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entertained for the insurgents. The Southerners if they have countenanced the dreadful deed have fatally mistaken the interests of their cause. 
17th  The sorrow for the President's death is deep and universal as we went to church yesterday we found all the houses draped with black.  In front of the studio of Mr. Baumgrass a large portrait of Mr. Lincoln was suspended surrounded with the marks of morning.  The church was so thronged with stranger we with difficulty made our way into the building and after standing for some time were provided with seats in the isle.  The pulpit and gallery were dressed in black and the Presidents pew was closed and clothed with the same sad emblem.  The Dr. in a short introductory address alluded to the terrible calamity which had befallen the nation and spoke in terms of true affection of the personal qualities of our beloved
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chief Magistrate.  The Assassins have not yet been found.  The feeling against the South is exceedingly bitter.  Mr. Seward's wounds are not as serious as was at first supposed and he will probably recover.  He was informed last night of the death of the President and of the critical condition of his son who still remains in a state of insensibility.
The funeral ceremonies are expected to take place on Wednesday.
18th  Have just returned from the Kennedys where I passed the night.  I went to see Dr. & Mrs. Gurley yesterday afternoon.  The Dr. said he had been called to go to the President about 7 o'clock in the morning.  He found him in the house opposite the theater lying insensible upon a bed with the life blood dripping from the wound in his head upon the clothes [[or?]] the floor beneath.  The several members of the cabinet & other persons were standing around the deepest sorrow depicted upon their countenances.  The Dr. went to the bed
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