The Republican journal., 1881-07-21

not be killed, how could he be alive now {?
| held the pistol close to his back, and my
hand was as steady as iron. fired point
blank at him, and nothing but divine in
terposition could have saved him. He
will not die, am convinced, and l am
sorry | caused him so much suffering. 1t
is no use for any one to try to kill him
now, for, if | could not do it with the
chance had, no bullet can do it. 1t is
so ordained, and we must abide the will
of Heaven
CHANGE OF QUARTERS.
As the hope of the Presidents recovery
deepens into certainty, the surgeons and
those around him are beginning to dis
cuss when and where he may be removed
to some place more favorable than is the
White House to the general health of the
patient. Mrs. Garfield also needs imme-
date change Of air, but, of course, could
not be induced to quit the side of her
husband again She knows she was his
protection once, and says her place is
close beside him until the end. There is
little doubt that the fever which has re-
Cured each day is partly due to the ma
House. Indeed, the building itself is be-
lieved to be unhealthy. Mrs. Garfield
would like to return to Mentor. White
Sulphur Springs and Old Point Comfort
have been discussed, but the seashore at
Long Branch would be the choice of the
surgeons as more favorable to a rapid
convalescence. DR.. Bliss, however, says
that it will be time enough two weeks
hence to decide. No change will be made
which would involve the least risk, al
though he believes a removal would have
the best effects upon the spirits and health
of both Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield. The White
House is old, musty, damp, badly drained,
and is unfit for the summer residence of
any one. There Isl most cheerful feeling
in the house.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The American colony in Paris held
meeting, Wednesday, for the purpose of
drawing up an address of sympathy with
President Garfield.
1t is a correspondent of the Herald
who remarks that the most cheerful bull
letin that could come from the White
House would be, "The bullet out The
joke originated with Giltillan of the Trea-
su:y Department.
No one outside of Col. Rockwell and
Major Swain, except Mrs. Garfield, some
of the children, and the physicians and
nurses, have been admitted to the Presi-
dents room for nearly a week, and none
will be until he has reached condition
when it will not do him any harm to talk
Thursday was observed in Kentucky
and Arkansas, as a day of fasting and
prayer for the recovery of President Car
field. Religious services We're held in all
the churches at Little Rock Ark, and in
nearly all the churches Of Louisiana, Ky
The famous l0O-year rum that is used
for the President, was sent 10y Sam Ward,
"N estibule Rex" to whom it was present.
ed by Earl Lounsbury 1t was shipped to
England from Jamaica in 1874, and it had
some age then. 1t is at least 100 years
old. 1t came in a quaint old bottle.
Speaker Randall is of the opinion that
the shooting OF President Garfield will,
upon his recovery, tend to cement the
various sections Of the country, and if
Garfield's Administration be a success it
will be almost certain that he will be re-
membered in 1851, and almost impossible
to defeat him.
Col. Rockwell says: II was talking to
the President the other day about the in
terest which the people of the country
have shown, and said that when he got
well he would have more to fear from the
love of the people than anything else, and
so he will Wherever he goes he will be
pressed about by the crowds anxious to
see him.
In speaking to Col. Rockwell of the in
tensity of the pain from which President
Garfield has suffered, he said: at is like
a trip-hamner crashing upon my body.
If you can imagine a cramp, such as one
has, sometimes, in the water, a thousand
times intensified, then you can have some
idea of the pain have suffered"