MAYOR'S OFFICE, APRIL 15th, 1865.
WHEREAS, We are informed of the death of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES,
by the hand of an assasin, and in consideration of the
great and irreparable calamity that has befallen our
country, I hereby request all the people of Gardiner
not prevented by disability, to assemble at the sever-
al places of public worship and bow themselves be-
fore Almighty God, imploring his Divine assistance
at the time of our country's peril, on Sunday, 16th
inst. I hope all the citizens will forego every little
inconvenience and thus show their sympathy for the
great sorrow that has come upon us, and I also re-
quest the prayers of the Clergy and people be offered
up that the life of Secretary Seward may be spared.
of
Gardiner. Me.