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Title: The terrible tragedy at Washington : Assassination of President Lincoln. Last hours and death-bed scenes of the President
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Barclay & Co
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 Kings and rulers
Publisher: Philadelphia : Barclay & Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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oment, awfully serene,No trace of suffering marked thy placid mien;No groan, no murmuring plaint escaped thy tongue;No longing shadows oer thy brow were hung;But, calm in Christian hopes, undampd with fear,Thou sawest the high reward of virtue near.On that bright meed, in surest trust reposed,As thy firm hand thine eyes expiring closed.Pleased, to the will of Heaven resigned thy breath.And smiled as natures struggles closed in death. THE FUNEBAL CORTEGE. ^ Washington, April 19.—This nineteenth day of April marks an epoch m ouihistory. Four years ago to-day. Union soldiers coming to the defence of theNational Capitol were murdered in the streets of Baltimore. To-day the funeralobsequies of Abraham Lincoln, who fell by an assassins hand, have been per-formed. He has saved the nation, himself he could not save. The murderousspirit of the rebellion and of slavery culminated in the violent death of our greatestchieftain, and found a willing instrument in J. Wilkes Booth, to carry out the
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THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. 85 hellish designs of the bold, bad men who sought the life of the nation. The deedJ3 consummated, but the Republic 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;oclock, and still they come. Washington has never witnessed any thing like whatis passing here t6-day. The day is glorious—clear, warm, and genial—and itwould seem that all our people must be abroad. There is a great influx oistrangers here from abroad, and all the immediate country round about has courtributed largely to swell the multitude. From early mom, up to the presenthour, Pennsylvania avenue, from the capitol to the White House, on either side,has been one compact throng of human 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 reqixire more

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