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Gpurgla Affairs.
j. ,-iars hare been at work in Columbus,
anJ Jul us Watts, colored, am s:ed.
, ;.imbus lias organized a steamboat com
[„ i.i f.r the river and subscribed f9 330. They
intend to put anew light steam r on the Chat
tahoochee.
\ i-ading grocer in Rome has sold twenty
tw<> thousand yards of bagging in one day.
J. M Patt-rson, in Rome, cowhided by Mr-
Buies- through some mistake, publishes an
amicable settlement of the matter.
A pair of mules, hitched to a *agon, made
things lively in Rome on Saturday.
•ri e ode charter has been read the third
time, and rests for final passage to-morrow.
, suit man is boasting of the Gnest depot
budding on the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad.
Bn '• .ks county hss a tetter crop of oats than
at first expected. Farmers there have oats
for sale.
Th re is a general scramble for hands to
pick cotton.
The "Star f Uethlehem” can be seen about
thr—o’clock . the morning io the East. It is
a is y ds sight, r.n i will not appear again within
three hundred I ears.
7 ;,e Georgia papers now seem to think we
have a Governor "rolling in wealth."
The Augusta Chronicle has found a wonder
ftd i.egro fanner down in Oglethorpe county.
11.- lias just bought "a $ <-‘,OOO farm, makes 150
hales of cotton a year on rented land at $.5 per
annum, and, most wonderful, pays the who'e
expense of bis farming operations with
apphs.” Where is the Echo?
In some part3 of Wdkes county the crops
have not suffered at all for rain; while in other
parts they have suffered to a very great ex
tent.
The Georgia Railroad will soon have new
steel rails on its entire length and the time be
tween Augusta and Atlanta considerably short
ened.
Albany has resolved to bore an artesian well
forthwith.
The Atlarta delegation, off for Cincinnati
t urge the lease of the Cincinnati Southern to
the Cole syndicate, is headed by Mayor Eng
lish. E. P. Howell and Wm. Lowery.
Tfco Milledg. viile Herald tells of a great J
heavy wagon driven at break neck speed, by a
careless negro, runnirg over a little deaf white
girl cine Tears old. with a little baby in her
arms. Though Knocked down and passed over
by the wheels. Providence provided lhat
neither of them were seriously hurt. The same
paper says that another careless negro started
n a a steep bill with a wagon load of lumber
v. ithout lockinghis wheels—the lumber slipped
forward and a frightful runaway took place,
throwing the driver off and demol shing the
wagon against the heavy timbers of a bridge.
The dying animals had to cross at the foot of
the bill, or plunge headlong down a steep bank
into ihe stream. The driver and team escaped
unhurt.
The C- lumbus Enquirer says; “On the first
of September the Western and the Columbus
and Western roads will lie under one manage
ment. and it is the general opinion in railroad
circles that through trains will te run from
here to Goodwater.”
Albany Kerrs: “Just as we went to press yes
terday afternoon we received a private letter
from our Representative, the Hen. Isbmael
Lonon, informing us of the passage through
the House of a bill to allow the countv of
Dougherty to purchase Tift's bridge at $lO,-
000.”
Athens Chronicle: “Tube McLester. colored,
was brought to the city by Uu ted i-tates Depu
ty Marshal Duke last week, charged with sell
ing whisky without revenue .icenss. He had
a hearing before Commissioner Herrington,
and was committed.”
Griffin Kerrs: ‘We regret to learn that Gus
sie Thrash, who is now under the employ of
Mr. J. C. MoMichiel. of Barnesville, got very
badly hurt last Wednesday while at work in
the ihair factory. A chair post hit him in the
stomach, fcnoei ing him senseless. He was
■ arried home immediately, and under the
medical kill of Dr. McDowell soon became
ranch better.”
Albany Kerrs: “Same of our merchants do
net apprehend any trouble this season on ae
unt of threatened short crops ar.a hard
times. In an interview with a prominent ware
h use and commission merchant yesterday he
stated that the planter customers of his firm
were payir g up their fall paper promptly, and
he ejtpre.-sd no fears that it would not con
tinue to be the case through the fall and
winter.”
In Meriwether Superior Court last week
Judge Harris sentenced Charley Harris, found
guilty of murder, to the penitentiary for life;
i.iirweil McGehee, robbery, four years: Ed.
Hoit, for assault with intent to murder, one
vear’: Louis Parham, theft, a fine of §i"> and
costs, or six months on the chain gang. Frank
Waters had previously been sentenced to pay
a fine of s■, or six months on the chain gatg.
All these criminals are tersons of color.
On Monday last the boiler at the saw mill of
Mr. Wm. Perry, who lives < n ihe line of Wai
te n and Gwinnett coimt es, exploded. Mr.
John Periy and a negro man were killed, and
two negroes seriously wounded It is said the
explosion was caused by inattention to the
engine. The water being exhausted, when
more was put in the fatal accident took place.
The gentleman killed was well known and
highly esteemed in the community in which he
lived.
Athens Chronicle: “On Sunday night last
IWm. Mcßae, a farmer living a few miles
Watkinsville. was returning home from
i. a fatal runaway occurred. He was
panied by his wife and two daughters
ule became frightened and threw them
m the Luggv, and all were more or less
1 Mr. Mcßae died from the effects of
uries on Monday night. The ladies, we
are not seriously hurt. Mr. Mcßae was
citizen, highly esteemed by all, and his
ath cast a gloom over the community.”
orth county correspondent of the Albany
iajs: “Yesterday, one of Weston A Co.'s
ers, Mr Jackson Pittman by name, met
fatal accident near this place. He was
f down a pine tree which, in falling,
a dead pine tree, causing it to break and
to strike the unfortunate man on the
rith such force that it crushed his skull
attered his brains. He w as. of course,
tly killed by the blow, and died w ithout
g hand c r foot. He was a man cf family
-aves a widow and four children who
ependent on him for support.”
ricus Republican: “Milton Wright, a
and man. k lled a cow belonging to Dors
ng, in Marion county. The meat and
ere found in Wright's smoke house, but
ied the deed. He was flued one hundred
ior six months’ imprisonment Wright
ft in a room in the court house in Buena
under a colored guard name,! Mich Blan-
A Mr. Sank Butt attempted to go into
oni where the negro prisoner was. but
dered back by the guard. Butt obtained
■ and stabbed Bianford, the guard, twice,
i the shoulder and once in the back of the
and cut himself severely across the
ricus Republican: “The Americus Stock
ition and Fair is attracting the attention
<mtn, stcck growers, poultry men.
•nics, sportsmen, agriculturists and
>odjr else, it seems, that has anything
having in nearly every State of the
. Several fine dramatic companies want
pera House; one or two proprietors of
the largest menageries and circuses
1 U nion act to buy the privilege of ex
ig in the fair grounds during the exhibi
ind any number of letters from parties
ig stock are daily received by the Prince
*' r *, Aonipany regarding the show, the
and the stable accommodations.’’
riicether County Vindicator: “Lrst Mon
eODr> tl J”r.' |U ' t hr tore sunset. Judge Harris
wiftan i eT’ tour in number. „ho
*° he brought to the
room fOa til** purpose of receiving sen
• Am the bailiff in cLarjre got outFi the
Ct r tb ? J2 1 ’ h>‘rwell MSdehee
: for liberty. Ore of th e guard srii;
ed a double-barreled shot-un at the fugi
ritbout effect. A lively Chase followed
i ended in the pine thi- ket in Mrs Ren
field, beyond the tanyard. Judge Harris
ms, had written out BurweU’s sentence
icing informed of his attempted escape'
I another year to the term of penitentiary
;c. making it four year* instead of three
first." ’
?usta Keening Kerrs: “An attempt was
;to wreck the south bound train of the
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Road night
e .. t' which fortunately miscarried,
e turning a curve in a deep cut near
ston s. or below Barr's station, the cow
the ergi ne st-uck a piece of iron
*25 f .<** lf >ng, which bad evidently
J* 1 * lrack *th a foal purpose.
ll ? lookout. nn<f, seeing
nun l befo'e itru rakfB . luiW in time to SU, P
tto Whd in this
PftVtlUed from jumping
J. 11, ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.
the track. The rail was thrown from the
track by the cow-catcher and injury escaped.
There is no clue to the perpetrator.”
Quitman Free Press: "A strange and severe
case of poisoning occurred in Quitman on Sat
urday night last. Boon after supper, on the
night mentioned. Major H Jones, big wife and
two children were taken suddenly sick and
cr mmenced vomiting freely. Dr. Jeiks was
sent for. and upon his arrival saw what was j
the matter and immedia'ely administered an
tidotes for txison. After two or three hours ,
he succeed'd in bringing them out all O. K.. ;
and, with the exc-ption of a good scare, not
much the worse f ff. As the Major was the
only oue of th- party who ate any supper it is
n>t supposed that the poison was in the food,
as they were all effected alike. Dr Jeiks is of
the opinion that the poison was in the water,
but how it came there is a mystery, as there
had been nobody but the family on the prem- j
ises during the day. and there was no poison
about the place that the children cou’d have
gotten hold of and dropped in the well.”
Florida Affaire.
Monticello intends to follow the example of
Tallahassee and build a joint stock hotel
Pensacola has endorsed the Montgomery
compromise of the city debt by a vote of 501
to 22.
The gent’emen entrusted with wnting the
Fumter county pamphlet are busy collecting
all information possible for publication. It is
a good move on the part of the live citizens of
Sumter, and we hope it may result in much
good for them.
A good crop of sugar cane will be made in
Brevard county this year. The cane now, in
many patches,will average a height of ten and
twelve feet.
llopeville, Hernando county. Is without a
Postmaster, so says the Crescent, Mr. Wosley
having died suddenly a few days since from
heart disease.
A colored girl fell from a grape arbor at the
Pensacola Navy Yard a few days since, and
shortly afterwards died from the effects of it.
They are agitating the subject of paving Bay
street in Jacksonville.
The Union says: "On Tuesday Mr. W. A.
Hours’ little three year old daughter fell out of
a hammock aid broke her left arm just above
the elbow.”
Pensacola Mdrance: "Mr. Watts, a citizen of
the Naval Reserve, and now in his eighty fifth
year, fell down a flight of stairs last Monday
morning, and we are sorry to say broke one of
his legs.”
Florida Lacon: "Two colored boys, resident
■ear Citra, whose names we have been unable
to ascertain, were, on Monday last, struck by
lightning near Kendrick's mill on the P. R. R.
One of the boys died instantly, and the other,
it is thought, will recover.’
Jacksonville Union: “Yesterday morning a
young man who had been in attendance upon
the Mayor's court while coming down the
ateps lost his balance and fell to the sidewa x.
His head struck the edge of a step, and a se
vere gash was cut in the side of his face.”
Pensacola Gazette: “A robbery was commit
ted at Captain POu's residence a few nights
ago by a negro boy, who took a considerable
sum of money. He was subsequently arrested
by Sheriff Hutchinson, and a portion of the
money recovered. He was committed to jail
to await the action of the courts.”
Pensacola Gazette: “Quite an interesting
sight was observed on Government street this
morning, when about a hundred stalwart
laborer-, ail colored, started for the south
bank of Bayou Texar to go to work cn the new
railroad. They were engaged at $1 50 per day,
they to feed themselves, and seemed cheerful
and willing to pitch right in.”
Jasper Times: “Last Friday morning a white
man by the name of Mobley was carried to
i ive Oak and incarcerated in jail to await the
next term of Hamilton Circuit Court, to an
swer a bill of indictment charging him with a
most heinous violation of a State law as well
as that of common decency. He was arrested
in Echols county, Ga.”
Pal at v a Journal: “The new locomotive of
the Florida Southern Railway will be here
with four new passenger cars between the Ist
and 10th prox. The locomotive will weigh
twen'y-four tons, and has a driving wheel of
forty-one inches. The locomotive was built at
the well known works of ‘Baldwin.’ The cars
are of latest design and finish, and said to be
very handsome."
Fernanrina Mirror: "The American bark
Sabine, Captain Osborne, was cleared yester
day for Montevideo by Mr. C A. Fairchild
with a cargo of 585,000 feet of ) ellow pine lum
ber. This is said to be the largest cargo of
lumber ever shipped from this port. It was
manufactured at Mr. Fairchild’s Fennimore
Mills at Cedar Key, and is of the very best
quality.”
Pensacola Gazette : “Another case of care
lessness in the handling of kerosene oil was
repo-ted to us yesterday, when a lady living
on Intendencia street thoughtlessly left a can
of the fluid on a hot stove The can t xploded
with a loud report, was knocked into smithe
reens. and the ignited oil scattered all over
th- kitchen. Passers-by rushed into the
house, and some of them yelled “F ire!” but
the alarm did not become general.”
Pa’atka Jourr al: “The freight brought in on
last Friday by the City Point was largely for
the Oeklawaha river region, and so largely in
excess of the u-ual amount that Col Hart was
compelled to charter an extra boat to carry
the freight up the river. The Astatuta was
procured for this purp so. A large amount of
the business that formerly was s-nt to Ocala
bv the Peninsula Railroad is now going by way
of the Oeklawaha and Col Hart’s line of
steamers.”
Pensacola Advance: “Last Sunday, while
across the bay in a sail boat, a man by name
McFarland was picked up from the bottom of
another craft by Messrs. Frank Bonifay, E. G.
Quina and J. D. Brosnaham McFarland was
in a stete of intoxication, and had ventured too
far from the shore, and being in a condition
which rendered him unfit to manage his boat,
she naturally capsized. When rescued he was
in a fair way of giving up the ghost, but he
didn't. On the c- ntrary, he was revived by the
spirit —of alcohol ”
Fernandina Mirror: “On Tuesday the North
bound train on the Transit Railroad met with
an accident at a point two miles south of Cal
lahan, by which the express and mail cars and
one coach were thrown down an embank rnant
The cause was a defective rail The cars are not
ba ly damaged. There were a number of pas
sengers in the coach, none of whom were hurt.
Mail Agent LeCain was bruised a little. The
accident only delayed the train Tuesday, the
repairs to the track being completed in time to
allow trains to run on schedule time on Wed
nesday.”
Jacksonville Union: “Statements were made
at ihe conven’ionin this city cf the existence
in this State of beds of the phosphates, which
are now worked so profitably in South Caro
lina If there are such, and they can be found
in sufficient quantity within easy range of trans
portation, another undeveloped mine of wealth
will reward the lucky discoverers. The writer
knows of a spot in Alachua county, not far
from Gainesville, where almost every stroke
of the spade will unearth fossil bones. A num
ber of specimens were sent to Professor Wy
man, of Harvard University, and were pro
nounced by that gentleman to be the bones of
the manatee.”
Palatka Journal: “ Oscar Register, the
cashier of J. J. Ellis, contractor on the Florida
Southern Railroad south from Perry’s station,
absconded one day last week with fdSO belong
ing to Mr. Ellis and a number of his laborers.
Register has been entrusted with the money to
pay the hands, and while doing so induced
some of them to deposit their wages with him,
which he kept in a good sized trunk. This
trunk with the money was sent to some point
on the Transit Road. Register shortly after fol
lowing it himself. About J2OO of the money
belonged to Mr. Ellis and the balance to his
laborers. It is suppose 1 that Register put out
for North Carolina, where he formerly re
sided.”
The Jacksonville Union of Saturday reports
very little damage by the storm up to that
date. Sign boards were blown down, heavy
seas at the bar, and detention of steamers in
the river on account of the storm. It says:
"About ten o’clock yesterday mornirg the
storm si-nal was ordered up. The storm
centre was at sea, and could not he located.
All day heavy winds from the northeast pre
vailed, and at times the gusts would reach a
velocity of thirty-six miles per hour, the
greatest vtlocity reached since the heavy
storms last year, except on one or 'woocca
sions since last March. At tw lve o’clock last
night the signal was still up. The barometer
fell slowly ail day yesterday.”
Jacksonville Union: “Wednesday morning
a gentleman, occupying, with his family, a
house near Burch's brick yard, in La Villa, had
occasion to get up about 3 o’clock for the pur
p>ie of giving his child a dose of meditine.
While preparing the medicine he noticed a
light in the back part of the house. Ongoing
out he found the building on fire, and a can,
containing about three pints of kerosene, so
arranged as to drtp on the side of the house,
just above the blaze. The fire, not having
gained much headway, was ea-ily extinguished
aud the oil removed. The fire was unque -
tionabiy the work of an incendiary, but there
is no direct proof as to who the incendiary
was, notwithstanding there are well founded
suspicions.”
Ocala Suit and Bee: “Capt.F. B Papy. Gen’l
Freight Agent, and A. 0 McDonnel. Uen'l Pas
senger Agent of the Florida Transit Railroad,
were in the city yesterday, to meet with Mr.
Gruelle. Superintendent, and Mr. Minger, Gen
eral Freight and Passenger Agent of the Flori
da Southern Railway, for the purpose of dis
cussing rates and passage over their respective
roads. After a full and free discussion, an
amicable agreement was made, by adopting
the present rates of freight of the Florida
Transit Road. By this agreement the rates
from New \ork. Charleston. Savannah and
Jacksonville will be the same by either road.
And passenger rates to Jacksonville are tie
same viz: $3 50. To other points, the rule of
the General Ticket Agent Association which is.
that the road having the shortest route or con
nection shall name rate, was adopted. Mate
rial reductions on building material and kero
sene oil was male.”
Hamilton County Times: “We learn from
Mr. W. T. Jackson, who was in Live Oak on
Wednesday, that there was a jail delivery at
that place the night previous. However, only
two of the prisoners—there were several incar
cerated in the jail—made their essipe. One of
these was a white man by the name of New
uans, charged with bigamy, who was sent from
this county, and the other a negro charged
with stealing a g Id watch from Mr. J. O. C.
Blount, of Live Oak. This bit of news was a
aurp- ise to us. as it was only last week that an
attempt was mace by some person to liberate
them from the outside, necessitating the em
ployment of a watchman to guard the jail, and
we can’t imagine why the watchman did not
prevent the escape himself, or give the alarm
for help early enough to prevent any of them
from making their escape.”
OUT OF HEATHS ARMS.
MARVELOUS RALLY OF THE
PRESIDENT.
Two Days of Steady Cain—Taking
Nourish I ii- Fond—Anxiety Dla
pelled- Hope Fast disusing to
Confidence—His Children at His
Hedslde—The Hall moving Down*
ward-idle Humors Set at Heat—
Hia Hind Clear.
Washington, D. C., August 2.— The
President has made progress to-day.
The progress has been really slight,
but in his present condition it has
been almost great. Every inch of ad.
vancement now is equivalent to a full foot
were his frame not so weak and debilitated.
The gland is diminishing. The cut
made in it to-day, making the third
time that the lancet has been
used in that dangerous complication, re
sulted in a healthy discharge. The im
provement noted is one that shows that the
blocd poisoning Is being ellmina’cd. With
out that elimination there could be no im
provement.
This evening, when the evening examina
tion was made, a rise iu temperature and
pulsation had occurred. The figures as an
Bounced in the official bulletin caused some
alarm. Dr. Agnew, however, explained to
the News correspondent the cause of the rise
mentioned. He said that it was evident at
the dressing of the wound after the issuance
of the bulletin that pus had accumulated in
the gland to the point of i-ritation. The
gland was manipulated and the pus dis
charged. Afterwards there was a fall in
pulsation and temperature, showing tha 1
the cause thereof had been removed.
In short, there Is nothing unfavorable to
report in the case. All the symptoms show
an Improvement. All the physician* pro
nounce Its ultimatum with smlllr.g faces.
The members of the Cabinet, perhaps,
eagerly reflect these views of the doctors.
All are joyful about the White House this
evening, Tc-morrow, the sixtieth day, is
looked forward to with great Interest.
Washington, August 28.—The rallying
in the President’s condition, which com
menced yesterday afternoon about four
o’clock, has continued. He is doing much
better than yesterday morning or noon. lie
has improved iu Lis general strength, and
In appearance he looks much better. He
expresses himself as feeling better, and the
official announcement is made that he is
better than fer a week past.
The physicians yesterday at neon pro
nounced that it was almost impossible for
him to recover without a strong rally. They
say to-night that the strong rally has oc
curred, and that it continues in his steady
advance. His pulse Is better, and does not
fluctuate. Ills mind is very clear, showing
that the poisoning of the blood is being
eliminated, and the glandular swelling, the
cause of the recent and most serious re
lapse, is being gotton under control.
There is no doubt that the President is
better to-night than he has been in a week.
The food which has been administered to
him is assimilating. If his favorable syntp
toms continue twenty-four or thirty six
hours longer, he will continue to regain
strength in a very marked degree. Ills
chances are favorable, to say the least.
The sixtieth day, which will be next
Wednesday, is regarded now as the great
crisis to be passed. If he gets through that
day all right, he will be on the steady road
to recovery. Tue great feeling of anxiety
as to final results has disappeared. To night
all is again quiet and hopeful. Everybody
has again become confident.
DK BLISS DECANTS HIS PEAKS.
Executive Mansion, 12 m —Dr. Bliss, iu
an interview this forenoon with an Asso
ciated Press reporter, said that the change
since yesterday In the President’s condition
is sufficient to justify him in modifying the
views then entertained by himself as to the
extreme gravity of the crisis, and that he
now entertains great hopes of the Presi
dent’s ultimate recovery. He said the pus
discharged this morning, both from the
wound and from the openings In the paro
tid gland, Is improved in character,
and that the quautity discharged from the
latter had increased considerably since yes
terday. While the parotid swelling was in
a progressive state, the President’s symp
toms became more and more alarming, but
now that the swelling is subsiding his symp
toms are 6teadily improving, and he thought
it doubtful whether any further serious
trouble would arise from the glandular
swelling.
DR. BOTNTON CHEERED.
12:30 p. m. —ln an interview with a report
er of the Associated Press this forenoon,Dr.
Boynton said he felt very much encouraged
at the situation this morning. The Presi
dent’s mind, he says, is clear, his pulse is
steady and he has this morning taken con
siderable nourishment, consisting of beef
tea and porridge. On Friday last during
the day the doctor said he felt that the cate
was almost hopeless, but in the
evening when he observed that
the President’s mind began to clear
up, and the patient became rational,
his hopes returned. The continued absence
of mental distutbance since Friday evening
he considers a very hopeful feature; but,
more than this, he also thinks that the blood
poison is beiug more rapidly eliminated,
and, as a result, the food is better assimi
lated and is being transformed into richer
and purer blood, which, as It circulates
through the system, gives new life and vi
tality to the President The danger to be ap
prehended from glandular complications he
thinks was less this morning. At the morning
dressing to-day another opening was dis
covered, from which there was a satisfac
tory discharge. The discharge from the ear
and from the incision was also more free
than yesterday, and the swelling has sensi
bly diminished. On the whole, the doctor
said, if these favorable conditions of the
mind and stomach continues for a few days,
even without resulting iu any increase of
strength or vitality, he would feel very
hopeful of the ultimate recovery of the
President.
INCREASED FLOW OF PUS.
12:30 P. m. [Official Bulletin.] —At the
morning examination of the President, sev
eral yellowish points were observed just
below the ear over the swollen parotid
gland, and, an incision being made, about a
teaspoonful of healthy looking pus escaped.
There was also some discharge of pus
through the two openings into the ear and
the incision mentioned in the previous bulle
tins. The wound looks rather le6S indolent
than it has been for several days past. Since
the morning bulletin there has been a rise
of temperature, but little increase in the
frequency of the pulse. In other respects
no material change has occurred. Pulse
104, temperature 99.5, respiration 18.
D. W. Bliss. J. K. Barnes.
J. J. Woodward. Robt. Retbukn.
Frank 11. Hamilton. D. Hayes Agnew.
GOOD WORDS FOR MINISTER LOWELL.
Secretary Blaine, at 2 o’clock this after
noon, sent the following cablegram:
“7b Minister Lowell: The favorable Indica
tions in the President’s case have continued
since my dispatch of last night. His res
piration has grown better, and at this hour
(2 p.m.) is nearly normal. The condition
of the swollen parotid gland has visibly im
proved. A slight increase of fever 19 ob
servable, but was not unexpected. His mind
continue? clear. The possibilities of recov
ery, In the judgment of his surgeons, have
increased aud are increasing.”
THE IMPROVEMENT MAINTAINED.
2 p m —The favorable indications noted
in the noon bulletin are still maintained.
CHEERING AND ENCOURAGING.
3 p. m.—Dr. Reyburn, who has just come
from the surgeons’ room, says the situation
in the sick room is cheerful and encourag
ing, and that the favorable conditions of
the day are still maintained.
THE OUTLOOK HOPEFUL.
6:30 P. m. [Official Bulletin.] —The im
provement in the President’s condition de
clared yesterday afternoon is still main
tained. He continues to take willingly
liquid food given by the mouth,
aud is apparently digesting It. The
stimulants and nutriments given bv
enema are also retained. At the evening
dressing an increased quantity of healthy
looking pus was discharged from the sup
purating of the parotid gland, and the ap
pearance of the wound has perceptibly
changed since the morning dressing. But lit
tle rise in temperature or pulse has taken
place since noon, and the pulse is percepti
bly stronger than at this time yesterday.
Pulse 110. temperature 99.7, respiration 20.
D. W. Bliss. J. K. Barnes.
J. J. Woodward. Robt. Ritburn.
F. H. Hamilton. P. Hath Agnew.
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1881.
steadily gaining.
4 p. m.—The information just received
from the sick room shows no unfavorable
change in the President’s condition. His
pulse is reported about the same as at noon,
and tbe other symptoms as not materially
different.
ALL HOPEFUL —SOME CONFIDENT.
General Swalm, who has just come from
the sick room, telegraphs to a friend in New
York as follows;
“4:30 p. m —Tbe President continues to
improve. His condition is better to-day
than it has been any day for a week past.
All are hopeful, some confident.”
CHEERING WORDS.
New York, August 28—The following
has just been received :
“Executive Mansion, August 2 S.—H.
J. J\arson, Jtatmaster, N. Y.: Our hopes
are reviving. The favorable conditions con
tinue. Up to 2 p. m. nothing discouraging
has occurred.
“Wm. H. Hunt,
“Secretary of the Navy.
“Thos. L James,
“Postmaster General.”
NO STEP BACKWARD.
6:15 p. m —Colonel Corbin, who just
came from the President’s room, says the
favorable condition of to day is still main
tained.
8:30 p. m— Tbe condition of the President
continues to be as favorable as at the eve
ning examination.
DR. HAMILTON LEAVES FOR HOME.
10 p. m —The improved condition of the
President, continues. Dr. Hamilton returned
to New Y’ork to-night.
HOPE GENERAL.
The following was sent to-night to Minis
ter Lowell by Secretary Blaine: “Tbe con
dition of the President at ten o’clock con
tinues as favorable as could be expected.
Within the past thirty hours his improve
ment has g'ven great encouragement
to the attending surgeons. He swal
lows an adequate supply of liquid food.
The parotid swelling discharges frealy
and gives promise of marked improvement.
His mind Is perfectly clear. He has per
haps a little more fever than was antici
pated, and his respiration is somewhat
abovo the normal. The general feeling is
one of hopefulness. Two or three days
more of improvement will be needed to in
sure confidence.”
ANXIETY OF THE WATCHERS.
It was evident from the weary and care
worn expression of Dr. Bliss’ face when he
came out of the surgeons’ room for the first
time early this morning that he had passed
an almost sleepless night, and that the
great nervous strain of the past thirtv-six
hours had made its impression even upon
his tenacious and vigorous constitution.
In a conversation with a reporter of the
Associated Press, he said that, he had passed
a very anxious night, not so much because
he regarded the condition of the Presi
dent not one of imminent dangtr
but because the slight improvement
which had bictme apparent during
the afternoon, seemed to Indicate that the
patient was perhaps passing a crisis and
called then fore for the closest wa'chfulness
and the most assiduous care. Seeing the
President comfortably s ttled for the night
he went, he s 4d, to the sergeons’ room and
threw himself on a couch to get a little rest,
but he found it impossible to sleep without
first satisfying himself wi'.h regard
to the extent and significance of
the patient’s recent improvement. About 2
o’clock one of the attendants called him,
and said that the President was awake.
Uoon going into the sick room, he found
the slightly improved condition of the
afternoon fully maintained. The patient
set wed cheerful and better, his mind was
perfec'ly clear, and his pulse was steady
at about 104 The regular watches taken by
General B>*aim, Colonel Rockwell, Dr.
Elson and Dr. Boynton were not
maintained during the night, for
the reason that these attendants were all
too anxious to sleep, and none of them
were willing to be absent for any great
length of time from the s’ck room. They
were all present together therefore during
most of the night. About five o’clock the
President was again sponged all over with
alcohol and water, and seemed to be greatly
refreshed. His pulse had then fallen to 102.
He rested quietly during the remainder of
the early morning, and at the 8:30 examina
tion his pulse was found to be 100, with
temperature and respiration normal.
Mrs. Garfield, encouraged bv the Presi
dent’s evident improvement, late Saturday
evening, and wearied by her previous
watching, went to bed before midnight and
slept most of the night. She was in the
sick room again, however, a' five o’clock in
the morning and sat for a while by her hus
band’s bedside, fannit g him.
After the appearance of the morning bul
letin, Dr. Bliss came out of the surgeons’
room again, and said that the President’s
symptoms were very favorable and Indicated
that he was on the way to recovery.
VARIOUS VIEWS.
Too much encouragement, however,
should not, he thought, be drawn from the
present favorable condition, because it was
not yet. certain that it would be permanent.
Dr. Hamilton, who came out shortly after
ward, said that the patient’s symptoms
showed a marked improvement.
Dr. Boynton, upon being asked by a re
porter of the Associated Press, about 10
o’clock, whether he felt encouraged, re
piled:
“I ieel not only encouraged, but very
much encouraged.
Gen. Swalm, in answer to the same ques
tion. said:
“I have been depending on Garfleli’s
pluck now for twenty-five years, and 1 Jtell
you he is going to get well.”
Soon afterward Attorney General Mac-
Veagh entered the room of the President’s
private secretary and was asked what he
thought now of the President’s chances.
He said:
“Never, until to-day, have 1 seen any rea
son to change mv belief that the blood poi
soning, which has existed since the first
rigors, was still active. I think, however,
that there are indications to day that the
poison is being eliminated, and I feel great
ly encouraged.”
STILL MENDINO.
• 11 f. m —Dr. Woodward reports at this
hour that the President’s condition con
tinues favorable. HU temperature has
gone down since the evening examinaMon,
but his pulse, when last taken, about an
hour ago, bad not changed since the 6:30
official bulletin. It is not expected to fall
much until after midnight. No unfavor
able symptoms of any kind have been
observed.
AFLOAT AND OFF TUB BREAKERS.
About noon Colonel Rockwell, who is
ODe of the most hopeful, as well as one of
the most unwearied, of the President’s
attendants, said to a reporter of the Asso
ciated Press that he could see no feature of
tbe case which did not show some improve
ment. “Of course,” he said, “we must
admit that the situation is still very critical,
but let us take what the Lord sends us and
hope for his recovery.”
At 1 p. m., Colonel Corbin telegraphed a
friend at Brighton Beach: “Dr. Hamilton
says we are £ float and off the breakers.”
Although the President’s pulse and tem
perature rose slightly during the afternoon,
he continued to do well, and at five o’clock
General Swalm telegraphed a friend: “The
improvement in the President’s condition is
still maintained. All are hopeful. Some
confident.”
HIS CHILDREN AT HIS BEDSIDE.
About tbe middle of the afternoon the
President expressed a desire to see his
daughter Mollie, and when she entered the
room and came to his bedside be took her
hand and asked about her health. Bhe
replied that she was well and inquired how
he himself felt. He said: “I am better. Ask
your mother if the boys can’t come in.”
Soon afterward James came to the bedside
and was greeted by his father affectionately.
The President’s pulse, however, began to
rise with tbe excitement and emotion of bis
interview with bis children, and it was
thought best not to allow Harry to see him.
PUBLIC RESPECT FOR MBS. GARFIELD.
Late this afttrnoon Mrs. Garfield and her
daughter, Mollie, with Mr. Rudolph and C.
R R ckwell, of St. Louis, went out for a
drive. Mrs. Garfield looked bright and
cheerful, notwithstanding the terrible ner
vous strata which she has borne with such
unconquerable courage for eight long weeks,
and as tbe carriage passed through tbe
main gateway on Pennsylvania avenue,
around which a crowd of people had lin
gered all day, she responded with a bow
and a bright emile to the salutations of the
guard and to the greetings of
one or two acquaintances who were
passing in. Someone standing near
the gateway cried, “That is Mrs. Gar
field,” and, as if by a sudden and spon
taneous impulse, almost all the men in the
crowd took cff their hats and stood with
uncovered heads while tbe carriage passed,
as if they wished to show In the only way
they could their profound and tender sym
pathy with her suffering, and their respect
and admiration for her noble courage and
undying faith.
A TALK WITH DR. BOYNTON.
All the members of tbe Cabinet called at
the Executive Mansion to-day, many of
them repeatedly, and there was rather more
than tbe usual number of private callers.
The faces of all were brighter and more
hopeful, and a general feeling of encour
agement seemed to prevail. The evening
bulletin was regarded as fairly satisfactory,
although the febrile rise was rather more
marked than bad been anticipated. Dur
ing the evening, however, the President
rested quietly, and his fever, by eleven
o’clock, had subsided.
Iu an Interview with a reporter of the As
sociated Press at half-past nine o’clock this
evening, Dr. Boynton gave the following
statement of the present aspect of the Presi
dent’s case:
“In my opinion all the patient’s symp
toms tonight show a marked im
provement. In the first place his
mind, which was for a week more
or less affected by the impoverished condi
tion of his blood, is now perfectly clear and
active. Up to Friday night or Saturday
mcroing I don’t think his will power bad
bad for six or seven days any sustaining in
fluence upon his body. He had no strong
will power. Since yesterday morning, how
ever, there has been in this respect a notice
able change. Not only is he more
cheerful and hopeful, but his
will has recovered Its power of
sustained effort, and it is now co-operating
with all his vital energies in the struggle of
his whole being for life. The condition of
his stomach, so far as ability to take food Is
concerned, continues good, and I think
there is further slight improvement In the
processes of assimilation and nutrition. He
hss swallowed to day more than thirty
ounces of 1 quid nourishment, consisting
chit fly of beef juice, peptonized milk and
milk porridge, and has had, in addition, two
nutritive eDemata. This supply of food is
entirely nd> quate, if properly assimilated.
He had'a movement of the bowels yesterday
and another to day. The evacuations, too,
indicated an improvement In digeetlon. The
appearance of his wound has not changed a
great deal, but the pus discharged by It is
better in character. The swollen parotid
gland does not seem to me to have quite
as threatening an aspect as heretofore, part
ly because there seems now to be
no danger of sloughing and partly because
It is discharging healthy pus more freely
through the several openings. It will, how
ever, be three or four days before It ceases
to be a dangerous feature of the case. The
color of the patient’s skin has noticeably
improved 6ince the day before yesterday.
The ashy pallor which it had then
has given place to a more natural
tint, and the expression of the face, which
was anxious and drawn, shows now more
repose. There has also been a slight im
provement In respiration. His breathing
was very labored Thursday and Friday, but
to day It is easier. Taking all these evi
dences of improvement into consideration,
I ihiDk it is fair to say that the possibility of
recovery of yesterday has become a proba
bility of to-day. If he continues to assimi
late food enough to sustain his strength,
and If no new complication arises, I think
he has again a fair chance to pull through,”
DR. RETBURN’S VIEWS.
In an interview with a reporter of the
Associated Press at a late hour this evening,
Dr. R- yburn said:
“The hopes of yesterday have, I think,
been fully realized, and I feel greatly
ei outraged. The appearance of the
patient, I find, is better. The granulation is
more perfect, and the pus discharged is less
watery. The gland has not changed a great
deal. 1 think that by to-morrow morning
it will be ready for pricking in another
place. At least such are the indications
now. It is discharging freely from all the
openings,and, although It has not decreased
much In size, its tension is somewhat re
lieved. Not a single feature of the case has
grown worse to-day, and his general condi
tion shows a marked improvement.”
Postmaster General James returned from
New York to-day.
REQUESTS TIIAT CANNOT BE COMPLIED WITH.
The members of the Cabinet have received
a large number of requests from different
parts of the country, asking that they ap
point a day of fasting, humiliation and
prayer for tho President’s recovery. A
proclamation of the character asked for is
au act of executive power, which, for the
Fe leral Government, can properly be exer
cised by the President alone. Under exist
ing circumstances, any demand for such ob
servance must necessarily be answered by
the Executives of the several States.
OUT OF THE ARMS OF DEATH.
Executive Mansion, August 29, 5 i\ m.
—Dr. Boynton came from the sick room a
short time since, and, in reply to a question,
said the President was improving, and all
were now hopeful of his ultimate recovery.
He was quickly followed by Dr. Bliss, who
said that everything was very promising.
“The President’s pulse,” said Dr. Bliss,
“is uow 104, and Is as soft and natural as
could be desired. He is sleeping quietly.
His skin is moist, and his face looks bright
aud oleasant.”
“You regard this recent change as one of
the most, miraculous in tne history of sur
gery, I dare say?” observed the reporter.
“Yes, sir. He went down as near to
death’s door on Saturday as ever 1 expect
to see a man go without dying, but since
then he has picked up marvelously. I con
sider that he has now reached a polut
where he enters upon the plane of conva
lescence, and, If no new complications
arise, you will be surprised by the rapidity
with which the work of repair will go on In
his system.”
HOPE CONFIRMED.
8:15 p. m. [Unofficial Bulletin.! —The
evening bulletin is generally accepted here
as a confirmation of the hopes of the day.
The patient’s fever, which was a little high
er to-night than last night, has beguu to
subside, and all hts symptoms continue to
be satisfactory. Dr. Agcew, as he left the
Mansion to-night, was asked by a reporter
of the Associated Press what he thought of
the bulletin.
“I think,” he said, “that it is a very fair
and accurate statement of the President’s
cmditlon.”
“And what view do you take of his con
dition?”
“There is nothing unfavorable about it at
all.”
RUMORS SET AT REST.
2:30 P. M. — in an interview with a re
porter of the Associated Press, at 2:25 p.
in., Dr. Bliss said that the President is going
along much more evenly to-day than yes
terday. The extreme range of his pulse
since morning has not exceeded 6 degrees,
and It Is now from 102 to 104. The pulse Is
also fuller and stronger la character. Yes
terday at this hour the patient had a little
fever, to day he has none.
In reply to questions with regard to re
ported accumulation of pus in the lungs,
Dr. Bliss said: “We have examined his
lungs every day, and they have always been
and are now in perfect condition. The re
spiratory murmur this morning was clear
and natural, and there was not a single
Indication of any abnormal symptoms.”
The doctor was then questioned In regard
to the reported existence of pus in the knee
joint.
“Who Invents these absurd stories?” he
Inquired.
“There Is no pus In the knee joint or any
where else except In the wound and gland.
Pus could not form and be retained without
at once affecting the pulse and tempera
ture.”
“What. Is the condition of the glandular
swelling?” asked the reporter; “has it de
creased any in size?”
“It has. The outline of the gland is no w
perceptible, and It is discharging freely.
We took out at least a teaspoonful of pus
this morning.”
“Does the patient continue to take food
well?”
“Perfectly. He had some chicken broth
to-day, and after this a piece of milk toast,
and seemed to enjoy and relish them both.”
“Do you think he Is better to-day than at
the same hour yesterday ?”
“I certainly do. His progress to-day has
been much more even than yesterday. The
expression of his face and the character of
his pulse have further improved, and he has
thus far had no fever whatever. His pres
ent condition is more favorable than at this
hour yeaterday.”
NO GROUND LOST.
6:30 p. m. [Official Bulletin ]— The daily
rise of the President’s temperature began
later this afternoon than yesterday, but rose
the tenth of a degree higher. The fre
quency of his pulse is now the same as this
hour yesterday. He has taken willingly
the liquid food prescribed during the day.
and had besides during the morning a small
piece of milk toast. At the evening dress
ing a pretty free discharge of heallhly pus
took place from the parotid swelling, which
Is perceptibly diminishing in size.
The wound manifests no material change.
Pulse 110, temperature 100,5. respiration 18.
D. W. Bliss. J. K Barnes.
J. J. Woodward. Kobt. Revburn.
D. Hates Agnew.
“HOW MANf STATIONS WILL I HAVE TO
STOP AT?”
11 30 A m—Dr. Boynton, who was in the
sick room the greater part of the night,
says the President passed a good night,
sleeping most of the time. Hts sleep was
more natural than that of any night of the
past week. During his Intervals of wake
fulness his mind was perfectly clear. Once,
about 2 a. in., when awoke and while taking
nourishment, he remarked to Dr. Boyntoo,
evidently referring to his several relapses:
“1 wonder how many more stations 1 will
have to stop at?’
IF HE ONLY CAN HOLD HIS OWN.
Dr. Boynton says the President looks bet
ter and feels better this morning. The
doctor’s hope is strengthened this morning,
owing to the fact that the President has
held hia owu through another day aud
night. He will feel contented and satisfied
with the continuance of this stationary
period for a few days. After that he hopes
the work of repair and recuperation will
commence.
A BASELESS RUMOR.
12:15 p. m. —There was a rumor alloat this
morning that an examination had been
made of the President’s luDgs, and that un
mistakable evidence in the shape of pus
accumulations had been discovered of a
secondary or pyaemic stage of blood poison
ing. In reply to questions asked by a re
porter of the Associated Press at noon, Dr.
Reyburn said:
“Since the President’s condition became
so low, we have examined his lungs care
fully every day and have always found
them healthy. The report that pus cavi
ties have formed there is entirely without
foundation.”
Dr. Boynton, upon being questioned with
regard to the same subject, said : “I made
an examination of the President’s lungs
myself last night and found them all right,
and there are no new complications what
ever in the President’s case, and no un
favorable features which are not already
known. He continues to do well.”
THE FEVER SUBSIDED.
9:15 p. m —Dr. Bliss reports at this hour
that the President’s fever has subsided,
and that everything is going along nicely
and smoothly.
THE CONTAGION OF HOPE SEIZES THE
PATIENT.,
10 p. m. —lt may be said to night, and
without any over statement of the facts,
that the improvement in the President’s
condition, which began on Sunday last, has
continued without any Interruption to the
present hour. The attending surgeons, al
though they may differ slightly in their
views as to the comparative improvement
manifested by the separate symptoms, are
all agreed that the case, as a whole, shows
a marked and decided change for the bet
ter, and a change which holds out promise
of permanence.
The President’s personal attendants seem
to take even more sanguine views of his
present condition and future prospects than
the surgeons, and manifest a hopefulness
which verges upon assured confidence.
Even the President himself feels this strong
current of renewed hope, and his reinvigo
rated mental energy co operates more effec
tively than ever with his rallying vital pow
ers.
As stated in the early morning bulletins,
the patient had a better night than at any
time before since the middle of last week.
His sleep was still broken at rather short
Intervals, but It was more natural and
peaceful than heretofore, for the reason
that his general condition was better, and
there was less disturbance from the swollen
perotid gland. He was sponged off with
alcohol aud water every three or four hours,
and swallowed liquid nourishment at inter
vals of two or three hours during the night.
The morning examination showed that
the favorable conditions of Sunday were
still maintained, and in the judgment of
some of the patient’s attendants he was de
cidedly better. Another slight incision
about half an inch in length, was made at
the morning dressing in the patient’s right
cheek, and a teaspoonful or more of healthy
looking pus from the suppurating g land
was liberated. The cutting, slight as it was,
gave the pattent some pain, and caused his
pulse, which had previously been at 100, to
rise to 108 It soon fell back,
however, to 104. The patient rested
quietly throughout the morning, and his
pulse was noticeably steadier thau yester
day, ranging from 100 to 104 or 106. When
ever he fell asleep his pulse went down to
100. During the process of sponging off,
and as often as he was otherwise ex
cited or disturbed, it would rise
from 4to 6 beats. It was, however, at all
times fuli and strong in character. During
the morning the patient took his full usual
allowance of nourishment, including, how
ever, some variations in the shape of chick
en broth and milk toast.
At the noon examination his pulse was
106, but his temperature and respiration
continued to be normal. About half past
tw > Dr. Bliss gave to a reporter of the As
sociated Press the following statement of
the President’s condition at that hour:
“I think the President is decidedly better
this afternoon than he was yesterday at the
same time. He had fever yesterday after
noon before this hour. To-day he has none.
Of course, he may have, probab’y will have,
some before evening, but there is noue yet.
His progress has been more even to-day
than yesterday. The extreme range of his
pulse since morning has not been greater
than six beats. The gland is looking bet
ter and discharging more freely, and
its s'ze has diminished. His skin
is moist and natural lu tone.
His tongue is clear and 6hows a healthier
condition of the mucus membranes. His
stomach is assimilating food better and his
mind Is perfectly, absolutely clear. Of
course all these things give us great en
couragement, and while I recognize the
fact that the President is still in a danger
ous condition, I feel no hesitation in saying
that I think the chances now are in favor
of his recovery.”
FEAR OF BLOOD POISONING LESSENING.
The following was sent to-night to Min
ister Lowell by Secretary Blaine. “At half
past ten to-night the general condition of
the President is favorable. Late lu the
afternoon his pulse rose to 112 and his tem
perature to 100, both a little higher than the
surgeons expected.
His pulse has now fallen to 108, and fever
is subsiding, the parotid swelling is steadily
improving, and is at last diminishing in
size. Apprehensions of serious blood
poisoning grow lest every hour.
REVIEW OF THE DAT.
With the exception of newspaper men,
there were very few callers at the Executive
Mansion during the day, and the crowd,
which on Saturday and Sunday surrounded
the main gateway on Pennsylvania avenue,
had entirely disappeared. Occasionally
somo personal friend of the President,
whose confidence in the latter’s re
covery had been so shaken by the
events of Fridav aud Saturday
that he could not trust without frequent in
quiry to the apparent improvement of to
day, would enter the Executive Mansion
with an anxious expression on his face in
search of information. In a very few mo
ments, however, he would come out smiling,
confident and reassured. The members of
the Cabinet were all here this morning, but
were so well satisfied with the outlook that
they remained only a short time.
There was no material change in the
President’s condition during the afternoon
until about a quarter past four, when the
usual febrile rise began, and his tempera
ture for the first time since the morning
rose above the normal point. His pulse
and temperature both reached about their
maximum at the evening examination, when
they were, respectively, 110 and 100.5.
In an interview with a reporter of the As
soclated Press, during the preparation of
the evening bulletin, Dr. Bliss replied to
questions as follows:
“What do you think of the condition of
the President to-night?”
“He Is better. Almost every symptom
shows Improvement to a greater or less de
gree.”
“How are his pulse and temperature?”
"His pulse Is the same as last night—llo.
His fever is a little higher. It did not come
on so early as yesterday, but there is a trifle
more of it. 1 don’t regard that fact, how
ever, as having any great importance. It is
easily enough accounted for.”
“In what way?”
“There was a good deal of confined pus
in the parotid swelling. The patient is
very sensitive to the influence of retained
pus. As soon as pus accumulates anywhere
his temperature shows it. We got it pretty
much all out at the evening dressing, but it
had already had its effect. The fever will
soon subside now.”
“How does the glandular swelling look?”
“Better than at any time heretofore.
Better than I expected it would this morn
ing. It has perceptibly diminished in size,
and the pus packets are running together.
We shall probably make another incision
to-morrow, and release another considera
ble quantity of pus, which will be reaJy by
that time to come out.”
“Do you look for a further SpeedV im
provement in the condition of the gland?”
“I think it will look a good deal better
to morrow, but of course it will be several
davs before we cease to feel anxious about
it.*’
“What is the state of the wound ?”
"The wound is doing well. It usually
6hows the most Improvement in the morn
ing, but it is looking better even to night.
I don’t think that now the President’s life
Is In.any direct danger from the wound.”
THE BALL CHANGING POSITION.
"It Is reported that the ball has changed
its location. Is such the case?”
"Yes; we think the ball is making its
way down deeper into the cavity of pelvis,
probably in the direction of the rectum.”
"How do you know this?”
"We don’t know it, but we think so, and
we base our opinion partly on the evidence
of touch and partly on the patient’s own
sensations.”
“Do you regard this downward move
ment of the ball as an unfavorable circum
stance ?”
"Not at all; rather the contrary. It Is
very likely that the ball will have to come
out some time, and we can get at It in the
part of the body toward which it is going as
well as we could in its original location.”
“There seems to be some difference of
opinion, doctor, with regard to the I’real
dent's present weight. Secretary Blaine and
Dr. Boynton estimate it at about one hun
dred and twenty-five pounds. Dr. Agnew
on the other hand is reported to have said
that he did not believe the President had
lost as much flesh as this would indicate.”
“I don’t know how much the President
weighs, but he has not reached the danger
ous limit of emaciation. A man can lose
two-fifths of his weight before his life is en
dangered. Tbe President has not yet lost
as much as that.”
In conclusion, Dr. Bliss said that the
President bad not an unfavorable symp
tom to night, unless his slightly increased
fever were taken as such, and that he looked
confidently for Improvement to-morrow. All
the members of the Cabinet nave been at
the Executive Mansion to-night, but all
have now, at 11:30, gone home. The Presi
dent has rested quietly throughout the eve
ning, sleeping most of the time, and his
fever has subsided. Dr. Bliss reports his
pulse at this hour at about 108, and his tem
perature normal or nearly so.
DR. HAMILTON AROUSED.
New York, August 29.—-Dr. Hamilton
told an Associated Press reporter to-night
that he should, hereafter, exact of every
reporter a copy of what he said before the
latter left. He had found sayings quoted
that he had never uttered, and if he found
that a reporter made use of any expressions
beyond copy left, he should decline to ac
cord him a second interview.
The reporter then asked: “Are you re
ported correctly in the evening paper to
day that you had no doubt whatever but
that the President would recover?”
Dr. Hamilton—“No, sir. I would not say
that of any patient, and much less of the
President, of whose case it is peculiarly
difficult to make a safe prognosis. The
reporter misunderstood me. I said I be
lieved he would get well, but that
belief is not an absolute assurance. It is
simply my faith.
A PRELATE’S PRAISE OF THE PRESIDENT.
London, August 29 —The Bishop of Ten
nessee, preaching at Seaford, in Sussex, on
Sunday, referred to the spirit which is
abroad in the world to put down all au
thority. The dying President was a Chris
tian who before the world dared to take 6in
by the throat. He was a man who might be
killed but not reduced from right.
A CINCINNATI HORROR.
Fire In a Cheap Lodging House-
Several Persons Suffocated.
Cincinnati, August 28.—A fire this morn
ing on Court street, insignificant as a fire,
and immediately discovered and promptly
extinguished, was terrible in its results,
owing to bad means of escape from the
upper stories of the building. The fire
started in bales of hay and straw in a feed
store in one of the ground floor apartments
of a four story brick bulldlDg, the upper
stories of which were used for cheap lodg
ing rooms. From the feed store au open
chute or inclosed hatchway extended to the
fourth floor of the building, up which hot
air and smoke were conveyed. Seven per
sons sleeping in the fourth floor rooms were
badly suffocated, one of whom lost his life
in jumping from a fourth story window.
PERILS OF THE RAIL.
Fatal Smash Up In Alabama.
Selma, Ala , August 29 —An Eist bound
freight train on the Alabama Central divis
ion of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad ran into an open switch
at Faunsdale on Sunday morning at three
o’clock and collided with a construction
train on a side track. The engine
and a number of freight cars of
the freight train were wrecked.
Engineer Chas. Craue lost both legs and
died in a few hours. The fireman was badly
scalded and has died since. The Coro ier’s
jury to-day rendered a verdict of death
caused by malicious mischief of some un
known person, who had opened the switch.
FRANCE IN AFRICA.
A Battle wltlk Arab Insurgents.
Paris, August 28. —With reference to the
report from Tunis of an engagement be
tween the French troops near Hammatte and
Arabs, an official telegram states that Col.
CarrearJ on raising camp at Erbaine on
Friday last, to march to Hammatte, was
attacked by a body of 12,000 mounted
Arabs. The French loss was trifling, but the
Arabs lost fifteen dead and a Dumber of
wounded on the field. Col. Carreard has
suspended hi 6 advance until he can ascer
tain the disposition of the people of Ham
matte. It is desirable to occupy that dis
trict, as It will always afford facilities for the
disembarkation of troops.
STRUCK ON A ROCK.
A Mound Steamer’s Peril—No Lives
Lost.
New York, August 29.—The steamboat
State of New York, plying between Hart
ford and New York, which left Hartford at
four o’clock on Sunday afternoon, struck on
a rock near Goodspeed’s Landing, half way
between Saybrook Point and Hartford,
about nine o’clock last night. She was im
mediately run ashore, and lies there with
her stern under water. No panic ensued,
and no lives were lost. Her passenger list
could not be ascertained.
The New York Stock Market.
New York, August 29.—The stock mar
ket opened strong and % to 2 per cent,
higher, the latter for Norfolk and Western
preferred, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati
and Indianapolis, Louisville and Nashville,
Missouri Pacific,Nashville and Chattanooga,
Texas Pacific, Wabash Pacific, preferred,
being also prominent in the improvement.
In the early dealings there was a further
advance of % to % per cent., which was
followed by a reaction of K to 1 per cent.,
but toward noon the market again became
strong, and an advance took place ranging
from to 1)4 P er cent, from the lowest
figures of the morning, Denver and Rio
Grande, Texas Pacific, Reading, Western
Union, Kansas and Texas, Granger stocks
and Wabash Pacific preferred leading the
upward movement. During the afternoon
speculation was dull, but generally firm
until near the close, when a slight reaction
took place, and the final sales were at a
fractional decline from the highest figures
of the day. Sales aggregated 303,815 shares,
The Coming Cotton Crop Estimated
at 5,000,000 Bales.
Chicago, August 29—Messrs. 8. H.
Richardson, and Gilbert & Brega, commis
sion merchants, have been making a
thorough and systematic inquiry into the
condition of the cotton crop. They re
ceived the latter part of last week tele
graphic advices from about sixty cor
respondents stationed at different points In
the South, and they are published this
marning in the Times. From the data at
his command, Mr. Richardson estimates
that the entire crop of 1881 will not exceed
5,000,000, or 150,000 bales below that of last
year. In this he Is sustained by the views
of cotton experts in producing regions,
though the Mobile Board of Trade estimates
the yield at 6,000,000 bales.
Storm Tossed Vessels,
Charleston, August 29 —The brig Max,
from St. Nazalre for Wilmington, N. C.,was
blown off her course, and put into this port
to-day with slight injuiy.
Tbe schooner M. C. Mosely, from Boston,
brought the crew of the Swedish bark
Harold, from Mobile for Southampton,
abandoned.
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rience of a Minister.
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FLASHES FROM ATLANTA.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLA
TURE.
The Work of Two Days—Off for Cin
cinnati to Help Colonel Cole—Sen
ator Hill on Hr. Beck’* Proposi
tion—Governor Brown’s Crop Ob
servations—Tlie Capital Gets a
Taste of tbe Cyclone—Death of
Hon. Peterson Tbweatt.
Atlanta, August 27. —In the House Rev.
Dr. John Jones, the Chaplain, In hla open
ing prayer, offered up a fervent petition in
behalf of President Garfield.
Bills for third reading were taken up for
final action.
The resolution authorising the Treasurer
to pay full salary to the deceased members’
families—those of the late Hon. A. J. Han
sel!, of Cobb, and Hon. John Wilcox, of
Telfair—was passed.
The resolution to authorize Hon. W. H.
Harrison, of Stewart county, to publish the
law 6 of the present session of the General
Assembly, the Btate to take three hundred
copies for public officials, was passed.
The resolution to require the State Treas
urer to keep separate and record In a sepa
rate book all funds arising from the sale of
the State property, and only apply the same
to the payment of the public debt, was
passed.
The bill applying all special tax moneys
to the public school fund of the State was
taken up. Mr. Miller, of Houston, asked
that this bill be recommitted to the Finance
Committee, which was granted.
The bill allowing Americus to raise $5,000,
by Issuing bonds, with which to buy anew
fire engine for that city, was passed.
The bill to regulate the practice in the
Supreme Court as to writs of error was
passed by substitute.
The bill to amend the act creating a Board
of Commissioners for Chattooga county was
passed.
The bill to amend the charter of the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western Railway, in
creasing the capital stock and extending
the road, was passed by substitute.
The bill to submit to a vote of the citizens
of Gwinnett county the question of liquor
or no liquor, was passed.
The bill to prevent the sale or receipt of
seed cotton between sunset and sunrise.
On the call of the roll, after debate, the bill
was lost, only 86yeas being recorded.
Hon. N. L. Hutchins, of Gwinnett, rose
to a personal explanation and stated that
the editorial in the OouslUution of this me ru
ing as to his action and views on tbe Cole
charter, was a perversion of facts and abso
lutely untrue. He opposed the charier be
cause it would depreciate the value of the
State’s property in the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad, but belDg one of the lessees he
did not vote against tbe bill.
Hon. M. P. Reese, of Wilkes, followed in
a similar explanation, and said the reference
to him was utterly untrue. He was not op
posed to a fair charter, but did not think
Col. Cole should be allowed to condemn
three miles of any other railroad. He was
a friend to the Cole enterprise and voted
for the bill.
After some discussion the House adopted
an amended resolution to have afternoon
sessions, except on Saturdays, from four
o’clock to six o’clock, and night sessions
for special orders when so desired. This
will expedite business and secure an earlier
adjournment. The Governor has signed tbe
bill to amend the fence law so that fiftv
freeholders in any county can petition the
Ordinary to order the vote on “fence” or
“no fence.”
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The convict lease bill was reported from
the committee with the recommendation
that it do not pass.
Senator Westbrook, of Dougherty, pre
sented a minority report in favor of the
bill, and earnestly advocated its adoption.
Senator Hackett spoke in favor of the
majority report, after which, on motion of
Senator Guerry, the further discussion of
the matter was postponed until Monday.
The bill changing and regulating tbe
calendar of the' Eastern Judicial Circuit
was passed.
NEW BUSINESS.
Senator Guerry Introduced a resolution
that the Finance Committee be requested to
report on the expediency of suspending the
collection of taxes for 1881. [ls the country
growing richer when such a resolution is
adopted by the Senate ?]
Senator Hawes introduced a bill pro
viding for an Assistant Keeper of the Peni
tentiary. Also, a bill prohibiting corporeal
punishment in convict camps except by the
lessee himself or by someone appointed by
him and approved by the Governor. Also",
a bill providing that when a convict is dis
charged he shall be furnished free transpor
tation to the county from which he wa6
sent.
These bills look to the defeat of the con
vict lease bill, providing for a board of
managers, and propose to supply a remedy
for some of the evils complained of in the
present system.
Colonel Peterson Thweatt died here this
morning at a very early hour, after an illness
of some three weeks, attended by his sisters
and his son, Alexander H. Stephens Thweatt.
His remains will be taken to Milledgevllle
to-night to be buried beside those of his de
ceased wife.
Atlanta, August 29.—Mayor English,
President Crane, of the Board of Trade.
Hon. E. P. Howell, of the Constitution, Dr.
R. D. Spalding and others, left this after
noon for Cincinnati to represent Atlanta
and the Board of Trade in behalf of Col.
Cole’s bid for the Cincinnati Southern Rail
road. No stone will be left unturned to aid
him in securing this much sought prize.
There was a heavy wind storm all night,
with a very light drizzle occasionally. There
has been heavy rain and wind since noon.
Senator Hill opposes Mr. Beck’s proposi
tion to elect Mr. Anthony, and wants a
Democrat and no more concessions. He
thinks Arthur will do well, though Conk
ling may be his adviser.
Senator Brown has just come back from
Arkansas, and reports shorter crops than he
ever before knew all along the
route, and in Georgia he has never
seen such poor prospects ahead
for provisions for man and beast. He
recommends that all corn not in ear with
dead or dying tassel be cut and saved for
fodder.
Reports from all sections confirm Senator
Brown’s views, and suggest immediate
action on the part of the farmers to gave all
tbe fodder possible, and plant turnips, etc.,
in large quantities.
In the House, Mr. Hightower, of Stewart,
moved to reconsider the action of the House
last Saturday, on the bill prohibiting the
sale of seed cotton after dark.
Representative Wilson, colored, of Cam
den, was opposed to the bill or its reconsid
eration.
Mr. James, of Douglass, favored It, and
the reconsideration was granted by almost
unanimous consent.
On a call of counties, Mr. Hester, of
Dougherty, offered a resolution to author
ize the Governor to secure a survey of cer
tain streams in Baker, Terrell and Dougher
ty counties, and to drain lands contiguous
Mr. Garrard, of Muscogee, introduced a
bill to regulate the manner of Incorporating
steamships or steamboat companies.
Mr. Wingfield, of Putnam—A bill to re
strict the running of live stock at large in
Putnam county on the lands of another.
Mr. Hightower, of Stewart, by request—A
bill repealing section 3723 of the Code of
1873.
The following bills were put on third
reading: Increasing the liquor license in
Camden county; passed. Repealing the
registration laws in Camden county; passed.
Regulating equity practice; passed in the
shape of a substitute. Amending section
4,194 of the Code of 1873; substitute also,
amended by Mr. Basinger. Amending
the general tax act so as to exempt
loan and building associations from taxation,
as therein provided; passed la the shape of
a substitute. Creating a Board of Health
for Macon; passed. Requiring Clerks of
City and Superior Courts to record at once
certain papers and documents; passed
Defining tbe limits of militia districts out
side Savannah in Chatham county; passed.
Conferring police powers upon conductors
of freight and passenger trains, to keep or
der and for other purposes on their trains;
passed. Authorizing the electrotyping of
all future Georgia reports: referred to the
Finance Committee. Authorising the peo
ple of Glynn county to vote on tbe liquor
question; passed. A number of local bills
were also passed.
The bill providing for the new capital was
made a special order for Thursday. The
bill to appropriate twenty thousand dollars
to Dahlonega College, a special order for
Friday.
The Finance Committee have reported
favorably on the bill returning tax paid the
Comptroller General by several Insurance
companies.
The House read a number of bills a sec
ond time during the afternoon session.
33HATB PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate the general railroad bill
regulating the building and consolidation
of railroads, and for otbef purposes, was
passed.
The House bill on the convict lease was
resumed, and the debate continued till
noon.
Mr. Westbrook opposed the majoilty re
port against the bill and earnestly adv ocated
its passage.
Mr. Haines sustained the report in a
lengthy and earnest speech, and the report
was adopted and the bill lost. Teas 545,
nays 5.
The storm here has passed away. The
Sunday Telegram containing an account of
the storm in Savannah was eagerly soufiht
after this morning, and created grsat ex
citement among Representatives from South
Georgia.
Weallier Indications.
Office Chief Signal Observer, Wash
ington, D. C., August 29. —Indications for
Tuesday:
In the South Atlantic St ates, fair weather,
winds mostly easterly, stationary or higher
temperature and pressure.
In the Middle Atlantic States, fair weath
er, light variable winds, mostly southerly,
stationary temperature and pressure.
In the Gulf States fair weather, winds
mostly southerly, stationary or higher tem
perature and pressure.
In Tennessee and the Ohio valley, partly
cloudy weather, local rains, winds mostly
southeasterly, stationary or higher tempera
ture and pressure.
Valuable Hills Burned.
Pittseurg, Pa., August 29.— Intelligence
from the fire at Beaver Falls says: "Melon
& Son’s flour mill, the Pittsburg Hinge
Works and the Beaver Falls Steel Works
were entirely consumed. The flames were
first discovered in the flour mill, which was
a frame building, and spread rapidly on ac
count of the prevailing dry weather. The
total loss on the buildings and stock will
reach $140,000, which Is fully covered by
insurance. The origin of the fire is not
known.”
Charleston's Lights and Rueyi.
Charleston, 8. C., August 29.—The
light, ship on Rattlesnake Shoals broke loose
from her moorings during the gale on Sat
urday, and is now anchored in six fathoms
of water, southeast of Fort Snmter, three
miles nearer Charleston than when in her
former position. The sea buoy cif Charles
ton has drifted cif. The Folly Island and
outer bar buoy has been dragge 1 out of po
sition about a quarter of a mile eastward.
Cotton Fire In New Orleans.
New Orleans, August 29.— A fire oc
curred to day among the cotton stored be
tween decks on tbe steamer Serra. The
extent of the damage is not yet known.
The steamer has four thousand bales on
board, fully insured. The fire is believed to
have been of incendiary origin.
Killed While Stealing Corn.
Danville, Va., August 28.— Friday night
Lazirus Dicks, a factory negro, while in
the act of robbing a corn field a few miles
from Danville, was shot and instantly killed
by Logau Yancey, a negro, living on the
farm.
►-*—
Marvin in Richmond Jail.
Richmond, August 23.—' Thos. A. Marvin
alias Morton, etc., tbe swindler and biga
mist, arrived here to-day and was safely
lodged in jail. He will be brought before
the Police Court to morrow.
A Bark from Darien Wrecked.
St. John’s, N. B , August 29 —The brig
antine Herbert J. Olive, of and for this port
from Darien, is reported totally wrecked off
Brier Island, aud her crew sick.
The Head of tke Jesuit’s 111.
London, August 29.—1 t is stated, from
Rome, that Father Beck, Vicar General of
tke Jesuits, Is dangerously ill.
Col. Sam Bran nan’s Sonora Colony.
Neiv Orleans Democrat.
For five long decades the Mexican
people had viewed with suspicion every
project for the colonization of the fron
tier portions of their beautiful republic
that emanated from enterprisiugJADglo
Americans. The bitter struggle that
followed the colonization of "Texas by
Austin and others had rendered them
jealous and distrustful. No Mexican
statesman, during the last half century,
dared to propose such a scheme to his
countrymen, nor was it until that liberal
aud enlightened soldier, General Manuel
Gonzalez, assumed the reins of govern
ment that any such project could be en
tertained.
Col. Samuel Brennan, of San Francis
co, an erstwhile Mormon chieftain, and
later a heavy real estate holder in the
Golden City, has obtained a grant of
land in the rich State of Sonont for the
establishment of an American colony.
The grant consists of eighty-four square
leagues,or 373,296 acres of laud. The tract
is situated iu the interior of the great
State, on the Yaqui river, in a region
now infested by some of tbe most blood
thirsty tribes of savages that roam
over Northern Mexico. But if the prox
imity of the Hill Apachet aud the gallant
Comanches and Mescalero Indians may
menace the peace and perhaps the suc
cess of the future American settlement,
the fertility of the land and the salubrity
of the climate will overbalance any dis
advantages which might affright or dis
hearten a timid colonist.
In this delightful region vast plains of
the most fertile soil under heaven are
beautified by tbe waters of numerous
little streams that empty into tbe Yaqui
river. The surface of the country is
strewn with tbe ruins of once prosper
ous villages, hamlets and haciendas,
that six or seven decades ago were de
stroyed by the savages who poured into
the plain from the distant mountain
ranges. The sand and gravel deposits,
which constitute the bed of the muddy
and turbulent Yaqui river, are impreg
nated with gold that for unnumbered
ages bss washed down from the adjacent
foothills.
From its source to its mouth the banks
of this river have, since the Spanish con
quest of the country, been noted for
their rich placer diggings, while under
the Spanish rule they were worked for
many years with great profit. The banks
of the Yaqui are low; by consequence
the irrigation of the wide plains through
which it runs is a matter of easy accom
plishment. Wheat, rye, oats and In
dian corn will yield almost fabulous har
vests in a soil and climate that are con
genial to the production of semi-tropic
fruits and vegetation; for the apple
flourishes beside the tamarind, and the
banana yields its golden harvest in com
pany with the cherry and the pear.
This fertile region,* now a deserted
waste, will quickly bloom under the
vigorous impulsion given by a hundred
strong American arms, while the repeat
ing rifles and the six-shooting metalic
cartridge pistols of the sturdy colonists
will soon drive the murderous Hill
Apaches and the desperate Comanches
back to their fortresses amid the snow
covered mountains.
The granting of this colonization
privilege to an American marks anew
era in the policy of Mexican statesmen.
It proves that the jealousy and dislike
with which Americans have, for the last
five decades, been regarded by their
Southern neighbors have vanished, and
that a sentiment of regard and good feel
ing now sways millions of hearts that,
but a few years ago, pulsated with sin
cere hatred for the North American peo
ple.
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