The Express. — 1865-04-28 (London, England)

MARCH. "If the dtissas of the Southern Confederacy will furnish me with the soh, or good securities for the sum of oleo million of dollars, I will CACAO the lives of Abraham Linceb, William H. Seward, sod Andrew Johnsoa to be takes by the Ist of March nest. This will give us peace and eatiedyl the world that tyrants cannot live in a ' land of liberty.' If this is not accomplished nothing will be claimed beyoadl the sum of 50,000 dollars in advance, which is supposed to be nursery to reach and slaughter the three villains. I will give myself 1,000 dollars towards this patriotic purpose. Everyone wishing to contribute will adders Box X., Cahabs, Alatama.—Des. 1, 1864." The question now arises whether this advertise-1 meat, esteemed by the editor of the Bulletin as only a " wicked jest," was not in sober reality the serious proposal for a murder which the language used imports. It is a curious coincidence that Wilkes Booth, immediately after murdering Mr.l Lincoln, applied to him the word " tyrant " oon-1 tained in this shameful advertisement, which you will observe contemplates the death of Seward, who has, in point of fact, been nearly assassinated by one of Booth's accomplices. Mr. Bigelow, the United States Minister, was at Brest, whither he had been invited to see the inauguration of the railway, when the dire news arrived in Paris. Mrs. Bigelow, who habitually reoeives on Wednesday evening, did not think it right, notwithstanding her poignant grief, to shut her doors against her friends, more especially as they were most anxious to know whether the terrible reports of the afternoon were officially confirmed. The American embassy at the Porte Maillot was thronged with carriages all the evening,. and Mr. Adams' telegrams lying open for inspection on Mrs. Bigelow's drawing-room table but too clearly told the appalling tale which now everybody knows. Several French journals express the opinion that the cause of the South is irreparably dishonoured by the crime of the Booths. The attempted murder of the Secretary of the Russian embassy within the precincts of the ambassador's residence has raised a serious legal (MS- I tion. The Russian minister contends that the crime having been committed in his house, the assassin must, according to the law of nations, be given up to the Russian government for trial in Russia. But this demand is demurred to by the French government, which says that the fiction, in virtue of which an ambassador's house is supposed to be situated on the soil of the country which he represents, was only intended to relieve the ambassador himself, his attacluSs, and his servants from the jurisdiction of the courts of the country in which they temporarily resided ; but that, in respect to crimes committed against their persona by individuals not entitled to their privileges, no reason exists for withdrawing the cognisance of them from the ordinary courts of the country. It strikes me that the French view of the case is the most rational one. The Bourse was depressed. Rumours of a revoladies in Spain, which are now repeated almost daily, are thought so probable that they cause un-1 easiness, though believed to be premature. The health of the King of the Belgians is another ground for anxiety, and although Consols are firmer, the uncertainty felt regarding the course of events in America weighs heavily upon the market., Bente fell 10c. both for cash and account, closing , at 67fr. 25c. and 67fr. 30c. Mobilier fell 2fr. The Spanish Credit Mobilier fell 251 r., and all Spanish securities were in great disfavour. Mexican scrip rallied a little, and was to be had at only about 1 per cent, below par--some consolation to the disappointed applicants for shares of the third day, who are this morning gravely informed by the Moniteur that the demand having ezoeeded the supply they must submit to a reduction of 10 per cent. upon their applications. Their case might have been worse. But the more diligent writers for shares of the first and second days, who, caught by the flaming advertisements and IL Rouher's speech, asked for a great many more shares than they expected to get, and were taken at their word, and saddled with all they asked for, are in a terrible mess. We bear nothing now of the famous " combination " which was to raise the old Mexican loan to par by admitting it to participate in the "advantages" (1) of the new. It fell it to-day, and is quoted at 5L