The Placer herald., 1865-04-22
FIRST DISPATCH.

A
sinaton of President Lincoln and Mr.. Seward.
Secretary of Statc:-
* FIRST DISPATCH.
y San FRANCISCO April 15th-ll:I5 A. NJ.
y President Lincoln was shot through the head at
s the Theatre in Washington last night. Secretary
i Seward was simultaneously stabbed in his bed.
y The President died at $50, and Seward about
9 O'Clock this morning.
Later reports about Secretary Stewards death
are contradictory. The President died at 1922,
SA.M
s. SECOND DISPATCH.
WASHINGTON, April 14th
q President Lincoln and wife. with other friends.
a this evening visited the Theatre for the purpose
81 OF witnessing the performance of Our American
a Cousin" 1t was announced in the papers that
n General Grant would alsDbe there, but that gen
q teman took the late train of cars for New Jersey
a The Theatre was densely crowded and everybody
q seemed delighted with the scene before them.
q During the third act, and while there was a tenn
Sporary pause for one of the actors to enter. al
g sharp report of pistol was heard which merely
81 attracted attention, but suggested nothing serious
suntll man rushed to the front OF the President 81
NbOx, waving long dagger in his right hand ex
IclaImlng ''Sic Semper tyTdnis," and Immediately
b leapcd from the box, which in the second tier
Ato the stage beneath. and ran to the oppo-
Ssite side Of the stage, making his escape amid
Tthc bewderment Of the audience from the real
I;;of the Theatre, and mounting horse fed.
d The screams of Mrs Lincoln first disclosed tbe|
Y fact to the audience that the President had been
Ssho. when all present to their feet. ru shin
4towarus the stage: many eXclaimng. chang him ;"
AThe excitement was of the widest possible des
Ecription.
q OF course there was an abrupt intermission Of
Sthe performance. There was Il rush towards the
EPresident's box when the cries we're heard of
!" stand back give him air. has any one slim
aulants." On hasty cXamina nation il was found
s hat the President had been shot through the
ahead above and at the back of the temporal bone.
nand that some of the brain was oozng out He
&was removed to private house opposite the The
yatre, the Surgeon General of the Army and other
SSurgeons were sent for 10 attend to his condition
2On an examination OF the private box. blood was
SdiscOvered on the back of the cushioned rockng
sfchar on which the President had been sitting
Salso on the partition and ON the hoor A com
Smon sngle-balreled pocket pistol was found onI
sthc carpet. A military guard was placed in
afront OF the private residence to which the Prcsi
4 dent had been conveyed An immense crowd was,
z in front of the PREMISE, all deeply anxious to-
Nlearn the condition of the President. 1t hadE
Hbeen previously announced that the wound was,
smortal. but all hoped otherwise. The shock to-
Nthc community was terrible. At midnight theE
sCabinct and Mcssrs. Sumner, Beiey, Farnsworth. /.
SJudge Bates, Governor Oglesby, General Megs /:
9Coloncl Hay and 4 few personal friends within
ahls immediate assistants were arounl the bedslei
sof the President, who was in a state OF syncCpc,l
stotally nsensble and breathing slowly. Blood,
,loozed from the wound at the back oil his head |
aThe Surgeon General exhausted every possibeE
sssseffort Of medical skill, but all hope was gone.
81 The parting Of his family with the dying Pres
Sident was too sad Tor description.
a The President and Mrs. Lincoln did not start
I for the Theatre until Is minutes after clock
sSpcakcr CofaX was at the White House at theI
stime. The President stated to him that he was go
9ing. although Mrs. Lincoln had rot been we'll, be
acause the papers had announced that Gen. Grant
Swould lie present, and as Grant had gone North /
\ shc.dd not wish the audience to be dsappont &C.
SIic went with apparent reluctance and urged:
sCollax to go with him. but that gentleman had /
smade other engagements and. with Ashmun, ots
aMassachusetts, bade him goodbye.
4 When the excitement at the Theatcr was at itss
awidcst height, reports were circulated that Sec
Sretary Seward had also been assassinated. On5
sreaching this gentleman's residence crowd andt
military guard were around the door, On enter 4
Sing the house it ascertained that the reports5
chad been based OH truth. Everybody there wass
$50 excited that scarcely an intelligent worda
Scou Id be gathered The facts are substantially
Nas follows:
4 About ten o'clock man rang the bell; and theh
fcall having been answered by a colored servant &
Che, the caller, said that he had come from Dir. 5
SVicde, Secretary Seward family physician, withS
sa prescription, at the same time holding in hisg
;: ;:hand small piece of folded paper, and sayngS
ain answer to refusal that he must see the Sec
qretary as he was entrusted with particular direc
ations concerning the medicine He insisted ona
sgoing up. Although repeatedly informed thaSE
&nO one could enter the chamber, he pushed they
Sservant to one side and walked hastily towardS
sthe Sccretary's room, and was met there by Mr,E
SFred. Seward, of whom he demanded to see thief
aSec rctary, making the same representation whichs
Che had given to the servant What further pas
zsed in the way of coloquy is not known, but theS
Oman struck him on the head with q billy"
Sseverely injurng the skull, and telling him al X
4most senseless. The assassin then rushed ntoE
&the chamber Of Mr. Seward The paymaster off
Ethe United States and Mr.. Hunsell messenger
3 'of the State Department, and two male nursesi
Swere disabled. He then rushed upon the Secre-2
Stary, who was lying in bed in the same room,p
8and inflicted three sabs in the neck but severng
&it is thought and hoped, no arteries though he'll
ablcd protusely The assassin then rushed DOWN
&stairs, mounted his horse, and rode off before the
, Salarm could be gven and in the same mannerf
Has at the assassination Of the President. 1t isl
&believed that the injuries of the Secretary areI
xnot fatal, although both the Secretary and Assist
ant Secretary are both seriously injured. Sec
retaries Stanton and Welles, and other prominentl
Roficers OF the Government called at Mr. Seward 81
house to inquire into his condition. and therci
fheard of the assassination of the President.-k
They then proceeded to the house where the lat
ter was lying. An Immense crowd gathered in
front of the Presidents house. A strong guardl
was stationed there, as many persons evidently
supposed that he would be brought TO his house.
The city tonight presents scene OF the widest
excitement, accompanied by violent expressions
OF nd gnaton and the profoundcst sorrow. ManyI
shed tears. Military authorities have dispatched
mounted patrols in every direction, in order f|
possible, to arrest the assassins the whole polcel
force are likewise vigilant for the same purpose,
The attacks, both at the Theatre and at Seward 81
house, took place at about the same hour-l l0|
O'Clock thus showing pre-concerted plan to|
assassinate those gentlemen. Some evidence of|
the guilty party who attacked the President are
lin the possession of the Board of Police. Vicel
President Johnson is in the city. His headquart-|
ers are guarded. .rr
WAsnISGroN, April 14th.
To General Dix: This evening, at about $3.50,
at Ford's Theatre, the President, while sitting
in his private box, with Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Har-
ris, and Major Rathburne was shot by an assassin
A. onI ohoIl