New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10

evening found DR.. Reyburn who had lust read q
leading article in The New- York HeraM of to-day on
the Presidents wound. The doctor appeared to be
highly amused.
This is the way the writer concludes" said the
doctor:
Mr. GSr r fGguent foot has been cns ont for
ouil surgeons are meandering about the liver.
There is a good deal more of the same sort which
suppose a good many people will read and be-
Ieve" continued the doctor 4" 1t is very easy for
men who have not seen the wound or watched the
patient to tell all about BOTH
How is the patient doing" asked the CORE
spondent
He is doing very well. There is nothing unusual
unexpected in the symptoms of tonight. 1t may
be many days before the fever will subsde--we cam
not predict its exact period. OF course, there is
danger that the sloughng of the wound may affect
of the larger blood vessels and secondary
hemorrhase may ensue."
L" Has the Presidents stomach troubled him to-
day."
Yes, in a slight degree he has suffered from
nausea this evening. 1t is nothing serious, how
ever"
While Dr. Reyburn's professional utterances were
cautious-perhaps the more on account of his
Scotch blood-it was evident in his tone and manner
that he cherishes very strong hopes of the Presi-
dents recovery.
+" How about the refngerating machines ?" asked
the correspondent.
"Oh they don't work very satisfactorily. We
don't lack for variety, however. 1t has been sug-
gested that one of them ought to be avoided lest
person approaching it too closely should be over
come by the heat"
One of the Presidents physicians who has been
counted the least hopeful is understood TO have said
to members of the Cabinet this evening that if he
could nave mapped out case for recovery ne could
not have set down more favorable symptoms than
those which have been thus far developed in the
Presidents case. General Swain and Colonel Cor
ON returned to the White House from their evening
ride about 10 o'clock.
g How is the PresidentY General Swami was
asked ''' was
:" He is decidedly BETTER was the reply. He
atany, time since he was shot. BY the way, he has
settled one disputed point; He says the first bullet
which did the mischief"
ANXIOUS TO CONVERSE
Z" Does he evince desire to talk ~
Oh, yes; and he manages to convey great deal
in few words. Sometimes he comprises sentences
into single word Some one told HIM that the
heart of the people was in bed with
him, and he replied, Sore heart He does not
complain, however; not a Querulous word has
escaped his lips. He is somewhat inclined to
debate propositions and when reasons are given
him why thing should be thus he is very ready TO
point out any weakness in the reasoning In a word
the iTcsuent is himself and III full of all
his mental faculties"
What about the refrigeratng machines Cen
eral ~
"Oh, don't talk to about them or | will feel
like throwing you out of the window | am tired of
them"
General Swam's very evident disgust with the re-
frigerating machines is probably due to the fact that
he has been obliged to experiment with all the con-
trlvances which have been submitted.
r nDcreIary Lincoln SAD late this evening. a
company that he felt considerable confidence that
tne compressed ar apparatus would be found effec-
1--WE after sufficient power shonld have been pro-
cured to drive it. Professor Newconb and Nainr
IN conference with Surgeon Woodward and the
other physicians in regard to the different methods
proposed Tor ventlating and cooling the sick cham
Der. ~ ~
NO PARTS OF CLOTHING THE WOUND
Speaking tonight Of the suggestion that careful
examination should be made to discover whether or
not any part of the Presidents clothing had been
driven into the wound by the assassin's bullet Dr.
keyburn said that as careful an examination had
been made as was possible without the use of the
microscope and that the physicians are very conf
dent that no foreign substance except the bullet had
entered the Presidents body
The members of the Cabinet with their wives
visited the White House this evening as usual and
all OF them appeared very cheerful and confident re-
gardlhg the Presidents condition and prospects
About 10 o'clock the Office of Private Secretary
Brown was thronged with Government officers
newspaper correspondents and friends of the Presi-
uent, and every countenance was cheerful Nor
Qhlne was administered to the patient after his
wound was dressed, and he soon lay in a quiet
sl1nber with indications of some abatement of The
teOrll symptoms.