Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-17
Address of Gen. stone.

WAsHINGroN, Apri! l5.-Geu. Stone of
Iowa. has issued the following address to
the people of that State:
WAsHINGToN, April l5.-The Federal city
is shrouded in mourniUg. In the midst of
joy and triumph. the nation is suddenly
called to deplore the loss of its greatest and
truest friend, foully murdered by a traitor.
Gus hand. Struck down in the fulluess OF
life and when strongest in the hearts OF
the people, Abraham Lincoln, President of
the United States, an honest man, an ex.
alted patriot, the friend of the poor aud
oppressed, the dcliverer OF his county, has
been gathered to martyrs grave. Let
the people Of Iowa, who admired and loved
the fallen patriot, and SO generously sus-
tanned the holy cause he represented, very
appropriately testify their sorrow over this
national calamity. Invite them to Assem-.
BILE iu their respective places of worship,
on Thursday the goth day of April, at 10
O'Clock a. m, in humiliation aud prayer
to Almighty God. and also request that
travel within the State and all secular EN-
ployment be totally Suspended on that day,
and that all public uftic"s be draped in
mourning for the period of thirty days,
(Signed) W. N STONE, Govern6r.
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HALIFAX, April l5.-The government had
appointed to day for giving assent to the
bills passed With the usual ceremonies, but
upon receiving the news of President Lin
coins murder, ne sent the following mes.
sage to the Council:
G0Ternment House, ". S., Saturday, April
l5.-My Dear Sir: The very shocking in-
| telligeCce which has just reached me of the
murder OF President Lincoln, ny the hand
of an ASSASSIN, aud my seuse1of the loss
which nF hpa l.
the death of man whom l have always
regarded as eminently upright in his inten
tions, indisposes me to undertake any pub
lie ceremony, such as had contemplated
in my intended visit to the Legislative
Council this day. beg therefore, to no
tity you of the postponement of that visit,
and perhaps under the circumstances, men
of all parties may feel that tho suspension
of further public business for the day
would be mark of sympathy, not unbe.
coming the Legislature to offer, and one
which none could misconstrue.
Believe ns to be, my dear sir, most re-
sPectfully, yours, &c.
RIOHARD GRAVES MCDONALD.
To EOWARD KrSEEY, President of the
Legislative Council.
The citizens generally will unite 10 an
expression of the deepest sympathy for the
nauons 1858.
The flags on the Colonel Lamb, were or
dered do wn by. the Naval authorities.
WASHINGTON, April l5.-There is no con-.
firmation Of tbe report that the murderer
of the'Presidcnt has been arrested.
Among the circumstances tending to FIX
a participation in the crime on Booth; we're
letters found 10 his trunk, one of which is
apparently from lady, supplicating him to
desist from the perilous undertaking in
which he was about to embark.
40 Intelligencer extra says:
From the evidence obtained it is render.
ed highly probable that the man who
stabbed Mr.. Seward and his sons is John
Surratt, of Prince Georges county, Mary.
land. The horse he rode was hired at Nay.
lor's stable on l4th street. Surratt is q
young man with light hair and goa,ee.-
His father is said to have been Postmas.
ter in Prince Georges county.
AuBURN. N. Y, April 10 -Tbe city /,
draped 10 mourning. All the business pia Gel
are closed. The most intense grief auG