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Mr. EDITOR: We have the honor to inform you by these presents that the Song-Union of Zweisimmen, nineteen members, has this day resolved to join in the address of sympathy and condolence to the free States of North America.

In the mean time the members take the occasion to express their distinguished consideration.

In the name of the society and for the president:

GENTLEMEN: The Berlin committee has given us the latest news from the United States, (the glorious victories of the northern States and the atrocious assassination of the President,) and invites us to join in an address of sympathy and condolence to the government and people of the sister republic beyond the ocean.

We do not hesitate to give our fullest consent and approbation to the address, and hope it will be welcomed by all of our fellow-citizens.

We are glad that the proposal of sympathy originated at the capital of our confederation, and we have no doubt but the good example will be followed by all the other cantons, and we know it will be approved by the Swiss people in general.

We think it would be well for this canton to have a special address, as many others have; but as this is not yet determined on, we beg you to accept this expression of assent to the general address, and ask you to accept the protests of our distinguished consideration.

A. SCHWERZMANN, Secretary.

M. LITTA, President.

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The council of Zofingen to Mr. G. G. Fogg, United States minister resident in Berne.

ZOFINGEN, May 18, 1865.

HONORED SIR: We are pleased to enclose herewith a list of two hundred and twenty-five signatures of our inhabitants, intended to be annexed to the

Berne address of sympathy and condolence to our brothers beyond the ocean,
in commemoration of their victories and in lamentation of their sorrows at the
death of their excellent President, who was murdered with the design to
destroy the effect of his good deeds.

We accept the occasion to assure you of our distinguished consideration.
S. R. RINGIER, President.

R. F. ZIMMERLI, Notary.

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COMMUNITY OF ZOFINGEN.

The undersigned citizens of the canton of Aargau, with all our heart, approve of the Berne address of sympathy and condolence to the President of the United States, in every part and particular.

S. R. RINGIER.

AND 224 OTHER NAMES MENTIONED.

SALVADOR.

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LEGATION OF GUATEMALA AND SALVADOR,

Brooklyn, April 17, 1865.

SIR: I was grieved to hear of the death of the excellent President of the United States of America. The news reached me before your despatch of the 15th instant, informing me of the sad event, and of the manner of its perpetration. I am the more grieved at the deplorable circumstance, as Mr. LINCOLN was one of the best friends to the governments I have the honor to represent, and his death will be the more regretted by the republics of Guatemala and Salvador.

I hope the Hon. Mr. Seward and his son, Frederick William Seward, will soon be restored to health, as the papers announce, for the interest of the United States.

I am informed that the Vice-President of the United States has assumed the functions of President, and that you are authorized by him to take charge of the Department of State till further orders.

I embrace the occasion to offer you the assurances of my distinguished consideration.

Hon. WILLIAM HUNTER,

A. J. DE IRISARRI.

Acting Secretary of State.

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LEGATION OF SALVADOR,
Brooklyn, June 9, 1865.

Mr. SECRETARY: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a despatch from the minister of foreign relations of Salvador, dated the 19th of last month, in answer to my letter to that department, communicating the news of the assassination of Mr. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the illustrious President of your republic, in which I am instructed to express to your excellency the profound grief of the President of Salvador for the sad event, as well as for the attempt upon your life.

That government has ordered the civil and military employés of the republic to put on mourning as a token of sympathy for the government of the United States. I expect a similar communication from the government of Gautemala by the next steamer. I learn by the last mail that my despatch, communicating the lamentable event of the 14th of April, had not reached there when the last steamer started.

I remain, with feelings of the highest consideration, your very obedient servant, A. J. DE IRISARRI.

Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

Secretary of State.

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LEGATION OF GUATEMALA TO THE UNITED STATES,

Brooklyn, June 26, 1865.

Mr. SECRETARY: When the Acting Secretary of State informed me of the sad death of Mr. LINCOLN, President of the United States, I answered immedi ately, expressing the sorrow I felt at the unfortunate event, and the assurance of a similar sentiment on the part of the governments of Guatemala and Salvador that I have the honor to represent.

On the 9th of June I communicated to you the reply of the minister of foreign affairs of Salvador to my note bearing the sad intelligence, and I now have the honor to communicate what the under-secretary of the government, charged with the department of foreign relations, has written on the subject. It is as follows:

"SIR: The news of the assassination of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, has caused the deepest sensation in the minds of those now composing the government of the republic of Guatemala. The noble character of the Chief Magistrate of the United States has everywhere inspired the most respectful sympathy; and the manner in which his life was taken—a life dear

to all his fellow-countrymen-has caused the deepest affliction to the personages of this government, and all our people were mute with horror at the announcement of the terrible catastrophe of the 14th of April.

"The minister of foreign relations, now in charge of the government, desires you to be the interpreter of this sentiment to the Secretary of State of the United States, and to express to him the profound grief of the government of Guatemala at the horrid death of the excellent citizen who directed the destinies of the great nation.

"Be so good as to manifest to the Secretary of State the sympathy of the government and people of Guatemala, and their wishes for the prosperity of the United States."

You may be assured of the sincerity of the sorrow of the government and people of Guatemala for the lamentable death of Mr. LINCOLN, the well-deserving President of the United States.

With the greatest consideration, I have the honor to be your most obedient servant, A. J. DE IRISARRI.

Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,

Secretary of State,.

TURKEY.

His Highness Aali Pacha to Mr. Morris.

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SUBLIME PORTE, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

May 1, 1865.

SIR: The Sultan, my august sovereign, has learned with profound affliction the mournful news of the cruel death of President LINCOLN, and of the wounding of the Secretary of State, and I have been commanded to convey to you an expression of the regrets of his imperial Majesty.

I need not state to you, sir, how much the imperial government, in its character of sincere friend of the United States, is interested in their prosperity, and how great has been the sorrow which this event has occasioned. Be pleased, sir, to accept assurances of my high consideration.

Mr. MORRIS,

Minister Resident of the United States of America.

AALI.

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BEIROUT, SYRIA, May 13, 1865.

At the call of J. Aug. Johnson, esq., American consul at Beirout, a meeting of the American citizens resident in Syria was held at the consulate this. afternoon, at 5 o'clock, to give expression to the sentiments of the local American community with reference to the assassination of President LINCOLN.

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The consul was called to the chair, and the Rev. Philip Berry appointed secretary. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Van Dyck. After a statement of facts by the Chair, a committee was appointed, consisting of the Rev. Messrs. Van Dyck, H. Jessup, and Post, to draw up suitable resolutions embodying the sense of this meeting, and which are as follows:

Whereas in the inscrutable dispensation of Divine Providence our country, in the midst of its rejoicings for victory, has been overtaken by a great national calamity in the assassination of President LINCOLN and severe wounding of the Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, in the attempt to assassinate him: Therefore,

Resolved, That we do hereby express our detestation of the dastardly and horrible crime which has deprived our nation of its Chief Magistrate, at such a crisis in its history, as the present, and our unfeigned grief and humiliation under this sorrowful dispensation.

Resolved, That we do hereby unite with our fellow-citizens and countrymen, at home and abroad, in expressing our high appreciation of the character of President LINCOLN as a patriot, as a citizen, and as Chief Magistrate of the United States, and that, as a mark of respect for his memory, we wear the usual badge of mourning for forty days.

Resolved, That we earnestly pray for the speedy restoration of Mr. Seward to health and strength.

Resolved, That J. Aug. Johnson, esq., United States consul for Syria and Palestine, be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions, signed by the chairman and secretary, to the Department of State at Washington, and another to the family of the deceased President, with whose grief we deeply sympa

thize.

PHILIP BERRY, Secretary.

J. AUGUSTUN JOHNSON,

United States Consul, Chairman.

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BUCHAREST, May 11, 1865.

To the Editors of the "Bund," in Berne:

Your appeal to the Swiss people to perform an act of patriotism in presence of the great events that have just occurred in the United States has found a powerful echo among us.