Daily Republican., 1881-07-14
July 14-1. 30 A. M.-The President
favorable condition is unchanged.
ASKING FOR THE NEWS,

| VIZ u'S CpHs"CldoiS NcClplStu slhC'
the date 0! the last official bulletin
His'symptoms at this hour are all favor
able. When he was last awakened h,
asked DR.. Reyburn what the news was
The Doctor replied that the Governor!
o! several States had it in view to. issu'
when he (the PresidenD should be ou
of danger proclamations appointing {:
general day of thanksgiving to God tol
the answered prayers of the whole
nation. President Garfield seemed
deeply touched and gratited. In con
verSation with the President to-day
Colonel Rockwell made the remark tt
him that 'the heart Of the nation wa.
in bis g9om," Ihc words seemed &c
/ make an i,npress,::cc.n. upo1 him, and to.
night while Colonel Rockwell was sit.
ting by his bedside he murmured un'
consciously in his sleep. "the heart OF
the nation will not let the old soldier
die" All the members of the Cabinet
have been at The Executive Mansion to.
day. EN-Speaker Randall, was alsc
here this afternoon and Chin Ian Pin,
the Chinese Minister, called with his
Secretary Of Legation to express the
sympathy and coincidence OF his Gov
ernment. The refrigerating apparatus
in the basement is now working per-
tectly and supplying the Presidents
room with eighteen thousand cubic feet
per hour of pure, dry air, at Il tempera-
ture OF about "a. Tomorrow the whole
western end of the mansion will be sup
piled with cool air by larger ana
more powerful apparatus Of tue kind
which is nearly completed.
DECIDEDLY RITTER.
WAsn1HGTON. JuiT 1%-Notwltll-
standing the extreme hta- which pre-
vailed at Washington to-day. Pre- ,idcnt
Galfield's condition tc"nigllv is iEuch
more favorable than at any time since
the shooting-twelve days ago. The
day has been looked forward to with
anxiety, for il was said the danger OF
secondary hemorrhage or peritouitiS
would probably end at the expiration Of
the period now elapsed. The patient
was therefore watched with gred, attcn-
tion, and his condition Tonight gives
his friends cause for reasonable hope
for ultimate recovery. The day outside
of the sick-room passed rs many Of it's
predecessors have been passed, there
being few callers. The Press corGeSpon-
dent to-day was granted a few moments
cony ersatien with Mrs. Garfield, and
from her gained satisfactory idea of
the Presidents actual condition. Her
general bearing showed how extremely
anxious she is concerning the President.
She keenly realizes his danger. Her
bearing was hopeful in the extreme, but
she by no means considers him out Of
danger "Yet," she said, "there is
much to give us hope. | was determined
from the first he should not die, ana he
will not" 1t was the spirit manifested
in these words that has done so much
to strengthen the confidence of all with
whom she came in contact.
Mrs. Garfield remained at home until
late this afternoon, when she took her
accustomed ride with Mrs. Rockwell,
and returned to the White House much
refreshed. The feeling about the Exec
utive Mansion this evening was more
cheerful than it has been for several
days. As Secretary Lincoln expressed
it last night. eve feel that the Presi-
dent has at last taken a step forward
which promises to be permanent and
will lead to better things "Hisp pulse
to-day" said one of his physicians,
"has been stronger than on any day
since he was shot. 1t does not sink
away as it has formerly, and beats with
a greater force" Dr.. Bliss said of the
President ) appetite: sit is better to-
day than ever. He ate with decided
relish, and his prostration was much
less"
"Do y III think that he really is i'm
proving? Is lie any better than he was
three days ago.
"Decidedly better. Three days ago
his pulse was almost as high as at any
time since the day he was shot. To-day
it is down and his ftbrile period was
shorter than it has ever been"
SIS the ventilatiDg apparatus sue
ceeding?!'
''It is II perfect success and the atmos-
phere in the Presidents room is excel
lent Though but four degrees lower
than it was outside, it seemed ten de-
grees lower, because it was so much
dryer. The President remarked it sew
eral times"
Colonel Rockwell said tonight that
he knew the President WAS better this
morning Us soon as he opened the door.
The President had grown more despond-
ent yesterday than ut any time since
the shooting, and sent for DR.. Boynton
for his opinion of the case. The Doctor
gave him considerable encouragement,
but the President said nothing. This
when Boynton came in the
room and saw how much better the pa
tient was than on the night previous
the President smiled and said "Ah,
Boynton, you look today whaT you only
spoke yesterday" The members of the
Cabinet who gathered at the White
House tonight departed early and
seemed more cheerful than at any time
previous. Among the callers to-day
were the Chinese Minister and his se'
retary. Vice President Arthur lett for
New York at . Z. M. to-day. His call
ut the White House last night was to
announce this fact and pay his respects
to Mrs. Garfield. He goes to New York
on private business but will not return
unless called back by the Presidents 5
condition.
BuOYANT FEELINGS.
WASHINGTON, July .13,-Notwith-
the favorable bulletins which
have been issued each day Indicating a
steady progress toward convalescence,
the Presidents $ condition has never I'M
til to-day ceased to cause the gravest So
licitude in the minds of perhaps the
majority of the community, while no
later than yesterday it was limited in
many quarters that the bulletins could
not he taken as a fair indice Of his real
condition, and in fact he was each day