, 1881-08-24

tho bnll, hut tho evtta that followed tho making
OF that ragged hoto moro than a foot long In tho
body havG niready como, and It Il tho Indirect
consequence Of tho wound, which now 50 scrt-
oualy
THREATENS THE PRESIDENTS LIFE.
Inst night tho nuc,ts In the thront qnve con-
stunt annoyance, 81 that h1A occp Whs fltfu1 mud
unsatisfactory. Ito swallowed sotno nottrsf,-
'ilont, consisting n,aln1y Ut kostnsfes. He re.
ccIvcd two cnesnata, with the customary aita11-
tlty Ut oplim 10 net rs NJ, nstrsneont up.n tho
bowels III ortlcr TINT The Injections might not 10
rejected, md at tho satuo tine IL s,tpp!y atln
limits 10 tho syatcm. '0utsitlo duct0rs hnvo
Insisted TINT tue President In his condition
Ought TO tako more htllnt1nnts. Tint il ono OF
tho greatest difficulties With which tho attend
Ing surgeons from tho first hayc had to contend.
Tho President has been reluctant to tnkc atitn,-
Iants during tho pcriott which ho was supposed
to bc Rain!uR. lie took rum and wlne nttpr tho
Hrcntcst urging. Now that he Ia Wcalter and Is
not 40 plant IN tho surgeons hands, ho absol-
ute!y
REFUSES 70 TAKE ANY sTIMuLASTs,.
antI cntrcntfcs n1,1 commands to this t,me navo
failed to tutl1lce him to rclsuQuish his op|Ntst-
tim. During tho day ho hns taken somo koutniss,
some milk porridgc, n little juice Ut atenk, pep
t0nIze.l with m extract from tho stotnachs Of
chtckcns,i nrlcr to supply to him that Vital forco
f0r assimilation md digestion which ho lncifs.
The tlttnt himself IS pRsanR the limo which
separates consciousness frnm indifference.
Eitcr tho disease or tho morphine has turned
hls mimi. lilo IN lontnr realizes his condition,
md Is much Of tho tIu,u In a condition Of COM
plate ttHpor. Thu physicians hope that reason
and intelligence Will return, hut ho can no
lonrer Eivn them any al,l t,y summonng bis
H.wers Of will to u1l.littc .!IGoreut operations.
Tho Tow reports that wo got frntn tho stok.roonl
Atc very pathetic. After tho stupor Or tho
wandering thcro seems to 1o rocollcoHons OF
hls homo at Mentor, md tito
tiE,tEMItItANCE of t:Al,rY ASSOCIATIONS
aru exprcaxoIl In fceble rntlttcring. Once hp
cotnforted hm.nf With tho ien TINT a1t this wns.
dream; that he hai not bcen shot at all, int
was only Victim u: dreadful nightmare. Yes
teFtlny when Mra. Garfield returned to the roonl,
frthn which she hal been temporarily absent,
shn spoke tu him. calling him By namo, "James."
lie remembered tho name hut not tho speaker,
| und when tho wife saw him look at her With F.,
| mn snrccognizsnz E.tzc. for tho first ttmo ,
her ltng-conccnlcl emotl0u betrayed Itself, i
! but mot TO him. Occasion did not
then require that she should WcnF n nnsk of"
| hnpc while With htu1. This stupor may DO tho.
| result of opium. but 1t Is to be feared TINT tho
use Of tho narcottc cannot wholly cxpluin It,.
If there were b1oul-poIson. and tho patient was'
In tho Inter staEes Ut Its elect thoro wuuld
bN atnpor, tho physicians say.
THE TRUTH Is,
k2Ak AuH TtES4AEHk - HtutiuAH NJ lllUE3 HHu
often. lilo Is unconscious ofton before ho
| xocs to 4)ecp Ito wnnt1crs when ho
awakenst and It IL sometimes minutes he-
| for0 be RECEIVERS his faculties. 1Io has thought
that he was at Lawntleid, In bis old Mentor
hume. lie hns thought that bis mouth WIS Hcd
| with chnT, which ouxht to be removed by c1,-
| rIoils means. OnH of those about tho bedside
says that one OF tho most osnInots s1ns that ho
nt present secs In tho ense Is the evident weak
| entuR OF the mind. II must not be underatood
that the President Is In this condition nil Of tho
time, or most nj the tine. On tho contrary. his
mental facuEteS arc In tho maln preserved. and
! WhIle
SOMETIMES IN TIE DAY 1tE SEEMS STUPID,
yet this stupor. wcakncss, or lelirlu1n, whatever
| II May properly bo called, by ITO means continues
during tho majority ct tho limo. 1t Ia sy1np-
| tom, sonle ut tho doctors say. Of tho Rravest
character. An attendant WIN pnesed through
tho tnpsn carly this tnt,rn!ng Ia reported tu hav0
snld that tho President WIS lying upon hta back.
| rolling his head ana rnuttcr(Hg, with his knees
drawn Up under his chin. The report may not
be correct. but 1t gained currency, nnd surgeo,,a
who hnys boan nlale acquainted wftt tho story
say that II It Is truo 1t Is symptom Of
4 NEW COMPLICATIONS IN TIE CASE.
It would racan. they say. TINT the knees were
drawn up to relieve pressure aud pain about tho
wounded parts, I}s. t3llss has to.day admitted
that tho President s in septic condition. and
TINT tho swelling in the gland 10 to bo attributed
to u mild degree Of blood. poison. Tho Cabinet.
without exemption. betoye that tho worst Is fur
1noru Imminent than any ehanRo for the better.
Hume. whns0 sources 0f Information asc good,
has very lttlo hope. 'btaeVeaXh has had almost
none for ten days, Lincoln, Wtudom. aud
JA1nes arc depressed. Hunt IT, might is reported
to have frankly said that ho could regard 1ecGs-
;. cry rs now little short ut miraolo
ONE OF THE INCIDENTS
| at tho Presidents da!Irium ls thus narrated BY
an cys- witness: lie had reused himself from
sIecp, and. after violent 1T Of coughing to ro-
lievo the ptllcgn, ho aAtl1 that ho hAd seen q
| .nan over In tho corner who wns also coughing,
and who nunoyeI him vary much. Tho delusoa
soon passed awny, and hc commenced talking
upon other subjects. Ho has repeatedly sug-
gtstcd to bis pbyBEclans that he should
70 to Mentor or TO tho sea-shoro. Talk-
lug with his Hector, ha said: II wish
you cuutl tnkc your wife and take
my wife, and VIC c0ut.l 81 to Mentor. or perhaps
to tho scn.shpre." Wcll," said tho Doctor,
.'thas IL all coming In tho future" 'Whrn Gun
,ye yet nwnyf'' tue President said. II cannot
tell you that," snLl Doctor .Ilisa. "Wo ahaal
hayo to wait until you can sit up llttle." Doc
tor I!liss. bclug lakc.l why he did not u,ovo tho
INN away from the city, said to-dny: "Wo
cannot move him. 1t woull kill him. 'Would
yn,, ,lo so II you coullf" "3tost certainly VIC
should" WIS tho very earnest answer.
DIR. AGNEW.
A TALK WITH HIM.