The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-16
A GLOOM AGAIN
SETTLES OVER THE NATION,
Aud the PaISs Of the POpulAes Beats
with lhs rsstdenI's-A Critical Turn
with AIIEht Hopes Of RsseVsFy.
The Latest Bulletins,
DAY OF ANXIETY
A. the WhIIe HOase-rhe PatIsRI safer
Ing from Nausea.

inE from Nausea.
WASHINGTON, August l5.-The midday
bulletin was not issued till nearly one
o'clock. His pulse was lls, temperature
90, respiration 10. The bulletin says that
since the last bulletin the President has
not vomited again, and be lie now able to
retain nourlshment on his stomach. At
the morning dressing there was free dis.
charge Of pus and the wound 10 in good
condition. The Presidents temperature
has fallen since morning, and the midday
bulletin appears alarming. The surgeons
say 1t ia not 90, They attribute the higher
pulse to the exhaustion caused by vomit.
log, and look upon the reduction in ten.
perature as favorable symptOm. There
10 uneAsiness outsids OF the White House,
and the surgeons don't say much. II is
evident that they do not feel az confident
% formerly, but they feel more hopeful
than lRat night or this morning, Morphine
was again administered 10 tie President
last night before he could sleep, and while
he has not recovered from the last opera
ton as soon As the surgeons hoped. They
still insist that he will rally, aud believe
that he will yet we'll.
TROUBLED WITH DYsPRPsIA.
The President 10 said to be cousidera.
bly, improved, more 80 than when the
morning bulletin was issued. He has
taken some milk and small quantity Of
beei extract. He has also parlakeu Of some
whisky and egg, all Of which ne retained.
In response to inquiry ss To the cause OF
the Presidents vomiting, Private sscre.
taTy Brown said II WAS 1ue merely to his
weak stomach, and while II WAS more or
less aggravated by the wound, that II COnld
not bs attributed solely to its effects. He
added that the President hsd contracted
dyspepsia while he wSS In ths army, and
had NJ no time since been entirely Tree ot
II, and that when he was In apparent good
health he Was Otten times troubled with
nause', MIR. Brown says the surgeons are
not at all alarmed at the Presideut's pres.
ent condition. Durirg 6 the last hour he
has slept some and appsarS 10 be stronger.
II having bsen iniimSted Lhatthe opera.
tion performed on Monday last, was, 10
fact, an attemp. N remove the ball, Mr..
Brown was asked II the story had auy
foundation. He replied thar IL was erro.
neous, and said that there was no immedl.
ate intention Of disturbing tile ball
THE ANXIOUS H1uRs RETURNING.
1880 M-MuCh Snxie:y is exhibited
throughout the city regarding the Presi.
dsnt's Coudtion, aud numbers Of inquiries
have been made at the Mansion through.
out the day. The feeling throughout the
country was similarly mAniissted by q
large number Of preps correspondents,
who called at the White House to receive
the 2:S0 P. N. bulletin for their respective
papers which they represent. Aside
from this, many requests Tor the latest
news have been received from the several
Executive departments,
stated In the last bulletin are generally 0on!
BideTed as favorable Indications, bat the
pulse, which is given Of 1lS, causes con.
siderable uueasiness In the public mind.
Since the issuance Of the bulletin II has
been impossible TO coutsr directly with
Ahy Of the attending surgeons. Attorney
General MacVeagh called short time
ego, aud as he was leaving the White
House, hesaid in reply To- an interrogatoty,
that Dr. Agnew attributed the unusually
high pulse to the weak condition Of the
patient, caused by nausea, with which he
has been troubled. Toe Attorney General
said further, that tue surgeons informed
him there we're no indications OF fever,
and they hoped they had overcome the
trouble caused by nausea. II no farther
trouble from nausea 10 experienced II is
thought the patient will soon rally from
the bAd effects ot the attack he has al.
ready had. ThesurReons took the patients
pu'se AoOut 1:45P NJ, when 1t was l12, o
decrease Of ak beats III less than two
hours. Private Secretary Brown, wbehas
Just come from the surgeons room, says
the pulse is sslill decreasing.