The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-05

fatcly Informed aD0ub us cVuulttvns Npn~
ceaI nothing from me, Doctors said be-.
- for remember that am not afrsid 10 de-"
Toward o'clock, when the evidence OF IN
ternai hemorrhage became uumistakaoie
and all the indications pointed to bis DISCO
luton, the President asked DR.. Bliss what
the prospects were. He said " Are theY
bad, Doctorf Don't be afraid; iell me
frankly. j am ready for The worst"
.Mr. President replied DR.. Bliss,
"your condition IL extremely critical. 10
not think you can I've many hours"
Goods will be done, Doctor; Pm ready
10 go II nv time has come" firmly respond
| ed The wounded man.
CABINET OFFICERS DISTRESSED.
OF all the Cabinet, Secretary Blaine was,
/ to all out ward appearances, the most as
| tressed. He was very pale, aud evidently
was making a strong effort to keep up MS
strength. WHEN Mrs. Garfield allghted
from her carriage weeping, followed by her
daughter, Mr.. Blaine broke completely
down, and wept for several minutes.
Secretary Lincoln, who, with his wfe ana
little Girl, remained In constant attendance
AZ the White House from the time the Presi-
dent arrived, seemed to feel the dow more
deeply, perhaps, than any one except hr.
Blline. The memories OF that terrible
night, sixteen years ago, when his father
| was. assassinated, were evidently upper
most in his mind, and he referred TO that
sad event several times.
"My God" he exclaimed, when the news
was brought out from the doctors that the
case was wellnigh hopeless, how many
hours OF sorrow l have passed in this
town."
Postmaster. General James here interposed
and said to Dir. Lincoln, "DO you Temem-
her how often General Garfield has referred
TO your father during the past few days."
dyes" replied Mr.. Lincoln, "and 1t
was only night before last that | entered
into detailed recital OF the events on that
awful night"
Secretary KlTkwood said very little during
the day, except to refer to the remarkably
good spirits OF the President yesterday.
81 never saw him so light-hearted as yes
ierday afternoon. We had a long Cabinet
session, and the President was the life OF
the meeting. He interspersed the proceed
ings with anecdotes and jokes. lie espe-
cialiy referred to the convalescence OF Mrs.
Garfield and the anticipated pleasures OF
his visit to his old Alma Mater, the meeting
with bis old schoolmates, and bis trip to
New England"
MRS. GARFIELD WITH HER HUSBAND.
Shortly after O'Clock Saturday evening
carriage rolled up TO the White-HOuso
entrance, and Mrs. Garfield alighted. With
her were her daughter and Mrs. and Miss
Rockwell. She hurried to the bedside
OF the President, who recognized her at
once, and she began to converse with him
| i'm a low tone. She exhibited great
| seN control while in the sick-rOOm, and
did not betray the slightest evidence OF
emotion. The President spoke to her
| in a whisper that was audible at the
other end OF the room. The physicians.
who were then holding consultation
IN an adjoining room, decided it unwisc to
allow the lheTyiew TO last beyond a few
minutes, and persuaded Mrs. Garfield TO
| take her leave for the time being, at least.
| She very readily asseuted, and was escorted
ont by two of the doc ors. When she had
left the room she completely broke down,
and sobbed aloud most piteOusly. Mrs.
Garfield pleaded for second interview with
her husband, which was acceded to by the
physicians. The room was cleared at her
request, and she, with some other members
of the family, remained thirty minutes with
the President. During this period the first
favorable symptoms were exhibited, and
from that moment up TO II O'Clock every
thing looked brighter.
Mrs. Garfield's Great sorrow.
A DAY OF EXPECTED PLEASURE TURNED INTO
ONE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT GIANTS SYM
PATTY.
NEW YORK, July "a special to the
Herald from Elberon, n. j., dated Satur.
dav, says:
The wife of the President received the
dreadful news this morning as brayely as
the bravest woman could. Ii reached her
under 20 ordinary circumstances, and the
worst effects might have been justly apprc-
hended. II came at time when Mrs. Gar
held was barely cOnvalescent from severe
illness, and in an hour when she was look
ing forward with pleasant auticipatlons
to meeting with the President. She
was waiting for the train which would
convey her 10 jersey City, the place Of
meeting, when the information came
that her husband had fallen by the
bullet Of an assassin. The millions OF
hearts that throbbed for the sick and patient
wife all over the land would have ached to
see her acute suffering. But she bore it all
with pale, firm lips, and in the two long
hours she had to pass before starting for
Washington her self control never once de-
her daughter MOle was the only one OF her
children that remained with her. Last eye-
ming General ID. -. Swain, United States
army, reached Elberou from Washington,
to accompany the party 10 jersey City. The
programme was that the President wOull
ioin them there, at the Pennsylvania deI0;,
and all were to embark upon the yacht OF
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field, with whom they were
to spend Sunday and Monday at Iryngton,
on the Hudson. The ElberOn party consist.
ed Of Mrs Garfield, Miss Mollie Garfield, Mrs.
A. +. Rockwell and her daughter, aud Gen
eral Swain. Mrs. Garfield had been i'm
proving so rapidly that her friends declared
with pleasure she was her old self once
more. ALI things auguIed well for their
excursion, and tue day itself was one OF
Elberon's best. The regular guests of the
hOtel were sauntering leisurely from their
breakfastiables; some had gone for a stroll
along the beach; few energetic ones were
playing tennis upon the lawn, and every
minute saw fresh arrivals. Mrs. Garfield
and her companions OreaBflsted in their
rooms. according to their custom, and were
whiting away the time until the 1922 train
should arrive to take them to their rendeZ.
vous.
THE DREADFUL NEWS.
At about ten minutes after 10 O'Clock
messenger ran in breathess haste from the
ElberOn station to the hotel bearing a dis.
patch for Mrs. Garfield. Ii was signed by
A. S. Brown, the superintendent OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company at
Washington, and urged Mrs. Garfield not
to put too much weight upon the many ru-
mors that were flying in every direction
about the Presidents injuries. This was
the first intimation received that the Presi-
dent had been injured, but fast upon the