Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-12
FROM WASHINGTON
!Specicl Correspondents II ~ .a7s.:ts. GtETssia

diy sioco Tho last operation. Dis Hamilton
sld Aga5T arc both hare AID agree with tbs
attending surgeons 10 saying that the President
is doing veil. His pulse ut roou t. day, how.
ever, was 100 and biz temperature is oSo de-
gree higher than it was at tho same hour yes.
terday.
DR.. Bliss. Gho has charge Of tho Presidents
Case, says be is su[Iellug from 40 attack Of
pJrnla or blood poisoning. He says that n
day CT two ago ho sbraded the ska of tho
knucklea OF lis foyer and that whom dressing
tho Presidents wound altersard he got some
OF the Dus on the sore, and that his disease is
| tho result.
hlr. Mckinney, tho democratic Candidate
i"r Attorney General. has written letter to u
| l,lsud here 10 which he says BIO will NICE. Mr.
| Bialf at Fairfax Courthouse NEXT Monday. at
| Stafford Courthouse next court day there, and
that he will follow MIR. Bair throughout the
| State aud moot him ut evsry poi0t. Mr.. Blair
| ia tho Malone candidate Tor ihe Same position
| Ter which Mr.. Mckinney ia ruuang aod is
| chiefly known as tic man who wanis to Apply
the principles OF reac ustmrnt to tho national
| a. we'll az TO tho Virginia dobt, sud who,
! though EItGlnan, places such low esimatu
| upon the valns Ct honor that no SAYS it wor' [
| buy breakfast.
GEL Ptpham, we'll known Aahono ropublia
| can, ls hera to day. fresh from his successful
labors at Lynchburg. He bsys there never was
mote complete hummox than that made by
tho stragLtout republicans; that they ntv, r
| had show OF SUCCESS; that they went away
from LYnchburg damning each other for tho
deception they he'd respectively praolicoJ; that
they were disguised with the lack Vt Courage of
thor leaders and with tho manner in which
they had boon led to oppose tho vast majority
OF their party, and then deserted nt tho critical
momcnt. do said that the republican party of
Virginia Was not debt paying par y, tia.
Wlokbam. Hughes and himself were tho only
| real truo debt payers IN it. lie also said that
Jolgenson would not GrIay himsolt against the
hshohtn5 now. but would cOmU 10 TO tho oohi-
lllon AID hat ho believed Dtzando.f wGud do
! likewise noIwltLs anding his assertion that adj
lnlnIstralI"n or 90 administration he would vote
lor no other than 6lrAightont republican
| ticket With regard to Msjor Yost, no said
The MtJ3r had an cyo 10 his owa interest and
would DO found with tho MahGntes 1t tho
| ond, specially az he Wau an original rcadiuscr
aid unil recently was ono Of General Mshoue' 3
| most Pronounced eu!oRisis. The Coldue said
mo democrats OF lI7nchburg were perfectly con.
hHoos VI eiSotiuS DuuICI, DuL WSrC uieSlSLOQ
| with The stralghl0u!g for tho lack OF oouraic
thy exhibited.
Tx. Senator lewis. the present u. 8. Mar
shat OF tho western district Of Virsiria, and the
Mahono candidate for Lieut.. Governor of TINT
State. IS also hclo 10 day. lie says tho straight.
outs never had an idea of suoct sS oven If they
hau bomlbatcu Gchoi; that Cor. Wiolhsm
told him as mitch, and aso that ha favored tbs
straghtOut movement because hu waited to
defeat the ID repudialioniSts. MIR. LOWS
also says that the coalitiCnists he'd ml ,ry Of
tho unoontestod delegates OF moro than two 10
olc; that somo OF tho strag6ttut delegates told
him beicro they LETT Lyrchburg that they had
boon grossly deceived by their leaders, and Inst
they Intended to 20 With tho mt nity of their
party; that Wickham declined Tho domination
BECAUSE campaign would havc cost BIN S. eco,
tnd be know that would have ntan fo nuoa
money thrown aWay. as ho would cot have 70.
cd moro than 8. 900 votes; ho Elso says TINT
| lhc siraighouts ut the oIooli3n will not nunbcr
900 votes. MIR. Lewis had au interview with
| tho Postmaster Gonoral this m2rbiug, iu which
TO told him that the slraightout Republicans in
Virginia numbered amorg themselves most OF
| the intelligence Of The party there, atl That
they did not want any moro intelligence sinllt-
| ted into it, for tho reason that thero WAS lust
enough now to attend to the federal Offices, and
that soy more Intelligent men in tho party
| would endangor the positions held by tho 9TH
ers. lie Sly. ths straig htonta 10 the c,nvanton
| Wero rgar than he supposed they wGu'i BIZ,
| and that the tight with tho dnmnora,s vii b. g
close one.
Tho confession OF the old nogrts5 o.; :Tuc q
Ter murder OF tho two Fisher cbildfon il coz
roborated by other testimony. Tha cine ii
looked upon here as an tyl1cnoo Of tha savage
nets eft tho rsco 10 which tho nurGera5s beIoags.
Gebtr,l Gordon has made torIuau Of three
tuadrtd thousand co srs BiIco he resigned hts
seat in tha Senate, by his railroad pr :ca aid
lhs sale of mine.
The IoIkt0wo Com mission rtcdig sd letter
TO day from General Hancock notifying them OF
bis acceptance of tho position rendered him ns
master OF crrem>nies At The Iwkiuwn ooG.
| iOnII,L.
1t ID stated In aomo of the reports III lie
soecches Of MIR, Blair, ths Mahouite .udids:e
for Attorney General of Wig nia, that no says
tho politcntiary Of that State is now q self
sustaining Institution. and S such ty rclsGn OF
hlahono nuragcInrnt. Tharo GeVcr tss r moro
lnc)rttcs stattmant. The rapport Of III. Super
lntendont Of tho PaniienaarY, q Mahnni;c,
shows that that institution cost tho State Lass
y:sr $27 900. and that while there WASH s,v-
lsg Ct 900 on tho txpensca CT tho previous
year caused by thu tiree Iof c0uvlcts TO railroad
contractors near + china nd. even that saving
was duo to the management of tho democrats.
bohrd OF directors OF tho pcnitentiary apprnled
by tho democratic Governor Holiday.
As an cvidotc, Of tho feeling OF white Viz
Qifeiniars resptcicg tho Mahouo movement 10
their State it may BIZ mepti5ued that a ropub-
loan from that State Was heard to say yeater
dsy morning hat he did not intend to honitate
moment abou! voting tho debt paying d.mo.
cratic ticket; as, tina. d6mootalio rcacilsler
said the debt of Virginia WIS too largo and the
taxes too heavy, bu! that BIO would rather the
iormer we're twice as large and tho latter t9;c.
as hoav9 thnn that tho M.hono tc',et should
sunc9ed.
Mr.. Gorhsm, the editor of General Mahonu's
organ here, says it will bs better for tho repub.
lcan party in Virginia il Dezendorf and Jor.
gonsen vote for Daniel, as they threaten TO do,
and with reference 10 the asserted dosro of the
straightou.s TO keep the republican party small,
go as 10 retain The federal otlicss Gays hogs arc
never willing to divide swill."
The Alexandria ferry boat thit has been ua
dergoing repairs at Alexandra. for some DAYS
phSt, 10 here TODAY, and Mr. PhilliDu ha