The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-04-19

Of sight The latter provision only applies 10 the
ofc rs OF Lees army who surrendered All reoci
officers and men, not residents of Norfolk and
will not be permitted To go at large ia the ct Aforesaid
but will be detained in custody until they be dis
posed Of Rebel residents will be compelled TO procure
citizens dress within forty eight hours after arriving at
either Norfolk or Portsmouth, otherwise they will bel
arrested and held and the order says "untl their
: friends can dress them In Q Christian garb
There large number OF the surrendered ofcersI
who lately In Lees army in Norfolk and Ports
mouth. Until to-day these officers made it pra tice 70
promenade the streets In full rebel uniform with their
side alns They Will cease 10 do so any longer
The Thirteenth New York heavy artillery this morn
guard duty in the city OF Norfork The latter regi
ment is made up Of deserers and refugees who have
entered our service.
OUR NORFOLK CORRESPONDENTS.
NORFOLK, Va, April 10, 1855.
The startling of the brutal assassination of Abra
ham Lincoln President of the United States has reached
here and fell like the bursting Of shell upon the
tire community The affair entirely unlocked for
and unexpected that almost parayzed everybody The
city is In mourning the people sad and awe stricken,
and on every counenance TO be the heart rendn
intelligence Main street. from one end TO the other is
\ draped 10 black. Union men, well rebel sympa-
thizers mourn the loss the nation has sustained The
streets are desered people assemble in groups to con-
verse about the probable fate of the country account
this national disaster No mag to have
actuated the cowardy assassin to this heish deed Mail
from Baltimore-none has departed Bulletins they
received by telegraph eagerly sought after and
thu ar we have only the Of the Presidents DEATH
by hav ng been shot In Fords theatre Southern SYM
pahizers deplore the circumstance; Union men weep
a over II.
The effect upon the army IL terrible The Custom
House and Capt. Blunt's office festooned in black
and white as also Col Mann's Provost Marshs office
Sedner Co.. at the head OF Market square, have dressed
tn r building in black, from the ground to the roof
! The Atlantic and National Hotels also draped in
! mourning, as also General Gordons headquarters.
\ Mr. s. W. Glenn has closed his theatre, and will not
open the until after the obseques Of the late and
4 nmented President
crNKRAL oRpERs-No Is
9 HEADouARTERs, DISTRICT OF EASTERN VIRGINIA,
The General commanding with the sud
den death of Abraham Lincoln All the intelligence yet re-
ceived is contained in the following telegram dated Apr
President through head at half past
ten O'clock last night while In his private box at Ford thea
O'Clock ths morning Secretary Stewards house visited
by another assassin at about the hour ha past ten
NJ lh and the Secretary stabbed in several places; may
possibly His also stabbed and
win probably die of the wounds Vice President johnson
the death Abraham Lincoln the country has lost one
of its best citizens and OF s most conscientious rulers
However deeply may his loss let be thankful
to God that country stands and let those who
rm and unshaken rock Of the will Of tie people lay
Inc truth Of S That neither King no. can
4 BY order of Brigader General GEO II. GORDON.
I. II. HARMS, Assistant Ad Jutant General.
FORTRESS MONROE.
FORTRESS MONROE April 16 1866.
The sorrowful intelligence Of the dnsardy assassina
ton OF President Lincoln first received here at half
past two O'Clock yesterday afternoon and created pro
found sensation Tho flags the OF the fortress
Immediately placed at balfmast and almost at the
same instant with such lightning rapdity did the sad
intelligence EXTEND every vessel in the harpor nclud
\ ing the British gunboat styx and two French menof-
war; exhibited the sign Of the great national calamity
To-day many of the transports moving to and fro are
draped in mourning On every side the intense grief
I tAat pervades all classes is plainly visible.