New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-08
Mr. sewaee's Account Of the Attack spsu
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Az INTERESTING STORY.

The American correspondent Oi Tie London
setaior vrtesthat De- r,ccntly herA Mr. Seward AID
Nj Frederick Seward give the fpouing ncc"unt OF
their own GoaAa.oas At tho tine Of tie attempted asshs
siHaion.
Mr. Frederick soFard snid that on stepping from
hi- bedroom into the passage aLd seeing the assassin
he merely wondered vhn he was doing thoIe hnn
called hon 10 account On NE reel ting tie i"llon
erdesvor 10 press iHtn Mr.. sewaIs rp'm tbe ssissn
drew nrevover which be- presented At Mf. Fndcies
Sword. head Whal followed. II mn, be reInenl"Tel
took piicr IN frR seconds. SIR. Frederick seward
frat ihorf,it wns 'Thais navy rrtO.V,t.
Tho ran pulled the trigger hut Il only snapped
sn1 his defended victim tbought ihel cap nissrI me.
His rrNf seusnftnn M Of couiisI"D. aud biug
upan the or resting upon bis night arm which. Ike
IN. ftheI'. law barely recovered ron bad rac-
,urs-he ,--ns-in had iced lin 70 The foor with TIE
tutt II the pisuih" put HE hand ~ hs lrr ana md
ing hole there, he thought. That cap ill not miss
fire after al
two,lry- and more. Hin frst indie ion ~ returning
conscos@nes. was the question Have you cot = BAL
out after which he IL oi again ny" eOuaiOsc CON
dtion. which was ~ hong Continuance.
ION the very afternoon OF the day when Mr. Lincoln
WIZ assatsinstrd Mr.. Frederick Seward " la WIS As.
sisani Secret ~ u - tc - askrd MS ihth"r WAX
preparation solld be made r the rescna:ion %. SIR
Frederict Rmce uhish To take place the next day
Nh seward - We hin Tho pui n oI reply 10 be maze
to Sir Frederick and be lard The outte oi Tie On
upon tne Presidents tel'e und, "a nn'e previously N
f. rined MY oadcrs MIR Lincoln thrt after moon wrVt,
out reply adopting Mr. Sowards sugg'siiprs, sn'l
,hns nreparing that reception Of lie British Minister
nv President Johnson which WIS rrga d"d nj te time
by the people Ia whose representative Was addressed
. as SO irrldly aud falr, and dlxuihrl.
M. Frederick Stewards FIRST iuqnirS AFTER he came
fnl, 10 hy senses which VAS long iimr after TIE s-
sn.sna alton was; Has Sir Frederick Bruce been pre-
Aenied 4 lie thought thar only one nght had pesed
since he knew not What lld Lapiru'd 10 hu, hnd MS
nj took mp matters jn.t Nhrrc i had ZEN them,
Mr.. sew sid', mental experience dnting Ms sup
pos ed assssiuAn was IN IT, untufr 81 III" tat ~ LIS
son that IL raI1- the question wfibrT tis absentee oi
col sicrnttoh nri observation al minute putcu al /,
rot common In circumstances ~ uneNp"c'od aud not
fulb gppreho naoi phil Ar Seaaid Mas lyme ppon
il Sc close to tLe edge OF his bed. Aih head iest
IN IN frame which had been made 70 tive Him rase
and IA project his broken Jaw from pressure.
lie was tyius to keep awnke ravm1 been s''zrd
upon by lex nuns lucy-.t was ihlt n be sept 40
would wake az with lorA NV, He was mYlsri 10 la!'
cor cious .as by TIE SETTLE in the p1TaGgo-way. fol
lnv I'd ~ che epfrintr - tie rt'tssi aid the cry
Miss seward 'Uhi he Will kill my fnihcr Bu, LIE saw
nnihing Of his ~ saint unil land appeared above
hs face ana then his thought WIS, w OF handsome
rhith that 0vetcolt IL made Of The assa4s.ns tlce
then appcerc and tsc helplt-s statesmen ony thou NJ
What handsome manr (payre was fine looking
lclow) .t
"gaep came sensation as u rain striking hlu
smaty upon side Of hin fnce end neck then uncky
tho same upon tho other side, hut hs it severe
pds. Ihis was tho sssassin's kIife The boot
spoutrd be- thought Aiy time has c,sne.' and fell NJ
from the bed To the foog. tainted HIS tr,t sensation
If returning ,eIOgbness WINS that ho was dtlnknp
tea, aud thpt" &c tis,ed gooL' Nra. Sword WIZ
giving him tea With spoon. lie heard low ,,uite,
around him asking md repyin, ny 20 WHITTIER wound
b, possible Tor him "a recover lie could not srafs
but Ia. eyes showed his cop.clousnea. md thu he
desired O. speak. They brought hlm porcelain abe
on which he managed ~ write Give iuc son0 ulorf
tel. shall get we'll And lrom that moment he Ia.
slowly but steadily recovered leslih and strength