The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-01

when unmistaknbIe symptoms 81 bIooNp
poisoning manifested theTnselveHs Public
cxcieement became Intense. The event
gave occasion TO the memorable Journey Of
the consulting surgeons In special iSsln
from Jersey City b Washington, dIstaaco
N $50 miles, In 4 hours and % minutes.
Surgical operations on the 24th and aRa6n
on fhe stL OF August gave vent TO accu~
muafsd pus and secured temporary
abatement OF symptoms which had become
alarming. The knowledge gained by the
public on the Goth that the physicians were
using q drainagetube, which penetrated
the supposed wound to q depth Of twelve
inches, robbed many minds Of hope OF .
favorable result, and when, on the 9th 81
September. lhs President was conveyed %
r. heron. reisg Long Branch, for change
Of air and scene, lew OF those who were
acquainted whh his condition considered
bis recovery possible. The Journey Of 233
miles was made In ~ hours, and but
slightly aggravated tin sufferers con-
dillon. For the lrst few days consld-
cradle benefit was thought To be OBJ
served In consequence Of the change. But
all favorable indications were illusiye. The
President was suffering from pyamia,
condition OF the blood rarely permitting
recovery. Bcd-sorcs and malignant ulcers
on various parts OF the body showed how
nearly he was within the grasp Of death.
When in health vigorous man, weighing
over two hundred pounds, President Gar.
field had now wasted away 10 a mere skeie-
ton, and the various painful ailments
which from time 10 time developed them
selves all pointed ~ one inevitable resue.
The hope 81 benefit 10 be derived from u.'
the sight Of the sea and from Its invigcrn-
ting breezes vanished.
THE LAST srAGEs-DEiTu.
The last stages were marked by delilium
and s,ispen sion OF the power Of tho alimcn-
tary organs TO assimilaic food, even nndsr
stimulation. Just before 10 Il. n. Of Sep
TENDER 10Th the worn sufferer fell into an
easy slumber. Fiftssn minutes afterward
nc awokc and complained VI severe pain
In the region OF the heart. Twenty min
utes more Of life, 'yith acute suffering, and
the President OF The I lI'ne s.ates was
dead. Electricity mashed "a to al
quarters Of the globe.
TIE AUTOPSY.
Tho sutnpsv sbowcd that the lah tIef.
Ia s4'ti.,.rf asf,' -. -
eleventh. al PISSED through the spinal
column In front Of the SPINAL canal, f-,c.
turing the body a the lrst lumnar ,erfe-
brc, driving n number Of small fragalnnts
OF bone into the adjacent soft parts, md
lodging below the rancras. two Inches and
a bali TO The l,ii OF the spine and behind the
periioncum, where II became completely
encysted. The immediate cause OF death
was secondary hemo1hage from one
OF the mescnteric arteries adjoining
the track Of the ball, the blood rupturing
the peritoneum and about pint escaping
into the abdominal cavity. This hemor-
rhage is supposed to have caused the pain
felt just before death. An abscess cavity
six 10y four inches in dimensions was found
in the vicinity Of the gall-bladder, between
the lower and transverse colon, which was
strongly adherent. 1t did not involve the
substance OF the liver, and no c0mmunica-
ton was found between it and the wound.
THE FUNERAL.
On the DIST Of September the President
was brought with much fSneral pomp from
the Francklyn Cottage, in which he died,
to Washington. Every city in the Union
showed its grief with appropriate signs OF
mourning. The Presidents body was laid
In state in the Capitol, and funeral services
took place there on Friday, September 23d.
The remains were then taken 70 Cleveland,
Ohio, where they were inferred with ap-
propriate ceremonies on the 2Gth OF Sep
tember. Baltimore Sun.