Washington telegraph., 1865-05-03

lhiuS ttdteI ~ SDoa rs P'N7lolc' anu
wished to know tie time tsnl place for
taking the oath Of Office
johnson designated hi5 private rooms
at the kirllwo III House, tIat day Ut NJ.
oclocl5
At the appointed hour. Chief Justice
Chase, accompanied hy lhe heads nt da
partmentz and other distinguished liEai-
LarieS, repaired to the designated rooms
and administered tile required oa.L y.
Office.
After the oath was administered
johnson slid I" Ina duties 1f th. Office
are mine 1 will parfyrm iham. Ihe
Consequences are with Cod. Gentlemen,
l will lean upon YOU. | feel that | shall
need your support. am deeply inn
pressed with the sniemniiy of thr orra-
zion, and ha rtspUnsib lily of tha duties
oi tie Office | am assuming"
Stanton reports, April lj, 3 p H., tiiat
the new President met the Leads IF de-
partrnauts that daY in Cabinet connciI,
provided f9r thc funeral ot thp lAtr Prrsi-
Idunt, appointed William Hunter, 5tcre-
tmy of State, to act until Tie recover.
OF Mr Seward, and announced his wish
to retain the present heads of depart
mruts.
AlI business at tia several depart
meurs closed f.r the day.
Seward 5 condition unchanged. Said
BIZ Stanton TO be doing well Oh the 18Th.
NO improvement in th1 condition ot
Fred. Seward
HE murdcr-rz not ygt apPryhendrI.
a despatch from New York the 18th,
says that Nr. CausseIl, messenger Of the
State Department, who was IN attc dance
upol NH. seward is dead
Secretary Seward is in \ lr.-arious
condition
Fred Seward is insraa.Jiy, and vil
probably die.
Washington, April i5.--No confirms
ti.n of tha rgp5r. tLA- tla llrlgt rs
have been caught.
Tile National In.gllig ncer, extra, SAYS
that from The evidence obtained il is high
M probable that the mau WHO stabbed
lLr Seward and Li4 ayl, ia John Slrrar
WI Prince George c5. Maryland Thy
Governor Of New York revoked his proc
lanstion appointing a day Of thanh-giy-
ing.
At Cincinnati Indignation against sc-
ces=ionis.= is very great JInius Brutls
Booth1. announced t1 appear at Pixies
Opera House this night, 18th, it is ua-
der-:ood, was compelled p leave the
city.
Lincoln is 5aii t1 have made u lihH-al
conservative speech Unit q lew days bc-
fore Iis death.
The Cairo Daily Democrat Of the lG.h.
an opponent Of Mr. Lincoln, SAYS that
tlis speech would have met thc Southern
people, a- iii had thy Northern cots #rrva-
lives Tile intention was t1 offer such
liberal terms to the South, that the peo-
pie would h9norahIv accept.
Tl. Democrat dep.ores tMc san event
which has postponed tAe ela cf g,4d
feeling
Stanton. also, it seems, made a very
narrow escape.
rfram me NatrLitogits ? im-s, extra. pril - !
Washington, April l5.-Ihe President
anl Mrs Lincoln were WI Ford Theatre
listening To the performance of the
American Cousin, occupying box in
L|tt N.44l sAta- - AaAt A41EE lA Alf
third act a person el the box occu-
pipd hv tAe President, and s..ut Ilr Lin
coin iii tile bead. the Shot entering the
back part Of his bead, and coming OUT
above the temple. The assassin then
Jumped from the box upon the stage and
ram across Cd the other side, exhibiting a
dagger in Ill hand, Houri-hinE III jill a
tra-ical manner, shouting the Same words
repeated by the desperate az Seward >
tLgust, adding to it, The South j.
avenged and then escaped from ths back
entrance KY thr theatre, hut in his passing
dropped his pistol and Ills lat
hr Lincoln fell forward from his seat,
ard Mrs. Lincoln tainted The moment
that The astonished audience could roal-
izo what had happened, the President
was taken out and carried tq Mrs Peter
sons house, on Tenth street, opposite The
theatre. Medical aid was Immediately
sent Tor, and the wound was at first sup
posed to b. fatal, and ia was announced
that he could not live, but at halEpa5t
~ he j still alive, though ID p-ecari-
Gus condition.
As the assassin ran across the stage,
COL u III Stewart, of This cilv- whl was
occupying one 0f tAa front seats in tha
orchestra, Oh the same side of tAt house
as the one occupisI by Mr. Lincoln.
sprsng to the stage and followed Lim.
but lie was DISTRACTED ia hi- passage
across tho Stage by the fright ui tha ac-
tors and reached ths back da0r about
three seconds after tic assa5,:n had
passed ont. Col. Stewart got to tie
street just in time 10 sec him mount Liz
horse and ride away This operation
shows that the whole thing w. n prvcon-
certel plan.
The person WHO fired the pistol was q
man about thirty years Of age, about five
feet nine inches high, spare built, iair
skin. dark hair, apparently with large
m0ustache. Laura keene and the leader
Y of the orchestra declared that they rccoS-
nized him as J. Wilkes Boothe, tie
Y actor, aud rabid sece=zi0nist. Whoev-
ar III Was, il j. plainly evident that ~
thoroughly understood thu theatre and
also TIL approaches ana modes VIZ escape
to The stage. A person not familiar viii
the theatre could not possibly have made
his escape a veil and quickly.
Tla alarm was sounded ia every af.7r