President Garfield still lives, and there is still hope. On
Tuesday, the physicians deciding that the White House was hot and unhealthy, he was conveyed from Washington by railway t4 Long Branch, a watering-place in New Jersey, where he has the benefit of the sea-air. The removal was accomplished with extreme care, temporary rails being laid from the railway-stations at each end to the White House and to the cottage at Long Branch, and all traffic sus- pended ; while the people, as the train stopped, stood un- covered, and in deep silence. The state voluntarily conceded to the President was more royal than that assumed by most kings. Although the speed attained on the long journey of 250 miles was occasionally fifty miles an hour, the President bore it well; but he subsequently had an access of high fever, due to the excitement and the rapid motion. The latest ac- counts (Thursday midnight) are, however, favourable, though there must always be alarm until convalescence has been more clearly established. The President never loses either courage or serenity, and it is to these, if he recovers, that the recovery will be due. Many men have survived bullet-wounds, but very few have lasted two months with a pulse and a temperature like his.
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