The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-07-15
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desire to see the newspapers Col. Rock
well said they were all being saved for
him. "All of them, Rockwell2v he
asked. eyes" "Well, then, perhaps il
would not best for me to get well."
The Presidents nurse says his mind
wanders frequently, and then he talks
q great deal. He rouses quickly from
the dreamy state though on being asked
not to talk, but In it he is a busy mar
of every day life, and goes over all sorts
of affairs.
The Worlds special says: The doc.
tors in charge of the case are 10th tc
give up the opinion that the bullet has
gone into or at least reached the Presi
dents liver, but among the profession
outside the opinion is spreading tina
the liver has not been affected to an,
great extent.
A number of physicians hold in Presi
dent Garfield's case that the powerful
muscles of the back DETECTED the bal
on its entrance, and that it lies imbed
ded in the muscular tissue near the ex
treme base of the spine, without havins
done more than pass over the rear sur
face Of the liver.
The President told Colonel Swain
"You and have pulled through grea
many tight places together. We hay,
been together when the bullets flew
thicker, but none of them were so effec
tive as this has BEEN" Colonel Swain
says the President has thought grea
deal OF the circumstances attending thu
shooting, and his ideas lof them arr
clearer than those of other witnesses.
Ex-Surgeon General Hammond, O
New York, who at first considered the
Presidents case hopeless, on SATURDAY.
said: 81 think the diagnosis has beer
wrong from the beginning, 1 dom
believe the ball passed through the
liver, and 1 don't believe ii is in The
abdomen. / think the bullet struck
the ribs, and probably the thick mus.
cles in the side, and then glanced off
1t will be found in the small of the
back, or may be lower down."
The nurse says: The President once
asked what the feeling was outside.
l told him public anxiety was intense
and kilograms and letters of sympathy
were coming from every part of the
world. He asked whether the affair
had tended to lessen factional spirit in
the party. I told him it had, and he
'comod pleased, Ho askcd once wheth.
err the affair had any effect on the vot-
ing at Albany; that was in the first part
OF the week. Since then he has seemed
to dismiss all such matters from his
mind.
Quite mystery hangs over the where.
abouts of the first bullet fired by the
assassin. The first report was that IL
lodged in the Presidents arm, but this
proved incorrect. 1t merely struck his
coat sleeve, but what became of it after
wards is mystery. 1t could not DOS
sibly have passed out of the room, and
yet both walls have been carefully ex-
amined. There is no mark of the
bullet upon them. The room was care
fully searched, yet no trace could be
found of the bullet. The Presidents
bleeding was largely exaggerated.
Oddly enough, the President shed no
blood at all. The only appearance of
any was single spot of crimson dive on
the inside of his vest. The wound did
not bleed.
One of the executive clerks is prepar-
ing separate scrap-books from the news.
paper accounts of The shooting and of
the dangerous illness. The editorial
remarks and comments are scissored
and put in alongside of the telegraphic
accounts. The accounts of public meet
iDgs are also preserved. The litera-
tnre of this character will make a big
volume, which will take the President
some time to peruse when he is able TO
read. The kilograms of sympathy make
big collection. The kilograms of
foreign governments and rulers were
nearly oil addressed to Secretary
Blaine. These will be kept in the re.
cords of the state department. Those
for the White House will be put in
some convenient form so that thew will
be readily accessible to the reader.
A sentry PAGES slowly across the
sidewalk in front of the main carriage
entrance TO the White House grounds.
He is in full uniform and he carries an
unsheathed sabre against his shoulder.
The bright, polished steel CLEANS in
the sunshine and the CLINT of the blade
striking on the eye adds an annoyance
to the many which the sojOurhers in
this oyer-heated city have been doomed
to endure for several days past. Beads
OF perspiration roll down the face and
neck OF the soldier, for his position dur
Ing the day is very exposed one, and
the fiery sunlight has there full SWAY.
The soldier has comrades within the
gates. Peering through the iron rail-
ings, you can see them lounging on the
grass under the shade of trees and near
the passageway on the east side. Mus
kets or rifles with bayonets attached
are stacked in soldierly fashion in lit
tie piles here and there. There are
two companies Of regular troops. the
members Of which relieve one another
In mounting guard. Their vigil never
ceases. Day and night are one TO
them. Their drill is the same as though
they were pickets and an enemy lay a
short distance away. 1t Is policeman
however, who opens the only gate
which now affords passage 10 the
White House. He Is lust inside the
Iron doors. In front of him and on the
outside, PAGES the first sentry. The
latter's duty Is ornamental save In one
Is the representative of au-
thority. He has never been called up
on to do what policemen have TO do
when PROFESSIONS or shows pass through
the streets-to prevent the populace
from crowding into q space they are
not entitled to enter. No one presses
against the soldier. No matter what
the eagerness or anxiety has been to
get the latest or earliest news of the
Presidents condition, or how large the
assemblage has been, the people have