New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-27

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near the supposed place of the ball, and
states positively that, previous impressions
aud statements to the contrary notwithstand-
/; ing, the Lister or antiseptic method of treat
ing the wound was "rigorously" employed so
! far as it was possible. Inasmuch as medical
controversy over the case seems imminent il
is only a matter of justice to the Presidents
surgeons, whose fidelity and devotion will not
he questioned by their severest critics, that the
public should inform themselves of such facts
as DR.. Hamilton sets FORTH
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THE LAST or EARTH.
The curtain closes upon the long tragedy of
Eighty Days. The great State which gave
James a. Garfield BIRTH yesterday received
him back to her bosom. The weary body was
4 laid TO rest by the shores of the beautiful lake
which in lite was so dear to him, and which his
dying eyes lOngcd to see His funeral was n.t
as it would have been in the case of most
rulers, an imposing display of the pomp and
glitter of armies; ii was wonderful spectacle
of popular grief. a vast concourse of the pco-
pie paid to his memory the homage of tears
and prayer and silence. Thousands were there
who had known him as friend and neighbor :;
but there were thousands more who, while they
knew him only as tine brave soldier of freedom
whether on the field or in the assembly, vet
incurred hun none the less. His death had
made the whole world kin, and the great throng
who followed him. with uncovered heads, to his
tomb, had all become his ncighborS and friends
1t was Il testimonial of affection and respect
which fitted both the life and death of the man.
But this WAS emily Il part OF the last ceremony
F. in his honor. Was there ever such funeral
before i'll the history of the r;rce The faces of
green hillside where the final rites were being
performed. In every city, town and village
the churches were thronged with worshppeIs.
and the solemn voice of the preacher was
heard while the prayers of millions assembled
tC Heaven. Every CONGREGATION. even in tbe
most remote settlements, had their service,
their m0urnful chant, and-wc might almost
say it, such were the fcrVor and the reality cf
the hour-had their dead with them. Space
seemed to have been annihilatcd. In the
Icrowds of WOrshppers that were gathered in
almost every church in the Union there were
few who did not feel Il solemn sense that they
were III the presence of death, though the dead
was perhaps thousands of miles away The
business OF the country WAS suspended by com
mon consent In many cities memorial meet
ihgs were held, and IN some long professions OF
citizens aud veteran soldiers marching through
streets draped in black, with muiflcd drums
and arms reversed, paid the last tribute of re-
spect. The bells i'll fifty thousand stceples,
with slow strokes tolled away the hour fixed
for burial. But the vast congregation was not
bounded by tie lines of our own country. I'm
England, Scotland and Ireland much the same
scenes We're being enacted There were uni
versal signs OF mourning, especially in Eng
I land, such as We're never shown before by any
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the bells rang their muiiied pcals, and in many
aof the churches the people met for prayer.
4 In countries still more distant there were vet
gatherings of those who had ties with America
1 or owed allegiance to her. Ii was all one fun
eral service; and it might almost be said that
4 the prayers of Christian people in all quarters
] of the globe, " following the sun and keeping
4 company with the hours" had circcd the earth
with one unbrokcn strain of mourning and SUD-
! plication.
\ Ii 1t be true that the world has never wit.
messed such spectacle before, it is true also
That TINS Nation has been passing through an
experience to which there Is no parallel in IFS
history. We have had a President assasSnated
bei0re-a President who was beloved and re-
vered before his death as well as after, and the
time and circumstances of whose death made it
"a martyrdom which history will always recog-
nize as such. But the death of Lincoln WAS like
one of the great shocks of war. 1t was "A sensa-
ton, panic, the loss Of vital battle with the
death of great general. The death of Garfield
was like blow to the aifcclions-it left that
dull, heavy pain which only time can heal
What influences it may exert hereafter the
future alone can show Is it mere fancy
that the manners and bearing of the people
have been somewhat softcned during this time
of mourning, that there has been "a gcntlcness
l Ill them not always to be seen there? Such
fphases OF feeling pass away, no doubt. The
clash of parties will soon be heard again and
aall the busy world will be in motion. God
grant that the lessons of this strange and sad
experience may not be forgotten 1t has knit
the Union closer than ever before la its history.
1t has brought England and America nearer
together than they have been since the first
shot was fired at Lexington. An English news
paper already suggests nglo-American
compact for the preservation of peace among
1 all Engish-speaking men. 1t has made an i'm
preston upon our own people of the value of
character and the nature of true manliness
which will not be obliteratcd in generation.
Who shall say what other beneficent compeu-
sations may not follow it
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YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY.
Yesterday concluded the political life of