Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-21

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topsy prove that death was inevitable, and
4 the Presidents life was only sustained by
his most excellent nourishing and consistant
care. The details of the autopsy are being
Scompiled and will soon be made public.
MACON, GA, September 20.-The bells of
Macon were tolled at midnight for the death
/. of the President. -'
8 NASHVILLE, Tenn, September 2O.-The
4 news of the Presidents death was received
here with universal aegret. Eells were toll
ing and crowds gathered at the newspaper
offices and hotels to hear the fullest particu-
4 lars obtainable.
The Press on the Sad Event.
j CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept 21.--In a.
{ leading article on the Presidents death, the y
& News and Courier says 'In the history of
s the United States President Garfield will be }
Remembered as he whose nomination by the
National Republican convention strangledv |
imperialism in its cradle, and as he whose
assassination was swiftly followed by an
&outburst of sorrow and sympathy which :
manifested to the North the true nature of
& the South, and did more than the argu-
kments, the prayers and the common inter
Tcourse of these five years to bring together|
peoples whom war had made separate"
B WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept 2l-'aThe Star
zsays: ''We do not now propose to-
Sconsider the effect of the Presidents
death upon the future Of the country. We
must hope that his successor will disappointy
his enemies, put to naught all evil fore
bodings, and prove himself a man,
a country lover, statesman in the
i kbroadest sense, and president of free,
z united and prosperous country" s'7' O
81 SELMA, Ala, Sept 21-The Selma
S Morning Times says: SIN these first hours
q Of grief the fact stands out in in bold andY
& glorious relief that we are one. The
4 sacrifice is an awful one but God, in his
infinite goodness, requires it, and this morn
ing, from the depth of their grief f-strickens
hearts all Americans can and will thank
I God that there is no North no South, no |
East, no West; but bound together in one]
common sorrow, binding in its vastness, we\
are one and indissoluble. Sectional lines]
have been obliterated by Garfeld's blood,
Z and the red hand of the assassin has sup-|
& piled the mis- ing stone In the structure of
Z our union" 1l1G "E3- .l0l GGOG.t
3 CLEVELAND, O., September 90 The,
& Heralds special from Solon says; "The,
!t9 O'Clock this morning. At first she was
livery much shocked, but soon came to her
/ fself and talked calmly, and said it was
t fprobably all for the best, if the people were
t & ready to receive it. She then said ( It is
It 4 not possible that my son James is dead.
! do not wish to live any longer. will soon
r 4 be with him." ..l -. .....-.. .r.
M New YORK, Sept. 21.-A special to the
S Evening Post from Elberon says: Dr.
l s Bliss, speaking of the Presidents last mo-
n Il ments said: ''He was not conscious after I
II arrived. Afterwards he did not fully realize
t 3 his condition. He had spoken to Gen.
l&Swalm only a moment before, and later
could not believe that the end was coming.
LeS AS soon as entered the room 1 saw that
S. RI it would soon be over. I exclaimed, MY
IS God, he's dying! Send for Mrs CARTE
sekHe Was never conscious after that and die
le2 not speak. When I got to the sick room
E. found the President pOwerless. His hear
LEI was slightly futtering. The apparent cause
is Gof death was neuralgia Of the heart, of which
Isl he had had symptoms before in the history
t. of the case, 1t was not probably embolism
q. He suffered an acute pain for a moment
to2 latter that his death was painless. He wa,
ID awakened by the attack The autopsy vii
I'd 8probably begin about o'clock this after
M noon and will occupy from all hour ant
us ta-half to two hours. Pending that we can
I'd mot, of course, say with certainty what was
N the immediate cause of death The ex
Il, treme emaciation of the President was
lg ksurprlse to the undertaken and embalmer
ID 1t is possible to clasp the leg above the
d. knee with one hand. There are som.
MS 4doubts whether if the President lies i,
L | Estate at Washington it will be deemed
w wise to show the remains. The Attorney
a General says that arrangements have beer
b, completed with the Pennsylvania and New
! Jersey Central Railroads for the transporta
ne tion of the remains to Washington. Tn
If train will start from Elberon at 10 o'clocl
10 tomorrow morning. It will be appropri
he lately arranged and draped. The remain
as will be accompanied by the family, physi
m Clans, and attendants and members of tn
at cabinet and their families In making tn
Id arrangements it has been thought desirabl
a to consult the wishes of Mrs. Garfield, 81
r. as to lessen as much as possible the strait
it to which she is subjected. No stoppage
SIS will be made except at water stations, ant
no ostentatious demonstrations are expected
lie aThe wish of Mrs. Garfield is to have tn
ars trip as free from display as possible.
'h LOUISVILLE, KY, September 20.-Mr
=. Watterson says in to-day's Courier Journal
ut The President is dead, and all nations re
n spending to that touch of sympathy whicl
oE make the whole world kin, stand uncovered
lis in the presence of the calamity, for trage
Ell dies even calamitous are doubly so whel
2. the spring from murder and attach them
n selves to they head f::the State, symbol O
cn .5power, representative of the people an
Eaof the law. If ever mortal stoo'
ii in these relations to his country and hi
time this man did so. It was the universe
P; sense that he did so that brought aroun
ca his bedside his fellow-citizens without dis
lai tinction and political opinion, and cause
IS women who had never seen him to pray TO
ss, him, and little children who conceived nc
10 the emergency nor magnitude of the con
q. tingincies hanging upon his life to ask eac
day after his well-being, as if he were
: father i'll and dying in some far-of place.
De- BosToN, MASS, September 2O.-Th
!, Herald in a separate editorial on Mr. Arthu
tiy says: By the viii of God, through th
OF folly of the political convention and by th
sy people G. A. Arthur is President of th
United States. As such he is entitled to
ast fair chance, to be judged by what he does
not by what he has done, by what he prove
Ar himself to be, not by what the people hav
ch Justly or unjustly judged him to be b
as2 his past actions. The people hav
ed showed that they are anxious to thin
neJ well of him. He has himse
!, chiefly to blame for any limitations upo
mel their trust, and he win be one of Il
nat bindest of those who will not see if he fai
OF to seize the opportunity now offered him
place himself at the head of the natic
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