The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-24
THE PARTICULARS
Of the Death of the President.

Of the De&tn Oh the A.reSANeMts
"The President is dead !" was the
sad news flashed over the wires yester-
day morning. "Another life gone out
on earth," but not an ordinary life:
The assassin's bullet struck something
more than "a shining mark" on that
morning of July 2d-it struck the rep
resentative head of fifty millions of
freemen, and now that he dies after
heroic struggle unsurpassed, the people
mourn as one man. We reproduce
from the Memphis Appeal the follow
ing particulars of the sad event:
The Appeal of yesterday says edi-
torially:
CHE rs DEAD"
Such was the wording of the brief
telegram which reached us last night
at nearly II o'clock. ''He is dead"
The President, about whose bedside for
many weary months fifty millions Of
people have crowded their sympathy,
love and tender solicitude, and for
whom their prayers have been offered,
is dead, and all the States of the Re-
public are in mourning.
The following is the last bulletin:
ELBERoN. Sept. 19:-11:30 p. m.
The President died at 1875 o'clock.
After the bulletin was issued at $50
this evening, the President continued
in much the same condition as during
the afternoon, the pulse varying from
102 to 106, with rather increased force
and volume. After taking nourish-
ment he fell into a gentle sleep. About
thirty-fve minutes before his death,
and while asleep his pulse rose to 100,
and was somewhat more feeble. At
1910 o'clock he awoke, complaining of
severe pain over the region of the heart,
and almost Immediately became uncon-
scious; and ceased to breathe at 1875.
D. w. BLISS,
FRANK FL. HAMILTON,
D. HAYES AGNEw.
Arthur NOTIFIED BY THE CABINET.
The following telegram, signed by
William Window, Secretary of the
Treasury, w. H. Hunt, Secretary of
the Navy, Thomas l.. James, Postmas=
ter-General, Wayne MacVeagh, At
torney, General, S. J. Kirkwood, Sec
rotary of the Interior, was sent to Vice
President Arthur from Long Branch
shortly after the death of the Presi-
dent:
at becomes our painful duty to in
form YOU of the death of President
Garfield, and to advise you to take the
oath of office as President of the United
States without delay, If 1t toncers
with your judgment, we will be very
glad if you will come here on the ear
Hest train tomorrow.
The New York Herald of yesterday
says editorially: Gin his death the
warm hopes and sympathisine aspira-
tions Of the whole people are painfully
disappointed, and the expectations of
his recovery so warmly cherished for so
long a time, adds now to the pangs of
public regret
SCENE AT TEiE Death BED.
The death bed scene was not grand
nor striking. It was simple and i'm
pressive. The people who saw the
President of the United States expire
looked upon him as a plain citizen of
the Republic, q husband and father
whom they loved and revered, rather
than as. the ruler of n mighty nation.
After DR.. Bliss had been hastily sum-
moned to the bedside, and he pronoun-
ced the president to be dying, the
friends of the family and its members
were hastily SUMMONED, Mrs. Garfield
entered the chamber of death immedi-
ately. There were present General
Swain, Colonel Rockwell, o. G. Rock
well, Private Secretary, Stanley
Brown, Dr. Bliss. DIR. Agnew, DR..
Boynton, Mollie Garfield. Lula Gar
field and Atkinson and Record, the two
White House messengers brought from
Washington to attend President.
Their faces blanched, but it seems as
though they did not fully comprehend
the calamity which stared them in the
face. Mollie, observing her mother
weeping, slipped softly into the room
and placed her arms around her moth.
er's neck. DR.. Bliss held the Presidents
wrist in his hand feeling in vain for the
pulse which would indicate life. Drs.
Boynton and Agnew were busily engag.
in administering hoperdermic injection
of brandy. There was hardly hope
of sustaining life but the single chance
was taken and it proved unsuccessful,
the breathing became less preceptible.
When the President first became I'M
concious the signing respiration could
be heard in every part Of the room.
AS the end approached, hardly a move
ment of the heart could be perceived
DIR. Bliss placed his ear above the
heart. Its beating ceased. The Pres
ident was dead. The physicians step
ped back from the bedside. cit il
ended" said DIR. Agnew.
There was a moment of painful sus
pense, the silence being broken only by
the low sobbing of the widow. Every
spectator of the scene was moved t.
tears Mrs. Rockwell, who has beer
Mrs. Garfeld's friend and confident
during the recent trouble, approached
her gently, placed her arms around he1
waist, and whispering something il
her ear, led Mrs. Garfield from the