing as
it now does upon the threshold of that
great Mercy of wMch Abbaham Lincoln
was so thoroughly the exponent, and the
terrible crime of wMch he was.the prin
cipal sufferer, it looks eagerly forward to a
more vigorous and less pitiful carrying out
of his Policy. Nor will other Powers
hold its Ruler unjustifiable in those steps
which he may feel himself called upon to
take, in the present crisis of our History.
The Richmond Journals have been for some
time predicting a blow “wMch should
astonish the world." That blow has at
length fallen. It has astonished—nay!
horrified ns ! But, thank God !it has not
paralyzed our arm, nor crushed- out our
life. We shall be justified in the eyes
of all men for exerting our whole strength
to punish the abettors of tMs foul murder,
if it be proven to have been the nefarious
plot of remorselessly Arch-Rebels, as much
or even more than we Bhall be in avenging
ourselves upon the immediate dastardly
and skulMng assassins.
Secretary Seward.
It is with' as true a pleasure as it is pos
sible for any journalist to feel in the pre
sent hour of deep national affliction, that
we call attention to the following state
ment which appeared in the New York
Herald of yesterday:
“ About eleven o’clock Surgeon General Barnes
stated that tbe Secretary (Mr. Seward), was better
than he bad been since his faU from his oarrlage. It
appears that the bleeding of his wounds was bene
ficial to him. Theblood had been gathering about his
face, and the day that he was stabbed the physicians
had commenced considering the question of lancing
bis bheek to relieve him. The assassin performed this
work for them hy cutting gashes in each cheek, and the
prospects are that he will soon recover."
If tMs be true, it is evident that the
attack upon the-Secretary of State was “a
blessing in disguise,” for such it will de
cidedly be, if to qur terrible loss in the
assassination of the late President another
and almost as great a misfortune be not
added. We trust that the telegrapMc
information of the next few days may
confirm tMs report, and justify the antici
pations respecting Mr. Sbwabd’s speedy
recovery wMch tMs intelligence undoubt
edly creates.
Tbe Theatres.
It la gratifying to the public feeling to boo that
the managers of the various theatres In this elty
have voluntarily closed them, until next Thursday,
the day after that on which the publlo obsequies of
tbe late President (ball have been solemnised.
This Is'a tribute or respect due both-to the official
position and private virtue of him to whom It 4 paid.
PREPARATIONS FOB TIIBmNERIL
ON WEDNESDAY*
The Remains to he itrought
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Ihe K»vt I.arflSj FostOffloes, ana (ttber Branches
of Government to bit ciefed- - .
More BTideHceS of a Great, Cunningly
Planned Conspiracy.
ABBESTS OF FEBSONS SUSPECTED OF
COMPLICITY.
Foil Descriptions of the AEsasrinj—They are
Still Beyond Beach of the Law.
Improving Condition of Secretary Seward, big Son,
and Those Wounded with Them.
GREAT STRENGTH AND DESPERATION OF
THEIR ASSAILANT.
PBCOLAMMIOKB, MEBTISOS, GESBRAi SORROW,
official.
ARRANGEMENTS AT WASHINGTON 808 THH TO
NRBAL 80LEMN1TIKB OF THB LATE. ABE AH AM
1.1K001.H, FBFSIDBKT OF THB TJMITjBO BTATjSB,
WHO BIND AT THB SEAT OB' GOVERNMENT, APRIL
18,1868.. ' ,
Was Department, Adj’t General’s Onioi,
WASHINGTON, April 17, 1865.
The following order of arroDgcmenUtt jweotea •
F Tbe procession will more precisely aft woo’cloek
P. M., on the conclusion of tberellglohi sCrvlces at
the Executive Mansion, appointed tooomfnanoa at
twelve o’clock M., when minute guns.wUl be fired
by detaobmests of artillery statical wear St.
John’s ohurcb, the Olty mu, and at tha Oapltol.
At the came hour the hefflTof thefevcValohurches
In Washington, Georgetown, will
be tolled. At sunrise on WedneeSay, the lish. Inst,,
a Federal salute will be fired from the military sta
tions in the viofnlty of Washington, minute guns
.between the hours of twelve and three-b’cleck, and
a national salute at the setting of the sun.!
The usual badge of mourning will be worn on tha
left arm and on the hilt of the sword. ’
By order of the Secretary or War: j ...
W. A, Nichols, AbsL Adj’t Genera),
. ORDER or THB PROCESSION. j
Funeral eseort in column of march; one regi
ment of cavalry j two batteries of artillery; batta
lion of marines; two regiments of Infantry; ooml
mander of escort and staff; dismounted officers, of
tbe marine corps; navy and army In the order
named; monnted officers of the marine corps; navy
and army In the order named; all mlUtia officers
to be in uniform with, Side arms; civic procession
marshal; olergy in attondanoe; Surgeon General
of the United States and physicians. i
Pall-bearers; on thepart of the Senate,’ Messrs.
Foster, of Connecticut, Morgan, of New York,
Johnson, ol Maryland, Tatra, of Illinois, Wade, or
Ohio, Oonness, of California. Hearse. Pall-bear
erf, on the part of the House, Messrs. .-Dawes, of
Massachusetts, Coffroth, of Pennsylvania, Smith
of Kentucky, Colfax, of Indiana, Worthington of
Nevada, Washburne, of Illinois. ■
Army—Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant,
Major General H. W. Halleck; Brevet Brig, Gan.
W. A Nichols. :
Navy—Floe Admiral D. G. Farragut; Boar
Admiral W, B. Shubriok; Colonel Jaoob Zellen,
Marine Corps. f
Civilians—O. H, Browning, George Ashman,
Thomas Corwin, Simon Cameron,;-Family; Bela
fives; The Delegations of the States oj Illinois and
Kentucky as mourners; the President; the Cabi
net Ministers ; the Diplomatic Corps ;vEx-Presl
dents ; the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court; the- Senate of the United
Stateß,preceded by its officers; Governors of the
several States and Territories; tbe Federal
Judiciary, and the Judiciary of the ’ several
States and Territories; the Assistant Secre
taries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy,’ and the
Assistant Postmasters General and the
Attorney General; officers of the Smithsonian In
stitute; members and officers of the Sinliary and 1
Christian Commissions; corporate authorities of
Washington, Georgetown, and other cities; dolega- j
Hons of the several States; the Reverend Olergy
of various denominations; -the clerks and em
ployees of the several Departments and Bureaus,
preceded by the heads of such Bureaus and their
respective chief olerks; such societies as may wist
to join the procession; citizens and strangass, ’ . * .
The troops designated to join theeseortlwUl as- ’
semble on the Aveime. rtorth of the : Presidents
House, and form In llnepreolselyatll o’clock ATM.
on Wednesday, the IMh last., with the left resting ]
on Fifteenth street. *
THE DIPLOMATIC OJIEPS.
Wasbikgtoh, April IT.—Heretofore the Diplo
matic Corps have, on occasions of funerals, been '
plaeedaffcerfche Serustoisand Eepresetteittvofc.i*'
tha programme,. ’ffjßs has always ralsod by tSf
qoestJon-oSetique tte, but now they have been platsocf
before the meabeirf'of-WnngTaas. hair. j
towMchtheyhavd claimed to be entttlea intho’
presen t arrangement this la considered proper, both
as to their character of representatives of foreign
Governments and as distinguished guests of the
nation. ft,.
[SPECIAL OBDBB.]
Navy Bepabmekt, April 17, 1885.
"Vico-Admiral D. G. F&rragut and Rear-Admiral
Wm.B. Shobrlok have been designated lib mate
the necessary arrangements on the parti or the
Navy and Marine corps 'tor attending on Wednes
day next the funeral of the late President of the
United States. ‘ G-rosow WgLnas.
Secretary of thp.Nayy.
[SPBOIAi O&DKS J
Navt Dbpabtmbnt,
W ashinotok, April 17 1885.
Pffleei* Of the Navy and Marino Corps will as
semble at the Navy Department, In uniform, at ten
o’clock A. M., on Wednesday next, for tho pnroose
of attending the funeral of the late President. '
OlDitOH WbeEbs, ‘
Secretary of the Navy.
SPECIAL OBDBB,
Navy DapAßg-MBST, Aprft IT, 1885
By orflerof the PrealdentTSf the United States,’the
Navy Department wlllbe closed on Wednesday next,
tie day of the fnneral solemnities of the late Presl
dcntjof the United stateß. Labor will also be sus
pended on that day at each of the navy yards and
navy stations, and upon all the vessels of the United
States, The Sags of all vessels, and at all the navy
yards and stations, and marine barracks, will be
kept at half mast daring the day, and at 12 a’eloek,
meridian, twenty one minute guns will he fired by
the senior officer of eaoh squadron, and the com
mandants ol each of the navy yards and stations.
Grasoir Wbm.»s,'
Secretary of the Navy.
, 2. That in the life of Abraham Llaooln, who,
by the benignant favor of republican institutions
rose from a batable beginning to the height of power
and fame, they recognize an example of pnrltvrsfm
pllolty, and virtue whloh should be a lesson to man
kind, while In his death they recognize a martyr
whose memory will become more precious as men
learn to prize those principles or constitutional order
and those rights—civil, political, and human—for
which he was made a sacrifice. L
3. That they invite the President of th« United
States by solemn proclamation to racbmmendto the
people of the United States to assemble on a day to
be appointed by him publicly to testify their grief
and to dwell on the good whloh has been done on
earth by him whom we now tnonrn.
4. That a copy, of these resolutions be oomma-
Bloated to the President of the United States, and
also that a copy be communicated to the afflicted
widow of the late President, as an expression of
sympathy In her great bereavement, and the meet
lng then adjourned.
L. F. s. Fosteb, Chairman,
SoHUYiBB Ooltax, Secretary. > '
OFFICIAL HOHOBS TO THE MEMOBY OF TEE
FBBBIDEHT.
Dbfabtmest op Stays, '
, "Wabhutgtok, April 1^,1865.
It is hereby ordered that In honor of the memory
of our late illustrious Chief Magistrate, all officers
and others subject to the order of the Seoretary of
State, wear crape upon the left arm for the period
of six months. w. Hurra**,
Acting Secretary.
gbnbbal obdbbs.ho, 66.
Wab Dbpabtmuht*,.
Abjctakt Gbnbbai’h Oppicb,
WABBIWGTOIt, AprH46^3fifl6.
The followlngprderof the Seoretary of. Wat an
nounces to the armies of the United States ths un
ttipely and lamentable death of the Illustrious
Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United
States: -1. 1 ‘ r
Wab Dbpammbmt, Wabhihgtoh,
_ . . ' . . April 16,1865
The distressing duty has devolved uponithe Secre
tary of War to announceto tho armies ofihs United
States that, at 22 minutes after 7 o’clock, on the
n orsing of Saturday, the 16th day of April, 1865,
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States’
died of a mortal wound inflicted upon jhim by an
assassin. ;
The armies of the United States wlllWare with
their fellow-citizens the feelings of profohnd horror
Inspired by this most atrooloua murder offtheir great
and beloved President and Oommander-ln-ehief, and
with profound sorrow will mourn his 'death as a
national calamity. {
The headquarters of every department, post sta
tion, fort, and arsenal will be draped lh mournlog
for thirty days, and appropriate funeral honors will
be paid by every army and in every department
and at every military post, and at the Military
Academy at West Point, to the memory,of the late
illustrious Chief Magistrate of the nation and com
mander-lc-chl< f of Us armies. ,
Lieutenant General Grant will give tfyj neaessary
Instructions for oarrylng this order into bffect.
Edwib M.
Seoretary of War.
On the day after the receipt of this order, at the
headquarters of every military division, or depart
ment of the armlet, post station, fort, and arsenal,
find at the Military Academy at Wert Point, th e
troors-and cadets win be paraded at lo o'olook
A. M., and the order read to them j after whloh all
the labors and operations for the day wJU cease and
be suspended as far as practicable la a state of
war. The national flag will be displayed at half
staff. At the dawn of day thirteen guns wUI be
fired, and afterwards, at Intervals of thirty minutes,
between the rising and setting of the sun, a single
gun, and, at the oloseor the day, a national salute
of thirty-six guns.
Tho officers of tho armies of the United States
will wear the badge of mourning on tho left arm
and on their swords, and tho odors of their! com -
mands and regiments will bo put In mourning for
the period of six months.
By command of Lieut, General Grant.
W. W. Niohom,
Assistant Adjutant Gonjral.
•ITTA, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 186&
I THE XUSBRAL DAY—THE HAW YARDS AMD POST
I offices to na 0X.098D.
I Post Oppiob Dbpabtmbbt, Washington,
AprUlT.—To Deputy Postmasters: Business In ail
the poet offices of the United States will be easpend-
I td, and the offices elosed from 11 A. M. to sP. M.
oh Wednesday, the 19th instant, during the funera
solemnities of Abraham Lincoln, late President of
the United States. a, Dennison,
Postmaster General.
The Navy Department has Issued orders lor
closing business at all thenavy yards and navy de
note on Wednesday, and for observing the day on
board, all the Mttohal vessels in the united States,
f ROOLAltATroif OF THB GOVERNOR OP ILLINOIS.
Tores, PboPi-e op Illinois: The funeral oere
nHbe Me lamented Chief Magistrate are to
' take fSieett thle city, at the Executive Mansion,
a't lkM.' osrWed need ay, the Mthinst. The Acting
- Secret aryqf.State has Invited the various religious:
1 denomlnatJonß throughout tbe country to meet with-.
in their respective pl&oes of worship at that hpur,'
. for the puip&e of solemnizing the occasion with ap
f -propMatefirtmonlea. Responding to the spirit of
-this X oall upon the people of 1111-
- holt, tbendme of her martyred son, to meet In their
reFpcctlvfeehurches and places of worship on thlß
day: toeWhrve, lb such manner as the painful oo
caslob shfdi euggest, the solemn hour.
r K. J Ogle buy, Governor.
WASfiilioTOfy April 17,1865.
[Spiel*!.Despatch to The Press. 1
TBB*#BimiJRNT»B REMAINS TO PASS THROUGH
PHILADBLPHIA. '
The of the President, will probably be
ccnveybd from Washington on Thursday morning,
for Illinois, by way of Baltimore, Pbila delphta.
New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Toledo.
The time schedule!] as not yet been determined, but
about cap week will be occupied in reaohlng Illi
nois. ,
PARTICULARS OP THE ATTACK ON SECRETARY
SEWARD —DBBFBRATION AND STRENGTH OP THB
ASfi'ASSIN.
WABHINGTON, April 17.—George Boblnsoh, a sol
dier and unne, who was In attondanoo upon Secre
tary Seward on Friday night, has oommunlcated
tbe follcwlng account of the proceedings in the
ob'amber, from which It appears that It was through
bis brave and determined endeavors that the con
summation of the murderous design of the fiend was
frustrated. According to Boblnson’s narrative,
Fred. Seward, Major Seward, and Mr. Hansell,
were all wounded on the stairway as heretofore
mentioned in this eorrespondenoe. As Bobinson
opened tbe door to learn the eause of the disturh-
j atge without, the mans truck at his breast.
I pt b'ls hand he had a knife, the blade of which ap
-1 peered to be about twelve inches In length and one
I inch In width. Bobinson determined to oppose his
j jp/ogrera, and raised his arm to parry the blow. The
j was that a wound was Inflicted In the
I oeetre of Boblnson’s forehead close to the hair,
I- Wbloh he wears turned back The knife glanced, and
I fte clenched hand in which the man held the dag-
I ger came down upon Roblnsori’s face and felled him
to the floor: Miss Seward at this j anoture escaped
I Bom the room; and ran to the front window acres m-
I lng murder. The assassin leaped on to the bed
j bed where Mr. Seward lay, still apparently lna
j heldlesß condition, and gave a tremendous blow at
j s hlsfaoe. ; Hemltsedhls mark,however, andtn'hls.
I effort,almost fell across Mr; Seward’s body. -
I, r By- this time Bobinson, - -who had recovered,
I jumped on the bed and oaught hold of the assassin’s
I 'Wfille he was thus attempting to hold the
• asEassln. tbe latter struck Mr. Seward on the left
I aldepfthe face and then on the right side, and then
I raided up. and he and Bobinson oame to the floor,
I together. They both got on their feet, Bobinson
I etlli keeplng a firm bold upon him. The assassin
I reached hlB left arm over Boblbaan’s shoulder and
endraivored to foroe him to the floor. Finding
I he could not handle Bobinson in that position
ke v dropped his pistol whloh had,- been forced
against Boblnson’s face in the hand which
was .around his . neck, caught hold of Boblu
right arm with_ his left hand, and struck
bifiuid Bdbinson with a knife. They still con
tinued to struggle lor a few moments, Bobinson
forcing him towards the door, which was opened,
Withtha jntention of throwing him over the halos
trades. When they had nearly reached the door
| offfljFer Augustus Seward.entered the room, and,
j Bdblnshh oalllng upon him to take the knife out of
I the ,assassin’s hand, Major Seward Immediately
i clutched the assassin. The latter struck Bobinson
In the stomaob, knocking him down, brojse away
~frt>p,,-Major.. Seward and rnshed dowti stairs.
■.'During the souffle between Bobinson aßd the
iassaisln— when, Bobinson oannot say—he (the
; latter) received a wound quite serious,, some
’ two; Inches in length, In the upper part of
,;;th r es@*ght shoulder-blade, another a little lower
J dowfifon the same slde. and also a slight one oh the
left ,shoulder. While'struggling with the man, near
the fetd-blde, he had seized the wrist of his, right
; hand, in which was the dagger, and did not release
his hold until knooked down by the assassin, near
the door, add after Major Seward bad,come" to his
assistance. He returned to the room atfter the as
sassin bad escaped, and found that Secretary Seward ■
bsd gotoff;the bed on to the fioor, dragging the bed
clothes with him, and was lying In a pool of blood.
. Upon going to the Secretary he found no
pulse in his wrist, and’io.. stated to Miss Se
ward, who hffd reentered! -the room, and asked
lf_her-faiher was dead, that he believed he'
wan, , but Upon a seoond examination' Robin
son ascertained that his heart was still beating.- The
Secretary said, I am not dead, send for the police
' #nfl, »burgeon, and close the house up. Bobinson'
then placed the Secretary upon the hod, telling him
that he must not talk, and Mr. Seward did not talk
after that. Mr. Hansell Subsequently told Mr. Ko
blxsoa that, having been alarmed by the noise he
had started for the Secretary’s room, and was met
on the stairway by the assassin, and was wounded
and thrust to one side.
Mr. Bobinson remained with Mr. Seward until
the next morning at 11 o’olook, when he was re
moyedto tbe Douglas Hospital., Every attention
1b Being paid to the brave man by the attendants
of this Institution, and his condition is very favor
able. ■ ,
DBBOBIPTION OT, ftlß ASSASSINS.
. Washington, April 17 effort that lagts
Matmxotted by fl*v«r r c*i-m»ke; is befa% put
(brtli/by SM the proper to capture or
tracetlie assassins or and Mr. Seward.
"MHrGominon Council fix. ttHa city bay# offered a
reward of 820,0*0 for tbe attest and oonvlotlon of tbe
assassins. To this sum another.of *lO,OOO is added'
;by Colonel L.O. Baker, agent of ,the War Depart-,.
' ment, making the whole reward *30,000. To this
announcement are added the following descriptions
‘ of tlieindlvidual aooused :
The description of J. Wilkes Booth, who assassi
nated the President on the evening of April 14, isos:
Height, ( feet * inches; weight, 180 pounds, com
pact!; built; hair, jet black, inclined to curl, me
dium length, parted behind; eyes blaek and heavy,
. -.dark eye- brows; woars a large seal ring on the little
finger; when inclines his head forward and
looks down.
DESCRIPTION OP THE FEBSON WHO ATTEMPTED
TO ASSASBINATB TBS HON. WJt. H, SBWABD,
SBOBBTAKT OP STATB.
Height, five feet one Inch; hair blaek, thick, full
and straight; no beard, nor appearance of beard;
cheeks red on the jaws j face moderately full; 22 or
St years of age; oolor of eyes not known; large
eyes, hut not prominent; browsnot heavy, but dark;
face not large, but rather round; complexion
healthy; nose straight and well formed, medium
size; mouth small; lips thin, upper lip protruded
when he talked; chin pointed and prominent; head
medium size; neokshort and of medium thickness;
/.hands soft, and small fingers tapering, show no
signs of hard labor; broad shoulders; taper waist;
straight figure; a strong-looking man; manner not
* gentlemanly but vulgar; dress overcoat with side
pockets, and one on breast with lappels; black
pants of common stuff; new heavy boots ; voice
small and thin, inclined to tenor.
GBKAT CONSPJBACYa
Washington, April IT.— The National Intelligen
cer says:
“ We can state, cn the highest authority, that it
has been ascertained that there was a regular con
spiracy to assassinate every member of the Cabi
net. together with the President.
“ Booth, it Is said, sent his card up to the trice
President at the hotel, but Mr; Johnson oould not
conveniently see him. The names of the severally
appointed assassins are, we understand, known,
and after the present Investigation is concluded
and published, the public will be astounded at the
developments. From motives of public Interest we
refrain from mentioning the names of those that
reaoh ns. .
“A member of the Cabinet remarked, on the aav
after the murder of Mr. Lincoln, that the rebels had
lost their best Mend; that Mr. Lincoln, at every
Cabinet meeting, Invariably counseled forbearance,
kindness, and mercy towards these misguided man.”
The Intelligencer says: “We understand, from
authority which Jb deemed unquestionable, that a
few days ago, after an Interview between the late
Chief Magistrate and the present one, Mr. Lincoln
expressed himself gratified with their concurrent
views, and said ho placed Implicit confidence In the
Vice President.”
thb investigation froobbdxng.
Washington, April 17.—The investigation by
the civil and military authorities are still in pro
gress and the testimony of a large number of wit
nesses has already been taken. These investiga
tions are proceeding quietly, however, as it Is
deemed best for the ends or jußtloethat no publici
ty should be given at present ?o the facts elicited.
THE SB wards.
Washington, April IT.—The deep Interest felt
In Secretary Seward has thronged his residence
with visitors, among them several members of the
Cabinet and foreign Ministers. He was Informed
yesterday, for the first rime, of the assassination of
the President and of the attempted assassination of
his son, the assistant secretary, and to some extent
of the condition In which he then lay. Though
moved with the lntensest sorrow and horror at a re
cital of the faots, his strength had so far returned as
to enable him to hear np under the trying ordeal.
HEALTH OF BEORBTAHY BBWABD.
Washington, April 17.— Both Secretary Seward
and bis son tonight, at 10 o’clock, were in an im
proving condition.
MR, REWARD AND HIS SON.
We have just learned from a relative and an inti
mate friend of Mr. SRwabd’B family that almost
all doubt of Mr, Sbwabd’s recover; is removed.
Mr. Sbwabd himself believes that he will survive,
and that he shall In doe time gain his wonted health
and strength. The Indications are that Mr, Fbbd.
Seward may also survive. It wIU be almost a mi
racle If he does, though hope In his behalf Is begin
ning to spring up.
SBWABD IMPROVING.
Secretary Sbwakb is Improving rapidly, and this
afternoon was able to sit np. Mr. Frederick Sb
wabd has recovered: his consciousness, trad this
evening spoke to his wife and children. Although
still In* a critical condition, his physicians have good
hopes of his ultimate recovery.
WHO MADE THE ATTACK TOON MB. SBWABD ?
It is said that the assassin Is a Spaniard, who
floated about Washington last summer,' a blockade
runner, and a man of desperate oharaoterl He
came to this city some days slnoe, and took rooms
at Willard’s. He has not - been seen slnoe Friday,
and left without paylnghls bill.
Wise Sympathy of Canada.
Montbhal, April IT.—On Saturday the flags on
the court-house, Olty Hall, customhouse, and other
puhllo buildings, were at half-mast. In all the
churches yesterday the clergy in. their prayers fre
ferred particularly to the asßlsstnatlon of the Pros!-
dent, and expressed their detestation of-the crime.
A union; prayer-meeting of all denominations of
Ohristlans Is to .be held to-night In the Wesleyan
Chapel; to express their sympathy with the people
of the United States.
Throughout Canada' there Is but one feeling, that
of horror ofthe crime and the warmest sympathy
for the nation.
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MEETING OF PENNSYLVANIANS.
Washihoton, April lT—Tbo toy*! I
nlans met at Union league Hall this °' r ® n,n J'
Hon. James j/Oasey was oalledto the ohalr, and
A. L Hunderehot, Esq., appointed Secretary- a
series of spirited, appropriate, and eloquent resolu
tions Indicative of the reelings and views or the peo
ple respecting the recent awful tragedy were unani
mously adopted. Very able and patrlotlo speeches
were. made by Judge Caasey, Hons. Jos. A. Chase,
J. E. Brady, John Govode, Ed. McPherson, J.
I>wls, Major Eaton, and Bey. Mr. Cook. Copies
or these resolutions are to be sent to President I*ln
eolh’s 'family, President Johnson, and Seoretary
Seward; The meeting was large, onthuslaitlo, and
of’the right temper.
ABBEBTB OP SUPPOSED CONSPIRATORS.
Five Individuals were arrested and brought Into
the olty to-day, and taken to General Anotra’a
office. It was announced on the street that one of
these Individuals was the notorious Suhratt, the
man who attempted the lire of Secretary Seward,
and the orowd started in pursuit, increasing as it
went. The officers were able to guard the men and
conducted them In safety to the office of General
AtrGUK.
The names of these persons are Wjt. F. Bbrhhy
and J. Jabboe, both of Prince George's 00., Md.j
a man by the name of Sun-,'of Longoldflelds, and
Stobatt, though there is much doubt expressed at
to whether he is the man who made the assault
upon Mr. SBWABD. The villain who did thls deed
Is said to be six feet one Inch—this man Is not more
than five-feet seven Inches.
RUMORS.
.There are-many persons here who deal in rumors.
One party will tell yon that Booth and his accom
plice aro captured, that Booth Is now on board of
a gunboat for safe keeping, and still others who
will affirm as eonfldently that both of these vll
llans are at large. This latter statement Is proba
bly tree. ■ One story runs la this wise:
that a vessel cleared from Baltimore ear
ly last week for some Spanish port; that this
craft dropped down to some convenient point, and
there watted for these conspirators till they had
consummated the damning deed, when they fled to
ker with all possible speed, and have gone on board
arid are now out to sea. Of one thing the public
may be sure, and that Is, that in aßhort time certain
developments will bo made, which, will throw mnch
light upon this diabolical-transaction,. . -
GEWi- buTLer : in danger from: THE AS
. BASSINS.
It Is ascertalnedjthat General Butler was In
cluded among tFS victims whom the conspirators
had determined to destroy. The plot was- as deep
laid as it was, murder ouB,and many more persons
were engaged fit It than the’puslle are aware of.
Astounding revelations will soon be made.
MEETING OF COLORED COTZENS.
The colored people of. Washington met In the'
Fifteenth street Presbyterian Chtu-eh, In pursuance
of a notice, to celebrate the anniversary of emanci
pation In the District of Columbia. The meeting
was organized by the choice of proper officers, and a
series of resolutions expressive of their views and
feelings of the murder of Mr. Likooln. Several
Interesting and stirring speeches were made. The
colored people of Washington know Mr. Linoolh
to be their friend, and their dwellings, however
humble, are now all draped In mourning.
ARREST OF, THE AUTHOR OF THE CAPTURED
• .. - LETTERS.
The author of the letters fonnd In Booth’s trunk
was arrested to-day at Hookrtown, Baltimore coun
ty, Md. His name is Samuel Mbttam, and he is
knewn to have-been very Intimate with Booth.
H. O. Fobu, the brother of the proprietor of Ford’s
Theatre, has also.been taken Into oustody. Nume
rous arrests of snrpeeled parties continue to be made
by the authorities.
MRS. LINCOLN ILL.
' Mrs. Lthooln Is very ill. Her medical attend
ants remained with her all last night, and to-day
her nervous system la greatly prostrated.
MOSEBY OFFERS TO SURRENDER HIMSELF.
Moseby has proposed to Major General Hah
cock, commanding the Middle Military Depart
ment, to surrender himself and command by next
Tuesday, upon, the same terms accorded to the
Army of Northern Virginia. The conditions pro
posed by Moseby are under consideration. Mosbby
was a regularly commissioned officer In the rebel
service—a fact announced In the Rlokmond papers
at the time of hls promotion.
General Halleck and the members of hls staff
arbmaking preparations to visit Richmond.
OUR CAVALRY FIRED UPON.
It la reported hem that some of onr cavalry were
fired upon in Prince George’s county, Maryland,
to-day, by some secret foe.' Most probably it was
done by some of that band of ruffians in league wish
Booth. . Quite a large body of cavalry here has
been moved In that direction this afternoon.
_• STATE MEETINGS.
The citizens ol New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Connecticut, and other States, residing
In Washington, are holding publlo meetings this
evening, for the purpose or showing their abhor
rence of the late terrible murder, and to make pre
parations lor the fnneral,
[By Associated Press.!
RIOTOUS HROCEEDING3.
This morning several prisoners from: Prince
George’s eonnty were bronght to'Washington. As
they were being taken to the Old Capitol Prison, from
Provost Marshal Ingraham’s office, a large crowd
followed, Increasing In numbers at every corner,
although, as a precautionary measure, the rente
taken was down the back streets.' 'The.orowd was a
'motley one, all ages and colors being represented;
and the report that the parties were Booth and
Surratt gahtlng credit, as they reached the vlolnlty
of the Baltimore depot the cry was raised:
“Hang, them I’’ “ Kill them ill and at the same
time the prisoners were attacked with; stones.
They were struck several times, as wqre also
the guard., gome, orderly persons attempted
to quiet the crowdAy remonstrating with them and
assuring them that they were mistaken, but they
failed to stop the riotous proceedings, which, how
ever,-were soon quieted .after the. guard had been
strnek a number of times, reaching a street, faced
about, and made ready to defend themselves with
their muskets. The prisoners were delivered to the
superintendent of the prison, each of them having
been somewhat bruised by the fiylng missiles.
Among other arrests to-day were, it Is said, seve
ral men in female apparel.
INFORMAL MEETING OF CONGRESSMEN.
At a meeting of members of the Senate and House
or Representatives, convened at the Capitol on
Monday, April ITth. 1885, at noon, Hon. L. S. Fos
ter, of Connecticut, President' pro tem. of the Sen
ate, was called to the ohalr, and Schuyler Colfax,
of Indiana, was chosen as secretary.
Senator Foot, of Vermont, stated that -the object
of the meeting was to make arrangements relative
to the funeral of the deceased President of the
United States;
On motion of Senator Sumner, of Massachusetts,
a committee of five members from each house was
ordered to report at * P. M. to-day what action It Is
fitting for-this meeting to {take. The chairman ap
pointed Senators Sumner, of Mass.; Harris, cf New
York; Johnson, of Maryland; Ramsey, of Minne
sota, and Conness, of California; and Representa
tives Washbnme, or Illinois: Smith, of Kentucky;
Schenek, of Ohio; Pike, of Maine, and Ooffroth, of
Pennsylvanht; and, on motion of Representative
Sohenck, the chatrmaCanfi {secretary of the meet
log were added to the committee, and the meeting
adjourned till 4 PM. s
4 P. M.—The meeting convened pursuant to ad
journment, when Mr. Sumner, from the committee
heretofore appointed, reported that they had select
ed as pall-bearers on the part of the Senate Messrs. •
Foster of Connecticut, Morgan of Now York, John
son of Maryland, Yates of Illinois, Wade of Ohio,
and Conness or California. On the part of the'
House, Messrs. Dawes of Massachusetts, Ooffroth
of Pennsylvania, Smith of Kentucky, Colfax of In
diana, Worthington of Nevada, and Washburoe of
Illinois. They aIEO recommended the appoint
ment of one member of Congress from
each State and Territory to act as a Con
gressional Committee to accompany the remains
of the late President to Illinois, and presented
the fallowing names as such committee; the ■ chair
man of this meeting to have the authority of ap
pointing hereafter, for the States and Territories
not represented to-dav, from which members may
be present at the capital by the day of the funeral.
The committee also recommended the following as
the Congressional Committee to accompany the
remains of the late President: Maine, Mr. Pike;
New Hampshire, Mr. E. H. Rollins; Vermont, Mr.
Fort; Massachusetts, Mr. Sumner; Rhode Island,
Mr. Anthony; Connecticut, Mr. Dixon; New York,
Mr. Harris; New Jersey, not.yet appointed; Penn
sylvania, Mr, Cowan; Delaware, not yet appointed:
Maryland, not yet appointed; Ohio, Mr. Sohcnck;
Kentucky, Mr. Smith; Indiana. Mr. Julian; Illinois
ana Missouri, not jet appointed; Michigan, Mr.
Chandler; lowa and Wisconsin, not yet appointed;
California, Mr. Shannon; Minnesota, Mr. Ram
sey ; Oregon, Mr, Williams; Kansas, Mr. S.
Clarke; West Virginia, Mr. Whaley; Nevada,
Mr. Nye; New Mexico, not yet appointed; Utah,
do; Washington Territory, do; Nebraska, Mr.
Hitchcock; Colorado, Mr. Bradford; Dakotan, Mr.
Todd; Arizona, not yet appointed ; Idaho, Mr.
Wallace; Montana, not yet appointed. They also
•recommended the adoption of the following resolu*
Resolved. That the Sergeants-at-Arms of the Senate
and House, with their necessary assistants, be request
ed to attend the committee accompanying the remaine
of the late President, and to make all the necassasy ar
rangements.
All of which was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Sumner, from the same committee, also re
ported the following, which was unanimously
agreed to:
The members of the Senate and House now assem
bled In Washington, hnmhly eonfessisg their depen
dence npon Almighty Gad who rales all that Is done for
human good, make haste, at this Informal meeting, to
express the emotions with which the' ha vs osan filled
by the appailing tragedy which has deprived the na
tion of its head, and covered the land with moninb g,'
and in farther declaration of their sentiments unani
mously resolve: ;
1. That In testimony of yene-atlon and affection for
the lllastrlons dead who has haen permitted: under
providence, to do so much for his country and for
liberty, they will unite in the funeral cervices, fin-i
by an appropriate committee will accompany his re
mains to their piece of bnrialln (he state from whleh
he waa taken for the natiocal nerviee
THB 7 3-10 NOTES.
The Treasury Department authorizes the state
ment that the Secretary of the Treasury Is not pre
paying the Government Indebtedness by 73-loth
noteß. Such parties as hold vouchers can make ar
rangements to subscribe to the loan, under certain
conditions, through the agency ot Jay Cooke alone.
Affairs In Rochester.
Rochester, N. Y., April I! —Mrs. Hansel!, wife
of the messenger of the State Department, who was
assaultedln the apartment of Secretary .Seward,
arrived here on Saturday with her daughter, just
in time to receive Intelligence of the affair at Wash
ington. She received a telegram from her sen,
Lieut. Hansel!, last night, that her husband was
doing well and was out of danger.
Last night apart; of burglars made an unsuc
cessful attempt to rob"the vaults of the Oommerelal
Bank.
A telegram was received here yesttrday by the
Mayor from Major General J. j. p« kj command
lng at New York station, that Information hid
boon reeelved at biabeai quarters that an orea,
nixed band of MO men were inCarroltonoountvln
nXde^bura re Ttr ke * »POU RoohretJr
or Ogdensburg. The Mayor ealled a mantiup. of
advisory committee ofoltimns to take meaS Tor
Gen. Williams received or-
Of the State to put
the 54th Begiment on duty, and two companies are
now under arms.
aM> of -Hr.-^
whiah was delivered in bls~ nsui mafa'bie'uL
quent, and e inactive manner, and fteqnbntrV inter
g** by Sbsnte ofapplaos*
Hundred wo&then, sang with tneefftat/ The cli.
i R® P nJ*c. ~ia b “® d J ooon ’' aa W»w>v.need by the
Stoyr*) which eoncdadod
Thehalanoe ©y tjie day was consumed in
batitog and returning to the etty, a
salntp of twenty-one guns was fira* by eaok of the
respeoUvo vessels. A grand batt w at m!
Hall, in the evening, WWeb^swtu™
WMb ef. a Gneriila beadnr. ./- beaded and kept op nearly todnon»vt „.. c-. .
I«oTO»vitLr.b i 4,rtX i w._Ti W Jour»at>s special av - morning. onSatiwfcy
nonneea the Mlltogpf the gueriUa leader Htbnj|»pl t" .. - __"* .-7— —-.
by oneofOappn »oa, near Htantia, an „ » ' ~
Saturday, “ Boston, April IT.— Arrinia art™ , _ „
* 1 ’*4 jldigborp; Hattie jPWit,
MPTER.
THE FLiG AG UN FLOATING OVER
ITS BOSS.
Particulars of the Ceremonies—
Grandeur of tlie Scene.
Baltimore, April IT.—The correspondent of the
American arrived here this evening, Hid farnlahee
the followinginteresting description of the raising
of the flag on FortSnmpter, on the 14th taut.:
OHARLB6TOIT, April 18,1866 —On Thursday the
steamer Ooesnus arrived from New York, bringing
Intelligence of the surrender of Gen. Lee and the
Army of North Virginia to Gen. Grant and the
Army of the Potomac.' The new* earned the live
liest demonstrations of joy among the visitors as*
sembled, the military, and the citizens generally,
for the cry of peace here Is universal, and the ea,
pitulatlon of Leo is regarded a* the finale ortho
war. It was first announced at the theatre, when
the audience was wild with enthusiasm. Dense
orowds filled the spacious parlors of tho Charleston
Hotel, and gave vent to tho wildest jabllants over
the great event. Gen. Grant; theold flag, and Pre
sident Lincoln were each cheered lustily.
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, and General
Washburne,eaeh made brief and stirring addresses.
The congratulations were kept up until a late hour,
the joy extending to many households which had ro>,
celved information of the glorious Intelligence.
The great event of raising the old Sag attracted
a large number of visitors to Charleston. Since
Thursday large numbers from North Carolina had
been arriving here filling the hotels to repletion. '
glThe steamer Oceanns, from New York, brought a
large delegation of Mr. Beeoher’s congregation,
whilst the Arago had reached the bar and sent In
many more. Numferons other stedmers had also
arrived from Savannah and Beaufort, and the oity
was thronged with visitors. The day dawned beau
tifully, and there was loon a general movement
towardß the steamers at the wharves. The national
flag was suspended from all the public and many
private all combining to make up a novel
scene for the city of Charleston.
About a o’clock tho arrival of the steamer Dia
mond, General Gilmore’s flagship, with that officer
and his staff, together with' a number of distin
guished visitors on board,'was announced. Long
before 10 o’clock the wharves and streets leading to
them, along which ft was supposed'the visitors
wcnld proceed, were thronged by a crowd anxious
to see the distinguished'strangers. TThe negroes
turned out by thousands and the white
were largely In attendance, but were drawn out by
curiosity rather than patriotism, though peace Is
now the god they worship.
It was Intended by Admiral Dahlgren to decorate
the vessels of the squadron with flags, which were to
go up simultaneously with the hoisting of the flag
on Sumpter, but theanmouneementof Leo’s capture
had caused him to order that they should bis thrown
to tho breeze at 8 o’clock In the morning. At that
hour the Pawnee, Sonora, Philadelphia, Santiago
do Cuba, the monitors, and several other naval ves
sels, fired a salute of twenty-one guns each In tout
of the city wharves. The monitors had never bash
up to the wharves of the city before, aud the curi
osity to see these little terrors was very great The
national ensign floated from all theold rebel forts
In tho harbor except Fort Sumpter, &om the centre
of which a bare pole, towering high above Us ram
parts, was visible.
The whole forenoon was occupied in transporting
the immense number of visitors to Fort Sumpter
The Canonious took the lead, followed by this steam
ers Buckstone, Ocesnus, Delaware, W. W. Oojt,
Nelly Baker, Golden Gate, Anna Maria, all the
naval tugs, and tho renowned steamer. Planter,
Captain Bobert Small (colored). They were all
crowded with passengers, the Planter being black
with the colored population of Charleston.
'On their arrival at the Fort tho visitors passed
from the boats to the wharf recently erected on the
west angle. A flight of stops, leading to the para
pet, had been erected, and another from thence
down to the parade ground.
Detachments of marines and sailors rrom the'aif
ferent vessels, under command or Lieutenant Com
mander Williams, the survivors of the assault on
Sumpter, together with the 137th .New York and
35th Massachusetts Volunteers, were drawn up. In
line on either side, and presented a fine appearance.
These men hid all distinguished themselves In the
naval and military operations against Sample
and wore consequently assigned to a position of
honor In the programme of the day.
EkDuri&g the time of do assemblage of spectators
and participants In the ceremonies of the day, those
who had just arrived were busily engaged In ex
amining the Immense ruin, groping through the
dark lnto-the bomb proofs and
magazines, Joshing down the throats of '-the big'
guns, collecting pieces of exploded shells as me
mentoes, and viewing the surrounding net-work of
rebel fortifications from the ramparts.
The scene from the crumbled and demolished
ramparts was particularly plearing, The naval
vessels to their gay and brilliant regalia formed a
circle around the fort, Inside of whloh were trans
port steamers landing their passengers.
Turning ftom the sea-scene, witote the fort was
gradually assuming a more Interesting aspect. A
large platform, diamond shaped, covered with myr
tle, evergreens, and flowers, had been erected to the
centre of the parade ground, with an,arched
canopy overhead, drapbd with the American
flag, and intermingled with beautiful wreaths
of evergreen and flowers. This platform was
for General Anderson, the orator of the day,
and other -.distinguished visitors, and was too com
bined taste of-rix Union ladles of Charleston. On
tho stage, beside, the speaker’s stand, was a golden
eagle, holding a wreath of fldwors aRd evergreen.
The flagstaff; about 180 feet high, was erected Im
mediately to the. centre of the paradeigroufcd, and
toe halyards were adjusted by three or toe!crew of
toe Juniata who took part in the assault bn Fort
Sumpter ordered -by. Admiral: Dahlgren oh Sep
tember 9, 1868. ~.'
As the various distinguished officers arrived Busy
were enthusiastically greeted by the assembled
multitude. About 11 o’clock Bear Admiral Dahl
gren arrived, accompanied »y Captain G. y
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Mr. Nlcolay
Private Secretary of President Lincoln, and was
enthusiastically cheered. He whs followed by Fleet
Captain Bradford, and from one to three hundred
officers of the squadron and visitors, in front of
the platform were seats oapable of accommodarimr
between 3,000 and 4,C00 persons, which, before the
ceremonies commenced, were filled to overflowing,
and the attendance of ladles, principally visitors
firom the North, .was larger than expected. Thera
were, however, from 400 to boo of the old citterns of
Charleston present, and among the latter we ob
served Charleston Union representative Dr. A ft
Dffarley, his lady, and two daughters.
It was not until alter 12 o’clock that General
Gilmore arrived, acoompanled by Major
Robert Anderson and his daughter. Their armeaf?
*nce on the parapet was the signal for loudand
prolonged cheers. They advanced to the platform,
and General Anderson, for the first timm glanced
around on the work of but could see
nothing by which to recognize the Fort Sumpter
he had left four years ago, in the macs of shapeless
ruins before him. He finally glanced up the im
mense flag-staff, and his eyes filled with tears of
TJus moment had arrived for him to replace
'ii&ifont -1 * 6 fISB hB tad lowered at the demand of
of tho occasion were commenced
Hfil. a slngteff of a song and chorus. entitled
Victory at Last,” which, was given with great
fervor, the audience joining in the chorus. Prayer
was then offered by the venerable Bov. Matthew
Harris, ohaplain of the United States Army, bring
the same divine who offered prayer at the raising of
the flag on Fort Sumpter when Major re
moved his command from Fort Moultrie to Fort
Sumpter, December 2T, 1860.
_ Then followed the reading of selections from the
Psalms, by Bey. B. S. Storrs, D. D., and the people,
alternately. -Psalms 128th, 47th, and 98th were thus
read.
Msjor Anderson’s despatch to the Government,
dated ‘'Steamship Baltic? off Sandy Hook, April
18th, 1861,” announcing the fall of Fort Samp ter
was then read by Brevet Brigadier General E. b’
Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the TT. s"
Army, ' ’
BBHABKB OF SBHEBAX, ABDBBEOK.
The raising of the old flag by Major General An.
dersoni was the next act In the programme, md
when he stepped forward on the platform the ban*
ol joy was uncontrollable, and gallant old Sumpter
wept, and was for moments unable to proceed with
hla remarks, which were as follows :
Bkothxb SoShbbs?’ By*^ W OTn<saerate A&S
pointmentor the Hon. Secretary of here
to fulfill the cherished wish -of my heart through
four long, long years or bloody war, to restore to ira
proper place thladear flag whloh flokted heredurliS
H lB . fi f 8 i aot ot tUs omol rebellion.
.[ lhanh God that 1 have llred to see-this day—
applaute]—and to he here to perform eei.
“7 country. My heart Is filled with graS
I? 0 s° signally blessed ns
wbo has given ns blessings beyond-measure. May
all the world proclaim “Glory to God In the
[S l^nranZ^nT) 04 -" 111 7^
BAISIKO OV THE 9LA.CK
At the conclusion of Ills remarks lift taim* «»•
halyards, and, with firm and steady
Sergeant Hart, nnfurled the glorious oldtSilJil
amid deafening cheers of the aMemhhuan p&i 1 !!?;
Anderson and Sergeant Hart tte.n retoed n fl^i
, W , reath attao *>ed, tht Mounan^
on the stage all joining In taklno- Virus .
yards. Ho sooner haf I“«SSS
there was one was
B, S na » nd *»bUmi, Svs?to to Si
olds tatteredbnt to^dUimnored l^^; 118 P'*” 8011
ba £ t '“ d “ewinthearaorilbMt^ ,leratßd *“ di
hisemMio^anTwMrt' I S ome Il fl h™?S lU H y lesferata
hoars* nt , Bol3tt * shouted themselves
roses appendS. tth™}. lB^ 18 ,'^^^»Wroathof
some momentotOßail^tiS^Sf^S„^? t l2 aBd -, for '
bad not fmJMdded when^hesalMo^riob.
tolVn 1 S D i& tw i S* “ nationslsalato from ttoStoh
£?‘lS ln l lrle ' and Battery Bell} on SulllvanS
Putnam, on Morels iSsnd,
Johnson, on James Island, places conaptenouß-lu
Jpbbliion, was nredu
thrluSg jototo,tl and Producing aa.’efftot t£iy ;
- the Bev. Mr. Beecher took thestams
t l? n8l . l) i ,I ?? t -* ddrBBg -ftom. whs?%
make some extracts to-morrow,.space mr n ,._
BI Jt*jtUK«iU>£NX jo-,.
roe ooorsb to b* skafsd bt thb
I If BIGHT UUPBKLTIKa THB BCW2 K!(S(
Mieeioir A obard orb—th* n ßttlJ2 J' 5 '
PRHBIDEBT. - 1
Washihotoh, April IT.—This monn 3
*ll tie clergymen of the District, white s!?'
waited upon Proeldent Johnson, and w er , ''
introduced to him. They then pretax,?' I '-:
threngh the Her. Dr. Galley, pastor of >h . ■
attended hy the late Mr. Uneoln, a ssrit,'P
lotions expressing their high estimate „r,! '
racter of.the deceased, their detestation m , £s
asoss crimes perpetrated on last Prld,' 1 '
.pledging to Mr. Johnson their earnest!! !
sod cordial support In his new and oJ® l
tIOB. r ‘ 5 t
The President replied, thankiiw th
warmest terms for their eery kind mg-., “ 18
and for their tendered support and ea*o5 °
He spoke with feeling of the great
public worth of bis lamented predecessor 3 ’
Jug the grave responsibilities placed vL *
obedience ■to the requirements of the- 0 '
tlon, fn consequence of this sad si Cit!
of Providence, bo felt his own !ndS si!
sufficiency, and the necessity of the L,’ 1
dl and co-operation of all frfeadß «r . f
try. That support he shonl-l tni k ' v
deserve, by shaping hie course to those i ,f
prlnelplts of right whlcbuni’ertl* onr c
•Slid bo-had a sure faith that j f w orer
' principles the Almighty wonld save the
believed that the nation had a
rnlfil, andthateod would * ot » Ho „l L'
fore its work was done. They h»,T.,, t 0 w -'
murder of the late President, a M u,f ll0<,<!<1
Mr. Seward’s life, In just terms of lMUr'” 5 '
horror, Theassassination orany mat, a, !
was a crimeof the blackest dye; esneri ~ 5[
cal was It when the blow was struck „, d,i
and honored bead ofa great nation JLif t|ls ’
rment of triumph. But this horrible or Jr ,lr >’
a portion of the greatest or crimes, th^l , ' s, 5
assassination of a nation, and he believe/,'
American people felt it to be so. Treason i:
was a crime, and not a mere difference - - '* n
opinions. The President closed by agate
his visitors for giving him at this hour-, * ‘
speed. ““«ir
The Interview wee very Impressive -
and characterized by intense and hea-t/i,,'
the part of both the clergymen and the p,.
Soon after-these eenllemen left the te’-V
various bureaus .In the Treasury Dor,,-;
. their respects to the President, being i a - -
Third Auditor Wilson. Judge Lewis, I ‘
venue Commissioner, briefly pledged tv, ,
support of Ms fellow-oncers to the .yij u ‘.
tlon. The President’s response was citin' ,-
to tieolergyman.
During the day a number or Senators a s .i
- -called upon -
dent; among them was Gov. Uglssts,,
' who raid that State would give to
the same support It had given to Mr. Ida \
BSB Mrmsroßsi.
7 OVBJOIAn ASHOCKCarCKKT TOTBSii.. .
"it----. WesDspastv -
WABMnraTO», Aprn
Lieutenant General V. S. Grant, Untied v
: tkmmanding the Armlet o/the United ■
ingten,D.C.:
triStsAt: You will please announce f--
order to the armies ol the United S'a o ■’
Saturday, the ISth day of April, ism ’
the death of Abraham Uncoln. the oa -r ,
dent or the United states devolved uZ'r '
Johnson, Vice Frequent, who, on the s ' ' be
took the official oath prescribed m r ti e i
and entered upon the duties of that offi, .- j ft
Edwih M. Stawtoa, Secretary '-r,. !. L
War Dkparths-,- '• Jfc
ADJnTAIrT GaHBRAL'S (I ii
„„ . . _ WASHineTOM, April i S
[General Order No. 67 ] M
It is hereby announced to the armies IS
United States that on Saturday, the 15 r ■ - vaK
April, 1866jby reason orthedeath of A* ri tf -' . S
eels, the office of President of the Unit* i 'ffi
devolved upon Andrew Johnson, Vice Pre- '*9
who, on the same day, took the official -v' : : «
scribed for the President, and entared upon- 'Mr
ties or that office. y -. W
By command of Ueut. Gen. Grant. M
W. A. Nichols, A j : i§J
THE MURDERER OF THE PRESIDED
CONTRADICTORY RUMORS CONCERN V
HIS WHEREABOUTS.
It was generally rwaored In this city ly. er!
Blag that Booth was captured a* Greco.tr,
station on the Pennsylvania Ballroad, nair p !
bnrg, yesterday afternoon. A captain of jd®
of cavalry is represented to have discovered a Vii
lurking in the woods, near the station, am ;h 4 . ■
arresting him he was rooognUod by several niju.
as Je Wilkes Booth.
BOOTH.
ITbw Tosk, April IT»— *A special despatch t: t
Post says that Booth has been traced to P ,r. j'
baccOy Charles county, Maryland.
CAPTURE OF MOBILE.
The Defending Forts Stormed and Car*:
»»« Hundred Gnat and Six Then.,-
Prisoners lakcn.
Nbw Ormahs, April 18, via Cairo, April
Tb® Time* publishes official despatches aonoan
the capture of Spanish Port and Blakely, tee:; ■
2ner at lose A. M., on the Pth, with 700 prl?;;?: ,
ana the latter on the same day by assault, ati .7
5,0C0 prisoners, with a large amount of or lev.
Btorcs, gunboats, and the troops proceeding u 1:7
sisted towards Mobile, which was capture!
evening by a portion of General Smith’s comae;:
assisted by the light-draft gunboats, after a e:. .-:
resistance by the enemy.
Chicago, April IS.— A special despatch fre
Cairo rays : “ Oar forces occupied Mobile on tbe :•
test, . The Spanish Fort was captured, with r. !»,
thousand prisoners. Three hundred guns were c r-|
tured to Mobile. The garrison fell back up -A
rtver on gunboats, and by way of Chlokaa&w Bar ,i 1
General WUscn has captured all of Boddy so r
ruand.”
NORTH CAROLINA.
JOHHBTOH PROPOSES AN ABJUSHCZ TU
eSHKEAL SSSBKAH.
He IsTUllagto gnrreader on tlie Sams
leraM aa Seneral lee.
CBpecial Despatch toThe Press. 1
WasHTßOtow, April IT.—General Grass to-isf
received a despatch, from General Sherman to tt»
effect that Johnston had proposed an armistice n i
continue until General Grant’s terms of sarreoder
to his army could he ascertained- General Shermss
replied to Johnston that he had fall power to treat =
and waa ready either to negotiate or move upon £0
works, wfaleh he would do at once- « ,
Washibotow, April 17.—Information has te«*
worived by the Governmentfrom General Shermia
that he was In commnnlcatlon with General Jure
ston, with a view to the surrender of rite lattsr.
Genera] Sherman would offer the same terms
General Grant did to Lee, and It was supposed tl»r
would be accepted.
*HK EAST GULF SQUADBOS.
wovrmktb ov ajoimtAU stbibliho ajtd ms
Msraronos orsioflKtoaaifssaßt
-JX Sr ,lT? 8T ’ AprU S-—Admiral Strlbllngleit t«
on the Ist Inst, to Inspect tike different vessels of tu
squadron, and win be absent about ten days.
*‘-?ey I* In charge of Coatmanfet
K. Handy, of the Dale. ;
The gunboat Sagamore arrived here yastetda?
afternoon from Philadelphia.
havaha.
Bseur-now o» th> raws or xhb fall of sics*
atOITO—A. FABBPOBT SYSTKM,
“ Apra W—Bytho steamer Ha«»
we have Havana dates to the nth
®?® Ia brought the news of the fall of Blctrar 5
with colors flying and - her machinery dewritU
A ® ata folded Moro Oastleshe fired thirteen ram
iat> union men rejoiced -exceedingly, and tas
rebels looked gloomy, a secessionist named tin
ner has been sentenced to ten years’ Imprisonment
uiawtog a pistol on & coachman In an alters-*
ties.
The yellow fever &n$ small pox had appeared
Th«e Is no truth in a* report that Cap:*
Mam had been Imprisoned In Moro Gas tie.
3EJ .XT JBt O I* JB .
BAlWactW» fob TUB BKUHHT IS-^jj
By FOBTITI3.I. ;i
TBE »MUHD OP OVB MISIBTSB AOWBEB %
bSLw'JSLt?® it.—The steamship City f
on the 6th, via Q,c«- SB
I?? 11 $? the 6tb Inst., arrived at this port thi? a**
*** only one day later thani- •* jHI
by tte steamer Gvrmanla. j Ml 1
*l. April The Madrid p»perfrs»“i SK
urnt the Portuguese Governmenthas acceded to ;S§
American minister’s demand for the removal o' :: f i .9n.
commander of Fort Belem Use • mp
btates ligate Niagara, after the Federal Sfc
mander had signalled him thathe ,, m
summona.
The pirate Shenandoah waa-stlll at HEelbcc 2* Tm*
23d. Capt. Waddell threatens*) ry r --’ <S
to Bh&mond (!) the oonduot of ’ m
jdSa?* 88 refusing to famish his vessel wit „■
The lockout In the iren trade has ceded. ‘--f
THU L4TEB2 OOMKBBGIhh. ’ ii
* iQlZfti 0 ? 1 ** — sales to day*- %’ 4
Themukstfe dull. ##
a»d priees weak. f fir
TheManehefcterjavriet is & M
Breadftafffe—The Inasket is qniet sad stead T- WM
«o*Ti»ion»—The naak«tli dulh aim
JViiiic6~Thii nfttkctiuitftdv. , .v
XtrjsnoKs AprU closed at SCKi?- -HL
mo ikey “ .. .
vSitsEicAjf Stocks-v-lUlnois Ceatrel
B'rie ffalltoad, United States flve-iwe--- !
BV. isomus.
AWtBST OP tmPBXLXSG I>ISLOTALI&I' .
St. Louis, April IT.—Several persoas ”
hircßted here lot exalting over the assassi*^* 1 s . v #
Preßldent Lincoln and uttering disloyal “
and two have been shot and *■“ .V*;
same cause. The city is draped In mcarui^
then Is great sorrow expressed for the
A Cuerina EUled.
LBxswGTioar, April 17.—Oen. Hobson's && 21 ...
Morrow, the guerilla, yesterday.
noted guerilla promises to surrender W*
commauff to Gen. Hobwn, who tea Us ***,
arranged that the; must suseader orbeu” 1 '
Dated.
Inraliiy of leff Davis—Hte
4'OKdltion Good at the Expense I
Confederacy. ... .-:r-y
Baltimorb, April 17.—“ C. O. F-.’’ tt °,/- i;
Epcmdeutof tho Baltimore American, who o. _ j...
arrived from t’hartestoa and savannah, «d\' s,
at Savannah h« heard that on Monday, ti” ; r
lust., Jeff- ravia was at Macau, Ga. At “ ; •:?
he learned from a bank office? that J- - * - 1
on; depots te bae of tlw banks tb«r?fu j
gold,