New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-18

both by enomata ana In the ordinary way, the
thirst is satisfied in measure. Another food
injection viii he administered he again
awakes, which will probably be very soon. and a
second about o'clock i'll the morning.
1t is aging fact that he sleeps refresh
ngly for an hour or an hour and quarter at time
without anodynes. His TEN erature and respira-
| tion just about normal. DR.. Agnew expects to
leave here tomorrow and hopes to be able to get
away in the morning. The Presidents condition
will however, determine whether this can be done
1t is most encouraging evidence of progress that
his departure should even be contemplated.
Cabinet officer summed up the situation in
dispatch 30 friend this evening follows: THE
President is better but better means that lac has
| taken step backward from the brink of an awful
| peril"
! A GLIMPSE WITHIN TIE WHITE HOUSE.
TIE CHANGES WROUGHT BY GUITEAU's CRIME-THE
HUSH AND soLrMNI1Y oF A GREAT PERIIe-AIEs
GARFIELD'S COURAGE AND ENJ URANCE-HER IN
FLUENCE IN SUSTAINING THE Presidential
GROUP IN PRIVATE SECRETAGY'S ROOM
MADE CHEERFUL BY GOOD TIDINGs
lFRoN STAFF CORREsPoEDENT or THE TRIBuSE1
WASHINGTON Aug. 17.-Perhaps he impressions
| of to the surroundings of the wounded
President viii be OF some interest in the present
crisis of his struggle for life. | came over from
| New-fork to-day on the limited express On the
train were Mr. Blaine and his wife, their brief vaca-
ton III Maine cut short by the bad news of Monday
and Tuesday The Secretary was anxious but
| cheerful and not much down physically BY
| the strain of the weary weeks of alternate
| doubt and hope. the Spanish Minister was IN The
same car, pleasant Andalusian gentleman, speak
ing French admirably but not venturing grapple
with English. With him, acting as Interpreter, was
the Spanish Consul at New-York.
In the party in the drawing room car were also
Montgomery Blair and w. H. Prescott, late com
|
| the absorbing topic of the Presidents condition
Mr.. Blaine spoke feelingly of his interview with
! the President on August TO- before he went to
| Maine, of the Presidents aiecticnate manner his
cheerfulness and his patience.
A. Philadelphia came dispatches from Assistant
Secretary Hitt which made US all more hopeful
for the rest of the journey. We reached Washing.
| ton at O'clock. There seemed to be no business
doing on the broad avenue the sale of ncwspa-
per extras. The newsboys rushed frantically about
| pushing in aud out of the slow-pong
street and chasing pedestrians The only
| way to be rid of them TO brandish paper
| like flag of truce. Whenever two men stopped to
| talk third Joined them aud fourth until A crowd
collected every one asking excitedly What is the
| latest from the Presidentp
went straight to the White House. The gates
! for pedestrians locked and access to the
grounds only to be had through the carriage
gate>, guarded by pOlicemcn a soldier paced TO and
| fro on the lawu--a sight had not seen since the
| war time. " Have you pass Z" asked one of the
| policemen politely No can go IN without a
! pass from Mr. Brown"
There was delay while messenger went up the
| long arching walk to thc Mansion with n card.
| While waited carriage came IN at the gate. In
| 1T sat Mrs. Garfield and three of
! her boys. Her face, as che gavo a nod
and smile Of recognition, looked bright
ana hopeful. knew that the agony of apprehen-
sion must be and the President must be on the
| upward road again. The brave little womani
| What terrible strain she has endured and with
| what wonderful courage and patience she has met
every fresh draft upon her strength and resolution
Keeping always out of her face the pan aud dread
tuggng at her heart lest the slightest glimpse of il
should discourage her husband in his long battle
| with d'athl l remember that at Elberon inst be
fore the fatal journey to Washington, General Gar
| lieid spoke oi her with tenderness and prile as a
steel spring sort OF a wOman-suppe bright endur-
ing and rcbOnding after the severest strains If ne
| wins his way back TO health again ne will owe his
recovery, firmly believe, as much TO the loving and
cheerful mInistratons af his wife, as to the six doc
tors who wait upon him. skilfu and devoted as they
are.
1T is impossible not to feel sinking of the heart
| III entering the White House and going up the
| stairs to the Offices or the second floor. All is
changed there since The tragedy. The stiffness is
oppressive People move about noseessly and
talk in whispers. When was last there the halls
and reception rooms full of eager men, and the
building was the focus of tho political life of the
| whole Nation. In the midst of the press of con-
| tcting forces ealousies and ambitions stood the
| bg- manly President. like rock in turbulent sea
calm strong and unmoved. Now there is the busb
ana soemnIty of a great peril in all
| tho house. Tho doors leading to tho
| family rooms locked. In the Cabinet
room there is now and then anxious consultation
OF the Cabinet ministers but nothing that coud he
called executive business is done. The newspaper
correspondents and family friends who have cards of
admission to the Mansion go into the private secre
tarys and wait for the bulletins from the pat
tents bedside, talking meanwhile in low tones of
his condition.
found half dozen journalists assembled there
and perhaps dozen people of note in Government
circles Soon Mr.. Pruden brought the afternoon
bulletin. The doctors spoke eDcouragngly IN it of
the Presidents condition; all faces frightened up
at once and the talk was keyed little
louder and was cheerful than
before. Private Secretary Brown came in.
and spoke confidently of better symptoms
little later found DR.. Bliss at his Office Just re-
turned from the Presidents bedside. Bliss is called
an optmisS, but there is disputng that he gives
good reasons to-day for his confidence He speaks
OF stronger pulse better feeling of the skin, of
the nourishinent derived from the enemata of the
dracbms OF beef extract swallowed and retained
Tins afternoon and of the excellent tone of the Pres
ident's mind
why" asked, " has there been such fearful
wasting of tssueY The public is alarmed to hear
that the President has lost seventy pounds since he
shut. peOnle fear that no 10 dv;rr ,f .tors,o