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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-27
From Havana.
New York, April q

New York, April 26.
The steamer Columbia brings Havana
advicts to the 24ih.
The assassination of Pre- sident lincoln
eansed much excitsmen, and cast deer
gloom over all American residents. The
American Consulate displayed the flag a
bali mast: also the American shipping il
the harbor.
The blockade runners Wren and Bilcel
srIised on the Esd from Galveston with
cotton
John s WilIiams, who vas cjrryine
s 600 State money from Gollad tc
Clinton, Texas, was robbed BY b and Of
thieves.
The blockade runner Catharine, load ed
With cotton, sunk on the bar 1t Braso.
rives. drowning the captain, matb and
three others.
By way Of Matamoras it Was ret ported
Cortinas had declared against the empire
and VAS preparing 70 attack Gen. Nejia,
Who is in Matamoras With four OF i've
thousand men. Mejia Is cut OF from
com nunication with the interior HI
will either surrenrer or retreat, and ii he
does the latter be is lest. Cortinls haa
from 5000 to 7.Oo0 troops.
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0sllisiss xivss Lest.
Baltimore, April 26.

ASssS sAsOs AARsst AVs
Yesterday morning It 1880 the steam
or Massachusetts, with load Of soldiers,
the greater part Of whom were exchanged d
and paroled pri,oners, collided With .
steamer named the Black Diamond, I
small barge propeller, 10 the Potomac
river. one mile from Blackstone Island,
Which vas setting - : picket boat and had
on board guard Of somo twenty men
The Massachusetts, struck the Black Dis-
% ond on the port side, about the boiler.
sinking her il shout three minutes. In
the excitement of the collision many
OF the soldiers became panic stricken and
beyond control, and many wsrs drowned.
The Massachusetts, lay 1saf tho spot till
daylight, picking up abost : hundred
men Who either jumped o. wsrs thrown
By the force Of the collision on to the
wreck of the Black Diamond.
Capt. Holmes, Of the Sd veteran re.
serve. corps, Was ip command Of the
troops. aud from statement mads b.
him il appears that the Iess q Vie, Il
VAR = can b ascsrtained u prsssat. vii
|efcssd fty. : S i 8
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D@ Hen. lafayette S. Foster. United
s ates Senator from Come c,icut, is Speak
er pro tenn. of the Senate, and would sue
coed MIR. johnson in the event of the
death Of the LATTER. The Chicrgo Tribune
calls this..in question as Mr.. Foster had
gone home after Inauguration and MF.
Johnson assumed the. chair of the Senate
The objection is merely technical. Sen.
ator Foster was born in Cou cticut and
is in his ifty-niu'h year. After haviI g
been for several terms a mem ber of The
General Assembly Of his State. he Wal
elected to the National Senate in 1855
was reelected in 1860, his term expiring
two years hence. He has bsen Chair
man of the Senate Pension Committee
He has reputation only as "workine
member not for any oratorical abilities
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Wasbingsos, April 20

WsfuiuEt0os Apfn 70.
The Richmond Whig and Times oi
Yesterday have both been received. The
Whig has the following. af
From geutlemsn 81 int ejIipeuce vho
has reached the city On foot from DsnyiIIe.
" have some interesting particulars Of
events thst occurred there after The sn,.
renoer OF Lees army. When the event
oscame fnown the people and soldiers ia
the surrounding country of all classes.
ages and colors, and large number Of
soldiers. collected srourd the buildines
IN which were stored immense ana titles
o. com missaFy stores. and after short
elaboration made . general rush upon
the establishments. The parties Il
cnafgo Of the stores 4t FIRST attempted to
resist the mob. but weFe quickly forced to
ossist and seek tbeir pwn safety in fight.
The mob scattered throughout eyery nart
Of the building, each person plunderinp
according to bis or her fancy. In this
building it appears there was large
quantity OF ammasition. gunpower 10
kegs and percussion caps The soldiers
sno country people starmed around the
powder eager 70 secure it for fovling pnr-
poses While they were thus engaged
oy some means IRE communicated to the
powder and in an instant the building and
'fs contents, including over Fifty persons,
we're blown to atoms. This horrible
tragedy for time put check upon th.
plundering, which, however, soon com
menced bat with some what more copsid.
eration. Ex Governor Extra Billy Smith
was in Danviile when our informant lert
He had bsen boasting good deal about
mis- determination never 10 surrender,
saying that sooner than succumb be
would turn bush whacker, guerrilla or
something Of tha. sort. Nothwithetand.
ing this our informant learned jus. before
leaving that Extra Billy had sent 4 Gao
of truce to Gen Meade, the object of
which has not transpir ed. We may men
tion 10 this connection report which has
obtained circulation here that citixena OF
LJnchburg either requested or compelled
the Ex Governor 10 leave the town.
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1ys pm 1Us
From the time lsss night ~ rsnainl
of President Lincoln wsrs Deposited Il
the Capitol until now persons havs bses
pressing thither TO go the ho1cred dead
rhis morning the line cf people extenda
Il least I mile, one halt q tbo}e cUmpos.
ing Il being ladies'. The conn has beer
again strswn BY ladies with flowers. The
cars snd sieamboats this morning have
brought additional Thousands tS the city.
The fuuersi party are estertaibed BY &c
corpoTsis authorities 1t Delavin House.
An the Buildings ars draped with mourn
ing. Among the most tonchiog mottoss
on house fronts are the following "The
heart Of the nation throbs heavily at the
portals Of the tomb !" sfLst ~ receive
that the msrtyTed dead shall not have
died ID vain" The latter u believed 10
b IN extract from Lioeoln's Maryland
Fair remarks.
A low estimats 6xss the number stran-
gers here to-day ct 80, 900. All morning
extra trains and excvrsion boats brought
'sgs numbers Of people from the sur.
rounding country, many csming ! dis
ancs Of 100 or 200 miles. Never before
.ers such multitads gathered q the
Capital. Everybody seemed fully to par
ticipats 10 che soismnities Of the occasion.
At one o'clock the nilisary. frs depart
ment and civil socisties began to form,
and st two o'clock The ccfin vas closed.
from one .. n. Ill through the night and
until two p. m, the stream Of people
pouring through the Capital to take last
cck 1t the disti ngaished dead, vas con-
slant, and yet thousands were still 10
tine wsiting their tnrn when the hour for
replacing the cover arrived. Nearly
50. 600 men women and childroh visited
the remains.
Soon after two o'clock the procession,
having been formed, commenced to move
over the prescribed route. Ii wAs com
poeed Of the 10Th and 25.h regime ents, of
this city, tho 94ih sud the light horse
battery, Of Troy, tbs State and city au-
the FIRE department and large
number Of civil societies. The iniiissry
~as about 1000 strong. The hedrse was
elegantly and slaborstely fnished, trim.
med win vhits silk. adorned richly " With
silver moantings, surmounsed By the
ssgls and drawn BY eight white hor ses.
At $40 the train was reached. 3nd the
,ofin Vas transferred 70 the he4rss car
n which il had been brought from Wash
ngton. At four o'clock the remains OF
he Iamenled Prssid,neut ssrs moved
rom Albany on the way to their resting
place ia the West.
There are three new and elegant sleep
ing cars furnished BY the N. Y. CI r. r.
Company. through Mr.. Wagner, Super
ntendens, to be conducted By s. Cham
'erlaip, General Superintendent Of the
New York Central railroad, accomp panying
he train to Bufalo.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
II alifax, April a6.


The steamship Afri4 4a from Liverpool
I5h. via Queenstown 10Th, arrived At 5
clock this evening with dates three day
later.
The steamship St. David from Psrtland
| arrived at Liverpool as 9 a. N. on the
l4lh.
The steamship Australasian from New
York arrived of Corkhsvsn at ll4 D. m.
on the l4th.
The nc~s ol the fall Of Richmond Gre
ased Intense excitement in Eag and, but
it arrived too late - admit og The papels
generally commenting ppon it, and a. mos,
Of the markets had closed from the 18th
10 The 17th the effect of the news canno.
be fully developed until they are open.
The London Daily News says the army
of Virginia, 20 long deemed invincible,
| the pride, the hope, the centre, the cita.
del of the confeicracy has been not only
beaten but shattered; The Davis govern.
ment Is now vagrant and fugitive; Rich.
mond which received it aud gave it for
lime dignity which ID ,uld never have
acquired while z remained among the cot
ton plantations ere it had its rise, was
set on FIRE by its parting guests. That
| the Confederate army fought with all its
old tenscity We cannot doubt, but it has
been broken up by man who IS we have
often been told were the sweepiugs Of
northern cities. Davis began the war by
declaring he would carry it where food
for the torch awaited the southern armies
| 10 populous cities, but the attempt 10
burn New York ended in nothing but 40
execution. while Davis set his borrowed
capital in flames and decamped.
Other papers are silent as yet upon the
news.
The Times has an article stro Ugly con-
demnfng the conduct of Judge Smith of
Montreal for his i'll considered and dan
gerous charge on the subject Of the St.
Albans raiders.
a London correspondent Of the Pro-
vinciA Press says thef 10 ara unpleasant
whisperings Is to the desire of the King
Of the Belgisps, who il still in England.
70 exercise an influence over the course
to be taken BY the British Government in
Mexican affairs. Earl Russell regrets the
precipltancy with which ne yielded to the
royal wish 10 recognizd the pretended
Mexican empire. Fall it must ii not
saved BY European interposition and that
right early, and for thi. neither the Pro
mier nor the Foreign s. Fcretary is pre-
pared.
Paris bourss on the l4th was quiet and
lower. Rsntss closed 81 to 8Oc.
SpAIS.-Paris correspondent of the
London Times says that the disturbances
At Madrid were more serious than hereto.
fore stated. On the llth an assemblage
in the streets was suddenly dispersed BY
{ volley Of musketry. The troops fred
right and left Several killed ana fifteen
wounded. No provocatipn was given on
the part cf the people. No proclamation
had been lssued to warn the people or 10
forbid their moving about the streets.
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H The Missouri Republican SAYS ,hs

@The Missouri Republican says thai
DR.. Andersen, of Kansas. is going te
Washington in furt herance Of a scheme
Of his to lead large colony from the I'm
tied States to Mexico, iu September ne 1t
He has been in correspondence with The
ieaders Of Ike Liberal party in Mexico
snd they are very favorable 10 the pro.
posed scheme. Dr.. Anderson will issue
al address and statement concerning bis
project shortly.
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From Nswbern.
New York. April 2

New York, April %.
Advices from Newbern to the ED are
received. The city is drsped in mourn
ing and . meeting was held that day to
give exTrsssion to the pubiic sorrow fof
the death of President Lincoln. The
Standard and Progress. papers conducted
by their old proprietors, appear 10 mourn
ing, and cay Piesident Lincoln was the
best friend the South had and that the
South suffers more in his death than the
North.
TIE ratification of the Conetisutionsl
Amendment abolishing slavery, is regard
ed ss certain The desire to return to the
Union appears general throughout the
State.
Gen. Sherman's army is in camp avsit-
ing the answer of the Government to the
rebel propositions.
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Washington, April 26
Especial 10 N. Y. Post !

Especial 10 N \. Post
The preca uiion taken in North Carolina
BY the Government will arrest any aerious
consequences that might arise from Sher-
man ) action.
No vessels are allowed to land en- the
western shore of Maryland in order TO
prevent lhe escape of Booth iu tkst direc,
tion. 1t is reported that two men sttsmpt.
ing to cross the river in small boat we're
captured CT Maryland Point yesterday.
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e@ The remains of Willie Lincoln,
buried in Georgetown cemetery, have
been disinterred, embamed. and viii be
brought to Springfield and buried with
the President.
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S0 In various places women have dis
graced themselves aud made their names
odious with lnrhab.e infamy by rejoicing
over Mr.. Llocoln's desih. The Chicago
Journal notices among other Instances.
the case oil the vile OF Democratic AL
derman In that city who went about the
streets sneeriag aud jssting at the en-
blems of mourning everywhere displayed,
aud going to her husbands bakery store
was about to tear down the Grape arranged
in front Of it. She only desisted when .
party of indignant citizens sternly threat
ened ber with imprisonment If she pro-
ceeded further. Thank God the ladies Of
the loyal States have for the most part
been shocked aud have greived as be.
came their sex st the horrid crime. The
more pity lis that any should bs fonnd in
the midst Of 50 much deIicacy, and re.
fnement, and SORROW and al womanly at
tributes, who unsex themselves by words
AID actions disgracing savages. and add.
ing q new intensity Of baseness to all for.
ner conceptions Of utterly depraved mp
lures. The barbarism Of slavery had
brutalixed Southern wonsn aAsii they
sosld nook = - sslEsrisss = eshers,
torture our wounded priSossss. and YEA.
- articles q psssonai sdofnnsns parts
| Of the skeleton bones Of onr dead soldiers
as the most crusl of savsges wear IL /.
bleeding scalps Of their victims, bat "
had hoped that this 6arbarism had mol
reached the ladies of the free States aad
that we would be spared these sxhibi
tions OF malevolence 30 foreign 10 woman
when she u true TO her wonaa,s mature
1
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-27

Elt is supposed that the United
States Senate will refuse . seat to Hon.
John P. Stockton, the recently elected
Senator from New Jersey. The number
of votes cast for him Was forty, while
there were forty one against him.
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VOL. IL.

NEw YoRx, April 24.-Specials to the
Herald, Tribune and Times say the terms
of Gen. Sherman's armistics met with
general reprObation and univertal express
sion .of surprise that Gen. Sherman should
for moment have entertained such prop
ositions.
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Rejoicing Over LinselA's Death.
San Frsneieeo, April Is.

The military havs arrested i2 or Is
men in Solona and Colnsa counties for re-
joicing 10 the assassination Of President
Lincoln. Upon the reception OF the news
Of the Presidents death At Green Valley.
Solona county, number If secessionists
met to rejoice over the event. A body OF
troops was sent 70 break up the meeting.
but = they approached the riagissdsvs q
the eecessionists fortified themselves II !
house and fred q the soldiers. voundioe
tWs 81 He's. TIE z1n wss fesajned by
the soldiers and several Of the secession
ists wers wounded. The whole party
then surrendered.
4 The ship BaoEsats for Hong Rpre
takes quarter Of million of dollars.
: i = ~ Te4a
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Special Field Order No. SO
The General commanding announces
with pain and sorrow that on the evening
Of the l4th instant. ~ the theatre 10
Washington City, his Excellency, the
President Of the United States, Abnhsm
Lincoln, was assassin4ed by one who ut
tered the State motto d Virginia. At the
samo time. the Secretary Of State, Mr..
Seward, while suffering from . broken
arm. Vas also stabbed BY another mur-
derer in his own house. but still survives,
and his son Was wounded, it is supposed,
fatally.
1t is believed by persons capable Of
judging that other high officers were de-
signed to share the same fate. Thus j,
seems that our enemy, de.pairing of meet
ing success in manly warfare, begins TO
resort to the assassin's tools. Your Gen.
eral does not wish you to infer that this .
universal, for he knows that the great
mass OF the Confederate army would
scorn to sanction such acts, but be bel
lieves it the legitimate consequence Of re-
bellion against The rightful authority.
We have met every phaxe which this
war has assumed, and must now be pre-
pared for it in its last and worst shape.
that of assassins and guerrhlss. But Voc
unto the people who countensRcc and en-.
courage such deeds, for there is bat one
dread result.
By order Of Maj. Gen. w. 7. Sherman.
L. III. DAYTON, Major Il A. A. g.
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o~A minister was arrested at Boards.
town, Illinois, last Sunday. for expressing
ing delight al Mr.. Lincoln assassinat Oh.
That preachers Inspiration must have en-
anAted from Internal sources.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-27

April 2eth MIsy Etlss, ~ifs Of Vim smith, and
daughter Of Ssls and Sarah Armitagr aged Il years
Eunerai st the residence Of her parents. in Masons
Lower AddAion, to-day (Thursday) 1t O'Clock Pm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-27
Nov York, April a6.

The Posts special says the restrictions
on visiting Richnoad have been removed
and any Oee can 20 thore.
Advices from Richmond say Governor
Piespont will probably convene the loyal
Legislature BY The 6rst Of June. Il il be-
lissed that il Johnston refuses unccn-
ditiooal surrender he cannot escape. Sew
eral rebsl officers rathsr thsn 60 South
have taken the oath.
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Imposing Funeral CeremO-
mics at Albany.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.


Nss York, April IS.
The following is Gen. sherman's orde I
anpoassing the murder Of President Lin
colo:
Headquarters Military Dspsssnsnt !
Of shs Mississippi, y
Ralsigh, April II. j
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-21
z. n. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.

HRAD'oRs DEPT OF THE CulBHRIAND.l
G.l1Ij.sT. TE.9It NAsHvnLA April II. IS
To Aajor General Ha1eos, Ca;sf Of Staff:
I send the following, just received from
Huntsville, Ala, for the information Of
the Secretary Of War. i an inclined TO
believe il, although have noreport direct
from Gen. Wilson:
~ M4cr Goseral Thomas: E-GE,f-- -
The following 10 just received from Col.
Hoover at Somerville: <ter
Men direct from Selma report that
place captured by Gen. Wilson's forces on
the I'd inst. Forrest and Roddy with
their entire command were captured Our
men dismounted and charged the en-
trenchments, and carried all before them.
They also report Montgomery captured"
(signeD G. r. GRANGER. ,'a'i
(Sgned) GEO. q. THOMAS.
Major General.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-21

Among the speakers at the great Fan
euil Hall meeting in Boston to rejoice over
the great victory, was FRED DOUGLASS.
He stood upon the same platform, and
spoke from the same rostrum, as did Rob-
ERr @. WINTHROP, and many others ofthe
leading aristocracy of Boston. His speech
was much more warmly received than
either of the others. We have only room
for the concluding paragraph: So
/ tell you, the negro is coming up--he
is distinguishing. Laughter and APP
plause.l Why, only little while ago we
were the Lazaruses of the South the
Dives of the South was the STAKEHOLDER !:
and how singular it is that we have here
another illustration of that, Scripture .
Once there was certain rich man who
Jared sumptuously every day, and was ar
rayed in purple and fine linen. He came
North, clothed in silk and in satin, and
shining with gold, and his breast sparkling
with diamonds-his table loaded with the
good things of this world. And certain
Lazarus sat at his gate, desiring the
crumbs that fell from his table Suchwa
the record But now change has taken
place: That rich man is lifting up his
eyes IN torments doon there Tremendous
applansel and seeing lazarus afar off. il
.Abraham's bosom, Ltumultuous laughter
and applause, ] is all the time calling on
Il Father Abraham to send Lazarus hack.
But Father Abraham says, ssIf they hear
not Grant nor Sherman, neither will thew
be persuaded though send Lazarus nntc
them" prolonged and vociferons an n.
| plause say we are way up SyonSe,
now, no mistake. This was said witb on
expressive gesture, that called forth an y.
other outburst Of applause.