The New York Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1865, Page 4

4. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1865. NEW YORK HERALD. o'clock. She took out the latent deepatches received stance of the 4th of March, believe that he is {1 THE FEELING IN CANADA. from Washington up to the time of sailng. ‘ ‘The United States steam transport Mississippt, from py omltiar with that weakness, We have con- M proceedings im the Nova Scotia Parlia- JAMES GORDON BENNETT, bj New Orleans th and Key West 10:h, with threMvincing testimony to the eentrary from hisjj ment—DM of the Governor—The EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. nandued mek oeldions on banat, spyined lant aigieh, roost intimate friends. We anticipate fromy Behe! Flags om the Blockade Runner By the arrival of the steamship Ceres, Captain Sher- Colonel Lamb Ordered Dowm by the OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. pepe eh ore tp (N. C.) dates to the 13tb inst. [him a wise, energetic and efficient administra- Fi t half-past nine o'clock on the night of the 14th inst. affairs road.{] © Public Mecting at Montreal to Ex. Volume XXX Be. 105 fe e® Cue callided with the schooner George Payels, of ion of Ge patio sthome and sbroad. ft ets Horror at the Assassination MAD BBS..00 0000000008 eeneqgicecteces | Cape May, and carried away a portion of the echooner'sig As Joshua was to Moses, so we expect Andrew President wincoln, é&e. THE SITUATION. sath und Going bor some other damage, The Coree 8H Johnson to be as the successor of Abraham} ppt Sir . pn Hauvax, April 16, 1868. Abraham Lincoln died at twenty two minutes past ae ees and reid Legal om shetr ove 7 Lincoln. We expect him to take up the mantle A 9, governor had appointed to-day for giving assent day on re. * . evrenoeook yenercay morning, The ful particulars Coun. "There war a conser esonblageot mabe ‘oe BTeM leader of rac and fo eonduet hs fe ag ine evs Preddent Lncle' murder be of the terrible calamity which bas befallen us by the Hof the Bar present at the opening, No business, how- Im people triumphantly into the occupation of the fa neat tan Callowing soeenene fade diiianallion hands of an assassin are given in our voluminous fy ¢ver, was thought of, in the absorbing calamity that basil promised land. He has been brought to the Soresncwre Hoves, } pril 15, 1865. despatches from Washington, ‘The President's wound peared pea age Ml mation of Lag Fl order, Ike Joshua, and bas only to enter inf my Dean Sin—The very Aialing? ntaliggaee, wie ts, and ” ¥ », of th was pronounced mortal by his medical attendants, and yr. yay morning next. The other offces iu the bullding Mand take p ion. It is the will and the a Pliner of i. urder of President Lincoln Qo attempt was made to remove him from the house Bd wore then closed for the day. he cause of order has sustained by the death of a man. hi 5 , 5 F purpose of the people. whom I have always regarded as eminently upright in where he was taken immediately after the sad occur. A special meeting of the Board of Supervisors took Ne iatentione,” inden a eo oleae abe Authorities—Recommendations te Call cence, His deathbed was surrounded by the members of fq Place last evening, at which resolutions expressive of Be ceremony suck: as I had contemplated in my Intended of War, the Navy and the In. ff "°°" & the assassination of Messrs, Lincoln and Seward £4 Effeet of the National Calamity im the Bi visi: to the Legislature Council this day. Then therefuee! his family, the. Searetery of Wan, ‘avy and the Ln: Hf ore adopted. Metropolis. he to notify to you the postponement of that. visit, and per: tortor; the Attorney and the Postmaster General, with the MM Surrogate Tucker has decided to admit to probate theBd The scene in this city yesterday will never fg naps under, ‘he crcimstendes men of ait Puslivena fer Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury and the Interior, JM will of Mrs. Susan Cross, deceased, which was contested Mh forgotten. From the oldest to the youngest fi the day would be » park of sympathy not unbecoming’ Benator Sumner, General Halleck and several othors. A fy P08 allegations of mental tncapacity. the impression will remain upon the minds of betes Galeneneione: op dear nis enc tatalig H ‘The captain and mates of the ship Great Republic have ff Bron! RICHARD GRAVES McDONNELL. Cabinet meeting was called immediately afver the Presi: Ha ao, sontenood by the United States District Court at San all, indelibly stamped, and the picture will BY" 105. gowasp Kinway, President of tho Legislative ent’s death, and held in the house in which the corpse MM Francisco to various terms of imprisonment, for extrome pg descend from generation to generation as af Councll. lay. ‘cruelty to scamen on their late voyage te that port. hallowed tradition. The Chief Magistrate off The citizens gonerally all unite in expressions of deep ‘Tho author of this terrible deed of blood, it is now 4 Guaymas (Moxico) letter says that Governor Pes Withe nation being struck down by a cowardly pa *7mPaby for the nation’s loss. quiera had ordered the illumination of that place when- ‘The blockade runner Colonel Lamb was gaily decked positively asserted, ts J. Wilkes Booth, the actor, The svcr richmond was taken. The letter also states tharpge'S9s8in at the very moment when the morn-JA yin, fags, but they were ordered down by the naval Intimate knowledge he possessed of all the exits and 54 the Governor was amply prepared to defeat any force the| ing of peace was dawning upon the authorities. entrances of the stage, he having performed several fff imperialiste could sond against Sonora, country—when all his noble, Christian instincts Benoyen: Fi There was no session of the regular or open stock i cting him in the iven Torowro, April 15, 1865. times in the theatre, undoubtedly facilitated his escape. FA! i is per were directing the path of forgiveness] 0. aos of the tragedy in Washington caused a pro-| ard, the Petroleum Exchange or Gold Room yesterday. Bf and mercy —w: event so-unexpected and'so Numerous rumors are in circulation respecting bis cap-FA <4 ‘noweyer, sold on the atreet at 186 at three FM. Yen ee mnexpec Bi found sensation here. The flags of the American Con- ture; but he bas, prebably, so far, eacaped the officers Business was wholly paralyzed om Saturday, by the fh CzCCT@bIe that the whole publio stood aghast Blsuiatc, Custom House, shipping in the harbor and city of the law, B dreadful news from Washington, and conversation eon- pit the intelligence. pe SA ti teehee Boren, apd planes oft bust: & Strong hopes are entertained of the ultimate recovery pf ce*ming the double assassination engrossed the undivided i We can well imagine how intense must have fH ‘Tho fecling of grief of the Canadian people is intense, attention of the business men, Merchants of all kinds off been the excitement in Washington when the fa?n4 It ts contemplated to give some public expression ‘ Of Secretary Seward and his son Frederick, There were HH .oyi1icg united in lamenting tho sad fate of the President, B¥ news spread throngh the city at the hour of the bedhae fo unfavorable symptoms in the case of the Secretary Pe and pledged themselves to strengthen the hands of Mr. fs lish: t of the foul deed. But b be aegis peer siagee of State last evening. He had boen informed of the fy Lincoln's successor. There was no Change, and no bust- PSR rene OF ene 200s. Cen ut here 1865. @eath of the President, and was much calmer under the 2 k A requisition, originating with the leading men of the Fa ness was transacted. & the feeling was one of subdued grief, succeed- ity, is 1a course of signature her, asking the Mayor to FE * ? cull'a public mecting to express horror at the assassine- I pjing the paralysis of horror with which its Bison of President Lincoln, All the flags are at half-mast ts d eae Our Dead President and Our Living fanncuncement was received through the col- sin the st and the pAsepee sorrow over the sad event e: di 3 . & Fs Beverywi vi decides /tsproverneas 9 the: condisiqn of Mt, FAIES: President—The Spirit and Purpose offaumns of the morning papers. Many doubted Bf”? er eek Bomrend, eaona De ne Bede e the Nation. Hits truth for a timo; but when the people re- FE a | a nouncement of Peed eco eee on 4 Washington paper states thas from the evidencohy jp), appalling tragedy at Washingion, like aby, membered the attempt to waylay the President f caused great excitement here. Sorrow is universal, and obtained a man named John Surratt, of Prince Georges & bak if Mon his journey to Washington four years ago, the great !oss the United tates has sustained calls for sudden and profound eclipse, darkens all thefg J 1 4 ¥ 9 Fi deop feelings of sympathy. The vesscls in port have county, Maryland, 1s probably the person who assas- a Al eae Fand the threats and prophecies which have Biflags at hali-mast Sinated Mr, Seward and his sons. Bland. leous details seem more the in-PF since isiued from the rebel journals, they began The Steamship Europa at Boston. ‘A roward of ten thousand dollars has been offered tofyventions of a morbid imagination than thef¥to realize the fact that the terrible story was € Boston, April 15, 1865. # i the party or parties arresting the murderer of the Presi- stern realities which they are. In the midst of,findved true. When there was no further room dont and the assassin of the Secretary of State and his for doubt, as the official intelligence of the fj att "9 the harbor this afternoon, and did not arrive up to port pg Eour rejoicings and congratulations over thef Faownfall of the rebellion, and the cheering fg ("4 Of Mr. Lincoln was promulgated, the sub-P7 ana the newspapers forthe prese will be forwarded to Now Hf the Provost Marshal General, ordering a thorough ex- Bi a ‘amination of all persons attempting to cross from the B Prospects of a glorious peace, under the genet-B rence of a great national calamity was pr United Statea into Canada, and the arrest ofall suspicionspqous And forgiving policy of restoration fore-Rsonted in this metropolis. f) The Only Remedy.—Those Who Suffer fy ishadowed by President Lincoln, the dreadfulfy But one sentiment animated all classes and (froin font breath are s need Nis an offence y FE all parties, Profound grief for the loss of one Baibe FRAGRANT 8 mill DIY aocom: 2 : A ht a out ite vill pr * who had proved himself a wise ruler in days of f ore ae 1 white and the breath reac @on. A circular has also been issued from the office of $ due there about five o'clock on Monday morning. parties. The entire country is in a state of griof and excite- Mj tidings of his death by the hands of an assassin ey eines entirely sus- * a id Keep the teeth ment. In this city business was almost entirely sus: fg CAITY their heavy weight of anguish through nar and ss 2 prota Pe y aliarn gists. penuled yesterday ; the innumerable tags which the day BA ne length and breadth of tho land. ‘This start-fé severe trial, and as a man, kind, good-natured— — previous had flaunted so proudly in honor of our recent ga eee z right always in intention, even when erring in } victories floated at halfmast; buildings were draped from Bq ing intelligence haa created a keener sorrow, & judgment, according to the views of his politi- oof to collar with the sad emblems of death, and ali€4® deeper, broader and more universal sense of ¢¢#! opponcats—and exccration of those who ie countonances were filled with sorrow. The theatres and ine public loss, than, we dare say, hasy- various places of amusesnent throughout the city were, BA been experienced in any age, in anyM ‘aocomplinh A.—Lottery Prizes Cashed. Circulars, it. LAYTON, 10 Wall street N. ¥. a itKiods Sisceallga: Sisca ea coele i Binsizen Tafornution furrtsbed. | itghest rates prid £0 ithou , close eveniny Ed «. " Bc fs Inds of gold and nile pt Acountry, or by any people, over Fanon ane TAYLOR © OO. Wall street, The Secretary of War annovnces that official notice of * a the death of Abraham 1 . ing by tho heads of the Vice President. Mr. Johnson immediately.appeared be which all Physicians Agree.— physicians you cannot find, Jhnts and inetgorants are ab- eath of one man. The simple, genial, & generous hearted, Honest Old Abe had taken atic sorrow had visited the sacred precinct of home, All political differences were banished @ into oblivion, There was, in fact, a rivalry of in was given yesterday morn artments to Andrew Johnson, eolubely neceswary in, medical practicn. “And yet tu, Ly gon Syears humane practitioners lave hesitated to adminfster them, because the fendish Ingenuity of wretches who make BY merchandise of human infirmities had so polluted and de- a closer hold upon the affections of thes fore the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the viet among those who opposed the party of & tortorated thens pia gh ioemes wi pibegpes age} 5 State >a Prdaliie: ‘ ease, Th xity fs jone Way United States, and took the outh of office as Prosident. vhich Abraham Lincoln was the chosen head & ielans knows because the iirst atrlstical. chemist of atreted the OSTETTE RS C The new President met tho Leads of depariments tu f3ington. Prematuzely and violently cut. off, ; Cabinet meeting at twelve o'clock, Arrangements ED soweyer, ag Prosidont Lincoln has been, he for the funeral of the late President wore acted i Z upon, and William Hunter, Eeq., was appolnte: Acting Sccretary of State. President Johnson announced that Le desired to retain the present secretaries of de- partments of his Cabinet, and they would go on and discharge their duties in the game manner as before ho deplorable event that had changed the head of the WACK BITTE in i In cases of Dyi it Qualification or infallible ax anyth! tee cece eree cece see fy hoisted from every available point throughout § . ; 9 f@ the city, and on the thousand ships in the har- bs events and the developments of public opinion § por and rivers in rejoicing for our late victo- EY Hampshire ave evidently a great institut frosts, beautiful view, four dollar dinner eye of @ certain renouned Prake Kaw ui thereupon adorned and varies » House with his familiar 8, fesable pennants, but feebly illustrated ATION wt i ise le ifthe the deep feeling of the people upon ‘ iu this lamentable occasion. The joyous sound & CX in of festivity was stayed. The theatres and other fal "4 Drake Pay them for this splendid advo places of amusement were closed. In obedi-fy Great Reduction tm Prices, | ence to a proclamation of the Mayor places of fy one, si Vare, No, 18 John sireet, offer their large business were closed—as indeed they might pevernment. The fedicating the 90th of Aprit, heretofore aet apart asB ruor of New York has issned a proclamation 8 day of thanksgiving for our late national victoric to services appropriate to ® weason of national bereave- meat. In the State Legislature a message was received from fi stock, conaisting of new and beautiful designs, with extra chasings, at greatly reduced prices, A—‘Ah!’ Said the Fair and Witty Adeline E- Lincoln. The message was referred to a Joint committoo kg ae Fito politicians of one idea, has given us the two houses of the:Zagisiature should n f ™ PPS for business made no part of the doings of ibisfY icin darn potion of PUALONS NIGHT RLOOMUNG respective chambers-on the day appointed 4 in reference to both our domestic and foreign i busy metropolis yesterday. The courts, Boards Fa... ee ie ES that Hare quics of the President and offer resolutions Blof Aldermen, Common Council and Supervi- Bis proved a delusion.” : to the occasion, after which the Legislature adjourn At 369 Brondwery, Messrs. é Ed WILLS, Phrenologists, muke examinatio until Tesday next. stn seta recta a ; ‘ A.—Use the Best.—Bowden’s De- Livutenant General Grant arrived at Washington yes ‘ment. The merchants expressed their excora-[M gptovinG Pankur: horas ty aregian Bi tion of this cowardly assassination in forcible f terms at immense gatherings in Wall street and Mthe Produce Exchange, and all the festivities # announced to take place next week were, with one accord, indefinitely posiponed. The de-— tails of all these manifestations of sorrow at the great national calamity are described at terday afternoon. Colovel Baker has gone to Washington, with ail bw pg A Silent Gowan, WIELCo: 508 Broadway. Celebre Our National Victories force, to assist in de! ting the murderers, Fuli and interesting sketches of the late Pi nooin aud of Prestdemt Andrew Jot Office, 222 Broadway, . Shoulder Braces, Silt Elastic Stockings and Abdoininn! Helts, dc Abraham be found in our columns this rning. We also publish tions, In striking at Abraham Lincoln and his sketch of tho assassin, John Wilkes Booth ‘ . ver ki isposed Secre A.—White’s Patent Trass"=—C Ginsrel*Urd;, sctecuianlg Dichatvober: be “Lad ever kindly disposed Secretary of State the [4 jength in our columns to-day. They will show Rupture radically. No press an he back se d : ’ in . " on igre ‘ RY £00, romdway. hen leneed'an order rescinding the permission beretefer assassins struck at the best friends in the gov-Rihow profoundly affected is the heart of the eeeatibnctonats as y A Great Hit.—Solid Walnut Chamber “ternment to the prostrate rebels of the South. {4 Whole metropolis at the misfortune which hasg given for the gentlemen ree ucting as the Legis! for $189 and $210 each, at MBIEKS Be ture of that state to a at Richmond, Twelvefy The policy of these men was forgiveness and - hours were given to any e pewous named who n conciliation to the fullest admissible extent ; seit B. vT. & have reseh d that city im onawer to the cull ia which FF and the public mind everywhere was strongly it, PRess Nowra AND Souvi.—There fq The remarkable propertics of BROWN'S BRONCHIAL SH ee fy inctined in the sume direetion. “Bat the dari fs patie bh br a uneigagtlas. rtp ripeelbaggelge— seblamntmectint apaty ichmond Whig states that General Loe hed not arriv a erday—* 1c resident Is murdered. rol "4 vcore - 5 ind shocking evens of a single night have fa " y . ? " : > cael nepal ee in that city, and bis whersabouts was unknown, at least : % one member of the family to the other, from BY yurety apon their own mei ‘They have found favor with eutaide of eb creo ; wrought in a few hours a fearful reaction. oom to room, and ap and down every stair- Bis ilby thie Pudmenatt, Srocuhtil. oe Asttanatie Comi-Il The people of North Carolina within the tues of the#) There is an ominous muttering in the streets 5] way, this awful piece of news was repeated, Mh iisints, require them, ForGoughs and Colds they are effca- Union army are ia favor of ca onvention, to tak j2e general feeling is abroad that the lives of the} and stanned and paralyzed every one, And it ious yy fo consideration thi ion of tate, to be heldf ciched as 1 ja hj ¥88 @ nataral tribute to the position held b; —_—— {nto consi n the n i wr iched assaede oy assassins in this horrid} ‘eres eg eae pee a ‘ed Bunting, Flags, All Sizes, Printed Bant- at some point in the interior, when the movement of ? business will not meet the roquirements of jas fase 1° people that Bina PLAGS: JAMES TOPT, ee {roops will afford the proper epportonity ia peter z fa if it had been the dearest member of each of RWS judson street, ‘ es ,, , py tive, and that justice should now take its course # those honsebolds that had been stricken down Bashfalness.How to Overcome It. See Ex s Mexican newsand reports aro urn shed by fal a ‘ " PHRENO: 1, JOURNAL, Jan. No., ve, one of our correspondents in the city of Mexico, writings against treason and traitors wherever found. the sunden horror and anguish could hardly ow WILLS, 389 Broadway, New York. on the 2th ult He states that Maximilian’s «ub i Andrew Jobnson, under. this condition of the f have been greater, Boxe’ All Wool Meltom Suite at 1 ij Ree r i But the blow has fallen, and whence did ita Y: BROKAW, 3 Fourth avenue, and 62 Lafayette fects are mich agitated over ramore that the em. fj public mifd of the loyal States, succeeds to the jy — Epona — nap aru saa rp i i i cise Lincok Whe il be the come? From Richmond, no one doubts; yet Batehelor's bie i" Dye—The Best in the pire ys ee Oe Sere et ee oftice of Abraham Lincoln. hat wi the @ wherever the idea was conceived, or the plan DH” vactory 81 Barclay ee en of soldicre who have herctofore been & “'B policy of President Johnson? We predict that framed, it is as clear as day that the real origin Corns, Bunions, Enlarged Joints a ured by Dr. ZACHARIB, 760 can ee ; ae er fe ect eeu it will be more strongly tinctured with the ff of this dreadful act is to be found in the flendish dg) dyveane* « fer f the leaders in this movement, and it te exp vd that a = Ec o ’ : + one By inilexible justice of Andrew Jackson than with jg end malignant spirit developed and fostered by Chevelier's Life for the Hatr Res during the coming summer an immense force of our : nm aT, the rebel press North and South. That preas halt to 1g original color, stope ite fal out, keope ti rebels will cros Rio Granto, provided with arme, Mg the prevailing tenderness of Abraham Linco! has, in the most devilish manner, urged men to d clean, Stands above comparison, wil eae ti aminunition and other necessary supplies, and mareh tog The mind and character of Andrew Johnson the commission of this very deed. They who Broadway. Sas, CiieVatlen, » tho assistance of President Juares, for the pur Mave been largely developed and fixed from@jeered at the first attempt to assassinate Mr. from trent Pang io heparea agi a n pow of | oxpeliing the Buropeans from the Hi his twenty years of warfure as “a poor white” @ Lincoln, in 1861, and said that it was gotten up ee Tees cen, |. ALLEN, 415 Broadway, ‘door be: to bring odium upon the South; they who coolly advertised that for one hundred thousand dol-' Jars Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward could both be killed before the 4th of March; they who thought the attempt to burn this city a very good joke—' excellent food for laughter—and they who ape- cifically incited to this murder by their invoca- tion to the dagger of Brutus—they are indeed the real authors of this horrible crime. City Intelligence. ‘The annual election for officers of the Tammany Bo- ciety takes place on Monday evening, April 17, country, Considerable color of tt 1s given to these stories by the presence in joo already of 0 profess to be ainst the opposing slavebolding aristocracy Tennessee and the South. How he has sur- vived this long struggle and safely passed the manifold dangers of this war is very remark- able. Against his impediments no man, unless possessed of great natural qualitica, self-reli- ance, high moral courage and a resolute will, could possibly have succeeded as he has done. Learning to read after he became a married man—and from his wife as his teacher~and for} ten years before this war standing among the jf Died. most powerful democratic leaders of Tennossee, Cavasacnt.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday night, April 16, Danie. Crane @r., a wative of the county Meath, there is something more in this “Andy Jobn-[§ Ireiand, in the 78th year of bis age, rionds of the family are invited to attond the son” than the common “plebeian.” BD funeral, on Monday afternoon, at two o'clock, from the Nor do wo, from the unfortunate circum: ae LBs. wher Doatig eb totes Dge.) Ceara Malte yliss en toms Ok Moses large numbers of prominent rebels, Cure— Prompt) Highest Sreminss Look Stiteh Sewing asc AN Sg SN hs arosaway, Kew York. ess A, Ciroalar Ii on addi Fefugeos, but who are suspected of betug either agente of | this movement of ite advance guard. Groat tndignation ‘was caused in the city of Mexioo by the publication in the newspapers of that place of the statement that a con. @idoradle force of Uutted States troops had crossed the Health end Hap; ; 4 mailed free of Rio Grande, near Goneral Taylor's old battle felds of nk fort atreet. Palo Alto and Rovers de ia Palma, and destroyed four. thousand bales of rebel couon stored on Mexican soil. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘The Inman line steamship Fina, with the European mails, was detained by special request from Washington yesterday, to convey full despaiches respecting the re- eont tragioal events In Washington, Hor flags wore a! haifmaat during the day The steamship Nova Sootan sailed from Portland for Apvorpool Fepverday alvoravva, at a quarter yast tires Moth Antidote will Sav Yeour Fars a: carp ham Home ei # WATTS, New Tort, Tra a Bl 8 , Rete rn ra oemnegeaynarete whew eArmiee and Chigroform Lint-| ment ,ctire: , toni, Toothache § . ruean we, Weve 4] Geeraters se Eu by oy Weuderaia, F rosidence of his son, Daniel Cavanagh, 19 Aivntic street, f4 stronger than it has boen for three years past.” The condition of Secretary Seward remains unchanged. id my sense of the loss which fj give an opinion as to tho regult of his wounds, The 4 which will be anchored in the stream, i attempt to confine him in any prison would lead to aba The steamship Europa, from Halifax, got aground in fg FA until hali-past eight o'clock this evening. Hor mallsf staior Gcnoral Augur, vommanding the Department of f> limest spectacle ever witnessed upon the occur- fF york by the evening train to-morrow (Sunday), which is {J for the party or parties arresting the murderer of the eq President and th+saeagin of the Secretary of State and lenaniess, Tt gle hottie of Ft desperadocs had been organized for murder on an exten- Bf Hose of the Potomac, is engaged in taking testimony By =4W vg the Police Hoadqvarters, om Tenth street, In taking the * tontimony of a large number of witnesses. $ Wp the letter endeavors to persuade Booth from® fi oes on to say that he was out of money, had no clothes, “tbgand would be compelled to leave homo, as his family ES : ejwero desirous that he should dissolve his connection’ 6 describod as the one belonging to the suspected man by B tumour in the shape of fis bd the same man hired a horse in the evening. Bd when accorted by them, hastened away 4 Mayor Wallach and several members of the elty cov 3 ernment were goon on the epot, and every precaution 4 horses to mount the police. @ picketed, and every possible avenue of escape was} bj wonld appear that the rebel officials at thet time wae PF) not cognizant of the atrocious plot, | OUE LOSS. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. takes place at noom to-day, to take such action as th® * Fg immediate exigencies necessitate. Among the circumstances tending to fix « participatios; jas was recommended by the President. It is sn'd that Bin the crime on Booth weretetiors found in his trum, ‘this meeting was the most harmonious held for ¢ver Fi one of which, apparently from a lady, supplicated hiss two years, the President exhibiting throughout that £/ to dealst from the perilous undertaking 2 which he way magnanimity and kindness of heart which has ever cha» (fj about to embark, as the time was inauspicious, the mama jacterized his treatment of the rebellious States, and BN not yet being ready to be sprung. which has been go illy requited on their part. One of Mf It is rendered highly probable from the evidence a> the members of the Cabinet remarked to » friend he Mi tained that the man who stabbed Mr. Sewaré and Mie met at the door that ‘‘the government was to-day MJ sons is John Serratt, of Prince George county, Md. The horse he rode was hired at Naylor’s stable, on Fourteew@® street, Surratt ‘e » young man, with light bev em@ goatee. His father is said to have been postmaster & Prince George county. About eleven o'clock last night two men crossed @e ‘Anacostia bridge—one of whom gave his name as Bost and the other as Smith. The latter is believed to be Jota Surrats, Last night a riderless horse was found, which has beem identified by the proprietor of one of the stables pap viously mentioned as having been hired from his este lishment. Accounts are conflicting as to whether Booth crosse® the bridge on horseback or on fovt. But, as itis tp eyed that he rode across it, it is presumed that hehe@i exchanged his horse, Wasurxaroy, April 15—-12:80 P. M. Fred. Seward is still insensible, The surgeons will not others wounded are doing well. Vice President Johnson was sworn in at his rooms at the Kirkwood House a few minutes before eleven o'clock. By He will probably issue proclamation to the people in the eourse of a few hours. A Cabinet meeting is now in session at the office of | Secretary McCulloch, im the Treasury building. All Bt business is suspended, and the people throng the streets, notwithstanding the rain which is falling from time to time. A number of parties have been arrested, and are nokta wantody fon ettering Aisloye? akauage From information in the possession of the authorities ‘Wasmixarow, April 16—Midnight. it is evident that the scope of the plot was intended te te ‘The city is now perfectly quiet, and the streets nearly Hf] much more comprehensive. deserted. The Vice Proaident and other promineat members There is nothing new to report in regard to the condi- Bi the administration were particularly inquired for by sam Mi tion of Secretary Seward, or of his son Frederick Sew-@ pected parties, and their precise localities accurately @> ard, Tho physicians say, if no unfavorable symptoms are developed in the cage of the latter within the next twenty-four hours, he will probably recover. The chances, however, are considered very much against him. THE ASSASSINS. - THE REPORTED CAPTURE OF BOOTH, Wasmxarton, April 15—12:80 P. M. John Wilkes Booth, towards whom the evidence con- clusively points as the assassin of the President, has beon arrested near Baltimore, and will be placed for safe Py keeping on board a Monitor at the Navy Yard hore, tained, but, providentially in their cases, the acheme mip carried. A boat was at once sent down the Potomac to notify the gunboats on the river of the awful crime, in order that all possible means’should be taken for the arrest of the perpetrators. t The most ample precautions have been taken, and J not believed that the culprits will long succeed in evading: the overtaking arm of justice, To-day no one ts allowed to leave the city by rail com veyance or on foot, and the issuing of passes from the Hj headquarters of the Department of Washington bas bees @ suspended by General Augur. Wasurnar.on, April 16—11:45 P.M. Every hour brings to light additional circumstantia® evidence pointing conclusively to parties who committed the diabolical deeds, Evidence sufficient bas accumm latec to implicate some six different persons in the ple, all of them from this section and Maryland. The lettess and memorendum found ia Booth’s trunk reveal many astonishing facts, and show the preparations that he ha@ made to accomplish the flondish deed, Two pair of handeuf™s and a gay were also found among his effects, It seems that Booth had leased a stable in the alley & #i the rear of the theatre. He hired a horse from a livery stable in the afternoon, and took it to the alley, and hire@ a servant of the lady from whom he had leased the stable to watch the horse, Allatonce the horse disag> i peared, and the servant supposed that it had escape@ But it scema that the horse only left when Booth ha@ @ mounted him. Booth’s mistress has attempted to commit suicide te day. Several persons who met Booth yesterday wore forcibly struck with hia actions, and pale and excite® countenance, An actress at Grover’s thoatre receives an anonymous note yesterday, warning her not to sing the song, “Sherman's March to the Sea,” last night, oF FS any other patriotic airs. She did not know the ban@& i] writing, but he claimed to be her friend. She, howevem, sang the air, but no demonstration was made, A large number of arrests have been made. Bome af thom have proved their innocence, and have been @> # charged; but a number are still in custody. ‘The rumors about the capture of Booth are contradigy tory, and it is impossible to ascertain positively whethe® i he is in custody or not. The excitement is so great thea {tis eesential that-the fact of his arrest should be keg® seeret; for ho would be seized by the populace and the Hi onds of justice defeated, There is no prison in Wasi ington in which his person woldu be safe if it wore knows that he was confined there. 24 Day before yesterday Booth called upon the treasures #] of Grover's theatre (Mr. Hess), and asked him if he tm» tended to illuminate that night. Mr. Hose repile@ shad he should not until Friday night; he considered thas th® proper day. “Well,” said Booth, “why don’t you pa@ Son some new and exciting play for Friday evening, am@ i invite the President and other officials, and got up © sem> eation 2? Thus circumstantial evidence might be related by te column in regard to his character, if necessary; but thas is sufficient to show how conclusive the facts poimt him, aside from the personal recognition of some domes persons who saw him on the stage. Mr. Surat, of Maryland, is believed to bo the man wag visited Mr. Seward’s house, The best data that caa be obtained show that there were not over five or tem minutes difference between the time of the assault eg the Preaident and Mr. Seward, showing that it was mee done by the same person. ‘The indignation of the people is so intense that anjq sanguinary conflict between the people end the guard. Wasainaton, April 16—7:15 P. M. Washington, has offered a reward of ten thousand dollars his son, Entertaining the belief that an extensive conspiracy of sive scale, various arrests have been made by the police andthe police justices, and the several casos are under- golng examination. Colonel Ingraham, Provost Marshal of the defences to-day—all of which fixes the assassination -upen J. Booth. J. dge Olin, of the Supreme Court of tho District of Columb'a, and Justice Miller are also crgaged to-day at Lieutenant Tyrell, of Cofonel Ingraham’s staff, last night proceeded to the National Hotel, where Booth had been# stopping, and took possession of his trank, in which were found a colone!’s military dress coat, two pairs of; handeufiz, two boxes of cartridges, and a packago of let- ters, all of which are now in the possession of the mili tary authorities. One of these letters, bearing the date of Hookstown, plicate Booth, The writer speaks of, rrying his dosigns into execution at that time, for the fs 130i, as tho writer alleges, that the government bad ons aroused, The writer of the letter seems to been implicated with Booth in “the mysterious referred to, as he informs Booth in the letter that ¢ would profer to xpress his views verbally, and then with Booth. This letter is written on note paper, in a small, neat hand, and simply bears the signaturo of| “gam.” The assassin of President Lincolm left bebind hita bis hat and a spur. ‘The hat was picked up tn the President’s box, and has beon identified by parties to whom ft has been shown as the one belonging to the suspected man, and accurately jj Sketch of John Wilkes Booth, the Mure | derer of the President. John Witkes Booth, who is directly accused of the 4 assassination of President Lincoln, is one of the sons # the celebrated English actor, Luctus Junius Booth, the contemporary and rival of Edmund Kean. The eld Rooth came to this country as aster actor, and finally settled upon a farm near Baltimore, Maryland. His 2 eccentric habits, strange extravagances and wasted > ore familiar to most of our readers, By different wives the elder Booth bad four sons, named, in the order ef press-of business prevonted. A their ages, Junius Brutus, Rdwin, Jobn Wilkes am@ It therefore seems evident that the aim of the plotters BY Joseph. The three oldest brothors adopted the stageas@ was to paralyze the country by at once striking down theh. profession, The younger studied medicine, and was les E] heard of somewhore in Georgia, 4 John Wilkes Booth was born in 1688, near Baltimesg, in the eame vicinity asthe noted rebel Harry Gilman [3 He was named after John Wilkes, @ famous Engi tragediam. At the early age of sixteen he went upon the stage, and in 1656 made a regular début at Philade pla. He inherits the well known Booth face and figura, aod apme of the dramatic talont of the family. Afle? starring for a while in the provinces we find him _ in 1850-'60, the leading actor at Montgomery, Alabama, ‘There he was regarded as a trifle crazy. In 1860 he wounded himself in the foot with a pistol, and came North to recruit his health. Soon after his arrival ghere, discovering that: Ba other parties not allowed to see it before describing it. The spur was dropped upon tho stage, and that alsof has been idontified aa the one proceed at a stable where Two gentlemen who went to the Secretary of War to apprise him of the attack on Mr. Lincoln met at the realdence of the former aman mufiled in a goal, who, Tt had been Me, Stanton’s intention to accémpany Mr. Lincoln to the theatre and occupy the same box, bus the Aa soon as the dreadfnl events were announced tn the Superintendent Richards and his assistante were at work to discover the asenssin. Iu a fow moments the telegraph had aroused the whole Every stroet In Washington was patrolled. At the request of Mr. Riehards Geveral Augur sent Every road leading out of Washington was strongly thoreughiy guarded. brother Edwin was achieving decided success, he é@ Stoamboate about to depart down the Potomae werefg tormined upon a début in New Yori, and made hie fret mopped. appearance in this city at Wallack’s old theatre—new As it is suspected that this consptrasy originated in fgg the Broadway—which was then under the managemen® of Miss Mary Provost. He opened in Richard the This@ playing very tamely till the fighting scene at the-end of the drama, when he wielded bis two handed sword wa such vim and vigor as to astonish the audience, The tage combat bes never been better performed. One evening, roused to intense excitement, he ettacked Mn B. L. Tilton, the Richmond of the occasion, a0 violently: a6 to knock him into the orchestra, nearly breaking Rip Maryland, the telegraph flashed the mournful news to Baltimore, and all the cavalry was immediately pat upon active duty. Every road was picketed, and every pre- caution taken to prevent the escape of the assassin. ABM preliininary examination was made by Mr. Richards and his assistants, Seyeral persons were called to testify, and the evidence, as elicited before an informal tribunal, and not under oath, was conclusive to this point—the mur- derer of President Lincoln was John Wiiles Booth. Hil hat waa found im the private box, and identified by seve-| ral persons who had seen him within she last two days, | ‘and the spur which he dropped by accident, efter he jumped to the stage, was identified as one of those which @ had obtained from the stable where he hired b horre. This man Booth has played more shan once at Ford!o| theatre, and ts of course acquainted with ite exite and entrances, and the facility with which he escaped behind! the scenes fs easily understood. The person who assassinated Secretary Seward loft bebind bim « slouched hat and an old rusty aavy re volver, The chambers were broken loose from the bar- rel, as if done by striking. ‘The loads were drawn from the chambers, one being but a rough piece of Jead and the other bails, emailer than the) chambers, wrapped in paper, as if to keep them from falling out. The tribke of J, Wilkes Booth were seined last night. AD examination of his papers by Aitorsey Geveral Speed hay discovered a letter to him in regard to the plot, From this letter 4 appears that the plot was to have been executed before the 4b of March, but for some Reason not stated it was delayed niall! lest night. ‘The letter which was discovered in Booth’s trun® was d at Hookerstown, Md., and signed ‘‘Sam."’ It refers) to the attack aa intended to be made upon the Prosident land Cabinet on the 4th of March, and advises the post- ponement of the attack. ‘The writer staton that the gov- ernment officers had become suspictous of such intended action, and it would, therefore, be imprudent to do any- thing In the matter now, The writer also advises Booth to go to Richmond and ascerta', how such action would be rezacded iy Vie Ta. goverament, From vais i Robbers, was his third réle, and, after acting i’ he went to Boston, where he was betler recelved. When, the present war began Johm Wilkes Booty avowed himesif an ardent secessionist, and he alwage persisted in hig @isloyalty, So many notors shared MAB opinions, however, and expressed them almost as stronge ly, that bis sentiments gave bim no particular His brothere Junius and Edwin were and are mom cided Union men, and several quayels have arisen by, tween the brothers on account of these differenoyq, ‘They acted together, however, am the Winter Gardew, em the 29d of November last, for ihe benefit of the thaly spere Monument Fund, and edtracted one of the large) ‘and most intellectual audierices ever assembled in ang Wheatre. The play was Ju'fus Cesar, with Edwig Booth ae Brutus, Junius Booth a Cassius and John Booth as Maro Antony. As an actor John Wiikes not compare with either of his brothers, Sithough hep resemblance to them 4n form, feature, volee and manag was remarketie. ‘Chis was his lest publie appearante 1 ‘this city. Bome months ago John Wilkes Booth ceased acting account of bronchial affection, and since then he ta to have accumulated considerable money by ofl tions in Western Virginia Of late he hes passed a portion of hi ume in Washington, with which oity {te theatres be was perfectly familiar, About eight ton daya ago he was in Now York, drinking Rumor says that in hie drunken he has often larad Sis latention to Mill President Lincoln. and