New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-28
SOLICITUDE IN THE CITY.

Wv" iofh was oVershadoWed yesterday with
cloud OF gloom, which was frightened with
ie" ana faint CLEANS of hope. Anxiety in
regard to the President was as keen as during
the first few days after the wound was in.
Ilcted. There was a universal eagemess To
learn the latest news. and vet many shranL-
from hearing it for fear that their worst
iears would be confirmed In places of
business, public offices, hotels and club
rooms no other topic was discussed. Bulletins
were posted everywhere, and each one found
thousands OF readers. The later dispatches of
ehe evening seemed to give slight ground for
nope, and Mrs. Garield's refusal TO despair
utterly bad cheering effect upon many who
admire the fortitude that she has displayed
throughout the Presidents long struggle.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DAY.
AND MEN WOMEN HOPING AGAINST uopr-rrrvcr
OF MRS. GARPIELD's REFUSAL TO DESPAIR
WAITING ASxIoUsLY FOR THE WORST
Inc PRESIDENT is still alive: his mind is clear.
anu he continues to ask for and receive nouris h
ment; the attending physicians and the Cabi,ee
ministers have despaired; but Mrs Garfield n.fnsea
TO believe that ne will die" This was the sn,
stance OF all the information which the people Of
New-fork City could take to their homes as thew
went from their labors last eveninc-a MESSAGE
pltIiully meagre but in il was concentrated all
.he hooefulness and the hopelessness of twelve
A0Nte vi dhAiouS watching. The dying sentiment
III the breasts of those who have been hopinp
against hope fickeTed up again when the last dis
patches ot the afternoon had been read and they
talked as If miracle nterI enc to save 70 tEa
country Its beloved President They thought of tie
heroic wife watching every respiration of the sick
man, ana noting every heart beat and their faces
frightened as they read on some of the bulletin
boards that Mrs. Garfield still hoped and that
toward evening she announced that she saw very
pliilhiy an Improvement in the Presidents cond-
ton. The unofficial bulletins concerning the state
ments said to have been made by men who hava
access to the dark chamber, which is now the focus
OF nations thoughts and apprehenslons were CON-
Trajectory all day; aud it was not strange when
this woman gave utterance to words which the
nation prayed TO hear that they should have been
more cherished than the ominous words of the
physicians.
But this faint CLEAN of hope came late in the
afternoon, and those whom it cheered were a small
proportion of the many who had awakened with
minds tiled with forebodings in the morning To
the great majority the day began deeper than its
predecessors in the shadow OF the calamity which
VIII, II Is feared, throw darker gloom over tho
nation than any event since the assassination of
Lincoln. The end did seem far oil when the
sun arose yesterday and the bulletin boards had n
greater interest than at any time for nearly eight
weeks In the forenoon. and until about two
o'clock, the dispatches plentiful. and the many
who tarried TO read moved from board to board.
hurrylng and crowding forward whenever "A man
appeared 10 display the last dispatch received
Alter two o'clock the intervals were longer For a
time the crowds thnned out. as part of the excite
ment had been ailayed IL WAS evident from tho
statements of the physicians that if death was in
evitahle, 1t would not come either soon or auex-
pectedy.
After business and working hours however the
number OF persons who waited for later intelligence
increased rapidly. 1t was noticeable downtown
that stores and offices empty at an earlier bour
than usual Some of the cross city streets wero
almost deserted by halfpast o'clock But
broadway IN the vicinity of the newspaper Offices
was crowded. and the side walks were bockaded
with watchers in Printing House SQUARE In some of
the popular stores uptown of women neglected
their shopping in order to read the dispatches
which were displayed from the desks With them
hope died hard; with the majority OF business men
II bad 1uttered feebly during the night and expirsi
In the morning. These men watched the hagstafis
as though expecting 10 get the only new intelh-
gence which they expected from that source In
business discussions they talked if the President
were already Gead. and the intelligence from Wash
ingtOn was rarely referred 10 as affecting values.
In Wall Street the brokers and bankers reached
eagerly tor every form of intelligence about tho
Presidents condition. but it was not connect mis-
state in any way with the market. The Presidents
death seemed with them to be a matter that had
long before entered into their calculations
Neither the cares of business the pleasures Of
rs and recreation could lift the minds OF the peo-
pie away from the sreat and all-pervadng concern.
AS 1t had stied some of the usual hustle of busi-
ness daring the day, it checked the merriment of
the dinner table and parlor in the evening A
strong mans suffering, wifes agony a Nations
sorrow, were topics near to be put away bv
ordinary considerations. Newspapers were bought
and read and bulletins watched until late into tbe
night. Sleep came while minds revolved the ques-
ton: d" What will the morning bring forth.s
SCENES AT THE CENTRES OF BUSINESS.
now MEN PASSED THE DAY AT THE CITY HALL IN
THE COURTS, IN wALL-sTREET AT THE TX
CHANGES AND ELsEwHRRR-GENKItAL sADSEss
AND ANXIETY.
Sadness and gloom would best characterize the
feelings of the anxious watchers at the CITY Hall.
Astor HOnse and other places in the vicinity ytster-
day. who were waiting in momentary expectation Of
news from Washington of the Presidents death
The scenes of the day before We're repeated
the sending of messengers TO copy bulletins
the eager interrogation of each new conner
in the expectation that he might have soma
later news, the reading of - cxiras~ and
other indications of intense anxiety In regard
To the Presidents condition. There was little in
the nows that could afford any sort of hope yes
there were some persons, particularly as the dav
wore on without the Presidents condition becoln-
ing worse who expressed their belief that the case
was not hopeless. The news Late in the afternoon
was of a more satisfactory character and many of
the officials about the City Hall went home express
ing the belief that the President might still be alive
when they returned on Monday.
The Presidents condition about the -onlv
topic of onversation in all the offices. There was a