The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-09-14
THE PRESIDENT.
REMOVAL TO LONG BRANCH.
A QUICK rnrr AND SAFE JOURNEY.

A QUICK rRIP AND SAFE JOURNEY.
! WAsiiIxGroy, Sept 6.-rhe Presi-
dent has ut last left the White House
for Long Branch. He was removed
from the Executive Mansion nj m
early hour this morning 10 tlie spe-
cial train at the depot which Was TO
convey him to Long Branch. His
removal was successfully accom-
plished without any Inishap ornote-
worthy incident.
The entire route was kept clear of
vehicles by policemen stationed at
every intersecting street A number
of people remained up all night out
side the gates in front of the Man
sion, and by the time the convey
ance containing the President pass
ed through the gates, about 100 per-
sons had assembled to witness the
departure and obtain n glimpse of
the patient. When the Presidential
party reached the depotperhaps two
thousand persons had gathered
there.-The crowd was very quiet
and orderly, and the transfer of the
President from the conveyance in
which ne rode to the combination
car was watched in silence and with
apparent solicitude lest some acci-
dent might occur.
At precisely $40 a. m., the Presi-
dent was carried from the sick-room
to the express wagon (Which had
been backed up to the st, ps of the
front porticol by Drs. Bliss, Rey-
burn, and Boynton, Gen. Swain,
Coils. Rockwell and Corbin, and
Messrs. c. O. Rockwell and Warren
Young, who ramained with the pa
tient during his removal to the de.
pot. He was reclining III peaceful
position on the bed upon which he
for so many days had been suffer-
ing and fighting for life. His right
hand was laid upon his breast, while
his left arm was stretched full length
upon the eoverlet. His high fore
head was covered by linen cloth,
and his features, though ematiated,
wore 4 patient and resigned express
sion. A small platform had been
erected from the portico to the wagon,
and across this the bed was tenderly
and carefully carried and deposited
in the wagon. There was no mis-
hap whatever in the transit. and
when the horses were hitched to the
vehicle and started at 800 for the
depot a feeling of relieI took posses
sion of the bystanders, for in the
opinion of many the most perilous
portion of the journey had been ac-
coinplished. The conveyance was
preceded to the depot by the car
riages containing the remainder of
the party which was to accompany
the President to Long Branch. As
the express wagon moved away from
the Executive Mansion the Presi-
dent feebly but cheerily lifted his
left hand and waved farewell to the
inmates Of tie house, who had as
sembled on the porch to wish him
God speed on his journey. The
wagon was then driven slowly
throught the grounds of the Man
sion and down Pennsylvania avenue
to the Baltimore & Potomac depot,
the horses at no time being driven
faster than n wa,l At the head of
each horse stood man ready to as
sumo control OF the animals in case
of need Fortuna " no such pre-
caution was necessai :, the ride to
the depot being acco.a ol;shed with
out any incident occurring worthy
of note. The crowd tina. followed
was orderly and anxious-anxious
not only for the safe transportation
of the President, but also to catch q
glimpse of his face This it was not
difficult to do, rs the curtains of the
wagon were rolled up to enable the
President to breathe the pure morn
ing air, which at that hour had not
yet become sultry.
The depot being reached the
horses were detached from the wag-
on, which was backed up to the car
selected for the removal of the
President, and the same gentlemen
who had before performed the duty
of transferring the patient from the
White House to the wagon executed
their difficult task of removing him
from the wagon to the car. Though
they met with some slight difficulty
in doing this, owing to the fact the
floor of the car was rather high, the
delicate task was performed success
fully and without appearing to dis
turb the patient.-When inside the
car he was transferred from the bed
on which he had been carried thus
far and placed upon the spring bed
which had been prepared for his re-
ception. The remainder of the party
having already taken their seats, the
signal for starting was given. y de-
lay of some minutes intervened,
however, but at $50 exactly the
train started on Its journey. The
party who accompanied the Presi-
dent, exclusive of railroad attaches,
consisted of twenty persons as fol-
lows Mrs. Garfield and her daugh-
ter Mollie, Drs. Bliss, Agnew, Barnes,
Woodward and Reyburn, Colonel
and Mrs. Rockwell, and their daugh-
ter, Gen. Swain, Col. Corbin, Pri-
yate Secretary Brown, DR.. Boynton,
Miss DR.. Edison, C. O. Rockwell and
Warren S. Young. Three colored
servants, Daniel Sprigg, Mary White,
and Elizabeth Cutten. also accom-
panied the party.
Dispatches were thrown off at the
stations along the route, giving the
condition of the President. He
stood the fatigues Of travel remarka-
bly, well-much BETTER than his
physicians anticipated. His pulse
was less frequent than it was when
he left Washington.