The reports from Washington as to President Garfield's con- dition
become more reassuring, and they are confirmed by pri- vate telegrams. The surgeons now say that although they will not guarantee- a recovery, and expect a long period of ill- ness; the Preaident'S constitution is so sound that he may live, as so many soldiers have done, even with the bullet in him. There is no symptom of blood-poisoning. On Thursday the highest temperatirre was 101% and the President himself is so confident that he shall recover, that he thinks of declining the present, 2500011; offered to-his wife. Remembering, however, the intense desire of all around him that the President should recover, the general conclusion ihould only be that there is nit-
expected ground for hope. The President's. tranquillity does wonders for him.
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