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?RY E. B. MURKAY & CO. \^rnPT?sn^r s n TmTOsrnAV MORNING KF.PTTCMT.TCR 9Q IRKI. VOTJTMTC X V?T.-NO. 19 i OUI* DEAD PRESIDENT. e Luwt HceiieBAr/iunil th? Hotlble?e of the Dring President. LONG BUANCH, Sep. 20,1 Previous to bis death the only words ken by the President were that be I a severe pain io his heart. It is sup ed by the surgeons that death was oe ioned by a clot of blood forming ?n , heart. Dr. Bliss wau the finit oue ified of the President's expression of n and upon entering the room he at ?saw that the end was near. Theniem 8 of tho family were immediately amoned to the bedside. AU arrived I perfect quiet prevailed, aud Mrs. rfield hore tho trying ordeal with at fortitude, and exhibited unpreco itcd courage. She gave way to no ox-yams of grief, and after death be ne evident she quietly withdrew to owu room. There she sat, a heart ken widow, full of grief, but with too ch Christian courage to exhibit it to Ise around her. Miss Mollie was nat Hy greatly atrected, and bursts of rs llowed from the child's eyes, not bBlandiug a noble effort to follow the implo of her mother. The death oe wus one never to be forgotten. .feet quiet prevailed, and there was a murmur board while the President i siuking. Aler death had been pro meed, the body was properly arranged Dr. S. A. Boynton. )r. Bliss says the moment ho entered i sick room he saw that the President 8 dying, !*od immediately went for 3. Agnew and Hamilton. The for r arrived, but the latter could not bo iud, and wns not present when tho paident passed away. The doctor ributes the death to neure'gia of the ut, which caused the formation of a K)d clot there by preventing the proper culation of the blood. The President's narks, to Colonel Swaim, who was with Ki when he awakened from bia sleep, e : "Oh, Swaim, what a pain i;; (plac ; his band on his heart), "can't you somethiog for me, ob, Swaim?" Afc s time Mrs. Garfield had been cut of Ii room for about 10 minutes, and had ired for tue night, and previous to go ; to his own room, Dr. Bliss Bays bo nferred with Mrs. Garfield on the gen ii condition of the President, and that D expressed the opinion that her hus nd was not weary, and that ho had aliened feeling comfortable and expe mcing little or no pain. It waB about ten minutes past 10 ?lock, said Dr. Bliss, when the esidont awakened and complained of B severe pain in the heart. The doc r referred to the fact that the former lending surgeons on the case bad been lied here to attend the autopsy, and at Dr. Curtis, of Washington, bad been ! cet ed to do the cutting. Dr. Bliss, in speaking of the Presi mt's last moments, said ; "He was not nscious after I arrived. He did not Hy realize bis condition. He b;id spo il to G?nerai Swaim only a moment fore, and later could not believe the d was coming. As soon as I entered e room I saw that it would soon be er, and 1 exclaimed, 'My God,lSwaim, is dying!' Send for Mrs. Garfield, a was never conscious after that and d not speak. When I pot to the sick om I found the Pres5 ant pulseless, is heart was slightly fluttering. The parent cause of his death was neural i of the heart, of which be had bad .nptoms before in tho history of the Be. It was not probably embolism, e suffered acute pain for a moment; er that his death was painless. He is awakened by the attack. The au Esy will probably begin about four lock this afternoon, and occupy from i hour and a balf to two hours. Pend g that, wo cannot of course say with rtainty what was the immediate cause his death. Judge Advocate-General Swaim, who jts been with President Garfield contin Dualy since ho waa shot, aud who waa ie univ one with the President when he iniiaeneed sinking last night, made the Mowing statement to a reporter of the isocinted press to-day : "It was my lebt to w?tch with the President. I id been with bim a good deal o? the me from 3 o'clock in the evening. A iw minutes before 10 o'clock, I left Jolouel Rockwell, with whom I had been ilking for some minutes, in the large (ill, and. proceeded up iitairs to the [renident'8 room. I On entering I found Mra. Garfield nil? Sig by his bedside. There waa no other wons in the room. I said to ber, 'How Ieverything going?' She replied, 'He Bleeping nicely.' I then ?aid :. 'I ink you bad better PO to bed and rest.' ! asked her what bad been prescribed for im to take during the night. She re lied uhc did not know; that nhe had iven him milk punch at 8 o'clock. I ben said: 'If you will wait n moment will go into the doctors' room and see ?hat is to be given during the night.' the then said : 'There is beef tea down taire ; Daniel knows where to get it.' [then went iuto the doctors' room. I mud Dr. Bliss there and asked him jrjhat was to be given during tho nic/nt. ie answered: 'I think I bad better fix Ip a list and will bring it in to you pret f soon.' I then went back into the sur [eons' room and had some little conver sion with Mrs. Garfield. She felt of be President's hand and laid her hand n his forehead and said, 'He seems to >e iu a good condition,' and passed out f the room. I immediately felt his lands, feet and knees. I thought that ?is knees seemed a little cool ?nd got a lannel cloth, heated it at tho fire aud Md it over his limbs. I also heated an ther cloth and laid it over his right and and then cat. down in a chair beside iis bed. I was hardly seated when Dr. fovnton came in and felt tho President's 'abie. I asked bim bow it seemed to dm. He replied: 'It is not aa strong s it was this afternoon,. but very good :' said : 'He seems to be doing well.1 *es,' hs answered, and passed out. He ras ant in the room more than two min tes. Shortly after thia the Presiden! woke. As b ^ turned his head on awak ing, I arose and took hold of his hand was on thc lefc hand side of the bed ai e loy. I remarked : 'You have had i ice comfortable sleep." Ho ther a?d: "Ob, Swaim, this terrible pain,' lacing his right hand on bis oreasi bout over the region of his heart. ] Bked him if I could do anything foi tm. He said: "Some water." I tvenl > the other side of tho room aud pouret bout an ouncr :.:id a half of p?!so< ater into a glass and gav? it to b'n tc H? took thc g??aa in his hand, I ??sing his head as usual, and drunk tbi rater very naturally. I then handed th< ?lasa to the colored mau. Daniel, wh< ame iu during the time I was gettir.j be water. Afterwards I took tho oap in and wiped his forehead, as he usu l|y perspired on waking. Ho thei ?>d : "Oh, Swaim, thin terrible pain ?ress your hand on it." I laid my ham ?a his cheat. Ho then threw both bund lp to tho side and about on a Une witl i~ ,heaa. and exclaimed : "Oh ! Swaim *n t you atop this ?" and again : "Oh lwaim !.' i tben saw him lookhig at m ?th a Blaring expression. I asked hie ' ne was Buffering much pain. Rccciv 1 ? mg no answer, I repeated tho question , with a like result. I then concluded I that he waH either dying or was having a severe spasm, and callod to Daniel, who was at the door, to tell Dr. Bliss and Mrs. Garfield to come in immediately, and glanced at tho small clock hanging on the chandelier nearly over the foot of hi? bed and saw that it WBB ten minutes . past teu o'clock. Dr. Bliss came in I within two or three minutes. I told Daniel to bring the light-a little can , die which habitually get behind tho scene near tho door. When the light shone lull on his face I saw that he was dying. Wi nn Dr. Bliss came in a mo ment after, ? Baid: "Doctor have you any stimulants ; he seems tobe dying." He took hold of his wriBt an if feeling for his pulso and said : "Yes, he is dy I ing." I then said to Daniel, "Run and I arouse the house." At that moment Colonel Rockwell came in and Dr. Bliss said : "Let us rub hi? limbs," which we did. In a very few moments Mrs. Oar fiold came in and said: "What does this mean?" and a moment after ex claimed, "Oh, why am I made to suffer this cruel wrong." At 10.35 p. m. the sacrifice was completed. Ho breath ed his last calmly and peacefully. At the final moment .tho following persons were present : Mrs Garfield and Mollie, Dr?. Bliss, Agnew u.id Boynton, General Swaim, COIOUPI and Mrs. Rock well, J. Stanley Brown, C. O. Rockwell and Daniel Sprigg. A special from Solon sayH tho news was broken to Grandma Garfield about nine o'clock this morning. At first Bbe was very much shocked, but soon came to, and talked calmly and said : "It WBB probably all for the best, if the people were ready to receive it." "It is not pos sible that my son Jamas is dead. I don't wish to live any longer. I will soon bo with him." Post Mortem Examination. Ei.BEitON', X. J., September 21.-The following official bulletin was prepared at ll o'clock last night by tho surgeons who have beon in attendance upon the late President : By previous arrangements, a poet mor tem examination of the body of President Garfield was made this afternoon in the presence and with the assistance of Dra. Hamilton, Agnew, Bliss, Barnes, Wood ward. Reyburn and the Rew. H. Smith, of Elberon, aud Acting Assistant Sur- I geon Lamb, of the Army Medical Mu seum, Washington. The operation was performed by Dr. Lamb. It was fonnd that the ball, after fracturing the right eleventh rib, had passed through the spinal column in front of tito spinal canal, fracturing the body of the first lumbar verterbra, driving a number of small fragments of bone into the adja cent soft parts and ledging below the pancreas, about two inches and a half to the left of the spine and behind the peri- , toneum, whero it became completely en- ! cystcd. The immediate cause of death was secondai- hemorrhage from one of the m?sente, ic arteries adjoining th? track of the ball, the blood rupturing the perito neum and nearly a pint escaping iuto the abdominal cav.'ty. This hemorrhage is believed to. have been tho causa of the severo pains In the lower part of the chest complained of just before death. An abscess cavity, six inches by four in dimensions, was found in the vicinity of the gall bladder, between the liver and the transverse colon, which were strongly adherent. It did not involve the sub stance of tho liver, and no communica tion was found between it and the wound. A suppurating channel extended from the external wound, betweeu tho loin muscles and the right kidney, almost to th? righi, 5'?in- This channel, now known tc 3 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 on both sides, with bronchial pneu monia of the lower portions of the right lung, though to a much less extent on the left. The lungs contain no abscesses and the heart no clots. The liver was enlarged and fatty, but free from ab scesses ; nor were any found in any other organ except the left kidney, which con tained near its surface a small abscess about one-third of an inch in diameter. In reviewing the history of the case in connection with the autopsy, it ia quite evident that the different suppurating surfaces, and especially tho fracturer1 spongy tissue of tho vertebra, furnish a sufficient explanation of the septic con dition which existed. Dr. Bliss Btated at a late hour last night that the autopsy had been very ter dious, and the time occupied in search ing for tho ball alono was nearly three quarters of an hour. In reply to an in quiry the Doctor said that since the conclusion of the autopsy Mrs. Garfield was feeling much relieved, as it had es tablished the fact that the patient's death was inevitable. He stated further that the point of the ball was somewhat blunt or in A battered condition, caused by tho force by which it struck the rib ; in other respects its original shape was not altered. Looking ou Death. \V ABBINGTON, September 22.-There haB never before beeu such a scene as tho Capital witnessed to day. Tho stream of people was endless. They stopped pass ?nor by the body of the late President about 2 o'clock this morning. Thero waa a respite until 7 o'clock this morning, when they commenced to como again. They have kept it up all day long. Jt would bo simply impossible to estimate tho number of people of all ages who passed by the clny of Presideut Gar field to day. It was a bewildering, con stantly moving stream. Outside the Capitol from the east por tico the??? waa a scene of moving life. As far as the eye could take tu a itt earn of people were formed into a line. Thero was no pushing anywhere along the line. There was no excitement. Pe waited for hours contented to stand in the ?ur "and advanced toward the bier inch by inch. Some people had stood in line fully three hours beforo they passed the coffin, and with one brief glance paid their tribute. People who did not get in line stood by in crowds ano watched the faces of thcoe making on the entrance as they Blowly filed by two and two. Carriages were parked all around tho plateau east o? the Capitol. Their occupants did not get out, but seeing the rush contented themselves with watching the pilgrimage of tho thousands who slowly, but surely got nearer the point for which they had star ted. Many colored peoulo from Virginia and Maryland had como afoot and in tho oddest kind of vehicles to tako a look at the late Chief of the Nation. They were but poorly clad. They showed in their face? a general appearance that they bad traveled far by highroads. Those in conveyance, which were drawn by lean horses or hungry looking mules, parked alongside the gay trapped carriages, fell in at tho end of the line and waited hours to accomplish the pilgrimage upon which they bad set out. Old cnuutry darkeys, fresh from tho fields o the farm, the young man of the race decked out wita red ribbon on his hat or displayed some ! where ou bis person, aud the middle aged colored ci Vireo fell in with tho Caucasian and took bis turu. One of the ruOBt interesting couples of tho wholo moving throng was an old colored mau who tottered along with his Btick and bis wife, the latter evidently as old as he. They could not aland without n trembling that iudicaled extreme old age. But they bad joined in lim? and bad waited two hours before they Cual ly saw tho face that they were anxious to j tec. Thsy stopped longer over the glass I than was allowed to any one else. After gazing with their weak old eyes for fully two minutes they passed on. The police were on hand in forco to preserve order, but there was no need of them, all they bad to do was to tell the multitude as they joined the line that only two abreast could go in, and there was no further trouble. Beyond the bier, towards tho west door, there were beautiful flowers. Thero was first a wreath of natural ivy Wing flat upon the i tone floor. Bcyotid this wa? a broken column about three feet high, surmounted by a milk white dove, whose head was bent toward the ! bier. Next to that, standing in flowers, was an allegorical picture of "The Gates Ajar." The posts of the gate were of white roses and buds surmounted by globes of immortelles. The posts were in bods of yellow and white flowers. The gate was a double gate. Two winga of it were of fern upon wire with white flow ers here and there. The bars were of fern. One of the entes was slightly pull ed open towards the line of people who passed by and admired them. Next to it was a beautiful crown made of white flowers, principally of buds and roses, and having around its crest tho same delicate fern of all the other floral offer ings. Beyond it was a pillow of flowers from which sprung a column with a dove i alight on its top with bend looking up I and ready for flight. A bed of white flowers, which formed the pillow below, bad worked upon it in immortelles the words: "Our Martyr President." The row of floral beauty was finished as it commenced with a wreath of ivy flat j upon the floor. THE NEW PRESIDENT. [ Diagnosed From Different Standpolo ta, WAHUINGTON, September 21. Next to Mio interest to the President's last hours the policy of the new admin istration is most discussed, and with a degree of moderation that commends it Belf to all considerate persons. There ii very little prediction really as to whai President Arthur will do; buta tentativ? spirit ratber prevails. There is curioui conjecture without much opinionated utterance here, where the leading pu bl ii men of the country are familiarly know, their habita of thought and action their prejudices and predilections, ar realized as nowhere else, and the ceutei figures of public affairs are on ever; tongue. The indications arc, from ex pressions at the capital at lesst to-day tuat the new President will not be ham Eered with hot-tile prejudice attheoutsel ut there is a pronounced determinatioi to give him full sway to exercise his con stitutional rights, to be judged by his act after he has done what he thinks br; General Arthur was little known ber? comparatively, until the accident to tb President brought him into prominence but he ha? conducted himself in such manner since the terrible affair of Jul 2 that there is nono of that impatienc expressed with reference to bis probabl succession to the office that was then fri quently heard. All seem to realize tli trial that awn i tu bim, and sympathy i melting prejudice. Judgment is heidi abeyance in thc full confidence tb: nothing unbecoming tho hour will tram pire. A Port reporter called on Hon. Alon: Bell, acting Secretary of the Interior, la night, to ascertain his views upon tb death of President Garfield, and tho su cession of President Arthur. "President Arthu., ' replied Mr. Bel to a question, "will assuaie the duties President under excitement Buch ass i President before has been called upon face. He will, in my opinion, be equal thc occasion. He bas the elementa character to make a firm, just and accc table chief executive." "What will be his policy?" "I do not believe bis policy will difl in any material regard from the wiso pi icy laid down and pursued by Preside Garfield." "What of bis treat acut of the South "I believe bis treal nene of the Sou will be in full accord v Un the sentime of a brond, uational and conservati Solicy. By conservative policy o not mean a policy that is r based on well defined principles, but oi that is eminently fair and just." "Will President Arthur rally orou him his section of the party ?" "I would rather not answer that qu tion, but I will say that I believe tl those who have in the least underra! the man will bo the finit to accord h the credit which I am sure they will time find him deserving of." THURLOW \,HZi''B VIEWS. NEW YORK, Septem..".:- l?-The v< erablo Thurlow Weed saio to-night, tbe rouira of an interview : "The de bas educated the people to meet it. I sense, therefore, insomuch as we m lose him, the time and manner of bis < solution is providential. No ono, I tbi bas profited more by tue suspense tl General Arthur. He will make a mi better, a much wiser President now tl if it had come sooner. He has badi months to look the great responsibi that falls on him in the face." "What are your expectations with gard to General Arthur's policy as Pr dent?" "About three week ago I had a 1 and frank conversation with Geni Arthur. I have known him a long ti usu our friendship has been uninten ted since he was on Governoi Morgi staff. There was, therefore, no restn in our conversation, and it insp me with confidence in his wiso While I hoped the President might spared I felt reconciled, so far as Gen Arthur was concerned. I think he try to do what General Garfield w< have done if be had lived. I thin! will go to Washington with that intent Nothing can be plainer than hisdutii this regard ana nothing more ocr than that one course will transfer tar the confidence of the Republican p to him and make bis Administration ular ivhile an** depsrtur- from it break him and the Republican y down. I believe he is going to be a mau and administer the goveruc wisely and well, but if I should be d pointed in my expectations he will stroy the Republican party and him i Everything is in bis hands and I feel safe to leave it there. Thesurest wa him to guard against mistake is to a his own judgment. He bas exper i and knowledge enough to administei government if he will but be guide them and take up nobody's quarrel? i nobody's ambitions. His visit to V i inglon after the shooting of the Pres ha? been fortunate all around. I \ bc got ninny useful ideas lhere. Indeed he told me in tho conversation which I have referred to that he felt that ho was batter prepared if tho emergency should mme now, than he would have been if bo bad not passed tho time he did in Wash ington, and mnde the acquaintances he mndc there. He told me that his rela tions with the .members of tho cabinet were plcasnut, and that be bad passed the ti mo very agreeably with tho Sec retary of State and his family, and that Mrs. Hunt, tho wife of tho Secretary of the Navy, and his wife had been girl acquaintances and friends and them was a pleasant intimacy lhere. All his tala confirmed my favr -able impressions of bim and I feel now that though it is a great responsibility, he is equal to it. Ho cannot fail to profit by tbs lessons which the fate of the three other vice-Presi dents who became Presidents teach. HABTKORD, September 21.-Governor Jowell wan seen to-night with regard to the nation's calamity, and the following interview took place : "Will Arthur follow in the footsteps of Garfield ?" "Well, Arthur is a Republican und so was Garfield ; they were both bard-niouey men ; both in favor of a proper pro'sctiou of American industries ; botb friends of tho woiking classes, and both able, up right and honorable and efficieut execu live men ; of that I do not fear any great change in the policy of tho administra tion, or any serious or disastrous, resulta to the country or to the party." "Then you think that Arthur will make a good President?" "Oh, yes, of course ? do; I kuow him well, have known biri long, aud have every confidence in his ability, integrity, and patriotism." "Havo you seen him since the assassi nation ?"" "Yes, I arrived in Washington Sunday morning, July 3, before daylight ; went to the White House, and there beard thal Arthur waa on his way to Wafbington al the request of the cabinet. I called upon him on Sunday ; Mr. Blaine and several gentlemen had been there before mo. Or Monday morning at an interview with Dr. Hamilton, at which were present besides myself. Dr. Baxter and General Anson McCook, I was given a very cou fidential opinion of the President's cast and the desperate nature of the wound and it is very singular that it ha turned out so nearly as Dr. Hamiltoi feared." "Did Dr. Hamilton expect him ti live ?" "Dr. Hamilton said on that Monda1 morning that if the wound was throng! the President's liver, as it was stated t him to be, (he having seen it only, no having probed it,) the President woult die, in hia judgment. Even if it luv not penetrated the liver, he said it was great deep, dangerous wound, and no fata results would come of it for weeks am perhaps months, but nt somo futuro tim nbcesses might be formed, surgical npei ations might be gone through with, eli male would be against bim-bis conditio being then weak-and it was very doubl Ail whether he could survive ; but, h said, uuless the liver had been penetn ted there was no immediato danger, said to Dr. Hamilton, 'Then you thin the chances are against the President? " 'Oh,' he replied, 'I think very muc against) him-very mnch (indeed. I3ai to him : 'I am going to see General A: thur this morning ; may I tell him wh< you say?' He said to me: 'Tell hil exactly what I say, and you mi also tell Mr. Blaine, but I do not desir that you give my opinions to the public General McCook and Dr. Baxter sai they thought it was my duty to tell Gei eral Arthur the exact opinion of D Hamilton. I soon went up to Senat Jones's house where General Arthur w stopping, and told him what Dr. Hami ton had said. Ho was very reuch d pressed, as I could well see when I fir called, -ind he was greatly shocked wlii".; Dr. Hamilton ?aid, because it w aid?rent from the ideas he bad receivi from the published bulletins and publ reports." "Did you like his deportment win you told him thia?" "I did, very much. Ho talked like tl true man and gentleman that he Great drops of perspiration stood oui brow, and aa ho wiped them off he suv 'This is dreadful.' He then said : 'Gc j ernor Jewell, the Presidency would jo be a very bad thing if a man were non nated for it and elected to it, but to i ceive it in this manner, at the hands of assassin, is a very different thing.' A after a moment or two he said : 'If G. field bas got to die God knows I wot gladly exchange places with him at t moment.' I believe he was siucere bis expressions, and that no man in t country regretted tho villaiuoua act G ii it eau more thau did General Arth I believe be told me his real opinic and convictions, and that he will act I to the highest standard of patriotis propriety, and honor I have not l sligntest doubt." "Has he tbe executive ability to me a firat ?lass President ?" "Ob yes, plenty of it. He had a fii claa training, was a good lawyer, \ Governor Morgans' Secretary, and 1 filled, every ellice, with uncommon al ity and with great credit to himself ? satisfaction to the departments w which he has been connected, both ut and national." "You must have seeu a good dca bim last Summer during thocampaigc "Oh, yes, and a most indeiatiga chairman I found him to be. We w both very busy men. I at my headqt ters and he at his. I rarely got an portunity to have much ot any con euee with him until about midnij and atmiduight, generally, I went o to tho Fifth Avenue hoi/d into his prit room, where we talked over the nfl nf tim day. He seemed to forget thal was himself on the ticket, but was mab a tremendous struggle against heavy c lc carry tho State of New York for nominees of tLe Chicago convention, Sirdless of who they were. I do ink he worked any harder for bi himself on tho ticket than he wc otherwise have done. Ho never ( things half-way. Whntever is the i ject before him he throws the wi weight of his capacity and intellect it, and I believe the party and the ci try will have no cause to regret tba waa nominated at Chicago." "By the way did you tell Sec?. Blaine what Dr. Hamilton said?" "I did, and bo was very much stai by the report, and asked me to nee Hamilton again after thc midday exi nation of thc President. This I did, met Dr. Hamilton just before be left New York and told him I had seen < eral Arthur and Secretary Blaine, had reported what ho said, and that Blaine taked mo to come again ant ?uiro if his second examination ol 'resident bad caused him to modifj views. He said it had not-tba would again say what he had said ic morning-if the liver was penetrate his opinion, the President would di it was not he would live a month or when the drain upon his system fror wound and the abscesses which M necessarily form might, and prol would, terminate his life; and ho fu '. said that the symptoms of the twitching of the feet indicated thst if he escaped the wounus in tho liver and the dangers from the abrcoascs he might be paralyzed iu the lower part of the body, but that that would not develop itself until he ! undertook tc stand upon bis feet." I "Did you tell General Arthur of this ?" I "No, I did not seo him ?gain that day ; ; but I told Secretary Iilaiue sud Secretary ; Lincoln, who were together iu tho White House, what Dr. Hamilton had said that afternoon. I was ~y:s!f very much grieved and shocked at the decided man ? uer in which Dr. Hamilton had ex pressed his views. During all this dreadful sickness I have never bl?u able * to divest myself of the impression it made upon me that the President wc hud struggled so bard to elect was not to bo ! permitted to demonstrate tho brilliancy I of his great executive powers." A Second Swearing-A Written Inaugural Gossip of the Kew Administration. WASHINGTON, September 22. President Arthur hos just taken tho oath of office in the marble room at the cap*to!, in the presenco of the members of the cabinet, jus tices of the supremo court, and a few senators aud members of tho house of representatives, all who could bo noto iied thiB morning to be prisent. Also, Gen. Sherman, Gen. Grant, "'tear Admiral Nichol?, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Gen. Beale, and few others. Forty persons in all wore present at the time tho oath was taken. This step was taken after a con ference held about an hour since between the President, Secretary Blaine, and the Attorney-General. Very few persons knew the oath was to be administered until the ceremony was over. THE OATH ADMINISTERED. The Prcaideut and members of the cn bient assembled in the marble room shortly before 12 o'clock. A few min utes before 12, Chief Justice Waite in Ina full robes of office, accompanied by the associate justices, proceeded from the supreme court room to the marble room. The doors were immediately closed, and without any formality President Arthur arose, and standing upon oue Hide of tho centro table, and Chief Justice Wnite on the other, took the oath of office. Tho President'? manner was calm and com posed, and his response, "so help me God," was in a firm tone, and without a tremor. The President thou road from manuscript notes the following address : The Inaugural Address. For tho fourth time in tho history of thc republic, its chief magistrate bas been removed by death. All hearts aro filled with grief and horror at the hide ous crime which has darkened our land, and, the memory of tho murdered Presi dent, bis protracted sufferings, his un yielding fortitude, the example and achievements of his life and the pathos of his death will forever illume the pages of our history. For tho fourth lime the officer elected by the peopln and ordained by the constitution to 611 a vacancy BO created is culled on to as sume the duties of the executive chair. The wisdom of our fathers in foreseeing even tho most dire possibilities, made sure that tho government should never be imperilled because of the uncertain ty of human life. Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken. No higher or more assuring proof could exist of the strength ana permanence of a popular government than the fact that though tho chosen ol the people be struck down, his constitu tional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain, except the sor row which mourns the bereavement. - All the noble aspiration? of my la mented predecessor which found expr?s I sion in his lifo suggested during bb brief administration to correct the abuse: and enforce economy, to advance pros perity and promote the general welfare to onsuro domestic security aud main tain friendly and honorable relation; with the nations of the earth, will b( garnered in the hearts of the people, ant it will be my earnest eudenvor to profit and to see that the uation shall profit, bi bis example aud experience, and tba piosperity blesses our country. Our fiscal policy ia fixed by law. I is well grounded and generally approv ed; no threatening issue mars our for eign intercourse ; and the wisdom, integ rity and thrift of our pcoplo may b trusted to continue undisturbed the pres ent assured career of peace, tranquilit, and welfare. Tho gloom and anxiet which have enshrouded the countr must make repose especially welcom now. No demand for speedy legislatic; has been heard ; no adequate occasion i apparent for an unusual session of coe gross. Tho constitution defines the func tiona and powers of the executive s clearly as those of either of tho othc two departments of the government, an he must answer for the just exercise c the discretion it permits and the perfoi manee of the duties it imposes. Summoned to the high duty and n sponsibility and profoundly conscious < their magnitude and gravity, I assum tho trust imposed by the constitutiot relyiug, for aid on Divine guidance an the virtue, patriotism and intelligence c thc American people. THE EARLY HAND SHAKER. After tho reading of the address by tl President, Secretary Blaine stepped to ward and grasped the President a ban and after him the others members of tl cabinet, and the other present shoe hands with the President. Ex-President Hayes arrived at tl capitol soon after tho ceremony of ta ing thc oath was concluded, and in cor puny with General Grant ahortly afte wards left the capitol. NO EXTRA SESSION. It is authoritively lea.med aa well indicated by tho Preaident'a inaugur address that there will be no session Congress until the regular session December next. THE CABINET MEETS. A meeting of the cabinet was bcld ii mediately after the ceremony of admi istering tho oath was concluded, and t! following proclamation was prepared ai ; signed by President Arthur : By the ".'resident of the United Stat of America-a proclamation : Whereas, in Iiis inscrutable wisdom has pleased God to remove from us t illustrious hoad or the nation, Jam A. Garfield, lato President of the Unit States ; ana Whereas, It is fitting that the de grief which fills all hearts should mai fest iUslf, with une accord, tonmd t throne of infinite grace, and that should bow before the Almighty, a I seek from Him that consolation in c , affliction, and thnt sanctification of c loss, which Ho is able and willing i vouchsafe ; i Now, therefore, in obedience to a t cred duty and in accordance with t i desire of the people, I Chester A. J i thur, President of thc United States f America, do hereby appoint Monc , next, tho 2t5th day of September, i which day the remains of our bono; I and beloved dead will bc consigned ' their last resting place on earth, to r observed throughout the United Sta as a ?Jay of humiliation and mourning, j and I earnestly recommend all the neo * people to assemble on that day in their I respective places of divine worship, there ( to render alike their tribute of sorrowful subm don to the will of God, and of the I reverence and love for the memory and character of our late chief magistrate. In witucss whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused tho seal of thc United States to be affixed. Done at i tho city of Washington the 22d day of September, in tho year of our Lord 1881, aud of tho independence of tho United States tho ono hundred and sixth. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. Hy thc President : JAMBS G. BLAINE, Secretary of State. TUE CABINET RESIUN. It is understood to nignt thal tho members of tho cabinet have formally tendered their resignations, and that, pending action upon the same, thev have neon requested by President Arthur to remain at tho benda of their respective departments. THE PRESIDENTIAL FAMILY. Thu imusehold now called to the white house by the death of President Gar field lian no lady presidiug over it. President Arthur lost bis wife A year ago lost January, and acute feeling over ber loss is among the sad reflections which press on tho President nt this time. She was tho daughter of Lieutenant Com mander Herndon, of tho United State* Navy, who went down .on bis ship in Central America. A gold medal in re cognition of his bravery was voted by Congress to his widow, and r. monument to his memory was erected at tho naval academy grounds at Annapolis. Mr. Arthur married Miss Herndon in the early part of his career as a lawyer in New York city. Ho has two children, ono a youth of seventeen named after his father but called Allan by tho family; the other a girl of eleven named Nellie. Tho President has ono brother, Major William Arthur, of the regular army. He has three married sisters. Of these, Mrs. Mary McElroy, of Albany, has spent much time at his houso of late, and has looked os much after bis house hold affairs as ulm could. President Ar thur's accession to his new responsibility has been too recent for him to give any consideration to the family or arrange ment for his residence at Washington, but if the cares of ber own family will permit Mrs. McEl roy will most probably oe tho lady who will presido in tho white house. Killing the Cotton Worm. We do not know what London purple is now soiling nt in the loading cities of tho cotton belt, bat suppose it must range at figures somewhere between fivo and ten cents ncr pound, which is bring ing the coBt of cotton worm poison pret ty low, yon ?eo.: Undoubtedly it is a good poison. The strongest objection thnt cnn be urged against it is its color. It is a reddish or purplish powder, and being very fine is not decidedly nico to llanillo, ns a matter of coarse. But it does not stain the cotton which happons to be open nt the time of making the ap plication-no complaints have ever been made in that particular. The areenic employed by us in our ex porimeats nf last summer was tho com mon white arsenic, costing by the bar rel, landed in Texas, from three to four cents per pound. Wo suppose it would cost about tho same at the present time in either Mobile, New Orleans or Savan nah. A permanent solution was made by adding to five gallons of water five pounds of arsenic and one pound of sal soda, and then boiling over n fire in a common iron pot, until all the arsenio was dissolved. This makes a solution of arsenic that will ke^n foi auy lougth of time without thc slightest precipita tion. We have now in our office a bot tle of the solution made on this plan last summer-it is just ns perfect to-day as it was on the day when we made it. | Of this solution one quart was put into forty gallons of water, which was then sprinkled over a field of worm-infected cotton in the usual way. It destroyed thc worms, which wore in strong forco when tho application was made, leaving the plants uninjured to auy extent worth naming. Several similar tests were made, all with uniform success. Forty gallons were found amply sufficient to go over an acre of cotton of ordinary growth. Here we have a remedy with which we can save our crops from the cotton worm at a cost of oue cent and a quarter pur aero, rating the price of arsenio at four cents per pound aud that of sal soda at five cents, which would be very high for the latter. This, it seems to us, is whittling the matter of cost down to a point decidedly fine. Of course there must be added in the final footing up of all outlays the further cost of prepara tion and application, but one cent and a quarter pays for tho poison. And as to tho cost of tho application, it is no greater than that of any other liquid remedy ; indeed it should not be so great, owing to tho fact that the liquid isa per fect solution, and, therofore, does not re quire the agitation neceaary to keon in suspension tho insoluble poisons, such as London purple and Paris green. The extra cost of preparing the saturated solu tion of arsenic might be put down as a very small item ; but we think this is moro than offsctt by the advantages of having a perfect solution at tho applica tion, made in a moment, without the necessity of stirring and "gauming" for an hour or so with some kind of coloring matter, "daubing" up ono's clothes and everything else around after a manner J that could scarcely bo considered entirely agreeable. Nothing of this kind in pre paring the arsenic for the cotton field you pour a quart of clear solution into the bunghole of a barrel containing forty gelions of water, and all is ready. And then, as to the saturated solution, since it will keep an indefinito length of time it may be made at odd spells when there is nothing else in particular to do.-Prof. J. P. Stelle, in New York Cotton. THE WEAKER SEX.-An English pa per, whose editor is undoubtedly a mar ried man, contains the following essay on woman : In them you behold the wild cat, the lamb and dove. If they can ac complish nothing by letting looso their untamed feline propensities, they give the juvelino sheep a trial ; and if that fails they try the loving dove. With one or the other they aro sure to effect their purpose. They are called the weak er 60X ; but with what propriety it is hard for me to imagine. They can draw us to church-draw us to the theatre-dra? us into trouble-draw us to the-well, anywhere. - The town connell of Seneca have passed a resolution that uo new license will bo granted to sell liquor in tba! town. - Tho clerks of the Treasury Depart ment r.l Washington have already start ed a (subscription to defray Mason's ex Knscs for counsel, and a dispatch fron int), Chlo, ?tates that a live-cent sub script lon has bo?n started them to de fend Scrgoant Mason for nnootlug a Guittosu. CLOSE TO DEATH. ! Adventure* of Tltreo Recaping Inion on cer* uu the Coligarte Uiver. Wc were gliding along nicely, not thinking of anything but the bridge, the guarda and home, when euddeuly Tierce cried out: "Snag." For an instant I saw it, and it did not look larger than ono's thumb just sticking out of water. Tbe : next instant our boat was over u:id we ? were floundering in the water. Forlu I uatcly we were all of us good swimmers. ; Wo tried to ?wini towards the shore, but I were taken rapidly down with the cur I rent. Lieutenant Pierce and myself , seemed to keep pretty uenr together, ! while Captain Nichols get somewhat in advance of us. It was very near dark and wo could see nothing. Soon I heard Captain Nicholl xy : "J have caught a tree." Captain Nichols found a long piece of grape vitiCj which he kept throwing in our direction, being guided only by our voices. I finally cuught it aud forced Pierce, who by this time had to bo compelled to make the least effort to assist himself, to take hold of it with me, and we were drawn into tho shore. Herc the mk was twelve or liftceu feet I high and shelving. I held on to the grape vine with both hands, being sub merged in the water up to my neck. I ' had found in the bank a little shelving place sufficiently wide to rest the too of my boot, which assisted me a great deal in keeping up. Pierce needed all tho help I could give him, and by finding this resting piuco for my foot I could give one hand to assist Pierce, nnd, fortu nately for us both, Captain Nichols was a very powerful man. We finally binded Pierce who could do nothing. I thought I would have no difficulty whatever, so after taking a short rest I gavo a Bpring upward, and it seemed as if my clothes weighed a ton. I found I could not help myself much moro than to hang on to tho grapevine. I tried and tried again, only to go buck into the water up to my neck. After u little while I thought per haps I had nut caught tho grapevino by the end and there must be some nf il be yond mo in the water. I worked it along with one hand until I got it so ' could pass tho end up to Captain Nichols, which I did. He had in the mountinia fastened his end to u tree. I thought by making a loop of it I could put my foot in it and help myself in that way. It was, however, not long enough. I could only get my knee in it, and when I got near tho top of tho bank, it being shelv ing, I swung nnder it and I had not tho strength to push mysolf out and got over tho edge of tho bank, with all the assist ance Captain Nichols could give me. So back I wont down into the water. If I had not have found thc little shelving place for ono of my toes to have rested I do not believe I would have hud the strength to have sustained my weight with my bands and arms, alt hough a heavy weight is quite light In the water. Captain Nichols lay hot down on the S;round, reaching with his bands nu ar down as he could, and L then gol ono of my feet on the vine. I could then straighten myself up, and it was compnr j ntivoly easy to get over the hank. I wat nearly exhausted. I do not know hon long I was in tho water or how far wt swain. I should think, and it v.-a s thc opinion of my comrades, that we must have swam and floated about throe milei and that I was in the water over twe hours. We turned into tho woods and wont t< our former hiding place aud waited foi day. At the first streak of day I went uj to the negro quarters and reported Tney were all glud to sue me, but sorry bad been unsuccessful before. Old Jo actually cried at my misfortune. H said : -Go back to your place and 1001 we will bring you something to cat." went back and reported. Very sooi after wo heard a voice, saying, "Ilea up, head up." The grass was high an' they did not know exactly where w were. We saw Old Joe with as man as twenty of the men and women of th< place. Ho snid: "Doy got do dogs o yer; dey got de dogs on y if. Go j OJ fast as eher you can right straight fdr di barn ; keep in ono row." Wo ohoye and ho with the other negroes enme bc hind shuffling out our tracks and. rut bing against the brush so us to throw th dogs off the scent when they shoul come. We bud not been long in th barn before we heard tho dogs. Nen tho barn door was a large persimmo tree, and Old Joo was busily engaged i picking the persimmons. When th dogs lost the trail they began to ru around in a circle, making the ciro larp : and larger,'thinking m that wa to strike tho trail again. Soon the bal we were in was within tho circle and ? knew wo were safe. Wo did not hov ever, dare move about, but remain; very quiet until night. The nolitai rider wo met the night before know wi wo were, and early in tho morning hi pul tho dogs on our tracks.- Capt. J.J Dennie in Philadelphia Tima. A Slrnngo Tragedy. TnoY, N. Y., Heptembor 17. A- few year? ?luco Henry King w sentenced to servo u life term lu Dann mora prison for murdering a Now Yoi city detective. A short timo after shin lng of President Garfield, King and a another convict named Hamilton got in an altercation regarding tho character Vico-Prosidcnt Arthur and his fitness administer tho nffuirs of thc nation in t event of Garfield's death and Arthui succession to tho presidency. Hamilt made somo remark which was not coi plimontary to Arthur, whoroupon Ki struck his brother convict two blows tho head with an ax, killing him instai ly. King was tried on the charge murder at tho circuit court In scardon Plattsburg, yesterday, Judge Laud presiding. Throe witnesses were swe for tho prosecution-the prison physich a cook and ono of tho keepera, r?o e dence wa? introduced In behalf of I prisoner. Tho taking of testimony oe filed about ono hour and a half, when ' ury retired. Alter an absence of abi two hours, they returned, and requos tho Judge to explain tho legal dittorei between murder in tho first and secc degree. H?H honor was about to ie; when tho prisoner aroso to his feet i said : "Your honor sud gentlemen of jury, this was not a murder in tho i und degree ; it was a deliberate and | meditated murder. I kr. >w that I h done wrong ; that I ought to confess truth, and 1 ought to bc hung. Hore tho prisoner's counsol tried vain to silence him. "No," continued King, "1 have d wrong. It ls my duty to confess lt, i , 1 cannot help doing so. I cannot k still. I plead guilty to murder in tho i degree. It was 15 minnies from ibu t I struck tho first blow with tho nx u I struck him the second ttmo; and this timo I kept thinking, 'I will Iii , this man.' If that is not prcuiodlt murder, what is lt? I have alrt killed two mon. What is my lifo to i Thc life of either of these two mon wi J I havo killed is worth a dozen of nil ? Tho prisoner then sat down, wb upon tho Judge informed tho Jury "I i'i view ortho prisoner'? admission tht murder was premeditated, thc re . no necessity for any furthor ox plan a . of law on lim part." Tho jury thorei i rctlrod, and very soon ramo back w . verdict nf guilty. In response tc tho question ft t whether ho had anything to suv win sentence of death should not he pi upon him, Kin? replied : "Nothing, sir; the sentence is a Just on?; I ought to be hung." Hu was sentenced to bo bonged at Plattsburg on tho 4tb of November next, between Ute hours of 10 o'clock in tba forenoon aud 2 o'clock in the after noon. King is raid to be a remarkably intelligent man. Hi? appearance In ?*r?urt yesterday wafijeertalnly Impressive, and bl? deliberate manner when address ing tho court and jurv mndo tito scone dramatic. Tho doomed man I? 31 years of ago, was born in Now York "city, where his old mother resides, ?nd waa educated in the Itomnn Catholie.fnlth. Kens and (?osslp. - Austin, Texas, has a female denuiv sheriff. - Guiteau has gained ten pounds-inc* his incarceration. - An abundant rico crop, and of good quality, will he harvested in Louisiana. - Out of every one hundred inhab itant.- of tlie United StA les sixteen live in cities. - Gen. .Sherman says that Mason, who shot at Guiteau, "deserves the ?everest punishment." - Atlanta, Ga., sells upwards of $60, 000,000 a year, and is ?.til) conquering new territory. - The Senate of Georgia has passed a bill imposing a li: of fifty dollars on the sale of pistols. - Many mountain counties in Ken tucky report the best corn crop they have hnd in fifteen yeais. - St. Louis ?H about to follow the ex ample nf Chicago aud Now Orleans, by licensing gambling houses. - In Geneva, Switzerland, clergymen are elected lo tho pulpit, just the same as Stato officials aro to office. - The Washington organization known na the Mrs. R. B. Hayes Tem perance Society has disbanded. - Tho report of rain all ovor tho South was what caused cotton to advance from 12 to 20 points in New York. - Ninety-one wagon londB of dried fruit wero seen in ono day on the road from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Mnynard ville. - Tho wells at Cresfield, Md., have gone dry, aud water is brought to that town by railroad and sold nt ten cents a gallon. - General Grant and General Joseph E. Johnston hob-nobbed in the friend liest way at the lato Aztec diuner at Wayne, Pa. - A retail fruit vendor in Atlanta is reported to be worth $10,000, all of which ho made there in a few years by.industry and economy. - Gen. Grant has now no tannery, to look after, no wood to haul, no armies to lead to glorious victory, no public office tn administer. - lt ie eatimated that about twenty five thousand Americans have visited Europe thia ye-.-, spending thousands upon thousands . dollars. Thia is one way tho money ?roes. - The owner of a large cronberry farm at Berlin, Wis., employs a hundred girl?, and bo promises to marry the'one \rho piuks tho most berries this season, providing she wau ts him. - The Augusta AVtrs anya Atlanta it ' already beginning to fill up with low down swindlers, thieves and rascals, and old Tigo Anderson will have plenty to do for the next three months. - Bishop M'Tyeiro, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, preached in the Methodist Episcopal Chapel ia Rome, Italy, on a recent Sabbath, Dr. Vernon acting as interpreter to the Italian hear ers. - Of the 124,000 Mormons in Utah, only about 10,000 are polygamous. Moat of these are of European importation. The younger generation of Mormons find ono wife npieco as much as they and their purse cnn stand. - Denver Col., is lighted by electric lights placed on wooden towers nearly two hundred feet high. Some nf the alreetB aro laid with pipes, through which alcuin is conducted to buildings, whoso owuer paya for the privilege. - A woman who dressed ?herself in men's clothes and went into .the army during the war, so that she could be with her husband, and who was wounded in tho service, has just received $600 in pension arrears at St. Louis. - Under the new codo of criminal {?roceduro iu New York, any person who ms been convicted of a felony or five times of a misdemeanor, mav be ad judged an habitual criminal. Thereafter he will be liable to arrest without a war rant. - The Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia decides that a person who has paid a pnrt of the purchase money on property, but who ia not entitled to the ownership until the entire price is paid, has an in surable interest in the property to tho extent of his own interest therein. - The Star Parlor Orga Company mid Beanie's immense organ factories in Washington, N. J., were totally destroy ed by fire Sunday afternoon. The loss is eatimated at $200,000, which is par tially covered by insurance. Four hun dred men are thrown out of employment. - Cocoauut growing is becoming an important industry in Florido. Chas. Maloney bas a plantation of several thousand trees on Stock Island, J. V. Harris, of Key West, hos abott 7,000 trees, E. O. Lock about 10,000. and Lieu ten ant-Governor Bethel is having an ex tensive glove of cocoanut trees planted. - The King of Siam ia tbe happiest of mortals, ile has been favored with a now white elephant, which ia the god of the Siamese' idolatry, and the king has received thia addition to his pantheon with every mark of veneration and wor ship. He has lodged the elephant mag nificently and provided him a solid ser vico of gold. - The report of the tobacco product of the United States for the cens?a years 1880 and 1870 shows an apparent increase in production of eighty per cent, during tho decade. The production in 1870 waa 262,7.15,341 pounds, and that of 1880, 473,!07/>73 pounds. A curious fact in this connection ia that there wasa higher average per aero iu tho Northern than in the Southern States, which would have been regarded as an anomaly aome years ago. - Thc operation performed on Sena ' tor Hill, of Georgia, last week by Prof. Gross, of Philadelphia, was more ex tended and serious than tho first. Bo aide* cutting off a portion of the tongue, i it was found necessary to take out the i sub-maxillary and lymphatic glands, and i also tho whole floor of the mouth. The 1 Atlanta (hnfiUution learns that about 1 one-half of Mr. Hill's tongue bas been . cut aw y in the two operations, but adds > "it la not thought that lt will interfere I freriousjy with his articulation."