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will be speedy. Make immediate and fui
report regarding the sad event.
Woo YENo.
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Gladsfone.- statcmsnf.

G,adsfoEe's statement.
LONDON, July 4.h.-Gladstone' state
ment in the House Of Commons to-day
in regard TO the attempt on Gar-
fields life was as fellows: I've can
not be surprised that question has
risen in regard to the inspiration OF the
outrage on President Garfield, the char
aeter of which is such as to at
tract the attention of the whole civil
lied world, and which so greatly af-
fec.s the feelings and welfare of
nation which is not only friendly to ~, but
which is growing more friendly yearly. The
public has been supplied with extraordinary
rapidity with information of all the aactua-
tions in the terrible trial which the President
has been called upon to undergo
Parallel Case.
BURLINGTON Ua.l, July 4th.-Burlington
furnishes. a parallel case to that of the Presi-
dent, in the person of John L. Pierson. Sec
retary of the Burlington. Lumber Com
pany, who was wounded by gunshot
penetrating the liver at the battle OF Walnut
Hill, Miss. By careful nursing and skilltui
treatment he recovered, and is now in active
business
Further I'm Regard 20 the siee-Prcstdenf.
NEw YORK, July 5th-A. M.-The Tunes
Washington special says: Vice-Prssident
Arthur remained all day at the residence of
Senator Jones. He had received messages
from time to time showing the condition of
the President. Quite number of persons
called at the house, but many did not succeed
in seeing the Vice President, who was APP
parently not in good health. To tell
the truth, Mr.. Arthur has suffered
severely in mind since receiving the newsof the
Presidents shooting. The opportunities for
Misrepresentation have been so many, it
would be surprising If some were not taken
advantage of. Many statements which have
bsen made about him, the Times correspond
ent has good reason to believe untrue. His
demeanor while in the city has been as carefully
watched as possible His action has been
made the subject of very general scrutiny,
and those who have observed most closely are
loudest iu their praises of his conduct. he
does not complain of the many unfair
criticisms which have leen made in
print by men who were piqued be-
cause he was not as approachable
to them as they, in their dignity, deemed he
should be. He is, in fact, not in condition
to complain. He was stunned at the an
President, and is in kind of stupor. He
sees, of course, what is going on, and
has not lost possession of his faculties ; but
is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the
calamity and the task which he may be called
upon to perform. Those who saw him a
year or more ago, when death entered his
own family and took bis beloved wife,
fancy that they see o resemblance in
his present condition to the state into
which that sad event plunged him. There is
no doubt he is suffering keeDly. No one can
loook upon him for a moment without being
convinced of the fact that he cannot, if he
would, control the evidences of his feel
ings. The correspondent of the Times
called on him this afternoon, and found
him sitting thoughtfully and alone on COW
cred sofa in one of Senator Jones parlors.
Everything around was in confusion. The
house tal been shut up for the summer, and
the occupants were not expected until fall.
The furniture seemed piled in the
room without regard to arrangement.
Amid these surroundings sat Mr., Arthur,
with head bowed down and looking
vacantly out through the window The en-
trance of visitors caused him to look up and
give the observer an opportunity of seeing
the impression which the calamity Of Satur-
day had left on his countenance. Tears stood
in his eyes, and the orbs themselves were
bloodshot Oa his face was the traces of re-
cent weeping. He would trust himself
to speak bat little, and was afraid of being
overcome by excess OF his emotions. His
whole manner, rather than the few words he
uttered, showed the deepest feeling, and of
evidently genuine sympathy, which would
astonish even many OF those who think they
know the man well.