Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1865-04-29

              YOIiUMEeXXIX. - iij.'r W:V ... MOUNT YERNONi VOEO : NUMBER 2 A.; 1 " J. ' ti fTTtnB BTiiiT iATirtuiY aoaxtxS St' OfSee tqKT ohm! ward Block, .S4 Story. ' 3t.8v per unmf"tTbU strictly in advance or(3O0 If pavneat be delayed. ''9 IWn terms wfll b rigidly adhered to.. ... I U. S. 7-30 LOAN. . - , By authority of the Secretary of the Treesary, the underiigned has assumed the General Subscription Ageaey for the sale of United Ststes Treasury Notes, bearing mtm and three tenths per cent, interest, per aanuxs, known as the SEYM-THIRTY LOAN. The If ota are issued ander dato of An gnat 15th, 1854, and arc payable throe years from that time, in warreaey, or are convertible at the option of the holder into " - . -. 50 Six per cent. , OOLD-BHAXLUIQ SOZT98. These behas-are now worth a premium of nine per VtmLf iaelndiof gold interest from Nov., whieh makes the aetaal profit on the 7.30 loan, at current rate, Hncladinr interest, aboet ten per cent, per annum, "beside la exempt ion from State and municipal taxa-'lion, wkiek add from oHe'tb'fifeeptr Mm( more, ac cording to the rate levied on other property. The interest is payable semi-annnally by coupons attached to each note, which may be cut off and sold to nay bank or banker. The interest amomats to 9ne cent per djr on a $56 notfK To cents $100 " Ten 5vO f 20 &1O0O - m ; $5oo Xotioe of a,U the denominations named wilt to promptly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions. this is . THE 0HLT L0AH" IS MARKET bow offered by the Government, and it is confidently expected that its superior adrantage will make it the Great Popular Loan of the People : Less thai! $200,000,000 remain unsold, which will probably be disposed of within the next CO or 90 days, when the notes will undoubtedly command a premiam, as has uniformly been the case on closing the subscriptions" to the other Loans. In order tbsteiUieas eferery town nd seetioa wf the atry navy Worde4tttiW' tor UUmfti he loan7 the National Banks, State Banks," and Private Bankers throughout the country hare gen- wrsily agreed U receive subscriptions at par. Sub- oeribers will select their own agents, in whom they fiare confidence, and, who only are to be responsible for the delivery of the notes for which they reeetve orders. - -. JAY COOKE, Smbiertption Agent, Pkila. nsT Subscriptions reoeired by the flnt National Bank of MamUld. eb. 25, 1865. The Ninth National Bank - Of THK CITT 01 NEW.Y0BK. tiAPiTAi. $i,ooo,oor paid inrr Fiscal" ag ent o f un itedl states, ' And Special Agtntfo f Jay Cooke, Subscription Agent, WILL DELIVER 7-0 NOTES, FREE OF CHABOE, by express, in all parts of the country, and reeeire in payment Checks on New York, railedetphi and Boston, enrrent "bills, and all fire iper efcat. Tnterett aoVer, WUk InUrest to dato or subscription. Order sent by mall will be promptly filled. -: - - ' . ; - This Bank reoeires the accounts of Banks and bankers on favorable terms; also of individuals keep-"leg New York accounts. J. U. ORVIS, President. : MarcliVo-S ' J.T. HILL, Cvhier. 2T.NQX COUNTY BANK. . 30 LOA.ISr. Opi- BONDS, large and small denominations) J."OU eoattantly en hand and" for nit &tfe Knox Cennty Bank. A. OtiL'SVEE, ; March 18-ml - Caekier. Oertificate of Authority Efirot. National Dank. :is'y. W HUUHI VEttSDH, VH19. "TREA8URY DEPARTJUENT, . OJtoe of Comptroller of tk Cnrrenty Wasxixstox, March 1.7th. 1865. Wt BXRSAS. bVsatisfaetorr evidaneo swrasawted Y; te te mnerslgmd, ft bas been tku&t to ap-tar thjiftn First National Bank r Mount Ver . non," la the City of Mount Vttron In the County of Knox, jmd State or Ohio, has been: dnjy. erganised-xtnder and aexwrdlng to th yannttetttmUnf ! Act e fCoxrta satitted "An Act to provide a .National Currtneyi secsred by aplexlgeof United States bonds, ad toetetidf Ibr the- circnlatlo and redemption theteotMFWtxJeSVmt, d has ed with all the, pfwrisjeaa of said Aet reqnUred to be emplled with before commencing -the business f ; Banking undwr said Act: t-.i . r .? fir the eee C Comptroller of Cnrreney being Taeant, Ba theterore. t,amuel T. Howard, Deputy Com p. oli er the Cmney, do hereby certify that "The Yirst National Bonk of Mouf Vernon,'' in the City f Xoont Vernon, la the County of Knox, and State f Ohio, Ja autherisede eommeneo the business of nnxing naaer uw Act aAureaaid.: . ... In Testimony Whereof, witness bt)mJ )aaa seal oromoetna BeventoaBtli U .f (Siirned) j? : 8AMTJEL T. H0WABD, -v Depot ComptroUsr of the Currency. ft CaZ t the MtSierltT nbero given this Bank will eoexas a VaBiaass, Batnrday, April 1st,' loot at Its moo la t- IXUlef Xlockeerner of, Mela' A Viae Monat Vernoa, Uarek tU, tUi. - C. DELANO, rridrnL .March 15. - ". ' - MoyxTr Yanxox. C.iHwb S21MMi, oiTuroflUaralrC Allt Certiaeates of Dw I From the Register. lxttitdt.tAi BT O. HAVt At midnight in kis hn'mblo teht, An eld man dronmpt of that bright hoar. When grease, her course to heaven bent, Should come forth -nt his power. - In dreams he saw areund displayed The trophies of his greasy trade In dreams he saw the oily tide Boll swiftly down the mountain' Side, And saw it fill th Valleys wide - Wlta halufb'i olessihgs fat : . He law his rivals calmly stare, fts hear his name borne an the air As So-and-so, the millionaire, : , And hope for luck like that. At midnight in the forest shades The oOy men encamped ; a motley band. Some of them thrifty Yankee blades Far off from Northern land; There speculators had been rash ; Therehad tney snak their wells and cash There had their prospects gone) to Upon k former day. And now there breathed that tainty air, A host who Wttt nad fetfen there, .With luck to ify, aJ cash to spare, . As fr as mnch at thy Some houfl passed on j the oil man Woke And found his dream no idle joke, He woke -to hesr his Watchman speakv To hear his trenehmen round him shriek One lasting yell that ne'er did cease . - Hussa ! it comes, the grease, the grease ; .And grease spots falling thick and fast As rain drops from the mountain olon& And then with voice as irpmpet load The oil man cheered them on : Workill every pore perspires, . Work 'tis strength my claim requires, Work TH yet defy the buyers, Work Hr my profit's goB. They 'roVe, iow hard no tongue can tell ; They piled the barrels thick around They sought to stop the flowing well And mm ihle'fhing baA in the gronS-, fbey chnieysJ ; but the oil man fell Into a tank and '-drowned. . A few despon.dihg rivals near, , Who heard that tfttfA Vis joyous ctfteT Now saw his 'bs.fcars disappear X nd 'heard Vis VrWfhfhg'deaA j Thfey mourned his fate as Wry sad ; And all declared it "Was too bad." But curst the foreign taste that fakd Scpnlcred him ft greaafe. Come to th hett-pecked httaVa'hd'--btah, Come help the lawyer Waste his btearh, - Come to the toper when h fealfe ' He's found that enemy that steals Away his brains, and calmly think . c . His 3aota Ctted e-f earthly eUimkmi '-" t Coene to tae CHoT in the etorxe, . The soldier la his uniform, - - " . Come when thsTheart beats high and warm Beside some sympathetic form, 5 And then we ean but say at least Thou art indeed a fatal gneet. But to the oil man, when his shaft ' : Has pierced the sombre shades below, And thete comes forth a solid draught, A clear, substantial, oily flow; When gold by thousands be can see, r And thinks of " millions yet to be," When then thon eomest with aspect grim - From off thy dark and dreary shore, to bring thy message unto him,. , ' Then then thy call is doubly sure. Petroltal na a Rjtmdllng waif drease feathered in your childhood's days, Posterity can ne'r decide To curse thee or to praise, The fsw who haply win thy smile Shall hold thee ap to fast, While thoasands Who do not " strike ile" Will surely damn thy name. - It we pdAssecl' eolelj the lAdl .ValuaUe things in the woritWftntT were about to trill ttiem away, the following would be ottlf ptata ot distribution: - .' We would will to the world trath. and lMtnd ahip, whlcb are mery scarce. ' . We ould giVe to pfcyricla'hi skiII and leara- 10ft. : To Abolition editors power to tell the truth occasionally, To clergymen, ceal In the cause of Christ CrucFBed.TnateaA of. the nigger glorified. lo lawyers, merchatiis. brokers and public officers,, honesty. To old women, abort tongues. To tonne women, common sense, laree waists and natural feet. To servant. obedienC and &CQBlJr. To masters, humanity. To farmers, punctuality and industry. . To yoone sprouts of dandies: rood sense. little cash and hard work. To old raalds. xoat ttrta&. Kftta ts.1V nA suitable hdsbands.. To old hachhyr: & Urt or Xriae, children and wives. . V . , ; . . eawMeMawsawawawwenfjAAawAaBsennammmuHaBauaa The New York THAwju of Monday com mencce an axucis on xrresHisniy oairsox moat " The KJnr in dead Live thwKinxr An drew J ohnson. : but yesterdar almost power lees, has, by the bullet tf an aseassin. been made, the foremost man on this broad conti ent There ara enough now to flatter him and. diacern a beoirnaet Provideaea in hia elevaUoni we ara not of that- crowd.- The fU tore of our country eo prirttl to wtr, appro-henion one UtUa weik agobaa been eaddenl y overcast br a cloud of nxeaadin rJnj.k-Ba Uad Liaeoln but lived,' we are confident that txo tnJederate Cxg woald -have been flying in this country thirty Utb keaceY Now. we can- not read toe -rat or , with, any ef rtaintr. irtjt vuj.ftrue wBna(ma( ve (i9Wi;in au atarj t XSTOn tha atage bernath' ih FmUent. """"'PSvewflnjxi ct?T?t! or.toaux. was cut, showing that the epur hlt U asfctrn bV9-keo s tba.ooidemrisf ihe mUetst leaped from the box. - This, with the- pktol and hat were u uuftratni3.- An 'experiment was r3u:4t:y; wi2ici yrovee cr-c:-?vt!y C THE CJftfcAT MtAufeD. : ' Fall TJetails of the AssuEOiiatioh; ' la Olitln tTitmeaa. If nil and Graphic Aceonnt Booth'sXXore-,- jnenU During Jridaj The . Seena in the President's Box The ratal Shot and Exeape Deliberation of the ;A-stssin -The Host Intelligent Descrip tion of the Affair yet Published. From the New York World.-Washiwotox, April 17; 1865. Some very deliberate, but not at all ' extra ordinary, movements were- made by a handsome and extremely well-dressed young man, in the city of Washington, last Friday. At about llz o'clock A. M.., this person, whose name is J. Wilkes Booth, by profession an actor, and recently en eared in - oil speculations. sauntered into Ford's Theater, on Tenth, be- tWeeb E and F streets, and exchanged greet ings with the man at the fox-offiee. In the conrerration which ensued, the ticket-agent informed Booth that a box was taken. for Mr. Lincoln and General Grant, who were expect ed to visit the theater, and contribute to ; the behent Of Miss Laura Keene, and satisfy the curiosity of a large audience. . Mr. Booth went away with a jest, and a lightly-spoken "Good afternoon' Strolling down to -Pum- phreys' stable,1 on C street, in the rear of the National Htttel. he engaged a saddle-horse, a high-strung, rast, beautiful bay mare, telling Mr. Pum phreys that he should call for her in the middle ot the afternoon.: THITS MS. : J0HN892T. From herelie went to the Kirkwood llotel. on the corner of i'ennsvlvanta Avenue and Twelth streets, where, calling for a card and a sheet of note-paper, he sat down and wrote upon tne nrst as ioiiows : - "For Mr. Andrew JvfiMtbh : I don't wfen to i disturb you ; are you at b.offie t To this message, which" was sent up by the obliging clerk, Mr. Johnson responded that be was very busily' tnearfed. Mr. Booth smiled, and turning to his sheet of notepapeVk wrote on it. The fact, if Tact it.14, that be had been disappointed in not obtaining an exami nation of the Vice-President's apartmentbs and a knowledge of the Vice-Preeiden's pWbabfe whereabouts the ensuing evenlr.gv iti tiK) way, affected bis composure. The note. thV contents of which are unknown, WaB elgWed , artd sealed within a Tew moments. Booth;: arose, bowed to an acquaintance, and passed into the ctrreL His elegant person was seen on the avenue a few minutes, and was withdrawn into the Metropolitan Hotel. : Bt VISITS CIS StkfUt. '. . . At 4 P- M., ht Again appeared at F'nm- pbrey's li Very -BtaMe, 'mounted the mare be hs eieax,ed. "rtjfle leisurely p street, turn ext.fntv-wxtw11i'twen''NiiMfr;: and" Tenll street -"44 fteKcw Wpb altei tevleeingRy the rear or l ord llieattr. wMcn iroto tfn Tenth street, between' and T streets. Sere bo alighted and deposited the mare in a email stable off the alley, which be bad hired some time before, for the aooommodatfow tof -& &d- d!e horse which he had recently -sold. Mr. Booth soon afterward, retired from the stable. and is supposed to hire -refreshed himself at a neignoonng uar-rooui. .. .- . ' -. ;-: . THE SCKXa AT THE THEATBR. At 8 o'clock the same 'evenlngr President Lincoln and Speaker Colfax sat together in a private room at the White House, pleasantly conversing. ; tfenerai urant, with whom tne President bad engaged to attend ford's Thea ter that evening-, had left with his - wife -for Burlington. .New Jersey, in the 60 clock train. After this departure, Mr. Lincolnrather.-reluctantly determined to keep his part of the engagement, rather than to disappoint' his friends and the audience. Mrs. Lincoln, en1 tering the room and turning to Mr. Col fax; said in a half laughing, half serious way,. "Well, Mr. Lincoln, are you going to the theater with me or not?" "I suppose I shall have to go, Colfax," said the President, and the Speaker took his leave,. in company of Major Ruthbone, of the Provoet.-Marebal Gen eraPs office, who escorted Miss Harris daughter of Senator Harris of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln reached Ford's Theater at twenty minutes before 9 o'clock. : ? wan filled in every part with a large ahd brllantly attired audience. As the Presidential party, ascended te etairs, and Dassed behtntl tne dress-circle to the entrance tjT tha private box reserved fbt them, the whole assemblage, having in mind live recent Union victories, arose, cheered, waving bats ami handkerchiefs, and manifesting every other accustomed sign of entbuaiasni. The President, last to enter the box, turned befose dojrig so, and bowed a courteous acknowleJgraent of his reception. At the moment of the President's arrival, Mr. Hawks, 0neof the actors, performing the well-known part of "Dundreary," had exclaimed : "This reminds me vjf a story, as Mr. Lincoln saya.? The audi- ence forced-him, after the interruption r tp. tell the story over again.'1 It evidently creased Mr. Lincoln.'Who tnrned laaghtn to his wife. and made a remark wbictt was not overheard. - :- - tub aox. : ' f ' Tne bo !n which the President eat eoosis-ted of two boxes turned into one. the. middle, partition feeing removed, as on all occasions when a state party visited the theater.5 The box was 00 a level with the dress-circle about twelve feet above the'stage. There were Iwo eotrancea-e the door, nearest to the wall having been closed and locked f the 'door nearest the balustrades of the dress-circle, and at right angles' with- it, being open and left open after the .visitors had- entered, t The interior was carpeted, lined with crimson paper-and. far? isbed with a sofa eovered . with .tritneonttl vet, three arm-chairs olmilartly covered, and aix cmnebottomd chain. "FetrbhB rjf ftaga hung befbra the front of . tha box; againat a be45nd olcev.-r ii r, I :.-jr Aaajuroxasunr oF.-tna jatTt.:t : i. President Lincoln took one of the arm.!. aim and. eeated hjmwtlf in ike front pf the . box, in the angle nearest the audience Where, partul-1 J ecreened trom obtervatlon he had the l-t new f what was transpiring t W aiae.- ixra. ittocoin tat next b -.and Mies Jlarris a .1,r persons in the box. ; '. A . , - - -. - -- - hi mr:r- it- v -r I ta.te opposite angle, nearest; the ju-.: Ji Ijor Bathbone eaC jost behind: Mrs. Lined land Mlsa ' Harris, t Thesa-four Were h o ; I The play proceeded, aHfiodgh 0ur Am t can CbuK" whheta tir. Bothernr haV eiaca that gtntlsrsan depsrtttre fronltis cctitry. 1 r',s j lit creaei a-rery t!2ll f" 3"; tk isi ...About tb; beginning ttf tka-aeconJ aet the mar standing in the stable inrear 6L the theater, waa disturbed ;m" tle midst- of her: meal by the entrance of tha young. man who bad quitted her. in thaaftetnoon f It is presumed that she was saddled and bridled with exqui- --BOOTH BaTlai TIB; THlatit;i-Havings com pleted lbse preparations. Mr. Booth entered the theater by the stage door ; sumntoned one of the scene shifters, Mr. John Spangler, emerged throuxh the same door with that individual, leavibjgTthe &96t Open. and. left the mare in his hands to be held untitle (Booth) should return. 3ooth; wh6 Was even more faahhmablVV aha 'xichlv 'dressed ' than Usual, walked thence aroiined to the front Of the theater, and -went icj,-Ascending to the drees-circle, he stood for a little' time gating around tlpon the audience, and beeasiohally upon the stage; in hie usual graceful manner. He was subsequently observed by Mr, Ford, the proprietor of the theaten to be elowly elbowing his way through the crowd that pick ed tre rear of tEe drees circle toward the right side, at the extremity oft which was the . box where Mr. and Mrs. Ltnolto and: their companions were seated. Mr. Ford casually noticed this as a slightly extraordinary symptom of interest on the part of an actor so familiar With the routine of the theater and the play ;. arraoACH or tfix caisls. . . . ; Tlie curtain had arisen on;the - third act, "Mrs. Mountcheasington. and "Asa Tren-chard" were exchanging -vivacious stupidities, when a young man, so - precisely resembling the one a described as JWilkes Booth that he.is asserted to be the same, appeared before the open door of the President's box, and prepared to enter. . ; ; -u . - - - - THE ASSASSIN T THE BOX POOE. The servant who attended Mr. Lincoln said politely, "this a the President's box. sir : no one is permitted to enter.' am a senator," responded the person. "Jttr, Lincoln, has sent for me." The attendant rave way, and. the young man passed into tne box T9 BOX, As he appeared at the door, takln? a mifek. comprehensive g ance at 'the interior, Major r. 1 . . - ' - .4 . . - Rath bone arose. Tars you aware, r sir, ne said, courteouelr i.. . . I 1 . . 7 . t uuuu wuum tuu in liiLru- dingf TBis fa tue Irreef nent s box-, aud no one ia admitted." The intruder ans wered not a .word. Fastening his eyes upon Mr. Lincoln, wlio -bad naif turned his head -1? ascertain what caused the disturbance, he- stepped Quickly back without the floor. - - ' .:; : . - - - ta sfeoT, 4 ' Drawing a t)erringcr pistol, and taktng, by means of some almost roiraeulous calculation. a deadly aim, he fired through the closed door on his right, the ball passing through thedWr, and wntenpglhe brain ofihe PVesKleni. : TfTB viBaAssiNar7USHt,; V The fnoVemente of the. assassin, were 'from thenceforth quick as lightning. Springing in- .2ftut:ietr ..;,'m -Boor, andr iraw4nga boWraife, struck jor itain oone, w 00 oppooea ; ui ai, ri ppmg " . . ti a a a . - . . x - r througn bis coat Trom ttteonoalder down, and maiming severe una wuunu id nie arrn.-H e lea ped th en upon the vol vefcorered "bal- tffstraite at rtte frnaf the box- between Mrs. Lincoln and Miss u arris, ahd, parting With both bands the flags that drooped on either side, dropped to the stage beneath. . Arising and turning full upon the audience, with , the knife lifted in hi right band above bis head, he shouted 1 ySie ttinptr tyrannii -Virginia ie avenged 1' Another instant and he had fled across the stage and behind the scenes. Colonel J. B. Stewart, the Only person in thn audience Who seemed to comprehend the deed he had committed, cumbed from his seat neat the orchestra to the stage, and followed close behind. ' . Th assassin was too fleet and too desperate ; that fury incarnate, meeting Mr. Withers; the leader"of the orchestra, Just b& hind the scenes, had stricken him aside with a blow that fortunately waa not a wound, overturning Miss Jenny Gourlay, an actress, w bo came next in his path. He gained, without further hindrance, Hie hack door previously left open at the rear or tbe theater, rushed through it, Reaped npon the horse held by Mr. Spangler, and without vouchsafing thatperson-a word ot information, role out through the alley leading into F street , and ' thence rapidly away;' His hcrse's hoofs might almost have been heard amid thy silence- that for a few seconds dwelt in the interior of the lhat$r. 51 ; - :-. ' ; ' . THE SCENE HT THE THEATKE. - ' ' Then Mrs. Lincoln scre&Yned, Mine itarrie cried for walet," and1 1 the ull, ghastly truth broke u poii ail-i"ThePresident is murderedl'' The sterre that ntted was a tnmulioas and terrible as troe nf ftantei - picinres o( Veil. Some women fainted,' others altered piercing shrieks, and cries for vengeance, and unmeant ing ehtmts for kelp burst from the rnoiUhs 'of nin Miss Lanra Keene. the actreaa, proved herself, in this awful time, aa equal U sustain a part in real tragedy, as to interpret that of tne stage. - fassing one momeui neiore toe footligbta'to-entreat the audience fo Je. calm, she ascen3ed the' stairs in the' rear of Mr. Lin1 coln box entered it, tooki the -flying President's head in her lap. bathed it.withtha-wa-ter she had brought, and. endeavored: ' lo force some of the liquid through the insensible lips. The locality of tha wound wM atfiratenrpoeed to be in tho breaat- 't was not Ontil after the neck and shoiilders bad jbeenbared and jo mark discovered, that the drees of Mias Keene aUined witlCbloodrevealedl, Where the ball iff 'z a j5;b isEHStatslD .; As soon as v the confusion, and crowd were partially overwrap the form ofthe ' President War conveyed from tbe theater to the f Oidenise of lib Peterson, .on tba'ObpOaiie eide jol Tenth street. H Here, npon n..bei, in little kaetily rpnalred ehamber. it - waa laid "and '&tlnded by Sargeon-General Barnes and oth?r phYsi cdua; speedily HiltmlDonedVI 4, .M.3oZXWXiTZC-. :?.- jrea a dltlbgnlshx officer oftke vaRny, who was' sitting-near tba'PresidVntV to 'at tbe time' of his aBnassination; 'we h'ae teceiv-e J t'a following interef ting etatement t"-s- On the ollht of rridari priIr-l4,lJd5 j Cbtnpany; with a fend-l went to ford's Tfc ea ter, arriving there Just alter the? entefatsce . of i iresiviv'..Ai rsnj : ire-nus crpcziia aiua -pi thm rf fl V.. : n Ki.In irl tnnk acove - a lzzla ct tie dr?-3-clrc!: t-i : Cf t!:9 bOX.' L " tenintof t!.a 1 . -t.frcn-thsjdoor tit :rr 1 a. 9--- C the cL-J? fceiii 1 . ; r. ,t ...ff Preside&t Lincoln asd the party "accompany I think now it was meant forLieutenant-General GranL ' The man went away. Some time after I- was disturbed in my seat by a man who desired to pass upon the aisle in Which I was sitting." - . ; ; - ? Giving him. room by bending my chair forward, he passed me and stepped one level , be'-low me. ; Standing there he waa almost in the line of aighyahd I saw him While Watching the play. lie stood as 1 remember one lint above .the messenger, and remained there perhaps one minute, apparently looking at the stage and the orchestra below. . Then he drew a number of vibiting cards from his pocket, from which, with some attention, he drew or selecwd nn. These thiuga t eaW distinctly. I aaw'bim start, and I think descend upon the level with the messenger by his right aide. He showed the card to the messenger. My attention Was then more closely fixed upon the scene, and t do not know whether the cant was carried in by the messenger, or his assent given to the entrance of tbe man who presented it. I saw a few moments aftir, the man entering the door of the lobby leading to the lox, and the door closing'behind hi in. -This was seen because t could not avoid observing it, the door side of the proscenium box and the stage being all within the direct and right oblique lines of eight. How long I watched the play after this entering, I do not know. It was, perhaps, two or three minutes, possibly four. The taws Was still, the large audience listening to the dialogue between -"Florance Trenchard'nd "May Meredith." when the. sharp report of a pistol rangthrough the house. It was apparently fireVbehind the scenes upon the right of the stage and behind the President's box. While it startled every one, yet it Was evidently accepted by every one as an introduction to some new passage, several of which bad been introduced in the early part of the play. A moment after, a man leaped from off the box directly down, nine feet on the stage, and ran rapidly across bareheaded, and holding an unsheathed dagger in his right handi the blade of which flashed brightly as he came within ten feet of the opposite exit. In the gas-light I did not see his face as be leaped or ran, but I am confident that he was the man I saw enter. As he leaped he cried distinctly and aloud the motto of the State tf IT; - it cr. ' . m . v irginia oc. semper, lyranma. .. 1 ue n earing of this and the sight of the dagger explained fully to me the nature of the deed he ha t committed, tn a second more be had disappeared behind the side-scene. Consternation seemed for a moment or two to rivet every one tor the seat.' The next ' moment confusion reigned supreme. I saw the features of-the man distinctly before he entered the box, having surveyed . him contemptuously before he entered, supposing he was an- ill-bred fellow, who was pressing a selfish matter apon the President in his hours of leisure. The assassin of the President is about five feet and a half inches in bight, blaekbair, and I suppose black eyes.. 11 did . not turn his face more than quarter-front, as I "remember, with the exception of a mbustache of moderate eie. t)f tai. J am t not: poertire. . H 'wt -1 - JCx . LI I - A . .1 . . MWtccotw approximating to av dress-: Tree rimmed, flattoppeiL, roatid-coraerrf lIack Lat of felt. He was a gentlemanly -looking person, having no decided or obtrusive' marks. He seemed for a moment or t w to survey the nous's with the deliberation of a haUtue of the th eaten . . . . .- ' ' - J .K -4V " ', ; ' fiisi Lana Scene's Statement. ; - - Prominent among thoe mentioned in con-aectron W-irti tbe incident of te late tragical death; vf our worthy Prertdent, Is tire name of iss Laura Iteeire, tlie actress. In order to place her right in history, the following facts will suffice; : . . Miss Keene was tfefrind the Bcenm at the time of the shooting, waiting to come on the stage. She was near the place theatrically known as the tormentor. She was on the no tlycTn -ridejA the theater, while the President's box was on the sontnern' side. Miss Keene's position was near the prompter's desk, but as that official was absent calling some of the actors, she' placed herself near the point where she could more readily enter npon her part. - Sftfe Waa, at the time expectjjig to see the ingress of M r. S peat, W hose part Was at hand, and prepared to break his fall as he entered in -a drunken scene; but instead - of receiving Mr. Spear, Mr. Booth pushed nis Way suddenly through the side scene, striking Miss Keene on the hand with his oWn, In which he held the dagger. She, for a second time, looked at him, and saw It Waa another person from the tone she expected, and. instantaneously she heard the cry that the President was shot The cry wan spontaneous ' among the audience, and many of them were making for the stage. She then knew that something Was occurring, as Women were 'screaming, men hallooing, and children crying, as if a -fire panic had taken place.-. , Miss Keene Went to the front of the stage, and, addressing the bewildered audience, said. "For God's sake have presence of mind and keep yor places, and all we be Well." Notwithstanding this sppeal the atrdienc were boisterous,- and While all seemed. Willing to detect the perpetrator of. the jreat crimes but one madjp a move to this end. . Miss. Keene, after momenUHly arresting the panic and conter-nation in-the audience, heard the cry of Miss Harrts, saying, "Miss Keen, bring ;Wa-JBr.'.- Misa . Keener responding to the - call, made her way,, which was rather circuitous, through the dress circle to the President's box, and got there a few momenta after the oceur-rerit. v - . ; , ... - ' There sbe saw Mrs. -Lincoln, in the agony nf a.-devoted wifeHiUeriog : thoC most piteous cries. Misa Keepa attenrpted to jpacity heV, at the.same timn offering all. the . good -ofncee In her boWer; but she waa convinced, from her ooservation, that human help' was in ' Tain. JUwa xLeene remained with the President Ha-til he was taken from the theater it.H-i?J i A fervent supporter. of our honest Presfdefili who' believes With . t)r. .Heacok that the Only Hgbtof the rebels Is that to "hemp, In learning' that. Lee and his arnlyTlad ; surrendered, kad that Jeff. CavU was probably. beyond the reach of ? Justice exclaimed despondlngly. What is this war to end and nobody be bang, edl JThe thoughts that the sarrender of Lee ts s&ef the litres of thousands of f our so)-clsrsauurdsd hint no pleaaafe. ' Tlie prcj;3ct cf the early-termination" of the 'War and . the restoration cf the Union was to bin a gloomy enfc. V7.e-haT no eytarsthv. t'aoee who mourn because no more live 1 tr'ty be. lost in tbUtr-U civil .war.jfcoui.' jt -if ': . . i-i - i. CZ&- flrf tt U stated tht --;:r.tr-c-n-ta -will f33 give 1 ll.s ' . . r. fuUdc.-- I... ... -.-, . t .. fc5 fc,- i-.-. - - - . . . - . - f -. -fc . - - f . From the railadelphia Iaqeirer. Letter of John Willies Booth. Proof JbaX he lleditated the Crime Months Ago;.;.; ; h,,-: Cofllesiei that he was Engraved in a Plot to Captnte and Caxry off the President. r " r- ' IIIS EXCUSES FOB T1TE COlff EM- : v PIATD ACT .. His Participation in the Z3ention . . of eTohn Brown ; A 8ECESSI01T BHAPSODtl The following verbatim copy of a letter, in writing, Whhih ia the hand-writing or John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln, has been furnished us by the Hon. Wm. H ill ward. United States Marshal of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It was handed over to that officer br John S. Clarke, who is a brother-in-law of Mr. Booth.' The history connected with it is somewhat peculiar In November, 1864, the paper was deposited with Mr. Clarke by Booth, in a sealed envelope, "for safe keeping," Mr. Clarke beiig ignorant of the contents. In January last lSxlh called at Clarke's house, asked for the package, and it was given up to him. It is now supposed that at the time he took out the paper and added to it his Signature, which appears to be in a different ink from that used in the body tf the letter, and also from the language employed could not have been put to it originally. Afterward he returned the package to Mr. Clarke again for safe keeping, sealed, and bearing the superscription. "J. Wilkes Booth." The mclosure was preserved by the family without suspicion of its nature. . After the afflicting information of the. assassination of the President, which came upon the family of Mr, Clarke with crushing forced it was considered proper to open the envelope. 'There was found in it the following paper, with some eev en-thirty United States bonds, and certificates of shares in oil companies. Mr. Clarke promptly handed over the paper to Marshal Mill ward, in whose custody it now remains. From a perusal nfthre paper, it seems ro have been 'prepared by Booth as ' a vindication of some desperate act which he bad in contemplation; and from the language used, it is probable that it waa a plot to abduct the President and carry him. off to Virginia.,: If this was meditated it failed; atod from making a prisoner of the President to his assess! nation was an easy step for a man of perverted principles. It . also appears that Booth , Waa one of.the party who was engaged in the capture and execntion Of John Brown, of OesawattO'mle. at which Cime he itoubleeB'nnbibed'from Wise and bis associates those detestable rentimenla of cruelty which have culminated' in . an, infa-v . : - - mt 1 . . n - .1 ious cnnj. - x no lenec i aa loiiowst- tMnk best., but as socio biaywa w a.aow wnen. Who and wby, and as lr know rat pow to direct, I give it, (in the words of yoar maa- rz) . 7 ' : . . .:. To waov rr mat coxcxax: - : . , V . "Right or wrong, God judge- me, not man.-For be my motive good or bad. Of nne thing I am Sure, the lastingootidemnation of the North. i -:.'- -.. ;.- .. . . "I love peace more than life, ' Have loved the Union beyond expression. For four years have I .waited, hoped and prayed for the dark clouds to break, avd for a restorStiOn tf our former sunshine. ; To' Wait longer would be a crime. AH. hope for peace is dead. My prayers have proved as idle as my hopes. God's will be done. I go to see and share the bitter ndv , ' . -:; I have aver held the South were right. The very nomination pf Abraham Lincoln, four years ago, spoke plainly war war upon Southern rights and Institutions. His election proved it. 'Await an Overt act.'- ;.Vea, till you are bound and plundered. 'What folly! The South was wise. Who thinks or argument and patience when the finger of his enemy presses on the trigger? In a foreign War I, too, could Say, "Country right rr Wrong Bnt in a struggle such as ours (where the brother tries to pierce th brother's heart), for God's sake, choose the right. When avsonn- try like this snnrns justice from her side, she forfeits -tne allegiance Of every honest Tree-man, and should leave htm unttammeled by any fealty soever, 10 act as his conscience may approve. . - ""People of the North, to hate tyranny, to love liberty and justice, to Strike'at WrOng and oppression, was the teaching Of our fathers. The stndy of our early history will not let me forget iti and may it never.' " "This country Was formfcd fbr the .white, not tor the black man. And lookinr uhoa AT- rican slavery from the sanle stand-point held4 oy tne nooie tramera or our uonstituTtdb, 1, Tbr one, have ever considered it OnS drthe greatest blessings (both for. themselves and ns) that God ever bestowed npon a favored nation. Witness heretofore our wealth and power; Witness their elevation and enlightenment abover their race elsewhere. 1 haf llVed amonj U most Of my: lire, and have seen less harsh treatment frona master to mAn than I hare beheld In the North from father fd son. Yet, HeaVen knows, no pne would be wilting to do mora fbr the negro race lhAn : 1, could I but see a Way tOStll bettef their condition. " . Bat Lincoln's polhjy is only preparing the Way for their total attnihirario'd. The South are not, nor havi they been '; fighting fbr the continuance of slavery.1 The. first battle of Bull Bun did : away with that Idea. Their nausea since, for War, has been as noble and greater far than-those ( that urged our fathers on. - Even should . We allow that the were wrong at the beginning of this contest, cruelty and injustice have made the wrong become the righti And they fctafad: ndW fbetbre the wonder and admiration 01 the World) as a noble ban! of patriotic heroes.- Hereafter,' f Sad-lo or their deeds; Thermopylis will be forgotten. V --V. lr.i-.,V-A. :When I raldelin' Anspldre'Vea-tlptf ofJohn Brown (who was'a murderer on our 'Western border; and who was fairly tried and convicted, before an impartial iod?e aftd jury, of treasonand rwhoT-hythaway, has since been mad God),'-1 wis -proud olnr we ireossciicn, o 1 tieerneJ it ay utttyiattdihatrrwa htlg onrciiiiKid'e 'country. 13 perform an act of justice. Bat now test ;an t"yf i t:d.i?nzrationl Vice 13 ti- iie a virtue E-raply tecsuse ;rc"re It. " ' ' " . . ":'- ' ' 'Iad3?- ta vni was a crime in rc;r John Brown, is consiJei-ei (by - thei..Ua) ns lie grei and 'Cily1 vU-t3 cf tLa - w to! Jteput:: 'I lit-. .tt:. f r.-7, 1' -t tU A!:'i- openly curse the Union, If the South - are Id return and retain aaingle right guaranteed to them by every tie' which we one revered t sacred. The South can make no choice. J t is either extermination of slavery 3or them-selves (worse thah death) " to draw from "f ' know my choice. - ' "- . -. r - -; " 'I havw also studied hard to discover npon--what grounds . th right of a State to neeeda. has been denied, when our very name. United, States, and the Declaration of Independence. . both provide for secession. But there is no" time for words. I write . in haste. I knowt " how Joolish I shall be deemed for undertakiug such a step As this where, 00 the one side, t. have many friends, and every thing to make me happy,; where ' my profeneion alone has gained me aa . income ot more- than twenty thousand dollars a year, and wherermy great. personal ambition in my profession has such , ; . a great field for labor. ' .' .. "On th 1 other, hand, the South have never bestowed upon me one kind word; a place now where 1 have no friends,, except beneath tbe sod; a place where I must either become a pri . vate soldier or a "heggar. To . give up " all.br the former for the latter, besides tny mother f ' and sisters, whom I love so dearly, (ah hough - they, so widely differ-, from me in opin?on,) seems inh&ne. But God ie tny Judge. 1 love Justice more than I do a country tbat disowns. ".-it; more than fame and wealth; mere Heaven rirdon me if 1 wrong) than a happy home.-!: have been u pon a battle-5eJd, but O. my ,-countrymenl could you all but see the reality,, or effects of thia horrid war, as t have en f them, (in every State, save Virginia,) I know-you would think like me, ami would pray the Almighty to create in the - Northern mind s sense of right and justice even should it pos sess no seasoning of mercy, and that He would dry up this sea of blood between us, which w daily growing wider. : Alas! poor country, ii'i she to meet her threatened doom? . . . V "Four yars ago, "I would have' given a-thousand lives to see her remain (as I had always known her) powerful and nnbrokew. And even now I would bold my life as naught,-to see het whatrshe was. G. my friends, it tbsu-fearful scenes of the pist four years had nev- : er been enacted, or if what has been had been bnt a frightful dream, from which we ooeld'- now awake with what everflowii-g hearts could We bless our God and pray . for. bio coi-- . tinued favor. . How. I have loved the old flag. 3 can never now be known." A feW yrare since, and the entire World con id boast ot none so pure- and Bpottens.- But I JiaVe of late tieen seeing C and hearing of thejbloxuly . deeds of which sha,.V has been made the emblem, and would shed. 4 der tO think how changed she bad grown.- O, hoW I have longed to see her break from the mist of blood and death thatcircles found'.-",-her folds, spoiling her beauty and tarnishing her honor. But no, day by day has she been j " dragged deeper and deeper "jnto cruelty ahd oppression, till tioJir (in my eyes) her once""5 bright red stripes look like bloody gashes o ' the face of Heaven. - : ' 'v "- .-J i "I look now opon my early admirstioa ot her glories as a dream. My love (aa thinga, - stand to day.) is Tor the South alonel' Nof . do t deem ft a dishonor jn attem pting to tnakw, bwea so much Of mreery. If success attends me I go pennilees to her aide. They say she has'.-found that "fast rflttfh Which the NorthhavrM.V-so4ong-deffded, and been endeavoring to fore' her in, forgetting they are our brothers and.-? . thaf it's impolite to goad an ejjemy ,to mad-ness. Shxj?ld X reach her in safetv'and find it true, t Will proudly beg permission to trl ' uph or die in that same 'ditch by btteldev "A Con federate, doing dutv upon hi pwa responsibility, J. WILKES BOOTH." -, Prbm tb Albany Argus and Atl.) ' "' '" th . Bowth Trag-eiian! Three : of the sons ct. the late' tragedta)"" Booth, appeared on jhree, different stages on t'riday titeht Jtmtus Brutus ;Btjnh in Qa-cinnati, Edwio Booth in Boston, and J. Wikf --es Booth in Washington the last in thec4 dreaoful trage'y woven outof his own craXed-dreatos, which perverted Lincoln into a desara ' and himself in to. a Brutusl . '- ' ' ! - He was the youngest of the threw, lie ies fj. ; her i ted much of, the genius, and more Ofthi .4 madness nf his father. He Wasi born la -Haf ; ford Cdunty, Marylamhwhere his father lived as a farmer, for several years after his WHb V' drawal : from ; the stage. He Is now twenty- : " seven years of age.- He" waa atobitiouS) !m- ? : pulsive, and so resHied his part on the Stage . as to forget his persona! identity ! Whew be , played "Bichard" he wanted to km "Rich-" aond;" as "firntos' he aonghtto drive the- , dagger intotbe heart of the rttinjie Cseoar." . He Wounded an actor, out Westi. in one of . ,-these mock fights on the stsge. - The earn ' story is told of Booth, the father; hut so trna-Was it Of the son, that actors retneed to play with him. ' : ' - Once. In this eitr, while playlh. heVabbed. A: htmself so seriously as td snfier many weekV "" i7 from from the wound. " , - f ' ' " ' lie Was a silent, imwsfnAtleo mow. i Tho ? v Roman Brutna wts the ideal of bialifeJ . Hj father 'had the aafwe tendency, and th aamea j of his son Junius Brtitus, and this pne-Jt . Wilkes, testify bis admiration of the men dia-'-tingnlMhed in struggles against power. vJ r- t He made money a ear. or two ago in oil r speculations, it is Said and become at times, ,-fearfhl l dissipated. " . He WaS a fated man,-alwayn geUlag-in(v-tro&blsv- He Waa Shot onoe on WU- WhiU .1 in this city, plAlng at ths-QarotT, bo was th. .j hero Of a eence in which a jealoaa woman t- y-a are.!, thtfeAtenlng him wifa a pistol: . .. .; , , ." ' - He WaS master of the re pier an.1 of firearmat-- There Was something noblajn the geai of . V the father;- amid "all hU weakaeeaea.- Ths.t ipark of genius - gleanso iathe elder eon; In". it has been 4are) to a dmontrn is ih e to--som of this madyooth, who, Vika the t iuire 1 Spli-it that "f5re44he EphesiaIc--7rer;:i c:t"y' liVe ia fame' 4n. evil iaoke,' th e - '; .: ' -n? A a : Uis waa ackt the wadoe- tktt crew ef: ' the agony 4 suffering, out pf btr, ewrt of lbo. -. irenxy w fanaticism. It waa vr.imia and counterfeit Tiassioa 4he .' .-etsre oi-th iio" r and lis mocV heroisms : Le' had so Natiosal--. iV ity or State prlis violated, no borne de?o!s . : had lost oo.kin. had.no dire, alternaiivfi of" c-feiile or death leSore klm. lrapellin Ll-a " ., despair! ? Hi waa the 7 moonatrock mi.la of " lbs &ta; a painted t passion,' the tins.! t cT. " mock heroaaos, ham,whichla the crr- . 'weak brain tbat ' nursed it.". tecam e a fvrf ; realitr. He had as "Bmtns" strork'.'. sKJasar" on the sUfe s "Haml, 1 ...-f Totted . asairst the" Hi ng-as- la" s lloOr, had denm death the-cea;: r. irscte." hd d;;fl:i lu t - t r . lure was so worked it th- t: V..tj f;rfcd to Vita tL, i..l.",. tlU fr'alac: L: -- i.v L!js c tafot fy.". f " : -" .T f - . t t t 1 i 4. . . . f:ttt?h!3 l r: tsrt p:ts;l r--,' r - : "Ue: .... . t.ie i :tci wr j i t; j. t r: i tvs c :r cf t fc3 Ha C"'y t.. l-vi i t- 1 r 'fj.:v t r t h t' -r- it t'... 1 V r -c.-c : 1 v. . J 1 V : t it. C .U. s. c-'.l.jcl ti! , 'nwimv 'aW icx f ait at travsee. t U ?" -. . . 14 j- ... l Ti e t : ...ace et.I'ordVlnclaZ:?-: :-.;l- : ? cc!; t::rei ta enjoy - it ery-- 1.. W s - rrriby r!'j cf the Presiie-t l:t--! f : ' t . . : tje i, .: :.. - " ; - -A