The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-28 00:00:00

111FREdt3 FROM PAttIS.

THE SOUTHERN PRFA AND THE
ASSASSINATION OF HR. LINCOLN.
(nog 017 R oni 0071RISIRIMM.)

FARM TIMILDAT Wriesso.
a Californian journal which I received last
week, the Boening Bulletin of San Francisco, dated
February 24, 1865, I have stumbled upon the
following paragraph which will now be read with
lugubrious interest :
A WICKED JBST.
The Saha' (Alabama) Diapetut publishes the following
as as advertieeenent :
"ONE MILLION DOLLARS WANTED TO HAVE
PEACE BY THE ber OF MARCH.
"If the dtissas of the Southern Confederacy will furnish
me with the soh, or good securities for the sum of oleo
million of dollars, I will CACAO the lives of Abraham Linceb,
William H. Seward, sod Andrew Johnsoa to be takes by
the Ist of March nest. This will give us peace and eatiedyl
the world that tyrants cannot live in a ' land of liberty.'
If this is not accomplished nothing will be claimed beyoadl
the sum of 50,000 dollars in advance, which is supposed to
be nursery to reach and slaughter the three villains. I
will give myself 1,000 dollars towards this patriotic pur-
pose. Everyone wishing to contribute will adders Box X.,
Cahabs, Alatama.—Des. 1, 1864."
The question now arises whether this advertise-1
meat, esteemed by the editor of the Bulletin as only
a " wicked jest," was not in sober reality the
serious proposal for a murder which the language
used imports. It is a curious coincidence that
Wilkes Booth, immediately after murdering Mr.l
Lincoln, applied to him the word " tyrant " oon-1
tained in this shameful advertisement, which you
will observe contemplates the death of Seward, who
has, in point of fact, been nearly assassinated by
one of Booth's accomplices.
Mr. Bigelow, the United States Minister, was
at Brest, whither he had been invited to see
the inauguration of the railway, when the
dire news arrived in Paris. Mrs. Bige-
low, who habitually reoeives on Wednesday
evening, did not think it right, notwithstand-
ing her poignant grief, to shut her doors against her
friends, more especially as they were most anxious
to know whether the terrible reports of the after-
noon were officially confirmed. The American
embassy at the Porte Maillot was thronged with
carriages all the evening,. and Mr. Adams' tele-
grams lying open for inspection on Mrs. Bigelow's
drawing-room table but too clearly told the
appalling tale which now everybody knows.
Several French journals express the opinion that
the cause of the South is irreparably dishonoured
by the crime of the Booths.
The attempted murder of the Secretary of the
Russian embassy within the precincts of the am-
bassador's residence has raised a serious legal (MS- I
tion. The Russian minister contends that
the crime having been committed in his
house, the assassin must, according to the
law of nations, be given up to the
Russian government for trial in Russia. But
this demand is demurred to by the French govern-
ment, which says that the fiction, in virtue of
which an ambassador's house is supposed to be
situated on the soil of the country which he repre-
sents, was only intended to relieve the ambassador
himself, his attacluSs, and his servants from the
jurisdiction of the courts of the country in which
they temporarily resided ; but that, in respect to
crimes committed against their persona by indi-
viduals not entitled to their privileges, no reason
exists for withdrawing the cognisance of them from
the ordinary courts of the country. It strikes
me that the French view of the case is the most
rational one.
The Bourse was depressed. Rumours of a revo-
ladies in Spain, which are now repeated almost
daily, are thought so probable that they cause un-1
easiness, though believed to be premature. The
health of the King of the Belgians is another
ground for anxiety, and although Consols are
firmer, the uncertainty felt regarding the course of
events in America weighs heavily upon the market.,
Bente fell 10c. both for cash and account, closing ,
at 67fr. 25c. and 67fr. 30c. Mobilier fell 2fr.
The Spanish Credit Mobilier fell 251 r., and all
Spanish securities were in great disfavour. Mexican
scrip rallied a little, and was to be had at only about
1 per cent, below par--some consolation to the
disappointed applicants for shares of the third day,
who are this morning gravely informed by the
Moniteur that the demand having ezoeeded the
supply they must submit to a reduction of 10 per
cent. upon their applications. Their case might
have been worse. But the more diligent writers for
shares of the first and second days, who, caught by
the flaming advertisements and IL Rouher's speech,
asked for a great many more shares than they ex-
pected to get, and were taken at their word, and
saddled with all they asked for, are in a terrible
mess. We bear nothing now of the famous
" combination " which was to raise the old Mexican
loan to par by admitting it to participate in the
"advantages" (1) of the new. It fell it to-day,
and is quoted at 5L