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 in their places of worship on the 27th of April, to testify their sorrow over this National calamity; they were also requested to suspend their ordinary labor on that day, and have all public offices draped in mourning. The day was observed by all classes of people, and for the time partisan differences were forgotten in the shock of a great crime and calamity.