, 1865-04-27

atdHeedomh by Withdrawing all mercy from tbe
dtgn punishment. hnd by pointing The finger or
feo1n at every persoa who ssnpath1zes with
Reso!red, That the members Of this Council
wear hadRe Of mourning for thirty Days IN con-.
msmorauon d the many virtues OF Abraham Lit
I Rtsoietd, That whilst cur enemies hare at.
tempted to destroy The Government and Tia ifocr-
President We bsvc an abiding eo1tdrnce IN ne ne
aoilily. discretion, 1u' gment, aud PATRIOTISM Of
pie will he sale IL hle hands. f~o
TEE GREAT CRIME.
The First Plot to AssassInete Pres,-
yena Lancoln- An interesting Nasra-
[frcm the Philadelphia North American. Apri1 II
The murder Of Mr. Lincoln, murc than four
xtns after his induction into the Office Of
President Of the uni:ed States, is not the
fu,hilment oT u Icccnt init ntion, nor is tht.
gni!, OF it confined to the actual murderer
ard his PIT sent nctire acccnpIices Som
afitr tie first election Of Mr.. Lincoln. a blot
Nas maturtd for hts ASSASSINATION, which was
y"snt y 1nEortd at the time OF lis INTENDED
eaecnllon, oht Which was neyer exposed in
ary lolmal na1lncr, and hence never obtained
gtntral Giedence. as VIC are In possession of
e nc of Its outlines, and the means by which
1t was de1eated, the mention Of the rireu,u-
s::nccs may now be received with a drxtps
e interest h'ch they could not h-retotorc
state them substantially as they were report
cd ssme time ngo, by gentleman who was
Chilly Instrumental in debating the conspir-
MY. His communication was made In the
although without any Injunction OF &C.
crecy,x yet, as he IS not at present.
jn this city, and his permission there
foe cannot at once be obtained to
use his eWn or other pames in this public1-
| non, We make 1t In such gl'aried form rs may
1hFolfc no breach Of PRESUMED confidence.
u the month Of January, 1861, gentleman
/ b, ldirg position m tlis city, which made
him proper agent to act on the INFORMATION.
t.,s Mas waited Ns upen BY lady, who s:at:d to
derived We are not able to ssy-of plot to
assassinate bir. Lincoln when on his wav |
from bis home in Illinois to Washington. ~
p: 'naugnraicd SO President. The aciiye bar |
tee, OF some Of them, In the business, we're |
understood to be in Baltimore At ali events
the gentleman considered that he M toteIii. sIls
Eencc had sufficient foundation to msks it
Dis duty to satisfy himself whether it might
be correct. he accordingly emp oyed de-
tectfve officer, tnnn who had in bis profess
sion ncceme notable for bis sasacity and sue
eess, to 70 to Baltimon. md adnp. his own
course 10 detect the parties to and plan Of the
conspiracy. The officer wen: to Baltimore.
and opened an ctice as some sost Of broker
Or agent, under an assumed name, Of purse.
Being supplied with needful funds, he made
classes Of secesstfniste, and By degrees wns
Oh free and easy Terms with them, He took
tacl man in bis hnmor, d1ned aud supped
With some, Ea1nbled With others, ''tTeatetl"
and secend.d dtssfpetions ir more ways than
Ned be expressly stated, uatil eehad secured
with the particulars Of their schcnea.
MEANWHILE It had been ascersaincd
ttat on the line OF the Bali.
t:1ecre Railroad there we're men engaged ip
military drilling. Several other detectives
we're employed By the CHEF to discover the
1'urr'se OF these osganzattns ;! sod, dis.
Eniscd as laborers or iar1n hands, they got
themselves mustered in. One Of the military
ctnpsnits proved to be loyal IN Its purpose,
aso'aat5, under pIetense Of being prepared to
I2ltimore, was designed for quItp an oppo-
kite purpose. 1t will be remembered that !
sona time before Nj. Lincoln set out from ,
rs home for Washington hls intended route !
CANINE was that he should visit Harrisburg :
nDd Philadelphia. We believe that Nj. LIN 9
ccln Was not advised specially Of any per- :
fonal danger until be was about to go to
Harrisburg. and then, at the instance Of the
coed without delay to Washington. He re- !
t!ied, however, that he had promised the .
Tsople Of Harrisburg to answer their invita- T
ton, end he would do SO II It cost him his 6
life. He accordingly visited Harrisburg on I
he should rest there that evening. But, IN. .
DIR the management Of 1.-THE gent1eman,'' s
another arrangement was effected, Tie e
light train fiom Philadelphia to BaltE n
e Mo1e ard Washington. departs at halfpast Z
that Mr. Lincoln should 60 secretly BIZ that n
Il ain on the evening Of the Esd and TO en- s
allie him to do 60, special train was p,oyl. r
acd to biipg him sec'etly from Harrisburg to =
! philadelrh,a. After dars, in the former cityf:
totel4 he accordingly took this specihl tra;n y
md came to Philadt 1plia. Meanwhile, in IN. Il
.icsEatitn Of his coming, ''tLe eeptlemen' y
nd insured the detention Of the Philadelphia u
md Baltimore train, under the ptetense that ~
pa5eel o. important documents for, one Of y y
atehcd b. Is. but which might not be ready a
.ntl after the regular time Of the starting Of II
hat train. By a similar representation, The ~
meeting train from Baltimore to Washing u
n was also detained. Owing TO the late ~ ~
uIE with Mr. Lincoln, it did not, as was an y: ~
le!pated, reath this city until after the usual "
'hiladt1ph'a and Baltimore time. Mr. Lin y.
oln Fas accompanied BY the officer who had ~ ~
cen employed tn Baltimore. A. formidable -. -.
y in the office Of the Philadelphia and Bal :;
more company, WHICH the officer, duly in "1
tsucted, had charge Of. On the arrival Of u
he Harrisburg tram, 3Ir. Lincoln took an an
irr1sge in waiting, and with his escort Was 50 "
;iytn to the depot at Broad aud Prime 10
1ects. TIE officer made some ostentatIouz VI
u.s. lie arriving with Ills parcel for which the
ain was detained, and passing through the
erot entered the cars. Mr.. Lincoln in Ills ri
'mpapy. As Mr. Lincoln passed through b;
Z gate, the man attending il remarked: tcI
Old How, it's well for you the train was M
etained tonight, or yon wouldn't hare gone S,
It," No one aboa:d the train but the al
,ent of the company aud the officer knew luJ
Mr.. Linco1n's being In 1t. lie WIS COP E1
acted 70 sleeping car, and thus was kept FL
5ainst any. possible communica ion by tel. C..
slaEh at ibis time. the circuit was broken, 1t
, be united when 1t would be safe to dn 90. bp
ee plan Of ihe conspiEators was to break OF tu
aTr one Of the bridges north of Baltimore at sll
'e time Of Mr.: Lincoln's anticipated ap- /:
zach On the following day and, in the th
infusion incident to the Etoppago Of the q:
Eip, to assassnate him in the cars, Hence
&c extra precaution above mentioned, re- >,
riding the telegraph. In due time the ra
an WIN ~. Lincoln reached Washington, hi
ID he being sn'e there, the officer. as 81 81
e:Giss Painsase tsa ssnt be a1pash
:, documents had been delivered" The Eia
'blic, and, above all, The conspirators, ,.i rs
''okc on the morning Of the 24th to be ~! ~.
toD!eutQ Win Inc intelligence TINT Mr., =
ncoln had arrived in Washington. It NAV r.
we'll to ms entfon here that the story Of his ~ ~
:euise in "8cotch cnp" aud c1cak Wasun- Ia
le. He wore his ordinary travelling CAP. ie, le
1 was In no sense of the word disguised. ~,
VIC have given this narrative as we receIy. tto te
it, assured that In no essentinl particular - -
> it vary from the ci~cums' antiZl account ~. AZ
the gentleman " to whose precautions. t,, e't
believe, may be prope.ly attributed ths ~ ~
STATION Of the first plos to assassinate IL, ,,no
raham Lincoln. In confirmation of the ~ ~
W that this plot vas within tho knowl- tan,ii
sh;na+or - r,,,- ha s+.+od +bo+ - ssa., ~ and
y, who was member Of the ''Peace Com J.,
ltion." then In session, heard one Of the -
,the1n members excaim, when Mr. Lin epn
MS arrival In Washington WIS mentioned, ne
J. God how did he Get here 2" The sur. mn mn
se was too significant to be mistaken, TIC
en- afterwards r. membt1ed and associated den
Ii other circumstances. hvt
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p Baltimore, the "MoEumsntal City" 1ne
tains the finest monument to Washlusi ION tIa noI
America. The cltiztns Of that city have Roc
ted q proposition to build monument hts
the second Washington" aud subsc7ip- Of