New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-25

n Tribune correspondent sat In IflValc secretary
Browns office this evening when one of the ushors
came up and said; MIR. Brown, will you please
excuse me for the rest of thc ng feel very sick
and think am going to have chill" The man
was evidently i'll and was promptly excused Then
Mr. Brown said: "Tiat is the fourth man now x
cuscd on account of illness all due to malaria from
those flats yondcr The coachman was taken with
chills to-day and is shaking now. | wish Congress
would do something besides shly -shally alout
those flats
In the Presidents ease no symptoms of malaria
have developed, and the physicians hope that They
may he prevented bv the regular administration o.
quinlnc. But the President and his family OUGHT
not to he exposed to such danger when it is in the
power of Congress to remove it.
DIR. REYBURN'S CHEERFUL BELIEF.
At q u. m tie Presidents condition consiG-
cred more favorable; he had been resting quietly
and had taken some nourislmont without disturb
iNg his stomach. DR.. Rcyburn was quito cnthusias-
tiu more enthusiastic than Que conservative
would ordinarily be expected to be.
Ne expressed in the sccrctary's Office the opinion
that the President would recover, an opinion which
none of the physicians for forty-eiGht hours, have
vcnturcd publicly to express. Dr. RcvbuIn said
that there a connection between the channel
from the mouth of the wound and tie new oricc,
made by the counter opening; that they could pass
through from one to the other disnfcctinE spray,
and that the discharge from the main channel of the
wound free, clear aud hcalthfu without
any indications of pyrmia.
Mrs. Garfield, who had been intensely uneasy yes
t'rlay, was relieved this morning when she heard
of the successful result of the operation upon the
President She with all others IN the Executive
mansion. even if the ply Sicaus did not speak il
above their breath, raid OF blood poisoning
and she did not feel easy until the pus-cavity had
been discharged. Dr. Ilamton soon after the OPP
Grafton this morning, sought Mrs. Carried and said
"Thc operation has been successful. The pus cavity
is discharged. We have no Gar of blood
poisoning from this cavity. We are
fdent that shall he able now
to keep the wound better drained and. ii the wound
is well drained there should he no serious alarm You
must not he apprehenSive if there are more chills
We somewhat expect them. There will he more chills
If there is another gathering of pus another cav
ity is formed, whic! may be possible, but from the
operation and the observations think il safe to
say that the immediate cause of alarm which has
existed for the last two days is removed"
DIR. Agucw aftcrward saw Mrs Garfield and con
iirmcd the statement that DR.. Hamilton had made to
her.
Or. Agnew left here for Philadelphia thi, evening
to attend to some patients who are in a critical
condition, but will make arrag"meus tor the care of
them tomorrow and return hero tomorrow evening.
TUE SITUATION TOWARD MIDNIGHT.
At half-paSt 10 o'clock this evening the White
officers had gone to their homes, and of the surgeons
only DrS Bliss and Reyhurn remained in attendance
The President was quietly sleeping and of the
physicians said that the fever had greatly abatcd
his pulse had fallen aud his rcspa ion and temper
aturc were nearly normal.
Secretary Blaine and Post'naStcr-Gencral James
were the last of the Cabinet officers 10 leave the
White House this evening A. they passed ont with
cheerful faces, Secretary Blaine said: The Prcsi-
dent is dong wcll.' YES" remarked the POST
naStcr-6cncral, q" He is doing very well and We feel
greatly encoraged.p
Ii has been 50 arranged that for the present 1,d
until the President shall hc considered ont of dan
ger, either Dr. Agncw or DR.. Hamilton win stay in
Washington alternating in their Attendance as the
other claims upon their time will allow II is be-
heyed that this plan will do much toward relieving
public apprehension, and it Is understood to bc in
accord with the desire of Ms. Garfield and Of mem
bers Of the Cabinet, as well rs Of the attending
rhysc'arS, who feel the heavy burden OF responsi-
bity which rests upon Them
In conversation with TmBCNE CORES pondcnt
this evening General Swain, one of the Pre,i
dents most constant aud faithful attendants
said: He is doing well now, and |
think this Last d.9HT has been met and
overcome. | never saw a country without some
bills and valleys and | never saw very sick or
badly wounded man who QiG non have his np, and
downs. Il" Precedent came 90 OF the hard places
last Friday night on his road toward recovery, hut
we think he has now got about over II.
lie has had no rigors since last night lie takes and
reshcs nouriShncnt and is sleeping we'll Ne re-
ceVcd one-eghth of grain Of norphia tonight
and that proved sufficient. ] hope and believe we
shall find him better tomorrow morning than ne
has been before for several days. feel greatly ca
couracod."
General Swaim's hopefulncss appears TO be shared
by every body else near the President including the
surgeons.