The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-05-02

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stage and ehnd III scenes Coo-
ne J. Il. stewart the only person ii
lhe audience who seemed 10 eompre-
hend the decd b. had commltdclmb
ed rom hi. seat near the orchestra Is
the Stage aud followed close + hind,
The assassin was TOO fee, and too
desperate, that tury incarnaie, meet
ing Mr.. Nithers the leader OF the or.
chestra, just behind the scenes, had
stricken him aside with blow that
fortunately was not 4 wound over
tuning Miss Jenny Gourlay, on ac-
tress. who came next in his path, be
gained. without further hndrance. the
back door previously left open At TIE
rear OF the theaier; rushed through
it leaped upon the horse held by Nh
Spangler, and without vouchsaiing
that person word Of information,
rode out through the alley leading in
to T street, and thence rapidly sway.
His horses hoofs might almost have
been heard amid the silence that for
few seconds dwell in the interior Of
the tbeater.
Then Mrs Lincoln screamed, Miss
Harris cried for water, and the full
ghastly truth broke upon all" The
Pr sident is murdered r The scene
that ensued was as tumultuous and
terrible as one Of Dante's pictures Of
he'll Women tainted, others uttered
piercing shreks, and cries for ven
geance and numeaning shouts Tor
help burst from the mouths Of men
Mis-, Laura Keene, the actress, prov
ed hcl-,lt in this awful time as equal
sustain a part in real tragedy as to
interpret that Of the stage Pausing
one moment before the fnotlighls TO
ent,eat The audience to be calm, she /
ascended the stairs IN the rear Of Mr. |
Lincoln box, entered il, took The |
dying President. head in her lap /
bathed il with the water she had
brought. and endeayored TO force some (
Of the hqaid through the insensibIe |
lips The locality of the wound was
at first supposed to be in The breast
!. was no till after the neck and I
shoulders had been barred aud no
mark discovered that the dress Of /
Miss Keene, stained with blood, re-
,eaed where the ball had peuetrat
ed.
As soon as the confusion aud crowd I
we're partially overcome, the form Of !.
tie President was conveyed from the /
ihcater to the residence Of Mr. Peter, I
son, ote the opposite side OF Tenth I
street. Here upon a bed in little
has tly'prepared chamber, il was laid
and and attended b, Surgeon Gener- /
al Barnes and other physicians,
speedily summoned.
Ia the meanwhile the news spread
through the capital as if borne on
tongues Of flame. Senator sumner
hearing Of the affair at his residence,
took a carriage and drove at a gallop |
to the White House where h. heard |
il had taken place, to find Robert |
Lincoln and other members Of the
household still unaware Of it. Both /.
drove to Ford's Theater, and we're
soon at the Presidents bed side
Secretary Stanton and the other
Of the cabinet were AT hand 4
almost as soon. A vast crowd, surg I
ing up Pennsylvania avenue toward
Hotel, cried, The PresI-
dent il shot Y " President Lincoln
is murdered Another crowd sweep
ing down the avenue net the f3t
with the tidings, Secretary Seward
has been assassinaled in bed. IN
stantIy wild apprehension Of an Or
ganiz d conspiracy and 81 other mur
ders took possession Of the people
Tie shout "to arms n was mingled
wltn the expr ssion- OF sorrow and
rage thai everywhere hlled tie air.
. " ere is Gen. Grant II oi Where /
is Secretary StanunI' = " Where are
lie rest Of the cabinet 2 broke from
thousands Of lips. A conhagfatioa
81 fire i not half so terrible a. WAS
.he conhagralion Of passion that roll
ID through the streets and houses Of
on that awful night
Around both the house on Tenth
street aud the residence Of the Secie
sry. AS ihe fact Of both tragedies be-
,am geaerally known, crowds soon
gathered 30 vast aud tumaltuous that
nllltpry guards scarcely suiiieel 10
Seep thrm from the door.
The room to which the President
iad been conveyed is On ihe Gr,t floor.
Il the end Of the hal Il J., onlY
iiteen ieet square, With a Bigals
paperei With brown, and hung
With = Telegraph Of Rosa Bonieuf
Horse Far, an engraved coy of
Icrring's Blacksmith aoiiwl small.
II ones Of The Stable. aad Tie
Barn Yard from The same ari.t 7
1 table ami bureau spread wth Gro
hes w9rk, eight CHAIRS and th bed
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