, 1881-09-21

we'll known M a t,rothnr nr othpr ncnr
rctattyo, In nearly every hamlet of TIM ol,1
Nineteenth District Gen. uurDoId hns n,ndo
snccchcs aud know tho namo of ncnrIy nvcrv
v,,tor Tho pr[lc With which thoao pcople t,uyo
noted tho advancement If tt,or hot1orott rcpru.
xrt,tntEve l,as been very great. They nro mt
o1tlco- seekers as n r,,lc. nnt, hnvo IN nxca H.,
ertn,l. except tn sue that other peop,p 1carn 10
know md appreciate (Iep Gari1oltt as they hnyo
40 nnx dunc. Msrn thnn half of all tho yotcr8
In tho Nineteenth district hnvo hun hcarsl simo
and nHnln to tlrouheBy that lartto would Bot1,o.
tlmo lto rraslont. ills elevation was onty tn
tho nltnro OF things to those inrtt. Tbis atiml-
rtt!on atld lnve ~ns entirely mutual bnt,wcen
Gen.GnrI,cld md his constituents. lilo tnok
mora prt.le II, his district, probably. tinn any
nan win Inns sat in Cungfcss for tho pnst hulf
century. Whom hts nasno was drought forward
fuHcl tn rim md permitted Btlntcy Matthew'S
to ho clccted, prufcrrilg II rc1nnin US tho Rep
rcsentAtlvo OF his lelovc'i district. When tle
wns fttiaiiy elected United Stntes Senator. md
rresonteu tho ntiOmhly Mt ono tlfno Of btiug
Representative in Congress, United States Son
ntur.utoct. md President or tho Unitcal States
e1cut hr said to ynur correspondent: You can
hnrdly understand, presa1uo. Will. what do
grcu uf reluctance nm obliged 10 leave tho old
Nfnetecnth District. tell yoil hoIumniy that 1
would not do 1t wero It nut TINT 1t would appear
decidedly plXgtsh in mo, now that 1
hnre good chancp to do so. not
to 10 willing to get out Of Tho why Of tho tfc-
BcrvinK md good nlen nil over the district who
hnvr hecn looking foEward to tho opportunity
ot being my successor. tell ypu truly that SO
fat rs atn ncrsonnlty concerned would prcfur
to stny In tho paco hAyo humbly nlletl for 20
Hlnny ycars p1st." hayu Indnigetl In this
mitch ut preface for tho purpose Of milking
better understood the record or d report which
catrr to my ours fiji II sonowhnt substantatcd
form, md which will nov procccd tt give. 1t
ia but proper 10 stnto further tlat this dIstrlut
Is nno Of tho frcest from criule of any In tho
StHtc. II bus bcon many years efnco crtnnnl
WIS executed Tor tho crno OF murder
In ita borders. Some Of the counties,
think, nnvo never Ind a hAnging and
others have had mono since tho pioneer days.
On tho whoo length or Vandorbllt's lines uf
rnilrold tho statistics show no territory OF eQunl
population TINT has 50 much inall matter. Tho
people think. and road, and phflosophlzo In a
rudo way. perhaps. but with rathor accurate re-
suits. and a'i on thoir own account.
Tho horror which attended tho nrst reports Of
tho attempted assassination had only been fairly
klndlcsl when X was discovered TINT III ccrtnln
| contingencies the villninous assRsln would not
l'c properly deRit With: that in cnso tho
President shn,tisl die. Notwithstanding his
suffering might 10 rrOtrnctcl for
many months, and tho people might be-
kept in II horror OF apprehension, still tho per-
| s0n who Sns responsible for It NIL would escape
with only a small degree Of punishment, that III
case tho President should die, thore was grBat
doubt in regard to tho matter Of couvctEtsR the