The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-06

IN the proclamation OF the g0V6rnOSS
of Pennsylvania, for the people of
the Presidents native state TO unite
ia prayer and supphcation to Divine
Providence to spare his life and re-
store him TO health. Let Hs set
aside from the ordinary pursuits o.
life those two hours, and conSe-
crate them to this high and solemn
purpose. L respectfully suggest to
citizens Of Ohio that at the hours
designated. they assemble in houses
of public worship, or about the fam
lily altar, and join in prayer to God
TO avert from this nation the calam-7
ity that threatens us, and grant that
the hope that now gladdens us may
be allowed to grow. in welcome Ger
tainty and rejoicing ever the PresE-
dents restoration to health an&
strength. --
(SigneO CHARLES FOSTER,
- Governors
Raleigh, n. c., 5.-GoyerncE
jarvis, yesterday, issued procltma~
tion inviting the people Of'Jhe state
to assemble in tnelr respective
places of worship or Tuesday, Sep
tembeF 9th, between the hours -Oa.
10 and noon, to unite lei prayer foE
the recovery of the President.
.THE.GLAND.
New York, "a private Dispatch
from Washington from an uR-
usu lily well informed source, says
the iniiamed gland on the Pres
ident'S neck is threatening to slough
of, in which case the removal Will
be delayed.
Chicago, Sin connection with
the Presidents removal the follow
| ing realistic picture from WASHING
iten OF his condition is of inteysssS
1t is no holiday trip the Presidenh is
about TO make; not a voyage Of q
| patient in the interesting stage CT
cenvalescence. The removal if
taken at alI,-and there are doubts
even now in the minds Of the dec
tors as to the expedieney- viii De,
the, last desperate resort to elude7s
the lightning gTasps Of death. The
President is suffering first from tbs
unhealea -gunshGt wound whose
length is estimated at IS inches =
Psec0nd;- from compound fracture
of the tenth and confusion Of the
eleventh ribs made by the bullet
third, by the,preseneer in Ills, bo@ey
Of a jagged lead bullet not encysted
and travelling slowly do INWARD
fourth. from. a poisonous state C8.
blood: fifth, the gland which,
bis NOW the cause as well rs the re-
suit Of trouble. The buTToWing alb
-, {l,croIaaI- 10 v1Orxr q
in seven channels, four Of whieh
were opened by the surgeons knife
and three are spontaneous openings
flowing through the ear mouth anCal
nOstrils The next complication is
the weak and disT optic state. of tie
stomach which has. at times re-
jected all proffeftd food. ami re-
quires to bealways treated in most
delicate manner. For nearly three
weeks the President has not SWal-
lowed a mouthful of solid Iood'
The seventh item, is the anxiety anas
danger feared from debility brought
-oRby injury and its physical con-
sequences, and the eighth is men
tai weakness, resulting from
local and constitutional troubles,
Physicians hgve been in fear also OF
the presence of intermittent mala-
rial fever in addition TO the inevita-
bic traumatic fever 0ccaSiOned by
the effort of nature TO repair the
wound made by the missile. It IS
proposed to lift with his bed, take
down a long fight Of stairs, carry
some distance Gysa streteher, anal
finally convey go miles by rail, a
man so weak that he can scarcely
turn his head from side to side, can
not lift his head at all, and is able to-
move his arms and legs with diff
Guilty from weakness. He is too
feeble TO bear the excitement OF
seeing the faces of his most cher
ished friends. One made the journey
from New Mexico, specially 70 see
him. but he was not let into the.
room. No cabinet officer, with one
exception, has seen him since immE
diatey following the shooting. Is
pxcites him beyond his strength to
have his children sit by his side
The exertiOn of speaking pains him
and increases the speed Of his pulse
Food is necessary and he takes it
as prescribed, as duty, but has no
healthy appetite or relish fer what
he swallows. His wounds are not
constantly painful to an acute de-
gree, hut the frequent dressings
are distressing and exhaustive. The
suffering caused by the infamed
gland would alone have brought q
strong man low. His original in
jury has made little progress for ten
days. he has been kept up in part
since the last relapse by the free use
of nutritiTe and stimulating injec-
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