The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-16
BY Telegraph
4 Afternoon Dispatches.
STHE REBEL FIENDS AT WORK
President Lincoln Shot.
Secretary Seward Stabbed.
The President Dead.
Grief OF Mrs. Lincoln.
Stewards Son and Attendant!
Attacked.
Young Stewards Skull Frackturet
wilkes Booth The Presidents
Assassins.
|HOnors 90 the Memory Of Mr.
Lincoln.
Is. W. Seward In a Critical Con-
dillon.
Andrew Johnson Sworn In as
President.
Steps Taken TO Apprehend the
Assassin.
Steps Taken TO Apprehend The
Assassin.

g WASHINGTON April 18th, u BOA M-The
aziPresident was shot in the Theatre to
might; he is perhaps MORALLY wounded
81 2SD DfsPATcu The Presid emit is not
s5expeeted TO live through the night He
ssswas shot at the Theatre Secretary Sew
sEard was also assassinated. No arteries
swere ent.
e WtsHfxeTeN, April l5.-Presideni
Lincoln and wife with their friends
this esening visited Ford's theatre for
|sthe purpose Of witnessing the perform
.Tance of American Cousin. It was an
z,nounced in the papers that Gen. Grant
;.sswould also be presentbut he Left by the
|slate train of cars for New jersey The
ISTheatre was densely crowded and every
5body seemed delighted with the scene
~sbefore them. Daring the Sd act and
'SHhile there was p temporary pause for
one OF the actors to enter, the sharp
Hreport of pistol was heard which
smerely attracted attention but suggest,
|s.ed nothing serious, until man rushed
Ito the front of the Presidents box
Z waving long dsegerin his right hand,
and exclaiming Sc ,SSmpsr 1yra''lisl
Band Immediately leapel from the box
RAieh xas Ia the secoad tier to the
.z.-ssr s,x=srs,..s..,
sopposite side of the stage, making his
Eeseape amid the bewilderment of the
from the rear of the the atre,
Hand mounting horse aad.
e The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first
aisclo5ed the fact to the audience that
Eilhe President had been shot, when all
Epresent rose to their feet, rushing to
kthe stage, many exclaiming hang him
The excitement was OF the widest pos
ssible description, and of course there was
ban abrupt inteFmssion of theatrical
Nperformances.
b There was a rush toward the Presi-
#deuts box, when cries were heard
n Stand back, give him air, has any on
.stimulants" Alter a hasty examina
tion it was found that the President has
Mbeen shot through the head above
land back of the temporal bone
81 aud that some of his brain was ooziIfe
Bout. He was removed TO private house
Eopposite the theatre, and the Surgeon
EGeneral of the army and The other sur
%geons were called to attend his condi
#tion Gu an examination of the pri
Esyate box, blood was discovered on the
black of the cushioned rocking chair
ksoa which the President had been sit
E.ing; also, on the partition; and on the
ksaocr a common singie-barreled pocket
@pistol was found on the carpet A mil
Eitary guard was placed 10 front of The
Eeiyate residence to which the Pfesi
&dent had been conveyed An immense
Hcrowd was in front Of il, all deeply anx
ious to learn the condition OF the Pres
Eident 1t had been previously announ
81 ced that the wound was mortal but al
Ehoped otherwise. The shock to the
Ecomlnunity was terrible. At midnigh,
'E lie Cabinet, Messrs Sumner, Farms
Il worth, Judge Bates, GOV. Oglesby, Gen
HMeigs, Colonel Hayes, and few
Epersonal friends, with Surgeon Geners
IS Barnes and his immediate as
81 ,istants were around his bedside. Tht
EPresident was in state of sypcope
Htotally insensible and breathing slow
Ny The blood oozed from the woune
Eat The back of his head. The surgeon
,aused every possible effort of melica
Z skill, but all hope was gone Thepart
Ming Of his family with the dying Presi
Mlent il too sad for description. Th'
NPresident and Ms Lincoln did no
sytart for the theatre till fifteen minute
latter s clock. Speaker Colfax was a
Mthe White House at the time, and tn
III President stated to him that he was 60
Sing although Mrs Lincoln had not beel
EwelI, because the papers had announces
Hthat Gen. Grant was to be present, an
Has Gen. Grant had gone north he die
mot wish the audience to be disappoir
Eted. lie went with apparent reluc
Htance, and urged Speaker Colfax to g
Sgith him, but that gentleman had mad
Hother arrangements and with Mr.. Ash
s. mead of Massachusetts,, bid him goo
Knight. ,--
WAX DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Apr
El5.-Mai Gen. Dix: Abraham Lincol
Hdied this morning at % minutes past
." b O'Clock. Z. NJ STANTON,
81 Secretary of Wa
New YoRK, March Is, 9 A. M
Intense sorrow is depicted on a
IHcountenauces at tbs horrible even
THAT occurred in Washington last nigt
land the grief of all good men is app
rent everywhere at the death of tn
#President.
~. No flags were hoisted in this city thi
morning until the state of the Pres
:. dent was known, when they were 9
or placed at halfmast
"a People appear perfectly horrifed, an
e. isS the utmost rage is undoubtedly fe
Htowards all known secessionists ar
d rebel sympathizers.
III War DEPARTMENT, 4lcA ~, Apr 10.