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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, |1865.
THE OBSEQUIES
OP THB‘
XATE PRESIDENT,
ABEAHAM LINCOLN
A Ceremonial -will take place on this day
at Washington, which will be marked by
the greatest and most profound grief that
any nation has ever felt—a grief which has
for the last few days quenched our pride in
the deepest tribulation, and rendered us
apathetic even to the last triumphs which
have written themselves in our history.
The Obsequies of the late Chief Magis
trate of the United States, the victim of a
dastardly assassination, will be attended to
day by thousands who visit Washington
With the sole view of doing honor to his
memory and appeasing their own over
whelming sorrow. And thus closes the
last impressive scene, after the end of the
mortal life of one whom we conscientiously
believe to have been the purest, most genu
ine, and straightforwardly unswerving man
who has ever filled the chief position in
our Government.
That he had faults we care not to deny.
"Who is there that can lay claim to com
plete spotlessness in the eyes of the Al
mighty? But these faults were errors of
judgment that in other mien would well
nigh , take rank as virtues. They were
chiefly caused by his largely.benevolent
kindness of heart and amiability of dispo
sition. As a ruler and statesman his sin
gleness of character and upright honesty
of purpose make him only second—if, in
deed, he be second—to George Washing
tom in the whole history of State-craft and
Government.
These two men stand alone, and we seri
ously question whether the mournfully
atrocious character of Abbaham Lincoln’s
death will not give him the first place in
the great national memory which, without
distinction of party or political creed,has
pronounced unhesitatingly his eulogium.
He was most emphatically “ our father,”
and has died a Martyr for his children and
that Union which is at the same time our
dearest inheritance and our greatest
blessing. .
Standing now in the presence of his
Maker, he will present as clear and blame
less a record as human ruler has ever laid
before that God. The errors which he may
have had, but to which -his pre-eminent
excellence blinds our eyes, will ask for
that mercy which will not be refused him,
as he stands, conscious of them, yet hope
ful, before the Eternal Throne.
MURDER WIDE OUT.
Public and ostentatious as was tbe mur
der of the President of the United States
and its savage accompaniment at the re
sidence of Secretary Bbward, it is, never
theless, shrouded with a strange, and, as
yet, almost impenetrable mystery. If it
be true that the leaders of this car
nival of blood have been taken, much re
mains to be discovered before we can see
the ramifications of what really appears to
have been a most carefully-digested and
cold-blooded conspirae-y, to which,modern
history furnishes no parallel, and which the
darkest ages, even with the aid of the exag
gerations of romance, have never surpassed.
In this case the objects wuich the vic
tims had aimed at were decidedly of'
the highest and purest. They were identified"
with the sublimest struggle for true civili
zation and regulated liberty,and in the effort
to maintain these bulwarks of human happi
ness they were forced to resist the infuriated
assaults of another and an antagonistic
system, based upon the right to hold man
in bondage. It was doubtless because
this resistance had been or was about to
be successful, that the wretched criminals
Undertaken to remove the representative
men of the Republic. These considera
tions added immensely to the interest
awakened by this awful transaction,, and
sharpen the deßire that all concerned'in
it may be brought to judgment. That this
their fate we .do not entertain a
doubt. Even if they are permitted to roam
for a time undetected, they will only be a
prey to a remorse from which there is no
lining refuge or rescue. A 8 we peruße the
melancholy details we are reminded of a
chapter in our own history which
may now be recalled, because it is a picture
in some respects of the Satanic deliberation -
and calculation of these bad men, and also
a startling argument to show that however
crime may for a period hide itself from jus
tice, it is at last sure to* be. overtaken and
punißhed. We refer to an extract from
the speech of Daniel. Webster, on the
trial of John Fbancis Knapp for the mur
der of Jos»ph White, of Salem, Massa
chusetts, on the night of the oth of April,
1830. Mr. White was a wealthy merchant,
82 years of age, and was found by his ser
vants, in the morning, dead, and drenched
with blood. The murdereflfad entered the
window from a backyard* and had inflicted
thirteen deep stabs, and a heavy blow on
the left temple of the venerable man. ■
This frightful deed was committed in
a populous and central part of the town-
The house had contained many valuable
articles, money inclusive, and yet nothing
Was taken. A great effort was made to arrest
the criminals, when, by a providential cir
cumstance, they were discovered. In the
midst of the.popular excitement it was
announced that a heavy robbery had been
committed by three foot-padß on Joseph
, J. Knapp, Jr., and John EbanciS K^app,
; On the evening of the 27th of April, while
they were returning from Salem. This
unusual robbery was published, with the
editorial remark that “these gentlemen
are well known in this town, and their re
spectability and veracity axe not questioned
by any of our citizens. ’ ’ The robbery proved
to be a fabrication, and was only reported
' for the sake of baffling and diverting public
Inquiry. After a close investigation the
two Knapps were arrested, and a man
named Cbownikshibld, their instrument,
who waß the murderer of the aged Mr,
■White, and -who, before trial, committed
Suicide in his cell. The object of the
Knaitb was to destroy the will of Mr.
White, who had devised to the mother of
the wife of one of them—to whom he was
related—a legacy of fifteen thousand dol
lars, whereas shs would inherit his whole
estate if Tfe died intestate. Although they
were hot the actual murderers, both were
convicted and executed—the one for being
accessory before the fact, and the pther
for being constructively present as an aider
or abettor of the murderer. Daniel Web
BTBB prosecuted the Knapps, and in the
course of Ms remarkable argument em
ployed language which we reprint because
of its singular appositeness to the case
wMoh is now being discussed in every
household. We subjoin it:
“Tli# deed was executed with a degree of self
possession and steadiness equal to the wiokedneßS
with which It. was planned. The circumstances now
clearly In evidence spread out the whole scene be
fore us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim,
•and on all beneath hie roof. A healthful old man, to
whom bleep mas sweet, the first sound slumbers of the
night held him In their soft hut strong embrace.
The aßsassln (enters, through the window already
prepared, Into an unoccupied apartment, with
noiseless foot he paces the lonely haU, halt lighted
i lie the moon; he winds up the ascent and reaches the
■t door of thAcWtber. Ot this he moves the loclt, by
l orft nTid contlntied pressure, till It turns on Its hinges
| writhout tJoiFe. and enters and beholds Jiis viotiip
f before him. Tfo> room la uncommonly open to the ad
f Efi.oinnnfllsrht. The Innocent face of the sleeper la
t Sid from the murderer, and the beams of the
) iSfresUng on the gray hicks ol his aged temple,
stow him wfcere to strike. The fatal blow is givaa,
and victim passes; wUbotiL* straggle or a mo
tion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death!
It Is the assassin’s purpose to make sure work, and
he plies daggerpaiotigh it is obvious tfot life
has been destroyed by the blow of the bludgeon.
He even raises'the aged arm, that he may not fail
in his aim at the heart, and replaces it again ovet
the wounds of the poniard. To finish the ploturd,
he explores the wrist for the pulse. He feels for it,
and ascertains that it beats no longer !, It is
plished! The deed Is done i He retreats: retraces
his steps to the window, passes out through it as he
came in, and escapes.
«* He has done the murder. No eye has seen him,
no ear has heard him. The secret is his own, and tt
is safe I Ah! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mis
take. Such a secret can be safe nowhere . The whole cre
ation of God has neither nooknor c orner where the guilty
con bestow it , and say it is safe. Not to speak of
that Eye which pierces through all disguises, and
beholds everything as in the splendor of noon, sack
secrets of gnllt are never safe from detection, even
by men. True it & generally speaking, that
‘murder will out.* True it is, that Providence
hath so ordained, and doth so govern things,
that those 1 who break the' great law- or
Heaven by shedding man’s blood seldom suc
ceed In avoiding discovery. Especially in a case
exciting so mueh attention as this, discovery
must come, and will come, sooner or dater.
A thousand eyes turn at once to explore every man,
everything, every circumstance, connected with the
time and place: a thousand ears catch every whis
per : a thousand excited minds intensely dwell on
.the scone, shedding ail their light, and ready to kin
dle the slightest circumstance Into a blaze of, dls
'covery. Meanwhile the guilty soul cannot keep its man
secret. Il is false to itself; or t rather , ilfcels an irre
sistible impulse of the conscience to be true* to itself*
It labors under Its guilty possession* and knows not
what to do with it. The human heart was not made
for the residence of such an inhabitant. It finds itself
preyed on by a torment whloh it dares not acknow
ledge to God or man, A vulture is devouring it,
and it can ask no sympathy or assistance, either
from Heaven or earth. ■The secret which the
murderer possesses soon comes to possess him;
and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it over
comes him, and leads him whithersoever it wills.
He feels it beating at hn hearty rising to his throaty
and demanding disclosure. He thinks the whole world
sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes , and almost hears
its workings in the very siknee of his thoughts, it
has become his master $ it betrays his discretion ; It
breaks down his courage; It conquers his prudence.
When suspicions from without begin to embarrass
him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him,
the fatal secret struggles with greater violence to
burst forth. It must be confessed, it will be con
fessed : there is no.refuge from, confession but suicide,
md.smdde is confession.”
Mark Ike striking resemblance between
the manner in which the assassin ap
proached Mr. Seward in his sleep and Mr.
Lincoln from behind. The fancy, of
Shakspeabe never produced such a sceue
as this from real life, but it is in the last
passage—-that which refers to the inevita
ble discovery and' punishment of the
murderers—that we may read the sure ana
awful doom as well of the -principals as of
the confederates in the direful tragedy of
the night of Friday, April 14, 1865.
The Tomb of Abraham Ulncoln.
It is suggested by. the New York Times
that the remains of our late and beloved
President should 'be deposited at Mount
Yernon at the side of those of the great
man whose untiring energy and wisdom
wrought out the Independence of this Na
tion. We most heartily endorse this idea.
Where so fitly should' Abbaham Lin
coln, whose tenacity and unswerving
fidelity of purpose to this Union has pre
served it, rest as at the side of him who
first bound it together? The love of the
country for him will undoubtedly desire
that this shrine of our constant pilgrimage
should thus be. rendered doubly sacred to
us and to our children.
The Conspiracy.
There cannot be much doubt, if any,
that the murder of President Lincoln was
the result of a.well-planned and deliberate
conspiracy. It is certain, from the simul
taneous action, that the bloody proceedings
at Secretary Sewabd’s, and the deep tra
gedy at Ford's Theatre, must been
executed by two persons, at least. One
of these, namely, the brutal murderer of
Mr. Lincoln, certainly was John Wilkes
Booth, a fanatic (who proudly claimed to
be a Southern man, although some of the
city press claims him. as belonging fo the
North)—a man of the strongest rebel want
of principle, who is now reported to; have
been in the frequent habit of using threat
ening language against the President. He
has been identified as the man who entered
Mr. Lincoln’s box, committed the murder,
jumped on the stage, knife in. hand, and
thence, with a knowledge of the theatre,
behind the scenes, which none but a pro
fessional person could have attained, rushed
out of the house, through a door which
had been purposely left unlocked and only
on the latch, and thus effected his escape,
almost'before the audience at Ford’s were
-aWare that the beloved Chief Magistrate
had .even been woundedi Of Booth’s
identity there is no doubt whatever.
The maimer in which Us retreat and that
of Us associate in guilt has been covered
and concealed shows that all had been pre
pared beforehand. There was great danger,
it is txue, to the person who shot Mr. Lin
coln and to Ms associate, who literally
'ran a muck, in the Malay fashion, against
every person. whom he saw at Mr. Sew
abd’s.. But it was probably calculated
that the unexpectedness of the double crime,
aided by the active movements of, the
criminals, afforded a chance of escape
during the confusion. The wretches ef-,
fected their escape, and it appears almost
certain that they were aided, once out of
Washington, either with .fresh horses to
convey them away, or, which is - just as
probable, into some place of concealment,
already provided by thfe conspirators, so
near Washington as, from that very conti
guity, likely to be unsuspected.
The design, still arguing on what is pos
sible from the little that yet is known,
must have been not only to deprive tbe
country of its constitutionally-elected Head,
but to involve other leading officials.. It
had been announced that General Gbant,
as well as President Lincoln, would visit
the theatre on Friday evening. Circum
stances induced him to snatch time to pay
a flying visit to his family at Burlington,
and it was Mr. Lincoln’s infinite good
nature wMch prompted him to attend,
contrary to Us own personal desire, in
order that the public should not be
disappointed by Ms absence as well as by
that of General Gbant. It was also 'ex
pected that Mr. Secretary Stanton would
he present, and that Yice President Johnson
might also be there. Who can say what
preparations may have been made to de
stroy these leading officials, had they been
all present? Booth, no doubt, had de
voted bimself to the" assassination of Mr.
Lincoln —who can say how many others
were pledged, prepared, and present to
murder Gbant, Johnson, and Stanton ?
Mr. Sewabd, confined to Us bed by a dan
gerous accident, was separately dealt; with
by another assassin. God grant that the
details of the conspiracy may be developed.
The South is suspected of being deeply,
indeed, exclusively involved in it, and, af
ter the St. Albans raid and murder, and the
attempt to bum the New York hotels, it
will be difficult, if not impossible, to re
move that suspicion. Indeed, where elgq
can it attach ?
It would be ’easy to cite examples of
inlers who have lieen murdered. Henby
the Fourth of France was murdered-by the
fanatic, Ravaillac, two hundred and fifty
years ago; John re Witt, Stadholderof
Holland, was massacred, nearly two centu
ries since, during a sudden outbreak of the
populace ; and Gustav ns the Third, of
Sweden was assassinated, in 1792, by An
kabstbom. But to the horrible organiza
tion whose plots have culminated in the
murder of that just man, President Lin
coln, there is scarcely a parallel. ‘The
only one at all resembling it was the Cato
street conspiracy, at the commencement of
the reign of Geoege the Fourth, and that
was directed, not against the ruler’s life,
but against the lives of his Ministers.
Twenty-four to thirty disaffected men en
tered into a.secret organization, the object
of which was to assassinate Ministers,
when assembled at a Cabinet dinner,
and, in the confusion, seize the Bank
of England, overthrow the monarchy,And
establish a republic. The plot was re
vealed to the Government by more than
one conspirator, and, at the moment that
the blood-thirsty ruffians were about issu
ing from their haunt in Cato street, to exe
cute their fell purpose, they were arrested
by the police and the military, and the five
ringleaders were convicted and executed.
But the unhappy difference is that the con,
spiracy against the ruler’s ■ ministers was
1 detected before it could accomplish its
hellish purpose, while the plot, in this
country, has swept away one of the noblest
and best of men, and all but deprived the
nation, also, of the distinguished states
man who has so ably and successfully con
ducted our relations with foreign Powers.
“OiCCASIONAA.”
Washington, April 18,1865. r
V -It was my good fortune to know much
of the sacrificed sage whose mortal remains
are to-morrow to be borne from the .Presi
dential mansion in Washington to the
cemetefy of his family in ; Al
though he knew that, like many thousands
of Democrats who looked upon Stephen
A. Douglas as the ideal of the fearless pro
test against that policy of Buchanan which
hatched secession into rebellion, and le
bellion into .war, I had voted for that la
mented statesman in 1860, this very fact
made him apparently more
and kind. Never having met him until'
he came here to be inaugurated,-, he
received and treated me like ’ an old
friend, and the gelation so begun con
tinued without break or pause to the hour
of his murder. It was Abraham Lincoln’s
utter indifference to prejudice and his fer
vent love of justice that so soon fitted his
otherwise inexperienced mind for the
rough responsibilities of the Presidency.
It was his rare temper that made him
strong to smooths the rugged natures Of
politicians, and to calm the unwritten
storms that frequently disturb the cojunsels
of the constitutional advisers of the Execu
tive. The vexations that puzzled the sia
cereßt and the wisest he promptly and easily
composed. On .grayer and greater sub
jects he was equal'to the ablest, and was,'
deferred to by the most learned. Without
the slightest asstifirption of "superiority, he
was never nervous at the complications
born of our national strife, and de
manding the nicest discrimination to un
ravel. As the war was of the moststu-.
pendous dimensions, and for the' largest
objects, it called out and taxed the strongest
intellects of our age and times But it
never induced Abraham Lincoln to
despond or grow weary. I can never
forget, and have often. narrated, an in
cident which took place in New York,
when Judge Douglas became a can
didate for re-election to the Senate,
and when he was opposed by the Republi
cans and by the whole force of the Buchanan
Administration. It was in the spring of
1858 when I called on the Judge, who was
then staying, with Mrs. Douglas, at the St.
Nicholas Hotel. He was preparing for his
canvass with great* zeal, and knew that he
had a hard struggle before him, The in
telligence had just reached him that his
Republican competitor would be Abraham
Lincoln. While realizing that this fact
only added to his own doubts of the result,
he seemed to be flattered that his opponents
had put forward their best man. Holding
Mr. Lincoln’s well-known, and, for a
long time, much-abused, but not the less
prophetic, speech in his hand—that
speech in which he shocked the slave
despots by declaring that this [nation must
be “all free or all slave” —with this-re
markable production in his hand,-he pro
ceeded to pay a high tribute to Mr. Lincoln.
He said he was the leading mind of his
party, the most difficult man to meet and
match On the stump, and the most skilful
and thoughtful statesman of his school. It
is unnecessary to do more than refer to
the resulting debate between these two
intellectual wrestlers. If it ended in mak
ing Douglas, Senator, it placed in bold re
lief before the nation the future President
of the United States. Hardly ..had Mr.
Lincoln been" seated in the Presidential
office before the seed so carefully sown by
Us predecessor began to flaunt its bloody
blossoms. The successful rival of Mr.
Lincoln in 1858 and the defeated candidate
for President in 1860 became one of - the
most earnest friends of the Lincoln Admi
nistration in 1861. Had he survived to this
sad hour he would be among the sincerest
mourners at the bier surrounded by a be
reaved and stricken people. Douglas left
a legacy that has been jealiusly cherished
and nobly employed by his hundreds of
thousands of friends. With few incon
siderable and some infamous excep
tions, tbe great Douglas Democracy has .
been a most faithful and undeviating ele
ment of the Union party, against which,
as against an adamantine wall, Mr. t Lin
coln could rest his measures, and from
which he could repel Us assailants. There •
is not a free State'; nor,irindeedi/a, glaxe-
State, in Which this mighty! - mass of citi
zens have not been equally* true, disinte
rested, and patriotic. And now that the
noble chief whom they sustained in his
troubles.and trials has gone to meet their
own great leader, they must see that both
fell in the same cause and by the same great
,enemy. The assassin that struck them
both was Human Slavery. Although
Douglas did not fall by the murderer’s
hand," he died of the disease contracted in
boldly fighting the Disunionists. Nothing
but the fact that the tiger of slavery had
not yet tasted Northern blood saved Doug
las from the assassin in-1860. The men
who followed Us standard will not be in
sensible to his counsels now, when the
grate has closed over Abraham Lincoln,
and when another President, of Demo
cratic antecedents, needs their support.
It is true that Andrew Johnson did not
vote for Judge Douglas, . but like his
State gave his vote to Breckinridge; but
he was the first Southern man to denounce
the damnable secession plot when it was re
vealed to him. Who will ever forget his ter
rific indictment against Breckinridge,Davis,
and their associates, on the 19th of Decem
ber, 1860, after Abraham Lincoln’s elec
tion ? It w_as the signal for a conceited
assault upon him, beginning with Davis,
who was followed by Hunter, Siideli, Wig
fall, Tverson, Benjamin, and, meanest and
worst, Jo Lane himself. Well did Mr.
Johfiion say of this, assault in Us master
reply to the whole of the conspirators, on
the sth and 6th of February, 1861, when
they had seceded fro.m the Union. I copy
his very language:
Mb. Fbbmdbmt : Since I made that speech on
the 19th of December, I have been the peoallar
object of attack. I have been denounced because I
happened to be the first man south of Mason and
Dixon’s line who entered a protest or made an argu
ment in the Senate against this political heresy. From
what I saw here on the evening whan I oonoladed
my speech, although some may have thought that tt
Intimidated and discouraged me, I was Inspired
with confidence ; I fell that I had struck treason a
blow. * * * * * * .* . *
I.thought .then, and I know now, that men who
were engaged m treason felt the blow that I dealt
out on that occasion. * « * * *
yesterday the last of the Senators who re
present what are called the seceding; States
retired, and a drama was enacted. Tno plese
was performed; the aotors were perfect. In
all their parts; It was got up to order; I will
not say that the mourning auxiliaries had been
selected in advance. One of the retiring Senators,
In justifying the course that his Stale Gild taken,
made a very specious and plausible argument In
wftKSSf »"tffe"d66if&e Oi sebfljtibij. I allude to
' tie Senator firom Louisiana, ' .* f
I thought the soenewas pretty well got. up-and
was acted out admirably. The plot was executed
to the my letter. Ton would have thought tbit
his people in Louisiana were borne down and
seriously oppressed by remaining in this Union
of States. Now I have an extract before me from
a speech delivered by that gentleman since the
election of Abraham Lincoln, while the distin
guished Senator was on the western slope of the
Kocby Mountains, at the' city oi ban Fran
cisco. He was oalled upon to make an address;
end I will read an extract from it which I
find in the New York Times, the editors or which
said they had the speech before them; and I have
consulted a gentleman who was In OaUfornla
at the time, and he tells me that the report
Is correct. In that speech, after the senator
had spoken some time with his accustomed
eloquence, h 6 uttered this language: 11 Those
who prate of, and strive to dissolve this glorious
confederacy of States, are like those silly savages
who let fly their arrows at the sun, ta the vain hope
.of piercing it. And still the tun rolls on, unheeding,
'in its eternal pathway, shedding light and animation
upon all the world.” Even after Lincoln was elected,
the Senator from Lonislasa is reported to have Bald
in the State of California and in the city of Sau Fran
cisco that this great Union could not be destroyed.
* * 0 0.0 9 9 9 gt *-
Mr. Fresidesit, I never do things by haloes. lam
against this doctrine entirely. I commenced making
war upon it—a war for the Constitution and the
Udl on—and I intend to sink or swim upon it. In the
remarks I made on the 19th of December, I dis
cussed at seme lengQfthe alleged rights of secession.
I repudiated the whole doctrine. I introduced au
thorities to show its xmsoundness, and made deduc
tions from those authorities which have not been
answered to this day; but by Innuendo and indirec
tion, without reference to the person who used the
authorities, attempts have been made to answer
tils speech.' Let those who can answer the Speech,
answer the authorities, answer the conclusions
which have been deduced from them.
What friend of the lamented Lincoln,
what friend of the lamented Douglas, “Will
refuse to stand by a President who, in the
very dawn of Rebellion, broke the bonds
of party, and, with Ms own brave i heart
beating proudly in his bosom, hurled his
scornful denunciations upon the traitors ?
And what of the murderers ? As I write
it is rumored that Booth and the other in
satiate assassin, who attempted to slay Mr.
Seward, Ms sons, Ms nephew, and Ms
attendants, have . been captured. The
more I reflect upon this dreadful tra
gedy, the more do I doubt the possibility
‘HESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19,*865.
THE
of, those ,-Wio consummated it being hu
man. History wi]i W- studied in vain for
,a .parallel. The exaggerations of romance!
r the traditions of barbarism, and the le
gends of the dark ages are exceeded by
this awful reality. When we think of the in
nocence and [eminence of the victims, their
'virtues, their talents and their patriotism,
and the long weeks of preparation,, the de
liberate calculation, the evident concert of
action, and the horrid perseverance in the
very erisisof the double and quadruple crime
Of thejmdrderers, weare in a maze of painful
bewilderment. Can it be that these
wretches bore the image of their Creator?
Can the, htimah fraine be; filled with the
bate and the crueltylof the’ devils'them
selves ‘r If this is true, itfmustTbe for some
inscrutable purpose—probably to give us a
new proof of the wickedness of slavery;
and yet, more probably, to hasten the. com
plete, overthrow of that- accursed sys
tenu'vW® shall all .rejoice if the* authors
of this carnage have been arrested;
but how can -their execution expiate
their—guilt?. They, will attempt to
brave it out—to make a parade,of death
as they have made a havoc of • life—to
cnact_a_ drama on the.scaffold as thiy con
summated a tragedy at the theatre and the
'domestic fireside. What-if they are trans
mitted, as they will be, to endless shame ?
This is no compensation for a loss like
ours ; we must be content with the .reflect
tion that the patriot we have lost can never
be fiorgotten, and that, if his assassiiis are
consigned to unending infamy, hii’fame
and his name will be cherished while time
endures. • 1 - -Odo^bsAi.
WA6HIN GTOW.
lioioitaiK gsM<Sies.«f JPresiuont JoSn
ADDRESS OF THE 'OIXTZTSNB OF ILLINOIS
AMD BESrOMSB CP ' ; TpB ‘ rBEBIDEHT. '
In aoooidanoo with a resolution passed. at a meet
ing of the oUlgons of Illlno!s,.held at the national
Hotel yesterday afternoon, the citizens oji/jh?ltfSWrt%
assembled at Hotel p r C7>aratorytopa7lDg
their xetpeots to his Excellency Andrew Johnson,
President otthe United States, Governor Ogelsby
accompanied by Senitor Blohard Satesi General
Isham N. Hayne, .ex'Senator O. K. Browning, Hon.
Phillips, General JY F. Farnsworth, Hon.
Isaac N. Arnold, Hon. John Wilson, General
Gamble, Colonel John S. Xioomls, Colonel J. T£‘.
Bowen, Governor Pickering of
Julius White, Hon. J. M. Hanna, MXjatsfe Walt,
Major W. O. Carroll, Major P. Flynn, and a large
concourse of citizens repaired to the’ rooms bl Pre
sident Johnson in the treasury building, Governor
Ogelsby presented the delegation and addressed
the President as follows:
Mb. Pbbsukbmx: I take muoh pleasure In present*
lug to you tils delegation of citizens-of Illinois,
representing almost every portion of the State. Wo
are drawn together m this city, by the mournful
events of the past few days, to give some feeble ex*
presslon to the feeling we, la common with the
whole nation, realize as pressing us to the earth, by
appropriate and respeetfoloeremonles. We thought
It not Inappropriate, before we shall separate, to
seek this interview with yom Excellency, that
while the bleeding heart la pouring out Its mournful
anguish over the death of our beloved late Presi
dent, the Idol of our State, and the pride of the
whole country, we may earnestly express to.you,
the living head of this nation, our deliberate, fall,
and abiding confidence in you ah the one who, In
these dark days, must bear upon -yourself the
mighty responsibility and
directing its affairs. In the midst of thlasaduess,
through the oppressive gloom that surrounds us, we
look to you and.to a bright future for our country.
The assassination of the President .of tho United
States deeply depresses and seriously sheravateg
the entire nation j but, under our blessed Constitu
tion, It does not delay or, far any great length ol
time, retard its progress—doss not for an instant
disorganize or threaten its destruction. The record
of your whole past life Is lamliiartous. All the
splendor of your roeent gigantic'effort*to stay
the hand of treason and asassßinatton, and festore
the fisg to the uttermost bounds of tho Republic, as
sure that noble State we represent, and.’wabelieve,
the people of the Halted States,that we may safely
trust Its destinies in your hands, and to tills end we
come in the name of the State of 'flllnou, and we
confidently believe 1 fully and ,faithfully expressing
the wishes of our people, to present a pledge to you,
the cordial, earnest, ana unremitting purpose of our
State to give to your adnfinisthatton the strong
support we have heretofore glvenjta the administra
tion of our lamented late President, the .policy of
which we have heretofore, d« now,-and Khali oon
tlnueto endorse.
The President add,: /
Gehtlbmbn : Ihave listened with profound emo
tion ,to the kind words you have addressed to me.
The visitor this large delegation, to jft»eak to ms
through yon words of encouragement, f had not an
ticipated. In the-mldat Of the saddeaing olronin
atacees which furround ns, and thSaminehse re-'
sponelhllity thrown upon me.-an expression of the
cor iidence of individuals, and silll more of an in- '
fluehtial body like that before me, .'rapresenting a
great Commonwealth, cheers and stfengt'aens my
heavily, burdened mind. I aru at afloss lor jworua :
to respond. In an hour like this, of deepest sor
row, were it possible to embOdJ.ln words, the feet
lngs of my bosom I could not command my Ups to
utter them. Perhaps thebosfreply I could>make
and the one most readily appropriate to, .your
Jind assurance of confidence, w«IA MF to
receive them In silence. [Sensations! The. throb
blng of my heart since the sad'catastrophe'Which
-has- appalled us-cannot here,lured to w*#ds,' and
oppressed as 1 am with the new and greatreJtponal
bliity which ha# devolved upon me, saddened with
grle!, 1 can with difficulty respond ijo yea at -alh
But I cannot permit such expyesslbss of the ;eonU
denoe reposed In me by thepßbnie fw past- without
acknowledgment. -To,an Individual like myself,
who has never claimed much,butWhOhas, it Is true,
received from ' a generous people many maSts 01
truEt aed honor for a long time; an ocoasloa Hko
. this and a manifestation-of feeling so well-timed
are peculiarly acceptable. Springing from the peo
ple myself, every pulsation of the popular-'heart
finds an Immediate answer la my Own. .By many
men In pnhllo Uie EUhh'Oooasions are often consider
ed merely formal.: To mo they are real. Tear
words or countenance and encouragementsink deep
In my heart, and were I even, a ,CO ward-1 coafil not
but gather from them St&kgfh tO carry out my con-.
ViOttOBB Of right. ' : ,
Thus feeling, I shall, enter upon .the discharge of
mv great duty firmly andsteaefastiy—fappiausa]—
If not with tho signal ability exhibited by my prede
cessor, which Is stUlfi*slL.fU’our sorrowing minds.
Need I repeat that no hOattfeols moresenel&iy than
mine tills great a Auction T- In What I say'oa this oc
casion I shall Indulge: so petty pplrtt of anger ; no
feeling of revenge, bpi are have beheld a nota
ble event in the bla tof’r of. mankind. In the
midst of the American people, -Where every citizen
is taught to obey the laws amt ’Observe the rules of
Christian conduct, our Chief Magistrate, the be<
loved of all hearts, has beenassasßlnated; and when
we trace this crime to Its cause, when we remember
theßource whence the assassin drew hfs Inspira
tion, and then look at the result, we stand yet more
astounded at this most barbarous, most diabolic as
sassination. Such a crime as the miirder of a great
and good man, honored and revered, the beloved
and the hope of the people, springs not alone from a
solitary individual, of ever so desperate wicked
ness. we can trace Its cause through successive
steps, without my enumerating thdmhere, hick to
the source which Is the spring of all Our woes. No
one can say If the perpetrator of the fiendish: deed
be arrested ho should not undergo the extfemejt
penalty In law known for crime. None trip Say
that mercy should Interpose ; but, ,1s ho alone
guilty 1 Here, gentlemen,-you-, perhaps, expect me '
to present some indication of my future policy. One
thing I will say—every era teaches its lessons.
The times we live In are not without Instruction.
The-American people must be taught, If they do
not alreadyfeel, that treason Is a crime, and must
he punished. [Applause ]: That the Government
will not .always,bear with its .enemies; that It Is
strong, not, only to propeofc, but to. punish. . {Ap
planfo.] when we turn to the orlmiEhl code and
examine the catalogue'of-orlmes, wo there, find,
arson laid down as a orftne, With its: appropriate
penalty; we there find. theft androbbery andmar
der given as crimes, and there, too, we .find the last
and highest of crimes— Treason! [Applause.] With
other and inferior offences our people are familiar,
but lit our peaceful history treason has been almost
unknown. The people must understand thatitis
theblaokest of crimes, and will be surely punished.
[ Applause.] I make the allusion not to exalte the
already exasperated feelings Of the public, but to
polntout the principles of public justice which [hould
guide our action at this particular junctors, and
which accord with sound public morals. Let it be
engraven npon every heart that treason Is erlrno
and traitors Bhall suffer the penalty. [Applause.]
While we are appalled, overwhelmed at tno fali of
one mau in our midst ny the hand of a traitor, shall
we allow men, I care not by what weapons, -to at
tempt the life of the State with Impunity T While
we strain our minds to comprehend the enorlilty of
this assassination, shall we allow the nation to be
assassinated I[Applause.] I speak in so spirit, of
unklndness. I leave the events of the tutute MS be
disposed of as they oeonr. Begardlug myself a# the.
humble Instrument of the American people In this, ’
as in all things, justice' and judgment shall fie do
termlnedby them. I do not harbor, filler Of re
vengeful feelings towards any. In general terms I
Wbulj.foy that public mqrftifASd public opinion
’ Shouldbotr.SLoiea upon the n&tt afijPlnafxiblfi
principles of justice. [Applause.] tho
question of exercising mercy comes boiof* me,
it will be eonsldered.oalmly and judiciously, re
memberlng that I am the Exebutlvu of the nation.
I know that men love to have their names spoken of
In connection with acts of merfiy, and how easy it is.
to yield to this Impulse, but wo must not ICrget that
what is mercy to the. Individual is oruelfyfto the
State. [Applause.] In the e&erclge of mercy there
should be no doubt left that this high prerogative Is
not used to relieve a few at theexpenseof the many.
Be assured I shall never forget that I aim not to con
sult my own ieeling alone,-bilt to give an account to
the whole people,. [Applause ] in regard to my
future course I will now make no professions, su
pledges. I have been connected somewhat actively
with public affairs, and to the history of my past
public acts, which is TamUlar to you, I refer for those
principles which have governed me heretofore and
will guide me hereafter. In general, I will say, I
have labored for the amelioration and elevation of
the great mass of mankind. My opinions as
to the nature • of popular government have
’Wong been cherished, and constituted - as I
am it Is now too late In life for me Ito- change
them, I believe that government was’made for
man, not man for government. [Applause:] This
straggle of the people against the most gigantic re
bellion the world ever saw, has demonstrated that
the attachment of the people to their government Is
the strongest National defence human wisdom can
devise. [ApplauseJ So long as each man feels
that the interests of the Government are his Inte
rests, so long as the public heart turns In the right
direction, and the people understand and appre
ciate the theory of .our Government andlove liber
ty, our Constitution will be transmuted unimpaired.
If the time ever cornea when the people ahalpfall it,
the Government will fall, and we shall cease to be
one of the nations of the earth. Alter havliig pre
served our form or tree government, and shown its
power to maintain its existence through the Flolsai
tudes of nearly a century, it may be that it was ne
cessary for ns to pass through this last ordeal of in
testlne strife to prove that this. Government
will not perish from internal wbaknewi bat
will ever stand able to defend Itself against
all, and to punish treason. ~ [Applause/l In
the dealings of an inscrutable Providence, and
by the operations or the Constitution, I%ave been
thrown unexpectedly into this position, My past
life, especially my course during the present Unholy
rebellion, is before you. Ibava no principles to re.
tract. I defy any one to point to any of my public
acts at variance with the fixed prinolpJesjwMoh
have guided me through lire. I have faoproftsslons
to offer. Professions and promises would bej worth
nothing at this time. No ono can foresee the cir
cumstances that will hereafter arise. Had any man
gifted with preselenoe four years -ago uttered and
written down In advance the events of this period,
the story would have seemed more marvellous than
anything in the Arabian Nights. £ shMt not
attempt to anticipate the future. As events* ooour,
and it becomes necessary for me to aot, I snall dis
pose of each as It arises, deferring any declaration
or message until It-can be written b y
pars graph In the light of events as they transpire.
Tho'members ol the delegation were then seve
rally introduced- to the President by Gen. Oglesby.
-ltmvisw OX THU PEKBIDBHT WITS THE CHaiS
TIA» COMMIBSION.
Directly after the Illinolslanß reared the Presi
received a J&Tge number of delegates of fca«
Christian CommlsaioD,- temporarily residing tti
Washington. Tho JRev. Mr. Borden, of Al&any*
delivered a brief but eloquent and Impressive ad
dress, recognized Mm as oalled In the
Provldcnre of God to have rule ovor the nation.
Tn the tiftit public service of the President they had.
a truer foundation of hope for the Juturej and, now,
as they lcok«d on the face of his Illustrious prede
rtonfor. whose sad death had moved the country to
tSrsf’thcy believed that God had sent him as
Moses, to lead the people* and h*s successor as
Joshua* to give them a land of promise, and that
the BcmlniEtratlon of justice aod mercy
everywhere follow the success of our arms. Their
prayers were* for an enduring peace ana an the
bWsln«sot free government. ,
The Preeidetrt rrplled, that such were his foellngs
in oonsequence of the late afflicting event ha could
notTiespond in appropriate terms.
best rep& would be silence. He, however, achuow.
ledued his Mianfes for the kind sentiments expressed.
Although he .might fail, he would promise that he
would undertake the performer ce of tbo groat and
reßponslble dnUeadevolvltiK bb o ? ,^ lm > '
zeal of an honest heart. Be had knowledge of and
aoDreoiated the - officers of the Christian Oommis
siom He always had an abiding faith in tne people,
Mdlortelon the Government as based upon the
principles of human rights. This nation’s mission
is not vet , oompleted. £t tt in our hands. When
we look at the country’s condition it K»-vo_a. oom
plete contradleiion to tte essaraptmu ene
mies. in the midst of treason and rebellion we find
that we will triumph at
civil war which has covered the laed With glo®m>
and while the entire oonntry were rejololagover
the triumphs of the straggle, there has neon an as
sassination the most atrocious and dlaboffeal tho
world has ever witnessed ; while the nation was
jubilant the Chief Magistrate was stricken down
like a star from its sphere. An interregnum or
hiatus was created in the Government. In Franc*,
for Instance, under similar olronmstanoes, there
would have been scenes of anarohy; but not so here,
where the Government is founded on jnseloe and
• ri ?Te have developed the great truth that It Is
strong enough to preserve its- existence whilo sup
pressing all public disorders within onr wlpely ex
tended limits. The-Government is made for the
people, and not ike people for the Government. He
was no Beotarlan. He claimed a charity coextensive
wlihthe human family. He believed, In tim lan
guage ol another, “that religion IS an’arch of pro
mise spanning humanity, with Its ends resting on
tho horizon.” Bellgion is seen in its acts more than.
I’ B professions, and good deeds never eßcape reeogni
tlOß* •/
. He then repeated tbs sentiments regardiag bis
future pubilo course, similar to those addressed to
the Illinois delegation,saying: The time had oome
when intelligent men, like those before him; should
exert their moral influence In erecting a standard
by which everybody should ba taught to believe that
treason Is the highest crime known to the law, and
that the perpetrators should be visited with the
punishment which It deserves.:
The sentiments met with -hearty responses of
"iinei.” ; '/ ''V : ' . '
The gentlemen were then severally introduced to
the-Fresident, and all expressed themselves highly
gratified with the interview.
THE PERUVIAN MINISTER.
Sefior Don Josb Ahtouio Gauoia yesterday
presented his credentials to the Acting Secretary
of State, and was received as the charge d’affaires
of the Bepubllc of Fern to the United States.
CONSULS RECOGNIZED.
Robert Barth has been appointed consul of the
Grand Dttohy of Mecklenburg Sohwerin, and also
consul of the Electorate of Hesse at St. Louis, and
A. OhAnesEHiua consul of the Grand Duchy of
Mechlesbnrg Schwerin at Chicago. They have
been recognized by onr Government accordingly.
THE OBSEQUIES.
The Last Honors to tlto National
Martyr.
THE CEREMONIES IN WASHINGTON
THE EOtTIE OF THE EEHOVAL TO rLiINOIS
OEEEBB OF THE STATE AND TBEA
BVB.Y DEPARTMENTS.
WASHiMOTOir, April 18.—The body of the late
President is lying in state in the East Boom of the
Executive Mansion. Thousands of persons, of both
sexes, are thronging thither, forming a long line of
procession, and being admitted in the order in which
they approach the Executive Mansion,
A raised platform, on which to accommodate six
hundred pessohs, has Men erected all around the
East Room. *
The guard of honor In attendance on the remains
tc-nlght consists of Major General Hunter, Adju
tant General Thomas, General Dyer, Colonel Ord,
and Captains C. E. Nesmith and Dewees, of Gene
ral Humphrey's staff.
The order of the funeral ceremonies is as follows:
Reading a portion of Scriptures, by the Rev. Dr.
pale.
Opening prayer, by Bishop Simpson.
Funeral' address, by the Rev. Dr, Gurley, mid
closing .prayer, by the Rev. Dr. Gray.
The eotpse will be conveyed to tho Capitol, where
Dr. Gurley will repeat the gervloe and pronounce
the benediction.
THE IBAItSI-Oltl'ATlOtt on THE BBKAIUS SO ILLI-
. ‘ Governor John Brough, of Ohio, and John W.
Garrett, -Esq., have, upon the request of the War
Department, consented to act as a committee to
make arrangomonts -for the transportation of the
remains, of president Lincoln from Washington to
>thelr fiiiitl. risSting plane. They, are authorized to
arrange the ifiaetableswlth the respective railroad
companies,:afid-to do and regnlate all things for the
safe and appropriate transportation.
The programmc % the tomsportation brFrasl
dent LtEcoin’B remains from Washiugiori lias been
Issued. ” The railroads over which the remains trill
pass are declared military roads, aubject to the or
der of the War Department, and the railroada, loco
motives, cqrs> and engines engaged In said,trans
portation are subject to the military control of Brig.
General McCallnm,
No pepsonwUl be allowed.; to be transported on
the oars constituting the funeral train save those
who are specially authorised by the orders' of the
'Why Department. 1
The funeral train will not exceed nine oars, in
cluding baggage and hsarse-car, which will pro
ceed :over the whole route from? Washington to
Sprlngfleia.
The time schedule for the transportation is as
follows:
. Leave Washington Friday, April 21,8 A. M.
Arrive at Baltimore, Friday, April 21,10 A. IS,
Leave Baltimore, Friday, April 21, 3 P. M.
Arrive at Harrisburg, Friday, April 21,8.20 P. M-
Leave Harrisburg, Saturday, April 22, 12 it, ,
Arrive at Philadelphia, Saturday, April 22:
6.30 P.M. ' -
Leave'Fbiladelphla, Monday, April 24,4 AM..
Arrive at New York, Monday, April 24, 10 A. M.
Leave New York, Tuetday, April 25,4 P. M.
Arrive at Albany; Tuesday, April 28,11 P.TSL -
Leave Albany, Wednesday, April 26,4 P. M. .
Arrive at Buffalo, Thursday, April 27, 7 A. M.
Leave Buffalo, Thursday, April 27,10.10 A. M. .
Arrive at Cleveland,-Friday, April 28,7 A. It.
Leave Cleveland, Friday, April 28, midnight.'' '
Arrive at Columbus, Saturday, April®, 7 30 A. M.-
LeaveColumbUß, Saturday, ApriV29, BP. M, ,
.Arrive at Indianapolis, Sunday, April 30,7 A, M.
Leave Indlannpols, Sunday, April 30, midnight.'
Arrive at Ohleago, Monday, May 1,11 A. M.:: - .
-Leave Chicago, Tuesday, May 2,9.30 P. M. „ ,
Arrive at Springfield, Mdnday„May s, BA. M. "
At various points on the' jronte, whore his re ■
mains are to be taken from thus hearse-oar by State
or municipal authorities, to 'receive public honors,
according to the aforesaid programme, the authori
ties will make such arrangemenfsas may be fitting
and appropriate to the occasion, under the direction
of the military commander of the division, depart
ment, or district, hut the remains wlll'obntlnue al
ways under the special charge of the officers and
escort asalgned by the War Department The route
from Columbus to Indlanapolio is via the Columbus
and Indianapolis Central Ballway, and from
Indianapolis to Chicago via Lafayette and Mlohlf
gan City. In order to guard against accident, the
train will not run faster than twenty miles an hour.
OKDBB BY THB AOTIKO 6KCJEKTART OP STATU.
Dkvaktmbut on Stats,
Washikotoh, April 17,1865.
It is hereby ordered that, In honor to the memory
of our late Illustrious Chief Magistrate, all Officers
and others subject to the orders of,the Secretary of
State wear orape on the left arm for the period of
six Months. Wm. HtrsTuni"
. AoticgSeoretary of State,
OBDEEB OB TBB TBBAST7RY DBPABTMSKT.
■ Tbbasubv Dbpaktmbnt,
__ ■■ Wasbikotoh, April 17, 1885.
The Secretary or the; Treasury, with profound
Eorrow, announces to, the revenue marine the death
of Abraham Lincoln, late -President of the United
Stater, He died In this city on the morning of the
15th Instant, at twenty-two minutes past 7 o’clock.
The officers -of the revenue marine will; as a
manifestation of their 'respect for the exalted
character and eminent public cervices of the illus
trious dead, and of their sense of the calamity the
country has sustained by this afflicting dispensa
tion of Providence, wear erape on the left arm and
upon the hilt of the sword for six months. It is
further directed that funeral honors be paid on
board all revenue vessels in commission, by firing
thirty-six minute guns, commencing at meridian on
the day of the receipt of this ordeT, and by wearing
their flags at half-maßt. Hcoh McCulloch,
Secretary of the Treasury.
THE ASSASSINATION PLOT.
CAFTUKB OF OWE OB THE PEDST
OIPAL CONBPIBATOBS.
AN ACCOMPLICE TAKEN IN CUSTODY,
Wassikotos, April is.—About three c’olook
this morning a man clad In laboring clothes,
covered with mud, and bearing a piok-axo on his
shoulder, was arrested entering a house occupied
by members of the Surratt family on H street, be
tween Ninth and Tenth, On moving the mud from
his person he turned out to be of much more genteel
appearance than his disguise indicated. ; -
He has since his arrest been confronted with those
at Secretary Seward’s, who saw the Secretary's as
saUant on Friday night, and he was at oneeldenti
fled as the man. It is reported that his name Is
Paino, but the full particulars have not yet trans*
pired. Surratt, it is now believed, was not a direct
actor in the assassination, but Beems to have been
in some way Implicated in the plot. Upon the pri
soner being brought to Gen. Augur’s headquarters
this'morning, Mr. Seward’s coloredservant, who
was at the door at the time the assassin applied for
admission, wss Bent for. The servant had acknow
ledge of the arrest of the prisoner, but upon enter
ing the room in which the prisoner and a number
of persons were, instantly'exclaimed, “ Why, here
ib the man that cut Mr. Seward.”
BOOTH BAJTD TO BB HBABBO OIL ;
Ealtimoek, April 18.— A gentleman, who ; was at
Point Bcohout yesterday morning, was Informed by
an office* of .one of our gunboats that Booth and
other conspirators, about thirty In number, were In
St. Mary’s county,’ heavily armed,'and endeavoring
to make their way across the Potomac, which was
stroThly picketed, and no on* was allowed to pass.
He a?BO stated that on Sunday evening a small
squad or onr cavalry bad a “"““f one
bed been repulsed, but succeeded in capturtnif oaa
of them. In tbe meant ime our ca,a ' r n y
forced, end yesterday morningwo.e unde.sitmW to
have them completely surrounded, and tbelr escape
was deemed impossible* .
BBWASrt FOB TSB ABBBST OF BOOTH.
Bai/timokx. April 18.— The City Councils have
offered a reward of ten thousand dollars for tba oi
rest of tbe assassin of President Lincoln. Tbe reel
Jug here against Booth Is greatly Intensified by the
fact that he Is a Baltimorean, and onr loyal pecpia
are anxious that one who so dishonored the fair
fame of Baltimore should meet*wlth spoedyjastica.
ABEKBT OB 088 OB THB COBSBIBATOB3.
Baltimokb, April 18. —A highly Important ar
rest has been wade here. The name of the party *
withheld at present. He has madeafutl oone#-
slon, being onb of the conspirators against the ft
of the President, and acknowledges himself to bo
tLe autbc* of the letter signed "Sam,” which as
round in Booth’s trunk. It U understood that he
parti alluded to states that the original design of
the conspirators was merely to capture the Pre
sident some tlmebaok-aridtin thw way compel a
general release of all the rebel prisoners then
held by the United states. That when the gene
ral exchange commenced, the project was aban
doned by him and others, and he says he refused
to haye anything further to do with It, and endea
vored to induce the others to give up their designs
■upon the life of the President. This la substan
tially a correct version of what the prisoner has
so far divulged. He is a well-known resident of
Baltimore.
TEH IDENTITY OB THB ASSABSIH OB HE. BBWABD.
The person arrested this .morning was supposed
to be Surf att, but there Is reason to believe that the
desperado is no other than "Thomas,” the so exiled
u French lady,” who, It will be remembered, cap
tured the, steamer St. Nicholas In 1881, and who
was subsequently apprehended, tried, convicted,
and senteneed to the penitentiary, from whlohfby
some means, he was released. Nothing positive,
however, is'known on the snbject.
Secretary Seward la much better to day, as is also
Frederick Seward,, who Is gradually regaining full
consciousness, and. it is now confidently hoped and
expected that both the Secretary and his son will
’speedily recover.' '
•CHE ASSASSIN J. Mil l, IDS BOOTH.
His Xeasons fox Commuting the Heed.
Wo havejnet received the following lotter, writ
ten by Join Wittes Booth, and placed, by him In
the hands of his brother-in-law, J. S. Clarke. It
Was written byhim In November last, and left with
j. S-ICIKSe tn a sealed envelope, and addressed to
himself, in hTs own handwriting. In the same enve
lope were someJCniled States bonds and ollatooks.
This letter was opened by Mr. Clarke for the first
time on Monday last, and immediately handed by
him toMarshal Millward, who has kindly; placed
it in pur hands. ‘Most unmistakably it proves that
he must fof many months have contemplated seising
the person of the late President. It is, however,
doubtful whether he imagined the black deed which
has plunged the nation into the deepest gloom, and
at the same time awakened it to a just and righteous
indignation:
, 1884.
Hr Peak Sts: You may me this aB you think
best. Bat ai'tome may wish to know when, who, and
why, and as I know not haw to direst) I glye It (la.
the words of yoor master)
“ To whom, it may concern " :
Bight or wrong, God jndge me, not man. For be
my motive gobd or bad, of one thing I am sure, the
lasting condemnation of the North.
I lore peace mole' than Hfe. Hare loved the
Union beyond expression, e’er foar years hare k
watted, hoped, ahd prayed for the dark olondsto
break, and for a restoration of onr former sunshine.
To wait longer would be a crime. All hope for
peace Is dead. My prayers have proved as Idle as
my hopes. God’s will be done. Igo to'see and
share the bitter end.
I have ever held the South were rlght. The very
nomination of Abraham Lincoln, four years ago,
spoke plainly war—war upon Southern rights and
institutions. His election proved It. “Await an
overt act.” Yes, till you are bound and plundered.
"What folly 1 The South were wise. Who thinks of
argument or patience when the finger of his enemy
pi esses on the trigger 1 la a foreign war, I, too,
oould say, “Country, right or wrong.” Bat In a
struggle' such as ours (where the brother tries to
pierce the brother’s heart), for God’s sakehhboso
the right. WJen a country like this spums’justtce
from her side, she forfeits the allegiance of every
honestfrecman,and should leave him, untrammelled
by any fealty soever, To act as his conscience may
approve.
People of the North, to hate tyranny, to love
liberty and. justice, to strike at wroiig and oppres
sion, was the teaching of onr fathers. The study of
ourearly history will not let me forget It, and may
it never.
This country was formed for the white, not for the
black man. And, looking upon African slavery
from the tame standpoint held by the noble framers
of our Constitution, I, for one, have ever considered
.(t one of the greatest blessings (both for themselves
and us) that God ever bestowed upon a favored na
tion; Witness heretofore our wealth and power;
witness their elevation and enlightenment above
their race elsewhere. I have lived among it most of
my life, and have seen toss harsh treatment from
master to man than I have beheld in the North from
'father to son. Yet, Heaven knowsy ito one would
"be willing to do more for the negro race than I,
oould I hut see a way to etill belter their condition.
Bull Idncoln’s policy fa only preparing the Way
for their total annihilation. The South ore not, nor
have they been, JtgtUinftoit he oonticasnco of slavery.
The first battle of Ball Hun did away with thajt Idea.
Their causes sir.ee for war have been as noble and
greater fer than those that urged our fathers on. Even
ekcuklwe allow they were wrong at the beginning
of this contest, cruelty and in justice have made lie
wrong become the right, and they stand now (before
the wonder and admiration of the world) as a noble
band of patriotic. heroes. Hereafter, reading of
their deeds, Thermopylie will be forgotten.
*When I aided in .the capture and execution of
John Brown (who was a murderer on onr western
border, and who was fairly fried and convicted be
fore an impartial judge and jury, of treason, and
who, by the way, has eln.ee been made agod), I was
proud of my little share In the transaction, fori,
deemed It my duty, and that I was helping our com
mon country to perform an act of justice. But what
was a crime In poor John Brown is now considered
(by themselves) a* the greatest and only virtue Of;
the whole Republican party. Strange transmigra
tion ! Vice to become a virtue, simply because more
Indulge In It!
- X thought then, as now, that the Abolitionists were
the only traitors In the land, and that the entire
party deserved the seme fate as poor old Brown, not
because they wish to abolish slavery, but on account
of the means they have ever endeavored to use to
effect that abolition. If Brown were living I doubt
whether he himself would set slavery agalaßt the'
Union. Most, or many in the North do, and openly
cursetheUnlon, If the South are to, return and re
tain a single right guaranteed to them by every tie
which?we once revered as sacred. The South can
make no, choice. It Is either extermination or
Blayery for themselves (worse than death) to draw
fiomr I know wy oholce.
. Ehave raise studied hard to discover upon what
grounds the right of a State to secede has been de
nied, when our very name, United Spates, and the
Declaration of Independence, both provide for se
cesElcn. But there Is no time for words.. I write in
haste. I know how foolish T shall be deemed for
undertaking such a step as this, where, on the. one
side, I have many friends and everything to make mo
happy, where my profession alone hue gained me an
income of more than twenty thousand dollars a year,
and where my great personal ambition In my
profession has such a great field for labor.
On . the other hand, the South have never
bestowed upon' me one kind word; a place now
where I have no friends, except beneath the sod; a’
’place where I must either become a private soldier
or a beggar. To give up all of the farmer fbr Jftp.
latter, besides my mother and sisters whom I love*
so dearly (although they so widely differ with me
in opinion.) seems Insane; but God is my judge. I
love j-ustice more than I do a country that disowns
It; more than fame and wealth; more (Heaven par
den-me if wrong) morothan a happy home. I havo
" never been upon a battle-field; but oh! my country
men, could you all hut see the reality or Affects of
this horrid war, as I havo seen them (in every State,
save Virginia,) 1 know you'would think like me,
and would pray ihe Almighty to create in the
Northern mind a sense of right and justice (even
should it possess no seasoning of meray),
gRd that Ho would dry up this sea of blood between
'us, vhfleh is daily growing wider. Alasl poor
country, isshe to meet herthreatened doom !; Four
yearn ago I would have given -a. thousand lives to,*
see her remain (as Ihadalways known her) powdr* •
fol and unbroken. And even now I would hold my
life ss naught to seeder what she was. Ohl my
friends, If the fearful scenes of the past four years
had never been enacted, or if what has been had
-been but a frightful dream, from which we . could
now awake, withwhat overflowing hearts could we
bless our God and pray for his continued favor!
How I have loved the oldjteg can never now bs
known. A few years slnco and the entire world
eould bout of none so pure.and spotless. But I
have of late bean scelngfand hearing pf the
bloody deeds of which Bhe idea been made me errr
blest, and would Bhudder to'think how changed
she had grown. Oh! how I have longed to iee her
break from the mist of blood and death that clr-.
cles round her folds, spoiling her beauty, and
tarnishing her honor. But no, day by day.has
she been dragged deeper and deep® Into ordeit 1 ?
and oppression, till now (in my eyes) hew once
bright red stripes look Ilka bloody \ashes on the
face of Heaven. I look now upon my; early
admiration of her glories as a dream. My love
(as thingß stand to-day) is .for the South alarm.
Nor do I deem’ it a dishonor In attempting to
make for-her a prisoner of this man, to whom
she'owes so mnoh of misery. If success attend
me, Igo penniless to her slde. They say die has
found (bat “last ditch" which the North have so
long derided, and been endeavoring to force her in,
forgetting they are our brothers, and that it is im
politic to goad an enemy to madness. ShouMll
reach her in safety and find it true, I will proudly
beg permit sion to triumph or. die in that! same,
“ ditch” by her side. j ■ 1
A Confederate , doing duty upon his own responsi
bility. J. Wilksb Booth.
KENTUCKY. '
PROBABLE SURRENDER OF THE REBEL
GENERAL LYON.
St, Dome, April 17. —A despatch from Paducah
announces the probablo surrender of the rebel
General Lyons to General Meredith.
Loujbvillh, April 17 The guerilla chief, Ma
jor Walker Taylor, Captain Taylor, and five or his
mein; who sutmmdeied thfsmselyesjto Dr. Owlnas,
member Of our LegisJatrirei under tUeTato order of
General Pab&em arrived here on the Henderson
packet-boat this morning. i
The guerilla chlef-Captaln Bowley, who Was cap.
turedby General Stedp back of Oleveßport camp,
alsooameonthe same boajjja a prisoner.
latest from mobile. .
DESPATCHES FBOM GEN. CASBY.
CAPTUBE OP SPANISH POST AND
FOBS BLAKELY.
r»ty Onus anilKearly Three Thousand
prisoners Valtenu
MOBILE OCCUPIED BY -GEN, GKANGEB’S
FOSCFS ON THE 12th,
THE STABS AND STRIPES FLOATING
OVER THE CITY.
OFFICIAL G AZETTE.
W ajshikgtok, A pril 18 .—The following despatches
from Major General Oanby report tie capture of
the Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, which form a
part of the rebel defenses of the city .of Mobile :
HKADQUABTKKB MILITARY DIVISION Y72ST2IIS
. Mississippi, IS Tint Fisi.% BA. M., April 9.
To Major General Bailee!:, chief of Staff:
Spanish Fort and its dependencies .were capture#
last night. We hare' twenty-five officers and fire
hnndred and-thirty .eight enlisted men prisoners,
and hare taken fire mortars and twenty-fire guns.
The major part of the garrison escaped by water.
Blakely is already invested, and will be assaulted
to-day, unless the works are stronger than I now
believe them to bo.- Oar casualties axe sin ill.
Ed. B. S. Oasby, Major General.
Hbaequabtbbs Military Divreiour Wrstsbw
Mississippi, is TBB Firijj, April 9.
Lieut. General Grant and Major General BalUck:
I hare the honor.to report the oaptnre this day of
the rebel fortifications at Blakely, with twenty-four
hundred prisoners and twenty gaps.
’ Ed. B. ,S. Cabby, Major General.
Edwin M. Stabtob, Secretary of War.
Was Depabtsteht, Washikstow, April 18.—
Official Information has reached this Department of
the occupation of Mobile, on the 12th Inst., by the
troops under the command of Major Gen. Canby,
No particulars of the oaptore have yet been re
ceived.
THE CAPTURE OP BPAHI6H POST.
Cairo, hi,, April 18 —Letters, dated at the
head quarters of the military division of West Mis
sissippi, Spanish Fort, April 9, say that the left
lunette of the Spanish Fort having previously been
taken by General Smith, the enemy evacuated the
other parts of the fort at daylight on the 9th, and
Colonel Berton’a brigade Immediately occupied the
fort, and found two brass howitzers, one 21 and one
jo-pounder Parrott gups, sixty-four Napoleons, two
«• pounders, one 8-lnoh mortar, aa 8-ineh eolumblad,,
a large quantity or ammunition, a number of mulfs
ahd holies, but few rations. Ail the guas were spiked
with nails. The prisoners taken were 26 officers and
£27 men. The oaptore of Spanish Fort gives ns Forts
Alexis, Eugene,.and Blakeley.
THB OCCUPATION OP MOBIER.
New Oelbaxs, April 13.—T00 Times has the fob
lowlng.speeial:
Lakypoet, April 13.—1 have just arrived from
Mobile. The stars and stripes were hoisted onjlat
teries Porter and MaointoslT&t 10.30 A. M. yester
day, and on Big Church steeple Ifi Mobile at 2,20
P. M. General Granger’s forces/occupy the city-.
The rebels eommeneed evacuating on the loth, and
continued untfl yesterday, when all left. The tug-,
boat Allen was blown up by a torpedo yesterday. 1 "
There is no movement In the New Orleans mar
ket. The citizens generally are anxiously looking
for the opening of the’port of Mobile as a relief to
the restriction on trade. ‘ '
NORTH CAROLINA.
ADVICES FROM SHEBMAX’S ARMY.
I
The Pursuit of Jolmston.
THE CAPTURE OP RALEIGH
GENERAL STOHEBAR’S EXPEDITION.
SALISBURY TAKEN ON THE 12th INST.
Immense Captures cf Prlsonors, Artillery, Ammn-
nltlon, and Supplies.
GOVYBKOB VASCOS TAKES. PRIS9SSB.
The Surrender of North . Carolina to Sherman
Ordered by Johnston and then
Countermanded.
JFeflr Bawls uitb lobnston at Hillsboro.
FoETiress Monrob, April 16.—The steamer Ad
miral Dupont arrived from Morehead City, N. 0.,
bringing interesting advices from Gen. Sherman’s
forces.
Gen. Sherman having left Goldsboro In his rear,
at oneaEtrnck out for Johnston’s army, hoping to
be able to foroehlm to give battle.' Johnston, how
ever, kept retreating, and It appears that Sherman
has met with but Tittle resistance to his much
•North. ‘ ' * ..a .
Balelgh, N. 0., was eaptnredlast Thursday- with
very little fighting, and that opnfined principally
to the oavalry, and skirmishing between the ad
vanced pickets of both armies. The supplies for
Gen. Sherman’s army are all concentrated near
Roanoke psland, anj{ the vessels lying at anchor
are an ailing the orders of, his chief .commissary. : '
OAYTfiRR OB SALISBURY fir GBSEKAL BTOSXJTAN.
Lbnoirb, Caldwell county, N. 0., April 18.-r-Tite
expedition underMojor General Stoaeman, which
left Knoxville, the loth ult., struck the
East Tennessee UiU ult,, at Wythe
vllle,' Ohrlctlanßburg, and Between these
points 83 bridges were horsed andl&tjajlteor track
totally destroyed, and besides many pritonec| irere
taken and considerable quantities of corn aadj oirterl
stores destroyed. On the 6th
moved via Jacksonville, Danbury, and MirkiviHe'-
arrlving at Grant’s creek, five miles from SalifbUryj
N.C., the rebel line for the defence of tiedown,
'at 6A. ffi., on the 12th Inst, Thls llne, defended by
aytlllery and Infantry, was soon fereod, and our
fore?* entered Salisbury at 10 A. ML., capturing 8
gtands of colors, 19 guns, 1,164
ef arms and accoutrements, 1,000.0& rounds ofemall
ammunition, and I,ooorounds offixetLammunltion
and shells, of powder, 76,000 complete.
! knits or olothlhft 35(h«l» army blsnkets, and 20,00 a
pounds o; bacon,.loo,ooo pgasds'or salt, 25,000 pounds '
of sugar, 27,000 ponnds'of pounds of salt
petre, £O,OOO bustmlE3fc»rS«ift, slTOsß|worth of file-/
dksal gnppiiesfand 7,000 bales-ef ootloSfc^Tnirteeh'
pteCes of artillery were brought away, and another
siojes not needed for ourlmrnsdiatßTsmmusndwfcre
destroyed. The greater part ef
just been received from Ealeig. We large arsenaSl
machinery complete, with depots,jtwo ; englnbs arm*
trains, several bridges between ~ Greensboro and
Danville, with several mUes of railroad track, were.
destroyed. Onr loss was-very few ln klUed whd'
wounded; among the litter, Gaptata R.HCnow,
A, A. .G, of Stoneman’s staff. /
' “ OFJTOIAL GAZffi&Si. "' i
"WAR Department, Wmameeraer, April 18.—
The following despite?’containing details of
the expedition tfifdef ebmnlihd’JrtSlAjffr’&eneral
Stoneman, have been forwarded to the Department
by Major General Thomas:-, v '
Hbaeqttaetebs, Hashvuih, 10,30 P.M.:
Major General H. W. HalUck,.Chief of
I forward tie following'report from Gen. Ston<b
man, just received, for Seore
tary of War and theßt. treheral,an(f take pleasure
in specially Inviting their attonHpn to ttie Import
enee of the work performed by
who In Bplrlt folly exeouted.theorders given Mm
before Tiia offldors spe
clally mentioned by General Stonejnsn (Major
Keogh and Captains fffiereow, Ammen, and Cham
berlain) have heretofore occasions. dis
tinguished themselves hyganShtry and (rot®.con
duct In battle. / \
HBAUQUASTKEe ;East Tswsiigjßlfe.
Ir TBk Field, SfiiaftjmsLß, TSTi <BgilM|>A
TO. A. HL, AprU M, Mfilfo.
Tfi.-Mt>jor General Thomas 1 , CommantlingDpparlment
Cumberland: >v ~
lhave the honor to report thdfollowlng as the ‘
result of our operations since my last despatch from
Boone, N. C.: From Boone, it.became necessary to
. jgosa the Blue Bldge Into the Yadkin river, In order -
to tSfltUte. lajjnlics fdr mon and horses. There we were
From thence we
struek.for Chrlstla'Ssbarg7oh'tha.route,l detached
Col. Hiller with a portion of his brigade to Wythe
vllle, and Major Wagner, with a portion of the lßth
Pennsylvania, Palmer’s brigade, to Big Blok.
Theie three pointstwere struck almost simultane
ously, Col. Palmer attseked, and attar tome fight
ing, captured Wythevfilo, destroyed the depot of
sullies at that point; and alto at Malr’s Meadow.
Major Wagner, arterstrttlng the railroad at Big
Blok, pushed on toward Byndhburg, destroying on
Ms lmportant bridges over Big and BUtle
Otter, andgot to wlthiitfonr miles of Bynohbnrg.
Wlthlthe .main body effectually destroyed the
roajl between New river and Big Blck, and then
struck for Greensboro on the North Carolina By
road ; arrived near Salem, N- C., and detailed
Palmer’s brigade to destroy the bridges between
Danville and Greensboro, and between Greensboro
and the Yadkin river, and the large depots of
Snppltes ralOßg the read. This duty was par
formed with considerable -fighting, the capture
or 400 and to my entire satisfaction.
With the other ’two 'brigades—Brown’s and Mil
ler’s—and thp* artUlyry, under the command of
Blwtepant -Beagan, we pushed for Salisbury,
whew wS'fSfend.-aboat 3jspo -troops, under the com
mand of sinjor General W m. Tff; Gaxdlnek, and
fourteen' pieces ofjartnksry, udder command of
. Colonel (late Blentcnant General) Pemberton.
, -Tim whole formed behind Grant’s creek, about two
and a half miles from-Sallßbury. As coon as a pro
per disposition could be made, I ordered a general
; charge along the entire line,’and the result was the
capture of Ute. whole fourteen pieces or artillery,
I,SM prisoners,' including 53 officers. AUtbrraTtn
lery and 1,164 prisoners are now with ns. The re-,
malnder of the force was'ehased throngh and: seve
ral miles beyond town, bat scattered and esoaped
into the woods. We remained at Salisbury two
days, during which time we destroyed fifteen miles
of railroad track and the bridges towards Char
lotte, wad then movefitjo this point,
From here we shall move- to the south side jof the
Catawba river, and be In position to operate toward
' 'Charlotte and Columbia, or the flank of an
army moving south. Following Is a partial: list of
the pnbllo property captured north of Salisbury, and
destroyed by us. Four large cotton factories, and
7,000 bales of cotton, four large magazines contain
ing 10,000 stands of small arms and accoutrements
1,000,000 rounds small arm ADjOOO
rounds fixed artillery ammunition, and7o,ooopounds
of powder, 86,000 bushels of com, 5p,000 buahels Of
wheat, 160.W0 pounds of aurad
may uniform clothing, 250,9.0 ar „r
pounds harness leather, lo oco P L'
also a very large amount, of
other stores and medical supplies’'
medioaldirectors|at twopooit
to the arsenals at Salisbury, ti, s
being fitted np, and was filka wJ‘
from Balelgh and Richmond an ",,
stroyed. The depots alom the f ,'. ‘
our various parties bare form ■
dance. The number ol torses ~,i
and taker along the road I h. «a '“.~ s
mating. I can say, however." t ,
better mounted than when we i er . * h
a surplus of lead, animals, ana
haul off all of our captures, tnon " '
prisoners,and about sttoita,,,''/;--,
this after crossing stone Br.)j-,V''v
Blue Bldge three times, a B;
headquarters since th, 2<th 0 -.. rj, h
hundred miles, and much n, ,*„■",
command. The rapidity of o ; . 7'‘ i
most every Instance caused ccr '
herald our approach ana '
plete. General Glllem, th ela ij.
of the division, who is ent!ti e ,j [ 1 ' :
whatever 1s due, will m*k e t ,» ' 1
the expedition. The only c«u ■ - e :=
" Oapialn Robert Morrow, a, , ' - : -~
lastly assisting Msjor Ke' ;
teg the llth Kentucky tj?."’.. • 1 '
.Salisbury, was on his twenV"; ‘ ; •
, but ;not dangerottsly woathC 3
These two young effi?e-*>, T ;~ -■
com, A. A. G,, my chief of ka <f ’ '
late, my Chief quarter<E:.stij
men, A. A. G., I wish to brir»
tentlon, and through you
Generai-in-Chlef. ‘ '
Geosgb SIOSem .
G.H.
CAPTtJKE OB QOVBEKOE Vi» ci ,l* '
JtALBlGsj, "'' ?
Newbeen, N. C., April 15 _Th ? ..
oftherailroadhaearrlvcd herefrom ! "
states that Governor Vauoc vr*i' c /.' :
cavalry between Hillsboro and
Inst. The report states that hj (v.j.
sent to-Sherman by Jobnston.wbo v J
with, instructions to suireaier tus
Carolina to Sherman, bnt thesa i
afterwards countermanded, and w
tog to J*chpston without having seen -
he was captured. He is now a pri3 6r ;:
having carried out Ms mission. p t .
states that Jeff Davis and fainr; [ i&l!
Eton at Hillsboro, which is about th>-
of Baleigb. Whether Davis Err; ■ ,
after Vance had been sent to Sber a .-‘
Jobpsttn’s inelrncdoas to Vanes
does not appear.
P. S. Sfierman’s forces entered ; ;
days since, and are moving on Dcr. ;i V‘ ’
after Jobnston. who eontinuw to idj t .
fighting. „
CAUFORNi
Meet of the Sews from v,v
DESTEHCTIOH OF OPPOSITIOif K£t:--
X.AHGE PUBLIC EBETIKG
* . • PBAECISCO.
sZsTbahoisco, April 16,—A-rini, p 4 H
steamer Golden City, fromPanam-d H
and passengers that left New York H
The destruction of the Demoirit]'
lest evening, was not the result of »i•.- ■ H
isive ■ utterances, hut the sudden on, . H
pent-up Indignation at their opposiu _. H
▼eminent all through, the war. TA
It was effected with such rapidity, ;i - jffl
expected, that the authorities were s 3P j
scything to prevent It. At nightti!! SP2
were In possession of the whole a i: _ Sal
gomery street, the principal thorou.i a.
approaches,"thus preventing farther n9k
quartern! the city where ft was most. ,jK
hendod. Hf
The Frenehorgan, L'Ecode Puctf.rr?, ~ mm
ened, and Is now under guard. S
The Unieet and American was destroy Jp
eAcitementpruvatlcd ail sight. W ;■
Memortai-Bervloos were hold in -,!! • , SEx
and public meetings to express the pi
and-tho Mayor has called one thh as, Jp.
pare for the obsequies.
' It Is reported that the Demos:
Marysville and Grass Valley hare t i' g
Two French men-cf-war arrival in r. *
Sah Fbasoibco, April ll.—A !-.r<
citizens was held on Sunday, the
Resolutions were passed, am-,
following, which amply expmivr
lng of Indignation on this ooast :
“Thegreat, capacious, mat!? trar
Lincoln was generous enough to t .*.
within the forgiveness of its livirr; •
their mEdnesß they have killed iii n
peace was possible. All tho t.s.i,
with generous emotions and hind :■
peace means subjugation ovannttdiin
merer/ upon the souls of the rcbrl ch f.'
When, this,was read there was r ■
and the people cheered over and cvt
Acommlttee of fifty citizens r<
mahepreparations for the obieqa:
dent, and all level citizens were ; r .
crape for thirty days.
No disturbance of tie publte |w;i,
since the last despatch. Tie
aims, and patrol tie streets at i:- .. •.
is no probability of fefthar otto
patches from Nevado and Oregon .=
States movedeqnally with. Cal "or 2;,
m
TlieSpa-render or jl«sc—'*t«
Nro and Arms tuajiro
- A special WashlEgtoc despatch th> '
Z&priss States tSat “General Lc '
. eight or ten-.ttouaand men stated r:
Jvrned tSe; articles of l,
mtn, utilk a
pieaief mtiOen/,an# fttflyMt'as;' fc
h_ _ \
-4M mmmi bese^e
„ bostoh, .
Bostok, April 18.—All tba~c^rslri s
otty will suspend publication ti
» „ . HBW YORK.
.rrs-wXoKK, A£rl) %-AH bC9!l!B?? I s F!'
****•
lafsakadjoumedti
= Minute guns are
city and harbor U
will he opened fr
i the day.
—vmnmvß
17.—8 y the -la]
been brought mi
trate of the nai
States, Abraham
belllous hate, under!
Bln. He has ration at
ties of humanity wsret
healing of cur national
vindictive nature upon hi.
O' generous sympathies am
untimely fan hasHtjewed a hi
log- - ._ ’.. », Of
on Wednesday, the isth Sestet, fvh.-a:
twelve o’clock, the hour of his funor.-X “
chUMlt.beU bo tolled througiioat :L: V
wealth, anff on that day M7aU brer
■ tended, and all bustness houses bo ci v . 1
Jo offices closed and draped In nm". -
leaoaofcEfißtuhky aw» invoked to pi; to.
to .the nadonrij grief which such a er? • ;
inspires. • Taos-E/Bitix •'•••.
* *•*.. - i 4. . Governor c:- ‘
. '«4' v , '“"■ < itans[aka.
'• ISBrAlfiMSOhje, April l£—Governor - ’ '
claims: Tlie Assist apt Secretary of S’
United States having announced tfea- : 1
soltnlhltlps prop or to he observed la ?f
the death brjPresldent.Jdnco'in will U '
the city of Washington on Wed E-d :.’- :
therefore request the people of fn-il-ur. :
Bald day as a day of mourttloar, hii-n:
prayer, instead of Thursday, the 20th. :i--
iexetcfore announced.
>' O. R. Mbxros- 5:~
MOSTSBAL.
MosTHhAt, Aprlllg.—The followKK P ;
tlonhas been issued by the Mayor of itu
PROCtAMATIOir.
Whereas, Wednesday next. April 19. i2 ‘.
.noon, has been fixed upon for the fus3- j
monies of the Chief Magistrate of the Uui.t
I» the undersigned, Mayor of the city of--
respectfully Invite the citizens general’: :
their places of business from 12 o’cl-A f
““?» ff a Whnteof respect to thememer, -
President of the United states, and o' t
with the hereaved members-of 4ila family’
as an expression of the deep sorrow-aad -
hythe citizensof Montreal at theatre::
by whlah. the President came to bis nnti.r-
J. I<. BUAIfCiIY-
The Bey, Mr. Gunnison, chairman of il
tee on resolutions, reported a series w:
unanimously adopted. The resolutions el
and irrepressible grief over the death of -
Lincoln, and the belief that in his death i.
has lost a public benefactor, while the
the loss the country has sustained In if
heightened by the fact that it came
It Is a Eonrce of consolation to Sc
it—trill be remembered to his :- ■=
hte life was devoted to law and f -
reeolhtloßß express deep sympathy v. r
reeved widow and afflicted family of -■;
dent, and trust “ He who tempers the T ”
Ebom lamb,” will enable them to best ffi .
tlan resignation this afflictive dlapensa:.-’-
Providence. .
Sesolved, That It Is with m’.njled
and’horxerwe learn of the attempt tots’ 1 ’;;-
the Hon. Wm H Seward and M» son
thewtreeity of the act ie only ecash-: ■■ ■■.
the loss our country would sustain 07 tn ; .
Resolved, That ua eminent sbfii’y. v '
ship, and enlightened poliey which e>/- : .
diplomatic eweer of the Secretary 0* '
have been nniTeznaily respecfe-1 et boms -
we hope, -throuxh a hand and gonero* l
will spared to hiecountry and uianti--
TOUONTO.
Tobokto, O. W-, April lg,—The •
Toronto to-night passed a rßsolutfn
Impious act of Lincoln's assassination J-
Eympathlstog with his countrymen. -'
mending that the business of the city '
two. hours from neon to morrow- one
her dissented.
’’ HAMTAX.
H&xvax, N. S * April 18.—Th® Co^!: ;
Cl), tc-day, p&s&da resolution espre??*- .**
thy with the bereaved family of tnel* I 'tpi
Llncoln.and, as a mark of respect to
deceased, ordered that the flags be ct--’’
City buildings pn the day of the obse#‘fy I( j;
The Americao citizens resident here - • ,
Ing to-day, at the Consulate; for th» ■-J
their sorrow o-rer the death of
and testilylng their respect to his
Hon. 3hdirjaekE6n,U.S.
Robert Bellows, of New York
After an able wed eloquent ealogy up-,...
trlous deceased, bis character .and v>-, .
and the great loss to the n«W»> .
pressed Ms own sympathy, **>A
Americans, for leeretiay Seward, »-
tatents he hoped a Mnd Provfdeace «-
hlsnenhtiyp He So assured
men oftfae integrity, ability,
Saint JohBHHMh whom they “{lSj* "4 «