Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-26
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPH NEWS
The Presidents Condition.
(OMciaI Bulletiu.

(OHciaI Bulletp.)
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July Is, $50 q. NJ
The President was somewhat restless durup
the night aud the fever. which had subsidized
after our last tu!ietu, rose again about mid
o'gdt and contiEued till 3 a. ~, after which il
egsin subsidized. He is COW about az we'll as
yesterday at the same hour. Palse l02, tenn
persture 9S.4. respiration is.
lUnofioial BuIe!in.)
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 26, ll:lO 6. NJ
The President at this hour ia rts log comtorts,
bly, aud the surgeons express themselves as
Satisfied with bis present condition. A runor
has been circulated that the President had
another chill this morniog. Those VITO arc
thoroughly acqusia;e ed wi.h Ito facts, however,
DEFY the story sud say that the patient has had
DO chis subs.Qu ut TO those which occurred
previous to the inoision. DR.. Aguew has been
here all the morning. Ooe of The coosul,iog
surgoors will be 10 attendance daily for tn
present. Dr.. Hamilton is expected 10 returu
to nighE, at which time. unless some u1flrseeu
emergency arises, D.. Agnea will probably
lgain roturo to Philadelphia.
Uoothcisl Bullatiu.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. July &c. IL m.-Col
Reck veil, who just came trou the President
cbsub.r, says the patient is resting very COM
foraby sud BIO considers that be Is doing as
veil as could reasonably BE- expected under tbs
circumstances. In response to question
whether there had been or would pe tuy
further operations performed on the President
be said, mo; there has been but the one ope
ration, and judging from pseSent Indications We
do GOT anticipate that any moro will DO neces
| STATED. Continuing, the Colonel said that at
the morning dressing OF the wound the surgeons
took seVersl small pieces CT bone from the
wouod. which were supposed to ba from the
fractured rib
WASHINGTON. D. G., July 2G.-Secretary
Blaine Sent the following at noon to day.
LoueN Minister. London:
The Presidents 81 mplons at noon today are
favorable. Several small pieces of the shattered
rib came from tho wound this moruing while
dressing it. ISigoed BLAINE. Secretary.
(Uaoficial Buleio.)
EXECUTIVE MANSION. July &c. 2:20 p. m.
hence to-day, TO the effect that serious opers-
ton WAS performed this afternoon for The pur.
pose of removing part of The Pre.i1e rs frac i.
| tured rib. are without foundation. The wound
has not been touched since the morning dress.
| ing, and the only operation" performed then
his finger of tTo or three small spiculae
| Of splinterad bone which coggcd the
passage and impeded the outflow Of pus.
The surgeons 90 not admit thst there is any.
| thiDg critical or dangerous in the Presidents
condition this afternoon. On tho contrary, they
| say that he has had fairly comfortable day
| that the discharge from the wound this morning,
although BOT large, was not so scanty SO to indi.
| cate any new complication; that the patient ST
this hour. ~ r. m, is free from fever sud is
resting quietly, and that his general condition is
at least IS good as it was yestsrGay.
| NpW S0pV 1np -nha L;,.old - H.
says: Everything is going we'll" says DR..
Bliss. Everything goiug wsil-witb tbe pulss
at ITO, the temperature l0l, the respiration "a,
and tho pstient growing daily and hourly weak.
er, With 30 immediately obvious end TO The reg.
ular progressive LOIS of ground. E7eryb body
will not be abs to sgreo with Dr.. Bliss opiuioo
! that the aspeof of the case i, cheerful one.
| |: becomes hourly apparent that tao good eff
tees of The operation Of Sunday are DOT so com
| pute as it was hoped lhey would BE-, a1d az, 10
! fact, they gave Promise t. be. Ole * Derionued
surgeon 10 this city hos said that but for the
issue Given to tho pus ca that day the President
would be DOW already oead-sn oliuion that is
based 90 fair infer:noas. But that operation
hllevlated and did DOT removs the gave cundi'
| tiou, aud Or. Barues seems to u, to use his
Worda with accutste perception when be speaks
| ut :he good conditions subsequent to the opera
/ toc Ds seemingly moro favorable" For 70.
bust reading 90 this importau. point We refer
| the reader to the very cutsptkau opinions oil
Dr.. Hammond.
The opi2iun expressed by ex.Surgaon General
Wilism Hammond Immediately after tn
| shooting OF the President that his wound would
prove fatsl gives Interest to that physica1's pre-
| sent yiew ofthe case. Dr.. Han mond Wa, ast 20.
| ing out of 10 IN last evening wnsn he Was cali ed
| upon, but he stopped for few minutes to e1-
press his serious misgivir2s ss to the PISS! :rsst
| inent OF the Presidents wound. Dr., Hammond
said. "a: certsirly is c great pity that the Presi
dent hiss not had the best talent snd treatment
| available in the country. Dr.. Bliss is probably
| very fair surgeon. but ga to tarnes, don't
| think he has soon guushot wound since the
Mexican war, and as 10 Woodward he hiss pro.
baby never seen ono in his lifs. Wsles WAS the
best man they had, and he was dismissed by
Blisf." The surgeons have never made search
| for the bullet, which was the worry thing they
ought 10 have done. and they have never made
the slightest endesvor to extract the bullet They
have evidently been afraid to treat the President
as they would treat an ordinary man, and that
is sll wrong,