The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-18
uAE ogATH OF
PRESIDENT LINCOLN
wasnissroS. April IS.

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sFord's Theatre. fog the parpasc Of vii
pressing the performances Of The Amer.
a. COUSIN.
II vas announced ID the papers that
Gen Grant would also be present bat
that gentleman took the late train 81
fears for New jersey.
The theatre was dense,y crowded,
! and ali s, emed pleased uiih the scenc
before them. During The third act,
and while there Is temporary pause
for one Of the actors 10 enter, sharp
Ereport Of pistol Was heard, which
4merely aiirac "a attention, bur sugges-
gted nothing serious, until man rush
ed 20 the front Of the Presidents box,
awaving a long dagger in bis hand, ex-
.claiming ".Sic ssmper iyraRnis 7" and
Immediately leaped from the box.
(which was 10 the secoud tier, 10 the
stage beneath, and ran across to the
xopposite side. making bis escape, amid
[,he bewildermen, Of The audience, IRON
& the rear Of the theatre, and, mounting
Shis horse, fled.
4 The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first
!. diselosed the fact TO the audience that
sthe President had been shot, when all
present rose to their feet, rushing to-
wards the stage, many exclaiming
Hang him Hang him y
s. The excitement was Of widest pos
gsible description, and Of course there
WAS an abrupt termination OF the the
s''atrical performance.
There was a rush towards the
q Presidents box, when cries were heard
--"Stand back and give him air" Has
any one stimalani, r
y On hasty examination il was found
&that the President was shot throuh the
&head, above and back OF the temporal
!Sbone, and that some OF the brain was
Eoozing out.
He was removed TO private house
Eoppo, tie to the theatre, and the Sur.
81 on General of the army aud other
Esurgeons sent for 10 attend 10 his con.
sditirn.
q On an examination of the private
8box blood was discovered on the back
Got the cushioned rocking chair on
(which the Pres lent had been sitting,
kalso on the partition and on the floor
Ia common single barreled pocket pis,
ioi WAS found on the carpet.
b A military guard was placed in front
Eof the private residence to which the
4 President had been conveyed. An
Eimmense crowd was ia front of it, all
Kdeeply anxios to learn the condition
Cot the President. 1t had been an
Enounced that the wound was mortal
but all hoped otherwise. The shock
Etc the community was terrible.
Il At midnight the Cabinet, will
EMessrs. Sumner, Colfax and Farms
Eworlb, Judge Curtis, Governor Ogles'
kby, General Meigs, Colonel Hay, ant
/ Ia few personal friends, with Surgeon
b General Barnes and his immediat,
assistants, were around his bedside.
n The President was in state Of syn
cope, totally insensible, and breathing
Eslowly. The blood oozed from ia,
swound at the back of his head.
a The surgeons exhausted every pos
Esible effort Of medicinal skill but al
khope was gone.
4 The parting of his family with th'
Edying President is too sad for descrip
Eton.
b The President and Mrs. Lincoln
did not start for the theatre until fif
Eteen minutes past after eight o'clock
ESpeaker Coliax was at the White
EHouse at the time, and the Presid-n
STATED to him that he was going. Mrs
L Lincoln had not been well, the papers
Fhad annonced that Gen. Grant aud
they were to be present, and, as &c
Grant had gone North, he did mo-
want the audience to be disappointed
i He went with great reluctance, anC
urged Mr.. Coliax to 90 with him ; bu
that gentleman had made other en-
gagemenis, and. with Mr.. Ashum, o.
Massachusetts,, bid him goodby.
When the excitement at the thea
tire was at its widest height, report
were circulated that Secretary Sew
ard had also been aSsasinated.
ii On reaching this gentleman 5 resi-
L dence, a crowd and military guar,
were found at the door, and on enter
ling il was asceriained that the repor
were based on truth.
ii Everybody there was SO excited tha
scarcely an ineligible word could b
sSgathercd. But the facts are substan
italy as follows -
d About ten O'Clock man rang tn
Ebell, and the call having been answer
Il led by colored servant be said b
had come from DR.. Verdi, Secrelar,
Stewards family physician, with pre-
E,cirption, at the same time boldiBg il
This hand small piece OF folded papet
land saying, in answer to refusal, tina
he musi see the Secretary, as he wa
&entrusted with particular direction
concerning the medicine.
He still insisted on going up, al
though repeatedly informed that n
| ZONE could enter the chamber. Thu
4 man pushed the servant aside, an,
waked hastily towards the Secretary
Groom, and was then met by Mr.. Fred
erick Seward, Of whom he demande,
to see the. Secrel airy, making the sam
Representation which he did to th
Servant.