, 1881-08-23
TIE DAY.
SOMEWHAT uET'TI:R

Special Dtspdteh to 1hs CAteaao THaHne.
WAsll1NaToN, y. O., Aug, :1.-Tha Prest-
dent tonight Is somewhat better, but the
improvement Is relative. and means ITO
worse. With Il single important exception
tho signs nru Of 4 negative character. Tile
Important exception Ia the stomach. During
the day the President has been nblo to take
and to retain Il considerable Qualtlsy-!t Is
said twenty-five ounccs-of liquid nourisll-
nae,lt without my uileasllIcss or my rec.lr-
re,lc9 of vomiting ar nausea. Tho indlca-
tion IL n good one. 1t shows tho stomach
has not altogether failed hlnl. TINT
It is beginning to resume lta
functions, Wld that, SO far ns
they dare to test 1t, 1t has nssllnllated a
s1nall quantity Of very deltcnto nourishment.
OF course this, sca1,ty nutritious fluid las
not uoue mich 10 give strength to tho pa
tient. 1t Inns served little PURPOSE except to
show that
TilE1lt: IS HOPE
That the ston,Acl, may regain It's tone and do
the work Of building which Is essential to the
recovery nt the patient. 1t Is still necessary
to administer tho nutritlyo injections, and
It Inns been discovered to-lay, by
tho admission OF DR.. Boynto't, notwltll-
standing former statements, that a,lolynesln
no form wero administered, TINT In every III
lection there Is n certain quantity Of opium.
The swelling ot the gland Of the 1eck has de-
creased in that portion ot 1t between tile cye
aud tho car, but the ,na!n swolllnKi which
was quite long, Is not reduced, Inns not been
scattered, IS very liar.t, MID II expected III
tIre0 or four d0yS l0ru to supp1lrnte. ura.
Ileybur1l and bliss this afternoon have both
said that they expected tint such would bo
tia result. Thcy also aud that :,
THEY DO NOT AprlsEl1ESp ANY SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES
from, such suppnration, mud say that, as sools
as it Ii discovered that the swelling must
break, aM lnclsloii Will be nlade to permit the
pns to escape. DR.. bliss says tlat he expects
no poisoning from ule psts; that It IL tha
sweet a1ld healthy kind OF plls similar: ~
that wlltot. he supposes has been toullu III
tla deep pus.pockot near tho illao region.
which two or three days ago the surgeons
to their surprise discovered 'l[na lnul'cs
beyond tic three inches OF the healed
wound. Tho doctors DO mot seem
to be fully agreed as to
tho probable character OF the pus tint may
come from the swelling In tlia neck It It shall
become Nh abscess. Yesterday Dr. noynton
was apprehensIyo OF serious consequences.
To-day llo IL more hopeful, alld Is
NOT so CERTAIN THAT IT VIII. NltEAK
as he was yesterday; but, however lnucll
| they now may differ Us to tlle probable cOulae
Of this ,lntleyeoped abscess, mono ot them In.
slst that the glt1hdalar swelling Is the very
| llght, and trlling. and insignificant
thing which at first it was
claimed to be. tbs best TINT ca..
bo said Of 1t ls tlat the President suffers less
pain from It. 1t is said, in fact, to be palm
less, but tho rigldity which 1t gives to tue
muscles that control tho mouth causes coll
siderable discomfort and still prevents the
President from opening hlslnoutl more tlla''
lalf an inch, Tho phys!clans, for the first
time IN sonlo days, In the night bulletin ~
for to the wound. They do 90 only to 50,
uEAGGuy IN THE PA1sr EXPOSED TO VIEW
THAT can only nloa,I IN the thrae laches fron
the exterior surface OF tie lust lnc!ston
Which Is tie 0nly portion exposed to View
Ay to the ren.a!uter Ut Tho wound, the nln'
and a half ,.,cl!ss which were explored th
other day, It Is evident that The surgeon
know nothing, At least they do not toll u
anything about It, AZ has been the cas-
Whenever the stomach haa 1agaiue4 to som