Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-07-11
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Presidents Condition.

since he YVES wounded, sleeping trar GULLY
and with few breaks. The general progress
of his symptoms continue TO be favorable.
Pulse LOG, temperature 100. respiration %.
SECOND DIsPATCHl
WASHINGTON, July 10th-P. NJ The Pres
ident's symptoms continue TO make favorable
progress. Pulse los, temperature l0l,
respiration "a.
THIRD DISPATCH.l
WASHINGTON, July 10th-S P. n-The
Presidents symptoms continue to make fa.
vorable progress. Pulse los, temperature
1919, respiration 2i. No other bulletins will
be issued until tomorrow morning.
FOURTH DIsPATCH.l
WASHINGTON, July 11th-1:30 A. M.-The
Presidents favorable condition continues
The Mrs. Garfield Fund.
CHICAGO, July 10:h-Not less than So.
600 was forwarded from Chicago yesterday to
swell the Mrs. Garfield fund.
The Shooting of the President and the
Star Route People.
CHICAGO, July 10th.-A Washington spe-
cial to a prominent journal says: Some day
or other, after the present excitement is over,
it may be well to review the crime, and all
that depended and still depends upon the life
Of single man, who is still in danger at the
White House. One thing ought to be stated
with Gartield's death the star route prosecu-
tions die. The Administration is firmly
united, and is determined to pursue the
thieves to the end. The Attol ~ General
and Postmaster General stand together. No
one who has not special opportunity for
information oal begin to realize Il
awful pressure that has been brought
to bear on the President and the Cabinet
officers. The ring has used vast sums of
money. and the whole country knows how
much political influence it has commanded.
1t had promised to be the most keenly cut
ting investigation ever begun by an Admin
istration, for it has struck at not only the
personal friends of those in power, but also
struck, and struck heavily. some leading pol
iticians of the Republican party. 1t is GER
tain that the President has never hesitated in
his purpose to follow up the investigation.
and no matter where it might lead him. II
is also certain that the thieves never so thor.
oughly understood this as within a few days
previous to the shooting. The possible
recovery Of the President prevents
the failure of justice. The men who
are guilty of robbing the treasury
and resorting to the boldest crimes in order
to accomplish their purpose, will be prose
cuted without mercy 1t the President shall
live. What his successor will do Is q prob
lem which the country does not desire to see
solved. Other matters of momentous i'm
portance, many personal ambitions, and the
futures Of many men are depending on the
fate OF President Garfield; but it seems
proper to state this more particularly,
because General Garfield's position has
been very generally misrepresented.
His courage and purpose has been doubted.
Il may, however, be relied upon thst his de-
termination to bling the star route thieves to
justice was never stronger than on Saturday
morning week age. There is no intention
of charging the star route people with any
connection with the crime, but the truth of
the Presidents position towards them ought
to be known.
The MurderOus Apaches-Aecoant of the
latest Outrage.
Ell PAso Tex. July 10:h.-The news has
Just came to hand of another Indian outrage.
left here for FL Paso Del Norte, accom-
PANIED by Willard Moore, interpreter, to
learn the particulars. At the military head
quarters we learned that the troops that left
seven days ago On scout after the Indians
had Just returned, and the following is
portion of the official report. as made by
Lieutenant Colonel Emilio Gallardo, July
h: On the Ash, while on the scout trying TO
rescue Thomas Rey Pugh, son of ex-senator
Pugh, who was made captive by the Indians
q week ago, they came upon new outrage
six leagues south Of Luero. They found the
wreck of two wagons and the murdered
bodies CT GTegoria Neztaz sud his
A. Tornel, of the Twenty-sixth Infantry.
He was accompanied by two servants, who
made their escape badly wounded and re-
ported at Huero that the attack was made by
twelve Indians, supposed TO be part of
Victories warrior band. In the meantime
rarty arrived at Carrasal to recover the body
of the stage driver murdered at the last at
tack on the chihuahua stage. In going to
the place they left the regular road, so es to
avoid the Indians. One league eastward
from where the stage was attacked they found
the body of Z. K Pugh, horribly tortured
and mutilated while living, and then shot,
there being three bullet wounds on his body.
The body was buried by the party where
found. The Mexican authorities have now
on the scout $50 infantry and 80 cavalry,
securing the country. The party is under
command of the famous Indian-6ghter, Col
onel Terrazas.
Death Of an EX.United States Senator.
OMAHA, July 10th.-Hon. Pbineas w.
Hitchcock, ex-United States Senator from
Nebraska, died at his residence in this city at
half-past 10 o'clock this morning, after an i'll
ness of only ten days. The cause of his illness
was general debility and breaking up of his
constitution. He leaves two sons-Giibert
NJ, aged p, and John. aged about l6. De-
ceased was bern in New Lebanon, n. in
1881. He graduated at Williams College,
Mass, in 1855. and was a classmate
of President Garfield. He studied law, and
in 1857 removed to Omaha to practice
his profession. He took an active part in
politics, and was among the first to stand up
as an unwavering Abolitionist, and on the
organization of the Republican party he be-
came one of its most prominent members.
In 1860 he was a member of the National
Republican Convention in Chicago, and in
1861 was appointed United States Marshal
for Nebraska by President Lincoln. which
nositiou he held until 1864, when he was
elected Territorial delegate to Congress. He
also served for while a. surveyor General #
the District Court of Nebraska. In 1871 he
was elected United States Senator from Ne
braska, which position he filed with honor to
the State and great credit to himself. Since
his retirement from politics, in 1877. he has
been actively engaged in railroad contracts,
supplying various western roads with ties.
He leaves his two sons in effiuent circum-
stances, as he was very successful In his bu:i'
ness pursuits. His death will be sincerely
mourned in Omaha and throughout the State.
Jem. Davis and the Criticisms Upon His
Book.
PHILADELPHIA, July l0th.-In an inter-
view published in the Press, JEFF. Davis says,
in regard to his recent book and the criti-
cisms of Joe Johnston, Ben Hill and others !:
/ am very we'll satisfied with the books re-
ception. I did not expect or wish it nor
myself to escape criticism. suppose, how.
ever, that L am like most msn-I would
rather be criticised than not noticed. l un-
dertook the work for the purpose of placing
upon record the truth about our cause and
its conduct, and the demeanor of our people.
Having done that, / am content. Most of
the criticisms / have seen strike me as having
been written before the book was read.
Necessarily the historical part is incomplete.
Everything Of which it treats had to be