Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1881, Page 6

JANES A. GARFIELD, etch of a Remarkable Life. rtield was born November cabin, in what was then the wilderness of Orange, fifteen miles from Mentor, Ohio. Though his ancestors oecu- Pied humbie positions in life, he was the worthy heir of a line of men and women distinguished for noble courage and high virtue. His biewraphers 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 “ae Massachusetts shores, and it is absolutely certain that this an- tward Garfield, was one of the one i and six proprietors of Watertown,now saburb of Boston, for he is so recorded be the connection be- er of Watertown and ef the counsel inthe famous Mulligan case, in eme Court of the United States, in His lawyer-like presentation of the case, narkable argument, raised him in a day | and rer James Abraham was or less note. SENATOR AND PRESIDENT. {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 jlater, when another procession, |the form of the ident mortally wounded made its way over the avenue, only 80 recently gay and brilliant with a marching host | of rejoicing people. His death ends a life, which the little log cabin in the Ohio wil-| vlen its great achievements are considered may derness it is a matter of undisputed history | well be said to have beem wellrounded. Gen. that James A. Garfield was born in the latter | Garfield leaves a family consisting of his wife, place, and it may be ered by some that it | four sons and a danghter. His venerablemother, was not a particularly fortunate entrance into the world. But his birth amid such surround- | neement of his life in such a | Js tenfold to the pride with which cans now point to James A. Garfield as cimen of well developed American manhood. | His father died when he was eighteen months old. and left his four children to be reared by his widow, Eliza Garti It is recorded that | James him and inspired him withambitien and courage, survives CHESTER A. ARTHER. A Sketch of His Life. A. Arthur was born in Franklin Chester BEGAN HIS SCHOOL LIFE Ete 4 the cdrty dae of Ubree! hie widowed mother His father was the Rev. Dr. William Ar- having tendered a corner of her small farin for | thur, a Baptist clergyman, who emigrated to asite for aschool house in order to have it this country from the County Antrim, Ireland, within easy distance. Wonderful stories are re- | 11 his enth year and died October 27, 1875, lated of young Garficld’ ness for books | in Newtonville, near Albany. Dr. Arthur was and his amazing ning even be- in many respects a remarkable man. He ac- fore he entered | When he was four- | quired extended fame not only in his calling, teen or fifteen he be ” first | but also in the domains of authorship. His work enrnin at boiling “black | on « ly Names” is regarded the world over salts s. When he | as one of the curiosities of English eradite lite! in search of | ature. Froni 1355. to 1863 he was pastor of the an offer to drive ary Baptist Chureh, of New York. He also a cousin who was running / filled the puipits of Baptist. churches in Ben- boat. His canal boat | nington, Hinesburg, Fairfield and Williston, in which has been so much exploited, | Vermont, and York, Perry, Greenwich, Sche- months, and netted him $10 aj neetady,” Lansingburg, Hoosic, West’ Troy month and board. The one feature of this sin-| and Newtonville, in that state. other son gular experienc f special value to| made a gallant’ record in the war of the hin ward ning to steer, | rebellion and is now a paymaster of the regular ands vigation of the | army with the rank of major. Gen Arthur was ters. ment and acceptec Ohio riv experience that served educated at Union College and was graduated when he saved in the class of “49. After leaving college he Kentucky from | taught a country school during two years in »y piloting a beat sent for supplie when no professional on hand would undertake | the perilous duty. He stood at the wheel for | forty-four hours out of forty-eight, and saved | his boat from b wrecked. When he re- turned to his command with a load of supplies his men were eating their last crackers. The | erience was an fi Vermont and then having managed, by rigid economy, to save about 2500 he started for New York city and entered the law office of ex-Judge E. D. Culver as astudent. After being admitted to the barhe formed a partnership with his inti- mate friend and room-mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the Intention of practicing in the west, and for three months they roamed about in p pmonths, | the western states in search of an cligi- ntly watched and | ble site, but in the end returned to New York In the spring of | where they hung out their joint shingle and chicenth year James and his two cousins | entered upon a successful career almost from entered i; the start. Gen. Arthur soon afterwards married the daughter of Lieut. Herndon, U.S.N., who was lost at sea, and who calmly went down to death smoking acigar. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in recognition of the con- spicuous bravery he displayed on that occasion. Mrs. Arthur died only a short time ago. In 18523 Jonathan and Juliet Lemmon, Virginia slave- holders, intending to emigrate ‘to Texas, went New York to await the sailing of a steamer. taking eight slaves with them. A writ habeas corpus was obtained from ce Paine, to test the question whether the Provisions of the fugitive slave law were in force in New York state. Judge Paine rendered a decision holding that they were not, and order- ing the Lemmon slaves to be liberated. Henry L. Clinton was one of the counsel for the slave- holders. As much concern was felt about the matter in the south, the Virzinia lezislature authorized the attorney general of that state to assist in taking an appeal. Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to the people, and they won the cas went to the Supreme Court of the Ui Hs in ful States. Charles O'Conor here espoused the only paid his way as he went | cause of the slaveholders, but he, too, was elt by teacling, but had | beaten by Messrs. Evarts and Arthur, and a long On sr: from Wil- | step was taken toward the ultimate success of ch honors in 185s, with the highest | the abolition movement. Another great service college popular and with the unreserved | in the same cause was rendered by Gen. Arthur pn of President Hopkins | jn 1856. Lizzie Jennings, a respectable colored womaa. was put off a 4th ayenue car in New York city, after she had paid her fare. Gen. Arthur sued in her behalf and secured a verdict of 2500 damages. The next day the company issued an order to permit colored persons to ride on their cars, and the other street railroad companies quickly followed their example. Be- fore that the 6th avenue company ran a few special cars for colored persons, and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. Gen. | Arthur was a delezate to the convention at Saratoga that founded the — republican party. Previous to the outbreak of the war, he Jude advocate of the second brigade of the ew York state militia. Gov. E. D. Morgan soon after his inauguration selected him to fill the position of engineer-in-chief of his staff. In 1861 he held the post of inspector general, and soon after was advanced to tiat of quartermas- ter general, which he held until the expiration of “Governor Morgan's term of office. Although the war account of the state of New York was much larger than that of any other state, yet it was the first audited and allowed in Washington, and without the deduction of a dollar, while the quartermasters’ accounts from ther states were reduced from #1,000,000 to $10,000,000. During his term of office every present sent to him was immediately return er with Hum-| Among others a prominent clotling house resulted so gloriously for | offered him a masniticent uniform, and a print- His subsequent achievements | ing house sent him a costly saddle and trap- er were brilliant. He took part i Both gifts were indignantly rejected. fight at Shilot Arthur became quartermaste Ss in front of ¢ f he was poor. = When his ti phis and term of office expired he was poorer stiil ecting | Speaking of him at this period a friend say Washington he | “So jealous was he of his integrity that 1 have artial | known instances where he could have made | thousands of dollars legitimately, and yet re- | fused to do it on the ground that ie was a pub- s lic officerand meant to be like Cwesar’s wife, ‘above ze with the battle of Chicka-| suspicion.’ His own words to me in rezard to hared the honors of the day | this matter amply illustrate his character—If and nobly won a major | | had misappropriated five centsand on walking A Ci za | down town saw two men talking on the corner wether I would imagine they were talking of dishonesty, and ‘the very thought would THE GEAUGA SEMINARY, the boys renting a reom—with a cook-stove and “\ beds—in which they lived. There he met, . Studious, reserved girl named a meeting which exerted an r his whole future life. Between worked at haying or carpenter- | and at the end of the year he began to} distries school. It was while he was hat wsater that he fell under the in- ” preacher, and was bap- his mother. After spendin 3arfield set own as ae bel flu eof aT tized in the faith two m terms at 1 spacity for learning. AT HIRAM AND WILLIAMS. He entered Hiram in the fall of 1851, and in June 1854, had not only fitted nimself to enter but had completed two years of the ted in the n full and good stand- ‘to Hir: trained am He was married to Lucretia Rudolph, on . having become pro- two years before He at of Hirain College. ATOR AND SOLDIER. din 1859, when 28 years ofage, by the peopie of Summit and Portage counties ‘tate Senator, and in that capacity began long and honorable public servic out of the war, Gartield, who had long fore- seen the struggle that was coming, was ready. His military record covers only a little over two gears, but is full of achievements. He set | about, when there was a call for troops, raising | reeruit for the 42d Ohio voluntee: and | as issioned in August, S61, as lieutenant colonel, and soon promoted to colonel. On the 17th of December, 1861, he took his well-drilled regiment to the front. So Buell with the colonel that he placed him in command of an expedition against Hummnrey Marshall, who had invaded eastern Kentucky, edition which was slznally successful ion simul. fessor of Lia’ soon rose to be presi¢ sv. At the expiration of Gov. Morgan’s term, Gen. Arthur returned to his law practice. Business duties to | Lhim nearly 15 thing to do with one until he appeared as one » a distinguished place among lawyers. He fterwards engaged in many cases of greater 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 matter® were plunged into great gricf four oe who in her young days watched so tenderly over county, Vermont, October 5, 1830. He is the oldest of a family of two sons and five daugh- A RETROSPECT. wound 123% inches from the external surface, fully eight inches further than it had previousiy penetrated. Sunday afternoon, the 21st, vomit- ing reap) , and with it came great public alarm. At 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 President was shot in the Baltimore and | The next day his condition was reported more o ent . the vomiting having di: Potomac depot, about half-past nine o'clock on | Sneeurading. 1 Tepriad antilteeaaiie Sees the morning of July 2d. The scenes abuct| enemata were \ded and the President the depot will neverbe effaced from the memory | was sustained e1 iy by nourishment taken by of those who witnessed them. The excitement (chee ales day Bie Erion ieee Led ie! wi @ lancet and asi juant ol Was wild. The President was on his way north. | Diosced, WAM, ® lancet Henig wren Semicond He was tojoin Mrs. Garfield in New York and | fhouen the size ut 15 gland dia ‘not diminish. make a pleasure tour through New England, | The physicians held a consultation as to the ad- stopping first at Williams’ College, where he — aks hcl neti louse. The follo' Was to be a distinguished guest of his ama ma- | Whit they had concluded that it wasnotadrisable ter on the 4th of July—the commencement day. to move him, adding that they were unanimously He was shot down in the ladies’ waiting-room | of the opinion that the President had at no time as he entered the depot, accompanied by Secretary Blaine. Charles J. Guiteau, the as- suffered with A sent by Secre- tary Blaine to Minister Toma cetne Doe of sassin, who, as he afterwards confessed had de- liberately planned the murder of the President, the ath, Tepeescaited the pationt to be in sucha and had for two weeks watched and followed grave ition that the public were again excited. On the 26th the bulletins announced that the President experienced some mental him, had been waiting for half an hour or | confusion on awakening. laine, in more at the depot. As the President passed into the building, the assassin came forward and fired two shots in quick succession. The Presi- BI an official di represented the President as inclined to drowsiness. Inthe morning the dent fell to the ground, as it was believed, mor- tally wounded. The assassin was at once c@p- swollen gland broke, and the pus was discharged tured by the police and nurried off to a place of through the right ear. For the first time the physicians, in their noon bulletin, pronounced custody. Almost instantly a swaying crowd of people gathered about the depot. Such scenes he President’s condition as critical. The next day—the ominous Saturday—was of excitement, as followed, are seldom witnessed in one man’s life. The President was at once one of the gloomiest of all the days at the White House. The most confident among the Presi- surrounded by careful and anxious attendants. A few minutes after he fell, ke was removed to dent's physicians gave up hope. To use the words of one of these gentlemen, they were “‘stampeded.” While the bulletins ‘announced No change some of the physicians announced thelr bellet that the President could not live more than a few day: ening, however, one of the offices in the second floor of the build- | q slight amelioration of FRC anne BRS ing, and there, he at once dictated an assuring | ticed. and the ‘next morning it was an- and comforting dispatch to Mrs. Garfleld. It nouns that the crisis hea Deen assed. apparen improvemet Tee Pe Peet oleh aed tien nena | thien continued for sires dare. Gates sort : q u the parotid gland was lanced again. On the 3ist tered above the third rib, about three and a-| confidence in the President's ultimate recovery half inches to the right of the spinal column. | seemed to have been entirely restored amon The course taken by the ball was uncertain. | those who had lost faith at the time of the last- About 10 o'clock a mattress having been pro. | Mentioned c On the 2d of September the cured he was removed in the police ambuiance 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 of the main points The first bulletin issued question of removing the President from the White House to some more salubrious place was about 10 o'clock on the day of the shooting and said, ‘Pulse fell from 158 to 128; temperature The Assassin's Shot and its Results, A HISTORY OF THE CASE. again discussed. On the following day, Satur- day, September 3d, the announcement was made officiaRy that the President would be taken to Long Branch. The removal was accomplished on the 6th, the bulletins meanwhile indicating little change ia the Presi- dent’s condition. The passage from the White House to the Francklyn cottage at Elberon is a matter still fresh in the public mind. A special i train was provided for the President and famil; 99. Respiration clear, and condition seem | and his medical aitendante. ‘The President was to be at this writing favorable. At | removed from the White House to the depot in a noon it was reported that there was | large express wagon. fitted up with mattrass and no perceptible change noticeable. It was | 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 11th the reports from Long Branch vorable, and it was believed that the President was recovering under the influence of the invigorating sea breezes. On the 1ith some alarm was caused by the development of an abscess on the right jung, due, as it was explained, to the septic condition 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 bali, as it was possible that no vital organ had been touched. At six o'clock in the evening Mrs. Garfleld, who had been summoned, arrived at the bedside of her husband and began that faithful watch which continued for so many long, weary weeks afterwards. The following day cheery newsvame from the White House that | crshe presidente the west asy, aoweyer, the the President might recover. On the morning | president was much brighter, and for the first of the 4th Drs. Agnew, of Philadelphia, andj time since the fatal shot was fired received Hamilton, of New York, were summoned to | mem! ae his ee blnete On as 18th Be vai consult with the attending physicians. The |Te@™moved from his Oyen eauvall bulletins Issued during the day were re. chair Sad cat up for about halt assuring; one of them announced that the | Ur. During the next two days, it was announ- consulting physicians approved the course | ced that he had made some progress towards Of =treatment. that been adopted. | Tecovery. On the 16th considerable alarm was The next day the indications were all hopeful, | ¢uSed by the patient's high pulse and fever. and the public began to feel confluent that the | Bedsores appeared and all of the symptoms of President would recover. The favorable bul- | the case were agzravated. On the 1th grave letins continued during the 6th and 7th. The | 8PPrehensions were entertained. ‘The Pres dent morning bulletin on the 8th described the Presi- | had a rigor in the moraing followed by vomitin, dent as being more comfortable, and that the | His pulse during the day rose to 130. wound was discharging laudable pus. The pub- the rigor the President app lic feeling of sympathy at this time was indi- | Tally, and the evening bulletin was co cated by the action ofa number of members of | favorable. Sunday, the 18th, was the New York chamber of commerce who, on between and fea the evening of the 7th, started a subscription, | to rally during the a to 250.000, tobe | and it was announced that — there bonds, for the beneiit of Mrs. | Was ground for renewed hope. About half i The favorable con-| past seven o'clock, however, the President dition_of the President’s case continued up to | had another h gave rise to grave ap- the 15th, when it was announced that the | prehension. President was safe, ey Monday morning, the 19th, dawned amidst One sign of public i | anxiety. The much dreaded chill appeared recovery, was the si si ting -past eiht in the moriing, and from that for prayer for his re and | hour hope vanished. | The con in on the strength which were held every evening in the | President’s vitality, which was receiving no rein- Christian church up to the 14th. On the 16th | forcement, was visibly decreasing his stren: the President was so strong that he ate some | The day born in anxiety was closed in sloom. becfsteak. His condition on the 17th may be | The President sank from that hour until the end best represented by reciting the proceedin thoush there were times when hopes were é the Criminal Court that day. The Distri tertained that he might rally torney stated that it had been thought that. by St x noggeecees a ape this time the ease would have been presented to Memory. the court. They were all gratiied that the | 4 POEM WRITTEN BY JAMES A GARFIELD. President was on the speedy road to recovery. | ‘The little poem given below was written, it is yet he could not at this time present the case to | stated, by James A.Ganleld before his first term the grand jury. He read the following letter: | in Conuress_ hence nome twenty yearsiano, At rh, Da Disney Ao, | that time possibly the president of a Christian to your inquiry an to the | College was the “summit where the sunbeams ident, we would say that | fell,” but the last lines are all but a prophecy. up to the present time he has done exc "Tis beauteous night; the stars look brightly down rth, decked in her robe of snow. well for one who has rece wound; but while in anticipated recovery it is Dee ce Goged Jn her robe of ancy not yet possible to assert with confidence that PeSTs Ob Ete DOO Ave Ey OWN, his injuries may not terminate fatally. Very re- h gives its cheer to midniisht and to mi spectfully, “D. W. divided The on to health And now, with noiseless step, sweet memory comes And leads me gently through her twilight realms. What poet’s tunoful lyre has ever sung, Or deli J. K. Barves. J. J. Woopwarp, Rost. Reyasces.” Under these cireumstances, he said, he could not present the case to the grand jury fer the present, and suggested that they be adjourned un ptember 12, which was done. Othe 18th a marked rise in temperature in the cveiling appeared, but this the phys ported'was not due to any unfavorable change 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 ed. The next three days no material change was reported. The bulletins were favorabie. The febriie rise which seemed now to be expected every evening was reported offi- cially to be “due to local and temporary cause rather than to any general unfavorable chat 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 promptly followed by a reaction. The next morning it as reported that the President had a chill fol- And yet it sunlit mountain tops are bath In Heaven's own blue. Upon its craggy cliffs, Robed in the dreamy light of distant years, Are clustered joys sercne of other days, Upon its gentte, sloping hillsides bend ‘The weeping willows o'er the sacred dust Of dear departed ones; and yet in that lend, 3 fall Upon the shore, ing rise from out the dust Of death's Iong, silent years, and roi stand, As rst they did before the prison tomb Received their clay within its yoiecless halls. The heavens that bend above that land are hung With ‘clouds of various hues, Some dark and chil Surcharged with sorrow, cast with sombre shade Upon the sunny, joyous'land below. Others are floating through the dreamy air, vhite as the falling snow, their margins tinged of the most lucrative character poured in upon him, and the firm of Arthur & Gardiner pros- of Repre-| pered exceedingly. Much of their work con- ed only with his ¢ elected | drafting of important bills for specdy I Tepresent his | and a great deal of Gen. Arthur's time was tered Conzress when | spent in Albany and Washington, where his of age. The accep- | uniform success won for him a national reputa- fess cost him many | tion. For ashort time he held the position of inz convic- | counsel to the board of tax commissioners of R New York city, at a salary of $10,000 per annum. ‘Gradually he was drawn. into the arena of politics. He nominated, and by his efforts elected the Hon. Thos. Murphy astate senator, When the latter resigned the | collectorship of the port of New York on No- vember 20, 1871, President Grant nominated | Gen. Arthur to the vacant position, and four i pe and | fearslater when his term expired renominated nature of Gen. ©: work in the asin | him, an honor that had never been shown to any ali the succeedi naresses, would require | previous collector in the history of the port. He Much more space than ean here be given, and | was removed by President Hayes on July 12, the task, indeed, belonzs to the pa- | i878, despite the fact that two special com. t reful, pnate historian, who may | mittees made searching investigation into without rfavorwhenthepresent | his administration, and both reported uditions have changed. The wonder-| themselyes unable to find _ anything industry and ability of | upon which to base a charge against him. has made the work something almost | ‘The reforms which Gen. Arthur instituted in the It is Impossible, within the limits of | methods ot doing business in the custom house to reproduce, with | were as numerous as they were grateful to the sressional achievements. He | mercantile community. After his removal he «as a leader. Hewondis- | enzaged in the practice of the law and in the i not only for his ac- | direction of republican politics in New York, .but for his industry | being chairman of the republican state commit. and his familiarity with | tee. He was nominated for Vice President at ly learned in committees. | the national republican convention on the 8th of en. | army al hast cix feet in height, broad- athletic and handsome. Like his rr ‘or in the Vice Presidential chair, he is an ardent disciple of Walton. He isa man of gveat culture and wide experience, an able law- yer, with refined tastes aud manners of the | utmost genialty. ty-first | “eon Gen, Arthur's First Executive Employment. Gen. Arthur's first executive employment was school teacher, and he soon became head ter of the North Pownal A my in Ver- f his school experience (in 1819) a de- f in a letter to an intimate lished, in the course of which the Forty-fourth, 3 she served | y he committee on ways and means, and in e Forty afth and ses he tee on Gen. Artinir said: Towever, my school began, and it was com- posed of 1 races of brats. ‘There were the goddesses, all the saints and many HIS CAREER AS A Lawyer. Gen. Gartieid’s career as a Driliiant as it was peculiar. Ey, yer wasas he Was, in bis pubtic duties. he had little time t of the wise men of antiquity norainall Prosent. vs the of the law, but he eave was an African damsel, a score of aspirants Poe ard ahaa pg Nauut he gave | for alphabetical mastery, and. inany & ave d would undew it pt the Yankee swap-juck-knives, ‘The ent object was th pa ome combs, and Voriag to negotiate a sale with some small ised him. among jurists = b ‘There was but one battle, A peak boy endeavored to ti oke out. He hat ed one, nor had any- pretier w overthrow your e : stand his authority at the same time, but Bever tried 2 case, nor a practice there was a triumph toxymnastic: the teacher.” oa ation | sisted in the collection of war claims and the | With gold and crimsoned hues; their shadows tall Upon the flowery meads and sunny slopes, Soft as the shadow of an angel's wing. When the rough battle of the day is done, And evening's peace falls gently on the heart, T bound away, across the noisy years, Unto the utmost verge of memory’s lan Where earth and sky in dreamy distance meet, And memory dim with dark oblivion joins, ‘Where woke the firstremembered sounds that fell Upon the ear in childhood's early morn; And, wandering thence along the roiling years, I sce the shadow of my former self Gliding from childhood up to man’s estate. The path of youth winds down through many a vale, And on the brink of many a dread abyss, From out whose darkness comes no ray 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 lightand shade, sunshineand gloom, Ca lowed by perspiration, and an increased frequency of the pulse. This was a period of in- tense anxiety. These symptoms were reported by physicians not connected with the case as in- dicating the prone of pyemia. The hasty summoning of Drs. Aznew and Hamilton didnot serve to allay public aiarm, as it only seemed to confirm the gravest reports concerning. From that date, one or the other of the consulting sur- geons continued in attendance upon the 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 throngh 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 beregaininz lost ground. and for eight days following the bulletins were favorable. On August Ist an experiment was made with Prof. Bell'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. Oa the evening of August 6th the evening fever, ‘which had almost entirely subsided, reappeared, and as his feverish state continued during the ‘ith it was decided on the Sti that another pus cavity had formed. So another incision was made with be dagearteed favorable results. This second operation, witli the fact of the President's long confinement, began to shake the pub- lic ‘confidence in his predicted recovery, It had been noticed that his worst symptomshad ys manifested themselves on Saturday or ,and the bulletins of those days were watched with especial anxiety. Until Monday th, the reports were considered favorable. At 3 o'clock on the morning of Monday, the 25th, another dresded complicatin appeared. He 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 nourisliment. The adminis- tration of nourishment by enema was then commenced , with the hope that the tone of the stomach would be restored by rest. 16th the vomiting did not return, a fact which relieved the public anxiety to one aie oF Lelgertierthate gains hopeful. The moi ng ‘in on the 18th re- eo that the Z Sorrow and joy, the life-path leads alon; shes ne oe Gen. Garfleld’s Wonderful Eloquence. When the streets of New York were filled Pith 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-CrTizeNs:—Cloud and darkness are around about him! His pavilion is dark waters and thick clouds of the skies! Justice and judg- ment are the establishment of His throne! Mercy and Truth shall go before His face! Fel- low-citizens, Gop REIGNS AND THE GOVERNMENT AT WASHINGTON STILL Lrvzs!' aS aieber Vaal A Reminiscence ef Garfield and Arthur. A gentleman writing to Tue Star 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 traveled road one passes. in an hour's ride from New York through the corner of Vermont by way of North Pownal, into the state of Massachusetts, In 1851, Chester A.” Arthur, fresh from Union College, came to North Pownal, and for one summer taught the village school. About two years later James A. Garfield, then a young stu- dent at Williams’ College, several miles distant, 2 order to Cele the ne . means to defray is expenses, while pursui his studies came better. The noon bulletin announced a | also to North Pownal, ‘and established a waiting new complication—the indlammation of the paro- | school inthe same room formerly occupied by tid gland. The bulletins of the follo day | Mr. Arthur, and taught classes in janship announced that the swelling of the was | during the long winter eve! inless and that the President had peroeranly. common starting point in. ear! improved. On Saturday, the 20th, the letins | lapse of more than a Prealdent pant the announced that the ‘had begun to again on in Dena aoe into a close relationship before the nation, and en a close lonshi fore before the elvilized worid.™ nourishment by the emata. While the wound was being dressed that day the draining tube was passed into PRESIDENTS WHO DIED IN OFFICE. Zachary Taylor, late President of the United —— States, I shall no occupy the chair of the Harrison, Taylor and Lincoln. Senate, and I have thought that a formal com- REMINISCENCES OF PAST NATIONAL CALAMITIES. munication to that effect, through your secre- tary, might enable you the more promptly to SEE proceed to the choice of a presiding officer. The period of anxiety and distress through MILLARD FILLMORE. which the people of the country have just | sm. FILLMORE ANNOUNCES TO CONGRESS THE passed recalls former similar reasons of na-| PRESIDENTS DEATH, AND REPEATS MIS LAST tional sorrow and suspense. Three Presidents} WORDS. 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 Tea The Death of President Harrison. OFF.CIAL REPORT OF THE PHYSICIANS—LAST WORDS OF THE DECEASED. On the 4th day of April 1841, the Wasnixcro, July 10, 1850. Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of RepreseMatines : Thave to perform the melancholy duty of an- nouncing to you that it has pleased Almighty 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'clock, inthe midst of his family, and surrounded by affectionate friends, camly and in the full pos- session of all his faculties. “Among his last words were these, which he uttered with emphatic dis- tinctness :‘ I have always done my duty; I am ready to die; my only regret is for the I leave behind me.” Having announced to you, fellow-citizens, this most afflicting bereavement, and assuring’ you that it has penetrated no heart with deeper grief than mine, it remains for me to say that I pro- Pose this day at 12 o'clock, in the hail of the House of Representatives, in presence of both Houses of Congress, to take the oath prescribed by the constitution to enable me to enter on the execution of the office which this event has de- volved upon me. MILLARD FILLMORE. MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT FILLMORE IN RELATION TO THE OBSEQUIFS OF HIS PREDECESSOR. Wasuixcton, JULY 10, 1850. Féliow-cittaens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: Agr country Secretary of State received following letter and report: Washington, April 4, 1841. Dear Sir: In compliance with the request made to us by yourself and the other gentiemen of the Cabinet, the attending and consulting Physicians have drawn up the abstract of a re- port on the President's case, which I herewith mit to you. wey Respectfully your obedient servant, 'HOMAS MILLER Attending Physiciat To the Hon. D. Webster, Secretary of State. On Saturday, March 27 1841, President Har- Tison, after several days previous indisposition, was seized with a chill and other symptoms of fever. The next day pneumonia, with cones- tion of the liver and derangement of the stomach and bowels, was ascertained to exist. The aze and debility of the patient, with the immediate prostration, forbade a resort to general blood- letting. Topical depletion, blistering, and ap- propriate internal remedies subdued, in a great Measure, the disease of the lungs and liver, but the stomach and intestines did not regain a healthy condition. Finally, on the 3d of April at 3 o'clock p.m. profuse diarrhoea 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 as by Doctor Worthingtep, were th Sir, [ ou to understand the true principles of the government, I wish them carried out, 1 ask nothing more.” : t Tuomas MILLER, M. D., Atttending Physician. Frep May, M.D. “at man has fallen among us, and a whole called to an occasion of unexpected, | deep, and general mourning. I recommend to the two Houses of Congress to adopt such | Measures as in their discretion may seem proper, to perform with due solemnities the faneral_ ob- sequies of Zachary Taylor, late United Si President of the es, and thereby to signity the great ¢ regard of the American people lite has been d | voted to the public service—whose career in arms bas not been surpassed in usefulness or brilllancy—who has been so recently raised by the unsolicited voice of the people to. the high- est civil authority in the government, which he : administered with so much honor and advantage ‘ to his country, and by w sudden death 80 many hopes of future usefulness have been blighted forever. ‘0 you, Senators and Representatives of a nation in tears, I cansay nothing which can al- leviate the sorrow with which you are oppressed. [appeal to you to aid_me, under the trying cir cumstances which surround me, inthe discharge of the duties from which, however much I may be oppressed by them, I dare not shrink: and T | rely upon Him who holds in His hands the desti nies of nati ‘o endow me with the requisite strenzth for task, and to avert from our country the evils apprehended from the heavy OF VICE PRESIDENT TYLER TO THE POINTS RAISED AND SETTLED IN Tyler, the Vice President, succeeded to the Presidency by the dea ident Harri- son. At the extra session, May 31, 1841, Mr. Henry A. Wise move wait upon the Pre inform hi | the House of Representati ; and ready to proceed to business. Mr. John McKeon, then a mi House of Representatives from New York city, | calamity which has befallen us. proposed to amend this resolution by striking |“ shall most readily concur in whatever out the word President and inserting “Vice ; Measures the wisdom of the two Houses may President now exercising the office of President | suggest as beiitting this deeply melancholy occa- of the United States. sion. 1 r He contended, and with an i ereNatee ment from his point ofview, ‘ r Deriiie GF a lent did not become President by tie death of a seed General Harrison, and that only “the powers cd neta Maple ta HEA dicey and duties of the office” devolved upon him, houszh sixteen years have elapsed, the cccur- while the office itself w cant. Tences attending the assassination of President Mr. Wise answered: “He was glad the point | Lincoln and the succession of the Vice Presi- had een ralsed. because the vote on the amend. | dent, Andrew Johnson, to the presidency, are ment would settle the relation in which we stoo a . : “ suvnsshs President of the United States. And. he | Still fresh in the memory. President Lineoln on must be permitted to sa: the night of April 14, 1565, attended a perform- bent would claim the ] ance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford's Thea- the Constitntion, by eles | ter, on 10th st He was assassi God. a li-past 10 o'clock, while sitting in his pri M Mrs. Lincoln, Miss H DEATH, AND THE SUCCESSION ion, that he was, by ton and by President of the United State 3 : and nays on the e box with ch were refused. M. ame eaped upon the st and escaped — by the crowded audience reall ars had been connal ent opposite the the: wh aS Uniil his death, which oe: st seven o'clock on t No one who was in ¥ Bs er forget the wild excite- byy ed to adjourn: The question was then taken on Mr. Mf resolution, and it was e a ed. The the resolution au sident or the United and inserting | 1 u thereof “the Vice President, on wt | by the death of the late Pre: and duties of the oftice of I volved. tHe tid his “sole and simple object 0 obtain an expression of the se te on an impo question in the interpy ock in the morning. tation of the constitution, now arising for the | ‘yes as if falling asleep. There first time.” | Were no indications of pain, and it was not Mr. Tappan, of Ohio, held that the constitu-| known that he was dead until the gradus tion did not decinre in any of the e« decre R of removal, de r y that Gurley, of the New York Avenue Presby. the Vice P: exercising the powers immediately on its being ascer- and duties of the office, becaine President of the ned that life was extinct, knelt at the bedside United States. and offered an impressive prayer, which was Mr. Walker, of Mississippi—‘‘Tt_is_then the | responded to by all present. Dr. Gurley then office that devolves on the Vice Presi He | proceeded to the front parlor of the house, where is not the Vice President acting as President, as | the members of the President’s family were in the contingency of the death of the President | assembled, and again effered prayer for the con- and Vice Presiden ce to be the solation of the family. Immediately after the he is no longer the Vice President, | president's death a Cabinet. meeting was called dent is devolved on him.” | py Secretary Stanton, and held in the room ‘sion closed with some further re- re the body lay. A little after nine o'clock Mr. Alien, and, as the Globe says: in the morning, the remains, having been placed ion was then taken on the “amend- | in 2 temporary coflin, were borne to the White Ir Alen) and it was disagreed to— | House, escorted by a detachment of cavalry. ene by aa coud: io A VICE PRESIDENT JOHNSON INAUGURATED. are ety pau MO | tan @ally onion tke eabeang of Eko isan reher, Barrow, Secretary Stanton sent a communication to Vice President Johneon notifying him of the death of the Chief Magistrate, and requesting him to state the place and hour at which his inaugura- on as President should take place. Mr. John- son at once replied that it would be agreeable to him to have the proceed out the same hour, increased the pc ion. DIED Bates, , Calhoun, Choate, € Fulton. ard, Ber- y orter, Prentiss, s. Smith of Indiana,South- . Walker, White, Wood- Woodbury and Youn —38." Conaress thus, by overwhelming yot ud of botlr par President becaine President absolut provisional! in case of t in both it the Viee and not Y. hor tectinically, nor conditionally, rangements could be perfected. The Kirkwood Honse titen occupied the site where the Pension Office now stands. THE E G Stan of April gives the following account of the brief iony of inauguration: ‘Chief Justice Chase was intormed of the and repaired to the appointed place with Secretary McCulloch, of department; Mr. Attorney Gen- | F. P. Blair, Hon. Montgomery nthe pow ive upon the Vice President. ision of the 27th Congress re- garding this question. The Death of President Taylo AN ACC OF HIS L » The following is an article, which appeared in a city newspaper, on the morning of July 9, under the caption of The President's Health “It being generally known that President I worth, of IMinois. At 11 o'clock, the oath of office was administered by the Chief Justice of the United States, in his usual solemn and i: Mr. Johnson received the Taylor had been much indisposed for two or | Pr’ssive manner. es ressions of the gentlemen by whom hb three days past, great anxiety was excited yes- py ji terday by information, which spread througirthe | “5 Surrounded. ina manner which showed his earnest sense of the great responsibilities so | suddenly devolved upon him, and made a brief | speech, in which he said: ‘The duties of the are mine; I will perform them; the con-| sequences are with God. Gentlemen I shall lean upon you; I feel that I shall need your sup- port. Iam deeply impressed with the sole:n- nity of the occasion and the responsibility of the duties of the office I am assuming.” THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN took place from the White House on Thursday, April 20th. The body lay in state in the East Room, where years fore the bodies of Presi dents Harrison and Taylor had lain in state. The city, that his illness had assumed a very serious and critical aspect is was really the case, we learn, during the greater part of the day. 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 diferent and more threatening type. The following bulletin indicates his condition at ten o'clock last night: ‘The President is laboring under a Dilious re- mittent fever, following an attack of severe cholera morbus, and is considered by his phys- remains were escorted by an immense pssion 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, IIL Immediately after the death of President Lin. coin, President Johnson occupied a room in the icians seriously ill. July 8th, 10 p.m.’” THE CASJNET NOTIFY MR. FILLMORE OF THE ‘DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT. Thé® President died the evening of Sunday, and the following official notice was sent to his DEPARTMENT OF STATE, vas borne to the house of | THE LINCOLN OBSEQUIES, How the Funeral Ceremonies were Arranged. AN IMPOSING DISPLAY MERE AND IN OTHER crrres. For the fourth time the nation is called upon to mourn at the grave of a Chief Magistrate, strieken down while holding the highest honors of the republic. The arrangements for the pub- lic funeral ceremonies have not yet been made. As a matter of interest, at this time, Tae Star gives a brief sketch of theceremonies attending the faneral of President Lincoln. On the 15ttf of April, 1865, President Lincoln having died early in the morning, President Johnson met the heads of the departments at noon, and the arrangements for the funeral of the dead Presi- dent were referred to the several Secretaries, 30 fur as related to their several departments. On the 17th, by order of the Secretary of War, As- sistant Adjutant General Nichols issued a circu- lar, prescribing the official arrangements for the funeral. The order of on was as follows: One regiment of cavalry; two batteries of artillery; battalion of marines; two regiments of inrantry; commander of escort and staff; dismounted off- cers of the Marine corps, navy and yr mounted officers of the Marine corps, navy Civic Procession—Marshal: clergy in at~ urgeon General of the United States and physicians to the deceased; hearse; pall- bearers; family; relatives; the delegat of the states of Tlinois and Kentucky, the President; the Cabinet aud diplomatic Corps; Ex-Presidents; ice and associate Justices of the by its off- preceded by its officers; gover- nors of the several states and territories; legis- latures of the several states and territories; the federal judiciary and th states and territories: State, Treasury, Wi Ministers; th the ( 3 Sinithsonian of the sanitary and Christ~ ian commissions; corporate authorities of Wash- ington, Georgetown and other citi delega- tions of the several states; cl of the several denominations: clerks and employes of the sev- artments and bureaus and their respect- lerks vsignated were ordered to assemt ession to move at 3 Pp. m., at the conclusion of the religious services at the Executi . Minute guns were fired artillery from near St. John's Chureh, the City Hall and at the Cap- itoland at the same time the bells on the differ- ied. urches were At sun rise a fed clock in the af- at sun set. The Marshal of the umbia was charged with the conduct of the civil procession. The corpse of the President was laid out im state in the east room on Tuesday, to give the public an opportunity to see once again the features of him they loved so well. falque upon w in the south part o at the side to en he public to get a perfect view of the face. Visitorsentered the west gate, passing in the main entrance, through the Green room into the East room and out of one of the large windows over a platform erected for the purpose. The approaches to the White House were guarded by the military. The Bast room was elaborately decorated in mourni lows at either end were draped in_ bl he frames of the mirrors draped with All the heavy gildings in the room ntirely shrouded white; the plates of the mirrors were coyered with white crape. The que was raised eleven feet high, sixteem feet long and ten feet wide, the coffin resting om. surti about three feet from the floor, sur- rounded with a wreath of evergreens and japonicas. The corpse as it lay in state was im cl officers of the army and nav ¢ omticiating clergy were Dr. Hall, of the ead the burial service of iscopal church, who at church; Bishop Simpson, of the M. E. arch; Dy who pronounced the funeral ray, Chaplain of the Senate; address, and Dr. who closed the services in the East room with prayer. The services being ended, a detach- 1 the Veteran Reserve corps entered the and the cofin haying been closed, con- it from the catatalque to the faneral car awaiting at the Mansion. The cortege was then made up and passed on to Pennsylvania avenue, following the funeral car, drawn by six fine gray horses, each led by a young man wearing @ white sash. The march was to the Capitol, and long before | the procession moved every part of the Capitol srounds was crowded, but none but those authorized could enter the building. The entrance was made by the east portico. The coffin was removed and borne by twelve soldiers of the Veteran Reserve Corps to the rotanda and laid on the catafalque. After the high civil officials, officers of the armyand navy and foreign ministers had taken their positions in a circle, the burial service was read by Rev. P.D. Gurley, and at the conclusion the assembly quietly lef the building, thesbody remaining in charge of the Capitol police. There were many floral tributes laid around the coffin, and the rotunda been tastefully draped in morning. The feeling of sorrow was exhibited in thou- sands of ways throughout the city, visitors visited the Capitol, wi in state the body lay util the morning of 21st April, when it the railroad station, the mem- bers of the Cabinet, the Mlinois delegation and the pall-bearers with Senators and officers of the army accompanying the hearse. The remains of little Willie Linco, who died in 1862 and were buried in Oak’ Hill cemet ‘sal father. The train of eicht cars started at 10 o'clock for Springtield, preceded by a pilot engine. in Baltimore great preparations had been made to et the cortege from Washington. It was afuneral day in ev sense; business was: suspended, ulinost every house dressed in mourning, flags suspended at half-mast and dressed in ~~ the streets were thronged, all hastening to their respective clubs and associa- tions to join the procession. The remains were placed on a funeral car, and followed by an im- mense procession to the Exchange, and placed on a catafaique, where the corpse was exposed to public view -until 2 o'clock, when the coffin was closed, and the procession took up the line of march for the Northern Central railroad depot for Harrisburg. When the train reached York, at the request of the ladies of the town, a beau- tiful wreath was placed with due soletunity upon the coffin. ‘The remains arrived at Harrisburg at 8 o'clock P.m. on the 2ist of April, and the corpse was exposed to view until alate hour. At 1lo'clock the following day the funeral cortege left for Philadelphia, when lines were tormed three miles in length to receive the remains, extending from the Delaware to the Schuylkill, thousands standing three or four hours before accom- plishing their object. The corpse was exposed it Independence Hall from 9 o'clock until 1 o'clock on the morning of the 23d April, at which hour many thousands of persons were obliged to retire disappointed from the streets. The doors were again opened at 5 o'clock in the morning and by 8 o'clock it was almost im- we to pass within two blocks of the all. The taste of the citizens of Philadelphia Was displayed in the mourning habiliments of their dwellings and places of business. On the arrival of the faneral cortege in New York on the 24th of April, business was gener- ally suspended and Broadway was crowded to the utmost by people to wi the funeral Treasury building, where he transacted public business, and did not take possession of the White House for several weeks. successor: Wasninoton, July 9, 1850. } Millard Fillmore, President of the United States: ‘Sir:—The melancholy and_ most painful duty devolves on us to announce to you that Zachary Taylor, late President ofthe 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 et ee M. CLarton, Sec’y of State. ‘W. M. MEREDITH, Sec’y of the Treasury. T. Ewrna, Sec’y of the Interior. Geo. W. CRawForD, Sec’y of War. Ws. BALLARD PRESTON, *y of the Navy. J. CoLLaMER, Postmaster General. Reverpy JouNsON, Attorney General. MR. FILLMORE’S REPLY. WasuINGTON, July 9, 1850. To the Laer John Ih. Clayton, Secrdary Gentlemen:—I have it received your note conveying the melancholy and painful intel- ligence of the decease of Taylor, late President of the United States. I have no lan- to express the emotions of my heart. The shock is 80 sudden and that I am overwhelmed with grief. I shall avail my- self of the earliest moment to communicate the sad int nee to and shall THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT of his inauguration was issued on the afternoon of the 15th of April, and was as follows: War DEPARTMENT, ‘Wasutncton, April 15, 3 p. mr Major General Diz, New York: Official notice of the death of the late President was given by the heads of ts this morning to Andrew Johnson, Vice President, upon whom the Constitution devolved the office | of President. Mr. Johnson. on receiving the notice, appeared before the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Chiet Justice of the United States. and took the oath of office as President of the United States, and assumed the duties and functions. At 12 o'clock the President met the heads of departments in the Cab- er] meeting at the oo building and among other business the following was tera: The ts tee for of the late President was referred to the several secre- taries as far as relates to their respective de- partments. Second. Wm. Hunter, a red acting Secretary of State, during g the eens The of MR. FILLMORE RESIGNS THE PRESIDENCY OF THE SENATE. ‘Wasminarox, Ji 1880. ‘To the Senate of the Untied Sass? 1 In consequence of the lamented death of tolled, and dizges pealed upon the various chimes. car and escort. dense masses remained uncovered as the procession passed towards the City Hall. The coffin was conveyed by eight soldiers to the Governor's room, and one thou- was on view all night and until noon next day. The procession was very large the second day, comprising seventy thousand ‘on foot, the streets being cleared of vehicles, The ranks of the procession were formed twenty deep; minute guns were fired during its passage and bells At 1 o'clock 25th Ay the corteze moved with the remains to the ludson river, and is repre- and sented as having been the most impressive ever witnessed. There were no vehicles in line, and it moved with an bolemnity to thre mournfal teusie of many bende to the depot, and when the end reached tie