The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-07-08
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| before the minister's residence.
! On receipts at Honuluba of the news of
/ President Lincoln's assassination the gov
ernment Offices and stores of the merchants
were at vnce closed flags were closed and
| half masted; a meeting of conscience, by the
most emf aent citizens, was held, and sympa-
thy with the American people was manifest
ed in various ways.
! New YORK, July S.-One of the n. Y. Her
AIDS correspondents, who has recently trav-
eled extensively through South Carolina, is
satisfied that the amount of cotton still re-
naming In the interior of that state is very
large, exceeding any estimate which has yet
been published. There is much difficulty in
getting il to the sea board owing, in a cOnsid-
cradle degree. to the slow progress which is
being made by the rail road companies to-
wards repairing their lines. These roads
were most effectually destroyed by General
Sherman, and the iron to relay the tracks has
to be bought and the money to buy it with
will have to be borrowed at the north.
So greatly mas the collapse of the rebel our
renoy shattered the faith of the South Caroii-
ma planters in paper money Of al kinds that
they generally prefer ten cents per pound in
gold for their cotton to fifteen in greenbscks.
WASHINGTON, July S.-The Washington
Chronicle brands the statement that Sec'y
Seward has placed his resignation at the dis
posal of the president as false. - $50
New York, July 8.-The n. Y. World, in
its account of the execution, says:
AtIeroth made the following statement yes
terday morning
He took room at the Kirkwood House, on
Thursday, in order to get pass from Vice
President johnson to 60 to Richmond. Booth
was to leave for Richmond. The president
was to be invited TO attend theatre. when
visiting Richmond, and captured there
Harold brought the pistol and knife to the
room about $50 o'clock on Friday. He also
asserted that Sam would not have any thing
to do with the murder Of johnson, when
Booth said that Harold had no more courage
than a lizard and he wanted Atzeroth to be
with hun l1arrold) to urge him to do it.
There was a meeting at a restaurant about
the middle of March at which John Surratt.
O'Laughlin. Booth, Arnold. Payne, Herald |
and himself were present, when plan to |
capture the president was dissoursed- They !
had heard the president was to visit camp |
and they proposed TO capture him, coach add |
all. drive through Old Fields to be where the |
coach was to be left, and fresh horses were TO |
be got and the party would proceed to
the river to take a boat. Harold took =
buggy in anticipation that Mr.. Lincoln would
be captured, and he was to 20 With the party
to the river. Slavery had put him on the
side of the south. He had heard it preached
in church that the curse of God was upon
The slaves, for they were turned black. He
always held that the negro should be kept in
ignorance. He had not received any money
rom Booth, although he had been promised
hat If they were successful they should new
n want; that they would be honored thro-
nut the south and that they could secure an
Exchange Of prisoners and the recognation of
he confederacy. .-g-r