Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-27

bad struck their flag and had already
turned towards Lisbon. At public
4 demonstration of the continuation OF
anicable relations between The two ma
: tions, reciprocal salute had taken place
in honor Of the respective Hags.
The Raleigh Standard OF the 18th
ssys the revolution has failed Mr.. Lin.
cola has made good his declaration that
/ he would bold, oceupy and possess the
forts and other property Of the United
/ States, and that be wOuld enforce the
laws of the nation The most ultra Sc
essaionists must now see that further re
sistance would be folly, madness aud
murder. It calls for reorganization, and
declares that the Governor and begisla.
ture elected by force and frsed, DO not
reflect the wishes or will Of the people.
Patronage and the bayonet have eoatrols
cd everything We are authorized by
General Sherman to state, IL Goyernor
Vance and the Legislature will re-
torn, they viii be protected; ii they
do not they must not complain If
steps are taken TO superceed them
Vance hss 6eG, Smith has fed, secss,
sion is dead and treason has bsen- exc
tinguished in. its o@n blood The old
flag once more waves pfaudly over the
capitol Of every Stste. Thauk God fof
it. The friend 30 long looked Cor aad
labored for By the true men Of this State
has at last aErived.5 Let those who have
identified themselves with the Davis and
Vance despotism prepare TO retire to
private politically they are doomed
men for all time to come ao-sr
The World says that one OF the strik-
ing features of the funeral procession,
yesterday, was the applause showered.
upon the representatives of the coloFed
race upon the line of march ia the
wealthier part Of the city The scene
on Fifth Avenue was one of continued
ovation to the negroes, who were com
PEELED to keep thsir heads uncovered for
miles, in acknowledgement of the plaud-
it's Of the male spectators, and the wav-
ing of handkerchiefs By the ladies in the
windows- A queer place is New York.
Less than two years since il was as much
as negroes life was worth to be seen
walking the streets t-na e aaa
+ The following is Gen. Sherman's order
announcing the assassination; aim. #.-s
HEADoR's MIL Div. MISSISSIPPI,
In the field, Raleigh, April IL.
Special Field Order, No. so:
,e The General Commanding announces
with pain and sorrow. that on the evening
Of the l4th inst, at the theatre in Wash
ingtou City, His ExceIlency the Presi-
dent of the United States, Abrahsm
Lincoln, was sssassinated by one who
uttered the State motto Of Virginia.
At the same time, the Secretary Of
State, Mr.. Seward, while suffering from
q broken arm, was also sits bbed by
another murderer in his own house, bat
still survives, and his son wes wounded,
supposed fatally. -f..-
1t is believed BY persons capable of
judgingi that other high officers we're de-
signed to share the sams fate. 4
Thus it seems that our enemy, despair
ing Of meeting rs in manly warfare, be-
gin 70 resort to the assassin's tools.
Your General does not wish you 20 in
fer that this is universal, for the great
mass of the. Confederate army, would
scorn TO sanction such acts, but he be-
lieves it the e-legitimate consequences of
rebellion against rightful authority. .
We have met every phase which this
war has assumed, and must now be pre-
pared for 10 in the last and worst shape
that Of assassins and guerrillas--but
woe unto the people who seek TO expend
their wild passions in such manner, for
there is but one dreaded result
BY order of = lsa B19 o