New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-07

In the first car was tho baggage and it was now
used as smoking room and general sitting room
for the men. The President was in the second
and the ladies occupied the car A cold lunch
was also served in the last car
Outside of the Presidential party there were
the train Thomas N. Ely, of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. who superintendent the running of the train.
an engineer, fireman, conductor,
telegraph operator and lineman.
The two telegraph taken
board so that if emergency arose assistance could
be summoned Immediately. There many
things that might have happened for instance, some
accident to the engine, when it would be necessary
to use the wire Immediately. II we were far from
telegraph office it would take hours to get the
sistance that one could summon in a short time by
having the telegraph men on hand. The telegraph
men changed at the end of each division did
also the engine hands. To avoid any possible con-
fusion mistake ticket was given to everybody
who WIS to go the train. When doc
tors arrived they had to show their tickets
the same the telegraph men or the servants.
at is hard to describe the trip, because there
very little to tell The story of the trip far it
relates to the Presidents car, is nothing but the
story of the sick for the last week. The mid
die was kept free from intrusion as was the
Presidents room in the White House. The physi-
clans in constant attendance, but the other
persons he train seldom entered the car. Mrs.
Garfelu INTO the at intervals auu
a short time with herhusband. There wasnotlnng for
her to do there and her presence NIGH be an occasion
| for the President to talk, which the physicians
want nm TO avoid as much as poss be III was nee
essary sometimes for those in the front car to go
into the one, and in that way all on board had
an opportunity to see the patient
| / saw him to-day for the first time in seventeen
days, was prepared to find him very much emaci,
ated by his long suffering, and much surprised
| by his appearance. His face was not as thin and
pale as thought it was, and his eyes were not as
sunhen. HIS beard has grown in length but his face
|
| last. The physicians attended to HIM the
G they dh eysry m day SnS be ordnaTy
treatm mt. His wound was dressed in the ram, he
| received his nourishment regularly and he was
: pulse even throughout the journey and the
physicians say that it did not vary 10 beats at any
time. lie in condition to manifest an interest
in the trip and occasionally asked for some nforma-
tIon regarding what progress WAS being made
Everything kept perfectly quiet, and 1t was not
necessary to stop the tram once on account account
the ran Gninso sarted tn 1G r Ev sad that he
wanted 10 be informed about how the President
was standing the journey. The train started at a
slow rate OF speed, but 1T was soon quickened Mr.
Ely often asked il the tram was running too fast
but he was always told that there was no percept-
BILE change in the patient. We travelled about fifty
miles an hour most OF the way, and over part of
the route we ran sixty miles an hour. Between
Philadelphia and Monmouth Junction, where the
track almost perfectly level, three miles at
| the rate OF seventy miles an hour. Several stops
were made TO take on coal and water. AT all these
| The crowds, however, were wcll-bchaved and or
derry. There no shouting or demonstration OF
any kind. When some of the party stepped on the
platform to send telegram attend TO some other
matter, the people would ask III whisper, How Is
he bearing ltR AT all these places flags were seen
floating from houses and public places, The largest
crowds seen in the great cities like PlHlade
p ia and Baltimore, where long lines extended IN
every direct on; but there was not the slightest
noise or Glstu bauce At one of the stopping places
tho surgeons suggested giving the patient sponge
bath, Bat he replied: No go ON through. lt is
more advisable 10 get to Elberon station
! tLap d yivc me A bath" The incidents of the
joaracy ,y"re few, the President was treated
exactly in the same way as he was yesterday III The
| hhte uoUac.
The transfer At Long Branch was made IN few
! minute, aud without any disturbance. l assisted
in carrying the President to his room in the second
story, ana | him made comior able In bed
The room was all prepared, and some persons had
sent beautiful bouquets of flowers, which were
placed in the room. The surgeons say that they
cannot suggest anything where an improvement
could have been made IN the arrangements. don
believe that You could add to the perfection OF the
trip, and from what the physicians state, the jour
ney has certainly done the patient no harm"