Fort McHenry Md April 10th 1865. Gen'l Lee surrendered his whole army to Gen'l Grant at 4 P.M. yesterday at Farmville Va. Great rejoicing through out the North, 200 guns are ordered to be fired from every Fort and Post in the U.S. The war is thought to be virtually at an end. The soldiers cannot realize the fact that they are soon to be mustered out of the service. Ft. McHenry Apr. 15" President Lincoln was assasinated & killed at Fords theater last night, at 9.30 P.M. by John Wilks Booth. also Wm H. Seward & 2 sons, who received slight injuries. Gold in N.Y. 146. Ft. McHenry Apr. 22d. The remains of the late President passed through Baltimore, receiving all the funeral honors possible for people to bestow. Never since this has been a Republic, has the death of one man created such a sensation. As far as I can hear, it is regarded as a national calamity.
