Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-27

Bliss and the Men of the CIoth.-
The Relics of the Autopsy Pre-
served--A Visit OF InspectiOn..The
Official Report on the Late Presi-
DENTS Case--Gutteau Served with
Notice of His Trial--He Asks His
BrOther-In-Law 10 Defend Him.
WASHINGTON, September 26.-It is learn
ed here upon the authority of q warm per-
sonal friend of Secretary Blaine's that he
has decided to insist upon the acceptance of
his resignation as the head Of the State De-
partment just as soon as his successor can
be appointed.
There is no doubt but that President Ar
thur will make an entire change in the Cabi-
net, and that, too, at much earlier date
than was expected.
New York State is pushing her claims to
have the Secretaryship of the Treasury.
She will probably succeed in the endeavor,
provided Hamilton Fish is not made Secre-
tary of State. Senator Jones, of Nevada,
will go into the Cabinet somewhere. He
may be Secretary of the Treasury or
Secretary Of the Interior. Judge Settle,
of Florida, is put forward as the most
likely man for the Navy Department port
folio. Senator Logan is spoken OF for the
War Departments head. Elihu Root, of
Colorado, continues to be at the head of
the list for Postmaster General. George 8.
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,, is talked of
as Attorney General.
II there is one thing more than another
which stands out very boldly in the new
aUfr fc fhaf o.ofN hat hf1 ov,6 to
who have for so long time occupied such
prominent places in the public service,
must now take the seats way to the back.
Their day is over. No more can they call
the flesh pots their own. They will have to
simmer In obscurity.
John Sherman will exercise no more in
luence than 1 will with the new administra-
tton. 1t is talked Of here among politicians
that the Democrats will carry Ohio certainly
this fall. The class of Republicans now atop
10 that State are of the stripe to which Presi-
dent Arthur and his immediate friends
are utterly opposed. They will get no aid
from the administration in the coming cleo
tion. For this reason, it is predicted as a
certainty that Ohio will be carried by the
Democrats, II the proper amount Of tact
and energy is employed in the campaign.
In addition to his trouble with his profes
sional brethren, DIR. Bliss has a row on hand
with the preachers. He incurred their dis
pleasure by his refusal to permit DR.. Power,
pastor Of the Christian Church here, in the
sick chamber of President Garfield. They
are going for Bliss scalp. / doubt very
much II any of them would consent to
soothe him in his last moments, IL called
upon, so terrible is their wrath against him.
DIR. Butler, of this city, in his sermon yes
terday evening, seems to have voiced the gen.
eral opinion of his ministerial brethren. He
said he had never heard of case before
where the patient was regarded by his ply
sicians to be so Ill that his minister was not
allowed to administer spiritual consolation
to him. He instanced the case of President
Lincoln, whom DR.. Gurley, his pastor, was
allowed to see and to be present
sauctifying and healing power in other ap-
pliances than physicians prescriptions,
and that 1t was a surprise to all Christian
people that Mr.. Power was never allowed
in the sick room. 1t was absurd, he said,
to lose faith in prayer, though he admitted
there was good reasons for losing confidence
in medical and surgical science. One of
the most striking features of the case, he
said, was the mistake in the diagnosis of
the men who had 1t in charge, but there
was no good reason for losing confidence In
God.
DR.. Schradv, of the New York Medical
Record, upon invitation Of the consult
ing surgeons of the late President, visited
the Army Medical Museum to-day for the
purpose of examining the anatomical speci-
mems preserved after the autopsy. These
consist of the fractured Yertebra, the
broken eleventh rio and all the organs af-
fected by the wound. The vertebra has
been cleaned carefully and will be mounted
and preserved, as was that of Wilkes Booth.
The viscera are preserved in alcohol.
DIR. Schrady was accompanied by Profes-
sor Weisse, of the University of New York,
whose pistol practice on cadavers in July
last, for the purpose Of discovering the
probable course of the ball. attracted so
much attention. They were invited to in
spect the drawings, which were made to
accompany the detailed statement of the
autopsy, which will be published in the
Medical Record, in New York, on October
Is, signed by all the surgeons.
This report is the work of DR.. Woodward,
U. 8. A. Careful comparisons and verifca-
tiOns of the statement of the record and its
drawings, with the viscera and injured bones,
were made In order that there shall be an op-
portuuity of intelligent discussion and to pre-
vent all captious criticism. The viscera were
found to be perfectly preserved, and were
in ss goOi condition for dissection as when
first taken from the body. The lungs, liver.
kidneys, psncreas, gall, bladder and colon
are there, and show the effects of the in
I"iAVo nun buC PocodHO VI bdiAJ huu bAO
suppurating surfaces, Assesses, pus gather
ing and ruptured mesenteric artery.
The most interesting specimen was the
encysted bed of the ball, into which the ball
was fitted to day. The conclusions of DR..
Schrady aud Prof. Weisse are that great
skill and care have been displayed in the
preservation of the parts, and that the state
ments OF the bulletin publishing the first
accounts of the autopsy were absolutely
correct, and that nothing has been
concealed. DIR. Schrady and Profess
sor Weisse were among those
outside surgeons who believed that the
President would recover, their opinion, Of
course, Being founded upon the diagnosis
of the case as It existed before the revela-
tion of the autopsy. They now think that
there never was a chance of recovery, and
that the fact that the patient survived for
eighty days is astonishing In a medical
point of view.
The statement to be published here al
luded to is not the full official history of the
case, but relates only to the autopsy. The for
mer will not be ready before December, aud
will be published by the Surgeon Generals
department of the army.
District Attorney Corkhil to-day called
on Guiteau and informed him his case
would be presented to the grand jury next
Monday, and that an indictment would
probably follow speedily. The District At
torneY also, at the request of Guiteau, sent
a dispatch for the prisoner to his brother
in-law, George M. Scovill, of Chicago, in
in which Guiteau requested that gentleman
to come on and defend his case.