The Portland daily press., 1881-09-17
THE EVENING REPORT.

A Discouraging Statement from DR..
Boynton-G Swain Still Confident
the President will Pull Through.
LONG BRANCH, Sept, 16.-The day opened
stormy and disagreeabe. A heavy northeast
wind set in yesterday, followed by driving
rain during the night, which has continued al
intervals ever since.
DIR. Boynton this morning said:-"I slept in
the room adjoining the Presidents and noticed
he coughed considerably during the early part
of the night. went into his room about
o'clock and found his circulation was quite
not healthy, strong pulse, 1t run up during
the febrile rise last night to about I'D; that II
customary however. The case now is this
The President is suffering from the effects o.
blood poisoning and he is decidedly and appre-
bensively weak. l hope he will overcome his
extreme loss of strength and rally, but it is
question whether or not he will be able to do
,,is | see very gradual but perceptible and
sure descent in his case. feel somewhat dis
Outraged with the outlook to-day, but have not
lost hope nor will not, as l think he is going TO
null through, but it will be tedious al wear
isome work for him. the wound commenced
looking less favorable yesterday morning and
has grown worse ever since; the discharge
from il is of q thin and watery character, 1ndl-
eating the extreme weakness OF the patlent
There are no indications of other compica-
tions excepting the temperance of bed sores,
think the patient would be able, in his present
debilitated condition. to undergo another COM
plication such as he has already encountered
There are no fears of new complications, but
of course, we cannot predict what may occur
in this disease; it is very treacherous.
Gen. Swain this afternoon said he did not
think the President started in as favorable this
morning as yesterday, but there is no occasion
for alarm He was Of the opinion the depres-
sion was only temporary When spoken TO
about the hallucination, Col. Swarm said tnat
his wandering OF mind continued to certain
extent but were generally of brief duration
The colonel still maintains that the President
will rally, as does also Col Rockwell.
serious complication, DIR. Bliss said to-
night has evidences of being more interse
now than for several days past. Ihere was q
febrie rise from II o'clock until 2 but from 2
until he was comparatively comfortable. Al
o'clock another rise occurred, which still
continues. To hat it will amount or how Sc
rious it will be cannot now predict
The Doctor says while he was with the Pres
ident to-day he made use of expressions which
seemed to indicate his mind was wandering a
little and that DIR. Hamilton also stated this
eyenino that he had noticed a similar remark
during the time he was with the. President.
AT 10 o'clock tonight DIR. Bliss said the
Presidents pulse had decreased TO 1l6 and the
temperature was not very much above normal.
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The Presidents condition causes feeling OF
dependency and the general situation cannot
be denied as warranting grave apprehension
His attacks of coughing are still severe and
exhausting, and he expectorates considerable
on antilles pus There is without doubt a
fresh accession to the luhg trouble. The
amount of lnng tissue involved is considerably
Greater than it was 48 hours ago.
Tonight, for time, his pulse reached about
1870 His condition is such as to put in CUES
ton of his ability to rally from his present
state of lung trouble and exhaustion.
Attorney General McVeagh tonight noti-
fed the members of the Cabinet of the Presi
dents condition. His telegram is Substantial
" the same as that sent to Lowell.
The London Dispatch.
Lone BRANCH, Sept. 16.-The following was
cabIed 10 night:
To Loacel, Minister, London:
There has been no very marked change in
the Presidents condition, but it is not at this
hour reassuring The different symptoms are
almost all slightly aggravated His temperature
and pulse have huct-a ted more than usual ano
his respiration is rather more frequent, while
the character of the discharge continue to 6e
unsatisfactory. There is therefore sensible
increase of anxiety.
(Signed) MACY EACH.