The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-23

DE D.
The Nation in Mourning.
President Garfield Expires on
Monday NighE Last.


President Garfield died Monday night
last, at Long Branch. The people Of ev-
cry State in the Union receive the sad an
nOuncemeat with feelings of the deepest
grief. The chosen head Of the Nation has
been killed BY the assassin's bullet, and
the whole people are in tears. Garfield
was the first President since the war, who
was accepted with hearty good will, as
the President of the whole country. An
drew johnson aud Gen. Grant wore re-
garded as the choice OF section, while
fully one half the people never believed
Hayes fairly elected. Garfield was fairly
elected, aud was fairly Administering the
Government. Under his rule, q united
people, North and South, were learning
again to respect each other and to love
their Government, aud to forget the sec
tionai bitterness caused By the late civil
war In the midst Of this restoration Of
good Fellowship. the stalwart faction OF
Garfield own party, opene1-7~6erce war
upon him, andsthe exeiAaefea thus GU.
gondered. melted The vile wretch, Gatt-
eau, to do his Infamous DEED Oh, what
a terrible lesson it should leach factions
and partisans. Not that the Vice-Pre
dent had knowledge n The deed which
the assassin proclaimed was for the pur-
pose of making the Fice-President the
President, but the fell spirit Of bitter
warfare which the Tise-President was
aiding against the President, Inclined The
weak mind of Guitesa TO FIRE the fatal
built at Garfield.
THE DEMu SCENE.
At the Presidents bedside holding his
poor emaciated hand in her own aud
watching with anguish unutterable the
fast vanishing SANDS Of life, sat the faith
ful, devoted wife, during heclosing hours
of the Presidents career. Around him
were other weeping friends and physi-
clans, lamenting their powerlessness in
the presence Of the dark Angel of Death
Toward the last, toe mind Of the sufferer
wandered. He was once more back in
Mentor, amid the scenes where the hap
piest hours of his life were spent. He sat
in the dear cid homestead again with
loved ones around him-the aged mother,
so proud Of her big boy, the faithful wife,
! and beloved childrea. Il was a blissfnl
dream that robbed death Of its terrors and
rendered the dying nan for the moment
unconscious Of the cruel rending of his
once rigorous frame that was constantly
going on. The moan Of the restless ocean
mingled with the scbs Of the loved ones
as the lamp of life hckersd and went out
forever. Nearly every one around the
President chung 10 lope TO the last and
refused to credit The approach Of death
until the shadow deepeaeG and the de
stroyer's presence cGIld be no longer un-
felt. Flags hang al the half mast from
every house on OCEAN avenue, and the
gayety of this favorte watering place is
followed by the deepest gloom. The
struggle is over and death is victor.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The following arrangements for the fn-
neral sery ices have been ordered by the
Cabinet and are gireu the press for the
information OF the public:
TIE remains OF tae late President Of
the United States viii be removed &c
Washington by special train, "Wednesday
Sept. q, leaving Elberon at 10 :. 81 aus
reaehinG Washb---s-zs aa-s p s---laAsl-r--
nents from the nited States army aus
from the marines OF the navy viii be IN
attendance, on the arrival at Washing ton
TO perform escort duty. The remains will
lie in state in the rotunda Of the Capitol,
Thursday and Friday, and VIII he guard
ed by deputatious from tie executive de-
partments and by officers of the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Religious
ceremonies will be observed in the ro-
turlda AZ oclock, Friday afternoon. At
) o'clock the remains viii be transferred
20 the funeral car and be removed "a
Cleveland, via the peunsyivania railroad
arriving there saturday AZ P. n, and
be then inferred in Lake View Cemetery
No ceremonies are expected in me cities
and towns along the route Of the funeral
beyond the toiliug Of bells. Detailed
arrangements for the burial are commit.
;ed 10 the municipal authorities Of Clsve.
land, under the direction Of the ExeeutivS
CT the State of Ohio.
JAS. G. BLAINE, Secretary State.
THE COUNTRY IL xouRSIxG.
Tho whole country, from Maine to Lou
isiana, IS shroudei in deep mourning
All the lssding cities and towns arc drap
ed in black, and every household is il
sincere grief Garfeld's assassination
was cruel wrong, and every man, wo
man and child, deeply feel tue wron 2
He was 4 truly good and great mani bu
the God of Heaven only is great, end 70
some wise purpose, ohastens our peopl
by Garfells death.
FIEAL INTEaMEST.
The body Of President Garfield nov
lies in state in the Capitol at Washington
but on to morrow will be conveyed to tn
cemetery a, Cleveland, Ohio, for final in
terment
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