Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the Alesa. Gasst..
WASHINGTON. D. O., Jolly &c, 1881


It was stated in this correspondence vs. e..
day that there vas really, that is 50 far as could
b. sEcertained from the Information ettsiDabie |
at the White Honse, nothing ssve :he fsc: that |
the President Was DOT dead, to warrant the
hopes of his recovery expressed ty his physi-
clans. Those hopes arc 60, 90 bright TO day,
and outside of the White House the impress
sion is settling into conviction that the Presl.
dent will not recover. Though ne did no: shska
yesterday evening. he bad ths frVer that irl-
oates the decomposition # his tissues. and be
spent restless aud uncomfortable uight. |.
was thought this morDltg tEst big uct.vJr. ola
condition might DO due 10 The irritation pro-
duoed by the com miuuted ribs. AID DR.. Agoew
therefore inserted forcsp5 10 tho bullet wurpd
and removed several pieces of dssd sad decay
ed bone. They osme sw,y easily and Tere
covered With R1upous pus Hhlc0 fact shows
that the pus has separated al least the trautur
ed part of the rib or ribs from he menbtsne
that crossed them, and has iLti tered all The
surrounding tissues. 1t is reported that biz
physicians have suspicion of the site Of the
bullet, and that they have determined TO cut
for it, but this report is :nied at the Waite
House. and it is said there that no more opera
lions ulo1 him ere contemplated. Three
weeks AID tslf have elapsed since he
| was wounded, srd be is Worse now than he
has been at any tim, since then, because
he is weaker snd has mol as much Vi
! tai forc. to resist the sppr 'ach Of disease;
besides, the condition of bis blood must bsvt
de,eriorated 10 that time from his short ra,loDs
and !from the prolonged contsos of his vi:bs
| With pus. and bis nerves, too, must be week
ened from the quinine ard morphine ri,
| which be has been dosed. TIE President him
| self and bis wife both ssy he will get we'll. aud
hence some Of the people about tie White
House think bo will. but. as previously stated,
such is not the general i'm preston. His ply
s!cans ore exceedingly rsIic mt about bis ON.
ditiop. l. is rumored that Dr. Garrett has
| written . letter 10 which be severt y cr!icls4s
| the treatment TO which the President has been
Injected by DR.. Bliss. and il is by no means
| csrtain that Gulteau would be hanged if the
President were 10 die, Tor 90 unbiased 1ry
could be assured that ba that did DOT kill
ut once would ta75 necessarily proved fatal
nearly four weeks after il the Wouoc it made
bad been properly treated.
Mi IT Archer, of the Potomac Meuufac!ur-
ing Company of Alexandra, has is, returned
| from visit 10 the North, whittier be went 10
the Interest Of that company. Hs wss 10 Alex
sndria yesterday and says be Completed sr-
rangemcats for three furnaces there, and that
| they will be erected S. socn as tbs peoassary
machinery which is on the way there Strives
lie says the work his COMPANY has 10 hand is
90 small ID and that ii can't be Commenced 10
b day, or Two of them. but that when i. has been
commenced It will 20 right along" Oae oil
| the objects of bis company is to Induce nanu-
| iacturels whose material le manufactured iron
10 1non bf,r ,lcA A H..
| be is 10 hopes that yard for The construction
| q lrop ships aud q tack msuuiactury will Bio
established there sitter bis works shRlI have III,
menced running. and the superiority of bis iron
| be attedted. The Major speaks 10 tie most sap
guine manner of the prospects of bic mpsny
and OF the sco,uicg advantages to A!eXsrdfia.
The State Department hos received 40 intel
ligence concerning tho reported shipment OF
itteroal machines from this couDtfy to England,
other than thss Thst they get from the news.
papers, but he officials there say that should
| Ctholal notification be received OF such shipment
| II will be treated With due courtesy and COZ
| slderatiou. Tor The relations existing between
the two c1untli1s are of the most friendly
character. and every thing possible will ba done
to keep them So.
Col. Burch Secretary of the Senate, whose
prolonged ind:poS,ion has been heretofore
noticed in this correspondence, is lying i'll at bis
residence 10 this city with hesrt disease and bis
friends are seriously ALARMED at his condition.
U. S. Senator Grover, CT Oregon, whose
health for some time past has been the s0uic,
of no little conoern TO lis friends and Sto The
whole democratic party, in view Of the tie 10
the Senate. has, since bis returo home. entirely
regaiued his health. and etters from there ely
that be is as we'll as no ever was and that be
has Increased considerably 10 weight
Private Intelligence received here from Ore
gon reports the arrival Of large quantities of
railroad iron aud many locomotives aud thst
the Northern Pacific railroad will be completed
within the next Two years.
u. 8. Senator Johnston, who is now at the
| Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs, will arrive
here to morrow night. and Hll remain here
some days.
| The report OF the expert sent to examine the
| U. S. tea farm 10 South Carolina was received
by the Commissioner of Agriculture yesterday.
Ii represents the farm as q complete TAI ure and
recommends that it be removed TO Florida.
The prtb.bIe result will be the entiro sbsodoo-
meDs of the whole idea of raiss1g tea 10 this
country. A practical chemist has been seat fer
to superlnteod the exDerlmt nts now in PRE- gtess
respecting the manufacture of sugar from scr
ghum, aud the result, in this case will probably
| be successful.
The steamer Arrowsmitb, having passed hero
satisfactorily By the inspectors, resumed her
regular trips this morning, under command CT
| Captain Ross, With a full complement OF
passengers, about three hundred. She will
luu regularly hereafter but 90 schedule thai;
will be somewhat changed from her present
one.
SUPREME COURT OF AppEALs.-In the
| Court of Appeals sitting at Whythevills last
| Thursday
Felt vs.. Edwards snd Others Petition fer
appeal from Carroll county. Appeal refused
because amount involved too small.
G'bbcney Il Fulton vs.. Caldwell and wife.
Peution for rehcarng refused.
Kelly vs. Smith. Petition for rebosriug re.
fused.
Fuz:er vs. Baker aud wife. Appeal from
Scott-beard GU 1Sh ins!ant. Uecrco re.
veIsed. Judge Ctrsttsn reading the cpiuiou.