American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-17
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The Presidents CGsc-Aftr'aies ef tie Doc-
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s3oa Day.
Regular Correspondence Cit;zan.

two months, and no y that The su.>
fering patient has been removed,
the White House IS deserted and
still. The question Is sadly asked :
"Will it ever be occupied again by
President Gariiel,.g" kcan not an
swer it, the doctors can not answer
it and the prayers of fifty millions
OF people can rot assure it. 'f''r
feeling among these who have
known most about the else is that
removal to new scenes and fresh air
was the one last resort, the on|y
hope. There is also Il very strong
feeling that the drctols have made
some lious mistakes, and that
there has been too much doctor in
the case f-om the beginning. This
may be true. l know nothing as to
that; and do not feel like enter
ing the list of critics. 1t is certain
that there has been great anxiety
and uutiring effort on the part of
the eminent physicians in charge
of the case; vet if the President
does not recover they must expect
to he blamed. Even now the a'lvo-
Gates of heroic treatment, including
the medical writers in the New York
Herald, are persuading the public
that there is no hope of recovery
because the physicians did not
probe for the ball at the outset.
/ Now that the scene of anxious
watching has been transferred for Il
time to Long Branch, the eager
crowds who have daily surrounded
the entrance to the White House
grounds, way laying the correspond
ents and others as they came our,
have fallen back upon the telegraph
bulletins for their information
There were many sad faces in these
crowds during the days when TIL.
end was thought to be near and
hope was dead. There were anxious
faces, too, IN the eager throng that
gathered at six O'Clock on that
Tuesday morning to see the depart
ure for the depot. 1t was a bus,
time at the White House the night
before the removal. Until Il late
hour i'll the day it was not positively
decided to start. The decision tt
do SO was caused by the patients
own anxiety and pleading. For sew
cral days bis mind had been SCI
upon it, and he begged almost pitt,
fully to be taken away. cit is s
chance he sail, sand think | an
entitled 20 it, When DR., Bis.
tried to persuade him that he wa:
then doing So well he had bette
wait 4 little, he said, No, no, i
don't want any more delay" ant
all duiing the afternoon he KEEP
asking, is this the last day IN tn
White I!oQse!' To have proiong, ,
his anxiety wou.d no doubt hav,
been more injurious than the III
. tigue VI the journey.
The conduct of Mrs. Garfield nj
through these trying DAYS has ltri
J something to admire. All the e II
respondents and newspaper writer
have been sounding her praises 10
some time; but | have not j,inc'
in very Otter becaa Sc AIN not muai
given 10 gush, and | thought Sh
, was doing just what any true wo
man would 90 in her- risce-wl;i
many an humb bier wuin;iD, p"r!i., Us
is doing every day uunnticed. Yc
there is something heroic in the va.
5 his quiet, self-conlained, tius;in
woman has demaaned herself. l
r TIE dark days when hope iors -
every body else and the doctor
tampedcd, She said to them, &c
:, back 10 your posts, | do not Civ
I him up" In ense as is the siri;
: upon her she has not, SO far as
> known, given way for Il mom"nt
She spends nearly al! her lime " ii
the President and personally super
Intends the rrepar.H ion OF his food
lie thinks it tastes better When
S comes from hel Ii md.
I Among the crowds that hav
eagerly sought the daily bulletin!
The colored citizen has been quit
L numerous. He is pretty numeIou
=, in Washington anyhow. One {
T. Them was heard to remark to an
q other IL day Or two ago while reat
= ing the latest report: "Nell. hi
temperance is good how is his pc
spiratiOn!" -
Las. Monday was the day f,
making the quarterly payment ,
+ pensions in many cities and town
-, over the country. The New Yor
city agent alone paid out $3.50, 90
:, making over S2,000.0O0 per year q
t that agency. Washington has II
D local government of its own and n
voters, but it has within its limits
GoOdly number of veterans :wh
''fought, Dled and died." ANA VII
\ now dtaw PENSIONS. 1t was still
: ing scene to witness the proces,io
/, Of "maimed, halt and Blind !;
til y crowded up to receive the;
title annuity tiom uncle San
There were among them those VIII,
y having emerged from the b.;tt leiicl
, rnscaii.cd, still look hale and hear
i iy; others hon whom the light .
I day is forever shut out, and WI
! csme led hy some duii!ul child q
living wife. Some crept siosI
along with two heavy canes; Other
: with one. while many a poor fcIlo-
e minus an arm or leg, smiled Goa
tcntediy as he clufched the cfis
4 notes or chinked the musical silvt
no. l.. 4 = :