South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-08-12
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT.

NONDlllON Or HE PRESIDENT.
Executive Mansion, Aug. 8.-1I.3O
Z. M.-The President did not fully
recover from tho effects of this morn.
ing's surgical operation until after the
evening examination. He suffered
more or less throughout the afternoon
from nausea, caused by the ether; he
was rather weaker than yesterday, and
was not able to take the usual guam
tity of nourishment. Milk, with lime
water, was given him "a soon as his
stomach would bear it, after the direct
effects of the ether had passed away,
and later in the day he had meat Juice
and beef extract. but he was allowed
no solid food. His pulse, probably as
n result of the gastric disturbance.
was rather high during the afternoon,
and at 4.30 went to 10, but his tenn
perature did not rise correspondence
until about the time of the evening
examination, when it reachedIO1. 9
The fe5rile rise shown'by this temper.
ature was more pronounced than usual
but it was fully accounted for in the
judgment of the surgeons by the ope-
ration and its consequent nervous ex-
element, and by the nausea and 9th.
er effects of the ether. 1t therefore
caused no anxiety. Early in the eve
ming the fever began to subside, and
the President went to sleep quietly
without anodynes. Since that time
his pnlse and temperature have slowly
fallen, and his general condition. has
improved. AT this hour, 11.3O L. NJ.
his pulse is %, his skin is moist and
healthy in tone, his temperature is
not more than half Il degree above
normal. and he continues to sleep qui-
city. DIR. Bliss expresses the opinion
that he will have a good refreshing
night, and that when he awakens he
will be entirely free from fever. 1t
is possible that there may be consid,
cradle febrile disturbance again to-
morrow before the patient begins to
permanently improve, but the ulti.
mate result of to-day's operation is
expected to be marked and decided
change for the better.
The President on Tuesday last was
still suffering from the painful expe-
rlences OF Monday, but no alarming
symptoms are reported beyond the
weakness and fever indicated by the
high pulse and temperature. His pulse
rose from l04 at noon to 1916 at 7 Z.
Nj. and the temperature from 997 TO
1919. Shortly after the evening ex-
animation the fever began to abate.
as it did last night, and at this hour
the pulse is below one hundred and
the temperature has correspondingly
decreased.
No material change in the Presidents
c1ndit'on at 1 p NJ Wednesday.
Gniteau's petition to be admitted to
bail, which he drew up last week to be
presented to the proper court, is said
to be remarkable document, and one
III which the would.be assassin's
shrewdness and cunning are we'll dis
played. He declares emphaticallv
that he is not insane, but expresses
great fear that lie may become so if
kept in Jail. His anxiety to get out,
as set forth by himself, is chiefly due
to this fear, but is also prompted by a
desire to take tri p to Europe and
prepare a political lecture. He offers
fifteen hundred dollars bail, but says
this is not necessary as his own recog-
nizance is sufficient. lie assures the
court he will be on hand at the dav
appointed for his trial, and will con.
duct his own defense, assisted by the
legal talent the country affords. All
this and much more in the same vein
is set forth IN his petition, which was
handed to District Attorney Corkhill
for presentation TO the court. Guitcau,
in his petition, sought particularly to
impress the court with his ability to
draw as Il lecturer. This, the Chicago
Tribune says, probably led him into
train of thought in which the idea Of
other people drawing-at tie end of
a rope-got into his mind, and the
more he thought the more he became
convinced he had made mistake
and to save himself from the conse.
qucnces OF this mistake he bcsOught
Colonel CorkhilI not to present the
petition, as he was afraid it would be
granted.
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