The Scotsman - Thursday, 27th April 1865, page 3

_AMERICA . ASSASSINATION OF _PRESIDENT _LINCOLN .

ATTEMPT TO _ASSASSINATE SECRETARY SEWARD. ANDREW JOHNSON, _PEESIDENT. _CREEXC'ASTI .E. _Wednesday, 9.4_,'i A.M.—The I> 'ora _Scutian _lias nrrivcd Iicre. NEW YORK, April l:i, 10 A.M. At l.M tilis _morning, Mr Stanton reported _as _follows:— " _Last _evening, at 9.30, _President _Lincoln, _while _sitting in a _private _Imx at _Lord's Tlicatrc, _Witli Mre _Lincoln, Mra _IIarria, and Major _lialnbuni , was _suot _by an _assassin , who suddenly entcreil the Lox, and approached behind the _rresidcnt_. "The _assassin _tlicn leaped upon tlie _Bilge, _liran'lialiing a _large _knife, and _escaped in _the rear of tlie _theatre. _"_^ A _pistol ball _entered tlie _President's _head, _penetrating _nearly through . The _wound is mortaL _* 1 _The _President, _"who has been _^ _insensible ever _since tlie infliction of tlie wound, is now _dyins. _" Altont tlie _same hour , _an _assassin—whether the _Bilincoruot is _asyet _unknown—entered MrSeward'_s _apartment, under _pretence of _pressing business. Jle w;u_, _shown into Mr Seward'_s _sick-chamber , _when _the assassin _immediately _ruslicd to the bed, _ami _indicted two or three stabs on tlie throat, and two _fin Ilicface. _11 _It _t-t _hoped _that tlie wounds may not _prove nitii'_iil. _Ft is _apprehended, _however, tliat they will. _Tlie _nurse alarmed _Frederick Seward, who _tv_._ia ia tlie _adjoining room, _and he _hastened to tlie door of _his father's _chamber, _where ho _met the _a- _* _t _•; _l _[ _'_,_ill_, wlio _inflicted upon him _one or more dali _n _'crons _wounds. _Frederick Seward's _recovery is doubtful_. " It is not _probable that _the _President will _live _through _(_lie _night . " Cencral Grant and his wife _were _advertised to _lie at _the theatre hist _evening, but they had started for _Burlington _. " At the _meeting of _(_lie Cabinet, at which Grant W._T_. _present, _tin_; _subject of _(lie _state _of tlie _country _and _the _prospect _of a _i-pccdy _peace _was discussed, Tlie _President w;i3 _very _cheerful and hopeful, _and _spoke _very _kimlly of _Lee and _others of _tile _Confederates , and of tlie _establishment of _the _Government in Virginia . "All _tlie _members of _(_lie _Cabinet, _except Mr _Scward. are now in _attendance on _tlie _President. I _have _seen Mr Seward. _He and _Frederick _were _both _unconscious." At _four this morning _Secretary Stanton _further rcportrd tliat "_President Lincoln _continues _insensible , _mid is _sinking. _Sir Seward _remains _without _change, _and his son's skull is _fractured in two _placet-, _licridcs a _severe wound upon _his liaud. " Tlie _President _is still nlivc, but in a liopeless _condition. Major Scward'_.- _? _-wouiuls arc not _dangerous. " It is now _ascertained, witli _reasonable _certainty, _that two assassins _were _engaged in tlie _horrible _triaic—Wilkcs _Booth _being _(_lie _one »_'lio _?hot tlie I'_rc'iidcut . _The _name of his _companion _is _unknown . His _description , _however, is 30 _clear that lie will hardly _escape apprehension. " From a _letter found in Booth's trunk, it _appears _tliul the _murder was planned _before the 1th March, but _fell through tlien _because tlie _accomplice backed out until Itiehmoud_. _could be heard from. _"Booth _and his _accomplice _were at _a livery _lilable at _s-ix r.ii., and _left their horaei about _ten _P.M., or _shortly _before that hour. As _-would llccm, they liad _several days _been seeking their "pliortuuity , but for _soinc _unknown _reason the deed was not _carried out until last _night _One of tlicm _li-u evidently _made _his _•» _-ay to _Richmond ; _the _other _baa not _been traced_." Mr Stanton _reports at _eight A.M. that tbc _President died at thirty-two minutes _past _seven A._M. I'_noilicial _reports state that Bootli , after _committing the _deed, _exclaimed " Sic scnipcr Tyrmnm _/" Ilotli _assassins _escaped on horses wliicli _were in waiting. One of _the horses was _found on tlie road _near Washington_. _There is _evidence that Stantou was _also marked for _assassination_. _Vico-Prcaidcnt _Johnson is at the White _Mouse. _The _awaasination of President Lincoln _occurred _so _suddenly , _and so _little time has cUpscd _since _the _event, that it is impossible to _judge of the _effect on the public mind or commercial _affairs_, A _general _feeling of horror pervadea the _corn_. muuity. NKW YORK, April 13, noon_. _Wilkes Booth, tlie _assassin of President _Lincoin , is _the brother _of Edwin Booth, aud is known a« a rabid eeccraionist _According to the latest _reports Booth _has ocen _»( _rested, and Mr _Frederick Scward _in ilcad_. XEW YORK, April _It, _evening. (_SciK-ral Grant lias _resumed_, his _headiinartcra at _Wai*hii]_pton. (_Seneral Lcc lias _arrived at JRichlnond. _The _Confederates _report tliat Lee ' s _surrender

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