Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-04-21

their detestation Of the snormoYscrimes per
petrated last Friday night. and pledging toa
!. Presidert y bnson theft earliest tympAtby and X
cordial sdppsf in Hspew saA tryitg| DOE itipp I
The Ptesiden. Teeiied>thanki1e them in the
warmest terms for the very kind considerass
ton Of him and for the rendered support and
encouragement. sspeksu with ieeisps Oh
the great personal and public worth of hisl
observation-disclosures.
The remains Of President Lincoln wil.pro
badly be conveyed from Washington Thurs
day morning to Illinois via Baltimore, Pbia-
delphia, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleve-
land and Toledo.
No doubt now exists that the assassin of
the Stewards has been captured. He tried inI
vain to Leave the city, and came back to oneI
of his old haunts, where he was arrested i
Mr.. Stewards servant instantly recognized
the man. The man arrested is one Payne,
and was found in clearinghouse at IL 30I
o'clock last night. The house was kept by
Mrs. Surrstt, the mother of he supposed as
sassin. Government detectives took posses
sion yesterday witt ut allowing it to bel
known. Payne entered last night with al
pckaxe on his shoulder, dressed like a labor
er, but upon seeing the officer he attempted
to escape. He could not give satisfactory
account of himself, and upon washing him ur
it was found that be had delicate hands.
Gen. Grant and Presiden. Johnson have
had lengthy interview, and they agree per
fectly as to the policy for the future. Gen.
Grant spoke in the highest terms of the Pres
ident.
In a speech to employees in the Treasury
Depsr ment building yesterday, President
Johnson said :" l have always thought theft
was a crime which should be punished as
such; that arson wss great crime and
should be punished as such that murder
was dreadful crime and should be punished
/ rs such and that treason wa. the greatest of
all crimes and should be punished as SUCH
/ The Heralds Richmond dispatch Of the
10th says Lee arrived in that city yester-
day and that he and his staff we're received
with the greatest enthusiasm by the popuace.
The Worlds Richmond dispatch says -
Saturday evening about o'clock Gen. Ord
and Gems. Ould and milford were settling
up in the Spottswood hotel when Telegram
was handed in announcing the assassination
of the President. Ould exclaimed That
is the worst blow the Confederucy has yet
lad Lees surrender is nothing to it,
soon the news spread through the city and a
vague sense Of coming cslamities seemed to
opptess the people Senator Hunter left the
city and Judge Campbell also expressed a
desire to leave. Lee spent the in close reti
/ cence
The rebel prisoners in Libby had meet.
ing declaring they we're soldiers and applaud
ed the assassination. number OF citizen,
who could not conceal their delight at the
event were arrested.
banning proof sccumulates that the ira
Redies of FRIDAY night were the realization
of the carefully plotted schemes Of organized
political cone pirAtors. 1t is regarded AS Ger
tain that the man arrested this morning and
identified by Stewards servant was the as
satlant at that house. He has been removed
70 an impregnable place Of security, where
he is to be visited by Miss Fanny Seward, to
place h's identity beyond doubt. The pistol
and knife used by him are OF the same pat
terms as those found at the Kitkwood house
IN the room # the conspirator whose courage
probably failed him.
The crowds as the White House are un-
precedented, and delegation after delegation
ID arriving from the departments, hospitals,
barricks and schools. Not one half of then
can possibly nave an opportunity to take q
look at the corpse.
The rotunda OF the capitol is being decor
sted for the reception of the remains after
they have been borne along Pennsy lvanis
avenue in solemn procession Tomorrow
Mrs. Lincoln hesitates between conserving
20 the removal of the remains to Springfield
II permitting the nation 10 claim them ans
20 deposit them beneath the dcme of the
Capitol, crowned with freedom, that the de-
ceased has made the true emblem Of our re-
public If the Illinois people succeed il
bearing the remains OF their foremost fellow
citizen tc his old home, tue body will remain
IL the rotunda of the capitol at least on,
day.
Secretary Seward has sat up quarter O
hour this morning and his appetite is re
turning.
BALTIMORE, April IS.
A gentleman who was at Point Lookout
yesterday morning, was informed by an off
Ger of one of our gunboats that Booth auc
some 80 other cOnspirators were in st. Mary
County heavily aimed, and endeavoring tc
make their way across the Potomac, whict
was strongly picketed and no one allowed tC
pass.
He also stated that Sunday afternoon
small squad of the cavalry had collision
with them and had been repulsed, but sue
ceeded in capturing one of them. In tn,
meantime our cavalry were reinforced. anc
yesterday morning it was understood tha
they had them (the conspirators) completely
surrounded. Their escape is deemed impos
sible.
We have no where found our own fire
thoughts and emotions so accurately express,
ed as in the following impromptu speech o
Rev. K. N. Kirk Of Boston:
Rev. +. N. Kirk, d. D., entered the Mer
chants Exchange, was called upon to ad
dress the mourning assembly. Having frs
offered prayer to God, in voice choked with
tears and broken by the deepest emotion, DR.
Kirk briefly but in most fitting words ad
dressed his fellow citizens. He said that b,
was sure that be but expressed the common
feeling when he said that all hearts wer,
stunned by the news Of the great cslamit,