Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-04-20
THE TERRIBLE NEWS.
ACTION or TUE CITIZENS OF CHARLES CITY

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ACTION OF TIE CITIZENS OF CHARLES CITY.
At about 8 O'Clock P. NJ. on Sunday,
upon the arrival of the Eastern Stage,
our town was thrown into great excite
ment by receiving from the driver, Mr..
Harry Connect, the following despatch I:
" CHICAGO, April Is, 1865.
To Editors Gazette, Cedar Falls:
President Lincoln was assassinated
last night at Ford's Theatre, shot
through the head, and died this morn
ing. Secretary Seward was also as
sassinated-his throat was cut by the
desperate, who cut down Fred. Sew
ard and killed his nephew and two
nurses before reaching the Secretary's
bed. At last account he was alive.
p. S. Abraham Lincoln and VIM II.
Seward are dead!
(Signed,) RANKIN.
j. B. CAvANAueH, Operator.
An impromptu meeting of citizens
was Immediately held and committees
appointed as follows Deputy Provost
Marshal E. A. feeling and Capt. II. G..
Reiniger to call on the clergymen and
request their cooperation for meeting
in the evening. Messrs Case, Croft and
Jackson, committee to engage the
Court House for such meeting. Messrs.
Hildreth and Reiniger, committee to
draft resolutions to be submitted to
the meeting. . .El
The ladies, on invitation, promptly
proceeded to drape the large flag with
Grape, when it was suspended at half
mast. The entire front of Union Hall
was also draped in black. ...,al
In the evening the large Court House
was densely filled with citizens, met
to mingle their griefs and pay tribute
Of respect to the memory of our late
President and Secretary Of State.
Mr.. feeling called Hon. Abner Root
to the Chair, who, on taking his seat,
made some very feeling and appropri-
ate remarks. s-
On motion of Captain Reiniger, Geo.
G. Dean was appointed Secretary.
The telegraphic despatch was read
by the Chairman.
Rev. ID. N. Bordwell opened the
meeting with religious exercises as
follows: g .." #E '..#
LIST. Reading the following Hymn,
which was sung by the audience-Pro-
fessor Shedd performing on the melo-
deon:
Wait, oh my soul, thy Makers will
Tumltuous passions, all be still
Nor let q murmuring thought arise
His ways are just, his counsels wise.
He in the thickest darkness dwells,
| Performs his work, the cause conccals
And though his footsteps are unknown,
Judgment and truth support his throne
In heaven, and earth, and air. and seas,
He executes his firm DEGREES
And by his saints il stands confessed,
That what he docs Is ever best.
Wait, then, my soul, submissive wait
With reverence bow before his seat;
And mid the terrors of his rod,
Trust in wise and gracious God.
I'd. Reading the Scriptures-the Sd
chapter of Isaiah, first three verses
| l. For behold. the Lord. the Lord of hosts,
doth take away from Jerusalem and from Ju-
dab the stay and the staff the whole stay of
bread, and the whole stay of water, II
/ z. The mighty man, and the man of war,
the Judge, and the prophet, and the prudent,
and the ancient, r -f.. ...
! 8. The captain of fifty, and the honorable
man, and the counsellor, and the cunning ar
tifcer, and the eloquent orator.
part of the first chapter of I'd Samuel,
containing David's lament over Saul
and Jonathan .. ..... '..
| IL. And David lamented with this lamen-
tation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son !:
| ~. The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy
high places how are the mighty fallen!
| 30. Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in
the streets of Askelon lest the daughters Of
the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of
the uncircumcised triumph
| 81. We mountains of Gilboa, let there be no
dew. neither let there be rain upon you, nor
fields of offerings for there the shield of the
mighty is Wiley cast away the shield Of Saul,
as though he had not been Amounted with OIL
| %. From the blood of the slain, from the
fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turn.
ed not back, and the sword Of Saul returned
not empty.
%. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and
- -, III.
were not divided: they were swifter than ca.
gles they were stronger than lions.
"a. Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you in scarlet, with other de-
lights who put on ornaments of gold upon
your apparel.
q. How are tho mighty fallen, and the
weapons of war persisted.
and the 46th Psalm in full.
Sd. Prayer.
4th. Hymn. - "1". "@ @a
Dread Jehovah! God of nations!
From thy temple In the skies,
Hear thy peoples applications
Now for their deliversnce rise.
Mr.. Bordwell spoke briefly, saying
that when he first heard the terrible
news he felt that he could not take
part in the meeting-the first thought
was that the loss was perfectly over
whelming-but as he began to reflect
these three thoughts occurred to him
LIST, the greatness of our loss I'd, the
greatness of our sorrow Sd, our trust
in God. Upon these topics he spoke
respectively. ae.i.a.Ea 1Ha