I will express to you without delay the very sincere and profound sorrow at the news of the horrid catastrophe that reached us to-day.

The loss of a man like LINCOLN is a cause of mourning for all in the world who have at heart the triumph of liberty and democracy.

Mr. Seward's death is a blow almost as terrible.

Allow me to inform you of a fact you will certainly be glad to learn. The different religious Protestant societies are now holding their public annual conferences. The Evangelic Society assembled yesterday evening. The Reverend William Monad announced the horrid news to the astounded assembly in these terms:

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The terrible manifestation of wickedness of which we have heard to-day has struck us all with consternation.

"President LINCOLN has been assassinated.

"We cannot give full expression to our feelings at such a loss. We are not discouraged; it is even the abolition of slavery that God has sealed with LINCOLN'S purest blood.

Let it be known to our brethren in the United States that we mourn with them their greatest citizen.

"John Brown, ABRAHAM LINCOLN! both were martyrs to a holy cause. "John Brown was the first; God grant that LINCOLN may be the last!" Accept the homage of my very sincere and respectful devotion.

A. MONOD

The UNITED STATES MINISTER.

[Translation.]

PARIS, May 3, 1865.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN fell a victim to the most execrable crime known, at the very moment the Union was saved by his firmness, patriotic energy, and moderation.

The Sunday Courier boasts of being the first among French newspapers to embrace the American cause from its beginning, and to advocate the ideas to which Mr. LINCOLN made himself a martyr; and to-day we express the profound grief his unexpected death has caused us.

This great citizen belonged not only to America, but to the entire human family; and his death is felt by all those of old Europe who believe in liberty, law, and justice.

When the northern armies entered Richmond, we felt that the last rampart of slavery had fallen, and we rejoiced in the victory; now we ask the right to participate in your mourning.

If America wants this good man's memory to be handed down to future generations in a monument of marble, we will be the first to contribute our humble aid, as we were the first to help the glorious cause in our journal. Accept the assurance of our respectful and devoted sentiments.

PH. TARGET,

E. VILLETARD,

Responsible Editors of the Sunday Courier.

The UNITED STATES MINISTER

TO THE MEMORY OF MR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

President of the republic of the United States of America-May, 1865.

[Translation.]

The works of Satan fill the earth with pain ;

The world is now mourning one of his wicked deeds,

Who has not heard of his last exploit?

The news is carried by the tolling of a bell.

Public welfare now demands that we be all united;

Let feelings of jealousy be laid aside;

We only think of saving our country.

Free and noble children of America!

The hero of the great republic is no more;

He who, when in danger, saved its flag!

Washington will receive him as a brother,

But the world will mourn him more than Washington.

The universe will sing a hymn,

And say he went down as a martyr to the tomb.

When the madman in his fury struck the sage,

The human race was shocked with horror and remorse.

Why should just men tolerate such fiends among them?
If such men were less common now, in France,

We would ne'er regret so many crimes.

God cries in his anger, vengeance;
Justice wants another bloody sacrifice,
And LINCOLN fell, the victim of innocence.

Like Christ, like Brown, he was a martyr.

He died to save his country and to free the blacks.

Now his holy reign is over,

Forget him not, ye generous sons of Ham.

Let us now look up to heaven,

And ask his immortal soul,

Freed from the trammels of the flesh,

If his work was not perfect.

The world moves on, and men rejoice

That freedom is restored to all.

Some may not bless him now;

But ere they die they'll see the good he did,

And praise him,

AUGUSTE L'ALLOUX,

Former interpreter of Du Petti Thouars, Bruat and Hamlin,

Bachelor of Arts, professor of English, first primary

free teacher, 38 Chaussée du Maine, Paris.

[Translation.]

34 TAITBOUT STREET, April 29, 1865.

DEAR SIR: I should have written to you sooner in expression of my feelings at the horrid news, but I was sick when I first received it; yet sick as I was, I lectured last Thursday, on Franklin, at the Conservatory of Arts and Trades, and spoke of President LINCOLN. Never in my life, as a professor, have I found so much sympathy. The audience applauded three times with great enthusiasm, not for the speaker, but for the noble victim of a base assassination. You should see how general the excitement is in Paris; it is much greater than I expected. Cochin, Broglie, and myself are drawing up an address, which I am sure will be signed by the most important men in France.

What more can we do? If I can he of any service to you, dispose of me, and consider me one of your best friends.

Do not take the trouble to answer this unless you have some important communication to make, for you must have many letters to write; but when you write to Washington, assure Mr. Seward how much I am interested in his situation, and that I wish his speedy recovery. Mr. Seward is now more necessary to America and to the whole world. Adieu.

Your very devoted,

The UNITED STATES MINISTER.

ED. LABOULAYE.

[Translation.]

PARIS, May 20, 1865.

SIR: I have the honor of sending you with this letter several copies of an ode I have composed in honor of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and two letters, one for the widow of the great man, and the other for Mr. Johnson, now President of the United States.

I shall be infinitely obliged to you if you will send them to their destinations in the shortest possible time.

You will also do me the favor to fix a day when I can have a brief interview with you.

Accept my sympathy for your glorious country, and the assurance of my most distinguished consideration.

Mr. BIGELOW,

PAUL THOUZERY.

Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America.

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[Translation.]

PARIS, May 20, 1865.

Mr. PRESIDENT: To one whom ABRAHAM LINCOLN loved and associated with him in his great work I send an ode addressed to the memory of that great man.

May my verses find an echo in every American heart! May your worthy citizens aid you in the labor you have undertaken! You only were worthy to succeed LINCOLN.

The ode I send you to-day will prove, I hope, that the sympathy of the world is with you.

To eulogize the dead in presence of the living is honoring the latter, by showing them that we confide in their genius and in their impartiality. I am, with respect, Mr. President, your humble admirer, PAUL THOUZERY.