Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-15
Secretary Seward.

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Hts CondItIOn--ProsPec OF his Re-
| coVery--HIs iVIeVVs-mr. Fred. Sew.
ard-Tha ConBpiFhey. sa'''=
p WAsAiSGroS, May 10. 1865. So
You will be glad to know that the san
guine reports of Surgeon. General Barnes
coEcerning Secretary Seward are fully jus (.
/ lily and rapidly. Indeed, his general sys.
TEN is as sound, and his general health as
good, as ever. His wounds, do not pain
him now, and the gsshes upon his face and
throat have hesled. Owing to the long de-
lay in setting the bones of his broken Jaw,
which was caused by the subsequent as.
ssult, the healing there has been slow, and
is still imperfect. he has worn the iuge.
nions and servicssble steel frame by which
bis jaw is kept in place, now for about q
week, and j. getting used 10 il somewhat.
At FIRST it prevented his sleeping, so that
he gained very little strength, aud grew
nervous; but be oan now sleep soundly with
it, and only feels iti as an incon7enfeuce
and annoyance. AS it includes two or
three large articles, kept in q fixed position
within his mouth it of course .interferes
| somewhst. With his articulation; and Es it
prevents him from taking aDy food except
in liquid form, fed TO him in a teaspoon,
~ 10 sV6ESS'1fNO OSseAPeSGeuhuSt ue 5uoolu
regain. strength very rapidly. NeVerthe-
less, he talks a great deal, walks about the
house, goes up and down stairs without
assistance, and takes long rides without
much fatigue. l rode with him over two
hours on Monday, under the hot .snn of
mid day, across tbs sAnacosta, Bridge, and
over the rough roads OF the Maryland side
of the Potomac and think was more
fatikued when we returned than be was.
Mr.. Seward talks freely Of the asssssi:
nation and of all its and an
tecedents. do not think he was. il the
least surprised at it. Indeed, he has more
than once within the last two years told
me in conversation that we should never
emerge from thislgfeat war without politi.
cal sssassinstions. They might be at.
tempted 10 the hope of aiding the rebel
lion, or for the purpose f 'revengi6g Its
defeat; but they were morally certain to
come. For his own part, know that he
had made his personal arrangements with
view to the possibility of such close of
his own career. BE was never iuseusible
of the extent to which the great body of
the slsveholdiug oligarchy held him re.
spohsible for the. political clsDd tImoral
| changes which prompted the rebellion.
And may ss well add that they kde%'
mneh better than some of our own people,
tie fact that from. the very beginning Of
this war to its. end. his counsel, and ad-
! vice have always been for the boldeSt and
most vigorous measures for its prosecu-
ton.
Mr.. Seward talks very freely of public
affairs. BE has now, as he always has had
siute hekuew him,inl the Senate;i che pro-
fonhdese confidence IN Andrew johnson.
1t was very easy, he said, to tell in the SEN
ate, by their tone and beariog, what men
were fitted for public service In time OF
revolution, and what men were mott and be
never had moments doubt concerning
4 Johnson. 10 '"'
Il Mr.. Seward, as yet, has taken no part,
sip ee theassaHlt upon him, in public fffairs,
though be has supervised to a certain ex-
tent, the. action of the State Department;
Lbut think that, unless something should
retard the knitting together of the bones
of his jaw, be will at the end of two or
three weeks be fully Competent for its
highest duties. And L am also confident
that President johnson has never. for q
hmouent, thought of placing those duties
6f Mr. Frederick -seward,s prospective
recovery, cannot speak with so much
leonfidence. He is not yet considered by
his surgeons, out of danger, though, there
| is perceptibfe Improvement inLhis con-
dition. Il seems that Que of the blows
from the pistol in the assassin's hand rup-
tured blood vessel lying along the upper
surface of the brain, where,it was iuposz
sible to use the ordinary appliances of
surgery. The bleeding was stopped, there.
fore, with the foger, until a coagulstion 9t
the blood served the same pugposafe;; u, and
the aim of the surgeons now Is to- keeprit
"a this condition until the Tuptured artery
heals. II has given way once or twice al
| ready, bat success is hoped for stiu. De
| is perfectly conscious and can TALK but be
! 70 nor allowed to speak at all nor to move,
and all visitors are rigidly excluded. It is
hoped that with this perfect quiet, and with
\ nothiug whatever to accelerate the circula-
| ton. the requisite healing may take place.
IL has already been stated that the per-
sop known as Paine has confessed the at
tsmpt upon Mr.. Stewards life. BE says
that he had never seea him, that ne9ee
nothing against Elm, ,!and that he attempted
to kill bin only because be had sworn 70
/ doit. The whole affair, he has said, was
Ia ieigantiel faiIdte-oniy t9o tBooth and
Lhimselfjof the whole number concerneu
/ baying kept their soaths! 1t 1t had succeed
"a "Hs says. the dctoy3 in il tcouLd nepsr haze
EBSJH lno,on. This seems at first eight IN
! cbnaistent with the open exposure made Of
SyI Sjuoself BY. Booth alter the assassination Of
NJ lincoln. Bot L have been told that ltt A A
was @ part Of the plan to turH of NE gas ip
Ibs5,heatre the instant the pistol shot was
hssrd. and that the men was found at the
controlling stop cock togwbom that duty
Sad been assigned, but That he failed
~ bsdr7 the signal Paine ; fs, not
a. ali = communicative. % h?refnsea
~ aiselose the names of hisssssociatesi OF
10 say Any tHfug OF; his OWE spsecedenitg; II
IL is not believed that be has given ~ st y,