Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-22
alexandria Gazette GDnd Virginia Advertiser

10 gain admittsBco showed gave way TO feeling
OF respectful reyersoco SIS tbs portals Q! lie
door OF the rotunda we're met
Thirty thousand persons passed through tho
Capitol between two and ten o'clock. Alter
the latter hour tho crowd fell off rapidly.
At l:30 o'clock this morning there Wero
about orc dczsn watchers of tho late Presidents
remaiDF, The ecs had changed to an sshg or
gray color, and the evidences of dcoomposiion
were SO marked that it was feared the caskat
would hava to be closed
As observed from the top Of tic d6Ina OF The
Capitol the scenes below 10 the city we're pccus
arly Impressive. The tun was far down the
horizon, and, though tho sk7 was cloulloss,
thtr, WAS an hulumual hsz,, and tho shadows
Ct tho trees along the avenue nnd 10 tho baauo
lliu parks around the Capitol were din. rs
Tar az the oye could reach wero seen flags fl lst-
ing ct half mast and tho black drapcrg OF
mourning. At various accessible PLACES, wes:,
east, north and south. were gathered large
throbas Of sorroRiug people.
10 the south and west lay tho broad P0t3-
msc. and ut the end tf Pennsylvania avenue tho
Treasury Department, Executive Mansion. and
bsyond that grostipio Of departments, tho War,
State and Navy building. Ear to the csst aud
III dlstinc: view vas tho iail, sanding near tho
east braDoh Of tho Potomac About half past
t9ur the eye caught sight ci the luucrsl traln
oil to Tho south OF tho Capitol, inlking tho slow
circuit Of The city cod approaching tho Sixth.
street depot. A 10" minutes and it vas lest 10
wow III tho depot building. Though tcba Of
thousands OF people c,u'd b. seen, yet scarcely a
sound could ho heard from tho top of Tho domo
Until alter The procession hsd formed, hall
Dlle away IRON tho avenuc, aud the s0lcrn
sralcs OF mus g. family heard at FIRST, grew
moro aud more distinct as the coric8a ap
preached tho Capitol. What c,ul! bo more
Impressive than this vast sad scano IS Il. here
below aud stretching far in Ovcry dircoliaa irain
the foot CT tho Capitol And what a.. cy,r-
memorable contrast it VISA to sny orc who
Gazed upon that grand tiiumphal proc sSon aHd
joyful display OF tho last 18th of March.
On leaving tho Capitol President Arthur w.s
driven directly to tho rcsdeLco of SalaCr
Jones, OF Nevada. whose guest he will DO dur.
l6g his stay 10 tho oity. Mrs. Garfield tx,
pressed her sincere desire not again TO ECO tho
White Hcuc, where sho has passed &c r,any
days OF strfowaDd anxiety but will rcralia &c
tho residence Of Attorney General MrcT co gl
III, Bliss s.iL tina. Mrs. Garfield WAS fc.,iiHy
huch relieved since tho autopsy had boon
concluded, lnasmuch as it resulted in establish
irE Tho fact that tho patients death YVES iauvitu-
niu. iho ioctcT gLstetl lurthor that tho point Vi
tho ball WAS somewhat blunt, or in battered
condition, caused by tho forco with which il.
struck Tho RIB. while in other respects lis Criyi
! mi shape wis mol altered DR.. Bliss took CHARGE
OF tho bullet. and scaled it for preservation
Until tho courts should require iis proGu ,tioa.
Tho court Of England has boen ordered 20 20
into mourning two weeks in respcc. TO tho iaa",-
DRY OF President Garfield.
Tho mGmbers OF tho Cabinet mot in the cSrnii. .,
ct tho rel lonco Of Secretary Bluno to .rr.n.,,
the details OF tho journey, and u tocgraIa ssR
soht 10 Governor Foster requesting lin, with
his Stall 10 meet tho train at thu Ohio state inr
and accompany the party 10 Cleveland.