Village record. (Waynesboro', Pa.) 1863-1871, April 21, 1865, Image 2

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NURDEIi, OF NA. LLNt)OLN.—TIie
startling nswe of the assassination of Presi
dent LISCOLN and the attempt about the ; same
_timc_to k cc re andH sons,' th e
particulars of which will be found in to-day
paper, reached this place about noon on Sat.
urday last. The 'friends of Mr. LINCOLN
would noteredit the report until a.later hou .
in the day when a despatch was received eon.
fuming the sad news, Business . was at once
suspended and the different bells tolled for
an hour or longer. Flags and dwellings were
draped in mourning. Upon the countenance
of almost every man, woman and child, could
ho seen unmistakable evidence of sorrow the
most profound. Many gave vent to their
feelings in tears, sorrowing as though they
had parted with their last, best friend. The
commission of a crime so horrible and so un:,
, expeeted affected those even who had previ
ously been the
'one
enemies, and our
community as 'one man, almost, seemed to
feel and mourn the great loss thus sustained
by the country in the death of its honored
Chief. Magistrate. Certainly no man since
the days of WAsuAricro,N had accomplished
more for, his country and the cause of hu
, inanity, and none could have been more, en
titled to the congclenee and affection of the
patriotic masses. During a bloody war wa
ged for four long ycars.for the very existence
of our Government, he, was incessant at his,
post of honor, the helm of the nation,' with
an accumulation of labor and responsibility
resting upon him such as no former Vresi.:
dent was ever called upon to endure. This
great man, who seemed to have been guided
by the hand of Onthipitence in;leading his
country through darkness and peril, fell at
Wit the victim of assassinstionAtuartyr to the
collie of hiS country.
Amwmat...L.weiar,t4-,—rentar-ks-the—Luneas
ter Examiner, was the gift of God to this
land, if ever a man was so commissioned.—
lie was taken out of obscurity, and myste
riously advanced over statesmen to whom the
people had been almost solely looking fur
their chief magistrate. All his singular ar
ray of qualities vindicated the choice: No
man since Washington ever so completely
met the emergency amid which he .arose.—
Great SUCCCtiI orowned his efforts. tro saw.
the leading hope of his life realized, for he
testified his. faith, A, few hours before he fell,
that war had really given way to pence, Ilia
mission, perhaps, had been fulfilled, and he'
goes hence leaving
00ne of Ihe few, the immortal name.
That were nut barn to die."
MR LINCOLN'S'FUNtRAL.—At noon
on Wednesday, the hour opp3inted 'for the
funeral ceremonies of the late President to
tako place, all buhinets in this place was slas
an,l with tho solemn tolling of :the
hells, the different congregations repaired to
ChurchTwhere - roligious eseroises'
were had, Rev. Mr. Kitkllll3 of the 'German
Reformed Church, and Rev, 'Mr. TtioAtis,
the Pcstor, officiating. Rev. Mr. BUURIO.N . ,
alb() Lutheran Church wns absent, haying
been called to preach in Quincy. The ocba
bion itself, we felt, was o'ne of more then or.
dinaryolcianity. ~The people o
the. 4414 statfls; at„ tit heur,, at the tomb of .
Anttaft . 'Arstictit , , - : the great benefactor of
his country and"marlye to human Freedom,.
It was a natiou,.at, that hour, in mourning,
fur ono whose memory posterity will ,delight
tu honor, and whose public Roe private
tors will lice in- the hear Ls . ofa'grateftit peo•
0"13 'tit DAN G.P.---The gintifying an.
voooOei4sutt ia.opado,,that &met:try SZWA.RD
has so tar Tecovercei from his recent wounds
aa:tb' be 6oiiderOeint` Of dagger. His don
hbs 440.-,Tenitiril s tii'arinjefotuiesa ..oo' is al.
*O lO ; 113 0 v I e r,•:: 7:.,
•• f _Fp44:4 3 t ir r •4etitqvarblemlgt,of*oup
tii!?: 1412 4 1 : 4 01 1 0.1 494: 0 Siraggr.)(l.
,boo'coluiuu fourth peg,.
TIIikASSASSINATION.The feet that
the wise and prndent. President Artaksyku
rifTtPON, ljes at this bour,:eold it4.dsatt'
a conch caa:htirdlybe remitted, by qthe loya
hearts in Ainekica, ietlsaelA thXt
Thaman who had .freated , thetrebels aisd Oat.
torsi.with so much lenionciikud kindnestfket
been struck down by a cowardly assassin,
- syttiplititiOdrtsitit/AhalliotitteraTlitid
Northern rebels, and at e, tinaqW t h l 3l 4 .9,l3K . gotad
and noble. hearted, President was 44)41610Q
a pro;larnatina of amnesty to those who hiid
been plotting treason auf.irrchtillioa. ttgaiinft
this Government. Tlie iMeMlits"Oilt kepi&
licaa.goverment ;lave; illterxtb4 7 eiltdiligirst
Gltriat Jesus; killed their best , friend':
A kiti'd PrOceidened ,ye A Art NCOOl
,te • be,,u . Mar tyr for lite . One trY• tie
has permitted. , t4. bends of , a•murderer , to
slay his vittinven the very day ripoti *Mob
the war begun, the Apri1 1 .1.1314 ? ioq
which the arta gun was fired 4,Fork Sump
ter,), and also on the day it may be said , .t•
have virtually ended, the last Sabrifite which
the wise 'add good President could make, for
his country was made in the.renderingpf hie
life to the assassin'sbullet. AARA,EIitAILtw
cor.pr can do no More. He has' given ltinsl
self body nail soul for his. native land. Re
lies a veld and_mutilatad aorpse. The, kind
ly voice is hushed. The filmic beaming smile
is gone. The warm, generous handle pallid
t_u_tellff. Rebellien has crowned the full
measure of its unspeakable infamy by the
murder of the gracious magistrate who was ,
interposing himself between it and the righ
teous wrath of an injured people. Now the
hour of retribution has come, and this peo
ple, over the bleeding body of 'their learly
beloved and cruelly murdered Ptesidenc - will
solernnly dedictli-uniselves—tirthe—rainis
tration of that stern awl Italy justice which
they have hitherto resolved to temper with,
reprehensible mercy. .
Me blood of AnnArrier. LINCOLN calls
aloud for vengeance and it must be had,—
The shrieks of the bereaved widow and or
phaned children rang upon the sir. There,
FS a terrible whisper on the breeze, Let re-.
hellion now take what it has sought, for the,
arm of of the nation will be bared to the el- .
bow, and no living man shall stay the sword
that is upraised fur solemn atonement. —.
aurrislerg Telegraph.
rr J. D. Reamer, a prominent rebel sYm
patbiser of this place, went to the County
Jail, on Sunday evening, and asked to be
locked up in as a
. refugn from a crowd o
justly incensed eitiz t eas. About the first of
March last, Reamer confidentially informed
a customer while purchasing goods in his
store, that one hundred thousand dollars were
beiniraisedlo secure the assassination of
President LINCOLN. The assassin was to
receive fifty thousand dollars previous to the
commission of the deed, and the balance im
mediately after its' perpetration. This was
to be before the twelfth day of April. Af
fidavits to this effect were made by a man,
who overheard the information. The deed
occurring ao near the time set by Reamer,
and be being in Baltimore at the date of the,
occurrence, satisfied those who knew of his
declaration, that he whs in same way iMpli
catrid in the crime, and an indignant assem- •
bly of citizens was ready to give into the
lauds-oustiee,—a-nrtnr - wiro - is cer am y as
culpable in his wish as the niurilerer in act
lladerstown Ilerattl.
=:=l=l=
DEATH OF A SOLDIER.- 7 .--The re
mains of Sergeant DAVID C. 'SUMAIED.B, of
Co. I. 210t1 Reg. P. V., who died some time
since in hospital near Petersburg, wore re•,
Leently taken to the residence of his father,'
Mr. David Summers, in Quincy township,'
for interment. Young Summers served his
country; during the nine months service.-=,
lie wus a faithful soldier and as such was.
highly respected by the officers and men
with whom he was associated. His ago was
24 years, 4 months and 18 days.
• Dar The President and his Cabinet held
.thCir first formal meeting on Saturday after
noon, at the Treasury Department. Presi
dent JouNsoti, in conversation with a dis
tinguished gontlem"an, said that at the "pres
cntlo saw no;necessity for,an Extra Session
of Congress, and:Airthor that ho would not
'commit himself to a policy which 'would pee:
vent visiting condign punishment on tebels.
WI - had been fighting Rebels bore and in
'Tennessee, and'his previous course ought to
bo regarded as an indication of his future
conduct on this subject.
IN AIME/MS.—We are largely in &-
roars for paper received this week. Those
who failed to "square up' previous to the
first inst., are requested to do so now. On
expenoes being cash we must request prompt,
payment on the port of our good patrons.—
The bud ones will bear from us soon.
NEW GOODS.--Grouas STovme and I T.
W, MILLER. have just received their first
supply of now spring and summer goods, and
aro sow prepared ;to eupply'the 'wants
.et their
Merida qpd customers. 4dvertisewoms nem
week...„
PIMP sprpLy."-Itwill be soon by rt.
fered fo,Price k I.l . Oeflieb's column in , to
day's paper, that. these gentlemen. aro • now
well aupplied'with'the latest *styled of new
pring iaininaer goOda.
: .
RECEIVED.--WO _ ppitokOowledge tho re.
deipt Of s2'fiora J. P,' Lis nit: Hill GiOye,
Ohio, anti, $ 2
,from Wm. :d:i•L'4; 1 4 9figt , ttiirt
Date,, Adams loopty, for
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.0 R D E IR: ::,;
, ABRAIIAVE LINCIOII4I%
PaRsIDENT ,
OF TUE UNITED STATES,'
A SKULKING ASSASSIN
0T..! FIRES .T ll l4
FATALSH:' - • '„ : r
REBEL PERFIDY BAPTISED IN
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BlO'lirpf Ike . Chic !IRV 013r4g31#6 4 '
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HIS BLOOD AND THE:IiIkOOD
"TRIOT SONS THE'OEIIIENT Okr i '•
T#E, UDI/Oge ,
•
NV * ollPiciTofi, Ain 14x'/05..,
The Prehident a, the Untied'Makes' was
'shot while attendinOord l s Thetitre
.11 Is feared that the 'Wounds are mortal.
EsE9?.s3,l . 3)Esp.tvrou.l
President. Lincoln and his wife, together
with other,friendsoh is everting visited Ford's
Theatre, for the purpose :of witnessing the
performance of ''Our Amerioan.
It was announced in the mere that General
Goo, would also be present, but that gen
man -instead , toot the ;late Vain, Of • cars for
New Jersey. The theatre was densly crowd•
ed, and everybody,seemeddelighted with the
scene before them.
During the third act, and while there was
a temporary pause for one of the actors to
eater, the sharp report of a pistol,was heard,
which merely attracted attention; but sug
gested nothing serious uutil a main rushed to
the front td . the President'S box, waving a
long , dagger in his right hand : and exclaim
ing "sic scraper tyrannis!" and immediately
leaped from the licacwhiett7was on the sec
ond tier to the stage beneath, and ran across
to the opposite st e, t us ma • tag its escape,
amid the' beivildernieut of the audience, from
the rear of the theatre. and, mouuting a horse,
fled.
The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first disclos
ed the fact to the audience that the Presi
dent had been shot, when all present rose to
their feet, rushing-towards - th - e — stage, many
e;ulaimint: "Hang him !" "hang him I"
Who excitement was one of the wildest pos.
sible description, and of-course there was an
abrupt termination of the theatrical perform.
once.
• There was a rush toward the President's
box, when Mies were heard "Stand back !"
"Give-him air !" "llas any one any stimu
lants?"
On ahagty, examination it was found that
the Vresident had been shot through the
head, above and back of the temporal bone,
and that some of the brain was oozing out.
He was removed to a private house oppo
site to the theatre, and the Surgeon Heneral
of the army and other Burgeons were sent for'
to attend to his condition;
On an examination of the private box,
blood was discovered on the back of the cush
ioned rocking-chair on which the President
had been sitting, also on the partition and ou
the floor. • A common single-barrelled pock
etlistol was found on the carpet. •
A military guard was placed in front of the
private• residence to which the President had
been conveyed.
An immense crowd gathered in front of it,
all deeply anxious to learn the 'condition of
the President. It had been previously an-'
nouneed that the wound was aortal, but all ;
hoped otherwise,
The shock to the community wtis terri
ble.
At midnight the Cabinet, with Dlessrs.
Sumner, Colfax, and Farnsworth, Judge Car-
te - VOovernor, Oglesby, qoaeral Dleige, Col,
Hay, and a few personal friends, with Sr
----1 uftrnes and hi.
gaol] tieneral Barnes and his medical associ
ates, were around his bedside.
THE I'REB,IIIF t N.T TN A DYINQ CiONPITION AT
The President was in a state of twacope,
totally insensible, and. breathing slowly, the
blood oozing from the wound at the back of
his bead. 'The surgeons wore exhausting
every possible effort of medical skill, /et all
hope Was voile.
The parting of his family with the dying
President is too sad for description.
The *President and Mrs. L i inaoln did not
start to the theatre till lfteerizainutes ..after
eight. o'clock. speaker Colfax. was at tbp
White House at the, time, and the President;
stated to Lim that be, was
,going, although,
Mrs. Linooln had not been
,well,,beeause the
papers had advertised ,that General Grant
and they were to be present, and as General
Grant had gone North he did pot *wish the
audience to bo disappointed. lie went with:
apparent reluctance, and , urged. Mr. Colfax
to go with.liitu, but that gentleman had made
other engagements, and, with Mr. 46111:nun,.
of ..)lassachusette, bid him good:bye
An immense crowd was gathered, id. front'
of the President's House, and a,strong guard
also stationed there, ninny ‘peraoos evident•
ly supposing thathe would bp brought to his'
home.-, .
, The entire city, to-night, presents a scone
of wild exCitowcut,, =plaided by violent
eapressions of indignatiop,.end the profound.
..oat sorrow. . tinny shed tears.
.The military authorities have despatched
:mounted patrols ie every direction, in. order,
if possible, to arrest„the assassin, whilc:tbs
Metropolitas /Vice are , alike vigilant loathe
same, purpose.
The 'stencil both 'at the. theatre, and` at See
rotary Seward's house took place at about the
seine hour (10 o'clock), thus showing a pre.
concerted plan' to 118Aussinate those ,gentle•
Some evitioneen of the . guilt of the
party who attacked the Vreisi4earove in pas
session .olthe pollee. ,
'Vice PraSident - .Johnson is in the pity, and,
his hoted.'quartarc.ure guarded ,by troops.
ATTEM.PrED .iiSI34.BBINATION
SECRETARY sgw•Anto.',
When the excitetnent,at the theatre".was
at its wildest height reports Wore cireulated
thiit Scrctary Seward had 'Aida hank asses..
sinate'd. reaching „
this
this geuticinan'a .reel
'dance a crowd and a aliiiiarkgllar4, *CO
fOtind itt the ddor, and pa entering it was as.
ccirtained that the report' Were based upon
truth., Everybody, there ; ,was so exalted that
s etk i ce ly account could hp
erad, bathe hap, are,. Substantially us
low.a: . •
A hrint ton 0.0 9 4, a Irian' ,
rang,,the ;belt,
and' likt 'cull' having. ,
atiswor d by.acol•
- t _ •
aerfitint, he said he had nomo from Dr.!
VerdiAereterySinVard's family physician,
with a-Prosbriptieii lathe same time hyl,l•
big In hid hteid "i_attiurPieike of folded paper,
died U44E%, refusal, that he'
twist see the Seeictitry, ns, he was entrusted
with. a v ortical:o Aireetion concerning the
medicine. on going up, al:
though repeatedlk . inibrined that AO ono couldi
enter the chamber. The man pushed the;
*organ t: usideintijkalltaitquititly,:tawnrkthel
Secretary's room, and was there met by Mr.
Ftederlek M:Seward-ef..'W.htruThe demanded
to see the, ipprouTy l making the same rep
resentation which he did , to the servant.=
What : further passtid/in the way qt colleting
ieilotrittiovin,.lsut t en4he
heasOvith-A•bßracverd,Y. - .l l 4qoliob e 8 4 1 A
and aliaiiieseaseless. fie as=
sdksiu then itished-intb'tb4 -
tadked Majtii Sawiltd, paltatister iti 'the Urii•
ted.States, army, pod Itlr. 'Hanaelli a rnesseti;- /
get "of the Slate 'Department, had two-stile
nurses, disablibg theta all. 'lle,thita.rushed
tition the Secretary, who ettuflyitighfbed'in
the same toeni; and inflicted three 'Stabs in
this bAlt severing, it is taougliti no. ar.
teries.
•
The assassin their': rushed demi stairt
*tinted his horse at the doer and "rode' off
betore an alarm could be sounded, se in 'the
sate wriartet if the eisassin of the Presideht.
It is'belioded the' injuries of the • Soctetlity
aro net' fatal, nor . those of the others, al
though both the Secretary and the Assistant
Secretary aro vety seriously injured.
Secretaries Stanton and 'Welles, and Other
promineit officers of the dovernnsent, called
at Secretary Seward's house to inquire into
his condition, and their hearing of the asses
ablation of the President, proceeded to the
house where he was lying, exhibiting, of
course, intense anxiety an(sollcitude,
THE ASSASSINATION,
Particulart of the Awful Crime,
The thi President—The
• Dying Scenes
WAsliprOToN, April 15.—The excitement
'throughout the city is intense. Two gentle.
men who went to apprise the Secretary of
War of the attack on Mr: Lincoln met at the
'residence of the former a man ninfilled in a
cloak, who, when aceosted_by them, hsteried
,away without a word. It had been the Sea
retary's intention to accompany Mr. Lincoln,
and occupy, the same box, but a press of bu
slimes prevented. It therefore seems evident
that the aim of the plotters was to paralyze
the country by at once striking down the
head and the arm of the country.
As soon as the dreadful event.was anuoun.,
ced io the streets Superintendent Richards
land his assistants were at work to discover
the assassin. In a few moments the tele-'
; graph had aroused the whole .police force of
the city, Mayor Wallach and several mem;
hers of the city government were soon on the,
spot Every measure of precaution was ta
ken to preserve order in the eity,•aud every'
,s'keet was patrolled, At the request of Mr. :
Riehards, General Augur sent horses to
:mount the,Oleo. Every road out of Wash. ,
ington was picketed, and every possible ave-'
nue of escape thoroughly guarded. The ,
'steamboats about to depart down the Potomac,
were stopped.
As it was suspected that the conspiracy'
'originated in Maryland, the telegraph flashed'
the mournful news to Baltimore, and all thet
malty was immediately put upon active du.:
ty. Every road was picketed, and every'
precaution taken to prevent the escape of the
assassin. A preliminary examination was
made by Mr, Richards and his assistants,— '
Several persons wore called to testify, and
the evidence,
as elicited before an informal'
tribunal, and not under oath, was conclusive:
to this point, that the murderer of the Pres.:
ideut was John Wilkes Booth.
His hat was found in the private box, emit
identified b se , er..l ..etssins_who_had_seen
him within the last two days, and the spur
Which he dropped by accident after; he jump
ed to the stage was identified as, ne, of those
which ho bad obtained from the stable where
;he hired his horse. Booth has played more
than once at Ford's theatre, and is, of course
'acquainted with its exits and entrances, and
the facility with which he escaped behind
the scenes is easily understood.
The person who wounded Secretary Sew
tad left behind him a slouched bat and an old
rusty navy revolver. The chambers were'
broken loose, as if done by striking. The'
loads were 'drawn from the chamber?, one be
ing, but a rough piece of lead, and the oth-:
er balls smaller than the chambers, wrapped
in paper, as if to keep them from lulling out,'
THE DYINO SCENES.
5.
Mlf ABIIINGTONN, April Ib-11 *A. M.—
;;The Star extra says : At 22 minutes past 7
o'elook the President breathed his last, ale
,sing his oyes as if fulling to sleep, and his
countenance assuming an expression of per
fect,serenity. There was, no indication of
.
parn, and it was not known that be was dead
until the gradually deorinsing respiration
, ceased altogether.
The Rev. Dr. Gurley, of the New York
avenue Presbyterian Church, immediately
on its-bebr-ascertained_thatlife-was extinct,
knelt at the bedside and offered an impros-
I sivo prayer, which was -responded to by all
present, Pr. Gurley then proceeded to the
front parlor, where Mrs. Lincoln, Capt Rob
,ert Lincoln, Mr. John Hay, the private soo
, retatyiand others were welting, *here he a
, gain' Offered prayer for the consolation of the
• family.
. , Surrounding the death-bed of the Presi
dont wore Secretaries Stanton,elles, Ush
or, Attorney General Speed, ostmaster Gen.
, •Dennison', M.'T.' Field, Assistant Secrettfiy
, of' the Treasury; Judge Otto, Assistant See.,
rotary of the Interior. General Halleotc, Gen.
oral 'Meigs,'Senater Sumner,' F. R. Andrews,;
of New York;, General Todd, of Decotah;
, John Hay, private teeretary; Governor O;-i
elaby, of Illinois; General Farnsworth, Mr.,
Xeortody, Miss. Harris. Captain'
&bort i son of the Preeidont, and:
Drs. E. IV. Abbett, B. K. Stone, C. D.
Gateli,'Neal.klall, and Leibeiman. Secrets- •
17 McCulloch remained' with the President
until about 5 A. M.,and Chief Justice• Chase,
•afier several hours' attendance during the:
night, rituined again carlylhis morning. ,
WAsnrivemow, April 1 P. M.—Satur.:
day's extra Intelligence?. says,: "From ovi'dence
obtained, it is, iendeiod highly probablo that
the man who stabbed Mr." Seward and his
squa t 1,8 John anriatt; of, PrinoO George
coop ty i 481 tiry4o. , The hciiso rob was
hire!' at Niiylort4 stgble, on•VoiirideittlL street.
Suriett Is u young rim with light' hair and
goatee. His father is said to have been peah
master of Prince Georgneounty." _
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~,
ri l,vmmlNGTiiN,: Alta* 1 .--'‘..Every IT °,
that intenuityi efoitbd hyd'erver.. can make,
is being i pllt„...orth by, all' theVrePer authori
ties to baptiiiii"ok thee the assaiaiiii erldi,
..Lirulß,..S.b.d.
iiii ka ktrtif ~„SAward. ,Yhe,, Common
'deitiiiigiw haieViViedlillitiitiral
620,o9thior_the arrest and conviction of the
ifisaSsins. - 'fo'tliiiiiulit'iinotber of $lO,OOO
is'added by Colonel L. C. Baker, agent of
the,War Bepartmetito:nalfing the whole re;
ward480,000.',..? ; t h i r thin' entidunceraent are
added- the following description of the indi
tekithirabstigeamn,s--,a.r.v..z=rn.'
The description o£ J'. Wilkes.BoAth r whe
assassinated, the President or4,thc pyg‘paig pf,
Aprill4, 1805: , ,height, 5 feet,,8. : ;0640;
weight, 160,,peunds, compactly, li,filt; ,hai ?
jet blaek,inolined to -curl, media 4 ,leniktit.
parted behind; eyes black 'and heciy,:, dark
eyelbrows; wears a large ; seal' ?log, on„the,.llt.
tle finger; when talking, inclines i liii ..bead
forward:and.loeke down. '• . . ; .. :,
Description of the peracm' who attempted to
Agnitraisate the Hon. ' IL .Seward.
Secretary of State: •
Height, five fetg butt inclihair black, thielc,
full and atitiight; no beiitd, nor appenianee
of bea,id; olteeke rdd Ma'the'jn*s; face. mod
erately full; 22 or n yearn of age.; bf
; eyes,not known; large eyes,, but DOE' Komi.;
:nent. 4 ,, brows not heavy, 'bit dark; ,face riot
'largo, biit rather *mid; complexion healthy;
nose straight and Well:formed, medium . . size •
mouth sunk lips thin; upper lip . protruded
when he talked; chin' pointed and' prominent;
'head medium size; neck short and of medi
''.um thiamine; hands soft, and small fingers
tapering, show nä signs of hard labor; broad
shoulders; taper *nig.; straight 'figure ; a
strong-looking man; mariner not gentlemanly
but vulgar; dress overcoat with side pockets,
and one on breart with lappelsp black .pants
of common stuff; new heavy
and thin, inelined to tenor.
_AlLthe_theatricaLand concert saloon pro
prietOri announce' that their establie
will be closed until further notice
_Meetings are called for this evening of
Pennsylvanians, Missourians, and Ohioans,
who are iesidents of this city and George
town, for the purpose of giving expression
to their feelings on the late sad affliction of
the country in the death of Mr. Lincoln, and
to make arrangements to attend his funeral.
A meetiriglof the New York Club,' for the
same purpose, will also be held to-night.
TUE GREAT CONSPIBAOY
WASHIIIGTON, April 1.7. —The Nationa/
0,
Intelligencer says:
"We eau state, on , the highest authority,
that it has been ascertained that there was a
regular conspiracy to assassinate every- mem
ber of the Cabinet, together with, the Presi
dent.
"Booth, it is said,. seat his card 'tip to the
Vice President at the, hotel, but• Mr. John
son could not conveniently eec I,lw. The
mutes of the severally appointed assassins
are, we understand, k.voown, and after the
present investigation is concluded. and pub
lished, the Public will be • astounded at , the
developments. .From motives of public in
terest we refrain trona mentioning the names
of those that reach us.
"A member of the Cabinet remarked, on
the day after the murder that Mr.Lineoln, at
every Cabinet meeting, invariably counseled
forbearance, kindness, and mercy towards
these misguided men."
The . latelligencer says: "We understand,
from authority which is deemed unquestion.
able, that a few days ago, after au interview
between the late Chief Magistrate and the
present one s Mr. Lincoln expressttd
' himself
gratified with their concurrent views, and
said ho placed implicit confidence in the Vice
President."
TEE SEWARDS
ASTIINOTON, prt e a cep in
terest felt in Secretary Seward has thronged
his residence with visitors, among them pev
oral members of the Cabinet and foreign Min
isters He was informed yesterday, for the ,
first time, of the assassihation of the Presi
dent and of the attempted assassination of
his son, the assistant Secretary, and to. some
extent of the condition in which ho then lay.
Though moved with the intensest sorrow and
horror at a recital of the facts, his strength
had so far returned as to enable him to tear
up under the trying ordeal. .
Arrest of one of the t'onspiratora.
BALtutonE, April 18.—A highly import
ant arrest has been' made here. The name
of the party is withheld at present Ho has
made a full confession, being one of the con
spirators against the life of the President.
and acknowledges himielf to be .the author
of the letter Signed "Sam," which was found
in Booth's trunk. It is understood that the
party alludes to states that' the original de
sign of the conspirators' was merely to cap
tura the President'toile time back, and in
this way compel a general release of all the
rebel pritioners then hold by the United
States. That when thegeneria exchange
'commenced the project was abandoned by
,him and others And ho as s he refused to
have anythlrfurthor to do with it, and en•
deavor . ed to induce the others to'give up their
designs upon the life of the President. This
is substantially a correct version of what the
prisoner hai so fur divulged. He is 4' well
known resident of Baltimore.'
The Identity of the Assassin' of 2lr. Seward.
The person arrested this morning was sup.
posed" to bo Surratt, but there is reasen to
'believe that the desperado is no other than
"Thernas,",the so called'"Vrench lady," who,
it will be remembered, captured the steamer
St—Nicholas in 1861, and who was subse
quentlY apprehended, tried,' convicted, and
sentenced to thc, penitentiary, from which',
by some cooans , h o was .released. Nothing
positive, howevey, isicnown on the subject.
Beeretary SeWard is much better'to,day,
'a also Frederick Seward, who is gradually
regaining fill consciousness, and it is new
confidently ; hoped and expected' that both
the Searoutry and his son will speedily nth.
ver.
_.._MOB► ---j
North Carolina. , ' -. 1;
Expected Surri:nder, of Johnstmes Army.
i
WASIIINGTo '
,_„April. VT.—lnformation
has been receiv ti:tfre Goverment from
General Shermi "that litit was in communi
cation with Go - Nolinson ? with a view to
the surrender of hti. lattor. , .
General E t hel'Uttlif would offer-the . Same
toms that General:Mout did to 'Lee, and it
was supposed tb .y !mad he aeceptec4 • •
Limit Bono' ts to the iliatioilat
TIO 0.0,1:111m . er or.the transportation o'
President Libmiltfilernains . 4 frOm WaShing.e
ton ''.
ill
8 been:jiserued:t.t. ' .'..`:' i
Th ftffiera tniin illl bit cliceed nine cars,.
facia: IDt bit gage amtluirsc-oar, which will
pitibeed Ove .:the wholck t roat from Washing-
ton to Springfield. ',..,
The time schedule for the transportation
is a5i0110w5tv:0.,x..4.7. , ~.....--, .r.r.,-‘ , ....4 . .v.w.c..- - -.
1, , ,,- ,A.
..... :.., ~,,,,
Leave Washington Vridny, Ap. 21;8 M.
Arrive at Baltittloieri.lfrigt,;Aliiii'2l,t,lo
A. M.
Leave Baltimore, rriday, Ap. 21, 8 P. M.
Arrive at Harrisburc gri4.ll' 4) 4 l f gN
8.20 P. M. C 4,, , i 0 <, 1,1..x5, L.:, ,:
lane,,,kjilyoo,lll•Z o SaturLlay, Aril 22 ?
i/ 0./.;p -.-,....,%,. .•;ii
Arrive . aoAllideliiiii;roililieilaii April
22, 0.80 P. M. '
Leave. Plilladelphiii; Mtiiiidirie 'April 24, 4
A. M. - :''.._'' _. `e,- ~; `i'!- ,r
- Arrive tit Ne.tir:Ytikk,:MonditY• l A p ril 24;
10 A. 4:1;. - ':-.:' ;,'-'•.,,,,, .2,.. '
' Leave N. 'Y,, TiteSdaiy'April 25; 4 P. M.
Arrive at Albany, Tuesday, April 25,11.
P.M. . ..:....:. ir 'P.,' ,
Leave Albany, Wednesday, Ap 26, 4 P. M.
Arrive ao•Birsalo f Thursday, „Appil:27, 7
A. M.
Leave Buffalo, Thursda,i,,Ao, 27,,111A. M.
Arrive at ()laveJazab April. 28, T
A. M.
Leave Cleveland,. rriiiat l A.„O, 2.g.; midnight
Arrive at gebrinbga;..§attii ph!, 41)01 29,
790 A. M. . '
Leave Columbus,: 'Eliittlidibtf; .atifil 29, 8;
P. M. ,
Arrive at iudianapolie ) ,S4tqay, April 30, ,
A. M.
Leave Indianapeiis, Stinciny', : April 30,
midnight.
Arrive at Chicago, '3;6104, May:l, 11
A. M.
Leave Chicago,. Tueafiayi.Mts ., tfil 8:1'. M.
Arrivo.at Springfield, moo*,, May , 3, 8 ,
9 VQICO swa
FROli 1511. -- EiliAlf,'St 7 ARMY.
ThT - 3 PVignit of JOhA
NEWBERN, N. C., April 1.5.=---The super- -
iatendent of the railroad his , artived.here
from Goldsboro, and states_that, Governor -
Vanes — wits captured by our cavalry between
Hillsboro and Raleigh oe the 18theihst. The
report states that he (Vance) bad been sent
to Sherman by Johnston; who was-at Hills , :
born, with instructions to surrender t NiStato
of North Carolina 'to Sherman, but these in
structions were afterwai-ds countermanded,_
and Vance was returning to Johnston with- .
out having seen Sherman, when he was Cap
tured. Eels now a prisoner of war; not'
having carried out his Mission. The report
also states that Jeff Davis and family had •
joined Johnston at Hillsboro which is about
thirty miles west of Raleigh. Whether Da
vis arrived at Hillsboro after Vance had been
sent to Sherman, and caused' Johnston'S'in
structioes to Vance to be set aside, does not
appear. ,
P. S. Sherman's forces catered. Ruloigh a
few days since, and are moving on, „bop:m(1
that place after Johnston, who coatitbuoi to
fali booknithont fighting
_
CAPTURE OF MOBILE,
'Hiroo ilindied Gins aii4 "Six Thou-
NE* ORLEANS, April 10 vl3 CASRO, Ap—
ril .16,—The Times publishes official despat
ches announcing the Captive of Spanish 1?ort.
and Blakely, the farmer at 10.80 A. M., Oft
the ilth r with 100 prisoners aoti the later o
the same day by assault, an 4 n
aver 5,000 pris
oners,with, a•large amount of °rill-Dance stores,.
gunboatti„ and the Hoops prooeediog mire—
slated towards Mobile, which 'was captured
last evoking by a portion of General Smith's•
rarrrirvill e
after a short resistance by the onemy
CrnoAao, April 10,—A speeial .desparehl
from Cairo says: "Our forces occopicd. Mo
bile on the 9th inst. The Spauish Fort was
captured, with three thousand prisoners. -
Three hundred , guns were captured in 3.410-
bile. The garrison fell back up the river on•
gunboats,• and by way of Chickasaw Bayou..
lieneral Wilson has, captured all .of Roddy,'s,
command."
ANOTEIER ARMLESS SOLDIER.-Mr.
fred A. Stratton, of Jamestown, Chautauqua/
'county, N..Y., called upon us on Monday. ;
Mr. S. is but 18 years of, age, though very
tall and well.shaped, dnd bas, , been a•soldier
in Company 41 of the 147th New York.. Beg•
-
iment, going lo the seat of warm ,August,,
1803. On'the 18th of Juine, in. the engage.
moot before Potersburg,,a solid shot took of
both his arms above the elbow, and although
tor a time a great sufferer, he has recovered: ~
from the wounds, but is left of course, iti
most unfortunate and dependent condition.
Ho is at present at the New Ragland Rooms,
on, Broadway, and wduld be glad to sea his
friends or those who are friendly toward him.
Idr. S. states that there are four persons
known to• him who have suffered during the•
r Wloss of bTati — their arms., ,They are:,
Plunkett of Massachusetts,. Dunphy .of .
'ehester, N, Y. ' John H. Boary of Ohio,, and
himself, He further states, that there is. ,
ono other man (if what is left ()thin) may
ImA:tilled oa man)• who is still more , optitlad
to the commiseration and charity, of mankind
than either of the persons above referred to,
he being a Pennsylvania soldier, whose name
's uuknoWn to , our informant, , but who, to
his positive , knowledge,•on the samo s day,when,
he himself• was wounded,: suffered the loss of
both arras and both legs and ONE 7.n, and is
still alive to tell the btory. 7 l-21rezo York, Tn . .
tune. .
The Sympathy. of Caneda,^
MONTREAL, April,l7.-oi3 Saturday the ,
flags on the court-house, City. Hallomstoni.
honsis, and , other, piblie. buildings; -•wernet
hOlf-mast, In all the churches yesterday the
clergy in their prayers referred Particularly
to assassination alba -Preaideet; and me
pressed their detestation of the crime,
A ,union preyer-mecti - ag of 411 donoming
tiollll of Christians is to - be' held', to-night in
the Wesleyan' Chapel, to expresso their sym
pathy, with thepeople-of the ibited States.
Throughout , Canada thernislit one feel
ing, that of horror of the ottime:atid the, tear k
mestaympathy for , thenatiorr., .
riNI!,
"Get. Whshburn offdie- i frotn' 4600 to $l,
000 reward for' the daptare" and'conviction
Pr airgnPrilla wßhin 20 milti
sand Prisoners Taken.
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