Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-20
FEOd RASRING1OY.
Special Correspondent: q; TIE Glsna. Guset
WAsnINaT0S. D. O.. July 20. 1881.

WAsnINaToN. D. G.. July 20. 1881.
Tho futile attempt to hlaho1iao Virginia By
he i:Glgrco o! federal pa!rtn:s is sill in pro
gross, aud straieEt2u! republicans sro being
dopo5ad slmcst daily aul heir PLACES filed by
the white followers CT Ganersi Makcae These
changes aro made by tic Postmaster Gsnersl
aud the Secretary IT tic Treasury, tut thsis
ef,it is ike tha. Of iE, booueraoE, fer while
they mag raks dsmoc:atio converts. they must
necessarily drive aaa7 republican support, es
the Gil offia. holders have as many friends as
the new. 10 tl.;s coauection it nag be remark,
ed that letters received here this 'Tetk from
various parts Of tho Sale report considerable
detection from ths Nlahono rauks Of lasi No
Venbtr. liz on9 OF them il is stated that
smook the delegates to the democratic congcn.
ton lt0m Tsz1Tel c,unt7 is @r. Thomas
tlehonite last year.
Professor Gangoa il Still experimenting 81
tho Navy Yard with his apparatus for the man
ufscturo OF io, His experiments, however,
have basa delayed no litlo by q dotec. in @
pieoo Of tho mscbiDery. The Professor plan
is founded upon the idea OF the lqlifaclion Of
amonia by expansion Instead Of by highly ex'
Icnslvo mechanical compression. lie ssys that
by his process when perfected ico can BIO made
ia the Tsrme3t weather at 3 msylmum clst OF
fifty cents too.
Tho Presidents condition to day is better
than il has tcou any day sirc, be was wound
cd. Ha rested we'll las. night. and ate and
reishcd hearty breakfast this morning. His
physicians imagining that tho two recent eya.
catbsIion5 Of his pulse AID temperature were
caused ~ the solid food no had takon have
reduced tho quantity of that kind tf alimeat.
but making up tho deficit by increasing the
quantity Of meG! ossoGco which he SEEMS to
eujoy. Ho is gaining health and strength
hourly, and will soon BIO able to take Biz longed
for trip on the steamer Dispa:ch.
Gultcau, the assaseID, now that te knows
tho President will recover, and that consequent
ly be Will not be haogoG has rsgsined his h.
bltusl sauclncs', and demands that he DO allow.
ed to walk 10 the rotunda Of the jail fer txar"
else, have ttr,o newspapers 6Sy, and receive
bis meals from . restaurant. lie manifcss 20
desire, however, to extend His walks beyond
the limits of tho Jail.
The officials at the Slate Department say tho
reason Why Col. Mosby has not r1oaiVed fur-
Tough Is because DO has not applied for one 10
tho regular way cad according to tho prescribed
form. His friends at home hevo applied for
ono tor him, but tic lule is thGt ho should
mako the application himself. lIe has rsmoV-
ed bis vlco consul. young Brooke, CT Wanen>
Ion, and wants to appoint young Mosby, Of
Lyr c1burs, to tic vacancy, hu: tho department
has cot yct confirmed that appoiutment.
The crowd that formerly stood arouod tho
on!racoo to thu White Honso has cntlfejy dis
appeared, aud there is ps,c,plibe dmiuuion
10 tho,numbcr OF letters. tClrgrame, aud residue
items CT regret and sympathy received thorc.
The callers hlso have havo fallen off considera.
bly,, and barring the President personal friends
are almost entirely restricted to that il H leulial
cass OF cfico seekers who vain'y mag that
tho soiici:ude they manifest on The Presidents
account will, by some ooault PROCESS, halp them
TO the a!taiomtni Of their Iouged for oil i:cs
Among those frequently s,ou standing about the
entrance gate is sn old negro familiar to all
Alexatdfiazs. and Who Sgoes by the name of
Chisf j uslic, Marshal u. 8. troops still guard
tho approaches to tha White Hous,
The report that General Baruum, of Now
lcik, who is reported to havorecclvuG wound
somewhat similar to the Presidents, has been
sent for. is said by tho Presidents physicians
to be entirely too previous They say That Bar
mum was shot through the hI; that therefore
hia wcued is pci like the Presidents, bat that
it i: ~@ro sn tyanlicGioD Of il now would 6 ford
them 10 help IN their trcatmant of their Gis;in
euished pnticEt.