National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-09-21

Der was snatched, and then the city awoke
TO the daylight realization OF the fateful close of
the terrible tragedy which was enacted July 2.
The news received through the morning papers
gave the particulars Of the sad event, but there
seemed to be nothing determined for the future
As soon amer breakfast as possible the people
poured out In the streets. Those that went to the
Departments were informed that they would be
closed In
RESPECT TO THE DEAD PRESIDENT.
The throng on the streets was increased. Every
where along the streets the people could be seen
draping their houses and places Of business in
black. The Government buildings were also COW
cred with the sombre emblems of mourning.
Amid this mournful activity the crowds surged
along the streets and avenues ladies, men, and
children all with the impress of the great national
calamity stamped upon their faces. II was
strange scene, so full of life and activity, and
yet so strangely quiet and subducd. The
only noise was the cries OF the news
boys and the rattle OF the cars
and vehicles. 1t continued in this way dur
ing the day, and toward evening the streets be-
came more throngcd. There was no outward ex.
citement, but there was an intense suppression of
feeling, which made itself felt insensibly. The
day was marked By no gatherings or by any Of the
| usual signs Of popular excitement. Thorc was no
loud talk or threatened demonstrations. The head
| of the Government was dead and his successor had
which in any other country would have shaken
| tito its centre there was calmnoss and dignity
| which shows how firmly the Government is based
upon
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE rEorLE
The arrangements for the funeral was the gcu.
eral topic of discussion, and there was good deal
of anxiety to know when the remains would be
| brought to this city. The dispatches, however
were not very definite on this subject There was
not much on the street to attract and interest the
| crowds, and many wendell their way to the White
House. The gates had again been closed and
policemen were on guard, and all admission was
refused. The curious peered through the iron
ralllngs and saw the workmen buslly engaged In
draping the building A fire engine had been
used to clean the white walls of fhe portico, and
! Truck u with It's ladders were on hand to assist
| In putting up the drapery. Inside the employees
were hard at work getting the East Room In readl.
ness In case IL was decided
TO BRING THE REMAINS THERE
Upstairs Private Secretary Pruden was engaged
In packing In boxes the private papers of the Prcsi
dent, in accordance with instructions received
| from Mr.. Brown, There was q huge pile of these
| papers, which had accumulated even III this short
time, and they will occupy several large wooden
| boxes. At the War Department General Drum was
| at his desk, waiting to hear from Secretary Lin
coin In regard to the arrangements for the funeral
| He Ind All order prepared similar to the one issued
at the time OF the death OF President L!nGepf d.
recling tiiat suitable funeral services be held at
lerery post aud station Of the army aud salute of
thirteen guns be fred at the dawn of each day
for thirty days. officers of the army will
| WEAR THE BADGE or MOURNING ron SIX MONTHS.
| The outside of the State, War; and Navy Depart
mcnt building was very handsomely draped in
mourning and the flag on top was flying at half
mast. The decorations throughout the city were
in many instances quite elaborate. Saks & Co.'S
| gto al hat f INN, IN
noticeable. The store Of Reeds Bros, on street,
displayed In the windows the star, badge, and
| acorn, the arms of the Army ofthc Cumberland, to
| which the President belonged There was
hardly house which did not show some signs
of mourning, although 1t was some times simply
piece Of black Grape. Even the street-cars were
drapcd In black. The whole city was In mourn
ing, aud the black weeds Of sorrow loatcd in the
light breeze and the bright sunlight and seemed
to cast shadow upon the brightness of the day.
| In the evening the theatres and places of nmuse-
ment were closed, but the crowd still continued to
| throng the streets.
The city became quiet at an early hour and the
streets were almost deserted People went to their
homes satisfied to wait for the events of the NOR.
row. The strain and excitement of the past eighty
days was over; there was no more uncer-
| tainty and suspense. As one gentleman
remarked last evening, 1.-THE President has
passed the most comfortable day since he
was shot" There is q feeling of relief that
| he has at last ceased to suffer- and this tempers
the sorrow caused by his DEATH Now that 1t is
| all over there is tendency In the talk heard on
the streets to go back over the various stages Of
the past three months aud the regret is very
generally expressed now that he fingered
so long amid such suffering. An inter
estng fact was stated last evening in
speaking of the Presidents pluck. The cadet
midshipmGn who died AFTER n long struggle from
pyWmia showed a very determined spirit, and
maintained all along that he was going to get
well within four days Of his death. He was study.
ing calculus in order TO prepare himself, as he
said, for the examination at the Naval Academy.
Wherever the eyes turn at the Capital
here the sable symbols OF the Nations
mourning can be seen. The palaces Of
the wealthy and the humble cots of the
poor alike show forth the grief of the
inmates over the death of the Nations Chief
Even in the alleys Of our city, where penury and
painful poverty abound, almost every Tenement
exhibits some meRgre show OF mourning, which
the inhabitants, out of their abect poverty, hay,
utilized TO show that they, too, claim the right t
minglc their tears with those of their more pros
porous neighbors In this hour OF universal grief
In word, oil classes of our people show by the
conduct that they fully appreciate the nationa
calamity which has made them all akin in thei
demonstrations of mourning.
The whole of the National buildings were IL
course ofdecorGtion in sombrc colors yesterday TIL
REPUBLICAN, office was the first to show the grle
= that the whole country feels, and the next wa
, the Executive Mansion. The draping is by NJ
means what II was at the time Of Mr.. Lncoln'
death, when every one Of the six columns sur
rounding the north portco was swnthed from pcdi
ment to pedestal in fine black alpaca cloth Nov
the drApings look mcagre. The pediment of tn
north front Is loosely draped with yard wide ma
lcral which Mt that height looks like a lOopeI
black cord, while the columns below wer
swathed In the centre In broad black bands, whcl
are so mcNgre against the white as 10 lonl
pitfully poverty. stricken. The corne
columns are swathed in reverse,
spIral milking lozengc OF white an,
black, while the columns east and west of tn
portcO are so meagrcly draped that 1t is almos
shameful In ils attempt to represents Nation
mourning, II Is due to Mr.. Crump to say that h
Is In 10 way responsible for this pIcGyune name
ofexprcSsins the outward sorrow Of the Nation 70
the Nations loss, for he has nothing at all to do II
the matter but to carry out the orders of Others
There Is 10 dmpcry Of mourning whatever OH tn
windows or facade Of the east, west or the soutl
fronts of the Executive Mansion, nor even on tn
north side of the greenhouses, which extend west
ward parallel To the front OF the mansion.
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4 CntaTaIque nj the white House.
, Dispatches have been received at tn,
White House through Colonel Rockwells chic
placed in readiness 10 receive the late President
NI,aN .Iag. l.