Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-21
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DOMESTIC NEWs.
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CLEVELAND, September 20th.-The news
OF the Presidents death spread rapidly, and
called out large number of people The
deepest sympathy is expressed for the strick-
en mother. The Trustees of Lake View Gem
etery, the beautiful city of the dead Just out
side the limits of Cleveland, overlooking
Lake Erie. authorized their President, Hon.
John II. Wade, to telegraph the widow, Of
fering her any lot in the cemetery she may
choose for the final resting place of the Pres
ident's remains. In the same cemetery re-
pose the remains of the President's uncle
Thomas, killed by train fortnight prior to
the assassination, and a cousin who died o few
years ago.
The Swearing In OF President Arthur.
New YoRK, September 20sh-3:15 A. NJ
In accordance with a dispatch received from
the Cabinet in regard to taking the oath of
once, messengers were sent to different
judges OF the Supreme Court. The first to
put In an appearance was Judge John r.
Brady who was closely followed by Justice
Donahue. The party, consisting Of the
Vice PRESIDENT and the Judges named, be-
sides District Attorney Rollins, Elihu Root
and the eldest son of the new President, as
sembled in the front parlor of No. 123 Lex
ington avenue-General Arthur's residence
where the oath Of effice was administered,
and lie became President ef the United
States. The President has not signifed his
intention as to when he would visit the cap.
ital, and declined to lie interviewed as TO his
future course.
General sherman on Law and Order
General Garfeld's Last Battle.
WASHINGTON, September 20th.-The fol-
lowing letter from General Sherman, in the
inf NJ lox and Al Al
assassin Guiteau appears in the Republican
WASHINGTON, September 19, 1SSl-3P.M.
To Hon. Geo. G. Gorham, National Repub-
lican-MY dear sir: You and l have been
comrades il civil broils and strife in
California, when the Vigilance Committee
assumed the rule, and we know, or think
We know, how good, honest people have
done some acts of violence under an honest
conviction that they were doing the right
| thing, and we believe that Time, the great
physician, will cure all things to the patient.
l have occasionally, and recently, heard some
| arguments in the street. some scraps of wis
dom enuneiated, and now, at this dead hour,
when our noble and brave President is lying
in the very agonies of death at Long Branch,
and the cowardly, miserable wretch Guiteau
is covering in his cell at the public jail,
it occurs to me that you and should,
in our respective speech, make profitable use
holds in higher esteem the noble qualities of
James A. Garfield than myself 1 was on
the point of starting to Chattanooga, to do
honor to the heroes of Chicamauga, of whom
he was one of the most prominent; but
was stayed by the unfayorabls report
from his bedside at moor, and l shall
remain here at my post of duty un-
til the last remnant of hope. At Chics-
mauga, eighteen years ago, Garfield was chief
t.f -, -. II IL
wing was broken by the vehement charge of
Bragg's forces, and was carried along with
| the broken masses almost into Chicamaugs,
| when he begged for the privilege Of return
| ing to join General o. III. Thomas, whose guns
| told him that that heoric man still stood fast
with his left wing General Rosecrans gave
him leave, and he did return, running the
| gauntlet, joining General Thomas, aud serv-
| ing close to his person till night enabled them
to fall back in good order to Chattanooga.
That was General Garfeld's last fight, in
which he took especial pride, and I
know he intended to be at Chicamauga
next Wednesday to celebrate the event.
1t is ordered otherwise, tor he now lies by
the seashoIe on his death. bed from a wound
/ inflicted by the miserable wretch Guiteau.
For this man Guiteau l ask no soldier, no
citizen, to feel one sensation of pity. But it
| is not my office, or yours, or anybody's
which are the undisputed power, to
countenance violence in any form, which will
bring rerroach on us all, on the country at
| large, and especially on us of the District of
| Columbia. All the circumstances of the
| shooting, of the long, heroic struggle for
life, impress ne 10 strongly
that 1 would be ashamed Of my
countrymen if they mingled with their
| feelings of grief any thought OF vengeance.
Vengeance is NINE" saith the Lord. l
| trust the public press viii exert its powerful
influence to maintain the good order and
decorum which have prevailed since the sad
dest of all days in Washington, July 2,
1881. Sincerely your friend,
w. IT. SHERMAN.
General Grants sympathy.
| NEW York, September 20tb.-General
| Grant, who is in town, was interviewed at
midnight. He said the event was sad and
unexpected. He sent the following to Mac
| Veagh at Long Branch "Please convey to
| the bereaved family of the President my
| heartfelt sympathy and sorrow for them in
their deep affiiction. The nation will mourn
with them for the loss of the Chief Magis-
trate SO recently called to preside over its
destinies. shall return to Long Branch in
the morning, and will tender my services If
they can be of any use to them.
81. s. GRANT"
The News in Ohio.
| COLUMBUS, September 20th.-The news of
| the Presidents death caused the nost pro-
found gIief in this city. Bells were tolled,
and the Republican State Executive Commit
tee at once withdrew all their appointments
circumstances may require.