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VOL. 9303. TO BtUig iwm of the fact that Tom are overrun wtta asdctreflian claiming superiority of product 4b vsrton pharmaceutical preparations, coupled aflaetlase WttA ine personal tmportualtlee tba their reprsseetsttves, who by sues axaaa largely trespass apes yonr rslaabls time, feelly belongs toaad watch yon ara aaxloa to ftv to, your patient, I Kara concluded to directly ttm your eitentkm, through, ta meciam of th ares, to an artlola whlca baa for tba laat thlrteea rears bam prescribed trj many prominent phrslctan fc rattou part of Oreat Britain awl ta Cnlted Statea wltt exceedingly happy raaolta. 1 Tola artlclaU known ai COLpE5'S XJXBI3'S IJi txriULcr beet axd tosic nrnaoRATOR. and Aat tae medical profession mar property snderstaadj as merit, appeal aa analysis, aa given by a dlrtta-l chemist ef London.

England, wnere taa prep-1 sraltoa originated; Tao toUowmg la a correct analysis of COLVEX'S ltEBIQ- LIQUID iXTRACT OFBSf AD TOSIC IVIOOEATOR, perfotl Ja Jaaoary. 1864. I oMaload too sample- Indiscriminately from tha ompar' warehouse. wtr Tnames-st, London. E.C I Sad tats preparation eentain: SOpeTaens.

eaocaaslae to "25 par cent. (laUoooa or nutrition matter ob- uuaed bps coadenaatloa of the beef 25 per ewft. fptrtt rendered Bon4uJurloai to tba moat delicate elomach by tae extraction pf tbe 5 per eeax. of aa aqnabna aetdtloa of arreral bertie asd roots, uooiir wlcb are moat dlaeerai-pie PrnUn asd Callaaya; btrti 80 "Iaae bad Ui prooe explained by which tbe beef IB preparation prei ltd aad reodered eoiable rtabraJy nployd.andI amaatlaaed tblaeom- feloatlon will prorea valuable adjunct to our phar-' Baropiala. jSlxned AP-TPTB EIIX HASSEIX.

F. B. a fretident of tbe Boyal Analytical AModatlon, London. Sn2X3CA. Loiroow.

W. Id January. ISC." Ana fubjolned wll) be fonnd the 'teeUmoalalt of re well-known member of tbe medic 41 protest! on A botb Europe and America In retard to) the clBeacr ef.CLDZXS LEEBIO-S XXTBACT OP BEEF ASb jdxiC rXTIGOEATOH. In their practice: Id a report of the celebrated physician. Zrasmat he ssys: Several cases of Incipient oon-Hmotioa have come, under my obeerratlon that have been cared by a tlraery nae of LIQUID it.

XEACT OF BEEF A5D TOXIC ZRASilCS TVILSOX, M. T. S. j. 19 Hrnurrra-t Cavkxaiaa-aCAAE, Loims, Jcne 1 18TS.

I regard.K as extremely- nsefal In cases of UMHty and peaerai dVTYsao, and aa aa article of food eoit- luataff loisie pnopirtu it is aljUv weral. i A. aCESOS, X. Professor Laral Calrerttty, Vaebec i Prof. James A Seieell, SL.

ir. Dean of the ledlcal Fscalty of the 'Laral- ralmerattywTlteat "I a foond It particularly useful In the ad ranee 1 cages of consumption, and In organic disease of the or. when the stomach has beea-rery By fftruuU swws It has been retained when ex-err. article was Rejected. Convenient, PAl- and easy of dl-estton.

E. Scott. K. Professor of Anatomy. KcGQl Attending Physician Montreal anJi President of the College or Physicians anil Sur-(sons.

Canada last, writes: I consider it a Terr ben-eflsikl preparation In debility, loei of appetite cr In raw requiring a mild sUmalani combined wkta a try areeble vmu, lit tiufinj ieaea cf cKCH'irtn Dr. BlffSins, If Cblcugo, tatas that It la "Tery valuable." Cr. 8- J. Belt of Baltimore. wrote: itprVesto pstleots Ion? enfeebled by loss of appetite and lndl-rwtloa the needed mtrrttlon and cerre What eminent SU Louis phTSlclans say: COLD EX'S tIEBIO's 'LIQCID EXTRACT OF BEEF TOSIC NVIiJORATOH is agreeable article or diet, and particularly useful when tonic are required, beln stained when other form of animal food are re- 1 iected.

In dlphterU. eta Atrial tvplioUL Jerrrt, and (very depressmzdUeaae Its use will be attended WKb, ad vantage. We beJev ft to be a moat valuable temedy. '( -J-CTARSf ALL. XjDu ft P.

COPP. X. 8. B. HOUTS, M.

XS, t. HOOE E. M. Drs. S.

A J. KIDELSB, THOMAS EE AliD. 1UX. J. 51.

SCOTT. M. DT i. B. PARSONS.

M. WM. JOHJfSTOS, m1 II. A. TACOaAS.

JL P. LAXGF0BJ3. Ia i 1L TL, another physician ot thi same elty. says he has used' it with. eesul eases or easttia' Irritability an! such acute lnfUm- kttury eond.tloos of the gastric mucous membrane." Dr.

tTw F. atewact. ot tha Marine Hospital. Baltimore. Ei.

says: "It id i most exceaent, Invlgora'wr of fees'vstem." -')''; ays WUmer Brlnton. X. Baltimore. MLi "As a aite in all cases of debility and rTntts. asuamla, nioroala.

Aix.lt cannot be Pr-C C. Clark.of Oswego. K. tJ. ay "that It Is by fer the beat prvparstl.n ifocxl or toaoe) I ever ased." Tn B.

S. E-wart, Maryland Uoepttal for the Insane. Baallaora, writes: "I pan recommend It a of tta most efacltnt preparations I ever met with." BALTtaoas. Jan. to.

ta debillfy. fehrlle, and aervous diseases 1 nave VonJ It oa or tao moat reliable of nutrient tonlea, -j J0BS J. CALDWELL, it EL. No. Tl CaarUe-et.

iVOe poyslclan at Mount Hope Betmat. near Baltt-era, wrUes: I have It aa admirable tonic end stimulant in a great variety of eases aeeom-Maiea with vital depression. taUl ma- eonTalesifence, sat of appetite, and Inability to digest. I conndeat-; reeonunead It to tae medical prof eesiou. W.

STOKXi K. D. fti WX. ALEE. MACOS.

GA WBJTX3: -jpln caee of psaemal itbiUty. iswaitaeas. Uprmim, UPleu, (Joss'o appeftta, cvi aereous Atfctiot. sen medtetae proved more than useless. I sere found it the beet remedy ecr ed.

In. eKronim totism tt also the tnlrst (or- more' at- inio dr. s. r. HtyTSK, balteioez, xxk I taks pleasure ta recommending It as a txcuent preparaiido.

FtOX CR. H. R. HPPSOS, ML TEXS. have oaad It to (set admirably aa a nutritive adaadliUa.r, OPWlo OF H.

S. ALTOS. ASS APOils. HJX A pioet eiceUent pnparatma. Superior to cod-rrer-oU er anything I have ever used In wasted or Dn- red constitutions." nik)5 OF DR.

W. A. at CTLBEBT. "an ezcellent I recall patient by. whom taken with satraiai and pan eaU after-.

waeKWss4btJsrvrotjasis-some SR. BEiiJAXIS. IEUL4, AUL, fJj aa excellent preparatloa, waoae eompo-raoa Is know a. aad eoe that physic la as eaa Utetll-tcatiy prescribe. I aa-re.

tonjid tt of great The foUowlmt. worthy of a peraaal by ktdiss trttxm sxotf A. R. Elliots, San, of BeUevtUe. Ontario, writes aader date of Juste to.

I hand yea testimonials trosn persona --g UESIO-S LlQCtD 3 EXTRACT OF BEEF. Tbe Xr. oyd. waaee certiorate 1 ead. ts TTnlted State CosmoI ere.

Hlawlf has (wen very week aad ailing tor a 3 time. BLaoe attng tae Extract she aaa quite Wed her -OCPORTAirr KOTTCE. there are many Beef Extract ta aoHd ores, bet Key only act aa autrttle waUe itals preparatloa wihliia many other Important qualities that make 9 at the aamettasea SMsrewfee, tuwu. eWlewf. s4 "ret).

Therefore, to avoid anistakes ta ordering presrxlbmg this artltla. note earefmllythe name ta CWds'i iraU-aVieasatmairaeiat A-. "oror. the fae simile of COLDEST setae 1 elnMeeaaa boMJ. fto snpneaUoa, la persoe, or by letter, A bom) win be eaevt, tree of aipaeaa to say yekaaaof regular steading laKew-Torkor Brook-nnd.

except express eaarrea, toaay yayatelsa ia Caned State V'; SOXp BT CBCOOSTS GEXERAlXT. 3fTOTTLE AT CX CRITTKSTOS, 0ersa Agent. A GREAT 5ATI0N IN GRIEF PRESIDENT GAtlFIELJ) SHOT BY THOUGH SERIOUSLY SVOUXDED HE BULL smyiYEi TEX WO ULD-LEMJJIiVEREJt LODGED ix rmsox. I I TH3 PBEaiDEST 0 TEE TITlb STATES AT-r TACKED AND1 TERRIBLY hwoCXDED BT I A FASATICAh OFFUrS-SEKEIB, OS THI 'i i i .1 XVM OF CIDEPZDESCE DAT THE SA- TioBT npnRrriEb I 45D THB WHOLE I 1 i WOKUJ SHOCEEp THE PRE3I- I AXITB JUP HI3 BC0TEST lpe. appalling intelliieaoW came from Washiiipbii ysterda- morninjg th4t Prew dent Gajrfield hiad bei aiassiiated.

and was dead. Later dispatciiea, how srer, caodiSed this startling rews-ly he imnouncenaept UiAt tia Trbiie dangerously woundtd, was istill aiid -tiatthere Ujj a ight hope of lis 1 ecov Briefjy told, story tthe tragedy is as follows: President iJafSeld tnd Secretary Blaine irove from tie Executive ilansion. about If o'clock ye4erdiy morning, to depot of the Ealtimlre 1 nd Potomac Rah-road, where the Presklen was to Johr other membets of his Cabinet and proceed- trip tc New-lork and S'ew- England. Xs he wai walking thVpu th the -passenger rooms, arm in1 arm itli Elaine, two j- 'It -J were fired uick succession from behind, and thePrekident sank to the floor, bleeding profusely from two wounds. The assassin was Jnstintly seized, i aijd proved to be jCharies Gu tgau, a haif-crazed, pettifogging law; -ef has been an tmsticcessful applicaitfsr oSce uadjer the Government, and'wh has led a pfecar rious esjiatencaxn several of the large cities of the cpuntry, 'Hi ,1 The wounded Preside it wjis conveyed jto the ofacfes pf the railroad on tie second floor of the 4epot Several physicians were sori ia attendance, and! after an hour had elapsed it was decide 1 to remove him 'to the Executive Mansion, -jrhere he was made as comfortable as possible.

His mind remained perfectly clear alj day, notwithstand ing, the desperate natre of his injuries, and when his wife, whJi had been 1 i '-i from1 Ling arrived at his bedside, he was able to converse with and encourage i her. I i 'Jhirini the afternoon the jphysicians ex pressed jlittle jot he President's recovery, but late in evening their bulletins' were; more -favorable, and there is still hope of a favorable result. THE: TRAGEDY' DC THE DEPOT. 1 CUTTEAU FIRE HIS CCEL SHOT9 FROM BSBQCD PRESIDE S3j-pTHE WOCSD- ED UAS'B BEKOVAL TO THE WHITE .1 -OOtrsE-rAKAZEUSKl AXO KDRBOR OF THE 3OPCLACE.j "Washcsgton, Jur 2. Tbe horrible report that I the President had been shot and killed at Jthe Baltimore nd Potomac Depot was spread over thet city about 9:20 o'clock this morning.

The report Was received at first by every one with a cry of unbelief, tut soon after the announcement bad been made the agitation Ion the'streets leading from the and the he of carriages and mounted messengers In very, direction filled the most hucredulou th alarm. People of all conditions rushed wildly in the direction of the White House, anil ik about one hour after the shooting the terrible fact became generally known throughout the city. The President, accompanied by Secretary Blaine, left the "While 'House a few minutes' after 9 o'clock in the' srarriage 'of the former, driven by the same faithful colored coachman' who has continuously had charge of the President's carriage since the inauguration of Presi-dent Grant. I Secretaries ZJncoln, Windom, and Hunt, and Postmaster-General James, ac-companiedbyi their wives, had the President to the depot, and had taken seats in the special car that was to take the party on their journey: to JJw-York and East. The President reached th Sixth-street entrance to the depot at! about 9.20.

I 1 1 "When tU carriage stopped the President said so Officer Kearney, Who stepped forward to I i open the 'jcarriaga door: "How much, time have we; officer Kearney 'replied 'About 10 miiautes, Bir." The President lini gered in the carriage for a few minutes as if to finish a conversation with Secretary Elaine, when1 he' alighted, and, foQbwed by the Secretary proceeded the Sadies' entrance, the two gentlemen passing leisurely through the ladiee, waiting-room ana in arm, the President beingon the left ot 2C. Blaine, They had proceeded only a Uw feet into the general passenger room, when two pistol-shots were fired in xapai, racvession. (rom the rear and to tha right of Secretary Elalnel The first shot pegged through, the flight coateleeve of the inilietinar no injury, but the second shot entered his body above' the third rib. "When the; President was struck he turned sharply to tha jrightibut before he could take it step or make Wther rnotion he sank hastily to the floor, the Uoott spurting, profusely from jaxsd wouna caused by a ball of the alas k3wn as csdibre iif Bectytafr Blaine turned I SMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSl CTTTLIZEP POseiBLS.1' I .1 I i i i lyETW-YORK, towatd tha assassin, but diawraring that ha was Um custody of aa ofSosr, his attentioa1 wasnmdiauly given to the prostraU.Prwi- dentj who was carried to a room, in thai second storw of tho depot buiini-, where are situatad tba opces of tha railroad Bedretariea Lincoln, "Wiadoin, and jiant, and Postmaster-General James, having- seen their I respective wives seated in the sspscoal car, repaired to the long platform, where they walifti up and down in front of the car. awaiting the President's, arrival.

Whije hxa engaged, CoL Jameson, of tha Postal ctaQway Bervt-e, ruihed np to the Postinaster-Geaerai and Ibformed him that the President aad been 1 statement which Mr. James and his cocnduiionslwould not believe until it bad been repealed with, intense earnestness by Cel. they hurried oat to the depot, and band tie President prostrate ana bleed- After remaining for about an hour in the depoiit was decided to remove the President to thi White- Hiuse! Accordingly, si Polfce ambslance was Isegt, for and the wounded man. I attended by Col Rockwell, was driven homti The events 'above related were not general known until some, time after they had Jccutred, Extept the orderly crowd that assembled In front of the TVhite House and Police Head -qnar rs, there was nothing to indicate that a natio ml trageiix- nadbeen enacted that would start 9 the whole civilized world. The people first became convinced that something had hap; ned avk of.

tEe usual course by the rapid driviig of a carriage through Pennsylvania- avenle, clearing the way for -the ambulance whici followed, carefully driven and attended by a L-uard of mounted Police, Frcm mouth to mi nth the intelligence Ern-ead, "Tbe Presi dent I is assassinated; was shot at -the depot vas he was( going into the cars." Tberl were no loud demonstrations. 90 disor- lerl vl language. The tLstociahment following startling announcement deepened, into un- iliei and the people seemed paralyzed with the oorf or of the mqnient' Still, the crowd bllo-f eu the ambulance that entered the broad carrilgsfwav leading to the Executive Man sion. I policemen already, guarded tbe gates and tept the crowd back, bat through the fencq and gateway the ambulance was seen to pause ttefore the open door of the White Houst, while th large, fine form of the Presi dent Ivap tenderly lifted from the vehicle, with the tallorf of death stamped on his coun- 1 tenadsei Glancing upward to the windows, he some familiar faces, and with a smil. saw hicl those wiolsaw' it Iwill never forget, he raises his ripht band and gave the military salute, which seemed to say "Long live the THE tWACSDED CAN AT THE WHITE xtOCSE A.

few moments afterward carriages began' to arrive, brmeinz the Presidential oartv from! te speci car i where they had. been seau-tl only a' ew moments before in an- ticiplcien of Sommer's pleasure tour, ilrs. Bunt, Urs. James, om were joined by Urs. Soonl "afterward rnd I Sirs.

"Wii Blaiiij and ilrs. TT. T. Sherman. Cthef friends of Mrs.

Garfield quickly ar rived but were denied admittance, and soon thu pLnderous gates which, lead to the Executive llansion were cloWed, and armed military sentifcols silently took their places about the housl and These troops were or dered (from the garrison at the- arsenal i i in to relieve the regular Police, whose- servi were needed in ftp city where tne crow Isl were rapidly increasing in angry ex- 1 1 citen ent There was enly one company ef Sold irs, but. the glance of their bayonets fiash- I mg the sunlight as they walked with measured tread the several paths to which the 1 were assigned, recalled the last hours of I 'resiled Lincoln, when the same astonish ment and horror were reflected on the faces of the ct-owds that surged about the Executive Alanioh. President was carefully.liftcd from the ambslance and carried to sleeping-chamber in the soath-east corner of tne bailding, sad Was pojon surroended by the most eminent physicians in TTashington. Owing to the nerv- ous fc rostra tion which followed the shock, the gurgfonsdid not deem it advisable to probe for the ball while the President was at the depot Upon reaching the White House, this nervLas prostradori seemed to pass away and tne President assumed his usual coin osed manner, greeting members of tbe Cabi let and other intimate friends who called with a warm pressure of the hand add with chee: ful words. Before leaving the depot the President manifested some anxiety about the effect at the intelligence of his wound upon ilrs.

I Garfield, slid, turning to CoL Rockwell. dictJte4 to him the following dispatch to be sent to Mrs. Garfield at Long Branch Jrs. Garfield, Elberot A ITble President wishes me to av to von from him I that he bar-been seriously hurt how seriously he cannot yet say. fie ia himself and nopek yen wul come ta him soon.

He sends his If ve you. A. F. Rockwell. Thb cheerful nianaer of the President i throjighout the morning and the early hours' of tie afternoon, excited the strongest hopes on tie part of his surgeons and friends that the ttall had not touched any vital part, and that rwhen the wounded man had gained suf fide: strength and composure an effort might be iadetojflnd the ball.

Directions were give i that the President should see as few pen ina so poasuble, and that he should be kept front conversation or mailing any particular effort whatever. After consultation, it. was determined by tbe surgeooa that at 5 o'clock. if tia condition of the President would per they would prone for the, taO. When this Lour arrived it was found that the Preei- denU was suafe ia eoBdittoa tolundano the SUNDAY, JULY 3, ilSS 1, TRIPLE SHEET operation, and from this time he began to show symptoms that were regarded as very na- favorable internal hemorrhage having been distinctly recognized.

From this time onward the bulletins issued by th-physicians tumished Uttle hope that the president would recover, and ia conversations the members of the Cabinet and others expressed the greatest anxiety for the result 1 -J During the afteraooi, although suffering intensely from his wound, the President iev-eral times gave exhibition of. his well-known good-nature and genial disposition. At one time, while Secretary Elaine was sitting at his bedside, the President, turning his head, said: Blaine, what 'motive7 do you think that man could have had trying to assassinate me V' To which Mr. Blaine replied: "I do tot know President He says he had no motive. He must be Insane." To this the President smilingly answered: I suppc he thought it would be a glorious thing to emulate the oirate At another time, when one of his5 sons was sobbing at his bedside the President said Don't be alarmed, Jimmy, the upper story is.

all right; it is only the hull that a little damV aged." 'When CoL Rockwell announced to him that Mrs. Garfield had started on a special train from Long Branch he said, with evident feeling: VSod bless the little -woman:" I hope shock won't breax her down." OF THE Immediately npon hearing! the pistol-shot. Officer Kearney, who remained at his post of duty near the Street entrance after the President entered the building, ran into the large reception-room, and was in time to see the assassin running toward the east door, which opens on Sixth-stree. jBef ore reaching this door the assassin turned back to lr nis way out of the north doorj where he was met and arrested by Officer Kearney. The-officer met the prisoner on the steps and said to him: I must' arrest you." AH right," said the the assassin.

I did it and will go jail forit lama Stalwart, and; Arthur will be President" OQcerKearney took his prisoner into ther large waitihg-rooinj where he was joined byv one of the railroad officers and escorted to Police Head-quarters. On the way" he gave Kearney a card on which was written Charles Guiteau; of that ing the prisoner's name. Guiteau is described on the books at Police Head-charters as follows: "Charles Guiteau, arrested at July 2, 18S1, for shootmg President Garfield aed S6 white; born in the United States and a lawyer 'jby profession; weight, ISO pounds; has darfc- thin whiskers and sallow complexion vjdressed dark suit with black slouch hat." Mrs. Sarah V. E.

White, tho' lady in charge ot the waiting-room at1 the depot, was the person who first reached the President after he was shot -She thus describes the shooting, and arrest of "I saw the whole thing. The man came in from the door, entering the ladies' room from the main waiting-room, just as tha President entered the middle door from B-streeti When he had approached within five feet of the President he aiming, I thought at the. President's heart, and missed him. The President did not seem to notice hhnj but walked right on past the mam He fired again and the President fell He fell right at the turn of the second row of seats. I was the first to reach, him, and1 lifted up his head.

The janitor rustled in and called the Police. I held him un-til some men came and lifted him up. He did not speak to me or to any ode until a 'V young man, who, I think; was hir 'son, cam. After ha. had vomited I 'think he said something to him.

When he wa3 lifted upon the mattress he spoke or groaned. The man who shot him said nothing; no words at all 'passed between The man walked deliberately out of the centre door, where somebody headed him. off. He turned and started baek the way he cane and was seized at the door by the Police. I have seen the man once or twice before.

Onetime in particular 1 noticed him, a few days ago. He promenaded up and down, just aa he did to-day, wiping his face and apparently I thoazfit he was waiting for some friends. This morning he waited here half an hour walking up and down. There were few people in the room when the (hot was fired. All the passengers had gone out.

I think there was a gentleman standing near the door." The foUowmsr letter was taken from the prisoner's pocket at Police; Head-quarters, showing conclusively his intention to kill the i I i JCLT 2, IS3L To the White Haute (. i The President's tragic death was a sad necessity, but it' will unite the Republican Party and save the Republic, Life is a flimsy dream, and it matters little when one goes. A human lite is of wn ralae. During the war thousands of brave boys went down without' a tear. I presume -the President was a Christian and that he: will be happier ia Paradise-, than here.

It will- be no worse for Mrs. Garfieid, dear soul, to part with her husband this way than by natural death. He is liable to go- at any time any way. I had no Ul-wOl toward the President His death was a political necessity. I am a lawyer, a theologian, and a politician.

.1 am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts, i I was with Gen. Grant and the rest of our men in Sew-York durmr the canvass. I have some papers for the press, which I shall leave; witb. Byron Andrews and his co-journalists at Ko. 2ew-Yorkr-a venue, where the reporters can see them.

-1 am going to the jail i -i Mr. Andrews, to whom allusion ia made in tha. foregoing letter, is the Washington corrs-spondent s't the Chicago. Intm-Oc. Upon learning of the shooting and the ailoaioa made to him ia the prisoner's paPerV Andrews repaired to Head-quarters and made a sworn statement to the effect thai be new heard of nor met Gniteao xatl hesaw hua ender' arrest to-day.

The prisoner's Itas. ment addressed to itr. Andre ws, was retained bv tha Poiioe esibn'H'n' mm4 a Wfc i Cg, I I age of manuscript written ta a heavy, coarse hand, apparently covering .85 or 30 paces of letter paper. Among tbe papers was the foil lowing letter to Gen. Sherman Gen.

Sherman: I nave lust Shot the Prasides I ahnt him everal times as I wished' im to go as easily as posaiUe. His death was a political neces sity. I am a lawyer, a theologian, and politic cian. I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts, I was with Gen. Grant and the rest of men in, New-York during the canvass.

I am going to jaO. Please ordar out your troops and take possession of the jail at once. 1 ery respectfuUV, Charles GrmAtr. The following address was upon the letterj "Please deliver at once to Gen. Sherman or his first assistant in charge of the! War De partment." The Police authorftjec to goake pub- lie the statements pre Guiteao.

Dis trict Attorney CbrkhDL hes them in his possession, produced them the White House this afternoon, where they, were read to mem bers of the Cabinet In, addition1 to those above referred to there is a letter addressed to Vice-President Arthur, Jin which Guiteau informs him of the assassination of President and that he (Arthur) was by this act made President of the United State. Guiteau then proceeds to advise ths( Vice-President as to the selection of his Cabinet, and recommends Ur.Coulsburg for Secretary of State; Levi P. Morton for Secretary of the Treasury; Emory A. Storrs. of Chicago, for Attorney-General, and John A.

Xogan for Secretary ot War. He farther says in this letter that Postmaster-General James is doing so well in the Post Office Department that he might be retained that the Departments of the Navy and Interior are not. much account, and- it does not make much difference whether any change is made in them or not I MBS. -GARFIELD ASD THE CABINET OFFICERS. Secretary Lincoln, who, with his wifeand little girl, remained in constant attendance at the White House from the time the President arrived, seemed" to feel the blow more deeply, perhaps, than any one except Mr.

Blaine. The memories of that terrible night, 10 years ago, when his father Was- assassinated, were evidently uppermost in his mind and he referred to that sad event several times. "My God," he exclaimed this afternoon when the news was brought out from the doctors thajt the case was well-nigh hopeless, How mapy hours of sorrow have passed in this town." Postmaster-General' James here interposed and said to Mr. Lincoln Do you remember ji how often Gen. Garfield has.

referred to your father during the past few days es," replied Mr. Lincoln, it was only night before last that I entered Into a detailed recital of the events on that awful: night" i Secretary Kirkwood said very little during the day except to refer to the remarkably good spirits of President yesterday. "I never saw him so light-hearted as yesterday afternoon. We had" a long Cabinet session, and the President was! the life of the meeting. He interspersed the proceedings with anecdotes and He especially referred to the convalescence of Mrs.

Garfield' and the anticipated pleasures of his visit to his old Alma Mater, tne meeting with his old school-mates, and his trip to New-England." About o'clock this afternoon his son, James, could not contain his pent-up grief any longer, and broke out into sobs. His fatiAr sadly said: Jimmy, my son, hope for the best" The President talked considerably during the day. According to Dr. Bliss he was at times and the vein of his conversation wta a light character and calculated to cheer up Lis friends and attendanta! A -short time after he was put to bed a messenger was dispatched to a neighboring establishment for one bottle of brandy. The man brought two, and the President, perceiving it joked with Dr.

Ziiss about a double allowance. The President informed Dr. Bliss that he desired to be kept accurately Informed about his condition, Conceal nothing from me, Doctors," said "for remember that I am not afraid to die" Toward 4 o'clock, when the evidence of Internal hemorrhage became end all the indications pointed to his dissolution, the President asked Dr Bliss what the prospects were, He said. Are they bad, Doctor Don't be afraid; teQ me frankly. I am ready for the worst" "ilr.

President" replied "Dr. Bliss, "your condition is extremely critical. I do not rAtnir you can live many hours. God's will be aone. Doctor Pm ready to go if my time has firmly responded the wounded man.

i Of all the Cabinet Secretary Blaine was, to all outward appeeumaoes, the moss diitrsssed. He was very pale, and evidently was a strong! effort to keep np his strength. When Mrs. Garfield alighted from her carriage, weeping, and followed by her daughter. Mr.

Blaine broke completely down aad wept for several minutes. Mrs. Garfield was escorted by her son James up the stairs, the boy, a lad of 15; holding her tightly by tha waist and constantly! whispering words of comfort in her ear. Upon entering the apartment over whkh the shadow of death was beginning to hover, all present silently retired, and the dyina President and his wife were Wft alone. This was at precisely 6:50.

1 JZbey remained together for 15 i-m At the end of that time Use Doctors were again admitted to the room. The found the President perfectly cocscious, fbut mncn weaker, his pulse being 144 "Tlsera ft bo hope for him," said Dr. Bliss Ihe wiUnot crobublr live three hours, aad smut die hk halt If declined r. pare try '9 an The bullet baa pierced th liver, aad V. CoC Corbis, who came ap wititthe ftesi-dent a few raosWls'after he was shot, said he regarded his wound as saortal from the moment he saw him lying oa the Boor of th depot I had seen too many men die on the battle-field not tip know death's mark.

In my opinion, he was virtually a dead mam from the moment he was shot Telegrams from all parte of the 'country and Europe kept pouring, ta as the' White House ad th afternoon. Great surprise was expressed that neither Getu Grant, Conkling, Arthur, nor any of th lssdfng Stalwarts f-d sent dispatches of sympathy up to a late hoar in the afternoon. Many prcniinestDemocrata, among them Senators Beck, Pugh, and Jones, of Florida, and Representatives Randolph, Tucker, ef Virginia, spent aevsral hours at the Whit House and were deeply concerned in th bulletins from the physicians. Senator Pugh said he regarded the death of th President as a great calamity aad one that might tend to check the present posperity of the country and of his section. The room to which Garfield was taken is on the south-eastern eorner of the The one' -occupied by him when Mrs.

Garfield Is in the city adjoins this apartment Besides the half-dosest attending physicians and three er four -ndntv. there was average of, five or six other persons far the room during the-entire day. Thai library, the Cabinet room, aad the private, secretaries' rooms were filled with officers during the afternoon and evening. The correspondents of the press were given every facility to observe the progress of event by Private Secretary Brown, -and were also given access to the doors of the sick room. OCITEAU'S STORT AJTD HABITS.

The excitement and indignation Imam ao- great among the crowds that were rapidly assembling in all parts of the city that the authorities grew apprehensive for th aaftyf th prisoner, and in order that any attempt at lynching might be frustrated it was determined to remove him to the District Jail, and Gen. Sherman was applied to for the assistance of the military in ease of an emergency. Gen. Sherman, after consulting Secretary ordered out three companies of United States artfflery from the arsenal, one company being mounted as cavalry -and two serving, as infantry; One mounted aad one foot company were stationed about th White-House and grounds, and one was stationed at (the jail. The District Militia were also ordered to hold i themselves in readiness, and remained I under arms at.

their armories all day. Guiteaa was taken to jail in a carriage by Lieuts. Austin, and Eckloff and Detective McElfresh, of theUHs-trict Police. The last named officer retail to the following conversation with the priacsuer while being conducted to jail: I askAl him. Where are yoa from "I am a native-born American.

Born in Chicago, and am a law-yerind a theologian." 'Whydidyoudothisr' "I did it to save the Republican Party. 3 What are your politics I am a Stalwart among the Stalwarts. With Garfield oat cf the way, we can carry all the Korthern States, aad with aim in the way we cant carry a single one." Upon; learning that McElfresh was a detective, Guiteau said: "You stick to me aad have roe put in the third story, front, at tho jail. Gen. Sherman is coming down to tax charga.

i Arthur and all those mem are my friends, and I'll have yon made Chief of Police. When you go back to th depot you win find that I left two bundles of papers at th news-stand which will explain all." "Is there anybody else with yon in ahe matterr. Kot a living souk I have contemplated the thin; for the last six weeks, and would have shot him when he went away with Mrs. Garfield but I looked at her, aad she looked so bad that I changed my mind." On reaching th jail th officers of th institution did mot seem to know anything about the sssfisnnaBon. and when taken inside Mri Ross, th Deputy Warden, said: "This man has been her befors." Th dttective then asked Guiteaa, "Have you ever been her before 1" He replied, Well, th Deputy Warden seem to Identify you." Yes, 2 was down here last Saturday morning and wanted them to let me look through, and they told that I eoukln't, but to com Monday," "What was your obiact ta looking throuzhY 1 wanted to see what tort of oarters I would have to occupy." Contisning, th detective "I then 'swarehei him, and when IpuQad off his shoes he said, 'Give me my shoes; I will eatoh cold on this stone pavement' I told him he-eouldn't have them, and then he said, Giv me a pair ef farm pa, then." The pistol used by th prisoner is a bulldog, 44 calibre, five-shooter, and thrar three loads remaining in it Guiteaa did Lot throw it away, but had it in his hands when arrested.

Guiteaa has been noticed lounging about the White Hoaas and Stat Uepartaaent akos th 4th of March wa hsrmloss lanati by the officers, and was. frequently r-rassd admlsiioav. When denied avdraisaioa to th Executive Msnsioa be woald linger about the groundal and wnea told at th State i PRICE FIVE CElxTS. TTTr VFWC TV TTTTQ PTTV AAAAJ ilAlllUf All VI A A THR0SG3 0F EXCITED PEOPLE TUEIJO. PLACES, THE STORT Of SHOOTTXa HXCETVEI WITH HORROR AJTD BADfEsS SCEEI OK THE sTREETa AS 15 HOTEL CORRJ DOBS HOW THE ATTCCLAJU OF TSJ AFT AXR WERE GITE3 TO THE rXBUC JSTot since the jfloomy 15lh of AprilSSS, when the new of the death of th martvret President, Abraham was received, has this City been th scene of so much excite-' meat mingled with heartfelt mourning, as yesterday.

At 1 o'clock im th morning, just when the active business of the day was bs-ginming, and when th down-town streets were filled with merchant and basin mem, the first dispatch announcing that President Garfield had been shot in the depot at Washington was received, It was a somewhat iadefiaita message, but- gave the-impression -that ta rresident had been killed, la an Incredibly short time the terrtrvle news had spread. -throughout the bn tinea part of th comma- mity down town, and alarm and consternation were stamped on vary face. Th story seemed so preposterous at first that tho who aeara it refused to believe It and set 11 down as a canard. President Garfield's life) -bad. been of such a character that it almost impossible" for to have mad any personal enemiesj and the notion that he had been murdered aa a political measure oouk) not be entertalaed for a moment Beoree ot men harried to the Western Union T4egraob office, hoping that tbe news would be found false.

They wer met ther by a sad confirmation of the dispatch, although they learned that the President was not dead, 'and taa! hopes of his lecuseiy wereeatertained. by Sor-geoa -General Bliss and th other physicians in attendance npon him. These hopes weresom- about their bosiness aa usual, but face' wen clouded with fesf and there wer no smile to be seen amour th thousands of persons whs? soiuugeu sue kjwbt pars Aroaawsiy. Meanttma. tha sews had sin A with re markable rapidityx throughout the length and breadth df the City.

The telegraph from these conaaaoa centre of infdrmatioa radiated to tbe smallest side streets in th crowded tenement-house districts. Before noon uer was i scarcely a man, woman, or child on Manhattan Island who did not know -that the chief magistrate ot the Nation had a a- men woe mmx frwmy juiiea. urop S.issil mh tltA I in Tl saes.4 itf in i 1 V. A van sii i a yu tsra siuvw mas sssaavs s.iis, aiiiass. iuj at-re rible nws excitedly.

In th hotel and th -dubs, in the parks and in tbe wnere-ver thre was room and opportunity for men to gather tog-ether, they assembled in crowd and talked over the tragedy- which had been eaacted at the capital of the Nation. But little) of IE Retails of the terrible crime were known at this time, and; speculation had full swing, not only ia debating npon the pro bsble result some plausible motive for the act of th assas- sin. If Presidexit Garfield should die. Vice-President Arthur would become the Executive of the Nation and the effect of hi accession' to the power and patronage of the Executive office was the subject ot grav discussion among th businessmen of th Merchants wer alarmed at the "possibilities involved in the death of President Garfield. On th whole, however, great confidence was displayed n4hj innate strength ot our populss institution.

"It seems," said, one prominent! that we are aoopnngue system oz tne Russian iinuists in America, but it wont work here. If Presi dent Garfield dies we shall got en the same as before, only we shall mourn the loss of a pur and e-rutti' natrint at th hoarf nt thm fit. sentiment,) after the first shock wa ps ed. was echoed on all aides, and men went about their business with sad faces, but still hopefol that the worst to he feared might not bsirealtzed. j.

--At 1 o'clock the nsws of the assault upon luv rw4umi csuoa augouy more nmn with fthe absolute knowledge that President Garfiald was still livinz. and that Dr. Bliss gars great hopes of his recovery, men breathed more freely, but still thr was a sad and sub-cfued look upon th faces of all a they passed in th street orinet in the public places. The neerspapers were receiving dispatches every few minutes, and as fast as they came from Was'hington they were posted on the buQetih bcanlsJ so as to give the'rirliest rxtesiol iafor- matiosrof any chamre in the President's ditaon" bo the anxious "people. Park -row be came-, th centre of attraction, and tbe sidewalks streets in front of the different newspaper offices were soon erowdl with nen who stood in th broiling sun and forgot th heat in their eagvmese to bear tne Istest news froan WeMbiagtoii.

The Ibrosura beeauae so gresU between 11 and 13 o'clock that six policemen were sta Stored at each offir to keep th passageway clear for pedestrians. The men were very quiet aad orderly, and talked im low tones of th and it probable and possible was too deep ta display itself in the ordinary noisy way, and to sarin sen ot th peopl too genuin and heartfelt to axpenditself jn load talk. There were men of all shade of political opinion in tbe crowds hm ii mLrM. srvunu Mia uuwuas! uas mey sUl had one sentiment i in common upon the great crime which had been committed, arid! th invective heaped npon th murderer war bitter and terrible. Broadway at its junction with Park-row; was.

filled with a crowd so dens that a dozen policemen were required to furnish a passage for vehicle, and there was momentary danger 'ef somebody beuu run mmw uni rwn i.i-..L. II 1 1 1 unwBj o. crowaea witn men anxuns to hear th latest nws from th rresident 1. At neon extra appeared, and the newsboy, and girls pushed their way btoith thrcegs around th bulletin board, and Sew up town aa fast, as ta ele-rated trains could carry them. Th demand for th papers was greater than tbe supply, and ta boys sold out their stock as fast as they eoold peddle the papers ot Very little was mads, aa peopl wer too anxkator9ad th news to bother th boys for th' changi of a nickel or a dim, Th paper wr soon ia everybody's hand, aad th whole City eras reading th meagre details of.

the tragedr: which had been telegraphed np to noon. Nearly every ps win in tia mors cars had a paper, and men edged their way through the crowd ia ta street reading th few Loee which had corns from Washington. Th information given is these early dispatches was very brief, but tt wa of a raessnMiia nature. Th President had been removed to th Whit Hoase. was cossscioua, and the doctors thought that n-ught surviv, while Guiteaa.

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