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Saturday Morning, April 22, 1865 Tho Assassination o? Fresjt?ent Lincean. O?r t?l?graphie co?urtras will afford ell--the particulars -which have reache-d ns toucbingthe assassination o_f President Lincoln in-lhe'thbatre at ."Washington. The event will loudly effect the relations of the two countries. . The -blow Which struck down Seward, if delivered five j years a go, might hita Wa ?ed thc Ko?-th ?ta liber? tes, and ' perhaps averted a bloody war, .in which both ?ou ut ries have loet thousands of preoious lives, a thousand limes more valuable to soe i tty than all ita Seward s in the world. It will be but little improvement in the condi? tion of either section that A?jay Johnson sue* Coeds to 'Lincoln, ae mifst"be simply a tool in the hernia of the expeiU by whom he will be' surrounded. Hewitt be satisfied-, no doubt-, with any polity which does not deny' hian h ie I customary stomach)?*. When t?cb men as Li neoln and Andy Johnson Became so h ft ed i nf to tire seats pf Washington, arid Jefferson, rjie-j b eginning of tli'e end, was reached. The re-f . public did not need a bloody war for ita final] overtKtpw. The rest-^is Q?ijy a question' o?l ' time. Corr plications, confusions, srraderings, f secessions, mobs/and. ell manner of violence j and crime, mutt be natural confluents upon that general demoralization of a people wnie-h elevates the ape. the wolf, ile cur, the brote into the pedestals of ancient eminence and g lory. - The. trail of -the serpent is over them ahV Thc ??hm is-uppemiost. They have filed their minds to the condition of their hands, a nd- those nra. emcared with nil the filth of craft a nd crime, - to pay notbirg of the blood of their brethren. ^ t m? _ * BXXXT S. IcffVft.-We have not thought it] worth while to waste any words upon lite oa reer of this man who bas been to long am bi. lieut, in American -Cotgrer-F.es, Of playingTher eoWe. '1 ne poer cr? atnie is at thc end t f bis tetb er, aqd'a sony figure does he exhibit. ""He bas cent foi lb a n>snif?sto from hil place of retese in London abusive of Davis, denouncing ??'I e Ton federet 3, a teert ii g bi? consistent Union. IfftP. and n akirg n eidest suggestions to Lincoln j aa to the process** he rh&uld employ fer stifling j ."tba rebellion, in ?he ?onoiliatioa of the EontbJj .Be jprop?see thai slavery shall be extinct, sbajl.i cet ? to .*> hg?' end, on the' lat of January , iflO. }ie edvifee tfaiiiM say.abort cut to that j I ti.gri?cor.evua?titr.. Bis prenunciamento ia* as i ?*lctl??e iby ' %t WfcS tvtr ere ofjln JJeii. ( ?i s ic gi* eleys ol the Guetferors and Mp ti ventee.'. ' ?>?':' . _. _ sn-- - / PiijiA>ji mu??. ?? A "Misaviiiror-x--A . -tri*: rill? r* I nv i- ai; nil bird. I -fit is line*' to) . ' f y.1 cc} - fe? ?Vi h).-\ <??, t:i d. A i bilartbrcj el ;t T.jhtl.t" .? Ii?-!v 1 : ? i ii i?e?, 1 vt dis) les his .TA-; .? : 1 V n i il . r. lie .Iml-.r. hun's :rnd aa? j f.p.;!WH(t'._ > >11 diu I e is libe the potato?-.. :\; ;b lld irji.*.;\i. eit*io?-. I vi gerri to th? ?? i'r. '.ll Pr iii i? j * wi? y ft ? 1- hie namer all *".>>.{.*! d .Win., iud bis welds tweet j?ice, i- v* 1**\ h? an t l i. Mts a etea*. I ? t ire- read ?4 - utlnfi V 1 ? ill, ?.nd faH into the band? of, X wanthrope.--- Ct-QtU* litad*. . Our? i rora in fhe conception" of -pfe.mode for hurrying on the war with the Yafllcees or? oil the grow Ul of "W-est Point. The rote; in that "scIiooj insisted upon, artillery and. engineering; alt tho other- departments being subordinate; and this was quite trna aird proper, no doubt? in 'recognition of the necessities of European w arfare-a country 6*f raat plaina and open bnftle-firlds, densely populated, with wailed towns and scientific defences. . Bot in a coun? try Jike Oura.'of dense thicket, interminable swamp, no important and well-defended j we might and should carry on the*war for a thousand yenra. yet never suffer from a siegle field of slaughter. 4 handful of Seminoles, ,h nrdly twelve hundred, baffled for five years all th? inns of the whole United State?. The' ^ red men we re not ambitions of the glories of E u rope ? ii J^W sr; fortunately, tlfty did sot know the use of ar t ill cry, and still more fortunately 'had -n^e.wjt h' which to en cia mb er them. They ha d, lsokily ..-neither a commissariat nor a qnsr. ker master's department. Tliere Was no sp?cu? l?t ii u i meng their few o Bi ci als. They attempt? ed to fi-rt i fy no place; and contented them? pel -ti? w iib such fight? only aa enabled them to r bal ar? . and rut efl parties, when th? enemy wan loo strong openly- to ba encountered Bri?! y, t he Semiaeles did ' what we scorned to do-r?td.i#heir natural 'resources of courage, cu arij p, eetivily-the cover of their forest* the ride, the marah taekey, and a little sag!*, mite in their cern pouches. They had BO wagers, no teams, to be captured'. .They car rlfd five days' provisions in their haversacks, when these gave ont, slipped back int? their fastnessea, until new supplies ?auld be groan?1 and parched. And?nowt with three hundred thousand aids bodied nen, adepting*lhe Semi colt pocftb ia thicket, swamp and mountain, why any negotiation wbiah secures as lees than independence* - ^ M*Bf Bmoxs OF IsTKBvrjvTibN.-The Lon? don correspondance of tho Kew York Vindi rater contains evidence of the moat startling character with r? g?id te the question of foreign intervention; cwt to our mina the niost *ugues tive cireuimtanc? ia the appointment of Count de Trien tholen from the . Imperial Court of Mexico ss Minister of France to the United States. There setose to be a special purpose in thia; ?nd the whole affair has, it is asid, crested a feeling ?aa* great nneaainasa in administrative circles at "Wsakington. 'It is regarded by many aaa direct ..rebuke of tho delay ol Mr. ?.incoin in recognising "the Empire.of Mexico, .which has-been recognised by nearly -all th? Govern? ments of Europe. The last -.arrival from Havana, dated from that city. Maren Ssl, gives the following piece bf intelligence, which adda another 1? th? ai any reports we have bad recently, all ooafiiaiiog. more.or less, th? ??nf dent expectation enter tained of the iff rn tn ease of foreign interven tien:' . - - ' Mnxifnihan is fro recog? ixe sn aurelia', ely tb? Southern Ccrftdeiscy, em mea ta- ib#rr. th? poet of Tampico, or .some other, in which tr ttrrv their pm**. There t? b? adjie ?cai td ali? sold*. -;. * We gire this ri poi t without vouching fi?; 'accnVae'yr'iutit ia a fact ihsHJ.o r.f>n*-r*.e*> nition'by tbe Washil gio? A'dmmwtrsrti?rt c{ .1 . Mexieaw fmpirf i:as. berJi ptodyctiv* ot tvr unpleasant leehrgt m tl ? j ?i l cf Juts : .>? lewaidh (he United Statu?. > ";" [An?nsta (k>a**4t*m it>**i;i'O' -. Tb* efl?ee ol' %i? "Co/i.w&?a jr^eWM?I?s^. cl? Gates Street, second door from Plain, . -. ^ r^lTV OBDINANCX.-YYe ?re requested fr? ad? visethe public that the-city authorities aro re? solved to* enforce, the ordinanceagainst hogs sud goats running at large in this city. Ft'owjfaa AVD FBUITE.-Even in this desolate? den of ours, we get.an ocensional boon of Hoy ere; roses, red and white and rare, and shrub* of a sweet beyond compareci?me from a. lady? yoong and fa;?- seise from strong man with whitey brown hoir; and even aa we vvrite, with .the atmosphere, turned from the eoin.-mon to Eden sir, our better fat?it have contrived to dish us, with a saucer of stra-wberries; ripe mid debemos; sent from fair hand?, not foo officio*!?; a nd-for all these blessings mid fruits andlflow era, .bf'thanks sent up from this den of ours. . Resolutions of City Council " -v. 32,The' following resolutions have been adopte-I Ly tha<Sty" Council of Columbia, at a recent session: ? RceolvfcL, That a petition be drawn up to lay before the present General Assembly, for au? thority to issue bonds, with cir without tho guaranty- of the State, in a sum-nwt exceeding ?l ,000,000, for the purpose of scsieting our citizens, in rebuilding toe city; as, fram th? great calamity that has pontt upon our resi? dents, anfferipg is inevif..l?le, unless ajd is ob? tained ft om the city and State, and which can be afforded in ibis manner without prejudice or loss Xq, either. , - * f % - Resolved, That application be made" to the Legislature to to amend, our charter an tb em Cower the City Council, from tiros tn time, to arrow money aa the necessities of the -city may.require. ~ * " ' ~ ^| .. Reeolved, That our agent- be directed to, lay before the Genera? Assembly "the threat destitu? tion of many of the residents bf .the city, com? posed largely of refugees ttem the low ti- patt of thc Stat?; and to re?cmroend that prompt and active meneares be taken lo make provi? sion ter the' s?pport-of Ufe. - H Resolved, Thor Assit ant Mayor J. G. Gibbej 'be appointed a ap?e?al agent for thc presenta? tion cf these .resolutions to tb? general Assem? bly, and the better to urge-their ccneideratioi upon tlie membeis. . Cvrrxx COUNSXIXXU.--The Yankee aofhorit ?-.-> in Charleston, by proclamation, are entrS?(tn?* coffee to go to work.* Th?>y piteously plc .id to bim to remember that he ie now a. fretuwi. ikey define fer bim n freeman as one who must eats bia bread by the er* eat ?vf bib bi ow-t h' Biott hallowing and astonishing iniprniafipii thnl coffee* stomach could receive, lt ia grate? ful-.* rarceive that the commandant admita i!.c in. j (tMbiiity1, ff not impropriety, of attemptitig to ruc counter te the law cf,God-i. e., in the - Case, of t-uffee. Tho Yankee makes po such ccmieaion. in bm own ?ase. Briefly, cuffce is tojo i o ?o to the fct lds and*- take-up his how a gi;ir . His idea vf bei ba. idle in town,' aa a I t?ef of nre>dejT\ is ignored m toto. l?eiij E?.ff?. ,?,7jfvt-jr?field l>istrifcU a de, sirtrr. vaa 'iaU-^ k?:>d ?,tJ?rirK eeaistacce Ls I l e ?.q?r . '. nt "f?.r h-? *n?etv Th.-. Chm vp Thea?*? WM al. koontee! to cr '>,V cl.-'h* -it??? 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