Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-14

bedside again to-day, occupying most of the time in flaming him. She keeps up courage without apparent effort and tells all who ask her that the President is getting we'll She fresh air in some way. Last evening she walked on the lawn in the moonlight with Mrs. Rockwell. The President has not seen his children since last Friday. The boys are
 hard at work at their studies.
 NOTICEABLE PROGRESS TOWARD RECOVERY. General Swain and Colonel Rockwell insist that the progress of the patient toward re- covery is noticeable day by day, and lay much stress upon his appetite. He evidently rel chewed to-day and certainly enjoys all the other nourishment he takes. Colonel Corbin, who is often in the sick room, says he is satisfied the fever reached the maximum on Monday evening and the
 patient is very much improved to-day. Stew ard Crump, the faithful nurse, also says all the signs are hopeful. Those whose opinions
 are given above are the only ones excepting the doctors who see the patient. These opinions agree so exactly with those of the physicians that one cannot but feel that the Presidents improvement is not only undeni- able but noticeable.
 GUTTEAU IN HIS QUARTERS.
 The prisoner still remains under special guard at the jail. He is less communicative even to the district attorney and his assist ants and is growing Respondent and sullen.
 JOKE AT 'tcRANK's'' EXPENSE.
 Detective MeElfresh has been Investigating the story received in letter published yes- terday over the signature of Nicholas Jack son of Annapolis, Md, purporting to account for the lost bullet. To-day the detective said he was about to start for Annapolis when he learned that Nicholas Jackson was ''crank, that he had learned from parties who were
 acquainted with Jackson that he was an old colored man who had never been resident
 of Annapolis and that the Samuel Frazer re-
 ferred to was butcher in the Annapolis
 market. "It was probably 8 joke" said
 McElfresh, 'fgotten up by some one at the expense of this old colored man." The dis trict attorney autographed to Annapolis for
 information about Nicholas Jackson and the replies received confirmed the information obtained by McElfresh.
 DEFENSE OF THE BULLETINS.
 Less comment has been caused to-day in regard to the rumored misleading character
 of the official bulletins. This is partly owing
 to the living contradiction in the Presidents
 continued gain and partly to the published
 opinions of Drs. Agnew and Hamilton ex- pressed last night. Their assertions that the fluctuations in the Presidents temperature
 were not alarming, and that there is no prob-
 ability of bis death, have tended to make as- surance doubly sure. Dr. Woodward has
 concluded to say no more to the press. He says he has been grossly misrepresented in
 connection with the other physicians, and if
 his official signature to the bulletins is dis
 credited, he shall make no further statements which would likely meet the same fate. Sur
 geon General Barnes says the Presidents
 Improvement manifest to the physicians and careful reading of the bulletins should
 make it so to others. ''We are well satisfied
 with the case, and expect the patients ulti-
 mate recovery" Dr. Reyburn says the
 news of to-day is the very best yet. He was
 asked, .1What is this talk about the President getting weaker and weaker and gradually dy- ing g?n stIt's all nonsense" answered the doctor. People who utter it don't know what they are talking about They only dis play their ignorance The President is not getting weaker To-day he moved his legs more than at any time during his illness. He is not getting weak. He is. getting bet ter" pr. Bliss on the same subject says that it is not true that the President is get ting weaker and gradually sinking. Such reports are gotten up by persons outside who don't know anything about the case. ssOf course ,'' said Dr. Bliss, 'sthe President is naturally weak from such severe wound but the symptoms are not in the least alarm ing. There was liberal healthy discharge of pus from the wound this morning. There