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f ? lewis m. iirist, proprietor, j |U Jnbfpcnbcnt Jfantiln ftctospapcr: Jfor IJjt ^romotron of tbc political, Social, ^griraltural ani Commercial Interests of t|e jsonfji. |terms--$2.50 a year, in advance. VOL. 27. YOEKYILLE, S. O., THTJRSIDA.Y, SEPTEMBER 29, 1881. 39. . - - ^ ? Ihc Ration's (?ricf. OUR DEAD PRESIDENT. the death bed scene. Long Branch, September 20.?Judge Ad-1 vncate General Swaim, who has been with I President Garfield continuously since he was shot, and who was the only one with the } President when he commenced sinking last I night, made the following statement to a representative of the Associated Press : It was my night to watch the President. I had been with him a good deal of the time from 3 o'clock in the afternoon. A few minutes be- 1 fore 10 o'clock I left Col. Rockwell, with I whom I had been talking for some minutes, j in the large hall, anil proceeded up stairs to the President's room. On entering I found Mrs. Garfield sitting by his bed-side. There was do other person in the room. I said to her, "How is everything going?" She renlied. "He is sleeping nicely." I then said, "I think you had better go to bed and rest. j I asked her what had bean prescribed for hiro to take during the night- She replied that she did not know ; that she had given him milk punch at 8 o'clock. I then said, "If you will wait a moment I will go to the doctors' room and see what is to be given during the night. She theu said, "There is beef tea down-stairs ; Daniel knows where to get it." I then went to the doctors' room ; I found j Dr. Bliss there, and asked him what was to j be given during the night. He answered : "I think I had better fix up a list, and will bring I it in to you presently." I then went back into the President's room and had some li.ttte x conversation with Mrs. Garfield. She felt of the President's hand and laid her hand on his forehead and said : "He seems to be in good j condition," and passed out of the room. I immediately felt his hands, feet and knees. I thought that his knees seemed a little cool ; and got a flannel cloth, heated it at the fire I and laid it over his limbs. I also heated an- ! other cloth and laid it over his right hand 1 and then sat down in a chair beside his bed. ! r one KarriK- son fori whpn Dr. Bovnton came ' f " " " J ? J - in aud felt the President's pulse. I asked him how it seemed to him. He replied : "It is not as strong as it was this afternoon, but very good." I 6aid, "He seems to be doing well." "Yes," he answered and passed out. He was not in the room more than two minutes. Shortly after this, the President awoke. As he turned his head on awakening, I arose and took hold of his hand. I was on the left hand side of the bed as he lay. I remarked, "'You have had a nice, comfortable sleep." He then said: "Oh! Swaira, this terrible pain !" placing his right hand on his breast over the region of his heart. I asked him if I could do anything for him. He said, "Some water." I went to the other side of the room and poured out about an ounce and a half of Poland water into a glass, and gave him to drink. He took the glass in his hand, I raising his head as usual, and he drank water very naturally. I then handed the glass to the colored man, Daniel, who came in during the time I was getting the water. Afterwards I took a napkin and wiped his forehead, as he usually perspired on awakening. He then said, "Oh ! Swaira, this terrible pain ; press your hand ou it." I laid my hand on his chest. He then threw both hands up to his side, about on a line with his heart, and ex- I t claimed, "Oh ! Swaim, can you stop this j and again, "Oh ! Swaira." I then saw him looking at me with a staring expression. I asked him if he was suffering much pain, j Receiving no answer, I repeated the question, ! with like result. I then concluded that he was either dying or was having a severe spasm, and called to Daniel, who was at the door, to ! tell Dr. Bliss and Mrs. Garfield to come in i immediately, and glanced at a small clock j hanging on the chandelier nearly over the ! foot of his bed, and saw that it was nearly ten minutes past 10 o'clock. Dr. Bliss came in within two or three min-! utes. I told Daniel to bring the light, a little candle which habitually sat behind the screen near the door When the light shone full on his face I saw that he was dying. When Dr. Bliss came in a moment after, I , said : "Doctor, have you any stimulant ? He I seems to be dying." He took hold of his wrist as if feeling for his pulse and said, "Yes, ' he is dying." I then said to Dauiel, run and arouse the house. At that moment Col. Rock-1 well came in, when Dr. Bliss said, "Let us '' ...UiftU ii-a rtirl Tn a ijflrtf fow ! rUU 1119 1IIIJU9, niiikii nc uiu. m u ivij iv? moments Mrs. Garfield came in and said : V "What does this mean ?" and a moment after exclaimed, "Oh! why am I made to suffer this cruel wrong?" At 10 35 P. M. the sacrifice was completed. He breathed his last calmly and peacefully. At the final moment the following persons were present: Mrs. Gat field and Molly, Drs. Bliss, Agnew and Boyntnn, Gen. Swaim, -? Col. and Mrs. Rockwell, J. Stanley Brown, C. O. Rockwell and Daniel Spriggs. THE PRESIDENT'S BODY. On the early train this morning came i from New York the person into whose hands has beeu placed the duty of embalming the dead President. On his arrival the wagon was immediately driven to Francklyn Cottage, when the embalraer entered and was soon shown to the room where lies the deceased. The operatiou of embalming will be begun after the autopsy has been completed this afternoon. The remains will then be so preserved 60 as to render it possible for the body to lie in state until the interment, which is expected to take placeearly next week. Dr. Curtis, a prominent surgeon of Washington, has beeu summoned to attend the autopsy, aud is now here. He was notified | by wire last night immediately after the President's death, and he arrived here shortly | before 11 o'clock this morning. The three physicians who left the case after the late President's removal from Washington are also here, having arrived on the same train with Dr. Curtis. Thus there will be present at the post-mortem examination the following surgeons: Drs. Bliss, Hamilton, Agnew, Woodwatd, Reyburn,Surgeon-General Barnes and Dr. Curtis. The duties of the autopsy ' will be performed by Dr. Agnew, who has held the knife in all the operations in the course of the President's sickness. The ball will be found, and the condition of the lungs and wound will at last be definitely known. the inquest abandoned. Long Branch, September 20.?The coroner's inquest upon the President's remaius has been abandoned by the local authorities. tiie president's estate. Washington, September 20.?The agent of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of j New York says that President Garfield was insured for $25,000 in that company. He was also insured in other companies, but to what amount is not known. It is stated that the President left no will and that during his illness he declined to make one. saying he was willing to trust the courts for an equitable division of his property among his heirs. The value of his property, including his house in this citv, which is mortgaged, is estimated at 825,000. the presidents mother. Cleveland, September 20.?A special from ! Solon says : The news was broken to Grand* 1 ma Garfield about 9 o'clock this morning. | At first she was very much shocked, but soon came to and talked calmly, and said : "It was probably all for the best, if the people were ready to receive it." She then said : "It is not possible that my son James is dead ? I do not wish to live any longer?I will soon be with him." revelations of the autopsy?the bullet found near the heart. Elberon, N. J., September 21.?The fob ] lowing official bulletin was prepared last night j by the surgeons who have been in attendance upon the late President: By previous arrangement the post-mortem examination of the body of President Garfield was made this afternoon in the presence and with the assist- j aiice of Drs. Hamilton, Agnew, liliss, .Karnes, : Woodward, Reyburo, Andrew H. Smith, of: Elberon.and Acting Assistant Surgeon Lamb, j of the Army Medical Museum, Washington, j The operation was performed by Dr. Lamb, j It was found that the ball after fracturing { the right eleveuth rib, had passed through j the spinal column in front of the spinal canal, I fracturing the body of the first lumbar verte- { bra, driving a number of small fragments of] bone into the adjacent soft parts and lodging j below the pancreas, about two inches and a j half to the left of the spine, and behind the i peritoneum, where it became completely encysted. The immediate cause of death was secondary hemorrhage from one of the mesenteric arteries adjoining the track of the ball, the blood rupturing the peritoneum aud nearly a pint escaping into the abdominal cavity. This hemorrhage is belived to have been the cause of the severe pain in the lower part of the chest complained of just before death. An abscess cavity, six incites by four in dimensions, was found in the vicinity of the gall bladder betweeu the liver and the transverse colon which were strongly adherent. It did not involve the substance of the liver, and no communication was found between it and the wound, although the suppurating channel -extended from the external wound between the loin muscles and the right kidney almost to the right groin. This channel, now known to be due to the burrowing of pus from the wound, was supposed during life to have been the track of the ball. On examination of the organs of the chest evidences of severe bronchitis were found in both sides, with bronchial pneumonia of the lower portions of the right lung, also, though to a much less extent, on the left. The lungs contain no abcessea and the heart no clots. Tka woo on 1 m rnod and fnltv. but free A IIV li*VI ?? WO VIIIVM gvu , . from abscesses, nor were any found in any j other organ except the left kidney, which i contained near its surface a small abscess about one-third of an inch in diameter. In reviewing the history of the case in con-j nection with the autopsy, it is quite evident that the different suppurating surfaces and J especially the fractured spongy tissue of the j vertebra furnish a sufficient explanation of the septic condition which existed. Signed : D. \V. Bliss, Frank H. Hamilton, J. K. Barnes, D. Hayes Agnew, J. J. Woodward, Andrew H. Smith, Robt. Reyburn, and i D. S. Lamb. forty-five minutes in finding the ball. Elberon, N. J., September 21.?Dr. Bliss stated at a late hour last night that the autopsy had been very tedious, and the time oc- | cupied in searching for the ball alone was nearly three quarters of an hour. In reply to an ioquiry the doctor said that since the conclusion of the autopsy, Mrs. Garfield was feeling much relieved, as it established the fact that the patient's death was inevitable. He stated further that the point of the j ball was in a somewhat blunt or battered condition caused by the force by which it struck the rib. In other respects its orignial shape j was not altered. tiie body and the coffin. New York, September 21.?The Evening ! Post's Elberon special says: "The President: is laid out in the suit of clothes which he wore on inauguration day. His left hand is laid across his breast after the manner he had in j life. The body is so greatly shrunken that: artificial means had to be used to give me i clothes the appearance of fitting. In addition j to the natural shrinkage from his illness, the j operation connected with the autopsy has left j the body in an even more emaciated state. A plaster cast was taken of his face yesterday as well as his right hand. The effect of the oil used upon the face prior to takingthe cast disfigures the features somewhat, and slightly altered the color of the face, so that the appearance i3 very much less natural even than it was just after death. The President had a massive head, and the large bones show very prominently. His cheeks are fallen in. His beard has been so arranged about the parotid gland as to conceal that terrible j scar, and such arrangements have been made about the pillow as still further to cover the swelling which helped to sap away his life. The undertaker says that in his opinion it will be safe to expose the body after it leaves here as the effects of the fluid used for embalming are such as to have already hardened the features. The coffin is black with silver handles. 1 Black rods run along the side and upon j the top is a silver plate with the inscription, "James Abram Garfield, born November: 19th, 1831. Died, President of the United j States, September, 19, 1881." The coffin was ! liued with white satin across the top, and crossing each other were two long leaves of, palm. Only the face and shoulders were visioie i and one needed to know that all remained of j James A. Garfield lay there to recall the features, so familiar during life. The face to those who knew Gen. Garfield only from portraits could not have been recognized. The cheeks were gone, the brow had lost its massive appearance which bad characterized it in life. The involuntary whispered re j mark of all as they gazed upon the loved ' form with a shudder was, "I never should i have recognized him." How he must have suffered. The shrunken form told how marvellous it was that he had lived so long. removing tiie body from long branch. | Long Branch, September 21.?Karly this ; morning an additional guard was placed about Francklyu Cottage for the purpose of preserv- ' ing order while the remains were lying in state. Hundreds of people were constantly arriving. Arrangements having been completed ( and notice given that all those desiring might ! view the remains of the late Chief Magistrate, a line was formed and people passed in single file through the cottage. Two sentinels were stationed at each side of the entrance door to prevent more than one person entering at a time. The casket is very unpretentious, being covered with rich black cloth, and with the exception of heavy silver mountings, is perfectly plain. The only decoration is a large "V" shaped sago pa.'m, which extends from the foot of the casket upwards. The remains lay in one of the rooms on the first floor of the cottage, and the people pas sed in at the east door, and without slopping, out at the west. At 9 A. M. the church bells were tolling and the crowd continued to increase, the cars to be used for the funeral train having just been run up to the Francklyn Cottage. At 9.25 A. M. the engine and coaches were I in readiness to start. The entire train was j heavily draped in mourning and presented a funeral appearance. The line which had been formed at 8.45 from the Elberon Hotel to tbe Francklyn cottage had been diminish, ed somewhat, but crowds of new arrivals surged into the surrounding grounds every | moment. Ocean avenue for two blocks in either direction was filled with vehicles. The occasion was one of extreme solemnity and so impressed every one. No disorder pre| vailed, and the large gathering, composed of j all classes, was very quiet and decorous. At half past 9 o'clock, Chief Justice Waite, Secretary and Mrs. Blaine, Secretary and Mrs. Windom, Secretary and Mrs. Hunt, Postmaster General and Mrs. James, and Secretaries Lincoln and Kirk wood ami AttorneyGeneral MacVeagh arrived at Francklyn Cottage, and the doors were closed to visitors. Religious services were, conducted by request of Mrs. Garfield, bv Rev. Charles J. Young, of Long Brunch. There were present, besides the family and attendants, the members of the Cabinet and their wives, and a few personal friends, numbering in all, not more than fifty individuals. When the moment for the solemnities wus announced the windows and doors were closed and all sounds hushed. Owing to the necessity for starting the train promptly on time, Col. Rockwell had requested the officiating clergyman to occupy but five minutes. The service was as follows : The minister read from the Scriptures appropriate passages relating to the death and resurrection, such as are found in the burial service of the Episcopal Church. He then offered the following prayer : 0 Thou who didst open the grave of the brother in Bethany, who hadst compassion on the widow of Nain as she bore her beloved dead, who art the same yesterday, to-day, and forever, and in whom there is no variableness nor shadow i of turning, have mercy upon us at this hour, when our souls have nowhere else to fly. But we fly to Thee. Thou knowest these sorrows that we bow under. 0, thou God of the widow, help this stricken heart before Thee. Help these children and those that are not here. Be their father. Help her in the distant State, who watched over him in childhood. Help this nation, that is to-day bleeding and bowed in sorrow before Thee. O, sanctify this heavy chastisement to its good. Help those associated with him in the government. 0, Lord, grant from the darkness of this night of sorrow there may arise a better day for the glory of God and the good of j man. We thank Thee for the record of the : life that is c losed, for its heroic devotion to j principle. We thank Thee, 0, thou Lord, j that he was Thy servant, that he preached j Thee, Thy noble life and example, and that | we can say of him, "Now blessed are the dead j who die in the Lord, for their works do follow | them." Now, Lord, go with this sorrowing i company on this last sad journey, bear them I up and strengthen them. 0, God, bring us j all at last to the morning that has no shadow, | the house that has no tears, the land that has j no death, for Christ's sake. Amen. THE DEPARTURE FROM LOSti liKA.VUl. Immediately after the conclusion of the services at Francklyn Cottage, Mrs. Garfield, accompanied by her son Harrv, Col. Swaim, Col. and Mrs. Rockwell, Miss Mollie Garfield and Miss Rockwell, and Dr. JBoyuton and C. 0. Rockwell, came from the cottage and entered the first coach. The members of the Cabinet and their wives followed and took seats in the second coach. Mrs. Garfield was heavily veiled and in passing to the train exhibited the same fortitude which has characterized her manner throughout. In addition to the immediate members of the family, the following composed the party on the traiu: Private Secretaay J. Stanley Brown, Executive Clerk Warren S. Young, John R. Van Worraer, chief clerk of the Postoflice department; John Jamison, railway mail service ; Ridgely Hunt, son of the secretary of the navy ; C. F. James, sou of the postmaster-general; Mr. Jay Stone, private secretary to Secretary Lincoln ; ex-Sheriff Daggett, of Brooklyn ; Col. H. C. Corbin, aud Messrs. Atchison, Iviekard and other attendants upon the late President and Mrs. Garfield during their sojourn here. Just before the train was ready to start the following State officials of New Jersey, accompanied by members of the Legislature, arrived upon the scene : Governor George C. Ludlow, Maj.-General G. Mutt, Adjt.-Gen. Wm. S. Stryker, Quartermaster-Gen. Lewis Perrine, Gen. Willoughby Weston, Gen. Bird W. Speucer, Col. L. Perrine, Jr., Secretary of State Henrv C. Kelsev. AssistantSecretary of Slate James D. Hall, Comptroller E. J. Anderson, Treasurer Geo. M. Wright and Private Secretary to the Gov. Joseph D. Naar. A few minutes before 10 o'clock the casket1 was removed from the cottage by six strong ! men and, passing through the guard of sol-1 diers, was placed in the third coach. The at- | tendants and others who accompanied the party took seats in the fourth car. Dr. Rey- i burn is the only surgeon who went on the I special train. At exactly 10 o'clock the funeral train started from Francklyn Cottage, moving from ; the grounds very slowly. ARTHUR AND CHANT BOARD THE TRAIN. j The train reached Elberon station about j 10.08 A. M., and stopped up the road about a quarter of a mile from the station. To this ; point the special train which brought Presi- j dent Arthur and Gen. Grant from New York was run, and guards were stationed in the vicinity to prevent any annoyance from the crowd, there being from five to six hundred persons in the immediate neighborhood. As soon as President Arthur's train was j stopped alongside the train which bore the re- \ mains of the President he and Gen. Grant step ped across and entered the second car of the ; funeral train. Gen. Grant took the second from the last seat on the light hand side of the second car. President Arthur sat in the next seat in front of Gen. Grant by himself, and the seat next in front of that in which President Arthur sat was occupied by Secretary Blaine. As the train moved off President Arthur hat! his hands on the back of Secretary Blaine's seat and was leaning furward engaged in conversation with the secretary. OTHER INCIDENTS OX TIIE WAY. At Ocean Grove, N. J., the railroad for half a mile on both sides was lined with people. On the platform of the depot were from four to five thousand ladies and gentlemen. As the train passed the men stood with uncovered heuds, absolutely silent. The bells tolled and then the crowd dispersed. Flags were at half-mast and buildings draped. When the train passed West Philadelphia there was a large crowd, which filled Market street, along the top of Gray's Ferry Tunnel, ! watching for its passage. The best of order was kept and expressions of sympathy and sorrow were heard on all sides. At Princeton junction there were about i three hundred or more students from Princeton College and they had the track strewn for a hundred yards with very beautiful dowers, and also put some elegant flowers on the ' train as it slowed up for them. At Wilmington. Del., about ten thousand i people assembled as the funeral train passed, i The bells of the city hall, courthouse and fire ; companies were tolled while the train was passing through. 1 The passage from Klberon to Washington was one continued manifestation of sympathy and sorrow in populous cities. In smaller villages and even through the country which the mournful train passed, demonstrations of j sympathy and sorrow were ever present. In the larger cities multitudes of people assembled and stood absolutely silent with heads uncovered as the train passed by, while the tolling of bells, flags flying at half mast and funeral drapery which covered many buildings, all added to the solemnity of the scene. . At numerous places along the route beauti! ful floral offerings were observed, and at several places the truck was literally covered for a distance of more than one hundred yards I with ferns and flowers. Even in the country, along the route, there was no lack of evidence j of affection, regard, sympathy and sorrow, j Men, women and children collected on the porticos of residences near the track, at the crossings and on embankments commanding a near view of the passing train and with bowed and uncovered heads for the fleeting instant as thetraiu rushed past, gave evidence of their sorrow. Laborers in the fields watched the coming of the train bearing the dead President, anil with bare arms and uncovered heads stood mute and sorrowful while the funeral train passed. the reception at washington. Washington, September 21.?The train hearing the President's remains arrived here at 4.35 P. M. A vast throng assembled about the depot, every avenue and approach beiog l densely packed with quiet and orderly citi| zens. The casket containing the remains of I the President, was borne upon the shoulders of eight soldiers, and placed in the hearse, 1 which was draped in black of rich and heavy I material. The hearse was drawn by six irongrey horses, whose trappings were also draped in sombre black. As the casket was borne to the hearse the Marine Band played "Nearer my God to Thee," while every head was bowed and many eyes were dimmed with tears. As soon as the Presidential party had entered their carriages the military escort formed in line and the mournful procession proceeded on its way to the Capitol. A dense mass of people lined the sidewalks all the way from the depot to the Capitol. As the procession moved up the avenue scarce ly a souud was heard save from the feet of the moving men and horses, and heads were bowed as by a common impulse of deep and iin roi/rnml rrfifif b,,v-; Upon reaching the Capitol the remain9 were borne into the rotunda and placed upon the catafalque, a number of Senators and Representatives p'receding and ranging themselves on each side of the dais. Close behind the casket walked President Arthur and Secretary Blaine, who were followed by Chief Justice Waite, Secretary Windom, General Grant, Secretaries Hunt, Lincoln, Kirkwood and Attorney General MacVeagh. Soon after the lid of the casket was opened and the face of the late President was exposed to view. Noiselessly President Arthur and Secretary Blaine approached and gazed upoo the face of the dead, then slowly and sadly passed out of the hall. A line was formed, and one by one those present ad vanced and glanced at the emaciated and discolored face of the dead President. The public at large was then admitted, and up to a late hour tonight a steady stream of persons passing by testified by their reverential conduct and mournful countenances the sorrow which they felt in viewing the features of their murdered President. The body will lie in state a day and a night, and until Friday evening, when the remains will be taken to Cleveland, Ohio. guiteau the murderer. Washington, September 21.?Everything at the jail is quiet this morning. Guiteau is described as being somewhat restless, hut he alternately reads and writes. He is thought to be engaged in writing his reflections on the shooting and the President's death. It is generally thought by those who have examined the statutes that Guiteau cannot be convicted of murder'under the District laws, and Col. Corkliil 1 is said to entertain that opinion. MILITARY HONORS. orders to the army on the death of the commander in chief. Washington, September 20.?The following order has been issued by Gen. Sherman: Headquarters of Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, September 20,1881. General Orders No. 71: The following order of the Secretary of War announces to the army the death of James A. Garfield, President of the United States : War Department, September 20.?With profound sorrow the secretary of war announces to the army that James A. Garfield, President of-the United States, died at Elberon, New Jersey, at twenty-five minutes before 11, on the evening of September 19, 1881. The great grief which is felt by the nation, at the j untimely death of the President, will be es- j pecially felt by the army, in whose service he bore so conspicuous a part duriug the war of| the rebellion. In him the army has lost a be- j loved commander-in-chief, a friend and form-1 er comrade. Proper honors will be paid to ! the memory of the late Chief-Magistrate of j the Nation, at the headquarters of each mili- j tary department and division, and at each military station. The general of the army shall give the necessary instructions for carrying this into effect. Rorkrt T. Lincotn, Secretary of War. On the day after the receipt of this order at the headquarters of inilitaiy commands in the field, at each military station and at the Military Academy at West Point, the troops | and cadets will be paraded at 10 o'clock, A. M., and this order will be read to them, after | which all labor for the day will cense. At dawn of dav thirteen guns will be fired j at each military post; and afterwards at in-1 tervals of thirty minutes, between the rising and setting of the sun, a single gun ; and at the close of the day, the national salute of thirty eight guns. The national flag will be displayed at half staff" at the headquarters of the several military divisions and departments J and at all military stations until the remains ; of the late Chief-Magistrate are consigned to : their last resting place at Cleveland, Ohio. Ofiicers of the army of the United States will wear the badge of mourning on their left arm and on their swords, and colors of regiments will be put in mourning for the period of six months. The following ofiicers of the army, with a like number of officers of the navy, have been selected for the purpose of composing the guard of honor, and to accompany the remains ; of their late Commander'iu-Chief from the National Capitol to Cleveland, Ohio, and to continue with them until they are consigned to their last resting place : The General of the Army, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, (Quartermaster General M. C. Meigs, Adjutant-General K. C. Drum, Inspector General I). M. Sacket. By command of General Sherman. K. C. Duum, Adjutant General. the news received abroad. London, September 20.?In London the opinion to he heard, expressed by all classes, in conversation, in the streets, on the railway j trains and at plapes of public resort, is that i the event is doubly sad, after the gallant j struggle for life made by the President. The j balconies of the American Exchange are | draped in black, and the flags which adorn j many places of business in the West end of the city are displayed at half mast. Liverpool, September 20.?The corres| pondent of the Associated Press telegraphs I as follows : The announcement of the death I of the President was received here with universal expressions of profound regret. Special editions of the papers published the new< with heavy mourning borders. Flags are at half-mast on the Town Hall, on a large number of public and private buildings and on the shipping. Mrs. Garfield received the following dispatch from the Queen of England this morning : Mrs. Garfield, Long Branch: Words cannot express the deep sympathy I feel with you at this terrible moment. May God support and comfort you as he alone can. The Queen, Balmoral Court. London, September 20.?The Queen has telegraphed to Mr. Lowell as follows : "With deep grief I and ray children learn the sad but not unexpected news of the fatal termination of the sufferings of the President. His loss is a great misfortune. I have learned I witn aeep sorrow mai me rresiuem na? passed away." The Prince of Wales telegraphed to Mr. Lowell: "The Princess and myself beg you to offer our sincere condolence to Mrs. Garfield." Earl Granville, secretary of State for foreign affairs, telegraphed Mr. Lowell : "I am deeply grieved." He has sent a cable message to Washington direct, requesting the secretary of State to assure Mrs. Garfield and the Government of the grief with which the English Government has received the announcement of the President's death. Parliament not being in session prevents it from giving formal expression of the sorrow and sympathy universally felt, which is deepened by the courage and dignity displayed by the sufferer. the news in columbia. Columbia, September 20.?The news of the President's death only reached the citizens of Columbia upon the arrival of the New and Courier this morning, the Beginter1 s reports from Elberon having closed before 9 o'clock last night and no bulletins being issued from the telegraph office this morning. As soon as the information whs received the city bell began tolling, and its deep boom echoes over the city soon apprised the people of the calamity. A dash was made for the News and Courier and groups gathered wherever a copy was to be found. The gloom on every face was noticeable. Men talked in low voices, discussing the probabilities of the future. The flags at the StateHouse and United States office were speedily hung up at half-mast and the latter building was closed. The Columbia Flying Artillery got out their cannon and fired minute guns of distress for an hour. The Goveruor at midday bad just read the account of the President's death in the News and Courier and was preparing a proclamation, which was issued at a later hour. It is as follows: State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, V Columbia, September, 20, 1881. ) James A. Garfield, the President of the United States, is dead. The people of South Carolina recognize the fearful calamity which has befallen them, in common with the people of the whole Union, in the death at the hand of an assassin of their Chief Executive officer: Now, therefore, I, Johnson Hagood, Governor of South Carolina, do recommend to all the good people of the State that upon the day on which the funeral ceremonies of the President shall be observed they do lay aside all secular business and assembling in their respective houses of worship, reverently bow to the afflictive decree of God and implore His mercy upon our stricken country. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the State to be affixed, at Columbia, this 20th day of September, A. D. 1881, and in the one hundred and sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America. Johnson Hagood, Governor. By the Governor: R. M. Sims, Secretary of State. the news in various places. Richmond, September 20.?The intelligence of the demise of the President was received here with profound sorrow, and it excites feelings of the deepest sympathy. The first news was conveyed to our people by the tolling of the midnight bells, and at sunrise this morning the firing of guns aroused the community to a full sense of the great calamity which has befallen our common countiy. Public and private buildings have heeu draped in mourning. Governor Holliday has issued a proclamation that deeming it proper to pay all honor to the memory of James A. Garfield, President of the United States, and to manifest the profound sense of the calamity that has fallen upon this Common wealth and country, he orders that flags be displayed at the capitol at half-mast, that one hundred guns be fired at intervals during the day, that the principal entrances of the capitol be hung with mourning, that the Executive will wear crape for thirty days, and ! recommending that all executive officers do i the same ; that the Executive will unite with ' his fellow-citizens in whatever further cere- j monies may be deemed proper on '.he occa- J sion, and that the State offices will be closed during the day. New Orleans, September 20.?Tokens of | sorrow are everywhere visible here to-day. The cotton and produce exchange cloeed at j noon in respect to the memory of President! Garfield. Committees of the Cotton Exchange, j Chamber of Commerce and Produce Exchange were appointed with a view of giving formal expression to the sentiments of the business community. The public buildings and many stores are draped in mourning and the flags throughout the city are at half-mast. Chattanooga, September 20.?The following programme has been adopted for the reunion of the Northern and Southern armies ! at a joint meeting where ex-Postraaster-Gen-j eral Key presided : A procession will occur as! previously announced, and it is expected that i standards will he draped and members will : wear emblems of mourning. Requiem ser-1 vices will succeed the greeting on Cameron j Hill, and in the afternoon union memorial ! services will he held. The Rev. D. D. Bach-: man, late colonel in the Confederate army,! will conduct the requiem services. The ban- j quet has been abandoued, but the remainder i of the programme will be carried out. The j decorations of the city are heavily draped. Norfolk, September 20.?Ou receipt of; the intelligence of the death of the President i the courthouse, fire department and church , bells were tolled. The announcement, al-1 though expected, created intense feeling, and J crowds cougregutcd at newspaper offices and ; on the streets. Great sorrow is expressed. Macon, Ga., September 20.?The bells of j Macon were tolled ut midnight for the death j of the President. Nashville, September 20.?The news of the President's death was received here with universal regret. Bells were tolling and i crowds gathered at the newspaper offices and \ hotels to hear the fullest particulars obtainable. Staunton, Va., September 20.?Deep | gloom overspreads the city. Bells were tolled this morning and minute guns fired. Business is practically suspended. The Supreme ; Court of Appeals now iu session here has adjourned for the day. San Francisco, September 20.?The citi, zens are this morning busily engaged in ] draping residences and places of business in mourning. United States Courts and offices are closed. Meetings of various public bodies ure announced to take suitable action. the views of the press. Louisville, September 20.?Mr. WatterJ son says in to-day's Courier-Journal: "The President is dead, and all nations responding , to that touch of sympathy which makes ; the whole world akin, stand uncovered in the presence of the calamity, for tragedies, ever so calamitous, are doubly so when they spring from murder and attach themselves to the head of the State, the symbol of power, the representative of the people and of law. If ever mortal stood in these relations to his country and his time th*a man did so. It was the universal sense that he did so which brought around his bedside his fellow citizens without distinction of political opinion, and caused women who had never seen him to pray for him, and little children who conceived not the emergency nor the magnitude of the contingencies hanging upon his life to ask each day after his well-being as if he were a father ill and dying in some far-off place." Atlanta, September 20.?The Constitution this morning says : "The death of James A. Garfield is a twofold calamity. The country loses the services of a President possessing the rarest qualifications for the performance of all the duties that lay before him, and the South loses a friend capable of thoroughly sympathizing with the difficulties of the problems which are the legacies of the war. To succeed in American politics one must needs to be a politician, and it is not an enchanting business to the finer minds engaged in it, and it is disgusting to all who depend on their merit for success. To the sensitiye mind the road to the Presidency is long and dirty. In pressing it Mr. Garfield had the refuge of scholarship. He was a partisan in politics to the extent of earnestness, but he never, like some of his representative Republican rivals, made partisanship policy. Whatever policy the President may have mapped out previous to the attempt on his life, we believe that he would have risen kio kflil ii.il U kin rv?Inrl fi?na frrtm fko IIUIU IIIO Utu IT i I 11 1IIO 1UIUU 11 ilVUJ bliv slightest trace or vestige of partisanship. He could not have ignored the attitude of the South. His genial and sympathetic nature would have taken advantage of the events of the past few months, and for the first time in twenty odd years we would have had a President in the full enjoyment of the confidence and esteem of the whole country." Augusta, September 20.?The Chronicle and Constitutionalist says: "With anguish we announce that the worst fears have been confirmed and James A. Garfield, President of the United States, is dead. Strange that the halls of brave foemen should have in their flight spared him for such a fate. Sad indeed is it that such a glorious being, so useful, so powerful, so manly, so excellent, should become the victim of so vile a reptile. We bow to the dispensations of God, and question them not. To Him we leave the vindication and ends of justice. The heart of the South bleeds for the stricken mother and wife aud children of the President." Selma, September 20.?The Selraa Morning Times says : "In these first hours of grief the fact stands out in bold, glorious relief, 'We are one.' The sacrifice is an awful one, but God in his infinite goodness requires it, and, this morning from the depth of their grief stricken hearts all Americans can and will thank God that there is no North, no South, no East, no West, but bound together in one common sorrow, binding it in its vast ness, we are one and indissoluble. Sectional lines have been obliterated by Garfield's blood, and the red handed assassin has placed the missing stone in the structure of our Union." Wilmington, N. C., September 20.?The Star says: "We do not now propose to consider the effect of the President's death upon the future of the country. We must hope that the successor will disappoint his enemies, put to naught all evil forebodings and prove himself a man, a country-lover, a statesman in the broadest sense, and President of a free, united, and prosperous country." Boston, September 20.?The Herald in a separate editorial on Mr. Arthur says : "By the will of God, through the folly of a political convention and by the action of the people, Chester A. Arthur is President of the United States. As such he is entitled to a fair chance to be judged by what he does; not by what he has done; by what he proves himself to be, not by what people have justly or unjustly judged him to be by his past actions. The people are willing to think well of him. He has himself chiefly to blame for any limitations upon their trust, and he will be one of the blindest of the blind, those who will not see, if he fails to seize the opportunity now offered him to place himself at the head of the nation, in fact as well as name." THE LIVING PRESIDENT. ! arthur takes the oath of office. New York, September 20.?The Sun extra ; says: General Arthur was sworn in at quarter past 2 o'clock this morning at his house. Two Judges of the New York Supreme Court had beent for, J. R. Brady and Charles Donohue. Judge Brady arrived, with Messrs. Rollins and Root, at ten minutes before 2, but the ceremony was, out of courtesy, deferred until Judge Douohue's arrival at a little after 2 o'clock, with ex-Comraissiouer French.' Judge Brady stood on the other side of the j table facing Gen. Arthur. Grouped around the two men were Judge Donohue, Elihu Root, ex-Commissioner French, Daniel G. Rollins and Gen. Arthur's son. Judge Brady slowly advanced a step and raised his right hand. Gen. Arthur did likewise. A moment of impressive silence followed. Gen. Arthur's features were almost fixed, and then Judge Brady administered the oath. Gen. Arthur speaking in a clear, ringing voice, said: 'I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United Stales." After this he remained standing a moment longer, his hand still raised. No one spoke, nor did the President afterward give expression to any emotion. Up to 3 o'clock he had not decided when to leave the city for Washington. off for long branch. New York, September 20.?At 10 o'clock the throng in the vicinity of Gen. Arthur's house materially increased. Col. George Bliss was busily engaged in visiting various clubs and hotels, and in sending telegrams, the nature of which could not be discovered. At half-past 10 Governor Cornell, accompanied by Dwight Lawrence, drove to the house aud had a long iuterview with the President. Secretaries ^laine and Lincoln arrived from the East this morning, and, without j waiting for breakfast, proceeded at once to ! Gen. Arthur's residence. Nothing of note transpired during their interview. Gen. Arthur's face betrayed the deep grief from which he was suffering, as did also the features of Blaine and Lincoln. No question of possible Cabinet changes was discussed, nor will anything pertaining to Gen. Arthur's intentions be referred to or receive consideration until the funeral of the President is over. The throng of idle and curious persons around the house continued all the morning, and a policeman has been in attendance to keep the steps clear. Gen. Arthur receives very few callers. His orders on this subject are peremptory, and officious persons who have the bad taste to attempt to intrude on his privacy, at this time, meet with a deserved rebuff. The Erpreaasays: When Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln arrived, they entered the house, where they met Gen. Arthur, Postmaster-General James and Geo. Bliss, who arrived only a short time previously. The consultation between the General and his visitors lasted until 10.15 A M., when the start for Long Branch was made. The party entered car -* --J J_: it.? riages in waning, ana were unveu iu me iuui, of Liberty street, where they took the 11 o'clock train for Elberon. Gen. Arthur was accompanied only by Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln, Postmaster-General James and Geo. Bliss. Arthur's arrival at long branch. The special train bearing President Arthur and Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln arrived about 1 o'clock. They were met at the Elberon station by the members of the Cabinet, who were here, and were quickly transferred to the MacVeagh cottage, opposite that which held the the body of the dead President. The scene of that entrance was the most impressive ever beheld by the American people. President Arthur in company with Gen Grant called at Francklyn Cottage shortly after the arrival. They went in and gazed upon the dead body of the late President, which still lay upon the couch as he had died. Mrs. Garfield, of course, was completely prostrated, and is now in bed and it is said seriously ill. A Cabinet meeting was shortly afterwards held in the MacVeagh cottage, and there the affairs of state pertaining to the new government were discussed. The most conspicuous incident was the promenading of President Arthur and Gen. Grant in the grounds between the hotel and the cottage. For several minutes the two walked up aud down, the observed of all observers. There were many dear friends of the late President Garfield in that crowd, and it may be imagined that they looked upon that pair with anything but smiles and pleasant faces. The one had been the bitter enemy of the dead President. The other profited by the bullet of the assassin which had laid a President low. Both were the leaders of that bitter faction which had opposed the short administration of the man who had been a leader in the same party, but who was now Ivin? cold and bloodless in the adjoining cottage. grant and arthur return to new york. Elberon, N. J., 4.20 P. M.?Gen. Arthur left for New York on a special train a few minutes ago. The members of the Cabinet have just gone to their respective quarters. Gen. Grant accompanied Gen, Arthur, armin arm, to the carriage which conveyed him to Elberon depot, and as the carriage returned empty, it is presumed that he went to New York with him on the special train. arthur assumes command of the army. The following additional order was issued this earning : Headquarters of the Army, Washington, September 20.?The following additional order has been received from the war department: The secretary of war announces to the army that upon the death of James A. Garfield, President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, Vice President, on the 20th day of September, 1881, at bis residence in the City of New York, took the oath of office as President of the United States, to which office he acceded by virtue of the Constitution. President Arthur has entered upon the discharge of bis official duties. Robt. T. Lincoln, Secretary. JBy command of Gen. Sherman. R. C. Drum, Adjutant-General. Strangely Afflicted.?A lady of this city, the mother of a large family, and a lady of unusual intelligence, who is in good health and withal like any other lady, with the exception of a strange malady, or whatever one may term it, that at times occasions her much pain, in fact almost prostrates her. As strange as it may seem, her trouble is caused by looking at any striped fabric, such as calico, shirtings, etc. Numerous physicians have tried to solve the mystery, but without success. The lady states that she was at first affected some years ago while ironing a shirt for one of her little boys. The sensation of sickness at the stomach and yiolent headache came on so that she was compelled to lay aside the work. She soon felt better, and not aware of the real cause of her indisposition made another attempt to finish the garment, but with the same result as before, the second attack proving more severe than the first. The circumstances passed from her memory until a few days later a little child entered her room wearing a striped apron ; the same peculiar sensations returned at sight of the apron and remained as long as the child wore it, but upon removing the apron all pain ceased. If any one can explain the cause we \ would be glad to publish it.?Louisville (Ky.) Straws, BST There is a story that the popular hymn, "The Sweet By and By," was the work of two men while drunk. Joseph P.-Webster, who composed the music, died several years ago. Dr. S. F. Bennett, author of the verses, lives at Richmond, 111. He says that the charge of intoxication is untrue, though Webster was a free drinker. The two wrote a hymn book in 1874, and "The Sweet By and By," was one of the pieces jointly produced for it. The suggestion came from a chance remark by Webster, who was habitually despondent, that all would be well "by and by." Bennett at once made the rhymes, and Webster brought the music out of a fiddle, which was his customary aid in composition. The hymn book had its day, and is forgotten ; but this one tune is put into every new publication of the kind, and has a sale of about 10,000 copies a year in sheet form. Domestic Happiness.?The harmony of married life depends almost entirely upon dinners. It is not the state of the heart so much as the condition of the stomach which makes a man happy. It is better for a woman?rank heresy, we know?to be able to make a cheerful home than to talk Greek. Before marriage, the ability to sing divinely % and to play impossible music are very attractive ; but when two people settle down to the steady work of loving each other for forty or fifty years, the kitchen inevitably emphasizes itself, and the chances of success are greater with a comely housewife than with an accomplished beauty, who knows everything except how to make the house attractive.