The Sun. — 1865-05-10 (London, England)

MARYLAND, OF ALEXANDRIA, AND THE BORDER COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA.  " Your President has been murdered ! He has fallen by the assassin, and without a moment's warning, simply and solely because he was your friend and the friend of our country. Had he been unfaithful to you and to the great cause of human freedom he might have lived. The pistol from which he met his death, though held by Booth, was fired by the hands of treason and slavery. Think of this, and remember how long and how anxiously this good man laboured to break your chains and to make you happy. I now appeal to you, by every consideration which can move loyal and grateful hearts, to aid in discovering and arresting his murderer. Concealed by traitors, he is believed to be lurking somewhere within the limits of the district of Columbia, or the State of Maryland, or Virginia. Go forth; then, and watch, and listen, and inquire, and search, and pray, by day and night, until you shall have succeeded in dragging this monstrous and bloody criminal from his hiding-place. You can do much ; even the humblest and feeblest among you, by patience and unwearied vigilance, may render the most important assistance. Large rewards have been offered by the Government and by municipal authorities, and they will be paid, for the apprehension of this murderer, or for any information that will aid in his arrest. But I feel that you need no such stimulus as this. You will hunt down this cowardly assassin of your best friend, as you would the murderer of your own father. Do this, and God, whose servant has been slain, and the country which has given you freedom, will bless you for this act of duty. All information which will lead to the arrest of Booth, or Suratt, or Harrold should be communicated to these headquarters, or to General Holt, Judge-Advocate-General, at Washington, or, if immediate action is required, then to the nearest military authorities. All officers and soldiers in this command, and all loyal people, are enjoined to increased vigilance.  " W. S. HAMCOCK, Major-General United States' Volunteers, Commanding Middle Military Division." The following has been officially published : " War Department, Washington, Saturday, April 22. "Yesterday evening a bearer of despatches arrived from General Sherman. An agreement for a suspension of hostilities and a memorandum of what is called a basis for peace had been entered into on the 18th inst., by General Sherman with the rebel General Johnston. The rebel General Breckinridge was present at the conference. A Cabinet meeting was held at 8 o'clock in the evening, at which the action of General Sherman was disapproved by the President, by the Secretary of War, by General Grant, and by every member of the Cabinet. Gen. Sherman was ordered to resume hostilities immediately, and was directed that the instructions given by the late President in the following telegram, which was penned by Mr. Lincoln himself, at the Capitol on the night of the 3d of March, were approved by President Andrew Johnson, and were reiterated to govern the action of military commanders. On the night of the 3d of March, while President Lincoln and his Cabinet were at the Capitol, a telegram from General Grant was brought to the Secretary of War, informing him that General Lee had requested an interview, or conference, to make an arrangement for terms of peace. The letter of General Lee was published in a letter of Davis to the rebel Congress. General Grant's telegram was submitted to Mr. Lincoln, who, after pondering a few minutes, took up his pen and wrote with his own hand the following reply, which he submitted to the Secretary of State mad Secretary of War. It was then dated, addressed, and signed by the Secretary of War, and telegraphed to General Grant :