, 1865-04-17
pDSTSC II IR II.

Especial Dispatch to :6e Western Assocsatca Press
Tho Great Calamity In Financial Circles.
NEW YoRK, April Is, 1865.
The profound calamity in which the country il
involved By the murder Of the President and the
assassination Of Secretary Seward. a. II betting,
ia received With general suspension OF business.
for the present the course Of reu1rE Was confined
to expressions Of deep SORROW at the loss Of one
20 y1tolly identified with the nations hopes at
h peqss s hs e os q 5e heaa q
common family, and all seem to realize how u 4ch.
IN spite Of party distinctions, they have
respected the character Of Abraham Lincoln. 3D.
Efness Transactions were as little thought Of On
Wall street as IN the bereayed household, and be-
fore n1on most of the offices exhibited tokens OF
mo1rnins. Tho Stock Board adjourned withsGt s
loving the, e1amp1e; and all brokers' oit1;es
were c1oeed at II o'clock. The banks, By
common agreement, closed their doors at noon;
over for settlement to Aouday. It were vaia
and unbecomng At this early hour OF the national
grief to consider the probable effect Of the sad
Mems minds are too profoundly occupied with
the event itself TO hes:ow thought upou any u
its consequences. A few greedy spectators met
he street I'D 3s soe ,,E Hu9,aon. nat sales
descT,ed+ either from co{amon decency or fear OF
pubic opinion. The two- Petroleum bo lEts met
but, Immediately adjourned without doing any
1t he Produce Exchange few brief speeches
were made, when IN adjournment was had.
The Sub-Treasury was closed, except for the
payment OF drafts, and the building was hung In
The Custom House and Post o11ce are closed.
The open Board OF Brokers do not usually meet
e.lled, Gle Which vas largely attended, III. Hurd,
the great bereavement Of the nanon. AMI re-
e1red TO his college associations with MF' Fred
Seward.
There viii be no evening session.
Gen. Lee.
General Leo has not yet been passed to John
ston"e army, but it fs expected he VIII communt'
cate with Johnston, and advise hts surrender mp
~, the tezma granted the Army Of Northern
6ad Illinois Volunteers.
The ed Illinois regiment, OF Gen. Sherm3n's
coumand, has arrived here On thetr way home,
The Hafan this morning makes no e1itortal
comments On the assassination OF the President.
The Times makes no comment. The Fr'5uns
.aJa: "snddsrl death ts always oyerwhelntng-:
the assassination OF the humblest Of men Is
always Notwithstanding, when msn at tho
head Of thirty millions Of people is hurried Into
eternity BY the hands OF ! mu1d:rer-that
as Abrar IN Lineol6, Chief Mag sis1rato Of the na:
ton In the condition OF ours. At this moment
the eozEow md shosk are too4zeat for many
TN, ana no right thinking man can hear Of Mr.
L'ncoln's death without accepting It as na-
The We,a says: "But yesterday he WIS in the
highest Of joyful e1ulta1,on over the decisive ef:
forts which Ecemed to promise peace and q re-
sstored Union 70 sq1e1inx people To-day every
with grief at the calamity. which has been per
uitled to hefan US In the assassination
Of The chtet AIss1tSS 1aS,d Tho splsaeF sa
lnster. Il j. deeper loss than II onr rst soldier
had fallen by hostile bullet-as gallant Sedg.
wlck-moze than Il our aEny had peflshea N
cur armies and navies has fallen. The cry of the
murderer, as he leaped, from ths P1esi-
dents boz and ran across, the stage, be-
ermstances chow that the same political fury
and hate which III the flames Of tbs great rebel
lion inspired these helllah eeeds. By 50 much
in LIS inter- zubjagatlon; BY SO mach. do they
brand with deeper and more damning fnfa-
my the pletters. It's leaders. Its symp ,ta1zers.
develop, no hutsaa eye en- now forsee, rs eject
upon the political future Of the nation will at
least be such q when that dynasty IL orerthfown.
dssress nno se d. fs ns1
without a visible leader and head.''
The Post says: " Lincoln had earned the lore
Of his couairymeHto greater degree, perhaps,
hls Country. For Washington tho universal feel
Ing os love was toned down 10 grave and profound
awe. Next to Washington, President Jackson
had ,akcn the 1lrmess hold Of the popular min.
by tho Il aenauimity Of his impulses, Tho Justice
OF bis sentiments and the ine1ible 1nesty Of bis
purposes. Mr.. Lincoln, who ~ nonc OF Wash
lng,on's elevation. Or none OF ia a'kson's energy,
hy bis kinolinees, his integrity, bis honesty, pop
uiar hunor and rare native instinct OF popular
will! has won rs large place in the pirate he irt
the public history Of the nation. AIR. Lincoln
brought to his high Office no prejudice Of sect1on,
inge III hstred, and throughout the trying tius
Of his administrator he has never uttered one
rancorous word toward the Sou h o. toward his
sponsibtlitles OF his great hlrse, with = calm
desire to do his duty, under The light Of cou-
science and trnih, to the best Interests OF hts
country. The whole nation nouns the death OF
sthe President. but no.e ought to mourn more
keenly than our hreh h1eu Of the South. who had
more to expect from his clarency aud sense OF
justice than ffou any other man who could SUE
cetd to his position.