| Show THREAT TO assassinate ASSASSIN ASSA 1 tv aday n mori biorn PE DENT NT LINCOLN n yes ings chronicle we gave an account a of tile the arrest of a drunken man inan named thomas demons clemens for fc disorderly diao derly conduct in fronton willards hotel on sunday we also stated that provost mar ma filial major called at the ti station house and asked thu that demons clemens be turned over to him bin demons clemens was waa delivered to liim hini as a desired the cause of the majors major request was that two gentlemen gentl cm had filed with him affidavits iii i substance stance as follows one was that this man clemens came into the office of the person perso who made tile the affidavit at abon 1 2 on last sanday and an there mac made a declaration that lie h had come from alexandria ya va on the day of inauguration to foi the purpose of kiting killing the dl denar but that lie had arrived aeve about half an hour too late anti adf that was all that saved the pres dens life asseverating that be h thought it would be doing a na binal benefit to kill such a tyrant AVit witness ness then went out and re ported the charge to major king of gen augurs staff the affidavit of tile the other was wa substantially as follows 0 oh n march ath there came to tc his house between the hours of 12 and I 1 a man in corn com pany with one thomas demons clemens both citizens they were both very disorderly disorderly indeed tacy seemed to have been drinking very freely thomas clemens in iii particular was very abusive H he said using gross and profane lari language guage he came here to kill the t mr lincoln and that lie waa tate late about orre one huu hour 1 and that his saviour would hieye never r forgive hira him for failing to to doia do so 6 he clemens said n id said thit that lie would do it buhat that night namely the ath of march and came syly to fo doit dait and id that he would do 0 it before he left town edwn he furthermore said that the government had robbed him of a certain sum of money clemens was returned to th the 1 civil authorities es and justice bos well I 1 gave hima hearing and committed him to jail for court washinton chronicle march ath az AN opinion of ri sherman herman taken froam the arm army y and navy jou jour r T 7 s 4 to sherman Sli erman we can afford no parallel in in the history of this war or any other modern war an abler tactician tactic i an than joe johnston whom jie outmaneuvered ayom field to field aa at a lighter fighter r when the necessity arises as either hooker or hood as good an air executive ober when under agn grant as aa jackson meade of Warren or he has shown in tile the combinations of his last campaign a ability unparalleled ethe alie days da y s 0 n 1 his aule able government of savan bialt ahl axil hibits a sound judgment jud gme and A pria ence which combined W with ith his other aled encelen ces make him bim the greatest sol dier the american eople haye bavi yet produced AFTER having given away awl and goldsome sold some acres of jand jabid wi with Y inthe n f I 1 ast i two years eais uncle lan c sambas left surveyed and ansur voyed h to make lumn hihi greatest land hol an fn athe world except pert imp iiams hassia Hys T sia 1 t 1 1 I |
