New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-29
reption Of che Intelligence Of tie
Murder 81 the President and Attempted
Assassination OF tho Secretary of stote
md the Younger seward.
From Or srecil! Correspondent.
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RsIEioH y. c., April Il, 1861
Gen. sherman and staff left the Central
Depo, a, o'clock this morning. with an engine and
two cars for Durham Station 10 meet Gen. Johnston.
None bu, lis staff accompanied him.
Tie train which bore Gen. Sherman to the 'front.' TO
receive tie surrender of Johnsou's army had been
gone les. than Oil hour when the telegraph flashed to
Gen. Howards headquarters the horrible and astound
ug new. 81 TIC CONSULTATION Of the President OF the
United States, .rd tie fatal wouDdng Of Nj. Seward
and bis SON For the greater part Of the forenoon the
dreadful ,idings we're suppressed and only known
TO few persons Immediately about headquarters but
by degrees IT began TO circulate in whispers through
the town and though generally disbclievel created
profound feeling of horror and alarm. courier was
Immediately dispatched with the TO Gen Sherman,
WHO had already arrived at Durham Station and was
In conference with Johnston when the messenger ar
rived Officers hurried into town from the camps to
learn the facts or to verify the report 1t was too
dreadful TO BIZ believed Crowds OF officers and soldiers
met and discussed in suppressed breath the probabli
ties OF truth aud not until that the re-
mort could be traced 20 n trustworthy source-the
telegraph operator and officers at Gen. Towards
HEADQUARTERS fearing the effect of the news upon
the soldiers kept 1t quiet. A feeling Of awful
suspense Of horrible foreboding. spread over city
and camps. Officers met and passed in silence,
scarcely daring TO break the dreadful secret to each
other Universal gloom settled like pail over the
Mace Sad faces ere everywhere all hearts were heavy
all minds appalled, by the dreadful news Of this triple mur
der At Gen Schodelds headquarters and other places
have seen officers and in tears as If mourning
for The loss of father or beloved friend sorrow
Ike that which fell upon Egypt when the angel Of
death smote the first born broods all minds. Others
with clonched fists and frm.set teeth were calling
for vengeance upon the riole Of traitors from III
Darts dorn. A people who could conceive of such
transcendent wiekedness. and every one who can
apologize for it, say they, ought to DO boed
from The face Of tie earth.
The whole current OF feeling in the army has been
changed BY this GROWING act Of villainy-this final
endsh stab at the nations life. Brave and noble men
who but Yesterday were reading the God-lke plea of
Mr. Beecher for pardon and Cancellation for the Rebels
and were half consenting to general amnesty TO the
bad men who have bathe the land in blood and brought
so much woe upon u.s. to-day cry with trumpet tongues
for Justice zen. Johnston on hearing the news de-
clared it was tue heaviest blow which has fallen
upon the Confederacy. He appeared very much
troubled by the intelligence.
Among intelligent officers this is regarded as only
u
Imaturngthe opening OF bloody drama to be enacted
by hired assassins, in obedience to deeply laid con
spiracy That now beaten in the open field, honoraby
defeated in war; they intend to adopt the assassns las.
resort; and that chief public men, and even our
generals are marked victims of the bullet or the
knife This is the natural fruit of rebeor-the ap
pendix to the May mob and the firing Of New'York
hotels.
The officers and soldiers everywhere speak in terms
of the highest admiration of the great and good man
who has fallen. lie seems to have been spared by a
kind Providence to witness the fruit of his long and
wearisome abors for the salvation of his country aud
them las mingled his blood with the thousands who
lhaye fallen in the struggle in manner TO show to the
world other could teach the icndikh spirit
(which has animated these enemies OF liberty OF the
country and of mankind. hear nothing but words
the most aeciionate eulogy Of the departed Pres
dent and earnest prayers ascend from many thousand
Shears that God wonld dsappoint the assassns. and
vet spare the precious lives OF Mr.. Seward and lis
sOn.
EpnrcArTIoNARY MEASURES TO PRESERVE THE PEACE
APRIL ls.--Foa,ing some outbreak when the troops
should he made acquainted with the facts OF this Lori
bic patriede Gen stiles, the Commandant of this city
doubled all the guards last night and took every pre-
eouon 10 forostal rlotous disoIeIy
yamonG the troops.
EGEN sIIERMAS's ORDER ANNOUNCING THE SAD EvES T.
The Progr,s Of this city contains the following order
kfron Gen Sherman following The announcement from
kSecretary Stanton: