, 1865-04-19


Especial Dispatch to tho Chicago Trfbune.1 :
WASHINGTON, April IS.
The Richmond Whsg of yesterday has an editor
1nl On the ASSASSINATION OF President Hueo'n, and
says: 1.-THE heaviest blow With has ever fallen up
OF The people OF the South has descended. Aroahau
Lincoln, Preefdrpt of the United States, has been
assassfnated. The decease ofthe Chief Magistrate
OF tho nation n any period, is m event which
profoundly effects the pablic mini, but the tune,
nsnncr and circumstances OF President Ltucoln'a
death, render 1t the most momentous, most appsl
ling. and most deploraole calamity which has be-
fallen the people Of the United States. The
thoughtefs and vicious may affect to derive satls-
faction from the sudden and nag1c close
OF the Presidents career. hut every rejecting
pereon. will deploro the axtul event. Just as
tton Of tranquility Under the 1,enignant and mag
bic 5ow God sssnt Tia: nss ssso not 'n,l
excitement or ipflame passion again. That state
Of var almost f,nts,sidal. snun'd glve rise to Bit
Re expected; bur that The nseassin's knife and
bullet thoald follow The gre.t aud best 1Dred Of
ne i, nntion IN 1hsfs daily Tk'ke, and reach them
which VII shock every honorable man and wo.
msn N the land.
The abhoT1encc with which it is regarded on al
nant men from ernula,tpg the in{arny which at.
:aehcs TO h1s Internal deed. We cannot pursue
The snh{eet further. 81 contemplate too deeply
to On It arthes. T6e people e q Psear:
Rasf naa 1s asfns beore It
a PIyof, john Lyon, ana other prominent citl.
to express, j, woris could DO IS, their erisf Is;
and sympathy fut the bereaved. We know thai
top.
SA.nrfsV af1pfDn aftrutlrH hnra oF
his staff. He rode Into the city over the poutoon
bT1cgc at the foot Of Seventeenth street, and
esss sss ' .d se on Pa p
~ a fsE eitizena, wSo raised tneir hats.
b1t on T5sa Beating e. e. residence Il
tact Of his presence having spread Quickly, great
crowd nshcd to sec him and 4et up loud cheer
r xssn 70 Il: a1!s ,ig ;s a. s S
Of persons pressed forward and shook hands with
him: This ceremony being gotten through with
hy Lis sosEe aeEs ~ &c al5s
The 1eGul:aipg Of the butnt district has been
e@om1sIeea; con an kinds Of business ale brisk,
rs1m99s,ng ,he rubbish q DC 'a'c condae sstlon.
From a genleEan .dlrect from Gloucester
county NC learn that the negroes iro.a Tue PENN
together to the nnm6.E Of several thousand, and
n1e committing the most WApten deprcdations
rpo1 lhG nna1med lnhslisaDte Of the country.
Ad AQuECaE9 IN tnE Clty
closed yesterday. mcnt will expafu ,he
csnst Of th,a proce. dlug. The Episcopal church,
Is. 1t SCI me, were obnnxfuuA to General Order
NO. %, which says: tu all cuufthes Where pray
efs heretofore have been offered for the so-calied
FRI tld<nt Ut tho Confederate States, similar
mark Of respect 3s nrzcbJ ordered 10 be paid
The President Of the United Ststes.' The
rules Of the churth eujojn that while
o1nl.aions m:y be made In prayers
no portion ehall te ctsnsed except b. authosity
Of IN estnstical council witch must bl pre.ld-
I'd over b. the Bishop Of tic c1ocesr The pray
e1s Heretofore used l.cln,!ea the words contt+a-
crate staie:.' and though clergymen were ut lib
crty anu will pg 10 9luit the ohnoxions WORDS
ttty bed no authorIty to substitute tho words
United .States.' sBfshop Joans IL In ualtiax,
therefore 1cele could be m romn1nt :a,ton With
Lin, src no council could te ntld. In this d.
1emma tie c'erg. men OF the various churches
walted On Gen. Ord and slated the case The
General satc the explanation vas s9asfuc,or7, but
the churches must be cto:eG The clergymru
we're Obliged to obey their ecclestastical anu ll-
tarJ tuleriore."
The original ordnance Of secession In Virginia
was destroyed BY the conh1grat1on.
j, John I. Ford, proprietor Of the theater bere
besrnE bis Name, il about to open a heater in
Richmond.
A curious fancy tea net, miniature ae sim;le Of
locomotive mad teLder, formerly the property Of
je. uavfs, and sold at auction before the eyaeua-
fton OF Nchu.ona, was subsequently pnrChaseJ
hy rhllaLelnhia gentleman, 10 be presented to
President Lincoln.