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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

no case since the telegraph and the press
reached their present development, in which the
whole world was interested, and in which, at the
same time, the long lingering gave hopes, now
bright now vague, Of final recovery. Every
morning almost the first question in every
home in America, in every Office, on every
Sstrcet-corner wherever the daily newspapers
were to be had or a telegraph wire ran. was "How
5is the President2" and hearts rose or fell with
4 the answer. The news was awaited in every
household with almost as much anxiety rs if
the word was to come down from some cham
/ Der Of sickness under the same roof. Tears of
sjoy stood iii women's eyes when they read,
1 in the days when hope was brightest, that
/ the President had been able to take his first
/, cup of coffee. Men and women alike learned
70 stop every day in front of his pictures in the
! shop windows, and look with ever growing adj
mlration at the erect, manly figure, strong
with all tie strength of vigorous and clcanly
manhood, and the large, noble head. All this
While the people were coming to know him
I and admire him rs n friend Every detail
! of his life HAD been thrown open to
| their gaze aud he had showed himself,
with death confronting him for eighty days,
always brave, and yet gentle and resigned
always the true Christian and the true man
This spectacle conquered the love of the whole
people. HIS death bereaves them to-day with
ia personal bereavement, and there is no Ameri-
can home upon which it will not bring the
shadow of grief.
And yet how many will feel a sense of graft
tude that, II il the Divine will that he should
de- he was spared further suffering. The
long struggle has wrung the heart of the
Nation, and many were ready to pray that if
he must be taken away, the poor suffering
body might be at rest speedily. That uu-
spoken prayer has been granted The
weary waiting is ended The brave sol
! der who would have liked to live for the
sake of his noble wife and children and of
his country, but who always looked on death
with firm eye has passed away leaving in
4 the hearts OF the people a precious memory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20
ELEVATED RAILWAY NuIsANcEs.

70 the Edftor OF The Tribune
SIR: The reckless disTeg gard of personal prop.
erty exhibited by the Elevated Railroad Companies is
something which sonld Ce checked. last evening when
was returning with my wife fro Manhattan Beach by
way OF the Whitehalst boats, and CROSSING under tho
Elevated Road TO reach the Belt Line car, stream Of
water let uf from the train above Us, falling upon
All beneath As we were immediately under H. were
thoroughly drenchod, and clothes spoiled.
Fortunately, It cold water; hut il probably would
made tle difference 10 the employees had It been
hot, although in that wond De able to-day to
tell the tale lis this OF tngs be allowed o.
unue ant individuals suffer for the careless manage
alent OF these roads a NlcIlA-
AoC- YORK, sept. 8, ISL
liz certainly ought not 20 continue All tho drip
pings from the engines should be canght ii track
pans-Edl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20
Gesp'3)orJs Iailp Cribu,1e,
UNOED BY RACE GREELEY.
ssSs1
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1881.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Sevore fighting is reported to have
taken place in TuniS - The closing of the mills
in Lancashire is becoming very general The
Times in leading article advises the arrest Of Irish
Americans. - The Methodist Ecumcncal Con
ference discussed tho subject of Foreign Missions.
- Preparations for negotiations Of commercial
treaty between England and France are ia pro-
gress.
DoMFSTIC.-The President died last night at
1885. 80 Large forest fires were raging in Cali
fornia yesterday. - The Sovereign Grand Lodge
of Odd Fellows met at Cincinnati. - Asbury
Winslow, clerk of NJ. S. Forbes, pork dealer OF
Cincinnati, has fled after losing $4,000 of his en-
ployers money. - General peytou Wise and l..
L. Lewis are reported to have fought duel near
Quantico, Virginia, yesterday. - Tho Supreme
Cont OF Rhode Island viewed property of Mrs
Julia Ward Howe which had been damaged by the
Newport Water Works. yesterday. - Negro
hborers loading ships at Savannah are on strike.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-lhe announcement of the
death OF the President caused great sadness; it was
great shock, notwithstanding that it was geuer-
ally regarded is inevitable -==- A number of long
shoreineD struck for higher wages. - The pos
sible extension of the Central Pacific Railway from
Ogden to the Missouri River as discussed ==-:Tht
Edison Electric Lighting Company has had IN order
for lamps for the Opera House NJ Paris. - Cole
value of the legal tender silver dollar 412i2 grains
SITS cents. - Stocks dun, but opened StroDl
and continued all day, closing irregular aud un
settled.
IHE WEATuER.-IRIBUNE local observations indi
cate clear partly cloudy weather. with Sigh
change in temperature. Thermometer Yesterday
4 Highest, 81 lowest 60; average, 7i6so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20
HINTS, QUESTIONS AND ANSWEPs.
COST OF FOREIGN ADVENTURES.

= I I
70 me Edftor or the Trt6une
SIR: As a matter of record can You give rae
he figures showing the recent operations Of
the British army in Afghauistan ana south Afrcaa
Also, the loss Of hfef Is there a warning g. he
sounded in these figures against any diplomacy how
ever SNOWY, which may lead American GogcrlmeEt
into foreign ventures, Che purchase Of islands an med
dlcsoneucss IN Sontlt America IN.rlRrI.
Ne,o- York Sept. 10, ISL
The total cost Of the Afghan canpai rns. as IL
iciallS reported, was $ll9. 1S7 Rs. including
charge of about 20,OO000 for frontier railways.
The mortality was 90 officers and .524 men, with
III officers and 1,252 men wounded. Tie cost Of
the Zulu, Transkei, SecOcoeni and GiiQuaal.d
operations, between 1873 aud 1850. was
$27, $4,000. The losses were bilied--73 Officers
and l,Go4 men wounded--5l officers and 764 men.
The figures for the Tlansvaal campaign have not
been officially reportcd.-Ed.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20
n BEREAVED PEOPLE.

1t is no figure Of rhetoric, no formula of
mourning, to say that the death of the Presi
dent comes into almost every American home
like personal bereavement This would not
have been true in the sense in which il is
true now, if the President had died under the
sassassin's hand. While the President came to
his seat personally known to larger number
OF the people than any recent President ex-
cept General Grant he was not known rs
he has become known through his long
martyrdom His career had attracted the ad-
mration Of the whole country. His intcllec-
tual gifts and his high moral character were
recognized on every side. During the four
months OF his active administration he had left
an impression upon the methods of the
Government and the constitution OF our poli
tics which will never bc obliterated so long ~
the American people remain true to their best
ideals. And yet to a vast number of them he
was only name. He was an able and Sic
lcessful President whom many of them would
never sea. HIS personality meant little more
TO them than that of any other great and good
man with whom they never came into con-
tact.
But it is far otherwise to-day. For eighty
days the President has lain on bed of suffer
ing, and every fuctuation of the pulse, every
beat of the brave heart that alas is now stilled
forever has been watched in all the millions
! of homes with almost as much solcitnde and
anguish as if some loved one in each family
was Mt deaths door. There has been no cast
ike 1t In the worlds history. There has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

ofVolunteers for gallant and meritorious conduct"
Yesterday saw the end of longer and more des-
perase fight, fight against fearful odds from the
start yet the verdict of gallant and mertorious
conduct will be awarded to him by the whole civ
lived wsrld. He has fought n noble fight and the
keenest regret which a whole nation of mourners
feel to-day is that after struggling nobly he had
to succumb at last
81 have faced death before" said Garfield soon
after he was shot by Guiteau, land am not afraid
of him."
President Garfield was a little more than six
months in Office, and nearly three of those were
passed by him bed of suffering. The country's
highest honors brought him little but misery,
save the love. respect and sympathy of a whole
people. Ease and comfort he had none.
The whole country is peaceful and quiet in the
presence of great calamity. 1t is conscious of
ITS own ability to cope successfully with any
problems or dangers which the future may bring
President was before. In every household in the
and there viii be grief keen if one of ITS own
members had been taken away. His patience and
| tortitude in his lon illness had endearcd him
20 every person in 5be land, and the blow falls
upon all of with Inc heaviness of personal loss.
full of dramatic interest before it given its ter
rible climax of assassination. Which Of ms would
not gladly claim il for with all It's suffering
II il career for nation to be proud of and Cor
nations youth to draw inspiration from for many
years TO come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20
Amusements Gc- Night.

ABBHY's PARK THKATRE-"Le Voyage En- Suisse"
BlJOU OPERA aousE-"The mascotte."
1SoorI's THEATRE" Michael StroxoK"
DAYS TuEATRE-" Quits"
GERMANIA THEATRE" Don Carlos"
HAvERLY's NIDLoS GARDEN" The World"
HAvsRLY's 14rB STREET THEATRE" William ahu
Susan"
HAvERLY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE--" Nine, taVart'
MADISON SQUARE THSArRE-" This Professor
BAN FRANCISCO MIssrRCLs.
THEATRE CoaIQUE-2 and s." The Major.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" The Rivals"
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR
MADISON SQUARE GARDES-2 ana S--iircus.
MYreOPOiIraH CONCERT HAlL-ConcsrG
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

The newspaper called Moderation is rather n re-
markable sheet. 1t is issued quarterly by the Bust
ncss-Mens Society for the encouragement of Moder-
lation. Pcrhaps il unnecessary To explain that that
Moderation means moderation in the use of houors
which intoXicate when taken mmoderately The
Business-Mcns Society has three pledges to which
It invites signatures Tho first il a pledge against
drinking during certain hours. Tho second is a
pledge against drinking anything stronger than ale
wine or beer Tho third is pledge against treating
or beng treated. The society which issues this
newspaper does not, rs understand it, des ire To
encourage even moderate drinking, but if men will
drink. then II seeks to persuade them to drink mod
eratey and under conditions least likely to lead 10
excess; to decline treats TO take stimulating drink
with their food; to take ii at home in short TO be
rational whenever lndulging in such stmulants In
an indirect way tho society also working against
the adulteratiOn of beer and wine We do not SEQ
why such society should not do n great deal of
good, or why the number of those who are AZ every
body knows, drinking moderately should not be
largely increased This is not a society for the man
who has discovered that he cannot drink moderately
with safety, but it may be very good one for those
" no are capable OF seil-control.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

The forest fires in various parts Of the coun-
try are not only smouldering but spreading
Yesterday it was New-York, to-day it is Cali
fornia that is the sufferer. The fire there has
already swept over sixty thousand acres OF
forest land and is still unchecked Nothing but
copious rains can check the flames, and the
gracious rains seem long in coming.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

God'swill be done. The nation can live without
iarheli, but 1t viii be long before she produces
his equal.
Eighteen years ago to-day General Garfield was
lighting gorGuSiy ON the battle field Of ChiGkamau-
ga Winning victory IL the very hour of defeat 70.
Ills services IN that day be was made Major-Gene
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

If G. A. W. Stuart. the Brooklyn defaulter. has
really reached Montreal. the same question may be
raised with regard to him as luz TRlgr1Nr pointed
out might be raised on behalf of Wheelock AT
present he is accused of embezzlement, which is
not one of the crimes included in the treaty of ex
tradition The false entries that have been made in
the accounts and the fictitious warrants bo is said
TO have palmed oil on the banks may omonnt 20
constructive forgery by law The question.
however, to be tried-should he be taken and
resist his captors-will be whether such acts
amount to forgery by Canadian law
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

however. before this will be accomplished.
The brutal murder in South Carolina, which
passed in that State as tho duel" between
Colonel Cash and Colonel Shannon, was re-
ceiyed with a wholesome and encouraging
public indignation, but the murderer is at
large and does not lack defender The Lewis
Wise episode reported to-day, though it reads
much like scene of opera bouffe, is evidence
that there are in Virginia, as we'll "a in other
States, men of distinction, good social train
ing, and high Intelligence who will still abuse
one another like blackguards, and shoot at
ono another afterward like fools turned as
sassins-all in the good old Southern style.
MIR. Lewis said of Wise that he was ga liar"
Ia "scoundrel" and "fooiD whereupon Mr.
Wise's brother, in his absence, retorted that
Mr.. Lewis was a "liar coward, fool and
blaokguard." The police, with IN intuitive
sense of what was to follow when two Vir-
gniao gentlemen began to talk at one another
in this way, issued warrants at once. but these
gentlemen escaped and are supposed to have
had meeting. The episode is instructive.
J The President is dead. The end came after
4 all the warnings death hal sent before, with
almost the suddenness of the assassiu's shot
The Presidents condition yesterday morning
was not improved over that of the night be-
fore, and the news that at the time of the
morning examination another chill had oc-
CURED sent fresh thrill Of apprehension
through the country. lie was evidently very
weak ard seemed to be losing ground fast.
Yet in the afternoon there was something
which could almost bo called rally--a }utter
sof strength in the poor worn body, and the
surgeons in charge were able to say that there
had been no aggrayation of symptoms since the
noon bulletin was issued There did not seem
to DC il likelihood ,hen OF an immediate fatal
result Tho members OF tho Cabinet had
withdrawn for the night, and Tie doctors
themselves had retired, when the President
complained of a pain in his heart. DR.. Bliss
had hardly reached him when life was extinct
"Thc President is dead" No sadder news
over fell upon the American people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

The French Government has become thor
oughly aroused to the necessity Of making Il
powerful effort TO restore order in Tunis, and
render its influence paramount there. Although
Egyptian affairs are unsettled, and tho Eastern
Powers are plotting, the French Government
cannot afford to take q step backward. Its
safety lies in a short and successful campaign
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There are rumOrs of another railway enter
prise. II is said that under certain circum-
stances the Central Pacific road will extend its
line from Ogden east to the Missouri River.
Engineers have found route about one hun
dred miles north of the Union Pacific through
the South Pass, which has a grade, they say,
OF only ffty-three feet TO the mile. The dis
tance to the Missouri River from Ogden is
about nine hundred miles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

Inc recent spread of the anti-duellinp
sentiment IN the South has given hopes of a
new era IN that section, when proposal fol
a fight on the field of honor sbould be 70.
garded with the same amusement and CON.
tempt as in the North, and challenge sboul,
DO accepted only for the purpose of indorsne
the document over to the police. There must
be long continuance ia missionary work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

] AZ have faced death before" said Garfield soon
after he was shot by Guieau, "and am not afraid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

Dr. Schaff takes a sanguine view of the sric.
cess of the Revised New Testament, and says
that 1T will be generally adopted in a much
shorter time than it took the King James yer.
sion TO become established III popular favor
The suggestions made By the American Com
mlttee, which were not adopted by tho Eng
hsh revisers, will, he thinks, be generally
adopted in this country, where the opposition
to the reception of the revision is less pro
nounced than in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20

Both the French and English negotiators
resumed IN good humored way yesterday
the consideration OF the proposed commercial
treaty. The elections being over, the French
Government is at greater liberty TO deal
with the matter, while the British Gov
eminent Is stimulated by the "Fair Trade y
movement to make a strong effort tu
secure good terms. This resumption of the
negotiations is 10y no means q triumph for
Free Trade, ioasmuch as the conclusion OF q
treaty in some form was inevitable. The
French Government and Legislature have up-
heid the protective principle throughout. and
hayNAot yet renowned it,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-03
ADMITS IT TO BE A FABLE.

We do not pretend to interpret that
which is unintelligible, and therefore we
shall not trouble ourselves to find a mean
ing for the ridiculous rigmarole in which
the organ of the Four Supervisors seeks to
conceal the fact that it cannot produce one
sointilla of evidence in support of it's
sensational story about the attack upon
the virtue of the faithless Four. The
ridiculous rigmarole of the organ, how
ever, does not serve its purpose, for the
fact of its failure to prove the truth of its
statements stands out conspicuously. In
short it is convicted by its own vain wrig-
glings and squirmings, of having attempted
to palm off a stupidity. conceived and clum-
sily.told fable upon this community, in the
hope that through this foolish invention
it might create reaction in favor of its
patrons, the faithless Four. So much is
now clear enough, and as there is nothing
else of any consequence remaining to be
considered we should dismiss the affair as
finished were we not really little curious
to know what the organ OF the Supervisors
has meant by demanding that its language
shall be reprinted by us. As a matter of
course we have no room for the kind of
stuff referred to, nor should we consider it
fair to infict upon our readers such ineffa-
BILE twaddle. But how the Supervisors
organ can have supposed that its position
could be improved in any way by the
resurrection of any portion of its diurnal
nonsense is deeper mystery even than its
tale of the "Sack."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-03
WHAT TIE coUsTay PAPERS SAY

San Juan Times That regarding the
debris or drainage tax money sought to be
recovered back from the contractors. i.
would be unjust to demand return of the
money. They should not be held re.
sponsible for the mistakes of the law.
makers. They knew nothing about the
constitutionality of the Act. All they
knew was that Commissioners, acting un.
der the authority OF law, asked for sealed
proposals to have certain work done In the
lowest bidder. Believing that every act OF
the Commissioners was legal, they took
contracts and did the work they agreed to
do, and did it we'll. For this they should
be paid, and paid in full, whether the State
or people were benefited or not.
Stockton Independent. That it is one OF
the healthiest signs of the times that the
feeling is steadily growing in favor of
women being taught some useful and profit
abe employment, SO as to be fully equipped
for every emergency of life. There is no
more sorry sight in this great, earnest,
working world than to see girls sitting
week in and week out working on some
fancy trifie, or humping the piano and wait
ing for the coming man. The coming man
is a great deal more likely to come if he is
not waited for, and if he is of any any &C.
count, he is a great deal more likely to
stay when he does come, if he finds any
thing useful going on.
Petaluma argus That it very much
questions either the propriety or justice of
invoking the Monroe Doctrine as a means
of retarding or Gripping the enterprise of
constructing an Isthmus canal. We have
reason to believe that selfshness and not
patriotism is the handspring to the oppo-
sition to having the Isthmus pierced with
a shin canal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-03
TIE FRENCH IN AFRICA.

The French are not making any marked
progress in Africa. Their advance upon
the sacred city of Kairwan was heralded
as the beginning of the end. They were
to hem in the most formidable of the
Arabs by capturing that city, and the rest
was to be easy. But when they reached
Khairwan they encountered no resistance
whatever, greatly to their surprise, and
when they entered the city they found il
empty of troops. They had in fact gained
nothing by capturing it. The Arabs were
still as far from being subdued as eyez.
They might hold the place, but they could
not hold rood of the country beyond it.
In fact they have not been able to retain
anything except by strong guards and gar
risons, and of course that kind of thing
must have an end. They are in fact en-
gagged in a war with a people who are in.
spired by religious fanaticism, and who
consequently will fight with superhuman
energy and pertinacity. They have not
conquered Tunis, and the end is as far from
recognition as when they first landed and
proceeded to invent the recalcitrant Krou-
Mrs. Tunis indeed promises to be far
worse than Algeria, and moreover the war
is almost certain to extend beyond Tunis
and to involve the whole Arab population
of the coast. As diplomatic proceeding
the Tunis expedition is a decided failure,
and as military experiment it certainly
has not covered the French army with any
new laureIs