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The Virginia star., 1881-08-27

Lecture.
A lecture will be given at Ebenezer Baptist
church next Monday night, Goth instant for
the benefit OF the church by Mr.. Daniel B.
Williams, Subject: A Historical glance at
the colored man of Africa-hls victories
glorious achievements in war. architecture,
sociecy. intellect and religion. Also an out
look at the pl esent tribes of the Dark Conti-
nent. Mr.. Williams Is we'll known as an
able, trenchant and earnest speaker who is
thoroughly conversant with the subjects be
discusses. All who are interested in thai
mighty land should make it point to attend
this lecture.
Admission, adults, 10 cents; children cents
Commence at 80 o'clock.
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True Rerormers.

A new fountain was organized and set
apart hero in the city, Tuesday night, Aug.
%, 10 be known as King Solomon Fountain,
No. q, United Order OF True Reformers.
Master officers: Rev. Thos. l.. Green, w.
M. f.; Mrs. Rebeeca Strange, w. Mrs. F.;
Edward g. Taylor. ". Chap; -J0hn I'll.
smith, w. Sec.; Mrs. Maria Ballue, w. A.
Sec.: Paul Ballue, w. Guide; Mrs, Ellen
Mrs. Ellen Smith. w. A. Guide; Randall
Teylor, w. Seut.; Lounden Anderson, w
Mrs. Eliza saunders, w. l.. III. S.: Rev Nj
T.. Pierce, w. Worthy Past Master. Board
Of Trustees: II. II. Voolfolk. chairman
VIM. Tyree, Treasurer; Aolrson Blandon
Director.
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PERSONALS and Brief Locals.

Miss Maggie Richards has
returned from Fredericksburg where
she has been teaching.
Mrs. Catharine Scott was buried
from the Second Baptist church on
Aug. 18th. The services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Evans Payne.
Mr.. John W. Curle and his
bride who was q Miss Gladman, both
OF Lynchburg on their bridal tour ar.
rived here last week.
The marriage Of Rev. e.
Watts and Miss Octavia Brown o1
this city took place at 4OS 7th street,
on the I7tL instant. The cere
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GREENS CRYSTAL SPECTA-
Giles AND EYEGLASSES.

only 25 cents. Used and rec om-
mended by our best physicians. Ey>
cry style of Spectacles and Eye
glasses at less than half price.
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Picnic.

Picnic.
The st. Augustine society OF Richmond
will have grand pic>nic at Walllace's
grove on Monday next. 1t will be grand
affair. The management is in the bar ds OF
some OF our best ladies with Mrs. Thomas
Griffin at.their head. The visiting Catholic
knights from Washington will be present
and every thing VIII be done to render it
one Of the most pleasant affairs of the season.
The gates will be opened at 10 O'Clock .. m /.
and closed at 5 p. m. Price OF admission 10
cents two persons % cents.
We have been authorized to state that this
picnic will certainly come off. all reports to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
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Virginia.

VIRGINIA.
In the Clerks office of the Chancery Court
of the city OF Richmond, In VACATION; !;
August 18th. 1881.
NIELSEN HARRIS Ptif.
against In Chancery.
MAMIE HARRIS. Del.J
The object of this suit h 10 obtain di-
yorce a vincul0 nadtrim0nii by the plain.
tiff from the defendant.
An affidavit having been made and iled
that the defendant Is non resident OF this
STATE, II il ordered that she appear here
wlthin one mouth after due publication
hereof. and do what Is necessary TO protect
her interets herein.
II. r. BROOKS. p. q. A copy
.Ieste. BENZ. II. BERRY, elk.
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r. B. WILLIAMS,
DEALER IN
PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES, DC,
No, 1701 Cor. Broad and 17th Streets,
RICHMOND. Va.
bg Prescriptions carefully com
pounded at all hours.
w. 5. SELDEN.

w. 5. SELDEN.
Practical undertaker, 46C4. 1905 and 1907
f.. Broad street, near the "Oid church."
Residence 531 N. 18th street.
He has had nine years experience at the
business. Has on hand a full line OF solid
walnut, rosewood burial cases. Also full
assortment OF burial cases of imitation of III
the popular woods.
Ample arrangements for preserving
bodies and full satisfaction guaranteed in
every case.
Funerals furnished on the shortest notice.
Come and examine NV stock before pur-
CHASING elsewhere. S.l3.omo.
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Dsnvilie, Va. Aug. 18th. 1881.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
AN ANXIOUS SABBATH.
CONFLICTING REPORTS AND DREAD IN
CERTAINTY.

CONFLICTING REPORTS AND DREAD IN
CERTAINTY.
Sunday was a sad day for the nation,
and millions of prayers were offered
for the recovery of the President. The
reports from Washington were con
hicting, and the public heart alternated
between hope and fear.
THE PRESIDENTS CONDUCT AND TREAT
MENT.
That the President lives is largely
due to his vigorous constitution, his
temperate habits, his robust health and
his indomitable pluck. Secretary
Window remarked Sunday morning,
that if the President had not been one
of the greatest men in the world he
would not he alive. He does not treat
his condition lightly, nor assume an
air of bravado, but contemplating the
probabilities of his situation with the
calm heroism of IA Christian, he is firm
and determined. vet cheerful. This
seems to describe the Presidents men
tai condition perfectly. He has soul
that knows no fear, and, while he UNI
doubleday fully realizes the imminent
danger of his situation, he has not per
mitted it for an instant to unnerve
him OF to cloud his faculties. His pain,
which has been at times intense, has
been borne with patient cheerfulness
No murmur has escaped him, he has
been as tender and cOnsiderate of the
feelings of those around him as he
used to he in the hours of his greatest
vigor and joyousness. To his persist
ent cheerfulness and firmness the
physicians largely attribute the fav-
orable change which they noted in his
condition at a late hour Saturday eve
ming, and which from feeling of ut
most dependency, if not feeling OF
complete despair, restored them within
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
ARRIVAL OF MRS. GARFIELD.

Mrs. Garfield and her daughter left
Long Branch for Washington at I2.45
u. m. She was self-compOsed, owing
to the fact that the critical condition
of the President had been kept from
her. During the afternoon the Presi-
dent referred very seldom to his con
dition his greatest anxiety was to see
his wife. As often as every fifteen
minutes he would turn to his attend
ants and ask how soon they expected
her To arrive. Bulletins from the rap
idly approaching train were received
at least every hour. The tracks had
been cleared and the operators at every
station along the road had been in
structed to telegraph directly to the
White House operator ut Washington
the progress of the train. When 1t
was learned that Mrs. Garfield could
not at the best arrive before O'Clock,
and to do that it would be necessary
to cover the distance between here and
| Philadelphia III three hours, the Presl-
dent was disappointed.
| The longest hours will have then
ending and at $50 p. m. the operator
reported that the train that was bring
| ing Mrs. Garfield was within the city
limits, and she might soon be expect
ed mt the White House. The cheerful
news was carried to the President
who thanked God for it, and said 81
shall live to see her Mrs. Garfield
was driven rapidly to the White House
and, as the President heard her car
riagc approaching he said : "She la:
come | would like to see her alone
Mrs. Garfield entered all persons lief,
the chamber, and man and wife, II
what was thought to be the dealt
chamber, were left alone. Mrs. Gar.
field could remain there but few
minutes her exhausted nature assert
ed itself. For seven long hours, tina
had seemed to her an eternity, she hat
been fastening to Washington, unable
to receive nOurishment, and sut1crn!
such agony as only those who love can
know, she grew faint the Prcsiden
noticed it and insisted that she shOul'
90 down stairs for supper.
President Garfield's mother, who l
at Scion, O., was not permitted to hea
of the shooting till Il favorable accOun
could he given her.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
THE EFFECT ABROAD.
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN OTHER
LANDS.

RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN OTHER
LANDS.
Queen Victoria tclegraphcd, through
Minister Lowell, her warmcst sympa-
thy for the President and his wife, and
IA prayer for his speedy recovery.
In the English House of Lords Earl
Granville said that the sympathy of all
classes i'll England was increased every
hour. and that it was not less strong
than that felt i'll America itself.
The English press is full of condcm-
nation of the dastardly deed, and kind
wishes for the stricken President.
In Germany the news was received
with Il thrill of horror, and the govern
mcnt at once cablcd its coincidence To
Washington.
In France all the journals of all par
ties condemn the attempt to assasSi-
nate President Garfield. President
Grevy telcgraphcd his condolences Ia
Washington u.s. soon as he learned OF
the attempt. as did also NJ. de st. Hi
laire. Minister of Foreign Affairs
PRAYERS were said for President Gar
field in the two American churches and
all the English Evangelical churches
in Paris.
Everywhere, as far as the cable cX-
tends, the people were electrified and
Mortified by the news, and the express
sion of sympathy from all nations Is
warm and sincere. No event has sc
stirred the whole civilized world foi
years as the cowardly and Uncallcd foi
attack on President Garfield.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
The Attempt on the Presidents
Life.

For the second time within the past
seventeen years, the hand of the assassin
has been raised against the chief mag
istratc of our nation. In the first in
stance the purpose of the blow was ac-
complishcd almost Immediately: i'll the
second the desire of the assassin was
not fulfilled, and the whole nation
ave, and the whole world -havc waited
with painful anxiety to see what was
to he the result and millions of pray
ers have assembled To the Great Ruler
of the universe, that the life of our
President might bc spared and the ma
ton saved from dire calamity.
On Saturday morning last, as he was
taking the train for Long Branch, to
pass the Sabbath there with his family
President Garfield was shot twice 10y a
religious and political fanatic who had
been unsuccessful in seeking office. and
took this method of getting revenge.
1t was blow struck mt the whole ma
ltbtl. anu IT. INV NllfH ilit SUI
news over the country and it became
evident that there was no mistake
about it, gloom settled over all, and
the heart of the American people stood
still with fear. The event was the
more astounding and paralyzing be-
cause il fell like Il thunderbOlt from q
clear sky. 1t was unlike the blow
which took from us our beloved Lin
coin, since it came III time of peace
while Lincoln's death was the outcom,
of a passionate period when the heart
of the Southerner burned with hatred
and the people were slow to believe
that SO enormous IA crime had beeI
committed.
We cannot find words strong enough
Tn denounce the deed as it deserves
There was no excuse for it, no reason
for il. unless it can be traced to politi
cal corruption. And there, we are com
PEELED to believe, much of the blame
lies. The assassin was crazed with
desire for office, and under the presen
political system there was nothing II
forbid his attempting to secure IT. liz
made the attempt and failed; and hi
failure wrought so thoroughly ON hi
unbalanced brain that he took upor
himself the task of working a reform
in the civil service by blow at the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

zen, but by the entire press of the
country. Party and faction should he
forgotten in the general grief
In answer to question how the
present political complexion of the
Senate would affect the calling of an
extra session for the election of a
President pro tenn, he replied Il
will steer the plain course of duty.
will rely upon the patriotism of the
nation as trusted representatives, be
they Republicans or Democrats but |
trust God will ward oft the necessity
of my being called upon to assume the
Office of President. | am hopeful that
| he will
District Attorney Corkhill received
number of anonymous letters Mon
day threatening the life of Nice-preSi-
dent Arthur. He Immediately called
upon the Yice-prcsident and notified
/ him of the fact One of the letters in
formed the District Attorney that If
the President should die there would
he more men to prosecute for murder
than one. General Arthur was not
moved 10y the information. No trace
has been discovered of the writer's
and not much importance has been at
tached to the statement.
CONSPIRACY THEORY NOT ACCEPTED.
Investigation into the conspiracy
theory is in progress, but ii Is stated thai
the cabinet do not accept it ant
intimationS to the effect that the stal
route ring were in the conspiracy i:
denounced by many.
CONKLING AND ARTHUR UNDER rOLICl
PROTECTION.
At New York on Monday good dca
of excitement was caused, says Jour
nal dispatch, by the announcement
that Conkling was under the protec
ton of the police mt the hotel. Hi
friends said that his life was threaten
ed. Police officials excused the matte
on the ground that there was grca
political excitement, and that III cas-
the President should die there was II
telling what might happen. Nicc-Pres
ident Arthur took three detective
with him to Washington to guard hin
; The feeling against Mr.. Conkling
very strong and is expressed yer
freely. People say that he is RESPONSE
BILE for the acts of the assassin in HAY
ing unnecessarily attacked the Prcsi
dent
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
The Assassination Of Lincoln

On Friday evening, April If, 1863,
John Wilkes Booth entered Il private
box mt Ford's theatre, Washington,
where President Lincoln and wife and
Il few personal friends sat witnessing
the play. and without Il word, drew Il
pistol and shot the President through
the head, and then jumping down upon
the stage, stalked ont of the building,
brandishing a dagger in one hand and
shouting, "Sic semper tyrdnnis" thus
always with tyrantS. The President
was removed to private house oppO-
site the theatre, where he lived uncon-
scious until the next morning ut half
past seven, when he expired. At the
same hour of this assassination, Lewis
Payne pushed himself into Secretary
Stewards sick room, on pretense OF
carrying message from his physician
and stabbed this statesman five times
as he lay in his bed, and would UNI
doubtedly have killed him but for the
heroic conduct of his nurse, Robinson
Mr.. Seward. though dreadfully wound
ed, recovered.
After shooting the President, Boot
mounted fleet horse which was il
waiting at the back door of the theatre
and rode off into Maryland. He wa,
hunted down and finally found nearly
| two weeks later, in "a barn in which Ii,
had taken refuge. He had rifle Will
/ him. and declared he would not d,
taken alive. The barn was fired, bu
Booth did not come forth. Finally ON,
of the soldiers named Boston COrbet
thought he saw Booth about To fire OF
his pursuers, when he shot him dead
1t was soon discovered there was
deep laid plot to assassinate not onl.
the President and Secretary Seward
but also Vice President johnson anC
Gen. Grant. The conspiratOrs wer,
found, and after trial by court martial
of which Gen. Hancock was the head
David Harold, Lewis Payne, Geo. At
zerott and Mrs. Mary Surratt wer,
hung July Z +; and DIR. Mudd, Samue
Arnold and Michael O'Laughlin wer'
sentenced To imprisonment for life
and Spangler, who held Booths horse
tn six years.
This was the justice meted out Il
assassins by Andy johnson and cour
martial.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
MONDAYS NEWS.
A MIXTURE OF SORROW AND FEsrIvITY

4 MIXTURE OF SORROW AND FEsTIvITY.
The Fourth was IA solemn day through
out the whole country, and even III
those places where any celebration oc-
Cured. the festivities were clOuded 10y
an anxious sorrow. In many locali-
ties. although extensive arrangements
had been made for proper observance
of the nations holiday, the celebration
was set aside and religious services
held instead. In Rhode Island the
governor issued "A proclamation defer
ring the celebration and deploring the
great grief which had fallen upon the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

Party lines and preiudices have been
set aside, in the great grief of the ma
ton. At meeting of Tammany, III
New York, John Kelly made telling
speech, expressing his condemnation
of the crime and his sympathy for the
President. The business for which the
meeting was called was postponed and
the time given up to AN exchange OF
regrets. All these things 90 to prove
how closely we are connected rs PEG
pie, and how strong We are as IA repub-
lie
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

The present position of Roscoe Conk-
ling is not an enviable one. II must
he rather humiliating for the cX-Sena-
tor to be obliged to call for the protec-
ton of the police, on account of the
strong feeling against him in New York
city. Evidently Lord Roscoe's power
is waning, and he cannot control whom
he will. The event of Saturday has
brought reaction against Conkling
and his friends have really feared fol
his safety during the excitement of tn,
past few days. How are the mighty
fallen!
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

The ladies of the Cabinet have shown
themselves equal to the emergency,
and in the absence of Mrs. Garfield the
first day were faithful and devoted to
the needs of the Presidents and ever
since they have shared with Mrs. Gar
field the care of her husband.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

No apology is needed on our part for
devoting So much space to the tragic
event at Washington. 1t is the great
and important thing of the week, in
which every one of our readers Is in
terestcd. We have compiled mainly
from the Boston journal dispatches IA
full account of the matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

the space of few hours to a degree of
hope, if not feeling of confidence, in
his recovery. There is another ele
ment to which the physicians contrib
ute in a great degree the favorable
change in his condition, and that Is
the calm. sustained heroism of Mrs.
Garfield, who, although just recover
ing from a long and severe illness, has
spent most of the hours since her ar
rival ut the bedside of her husband.
Her praises are on every lip, and on
every side one hears expressions of
wonder at her fortitude. From 10
o'clock Saturday night until ; o'clock
Sunday morning, and, indeed, until a
later hour, the President slept most of
the time. Toward morning he was
inclined to be chatty, and his DISPOSE
ton to talk required to bc discouraged
and mildly reprcssed. Once Attorney
General MacNeagh. who was sitting nj
his bedside, cautioned him against in
dulging in conversation, and he pleas
antly replied "WeU. | will cOmpro-
mise with you; if you viii give me all
the milk | want to drink | viii not
| talk"
CONSPIRACY THEORIES GUITEAU EN-
PRESSES SATISFACTION.
There are two theories among tn,
| detectives as tn conspiracy, of which
Guiteau was only Il part. The de
| tcctives are divided. Some of then
deny utterly that there are any traces
of a conspiracy and insist that GuiteaI
was alone and is crazy. Others say
] Il Al.
! spilacy. and that there are clues which
seem to lead to three persons, and t.
Indicate that all three were in thu
depot ut the time the act was commit
ted. Points tending to confirm tm
theory are these That two hack
were hired by suspicious looking per
sons, the quality of speed having beer
insisted upon when the carriages wcr
engaged that three persons, un>nOwl
to everybody, whose actions are IT.
membcred to have been suspicious
were about the depot prior to the mt
tempted assassination. and that two Il
them left hastily after the shot WA
fired; that perhaps two minutes hetor
the shot WAS fired a sharp, pcculia
click made by Il blow upon the stem
heater, was heard, which is presume
to have been Il signal to Guiteau tina
the President was approaching.
There are number of circumstance
which in the opinion of some who al
investigating the matter, tend to sho'
2 that if GUtcau is insane there
.'method in his madness" and that II
was but Il tool in the hands of other
All the letters taken from Guiteau
; package. left ut the ews-Stand, are {
about the same tenor as that addressc
t to the White House. One letter Ia
been found since his arrest which
, evidently that of Il well-traincd, pei
: fectly sane mind. The fact that IA
: the letters in his package would ten
. to show that the writer was insaI
I causes Il suspicion that they were 90
1 up for that purpose. He told the hacl
1 man that he wanted him to drive
e the Congressional Cemetery when |
e got in, and it is thought by some tn:
I he had an idea OF escape by taking Il
l railroad at one of the stations beyOI
@ the city limits, OF, if too closely pu
sued, to save his neck by going To Il
: Jail and delivering himself to the of
d GERS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

Thomas T.. Platt, ex-senator from
disgusting scandal with woman at
the Delavan House, in Albany. The
evidence against him is very strong,
and any doubt which may have cX-
listed in regard to it was dispclled hy
the withdrawal of his name as Il candi-
date for reelection. Thus rctircs from
the stage one who, while Senator,
walked in the path marked out for him
by COnkling, and who, coming back to
Albany for " vindication,' forgetS his
manhood and is revealed to the peo-
pie in Il loathsOmc, liccntiOus char
acter. The Empire State can afford to
put her foot ON Platt and crowd him
into oblivion as one unworthy of any
favor at her hands, and not fit to repre-
sent her in the national Congress.
The Boston Young Mems Christian
Association have been for six seasons
in the habit of sending poor children
of the city out into the country for a
weeks visit, and by this means over
five thousand children have had OPP
portunity to taste pure country air.
The committee asks of those living i'll
the country: "Would it not add To
your happiness and the enjoyment OF
your own pleasant homes to entertain
one or more of these children for ten
days or more, and let Il ray of sunshine
in upon their poor lives?" This is Ger
tainly noble charity, and those who
are willing to aid in the work are asked
to write to the Secretary, Miss ii. G.
Putnam, II Boylston street, who vii
furnish any information desired on the
subject.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
Philadelphia Times ]

1t would be az absurd to hold the so
called stalwarts responsible for Gar
fields assassination as 1t was To sup
pose that Booth was the hired agent of
the defeated confederacy; but just as
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country; and everywhere there seemed
no hearty interest in the festivities
natural to the day.
At Brattleboro, in this state, there
was no celebration of the Fourth, but
Il largely attended meeting was held IN
the evening to express the public grief
News from different points ON the
Pacific coast indicates a general sus-
pension of all Fourth of July celebra-
tons
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

An unknown woman who called to
see Guitteau, is under surveillance.
\ telegram was sent to the fresi-
dents mother Monday, urging her to
come to Washington.
II is stated that Gen. Arthurs delay
in going to Washington was caused by
fear of bodily harm.