LANCASTEKDAILt INTELLIGENCE ft SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1881 us. v. . a ah i-iuriUgmrn:. SUNDAY MORNING, JUiT 3.1M1. What It Signifies. The assassin of the president may be of unsound mind, and probably is te a certain degree, but there is such method in lu's madness as te create the impres sion that he may be quite sufficiently ac countable for his actions te achieve and merit the hangman's noose. He himself proclaims the moving cause of his act in declaring that he is a stalwart of the stalwarts, and that the president's death was a political necessity, te unite the Republican party and save the republic. The president and vice president are en different sides in the quarrel in the Re publican party, and it was quite obvious that all that was needed te transfer the sceptre from the " half breeds ' te the " stalwarts "following the remarkable nemeclature of the factions in New Yerk was Garfield's death and Ar thur's inauguration. The assassin was impressed with the power which he held in his hands te change the political sit uation and te establish the cause of his friends, and he proceeded te exercise it under the same reasoning that has ever inspired the assassins of potentates. Brutus stabbed C:csar, Beeth slew Lin coln, the Russian Nihilists killed the Czar, and all believed, or affected te be lieve, that they were executing a patri otic duty. Garfield's assassination is Ieculiar in that it is caused by a feud in his own political party, its instrument, and these with whom he sympathizes, having been until within a few weeks Garfield's partisans, and still claiming te be of the .same party. The crime shows the intensity of the Republican divisions, the antagonism of the adher ents of each being far greater than that between Democrats and Republicans. Ne Democrat, sane or insane, has sought te slay the president,though every Demo crat believes him te have been corruptly elected. This wrong they patiently en dure ; while the victors, quarreling ever the spoils of their triumph, are found resorting net only te bribery te get the better of each ether, but even conspiring te drag down a man whom they have honored with a seat in the United .States Senate by bribing a strumpet te disgrace him; and new finally raising the assassin's pistol against their chosen president and chief. By which we de netmean te say that the ;issassin's deed was prompted by or even known te the Stalwarts whose cause he sought te aid. There is no reason new te believe that the act was ether than an individual impulse. But the Stalwarts get the benefit of it, if it is successful in establishing Arthur in the presidency ; and there is quite as much reason for holding them responsible for the deed as there ever was for putting upon the Democratic party or the people of the Seuth the odium of Wilkes Beeth's maniacal feat. The death of Lincoln was successfully seized upon by the Re publican party te cieate a feeling of re sentment iu the country against the Seuth and the Democracy as its abettors and sympathizers, and Lite Stalwarts have no reason te complain te-day if the same measure of justice which they poured out for their political fees when Lincoln died, shall be presented te them if Garfield perishes. These chickens wiil come home te roost. Innocent as we have no doubt .they are of any instigation of this great crime, yet the stigma of the offense will attach te them if they meet no mere merciful judges than they showed themselves te be when it wasn't their ex that was be ing gored. The political results of this assassina tion will be very important, whether Garfield lives or dies. If he lives his faction will be greatly strengthened by the sympathy created for him threugq the brutal assault, as well as by the sus picion of complicity in the crime under which the Stalwarts will necessarily fall; their opponents will fan this breath against them furiously, knowing hew injurious it will be ; se that Gar field's recovery will be very likely te seal the fate of the Slalwats. But if he dies then the hour of their triumph lias come. Arthur will become president without demur, iu case his complicity in the murder of his predecessor is net made apparent, as we have no belief it can be, as miserable a creature as we consider him te be. He comes up from the slums of New Yerk te possess the chief place of power. He is a pet house politician by education and utterly un scrupulous and corrupt by nature. He is bold as such generally are and he will siezeand use the last vestige of the power in his hands. With 'all the resources of the executive in the hands of such a chic of their tribe, clearly the Stalwarts will wax strong and "prosper ; and the peer half-breeds will go at once en starvation allowance. The presidency of Arthur would change as by magic the whole po litical situation, and turn the Republi can party up side down. The country will have no reason te congratulate it self upon the change from the mucky Garfield te the noisome Arthur. But the Democratic party must profit from the utter disgust which the country will imbibe for Republican men and methods. Wk sorrow with all geed citizens and sympathize with these te whom this tragedy comes with special terror be cause, personally, Mr. Garfield and his family are our fellow citizens, any calam ity te whom should be a cause of mourn ing te all people ; because he is officially chosen te and is in the exercise of the high position of chief magistrate of the nation, an office which commands our respect, and any attack upon the dignity and sanctity of which should be averted if possible or resented and punished by all geed citizeas ; because assassination, as a means of vindicating wrongs, polit ical or personal, real or imagined, is a wicked and devilish resort,te lw depreca ted te the last degree by all the agencies et civilization, ana nappny carrying as its sequence the reaction of disaster te these who invoke it; and because, tee,th:s second attempt, in se short a time, te murder the president of the republic will be seized upon by the enemies of free government everywhere as an evidence of the unfitness of our people for our constitutional system. -We iiid Democrats generally congrat ulating each ether that there is nothing iu the circumstances of Garfield's assas sination te warrant any red mouthed, narrow-headed political bigot in raising the cry that it was done by a "rebel," "copperhead" or " Democrat " incited by " Demo cratic teachings. 'r Even if the mur dererhe must be judged by his inten tions, net the consequences had net al ready avowed himself a stalwart and his glee at the prospect of Arthur being president, it is plain that no political profit could come te Democrats from Mr. Garfield's taking off. While it might suit one faction of his party bet ter te have Arthur president, and while the bitterness of that faction te him has lieen much mere intense than any Democratic expressions, no. Re publican in the executive chair would likely widen the fatal dissensions in his party mere than Garfield. At the same time the assassin's coupling of Arthur's profit with his apology for crime will be even mere damaging te Stalwartism than Mr. Piatt's capering in the De avau bed-chamber. It is a notable fact that of the four men succeeding te the presidency in this government by the death of the chief executive each one has differed from his deceased chief in his policy, theugll elected by the same party. Tyler anger ed the Harrison party before he was warm in his seat ; Fillmore did net meet the hopes of Tayler's friends; Jehnsen, if he meant te carry out the Lincoln policy, at least convinced few of the. Re publicans of it, and new the vice presi dent who may step up is notoriously one who has been antagonistic te the policy of the administration. Mil. Lincoln was slain in day3 when excitement ran high and war experience had made men unmindful of deeds of bleed, when the sky was clouded and gusty but yesterday's dread deed was a belt from a clear sky. MINOH TOPICS. A Hull, Eng., steamship line has con tracted te bring 80,000 Lutheran emigrants from Norway and Sweden te this country, mostly te settle in Minnesota. Of ene blsed made he all nations. At Yale this year the valedictory, highest honor for scholarship, went te a Jew ; a Hellander was next te him and the decla mation prize was wen by a Chinaman. Alpiien'SE Caku somewhat savagely says: "A woman who writes commits two Miis she increases the number of books and decreases the number of women." Cel. McClure's address at Bethlehem manifestly has had no popular influence. In congregating around the bulletin beards t )-day te hear news of the presidential sheeting, nobody " takes the sunny side" but all hunt the shady newspaper beards. Wiiilu the presbytery at Emlcnten, this stale, by a vote of twenty-two te one, was expelling from the church a Mr. Donald Donald eon, for only trying te dance, the wife of Dr. MeCesh, of Princeton, the intellectual and theological head centre of Prcsby tcriaiusin iu this country, was acting as one of the patronesses of the University ball. Tin: worthlessness of Garfield's civil scivicc views is seeu iu the removal of Mr. Smith, collector of the pert of Ban Ban eor, Maine, and the appointment of cx cx cx Govcrner Davis in his place. Mr. Smith's administration of the office has been emi nently satisfactory te the business men of Banger, who were, without exception, op posed te his removal. But Blaine's "bub," Senater Eugoue Hale, demanded it, in or der that he might complete the bargain he made with ox-Governer Davis during the senatorial contest iu that slate, by which Davis, who was a candidate, withdrew and gave his influence te Hale. The 1,009. students of Harvard college are religiously divided as fellows : Agnos tics, 27 ; Atheists, 12 ; Baptists, 43 ; Camp bell', 1 ; Christians, 2 ; Chinese, 1; Dutch Reformers, 2; Episcopalians, 288; Hebrews, 10 ; Lutherans, 2 ; Methodists, 10 ; Nen- sectariaus, 97 : Congregationalists, 170: Presbyterians, 30; Quakers, 2; Reman Catholics, 31; Spiritualist, 1 ; Swedenber Universalists, gians, 20 ; Unitarians, 223 18 ; Unascertained, 2. These dreadful scientists will be the death of us all. Their figures outrun the comprehension of man or the track of comets. In the case of the lunatic new trying te starve himself in Chicago they have found that the number of corpus cles is increasing. Where four days age they numbered 2,100,000 te the cubic mil limetre, new they number 3,600,000. The experts have no theory te account for this phenomenon. The corpuscles in the lister's bleed had previously decreased from ever 0,000,000, and 5,100,000, is the average number for healthy bleed. It has beceme almost a fashion in Eng land for clergymen te read new and then from their pulpits a sermon by seme pop ular preacher. In such cases, however, it is considered a point of honor te give the authe's name. A Presbyterian clergy man at Leith for eleven Sundays preached the sermons of ethers without complying with this requirement. By way of pun ishment he has been suspended for three mouths by the authorities. He is net sus pended from his salary, and the congrega tion besides paying him, are obliged te hi re a substitute ; se that they are prob ably sorry by this time that their pastor was found out. In response te inquiries from seme of the clergy of his diocese as te the use of the revised New Testatment, Bishop Ste veus, of Philadelphia, states that as the general convention of the church in 1823 adopted the King James version of tha Bible as published by Eyre and Straher as the standard edition and incorporated their action into what is new Canen 18, Title 1, of the Digest, no clergyman is at liberty te use any ether version in his public min istrations. The church having taken care ful and deliberate action, and that action having been the law of the church for ever fifty years, no clergyman will lightly violate the canon te which he has prom prem ised ededience. THE NATIONAL TRAGEDY. THE SHOOTING OF GABFIELD. HIS PREOABIOTJS CONDITION. THE ASSASSIN AND HIS DEED. "A STALWART OF STALWARTS." I.OOK1NU TO AUTHOR'S NICCKSSIOX. Mrs. Garfield Hurries te Washington. THE PRESIDENT CONSCIOUS CHEERFUL. AND HOUKI.V HCLLKTINS OF II IS PKOS TKATK CONDITION. Hopeful Signs of Improvement. The thrilling news of the sheeting of President Garfield was received in this city with the most painful solicitude, and until nearly midnight anxious inquirys by throngs of pcople were made at the news paper offices for the bulletins from the White Heuse of the president's condition. Te meet the wide spread popular anxiety felt concerning him, the Intelligencer prepared te issue a special Sunday morning edition, which it places before the gcueral public and and distributes among its subscribers by carriers, as far as it is practicable te reach them this morning, seme six hours in ad vance of the receipt of the New Yerk aud Philadelphia newspapers in Lancaster. This enterprise is rendered all the mere necessary because, in accordance with the custom of observing "the Fourth" by the local newspapers, there would other wise have been no issue of them until Tuesday evening. Te furnish our readers with the fullest news the associated press advices were re ceived, aud direct communication epened with special correspondents in Washington aud Philadelphia, with the rest facilities for getting information. The result of the employment of all these agencies will be found below ; together with various new matters of local occurrence, and a specially prepared aud oxhaustive sketch of the president's life. The Washington Tragedy. The latest particulars threw no further light en the causes impelling the assassin te his bold and bloody crime. He re mains under confinement, and the search after his antecedents confirms the reports of his deliberate preparations for the con summation of his murderous purpose. He is an erratic Ulineisan, who, if he is crazy, has been made se by his disap pointment iu his search for office and his frenzy ever the fact that a " Stalwart of Stalwarts" would have se much better chance for place and plunder under Ar thur than under Garfield. Mr. Gai field steadily manifested worse symptoms from 4 p. m. until 9 p. m., aud tha bulletins reported him sinking rapidly, there being evidences of internal hemor rhage and every reason te fear the worst. Great fears were entertained that he would die befere his wife could arrive and every power of steam locomotion was strained te get her te his bedside. the severe tension en her nervous system be big aggravated by the fact that for weeks he has beeu nursing her back from the gates of death and that she was rejoicing iu the expectation of meeting him te-day te go en a summer trip of health and joy ful recreation for both of them. Happily she arrived te find him conscious and very seen te hear this physicians express greater hopes for him. At about 9 o'clock he seems te have rallied and steadily until after midnight he maintained him self in a condition which justified his physicians in issuing hourly bulletins, of which each succeeding one gained in the confidence of its tone. At 1 a. m. this tendency te improve ment had -net been checked. The president's vigorous bodily health, buoyant spirits and temperate .habits of life, had altogether served him well and probably saved the nation its chief magistrate and from the calamity of an unfit successor. Suffering Alucb and Bad Symptoms. Special te the Intelligencer. Washington, July 2, 4 p. in. The president has been suffering much from vomiting bleed. He has been given mor phine which has reduced his pulse te 116 and'threwn him into a comateso'state. The railroad officials have been asked te hasten the train with Mrs. Garfield, lest he should die before she arrives, though he may sur vive until te-morrow. General Barnes aud a dozen ether physiciaus are at the While Heuse, but none give hope. Sunday Herald. Sinking Rapidly. Executive Mansion, 5 "p. u; The president is again sinking and there is little hope of his recevery.J Within an Heur of Death. Washington, D. C, July 2. 0:30 p. jl The president is under thp influ. enee of morphine and is consequently suf fering much less pain than he was earlier in the day, bat that his condition is critical in the extreme cannot be doubted. He wil scarcely survive an hour unless some almost miraculous change takes place in his condition very seen. "7, 3Ir. : Garfield's Arrival. The following telegram has just been sent by Secretary Blaine te Vice Presi dent Arthur : ToHeu. C. A. Arthur: Mrs. Garfield has just arrived at quarter before seven o'clock. The presi dent was able te recognize and converse with hrr, but in the judgment of his physicians he is rapidly sinking. Signed J. G. Blaine. j Talking Freely. Executive Mansion 7:40 p. it, The president'sconditien is net perceptibly changed either for better or worse. His voice is strong his mind unimpaired aud he talks freely with these about him. A Change Ter the Better. Wasiiimgten, D. C, July 2.-9:20 r. m. The president has rallied a little with in the past three-quarters of an hour, and hissymytemsarea little mere favorable. He continues brave and cheerful. About the time he began te rally he said te Dr. Bliss : ," Docter what are the indi cations ?" Dr. Bliss replied: "There is a chance of recovery." "Well then," replied the president, cheerfully, " we will take that chance." The president is still sleeping. Symptoms Slnch Mere Favorable. Washington, D. C, July 2.-10:20 p. M. The president's symptens grew mere favorable. His temperature is normal. nis pulse has fallen four beats since the last bulletin. An absence of bleed in the discharges from the bladder shows that organ net injured as was feared. Feeble Pulte and Clear Head. Washington, D. C," July 2, 11 p.m. The following bulletin was received from the executive mansion at 10 p. m : Tne president has slept a few minutes but is manifestly weaker. Pulse 140 aud and feeble. He is mentally clear, con versing intelligently when permitted te de se. D.W. Biss. At Midnight.. Washington, July 2. 12 r. m. The improvement in the president's condition is still maintained. He is resting quietly. BEGINNING TO-DAT. With Signs or Improvement. Washington, July 3.-1:30 a. m. Tlie following bulletin has just been issued : 1 a. si. The improvement in the presi. dent's condition,which began early in the evening, has steadily continued up te this hour, nis temperature aud respiration are new normal and his pulse has fallen te 120. The attending physicians regard all his symptens as iaverable and mere hopeful feeling prevails. Signed .D. W. Bliss. AH the members of the cabinet remain at the Executive Mansion throughout the night. The reports up te 2:30 a. in.,, indicate no change for the worse. Progress or the Case, The following despatches received last night and yesterday afternoon at the In TELLiOENCF.il offiee are published sub stantially in the order in which they came se that the reader can trace Mr. Garfield's changes of condition and the development of the excitement attending the terrible tragedy in Washington and elsewhere. In this city many persons have been upon the streets. The sheeting is the theme of universal comment and the crowds surged around the newspaper bulletins for the latest news. Special Dispatch te the Intelligencer. Washington, D. C, July 2: Washington has seen no excitement like that of te-day since the memorable assassi nation of Lincoln by Wilkes Beeth. Pres ident Garfield was shot in the large wait ing room of the B. & P. railroad, as he was about starting for New Yerk. The would-be assassin is an ex-consul at Mar seilles, Chas. Guittcau, a practising lawyer in Chicago. He has been around this city all winter besieging Senater Legan and ethers te get him a consular appointment, and within the past few days has been ejected from thoWhitcHeuse several times. The president's party arrived at the de pot about 9:30 and had taken their scats in the cars. The president entered the depot last, and when passing the deer of the la dies' waiting room, en the arm of Secre tary Blaine, who had ceme te sec him off, the assassin sprang from behind the deer and fired two shots, the first taking effect in his right arm and the second in his right hip, passing through toward the groin. President Garfield fell within the deer of the waiting room, andOfficcr Kearney jumped en the shooter and arrested him. He was immediately hustled off te the po pe po lice headquarters, and, after examination there, te jail. He is undoubtedly insane. Three letters found en his person, ene ad dressed te General Sherman, another te the White neuse,and the third te a corres pondent of the Inter-Ocean, show that he has contemplated the deed for several days. He was refused a pistol en credit two doers from this offiee yesterday, the dealer re garding him as insane. Sunday Herald. Where the Crime Was Committed. The sheeting occurred in the ladies' room of the depot immdiately after the president had entered, walking arm-inarm with Secretary Blaine, en their way te the limited express train, which was about ready te leave. Secretary Blaine, en hearing the pistol shots, two in num ber, rushed in the direction from which they came, with a view of arresting the assassin. Before reaching the man, how ever, the secretary returned te the presi dent and found him prostrated. Until shots took effect, the first in tha right arm and the second just above the right hip and near the kidney. The physicians have probed for the balls unsuccessfully. The President Taken te the White Heuse. 10:20 A. m. The president is new being conveyed te the cxecutive mansion under a strong escort of metropolitan police. Twe companies of regulars from the Wash ington barracks have been ordered out te preserve order. Great excitement pre- vails and the streets are thronged with anxious inquirers eager te learn the con dition of the president. The sheeting occurred in the presence of some fifty or sixty ladies. The Deed Committed by an Ex-Censul. There is a rumor new that the sheeting was dene by ex-Censul te Marseilles Gatte, who was removed from office The pistol with which the firing was done is a California weapon with an extremely heavy calibre better' known as a "Bulldozer." Additional Bulletin, of the Tragedy. 10:30 a. si. The president has been made as comfortable as possible in his ( chamber at the White Heuse, and all per- J sons are excluded from the grounds sur- rounding the mansion. Immense crowds ' surround the grounds. 10:40 a. si. The physicians attending the president are new holding a consulta tion. The President Conscious. 11:05 a. jr. President Garfield is con scious and does net complain of great suffering. He has just dictated a telegram te his wife. It is impossible te say as yet what the result will be, but the rurgeens are of the opinion that the wounds are net necessarily fatal. Mrs. GarUeld Sent Fer. The following telegram has been sent : Mrs. Garfield, Elberon, Leng Branch The president wishes me te say te you from him that he has been seriously hurt. Hew seriously he cannot yet say. He is himself and hopes you will ceme te him seen. He semis his love te you. Signed A. P. Rockwell. The Assassin, ;i Stalwart, Boasting of His Crime. 11:15 a.m. The name of the assassin, as written by himself, is Charles Gietteau, and he says he is an attorney at law in Chicago. The Star says in an extra just issued that when the assassin was arrested he said : "I did it aud want te be arrested. I am a Stalwart and Arthur is president new. I have a letter here that I want you te give te General Sherman, it will explain everything. Take me te the pelice sta tion." The President's Condition improved. 11:30 a. m. The condition of the presi dent is very much unproved. Immediate ly after the sheeting his puise went down te 53, and his face, sis he was removed te the White Heuse, was of an aspeu hue. His pulse has new recovered te 63, and the color is returning somewhat te his face. His general symptoms, moreover, denote a very considerable improvement. It is net thought wise te make any further attempts at present te with draw the bullets, aud it is difficult te determine until a thorough examination is made hew serious the internal injuries may be. Surface indications, hewever, give geed ground for hoping that the pres ident will rally. Disappointment and Insanity. Charles Guitteau, the would-be assassin, is of foreign birth, and has been a very per sistent applicant for a consular position. He has hauuted the executive mansion for several weeks, and his disappointment in net getting what he wanted led te a temporary aberration of mind. Te Prc.be for the Bullet. 11:35 a. m. President Garfield's strength is increasing every minute aud hejis quite cheerful. The physicians an nounce that as seen as his pulse reaches seventy auether attempt will be made te prebe for the bullets. The president continues te improve. The physiciaus have net as yet tried te reach the ball. Sirs, GarUeld Provtded with a Special Car. Philadelphia, July 2. The Penn sylvania railroad has ordered a locomotive and car at Jersey City te carry Mrs. Gar field te Washington. She had arranged te meet her husband at Jersey City te-day, and left Leng Branch this morning en the Central railroad of New Jersey for Jersey City. The message informing her of the attempted assassination is awaiting her ar rival at the latter place. There is much excitement here. Secretary Hlmnc's Otliriiil Bulletin et the Tragedy. The following has been forwarded by cable : Department of State, I Washington, D. C. July 2. 1881. S Te Jtuncx Jtutsvll Lewell, Minister, etc.. Lm ilen : The President of the United States was shot this morning by an assassin named Charles Guittcau. The weapon War. a large sized revolver. The president had just reached the Kaltimnre & Potomac sta tien at about 20 minutes past 0, intend ing, with a portion of his cabinet, te leave en the limited expres for New Yerk. I rode iu the carriage with him from the executive man sion aud was walking by his side when he was shot. The assassin was im mediately arrested and the president was cenveyeu te a private room in the station building aud surgical aid at once sum moned, lie has new (20 minutes past 10) been removed te the executive man sion. The surgeons iu consultation regard his wounds as very serious though net necessarily fatal. His vigorous health gives strong hopes of his recovery. He has net lest consciousness for a moment. Inform ministers in Europe. Signed James G. Dlaine, Secretary of State. Uuitteuu's Grievances. Washington, D. C, July 2. The librarian of the navy department has been befere the attorney general. He states that Guittcau was ene of Farwell's supporters iu the effort te break the unit rule in the Chicago convention aud says that'Guilteau was in the habit of calling at the library room and telling hew he had been treated by Secretary Blaine. Br. Bliss Issnes a Bulletin. The following official bulletin with re gard te tite condition of the president has just been issued : Executive Mansion, 12:35 p. m. The reaction from the shock has been very gradual. He is suffering r.ome pain, but it is thought best net te disturb him by making any exploration for the ball until after the consultation at 3 p. m. Signed D. W. Bliss, M. D. The following physicians are in consult atien at the executive mansion : Drs. Bliss, Ferd, Huntingdon, Woodward (U. S.) Tewnscnd, Lincoln, Rcyburn, Norris, Purvis, Patterson, Surgeon Gen eral Barnes and Surgceu General Wales. Bulletins of the president's condition from the executive mansion will hereafter be telegraphed every half hour. Jtcpertcrs Net Allowed te Sec the Prisoner. Washington, July 2. The district jail, a large brownsteno structure, situated at the eastern extremity of the city, was vis itcd by an associated press reporter shortly after. 11 o'clock this merniug for the pur pose of obtaining an interview with Chas. Guittcau, the weuld-be assassin of Presi dent Garfield. The officers refused ad mittance te the building stating as the reason therefore that they were acting under ipstrnctiens from Attorney General MaeVeagh, the pur port of which was that no one should be allowed te see the prisoner. At first, J indeed, the officers emphatically denicd that the man had been conveyed te the ' jail, fearing, it appears, that should the i fact be made known that he was there the ', bnildinz would ba attacked bv a mob. by a Information had reached them that such a movement was contemplated. A Ianie guard, composed of regulars from the barracks and Metropolitan force, are mo mentarily expected te arrive at the jail, te be in readiness te repel any attack. Fen Portrait of the Murderer. The statement that the assassin is Guitteau was verified by tee officer iu charge of the jail. Tha prisoner arrived and was placed in a cell about 10:30. o'clock, just one hour after the sheeting occurred. He gave his name as Charles Guitteau, of Chicago, Uliueis. In appearance he is a man of about 30 years of age and is supposed te be of r rench descent. His height is about 5 feet 5 iuelies. He has a sandy complex ion and is light, weighing net mere than 122peunds He wears a moustache aud lignt whiskers has suuken cheeks, and eyes far apart from each ether giving him a sullen, or, as the official describes it, "loony appearance." The officer in question gave it as his opinion that Guittcau is a Chicago communist, and stated that he has noticed it te be a peculiarity" of nearly all murderers that their eyes were far apart, aud Guitteau, he said, "proves no exception te the rule. " When the prison er arrived at the jail he was neatly attired in a suit of blue, were a drab hat pulled ttewu ever his eyes, giving him the pearance of an ugly character. ap- Gultteau's Grlin Humer. It may be worthy of note te state that some two or three weeks age Guitteau went te the jail for the purpose of visiting it, but was refused admittance en the ground that it was net " visiting day." He at that time mentioned his name, Guitteau, aud said he came from Chicago. When brought te the jail te day, he was admitted by the offi cer who had previously refused te allow him te enter, and a mutual recognition took place, Guittcau saying : "Yeu are the man who would net let me go through the jail the ether time." The only ether remark he made befere being placed in his cell was that Gen. Sherman would arrive at the jail seen. The two jailers who are new guarding his cell, state that they have seen him areuud the jail several times recently, and that en one occasion he appeared te be under the influence of liquor. On one of his visits subsequent te the first one meutiencd these officers say that Guittcau succeeded in reaching the rotunda of the building, when he was noticed examining thescatlbld fiem which Hirth murderers were hanged. Pursuant te his orders from the attor ney general the officer incharge of the jail declined te give any further information, nor would he state in what cell the pris oner was confined. This officer wasan at tendant at the old city jail at the time of the assassination of President Lincelu. The Assassin t Crazy Letter. The following letter was taken from the prisoner's pocket at police headquarters : July, 2, 1SS1. Te the White Heuse: The president's tragic death was a sad necessity, but it will uuite the Republican party and s.ive the republic. Life is a tlinisy dream and it matters little when one gees. A human life is small value. 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 in Paradise than here. It will be much better for Mrs. Garfield, dear soul, te part with her husband this wav than by natural death. He is liable te go at any time anyway, I had no ill-will tow ard the president. His death was a politi cal necessity. I am a lawyer, a theo logian, a politician. I am a Stal wart of Stalwarts. I was with Gen. Grant ami the rest of our men during the canvass. I have seme papers for the press which I shall leave with Byren An drews anil his co-journalists at 1420 New l erk avenue, where all the reporters can see them. I am going te the jail. Signed Ciiakles Guitteau. The papers referred te above have net yet been iven out for publication. Byren Andrews, who is the Washington cones peudeut of the Chicago Inter- Ocean, says that while it is true a package of papers are iu the hands of the police accompanied by a note, addressed te him self (Andrews) he has no personal ac quaintance with Guitteau and never heard of his existeuee until this morning. Frem what he has gathered from the pelice An drews believes that Guitteau' s home is iu Frcepert, III. The Letter te Gen. Sherman. The following letter was found en the street shortly after Guittcau's arrest, with the cnvelope unsealed and addressed, " Ploase deliver at ence te Gen. Sherman, or his first assistant in charge of the war department" : Te Qcn. Sherman : I have just shot the president. I have shot him several times, as i wisncu nun te go as easily as possible n: n.i. i:: i ;...-... r His death was a political necessity. I am a lawyer, theologian and politician. I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts. I was with Gen. Grant and the rest of our men in New Yerk during the canvass. I am going te the jail. I'loase erder out your troops and take possession of the jail at once. Very respectfully, Signed Charles Guitteau. On receiving the abeve Gen. Sherman gave the following endorsement : 1 1 ea deus or tub Akmv, Wasiiixqten, 1). c. J ulv 2, ltttl 11:33 a. in. This letter XXX was handed me this minute by Maj. Wm. J. Twining, U. S. engineer's commissioner of tin District of Columbia,;and Maj. Wm. G. Breck, chief of pelice. I don't knew the writer ; never heard of or saw him te my knowledge, and hereby return te the keeping of the abeve named parties as testimony in the vase. Signed Wm. T. Siieiuian, General. Sloping Cur the Best. 12:30 r. jr. Docter Lincoln, who has just left the president, denies the report that he said, " President Garfield will net live two hours." Dr. Lincoln says the wound is very serious but net necessarily fatal. An oifert has just been made te probe for the ball but without reaching it. Anether attempt will seen be made. and until the direction taken by the ball is known the extent of the injuries, and immediate danger can not be known. There are at present no signs of serious internal hcinorrhage and very little external bleeding. A consul tatien of the most eminent surgeons of the city will be had at 3 p. m. The doo deo doe tors at this hour hepe for the best. Washington. D. C. July 2. 1 p. m. The president is somewhat restless, but is suffennff less pun. Pulse 112 ; some nausea and vomiting has recently ec- lipmeri-liai'p. Ii;t curred : considerable taICn piace frein the wound. Signcuj JJ. Ji. iiLISd, ii. if, The Vice tTtsl.tr nt Notified. Washington, D. C, July 2. The fol lowing dispatch has just beeu telegraphed: Washington. July 2. Te Heu". C. A. Arthur, ice President. New Yerk : At this hour (1 p. m.) the president's svmp svmp tems are net regarded as unfavorable but no definite assurance can be given until after the probing of the wound at 3 o'clock. There are strong grenuds for hope, and at the same time the gravest anxiety as te the final result. Signed J.vs.G. Blaise, Secretary of State. Unfavorable Symptoms. Washington. July 2, 2:20 p. m. The president's symptoms at this time are mere unfavorable. It is thought there is an internal hemorrhage. 2:30 p. 3i. The president's symptoms continue te grew mere unfavorable. ' Br. Townshend's Statement. Washington. D. C, July 2. Docter Townshend, health officer of the District. iu conversation this afternoeu said: "I found the president whan I arrived at the Baltimore & Potomac depot, about live minutes after the shoetiug occurred, iu a vomiting aud panting condition. 1 had his head lowered which had been elevated by the attendant, and administered aro matic spirits of ammonia and brandy te revive him. This had the desired effect. The president remaining con sciousness was tusked where he felt the most pain ; he replied, iu the right leg and feet. He examined the wound, introducing his lingers, which caused a slight hemorrhage. I then de cided te have him moved up-stairs from the crowd. Shortly after get ting him there Doctors Smith and Purvis arrived, and upon con sultation with them" it was decided te remove him te the White Heuse. Dr. Smith aud myself accompanied the presi dent in the ambulance te the White Heuse, where another examination was made and stimulauts again administered. An ineffectual attempt was made te trace the course of the wound and at 12:20, the president suffering much pain, a hypoder mic injection of morphine was adminis tered." Docter Townshend left the president afterwards somewhat recovered. The doctor said at 2 p. m. that he could pet give any intelligent opinion as yet. but pronounced the weuud as dangerous, but net necessarily fatal. The President's Heath Expected. Washington, D. C, 2:40 p. ji. Dr Beckwith, an old physician of the presi dent, says that President Garfield has but few chances of recovery, and that he may net live twelve hours. The general im pression at the executive mansion is that the president is sinking. Worse and Worse. Executive Mansion 2:45 v. ji Xe of ficial bulletin has been furnished by Dr. Bliss since 1 o'clock. The condition of the president has beeu growing mera unfavor able since that time. Internal hemorrhage is taking place aud the gravest fears are felt as te the result. Mrs. GarUeld e:t Heute. Philadelphia, July 2 Mrs. Garfield left Leug Branch at 12:40 in a special train en the Pennsylvania railroad, she will arrive at Monmouth Junction at 2 p. m.. West Philadelphia 3, and Washington about 7 p. m. Excitement Iu the Stock Market. Philadelphia, Juue 2.-12:50 r. m. The stock market shows increasing excite ment and prices ou some of the stocks are breaking bad I v. The stock be.:rd has passed a resolution te continue in session during the afternoon. Northern Pacific common is quoted at 40. The AssaMln. Chicago, July 2. Charles .1 . Guitteau has been known here for the pi-t twelve years, and for half of the time been con sidered as mere than half insane. He may have had French bleed i:i his veins, but was te all appearance an American. He was a married man, but sltiittcss and a general nuisance. An Kye Witness relates the Story. Special te the IxrcLLiQEsciR. Washington. I), C, July 2. 3 p. in. Mr. James It. Yeuug. executive clerk of the Senate, was en the platform te leave en the same train. He says : "I was talking te Postmaster General James, when his seu, who was in the street looking for the president's carriage, rushed te his father and said. " the President is shot," and we rushed te the place and there was Garfield being cat tied te the ladies room. A room and mattress were secured aud he was la it I down. He said nothing aud his faee bore a leek as if he was Mitieritig internally. I noticed that at about the middle of the aNlemcu there were great stains en his shirt, which indicated that the intestines has been pierced by the bullet. The crowd seen became se great that it was necessary te take the president te one of the upper rooms. There were a hundred people about the depot at the time." Thu above dipatehes close the regular associated press reports. The bullet ins issued every few minutes from the White Heuse are, however, received at the In In In telliokxeek ; and also prompt advices from our Washington correspondent. Any further pai Oculars received or changes re ported iu the president's condition will appear m our later editions. Em. Intel LIGKNfKlt. Important If Trtie. Interest has lieen revived in the nutter of A. T. Stewart's body by the publication iu the Nt;w Yerk Star of a serial that pur ports te he the tiue story of the lebbery compiled fiem the diary of a sjiecial tie tective'ef many years' experience. Accord ing te this narrative thu hotly was stolen by Billy Perter's mob of banks and silk thieves a hackmaii named Mike Kelly being the principal. He took the hotly in his hack te the New Jersey shore and buried it ; then, some days later, resurrected it anil took it te the heuse of a doctor en Lexington avenue. New Yerk, who embalmed it, inoculating himself with the virus in se doing and dying ten days later. The woman with whom this doctor lived as his wifu took the corpse te Metitreal in a trunk, being " thu woman in black " famous in the tele grams of the time. There the remains were taken en a coal scow and hiddnii near Montreal for a year, after which they were exhumed and returned te Mount Vernen Winchester county, N. Y where they am new hidden. Mike Ivcllcy disappeared from the city seen after the lebbery, and is new said te be working iu a initie some where in Atir.uua. ' Ceiitniiipt f Court, i'liiladulphia Ledger. " The average juror is as fair aud intel ligent as the average judge." That's very likely, but we want our judges abeve the average. Judge Iiriggn is reported as expressing his satisfaction with the verdict of ac quittal in the Maher-Strcet election fraud case. That is mere than ether people will de. It is further reported that he said the jury could render no ether verdict. If this means they could nnu no etner sort et ver dict, considering the nature of his charuc. there may bs some ground for the remark; but if it means that the weight of the cvi cvi dence demanded that verdict, he will find wide dissent from that very cxtraerdinary obscrvatieu. Four credible witnescs testified that Malicr tempered with the ballets. Near the observatory ou Mount Vesuvius a hotel will seen be built. Land has al ready been purchased, and the start of the enterprise was formally celebrated a short time age by a diunef at the old Hermitage. i
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