The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-26

IRON the depression caused bya septic tain
in the blood, and finally recover"
GLOOMY ouTtooK.
The noon bulletin is not calculated t.
inspire confidence in the Presidents re
cover, and neithSr are The unofficial re
ports from the sick room. The Inter are t.
the effect that the glandular complication
Is giving the doctors serious concern, ant
this is corr0borated by the bulletin jus
issued, which states that the swelling ha,
not diminished perceptibly, and that therC
has been but few drops Of pus discharg
ed. The feyerish, symptoms are again OF
the Increase rs shown the bulletin, and thu
dOctOEs are reported to have resOrted L
enemata aunsucCessfully, the bowels refusing
to retain the Injections. A feeling Of gloon
Is again making itself apparent ut the
| White House, and not the least alarming
feature Is that the doctors keep Themselves
shut up and refuse to beinterviewed. An
other bad evening is looked for ut this
writing.
THE FEELING At THE WHITE HOUSE,
EXECUTIVE MANSION, ILLS p. M,-The
prevalent feeling at the Executive Man
sion to-day was one Of increased anxiety
The symptoms Of the President up to d
o'clock were not decidedly worse, nor had
any marked unfayoTable change taken
place in Ifs general condition, hut his
failure to gain strength from the
constantly Increasing quantities OF
nourishment taken disappointed theidx.
peCtation, and the threatening aspect of'thc
glandular swelling was taken as another
reason, for ,diseoungemenk ItRcmcd to
be generally felt by the friends Of the Pres,
ident, who come here every day for inior.
nation, but whose views, Of course, repre-
sent the outside current Of thought. that
the patient bal not gained aSt much
a. VI he ought TO have gained from
amount OF nourishment taken since Mon.
day, and that this is due to imperfect us
smiatiOn and nutrition, Enough food is
taken daily, they sty,; tomofe than sustain
the patients strength II il were all turned
into blood and vital force, but evidently II
Is not, since there has been no pGrccptible
gain In strength during The past tiirec
days. This they argue indicates that sep
tiCeama or some other hnfaYOrible irilu.
ences are ut work interfering with the pro-
cesscs Of nulritlonand neutral TO the great
efforts OF the stomach to supply the system
with food, f,The President, they yay, should
be gaining strength now to get through An
other had Sunday ;6t to- meet apodnr
possible revere iiig the Shape Ola new
complication, but Instead Of That he is
hardly holding his own aud llas no re-
serve strength 10 draw upon In case Of ne
cessity They find also another retsOn for
discouRgement in the behavior Of the
parotid swelling. When the incisiOn was
made yesterday afternoon It wis generally
suppose, +. although. perhaps without sulli-
Ci6nt warrant, that II wohftl afford speedy
II not immediate relief, and thut from
that source no further danger was to
be apprehended. There wqs consequently
feeling Of disappointment to-day wlleniit
was found not Gnly that the swelling h0d
not decreased In siLe but that pus was form.
ing ina, nunibes 0f places here nnd there
In the gland, and that the complication
seemed TO be even more serious than be-
fore the operation.
DR.. BOynton said he was about discohr.
aged. The President was taking nOrirkh.
ment enough but did not md
could not do him very much
good while the parotid inflammation
continued and whilellis blood remains in
It's present condition. Upon being asked
ifthe effects OF blood poisoning would soon
disappear, he.repliedA w 'sUN
%"Yesh but 4 fear 1t willI not oc.
cur soon enough / y am airaId the
President. will not pun. through J do
not like TO admit even to myself that he
cannot recover, but there has
been a. change, foD tie worse and
while | do not entirely give up hope, my
hope IL much weakened,'s ~.
"You do not anticipate immeCliateA"
"NO, no; do not think he will die sud-
denly.h
All the members of the Cabinet were ut
the Executive Mansion tonight, many Of
them with their Wives; they went lI6me,
however, before IL o'clock and Jtherhlttn-
sion was closed for the night. .5