Shooting Of The President

Linie clicl wc think. wben preparing thU peper ix the pirs i:it Tboradhy afternoon, Unit 'ere anotlu'i lame shoulil bc friven to obi reeden the iu wko li at nstioti'i he! lu woukl be ent down, and lylng upOB a bed of pain, cejned by the bullet of a would-be assasiu. lint such lm preved tO 1k the tact. Laat Saturday morning at ufoout 10 o'clock, as Pnsident GktfieU M approaohlng tbc ticket oflee in the I5ultiiiinic A PotODM depot tl Wasliington, for tlic purpote "I iurrli;isin a ticki'l lor Long Hrancli, be H ihrt uiih ¦ revolver in the hands of OM Chas. J. QulttoAU, u hi. for a demented oltice--ckcr Two tbtta lired, the one takinp ffei t iintr his ri'lit arm or shoulder. nwUng n llighl iii'sh wuund, the "iiii'i eotering the body la the ngfcmof tlielivcr. and pmlnj ifirtm tnuard tlie groin. The president was inimediately removed lo the white hooae, the very best nmllml skill in the country siuuinoned, and ever sinci' (np to writing, 'J'lmrsday Doon) the people of the natlon liavc been in raspante rc-pectiiiLT the OUtOOBM of Üic terrible deed. Had aterrille thundor bolt ooaM t ot clear sky, it eould not have created frrciitcr n-tonishnient. The people wcre not only UtOUBdadi and daetl, bilt eould hardly believe their own senses. OnrrDvdegree conld the terrible news l'oi. c iielt ukjii thcir iniiiiis. "Wliat eouhl lx' the object v' "Who eould do so cruel and cla-tardly an net?" "lias party strife come to this, tliat "in 7i clO-tTTItO a, .¦líV o,,f. fc. .,1K tli. Btrwili BTimpt irnrtef gwdf4 "Koaebat a inadman eould do such a thinjr." " It must have Nen raat dbeeeacl or idiotie tnind tliat prompted the deed." Snchwen tlic eXDreatlona on all hand?. And the pi-oplu of our nntion, ijuick tO junip at conrlusions, liavr Mttled il in the most rharitatile way, coming to Ih6 conclusión tlmt tlie would-lic murderet U Indeed i madiii.iii. He 1im in-i 11 a penbtent seekej alter office for ycars, and Immiii; ooottantlT disappolnted, iii mind haa beon effected tlicrcby. Wliether Gitteaa ba ilecmcil buane or not he shoukl rt'ccivf micIi imi8lnn;iit as is due the murdcrer's of our rulrrs. 'l'his s]ecies of Inaantty may Ik? contagión-, and the proper punistimentof tliis in;ui muy be the means ot ebflddag the MBM rlUflIM in others. Aircu,)y I PmaMaal Artlmr Ihm n m.nie tlie redplont of letters freno ÚtnllaraY.rffiR!;í;Vniíii1irnVíl!isñíVivfí-pifvy!i!.,if not live. Wlicn i ui.in slioots tlu: httd of rtnr nation, lic lires ¦ hill at the life of the imtion, anil wlietlicr sano or lnnn. tha deed ihemld dm o onpanithed. Tkf hitcst lateUigenoa from Washington is quite oheering, Tlie president has rallied oonaUerably, and tliough not out of daoger, i-t tbere la (rreat hope for his Noomry. He hM :i in.imiilidiit constitution, nivcr injared byhlgti living or tnmi of jjr kind,. '111(1 toth.it (het :ilniii' maf b credited his ability to live tlirough tlio daoger.