Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-14
FROM WASHINGTON,
Special Correspondence VI the Ale1a. Castle
WASHINGTON, D. O., j ally II, 1881.


The Presidents wound is improving d1ily,
and the usTalreoted fears, siocere or simulated.
tia. were occssioned by the sia excitement 10
bis pulse and Temperature Tuesday night, hsvo
been entirely dissips:ed. Its thought that if
his physicians would coni1o their attentions to
the cleansing OF bis wound aud let up on the
morphine, quinine and rum With which they have
been nauscaling him, be would recover bis sp
petite at orc, aud baeio to mend inn edatey
Uli:cd States troops i'll guard the approaches
to the White tlou:e. t1d give military sp
poaratci to that plaoo not OF all 10 ecoorda, ca
elih The liens OF republican simplicity that
ooc: prevailed 10 this coID;ry. and the change
10 Which bodies % good to free Institutions.
The prevailing cpioon lmong The Vireinians
DIV hero a. CARDS Mahonism is that The
,ec WY L! the presidop. has given it tho irace
strck', aud that tho probe billy Of th sir getis
| tho money 10 the North with which to pay the
oapitation tax of the negroes has bsen reduced
to the condition Of remote possibility. The
interview their delegation had With Dir. Came
ron lass week showed that they need have little
hopo IN that direction. About ten or fifteen
thousand negroes ply their cspiaiion tax. tu,
about seventy fiye Thousand don't vaus the
privilege of suffrage sufficiently high to pay tho
one dollar required to e. " IT, aud it is uDoD
the support OF the latter that tho hlahouites
havo based thor hopes OF SUCCESS. Some ,bt K
that there ara certain railroad f.Vtrs to be asked
of the next Virginia Legislature, and that the
parties 10 be benefited thereby may possibly
supply the requisite funds, with the understand,
lug that GoUeral Malone will throw he weight
of his itflu,nco for their schcm.s, ard that that
itdaence 10 commanding with his ptr.is,ns
all know; it was proved when he bad
railroad schemca before Tho Legislature.
1t is also rumofed that tho GeLctal ia sriauRirg
for the organization of eyudjc,to 10 advance
the Slate the money with which to redeem her
bonds. upon the assurance Of his partisaps that
they will do nothing calculated to invadate
tho security that shall be offered By the State.
There il 20 doubt that hut for tho disorder
thTogn UPON Virgiuia BY Mahorism she could
easily b1rfoH the money with which TO redeem
her boads end saVo TT least two thirds Of tho
interest sbo is now paying on them.
Nico President Arthur left yesterday alter
noon Tor Nav York. 1t is rccies' to say that
ho lett tho city with ieepgs lar differeat from
those With which he entered it, for though DO
reasonable map BELIEVES that he had aucht t.
do with the attempt upnu tho PreisdeD.' life,
it is certain that he camo to Washington uuder
the impression that be vas 10 DO President,
whereas he wtnt back homo with the Certainly
that Wbtp TIC returns next winter il will only be
to snt rs figure head for the Senate.
People IRON Ohio GOV here ssy that while
tho President has tho personal sympathy Of
ovcry body in that Stale, that feeling VI |! hkvs
no effect u; nn tho politics Of Ohio, and that
though MIR. Foster is tho bosom hiord Of tho
President, Mr. B)okwalter, the democratic
noniaco for G0Scrnor has tho bet ctatc3 OF
eecllor.
The Clerk Of The House CT Representatives
has tcrue of deputy c'erks butip at work TO-
dtxiDg all tho private claims that havo been
before Congress 1852 from down to the present
time. The job i, By 20 means o small ouc, as
will b. shown when the work is printed. 1t may
be the mouus of inducing Congress 10 create o
tribunal for The adjudication IF all suca claims,
30 that the attention Of Congress could BIO de-.
voted to the confederation Of MGR, important
m,tters.
Gel. A. w. Fletcher, Superintendent Of tho
House Fo'drg Room. ADD a great fried of
Mr. Spesker Randall. has. il is reported,
bought, for the sun Of So 1000, the we'll known
Ssndersou Hotel properly, % thu southeast
corner Of tho Capitol itclosurs. ADD oppo.i.e
the Butler mansion. AMI that he will msks Of
it second Dslmonioo's, tut above all things,
a place whore democrats csu msei; 10 fac, the
dem ocrsiic hca6quarters OF the national Capital
Mr. Ccpkling arrived here this morrirg and
proceeded INN ediately 10 bis old rooms on l4lh
street.. He left New York about the same
time that MIR. Aribuc arrived there. SO that
they o5u not Well have seen each oiher. NOr
If reports be true, is il likely they will ever care
to see much otca,h other again. for the reports
referred TO are to tho ,ffacs that Mr.. Arthur
has experict ced real zing sense Of the sorry
picture be hes been cutting before the country
for the benefit of Mr., Oonkling, and that
determination to pursue tuoh course 90 logger
has naturally aod Enthusiastically If duosd Mr..
Colkling TO take 20 further interest in him.
Ooe Of the lunors about Mr.. Corkliog's un.
expected visit is that he hes come as counsel for
the star route sWipdlers.