Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence Of the Alesa. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. G., July Q, 1881.


WASHINGTON. D. G.. July Q. 1881.
Ihe Presidents condition continues to ima
prove. sDd most everybody now thinks be is
cut Of danger Indeed. il tho prevsi'irg be.
lief tia! hc never was as badly burt as be was
reported 10 be. apc ma5y arc CT tho opinion
that tho ball never entered Tho cavity of the
abdomen. The President slept we'll during the
night, AID not only cheWsd. but swallowed bis
long desired etf5teak this morning. He rsl'
isted it greatly. and it no unexpected bad
symptoms appear. will SOON BIO permitted to eat
q square meal, but 10 gorging will be IlloWed
for many dsys. The change il tho tempera'
tute last night vas very agreeable to him, and
be slept tho better for it. A lot Of ponsa fans,
fans such as ere used 10 India. and which are
suspended from the calling, and kept in motion
by cord, arrived at tho Willie Hous, thi,
morning. and were put up in the President
rooD. As the faes 10 the hou's trs damp,
having bad 20 bot air 10 them binos winter, il
was deemed unsafe to uso Thorn for conducting
ompressed cold OR into bis room. nnd hubsti
t1ts has been adopted 10 The shape Of sn appa.
ratus ko that employed for ventilstpg steam
ships. tho DIR passing through the tube OF which
is cooled ana purified bytravcrsiug layers of i,e
and charcoal. Vice President Arthur called al
tho White House this III ,rnipg. bat SOW neither
the President nor Mrs. Garfield. because the
former sees 20 ons but his physicians and his
intimate personal frietds, and tho latter wss
out cIlrisgs riding. No more crazy people were
at the White House to day. and such is the
dread Of thin there that pcrfoc.lY sane yjuog
man, DO happened to say inst be had patent
for d vcptlalirg apparatus, vas told 10 60 CT
az suca talk about there wss symptom CT in-
sanity. This dread IL the Cause of 90 little az
noya IS many peopla here have acquired
tho Eabi. ct taking to themselves. but MI suub
are Lus,l, ID out OF tho grounds around the
Wife House ss soon So their prfsonco is do
tectpd. as The guards look upon them as posi-.
Bile GGi!etus.
Guiteau o;u!itu's o sleep we'll and to ell "
bis r'is0n isre. His Anxiety about the fato Of
abaiC !, snd though be asks about his c)ndi
ton tc does so wi IN no more apparent interest
than il the weather ware the sutjsc! Of his
erquiry. Both the grand and petty ju'ies we're
recessed to day for week IS there was 20
business before them. and 10 order to await the
retult Of tbs Presidents wound. Should bis
physicians by that time declare him ont of dan
ger. Guitesu will DO indicted and tried at once,
and as hs has confessed hi4 guilt, bis TRIAL is
not hEe'g t, consume much time. He will
probably be convicted and sentenced to hard
labor in tie pcnitontnry for eight years. the
extent OF the law 10 such cases. for tho law is
90 Iespeotor Of Ic:sons. and the TACT that Mr..
Garfield is President. according to the statutes,
doesn't effect thu character of Guiteau's crime.
10 tho Criminal Court here to day In the case
oil hlotra. iodsctcd Tor lib Il against Gen. Boyu
ten for attempting to exact black uall. d
nolic lrcs ~ss entered, Rhercupon Moore wen,
ovtr to tho Civil Court and Withdrew his suit
against BJynton for damages tor defamation OF
character. 10 the same court 10 tho casa OF
Alico Rnpo. convicted Of passing counterfeit
money, iuigmept IVES suSpeOd6d and the pri,
oner discharged upon promise OF reform alton
aud fuiuto gnod behavior.
Senator Jarcs, of Nevada. who Was i'll 10
New York with maarial foyer, has had re-
lapso sltu, b. ro:uroed to this city.