The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-09

OF suppuratiOn which is now going on In
the wound; he has passed very comfort
able day. There has been no return OF
acidity to the stomach. caused, it is said,
by oatmeal cruel which he ate, and he has
not suffered to-day as he did at intervals
last night from pain in the leg aud ankles.
He has taken nourishment at short inter
walls and in larger quantities than on any
revious day, and has retained without any
uneasiness OF the stomach. He complains
OF feeling tired tonight, but otherwise
badly continue, DIR. Reyburn saws several
days together, with the slightely increased
fever which it caused. It is however, a
perfectly natural process and one which
was anticipated at the present stGge of
recovery. The increased pulse and temper
ature therefore shown by the official bulle-
tins need cause no alarm. There is GER
tain amount of injured tissue along the
track of the ball near the external opening
OF the wound which must come away in the
shape of discharge. The wound
has been twice dressed to-day
and the patient repeatedly spong-
ed all over. with weak solu-
ton of carbolic in water, applied by means
of hand atomiZer- These spray and
sponge baths have been a source of great
refreshment and have added very material
ly to the Presidents comfort. The weather
to-day is much cooler than yesterday, so
that the comparative failure of all the diff
ferent methods of refrigeration which have
hitherto been tried is not so unfortunate as
it might otherwise have been. A force of
fifteen or twenty men from the navy yard
is now at work in the basement putting in
a steam fan or blower by which pure
n n0nln6 ir &c n
the Presidents room in such quantities
as may be necessary. The city fire en-
gines are at work at the eastern end of
the mansion under the direction of an
officer of the Navy Department, who is
experimenting upon the production of
cold by means of the liberation of com
pressed air. One or the other of the
above mentioned methods of supplying
the presidents room with cool air will
be put into effective operation to-mor-
row. The President at this hour is
sleeping quietly and the attending
physicians report that his symptoms are
in every way satisfactory. If his recov-
cry were assured, they say, his symptoms
would probably be other than they are
at the present stage of case.
The following letter of instruction to
Commodore Pattison, commanding the
Washington navy yard, was addressed to-
day by Secretary Hunt; You will place
under the disposal of Mr. Dorsey every
article of machinery for which he may
make application to you. You viii also
assign to duty under him skillful and
efficient engineer and machinist, with such
other assistants as he may require
from you. You will obtain all nee
essary transportation Of the material
and men Mr.. Dorsey may require. They
must be furnished without delay as they
are for use of the surgeons at the Exec
utive Mansion, and are deemed necessary
to the health and comfort of the President
during his present critical Illness" The
Dorsey referred to by Secretary Hunt, is a
we'll known and skillful mining engineer,
who has had extensive experience in arti-
fetal ventilation of mines, etc. 1t is pro-
posed to secure better and more perfect
ventilation of the Presidents room by the
use of mechanical appliances.