Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-05
From Our Sseeial C.rrespondent.

From Our S0eciaI Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July 4.-This morning the
President rallied and continued to grow
stronger until about 1 p. m. Then he
began to grow worse. The symptoms of
perItoDitis returned. The pain in his lower
limbs grew more strong. He continued to
go down until about nine o'clock to night,
and the worst was feared in a very short
time. 1t was even thought at one time that
he was dying. but his wonderful vitality
returned to him, and there has been slight
Improvement. The improvement st this
hour is very slight, but is sufficient to buoy
up the hopes Of the anxious throng thai is
assembled in front Of the White House and
around the bulletin boards.
II he lives during the night he has a fair
chance for recovery, but it is feared that he
may not live. His life hangs by a mere
thread. II may snap at any time. He has
been vomiting eff and on during the day,
but has been able to retain some milk and
beef tea on his stomach. There have been
slight evidences of internal hemorrhage.
The Cabinet officers remained at the
White House until early this morning.
Their wives are also there. Mrs. Garfield
is the only one, besides the physicians, who
is allowed access to his room at any time.
The ladies Of the Cabinet are allowed in
now and tnen and fan him.
He says but little. Late tonight he made
the remark that he felt weak. but had hopes
of recovery. His strong will never breaks.
The bulletins of his condition, issued by
the physicians In attendance, continue more
favorable than the real state of the case
warrants. 1t can but be repeated that if he
RECEIVERS, his will be one of the most mi
raculous cases on record.
Although to-day is the 4.h OF July, the
city has been very quiet. Olly now and
then the exploding Of fireworks could be
heard. None have been fred within hear
ing distance Of the White House. Usually
there is an almost insufferable noise in the
celebration Of the fourth. Very few people
left the city on excursions. Usually there
is an exodus. These facts illustrate the
deep feeling and interest in the Presidents
welfare.
Vice President Arthur has remained very
quietly at his quarters on Capitol Hill. He
is with Senator Jones, of Nevada. He is
not allowed to show himself on the streets
as an ordinary man. Vague fears are enter
tanned that an attempt may be made on his
life. Those fears appear to be groundless,
but they illustrate the unsettled condition
of affairs produced by the shooting Of the
President.
MORE OF GUITEAU.
George scovill, Chicago lawyer, and
brother-in-law OF Guiteau, arrived in the
city sundsy night. To-day he had long
interview with the assassin, in the presence
of the United States District Attorney.
scovil says Guiteau Is certainly insane.
His peculiar characteristic is religious in
sanity.
Guiteau told Scovill to-day that the in
sp'ratiOn to do the deed came to him six
weeks sgo on a revelation from God that it
wss his duty to kill the President. Scoyill
says that Guiteau complains that certain
papers be left with the Attorney General
have never been made public. If
the people had access to those
papers he was confident that in less than
thirty days they would approve of his
deed He said he had no fear of the conse-
quence Of his deed. He shot the President
''just as he would have shot a rebel during
the war" The stalwarts would look after
him, he said, and take care Of him.
He evidently regards himself as a man of
great importance. He said that the reason
MeVesgh would not print what he had left
with him was because his writings had
favored Emory Storrs for Attorney General
under Arthur.
He, according to his statement, had
never handled a revolver until be pur-
chased the one with which he shot the
President. After getting the pistol, he went
down to the river bank to practice. When
he fired It off 1t made such a noise
that he did not do any more practicing.
When he fired on the President he was
certain that he had killed him or he would
not have ceased firing, he says. seovil
saws that Guiteau was always inoffensive,
except three years ago, when he raised an
axe to strike his sister. At the bottom of
all his eeeeutricities and queer behavings
there was always a deep religious fervor.
GuIteau had not written a line to any mem
Der OF his family since his arrival in this
city, about March 4th last.
BIZ the Associated Press.
YESTERDAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July 4-The Executive
Mansion has been thronged again all day to-
day by anxious people seeking to obtain the
latest and less technical information with
regard to the Presidents condition than
that contained in the official bulletins. The
members Of the Cabinet have slept nearly
the entire day in the library, and all the
prominent executive officers, as we'll as
the representatives of foreign govern
ments, have called, many Of them
repeatedly, to make inquiries. kilograms
in countless numbers have been pouring
into the Executive Mansion and the State
Department all day from the United States,
from Canads, from every country in Europe,
and even from Japan, all expressing the
warmest sympathy and the most earnest
hope for the Presidents recovery. The
President and his Cabinet have been es-
pecially touched and gratifed by the evi-
dence of affection and sympathy which
have come from all parts of the South.
THE soUTH's WARN TRIBUTES.
Hundreds of kilograms, coming from
every Southern State from Virginia to
Texas, and representing both sexes and all
classes of the Southern people, have been
received since yesterday morning, and still
continue to come. It has been utterly I'm
possible, In the excitement and anxiety OF
the present crisis, to acknowledge these
kilograms or to express to the writers the