Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-13
Alexandria Gazette and Virginia Advertiser
FROM WASHINGTON.
Specic! Correspondents If the AlesG. Gazette

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Specic! Correspondents II the AIeSG. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jo!y Is. 1881.
The c,s5.::o OF he Pres ,Gt continues 10
np:ove. lie es5 and sleeps wall, all Lis nat.
ula! ixcre!!ocs tr, these Of heallly mso and
neLhtr the th2rso.sr acr Gu,n.t7 OF tho nal.
ttr that c3mts from liz wtu1d icd!c,tes ary
thrg else than o sosety rcc57tr7. Ole dau-
ger 4bout wounds tf serious msnbaues, such
So th, petroleum, is that s1tiog from tie |
admission Of sir. ind some Hbo have never seen |
tho President snd have rtv;r yet had clesr |
description OF Lis wound, fear that the reported |
Introduction Of tubs into the tuet htl, fer
the rufpoco Of af ,rdrg f.eetr Kit for the
matter. Ety hLvo Subjected tho President 10
the danger referred TO. Notwithstanding tho
favorable reports Of the dcctols. there are many
who express doubts Of the President recovery.
They arc iGGuoad 10 do 50 by his reported weak
ness. as II perfectly s5uod map would not be
weak it conhoed 10 one position 10 bed during
twelvo days of suoh weather ns this. fed 90
milk, and c5ntltually nsusca!ed with morphine
and rum, for it is we'll known that tum after 40
age certainly less than that DO is dtiskiog, dec
/
uuwhoesome.
Money is SO plentiful, hero. and profitable in
vestments so tcirco that ten capitalists Of this
city have subscribed thu necessary amount for
sendir 6 party of experts to prospect for min
il & lsuGs 10 AriZ)us atd lew Mexico, with the
Of ct of toIuig joint stock Company for DO.
VcJiltg such mines should the search be suo
c:sstui. Tie pirly started from here for the
sc re Of their uperstiops list Saturday.
Mr. Money, member OF The House from Mis-
sissi ppl. having cle I d his record of the insu
uations Il certain III iafJrmsd neTspsptrj re-
spc log bis connection With the s.ar route
| ssiuGle, lett hare Yesterday for the Buffalo
Lthis Sp,itgI. 10 Virgins.
9. Is. Darrell. tho republican m.mber OF the
Houss from the Louisiana distr;c! recently rep.
resented by MIR. Acklio. is o1e If the recent ar
rivals here. Ho was surgeon 10 the Federal
army, but at;er Tho var settled in Louis
lana, engaged 10 tho planting tusioes, and
has acquired considerable property there.
He has represented his district before 10 Con-
gross, but was supposed to have been retired
permanently, and d0u.iles would have been bu!
for the reported fact TINT Mr.. AckIio, 10 re-
veDee for net rlceigiag denomination bad ten
Thousand election tickets printed hero ard dis
trlbu!od III Tho distic. With tho ramo OF The
democratic card d,to for the House omitted
The omission Waa not ots:rgcd until sitter the
election %bs ever, when it Was ioutd that
tbculh tho democratic rreslden!isl ticket ~
ceiv5d tbs IIll democratic vote, tho vote Tor
tho COngrtts slot Ell ticket " 3 short.
Ths report that Senator Cameron his al
vl5sd Mr.. R.ddlebo,ger 10 withdraw from the
contest ior the potion of Sergeant at Arms
tho Senate is credited from the fact that Mr..
Camfr1D at tb" same time spoke favorsblg Of
| the claims Of General Beavers. q one legged
| federsl soldier for that place. as General Boa
vers is ooe OF the Senator'S best friends and
was the latter tavOlte for Seuattr from Penn.
| s9!VsDa insteld OF Senator Miller. 1t is sup
posed that Mr.. Cameron advice will be texan.
that Mr.. Riddle5trger will withdraw. and that
Senator Mstoue will aglin provo himself to be
| for tho republican nominee.
The Potomac It commission will holl au.
other meeting this atreruooD. but merely for
the purpose Of formally &C 'urnipg uotil mkt
| Ohoter But threa OF its members have betu
| 10 the ory during the meeting, and ono Il
them, Senator jones, has been two sick 10 al
tcrd
| As Lon'slars is an ulo9reeni.l cline for
that State, Even 10 tho winter, it is Dot surpris-
,og that that senatorial rerrcs ynta!igo If tho
csrpetbsgge!s should sill be s.en fitting sbout
the cool corridors Of The Capitol, aud sc,ppit q
tho tiIe OF the Nov Orleans paper that is kent
10 tho tffioe Of tho Secretary OF the Ssnatr.
General Joe Johnston is at the Wtrm
Springs, 10 Bath Ccu1y, VIrQioia. A peu,ls-
man Just from there says he General told him
tlas Immediately after bis surrender ono tf his
soldiers, rich map, offered to divide bis
wealth With bin, and that some years after the
War WIS over, another ono OF his soldiers. who
had been successful 10 business, asked him to
tske hal! OF Whist be had made. The General
msntlocs those Gases &c instances OF the geuer-
osly Of Southern characters.
The prevailing heated spell has had very
qalotiuE effect upon Washington. Most of its
pscI !, Uho can afford to 90 awry for the sum-
mer have already gone, aud few or 10 strangers
are IN tho CITY. The dtw1 town hotels prescott
desert, sppearsnca. The stores seem to be
dolrg little or no business, and the sidewalks of
Peun' yivaua avenue. ESPECIALLY 10 the middle
OF the dsv. hava no MIRA people on them thln
those OF Mag street, Alex lpdris. Vice Presi-
dent Arthur is still here. aud Senator'S Ra5som,
Vest. jones of NeVsds. Jonrs Of Florida, and
Puah, AID representative Hooker are among
the t.w members oil Congress- in tho city.
loteIl gotco here FROM Mississippi is to tie
eft C! that he rex: Legislature, 10 be chosyp,
WI. certainly 70 eltot Mr.. Lunar to the Senate,
and that probably neither Gov Stone nor Gsn
Bnksdaln will receive the democratic nomins.
liou Ter Goveln)r. Some of Gen. Chalmers's
friends proposed TO have the State demt G. a,ic
cocvsn'ion declare tha. his election to Corcross
is ns valid Is tina. of The other m,m5,rs from
his State, but, ii ,ding tbero would DO oppoli-
ton to 1t. have abandoned the ides.
DlAnRHGA IN FOWLs.-Reoent scientific
researches have proved that this disease is
cause ~ mlc!a:c ,pic organism which ia de.
Veloped 10 be intesIines. ppsies into The blood,
snd mulip!lrs itself there with extraordinary