Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-03
FROH WASHINGION,
Special Correspondence n the ile:ca. Gaset.
AsuINGTOE. D. O., Aug. 5 1881.


WAsu1NoToE. D, O.. Aug. 5. 1881.
The Presidents condition this mJ,bpg as
reported by his physicians is still improving
They sy he is setiag We'll snd tina! he ate Gscr
| beer al.wed him, and ihst to dsy be stc beef
| stesk, toast AID pobtoes. Tie BULLETINS. how
ever. report his pulse at 100, aod such pulse,
wheo his Ca ur4l pulse is 6S, certaioly does 90
| iD dicste satisfactory condition, sud there sre
| macy who snilc pate another relsrso.
TIE cfic rs and crew Of the u. 8. steam r
| RicEn COD. DOW at Psnams, having teen 90
three yeas cruise. have oecn relieved ard or.
dercd home, std their places will re supplied
no Others wno bave been ordered to leave NV
York OF Cnon Tor that purpose.
| General Neis. formerly provost marshal at
| Alexandra, aid subsequently the military govs
ernCr o! Virginia, aud ucW one of The sssees Of
tue Altx1cdria csual says there il q short
SPEEDY aud III -cuVe Way by which tbe goVtro-
m:ut can obtain possession OF the piers of the
c,Dal sqleduct at Georgetown and tuiId there
On PEI nan4ns bridge and that is for it to as
sumo the ownership OF Whist he says is lis
righttcl naioritS OF The s,ccs of the Aiexaudris
canal c5uGaoy, and thereby sivc itself the re-
qaire1 tile 10 those pets. He eajs the c,ns!
5mpapy Is lc the HANDS of people Who do not
hold maj oil!y Of lis stock. Hud that sh:reFor
its refusal TO let :he ossees sill the piers and
packet the N Juey is tLing tie governms Gus
ought pot 70 rcsr:ot.
Nlf Il. S, Wattles. Jr.. of the shipping
| house ut Z. Is. Houe. Of AIex,odfls. WIS here
yesterday 10 see the FraGch Minister AID get
| bill OF heslsu for the bark Dis nvenoo, which
tSst house h:d c!esred Tor Calais, Fssrce. He
had to do this az there is 30 Fretch consul 10
Alexardtia ngr within fJrty mics thereof. The
Minister beng out of the cry Mr.. Wattles had
20 return without accomplishing the otitc. CT
ri; visit AID had to get his bark S bill Of health
| from the ERIK OF the c.urt OF bis cry. who bag
been giving such bills 10 the Y sse!s that have
| recently cleared 1T Al xinGli, for Spaoish DORIS
as there is 10 Spanish con.u .here ei,h.r,
All The roons in the Capitol occupied By the
| Supreme Court nnd its tfic,is AMI ell those
| occupied by the Secretary OF the Senate and his
v.r!or5 ocGu!les are draned 10 moutu;n. tbe
| FIRST fer the death II Associate Justice Clifford
and the latter for thar If Col. Byron.
Senator Jones. Of Nevada, il q great friend
| OF Mr.. Conk!iDg bu: does got, like the eX.
Senator, support tbs Mshone movement 10
| Vir2iuiG. lu q talk he had with Seoator
! Blair thc Other night he criticised that Soma
tors letter 10 fAvor Of the Mahoue cosli,on,
| and tod him that God had made The white
mau the superior Of !hs black, that the AL
mghty's fat prevailed 10 all quarters of the
| earth. that no ma0 or body CT meD could suc-
| cesstu!Ig resls. 40 omuipotent decree. and that
therefore b 8 etfors to help the Malone move
mcnt could not be successful.
Steamoost Inspector Lowry said thi, morn.
| leg that the steamer Arrows nth hsI paee,a g
\ RI O nd fh,, bo
is now in as good aud safs oopdition IS she ever
Wss. ard that 1t was possible FIR him to get
those who said sho was 20: 10 como sbo1rd and
| poiot Oh. tie detects.
A promiuent democratic member Of Congress,
| from North Carolina, DOW in sue city, s,ys III
at The election to tsEe place in bis Sac to-
MORROW the !iqaor prch.bito1is:s will b., defeat.
ed ty three to one.
Senator Hills coalition, notwithstanding the
reported improvement aud suuouuc,d visit to
| the Virginia Springs, c>utidues to give his
friends much Anxiety. His disease. aa is kpowu
is ca1c2r OF Tbs tongue, ono third OF which
member he had removed ty recent surgical
operation.
The preliminary reports Of the crops of this
couLtfy lndlcate that there will b. considerably
less surplus than wss expected, while those Of
| Europe show exactly the reverse.
| The Government has ts agents at work at
! tempting to discover the parties guilty OF send
ltg iofctoa msohoes to EaeIa1d, sud if sue.
cessiu will punish them under the statute pro.
Vldi0g peoaiies f)r the cfr2c ion of The export
laws Attorney General MacVenqh says the
crime is worse than Gutca1s, as Guiteau il di.
vldusIized his VICTIM, white the mco who sent
the dynamite might hay3 sent o HhJle ship
| load OF people TO the bo.iOD o. the sea.
| Q1:e lumber CT roIsoos left here this
nolniug for Richnond TO er:cnd the Virginia
democratic ccnveniion &c ii ct there to morrow.
| Among those rho went we're Mr.. jain 3,
Barbour, P,cs:jept OF the Virgins Midland
4 Rail way, and member of the u s. House Of
| Representatives IRON the Alexandra districs.
10 takiog about this convention. Senator Puph
said this morning that Is believed the wises,
policy to be pursued 10 1ch fight az general
Mshono is DOW making would bo race fahf,
| not really sgslr 8: the C. gtoes but against ig.
| norsnoe, corruption. snd overRee ming lust of
lncomp otents for cfics. and that the surest way
to gain victory would be 10 make the fight on
the rsc, issue.
Il appears that after all The talk about the
orookedness 10 which tho Assistant Secretary
Mr. Uptcn. and the Clerk, L,mpbere, wera
ss!d 10 be implicated. Deilh*r OF these cfic. ais
vii DC removed. Tney are b1ih ct their desks
Ia the Treasury Department. sud seem to be 10
no danger OF being asked TO leave
| PnVhte intelligence from Ohio is to the ef-
fec: that so fir from Mr.. Pendletor baitg The
! Only pcomioeDs suit B,ck8sl,er democrat who
| Is sc.!Vel9 supporting Mr. Bookwalser, every
one OF the democrats who wore opposed to his
nominsson are doing sll lhsy Gao to elect him;
that his domination ia booming among the
young democrats. and that as there is 90 on
| thu:iasm among the republicans. the Indications
| are that be will be eltc.ed.
PRETTY AND POSSIBLY TRUE.-A pretty
story ia told in ST. Petersburg. a government
tunctlonsry living in the outskirt. Of the capital
died few days ago in utter desttution, leaving
behind him, mo!herlsss and without friend or
relation, two little cdiidrsn, one G boy Of seven
| and the ether girl Of three. Loft in the hcu:e