Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-18
The Last Moments OF our Murdered
President


WARBIEGTeN, April l6.-At about Eve
O'Clock this morning l reached the house OF
Mr.. Peterson, where the Presidsnt lay in
his dying sgonies he was lying upon the
bed apparently breathing With great diff
Guilty. He WAS entirely unconscious, as he
hsd been ever since his assassination. His
eyes were protIudiug from their sockets
and suffused with blood. In other respects
his couutenauce was unchanged. At his
bedside were the Secretary OF War, Secre-
tsry of the Navy, Secretary ofthe Interior,
Postmaster General aud Attorney General;
S.ustor Sumner, General Farueswortb,
General TODD, cousin TO Mrs. Lincoln; Mai
Hay, II Field, General Halleck. Major
General Meigs, Rev. DR.. Gurley, George
Ogiesby, OF Illinois; Drs. E. n. Abbott, R.
K Sroue, G D. Hatch, Neal, Hall, and
LelbeTmau. In the adjoining room we're
Mrs. Lincoln, her son, Capt Robert Lin.
coiu; Miss Harris, who was with Mrs. Lin
coin at the time of the ASSASSINATION OF the
President; Rufus P. Andrews and two LADY
friends OF Mrs. Lincoln, whose names did
not ascertain Mrs Lincoln was under great
excitement and agony, wriuging her hands
and exc!simug, '.Hby did be not shoot me
Instead OF my husband have tried TO be
50 careful of him. fearing something would
precious now than ever l must go with
him" and other expressions OF like char
sc'er She was constantly goiog back aud
forth to the bedside of the President, ex
cla'miOg, in great agony, "How can it be
SO y The sceue vas hesrtrerdiug, and it
IS impossible to portray it in its living
light ltbeggars description, and can bet
ter be imagined than d, scribed. Captain
r bert Lincoln bore himself with great
tirmaess, and constantly endeavored to as
SAUCE the grief of his mother by telling her
to put her trust 10 God and all would be
We'll. Occasionally, being entirely over.
come, he would retire into the ball and
give vent to most hesrtrendinR lameu,a.
tIous. He would recover himself aud re.
turn to his mother, and, With remarkable
set possession, try to cheer her broken
spirits aud tighten her load Of sorrow. His
Conduct was the most remarkable exhibi
ZION OF cslmness in trying hour that
have ever seen. About quarter of an hour
Def re the President died bis breathing
became very difficult, and in MANY
instances seemed to have entirely
ceased, go that the surgeons who were
holding his pulse supposed him to be dead
He would again rally and breathe with go
great difficulty as to be heard in almost
every qu-rter # the house. Mrs. Lincoln
took her last leave of him about twenty
minutes before be expired, and was sitting
In The adjoining room when it was an
nounced to her that be was dead. When
the announcement was made abe exclaiu-
co. "Oh, why did you not tell me that he
was dying" The surgeons and the mem.
bers OF the Cabinet, Senator Sumner, Cant
Robert Lincoln, General Todd, Mr., Field
and MIR. Andrews were standing at HE
bedside when he breathed his last. Sen
ator Sumner, General Todd, Robert Lin.
coin and Rufus Andrews stood leaning
over the headboard of the bed watcbin9
every motion of the beating breast of The
dying President. Robert Lincoln was
resting himself upon the arm of Senator
Sumner. The members o! the Canine,
we're standing by the side of the bed-Sec.
Eetsry Stanton at the left Of Mr.. Andrews
Mr.. Andrews near Mr. Lincoln's head
Next 10 bin was Mr.. Dennison, and the
others arranged along at bis left. and
Tue surgeons were sitting upon the
SIDE and foot Of the bed, hold
lng the Presidents hands, aud with their
watches observing the slow declepsion of
The pulse and watching the ebbing out of
the vital spirit. Such was the solemn still-
nees for the space of Eve miuutes that the
ticking OF the watches could be heard in
the room: At twenty-five minutes past
seven a. NJ, his muscles relaxed and tbs