New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-21
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

HIS STEADY ADVANCE TO RECOVERY
APPREHENSION No LONGER FELr-TENPERATURE
AND RESPIRATION NORMAL YEsTERDAY-TTRED
OF THE sICK-BED AND LONGING FOR A SAIL
CONCENTRATIONS FROM TURKEY AND JAPAN
The temperature and respiration of the
PRESIDENT yesterday were normal; his usual
afternoon fever appeared late and quickly
abated. He passed the most comfortable day
since he was shot. He is anxious to leave the
SICK room, and preparations are making 10
nave him taken aboard the Tallapoosa about
August ID. Congratulations Oh the bright
prospects OF his recovery have been received
from 'he rulers of Turkey and Japan.
BEST DAY SINCE THE SHOOTING.
ONLY SLIGHT RECURRENCE OF THE FEvER-rHE
PRESIDENT STILL WEAK, AND WEARY OF CON
flNEMENT-LoNGING FOR THE PROMISED SAIL
PREPARATION To TAKE HIM ABOARD . GOVERN.
MENT VESSEL
lBr TELEGRAPH THE rRrnr-NgJ
WASHINGTON, July 2o.-The Prcsid. mt has TODAY
passed the best day since he was wounded There
mas been only slight recurr Of the fever His
appetite has been good, and his food is assimla;ed
wei, but IT has not been of a solid nature. The
physicians do not again propose TO overload the
TIeNilehts delicate stomach. The President of
course Is weak and is weary from lying so long in
bed lie is looking forward now chiefly TO the time
when he can take the trip upon the Potomac and
ppSS'DiN Il sea voyage, which has been promised
INN by the middle Of August. Il he continues 10 i'm
prove. Arrangements are already making so that
that trlp may be safe and comfortable as DOS
siblc.
The Tallapoosa, a United States steamer now
out of commission, is undergoing repairs and
was to be ready for service on September l.
Inc Secretary of the Navy has issued orders
10 put additional men at work upon her so
that she may lie ready by August Ij This vessel ia
a paddle-wheel and the physicians and naval Off
GERS have agreed that il will he better adapted for
the proposed use of IT than the Dispatch steamer
OF the same SIZE which is a screw. The Tallapoosa
Is to he arranged with a swinging berth SO that the
PRESIDENT viii he as little affected as possible bv the
movements of the ship.
The plan is. soon as he can safely he moved IN
remove him from his present malaral surrounding
place him upon this Government steamer and take
him TO the vicinity of Hampton Roads and the Cana
avoiding rough water and rongh weather Ii he
shall improve with The sea air and there shall be n
fair day, he may be taken later to Long Branch In
any event, II Is the purpose 10 spend the davs of
cohNa iesccnce on board this sci as the SURGEONS
would not toe willing to permit him to travel by rail
for a long time.
Little things still affect the President very rnuch
anu, notwithstanding that an apparatus for lifting
INN, similar 10 that in Use at Bellevue Hospital mas
been prepared and was attached 10 his bed by Dr.
Nicho.s the surgeons have ordered IL he rem owed
a. II Is feared that its presence would excite him.
hey trace the two relapscS :hat he has had in great
measure 10 eXcltements which might have been
avoided.
IL p. m.-The Presidents afternoon fever, which
came on late to-day was very light, and has at this
hour nearly abaed. The usual quantity II an nhare
evening and the patient is now asleen. an hls
symptoms are as favorable as coIld be desired