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_Sgg &UAf?i?!*?+*m^^ RDP?RT3 OP FHB33 ASSOOlATIOIT. Ruttrcd acrordinj to A\et of ?c?gresi, in. the Yent IR?*, *, V J~m&- Tltraeher, tn th? Clerk"* O?a of th: Btttri.-t Ggttrtof the Confederatt State* for the Northerti*j)ifilrict of Georgia " f . - As3?.s3ic-itioa of Abraham Xjfno?ln, otc. WASIUNGT*??*, JCpril 12.-2b Jf?/ 4fen. Sherman: president Lincoln wa* murdered about 10 o'clock last uicV, in his private box at Ford's Tlieai.ro, in thiiaeity, by jan assassin, who sVsot . him in the bend with a pistol ball. About tho ?.MP. : h ai'r. Mr. Soward's" house waa entered by sntA.li. r Assassin, who stabbed the Secretary in several placer bti?t"is thought he may poss! . bly r'.eoTer, -but his son Fred may possibly die of woands'recsived front th? assassin. The assassin ufyjtbe lif ?aident leaped frone tito "box, brandishing a dagger; and exclaiming: "Sic temper ?yrann?*-Virginie ?s avengadl" Mr. .Lincoln fell senseless from his seat, add conti? nued ia that condition aut?t twenty-two mi? nutes after 10 e'cloek this morai-.j, at which time he breathed hie last. Vioe-Preaideat Johnson now beeomea Presi dc st, ead will take tba oath of ?Mee and as saaaa th?**duti?? to-day. " (Signed,)' E. M. 1TAFT0F, Secretary af War. - .. Tba tasuaea la Macoa. ?BousT?. April 21.-Thu enemy entered Ma aaa at 7 o'clock, oa the evening St April $0, Au armed guard only oeeapy the oitj. *Ther? ia ?-Yankee operator iu tba telegraph ?Mee The eueiny are ree poe ting th? arnaistiee, batt nc private busiaess allowed io pees ove** the lint yat. Tho ?uacay aie awaiting iasiruotioui from Gea. Sfaer?aau, before anything farthei will be permitted. They hold the city aa i captured place. Augusto ie, very quiet-ovar th j news of .Lin eela'a 'death, though many eoajeotuves an tanda aunccjniBg.the resulta of agitating th People- -? ' - % 1 Faost CawiLSiro.-*.*-We have, thanks to i fri Sud, a copy of the Charl ?utou Courier, of th 12th. It w^rer^y naUUat in the editorial de ? partaient. ,^a gather a paragraph toucbiug < firs in Meeting, between Market aud'Haenl streets, whifltthe readtir will find more full; xcperted- elsewhere. Wa note the folluwipj wcJMcnewa names aa among the municipu ??seer&of tho post, vis: ?Dr. A. G. Maskey, Inspector of tba City. Dr. GcergaS. Falser, City lUgister. es Ti?. Hawley, Superintendant af Streets. - r Sw'JK Kirk, bub. inspector. *i E. <J. Prince; do. t% J. T. Milligan, v. do. JLSheeklsv ? . do. % P, Brady, feiup?f?nttnd?pu of Scavengers, (tserge Artope, Clerk of Market, A. Penrii?y,.A*?isUnt. J. ?i Welton, Sopsrinisndeni Artesian Wal Jami? Bauglas, ^uparinteadent. Tidal Drain Iftueen Viateria waa, "nearly killed by ? f_ usg tr?e? while-eu a ?anter in the fiomei'arki _J*?*^.r*? rages ia ?aTanaah-170-es* ?Vane tiuis to thc fo.t Hospital.. Um in general du" not Jira a? if ttl locked to M; and Jb^for^fo sat ?lia, ti they lookad ko lire. .' > FIRE.-About ,* .'oalook Sunday night, fir* WM discovered 'in th? rang? of kt?ros Waat. side ,?f Meeoin?, between^ Market ?ad Basal streets. The first floor of the ?tor? 149, for? merly occupied .by Hyde, Gregg <h Day, was found on 1lr? *M*Jt wo "places, sod ho d?ab? ie entertained of ire being the work of nu iaeon . diary?- Tho flames spread, with gc? at rapidity, and, notwithstanding th? prompt arrival of th? fit-p department, the bunding ia which th? fir? originated, together w?th the adjoining build? ing of jbV A, Pringle <k Go., were fjptaily ?oat sumed. The apper stories of the stores of Jahn G. Milner th Co. and Geo. S. Cameron were also considerably damaged. The property-de strayed belonged to Miss Jane Adger ead Mn Cameron. .The fire extended back to th? rea-, of the stores ea King street, which wer? saved by the great efforts of. tb? firemen. - AH th? i-ear buildings of .the stores on Meeting street jrere also deetroyed.~-.C%ar?Wo*. Courier, 12th. Meeting tat B*mw?n O. aaW BARNWEIJ. Ct BL, S.C, A pril 3/18?5. Thia being sa!? day, a txumbar 4L eitisens. from all parta of the District, ae*ambl?d at the village for the transaction of business. The Goa rt Hons? and other publia building having beau bumed hythe enemy, * snoot? ing wag organised on tine square, in Urn midst of the blackened ruins of our ouse neat and sm?liac little town. The ijon. J. D. Allen waa called to thecbair. He earnest' ly, patriotically, feelingly alluded to the ?ad occasion which had haiught os together, and eloquently and resolutely called upon Ihe^peeple to wad forward to our brave men ianthe held?.cheering words of hop? aird confidence. !V> Col. N. G. Wi Walker than offered tb, following resolutions: The merciless enemy having pissed through our District, leaving in ?his tr.i-k smoking ruins and houaalesa- women anil children, drinan from their homes by t h.-. nc less remorseless flames-seduced from theil ruasterSg their wives and children, and theil contented firoaidos, a portion of out* male slaves-destroyed that portions of oui crops and provisions which they could noi 'carry away, burned our barna, shops an ! machinery--driven,off bur "work atiimuU flocks und herds; and sh'^wn' by tija mosi .unmistakable evideaces.' that 'their i$av?g< purpose is either to- utterly destroy, or tc reduce Os tb abject slavery; Therefore, Resolved, Tb^t this 'desolating inarch, this fiendiah purpose, thia remorseless and a rage cruelty, has but convinced UH tba we are dealing with a people alike deaf fc the teachings of religion, the claims Vi civilisation, and tile dictates of hum mi ty; confirmjnghs rrj the resolution to cou tum? thia war, ?to suffer any and ever j privation until <Vur independence is ejAdSlisfc ed, and we a/? Enabled te traustutC" to' nu posterity the inheritance of ^sjedom ?whjel we received. \ .... ftesotoed, That we say to our sons brothers and nsighbcra, who. are bravoh contesting the ground \vith our brou! tot ia the good old North State, be of g<>e< cheer, we have y st much to live for, ni ucl to hope for; yet enough to sustain life, um the inviuoible d?termination- to maintain th field, until the day o?deli.Veran?e shall b procl?imtfjk **r - .- r"..w* % Bmet-d, That i i imthe duty ar well a e. thepririlag* of those ot*our folio W'?rtizeiM whobare oacapej the ravage; of thc. oue my, ta ooutribute to the. wants of those who have been.despoiled,and mora espo-?i illy ^ to ooiafort"and sustain the /amilie-* of the * b?hvemea now at the trout, exposing .their lives to maintain our right* and. secur*^. our liberties. Resolved, That the spactacle of a large ( ar my marching throng: ? a Stat*, with no. one to opposa them but old rn*: . ! r^taan abd chjjdrsh, burning an<] : sf?fthtfg and vaunting their prowess ' ?.?rwrc u,* weak and defenceless, is a rrgh. w&S?ji i?T?i -. well 'excite the indignation o' ?SH9 .(izad j world and canse the blush at" sh ?sic. ? The resolutions -were second * i '-y thc Hon. A. 1?. AMriek and supporte ! W CoL |B. U. Brown, Or. S. B. QrsfcW HU i- Cok W. Graham, when tbeyj were a lopted without dissent.. ? , *' On motion of Dr. Graham, the A igusta Constitutionalist, Edgs?eld AdvertUer, sud Columbia Phoenix are requested - to ?publish th? proceedings. J. D. ALLEN, Chairman-, L. W. WILLIAMS,, Secretary. * S?r Thoma? Cos? finds nothing to-abase except bis wife^eJriaoljne and Sin?. Long bo vf Miles' hoop. If ?hey;-<have. no other advantage, sneered Lady Corte, they keep the tuon et ?proper distance; and that's a gr?ai ble??mg.. To the men, growiad Sir Thomas. :-*....- ^- - Farber, 'bow euany days are there- isa 1saiQ young Hopeful to bis paseVaai ancestor. .. W-.r, 365, of course, was tba reply. No there ain't; forty -of them ' r.rc Lent. Men often misfrl''> Hve of *b**u opiniov ? for lore;oT.tr. . . " . .. "* Read wei*;' ?r.d. chiefly b. . : .' **. ^.A Headqu&rv. 're i. -C- .? KT?j. &KNISRAL oj?ofi'ii' yo li' r IT is announced to th? array :6s* ? ^pension or anns has been n: j*-d ur?.?u. psoa.iaar'c gotiatieos between the t wo/Jo v>rt^p(inti. uri> tag-Rs continuance, th? twoainj.^ <u . iv >cA. -- py. their present positions..- ' '. . ? . By command General 50tL\rToN.J*j A nen KR ANUSUSOX, "Lieut. Cob a ... April ? .V * Bar Ison: and. Betap ^eeL OF tue following aisoe* ' ;?-*3? . Iron, 5zt. ?xt. ersf ; ?a?, - t?teeh Si af. 4e% . Will be exchauged for PROVISION? ... Lee South Carolina Railroad, ?a aophaetic. ? W. B. SMITH. Master Mach -is . Or * -C. J. DOLLIN, Agaat. April 22 ' f ' $ > Wot?etv, LOST, on jesterdey - afternoon, a Gold P.* J - MET TO TREE, very hijghjj prised by 'he iwner en account af ?he aaaaeiatiaaa eonaesked wah it. A liberal reward will be given for ?ts recovery. The ?ndsr frill please lea*** it al Hrs. FIMTONU, aa th? aqaare.Jjasaedia-, j ??hind the ?tat? Boas*, ai itt <4h is ?mae.