The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-16

Eues insensible and is sinking Score
Etary Seward remains without change.
&Fred. K. Stewards skull is fractured in
two places besides q severe cut on the bead
The attendant ia still alive 5u. hoPale s.
Msj. Stewards wounds not dangerous. /,
is now ascertained with reasonable eer;tint,
hsthat two assassins wero engaged ia the hor'
rible affair; Wilkes Booth being the on'
3 that shot the President, and the other. >
companion of bis, whose name is moi know.
Ebut whose description is 30 clear that ne cali
Hardly escape.
81 1t appears from letters found in Fo9th't
b .runk that the murder was planned before
81 The 4th of March, but fell through thsn
e. because the accomplice backed out until
81 Richmond could be heard from. Booth and
his accomplice were at the Livery Stable al
40 O'Clock last evening, and left there With
Ii heir horses about 10 o'clock or shortly be 1
"a fore that hour. It would seem that they
bad for several days been seeking their
EEschances, but for some unknown reason ii
was not carried into effect until last night
Gone of them has evidently made his way
'to Baltimore the~athsr- has. set yet beer
Xtrsced.
a (signed) Z. M. STANTON.
q WAsHIsaroS, April l5.-W hen the ex-
jheight, reports were circulated that secre-
.stsry Seward had also been killed. 0nI
preaching this gentlemsns residence, q
sscrowd and a military guard were sroundl
e its door, and on entering it was ascertainedE
4 that the reports were based in TRUTH
= Everybody there was 80 excited that
%scarcely an intelligible word could bel
agathered, but the facts are substantially asI
i follows: About Ten O'Clock, man rangI
*the bell, and the call was answered by al
ssscoored man.
i lie said he had come from DR.. Veer-
adier, Secretary Stewards family physi-;
scian, with prescription, at the sameI
Slime holding in his hand small piecel
Esof folded paper, and saying in answer
Ito refusal, that he must see the Sec!
sSretary as he was intrusted with
aparticular directions concerning theI
amedicine. Hestill insisted on going upi
%although repeatedly informed that no:
zone could enter the chamber; he pushed|
Nthe servant aside and walked has
stily towards the Secretary's room.
'Sae WAS there met by Mr.. Fred Sew-I
4ward, Of whom he demanded to seei
4lhe Secretary, making the same repre-
#sentation which he did TO the servant.
8What further passed in the way of col:
@ioquy is not known, but the man struck
3hin on the head with billy, severely
Iipiuling the skull, and telling him al
Emost senseless.
q The assassin then rushed TO the cham
sfoers, and attacked Mr.. Seward, the pry-i
&master of the United States Army, Mr.:
8 Hansel, MESSENGER of the State Depart
q me Mt and two male muses. disabling them
Gle then rushed upon the Secretary whoi
4 vas lying in bed in the same room, and in 4
dficted three sLabs in his neck, but seseringI
= t is thought and hoped no arteries, though.
Che bled protusely.
81 The assassin then rushed down stairs
amounted his horse at the door, andE
Sroad eff before an alarm could be giyenI
s'and in the same manner as the assas
sssin of the Prsssdsns
d NEw YoRK, Kpr 1.-THE following
Bis the substance Of left Davis last proc
4iamatien, dated DAnyille, April 5th;
9 The General-in Chief found it neces
Esary to make such movements Of hisI
3troops as to recover the Capital. I'll
sswould he unwise to conceal the morali
I&or material injury to our cause result
cling from the occupation of our Capital
Esby the enemy. 1t is equally unwise|
8 and unworthy of us to allow our own
.ssefforts 10 become relaxed under reveIe
Uses however calm they may be for many
sAmonths, and the largest and finest army
.aof the confederacy, under command Of
81 4 leader whose presence inspires equal
s. confidence in the troops, and the PEG
s. pie has been greatly trammelled by the
Necessity of keeping constant watch
ssover their capital, and has been forced
/ to forego more than one opportunity
4 for promising enterprise.
8 NEW YORK, April Il, 1865
81 A rebel dispatch, dated April 18th, in.
sadieates that Alabama is overrun BY
q Union Cavalry under Gen. Wilson and
sother commanders, moving toward No
s5bile.
Gen. McCook's forces are reported TO
9have burned Red Mountain Iron Works
T and the village of otril, and tapped the
8 telegraph in several places, sending dis
Epatches to rebel officess. f
q Two columns of Yankees are also re-
Il ported advancing upon Columbus, Miss
The same despatch says the rebel
steamer Gertrude, with q cargo valued
Nat $4,000, was sunk in Spanish. river
sSnear Mobile, on the 3lst nit, by COLI
Nsion with the Naples. f
81 The Herald's Washington special says
y President Lincoln yesterday revoked
the passes to Hunter, Letcher and other
PLEADING rebels to visit Richmond, the
q President being willing to have the
s4Conyention held, but did not want it
s constituted of these men.
s. NEW YosK, April l5-The Danville
3 Register of the 9TH says that Breckin-
Fridge; the rebel Quartermaster General,
E.and other officers were expected to
5reach that city, on horseback, on the
H6th
81 The Herald's correspondent says an
Eexpedition lately went up the Chowan
Eriyer and captured Winton and Muir
81 freesboro. The ram which the rebels
8haye been building at Halifax has been
3 destroyed.
~ The ram Albemarle has been raised
Shy cur men, and found not to be seri.
AOuSl1 lDJ0tOO 1nC 1cIAlu OOlISDDFC
correspondent has a report from Raj
Eeigh saying Gov. Vance will call The
ENorth Carolina legislature together tc
Erepeal the. secession ordinance. The
'MWorld's Goldsboro dispatch Of the lott
Esays the Raleigh Confederate of the
& 9th says, the city was sacked and fired
Mby mob of the lower classes, and the
El6th Virginia reserve were left to pro.
infect property, but were unable to do SO
~ Nav YoRK, April l5.-The Herald
SGoldsboro correspondent says Sher
Oman army has commenced its advanc,
on the 9th, moving in three columns
Eunder Howard, Slocum, and Schofeld
III During the rejoicings over the new
} from Richmond, Sherman was called on