The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-13
znE ASSASSINATION.
The News i'm EurOPe-The seBsatiOa ID
PrOdueed-COmments Of the Press.

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RrOdueed-COmments Of the Press.
The telegraph on Wednesday morning
gave US some idea of the universal horror
produced by the news of Mr.. LincOn's
murder, describing the great London meet
ing, and giving US extracts from the edito-
rial comments of the Press. We supple
ment these reports by continuing extracts
editorial and reportorisI, from English ps,
pers;
RECEPTioN oE THE NEwsIN LONDON.
$3.50 tFrom the London Times, Al ril Z7.I
The intelligence Of the assassination of
of President Lincoln, snd ef the attempt
TO sssSssinste Mr.. Seward caused, most
extraordinary sensation in the city yester-
day. Towards noon the news became
known and it spread rapidly from mouth
to mouth in all directions. At first many
we're ineredulous rs to the truth of the ru-
NOR, and some believed it TO have b. en- set
adoat for purposes In connection with
the Stock Exchange. The house of Pea
body Il Co., American bankers, in Broad
street, had received early intelligence Of
the assassination, and from there the news
was carried to the Bank of England,
whence it quickly rAdi4ted in n Thousand
directions. Meanwhile it wss being wsft-
ed fal and wide by the second editions OF
the morning papers, and YVES supplement
ed later in the day by the publication OF
additional particulars. Shortly after twelve
o'clock IL was communicated to the Lord
Mayor while he was sitting in the justice
room Of The Mansion House, and about the
same time "Lhe Star Spangled banner"
was hoisted hslf-mast over the American
Consulate at the corner of Gracschurch
street. The same flag had but few days
before foated IN triumph from the same
place on the entry of the fsdersls into
Richmond, and still later on the surrender
of General Lee. Between one and two
o'clock the third edition of the Times, con-
tainIng circumstantisl narrative OF the
affair, made Its appearance in the city, and
became Immediately in extraordinary de-
msnd. A news vender 10 the Royal EG-
change was selling it at half crown d
copy, and by hslf-psst three o'clock 1t could
not be hGd there for money. The excite
ment csused by the intelligence was man
ifest in the public streets, and the event
was the theme Of conversation every where
A photographer IN COrnhIll, stalking tlm5
by the forelock," exhibited cdrteS Of the
deceased President IN his window, inscribed
Gthe late Mr.. Lincoln" and accompanied
by an account Of the assassination cut from
the second edition of q cotemporary.
Throughout the remainder Of the day the
evening papers were sold in unexsmpled
numbers. and often at double and treble
the ordinary price, all evincing the uuiver-
sal interest felt III the astounding intelll-
gence.
THE EXCITEMENT AT LIVERPOOL
From the Liverp Ol Post, April III
The scene on the Liverpool Exchange
to-day was such rs will not for long time
be forgotten. The American news was
snxiously looked tor-so far as regarded
the war neWs-but when the whisper went
round, about a quarter Psst eleven, that
President Lincoln had been assassinaied,
and that the news by the Nsvs Scotia WAS
in town, people becsme very iDqulsitive as
TO who had the private telegram; and
when, at half past eleven, it WAS annOunc-
| cd that Mr. YOun ghusbsnd, the secretary
and treasurer OF tue Liverpool Exchange
d terrible rush took place from the flags
into the news room, and after few min
utes of uprOar and discontent it Wis an
nounced that Mr.. YOunghusband would
read aloud the dispstch from the b4r of the
news room. All was now silence. The
passage wherein il was stated that Presi-
dent Lincoln had been shot at first caused
| no great dismsy; but when the master ol
! the rooms read, "The President never raj
| lied and died this morning" more gene
| raj expression of horror aud CONSERVATION
was almost beyond belief-even amongst
those of the most csllous nature. Certain
| ly there was one dissentient voice, who
| amidst the sobs of some and heartfelt ex-
pressions of sorrow OF n great many, had
the temerity to exclaim "Hurrah'' His
presence in the neWsIoom was of short du-
ration. For, being seized by the collar by
as good y SOUlheruer as there Is IN Liver
pool, he was summsrily elected from the
roOm-the gentleman who first seized him
exclaiming-" Be off, you iDcsrnste fend.
You are an assassin a. heart" This, how
ever, WAS only one incident. Even b. fore
the news WAS generally known there was y
kind OF magic attraction TO the Exchange
anu IL ID DtlAE ul kAA1k AADNDAY eAhbo ttAN hllF
pesrsnce of the q Ieen on the Exchange
balcony, has there been such an assem-
blsge of excited men, although certainly
to-day there WAS but dependency and dis
msy in place of Bcclamstions of loyalty.
Of course many people believe that the rs
ssssination WAS csuard, got up for q pur-
pose, and naturally rushed to the Ameri-
can Consurs office for a veriiication OF the
announcement. The Consul wss uuable
to do SO, simply because all dispatches for
the American COrsUls ia Englsnd must
first go to the United States Embassy in
London. In the course of the afternoon,
however, tSo dss halcmast over
tue Consul's office dispelled the
hopes of those who were in exbec-
tation that the report Of the assassination
was untrue. In the course Of the after
ternoon the flag on the BxchsRge building
was placed st half mast, and deputstion,
irrespective of American party feelings,
proceeded 10 the Town Hall, in order to
con suit with the Mayor ss TO the desirabil-
ity of holding 3 public meeting for the
purpose of sending out, by to-morroW's
steamer, an address of coincidence to the
people Of the United States. The Mayor
being absent no definite arrangement was
arrived At but the deputy Mayor gave
orders that the Town Hall flag should be
at once hoisted half mast. The American
ships in the river aud in the docks, rs soon
Is the news was known, hoisted "hslf high"
flags, and in many instances the Union
Jack and the Stars and Stripes were bound
together with Grape or black cloth. We
underst9nd, however, that this evening or
tomorrow morning u meeting Of AmerI-
can shipmssters will be held, in order TO
adopt measures TO be taken by them upon
the present lsmentsble occasion. The dis
patch which related to the death Of Fred
erick Seward increased the general gloom
aud agitstion, and further news acted against
United States stocks, while 81 the same
time, although Confederate bonds were
rather brisk in the morning, they declined
TO about yesterdays closing prices. AS 3
matter Of course the melancholy and un-
expected news had most depressing effect
on the Northerners and SOuthsrs; the lat
ter We'd with the former IN expressing re-
gret and Indignation st the crimes of
Booth and his fellow assassin, deplOring
the catastrophe as most injurious TO their
cause, and repudistiDg the ruffsns as
SouLherners. The President Of the South
arr Glnh conuanad a mating If oil tho