, 1865-04-19

srd fTrm tie neck had been clipped ehaY1ng
lead.
Ayrirs)a in n>yE.as1l1neton-Arrest Of
Eortneuese blockade Hunner-Th
/ is,n. r. n aims Ting In state-n1rr. Lin
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Ttibune.l
I WASHINGTON, April IL.
Every train which arrived hesc to-oaT fron th
North was oenscly packed W1th people 70 wttne.
Among The arrivals to.dsy wefe full delegation
! Of G. nCrcffmo:, cx.Consre:snen, doVefnor
sid e1.Governora, wIth, their te1uuea. Mrs
Ftstrnastcr General Dtnn'son Was also among mi
PcT.uercee blockade rurner named Ce1es'ine
nho Sss caPtnssn lsit 81 ssGPs Eth nj
aiterWaId. released lhroueh The efforts Of influ
tnri.l pst.scs; who.e friehdship was probably
IN here today, from In'ladelphla. in irons. He L
is suspected Of being the assassin Ct Serretar1
Seward; Fq5 % several mouths last summer BE-
I'D psyi1e lis xeeky bis Pd.asgS pro1pfy s'TS 8
:, premium OF ssee. Thls vessel snd cargo short
Geea,ed " 'be admiralty Ccnrt of this .Sist1ct net
since which time ne has hccu heard to srys:r re-
E.pee Sn the author of hia misfostunsz. Several
@ as2e prior to the murder be- came to Wsshlneton
and stopped at his old hotel, but left F1iday
night without paying hie hui. =
frIia Ine ho,nIda H. maenifeently drsped, and the
coI'intnt, a splendid catafaio1e las been
erected IN The centre o. The Kotunda. The
n"ficnsi pictures have afI heen shropded In
mGnInlIE. The general eject is fine beyond
Mr.. L,tcoIn Is understood to have some desire
that The rcmefne shou!d be inferred IN Waybln..
tcD. Int thus far, no change has been made in tia
p1orrsnmc. She has heen very much ariialcd
1Lloush the day. end, this afternoon, Il haa been
En- immense ihrcpe Of peoDlc passed t,,ron-.,
the White House tn.day to toke farewell Ioos 1t
tbe reuafnA Of the late President Lincoln. Tbe1e
II Eafclys aouet that the man arrested in this
CITY dug. mentioned in former dispatch, Is The
sssEssfn Who attempted The murder or Nj.
Seward.
he Assassin of Secretary Seward be-
Aefca- 10 Ne IhuthA1, the Frencfl
11ady-S.c; sexEard,s copdition-A
Whit Of 1IltNOfsnNs TO the President.
WAsH1NaToE, April 18.-1t was stated in for
Her dlspstch tEat The person arrested this morn
Ing IS the pe1eon who attempted to take tbs life
.9e t. b. ST.
pefado ,s no other than Taom7s. the eo-callet
French LADY," who. i Will he remembered,
VII subsequently npprehcnced, TIED, consic:cd i ed
and seDtet c. d TO- the pcnitentiasy, from which,
y tcme means. be was released. Nothing posi-.
Secretary Seward |. much heitcr to-day: 20 il
fna1ffck Seward. who Is gradually gaining full
i Is now confidently hoped aud expected that
both 1he Secretary and Assistant s1erctsry vii
speedily recoveE. ''
II nceo,dapce with resolution. passed al a
iIst ssts assembled 1t Wiiard aotei fspa pf1pa,o. ..
1"sry "y to Tayins their rtspects to E:eell:ncy,
AEtrcW johnson, President Of the United S.acs.
t.ttefncr Oelrsty, accompanied by Snatoy
Lielatd 1a'es, General l. IaJnle. ex-senator o.
u; Browning end larce eoseonrse Of c,t1zcss,
.Ec I1seserry Fptlding. Cor. Os3c4by pscseated
tic delegation ana addressed tho President.
ArTtVnI& Of D leg alto a+y1y,t. to r,rc.
eiot ht johnson Interview with
Central Grant.
nES 59g9K gs; 4pfl tEs 12A spse,a' dispatch in The
alter c'seT4ston a1rires hourly 1t the Wh,te
Nerse. 1tis Impossible for oue.fhird OF The yast
crowd OF visitors to Obtain entrance. Mrs. Lin.
coin has not set decided whether the remains Of
her husband thall be removed to Springfield or
te p'se' a tp the rault under the Csp;to!.
A number Of state delesst1ons waited upon
PrssiHtnt johnson this morning.
Secretary seward'e daughter IL to be confronted
YIN The 2erson knpposed to be su1ratt to see L
General Grant had long interview with Peesi.
oect Johnson yesterday upon Qrestl0ns connected
With re War., It il understood that their Views
we're Harmonious.
The Scene in zcc.rsary scxvard,s c1,a.n-
6+r-tscs pernte Contest Ee1eEeca tho
Latter Preserves tho Effe or the Secrc-
tart.
WAsu1SGTos, april 1S.-Gco. F. Robinson. A
colder, and the nurse xho WIS IN attendance e On
Secretary Seward on Fndsy night. has related
clstnmftanta y Ihf proceeding. in the chamber,
ucm Witch It appears that II Was through his
brave and detcrmsnca eEdearors that tie consuro-
matton Of the nnrde1uns designs OF the ue1d
wc1t Iuetrsttd- According II RobInson+a narrn-
nvt, tIed. II. Seward. hs1or Seward aud Mr..
Fapeei! we're Al won'd:.t on tho stairway, a.
1're otnrt menttt ne'; In this correspondence, As
Robinson opened the toor to Isarn the eause Of
d's.urbanee without The man s!rack at h1e breast
Which me- Rd ia 'op x he b;ds o.
In lehkta and one inch in width. Robin.
top, dst: rmined TO oppose, his prorrsss,
Consequence VA tbat Wound was infctsd III ths hs
sst1t.r OF h,s forehead, clcse 70 the hair, which
a ~+hls tA!Leu back. 1he kntIc glanced, and
81 came dcwn, npon III. Roblnson's face ali
N'llec him to tie floor. Ntss Seward. at thia
ttnc:1te, e.c:psd from the room and ran 10 The
sin l..ree to tlc bed, wEere Mr. sewar, iay stll
APPARENTLY N helpless condition, and cave a
,ssmeEcoIs blow 1t his lace. lie m,ss, hi. marx,
y ri bs ms Ia Kobn:on Id a.
jrnped en- the led md caught hold OF The assas-
pins stne. While he was Inns attempting to
CT tie let side VI the fsce, ard then on the
right slce. The assassin then raIie3 up,
a1d be snd Robinson ceme to the 1o1rr
together. They both got On to their feet, Rob,
1rson ktlll keeping firm hold Of him. The as
s.ss'n reached f1' len arm over Roblnson's .hunl
Ger and ebdeayozed 70 force him 10 the doos
t.neirg he euull no. handle Robinson in that "a
s!tion, he dropped his ,pialol-.whtch had besn
forced against koh'nson's tnee in the hand which
vas asonnt biz I:ck-cansht hold OF Robneoa's
Robinson With the t1'se. They still continued
thr struggle Tor 3 few nomens-Robinson forcine
him sGward: TIE door, which was open, with the
Nhfn fhey had nearly reached the door, Major
fnEustus Seward entered the room. Robinson
called On him 70 ta1c the knife cut Of the a.saa-
r. AFf %hn. $r-kv ,.S+
the ASSASSIN. Tue latter then struck Robinson,
lnoflng him down, Broke awty from Major Sew.
ard, u rushed down stalr:: During the seul1c,
woEnd, quite serious. come two inches In breadth,
on the upper part Of the right shoulder blade.
another little lo~tr down. on the sa1e side, md
Cling With the man uear the bedside, be md
sized the wrist Of his right hand, in which waa
the cacgeF, aud did not 1e1ease his hold until
alter BIZ tor Seward had come to h1s asslstsnte.
11e returned TO The room Afterwards, and found
that the sss.ssa had capped, and that the Secre-
with him the b. d clothes, and was lying In pool
f,rnd no pulse IL The wrist. and ttated 10 Mics
Steward, Kho had rc-enttred the room aud asKed
Il AeE ta'iirr was deed, taat be believed that he
Hss, bat npon sccond e1xmtnstiou, Robinson
sec1et,ry tben ssfd-I am not dead-scnd for The
police and q surgton aud c!oee tho house. Mr.
Robinson then piseed the Secretary on tue bed,
T.
s9etE utter that. MI. Robinson remained with
". Seward until il nflo;k thu n .1t morp;n.
Nh' le was n roTed to the Dough-, Hospital :.
Every attention Is beng pafu tts uravc man By
1Af Alu ndants Of this institution, and bis condf-
n6n IL reyT faE, table.
The Hemnius OF the Pre- sI3ens.
WASHINGTON, A,Eil le.-7he remains Of the
P Pttslucnt viii prursbly be conveyed from Wa.t-
'nGfrn on 1Eurtu morning 10 lfllnols. By way
cf Baltimore. Fftfsdclpb1a, New York, Buffalo,
Cleveland AID Toledo The TING schedule has
cot yet been determined. hut about ono week will
IT occupied In reacnir: Illinois.
OF one of the Causpfrators
- 0nGittUn Uf the Sey1 ards xhe
Eoty Ly1HE in State.
BALTIMORE. April 18-ltf fs understood that The
party nl'hdcl to under arrest here etAtes that
The original deslpn Of the consprators was merely
10 capture the President. some tine back n King
Eim pTf ,nper, and N this way compel general
release Of all rebel pr1soEe7a held BY the United
s'atcs. When the general exchange OF prisoners
Ct ctmEepeed, this project was Abandoned by bfu
and Others as no longer necessary, and he says he
refnscd 10 have sn5thlng further to do with It,
and endcayored to induce the others 10 give up
thetr d. sEna upun the life OF the President. Thfs
,e Substantially correct statement Of what the
eelisoneF ; has dirrlged. lie Is a well known resi-
Nlw YoAk, April Is Tho following dispatch
aae eeen rece1Ttd by Colonel Sanford, President |
Of the American Telegraph Company:
9'To E. S. Saninrs1:
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