Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1881, Page 1

Ww it THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED PAILY, Exeept Sunday, min 8. Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and llth St. by The Evening Star News2aper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres’t. ved to subscriters in the ‘account, at 10 cents per E Copies at the counter, 2 ail—-posbure prepaid —60 cents a mouth, jonthe, $3. {Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., a8 fecond-clase moll matter. } Tae Wx: Sran—publishcd on Friday—$2 a year, Desteve prepaid. Six mouths, $1; 10 copies for $15; 20 | | | L ‘@opiex for $20. SE AN mail endscrip paid in a@vance; | Ro payer «ent loner tha Rate 0: Ve. 58-N°, 8,816, JULY 9, 1881 } SPECIAL NOTICES. CHUNCH, 11th and_K streevs | ae i Q a.tu. by Rey. J. F. Rev. N. M- CARROLL. De. | Kew ¥ row, at 11 a.m. EET METHODIST i Georketown, 1 Pre 1a. P- i. by the pasto All cordially mete PEL cE (Sabbath) comer 4% ‘and Nost will con- cHURCH, or, Kev. G te Pre the United Pr jel vart-noom, Ci ghany, Pa., in the Supreme C. Sabt fidy 10h, at Lamm. and 6 p. Vited [a> MeTRoPorrra oS and 44 streee ey CHURCH—Corner C Baen, pastor; at 11 £9:90' am. Tt R. ‘Sunday Schio« red ‘Traditions abi > Bacon's, 44 street southwest, an » Maryland avenue and lth’ streets d recular monthly meetine of the SER. AND BUILDING ASSOCTATION, se q 619 7th street, opposite th instant, at’ 8 o'clock hout preuium—$l per slowest rate. A wood 0 % vice Presi JOHN A. PRESCOTT, Sec. snd Treas. Ee For S Fand ¢ as mS Service of song and pray a1 m. The corner- Monday at 6 Pennsylvania ay of this city, 21 ema OUNT VERNON PEAC z SOUTH, corner 9th and Preaeh: é Sunday at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. by the Pas Rev. W. P. Hannwos, D.D. Evening Lecture: “4 2 July —What dves it teach us?” Ww [-S,GORSUCH Mt. E. CHURCH, ox F streets southw July 16. D.D. At. CHURCH, Massachusetts ‘Land loth streets northwest. — Hexeeet. Kickanpsos : sub; T Am that I An of Asvemmbiy’s Presi juster Presbyterian Church, E streets southwest. Preach” F. Brrrixcen; at ® em. by it MARKET COMPANY, 881. TENTH DIVIDEND.—The Directors of this Com- Fang beve this day declared a semi-annual dividend of wenty its per share, payable at the office of the BENJ. D. WHITNEY, Secretar: DAY. ly Tats AY, July 12, at & nd 'B streets horth= A MEETING No. 1, wil TE I be hela TUES! mopoliten Hall, 8th t i Journeymen Painters are invited to attend, JAMES W. HALL, President. anuual meeti AL NOTICE.—Th | aa ANCE COMPANY of nine Directors, will } ‘No. 643 Louisiana 21 Polls open from 1 to? jt Ne ‘of the Stoe! ION INSUR- for the election ice of the Com- jofONDAY, July 1th, THE STOCK- ) POTOMAC it the office of the Com- July 11. Polls open for 17) Same TION! 1 SOS and) Seamed an & ices, co to SINGLI Space: sj Bue Lick, gress Water, and ot aud for saie’on drau, Special attention iven to Plumbing and Tinning. Retauates furnielcl; Jobbing promptly attended to. SAM'L 8. EDD, Successor to Hamilton & Shedd, . 409 9th street northwest. REMOVED OUR STOCK Cabinet Makers’, Upholsterers’ and NA. 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BrOvexcomes rue Fivsuxp Arrranance ov Heat, FAriGue axp Excrrement. Yr Maxes Lavy or Taiury Avrean pur Twestt! And so natural, ztadual, and perfect are its effects that pom it is impossible to detect its application. HP TELAT RTS LEY, | PERSON _ THE EVENING Washington News and Gossip. Gove MENT Receipts To-Day.— Internal | $463,826.97; customs, $803,498. Assistant Postmaster ¢ has gone to New York on off ATcHEz, Miss., Las beea nt of the Treasury. AL appointed special ag THE INDIAN ASSASSINS OF SENATOR PrGn’ ry Gf War will cause to be into the facts of the kill by the 4 made to dis punished. : | RLY ALL of THe furloughod employes of | the Government Printing Office Lave resumed work. | Treastry Decrstoy. ‘he Treasury depart- is decided that gold and silver may be | ed for the redemption of | nd that it may also be paid out surer in the redemption of n: y has given special perini . Captain Chandler to retain her home on | 1» Minnesota, now at that 7 | she will continue her Thursday re | board as heretof Existing ordeis of the | be remembered, forbid | government yes: but ders itself an exceptional I Chandler is doubtless re- garded gs an exceptional weiman; at aay rate, the fashionables there express themselves de- lighted at the kindness of Secretary Hunt which | mits her to count herself ‘settled in her at- ctive parlors on board for three years.” Estimates or Corros Area Verirr , a8 statistic’ .—Fer | of the | timates of with 12,600,000 | 'y-nine hundredths of a bale | On this basis the crop of 1879 would acreage of cotton, closing in 1877 . oF nearly per acre. require about 14,500,000 acres, which was un- official estimate for that year.’ The census, as the figures now producing 5 fort nd, returns 14,441,393 7 bales—between thirt hundredths of a bale very close estimate—t or nd T one per cent difference. The dep mate for 1879, as printed in the annual report, is | 12,596,000 acres. Mr. D. thus ins the cause of this unfortunately wide discrepancy: “The atal discrepancy of nearly tween the department censi planation. In justice tothe 1 Col. Worthington, the facts The report of area of 18% indicating It was witht whether to di: eof 1879 ent statis should be stated. | as_made by his pre- breadth of 13,000,000 a by Commissioner, redit the statistician or bull the amor for wes of increase were | becoming the basis ction of area of nearly a million bales. er, the department record suffered by thi: ering with official returns, the cotton sta- clans of the exehat several of them wrote the s were not deceived, as ai once inquiring whether truth of statisties had not been wantonly ted by the head of the department. They saw at once the falsity of the fizures, and readily suspected the source of the oficial falsehood.” The appointment of Han. L. 8. 8. West@s British minister at Washington, to suc- | ceed Sir Edward Thornton, is gazetted in Lon- | ' don.—Mr. Elisha Riggs, the well-known New York banker, brother of Mr. G " this city, died at hts r terday, of apoplexy, in the 59th year of” his | aze.—_Mrs. and Miss Snead, who have been at | Long Branch for two weeks’ past, have gone to | Richtield Springs, N. Y.—Mr. Keene, owner of | hall, presented 50,000 franes to the poor of is out of his late winnings on the grand prix —-Mr. L. L.Crounse, well-known in Washinston | as correspondent here for a long time of the New York Times, is lying very low of consump- tion, at his residence in Kingston, —Rep- resentative Jorgenson is at the Riggs House. The rumor that iously ill is entirely withouf*foundation.—Rev. John G. Ames and family haye gone to Mont Vernon, Ohio, the old home of Mrs. Ames, for a pro- longed stay during hot weather. Associate | Justice Clifford has suffered a. serious relapse, | and is now thouzht to be lyinz at the point of | death at his old home, Cornish, Me——Mr. W. W. Corcoran and Senator Allison were recis- tered in York last evening.—Ex-Repre- sentative Mitchell, of Milwaukee, is about to be- stow upon that city the generous gift of a pub- k.—Amons the late arrivals at Berkeley S| were the following Washingtonians: Sergeant-at-Arms Bright and two sons. George | P. Goff and fi . Mrs. C. J. Hillyer and family, pt. R. D. Evans and family, Mrs. Amos Web- and Dr. T. 5. Verdi.—Lieut. J. S. Oyster, in town. Yellow Fever at Pensacola. The National Board of Health to-day received information that three cases of yellow fever had | broken out on board the British barque Emma | Payson,at Pensacola, Florida. The board ordered | | the vessel to the national quarantine station at Skip Island for disinfection and. the eare of the | sick. | _ Collector Humphreys, at Pengacola, does not | | anticipate any danger of the disease reaching the | city if proper care is exercised. The vessel was | ntine station by the | | ordered to ship Island Qua | local health authorities. Collector Humphrey's | | communication will be immediately referred to | the national board of health. sialon a | Special Weather Bulletin, | ‘The chief siznal officer furnishes the follow- | ing special bulletin to the press: The barometer is highest on the Middie Atlantic coast and low- est in Ontario. The temperature has fallen | slightly on the Atlantic coast and from 13 to 19 | degrees in the extreme northwest. on The winds | the South Atlantic coast have shifted to rtheasterly. Rain has occurred during the past twenty-four hours at nearly all the stations inthe Middle and South Atlantic states. A | rainfall of 2.10 inches is reported from Omaha. | | Fair weather is indicated for the Gulf states to- h not, andatter | gay, GOOD CHEER. THE PRESIDENT TO-DAY. “GETTING BETTEE ALL THE TIME.” ——— THE WOMAN IN BLACK. i ——— GMcial Bulletin, 8:20 a. m.—The President Feel- Quite Comfortadl y 0 a.m. xaquil night, lf as feeling quite We regard the ge: Yy- Pulse this morn- tare 99.4, respiration 24. J.J. Wo A GOOD NIGHT'S REST FOR THE PRESIDENT. The President's wound was dressed last night about nine o'clock. The dressing precedes his preparations for the night. About nine o'clock the President said, ‘‘ Where is Bliss?” ** Here. replied the doctor, who was by the bed. “ Blis: Tam tired,” he says; “don’t you think you had tter pat me in my little bed?” The patient then prepared for the night, and was soon taking a short and peaceful nap. He slept very well during the night. The cool atmosphere made his periods of rest longer than usual. Unoiicial Bulletin, 125 a.m.—Symptoms Stil Favorable—The Vice P1 EXECUTIVE Ma: The symptoms of the Presid favorable. Viee President Arthur called at the Executive Mansion this morning. Mrs. Garfield had gone out fora drive, so_ that he did not see her, and there happened to be none of the mem- bers of the Cabinet present, but he talked for a short time with the attending ph iaws with regard to the progress of the President’s case. THE WOUND DISCHARGING HUALTUY FUS TO- Day. There was a further discharge from the Presi- dent's wound this morning. About two ounces of pus was discharged. Dr. Bliss said that it was a very healthy pus. Following heaithy dis- charges of this kind fre gunshot wounds is the healing process. If the President's condi- tion continues as favorable as it now is—with the steady improvement going on—it will not be ve begins to heal. The improyement in the Presi- dent’s condition this morning was more marked than at any time heretofore. Oficial Bulletin, 1 p.m.—The Favorable Condi- tion Continues. The condition of the President continues to be Pals The next bulletin will be issued at [Signed.] D. W, Briss, J. K. Baryes, J. J. Woopwarp, Ropert Revsvrs. THE PRESIDENTS PULSE Was LOWER at 1 oclock to- y than at the day. It is cooler to-day for one thing, President is not so feverish. 2 O'clock pam.—The President Better than Ye was Yesterday. Dr. Reyburn said this afternoon at 2 o'clock to Tue Stax reporter: “The President's condi- tion is better now than it was at the same hour yesterday. His pulse is better nd his temper- ature lower. He has also eaten more to-day than yesterday. At the White House To-day, THE PRESIDENT <G@ BETTER ALL THE TIMe.” There were not more than a dozen people, outside the clerical force at the White House, who went there to-day. Mrs. Garfield went out for a long ride with Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Hunt. She looks very weil and strong, though apparently somewhat careworn. Contributions for the President's comfort come in from all sides. One was a dish of nicely cooked woodecock. Very few telezrams were received or sent off. The physicians going in and out of the sick room give only the very best news of the President's condition. Their words usually were: “Heis in the most favorable con- dition, and is getting better all the time.” The President is to-day given a little milk and old rum every two hours, and gruel now and then. His roomthis morning was very cool. If the same weather would continue, there would be VICE PRESIDENT ARTHUR CALLED. He went up stairs to Mr. Brown's room, and remained about fifteen minutes. He asked about the President, and expressed a desire to see Mrs. Garfleld. He could not see her, as she was out riding. Dr. Bliss was sent for, and a conversation between him and the Vice Presi- dent followed. The latter expressed his grat- ification at the President’s improved condition. Shortly after he left the house Mrs. Garfleid re- turned from her drive. All anxiety about the White House has disappeared upon the im- provement of the President and the more than hopeful assurances of the physicians. The Pres- ident’s son James and Col. Rockwell’s son were busy this afternoon making a balloon in the | ante-room. THE ONLY EXECUTIVE BUSINESS BEING TRANS- ACTED. Of course, the President can sign no papers, nor even talk about official business. Last Fri- day he signed a lot of blanks for appointments of postmasters, and left them with Mr. Brown. This was necessary on account of the dally changes among so large a class of officers. His intention was to direct, away from the city, as day and to-morrow, and local rains in the South -the necessity arose, the filling of these blanks Atlantic states to-day, followed by fair weather to-morrow. a | END or “rig Moore-Borxton Cases.—This | morning in the Criminal Court, Judge Cox, the | District Attorney entered a nolle pros. in the | case of W. B. Moore and Aaron F. Randall, charged with conspiracy to libel the name of | Gen. H. V. Boynton, and the first named -with | the libel, for which they were each placed under | bonds on February 14, 1878. The ease of Moore | against Boynton, laying damages at £50,000 on the law side of the court for causing his arrest, | &c., was this morning discontinued: ——— A Warwarp Sos.—The ————+e- PRESIDENT GARFIELD, Governor Farnham, of Hon. J. L. M. Curry, of Vir- Say meena Se nay oan orary mem ol te) of Instruetive Science. * ? with names that should be agreed upon. These blanks are now being utilized for the appoint- ment business of the Post Office departinent. The Postmaster General, when it is necessary to make an appointment, notifies the White House, and a blank is filled out. This is the only busi- ness of an executive character that is now or has been transacted since last Saturday morn- NO NECESSITY FOR ARTIFICIAL COOLING. Among the articles which arrived this morn- ing were several Houkah fans. They came from Philadelphia. They are just like the common palm leaf fan, only about seven times larger. About 11 o'clock THE FIRE ENGINES, which were ordered out last night to assist the cooling operations, were at the east of the house, down the area, to-day. No apparatus has yet been used in the President's room. The Jen- nings apparatus has been working some, but the air from it being a little damp the precess has not been finally completed. air g A long, it is expected, before the wound | e, 104; temperature. 101.2; res- | Early this morning, | its confined quarters. The air goes throuzh pipes to where it is waated. The motive power for forcing the air for both of these processes is furnished by the fire department engines. THE DORSEY COOLING PLAN. This afternoon a load of machinery arrived from the navy yard to be used ia connection with the Dorsey plan for cooling the President's room. Smail engines are also being put in place outside the house. There will be no ne- | cessity for the fire department engines for either soon as the engines are got in working order, which will be some time this afternoon. CLOTHING BEEN EXAMINED? nt physiciaa of Washington makes the sugzestion to Tae Star that a careful ex- mination of every particle of the clothing worn by the President and penetrated by the ball should be made to ascertain if any portion is ng. This examination should be made ha powerful glass that will detect the ab- ce of any fibre, and show whether any scrap or patch has been carried into the wound. Bits of cloth are much more dangerous sul stances to be lodged in the body than lead bul- lets. The old-fashioned round bell was much | more apt to carry portions of the clothing into a un the modera conical ball, such as nitean; still the latter does very often take bits of fibre with it, and it should be iy whether or not it did It is not unlikely that such examin this case. tion has been made, but as no mention has been | made of the fact, if it has been done, it is thought proper to make this suggestion. That Mysterious Women in Blnek. WHAT SHE DOES AND 1% KNOW ABOUT GUI- CRANKS UNDER SURVEILLANCE. According to the statement of an officer of the secret service force of the Treasury departnent, all of the suspicious cranks loafing about this city are under surveillance. One ti er- hauled last night, ha’ ma dangerous knife. GARFIELD'S PICTURE IN GUITEAU’S CELL Tn Guiteau’s cell at the jail is a pictur Gen. Gurfield, w cupant whose was committed. THE E OF TUE SHOOTING. This morning District Attorney Corkhill, with Detective McElfresh, visited the B. and P. depot and there had the positions of the parties pointed | vutto him in order to haye a thorough under- standing of the case. GUITEAU IN THE TREA The attendant at the Treasury that the very day before the sh of the President, Guiteau rode up and down in the elevator. After having made an wnsucessful cRY cATOR. ing for three Well, it won't last lo! The impre: attendant by the latter remar! would not last aver four years. ONE OF PROFESSOR WILLIAS was sent to the » Was that it 'S ABRTATO ite House. This is an Tt contains chemicals which destroy the impuri- j fles ina room, and make the air perfectly pure in or two minutes after it is placed therein, isclaimed. ‘The one sent yesteriay was ‘se. This afternoon a swaller one was brous to the house. LOW DIET FOR GUITEAU ADVISED. Gen. Crocker, wazden of the jail, sterday received a letter from Chicago, signed George | _The “mysterious lady in black” who appeared | | at Col. Corkhill’s oftice y | be Mrs. Charlotte Siniti, publisher and corres. | | pendent,” formerly of St. Louls, but now of thi ity. Mrs. Siaith was at Col. Corkhill's office | terday and to-day to see that official. ‘There | is also said to be another “mysterious woman.” | To a Star reporter to-day Mrs. Smith said : had some business at Col. Corkhitl’s oftice y | terday, but it was of an entirely different naiure | than what was represented in the papers. I think these reporters have allowed their imas- | inations to mislead them. There was a Id) Mrs. Lockwood's who must have been the «my \terious woman.’ She was engaged in seili books. The detectives came to Mf Kwood’s and said she must Mrs. Lock- | | ever seen this man Guiteau?” quired the reporter. “T have seen any number of dead-beats. I have any amount of letters from thsse chaps,” she re- plied eyasively. 2 “But do you know anrthing of Guitean?” “There were t ee parties from Chicago | who came to me in New York. I shonld not | vonder.if this is one of those persons. I have | in New York—some material which | me importance. If there is another { person it it. these papers will be material. The are all locked up in New York.” “What is tiere about Guitean’s having any- | thing to do with getting up some scandal about | Gen. Garticld?” “He did not have anything to do with such a thing. I think he was an enthusiastic republi- can. He was an adinirer of Gen. Garfield’s. I do not know whether this_man is the same per- son. Tain going to New York to look up some papers. If it is the same person that called on ie, then it changes matters considerably.” “I do not want to get any notoriety about this, and I wish you would not say anything about it,” pleaded Mrs. Smith. “Did you recognize the picture of Guiteau?” persisted the reporter. “T did not recognize the picture.” “Do you remember the name?” “No; I paid so little attention, and I have a very poor memory.” ow you must know something «bout Gui- tea “Weil, I know a man from Chicago—he intro- duced himseif as _a lawyer from Chicazo—came tome in New York. le wanted to get cam- paign work and he borrowed money from me. He used to write notes asking for fifty cents. He left with me a lot of papers, and 1am going to getthem. His hair was longer then, but I think I recognize the side face.” Mrs. Smith, it is stated, was engaged in the last campaign in writing political articles for the democratic press. Her full statement has not been made public, but so far as can be learned it is to the effect that while at the Stur- tevant House, in New York, in September and October, a party under the name of Guiteau, with two others, called on her. They opened the conversation by stating that they had been informed that she favored the election of Gel Hancock; that something must be done to pre- vent the election of Gen. Garfleld, and that they were in possession of certain facts which they desired she should put before the world. She took some stock in their statementa,and after two or three interviews, in which she became aware that there were some seven or eight person connected with the business she was convinced that it was a most infamous conspiracy in which they were engaged, and indignantly re- fused to have anything further to do with the matter. She at once reeported what she knew to the authorities. She believes that this con- spiracy was abandoned, but the Morey letter appearing within a week or two after this she believes that the same party got up this Iétter. It is understood that Guiteau when questioned about Mrs. Smith denied that he ever knew or called on such a party. Aconsiderable portion of her ste’ ment has already been corroborated, and whether they have a bearing on the case or noe Some very important disclosures may fol- low. WHAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS. Col. Corkhill said this afternoon that when Mrs. Smith called yesterday to see him he did not know her name, and did not Jearn it until it was told him by a Srar reporter. She said nothing, he said, and knew nothing about the affair they were investigating; that what she spoke about was an entirely different matter; and that when she returned to him this morning she said she thought shewas mistaken about knowing Guiteau. \ Telegrams Receited To-day. The following telegrams were received at the White House to-day: TO MRS. GARFIELD. From Morrow, Ohio, to Mrs. Garfield:—“3ost devoutly do I thank God’ for Gen. Garfield’s re- covery. , J. WORTHINGTON. THE OLD SOLDIERS AT DAYTON TO THE PRESI- DENT, From Dayton, Ohio, to the President: The Old Guard of Day composed of old soldiers who defended the Nation lag during the late Bloody elds ott eens Sie te ly fields of the committee, to express ee ‘int their horror for the crime of icide in our republic in. the midst of peace an prosperity and p1 of reunion so haj ply prometed by you Dothas in Congtews'and the chief execu- representative tive of the Nati Second, their sufferi thelr profeses their eallanto comrade in cam| midst of y affliction, and ‘admiration for thedignity, demeanor: splendid: jcourage ou have exhibited: tre ou were | nourishi t | ‘The end justi Pike, and dated on the 6th instant, saying: “I | see by dispatches that Guiteau wants a good square meal. I know the.scoundrel 80 well that take this liberty to tell you that good food will up the assassin’s false pride and ezotism. » him on prison. fare and you will bein to discover that this fellow is more sane than is generally thought. I stopped at the same hotel in New York with Guiteau, when he told me that he was capable of «reat deeds; that on good, «food he felt heroic, and could atteznpt grand things; that poor food took all the stamina. out of him and made him feel despondent. Guiteau is a great rascal. His philosophy is, es the means:’ that he is entitled to get a living anyhow until he achieves an exalted position; then he will do everything straight; that he has analysis and great intelli- | gence. Colonel, keep the fellow’s diet low, and you will bring him to a sense of the crime he has | Keep from him all eauses that it keep up his pride. I know the seoundrel’s views. He understands considerable of human ure. He thinks phenomenal conduct mystifies and creates wonder. You will find sympathy will brace him up; to withhold it will make him moody.” THE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MRS. GARFIELD FUND last night footed up £77,900. The Wi: article heartily endorsing the movi subscription for the benefit of the family of Garfield, proposes that the movement popular one, suggesting subscriptions of $5 and upwards, and offers to receive and pay over to the treasurer of the Chausber of Commerce fund all sums with which it may be entrusted for that purpose. The article concludes as follows: “If | the amount thus subscribed shall even double that originally contemplated by the Chamber of Commerce, there will be no subscriber to crude his share of it, whether it shall prove to bea provision for the widow and the orphans of the President of the United States, 8% a8 now most happily seems much more probable, a thank offering for his recovery from a murderous as- sault.” Fifteen thousand dollars were sub- scribed at Long Branch yesterday to the Mrs. Garfield fund, in addition to the $5,000 subscrip- tion of Mr. Moses Taylor, making $20,000 in all. Among the subscriptions to the fund yesterday was $5,000 from J. 8. Morgan, sent by cable from London. Mr. W. W. Corcoran, of this city has y. Field: “I cheerfully telegraphed to Cyrus W. Join you in your benevolent purpose, and hope it may be entirely successful. I will write by an THE PRESIDENT’S BED-ROOM. The room now occupied by the President, ac- cording to an old attache of the Executive Man- sion, has always been used by the Presidents. General Taylor, who died in the Executive Man- sion, occupied the room during the winter, but as was the custom always removed to the north- west chamber for the summer, and he died there on the 9th of July, 1850. Except for its closer proximity to the ‘street this room would be much more desirable and cooler for the Presi- dent now. During the itof the Prince of Wales, in Buchanan’s term, he occupied this northwest room, and it was afterwards called the state bed-room. During Lincoin’s adminis- tration it was newly furnished, the bedstead being magnificently carved, the work of a Bos- ton firm. The first to occupy the room was General Burnside, on the night when, against his personal wishes, he had te take command of the forces after General McClellan was recalled. The room adjoining the President's, into which it was reported he had been removed, is one of the handsomest in the mansion, and during Buchanan's term was occupied by his niece, Miss Harriet Lane. A MAN WHO BELIEVES IN ASSASSINATION. In the Fourth of July speech of Surgeon Von’ Gottscha!k, of the Rhode Island militia, in con- sequence of which he has resigned his commis- sion, he said that he believed in assassination when needed, and that he thanked God for the assassination of the Czar. In the newspaper reports he is quoted as glorifying the attempted assassination of President Garfield. Still Another Case. Editor Star:—Messrs. McElfresh and McDevitt state that during the war a comrade of theirs received 2 similar wound to that of the Presi- dent’s, and under the treatment of Dr. Bliss, at the Armory Square hospital, he recovered, and is still alive and suppose he is well, as they saw him a few days ago. * _ Expressions of Sympathy. Dispatches expressing sympathy and hope were received yesterday as follows, Gov. W. W. Thayer, of Oregon, saying: “The people of Oregon send congratulations, rejoicing with all ea! friends of liberty over the iim sen for the recovery of the '. H. Wells, London, saying: “John Bright and the Dean of Westminster join with us in thanks for message and are fall of grief and Prayers are daily offered up in , Saying: Grief on account of the event; warm sympa- thies.” From the Seligmans, Frankfort, Ger- many, saying: “We are rejoiced to hear of President pone. Aaa atic improvement, and saecrely voay for his speedy recovery for the sake of his dear family ann. our country, who cannot spare this and noble man’s gg rere Berk continued iy” The citizens of , Va., have ad res- ¢ of detestation of the crime ch was placed there by its oc- | elevator says | 8 to see Secretary Windom. | ‘ion left on the mind of the elevator | | TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR. | PROBARLE ELECTION I NEW YORK. | a | The Stalwart Caucus—Rofesal to So Nominees on the Groand txt the veueorats | Would Seeure th the stalwarts who ded to sapport Lapham and Mil possibly be ciected. > THE FUND FOR MES. GARFIELD, Mr. Childs’ $5,099 Contritrution. Pinan . okie, to-d his contributi FEARS FOR THE STEAMS.IP ARIZONA. A Mysterious Packs 1.—T i Gazette at Schull, | southwest cuast of Ire | of the 7th inst., as follow | of the Schull guard county rts und received to-lay a pack- tters, forty in number, bguad by an tic band, browdt by a man from Long ad. It is supposed that the ian picked up | the letters enclosed in a chest or case, as the bundle was quite dry. Tite finder he swam for them. The first letter is Captain Murray, of the ste report what the y consist of. (Nore.—The st e . from Liverpool July 3.) |} Loxpox, July 9.— ¢ steamship Britannic, whi was floated yesterday off Kilmore, while t sprung a fresh leak in her engine- ich filled with water in an hour. l into the South Bay of Wexford and beached in five fathoms, ina sheltered position | and on a smooth, sandy bottom. English Boating Notes —The Cornell Crew. university crew write to the ‘isman saying that they do not regard fav the offer of the Dublin university rowing jciub to row three races, ete.,—firstly, because the date for the races fixed upon clas the date of their race with the Vienna university nd secondly, be- "y lave no boats or experienced sculiers to compete in such an anomalous trial. The letter conclndes as foll “We have already informed the Dublin crew that we will row them uur-vared race at Putney next week, and now Tepeat it.” | _ The Cornell crew commenced practice at Put- on Thursday for the ticipation in the ‘opolit: a on the 14th inst. | Their new p: is utterly useless, as it is a. They will therefore use their old } boat. * | _ The Metropolitan regatta committee unhesi tatingly waived their rule that foreiga crews should send in their entries by the ist of May. A French Duelist Sentenced. At the Saone-et-Loire assizes, M. Asselin, who killed M. St. Victor, steward to | the Countess Talleyrand, ina duel near Autun, in May last, has been condemned to four months’ imprisonment and to pay 100,000 francs damages to the family of the victim. The G jew in London. Lonpon, July 9.—The weather in London this morning is very bright and fine and not too hot for the grand review of volunteers by the Queen in the great park at Windsor. The occasion will be observed as an almost complete holiday. The utmost interest is felt in the review by all classes, and it is icipated that a hundred thousand spectators go to Windsor to-day. The number of volunteers participating is 52.000, much the largest ever hitherto assem- bled. The review is considered as an experi- ment to test the possibility of the rapid concen- tration of volunteer troops, of whom there are about 200,000 in the Island of Great Britain. The two lines of railway—the Great Western and the Southwestern—will have to do ali the transportation from London. The troops will fall into line at 3 o'clock p.m. The Queen will leave the Castle at 5 o'clock, under a royal sa- lute and proceed to the great park, accompanied by the princes and princesses, the Duke of Cam- bridge, commander-in-chief, Generals Sir Garnet Wolsely, and Sir Frederick Roberts, and a bril- liant staf. The march past will finish about 8 o’elock in the evening, when the troops will mareh to the railway stations and depart fori with. The Russian General Skobeletf was vited to attend the review. He retarned his thanks for tie invitation, but said he must leave Paris on Saturday for Russia to visit on the 18th inst. the grave of his mother, the Countess Skobeleff. who was murdered in Roumeiiaa year ago. (2 eee ra ets McNAMARA, THE CRANK. What they Know About Him in Napa. Francisco, July9.—A dispatch from Napa s says: McNamara, the man who was arrested in Washington for making a remark about shoot- ing Secretary Blaine, is supposed to have been at one time confined in ai insane asylum here. From the records of the asylum it appears that Daniel McNamara. of Ireland, azed 37 years, was admitted March 29, 1876. He was a sergeant in the first battery of the first regiment of mounted artillery, and “was discharged from the army July 21st, 1874. | He was discharged from the asylum in July, 1879, as improved, and it is sup- posed that he afterwards went to Philadelphia. Murdered. Dexver, Con., July special to the Re- publican trom Pitkin, Col., says: “Yesterday, T. J. Coleman, colored, without vocation, shot and killed an unknown col man. Coleman was arrested.” Incendiary Fire in Nevada, San Francisco, July 9.—A Virginia, dispatch says that the Trojan hoi Gold Hill were burned yesterday. e loss is hacen 7 a 8 = hag down and in arge of a watchman. pposed that the fire was of incendiary origin. a The Markets, BALTIMORE, Ji 9.—Virginia 6's, consols, BAY; do, real Rand Sige due coupons: 914: do. new ten-forties, 653g bid to-day BALTILMORE, July 9—Cotton firm— Iyalix" = Flow Wheat, Nevada, works at eee OUR LONG PRANCH LETTER. [Special Correspondence of The Evening Star}. Lox Baaxcu, July 8, 1881. 1aPr aT THE “ BRANCH.” The crowd here last Saturday, Sundoy andl Monday was excessive. and since then the com- | pany has been lange enough to fill all the best Toons in the hotels. On the nights of those days, | however, there were hundreds turned ower and at several of the hotels cots were placed In the ) parlors, private office aud everywhere elae where could be stowed. In spite of the fact * talking of the President's: latest nev. on as usual. Th ev st up vigor~ T have ob- ere the besutiful ball- we deep with spectae a dbzen conph evening mas thie the chiidr There ix dancing if now in nearly lin the mornings strict priv | perature is rateed or k hat dives seem to drive He has very fine irives he does so alone, ¢ small po yellow two-wheeled cart, (1 i by a litt The pon p wheels girl not over twelve years ed to keep directly be- | hind the carriage in which his driver's parents | are, and never swerves te the right Keeps bis nose just back of the ls But well t ix pon | risk f int nay be, it is a cilidren to drive on Oecan Avenue pon bet wor the » 80 frequeatly occur from se who w Avenue. on Ure bale and therefore susequently am pre have wo ladies re- one ineaki painful injurie bone In her ankle, and the other bel cut near the eye. They ho and will doutitk the risk Most families here who own horses to have a variety of vehicles for use in dif~ weathers and at different de: perature. The Newcombs, of whom rly written, who have children, | tain much company, have quite an assortment | of velicles and hi ¢ latter for the use of the f the family and ponies Although € fore and anily consists 0: f them ‘es and her sister, they have several vehicles: and horses, and twe coucumen. THE CoTTaG The Garrison cottage, w ich is now finished, is to be the tarzest here, and will have few rivals anywhere in its furniture. Comme dore Garrison's son sed one of the | best bui mediate reighbor= ated to Come tended view of tie cottages, hotel sow t is less than | desired te buy th | which is just oppe "s place, has never been in tie market until this d Mr. Gatrisoa promptly secured it, \d upon it this season a ver: ir. George W. Childs has settled his here, as well as the elegant new one he has bale near Bryn Mawr, on his w been completed quite recently, The cottage which Senator and Mrs. Mo+ Pherson, of New Jersey, spend their summers isat Seabright. just at the end of Moumouth Beach, only about three miles from here. itis very quaint and picturesque, and has a charme ing situation between the Shrew ‘sbury river and the ocean. The Senator owns directly tha from the one body of water to the other, and eo many fect out into eaci that his water fronts can be protected from trespassers. His lawn extends to the ocean, and is eizht feet above it. Mrs. McPherson, who is an bright here as her friends have found her im Washington, always has a house full of people.” Miss Marion Cutter and Mise Washington are both with hernow. Miss Me Clelland, of Brookiyn, who has frequeutly vise ited Mrs. McPherson in Washington, “te also with her. The Senator and his wife e Faffected by the news of the President's nation. He came from Philadelphia that after= noon, believing him to have died, and promy put the flaz on his lawn at half-mast, and heizhbors followed itis exazuple. Great was the rejoicing when better news came. - THE ALL-ABSORBING Toric. Thave made slight reference in this letter to the all-absorbing topic of the President's asaase | Sination, because the readers of Tre Star have | aiready heard of how the news was received here, where his wife was at the time, and whene- he had so lately been. 1 think the reason many here so soon recovered from the effects the shoek which all sdeenly felt when the news first came was that the revulsion of feeli so deligiitfal, after the rumor of is ‘ieath ha beer credited for about twe hours, when word, came that he was livins, and had been able te: converse with his wife on her arrival. The pathy with her was intense, as well as the ration expressed for her heroic demeanor she learned that she must go to the bedside her wounded husband in Washington. instead of joining him in Jersey City for a pleasure trip, When his case was believed to be hopeless all that ladies here seemed to care to know further, was whether she found him alive and conscious om her arrival. All here who saw Mrs. Garfield after she heard the news speak of her fortitude as um paralleled, the more ro “that she was till weale from her recent severe illness. From her hay spent two weeks here, althongh few met her, seemed to residents of Long Branch as if an ‘af fliction had suddenly come to one of the aud it was in regard to its effects upon the Pres- ident’s wife and family more than upon the country, that the terrible crime was dit PERSONAL GOSSIP, Mr. and Mrs. Arnoux, of New York, who are pleasantly remembered since their visit to Pay- master General and Mrs. Cutter, in Washingtoms. Mr. Shaffer, of Illinois, who has passed several winters in Washington, and is considered to resemble Secretary Blaine in face; and Mr. Jag, B. Eads have all been here lately. —Judge and Mrs, Lambert Tree and their son, after Princeton, where the latter was