Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-05

! dent is at this hour sleeping nicely, showing no signs of restlessness.
 WASHINGTON, July, 5-2:15 a. m.-The President is sleeping naturally and peace fully. His watchers expect to see him awake in an improved condition.
 THE NEWS sABRoAD-sYMPATHY FOR THE PREsI- DENT FROM FOREIGNERS. PARIS, July 4.-The Chamber of Deputies assembled as usual to-day, but after the read ing of the journal and the discharge of abso- lutely necessary routine work the Assembly unanimously agreed to adjourn for a day in order to mark it's detestation of the crime at Washington and its respect for the ruler who has thus been stricken down. The avidity with which the news Is awaited for and de- voured as 1t arrives is extraordinary. The usual indifference with which Parisians re- ceive news from abroad has given place to eager interest. The cafes along the boule-
 wards are thronged with people who are dis cussing the tragedy with their usual imagina- tions The people are refusing to accept the idea that the assassination was the work of | an insane man and eagerly accepting yer sion of the affair which represent the assassi- 1 nation as the first blow stricken by band of conspirators who have as their ultimate ob-
 ject the subversion of the republic and the election of dictatorship in it's place LONDON, July "A meeting of Americans residing ir London was held at Gillg's
 
 afternoon. Resolutions were adopted ex- pressing the indignation with which the Americans abroad had received the news of | the crime and the sympathy which was felt | with the President and his wife.
 The latest telegrams from Washington have increased the interest felt for President | Garfield, and all night long many people | waited on Fleet street to learn the tenor of the latest bulletins. Many meetings and banquets that had been arranged in honor of Independence day were abandoned ac- count of the outrage upon President Gar | field. Mir. Gladstone's speech in the House of Commons last night is very highly ap- proved of.
 In the House of Commons tonight Sir
 Stafford Northcote said he was certain that | the Speaker, the Premier and the House would forgive him for trespassing upon the l ordinary rules of the House and for asking a question without giving previous notice of | 1t. He wished to ask Gladstone what was
 the latest official report from Washington
 concerning President Garfeld's condition. 1 Gladstone said in reply that he was not at all | surprised by Sir Stafford Northcote taking
 the earliest opportunity to make this inquiry l respecting the deplorable event which had 1 profoundly moved the feelings of two nations | so closely related to each other and growing
 in friendship year by year. These remarks l were greeted with loud applause. But tbis l was followed by expressions of sorrow when | Gladstone went on to say that the latest off | cial information was of a gloomy character l and that the death of the President was to l be feared. Throughout London and the | provinces there is an almost universal mani | festation of public sorrow over the tragedy
 at Washington. The latest dispatch from l Washington reached here being of unsat- 1 isfactory character the Americans in London have postponed the meeting which hat been
 called until change for better or worse in the condition of the President oceurs | letter of sympathy and condolence to Mrs, Garfield has already received more than 300 | signatures and will be cabled tonight. | DUBLIN, July 4.-The corporation of the city of Dublin to-day expressed their sympa- l thy with the American people on account ot
 the attempt upon the life of the President l and also passed a resolution denouncing such | outrage.
 l CITY OF MEXICO, July 4.-The reported as- | sassination and death of President Garfield
 has caused great sorrow here. The Dtdro,
 the government organ, appears today ID
 mourning
 NEW YORK, July 4.-The Board of Alder | men this afternoon adopted resolution ex-
 pressing sympathy at the shooting of the l President, gratitude that his life had so far | been spared and hope of final recovery.
 In all the Catholic churches of this city
 and Brooklyn yesterday the priests asked the
 people to come to church to-day to thank
 God for the great blessings which he has con
 ferred upon the country and for the general
 prosperity which prevails, and most especial l ly to implore God to spare the life of the
 President who has been stricken down by the | hand of an assassin