The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-04-22
WAsuTNGTON, Auril IN, 4

NAsHtN"ToN, April 2, 1865.
Amer beinr ENGAGED for whole week In gathering
NJ all the important facts connected with the mot
d,porable tragedy Of the ase, and indeed sny ase,
still find my 'aote book" variety Of interest
ins statements which will hereafter appear In the
future history Of our great nstGonsl calamity.
In the hrs place, must spcai OF the long line, of
iirens male and female, who have passed throush
the Rotunda at the Capitol to-day, take their last
look q, the face Of late President In spite OF the
rain, each one waited patiently for Aimittance,
passing thruugh line Of police and soldiers,
up the sep- and into the domed room, throuded
in Grape, where Teposod the remains upon a Catafal-
que erected for the purpose. From early hour, al
through the day. these mourne silently approached
IN pairs, the foot Of the coli uhero they separated
and continued either ride, until the couples. tina,
had looked upon Mr. I.ncon's fcatuIes came to-
gsther again and sorrosfuly passed out of Tho Weq,
cru door. Every hour, several thousand people
thus pa'sed through During the day, at least
twenty-five thousand, snno weeping, others
with sad visaFes few gave audible expression to
their sorrow while many clenched their sts looking
a. more determined to root The seeds VI the re-
bellion tha, could bred the villain who had slAugh.
tered 70 good a man as Abraham Lincoln wa
The house in which the President died continues TO
be- gszed upon By large crowd, OF psoplc II brick
building, three stories high, trimmed with brown
stone. The irst door is reached by flight Of stone
steps placed parallel with the street aoufsde Of the
house nitor fashion that is.sedom seen In your
city. This door opens into hall way, At the rear
Of which, stairs lead to the upper rooms BEHIND
the stairway Is tho room IN which the President died
II IL email, barely ffteen feet long hy ten wide
low black walnut double bedsteAd ION which Mr. Lin
coin brcathcd his last, old fashioned cane bo,
toned rocking chair, table In one corner, hureAu
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the furniture. On the walls Photographic copies
OF tho onrrayinFs denote the taste Of the owner A
smaller room, to the left Of this ia entered BY glas.
door. Tho back aud front psroFs complete the num-
her Of apartments on thi. aoor which vii hereafter
be visited by tho Thousands who ave curious in such
matters. On the night OF the murder, the back par
| lor va. used by the Government oflcers where
| they silently examined witnesses, and prepared
| TIE orders Necessary for the prompt pursuit
OF the aEsassln. ME- Lincoln and occp I'd
the front piIor, where she continually moaned and
once swooned In the excess of her grief When tho
! PIesiteut died, SURGEON General Barnes, who wa,
holding his hngcrt over the pulse said softly II nc
| longer hehts" All prcfent knew the meaniag o
this. Captain Robert Lincoln, (who was
standing at the head Of The bod laid biz
hands upon the shoulder of senator Sumner, and
sinking his face upon them, sobbed as II hi, heart
would break Thus passed sway the soul Of grea, man
rurIounded by Of the distinguished citizen
Of the Republic IhGye not the heart to continue n,
scene, or tell about the touching exhibition Of
grief when Mrs. Lincoln kissed her husband
for the last time and frantio.lly said DO liye u,
speak TO me Do live and speak 70 me, won't you =
Her husband mot yet dead made no sign Of recos
milton his irregular breathing already denoted ap
preaching dissolution, and after this tho gurglln,
noise in bis throat more plainly told the end VI.
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