Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-04-18

SVut 4p' ~ iioiui hselblaut oeCfbtdtJ VI wv
Treasury, Judge Otto, Assistant Secretary of
! the Interior, General Halleck, General Meigst
I Senator Sumner X. +. Andrews, Of N. y,
General Todd, John Hay, Private Secretary,
Governor Ogesby of Illinois, General Farms
I worth, Mrs. and Miss Kenny, Miss Harris Gag
tain Robert Lincoln son of the President, and
Doctors E. NJ. Abbott, R. X. Stone G. D. Catch,
I Neal Hall and Mr. Liebeman.
Secretary McCuloch remained with thc
President until FIVE A. NJ, and Chief Justc.
Chase, aftor several hours attendance during
the night, returned early this morning.
After the President 3 death, Senator Sumner
and General Halleck, drove to the Kirkw1od
house, where the General went to the room of
Vice President johnson and announced the sad
I intelligence. The Vice President had visited
the bedside of the dying man during the night
! and was deeply impressed by the spectacle.
The Cabinet has met this morning, and will
fgue Ehe same form Of announcement that was
promulgated at the death Of Presidents Harri
son and Taylor.
WASHINGTON, April Is, 4 80 p. M.-,The
President is lying IN state at the White House
No one is allowed to approach within two
squares except privileged persons.
The external appearance of the face of the
President was that OF deep black stain about
! both eyes, otherwise the face is natural. The
wound was half An inch in diameter, on The
left side OF the head, behind the ear.-The
ball was found imbedded five inches behind the
right eye.
THE ATTEMPTTo AssAssINATR SECRETARY SEWARD
When the excitement at the theatre was at its
widest hight reports were circulated that Score
i tary Seward had also been assassinated o.
reaching this gentlemans residence, crowd
and a military guard were found at the door,
aud on entering it was ascertained that the ro.
ports were based on truth
Everybody there was so excited that scarcely
an ineligible word could be gathered but the
facts are substantially as follows:
About 10 O'Clock man rang the door bell,
ard the call having been answered by a colored
servant, he said he had come from DR.. Verdi,
Mr.. Stewards family physician, with prescrip-
llon, at the same time holding in his hand a
small piece Of folded paper and saying in ans
wer to a refusal, that he must see the Secretary
us he was entrusted with particular directions
concerning the medicines He still insisted on
going up although repeatedly informed that DO
one could eater the chamber. The man pushed
the servant aside and walked heavily toward the
S1cretlry's room. There were four persons 10
the room at the tme-Major Seward, Miss Fam
ug nd Oh Of
Of State Department.
The Secretary lay in bed on his back. The
assassin jumped upon the bed and cndeayored to
cut the throat Of his victim. lie inflicted three
different wounds While engaged in II the male
nurse had flung himself upon his bed and thrown
bis arms around him and strOye TO pull him oil
Of the bed. The murderer instantly reversed the
action OF bis knife and cut quickly over bis
shoulder and drove the nurse off his back. He
then sprang from the bed and engaged 10 fight
for escape with all that opposed him. He
stabbed the chief messenger dangerously in tha
breast. He stabbed Maj Seward IN the arm and
beat him over the head and face with heavy
pistol and disabled him. lie then attacked
Frederick Seward who had entered the room
from au adjoining chamber and gave him SCALP
wound with bis knife, which. strange to say ]
commenced at the forehead passed over the tod
OF the head. and extended part way down tho
back Of the head, aud then struck him with ~
Iisol or slung shot a heavy blow which
knocked him down nsens lie.
Tle way Of escape was then clear The assas.
sin run down stairs, mounted his hoIse, and
rode rap dIy away. The assassin is said to haveI
been traced by the horse be rode, and which wasI
hired from here, to the long bridge over into
Virginia.
THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Below will be found the important part OF the
Official bulletins respecting this terrible tragedy j
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, }
April Is. 4.l0 A. NJ. 81
TO MAJ. Gen. Dir 1T is now ascertaiuedI
with reasonable certainty that two assassnsI
were engaged in the horrible crime, W llkes|
Booth beng the one that shot the Presiden!
The other wss companion II his, whose naneI
is not known, but whose description is 70 elear|
that he can hardly escape.
Ii APPEARS from letter found in Booths trunk
that the murder was planned before the 4th oil
March, but fell through then, because the &C !!
complco backed out until Richmond could beI
heard from.
stable at = o'clock last evening and left thertl
With their horses about 10 O'Clock, or shortly
before that hour.
1t would seem that they had for several daysI
been seeking their chance, and Tor somo unknown
reason 1t was not carried into effect until last
night
one Of them has evidently made his way toI
Baltimore.
The other has not yet been traced
h. NJ. STANTON, Sec OF War
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON,
April Is, S A. NJ. Il
To MAJ. Gen. DIR Abraham Lincoln dell
this morning at twenty-five minutes alter Il
o'clock. L. NJ. STANTON Sc. OF War
WASHINGTON, April Is.
To MAJ. Gen. DIR The olhoial notice oil
the death VI the late President was gwen by theI
heads Of the Departments this morning to Andy
Johnson, the Vice President, upon whom, by the
constitution Of the United States, deyolyes the!
Office
Mr.. johnson on receiving this notice appeared
before Chief Justice Chase and took the oath OF
office as President of the United States, and A.
sumed its duties and functions,
A u NJ. the President met the hta s o. lle,
Dvparmenis IN cAblne. m,ot'ns a. TIA ,ic4s.
ury building, and among other bu lne.s Vel
following WAC ,ransacted
Fnt-rne funeral ( tha late Presid OF val
referred ~ tn several Secretaries ss lar az rea,sl
to their respective d pa tmlnts
&coHd-Wllliam Hunter was appointed Act
ing Seretari oil ) ole during the ds4bi ity I'll
Mr.. SgIrd an his SPA Frederick SeAard lAes
Assistant S,orettry.
TMrd-lhe Incident formally announced
that he desired to retain the present Seereiati.sI
Of tue Departments / his Cabinet, and they