Smyrna times., 1865-04-27
A UnIIed People.

ham Lincoln S life was providentiali? orl,.r'1
to bring about perfect Unanmity allonp H.
people Of this country. All partisan t,,f''
has ceased among us. Every house in tbs'
land IS house Of mourning. The co!nln,n
and universal grief has made Us all brother.
sOrrOwing as Tor the loss OF q beloved f.tL.r
The cOnsclences Of those WHO once dcridcdp,
abused Abraham Lincoln have been sur,M
smitten, aud we believe thcr, * a sinc.,. 4!
termination that the head Of the rnyrr,nnont
in a time Of civil war, Shall no longer h. w.
object bipartisan opposition. Pre>idcut l. j1e
son, Judging by present appearances. viii w.
supported by the people with deyr,. :, ,c,V "
unity unknown since the time Of Wa.I,u1,,.t"a u,t"a
The plotters of the late iniamou, crime 49,
brought about a result they could never Laro
dreamed Of. They have united the loy,l Zoo
pie as they have never beon united h,torc H.
all measures necessary to finish the work &c
President Lincoln, President johnson will h,vn
the support Of all parties.
CLOSING OF THE EPISCOPAL Cur,Rcurs
The Protestant Episcopal Chulchr. in R;rl
mOnd were closed OH Sunday. A brief ,t,t..
ment will explain the cause Of thi> lrocrc,liny
| The Episcopal churches, it seems. were oI
nOxlouS to General Order No. 90, which sar,.
" In all churches where PRAYERS have Lcrntc.
fore been offered for the So.callcd President d
| the Confederate States, a similar mark Of r.,
spcct is hereby ordered to be paid t. the Pre-.
ident Of the United States" The rules MAJ
be made III the prayers, no portion shall l,
changed except by authority Of an ccclc,ia>-
tical council, which must he presided over ly
the bishop Of the diocese. The prayers here
tOfOre used included the words 'Contc,lcra,c
States, and though the clergymcn were at lib>
erty, and were willing, to omit the objection.
able words, they had no authority to sui stitute
therefor the words . United States" Bi,h-
op Johns is i'll Halifax, therefore there couli
be no communication with him and no couu.
Gil could be held. In this dilemma the Clergy,
men of the various churches waited on Gen
Ord and stated the case The General sail
the explanation was perfectly satisfactory, but
the churches must be closed the clergy We're
obliged to obey their ecclesiastical, and he his
military supcriors.
TIE SCENE OF THE TRAGEpY.--Somrthiag
should be done to erect memorial OF AhrA-
ham Lincoln on the spot where he received
| his death wound. 1t has been suggested tou>
that Ford Theatre be purchased, BY a sub
scriptiOn i'll which all the people may unite;
that it be raZed to the ground, and that ON the
site monument or Il cross be erected, I" tell
to all future generations that there Tell the first
MARTYR Of the American Republic to the cause
of universal human freedom. y more suit
able place in the national metropolis may hu
found for proper monument to the memory
of Mr. Lincoln but the theatre where he was
struck should be destroyed, and the 81 Ot should
be marked with some enduring memorial.
A notorious copperhead living in the vicinity
of Waterbury, on hearing OF the President )
l death displayed flag with the words, The
Devil is dead, upon it. y party OF young
men proceeded to the residence OF the scCun-
drel, and made demand for the flag. The
z man denied having exhibited any; whcrcupon
a rope was fastened about his neck and he was
LII h.,
e his colors" He still stuck to his denial, but >.
: he felt the halter drawn tighter about his nr, K
y he confessed his infamy and brought out tie
y flag. After giving him thrashing his visit
: ors withdrew.
y At Camp Burnside, Indianapolis, on Wcdncs-
day, a soldier of the FOrty-third remarked tina,
he would have q hoe-down" over the new.
L of President Lincoln assassination, and began
!, frisking around, and indulging in eXtrayagant
e demonstrations Of joy. His comrades swung
S him up by the neck, so that his toes just touch
E. ed the ground and kept him there until he wa:
r black i'll the face, and his spirit was just Hut
e. tering on the borders Of eternity. Others vii
e, expressed their qualification at the news wer
Of served likewise. Five, i'll all, were elevated
oi At Roxbury Mass, on Tuesday, party q
i. men, including some of the most prOminen
- =. citizens of that city, numbering one hundred
:aS called on Mr. John NJ Way, Mr. Frankli
~ Woodsidc, Mr.. Charles Davis, Mr.. VIM 5
=, ~ Shattuck, Deputy Sheriff Branford S. Farring
II ton, and Mr. HaskinS, and compelled them I
>, display and cheer the flag, and in some case
ne to promise that they would never again utter
20 dislOyal word.
Sc THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL.-The Nint
d. teenth of April becomes historical. 1t is tn
anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, wit
which the American Revolution opened !
IN I775 II Il tho of the massacre
ce Massachusetts troops III Baltimore IN 1861
ne when the first blood was shed in the SecOn
'st War of American independence; hereafter
SIS will be thrice hallOwed as the anniversary
rt the funeral in the Capital of the Nation OF tn,
ms nation murdered President.
n n The Washington National MtclZgencer sa,
~ ~ the facts developed by the official investigatio
-. ~ shows that there was an organized conspirac,
nt the object of which was the destruction of a
~. .,0 the leading officers of the Governments Prom
bo inent officials, who have access to a mas ,
no evidence which cannot be published, max
SaS S similar assertions.
in 1t is creditable to the rebels to record tb
et fact that -, 900 of them prisoners now in soi
he hands at Point Lookout, upon hearing of tn
tc. assassination of President Lincoln, adopte
1T resolutions expressing their adherence of III
act and their sympathy with the afflicted fan
lily.
President johnson is still run down by de
il egations, but it is announced that hereafter h
ed will make no speeches 10 them Five hun
es- dred young ladies from the Treasury Depart
,rc ment visited him on Saturday. He had
W shake hands with them ALL Monday larg
is delegation Of loyal Southerners called ON hin
an On Wednesday there was procession in Sa
vs. Francisco, three miles long, containing 1900
IS, people, in commemoratiOn Of the assaSsinatio
of the late President
lis 1t is proposed to raise a monument in Ne
ng York to our late President, subscriptions to |
u limited to one dollar The movement is |
ps citizens of all parties.
lin
", Three steamers sailed from Fortress Monro
Or, with eight thousand of Lees parOled priso
erS, on the 23d, for the southwest
a The Black Hack, flagship of the Mississi
,m pi Squadron, was accidentally destroyed by fl
ri on Saturday at Mound City.
ar Jacob Strawn, the great Illinoise farmer h
&c, re- made the Christian Commission donation
Iu $4,000.
alb Congress, uccordng 10 a Constitutional proysio
Dasscd decla ring that on the death