The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-07-06
The Presidents Condition.

1uC SSaaANAtAe
Hundreds of visitors from all
parts of the country were received |
at the White house on the 4th, in
tent upon being near the presi-
dent, and TO get the latest news.
One remarkable feature of the i'm
mense crowds is perfect quiet and
order. No loud talking or laugh
ter is indulgedin. All are anxious.
The deepest interest is manifested
in the presidents condition. As
the night advances the crowd in
creases instead of diminishing, and
many stay all night. Every evi-
dence Of the greatest veneration
and respect for the president is
shown by the populacc. No man
could have a firmer hold upon the
people. The press agent tonight
passed through the grounds and
entered the White-house. None
are admitted To the grounds ex-
"e1,t upon passes, with the excep-
tion of surgeons, cabinet ministers
and close friends. All save these
few are stopped in the large yesti-
bule below, but the press agent,
by order OF Attorney General
McVeagh, was admitted up stairs
in the private secretarys room,
where the attorney general, post
master general, secretary of the
treasury, and about a dozen others.
James and Hunt were talking to-
gether, McVeagh was looking over
telegrams at the private secretaryst
tables. Blaine entered from a
door leading towards the presi-
dents room and sat down by lady
and gentleman who had Just en-
tered. Anxiety was depicted on
every face, and Blaine was
the picture of keenest distress.
The agent then approached
Blaine and asked him what he
thought of the presidents con-
dition. In low tones, with head
bowed down, he replied: 'He is
no worse. The doctors say that
favorable signs continue, but of
course his condition is very criti-
cal, and we all feel great anxiety,
but we feel hopeful. We hope"
Blaine then relapsed into silence,
and with eyes bent on the
floor appeared distracted. In
tense mental suffering shows itself
on his every feature. The Post
master-general and Secretary Hunt
were asked their candid opinions
of the presidents condition. Sec
retary Hunt replied: "The doctors
had a consultation at = o'clock
this evening, and agree that the
president rallied surprisingly from
the shock Of the wound, and that
he still held the advantage. He
has gained in the last twenty four
hours. They feel satisfied with
this and say that if they can pre-
vent any relapse for a day or two,
the case will be more hopeful.
The crisis is not vet reached by
any means, and it is not possible
for surgeons to say what the result
will be, but they say that the pos
sibility of the presidents recovery
is more hopeful now" Secre-
tary Hunt said that he had con-
versed with all the surgeons
who were at the conference and
all agree in the view he had stated
Surgeon-General Barnes assents
to this statement, but apparently
was not inclined to put ia words
any very favorable opinion. The
countenances of all present indi.
cate less hope than their words
express. All were anxious, and a
general feeling of gloom seemed
to pervade everything after nine
o'clock. DIR. L. Hamilton, cited
to consultation at Washington
says that if the ball actu.
ally penetrated the cavity of the
belly and passed through even a
small portion of the liver, future
danger to the patient | consider
very great, even though he may
have escaped the first danger, thar
OF hemorrhage. Examples of re
covery after penetrating gunshOt
wounds in the liver are very few
In the late war | was able to re-
cord eight examples of gunshor
wounds of the liver. / have my.
self personally seen two, both from
pistol balls. The records of the
late civil war furnish number O
examples. 1t must be remembered
that all cases recorded by my.
self, and probably most of the