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

Inhabitants of Hamilton, Bermuda

Hamilton, Bermuda, May 11, 1865.

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this meeting, the recent barbarous assassination of the late President of the United States of America was an atrocious outrage upon all the principles of humanity and good government, and deserves to be met with the just indignation and fixed abhorrence of every peaceable and well-ordered community.

Proposed by his honor the chief justice. Seconded by the attorney general.

Resolved, That this meeting desires to express its sympathy with a neighboring nation, deprived by this outrage of the chief magistrate of its choice, and also to convey to the bereaved family and personal friends of the late President Lincoln a heartfelt expression of condolence with them in their deep affliction.

Proposed by honorable the speaker. Seconded by Hon. M. G. Keon, colonial secretary.

HENRY JAMES TUCKER,

Mayor and Chairman.