Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-18


By our arms. it would now be inapprc
pirate TO observe the 20th day Of th
imoDih IN The manner proposed in m
I proclamation OF the 10th Instant; an
instead ihereof do earnestly invite th
people Of Indiana to suspend thsi
ordinary business and observe the sam
day Thursday, the Goth instantly as
day Of mourning, humiliation, an,
I prayer, IN view of the calamity whicl
has befallen the nation
Given at the Executivs Department
at Indianapolis, this 18th day Of April
1885. 7'H E4 a,a ~ Z, %
Tsigned1 seeaieo p. MoRroS, e'e
Governor Of Indiana,
Interesting Particulars about ahs
/ AsEassInatfon.
( NV YokK, April 17.-The Times
Washington special of 10 o'clock, A. N.
7 yesterday, Gays Secretary Seward is de
scidedly better Frederick is still uu
conscious bat is resting quietly as an in
fent sleeping The pistol with which be
was struck was very heavy.
Mr. Stewards throat and face were
! frightfully cut. In this terrible conflct,
the wounded soldier cluhg to the assas.
sin while Mr.. Seward threw himself
from the bed on the floor When 1t was
over he lay ia pool of blood. a'H'
The door bell was answered by a
small colored boy, who told the ASSASSIN
that he could not go up stairs, bat be
rushed by him and encountered Freder-
lex at the head OF the stairs.
Augustus, Mr. Stewards Oldest son,
who interfered, was severely cut, as was
the invalid soldier A3'&
Fanny, Mr. Stewards daughter, was
sitting by them. t-n V
The colored boy ran to the sentinel on
the corner, telling him there was a mur.
dererin the house, but the sentinel did
not feel at liberty to leave his post. 1sts
Mr.. Seward had information of the
plot, but this information was SO COM
non that the ifdnoniuOn was Disregard
ed. aac-f EuHs H33 gW3 1
The assassin was large, powerful
man, armed With a heavy revolver and
Bowie knife.
Gov. Seward is not quite 80 comforta-
bic tonight Frederick is slill uncon-
scious. aaisa3 y oG ab aef7
400 PM = The Zribuns's special
says:
No hopes are entertained of Fred
erick Stewards lifela The Secretary
shows wonderful vitality. There is no
danger from hrs wounds. It. is the
prestrati IN Of bis system received from
his 6rst injuries that excites apprehen-
sion. .sr a-s
Secretary Stanton is inclined to the
belief that abe murderer Booth is secret
ed an the city, but il be and his accom-
plice have escaped, it was across the
eastern heaaeb, sdl .sa 3adT hs1}ossR
OF the lhOVements of Booth on Fri.
day, this correspondent says: .'oo5o
About 8 AN three mea called at the
National and inquired for Booth. The
clerk informed them that he was not in.
After an earnest conversation batween
themselves, they left. 5s-f55SA
Knowing Booths acquaiptanees to be
respectable, the clerk thought il strange
that he should be called upon By such
shabby-iooking persons They had the
general appearance OF Southern refu-
gees. They lefta their card, which the
clerk did not LOOK at. $50 3ss ol t.5aio
About / l A. NJ. Booth was in the Office,
but presented no unusual appearanne,
except that be vas very pale. At 4
PM. he asked the clerk ii any letter
had been left for him, and on being an
swered in the negative, appeared disap-
pointed, and neryously called for o piece
of paper and an envelope, and was about
to write but as II some one might see
what he was writing, he asked to be ad-
mitted inside the Office, i Z
The Clerkasked him if he had made
thousand dollars that day. With a
startled look he replied, soto Uocs, "No,
but have worked hard enough to have
| made ten times that amount
| He had written but few words when
he said earnestly 10 the Clerk:
| "Merrick, is the year 1864 or 1867"
Merrick said be must be joking. Sin
eerely do not know"
Mr.. Merrick said he then noticed that
! he Eas entirely at variance with bis
usual department
! He sealed his letter and Pot it in his
! pocket and left. he re-appeared and
| took tea at 81 o'clock, and left his key
I al the Office as he went oat.
! Mr.. Bradley saw him on the Avenue
/ opposite Growers Theatre sitting on. a
4 horse, az 4 2. NJ, in conversation with
/ Mr. Matthews. He talked with him bat
/ noticed nothing extraordinary in. his
/ demeanor,
The assassin of Gov. Seward is be
1 lieved to be a man named Settuck, g
: noted Maryland rebel
At least six persons were engaged in
the conspiracy, four of whom neglected
70 perform their parts.
The murderers have probably escaped
across the Potomac 10 Mosby. o
I The ball entered the head Of the Presi
dent, in the back paEt, neas the base OF
the brain, and took a direct course to-
wards the right eye, struck the orbina
bone, reb0unded and lodged sevefa
inches from the sa face. The BAH wal
Aattened. s1sla.os Ia s1aie 3aEsa g .e3F.
( The following is the copy Of not
70 Vice President johnson, sent las
Friday, but which was only fonnd on hil
table yesterday among other papers:s g.
II do not wish to distarb. Jon, but
would be glad to have an Interview"
TSFgned1 J. W. BoorH
Mr. johnson was out at the time, ant
never saw the note until yesterday. q.
The wounds inflicted on the Secreta
RVS face have mostly reduced the inAsm
alton and pain caused oy the fracture o
bis Jaw by the accident, and the eontri
vance for adjusting the jaw preyentee
the assassin knife from severing the ar
terY. -o.. 49,. ..---..-..-..-.-. -. 30
It appears by the Herdlds accoun
2 I-S AU,1- D. -
the presence of the assassin in the boz
until he heard the pistol When h'
turned he saw the man within six feet o
the President The Major sprang to
wards and seized him. The man strug
gied and at the same time made q thrus
st the Majors breast With knife.
The Msjor screened the blow on hii
left arm near the shoulder, aud again