The Evening critic., 1882-06-30

sentatNes on FEBRUARY II, spoke as follows OF
the death:
"Groat in life, he was surprisingly great In
death. For no cause, In the very frenzy of
wantonness and wickedness, by the red hand
OF murder, he was thrust from the full tide OF
this worlds interest, from its hopes, its aspira-
tions, Its Victories, into the visible presence of
the one short moment In which, stunned and
dazed, he could give up life, hardly aware OF
It's relinquishment, but through days Of deadly
languor, through weeks of agony, that was not
less agony because silently borne, with clear
sight and calm courage he locked Into his
open grave. What blight and ruin met his an-
guished eyes, whose lips may tell-what brill
liant, broken plans, what banled, high ambi-
tions, what sundering OF strong, warm, man.
sweet household tiesi Behind him a proud,
expectant nation, great host OF sustaining
friends,
A Cherished and Happy Mother,
wearing the full, rich honors OF her early toll
and tears; the wife of his youth, whose whole
life lay In his tho little boys not yet emerged
from childhoods day OF frolic; tho fair, young
daughter; the sturdy sons Just springing into
closest companionship, claiming every day
and every day rewardng fathers love and
care; and In his heart the eager, rejoicing
power TO meet all demand. Before him desc.
lation and great darknessl And his soul was
not shaken.
profound and universal sympathy. Masterful
In his mortal weakness, he became the centre
OF nations love, enshrined in the prayers of
world. But all the love and all the sympathy
could not share with him his suffering. He
trod the wine press alone. With unfaiterlng
front he faced death. With unfaillng tender
ness he took leave of life. Above tho demoniac
hiss of the assassfn's bullet he heard the voice
OF God. With simple resignation he bowaI to
the Divine decree.
GAS the End Drew Near
his early craving for tho sea returned. The
stately mansion OF power had been to him the
wearisome hospital of pain, and he begged to
pressive sting g air, from m" its homelesness % es
and its hopelessness. Gently, silently, the love
OF great people bore the pale sufferer to the
as God should will, within sight of its heaving
bilows, within sound of Its manifold voices.
With wan, fcvered face tenderly lifted to the
cooling breeze he looked out wistfuly upon
the oceans changing wonders on It's far sails,
whitening in the morning light; on Its restless
waves. rolling shoreward TO break and die
beneath the MONDAY sun; on the red clouds
Of evening, arching low TO the horizon; on the
serene and shining pathway of the stars. Let
us think that his dying eyes read mystic
meaning which only the rapt and parting
soul may know. Let us believe that in the
silence OF the receding world he heard the
great waves breaking on n further shore, and
feltalready upon his wasted brow the breath
of the eternal morning"
What the Autopsy Showed.
Mrs. Garfield was at first 10th to permit
represented to her that It was only an act of
justice to the surgeons In charge to have one
performed. By the autopsy 1t was found that
the ball, after fracturing the right eleventh
rib, had passed through tho spinal column in
front of the spinal canal. fracturlng the body
OF the first lumbar vertebrn, driving number
OF small fragments of bone into the adjacent
soft parts, and lodging below the pancreas,
about two inches and a-half to the left of the
spine and behind the peritoneum, where 1t
diate cause of death was secondary hemor-
rhage from one OF the mesenteiic arteries ad-
joining the track of the ball, the blood ruptur-
ing the rerltoneum, and nearly pint escaping
| into the abdominal cavity. This hemorrhage
| is believed to have been the cause of the
tRofr Ia. ,.t .2et a.. an1,a.
complained OF Just before death An abscess
cavity, six inches by four in Dimensions, was
| found in the vicinity of the gall bladder, be.
tween the lower and transverse colon, which
were strongly adheront. 1t did not involve
| the substance of the liver, and no communi.
cation was found between 1t and the wound
on the night OF the Presidents death Cen
| eral Chester A. Arthur took the oath as Presi.
| dent AT his residence in New York.
The Remains in Washington.
On September 81 the remains of the dead
| President were conveyed from the cottage al
| Elberon, where he died, to this city. Every
| city in the Union was draped In mourning. II
this city the draper1es were most elaborate,
both upon public and private buildings. The
train arrived here the same evening, ard was
received at the depot by thousands of mourn
building by the Knights Templar, tho District
| militia and regular troops, the procession be-
Ing headed by the Marine Band, which played
| appropriate airs. The sidewalks were pack 81
with people all along the line of procession
and even the housetops were crowded.
| Lying HI SahIe.
| The remains were carried to the rotunia
| where they lay In state, attended by gard
| of honor composed of members of the Society
| of the Army of the Cumberland. profusIoI
of magnificent floral adornments snrroundel
the catafalque. All OF Wednesday nj ght and
the next day and night heavy tide of hu man
ity passed through the rotunda to cast las
The Face of the Dead.
The arrangements in the rotunda were OK
celcnt. There was only one entrance and one
| g1IDWA1
each was compelled to move on and max,
| place for others. At o'clock on Thursday
evening the coffin lid was closed, to the gfea
disappointment Of thousands. But 1t was
best so.
The Sight Was n Dreadful enc.
The mouth was opened and exposed the sc
teeth, and his eyes were half open and glare,
at the people looking In at the CONN., 1t wa
really repulsiye sight, and was painful t
tinued to come, satisfied even with look upoi
the casket.
The Widow nj the Bier.
At11 O'Clock on Friday the doors were close
and the rotunda cleared, and at IL 80 Mrs
Garfield, accompanied by her children, Harr
and Mollie, and some chosen friends, yiste
any Of the corridors along which she passed
and the greatest respect and deference wa
paid TO her wishes. The conin had bee
| opened and everything arranged for the ylsl
The floral tributes were all arranged in tn
most attractive manner, and the casket an
catafalque was busted and made as present
I
her dead husbands side exactly twenty-nv v
| minutes.
Removed to Cleveland.
That afternoon services were held In the r,
tunda, after which the romans were taken
the train for removal to Cleveland. aud til
train, which was heavily draped with mourI
| ing, pulled out from the. depot at O'Clock tina
evening. Its progress was watched by sorrow
ing people all along the route. Every city an
town through which 1t passed was heayil
draped, and at some OF the stations peopl
were found kneelng In prayer. The trail
reached Cleveland at 1 90 p. M Saturday, SCI
tember "a, and was received there by an In
mense concourse of people.
magnificent catafalque had been erecte
at Cleveland, and there the remains lay 1
state until Monday, September 26, when Il
neral services We're held and the remains wer
have since been guarded by company ,
United States soldiers. 1t is estimated thl
nearly 25O,00O people, who had assemble
from all parts of the country, participated 1
| the funeral ceremonies at Cleveland.
In accordance with a proclamation of Pres
dent Arthur, the day OF the funeral Of
served throughout the country as ono OF III
initiation and prayer Appropriate service
were held In all the churches OF this Distric
The Assassin,
CHARLES jules Guiteau, the wretched creatul
. VINO plunged the country into 80 much mlser
was ABOUT 40 years Of age, the son OF paren
III tolerably good social position. II
inolhef was an Invalid, and died before tho Ia
knew much OF her. AS TO his father account
diner. He seems 20 have been an eccentr
person OF extraordinary religious views, who.
, principal anxiety was that his son should "a