Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-04-19
'aus a.sacois. ana Secretary
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Seward; SSsaSsiEsatcS-


friends, this evening visited ora : nea
tire for the purpose OF Witnessing the pers
,iormance OF the :" American Cousin" II
was announced by the papers that Gen
Grant would also be present, but tina:
gentleman took tie late train O! cars torF
New Jersey. The theatre was dcnselys
:crowded and everybody seemed delghtedS
with scenes before them. During The tlhrda
fact. and while there was temporary
pause for one Of the actors 10 enter ~
,sharp report Of a pistol was heard, whlcl9
merely attracted attention. but s'l@gcstingS
snothing serious, until man rushed 10 theS
front OF the Presidents box, waving III
.!nng dagger in his right hand exclaining:
il SIC .Sempc1' IjpunnuS," and Immediately
ESCAPED from the box, which was III thes
ssecond tier TO the stage, beneath and acrosss
sto the opposite, making his escape amidf
sthe bewi!derment Of the audience, tromI
sthe rear of the theatre, and mounting al
'horse, fed The screams OF Mrs. LincOlne
sirst disclosed the fact to the audience,
sthat the President had been shot, whenE
sall present rose 10 their feet, rusiin" to-
swards the stage, many cxcla!ming "liangs
shim,"
j The excitement vas of the widest posi-
ssible description and of.course there wasI
! Jan abrupt. intermission of the theatrical:
.peI formance. There WAS a rush towards;
sihe Presidents box, when cries werel
Sheard - stand back and give him isir
E. Has any one stimulants 2 On Il hastyl
examination it WAS found that the Presi
! sdent had been shot through the heaf! aboyeI
sand back of the temporal caul, and ihatI
{ ssome Of the brains was oozing cat.
3 He was removed 20 4 private hoEs2 op-;
sposit the theatre, and the Surgeon Gene
sr"l of the army and other Surgeons sent;
! FOR TO attend TO his condition. On an-cx-
saminatlon OF the private box, bloo,l was
discovered or the back Of the cushioned
Z srocking- chair on which The President had
sbeen sitting @lso on the partition and on
] he floor. \ common single barreled
spocket-pisto! was found on the carpet 4
amilitary guard was placod front of the
sprivste residence TO which the President
chad been conveyed An immense crowd
& was i'll front of it, all deeply anxious to
] searn the condition of the President. 1t
chad been previously announced that the
Z wound was mortal, but all hoped other
3 wise. The shock TO the community was
g;errible at midnight The Cabinet TO-
Sgc,her with Messrs. Sumner, By!oy and
6 SEansworlh, Judge Bertes, Gov. O4!esby
SGen. Meigs, Col. Hays, and "a few per.
ssonal friends, with Surgeon Barnes anc
ahis immediate assistants, were around hi:
4 l. lc-,-,T.,,t al,
.sSncQpe. totally insensible. and bleeding
8 slowly The blood oozcd from the woun,
ssat the back Of his head, The surgeon
3 Exhausted every possible effort Of medica
3 sskil, but al! hope is gone. The partins
Got his family with the dying President ::
stco sad for description.
q The I'resilrn; and Mrs Lincoln did no
sstart for The theatre until tifteen ninute:
aaficr eight o'clock. Speaker CoI.ax wa.
sar ,nc White House at the fine, and the
9 President stated 70 him that lIe was going
4aithough Mis-. Lincoln had not beer wei
8 because the papers had announced tina
g General Grant and they were TO be pre-
asent, and "a General Grant had gun,
s North, he did not wish the audience TO bl
z disappointed. He went with apparen
8 reluctance, and urged Mr.. CoIfax 10 Q,
Ewith him, but that gentleman had mad,
ssothcr engagements, and Mr.. Ashmen o
8 Massachusetts, bid him good bye.
3 When The excitement al the theatre wa
3S5at It's widest height, reports were circuia
gtcd that Secretary Seward had also beei
S sassassinated. On reaching this gentle
~ ,-D-i,larnn
Sguard were ut the door, and entering /
s was ascertaincd that the reports wer
CHASED or truth. Everything there was st
sexcited that scarcely an intciliaibie worc
sScould be gathered, bat the facts are sub.
Z Sstantially as follows:
4 About ten O'clock man rang the bel
gand the call having been answered by {
Tcolored servant. he said he had come from
8 Dr.. Fiele, Secretary Stewards family PLY
8 sician, with 4 prescription, at the SAM
8 time holding III his hand piece of foldeC
e paper, and saying, in answer TO q refusal
9 that he must see the Secretary. as he WA:
s |entrusted with particular directions con
s cerning the medicine He still! insiste.
{, on going up. although repeatedly informed
I. that no one could enter the chamber Th,
& man pushed the servant aside and wake,
sheayily towards the Secretary's room. an,
Ewas there met by Mr.. Frederick Seward
Got whom he demanded TO see the Sccre
/ ktary, making the same representation
s (which he did to the servant What fur
s ther passed in the way OF coiloquy is no
Aknown, but the man struck him on III,
shead with . billy, severely injuring tn
Jsslluil AMI telling him almost senseless
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