, 1881-07-03

President has been placed in the northwest cor
ner room Ono physician and Col Rockwell nEe
the only persons allowed In the room. The
latcst report Of the physician is that he is sleep
Ing quietly, and thinks the reaction shows IN
Improvement. and tho members Of the Cabinet
are in the mansion anxionsly waiting the result.
|. a KEd1NISCENCE.
Tho following "reminiscences OF Con. Garfield's
power during the greatest crisis the country
ever passed through has beco Furnished usby Il
distinguished gentleman who was present, and
shows the Intellectual and moral power Of Gen.
GARFIELD over surEins and nnddened crowd:
- shall never forget the first time I cav Gen.
Garfield. 1t was the morning after President
LincOln's assaSiuattou- The country was ex-
cited TO its utmost tension, and New York City
seemed ready Tor the scenes Of tho French Rev.
ouuon. The intelligence OF Lincoln's murder
had been flashed by the wires over the whole
land. The newspaper headlines Of the transac-
ton were set up In the largest type, and the
high crime was on every ones tongue. Fear
took possession OF mems minds as to the fnte
Of the Government, for in few hours
the news came on that Stewards throat
was cut. and that attempts had been
made upon the lives Of others of the Govern
ment officers. Posters were stuck up every
where, in great black letters, calling upon the
loyal citizens Of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey
City, and neighbortng places to meet around the
Wall Street Exchange aud give expression to
their sentiments. It was q dark and terrible
hour. What might come next no one could tell,
and men spoke with bated breath.
THE WRATH OF THE wORKNGMEN
WIS simply uncomfortable, and revolvers and
knives werciu the hands of thousands of Lin
coln's friends, ready, at the first opportunity to
take the law into their own hands and avenge
the death of tho martyred President upon any
or all who dared to utter 4 word against him.
Eleven o'clock a. m. was the hour set for the
rendezvous. Fifty thousand people crowded
around the Exchange building, c1amming and
iamming the streets, and wedged In tight rs men
could stand together. With a few to whom a
special favor WIS extended. I went over from
BROOKLYN at a. H., and, even then. with the 1T
most difficulty, found wuy to the reception
room for the speakers in front OF the Exchange
Building, and looking ont on to tie high and
massive balcony, whose front was protected by
q heavy iron railing. We sat in solemnity and
silence, waiting for Gen. Butler who. it was au-
nounced, had started from " >ngton, and was
either alreudy in the city or etpecrcd.cvery mo-
ment~ Nearly hundred Generals, Judges,
statesmen. lawyers. editors clcrgymen. and
others were IN that room waiting Buffers mr.
rival. We stepped out to the balcony to watch
THE FEARFULLY SOLEMN AND swAyISG
MASS OF PEOPLE.
Not hurrah was heard, but for the most part
dead silence, or deep, ominous mutterlng ran
like rising wave up the street toward Broad
way, and ngnin down toward the river on the
right. At length the batons OF the police were
swinging Ia the air, far up on the left part
ing the crowd and pressing it buck to make way
for carriage that moved slowly ana with dill
cult jogs through the compact multitude. Sud-
denly the silence was broken, and the cry Of
..DutaerI" s.Dutler!' Butler!" rang out with
tremendous and thrilling effect, and was taken
up by the people. But not a huErahl Not onei
1t Was the cry OF great people. asking to know
how their President died. The blood bounced in
our veins, and the tears ran like streams doWn
our faces. How it was done l forget, put
Butler was pulled through, and pulled
up, ana entered the room where VIC had
just walked back to meet him. broad Grape,
yard long. hung from his left arm,-terrible
contrast with the countless flags that were wav-
ing the Nations victory in the breeze. We first
Lincoln was dend. When Butler entered the
room ne shook hands. Some spoke, some
ALL WERE IN TEARS.
The only word Butler had for us all. at the first
break Of the silence, 'Gentieme7l+ he died t,s
the ftlncss Of lis lanlc!" and as he spoke it bis
cheeks. Then. after few moments. came the
speaking. and you can Imagine the effect, as
the IN tho 81 w while 1ae big tafe arm
the Iron railing of tho balcony and
ss sa ses f ID te 1sse
n,ent manncr, and next thing to bidding the
crowd TO burn up the Rebel seed, root and
tails to keep him from fa1ling over. BY this
swclled dc 10 its crest. Two Tn men lay bleeding on
dying; one on the pavement, tho other In the
gutter. They had said 4 moment before that
.Lincoln ought to have been shot long ago!
jn
long pieces OF scnntling stood out above the
heads Of the crowd, crossed at the top ike tho
letter X and iooped halter pendant a. from a.! the
junction, dozen men following Its SLOW mouon
through tho masses, while
'vESGEAScE!'
was the CRY. On the right, suddenly, the shout
oqss e.. TIE % Eo,q q;,,a ;he ny, Wy5a md The Sse
mcnt OF perhaps 5000 or 10000 turning their
faces in the direction Of that building began to
be executed. 1t WIS critical moment. What
in front Of thut Office. Police and military would
haye availcd lsttie or becn TOO late telegram
had Just been read from Washington, Seward
stepped forward with II small flag in his hand
and beSkoned to the crowd. Another tclegram
ARd she ~ tue of 1g
hesitation OF the crowd, whose steps had been
ARE arrested u moment, right arm arm was was
steady, s Il loud ai and I'd distinct. spoke out: 'Fsi
lou cttizens! Clouds and da'ktess arc round
Gbout Him! His partition Is dark tcdters ana
thick clouds Of the sstes! Justice ana jnd1-
ment arc nc establishment Of Hts throne! Mercy
and truth shall 90 before His tacc! Fcto.1-citi-
zsns' God rttgns, nHa nx Government at Wash
t.lgton xtiI itc<sr Tho effect was tremendous.
The crowd stood riveted to the spot In uwe gzsz-
Ing at the modonless orntor, and thinking OF
hour As the boiling wave subsidies and settles
to the sea when some strong wind beats it down.
so the tumult Of the people sank and became
umph Of ctoQuencc, inspired by the moment
such falls to but one mans lot, and that Gus
once in Il century. The genius OF Webster, |
Choate. Everett, Seward, never reached It. De-
mosthenes never cqualled it. What might have
had the surgiug md maddened mob
been let loose none can tell. The man Tor the
crisis was on the spot, more potent than Napo~ |
Icons guns at Paris. inquired what WIS bis |