Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-19
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" AsaINGroE, y, O., Juiy 10, 1881,

MAsalEacoE. ,. o.. July 10. 1881.
General Wiicog, divi.ioo commander 10 the
Confederate army, ooR Assistant Doorkeper 10
the U. 8. Senate, ia talking about the cffars
Gen. Johnston received from Two cficers of bis
army after the war 70 susre their forluoe. men
!oncd IN ills correspondence ISIS. week, told
the Gszettc's correspondent Yesterday morning
that while nono Of III, cflooIs had gore to that
poIut OK generosity with him, several of
them had preferred him valuable assistance;
that blockade runner. from whom he did &C.
cept profered loan. tod him afterwards that
his wife hid quartc!ed With him ever sicce be-.
osuse be had not offered him S.. 900 instead OF
$500; that ho received numerous delicate and
totally unexpected otfers Of pt clnisry help upon
the c:ose OF the war from people 10 New York
he had known before. aud that even 10 tbs City
of Mexico, which city he visited after the war,
bio fact that bs had been Confederate officer
an tie suopositon that such oficsrs had les!
ell they hsd, Wss sufficient to procure him sur,
plising proffors of assistance.
The Presidents condition continues to im-
provo. He slept we'll last right and this morn
log alto muttor chop and sope poaohtd eggs
for breakfast. There wss slight and temper.
sry rise 10 bis ~ Sc aud temperature last night,
which oc1aslODed SOM 81 Xety, but wins. was
looked upon az SD uufs7orabIe symptom 5000
subsidized. AID with i! hs anxiety Of which it
had been the caus,. The flc; that pus pours
cut Of toe wound upon Ir4ssuTe upca Tho walls
of the abdomen is locked Upon as strong owl
denoe. not only that the ball is 10 The fatty
issue hereof, but that it never pierced these
walls.
The hulk Of tho old schooner Ellen Fl. Colt,
which lay fer 30 long limo ut the Ship Ysrd,
10 Alexandria, was tcwed here night or two
ago, and now lies right 10 the way of tho partly
constructed wharf proposed to be built by Mr..
Sheriff, adjoining tho slip of the Potomac Ferry
Company. The ferry company are also build
if is orcros ching upon their privileges. They
pu. thu hulk whsra it is, aud tho only way tor
MIR. Sheriff to c,n'lauo thu construction Of his
wharf IL TO leiVe gap where it is lying snd
build on The outside Ct it.
Of The four and six par cant. u. s. bends
unfutd, I'd 10 the DeT thrco and half per cent
thero r;msin SIS. 900. 900 which vii hayo to
ba redeemed on the Isl Of Oc;ober. There is
1ow CD; u: hundred million surplus N orsy 10
the Treasury. tu. 81 much Of tbis will hare been
exhausted BY thu. time il the redemption Of
other bonds hat it is feared thore will not re
that Fir. Weldon viii hsvo to make up the
deficit hy Dski1g q temporary loan from some
OF the other treasury fonds.
A start is to BE- mads Of onos 10 he mailer Of
the reclamation Of tie flats of the Potomac
Capt. Ro!strs, of Aleyardra. has been en-
gagged to drive ioa Of piles ca the west side of
tho Washia g!on ohasne lrom Long Bridge to
polnt somo DISTANCE down. behind which the
mud to bo dredgId from that channel will DO
dumped. TITS vii, i! is thought, raise tho
fats considerably. and, with other f ling, make
su,h sD ioisod SIS must f!rea all the water that
enters !ha! channel 10 Keep withir this line of
piles and the kukhesds of the Washington
whasves This will mako 90 island Of the pres
ent f.ts even at high water and increase the
depth Of tie Washington chsnnel.
a letter received here from Senator John
stop. who is a. home near Aoingdoo, says that
the democrats Of that section of the State are
in exc.lsat spirits AID ezp,ct to achieve de-
cisi7e victory NIX. November. Intelligence to
the same effect is received here from tho Nor
folk section Ct Virginia.
The radicals sre the most susp;c ious Of c,eas
lures, aud the pIe5snoe 10 the city at the SANS
time Of Mr.. Speaker Randall and ex Senator
Wallace, gives them no little uneasiness.