Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-06
FROM WASHINGTON,
Special Correspondence " the Alesa. Gazete

Special Correspondence VI the Aleso. GaEette
WASHINGTON. D. O.. Aug. 6. 1881.
The PfeS;d ,nts condition, DR.. Bliss said to-
day, is as as favorable as anybody bad reason to
expect. AL his functions. the Doctor said,
were.being performed in healthy manner, and
thcre vas nothing to indicate that they would
not continue so. With regard to tho daily
evening ex ,csrDation in the pulse, be sail. it
depended upon the granula,iop 10 progress; 10
tho wound, aud was By no means abnormal.
This increased pulss. however. is not thought
90 lightly of by others as it is by Dr.. Bliss.
The Presidents Cabinet. though none of them
| have Jet been allowed to zee him, evidently
| believe he is DOW out of DAGGER, for some OF
them are making arrabg ments for Leaving the
| city 90 pleasure rrips.
There is a rumor hero to the effect that
Ger. Chalmers, who ex poots TO be ou,Ied from
bis seat 10 the nrxt u. s. House cf Reprcssta-
slves. as member from the V!cksburg district
in Mississippi, has announced himself ss en-
independent candidate for the y. s. Senste from
bis State In opposition to Senator Lamar, and
| that be expects 10 Concentrate upon himself the
suppors of The negroes, repuol cans, green
bsckegs and d satisfied democrats. Some SAP
that this is russ on the Goneraps part to GET
the sympathy of the srcenbscktrs IN the next
Hou,e and 10 iuduc, them to vote against bis
| coD.sstans, L7Doh, negro. But fuse or nc
ruse. true or untrue, discerning politicians say
the General will o!rtauly lose bis seat 10 the
House and stands not the renotest conceivable
chance of getting one in the Senate.
B. +. Clarke, Of Fairfax county, w., recently
straight out republican, but now Mshonite,
ho hnQn ~ cd ~
Department. Postmaster General James ia
great Oh civil sery cs reform 80 far asreia,es to
the star service and 10 reducing expenditures
in the Alexandria postofice. but be nsverthe
less takes good care to rua bis departm .ut for
all it is worth 10 the later st of the Malone ror
pudistors 10 Virginia.
General Robert Lowry. who was nominated
tor Governor of Mississippi yesterday by tbs
democratic convention of that State. is o mau
apparently 40 years of ago but 10 reality about
90. most elegsut 10 bis msDDefs, and is con-
sldered one of the baadsomcst men 10 !he State,
fluent taIker and very entertaining 10 ON
veraation, is lawyer by profession with large
and lucrative prsc!lcs, and Was 'brigsdier"
during the late war. Hs was q candidate for
Governor when Stone received the nomination
10 1878, and received the highest rumb:r of
votes 90 quite rum5er of ballolipgs; but Stone
was finally nomiusted. He is rot wealthy
man, but we'll 10 do. 10 q recent letter dscIio-
iug 10 b.como candidate for The gubsrnstorlsl
nomination, he took ceuasoo to say that he did
NOT approve of the "fude attacks" that were
being made upon SoDstor Lamar by TWO or three
papers 10 the State. notably the Clarion edited
by Hoo. Ethel BaIksdale and the Commercial,
By Hon, j. K. Chalmers. He viii most prob
ably Lave for his opponent Hon. Ben King of
Coplsh county. man Of high standing aud
considerable ability, wao will run as 40 iude.
peLdont end will bs endorsed by the greeu-
hackers and republicans. 1t is though. by
race will be clos, one. kog WAS an "oId
lao wbig' before tho war, and claims that be
has only baeo ac:iug with The democracy be
cause the m jority Of republicans 10 Mississippi
were not good men.
The lmpres6loB here about The Virgipis re.
publican convention, to meet in Lyuchburg
next Wednesday, Is that the Mahouites will
capture It, but that 10 that event the straight
outs, upon the we'll grounded belief of the en-
ployment OF corrupt Influences, will bolt, aod
nominate slraightout ticket upon pronounc
ed debt paying platform. and thst such ticket
will receive the support Of all the true and con
sclentious epubosns 10 the State, and that
the vote it will get will be 80 largo that it will
surprise the Administration and the republican
Senators who arc giving the Malone movement
all the help they osn. ADD teach them that the
republican party of Virginia is not mad, ny en-
tirely of ofioeholders who waot the parry kept
small 10 order that they may retain their pos.
tioos es the Mahonites tell them; snd also that
Virginia republicans who know aud thoroughly
understand Mahonism arc to bs believed Hheu
they tell them tho naked truth about the party
that PROCESSES that ism. That tho Admiois'ra-
ton, from the President down, will assist Ma
hohe to the utmost Of lis power 90 doubt is co,
tertsined 10 we'll Informed circles. but that it
will "sIip up" and its favorso be buried under
az immeose popular majority against him ia
belief that is just as implicit. Msbontes here
privately acknowledge hat the platform and
ticket arc very strong, and refuse to take bets
on the election.
A TRAGEDY IN PETERSBURG "A shocking
affair. resulting in the death of two young men,
occurred 10 Petersburg yesterday. the partcu
lars of which are as FLOWS: John w. Greene,
young merchant Of Petersburg. returned 90