New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-12

HIS MOTHER.
neie '.s was no very marked change in the
cohait'on OF the President Yesterday. he
P"sseu comfortable day, the circumstances
conspaered. He was again raised ND in he'd at
lls o"n REQUEST. lie ate more freely and felt
! e"ohse.' without assistance he wrote n LEFT
'oi W Ills mother His wound was in healthy
s. s'a.e ..',u MS physicians expressed satisrac-
'ioh win the symptoms of the case.
TdE CROAKERS AND THEIR INFLUENCE.
sPNEADlNG ABROAD FALSE IMpREssyoN op r,,,,
| PRESIDENTS CoNDITIoE-ruE puYsIcIASs CIV
| siDEk THE POSSIBILITY or A FATAL TERMIN A.
| iioN VERY REMorE-THE PRESIDENT WRITES A
| LETTER TO HIS MOTHER.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUyEj
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE croakers to vrboso
ingenuity is chiefly due the furry of excitement and
| .Pp''"oi,sioh which the country experienced last
1."'''s nave Que advantage over those who are not
"o'eo 10 DC sensational or original at the expense
VI ',e iacts In regard to the President Six weeks
~ u iong time In some respects to wait and inces
siht reiteration of the decaraton, in one I'm or
another that the doctors are in n consniracv to do
ceiVe 'he public, added to the long period dur.pp
Whch the public has been awaiting the declaration
.''. 'hc patent Is out of danger is reported TO he
having its due effect. People who are rcturn;pg
rom thelr vacations say that there is widesurcad
uo"'i .'at the President is dying, or that
inuch stronger than those in his favor
Here in Washington one meets more pcone who
snake their heads doubtingly, and. ignoring tIe
cheeriui features of the bulletins point only to tIe
mysterious figures which Indicate that the evening
lever has not yet relaxed its monotopous c1p than
VINO accept the word of the distinguished physicians
whose every motive personal and professional is n
guarantee Oh their own faith in The statements TO
which they afix their names
III is hardly necessary to say that the doubters do
hot nuhper among them any who have advantages
not possessed by the public mt large for forming cor
rect opinions. The entire Cabinet the personal and
familiar friends of the President and bis |
n''niy ana the doctors and attendants at |
the bedside are cheerful and increasingly |
hopeful. Indeed this is stating mpcb loss tbo 49,
truth. While recognizing the possibilities Of fatal
termination OF the Presidents Illness they unani- |
mousiy believe that they remote and firm con-
hdence In recovery prevails among them The six |
weeks which have passed since any but the Presi- |
dents attendants have been admitted to see him. |
prove nothing beyond the fact that the road to |
health long one
The President is sick man vet and his phvsi- |
clans qualify their IN at hopeful statements with |
references 10 the uncertainties which surround the
case. One does not recover from wound of that |
kind at once. Nevertheless it is n fact that |
not more than half dozen days have
passed since the shooting in which
an improvement all things considered upon that of |
the one preceding, and the rcitcration monoonous
though it be- that the Presidents condition is one
oil continuing Improvement" has been justified bv
the results.
The fever resulting from the ircision- of Sunday
has disappeared. The evening fever lnuers ana |
will continue to do during the suppuratiye perod
Ii recorded itself in figures tonight about the Same
as last night This in some respects n disap-
pointment for the appearance and deineanor of the
President during the day had been so markedly in
advance of the past that the doctors looked for n
temperature not more than four five-tenhs above
a hundred. The fever came on little later how
ever, than last night, making its beginning ap-
parent at o'clock, reaching its maximum at @ and
beginning its subsistence little later.
During the day the Presi lent has co1yersed with
some freedom upon topics not personal to himself
anu has several times alluded To his feeling of iu-
creasing strength. He speaks of getting well, and
expects to get well. He is anxious to get out upon
the water, and the suggestion of water journey is
Ills own. The Secretary of the Navy says that the
We ssel being fitted for this purpose VIII be ready
withn week or ten days. But il must not be in
lerred that any one proposes TO remove the Prcs-
ient by that time. All that is a matter of uncer-
tn nty and, indeed he may change his mind in that
respect.
DIR. Hamilton reached Washington this evening !
lie teegraphed to DIR. Bliss, upon learning of Dr. :
NthcW departure, asking II he should come earlier
Ihan he had originally proposed. but informed
That there was no necessity for il.
This afternoon the President asked for writing
and wrote without difficulty and entirely
lnaided letter covering two pages to his mother q
" The first news from the sick in the morning /,
'ame from General Swaim," said he. "Thc Prcsi- ,
lent slept better last night than any night since he
vas shot, and | know it," He did not awake as a
,arly as usual His appetite began to assert itself
before his wound was dressed. That over he again
emnded the doctors of his desire to have some q
hing to eat" emphasizing the verb lie was given n
piece of chicken breast and SOME mashed potato.
irs Edison says he ate more heartily than she had s
ver seen him. Later he had toast saturated a
With the juice of carefully broied steak. "
AT his own request his head and shoulders were
aiscd up for the first time since Sunday He has i
everal times been partially lifted up,but be-
ore to the position he occupied much last week.
he change did not seem to tire him. The flow of
ms Is reported as good throughout the day. di- -
nInishpg discharge Is noticeable, attributed by Dr.
'liss to the slowDcss of secretion. and hence evil h
encc of progress of the healing. Its character was !,
III that could be desired. The attending physicians
lsst that the pus is drained just fast il is ~
ecretcd. That from the track of the bullet it flows b
spontaneously, but there is Oiishoot from the ca
'ound formed by the speculum, which was ii
lovcd some time since, which usually secretes fo
bout half teaspoonful of pus and this has to be Sc
,rced out by manipulation The wound is washed di
ut with carbolized water after the dressing, and
hen the water returns clear that is, containing no
ore pus, the wound is known to have been cleared.
At the hour Of osng the doors of the fir
he