Murder of the President!

Murderous Attack on Secretary of State Seward.

The joyous excitement felt by the whole country upon receiving the news of Lee's surrender on Monday last has now given way to deep sorrow. This past Saturday morning, the telegraph brought news that made us tremble: the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, had been murdered the night before; in the same hour, a desperado forced his way into the home of Secretary of State Seward, who had been lying sick in bed, and injured him so severely that there is little hope of recovery. The news was so dreadful, so horrifying, that it was scarcely believed at first. []