New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-17

recovered from others in the progress of his sickness
| congressman John Scoville, who had Just arrived
| from Europe, said that he was greatly shocked on
receiving the news Of the attempted assassination
whle on the continent. Judging from the general
dispatches of yesterday he did not think the Presi
dent could possibly recover
prominent Wall-st. banker, who would not ex-
press his opinion at length said that he should be
very sorry to hear of President Gar
heids death, but he did not think
~ would have any particular effect on the market
:, VI 'he financial condition of the country. The
rreSldents death would be " discounted by the
general knowledge be lore the event of his critical
condition. and besides, the finances Of the country
| were not held in any one mans handv
EX-Congressman Milton Sayler of Ohio said
Inc outlook tonight is certainly very gloomy
ana am afraid there is no hope. / can only saw
tla' the death OF President Garfield would be a
great public calamity. have known him intimately
Tor years, served six years with him in Congress
and two years on the Ways and Means COMMITTEES
Although ] am Democrat and did not support
MN or GENERAL Arthur in the last campaign, / al
ways found the President a big-headed and big
souled man."
| DE you think the Presidents death would seri-
ousiy affect the prosperity of the country ~
The fear that he would die has already had a
serious effect, and his death would undoubtedly
have still more serious influence but don't be-
heve 1t would last, for the country is not so inti
matey related to the life Of one man that his death
would be to 1t disastrous blow Should the Presi-
dent die, however, it would be very deplorable in
any event, and particularly so by the hand of an
assassin"
How do you regard the possibility of General
Arthur becoming President ?"
Il have known the Wee President intimately for
years and know him to be a man of excellent GOOD
sense, and shoud have every confidence in him as
PRESIDENT Should Arthur become President now,
he would go into Office with much greater popular
support and confidence than if the President had
died Immediately after the shooting The people
nave learned TO appreciate his good qualities and he
has conducted himself as admirably during the
RESIDENTS illness as a man could possibly do"
do you think from your acquaintance with
Nice-Presdent Arthur that he would make sweep-
ing changes In the matter of appointments ~
LIDO not. There is also a growing feeling among
the people at large that he has too much sound
sense to do anything of the sortr
INTEREST AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB.
Considering the season of the year there was n
large number of members at the Union League Club
last evening Many of them lad looked in to hear
wnat the latest news was. The billiard
room was deserted Upon the faces of the men who
gathered in little groups here and there intense
anxiety was plainly visible, and many walked rest
lessly back and forth between the hall where the
bulletins were posted and the readng-r 1om The
week ago. " Then,r n prominent member
said, we all were rejoicing that he was
out OF danger; that the worst was passed. But
now-don't speak of it Such an impending na-
tional calamity is too awful to think about We
all felt so sure that he would get we'll" There was
great desire among the members not to talk about
the result that all feared The belief was expressed
that the surgeons had done all that was possible
THE FEELING IN wALL-sTREET.
Everywhere in Wall-st great anxiety was mani
tested yesterday to gain the latest news in regard
to the President. The gravity of the crisis was
realized by all, and hone tempered by grea,
fear of the result. The afternoon dispatches from
Washington, although most of them were unofficial
were accepted as indications of the result thar all
dreaded to contemplate. Not few retained their
confidence that the President would overcome all
obstacles IN the way TO final recovery. Among
these Russell Sage express d great confidence that
the President would pull through
AT the Custom House. Collector Robertson re-
ceived in the afternoon dispatch from Colonel
Rockwell, in reply TO his inquiry in which il was
said that the President had not improved since Mon
day. This reply was not reassuring to the MANY
anxious persons who were in the Custom House.
AT THE PRODUCE AND COTTON EXCHANGES
The scenes ut the Produce and Cotton Exchanges
yesterday were not unlike those observed imme-
diately after the shooting of the President
except that there seemed to be deeper
about the bulletins during the day, hoping
that the next dispatch would be more favorable
There was a general feeling of relief manifested
when the first official bulletin, announcing sliqht
Improvement. was posted The members however
had grown very apprehensive during the preceding
forty-eght hours and they feared the later bulle
tins. The posting of the noon bulletin announcing
an increase In the beatngs of the pulse caused a
general expression of sadness This news was fol-
lowed by decline in the market wheat falling off
about cent bushel with a corresponding decline |
in other cereals and their products and decline of
15 cents n hundred pounds on lard.
AT the Cotton Exchange there was the same feel |
ing of depression, and the members gathered around
the indicator eagerly waiting for the latest
information to be read from the tape. As a large
majority of the members of the Cotton Exchange
is from the South, their expressions of feeling were
of much interest. When at 220 the tape said that
Attorney General MacVeagh admits that he has
given up all hopes in the Presidents casen one of
the prominent members said with much earnest
ness: " 1t is awful that the President with such
brilliant future before him, beloved
by an entire and united country, should
be cut down by villain. 1t will be
most unfortunate thing for the South. The
Southern people had begun TO recuperate them
selves, had taken each other by the hand and with
confidence in the North were pulling themselves
up into the road of prosperity" half hour later
when the tape stated the Presidents temperature
had fallen three-tenths below the normal and his
pulse had risen to 125, Mr.. Facchir a representa-
tive of the Greek firm of Ralli Brothers, gave ex-
preston to the general sentiment by saying: THAT
means dissolution" Some, however expressed
themselves as hopeful that the information fur-
nished on the tape emanated from no responsible
source 1t was the general opinion that should the