Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-16
EED.u WASHINGTON,
sal Correspondence Of tic Aieca. Ga=si.c

NDtg,Gt Correspondence u me 4iiccI. Gu-ttE. I
WAsulHGTuN. u. e., Sep, lG, 1851.
The feeling ielc TO day about tho Presidents
,opditiOn il very icSroLd ;ni; sll tho cid fears
.fo revived. AID tie prevailing impression Is
bat no will not DO alive muct longer. Telc-
grams from Long Branch. and reliable ones at
that, are to the effect that the discharges from
his wounds haso Eec1mo iW.ed and offensive;
that he has Weakening bod sores; that ho is
losing the little appetite no had, and, worse |
than all that. his mind is becoming more dis
ordered than it ever was before, 40 that he ls |
almost constantly seeing visions and lsbOrng |
under hallIcInationa. All this Indicates lhst
pus has been absorbed into his blood vessels in
suoh QUANTITIES tina. 1t permoates ill4 whole sys
TEN. and may 60 vl.isto oil tho ll)od 10 his
body that bis lilo can not DO sustained much
l0r%T.
Tho callod bonds Lra ming into tho Treas
ury in increased quantities. on an average OF
eight huadrcL Thousand day. If they con-
tuuo at that rate they will absorb the surplus
receipts OF tho Treasury and make further calls
Unnecessary But should Mr.. Window deter
mine TO mako further calls TOR tho samo GLASS; OF
bonds, it is understood tho national banks, by
cor c,rtod action such as that thuy ad. ped q
year ego. will Gndcavor, by surrcndorinx their
bonds aud reckoning their circulation, to make
him change his order and Gal! for tho iours or
four and a~ha!is instead. Tho Few decision Of
tho Attorney General. allowing national banks
to redeem their circulation with cry sort Of
money, will render such action the MORO Ieas-
bic and ELECTIVE.
TX Minister Chrislianc7 has boon 10 nj luck
ever sire, hn sold his seat 10 tho u. s. Senate
10 The late Zach. Chsn!er. lie has mad Goal
of trouble With lis Wilc. has been recalled from
Peru, and this morning had his room. at tbs
National Hotel, entered ard robbed of siX
thousand dollars worth of diamonds AID i,Wcls
~, which, BIO says. did not b,loug to him, hut
| had becn entrusted to Eim by friend for sale
keeping.
The Treasury Department. having doub 3
concerning the c)rrC ctnra5 OF tho last report of
Mr. French, who Was renewed from tho posi-
lion Of Railroad Auditor, has ordered another
| examination Of tho acooanta of the PscriGc rail
| roads, anu parties interested 10 Central Pactic'
arc not feeling quito Es we'll as they did short
time ago.
O8Irg to tho scarcity AID high price OF oorn
| 10 Alexandria, to day wsgon loads OF meal were
sent from here to That cltyto supply tho demand
thore.
NJ. B. C1allo has to day been commissioned
as postmaster at ucs;Esyillc, Northumbell md
county, Va.
Tho news hero to Jsy from Virginia is to tho
following effect Captain Drewry Ilintou, one
OF Gen, MahGnn's llCutcnnnls and who has been
| canvassing The Valley with lilo General. passed
| rough this city yesterday On his Wsy home.
! lie says there is much greater split among tho
| negroes than lie thought possible, nud that tho
greatest danger his party now has 10 encounter
| arises from this very split. Ross Hamilton
| who got tho straight out nomination for tho
| Legislature short time ago. is reported by a
republican roadIustor rs having declared his
intention of supporting tho Mshono ticket.
Ross has all oiiioo hcr,, ant if thia report about
| him be correct tho change In'his Vows YVES
doubtless caused By tho fate OF tho negro fudc
rsl Office holders in Virginia who have been re.
mGvGd hrc.uao thoy would not support thar
ticket. No body over doubted tho personal
honor oe honesty OF tho Nlahonitc candidate 10,
Lieutenant Governor u. j. Ma,shal John f.
self recommended lilo removal Of twenty out OF
Ills ihlriy.two deputy Maisials. Now other
pnoplA besides luapre!or Lancaster ssv thai
| Mnr"hal Lewis did make tins +. c1umendation,
Ii no did how ctn he deny tho wholn Of LINN
castor's report. Mr.. L9ws hIs lays stress unon
| tho largo Number OF Convictions nbtsiLcd in tina
! humorous arr0sia lla made for ulrGclmn1 Of lho
internal revenue laws, when the reports Of The
clerks OF tho Il. $. Courts 10 which tho essf g
! Htrd iIind show that cut Of lha immgUso b,in-
| Der OF such cases In winch men woru uypod
| hundreds OF miles nnd put 10 great cxrenso
| whioh they c0nld III boar, there wGro but bare
thirty lIVo sentenced On acc5unt 0i tho hiyO-
loua evidence against them. GenlomOn who
hare recently seen Judge Hughes sly no is
| iakl0g no part IN tho present campaign. which
~ not surprising, inssmuch AZ tho Judge is
IN laV0r Of paying Tho whole amount of Lho
State debt. fought Guol with tho Mahoutes'
oandldatC iJr Governor, and il tho author al
tho remark shout tho o,ibre of man who
wears number five hat and nunlbtr twolqe
boot, which ho applied to their Candidate for
Lieutenant Governor.
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. - Oao lJhlig, An on,-
ployec 10 IL. NJ. Smith Il Co.'S. works in R,ch>
mond Was killed Yesterday under tho following
circumstances: "A workman ut G. II. pslmer's
agricultural lmp0monts works had his hand
badly Iaoerated by a circular say. A number
OF workmcn from Ii. NJ. Smith Il Co.'S. works.
next door, Went over to SEQ tho wounded man.
Otto uhllg, on seeing tho wound gag made
SICK. lie mt ono returned to his work, IJpon
getting to tho shop he was soon to 20 TO the
water bucket aid battle his fpc, A fellow
workman remarked 10 him that no loo ked vcrp
pa!o. and asked if nc Vas sick Uhlig msdo DO
reply. but went up tho steps leading to the
secobd story and got into thu steam elevator
and started for the third story. When tho ole
vatcr was passing tho third story some of the
workmen CD that floor, sucDg tho body of
man lying In tho waiter. tnn up and stopped it
lust before ltroach Che floor above. Tho waiter
was lowered and they wcro Mortified at sooine
tho frame work bcspatterd with blood aud the
unfortunate mans head crushed in and nosriy
severed from his body. The back of hi. neck
looked as II It had been cut with knfo Tho
Dody WIS taken out aid laid upon the floor. 1t
Is supposed that uhlig, after getting On tho
platform Of the elevator and starting II. fsintc6
and foil Taco downward with his head hanging
over tho sllo of the mis- tForm and :, ,.,.:o