Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-14
letter from NnppahannocsS.

| Correspondence, of tho Alexandria Giz,ttc. |
WooDvHLE. rap Co. Va. S,pt 10
Wednesday was the hottest dag We have felt
for years. At 10 q. NJ. tho THERMOMETER, in The
shade, marked 9S'; at - N. l0l'; OF > y. m.
l0l and ITO 10 tho SUD; OF 4 p. III. l03', and
ct sunset 90. We hsvc had no rain sine, the
9Th of last month AID then oay csough to
moIsten the surface of the already pf rchcd and
thirsty ground. Many Of tho forest trees bro
dSins. ard our fl IL snd grist mills have
o!ascd tuuning, with tho exception Of steam
mill near Flint Hill. and the tan bark mill of
| Messrs. Snoot, at Sperryv!ie. which MIR. Class.
| Smoot informs me has been obliged to divert
| from Its legitimate use in order to relieve the
! necessities 0! thtso who Ero suffering for meal.
| Whilst you, ln the city, hive been oLjoyirg
| comparatively cool weather lis Indicated by
| the county, have had Tho thermometer to
range during tho last tonrly days ~ follows ::
August 81. 92"; 4 II. 9Go; 5:h. 81; 9Th, 81 :;
l5th, 100; 2Osb, go; 2lst, o.; 27tb, 9O0;
2S,h. 9j'; 30,h. 9jo: 3lst, OF; September st.
90 2i, 81; 5:b, 9S'; Ii, gG'; It'll, l0l; S!h,
9Go-at a. m.-aud rising and falling alter :
natcly above and below that poiut aa cloud or
SUNSHINE prevailed for tn, rest of tho day. 10
day the sky is overcast with mixture Of cloud
! and smtke-tho latter proceeding ircm the
| Blue Ridge f,rasis 90 fro 10 full vioR---apd but
that tho barometer indiclcs DO change, should
iDdn 90 the hope Of rain beinro morarg.
| Washington Lodge A. Y. NJ. No. IS had
intended 10 dedicate its new ard handsome
Masonic Hall on the II h list, and macy
sister lodges in the adjacent counties had been
lsVlled TO be present; addresses wcro 10 havo
been delivered by. lllls EScclleEoy in p,0spco.
tve) Bro. John ". Daniel, and by Bro. *
EEoelIercy keIpDr aud lion Jas Y. Brooke,
but o8lng TO the distressing drought and tho
llnposSlblIiy CT proper providing Tor the largo
lumber of Iovltcd guests (ior there was to havo
been "a feast CT fat thines'') tho Invitations
had to be recalled aud the ceremonies postponed
to moro convenient season..
| a short time ago Wo were I.v0rtG with visit
from Bishcp Latano who dedicated !ho l.,
formed Episcopal Ctuca Ia WkShiogton, Of
which the Rev. w. a. |. Jctt is pastor. All
DENOMINATIONS attended The services aud cx-
pressed themsev $ as hairg charmed with tao
Bishop and bis Hermons. hope it may not
| DO long bc0ro he r,vorI NJ with hia pres n %
| again.
| Having roic:d en- acc,u1L OF tho North
Carolina hoop snakes In recent Lumber Of
| the Gsz,ttc, | thought IL uligtl inser.s The
readers OF tho Glz tic to know that Hn have
| the hoop or horoCd snake here, as; the
Writor Killed ono scma years 10 not over five
hundrod yards from where nc SOW aitf; no tro,
| upon his snnkeship in the road aud upan l,i5
Ing bis foot tho reptile ooiIea itself M t'g1lly.
| hid Its head beneath IFS body snd shock us hil
like rattle sns Ike. upoa giving ii kick. II
rolled like bali. rather than a hoop. acioss the
road, and repeated tho rolling process az often
as il was kicked. After killing il cut eff lis
tail aud examined l.; it was about tho sZ, of a
largo knittiog noedIo fer abcu. an inch irtm
liz end. and upon being scrapcd presented the
appearance OF whaleboEe; tn; found nohing
iiko q stlDg or poison sac, and doubt the tree
kllIleg stories which ere Rs ca,:cot hero IA 10
! North Carolina. This snake was about four
feet long and r,s,mtled tur ordin,ry black
snake. except that it was irrugularly marked
with delicate white limos something hko those
seen 10 Egyptian marble.
nolIoe the removal of tho President 10
Long Bsatch and the revival of hopes for his
recovery, but 1t the presumption on NY part y
| not 100 great, | venture tho opinion that tho
!sud. bio aod earnest 1Utsh of DIS Aenaw nrl
Hamilton Tor his restoration il father 10 their
hopes and that all those who ever expect TO
see Ills ESccllonoy return to tho White House
alive are living 10 Bliss luI Ignorance OF his ,1ua
condition. Scrsoon Gan. Wales, OF tho Navy,
and ex Surgeon Gen. Hammond, of tho Army,
hsvo been far moro corrcot 10 their progucsis Of
In, casc than the Presidents sttcudiug phy-
slclsDs. and biso this opinion upon the pub
llshed cftlulsl bulletins. President Garfield
cannot possibly recover unloss nature performs
one OF those rare froaks which Wc stm9times
had recorded 10 works on medical Jurisprudence.
| Y.
General Fremont, Goyarnnr of Nav NnSinn