The Bulletin, 1881-09-24

and devoted friends and attendants. H The car. No. 497, which carried the bodytoS Washington, had its sides and roof covered® with crape. A soft dark carpet covered the® floor, and in the center of the car stood ;>E catafalque also covered with crape and black I rosettes at the sides and ends. In the car saiffi tno military escort commanded by LieutenantE Patterson, a former cadet appointed from? Steubenville, Ohio. The next ear continued® the members of Cabinet, and the following - tht K last - was Pr< sideiit Robert's private car. *Gen-® eral Grant and President Arthur, who had® been escorted to Mrs. Garfield's car, remained® until the train started. The incidents eu rout. were solemn and touching. As the train moved® slowly through Trenton, the students of Prince-® ton College, ranged on either side, strewed® the track with flowers. Just before the train® entered the depot at Washington, the plat-Er form was cleared by the police, and the officer.-® of the Army and'Navy to ti e number of 13i® formed in single rank upon the left facing tin® train. As the train slowly rolled into the depot® every head upon the platform was uncovered.® and a stillness as of the grave pervaded tin® vast throng, which for more than an hour had® been patiently waiting by the roadside. Soon® Mrs. Garfield, assisted by Secretary Blaine, de-® scended from the car. and taking his arm upon® her right and that of her son Harry upon her left.® she walked directly to the carriage in waiting.® Her face was completely concealed by a heavy® black veil, which hung nearly to the ground. andß whatever emotion she may have experienced® were sacred from sight of those who gazed upon her. She entered the State carriage and was followed by her daughter, Mollie Garfield, her son Harry, Mrs. Rockwell and Miss Rockwell. Others of the Presidential party were President Arthur, who leaned upon the arm of Senator Jones, of Nevada, General Grant and General Beale. General Swaim and Mrs. Swaim, Colonel Rockwell, Colonel Corbin, Dr. Bliss and daugh daughter, - ter, daughter, Dr. Reyburn, Dr. Agnew, Dr. Hamilton, Attorney General MacVeagh, wife and twe sons, Secretary and Mrs. Hunt, Secretary® and Mrs. Lincoln and son, Postmaster® General and Mrs. James, Secretary Kirkwood. The first three carriages received the ladies oi the party, who did not accompany the proces procession - sion procession to the Capitol. After they had moved on a short distance from the entrance the coffin appeared, borne upon the shoulders of eight j soldiers of the Second Artillery, detailed from the Arsenal barracks. On the right, in single file and headed by Adjutant General Drum, were officers of the Navy, under the lead of Rear Admiral Nichols. As the coffin wasH borne to the hearse the Marine Band, stationed across the street, played "Nearer, my God,| to Thee,'' while every head was bowed, and many eyes were dimmed. As the procession moved up the avenue, scarcely a sound was heard, save that from the feet of moving men and horses. Hats were removed and heads bowed as by common im impulse - pulse impulse of deep and unfeigned grief, as the procession moved on toward the Capitol. At, the Mlapitvl officers of .the army and naw deployed in parallel lines on either side of the hearse, and the Marine Band played again, with much sentiment, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," as with solemn tread the remains of President Garfield were borne into the rotunda and placed upon the catafalque. At 5:25 the lid of the coffin was opened and the face of the late President was exposed. Noise Noiselessly - lessly Noiselessly President Arthur and Secretary Blaine approached and gazed upon the face of the dead and then slowly and sadly passed out of the hall. A line was formed by Sergeant-at-Arms Bright, and one bv one those present advanced and /lanced at the emaciated and discolored face. 1 he public at large was then admitted, and hundreds of persons testified by their reveren reverential - tial reverential conduct and mournful countenances the sorrow which they experienced in looking upon the features of their murdered President. The remains laid in state at the Capitol two days. The oath of office was administered to Vice President Arthur at 3:15 a. ro. September 20. Says a dispatch from New York : "In accord accordance - ance accordance with a dispatch received from the Cabinet in regard to taking the oath of office, messages were sent to different Judge of the Supreme Court. The first to put in an appearance was Judge John B. Brady, who was closely followed by Justice Donahue. The party consisting of the Vice President and the Judges named, be besides - sides besides District Attorney Rollins, Elihu Root and the eldest son of the now President, assembled in the front parlor of No. 123 Lexington avenue, General Arthur's residence, where the oath of office was administered and he became President of the United States. He declined to be interviewed as to his future Respecting Guiteau and his cowardly crime, a Washington dispatch under date of Sept, 20, says: It is the opinion of the District Attorney and his assistant that, under the laws of the District, Guiteau can not be tried for murder here, but the greatest pm ish ishment - ment ishment that can be given him is such punishment as is incidental to a simple case of assault and battery. In case such a conclusion shall be definitely arrived at, it may become a puzzling question as to how the State of New Jersey can obtain jurisdiction over the person of the assassin. In the opinion of some lawyers, he can only be brought within the jurisdiction of the laws of that State by means of the extradition laws, and as they simply re refer - fer refer to fugitives from justice, unless some local technicality can construe Guiteau to come un under - der under that category, it is a difficult matter to see in what manner New Jersey can obtain juris jurisdiction, - diction, jurisdiction, Garfield Record,; At 14 he was at work at a carpenter s aench. At 16 he was a boatman on the Ohio .-anal. At 18 he was staying in the Chester 'Ohio) Seminary. At 21 he was teaching in one of Ohio's common schools, pushing for forward - ward forward with his own studies at the same time. At 23 he entered Williams College. At 26 he graduated from Williams with the highest honors of his class. At 27 he was tutor at Hiram College,

Know,'' said the old lady. "Well, ij shouldn't," said Mrs. Larabee.*^-- I have? been fearing and expecting it all morning.'' fe "Grandma," said Ellen, " there rrtrad news.' K "Is he dead?" asked theoldlady, tremulously. * "He is." The quick tears started in the sensi-B tive eyes. There was a violent paroxysm of® grief. No expression of frenzy told of theg anguish within. "Is it true?' - she asked m v with trembling lips.) "Then the Lords help me, for if be is dead what i.-.Jif do?' B £he was rendered weak and s fittk. nervous l . B the announcement, and was oNiged once orF twice to repair to her room, where, in 8 the solitude, she might begin to. the awful truth, but she was not Contented to 3 remain there, and soon retured to tin E sitting-room. About half past 9 o'clock Mr.s.B Garfield was found sitting in a rocking chairj waiting for news. The morning 'paper she read with eagerness. "It can not be that James is dead," she I can not 'understand it. 1 have no further wish to live. J can not live if it is so." I i The death of President Garfield is deeply mourned by all nations. Says the Pall Mall [Gazette : " There is scarcely one [in* 4,000 who has not read the i*-'\ s of the death of President Garfield withjjflgret as real and as deep as if he had been a ruler of our own. A communion of sorrow unites the ocean-sundered members of the English race to-day more closely than it ever been united since 1776." The London Evening Standard " The deep grief is shown by all the English speaking population." Says the London Globe : "Grief is nowhere more poig poignant - nant poignant than in England, and it is intended to hire one of the largest and most importaid halls in London for a demonstration of sym sympathy." - pathy." sympathy." Says the London Times; "The death of President Garfield is regarded as hardly less than a national calamity. In all ranks, from the Queen to the peasant, tfoeta is a most heartfelt sympathy for the bereaved widow and injured nation. The career of President Gar Garfield - field Garfield is of a kind which appeals .Jo the best feelings and most cherished traditions of our people." THE AflBPsY. The statement that the ball was found in the region of the heart has been verified, and it is stated on authority that the developments of the autopsy prove that death was inevitable and the President's life was only sustained by the most excellent nourishing and constant care. The following official bulletin was prepared by the surgeons who have been in attendance upon the late President: > By 'previous ien? tLk*past-mor rm examination of the body of President Gar Garfield - field Garfield was made in the presence and with the assistance of Drs. Hamilton, Agnew, Bliss, Barnes, Woodward, Heyburn, Andrew H. Smith, of Elberon, and Acting Assistant Sur Surgeon - geon Surgeon D. S. Lamb, of the Army Medical Museum. [Washington. The operation was performed by Dr. Lamb. It was found that the ball, after fracturing the eleventh rib, had passed 'through the spinal column, in front of the spinal canal, fracturing the body of the firs t lumbar vertebra?, driving a number of small [fragments of bone into the adjacent soft parts, and lodging just below the pancreas, about two ' inches and a half to the left of the spine . nd behind the peritoneum, where it had become 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, 'and nearly a pint escaping into the ab ab-1 - -1 ab-1 dominal cavity. This hemorrhage is believed '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 inches by four in dimensions, was found in the vicinity of the gall bladder, between the liver and the 'transverse colon, which were strongly inter inter' - ' inter' adherent. It did not involve tin substance of 'the liver, and no communication was found ' between it and the wound. A long suppurating ? channel extended from the external wound i between the lion muscles and right kidney, al almost - most almost to the right groin. The channel, now [known to be due to the burrowing of the pus from tl e wound, was supposed during ! life to have been the track of the ball. On ex exi - i exi amination of the organs of the chest, evi evi' - ' evi' deuces of sever© bronchitis were found on both aides, with bronchial pneumonia of the lower portions of the right lung, and, though to much less extent, of the left. The lungs contained no abscesses and the heart no clots, Ihe 1 ver was enlarged and fatty but free from abscesses, nor were anv found in any other organ except the left kidney, which contained 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 is quite evi evident - dent evident that the different suppurating surfaces, 'and especially the fractured spongy tissue of the vertebra furnish sufficient explanation of septic condition which ex [Signed] D. Vv. Bliss, J. J. Woodward, Trank H. Hamilton, 4 Andrew H. Smith, J. K. Barnf.s, . Robert Heyburn, D. Hayes Agnew, D. S. Lane. i~~ REMOVAL. Of the Rcmaini of «he Preatclent to Wa<b Wa<btngton. - tngton. Wa<btngton. The body of the late President Garfield wat removed from Long Branch to Washington or the 21st lust. It was embalmed and encased ii ii an elegant casket, with suitable inscription anc handsome floral decoration. The account says ("those who knew him in life and robust healtl were shocked by the fearful change that hat taken place - only a faint resemblance of his [former self remaining." Before the remova \ of the remains from the cottage to the train E funeral services were read and prayer offeree , bv the Rev. Mr. Young, pastor of the chnrel Eat Long Branch. The services were simple am | unostentatious, and no persons were presen ' except General Garfield's family, members o '.the Cabinet and thtir wives, and two o (three gentlemen who had been constan

At 28 he was principal of Hiram College. At 29 he was a member of the Ohio Senate - the youngest member of that body. At 31 he was Colonel of the Forty - second Ohio regiment. At 31 he was placed in command of a brigade, routed the rebels under Hum Humphrey - phrey Humphrey Marshall, helped General Buell m liis fight at Pittsburgh Landing, played a prominent parr in the siege of Corinth and in the important movement along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. At 32 he was appointed chief of start yd the Army of the Cumberland, partici participated - pated participated in the campaign in Middle Ten- Inessee and in the notable battle of I Chickamauga, and was promoted to the hank of Major General. At 33 he was in Congress, the succes succesisor - isor succesisor of Joshua K. Giddings. At 48 having been continued in Con- Igress since he wap 33, he was elected tc the United States Senate. At 49 he was nominated for the Pre»> dency of the United States. At 50 he was elected President, and llulv 2. 1881. was shot bv Guiteau. The Unexpected. Colonel Rockwell is quoted as saying that General Garfield once remarked that the unexpected things in this life were the things which were occurring to him. Many men of strong will and well de defined - fined defined purpose have been impelled or compelled to abandon plans matured Ithrough years of consideration for oth othlers - lers othlers sprung upon them at a moment's | warning. j When it was proposed in 1859 that Garfield enter political life as a candidate for the Legislature of Ohio, he declined, [because he did not want to enter the I House, but the Senate. The way to the 'Senate w r as not open, because the Repub Republicans - licans Republicans of the three counties composing | the district had agreed that the nomina nomination - tion nomination should go to a Mr. Prentiss, a vet veteran - eran veteran in the service. Garfield considered hue matter settled and went East to de deliver - liver deliver the Master's oration at Williams .College. During his short absence Mr. Prentiss died, and, on his return, Gar Garfield - field Garfield was nominated for State Senator and elected. Scarcely had he entered upon his career in the Senate when the war broke out. He organized several regi regii - i regii icnts, but refused to accept the Colo Colonelcy - nelcy Colonelcy of any, because he did not think himself fit for such a post. Finally he agreed to become Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty Second Regiment if Captain Hazell, of Hie regular army, was de detailed - tailed detailed to act as Colonel. It was expected that this arrangement could be made without difficulty, but, much to the sur surprise - prise surprise of the Governor of the State, Gen General - eral General Scott refused to order the detail. the officers of the regiment gtook the matter in hand in such a way sthat Garfield consented to take com comimand. - imand. comimand. I Scarcely was Garfield in the field when Buell gave him command of a brigade, and ordered him to attack Hum Humphrey - phrey Humphrey Marshall in Eastern Kentucky. The man wdio so distrusted his own mili military - tary military capacity, and who had hoped for time to gather knowledge, found himself pitted at once against a shrewd and ag aggressive - gressive aggressive rebel General. This was so en entirely - tirely entirely unexpected as to startle Garfield into what he afterw'ard described as a rash and imprudent mood. He was or ordered - dered ordered to drive Marshall out of Kentucky, and he dashed forward and did it. That made the hesitating Colonel a Brigadier General. Later, (rarfield wanted to go to South Carolina with General Hunter, and asked the President to send him there. His plan was to go with Hunter to the hot-bed of the rebellion, as much tc study the situation as to do service. He openly exulted over his appointment, when'an unexpected thing changed all his plans. In the battle of Stone River, Garesche, General Rosecrans' Chief of Start', was killed. The appointment of Garfield to South Carolina was revoked, and he was selected to take the place of Garesche as Rosecrans' Chief of Stall. He didn't want the place, but once at work he liked it, and won such distinc distinction - tion distinction that he was made Major General. Rosecrans, Buell, and others, compli compliminted - minted compliminted him as a strategist and organizer, and his experience at Chicamauga con convinced - vinced convinced him that he had the sort of cour courage - age courage that sustains a soldier in times of difficulty. Garfield's military career seemed in a fair way' to be rounded out in accordance with his ambition when the Republicans of Joshua R. Giddings' old district nominated him for Congress. Il is first knowledge of the movement in his favor was the announcement of his nomina nomination, - tion, nomination, and, after consultation with his military friends, he accepted. In the fullness of time he became the Reader of the House, and at his own re reguest - guest reguest was transferred to the Senate. I Then, at Secretary Sherman's request, lie consented to become one of the Ohio delegates to the Chicago Convention. He went to the Convention the leader of the Sherman faction of the Republican party, and unexpectedly to even the shrewdest politicians, was nominated for President.

& Oil the 17th "the President had a! Schill lasting about twenty minutes," after 13 which he vomited and perspired freely. gThe pulse ran up to 137, and the patient was E delirious. On the 18th the President had an an§ - § an§ other chill, of less duration than the former,l Ebat sufficient to increase the very great anxiety! 5 already existing. He was very slowly growing! W weaker. but very perceptibly. 6 Ou the 19th. the fatal day, ail arrangements! -'a for the dressing of the wound were completed,| < and the President was about to be turned on! side where the wound could be reached! when he said, "I feel cold," at thtß (*> wine instant lie turned his face and vomited. & Prior to this he had eaten two spoonfuls of milk M norridge, but had not completed his breakfast a when the rigor seized him and held full sway for St over ten minutes. The extremities w ire bine and cold. There was an intermittent spasmodiccon spasmodicconw - w spasmodicconw traction and relaxation of the muscles. Onemo Onemog - g Onemog meat the frame would appear to be drawn to- Ugether as tightened with ropes, after a short Itiinc the system would be relaxed, and with a shiver and sighing respiration the body would resume its normal condition. The strain upon the overtaxed and prostrate form of the man was intense. The physicians wondered how he louid endure it. lhey stoAl around the utd watching the attack they had been powerless to prevent, and which they could not relieve. The moments seemed as hours, for it looked as though every spasm which racked the patient dr gged him down irresistibly towards death. The pulse of the patient ran up to 143 or pos possibly - sibly possibly higher ; it was so indistinct and uneven the physicians could hardly keep track of it. The respiration, it is said, was not t ken, but according to the descriptions of his difficulty in bn a thing it must have increased to 28 or 30. After the rigor had ended, the President I called for a hand-glass, and looking at himself, said : " I can t understand, Doctor, how it is. 1 am so weak, when I look so well," and he dropped the glass on the bed, unable to longer hold it up. I And now. while we are mourning the death of ui'.r illustrious Chieftain, reader, think you ol Mrs. Garfield, that patient woman, whose -ndurance has been the talk of the world. Di. Boynton, who told her in Washington several weeks ago that her husband could not live, after the rigor on the last day had passed off. told her that the chances for re re<-o' - <-o' re<-o' cry were poorer than ever. She understood the gravity of the case, and was not surprised at the hopelessness of her friends and the phy- M?i ns, but still she had hopes - hoping against hope. i the day drew to a close, so the life of gibe President grew fainter, like the dying l -mber. still glowing, but consuming its own Substance and going out in darkless. The were eagerly read an ! as each came liurth. the sad news only became sadder, and bath made to appear closer upon its illusti ions 3 ictim. I At the President's bedside, holding bis poor emaciated hand in her own. and watching with anguish unutterable the fast vanishing sandt lot life, sat the faithful, devoted wife during the closing hours of the President's career. Around him were other weeping friends and physicians, lamenting their powerlessness h the presence of the dark angel of death. 1 Toward the last the mind of the sufferei wandered. He was once more back it Mentor, amid those scenes were th< | happiest hours of his life were spent gib- sat in the dear old homestead again 1 with loved ones around him; the age< 8 mother, so proud of her big boy, the faithfu sj wife and beloved children. It was a blissfu I dream that robbed death of its terrors, am rendered the dying man for a moment un conscious of the cruel rending of his one vigorous frame that was constantly going or The moan of the restless ocean mingled wit sobs of loved ones, as the lamp of life flicker® and went out forever. Nearly every one around the President clun to hope to the last, and refused to credit th approach of death until the shadow deepene and the destroyer's presence could be no longf uuf elt. The President was dead ! Thh news of the President's death wt H broken to his aged mother by ?Jrs. Larabe | her daughter, and Ellen, her grauddaughte The following is related: "Grandma," sal S Ellen, "would you be surprised t> get b;i news this morning?" " Whv. I - l dor

The death of our beloved President, James K Abram Garfield, while it has not been entirely unexpected, is a sad blow to this great nation. There is no language in which to express the profound grief it > rings upon us. It seems incredible that a man of such noble qualities - qualitiesso so qualitiesso inoffensive, so amiable, so large-hearted, so pure and so true - should lay down his life at the hands of a cowardly cur. a vagabond, an unspeakable wretch. But it is true. James Abram Garfield, our Chief Magistrate, cruelly shot on the 2d of July last while starting off for a pleasure trip, after lingering seventy-nine days between life and death, suffering untold agony, but without ag murmur, died peacefully at 10:52 p. m. Sep-j tember 19, and the Nation sitting shrouded in awe, covered with blackness as with a gar garment. - ment. garment. testifies in the silence of its sorrow that a great calamity has fallen upon it. For the wretch by whose act we have been plunged into this terrible abyss of grief. we can give no adequate expression. The heart of the nation i iwrung - wrung iwrung to its innermost depths, torn an 1 bleeding, and there is nothing to appease. The life of the villian who is author of our sor sorrow - row sorrow cannot ahme. and even that is protected bv law. and the people may bewail their fate in sadness and in .-.ilence, grieving only that they may grieve again. When the President was removed to Long Branch it was hoped the ocean breeze would nave a beneficial effect and aid nature and medical skill to restore him to health again and that seemed to be the prospect the first few days after the removal, but on the 15th inst. we v- . rtned by bulletin that there were vati > optic accidents" and mw com complications - plications complications v.vre showing themselves. On tin 16th '-th' re wo e no marked changes in tin President'- condition and his symptoms were not and'- there was, therefore, a mert-ast of