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CAMDEK WEDNESDAY, MAY 3,
Special N( tice.?Subscribers liviug in Kirkwood
' and elsewhere, whose paper heretofore have been put
jntho post office, will in future Jind them at the printing
office, until further notice.
A'Yankee fle< t is bei.igprepared at Washington f|t
European wtjjirs to consist of the powerful vessels relieved
from blockade duty by recent occurrences
A Good Investment.-?Are there not somo enterprising
gentlemen in our midst who would engage in
running a two horse stage lin?, tri-weok!y, between
this place and Columbia ? Not only could a fortune
be mode by such investment, bet the pnrty engaged
would be considered public benefactors, and .receive
? the thanks of the people of botl'i sections.
Owing to the space occupied in publishing the particulars
attending the rcoapt Washington tragedy, wo
are unable to serve our renders with the usual variety
of interesting matter. The limited facilities for receiving
our mails regular. also precludes the publico
tiOir of many items of news, \\ e trust sue um-juKCHk
public wi)l bear with us, until mail arrangements can
be perfected^
Errors or THE Wah.?Our errors in His conception
of the mode for carrying ou the war with the
Yankees arc all the growth of West Point. The role
. in that school insisted upon artillery and engineering,
' all the other departments beiirg subordinate; and this
was quite true and proper, no doubt, in recognition of
* the necessities of European warfare?n country of
vnsuplains and open battle-fields, densely'' populated,
with walled towns and scieniiflc defences. But in a
country like ours of dense thicket, interminable
swamp, no important and well-defended cities, we
might and should carry on the war for a thousand
years, yet uever suffer from ai>ingle field of slaughter.
A handful of Seroinotes,'. Hardly twelve hundred, baffled
tor fivoyears all the arms of the whole United
States. The red men were not ambitious of the glories
of European war; fortunately, they did not know
the use of artillery, and still more fortunately had
none with which to et-ciunber them. They had, luckily,
neither a commissariat nor a quartermaster's department.
There was no speculation among theii
o?nio1o_ Thev attenuated to fortify no place; and
contented themselves with such fights only as enabled
them to harass and cut off parties, when tlie enemj
waB too strong openly to be encountered. Briefly,
the Seminoles did what we scorned to do?used theii
natural resources of courage, cunning, activity?tht
cover of their forests, the rifle, the marsh tackay, and
. a little sagamite in their corn pouches. They had nc
wagons, no teams, to be captured. They carried five
daya* provisions in their haversacks, when these gave
out, slipped back into their fastnesses, until new supplies
could he ground and parched. And now, with
three hundred thousand able-bodied men, adopting the
Seminole process in thicket, swamp and mountain;
why Any negotiation which secures us less than indepefifr^ee!
So asks the Columbia "Phgraix.
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The Latest, and if true, the Best.?By letters re- j
ceived a.id from other sources entitled to credence, we j
hear that Andrew Johnston, the new President, was
hung by a mob in Washington City n few days since - !
Lincoln's son Bob is said to have* been the leader ot' i
the party imposing such punishment, or in other
words, doing the oid (-inner justice. Bon was no
doubt fully impressed with the f.ict that what was |
sauce for the goose should be sauco for the gander j
Gens. Grant and Sherman is said to have telegrophed(the
president, after his having dissented from
the articles of peace proposed, that ttv-y had been
fighting for the restoration of the Union ; that if ho
, wished to wage a war against the South fur the puri
pose of emancipating the slaves and confiscating other
i p operty, he must find other generals to do the work,
I and that they would at once disband tl eir armies.
I The English Press on Lincoln's
Second Term of
I Office?The Recognition
J Question in a New Light.
I The London ''Standard" has an editorial on
j the secoud inauguration of Lincoln. Its pubI
lication, even at tliis la'.c day,may proves inj
te resting to many. It says:
! Lincoln in 18GI coiild claim with some show
S of reason, to be the President of the whole
; thirty-four States; for, though fifteen of th^m
j-bad unanimously ami peremptorily rejected"
| him, they had taken part in the election which
Lied to his triumph. Mr. Lin.-. Jn, in ItfGS, is
| manifestly the President only of the North.*?
I Not only l ave the eleven - Confederate States
j taken no part whatever in the election, but
I.K..oti f.v/.li,rln,l f.nin it hv t'.l-itii'l !ind
' express !c?islatioii. The pseudo Governments
: of Louisiana an.! Tennessee chose i!eh.-gates to
cist \hc vote of those States; and that vote has
: been rejected bv the Congress at Washington,
j Jt. is formally 'declared that, the eleven States
vhieh form the Confederacy are out of tlie
| Union. The position of the Federal Govern;
uient is tints materially changed.
* * To treat Mr. Liucoln as President
1 over the Southern States, in virtue of the re
I cent electiou, is to commit ourselves to a w4<r?Ic
! tissue of absurdities; if those States are por|
tions of the Union, he has not been elected at
': all; for that can be no election from which one
I .1 .1 U?.|? 1...).. ! Tf
' truru 01 iue tuusuiuuin uuu} is cauiuucu. 11
j they are. portions of the Union, Congress could
I have no right to exclude or dispeusc with their
votes. If they no longer belong to the
UnioD, then Mr. Lincoln has no authority over
them, and his present enterprise is an attempt
to conquer an independent nation, not to sub,
j due rebels.' In a word, either the election is
! valid, in which ca>o the eleven Confederate
I States are not members of the Union, or it is
.! invalid, and the Union has no Governnvnt
11 whatever. If Mr. Lincoln be lawfully Presi|
dent of the Union, the secession of the South
I is a legal fact, and Mr. Davis is legally Prcsi'
I -i ? . -j;..;.- r_.i Ot.i
i ucni 01 iiic V/Uuieuurntc oiaitf.
I If we'recognize the present Government of
the United States at all, we do, by implication
! recognize the independence of the South. We
| have, of course, no hope that any such argu1
1 mcnt will influence the policy of the Adminis'
I tration. With that policy neither justice nor
>' rcison has anything to do. It is on the couiI!
parative strength, not on the diplomatic or
i I legal rights, of the two Confederacies, that the
s! aotion of Her Majesty's Government depends,
i But there is a melancholy pleasure in stripping
away the last shred of excuse that had
. hidden from England the tin worth in ess of thepfcrt
she had been made to play, and exposing
to all eyes the naked hypocrisy of Lord Russell's
strict and impartial neutrality.
THE W.AS2II3GTO$ TIUCEDV.
lincoSTdead. j
Seward Badly Wounded?His Soil and Olb~ '
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era Fa kill if.
Supposed Assassins Captured.
Official Wcspalclies, &cM Ac.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN FROM SECHETAIIY STAN
War Department. 1.30 A. M, April 15.
? Major Gev. Dir, New York: This evening,
about 9.30, at Ford's Theatre, the President,
while sitting in liis private box with Mrs. Lincoln/Miss
Harris and Major Katbbum, was
shot by an assassin, who suddenly entered
their box nr d approached behind the President.
The nssas<i? then leaped upon Xhe stage, brandieting
a large "1 agger or knife,-and ma e h:s
escaDJ through the rear of the theatre. The
pistol ball entered flic back of the 1'resident's
head, and penetrated nearly through the. head.
1 The wound is mortal. The President has been
insensible ever .since it whs inflicted, and is
now .dying.
Al out the same hour an assassin, whether
the same or another, enteied Mr. Seward's
lmuse, and under pretence of having a pre
Pcriplion, Wis shown tn* tbo Secretary's *irk
chamber. The Secretary was in hi d, a nurse
anij Miss Seward with Iiini. The assassin immediately
rushed to flu- bed, inflicted two
stabs on tin* threat, and two on the face. It
is hoped the wounds may not be mortal. My
apprehension is Hint thev will prove Intnl.
The noise alarmed Mr. Frederick .Sewaid,
j was in an adjoining room, ard jiastviicd to the
d ?or of hi" father's room, wln-re he met t,ho as!
s son, who .inflicted upon him one or inote dangerous
wounds. The recovery of Frederick
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oewsiru is iiinjutihi.
At a Cabinet meeting, at wh'ch Gen. Grant
wa< present, to the subject ??f tlm i-tnte ot
the country ;in<l the prospects of a speedy
p ace was discussed. The President was verv
e! eeifnl and hopeful, spoke very kindly of
Gen. bee, and others of the Confederacy, and
the establishment of the Government in Virginia.
All the members of the Cabinet except
Mr Seward are now in attendance upon
the President.
I huvc.seen Mr. Seward, but lie and Frederick
were both unconscious.
"EDWARD M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
vi'iithbr paRtiooLalis.
Washington, April 14.?President Lincoln
and wife, together with friends, this ivcning
visited Ford's Theatre, for the ptnpo?#of
witnessing the performance of 'American Cousin'.
It was announced in the pup-re that
Gem Grant would also be present, but that
gentleman instead took the late train of cars
for New Jersey. During the third act, a
sharp report of a pistol was heard, which mere"
Iv attracted attention, but suggesting nothing
serious until a man rushed to the front of the
President's box, waving a long dagger in his
right hand, and exclaiming lSic Scmpnr TyMunix'
and immediately leaned from the box.
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which was in the s.eond tier, to the stage beneath,
and ran across to the opposite side, thus
making his escape amid the bewilderment of
the audience from the rear of the theatre, and
mounting a horsr, fled. TheJJscreams of Mrs.
Lincoln first disclosed the fact to the audience
that the President had been shot, when all
present rose to their fe?t ; rushing towards the
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stage, many exclaiming, 'Iiang him,' ?bang
him.' The excitement was of the wildest pos-sible
description, and of cjjirse tbtre was an
[ abrupt teimiuutiuu of the theatrical performance.
There whs a rush toward the l'resi* .
j dent's box, whefi cries were heard?'Stand
I back,' 'stand hack,' "give him air,1 'has any
| one stimulants V
On a 1j a y examination it was found that .
the i'resideut Li:.d been shot through the head,
above and buck of the temporal bone, and that
some of the brain Was oozing out!
He was removed to a private house opposite
the theatre, and the Surgeon General of the
Army and other surgeons were sent tbr to attend
to iiis condition.
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VII HU CAH III 1U III il'II ui nit j'i i v nit via, uiwu
wits discovered oil tiic back of the cushioned
rucking chair on which the President had becu
sitting. Also on tin partition and on the
tiuor. A common single t at relied ]<ocket-,|?i?tol
was found on the em pel.
A militaiy guard was immediately placed in
front of the private residence to which the
President had been x-onveu-i1.
At midnight, thoT'nbinet, with M<ssrs Sntuni-r,
Coltax and Farnsworih, Judge Carter,
Geij. Oglerbr/Gcu. MeigR. Col. JJay and a
few personal trictids, with Surgeon Ohneial
Borneo uud his me Iicat associates, w. re around
his bedside.
The President was in a ?tife of syncope? .
totally insensible and breathing slowly, the.
blood oozing tvom the wound at tfbc back of,
the Lead ! Tnc-surgeoiis in attcudancc weie
exhausting every possible effort of/medical
skill, but dlf hope was gone ! . T ^ THE
ATTEMPT TO KILL SEWARD. .
AVashimutOn*, April 14. ? When the oxct"
mcnt at the theatre was ?t its wildcat height,
repoils were circulated that Seeietary. Seward
had also been assassinated !
The appalling facts ar* substantially as fol?lows
:
AJjjntit 10 o'clock a ninti rang the bell, and
the enli having b<*en answered by a colored
servant, he said he had come from Dr. Verdi, .
Secretary Seward's family physician, with a
prescription, at the same thm* In".]ding in his
hand a small piece f Ibldi d paper; and saying
in answer to a teliis: 1 il at lie irniat see thu
J Seerclar . as lie was e trusted with particular
directions concerning the ined'cine ! lie still
insisted on going up^although repeatedly informed
that i o i>ne could enter tlm- chamber.
The man fin; l'y j u'lied the servant asi^e and
walked hastily towards the becre ary's room
and was th? re met by Mr. Frederick W .
Seward, of whom he demanded to see the See-Mary,
making the nauie representations which
ho did to the servai t. What farther passed
in the-way of colloquy is tu>t knowD, but the
assassin struck Mr. Seward a blow on the head
witli a billy, severely injuring the skull ?.nd
foiling- him almost senseless. The nss> ssin
then rushed into the chamber and attacked
Major Seward, liny master United States Army,
;iticl Mr. Hansel], ii messenger of tlic
State Department, ami two male nurses, disabling
them all 1Jc then rushed upon the'
Secret; ry of State, who was lying in bed in
the same room, and inflicted throe stabs in the
neck, but severing, it is thought and hoped,
no arteries, though lie bled prefusely!
The assassin then rushed down stairs, monnI
?.! l.io nt fhrt itiinp nml rmle oft' before
an alarm could b* sounded, in the same manner
of the assassin of the President.
THE EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON.
Washington, April 14.?An immense
throng speedily gatln red in front of the President's
house and a strong guard was statioted
thetp, many jv rsons evidently supposing that