. The terrible tragedy at Washington. Assassination of President Lincoln. JXL iB^ tKBSiL ttt: ?iiiiilidriii iliiiiHiiii mil fVKf*^ osK ImkIil -« air. wr- -fie. THE ASSASSINATIOX OF PRESIDEXT LIXCOLN. SCf hollisli designs of the hold, had men who sought the Ufe of the nation. The deed)3 coiisuinmated, but the liei)ubhc still lives. The procession commenced to move from the Executive Mansion precisely at2 oclock P. M. in the exact order laid down in the programme. It is now 3^o( iock. and still they come. AVashington has never witnessed any thing like whatii passing here to-day. The day is glori
. The terrible tragedy at Washington. Assassination of President Lincoln. JXL iB^ tKBSiL ttt: ?iiiiilidriii iliiiiHiiii mil fVKf*^ osK ImkIil -« air. wr- -fie. THE ASSASSINATIOX OF PRESIDEXT LIXCOLN. SCf hollisli designs of the hold, had men who sought the Ufe of the nation. The deed)3 coiisuinmated, but the liei)ubhc still lives. The procession commenced to move from the Executive Mansion precisely at2 oclock P. M. in the exact order laid down in the programme. It is now 3^o( iock. and still they come. AVashington has never witnessed any thing like whatii passing here to-day. The day is glorious—clear, warm, and genial—and itwould seem that all our people must be abroad. There is a great influx ofstrangers here from abroad, and all the immediate country round about has con-trilnitod largely to swell the multitude. From early morn, up to the presenthour, Peimsylvania avenue, from the capitol to the White House, on either side,has been one compact throng of liuman beings. It is not too much to say that ahundred thousand people witnessed the imposing demonstrations of the day. To describe accurately the incidents of the occasion would requ
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