AMERICAN GOSSIP.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 162, 21 September 1881, Page 2

AMERICAN GOSSIP.

['New !ZBAI.ATfp j HERAt,I> I s';.|SAW 'Flip - "* § ' CibCO' dojRKESPONBBNT.J Mrs. Garfield, at the beside of her ■ husband.,, haaxoraported himself so bravely and with such stoicism that the eyes; of the wholepation have been drawn towards her. Stie haffnursed tfie" President TyithL | care and devotion adding to his happiness, and cheering him" to hope when indeed jhpp.e. appeared io. be.dead m. all hearts jbut ; her own. " The affection between the President and his wife has al ways been a th^rae of admiration to those who know them, b,ut now, it will become .almost a historical facti so, widely has it been spokea. ! It" seeres horrible to say, but, looking! at this act of a semi-lunatic, one caiinot but help feel that m some sense it jhas. ■ beea a godsend. For' instance, the dkily papers of the Union . have . doubled their sheets, and filled them m full from \ the brief telegrams wafted over .wthp wires, thereby increasing their sale aimoisi threefold 1 for the nonce ;■ and also the general feeling of sympathy for the President has caused the people to inaugurate a fund for Mrs Garfield, which has alreadyamounted to 200,000d0l — certainly a frice little nest-egg for that <la<lyy albeit -the. good taste of the act is questionable. John W. Mackay was written to to M> scribe to this testimonial* to the Pre.si- r; dent's wife ; but he hesitated, and, unlike' a woman, was not lost; You v know, they : say a woman is always m danger when ehs w€i|hs a nronosiUoft ia t^ balance*

but John ruminated, and finally concluded that he ought to have been more deferentially.treated— -to wit, "called upon," . 'not' written to~thereffre he declined the honor of parting with any moiety of his vast possessions, with a rtstricting clause that should, the President die he wonld come to the front. He has much discretion, this owner of millions. John W. Mackayis always first to donate large sums on public occasions, but he reserves tohimaelf the discretionary right of doing so of his own free will. The Church has taken up the shooting, and made it a frui - source of sermonising ; elaborate discourses have, been preached Suudsy and week day m the several places of worship here and all "'over the T coast, and, taking these several items into consideration it will be seen that the act, terrible as it is, has brouglit grist to some mills — Mj?s Ga» field's itfi^iarticulajv I wish sotneone would shoot me, and get up a fudU for my family^;- would'nt it be nice always supposing I got up sound and square and enjoyed the same.?. But little folks.; would! come m for no such luck, alas;!_ ' i ' i ;'".; l -: : ; ;*" : iii;u ,;-■• "■ Gniteaui the' wauid-be-assassin, is an eccehtrie' cba>'acter iv many respects. When hebeattl-of. the protracted suffer»ing.»of. his; vwtjin he., muttered '-Poop n.oor fellow, had. l known. he woul(k_ have suffered so mucH I would ""have put another bullet ihroii'gb. him ; ?r Which waa coilsiderate at any '<r&W. -Then • again he declares he owes thePr-esidpntno, .ill.- will <but.he i was.bouud to get rid. of bihvfor the nations weal. This man 'eoriiports himself rather, a*a liou of theday than an incarcerated prisoner, whose life has for weeks siiiiply hung upon the slender thread of anOtbetv inan'sV.for ;had the PresiileiiLdied the chances were that the assassin wo_uld_bave been claimed from the sheriff's hnnds oy J udge L3»nch. Whea his photographi was. taken he declined to sit. unless the first artist m Washington wus m attendance. 'This wis' granted, andhe declared : tbat he wished full justice done to himself aSja.peraotiiOf consequence, so that eight st)'le.s „of pprtraits^.were.lakenm o';det, to satisfy him. The> j m.^'s career isTulT of adventure. He figures as a wife-beater m the nx # st place having passed his .honeymoon m a novel fashion ; not only did lie beat the fair young gu'l'wb'ij became his b-i^e,; but he locked her up iv closets so smliljihatshe could- i scHrcei;yHh'''W hercibicath ; m fact he seems to haye given her * foretaste ©f her" last narToSv be«'."ti|}- the poor creature withiu i lie .nxojith^fici] ifrom the wretch, and had to be cave fuiljrhid den away from her legal persecntorU 'Aftei'ithis he be--came au itinerant^ J f Mr Guiteau desired !" 'to* iii'aftte a reputation that would be, lasting the ...life, he has accomplished his end, a>ul t anaitTiomhia "crime, bis deportment;in prison has been of a singular nature. His vanity is'vver^. weening, and hisdemnndsfor special indulgences issued with the air ofa persoa rather iojivred". His pet'niiariiies have inincleed made him as, widely spoken of as tne^resideht himself. ■■■■•'■ Following m G uiteau's tracks, another man has shot at Secretary Blame, and yet another has declared his hite&tion of v shooting- Vice President Arthur. Both 1 these. men were promptly deprived of' their liberty-. : ■ ' • Mrs Mackay,.the wi^ti of the Bonanza Kinir, has just purchased adianer service r which cost S.oOOtlol:' What a lively time the servants will have-in looking) after these plates and fancy the ; agony over a broken one., The. aanje tady is about purchasing a'diamAnd fbr J Htt - Holiness the Pope, tiie value oE which is saiA io be fabulous. They say this sweet Hitlemistress of millions ii» going to" Jive m New York ; -bu:. although a magnificent mansion )\?h. been, purchased for her, she does not Uvrive. ; Several difatl : r«l cases a of sons killingtheir jw-ents ' h:tve cVdpped up recently. In one case father a»d;.son |ia;d a ; drunken row; the father seve'niv, the san forty.. The son l i ter'aH y sbbt brs father- to death . shot after shot.