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Title: 1865 Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Nevada County News & Advertisments # of Pages: 627 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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NEVADA GAZETTE APRIL 17 & 18, 1865 183 which makes men worse than fiends. His elder brothers, Edwin and Junius Brutus, were born in the North, and are loyal men. All are actors, and have appeared upon the boards of California; but none of them has ever before sustained a leading part in a tragedy so fearful. The dastardly assassin is well known; and although he has made his exit from Washington City without hindrance, he cannot long escape the vengeance of an outraged nation. ANDREW JOHNSON.—By the death of President Lincoln, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee becomes President of the United States. Notwithstanding the unfortunate contretemps which occurred in the United States Senate, we are satisfied from recent advices that Mr. Johnson is now sound in body and mind, master of himself and of the situation, fully competent to take charge of affairs at this juncture, and capable of dealing with the exigencies of the time promptly and understandingly. We have no fear for Andrew Johnson; but the rebels and their sympathizers may well have them; for he has no compassion or sympathy for them. A MAN named Coxsy at Gold Hill, Nevada, expressed gratification at the murder of President Lincoln. He was seized by the people, given thirty lashes on the bare back, and then turned loose with a placard affixed to his back stating the nature of his offense. THE PUBLIC FEELING.—The sad news of the death of President Lincoln by the hand of an assassin reached this city at about twelve o’clock on Saturday. The announcement fell upon the community like a funeral pall. The people gathered in knots upon the streets, and with sad and troubled countenances exchanged condolences and discussed the terrible event. For a while there was a hope in the bosoms of many that the tidings were untrue; but alas! confirmatory dispatches soon arrived, dispelling all doubt, but affording some relief by the assurance that Secretary Seward, whose death had also been announced, was still alive, and would probably survive the wounds inflicted upon his throat by the knife of the base assassin. . . . At North San Juan the celebration previously arranged for Saturday evening had commenced, and the people had gathered at the theater to hear the address of Rev. Mr. Haynes, when Mr. Dornin, the telegraph operator, handed to the orator the dreadful message he had received. Mr. Haynes read the dispatch with a faltering voice, and a suppressed ejaculation of consternation and horror passed from one to another throughout the assembly. Their joy was turned into gloom by a word. .. . POSTPONED.—The military ball of the Nevada Light Guard has been postponed for one week, in consequence of the sad news received from the East on Saturday. INSOLVENT.—Jere. Pollard, of French Corral, has applied to the County Court to be discharged from his liabilities. TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1865 BORN. In this city, on the 13th inst., to the wife of Geo. Reese, a son. THE REBELS EXULTING AT GRASS VALLEY.—We received yesterday a letter from Grass Valley, inclosing the copy of some verses, the original of which is said to be in the unmistakable handwriting of a well-known rebel of the place, exulting in the assassination of President Lincoln, and invoking vengeance and destruction upon the North for the injuries done to “the noble South.” The same correspondent says that in the Catholic church on Sunday the death of the President was utterly ignored, no allusion whatever being made to it.