New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-21
AT THE GOVERNMENT oFrcrs

81 ''e- Va - DPeeSS
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Il AT THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
n BUSINESS Al THE CUSTOM HOUSE. THE sUB-TREAs-
81 CRY AND THE ASSAY OFFICE CONDUCTED WITH
81 HEAVY HEARTS.
g In the Government buildings in waIl-st. Business
y was carried on with heavy hearts Yesterday.
q Neither at the Custom House nor the Sub Treasury
a nor the Assay Office official notice received Of
q the death Of President Garfield Early in tn fore
3 noon Collector Robertson teegraphed "a message
ASKING For advice % the Secretary Of the Treasury
bat no answer was received. lie then issued aa
s order that the Custom House. Barge Oshce Castle
3 Garden. and the Public Stores be appropriately
& draped. Later in the day be sent circular
q eiter 10 the heads of the several di-
q visions suggesting that as a marx OF RESPECT
70 The deceased President the attaches OF the Col
eo'ors once wear Grape npon their left arms Tor
q thfty Gays The gloomy badges had already been
worn since early morning by the Collector. hs pr-
VaJe secretary and his deputies To-day they will
q marx nearly all the Government employees in tho
city.
q IN the afternoon Superintendent Acton. Of the
Assay Office, 81 spended work and locked nm the
ouiioihgs under Instructions from the Director II
8 the MINT In the Sub Treasury and Custom House
work went on all day IN the usual rontine
collector robertson sat in his Office all dav A
gFeat many friends called To see him. and all
8 the conversation was about the Nations loss
f3ui
rector. Il had been receiving dispatches from
4 Long Branch during the afternoon and even.
q lng hrSt here and then as my home in Katnnah Az
lai-past 10 went down 20 the ele graph Office aud
4 got dispatch three pages long was encourag-
ing and spoke particularly aboat the Presidents
pulse being remarkably full and strong. I
read II and then waited After awhile
: noticed that nothing was said about
INC RESIDENTS temperature and asked The operator
10 una ont what il tie began to cali the New
orA Office. and IL took him a long tine TO get a
eSpoDse. Finally, guess about ten inmates past
IL clock response came, and with il a dispatch
TO me- sayng that the President was dead We had
the village church bells tolled at once and put up
several aags at half-nast This morning early the
people began to drapc their private residences all
over The village
1t Is terrible calamity" continued Judge Rob-.
I 3r'Son, ordinarily there is no subject / would
sooner talk about than President Garfield, bat To-
iaS nav no heart TO say anything The whole
country Is hiled with gloom and sadness. | sat in
! Congress with him, and knew him we'll There
never was kinder-hearted man than he His aim
was always 10 elevate humanity Had he lived ali
l the power IA had wOuli have been directed iDyard
maSlng the condition of the people easier and
elected to the Presidency who was 80 familiar As no
with all the great questions affecting the Nation
nis Administration would have been OF the best
:, WHAT can YOU saw OF the political futuTci'
40 nos see why the next Administration should
nor be successful Yes. even very Successful The
course is marked out for it,"
" nat do you think viii be the effect Of Prs,si-
dent 6aTiehs deatn on the business rospcrity OF
the country I"
'hink that business win 20 ri ht dong precisely
as though General Garfield were still livlap This
VIII dc because Of the confidence of the Deope IN
the stability Of the Government independent oI VINO
is at the head of it,
y CALL OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE..
Z FORMAL MEETING TO BE HELD To-pAY
special meeting OF the Chamber o. Commerce
wall be held at o'clock p. to-day. q take SALT
aoie action the death Of President Garfield The
2 following Is the call for the meeting:
NEw-YoKR. Sept. -. 1881
SAACE ~ bAhcOccK, SQ ErcStdey0 o. he ChdtsLer Of
81 Commerce.
a DEAR SIR: We. tie undersigned members OF tha
special meeting OF the Chant tWedses-
aafl september Fl, al O'Clock p m, To apPro-
K pirate action IN regard 90 the death
q late Presdeut OF the United States Your oorn Ger
y wants,
2 James NJ. Brown, Cyrus W Field
tio~afA loltel, EODn Hnmphrers
4 Joan Jay isco, John T. Terry.
Wilson c. Hunt, Benz -. Sher inau
heoige Bliss al. +. Sparkling,
Z George ". Llur, Charles q. I.aI,sion
X p.re
Wa L. Dodge. IT,, Gustav sehssS.
i a. Nils JAiics Richard A McCUrays
n Nliidhi IA fpgE, George =.
JOHB ID. JOnee. Ken
Leulanin "a. field, john I. Aglex
q Erl Gray. Frederic lssVlur
r. IL COssiit, r. H. rhUrher,
a = HATCH Oliver Hartman
Francis Ba.er. ldNaT0 Taar.v
Vim Is. keniat, Nm Whitrsior
.lsus>s IaicofJ Charles enfth
alure haslchJTst. Jackson :. schultz
>. I.elpunt Morgan. Henry HcntE,
CAA'tes Lanier, A. = Hewitt
TIE THEATRES CLOSED LAST NIGHT.
A NETTING or TIE MANAGERS AT TuR ,r,toxy