The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-09-23
President Garfield at Rest.
THE AslERIcAH NATION IN GRIEF.

The wires have sent forth to the four corners of the world the z,i news of the death of one of the best men Of the age. James <. Garfield is no more. On the 2nd of July he vas wounded by bullet fr0la the assassin Guiteau's pistol sine that time he has been at the portals of death and fife was only kept in the body by the ezer- tions of the very bes. medical skill to be at t.ined- During h;s illness lte has borne up without a murlnur a.ii wi:h trac christian fortitudc.
 President Gariield Was bonn in Orange, Cuyahogs County, Ohio, November i9th, 1881, consequently at the time of his death, had attained to the age of % years and ten months. Ills early days gsre surrounded by poverty and hardship, but he was en- dowed by nature with more than ordinary ability and we behold the poor canal boy al tke prime of life the Chief Magistrate %; fifty millions of people.
 By industry and good habits m early ilie our martyred President became possessed oi sufficient means to enter Williams College, Mass. from shich institution he graduated in 1856 with honors and adopted the pro fessiag of the lAr. From thence onward We find hiIn Senator from Ohio, NaJ0r- General in the Union Army, and, after the close of the Rebellion meEiber of the 3c,h Congress. Subsequently he acsin wes elected to the Senate from his native state and finally, at Chicago. ia 1880, nominated by the Republican party for President, Co which office he wGs clec.od by a majority of votes of the American people. In March, he took his seat, appointed his Cabinet, very eini- nent one. and run the machinery of this government i1I Q most commendable manner until July 2nd. when the assassin's bollet laid low the noble foIm of the scholar, statesman and soldicr in maturity uf man hood. in fullness of power, inrPencss of iu- tslleet. m perfection of moral discipline, at a time when much va, hoped for.
 The nation. wi.h swelling hcarts and tear ful eyes were unwilling to receive tie ire versiL!e decree, and a.mosr tempted To ex- claim: 1t cannot, must not. shall not be. Bot alas, while jhe nstion is crief-stTicken by the word dead the departed spirit passes onward. solemn, silent and majestic toward the spirit land of which We are reminded by . whisper that comes to us upon the moan ing wind from the home of the departed. He will not turn back again; he will return to earth no more He vas true son O the people, most appreciated when forever lost.
 America muuus the loss If her Chic Magistrate; sn aged mother a loved ant honored son. a wife an afioctioEate husband and protector; children the wise counsel o & doting father. The universe Is surrounded with crap. of mourning and no power CT earth can bring back Co us the life of Jame' A. Garfield, the great and good man, thC peer of Washington, and, in intellect, the superior of Lincoln, w.in also gave up hi. life for daring ,o b. sn American who Wa: willing to serve Americans.
 The death knc.l baa toliod thruughout tic Universe and the funer..! has bcen the grand e; eyer which the light of heaven has ever shed ;ts silvery rays and the Ruler of the celestial sphere has dictated the sermon.
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