Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-23

| Appreciation Of Sympathy.
WASHINGTON, September 22d.-To-day Blaine sent |
| the following to Lowell
| Publish card in the London press saying that |
the bereaved family of the late President and the
mourning nation deeply touched by the kind |
messages which the telegraph brings from all parts
OF the British Empire expressing deep regret at the
| mpossibiiity OF making special acknowledgment |
| in each case. BLAINE, Secretary.
Proposed Monument-Army of The Cum. |
beriand.
| CHATTANOOGA September 22d.-The Secretary OF |
the Army of the Cumberland to-day appointed a |
| Garfield Monument Committee to collect money, etc
| The following officers elected for the ensu-
| ing year President, General P. n Sheridan;
Treasurer, General ]. S. Fullerton Secretary Gen.
eral H. W. Cst; Recording Secretary, Major John
Steele-and Yice-President representing each |
| State in the Union The next meeting win be held |
| at Milwaukee, September p, %, 1888.
The Monument Propositions.
DENVER Coli, September 22d.-Proninent citi-
of Denver bad informal meetings yesterday and
to-day, to perfect plans for raising funds for Gar
field monument, to be erected in Washington
Their idea is to limit the subscriptions to S25 each
| inviting other States to follow the example
The New President and the White House,
WASHINGTON, September 22d.-The household now |
called to the White House by the death of Garfield
has lady presiding over it. Arthur lost his wife
year ago She was the daughter of Lieutenant
Commander Herndon, United States Navy who
went down the Central America. He has three |
married sisters. OF these Mrs. Mary McElroy of |
Albany, has spent much time at his house Of late
and has looked after his household affairs as she
could. Ii the cares of her own family will permit,
Mrs. McElroy will most probably be the lady who
will preside in the White House.
NEW YORK, September 221.-A Washington special |
to the Erening Post says President Arthur's inti-
mate friends say he will not make the White House
his residence this season. but will useit for executive
business only. The mala,ial influences, which pos
sbly hastened the death OF the late President and
which have Frustrated little James Garfield and |
twelve of the attendants of the President is of itself
warning to Arthur, who is not acclimated to Wash
| ington in the summer time, not to rick his life in |
such habitation.
The Members OF the Cabinet Tender |
l. Their designations, which are not Ac.
cepted.
| WASHINGTON, September 22d.-The Cabinet to |
day. through Secretary Blaine, rendered their resig
nations to President Arthur at Cabinet meeting at
the Capitol after the President was sworn H. The
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est sentiments o. personal regard and the President
| was given to understand that the members of the
Cabinet desired only to relieve him of all embarrass-
ment without regard to past political events The
President without formality said he did not desire
to accept the rendered designations and would es-
TEEN it personal favor if they would continue in
the discharge of their duties The condition of the
public business and the sensiiveness OF the public
|
ment, warranted him in asking this indulgence at
their hands. Secretary Rlaine assured the Presi-
dent that he could depend upon them to use their
best efforts to tranquize the country and aid him
in the performance of his duties in the present try
ing period
| Formal Courtesy.
| WASHINGTON. September 22d.-To day the men,
bers of the Cabinet were requested by President
Arthur to retain their respective positions This is
construed as formal courtesy merely, and beyond
this nothing be said upon authority in regard to
| the matter.
| Executive Session OF the Senate.
WASHINGTON September 22d-It may safely be
said that before the close of next week proclama-
tion will be issued by the President, calling the
Senate in executive session. The time fixed will
not be later than the 2ssh of October It is under
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session, but has yielded the We gt of Senatoria
opinion, which has been freely expressed yesterday
| ard to day.
The Congressional Committee.
! WASHINGTON, September 22d.-The committee
Senators and Representatives appointed by to days
meetings to go to Cleveland will all 60 Following
is the committee on the part of the Sonata Sena-
tors Anthony, Sherman, Bayard, ingalls,, Pugh, |
| air and Tba fo1la ;S S,t,al
committee on the part of the House Tucker, has
son, Randall, Hiscock, Wilson, Thomas, Townsend
and Shelley.
Hearirendfng Sight.
| WASHINGTON, September 22d.-Scarcely anything |
remains in the face OF the dead President to recall
that manly, kindly countenance, which was so |
familiar to the people here. His long suffering re-
duced him to mere skeleton, and his skin was dis
colored and tightly drawn. Many who admired him |
in life regretted that they had looked at the corpe
Tamnany Hall and thc New President. |
| New YORK, September 22d.-The Tammany Hall |
General Committee have adopted resolutions of |
regret at the death of President Garfield and SYM
patby with his family. The following was also |
adopted
Resolred, That Chester a. Arthur is entitled to- |
and should receive, the unqualified respect and |
| tional President OF the United States
Tie BcspicabIc Assassin Sergeant Ma.
| sons Defense.
| WASHINGTON, September 22i.-Guiteau evidently |
does not dread his trial half so much as the ven.
geance of the populace. He has fretted himself |
sick in apprehension Of mob violence He has been |
put on sick diet by the Jail physician, and asks
the guards and Warden, every time he sees them,
day and ight, whether there is any indication of a
purpose to attack the jail to take him out. He |
seems to entertain some hope of escaping with a |
light penalty, if he escape the popular indg-
nation
In regard to Sergeant Mason, legal point has |
been made that will be raised in the defense 1t is
claimed that from the position Guteau occupied in |
his cell when Mason fired it was impossible for him
to have been injured by the shot, that therefore it
was impossible for Mason to have carried out his in
tent to kill Guiteau that it is not sufficient for the
accused to have the intent to commit an offense. |
but that it requires a result in order |
| to constitute crime and to secure |
yicton thereof ; that the crime impossible of /
execution by the means employed. In illustration |
OF this point lawyers for the defense say, suppose
Mason's musket had not been loaded that though |
he had supposed it to be, and pulled the trigger
aIter taxing ann at Guiteau ne could not be ar |
raigned for attempted murder, because he was not
able to carry out his intent to kill. 1t is claimed
that Mason is only guilty Of nfraction of military
law or rules, and thathe only be punished for
that that in short he might WE'LL so far as con-
vction is concerned, have fired at an efigy of |
GuIteau. This will be the line of Mason's defense
The Pest Mortem Examination-A start.
ling Statement.
CHICAGO, September 22d.- The Times Washington
special says: Certain revelations made to-day to
the Times correspondent by unique STONED author
ty OF the inner history of the post mortem examin-
alton OF the body of the late President Garfield will
create shock throughout the country, second only
to the assassination of July I'd. These revelations
show that the President might have lived-at least
that the report of the autopsy is false, and had it
not been for MacVeagh, every portion of the re-
uctant truth placed in the report would have been
suppressed. What will the public think when 1t
learns that Gen. Garfield did not die from any result
of the wound made by the bullet but from cause
that probably could have been reeded in the early
days OF the case The original track Ct the wound
had fairly healed, and the ball itself had become