, 1881-07-05


= speetas Dtspateh 10 Ins hseaeo :S:t:':se.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 4.-"i Hope Is
ilead." saitl o,,p Of tbs Cabinet officers upotl
leaving the Executive Mansion Ut o'clock
this morning. It does not appear whether
hone Is yut alfva or I0t. }No lave been
driven about nil day with hopes a1d fears
At one moment tic reports Of the attendants
and tho bulletins of thu physicians wero re-
assuring, At another there wus MI On,lnons
silence and saddeMtng slIake Of the llehtl.
rhut Is the condition Of this hour. No
one .can say whit l,ay have happened
before these dispatches can be
rcatl. The hopeful bulletins Issued lato
III tho afternoon are not sustained Dy the Ill.
formation obtained FROM lilo White House at
this time.
TnE.c CRISIS OF TIE ILLNESS
may have arrived, and tito danger point may
so0t be passed, but hopes are faint mud tears
ure strong. Whom thu Cabinet left tho Willie
llouse carly this morning, aftar the latest
bulletin, tlloro was nut one who did not Will
| tngiy atinit the gravity Of tho situation aud
give expression to j.. IL,
THE oGIoost1Esr OF FEARS. ..
Thcy droyu uway thinking 1t possible that III
tho carly morning, WHEN the naxt c&-
animation w.s to ba. nlu.le. thoy might re-
turu to bed of DEATH, One or two retained
their confidence, but It was confidence
busetl upoll the earnest hopes which I'LL
shared, md nut upo,l facts which any knew.
WHEN tbs ni}iciAl family returned to tic
White House tt!s mUrlllng, after MI llottr ar
two Of troubled rest, tl,e situation was 0llo of
grave arxlety. The reports frn'll tue slck
room during tho hitter part ot tho night had
bceu Of ar especially glooly character. Tie
ljfu Of tho President WIS still trembling III
tho balance when the sun rose upon tho das,
which WIS to be
TIL; HOTTEST or THE YEAH.
During tic night tho two olntncnt physicians
who had been summoned, the oMe FROM PM.
adolpblu aud tho other from New York, l!nd
urrlycl; oMc, DIR. Agnew, ot Philadelphia,
by special train furnished by the pcnnsylsll'
nla Ila!lroad, ut i otc'uck; tho othort Prof
hamilton, Ut Now York, by tho owl tsa!i',
which reached here nt7. 10th wcrc rapluly
driven to tho WhIto House, n1'd were III cor
sultaslon with the hyny n1nl navy SURGEONS
and tho attending physician until tue bu!lo
tin WIS issued at 0 O'Clock. II was no.
until that bulletin WIS Issued ttlat the gloom,
al,prct,vnsions wlt!el. Ind +. Weighed upol
nl Bluco Mttlnfght WCro IN part rclnoVea
I,oth Of thess e&.liuunt specialists ngrcet
with tho p!ystctaMs who had Charge OF TIL
cusc, and improved OF tic treatment. The.
]olnc.l In signing tho bnllut!n. trlIa col'ttl
lion Of the President was not lllateriatl
! different from tint reported sn tic curl
morning, Il little past midnight, that ho l'a
,lozeu a. Intervals, continued to llnve palm u
. tho feet, e1.d that the symptoms OF d!stent!e
. stomach {tympanitts) had not se''slol
t diminished. There wasalso no consldesaD!
j, change III tho temperature or pulse. i
! THE nu1.LlsrlN WAS lSTE!lItETEn j..
il as giving hope, but tho ltopo WIS ch!etl
). baseh upon tho faut that 1t tlid not slow till
y tho Presidents condition laal grown wors!
Il Dr, AKMew, IN ndItton to tle official bu!Iat1
Il | wlIicl, was published, gayo.a pFlvata op!l'!0
y that tho ktduoys aud stomach Wero uni
jllrut, a,ld were capahle OF exercising tue
reg,.lar. functions; That tue liver WAS luce
1t utea; md that the pains w!lch tte pFes!tle
X felt lii lis feet were caused. by the sevarl'
or abrasion by the bullet Of somc Of tue ners
attached TO- tho spluas cord. Tll!s opts'|'
10 was re.!uced to writing. None OF the ply
II. | clans .."* :';;**;c.;, >. ~ :
i; = =. ..*.*; og1lclAL1y.s .~. j..
j. stata.l q bcl.ef Ut the recovery ot tle Ere
tp dent, although Dr. Bliss. 9nd ona OF u
1c nlllur ot tlls local physicians express
" strung l.Upe, It has slAcV peeH leagnet! Il
H. 1'sor. Iiamlltpn,' heweser.I aA e'l'1ne
at authority IT. the country Oh gunshot wolaf'
RIB ala thu author OF tho ,staia&ar4 treatise