Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1881, Page 3

JAMES A. GARFIELD, Sketch of a Remarkable Life. James Abraham Garfield was born er | ih, i851, in a log cabin, in what was then known as the wilderness of Orange, fifteen miles from Mentor, Ohio. Though his anceStors occu- | pied humble positions in life, he was the worthy | heir of a line of men and women distinzuished for noble eourage and high virtue His biographers trace his lineage back to one of | that picked company of men, women and | children who came over in the ship with Gov. Winthrop, to the Massachusetts shores, and it is absolutely certain that this an- eestor, Edward Gartield, was one of the one hundred and six proprietors of Watertown,now a lovely suburb of Boston, for he is so recorded in 1635. Whatever may be the connection be- tween the ancient burgher of Watertown and the little log cabin in the Ohio wi derness it matter of undisputed history | that James A. Jwas born in the latter Place, and it m c ‘ed by some that it was not a particularly fortunate entrance into the world. But his birth amid such surround- ings. the in such a lowly way adds te with which erica: artield as a an manhood. en months “ed by his is recorded that | old to the p pint to Jame n Garfield. It thing to do with one until he a) pate as one of the counsel in the famous Milligan case, in the Supreme Court of the United States, in 1865. His Jawyer-like presentation of the case, and remarkable argument, raised him in a day toa distinguished place among lawyers. He was afterwards engaged in many cases of greater or less note. SENATOR AND PRESIDENT. His promotion to the Senate, followed by his election as President of the United States before he had taken his seat in the Senate. are matters | of only recent occurrence. The magnificent public display made when he was inaugurated was but a fitting expression of the high esteem in which Gen. Garfield was held by men of all political minds. The people who then rejoiced were plunged into great grief four months later, when another procession, bearing the form of the ident mortally wounded made its way over the ayenue, only so recently gay and brilliant with a Marching host of rejoicing people. His death ends a life, which when its great achievements are consid may well be said to have been well rounded. Gen. Garfield leaves a family consisting of his wife, four sons and a daughter. His venerable mother, who in her young days watched so tenderly over | him and inspired him withambitionand courage, survives him. ——_____-e+ —_____ CHESTER A. ARTHUR. A Sketch of His Life. Arthur was born in Franklin Vermont, October 5, 1830. He is the BEGAN HIS SCHOOL LIFE at the early ace of three, his widowed mother | having tendered a corner of her small farm for asite foraschool house in order to have it ey distance. ‘al stories are r ernie for boo! ning even be four- ” first black h out teen or fifteen he be: : ling W wf 39a mont! searel r to drive running | boat employ . horses cousin who which me month and beard. gular ex him aud Ohio him his cou rive: in ‘i stern Ke ting a boat sent for suppli val on hand would undert He stood at the wheel for being wrecked. command with a load of supplies Kers. The perience was an n upfortive months, tiently watched and | her. In the spring of James and his two cousins UGA SEMINARY, with a cook-stove and | lived. There he m re two more out for Hiram now known as a just being RAM AND W Hiram in ti 4, had not oni dmitted in vod staat vas he went wz, but had from Wil- ut Hopkins urally returned | work as a le public service. 3 jartield, who h: pre- | the stru; ready. military “ars. red ut is full of achie eall for troop: Ohie volur set | he front. So en. Buell with the ced him n Kentuck | ly successtu . simul- his fight Hu resulted so for 4 He took 7 in front and | the bric nd ng he rtial in_ this re- | ice came with tle of Chieka- | where he shared the honors of the day ade Gen. | back to the army a * appalline even half any fuilress, soon became} tinction. tivity and MIS CAREER AS A Lawrrr Gen. Garteld’ Brilliant es it was pecull nrossed as he ‘was, in his public i Basle Geyote to the practice e w. but he ce of a legal ability have raised hima jurists was admitted to the bar in IS6L by the court of Ohio and was about to go into practice wheu the war broke out. fe had ever tried a case, nor ar-cued one, nor had any- oldest of a family of two sons and five daugh- thur, a Baptist clergyman, who emigrated to | this country from the County Antrim, Ireland, in his eighteenth year and died October 27, 1875, i i near Albany. Dr. Arthur was 8 a remarkable man. He ac- led fame not only in his calling, domains of authorship. His work s” is regarded the world over the curiosities of English erudite lite: From 1355 to 1863 he was pastor of the ry Baptist Chureh, of New York. He also the pulpits of Baptist churches in Ben- on, Hinesburg, Fairfield and Williston. in Vermont, and York, Perry, nectady singburz, Hoosie, W villa, in that state. His other son lant record in the war of the nd is now a paymaster of the regular with the rank of major. Gen Arthur was n Colleze and graduated the class of “49. After leaving college he it a country school during two years in mont and then having managed, by rigid to save about 0 he started for New rk city and entered the law office of ex-Judge ). Culver as astudent. After being admitted he bar he formed a partnership with his inti- mate friend and room—mate, Henry D. Gardiner, in many respe quired” exter the 1 filled | with the Intention of practicing in the west, and for three months they roamed ebout in | the western states in ‘search of an eligi- ble site. but in the end returned to New York where they hung out their joint shingle and entered upon a successful career almost from the start. Gen. Arthur soon afterwards married the daughter of Lieut. Herndon, U.S.N. lost at sea, and who calmly went down to Congress voted a gold dow in recognition of. the con- isplayed on that occasior Arthur died only a short time ago. In 185 id Juliet Lemmon, Virginia slave- nding to emigrate to Texas, went to await the sailing of a steamer, slaves wi them. A wri corpus obtained from Judge Paine, to test the question whether the fugitive slave law were in force Judge Paine rendered a hey were not, and order- ves to be liberated. He as one of the counsel for the much e he seut h ing ty 1. Clinton holder 4 atter in t t ry ive- It about the ia legislature that state to sand thur were employed to represent and they won the case, which then supreme Court of the itga es O'Conor here espoused t eholders, but he, too, 1 Arthur, and a long ultimate success of eat service Arthur ble colored car in New rs. Eval ~ taken toward thi ion movement. me cause Was the company order to permit colored persons to de on their cars, and the other street railroad nupanies quickly fullowed their example. B fore that the 6th avenue company ran a few special cars for colored persons, and the other lin refused to let them ride at all. G founded — the republican, to the outbreak of the war, he was jndge edvoeate of the second brigade of the ew Y: state milit Gov. E. D. Morgan soon after his ‘uration selected him to fill the position of eng n-chief of his staff. In 1861 he held the post of inspector general, and fi Ivanced to that of quartermas- ch he held until the expiration Morgan’s term of offic account of the state of New r than that of any other state, yet it was the first audited and allowed in Washington, and without the deduction of a hile the quartermasters’ accounts from states were reduced from 1,000,000 to $10,000,000. During his term of office every present sent to him was immedi returned. BY % prominent clothing hot «cniticent uniform, and a print- sent him a costly a Both gifts were indign Mr. Arthur ne general as poor. When term of of pired he was poorer s' “aki of him at this period a friend = So jealous was he of his integrity that I have known wh auld have made tely, and yet re- ton the ground that he was a pub- lie officer and m it tobe like Caesar's wit suspicion.” His own words tome in this matter amply illustrate his charac 1 had tis: ated five cent: he aw two men taikt on the corner Lwould imazine they were talking of and the very thought would When his ial. drive me wi At the expiration of Go: 1 to hi Morgan’sterm, Gen. law practice. B ured in npon rdin tion. he held th counsel to the board of York city into a and by his efforts ¢ ast When the tl of the port of New York on No- , 1871, Pre pnt Grant nominated to the yacant position, and four later when his t expired re ated d never been shown to any tory of the port. He President Ti July 1 . despite the fact that two special com- mittees mt searching investigation into his administra and both reported themselves unable to find —_ anything upon which to base a charze against him, The reforms which Gen. Arthur instituted in the tmethods of doing business in the custom house ‘y were grateful to the After his removal he ice of the law and in the ican politics in New York, republican state commit- ted for Viee President at n con ot aken. In person ‘ht, broad- Xp an able kaw= tastes and manners of the — thurs First E: Arthur's firs hool_teache ame head North Pownal Academy in Ver- ol experience (in 1549) a de- in a letter to an?intimate published, in the course of which ‘a. Arthur sai¢ “However, nty school began, and it_was com- posed of imdtley races of brats. There wer nearly all the goddesses, all the saints and many men of antiquity nominally present. Atrican damsel, ascore of aspirants and many a specimen ack “knives. The most prom dest boy in school di ing upen the merits of some wooden combs, and endeavoring to negotiate a sale with some small boys. There was but one battle. A stron; m1 overthrow your sain ters. His father was the Rey. Dr. William Ar- | | to be expected every evening was reported offi- ention onthe sth of A RETROSPECT. " The Assassin's Shot and its Results, A HISTORY OF THE CASE. ‘The President was shot in the Baltimore and Potomac depot, about half-past nine o'clock on the morning of July 2d. The scenes about the depot will neverbe effaced from the memory of those who witnessed them. The excitement was wild. The President was on his way north. He was tojoin Mrs. Garfield in New York and make a pleasure tour through New England, stopping first at Williams’ College, where he was to be a distinguished guest of his ama ma- ter on the 4th of July—the commencement day. He was shot down in the ladies’ waiting-room as he entered the depot, accompanied by Secretary Blaine. Charles J. Guiteau, the as- sassin, who, as he afterwards confessed had de- liberately planned the murder of the President, and had for two weeks watched and followed him, had been waiting for half an hour or more at the depot. As the President passed into the building, the assassin came forward and fired two shots in quick succession. The Prest- dent fell to the ground, as it was believed, mor- tally wounded. The assassin was at once cap- tured by the police and nurried off to a place of custody. Almost instantly a swaying crowd of people gathered about the depot. Such scenes in one man’s life. The President was at once surrounded by careful and anxious attendants. A few minutes after he fell, he was removed to one of the offices in the second floor of the build- ing, and there, he at once dictated an assuring and comforting dispatch to Mrs. Garfleld. It was found that but one of the balls had struck him. The bullet, which was 44 caliber, had en- tered above the third rib, about three and a- half inches to the right of the spinal column. The course taken by the ball was uncertain. About 10 o’clock a mattress having been pro- cured he was removed in the police ambuia nce tothe White House. The attending physicians, it is understood, will hereafter make a complete and exhaustive report of the case, which is one which will always be studied with interest by surgeons. The following is a hasty review ot the main points The first bulletin issued about 10 o'clock on the day of the shooting and | said, ‘Pulse fell from 158 to 138; temperature 99. Respiration clear, and condition seem to be at this writing favorable.” At noon it was reported that there was no perceptible change noticeable. It was understood that his wound was mortal, and that his death was only a question of a few hours. The only ray of hope was found in the very uncertainty concerning the course of the ball, as it was possible that no vital organ had been touched. At six o'clock in the evening Mrs. Garfield, who had been summoned, arrived ide of her husband and began that faithful watch which continued for so many long, weary weeks afterwards. The following day cheering news came from the White House that the President might recover. On the morning of the 4th Drs. Agnew, of Philadelphia, and Hamilton, of New York, were summoned to consult with the attending physicians. The builetins issued during the day were re- ssuring; one of them announced that the i physicians approved the course of treatment that had been The next day the indications were all hopefi and the public began to feel confident that the President would er. The ble bul- continued during the 6th and 7th. The | morning bulletin on the Sth described the Pres | dent as being more comfortable, and that the of excitement, as followed, are seldom witnessed | adopted. | wound 124 inches from the external surface, fully eight inches further than it had previously | seas gees 4 pe a the 2ist, ee reanpoaresl an came great public alarm. It was reported by the physicians to be due to efforts of the patient to remove the viscid mucous which had accumulated from his throat. The next day his condition ibe? reported more encouraging. the vomiting having 5 No change was reported until the 24th, when the enemata were nded and the President was sustained entirely by nourishment taken by the mouth. On that day the swollen gland was pierced with a lancet andasmall quantity of pus—reported to be healthy—was removed though the size of the gland did not diminish. The physicians held a consultation as to the ad- Mersin of remo’ the patient from the White House. The following day they reported that they had concluded that it wasnotadvisable to move him, adding that they were unanimously of the opinion that the President had at no time suffered with malaria. A dispatch sent by Secre- tary Blaine to Minister Lowell, on the night of the 25th, represented the patient to be in such a grave condition that the public were again excited. On the 26th the bulletins announced that the President experienced some, mental confusion on awakening. Secretary Blaine, in an official dispatch, represented ti President as inclined to drowsiness. Inthe morning the swollen gland broke, and the pus was discharged through the right ear. For the first time the physicians, in their noon bulletin, pronounced the President's condition as critical. The next day—the ominous Saturday—was one of the gloomiest of all the days at the White House. The most confident among the Presi- dent’s physicians gave up hope. To use the vords of one of these gentlemen, they were ‘stampeded.” While the builetins announced no change some of the physicians announced their belief that the President could not live more than a few days. That evening, however, aslight amelioration of the symptoms was no- ticed, and the next morning it was an- nounced — that the crisis had been passed. The apparent improvement then continued for several days. Qn the 30th the parotid gland was lanced again. On the 3ist confidence in the President's ultimate recovery seemed to have been entirely restored among those who had lost faith at the time of the last- mentioned cri: On the 2d of September the question of removing the President from the White House to some more salubrious place was. again discussed. On the following day, Sat day, September 3d, the announcement w: made officially that the President would be taken to Long Branch. The removal was accomplished on the 6th, the bulletins meanwhile indicating little change in the Pre dent's condition. The passage trom the White House to the Francklyn cottage at Elberon is a tatter still fresh in the public mind. A special train was provided for the President and family, and his medical attendants. The President was removed from the White House to the depot in a large express wagon, fitted up with mattrass and springs, and his bed on the car was arranged so that he could not be much disturbed by the motion of the car. A special track was laid from the depot at Long Branch to the cot- tage at Elberon. It was announced that the journey was accomplished with less discomtort to the President than had been expected. Until September 1ith the reports from Long Branch | were very favorable, and it was believed that the President was recovering under the influence of the invigorating sea breezes. On the Lith some alarm was caused by the development of an abscess on the right lung, due, as it was explained, to the septic condition of the Presid The next day, however, the , and for the first fired received On the 13th he was noved from bed to an_ invalid chair and sat up for about half an hour. During the next two days, it was announ- ced that he had made some progress towards ‘y On the 16th considerable alarm was ed by the patient's high pulse and fever. es appeared and all of the symptoms of ase were aggravated. On the 17th grave apprehensions were entertained. The Pres dent a rigor in themorning followed by vomiting. pulse during the day rose to 130. members of his Cal | wound was discharging pus. The pub- | lic feeling of sympathy at this time was inc | cated by the action of a number of | the amber of comme the f the 7th. which they desired to s E | invested in U.S. bonds, for the benelit_ of M. | Gariield and her children. The favorable con- dition of the President’s case continued up to | the 15th, when it was announced that the | : was safe, except In case of accident, sign of public confidence in _ his | was the suspension of the meetings | prayer for his restoration to health and | th which were held every evening in the | Christian church up to the 14th. On the 16th | the President was so strong that he ate some beefsteak. His condition on the 17th may be best represented by reciting the proceeding in the Criminal Court that day. The District at- torney stated that it had been thought that by this time the case would have been presented to the court. They were all gratified that the President was on the speedy road to recovery. | yet he could not at this time present the case to the grand jury. He read the following lette “EXECUTIVE MANS 0.000, to_ be + to your inquiry as to the condition of the President, we would say that up to the present time he has done exceedingly well for one who has received so dangerous a but while in anticipated recovery it is Not yet possible to ert with confidence that is injuries may not terminate fatally. Very re- spectfully, “D. W. Briss. J. J. Woopwarp. Under these circumstances, he said, he could not present the case to the grand jury for the present, and suggested that they be adjourned uatil September 12, which was done. On the 18th a marked rise in temperature in the evening appeared, but this the physici ported was not due to any unfavorable chang in the condition of the wound. On the 19th and 20th the President was reported to be on the road to recovery, but the evening fever con- tinued. The next three days no materiai change reported. The bulletins were favorable. The febrile rise which seemed now to be “due to local and temporary causes, rather than to any general unfavorable change in the President’s condition. On the evening of the 22d great alarm was caused by the appearance of new symptoms, a slight rigor which, however, it was reported was prompt followed by a reaction. The next morning it was reported that the President had a chill fol- lowed by perspiration, and an increased frequency of the pulse. This was a_period of in- tense anxiety. These symptomswere reported by phy is not connected with the case as in- dicating the presence of pywmia. The hasty summoning of Drs. Agnew and Hamilton didnot alarm, as it only seemed to sravest reports concerning. From that date, one or the otherof the consulting sur- eons continued in attendance upon the pa- .tient. It was announced that the unfavorable conditions were caused by the formation of a pus cavity in the track of the wound. On the morn- ing of the 24th an operation was performed, con- sisting of an incision a little below the mouth | of the wound, and through this incision the pus | cavity was drained. The most alarming symp- | toms disappeared, and on the following day the President was again reported doing well, though there was a febrile rise in the evening. On the 27th he was reported to berezaining lost ground and for eight days following the bulletins were favotable. On August Ist an experiment was nade with Prof. Beil’s induction balance, with the view of locating the ball. At this time, also, the subject of a trip down the river for the President was talked about at the White House. On the evening of August 6th the evening fever, which had almost entirely subsided, reappeared, and as his feverish state continued during the 7th it was decided on the 8th that another pus cavity bad formed. So another incision was tuade with apparently favorable results. This second operation, with the fact of the President’s ° the pub- | lie Ith predicted recovery. worst symptomshad mn Saturday or the bulletins of those days were with especial anxiety. Until. Monday, the 15th, the reports w considered favorable. 8 o'clock on the morning of Monday, the h, another dreaded complication appeared. was attacked with spasms of retching and vomiting, which returned inthe afternoon of the | same day. It became apparent that his stomach, | which had become depraved by dyspepsia, was too weak to take nourishment. The adininis- tration of nourishment by enema was then commenced , with the hope that the tone of the stomach would be restored by rest. On the 1th the vomiting -did not return, a fact which relieved the public anxiety to some extent. On the 17th the reports were hopeful. The morning bulletin on the 18th re- ported that the Presideut’s general condition was better. The noon bulletin announced a, new complication—the inflammation of the paro- tid gland. The bulletins of the following day announced that the swelling of the gland was painless and that the President had. perceptibly improved. On Saturday, the 20th, the bulletins announced that the President had begun to ayain favorable. After the rigor the President appeared to ly, and the evening bulletin was considered Sunday, the 18th, was divided between hopes and fears. The appeared to rally during the was announced that there is ground for renewed hope. About haif st seven o'clock, however, the President had another rigor, which gave Tise to grave ap- prehension. Monday morning, the 19th, dawned amidst great anxiety. The much dreaded chill appeared at half-past eight in the morning, and from that hour hope vanished. The constant drain on the President's vital vhich was receiving no rein- forcement, was visibly decreasing his strength. T 'y was closed in vloom. ent sank from that hour until theend, there were times when hopes were en- tertained that he might rally. ! <r Memory. A POEM WRITTEN BY JAMES A GARFIELD. The little poem given below was written, it is stated, by James A.Garfield before his first term in Congress—hence some twenty years ago. At that time possibly the president of a Christian college was the “summit where the sunbeams fell,” but the last lines are all but a prophecy. Tis eau us night; the stars look brightly down n the earth, decked in her robe of snow. izht gleams at the window, save my own, Which gives its cheer to midnight and to me, And now, with noiseless step, sweet memory comes And leads me gentl, through her twi What poe tuneful lyre has et it sunlit mountain tops are bathed In Heayen’s own blue. Upon its cragxy cliffs, Robed in the dreamy light of distant years, Are clustered joys serene of other days, Upon its gentle, sloping hillsides bend The weeping willows o'er the sacred dust Of dear departed ones; and yet in that land, here’er our footsteps fall upon the shore, ‘They that were sleeping rise from out the dust Of death's long, silent years, and round us stand, As erst they did before the prison tomb Received their clay within its voiceless halla, The heavens that bend above that land are bung With clouds of various hues, Some dark and ch ‘charged with sorrow, cast with sombre shade Upon the sunny, Joyous’ land below. Others are floati ‘hrough the dreamy air, White as the falling snow, their margins tinged With gold and crimsoned hues; their shadows fall Upon the flowery meads and sunny slopes, Soft as the shadow of an angel's w 4 When the rough battle of the day is done, And evening's peace falls gently on the beart, T bound away, across the noisy years, Unto the utmost verge of memory's land, Where earth and sky in dreamy distance meet, And memory dim with dark oblivion joins, Where woke the first remembered sounds that fell es pn the epeser gponegen eee mom And, wandering thence along the rollin, J see the shadow of my former self Gliding from childhood up to man’s estate. The Pash of youth winds down through many a vale, And on the brink of many a dread aby From out whose darkness comes noray of light, Save that a phantom dances o'er the gulf And beckons toward the verge, Again the path Leads o'er the summit where the sunbeams fall: And thus in light and shade, sunahine and gloom, Sorrow and joy, the life-path leads along. eS Stain yn see Gen. Garfield's Wonderful Eloquence, When the streets of New York werefilled with excited crowds of people, and a terrible storm of indignation was brewing, after the assassination of President Lincoln, Gen. Garfield quieted the tumult with a bit of thrilling, magical elo- quence that seemed like inspiration. His very bearing commanded attention. He said: FeLLow-Crrizess:—Cloud and darkness are 1 His paren Sak alors establishment “of His thignet ment of His throne! ey and Truth shall go betore His face! Fel low-citizen: C Gop REIGNS AND THE GOVERNMENT AT WASHIN StiLu Lives!” 0 A Reminiscence of Garficld’ and Arthur, A gentleman writing to Tux Stan immediate- ly after the Chicago convention gaye the follow- ing Interesting reminiscence of Garfield and Arthur: ‘North Pownal, Bennington county, Vermont, formerly known as Whipple's Corners, is situated in the southwestern corner of the state, and by the usually trayeled road one = ae hel Bees a from New York, throug! corner of ermon of Pownal, into the state of Macmenecrt te 1851, Chester A. Arthur, fresh. from Union College, came to North Poy and for one summer taught the village school. About two years later James A. Garfield, then a sta- dent at Williams’ College, several mi a order to cone then . - is @2 nses, while nse Palin he ete ee school in the same roem formerly occupied Mr. Arthur, and taught classes in during the long winter even common starting point in_ lapse cA more than @ PRESIDENTS WHO DIED IN OFFICE. Harrison, Taylor and Lincoln. REMINISCENCES OF PAST NATIONAL CALAMITIES. The period of anxiety and distress through which the people of the country have just | passed recails former similar reasons of na- tional sorrow and suspense. Three residents of the United States have died in office.— William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln. The horror which thrilled the country at the announcement of the shoot- ing of Lincoln by the assassin Booth, the hours of painful suspense that followed, and the pro- found grief of the people when the end came, are still fresh in the memory of many of our readers. The Death of President Harrison. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PHYSICIAN WORDS OF THE DECEASED. On the 4th day of April 1841, the Secretary of State received the following letter and report Washing ton, April 4, 1541. Dear Sir: In compliance with the request made to us by yourself and the other gentlemen ofthe Cabinet, the attending and consulting physicians have drawn up the abstract of a re- port on the President’s case, which I herewith transmit to you. Very Respectfully your obedient servant, ‘HOMAS MILLER Attending P| To the Hon. D. Webster, Secretary of State. On Saturday, March 27 1841, President Har- rison, after several days previous indisposition, was seized with a chill and other symptoms of fever. The next day pneumonia, with conges- tion of the liver and derangement of the stomach and bowels, was ascertained to exist. The and debility of the patient, with the immec prostration, forbade a resort to general blood- letting. Topical depletion, blistering, and ap- propriate internal remedies subdued, ina gre measure, the did not regain on the $a k p.m. profuse diarrhea came on,, under which he sank, at thirty minutes to one o'clock, on the morning of the fourth. The last words uttered by the President a: heard by Doctor Worthington, were thes wish nd the true prin ; { ish them carried out, I ask nothing mors THoMas MILLER, M. D., Atttending Physician. Frep May, M. D. W. WorTHIN: (CE PRESIDENT TY —POINTS RAISED AND SETTL lent, succeeded to Henry A. Wise moved to aj wait upon the President mittee to and ready to proceed to business. Mr. John McKeon, House of Representatives from New York city, proposed to amend this resolution by stri out the word President and insertin President now exere of the United State: Viee ng the office of President He contended, and with an ingenious argu- | ment from his point of view, that the Vice Presi- dent did not become President by tie death of General Harrison, and that only “the powers and duties of th ice" devolved upon him, while the office itself was vacant. Mr. Wise answe 3 glad the point been raised. because th on the amend- ment would settle the rel: nin which we stood to the President of the United And he must be permitted to say that the present incum- bent would im the position, that he v the Cons ournment (which became the test), yeas 80, nays not counted, The question w solution, and reported yote was adopted. These are all the proceedings in the Hot this question, as reported in the Congre then taken on Mr. MeKeon’ it was rejected (without a and the resolution (of Mr. Wise) be. In the Senate. Mr. Allen, of Ohio, moved to amend the resolution by king out the wor “President or the United + in lien thereof “the Vice Pa whom, by the death of the Jate Pre t, the power and duties of the office of President have de- volved.” He said 1 mple object was to obtain an expressi of the Senate on an important question in the interpre- tation of the constitution, now arising for the first time Mr. Tappan, of Ohio, held that the constitu- tion did not declare in any of the contingencies of removal, death, resignation, or inability that the Vice President, while exercising the powers and duties of the office, became President of the United States. Mr. Walker, of Mississippi Tt is then the oftice that ‘elves on the Vice President. He ‘ident acting as President, as contingency of the death of the Pre pnt ice President; but he ceases to be the Vice lent; he is no longer the Vice President, and the office of President is devolved on him.” The discussion closed with some further re- marks by Mr. Allen, and, as the Globe says: ~The question was then tasen on the amend- ment (of Mr. Allen) and it was disagreed to— nays, 38; yeas, 8, as fullo “Yeas—Allen, Benton, Henderson, Linn, Me- Roberts, Tappan, Williams and Wright—8. “Nays—Archer, Barrow, Bates, Bayard, Ber- houn, Choate, Clay, Clayton, Fulton, Graham, Huntington, gum, Merrick, Miller. Morehead, , Porter, iss, Pre bridge, Woodbury and Young—38. Congress thus, by overwhelming yotesin both nd of both parties, decided that the Vice ident became Presid: abs y, nally, nor technically, nor conditionally u h of the President. Death is one of the four conditions described in the Con- stitution, wherein “‘the powers and duties of the said office” devolve upon the Vice President. Such was the decision of the 27th Congress re- garding this question. The Death of President Taylor. AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LAST ILLNES! The following is an article, which appeared in acity newspaper, on the morning of July 9, 1850 under the caption of “The President's Health:” It being generally known that President Taylor had been much indisposed for two or three days past, great anxiety was excited yes- terday by information, which spread through the city, that his illness had assumed a very serious and critical aspect. This was really the case, we learn, during the greater part of the da: In the afternoon, however, the symptoms became less menacing. His illness commenced on Friday last, with an attack of cholera morbus, which appeared to yield to medical treatment, but it afterwards assumed a different and more threatening type. The following bulletin indicates his condition at ten o'clock iast night: “The President is laboring under a bilions re- mittent fever, following an attack of severe cholera morbus, and is considered by his phys- iclans seriously ill. Jaly 8th, 10 p.m.’” THE CABINET NOTIFY MR. FILLMORE OF THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT. The President died the evening of Sunday, and the following official notice was sent to his successor: ; DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WasutNaton, July 9, 1850. Millard Fillmore, i of the United States: Sir:—The melancholy and most painful duty devolves oy us to announce to you that Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States, is no more. He died at the President’s Mansion this evening at half-past ten o'clock. We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servants, Joun M. Carton, Sec'y of State. W. M. Mereprra, Sec’y of the Treasury. T. Ew1nG, Sec’y of the Interior. Gro. W. Crawrorn, Sec’y of War, Wa. BatLanp Presto, Sec’y of the Navy. J. CouLamer, Postmaster General. BEVERDY Jounson, Attorney General. ‘MR. FILLMORE’S REPLY. Wasninaton, July 9, 1850. To the Hon. John kh. Clayton, Secretary State, etc. note To THE | In| nd inform him that | the House of Representatives wasnow organized | then a member of the | y | ance of Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States, I shail no longer occupy the chair of the Senate, and I have thonzht that a formal com- munication to that effect, through your secr: tary, might enable you the more promptly to proceed to the choice of a presidi iver. MILLARD FILLwoRs. MR. FILLMORE ANNOUNCES TO CONGRESS Th PRESIDENT DEATH, AND REPRATS HIS LAs WORDS. Wasurs dil, July 10, 1850. Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives : Ihave to perform the melancholy duty of an- nouncing to you that it has pleased Almichty God to remove from this life Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States. He deceased last evening at the hour of half-past 10 o’cloc! in the midst of his family, and surrounded affectionate friends, caimly and in_ the full pos: were these, which he uttered with emphatic dis- T have always done my duty ready to die: my only regret is for the fri leave behind me.” Having announced to you, fellow-citizens, this most afflicting bereay ent, and assuring | that it has penetrated no heart with deepe han mine, it remains for me to say t 5 | pose this day at 12 o'clock, in the hall of the Houses of Congress, to take the oath pre by the constitution to enable me to en Mintarp Fino: RELATION PREDECES GTON, JULY 10, 1850. A great man has fallen among us country is called to an oceasion of unexpected, deep, and general mourning. I recommend to | the two Houses of Congress to adopt st ures as in their discretion may seem proper. |"to perform with due solemnities the Caner sequies of Zachary Taylor, late Pre: United States, and emory of one wh | voted to the public service— . shas not been sur peen so recently raised by of the people to t eh. in the government, which he h so much hono’ to his country, and byw n tears, [cans ’ leviate the sorrow with which you are opp I appeal to you to aid me, under the trying cumstances which surround ine, inthe dis of the duties from whieh, however much I may y upon Him who holds of nations, to endow r ded from the heavy h has befallen us. I shall most readily concur in measures the wisdom of the two Houses may suggest as befitting this deeply melancholy oc : MILLARD FILLMore PRESIDENT LINCO! AND THE SUC whatever SSINATION OF OF HIS DEATH, W JOH 5 elapsed, th | rences attending the assassination of | Lincoin and the jon of the at, Andrew Johnson, to the pre: President Line | the night of April 14, 1 | “Our Americ: Ps in his pri- Miss Harris and assin, who approached after fring the fata or Rathburn. \f | terril 4 at twenty s lov Noone who v pt tl | ment t men. rea murderous assaujt made upon S Seward at his residence on Lat mit the same hous, increased the p% ular agitation. | at 22 minutes past seven o’clock in the morni | He closed his eyes as if falling asleep. There | were no indications of pain, and it was not known that he was d decreasing respiratioy Dr. Gurley, of the N terian chure! tained that life was extinct, knelt at the bedside and offered an impressive prayer, which was responded to. by all present. Dr. Gurley proceeded to the front parlor of the hy j the members of the President's | assembled, and again effore | solation of the fami | was | by Si Stanton, and held in the room where the body Lay A little after nine o’cloc! the gemains, having been pi: borne to the White VICE PRESIDENT JOHNSON INATGURATED. At an early hour on the mornin; him of the death of nai M state the place and hour at which his son at one! h ments could be perfected. The Kirkwood House then occupied the site where the Pen ands. 5 Star of April the following account of the brie yas intormed of the paired to the appointed pln with Secretary MeCulioch, Mr. Attorney ot Gen- Ne- vada; Hale. arns- worth, of Hlino! the oath of oftice was administered by the Chief Justice of the Un his usual solemn and im- pressiy h kind expressions of the was surrounded, in a m: earnest f the great responsibi. ) suddenly devolved upon him, and made a brief pech, In which hes: ne duties of the | oaice are mine; I will perform them: the con- | sare with all you; J feel th np | \P I duties of the office I am assuming.” THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT LINCO! took place from the White House on Thursday, April 20th. Tne body iay in state in the E: Room, where years before the bodies of Presi- | dents Harrison and Taylor had lain in state. The remains were escorted by an immense procession to the Capitol, where services were held and the remains lay in state until the following day, when they were removed to the railroad station and shipped on their journey to Springfield, TM. Immediately after the death of President Lin- President Johnson occupied a room in the Treasary building, where he transacted public business, and did not take possession of the White House for several weeks. THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT of his inauguration was issued on the afternoon of the 15th of April, and was as follows: War Department, — |} Wasnrsaro: April 15,3 p.m.f Major General Diz, New York: ‘Olicial notice of the death of the late President was given by the heads of departments this morning to Andrew Johnson, Vice President, upon whom the Constitution devolved the office of President. Mr. Johnson, = agen 3 ~ notice, appedred before the Hon. anon P. Chase, cher Justice of the United States, and took the oath of ottice as President of the | United States, and assumed the duties and | functions. At 32. o'clock the President | met the heads of departments in the Cab- inet meeting. at the ‘Treasury building and among other business the following was transacted: First; The arrangements for the funeral of the late President was referred to the several secre- y of the taries as far as relates to their respective de- | ‘session of all his faculties. Among his last werds | House of Representatives, in presence of both | and requesting him to | THE LINOOLY ObSHyUIES. How the Funeral Coremenics were Arranced. AN IMPOSING DISPLAY HERE AND rns, For the fourth time the nation is called upon to mourn at the grave of a Chief Magistrate, stricken down while holding the highest honors of the republic. The arrangements for the pub- Ne funeral cer es have not yet been made. Asa matter of interest, at this time, Tae Star wives a bri f theceremonies attending the funeral of President Lincoln, On the 15th . President Lincoln having ded ¢ morning, President Johnson met artments at noon, and the rents for the funeral dead Prest- | dent were referred to the several Secretaries, #80 for as relate” to th partments. On the 17th, by order of th vlary of War, As sistant Adjutant Ge issued a circa. lar, prescribinz the official arran ats for the funeral. The order of proc: of cn IN OTHER in t ston was as follows: One nits of inmantry fT, dimen ¢ United States and. physk deceased; hearse; pall- bearers; of the mu state rer eded by its 0 nd territer res of ral june of the several ates and ter rie lant secretaries of ry. War. denominations eral depa nt ive ¢ | crdere: reed q nt was laid out in Tuesday, to give the to see again the ved The cata t once > well uch the out of one | the pur House we ttended a perform: | ¢ ped the une Last room with la detac Chay) yivania avenue, uy i u by six fine | following the funerat gray hor ch led The march the processi he retunda and the high civil wy and foreign ‘orps to t AY ) ministers had t the burial se | and at the co the bai tid fin, and the rotunda | had been tastefully draped in inorn The feeling of sorrow was exty ways throughout the city. visitors visited the € | in state until the me in thou- Thro of art of little Willie Lincoln, who. d were buried in Oak’ Hill cen 4 ed to the depot and placed in the same ear of his father. The train of ‘clock for Springtield, were re- preceded by a pilot en In Baltizn ns had been Washington. It day in every s almost | mourning, | dressed in eraj hastening to their respective clubs and assogin- tions to Join the procession. 1 bs were placed on # funeral ¢ an im- mense procession to th fi was closed, and the p of march for the Northern © Whea ti at the of the | } tifal ath was upon the coffin. ‘The remains arrived at Harrishurg at 8 0'e! p.m. on the Qist of April, a exposed to view unt i ing 1 with due solemnity standing three or fou plishin at Independence Hall from 4 o'clock on the morning of the 23d April, at which hour many thousands of persons were obliged to retire disappointed from the streets. | Tne doors were again opened at 5 o'clock in the morning and by 8 o'clock it was almost im- possible to pass within two blocks hall. The taste of the citizens of I ‘was displayed in the mourning bi of their dwellings and places © | On the arrival of the funeral cortege in } | York on the 24th of April, business was gener- ally suspended and Broadway was crowded to the utmost by people to witness the faneral car and escort. The dense masses remained uncovered as the procession passed towards the Nity Hall. The coffin was conveyed by eight solidiers to the Governor's room, and ene thou- sand singers a mournful dinge as it was borne to its temporary resting-place. The build- ing inside and outside was tastefully draped in mourning embiems. The coffin rested on a raised dias and an inclined plane, so that the face of the di was in view of visitors, while passing, for two or three minutes. The body was on view all night and until noon yext day. The procession was very large the second day, comprising seventy thousand people on foot, the streets being cleared of vehicles. The ranks of the procession were formed twenty deep: minute guns were fired during its and bells tolied, and dirges peaied upon the various chimes. At L o'clock 25th April the cortege moved with the remains to the Hudson river, and is repre- sented as having been the most imposing and iuppressive ever witnessed. There were no Velicles in line, and it moved with an solemnity to the mournful nrusic of to the depot, and when ‘the