The daily gazette., 1881-08-23

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-7 q. m.-The
President passed another restless night
last night, ami his condition this mcrn-
Ing 10 precarious in the extreme. The
action Of the infiamed parotid gland JUS
tihes the apprehension of those who OBJ
served he swelling with alarm. Itlnter-
fsres with the favorable progress Of the
The sscf9r{HbaGf f {HafSi III pu,vsw III rus turv.,
itself nauseates the patient and tends to
create q disturbance of the stomach, and
it also interrupts the breathing aud con-
tinuous sILep. Every fifteen or twenty
minutes the secretions have gathered
enough volume to cause uneasiness and
difficulty tD the throat and must be got
ten rid Of before relief can be felt. This
involves coughing and more or less
retching. The President has had no
more paroxysms of vomiting, but these
frequent efforts to cleae the throat Gre
ate distur bance and weakness. His
pulse goes up. several beats and he be-
comes exhausted.
Any one Who has suffered from a nau-
seated stomach knows that ft of vom-
itiDg is a temporary relief. TDis Is true
in the Presidents case. He generally
drops asleep after vomiting, only TO be
aroused by a new accumulation OF
phlegm. Thus 1t Is evident that the in.
hammation, aside from Its own specific
character for evil, is an indication that
bad blood is working great injury to the
beautiful operation OF important func-
tions. Peaceful, restful sleep is Of the
greatest consequence to sufferer IN the
Presidents state, and 1t is needless to
say that any feature which tends to In
crease the irritability OF the stomach is
unfortunate. Thus it will be seen that
the President Is menaced by the most
serious dangers. While we need not de-
spair, 1t is proper to recognizes the fact
that the President IS probably dying;
unless some means can be found to arrest
tende ncies which now appear, the clos
Ing scene, 1t is feared, is not far distant,
The GIanduIar Trouble.
$50 A. M.-There has been a slil ht
change for the better In the Presidents
case since O'Clock this morning. About
$40 he asked for some koumiss and drank
IL and has thus far retainedit IL. The pull o
ahd temperature are lower, and The
slightest favorable variation gives new
ground for hope. ORB oyntop, who con-
slders that this is the eleventh day CT the
says this morning that the President is
somew hat better. He last night predict :
ed that IL the stomach did not this morn
ing resume Its functions the greatest dan
ger might be apprehended The stomac
within Two hours has shown faint gns Of
vitality, and upon that fact strong hopes
are now based that he may pass through
this critical day safely and take q new
lease of life.
There has been no vomiting since yes.
terday afternoon, and while the night
was restless. the President secured more
sieep. Strangely enough, the bulletin
ma kes no mention of the swollen gland
which gives the surgeons SO great con-
Germ. II Is known that they have not
been able to reduce 1t or to scatter 1t t,that
II gives every indication OF suppuration.
Pulse I04 temperature 1854; and respira-
tion Is.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August 22-Il p.
m soon after the evening examination
the president went 10 sleep nd slept con-
tinually for two hours. His fever ma 8
gradually abated and his pulse has ial-
len to Luz. DIR. Boynton who came from
his room a short time since, reports that
he. seems slightly better than at the date
ofthe evening bulletin He has swallow
Cd to-day In all about twenty ounces OF
liquid food, and has taken eighteen or
twenty ounces more by enema. So lar as
the ability TO take pourishment is con
cer0ed his condition Tonight is better
tnan last night. In other. respects II Ia
substantially unchanged.
WASHINGTON, August, 22-The follow
Ing was sen tonight:
LOWELL, Min istt r ,London.-The rres-
about twenty ounces of liquid food to-
day, showing q better state of his stom-
ach. But his general cond!ti Is tefi0us
II not critical. He is weak exhausted and
emacia ed not weighing over l25 or l3O
pounds. His weight when wounded was
from 205 TO 40 pounds, His failure to re-
gain strength is The one fet ure which
gives special uneasiness and apprehen-
sion,
[Signed.l BLAINE, Secretary.