The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-29

~ H't-t- AtAs a4tcE b4as Lue thutcs were
turned against him. We could see him
plainly, bat could not be seen By hin. 90
dames appeared TO confuse E:;a, sud "a
made spring towsrds the door as If "a
force his way ont. As he pissed by one OF
the erevices in the barn 6red at him.
aimed at his body. 7 did not want to XIII
him. took deliberate sim a. his shouI.
der, but my sim was too high. The bal
struck him IN the head Just below the right
ear and passing through came out shout al
inch shove The left ear. think he stopped
to pick up something lust as I fred. THAI
may probsbly account for his receiving The
ball in the head.
] was notover eight or ten yards distant
from him when I fred. was afraid that
if did not wound him he would Kill som,
Of our men. After he was wounded I weut
into the barn; he was lying in a reclining
position on the flour. asked him wher,
ne was wounded in a feeble voice, hi.
eyes glaring with a peculiar brilHancy, he
replied, In the head, YOU have finished
me- he was then carried out Of the burn
ing building into the open air, where d,
died IN about q hours afterwards.
About an hour before ne breathed bis
last he prayed Tor us 10 shoot him through
the heart, sud thus end his misery. His
sufferings appeared to be intense. Booth,
although he could have killed several ot
our party, seemed afraid to fire. Mine was
the only shot fred on either side. when
he fell he had a his hand a six aarreled
revolver, and at his feet was lying a seven
shooter, which he dropped after be was
wounded. Two other revolvers were als1
near him. lie declared that the a4ms be.
longed to him, aud that Harold had moth
ing 70 do with the murder
We gave brandy, and four men went in
search of a doctor, whom we found about
four miles from the scene OF the occurrence,
but when the doctor arrived Booth was
dying. He did net talk much after receiv-
ing the wound. When asked II he had
anything to say, he replied "l die for my
country" and asked those standing by %
tell his mother so. he did not deny bis
crime.
CISCIyyATT, April 2s.-At public meet.
ing in Dayton yesterday, it was resolve.
that the body OF Booth be taken to the
middle Of the ocean and there buried.
Late Georgia papers give full accounts oI
Wilson's great raid. After defeating For
rest at Selma, destroying several mauuisc-
tories there, Wilson moved eastward, cap
turing Montgomery, West Point, Columbus
and Macon, scattering the militia on all
sides, and running the only remaining Eul.
road, breaking up The machine shops, de,
str0ying military stores, rendering the man
ulacture Of material for another campaign
impossible.
FoErEEs- MoyEoR, April 2s.-A Steamer
arrivsd here this morning from Morehead
City, bringing sdvices from Newburu, that
Gen. Grant has sa'ectially put an end to the
armistice sgreed on between Sherman and
Johnston, up to O'Clock yesterday,
Wednesday morning, to surrender his army.
The conditions are unknown. Gen. Gran.
announced that after that hour h0stil.ue5
would be resumed. To this Johnston is
said to have replied, that it Jed. Davis and
the leading general officers Of the Coulede-
rsey were pardoued, and permission given
them To leave the country, he would be
authorized TO accept the terms proposed.
CLEVELAND, o., April 2s.-AII along the
route from Buffalo to this city, which they
reached this morning, the usual dem0ustra-
lions Of sorrow were Witnessed. Tho re-
mains were escorted by a large military
sud civic procession 20 the beautifully con-
structed temple prepared to receive them
and soon thereafter the face Of the houored
dead was opened 10 the thousands, who IN
admirable order entered and retired from
the enclosure. The entire population o.
this city are abrosd, all seemingly i'm
pressed with the soIemrity OF the occasion
SPEyCFIELD, ILL., April 2S.-Ths tim,
for the funeral Of the late President D.
changed from Saturday 9Th 20 Thursday
the Gth day of May.