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WSB? ^ .. ;- -- By J. A^SEEBY. COLUMBIA^ S. C., MOND AY ?: KAY 8,?Q*5. VTOL.^I^i??; M. % , ' : V ?- -?i ii.- - ." ?? Vir V'"' r? . i II -' . THE ?OLJji?B A PH?ENIX r*"pi'ni.irHti> i>?fut; yit?w TSt--?FUIT, .. ST JULI AN A .. S B L B Y. . V , , ;v. '>. ;^-.:; Th*. PK il* ?* .i->?>ti?-d >*??"y rro- T??hjr, except Funday, ?.? j40 ? ? o: i)< Tri "Vi ?- k * ,Tw??*day. Thufsd?y a?>d Sa',iiiid?tV, M i> nji-cih, it?va~. rialOy in adam oe. .--ii fcle^oj'i??* ll4^^ Advertir? n:?-to? itn-tTi-d 'at ft 10 p*r ?qrcare (ten i'tiof?) f??e-e*eb tt?M?r?i*)t>.. ,t 'am--.1 " " pataila of the Murder of Lincoln. The foi h m .?ar RCWC i IR {?ken from the Richmond Whig, of the ]?th uh.: . - BEHIND THE BCENKS. Toward tl? tw^tr?ftbg of the ieoond .teenf of tl e. t;r<l ?ct. Jotiti Wi kes Booth, brother tr? Edwin ?tid Junina Bo<?th, and .on to th'* ^Wirateej suttor of the ?ame name, vi*it?>d ;.h?s* i-sclusive doma'ti to whxh h.* nr?dV-do'i aider sn ooen mame. He eiuwe 1 the" Q <?k door of the th??tre, ?nd left very coon, leaving thnt heck dour open". H? hnd evidently ridden to the lliesi re, foe. ?re eu nring it. ii? left, bia hotee itt the ?.Hey. THK MURDER. Th? co i edy i's tf.ird act, in tire 2d ?retie <rf . ?. M elatn* M'-ontchessingMn has left ihr', at.ioe ti? A-n Trencbard, with . the rein*rfc: '"You d?.n Vim leraland the ntanfn>rs of 0">d societ y Tjt?il aime- can vxcnsv lig 'ltpertin?,iiee ot w ij?h you are guilty." Trenchnid .-msw er*-"? goess I know nougli'jo turn you m-ode out.:' And the ndiei:o- el..p tlo-i- "hand-) and Inugb in j*l?-e. Mt?. Lincoln joins i:i the laugh-? .?stol ?li >t. ab ?ri? and dear-ia heard. The word? Sie. semper lyra unis are whispered. "Rev?-t.ge Ur he S >uth, ia added. A white f.i?'e, . overeil with '.'a night of bau-,'* dgbte-i'by two h ack, shining ?ye?, i< se. n U tweet; the Pie? 'lent's box and the ?tag ; a moment pastea?-.it drop??. A -f..rm erouei.ra ??> ii fall?---then rites in histrionic atti, tide-in ira hand if knife whoae he? ly tolished sa f.ce .?-fleet* the numerous K? jets. Th ee s.o>udi:-nay, two-and it is gone. Std! os the hu*h" that follows n prayer in j tho cbanrber ot' ?he dying, the audience sits .poll bound, it may have been for t?.? secoods. A tall man jumps upon the ?rage, and he, UKI, disappeared, wl.ile a V:;tce in the audience at last utters lim name of the assa-pin-John Wilkes Booth. ?OW BOOTH KILLED TBS PRESIDENT. It ba-) now been proven that Boo' h, af er hi? viett b-hin 1 the scenes, having left that back door op-sfl; rapidly went to the front of t'? KB Ire, aweniml into the H JW ] I f*j rr le, pans? o b v I lie? only door rmen int. ' the K?x. advanced u>--t'ir> front of it and J leaping ov*r, wi'h the eibow; of lr!? right, jam o?'t of- t:.e laix^hw/ieift hand on the j l-nlneirade-?r*d iv ptctof at tn* freside it. This pistol, a Danger, wa* r^di-nt1* loaded ?A.?th t*o (ppthnos wt! h tmire thani tvru) Vati* of diameter lea*, th.i?^ ?bat ot. ?he prl ol bHrrrl; o?ij of Oi?>e bahia struck, the I'ie<tifut-b low the--!eft" ea-1 and tw<> inche- behind it. T-.e ??the'' <di4 not bir bim but wunt throci-i tbt* tocked and u i used ti. or of the b ?x. swattering srdinters out-id* (not "inside)^ lite box. * leaving fired. B-'Oib dropped.the. pistol, and drew a long knife, abipiid bke- the sword of a Ckmiian eladiHlor-a recular ?tylui? i? form? but rounded, ni.-*, angled' to a point. H? Tmlied over the btlu trade to ?lie fl ?or of the b bis Inft baud dUtiporiug hm weight an?Tbreaking hi*. i'aJl by tts bold on it. Th** distance from i he balami rade to the Alor of the beatre is exactly twrivc teet and eight j neb es. The excl<ipi*.of* ?fi. semper jfj^ rannt?waa uttered *aif?i?'?ul'erf-otit of the biX,. and, ~hs be- Teetered hit f?flt" on alighting, be said smoethhig of Kbtoh we l oui.r-ouly gather fout-worU.-*: "Revenge for Ute S liitbP lfe t hen, in/fc subed, stagey, yet rapid stride, bia j? h oki " face turned toward the aw?; stricken audience, gained the fitst stMge enfance, push?tf aai .e Miss Laura Kenne, there awaiting ber cue to enter U{?oii the -cem% and with the glittering stylus still tri bis baid, pushed on by' j ibu protnp'er s de.jk; turne 1 to the right ??ni by none o.r the audience was again seen. Fifteen seconds will caver the ex, losiou of <he pistol and Bo itb'n disap ! pearance. The distance ho had ?to. go across the stage was exactly, t "iir; v-ni-ie feet. - THE BOX A FT EiC THE ML'KfJKg. 1 Theie is but o? ? word t ;it ran de scribe the state of th >ae in :he box wiih [him-paralysis. MKS Il.rris. re-covered tir>t, c.illed to Misa K**en tor some watet; agemleinan. aided bv *J?o former, climbed iu*o the box A gentleman at IHSL brought a pitcher of. water. Several others also 'iVconded into -the box, and RS the house was bmng emp ied^^^ias Keen* went round up imo the dress circle and-into the box. She immediately set to work, plnced tne bleeding head of the living man OD her lap and eb leavored to get soma water down his throat; bat even thun he was who'ly unconscious, and his breathing w is rat? tlingly noisy The brain was already com tneucing to ooze out, and the blood >f the * > fir^t m *arUt^?** of th* nationbelabb!e? the rofe ? of wn ari re??.. At tn-t, m~ ica! *id arrived, "^^^Mib bing Crowd outs de *a.Oq^ -/rreet-W?? j?-t'k^t?J^"?nii one boor la*.*? , the. .dotfoV. had tf?e *?nff rifljr. form trans- \ Wred**o ^ .ile* the- theatre' where he <Jiedt - .*> : -. -- Inaugural Addreaa of Pr?sident tTofcfite*. We wke the following tToia the^icTf' mond Whig of the 19'h ?l?nu-: /- _ GENTI ??f't?tt: I must be penmft?! t?, ?> say. thal ? have been almo-t -overt*hebaed by 'thV'wan'u ncem.en t' of-tb? ?ad eveai whieb -1>HI>o recently oocirrred,. I feel ia- ?. * Competent to uerform d tte? ao.important - and ie*r>otuiibfe aa thone W?ucb have b?ffl? . ; io unexpet-ienly thrown upon me. . Aal?f^v.. . an indi<-j*ti<?n of any policy which may be Ptt'FUfJ ny me in the administration of tb* G-ovwument, I h nra to say that that moat be left for deoelopmeat aa the Admiata ira'ion r,rogreft<nf. The massage or dec!? r?ti:jT> w h? tb? *?<w-an_:t?*?}r. transpire. Tbs? owly ataeurHor*? that I caa ..ow give oj li? int ure ia reference ta the Dast, The course which -I hui a- taken ia the bast, in-vocucct O?t with thia rebellion, mu?t be regarded as a guarantee of. iha future. . The bett enrrgiea of xny life hare-, been ?pent in eude?v?-ing to establish and. perpetuar the prinoijdes ot fjr??e gOTera manti 8nd I belief e ; that the Government in paa<inx through" its preae?t perifa will sett letdown u ?on principle* consonant wkb. popular righta.-'niote permanent ?nd. ender*. ing tiiun heretofore1. I must hi permitted ta ?ay, il j underatand.tlie feeling*.ot taj- ' <>wn hevrt, that I have dong' labored "te arneb tat?* and e eva a the ooar itioa^l the great mata, of the American people. ' Toil ead ?io:.est advocacy of the gr??t prtnd pira of tree go"*inment have beets my lot Duties have been mine-cons?quences are God s. This hat* been the foundation ot tuy po iiical ? reed, and I feel that in tba' end the Government Will triumph; and'that these great principle* wiil be permanently established. Ic cuatlusion, geatlemes, let me say that T want your encouragement and (-wmiteuarice. I ?hall ask and rely upon you and others in carrying the Go? vernment i b tough ita present perils. X ft-el, in mi-king thia request, that it wiH ha b^aruly r.e>poiid?d to by yea and alt other patriote rind io* er* ol the right? and in- ' ' ierestt of a Ire? people. ? ? ? ?a.?.-*- . " . ' A useful apoend .go to a ship ia a mast but her oomJinnd?.r ia a aoaater.