Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part IV, Appendix to diplomatic correspondence of 1865; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States of America, and the attempted assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the evening of the 14th of April, 1865; expressions of condolence and sympathy inspired by these events

Admirers of the Universe Lodge

Paris, undated

[Translation.]

Sir: The respectable lodge, Admirers of the Universe, Orient of Paris, joining in the sentiments expressed by the whole fraternity in France, begs you to receive their regrets at the horrible crime that has taken from a great nation its first citizen, and added to the martyr list of humanity the pure and glorious name of Abraham Lincoln.

The respectable lodge has decided that a salute shall be given in sign of mourning, for ten years, on the anniversary of the mournful event.

This first tribute paid to the memory of Brother Abraham Lincoln, the lodge expresses its confidence in the eminent qualities of his successor Mr. Johnson, and is pleased to see in his love of justice the qualities of heart that augur a peaceable administration.

The lodge requests you to be the interpreter of its sentiments to the great American nation.

LEBARE.

Mr. Bigelow, U S. Minister, Paris.