Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-06
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. EVERYTHING READY To Remove the President to
 Long Branch. All the Arrangements Made. The Patient Eagerly Await
 ing the Trip. To Start Early This Morning. Precautions Taken Against Any
 Possible Mishaps.
10 Start Early This Morning.
THE EPREsIDENT.

His Removal to Long Branch-Every thing i'm Readiness for the Trfp-Th Start to be Made This MOrning-PIan
 to Ensure all Possible COmfort-Th Patient Anxious for the Change-Hi
 Condition Not Much Improved. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-The question O.
 the Presidents condition has narrowed dow1
 to-day to whether he will be able to go tt
 Long Branch tomorrow. The general opin
 ion is that he will. Arrangements are being
 made for that purpose. The physicians clain
 that the Long Branch trip is not merely
 last resort, but will prove beneficial. Dr.
 Woodward is the only one who made obiec
 ton and he submitted to the majority. The
 President is very anxious to go. His physi
 clans' bulletins to-day were not particularly
 favorable. They have shown at least that
 the patient has no more than held his own Notwithstanding this his general condition is
 reported better than for several days past
 This situation of affairs was expressed by Dr. Agnew to friend this afternoon Dr. Bliss l said this afternoon that the Presidents pulse
 was not at all alarming and his general condi- | tion was good. Unless some new complication l arose he thought he could be moved to-mor- 1 row with safety. Dr. Boynton said emphat- ically this afternoon that the President was better than for week. He said his pulse
 was high, but firm and good and his general
 condition satisfactory. He would certainly 1 be able to go to morrow. The gland was l doing well and the wound looked better | His stomach is doing it's full part and the | President is taking nutriment of the same character and variety as for several days past At p. m. Dr. Bliss stated that the plan then was tomove the President early to- l morrow. Everything will be in readiness for him by that time and it will then only be l necessary for the surgeons to give orders Of course if the President should suffer an unfavorable turn tonight the entire plan will be changed. The immediate time of departure turns upon the Presidents condi- tion. If favorable half hour would suffice to have men and things ready to move him. He will be removed between and a. m most likely at six. Everything depends upon circumstances. Every precaution will be used to prevent disturbing him on the way If the people should witness the transfer from the White House to the depot it is high ly essential that they should refrain from any demonstration that might excite the patient and lead to serious consequences. The peo- pie will be on their honor. The route will be down Pennsylvania avenue to Sixth street direct, where the car will be in readiness waiting. The President will be screened from the public, so it will be useless for any one to attempt to get 8 sight of him. The special train will move soon as the President is aboard unless the trip down the avenue may have excited or fatigued him, in which event 1t will await until he regains his compo sure. The plan of removal does not contem- plate disturbing the President at all. He will be taken to the depot on the bed on which he now lies. The only transfer will be at the railroad car, where he will be lifted from his present bed and put on one specially prepar- ed. Men specially trained for the purpose will carry the President on his bed from the sick room down the wide stairway to the north front of the White House where suit able conveyance will be found in waiting This covered wagon was built for heavy tray el. It has smooth easy motion and is large enough to accommodate the Presidents bed stead and such of the physicians and nurses as may be selected to accompany him on tho drive to the depot. The vehicle of transfer will be Adams Express Treasury wagon selected because of better length than others inspected. It is on level with the railroad car and platform will be built up to the White House so that it can be backed right up to the portico. Dr. Bliss gave orders that the wagon be in readiness at the White House tomorrow at 5:3O a. m The railroad people have decided to leave the question of speed to the surgeons. On trial trip today after the train had started Colonel Rockwell threw himself on the mat tress and soon satisfied himself that it would ride easy Dr. Bliss then laid down on it and it was found to ride perfectly smooth The train was run at different rates of speed and across branch at forty miles per hour. To the surprise of some there was less vibra- tory motion than at slower rate and it is likely that this will be the standard In making the removal to Long Branch very little that smacks of business will be taken from Washington. MT. Brown will not take papers bearing upon official bus mess and the only business transacted at Long Branch will be relative to the Presi- dents condition. There will be nothing of an official character undertaken and no pa- pers relating to business of that kind will be taken. At the request of Mrs. Garfield no one will be allowed to accompany except those whose presence is necessary, and no provision will De made for representatives of the press They will not be allowed on the train. The Cabinet officers will not be in cluded. The party will consist of the attend ing surgeons, Dr. Agnew, Mrs. Garfield Miss Mollie Garfield, Mrs. Rockwell, Miss Rock well, Dr. Boynton, General Swain, Colonel Rockwell, Secretary Brown and possibly Col onel Corbin and one or two others. None of the clerks or doorkeepers will go on the train. Whoever is needed will be sent for. Mr. Pruden will be in charge of the White House. which will be closed for repairs. The people of Washington will hold union service at the Lutheran Memorial church from 1O:3O to 12 m. to- morrow in recognition of the proc- lamation setting day apart for prayer for the President.
 THE PREPARATIONS GOING FORWARD.
 The evening bulletin was generally accept ed as an improvement on it's two predecessors of the day. The fact alone that the pulse had gone down was significant enough to make the people more at ease. During the evening the best information from the sick room was to the effect that the President was continuing to do we'll and that nothing seemed likely to occur to delay the proposed departure of tomorrow. The preparations continue to go forward The train was all in readiness before 10 p. m. and the express wagon was before the door by dark, to be there only before day light. Little by little the para phenilia of the trip had been con- veyed to the depot during the evening and the impression prevailed before 10 p. m. that 8 start would be made by daylight. The doc tors were rather reticent in regard to the matter, but it is no secret that some plan was to be adopted to avoid the crowd as much as possible Secretary Lincoln and Major Brock, chief of police, had confer ence early in the evening in regard to mill tary and police escort to the wagon down the avenue. Fms VIII De Sumc1enG GO keep back the crowd who may desire to get so close as to injure the Presi dent
 DEPARTURE OF THE BOYS FOR COLLEGE.
 During the evening James and Harry, who left on the 10 p. m. train for Williamstown, were admitted to the sick room and bade their father goodbye. What passed during their presence in the room has not been dis closed beyond the fact that their father wished them God speed and told them he expected to live to see them grow up and be worthy sons.
 GENERAL MAovEAGH AT LONG BRANCH.
 Attorney General MacVeagh, who went to Long Branch this morning, is supposed to be making the necessary preparations to receive the party. The other members of the Cabi- net will follow the President at 1O:3O a m. tomorrow. It has not been decided whether any of the clerical force of the White House except Secretary Brown will be quartered at Long Branch. This will be decided after the secretary arrives there and matters be- come settled. At 10 p. m. the President was reported to be doing well, not sleeping much, however, on account of his anxiety in regard to the preparations which are being made for