Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-09-02

The Boston Herald's Washington cores
pondent says: Guiteau continues his devilish
manifestations. All the statements about his
expressing sorrow for the President amount
to this That he says he regrets the suffer
ings the President has endured. Monday he
wrote letter to Dist. Atty. Corkhill, in which
he reiterated his regret that he had not shot
the President while he was sitting in church,
and thus caused his instant death. He man
ifested no sorrow whatever for the deed, but
only for his failure to succeed as well as he
had hoped.
There has been, within few days, a slight
shifting in the position Of the ball. 1t has
worked it way downward little. This can
be told by feeling upon the outward portion
of the anterior wall of the abdomen. The
hard resistance heretofore met with in press
ing upon that part of the stomach where the
ball was located has disappeared, and the
fact is apparent that it has made a downward
movement. This progress has been slight.
Il is not true, as has been reported, that the
ball has been passed through the rectum, nor
is ii true that the location of the ball is def
nitely known. II the ball is ever taken out it
will require surgical operation.
Some of the papers give pretended details
of a dramatic scene which occurred last Sat
uvday between Mrs. Garfield and the physi-
clans, when, as alleged the physicians came
to her in body to say that they had given
up hope and could do nothing more for the
President According to these papers Mrs.
Garfield ordered the doctors back to their
post, telling them to ''leave it not until every
remedy is exhausted, until death itself has set
his seal upon the President, etc. The story
is STACEY" and like so many other pretend
ed accounts of White House scenes, probably
has no foundation in fact. The fact is that
| the doctors have never wholly given the Pres
idenU up, although on Friday and Saturday
last the prospect was as gloomy as it could
well be.
Rev. Mr.. Power the Presidents pastor at
| Washington, says: 1.-THE fact that in the
grave crises through which he has passed he
has never called for minister must not be
taken as an indication that he does not real
ize the gravity of his position. He is in no
need of a minister, and II were to see him
to-day l should attempt to hold no services.
| / should talk to him cheerfully and socially.
He has placed himself in the hands of his
physicians, and they do not want him to see
| new faces That is the reason, and it is a
sufficient reason, why he has seen no minis
ter during his illness. The Presidents life
speaks for itself. He has always been an
aVowed Christian, plain aud unostentatious,
| it is true, but bold in the cause of Christ.
| During his whole life he has shown his faith
by his works, and il It is Gods will to call
him to His presence, James A. Garfield can
go to the eternal city without the aid of any
other minister than his own clear conscience.
1 do not believe, however, that the world il
to lose him yet. He has begun great work
the publication of our politics-and be
lieve that God will spare him to complete it. u
A London paper says, "Ten to one, nay 9
hundred to one, the first thing an ordinary
Englishman looks out for, day after day in
his morning, and day after day in his eve
ming paper, is the state of President Garheld'f
health"